Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

Alex watched Rosemist, wondering what she meant by her words. Was it a good idea to ask her about her own mortality? He chose not to.

They walked while they talked, continuing their trek up the mountain. With her warm clothes, Momo wasn’t as bothered by the cold as much as she previously was either, so their speed picked up.

Alex tried asking more about Primordials from Rosemist and got enough information that he could name all 15 of the Primordials.

There was the Qilin, Three-legged Crow, Dragon-Turtle, Roc, Headless Immortal, Moon Rabbit, Yellow Dragon, Guardian Tiger, Midnight Phoenix, Flying Raindragon, Flood Dragon, Heavenly Dog, Fox Spirit, Thousand-Miles Horse, and Nineheaded Phoenix.

He had known most of the names from Scarlet, except for a few. Now he knew them all.

“I’m curious. Why are there so many Dragons and Phoenixes there?” he asked. “Were they not good at coming up with names or what?”

Rosemist chuckled a little. “That’s not it,” she said. “Most of the Primordials themselves were descended from earlier beasts, ones that were very powerful, but couldn’t reach the God Realm.”

“One is referred to as the Dragon Father, and the other one was referred to as the Phoenix Mother. They could be said to be the original Dragon and Phoenix. Their bloodline was what gave birth to most of the beasts in the world, and it is why so many of them have that name.”

“Dragon Father… and Phoenix Mother?” Alex asked. These were names he had never heard before, not even in passing. “And, they died?”

Rosemist shrugged. “No one knows what happened to them really,” she said. “They could’ve died, or they could still be alive. Not even I know.”

“They could be alive?” Alex asked. “But that would make them… what, millions of years old at this point?” “Yeah… it doesn’t make any sense,” Rosemist said. “Maybe they are dead.”

Alex wondered. Were they?

He continued walking, going through the list of names. He remembered the shadow of the beast he saw flying above the Southern Continent that made him feel dread. He talked about it with Rosemist and which one he must’ve seen.

“I must’ve seen the Dragon Turtle then,” Alex said. “I remember the beast having the shape of a turtle.”

“There aren’t that many Primordials whose corpses float around,” Rosemist said. “The Dragon Turtle and the Headless Immortal are the only ones large enough to even cause an eclipse as you mentioned.”

“It had a large tail,” Alex said.

“Oh, so the Dragon Turtle. The Headless Immortal is more of a human, only without a head,” Rosemist said.

“Why did you say the other ones aren’t as big?” Alex asked. “I thought all Primordials are behemoths.”

“Not all,” Rosemist said. “They vary in size. You know how beasts get larger and larger as they improve in cultivation base, right?”

“Yes,” Alex said.

“The Primordials were God realm beasts,” Rosemist said.

“Oh… so that’s why they were so large,” Alex said. “Then… does that mean they can change their size too?”

Rosemist nodded. “Their sizes remain what they were when they died, so the corpses are of different sizes too,” she said. “Not to mention, not all of the corpses are even in the sky. Most of them are within some other Immortal Worlds, decaying as we speak.”

Alex turned to look at her with great swiftness. “There are Primordial corpses in Immortal worlds? Which ones?” he asked.

“Don’t know,” Rosemist said. “I only know there are. Even if they were not, most humans would have already taken them down to their worlds. The only reason they can’t do that with the Headless Immortal or the Dragon Turtle is simply because they are way too large to put into a space stone, and way too mighty to slowly land it in their world.”

“If they simply wish to hopefully have it land on their world, the Primordials’ body would destroy half the world upon impact.”

Alex nodded. Their size was just so big that their falling onto a world would be disastrous.

He talked some more and ended up asking about Senior Lin. It turned out that Rosemist had met Senior Lin when he was just a child and reared him within these mountains all the way until he was a Divinity.

To him, she was no different than a mother figure. That was why he was so quick to get angry on her behalf as he couldn’t stand to watch her be disrespected even in the simplest of ways.

To be the mother figure of a Divinity, Alex could only imagine how old Rosemist was. He wouldn’t be surprised if she was alive during the early days of the Eternal War.

“The sun is down, but it should look good still,” Rosemist said as she looked at the top.

Alex looked up as well and realized they had finally come close to the peak. Just half an hour more and they would reach the peak.

Momo was excited now, climbing up the mountain more briskly than anyone else.

Alex looked around at the other four mountains that surrounded this one, and their peak was below where they were. They truly were coming to the highest point of this mountain range.

“Is this the tallest peak of Medicine World?” Alex asked.

“There are 2 taller ones in Medicine Continent,” Senior Lin said. “But their importance is far less when compared to this one.”

“What importance?” Alex asked.

He didn’t answer.

“We’re finally here,” Rosemist said, walking up onto the peak.

Alex followed behind her and saw the world on the other side that was such a glorious beauty. There was fog at the bottom on this side as well, even thicker after having all the snow melted during the day.

Pearl came up and made way finally for Momo to arrive.

Momo reached the peak, slightly out of breath, and looked down at the giant world below her. Her eyes widened as she saw the glittering lights of tens of thousands of cities and towns, brilliantly glowing in the night, like the beginning of a massive festival.