Immortality Starts With Investment

Ye Chen felt utterly speechless. What kind of wronged-husband plot was this?

Yao Yuezhi was searching outside. Yan Wenwen was trembling inside. One could only say that the world of cultivation really knew how to play.

Just as Yao Yuezhi left and Ye Chen, still not fully satisfied, had no intention of letting Yan Wenwen off, his heart suddenly stirred. He frowned and looked toward the direction of the Land of Fallen Immortals!

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Land of Fallen Immortals.

A graceful figure stood within it, resembling a jade beauty of unimaginable perfection. The woman was none other than Yan Ruyu.

Compared to her previous aura, the current Yan Ruyu had become noticeably more dangerous. She now gave off an aura that made others even less inclined to harbor any profane thoughts.

Before, she had been too holy and too perfect. Now, she carried an added sense of danger. Yet this dangerous quality only enhanced her unique charm.

”Destruction power condenses black feathers, while the power of new life condenses white feathers. Previously, with the help of the Heavenly Emperor’s heir’s World-Destroying Black Lotus, I successfully condensed the black feather in one go. The power of new life I need next may very well appear in this Land of Fallen Immortals.”

Yan Ruyu swept her cold gaze across her surroundings and followed the route she had memorized, heading toward the immortal corpse.

The Peacock Clan was one of the major races among the myriad races. Having inherited their legacy for countless years, they naturally possessed some exploration records of the Land of Fallen Immortals. The outside world had always been curious about why the Land of Fallen Immortals existed.

However, a great expert from the Peacock Clan had once drawn a terrifying conclusion. The Land of Fallen Immortals might have been formed by a deceased True Immortal attempting to resurrect.

According to that expert’s speculation, the immortal corpses within the Land of Fallen Immortals were shrouded in death qi. In the midst of extreme death, they were nurturing a strand of new life qi. Once successful, the immortal could resurrect.

But the process was extremely difficult. That was why, even a million years after the Heavenly Emperor’s era, no immortal had been seen resurrecting. Yet as time passed, the eerie death qi in the Land of Fallen Immortals grew denser and denser. Paradoxically, the probability of new life qi appearing had only increased.

Yan Ruyu had come here to try her luck. She had no intention of venturing deep into the Land of Fallen Immortals.

Although she was confident that, as a Great Emperor, she could now fight quasi-immortals, there were still quite a few dead quasi-immortals in the depths. It was best not to court death. In the outer regions of the Land of Fallen Immortals, however, there was an immortal corpse. She might have a chance there.

Eight-colored divine light surrounded Yan Ruyu, concealing all her aura while isolating her from the external death qi. She slowly advanced deeper.

After an unknown amount of time, Yan Ruyu spotted a grand formation blocking her path. Her expression remained unchanged. She calmly raised her hand, and several streams of divine light surged forth, with destructive power faintly flowing within.

In complete silence, a portal opened in the formation.

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Yan Ruyu stepped through it calmly. The gap in the formation behind her instantly restored itself.

However, the moment she entered the formation, her eyebrows lifted slightly. A rather terrifying destructive divine light flew straight toward her.

Yet Yan Ruyu’s cold face showed not the slightest ripple. She simply raised her jade hand gently. The destructive divine light seemed to recognize its master and instantly restrained its violent aura.

Yan Ruyu then flicked her finger lightly. The destructive light shot back toward its point of origin, even more terrifying than before. But immediately afterward, a terrifying phantom rose in front of her and shattered the destructive light with a single slap.

Yan Ruyu calmly raised her eyes, letting the clear wind blow past and her black hair dance, as she looked ahead.

At the center of this formation stood a golden coffin. Beneath the coffin lay countless feathers from various races. Some had already decayed, leaving only the bones of the feathers. Others had faded, bearing clear traces of the passage of time.

Yet a few tail feathers remained brilliant despite the long years, still radiating light. Their origins were clearly extraordinary.

Yan Ruyu recognized it at a glance—this was a Heavenly Human Clan coffin. Only the Heavenly Human Clan had the custom of collecting feathers from various races as burial goods. And one buried here must have been an immortal-level existence.

However, Yan Ruyu did not linger her gaze on the coffin for long. Instead, she looked further ahead. A woman dressed in a black skirt, barefoot with bells on her ankles, was smiling at her.

Clearly, the destructive light from earlier had been launched by this woman. She sensed that the other party was only at the Great Saint realm. But her background was clearly not simple.

Yan Ruyu pondered for a moment. Recalling the appearance of the phantom earlier, she vaguely guessed the other party’s identity. ”The Nether Maiden of the Nether God Holy Land, Su Yuxuan?”

On Su Yuxuan’s side, she raised an eyebrow. She had also recognized Yan Ruyu’s identity. After all, a woman like this was rare in the world.

Because of the news that her senior brother had once again taken up his old habit of being a simp, Su Yuxuan had grown curious and looked at Yan Ruyu’s portrait, feeling that there was indeed something special about her.

But seeing the real person now, Su Yuxuan could not help but sigh. The portrait did not capture even one ten-thousandth of Yan Ruyu’s true appearance.

Moreover, Yan Ruyu’s strength was somewhat terrifying. The Destruction Eye she had obtained from her senior brother possessed great potential and grew alongside her. Its power was virtually limitless. It frequently helped her kill enemies across realms and served as one of her trump cards.

Yet against Yan Ruyu, it had been completely useless.

”This woman’s control over destructive power has reached the pinnacle. It is probably related to the World-Destroying Black Lotus seed that Ye Chen gave her. And her strength is frightening even for an ordinary Great Emperor. My soul actually felt threatened. We are probably not her match. Let’s leave first.”

Manjusaka had been growing these years as well, and her soul power was terrifying. She had seen many things and developed the intention to retreat.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuxuan lightly bit her teeth. Giving gifts to other female cultivators to hit on them, huh?

Once she left the Land of Fallen Immortals this time, she would ignore her master for now and go find her senior brother. She would definitely bite him a few times to vent her anger.

”First Nether Maiden, you are the Heavenly Emperor’s heir’s Dao companion. I once received a favor from the Heavenly Emperor’s heir that I have yet to repay, so I will not attack you. Therefore, you should leave.”

Yan Ruyu spoke indifferently, her tone calm and unhurried.

Hearing this, a provocative smile appeared on Su Yuxuan’s pure and delicate little face. ”What if I don’t leave?”

Yan Ruyu’s expression remained tranquil. ”What are you here for? If it does not conflict with my goal, I can help you.”

The World-Destroying Black Lotus seed that Ye Chen had given her was truly too important. Without that lotus seed, she would have needed at least several hundred years to condense her eighth tail. Ye Chen had saved her an enormous amount of time. Since she currently had no way to repay him, Yan Ruyu was willing to assist Ye Chen’s female companions as partial interest.

Su Yuxuan raised an eyebrow. ”I want the origin of the immortal corpse!”

Yan Ruyu frowned slightly upon hearing this. She then spoke, ”I will open the coffin later. If the immortal corpse is still entangled by death, I will let you have it. But if the immortal corpse has already given birth to the power of new life… I will take the new life qi and leave the immortal corpse to you!”

Hearing this, Su Yuxuan smiled brightly. ”Sister, you are truly kind. Then please open the coffin…”

With that, Su Yuxuan stepped back.

Manjusaka spoke from within Su Yuxuan’s body, ”An immortal corpse without the power of new life is useless to us anyway…”