One Trait Draw Per Year Even Simulations Count

Dongfang Shuo told Chen Yi about the Time Room.

Chen Yi naturally already knew all this information.

”So, there’s no way to contact him right now?”

”Correct.”

”Not even his own son?”

”Not even his own grandson.”

Chen Yi had no choice but to invite Dongfang Shuo to participate in the struggle for the Path to Immortality.

He made it clear that this campaign would require massive manpower and resources, involve an expedition to the North Sea, and come with potential dangers and losses.

Dongfang Shuo looked hesitant.

”This is a matter of great importance. Please allow me to think it over...”Dongfang Shuo didn’t blindly trust Chen Yi just because of a few words.

The Path to Immortality had been gone for too long. For it to suddenly appear out of nowhere—no normal person would believe that.

Unless, like Old Shen, they absolutely had to get to the Real Realm, they would choose to take the gamble.

Chen Yi figured the Holy Lands probably wouldn’t get on board. He also didn’t have time to wait for them to slowly deliberate.

As the saying goes, ”A thief never leaves empty-handed.” Since he was already here, Chen Yi was determined to take something away.

”I wonder if the Chief Commissioner could lend me a few Free and Unfettered Tokens?”

This thing could be used like a phone, which would come in handy when he needed to coordinate multiple forces.

Seeing Dongfang Shuo hesitate again, Xie Guihong directly urged him.

”What’s the big deal about a few Free and Unfettered Tokens? If the Chief Commissioner won’t give them, I’ll just give you mine and swallow my pride to beg the other Island Lords to lend theirs out!”

With Xie Guihong saying that, Dongfang Shuo could only force a bitter smile and agree to lend Chen Yi five Free and Unfettered Tokens.

Before leaving, Chen Yi walked over to Zhao Hanzhou and gave him a few instructions.

”Elder Zhao, the way of formations is beautiful, but don’t neglect your cultivation, alright? A higher realm means a longer lifespan, and it also allows you to go further on the path of formations, doesn’t it?”

A Martial God suddenly showing concern caught Zhao Hanzhou off guard, and he simply replied.

”That’s true, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too...”

Chen Yi smiled and nodded, saying no more. He leaped into the air and vanished beyond the horizon.

After Chen Yi left, Dongfang Shuo finally let out a long breath.

”How did a Martial God suddenly appear in the human world? I wonder who his master is...”

Xie Guihong was stunned.

”He’s a Martial God?”

”Yeah, and he’s very young too. Not the kind of eternal youth where someone just looks young, but genuinely young. It’s absolutely mind-boggling.”

The veteran formation masters present found it even more baffling.

They knew better than anyone how difficult it was to study formations.

An Immortal-grade Formation Master who was also a Martial God, and so young at that.

Even if he started cultivating from the womb, it wouldn’t be fast enough!

”Incredible...”

...

Five Regions, Eastern Wastes, Limitless Sword Sect.

”Boom!”

Chen Yi suddenly appeared, and his abrupt stop left the surrounding air with no time to react, exploding with a thunderous crack.

”This Star Shuttle of Old Shen’s is really useful!”

Chen Yi had made another trip to the Starry Domains. Annoyed by the slow travel speed, he’d gone to Old Shen to ask for an item.

An Immortal Artifact-level Star Shuttle, simply called an Immortal Shuttle!

When activated, its flight speed was faster than a Martial God at full speed!

The only drawback was that it could only be used by a single person.

Chen Yi put away the Immortal Shuttle, standing aloft in mid-air. Before him lay the majestic Sword Sect mountain gate, built against the mountain range.

Chen Yi’s Divine Sense quickly swept across the entire sect, finding the Sword Lord.

The Sword Lord was comprehending the sword dao inside the Sword Tomb. Sensing something, his gaze shifted from the Sword Tomb’s direction toward Chen Yi.

At the same time, all the spirit swords hanging on the walls within the Sword Tomb felt the pressure of Chen Yi’s Martial God presence and began trembling.

The Sword Lord spoke to soothe them.

”No need to be nervous. The visitor is not an enemy.”

The Sword Lord took a single step out of the Sword Tomb. His figure moved like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he was standing before Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled and clasped his fist in greeting.

”Long time no see, Sword Lord.”

The Sword Lord stared at Chen Yi for a moment before quickly recognizing him as the one he’d seen in the Starry Domains last year, who had impersonated his own disciple Yi Qianjun to participate in the Starry Conference.

”You’re a Martial God?”

”That’s right.”

”With your level of cultivation, wouldn’t it have been easy for you to get whatever you wanted from the Starry Domains? Why impersonate Yi Qianjun to participate in the Starry Conference and go around in circles?”

”Uh... I only recently broke through...”

Chen Yi was telling the truth, but from the Sword Lord’s perspective, it was still incomprehensible.

Even if you just broke through to Martial God, you were still at the peak of Martial Saint last year!

Looking across the human world, a peak Martial Saint could strut around with no major problems, right?

If he desperately needed the Star Source, the Shen family would have given him some face out of courtesy.

The Sword Lord didn’t dwell on the Shen family matter and asked Chen Yi about his purpose today.

”Sword Lord, did you discover a long time ago that you could comprehend powers of a higher level than techniques, sword dao, and the like?

But whenever you tried to understand them, you got a dangerous intuition, and ominous signs appeared all around you.

So you were forced to give up?”

The Sword Lord had a feeling like, ”Those are my lines.”

”How do you know?”

”That’s not important. What I want to tell you is that you might not belong to this world...”

The vast and boundless Real Realm, the Void Realm with its limited ceiling, the power of Divine Abilities, the Path to Immortality...

Chen Yi told the Sword Lord everything from beginning to end.

The sheer volume of information was so overwhelming that even the Sword Lord found it hard to accept.

Where did this Martial God come from?

How does he know about me?

And how does he know about the Real Realm, Divine Abilities, and all this information?

The only interaction the real Chen Yi had with the Sword Lord was last time in the Starry Domains, when the Sword Lord saw through his identity while he was impersonating Yi Qianjun.

Unlike in the simulations, where they had gone through so much together and developed a mutual admiration, the Sword Lord naturally had his suspicions about Chen Yi.

”I know it’s hard for you to trust me directly. I’m just here to offer you a choice. If you’re willing to come with me, bring the Sword Sect’s elites and assemble at Golden Sand Beach, just like the Shen family.”

”The Shen Family of the Starry Domains? They’re already cooperating with you?”

”Feel free to go to the Starry Domains to verify. That shouldn’t be difficult for you.”

”If the Shen family trusts you, the Sword Sect can come along too.

This is also a chance to secure a great fortune for the countless cultivators of our Five Regions.

If the Path to Immortality can appear in the world, those geniuses and heroes will never have to die with regrets again...”

Chen Yi turned to leave but suddenly remembered something and looked back.

”Ahem... Well, if you do come to Golden Sand Beach, that means you trust me. I’ve offered you this opportunity, so it’s only fair that I get something in return, right?”

”Is there even anything in my Sword Sect that a Martial God like you would fancy?”

”The Sword Heart Immortal Peach.”

”Deal.”

The Sword Lord didn’t hesitate at all.

Compared to the Path to Immortality, the Sword Heart Immortal Peach was hardly a treasure worth mentioning.

The Sword Lord added at the end.

”If other forces want to participate in the battle for the Path to Immortality, can they come along?”

”Of course. Whoever contributes gets to use the Path to Immortality. That’s only fair.”

Chen Yi figured the Sword Lord was about to flex his connections and invite other major sects to join.

However, Chen Yi had to warn the Sword Lord that it wasn’t about quantity but quality. Don’t gather too many people, because ”there won’t be enough seats.”

Chen Yi didn’t explain what ”won’t be enough seats” meant. He only said, ”You’ll find out when you get to Golden Sand Beach.”

After Chen Yi left, the Sword Sect Grand Elder appeared beside the Sword Lord.

”Sect Master, can this man be trusted?”

”I need to go to the Starry Domains to verify, but I don’t think there’s much wrong with him.”

”Why?”

”If you were a Martial God and wanted our Sword Heart Immortal Peach, would you go through all this trouble? Even if he just took it by force, what could we do about it? This shows he has good intentions toward the Sword Sect, even if I don’t know why...”