Eternal Tale

Heavenly Treasure Ship, Small Cave Abode.

Chen Xun and Black Bull sat in meditation. It took three years to arrive, and naturally, it would take three years to return.

Above them, a massive, round Heavenly Origin cast down beams of light, with the Heavenly Origin Qi pouring down like fine streams of water.

Array formations surrounded them, with the Five Elements Array Flags positioned in five directions, suppressing the small cave abode’s world, leaving no trace of movement.

Black Bull was filled with an incredibly thick aura, having completely diverged from Chen Xun’s path of rules and principles. They had already taken different paths on the Five Elements immortal path.

However, Black Bull was quite curious about Chen Xun’s pill-refining skills, as it had been a long time since it had stayed by his side during pill refinement.

Black Bull thought to itself that next time it must be there, otherwise, how could the pills be successfully refined without it massaging Chen Xun’s shoulders and back?

Chen Xun frowned slightly, wondering if his foundation in the great path was too stable... This feeling was like refining myriad paths at once, but ultimately converging into a single rule-based path.

At this rate, it would take at least a hundred years to refine a single rule-based path, and refining myriad paths... a million years?!

Breaking through to the mid-stage of Great Ascension and refining a thousand paths would take a hundred thousand years?!At this thought, Chen Xun’s eyes widened, and his face showed a look of shock, as if his heart had been struck by a thunderous revelation, causing ripples like raging waves.

No wonder those prodigies would cut down the number of their great path powers when breaking through to Great Ascension; they must have had elders at home to remind them!

This refining wasn’t done one by one, but from an overall perspective! Because the rule-based paths naturally merge into one when breaking through to Unity, interlocking without any gaps.

”Moo?” Black Bull extended a hoof to pat Chen Xun, grinning, completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem. It thought that enduring to break through was enough.

Chen Xun looked at the simple-minded Black Bull, wanting to speak but stopping himself. Breaking through would take a million years; wasn’t that nonsense...

Moreover, this kind of refining was extremely tedious, akin to closed-door cultivation, not like comprehending techniques, losing track of time.

It required constant attention and focus, observing every minute change, an immersive cultivation that wasn’t like sleeping, where you just close your eyes and it’s over.

Besides, so-called sleep was akin to hibernation, a self-sealing state, where vitality only faded slowly, but cultivation couldn’t progress at all.

Sleeping for ten thousand years, emerging invincible, the strongest among the myriad clans, even the ancient immortal clan wouldn’t dare boast like that, and would even praise: You truly understand cultivating immortality.

Cultivators can only sleep for a few days at most, as their life level has long since transcended, and retreating for hundreds of years to move around is the right path.

But when cultivators are in seclusion, their minds are very clear, and when their divine sense is highly focused, every movement in the surroundings is noticed.

Waiting for someone to attack during seclusion or shouting outside to cause someone to go mad doesn’t exist in the grand world for now.

Unless breaking through a major realm, wandering the heavens and earth, there’s a slight possibility, but it’s rare.

But for Chen Xun to go into seclusion for a million years to break through his cultivation, it would be better to kill him; it’s impossible to even think about.

Although the Tower of Babel was desolate and boring, the celestial realm within was so enchanting that they were captivated, much better than closed-door cultivation.

Chen Xun sighed deeply, looking up at his treasured Heavenly Origin: ”Good brother, Bull and I will rely on you in the future, I’ll make sure to nurture you well, so you better be of some use.”

”Moo moo~”

Black Bull didn’t think too much about it; for now, the power of the great path was enough to set up formations, but it would surely be suppressed by the Great Ascension’s rule power. However, they weren’t going to challenge any venerables, so there was no worry.

”Bull, let’s cultivate first; we can’t waste these three years, and observe the changes in the Heavenly Origin.”

”Moo~”

They closed their eyes again, entering meditation, as the power of the great paths began to resonate within the small cave abode, but outside, it was calm and quiet, without a sound.

The Heavenly Origin Qi flowed, and a low-grade spirit stone, made into a necklace by Chen Xun, hung quietly around his neck, bringing a slight smile to his lips.

But what they didn’t know was that the escorting venerable in the cave abode always had a feeling of unease during meditation, a feeling not abrupt but stemming from the trembling of his own rule power!

He frowned secretly, thinking there must be a Great Ascension expert on this treasure ship, not to be probed or offended lightly, and then forced himself to calm down, though the feeling of unease continued.

Not long after, the escorting venerable cursed under his breath, ”Motherfucker,” and decided to abandon meditation, leaving his solitary cave abode to head to the top floor, thinking it better to drink tea and read ancient texts.

Time began to pass slowly, the Heavenly Treasure Ship remained stable, and no cultivators caused trouble within, maintaining a peaceful atmosphere.

...

Mengmu Sea Region, vast and boundless, was filled with enormous islands as far as the eye could see, the sea surface shimmering with countless marine creatures swimming within.

The faint light flickered in the seawater, like tiny stars, illuminating the entire sea world.

Above, some islands were steep and towering, with peaks shrouded in mist, resembling paradisiacal blessed lands; others were flat and expansive, shaded by green trees, surrounded by azure waters, like sanctuaries for spiritual beasts.

Li Chen Island, one of the seventy-two super islands in the sea region, emitted a terrifying spatial fluctuation from a spatial teleportation ring suspended in mid-air, as a colossal object slowly emerged from it.

At this moment, figures stood in all directions, their eyes sharp, quietly watching the surroundings, not even needing to use divine sense to probe.

Because all around were people from the garbage recycling plant, leaving no blind spots in sight.

Passing creatures from various clans felt a chill in their hearts, especially at the platform where powerful figures gathered, even Unity True Lords were present!

Such high-level cultivators were already renowned in the Mengmu Sea Region, and to see them respectfully guarding a young girl, her background was too great to even look up to.

”It seems that must be the legendary Nangong Heling...”

”I heard that the Pavilion Master Yun and Pavilion Master Luo are backed by her, and she’s cultivating at Dongxuan Dao Academy, truly a favored daughter of heaven.”

”Heh, no point in being envious, keep quiet, don’t discuss such people further, several warning glances have already been sent.”

...

Some cultivators whispered in secret, surrounded by too many immortal slave races, even the Soul-Nourishing Spirit Clan was present, leaving no chance to interact with such a high-status lady.

However, they secretly speculated that the Nangong clan was probably not a local cultivating family of the Mengmu Sea Region, but outsiders, likely with significant ties to Misty.

Garbage recycling and refining seemed simple, as long as one was an Elemental Infant cultivator, but to earn massive cultivating resources from it, only Misty could achieve that.

The influence of the garbage recycling plant had yet to spread across the entire Mengmu Sea Region, and all cultivators could only think of Misty, whose giant force influenced the entire Xuanwei Heaven domain, known to all.

Cleaning up the cultivating garbage of the entire Xuanwei Heaven was just one of their immortal path industries, and the garbage recycling plant still had a long way to go.