The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1087: Chapter 1084: Empyrean Fairy’s Invitation (2)

For those Xian Dao elite who aspire to ascend to the Eighth Realm, the glorious God Path is not the most optimal choice. After all, with the Empyrean Fairy as the New Era’s God Ancestor, it is difficult for other cultivators of the God Path to surpass her and thus ascend to Golden Immortal.

Yet, for the vast majority of cultivators, this represents a great path from earth to sky...

In any case, the God Path is now part of the Immortal Path, and stepping onto the God Path can likewise lead to attaining immortality.

For mortal cultivators below the True Immortal Realm, if they find their path hopeless, they can completely switch to the God Path in the Nine Heavens Realm. With the Empyrean Fairy, the New Era’s God Ancestor, personally instructing them, they will surely benefit greatly, and the chance of achieving immortality through the God Path is not small.

For True Immortals, the Nine Heavens Realm is also the ideal choice for earning achievement in heaven and earth. After all, the Empyrean Fairy’s cultivation has exceeded what it once was after her resurrection, and even the top tier of the leftover evils find it nearly impossible to breach this heavenly gateway, making it safer compared to other places!

Plenty among tens of thousands of contracted cultivators are tempted. Once the Empyrean Fairy issued the invitation, over ten thousand immediately expressed their intent to remain in the Nine Heavens Realm to cultivate.

”Fellow Daoist Qingyun, if you switch to the God Path, with your talent and gift, you could undoubtedly verify Heavenly Immortal status within thirty thousand years.”

Compared to others, the Empyrean Fairy had even higher hopes for Shen Mo, but after some thought, Shen Mo gently declined.

He had already laid a strong foundation in Immortal Dao cultivation; changing to the God Path would be akin to starting over.

Moreover, the God Path has just revived and is mere scaffolding. Even with assistance from Nature Gods within the universe, expanding the God Path would consume tremendous time and energy, likely taking tens of thousands of years to reach a period of prosperity.

Additionally, if Shen Mo wants to achieve something in the God Path, he cannot circumvent the hurdle of the Empyrean Fairy as God Ancestor; he does not wish to end up battling her to the death over the Great Path!

Chen Mengze, like Shen Mo, also politely refused the Empyrean Fairy’s invitation.

However, after much deliberation, Jiang Yingying decided to stay in the Nine Heavens Realm for some time, attempting to cultivate the God Path and see what comes of it.

Her prospects on the Xian Dao were not promising, lacking both talent and immortal fate, causing her cultivation to progress quite slowly. Even though she managed to earn a considerable amount of god-slaying emblematic achievements, giving her access to high-level resources through Guan Ling, she was not confident enough to bridge the Divine Bridge, let alone ascend to the Formless Realm. Switching to the God Path might open a whole new avenue for her!

This also served as a reminder to Shen Mo that in the Red Flame Sect, and even throughout the entire Five Dragon Mountain, there were many cultivators with no future in the Xian Dao. He could potentially send a batch of ”mediocre talents” there, and perhaps cultivate a few God Path True Immortals!

After the banquet, Shen Mo took another trip to the God Path world, which is now the Nine Heavens Realm.

The fall of all fake gods led to the loss of divine power among the God Path elites of this realm, reducing them to mere mortals. Plus, with the Empyrean Fairy imprinting her will upon the entire world, the once fiery chaos instantly calmed, and Nature Gods from beyond the universe replaced the original fake gods, becoming the new subjects of worship for the Human Race of this realm.

However, these worshipers no longer need to sacrifice their primal Essence and Qi. They only need to contribute the power of their thoughts, avoiding the tragic fate of ”short-lived in life, soul extinguished in death”, and even gaining a chance to become deities.

Meanwhile, the Godslayer Palace has fulfilled its historical mission.

The Ma’s Village deep in Thorn Mountain was relocated to the Qing Country with Shen Mo’s help;

As for the Wang Village, Shen Mo need not worry, as Guo Yun, Wang Qiuyue, and others have established significant influence in the Qing Country, with most of the villagers having already moved out of the wild forest!

He also left a few Xian Dao cultivation methods for the two villages. Although the Nine Heavens Realm presently has barely existent nature’s spiritual energy and lacks Xian Dao resources, it is capable of cultivation. If they persist in their cultivation with perseverance and diligence, they can certainly achieve a state of strong vitality and immunity to all diseases.

If they wish to achieve greater success in cultivation, the God Path in the Nine Heavens Realm is still the way to go, but the choice is theirs to make.

Other Godslayer Palace forces also lost their significance of existence. However, over the tens of thousands of years, the Godslayer Palace has contributed immensely to the Empyrean Fairy’s resurrection, and Shen Mo believes she will repay this cause and effect graciously!

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Days later, Shen Mo used the Skill [Reverse Yin and Yang] and returned to the Five Dragon Mountain with Chen Mengze, while Jiang Yingying stayed in the Nine Heavens Realm to continue cultivating the God Path.

He also left a Gecko False Body in the Nine Heavens Realm for two purposes... One is to continue researching the Divine Rune, to see if it can be integrated into his own cultivation system; the other is to leave a retreat. Whether the Five Dragon Mountain protected by the Earth Yuan Array or the Constellations of Horned Flood Dragon protected by the Stars Circulation Array, none is as safe as the Nine Heavens Realm with the Empyrean Fairy overseeing it.

During the decade Shen Mo was absent from the sect, Deputy Sect Master Yuan Heming and the other sect leaders managed the daily affairs of the Red Flame Sect and the entire Five Dragon Mountain in an orderly manner, sparing Shen Mo from such mundane worries upon his return.

The Earth Yuan Array nearing perfection, completed through the consistent efforts of Shi Nianyao, Meng Biao, and others over ten years, still required the completion of nineteen Lower Grade Immortal Mountains to reach a grand accomplishment.

Upon returning to the sect, Shen Mo and Chen Mengze first visited Chen An. Before they entered the God Path world, Shen Mo had asked Guan Ling to use the power of time and space’s law to restore Chen An to his youthful prime, so Chen An now looks like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenager, though his demeanor remains as seasoned as ever, making him appear strangely like a Silver-haired Child.

Chen An’s body and soul had become youthful, restoring to the Body Tempering Realm, but despite his low cultivation realm, he could still walk with confidence in the Red Flame Sect and across the whole Five Dragon Mountain. Even Shi Nianyao, the Palace Master of Heavenly Phoenix Palace, would still call him Elder Chen respectfully.

Frankly speaking, Chen An is now not yet five hundred years old, whereas Shi Nianyao’s true age has exceeded three thousand, likely older than the original ancestor of the Chen Family. However, since Chen An is Chen Mengze’s father and Shen Mo’s uncle, Shi Nianyao wouldn’t dare to act superior before him. Others who enjoy similar treatment include Wu Gong, an Elder in Purple Robes of the Red Flame Sect. His realm and authority may not be high, but his status in Five Dragon Mountain rivals that of a Great Cultivator.

Fortunately, neither Chen An nor Wu Gong are ones to exploit their power, otherwise, not only the sect leaders but even Shen Mo would be troubled.

After returning to the sect, what annoyed Shen Mo the most was the ripple effect caused by Chen An’s ”return to youth”.

Disciples of the Red Flame Sect nearing the end of their Lifespan, or those with aging soul bodies, flocked to Shen Mo, hoping he could use similar methods to make them ”young again”... This left him quite troubled. Even though he still held over three thousand god-slaying emblems, using them all in exchange for Guan Ling’s intervention could only bestow ”youth” or ”reincarnation” upon a thousand people, and he needed to reserve some emblems, lest he burden future requests for aid from Guan Ling or the Empyrean Fairy with a debt of gratitude!

Many who appealed to him were acquaintances, and even unfamiliar disciples could find connections to those close to him.

For instance, Cao Ren’s father, Cao Shanyue, having little Lifespan left, insisted Cao Ren approach Shen Mo for a chance at ”returning to youth”, threatening to sever ties if he refused; or Zhao Lingyin’s Master Wu Gong subtly hinted through Zhao Lingyin about ”Alchemy Path being endless, time waits for no one”...

After some thought, Shen Mo simply released ten opportunities for ”returning to youth” as top sect rewards displayed in the Reward Goodness Hall, then added one opportunity every ten years, for those willing to exchange their sect merits.

This way, he would no longer be troubled by pleas from those close to him, and the three thousand plus god-slaying emblems should last him for at least ten thousand years.

Fan Ying, the reincarnated Creation True Immortal of the Celestial Feather Sect, was sent back by Jade Spring Fairy shortly after Shen Mo returned to the sect, and despite notable progress in cultivation over these ten years, nothing else seemed amiss.

Nonetheless, Shen Mo opted to keep her in the Green Cloud Cave for cultivation, to avoid her getting drawn into a mysterious and unpredictable vortex in the future.