Immortality Starts With Investment

Chapter 582: Unimaginable Gains!

For cultivators, even innate Divine Abilities or special physiques arenʼt fully mastered at once. They require insight, practice, and personal understanding to unlock unique applications. The same physique varies by wielder, much like identical techniques yield different results. Take Heavy Pupils: in the Heavenly Emperorʼs golden era, with prodigies and top physiques abounding, Heavy Pupils werenʼt the pinnacle.

Yet, one rose above, outpacing peers, the only foe the Emperor couldnʼt fully suppress before immortality. This shows physique strength matters, but mastery is key. Excelling in harnessing a physique or bloodline yields extraordinary combat power.

Ye Chenʼs physiques were a patchwork, too many to fully explore. He used their basic forms, never pushing limits—his rapid progress left little time for deep mastery, prioritizing cultivation gains instead.

Now, the systemʼs rewards flooded his mind, sparking joy. The 4,000x multiplierʼs grandeur, though less than Yan Qingchengʼs, was still staggering. A single ancient Heavy Pupil insight triggered rewards: Ancient Stone Immortal King, Heavenly Emperor, No-Beginning Immortal King, and Yin-Yang Divine Monarchʼs complete insights.

Save for the Emperor, Ye Chen didnʼt know these names, but their titles screamed otherworldly power, likely titans in the immortal realm. Their insights would elevate his mastery of Heavy Pupils, Supreme Heart, Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, and Yin-Yang Dao Sea to unimaginable heights, their power reaching absurd levels.

This gift to Lan Nuo left Ye Chen ecstatic. Initially, her posturing annoyed him—without the 4,000x, heʼd have wanted to smack her. Now, her flair seemed… adorable. His earlier feigned deference felt awkward, but now? She deserved to be hyped up. No amount of praise was too much. If critical hits kept coming, heʼd gladly crown her the cultivation worldʼs top prodigy.

Ye Chen gleefully absorbed the vast insights. The Heavenly Emperorʼs Supreme Heart mastery, beyond basics like Hand of Heaven and Heavenʼs Calamity Light, unearthed reincarnation-related power, capable of countering the Hand instantly.

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At quasi-immortal, fully mastering the Supreme Heart, this reincarnation force could manipulate time, aging foes into oblivion with one strike—terrifying just to imagine.

Even more, post-immortality, the Supreme Heart might unlock a passive ability, boosting combat power several to tens of times, akin to the All-Word Secretʼs effect. The mere thought was absurd.

Beyond the Supreme Heart, Ye Chenʼs Heavy Pupils, Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, and Yin-Yang Dao Sea each revealed unique marvels. For instance, channeling all power into Heavy Pupils could unleash a terrifying divine beam, alongside myriad Heavy Pupil divine arts with boundless applications.

The Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo offered faster cultivation, stronger Dao techniques, and methods closer to the Daoʼs essence. Various physique explosion techniques and the Yin-Yang Dao Sea followed suit. This wave of gains was unimaginable, pushing Ye Chenʼs already absurd combat power to defy the heavens. Fleeing foes like Alkaid Holy Son no longer mattered. His only rival now was the same-realm Heavenly Emperor. During his next Mahayana tribulation, heʼd spar with the Emperorʼs imprint to test his hard-earned limits.

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Like a diligent bee, Ye Chen savored the predecessorsʼ insights. Lan Nuo, too, absorbed the ancient Heavy Pupilʼs wisdom, her understanding soaring into a new realm. Her combat power rose at least 30%, with even greater potential at Mahayana.

Confident now, she no longer feared instant defeat. She planned to block Ye Chenʼs first strike gracefully, then concede—not surrender, but praise his strength, admit a slight gap, claim insights from the clash, and propose a rematch at Mahayana. This would highlight her strength without suspicion. Smirking inwardly, she quickly hid it.

A week passed in a blink.

As the systemʼs cooldown ended, Ye Chen opened his eyes, divine light bursting like stars, his terrifying aura unleashed to prove his recovery.

Onlookers, waiting patiently, buzzed with anticipation for the clash of this eraʼs top prodigies. They retreated, fearing the fallout, while external Mahayana powers readied to protect their prodigies—such elitesʼ battle ripples could rival Mahayana strength.

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Under countless eyes, Lan Nuo rose, her gaze calm, exuding a prodigy aura without a word. But inwardly, she panicked. Moments ago, sheʼd felt confident to block a strike with flair. Now, face-to-face with Ye Chenʼs overwhelming aura—like a stream meeting the ocean, a leaf facing a forest—she saw reality. No rematch. She just wanted to go home to Great-Great-Grandma.