Immortality Starts With Investment

Ye Chen had not originally planned to stay long at Elder Lin’s place. Gifting his fiancée was the real priority. Besides, his fiancée was indeed more to his liking than Elder Lin.

However, Elder Lin’s astonishing research spirit had led her to develop a brand-new use for the demonic patterns together with her disciple, which greatly intrigued Ye Chen. As a result, he ended up staying a full half month before reluctantly leaving, having already arranged their next meeting. He also left behind a large number of treasures beneficial for the Mahayana stage.

Once Ye Chen departed, the cave mansion finally returned to calm. Li Feihuang’s eyes were glazed over, her body limp, and saliva even dripped from the corner of her mouth… Her condition did not look very good.

Yet even so, a smile of heartfelt happiness bloomed on her face. She had finally taken another step forward with the Holy Son. What she had missed back then, she had now taken back with her own hands. The Holy Son’s obsession with her also made her very happy.

Still, Li Feihuang shot her master a slightly resentful look… Her master had never told her in advance that the demonic patterns could be used this way. Most importantly, she herself had been turned into one of the props. That was simply too much…

Lin Qingtan noticed her disciple’s resentful gaze and smiled. ”This was all for your own good. Look how much the Holy Son liked it. In the end, he spent almost all his time around you, and he stayed a full half month… In the past, the Holy Son never stayed with me for so long.”

Li Feihuang felt something was off about her master’s words, but could not pinpoint what it was. Still, she said with a touch of resentment, ”Master, you should have told me beforehand. I was really scared at the time, especially when the demonic patterns were so cold that I trembled and lost my composure…”

Lin Qingtan’s lips curved up at once. ”Let me tell you, the Holy Son loves seeing you lose control. That’s the essence of it… That’s exactly why I didn’t tell you!”

Li Feihuang thought her master made sense. She nodded seriously. ”I can also form flame demonic patterns with my Phoenix Fire. Next time I’ll suddenly tie Master up… And bring the Holy Son some fresh excitement…”

Lin Qingtan’s eyes widened… This rebellious disciple actually wanted to drag her master into it! Too much! But when she recalled how excited the Holy Son had looked at the time… It seemed… rather nice too…

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Aboard the flying ship heading toward Heavenly Intention Holy Land.

Ye Chen felt extremely pleased. In his previous life, he had dabbled in many things and seen all kinds of fantasies, but he had known they were impossible to realize. Yet now? Almost everything had come true. Even tentacles had appeared. It was truly outrageous. This trip to the cultivation world had definitely not been in vain. He was thoroughly satisfied.

Sometimes Ye Chen wondered whether the main driving force behind his constant cultivation was actually for these very things. Logically speaking, he was not that kind of person. After thinking it over, he concluded that the simp system had influenced him subconsciously.

How despicable!

After shifting the blame, Ye Chen cleared his mind of distractions and focused on comprehending his own state. Once a cultivator reached the Great Saint realm, they continuously absorbed energy from the surrounding world to strengthen their internal world and themselves at the same time.

When their internal world reached the limit they could currently bear, they could begin breaking through to the Eighth Realm of the Mahayana realm—the Great Emperor stage.

A Great Emperor realm cultivator experienced massive improvements in physique, Qi, and spirit. More importantly, black holes would form inside their internal world. These black holes functioned like actual black holes, enhancing the world’s foundation while absorbing external Qi at far higher efficiency, like a whale swallowing the sea, far surpassing the Great Saint stage. Mastering black holes also allowed the cultivator to wield the power of their world on a whole new level—a qualitative leap.

In addition, black holes could compress external spiritual qi and energy, raising its quality and bringing even greater benefits to cultivation. But the most crucial aspect was their role in combat. By summoning a black hole, one could devour an enemy’s attacks and draw them into their own world to neutralize and digest them. The advantages were endless.

Ye Chen had already made his plans. The travel time on this journey was perfect for stabilizing his cultivation. Once he returned to Heavenly Evolution Holy Land, he would begin condensing black holes and break through to the Eighth Realm to achieve the Great Emperor realm.

In this manner, the flying ship from Heavenly Evolution Holy Land arrived at Heavenly Intention Holy Land. The two sects were now as close as one family. When the ship approached, Heavenly Intention Holy Land even proactively opened its mountain gate and welcomed them inside with great pomp.

The higher-ups of Heavenly Intention Holy Land had long since come to understand Ye Chen. They simply smiled and greeted him, then let him go find their Holy Maiden, Yi Qingwu. Afterward, they invited the elders of Heavenly Evolution Holy Land to the main peak.

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Not long ago, Heavenly Intention Holy Land had received an invitation from Feng Baiyu regarding an operation against Alkaid Holy Land. Such a large-scale move would surely yield substantial gains. The senior leaders of Heavenly Intention Holy Land were all very interested…

As for whether it would succeed? With someone as cunning as Feng Baiyu involved, there probably would not be any problems.

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”Detected change in the gift target’s multiplier…”

”Updating!”

”Yi Qingwu: 6,400 times!”

The amount of origin energy required to advance to the Innate Chaos Body was still enormous. Even Alkaid had needed the help of the Exiled Immortal to achieve it. The difficulty was obvious.

The last time Ye Chen had gifted her, the origin energy had not been particularly abundant. Raising her multiplier by four hundred times had already been quite good. But once his fiancée refined Alkaid’s origin energy, she would surely reach seven thousand times.

The more he thought about it, the more Ye Chen sighed at how lucky the Divine Maiden of the Heavenly Desire Sect was. His fiancée still had to cultivate on her own. Every improvement in aptitude demanded a massive amount of origin energy.

As for the Heavenly Desire Sect? As long as their protector was strong enough, they could directly skip three major realms, with their aptitude skyrocketing by hundreds, thousands, or even several thousand times at once. That was true lying down to win. Even flatter than Lu Jing’s.

”Why are you here?”

When his fiancée Yi Qingwu saw Ye Chen, her expression was icy, as if she did not want to see him at all.

Ye Chen grinned. He loved this side of his fiancée—the way she clearly grew aroused the moment she saw him, her hidden stream trembling, yet her face remained coldly indifferent, like frost. The contrast was intoxicating.

Ye Chen paid it no mind and spoke gently, ”Because I missed you, so I came.”

His fiancée let out a disdainful cold laugh. ”The four generations of Divine Maidens from the Heavenly Desire Sect have all entered your cave heaven. You must be so happy that you’ve forgotten everything else. Do you even have time to miss me?”

The corners of Ye Chen’s mouth curved upward.

His fiancée was jealous!

He did not explain further and simply continued in a gentle voice, ”Last time I went to the Immortal Path and killed Alkaid’s Holy Son. The harvest was decent… But I was still not satisfied. So I specially went to the Heavenly Desire Sect. Since the Heavenly Desire Sect has no immortal artifact protecting it, I thought someone might try to assassinate me…”

”Unfortunately, I gained nothing. That’s why the only gift I brought you this time is the origin energy of Alkaid’s Holy Son… However, Alkaid devoured many king bodies and ultimately achieved the Innate Chaos Body. The scale is still quite impressive. I believe once you refine this origin energy, you will be able to reach the Innate Chaos Body yourself. Surpassing it may not even be impossible…”

Halfway through his words, Ye Chen took out a ball of astonishingly powerful origin energy and presented it before Yi Qingwu. Compared to when he had first obtained it from Alkaid, this ball of origin energy had shrunk considerably. Mainly because Ye Chen had worried that the Alkaid might have left some hidden moves inside after learning about the harvesting. He had therefore sent the origin energy into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and refined and purified it over a hundred times. As a result, it had shrunk a lot, but it was now far purer and completely free of any hidden dangers.

Staring at the powerful origin energy before her and listening to Ye Chen’s words, his fiancée, who had wanted to mock him a few more times, fell silent…

Ye Chen was thinking about her every single moment. He had even used himself as bait to fish for opportunities. With Ye Chen’s current aptitude, countless people wanted him dead. Even Quasi-Immortal old antiques might take action. They might even bring immortal artifacts. And the Heavenly Desire Sect had no immortal artifact. One could imagine the danger involved.

Yet Ye Chen had not cared at all. He had single-mindedly gathered origin energy for her. He… really loved her so much…

…

This ball of origin energy carried considerable weight, its value almost beyond imagination. After all, it belonged to an Innate Chaos Body. Yi Qingwu did not refuse. Because refusing would truly hurt Ye Chen.

Filled with emotion, she put on a face of disgust and said coldly, ”So what if you’re trying to please me? There is no place for you in my heart… I still have not forgotten my real fiancé… And you are nothing but a despicable villain who murdered him and stole his wife… At most, you can only obtain my body. As for my heart, it will forever belong to Ying Tiansheng…”

The moment Ye Chen heard those words, the corners of his mouth hooked upward. This was exactly how his fiancée was. Whenever she was overwhelmingly moved and wanted to repay him, she would bring up Ying Tiansheng again—even though the grass on his grave was already three meters tall. She did it to provoke a certain interest in him.

And Ye Chen genuinely enjoyed it. Although Ying Tiansheng’s divine soul had long been refined into a vegetable inside his Human Emperor Banner, this special feeling was indeed thrilling.

Immediately, Ye Chen’s lips curved as if he had been provoked. In the next instant, the marks on her soul was activated and began to tremble. Her pretty face flushed with a charming red, yet her brows and eyes remained cold and sharp. ”You think you can make me submit like this? Go—”

The next moment, the exit of her cave heaven appeared around her. A doppelganger that looked exactly like her—identical in appearance and even wearing the same clothes—burst out with a mighty aura and suppressed toward Ye Chen.

But in mere moments, Ye Chen suppressed it with a casual flip of his hand.

A smile appeared on Ye Chen’s face. The doppelganger was the demonic body his fiancée had shed, and its consciousness belonged to her as well. Therefore, both its temperament and expression were identical to hers.

Since his fiancée had taken the initiative to send her doppelganger over, he naturally would not refuse. With unified consciousness between her main body and the doppelganger, they shared the same sensations. Her pretty face instantly turned red.

Gritting her teeth, she charged at Ye Chen as well. ”How dare you humiliate my doppelganger…”

Ye Chen merely swept his gaze over her. His fiancée’s main body instantly found herself unable to move another step. With a casual wave of his hand, he suppressed her and placed her before him.

For a time, inside the cave mansion, aside from Yi Qingwu’s unwilling voice, there was only the gradually rising, rich and refreshing fragrance of osmanthus flowers… It was as if countless osmanthus blossoms had bloomed all at once. The scent left Ye Chen refreshed and intoxicated.

At the same time, the system prompt finally sounded in his mind.

”Congratulations to the host for successfully gifting…”

”The gift presented by the host is: Origin…”

”6,500 times feedback in progress…”