Immortality Starts With Investment

Chapter 537: Immortal Guiding Scripture

Hearing the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir was a Chaos Body—and female—Ye Chen dropped his prejudices. The Heavenly Emperor Hall couldnʼt be all bad. With a Chaos Body, the heir wouldnʼt stoop to using him as a shield. Her intentions were likely pure; any issues stemmed from underlingsʼ errors. If he knew the Hallʼs location, heʼd visit, protect the heir, or aid her growth. Though Heavenly Evolution Holy Land was great, the Heavenly Emperor Hall offered broader horizons.

After the Emperorʼs parting words, his imprint and the terrifying thunder domain dissipated. Ye Chenʼs Unity tribulation ended anticlimactically. Honestly, not fighting the Emperor left him regretful—especially since he felt he couldʼve won.

But no matter. Heʼd faced the Emperor now; at Mahayana, theyʼd meet again. Surely the Emperor wouldnʼt have ”other business” then. Curious, Ye Chen wondered what the Emperorʼs current realm was, and what he was busy with.

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As the thunder cleared, Ye Chen descended under countless awed gazes. Holy Master Feng Baiyu flew over, shocked. ”Done so fast? You didnʼt face the Emperor?”

The aura from the thunder domain screamed Emperor, but Ye Chenʼs swift victory made him doubt. The Emperor was peerless in his realm, never defeated despite tough battles. His same-realm imprint, even if weaker, shouldnʼt fall so easily—else that myriad-race prodigy wouldnʼt have died to it.

Ye Chen smiled lightly, nodding. ”I met him.”

He displayed the imprint. Feeling its aura, Feng Baiyuʼs eyes widened. He knew Ye Chen was strong—outrageously so—but defeating the Emperorʼs imprint in an hour? Too absurd! That was the Emperor! Was Ye Chen defying the heavens?

Feng Baiyuʼs mouth opened and closed, speechless. His lingering suspicion—that Ye Chen was the Emperor reincarnated—eased. Despite similarities and inherited treasures, this ruled it out. So who was Ye Chen? The Emperorʼs first-generation descendant, sealed until now?

Hesitating, Feng Baiyu asked, ”Did you call the Emperor ʼDadʼ? Could he be the father youʼve been searching for?”

Ye Chen: ”…”

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Ignoring the absurd Holy Master, he chatted briefly with Elder Mo and flew back to Holy Son Peak. Freshly broken through, his strength had soared, bloodline Divine Abilities amplified with his realm.

Facing the Heavenly Intention Holy Son now, a single Heavy Pupil glance could kill. But the biggest change lay in his sea of spirit sense. A misty cloud of Chaos formed—his domain. Each domain had unique traits; top prodigies awakened Domain Divine Abilities based on their Dao and techniques.

Like Yi Qingwuʼs, which stripped all but the spirit sense for combat. Ye Chenʼs domain was simple: it amplified him. Within it, his attacks hit harder, speed surged, and recovery quickened. Nothing fancy, but potent.

The biggest surprise for Ye Chen was his Domain Divine Abilities. He sensed eight gestating within his domain—an astonishing, unheard-of number. Most prodigies had one, varying in strength.

He suspected this stemmed from his ten-thousand-fold amplified Yin-Yang Qi and the Triple Charms Unity Method. His already vast foundation, boosted exponentially, was boundless. Add the Triple Charms, and the absurdity made sense. But his domain was newly formed; most abilities were still developing. Only one had fully emerged: Two Lives as One: Splits an enemyʼs body in two, so close yet worlds apart, nearly impossible to heal.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. This ability was formidable, tied to his Heaven and Earth Manifestation. If the first was this potent, what about the other seven? Next time he faced the Emperorʼs imprint, heʼd show off. Walk anotherʼs path, leave them no path to tread.

With Unity achieved, he turned to cultivation techniques. The Emperorʼs Unity realm scripture was the Immortal Guiding Scripture, created by an ancient human Venerable.

In Unity, one merges Yin-Yang, no longer just refining spiritual qi. Instead, through the domain, one senses and captures the worldʼs Dao charms, refining them into oneself. Enough charms allow condensing the Immortal Platform for Mahayana, tied to longevity. But, per the Holy Master, Mahayana now granted only seven thousand years. After this golden eraʼs immortal path closed, the cultivation worldʼs environment would worsen, further shortening lifespans.

The Immortal Guiding Scripture greatly amplified seeking and refining Dao charms. Normally hard to find and refine, the scripture made it as easy as stealing. It sped up Unity cultivation and expanded the domainʼs capacity for charms, building a deeper foundation. Arguably the strongest Unity scripture.

But it vanished before the Emperor, who found it on an ancient stele. Many attacked him, glimpsing its divine text, thrilled. The Emperor used the stele as leverage to escape, but it shattered in the struggle. Only he obtained the full text, never sharing it, leaving only the Heavenly Emperor Scripture.

The legendary Immortal Guiding Scripture became myth. Some holy lands created lesser charm-refining methods from those glimpsed texts, but they paled in comparison. All coveted it, but none succeeded.

For Ye Chen, though, this was no issue at all!