Eternal Tale

Chen Xun let out a sigh of relief, finally having sent it off.

He added, ”Ji Yan, let’s switch to another type of war artifact. We can use it ourselves or make some treasure ships. Although the profit is smaller, more cultivators will buy them, and we can avoid getting entangled in too much trouble.”

”Hehe, alright. Since it’s your personal request, Ji Yan will certainly comply,” Ji Yan replied softly, cupping his hands. Only Lord Crossing the World could make him change his decisions. ”I’ll plan carefully on how to use the spirit stones and show you the accounts later.”

”Haha, great!” Chen Xun’s eyes lit up, finally hearing what he wanted. ”Let’s leave quickly; staying in Xuanwei Heaven is too uncomfortable.”

”To be honest, I feel the same,” Ji Yan nodded with a smile. In the Mengmu Sea Region, he finally had all the essentials for cultivating immortality: wealth, companions, methods, and land. Companions weren’t just Dao partners but also fellow cultivators on the path.

But the next time he returned to Xuanwei Heaven, it would be a completely different scene.

Buzz—

Countless mists surged in as the grand formation of Spirit Realm Manor closed entirely. All beings rose into the air, heading towards the cloud passage, their gazes becoming incredibly sharp.

Especially Qian Shan, whose weathered face was full of excitement. The Taiwei Purple Immortal Fruit could extend life by three thousand years!

Such a great immortal favor he would never forget. If he could break through to the Tribulation Crossing Venerable realm and rescue his brother, his life would belong to Lord Crossing the World, willing to protect his family until his dying day.Yuan Ming’s expression was calm as he took one last deep look at Xuanwei Heaven, the Nine Dragons Mystic Gate. In the future, he would leap through the dragon gate and visit personally!

Tian Li had already donned a beast bone mask, his gaze fierce, closely guarding Ji Yan.

Ji Yan wasn’t strong in dueling. If an assassin attacked, he wouldn’t be able to defend himself, and Tian Li couldn’t let him get hurt.

Past grievances had long faded for him. He never hated or resented those from his sect, nor did he ever think of revenge. He only felt the need to cherish the present and future, as they were his true companions.

Yun Shao, in a blue dress, had a serene face with a faint smile at the corners of her mouth. Her eyes glanced slightly at Yao Yue, as Ji Yan had instructed her to keep an eye on her.

Her story of entering the Immortal Prison was simple: she annihilated a sect, leaving no survivors.

She loathed the rules of the grand world to the extreme, as her sect was crushed by them, its millennia-old legacy flattened.

She was the only seed protected by the entire sect, but she disappointed them. Though she avenged them, she was still oppressed by the grand world rules and sent to the Immortal Prison.

Yet Yun Shao understood patience. Despite her deep-seated hatred, she climbed step by step, cultivating to the late Void Refinement stage, using the Great Annihilation Technique to destroy her enemies, her killing intent like a cold wind ravaging everything.

The two sects’ enmity was known to the Immortal Hall. Such killing wasn’t punishable by death. Someone must have felt compassion, only sending her to the Immortal Prison for reflection. Sect grievances never concerned the Immortal Hall rules; she was too attached.

Yun Shao was once someone else’s junior sister, the apple of her sect’s eye, but now it no longer mattered. The sect’s annihilation was the grand world rules’ doing, with no need to argue right or wrong.

In the Immortal Prison, her physical strength was weak, surviving by the skin of her teeth.

In the years of fleeing outside, she learned nothing but resilience, calmness, and defiance.

However, after encountering two beings with black hoods, she understood despair.

In the Immortal Prison, her Heavenly Spirit Root was nothing, and her physical body and life-bound magical artifact couldn’t harm them at all!

It was a deep sense of powerlessness and fear, chilling her to the bone. She gritted her teeth, preferring death over submission, but said nothing harsh, only silently enduring.

Yet, those two hooded beings asked if she wanted to chat...

They had no interest in her flesh, wanting to discuss things like the rules of the grand world and take notes.

From then on, Yun Shao and Chen Xun were bound together, meeting again in the White Bone Land, willing to bow to the strongest in the Immortal Prison! To overthrow the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance together!

Yun Shao’s heart was equally wild. She had no weaknesses, alone with no regrets, unafraid of death.

However, she was calm and rational, lacking Ji Yan’s big-picture view, only able to handle small matters, not big ones.

Yao Yue sensed Yun Shao’s inexplicable gaze, smiling alluringly, her eyes cold.

Recently, she spoke little, rarely interacting with others, not wanting to argue, only looking faintly at Ji Yan’s back, eagerly anticipating him asking her to kill.

Only killing...

The figures gradually disappeared in this dreamlike world, the stars at the top of the sky still slowly spewing spiritual qi, never ceasing because of fewer cultivators in the capital.

The next day.

They headed to the Azure Dragon Platform in the clouds to board the Heavenly Treasure Ship to the Southern Yu Continent. Inside the ship, the nebulae still flowed, and the vast world outside was clearly visible.

Chen Xun and Black Bull slowly looked outside the treasure ship from their small cave abode, their eyes calm and serene.

People still came and went from all directions, the cloud passage extending everywhere, quite mysterious. Seas of clouds surged, the vast space passage slowly opening, leading to an endless distance.

Their gaze seemed to see the small teahouse in the clouds and Dai Xinqing guarding outside the small pavilion around the Tower of Babel, as well as the Unity boss setting up his stall once every hundred years.

Everything was so peaceful and harmonious, with every cultivator busy on their immortal path. They were too, finally going home...

Buzz—

A vast ripple rose above the Azure Dragon Platform as the ship’s formation activated, the faint light dazzling, the sea of clouds surging, beginning to connect with the large space passage, destination: Southern Yu Continent!

Boom!

A vast spatial fluctuation echoed in all directions, and the Heavenly Treasure Ship instantly vanished into the vast space passage, disappearing entirely within the boundless Xuanwei Heaven.

Cloudside Teahouse.

A pair of Dao companions quietly tidied up everything, all the decorations here made of piled clouds, natural and elegant. They smiled as they looked into the distance, eyes filled with a sense of fulfillment.

On the plains of the Tower of Babel.

Dai Xinqing cupped his hands to the cultivators coming and going from the pavilion, his eyes filled with unparalleled calm. He suddenly looked into the distant sky, a slight smile on his lips.

Those seniors and Black Bull’s figures were likely the pioneers of their boundary. He sighed softly towards the distant sky, ”Huang Shao, we’ve met those seniors again. If only you could see them, but I believe you have, right? Hehe...”

His eyes showed ancient weariness as he gazed at the boundless sky, momentarily lost in thought.

Beside a stone-cutting vendor.

”Miss, watch the first cut!”

The Unity boss’s deep voice sounded, using his ancient family knife to start cutting stones again.

But soon, a slightly regretful voice followed:

”Hehe, Miss, it seems luck isn’t on your side this time. But even so, losses lead to gains. I wish you great success on your Tower of Babel journey.”

”Thank you for your kind words, senior!”

The woman smiled, putting away the broken Heavenly Hidden Stone and leaving with it.

The Unity boss also smiled as he watched her leave, using mana to nurture his small knife artifact, quietly sitting and watching the coming and going beings, waiting for business.

Today’s sky was shrouded in mist, light as silk, dancing gracefully. The breeze brushed past, the mist swirling, draping the entire sky in a mysterious veil.

Sunlight streamed through the mist’s gaps, casting gentle rays like golden threads dancing among the mist, penetrating the clouds to illuminate the earth, just shining on the Heavenly Hidden Stone he had placed.

His expression slightly dazed, he slowly looked into the distant sky, a faint smile on his face.