Immortality Starts With Investment

Chapter 972: Creating a Path of His Own!

Ye Chen no longer felt like fishing for more opponents. The current cultivation world truly had no one left worth fishing for. Satisfied with the rewards Celestial Prince had provided, he reached out with a large hand and directly pulled everything back.

He sent the Undying Celestial Blade back into his inner world. Then his gaze swept toward Lotus Emperorʼs location.

Lotus Emperor was still recovering. Although it seemed like quite some time had passed while Ye Chen killed Celestial Prince, in reality, from the moment he brought out the Undying Celestial Blade to the moment he finished the kill, only a few breaths had elapsed.

Having gained quite a harvest, Ye Chen was in no hurry and waited patiently.

The onlookers, however, had already been shocked beyond words by that single blade strike from earlier.

Both sides had immortal artifacts. Yet Celestial Prince could not even withstand a single slash from the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir. Even his immortal tower had been split apart directly. It was simply outrageous. In the eyes of many, the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir was already no different from a true immortal.

Looking at the distant heavens and earth that had gradually calmed down, everyone felt a surge of complex emotions.

An existence like Celestial Prince, who had slumbered from ancient times until now, should have brought immense terror to the entire cultivation world and catastrophic disaster to countless human forces.

Yet he had only emerged for a few days before falling like this. A million years of slumber now seemed like a joke.

But no one found it funny. Instead, they felt even greater awe toward Ye Chenʼs overwhelming power. After all, Celestial Prince had truly not been weak. It was simply that the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir was too strong. Fighting two alone, killing one and heavily injuring the other—what kind of terror was this?

Even the Eight-Crowned King was probably in danger. If the Eight-Crowned King was willing to act at this moment, there might still be a chance. But if they waited until the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir also reached the quasi-immortal realm, or even the peak of quasi-immortal… Then the immortal path of this generation would likely have no more suspense… The Heavenly Emperorʼs heir would become the last one to achieve immortality in this era, and also the strongest one.

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Just as everyoneʼs hearts were filled with awe, Lotus Emperor finally finished recovering. Even though he had nearly been unable to resurrect after that single punch, he still stood tall and majestic, with black hair cascading down and deep eyes that carried an imposing aura even without anger. Only in the depths of his eyes was there a trace of regret. He looked at Ye Chen and did not attack again.

Celestial Prince was already dead. There was no point in him fighting any longer.

After a long silence, he sighed and cupped his hands toward Ye Chen. ”Thank you, fellow Daoist, for waiting for me to recover…”

Without waiting for Ye Chenʼs reply, he raised his head and gazed at the vast, endless horizon, his eyes full of reluctance. ”I first gained sentience back when I was still a longevity medicine, long before the Heavenly Emperor era…Even after gaining sentience, I could only hide and flee, constantly afraid of being discovered and consumed by others.

”The Heavenly Emperor saw me back then. He plucked a few lotus seeds and petals from me and let me go. Afterward, I hid inside a forbidden zone and kept pondering how I could truly possess power.

”While observing the nurturing of holy spirits in the forbidden zone, a sudden thought came to me: why couldnʼt I become a holy spirit? Why couldnʼt I nurture myself for endless years like a holy spirit and ultimately achieve transcendence?

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”Thus, I spent ten thousand years observing the process of holy spirit nurturing, visiting countless traces left by true immortals, and comprehending the natural rhythms of the Dao. I created my own holy spirit nurturing technique.

”In the end, I succeeded. I transformed into a holy spirit, absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, was baptized by the rules, and grew continuously.

”Unfortunately, I still could not achieve immortality in the end.”

As the Lotus Emperorʼs words fell, not only did the onlookers erupt in uproar, but even Ye Chen raised his eyebrows.