Immortality Starts With Investment

Heavenly Intention Holy Son surged with killing intent, divine light swirling around him, wielding the Great Dao Treasure Bottle as he charged. Countless cultivators in Great Shang Immortal City couldn’t see his movements clearly.

But they sighed in pity. The Fourth Holy Son was doomed. After all, even Hua Yunfei’s avatar fell to Heavenly Intention Holy Son. The Fourth Holy Son, only at mid-Deity Transformation, was far outmatched. How could he resist?

Some remarked he deserved his fate. Daring to provoke Heavenly Intention Holy Son’s fiancée? If not him, who else?

Under countless gazes, Ye Chen’s lips curved calmly. Divine light bloomed from his brow, a shadow emerging alongside the divine bridge, bursting forth. In an instant, it grew massive.

Standing a hundred meters tall between heaven and earth. Ye Chen’s true body stood at the shadow’s brow, calmly overlooking the approaching Heavenly Intention Holy Son.

Heaven and Earth Manifestation.

The sight of the Fourth Holy Son’s manifestation silenced Great Shang Immortal City. At Deity Transformation, one could form their own manifestation. The truly powerful reached a thousand meters, so a hundred wasn’t remarkable. But the Fourth Holy Son’s manifestation was terrifying.

Though only a hundred meters, it seemed to touch the sky. In its hand, a divine axe flowed with endless chaotic energy, as if it could cleave anything. Merely looking at it, countless felt their spirit sense splitting in two. All marveled in their hearts.

The Fourth Holy Son’s talent was truly formidable. No wonder he dared challenge Heavenly Intention Holy Son for a woman.

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Ye Chen ignored the onlookers. With a thought, the manifestation’s mountain-like arms flexed, raising the divine axe high, locking onto Heavenly Intention Holy Son.

Heavenly Intention Holy Son’s gaze sharpened. He’d faced Ye Chen’s manifestation before. Now locked on, it felt like no matter where he went, he couldn’t dodge this axe—it would cleave him apart.

But this time, he was prepared. He wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice. His Great Dao Treasure Bottle, the pinnacle of his inherited techniques, paired with the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, could dissolve any offensive technique. Even the supreme Ten Vicious Treasure Techniques would be neutralized.

The Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, created by a peerless female immortal, was designed to counter top-tier techniques like the Vicious Ten and Nine Secrets. No matter how terrifying Ye Chen’s manifestation was, it would be reduced to pure energy by the sacred art, then absorbed by the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and returned to him in full. So, facing the axe that could split the void, chaos, and all things, Heavenly Intention Holy Son felt no fear, charging head-on.

Boom…

The divine axe crashed down, reducing everything in its path to primal Yin-Yang Qi. In a blink, it reached Heavenly Intention Holy Son. His eyes blazed like lightning, urging the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art to dissolve it.

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But in the next instant, his face changed. It didn’t work—it truly didn’t work. His sacred art had no effect on the axe. How was this possible?

Heavenly Intention Holy Son reacted swiftly, opening the Great Dao Treasure Bottle wide to absorb the strike.

Crack…

The bottle shattered, exploding violently. The attack far exceeded its limits. Shock and confusion flooded Heavenly Intention Holy Son’s heart. How could such a terrifying Heaven and Earth Manifestation exist? What had Ye Chen conjured? A giant wielding a divine axe. Could Ye Chen have comprehended the Pangu himself?

Stunned, Heavenly Intention Holy Son didn’t hesitate, turning to flee. He activated Movement Secret, vanishing into the void to dodge the strike. The stronger the manifestation, the greater its cost. Once Ye Chen’s manifestation faded, he’d crush him easily.

Heavenly Intention Holy Son planned well. But as the axe fell, it seemed to strike nothing. Yet, the void where he hid exploded. Heavenly Intention Holy Son’s body was cleaved in two. Golden blood sprayed from the split.

Heavenly Intention Holy Son, sliced from head to toe, wasn’t dead. His bisected eyes brimmed with disbelief. He’d clearly escaped, and the axe hit nothing. Why was he still cleaved? How was this possible? Did Ye Chen’s manifestation involve causality? Hitting its target regardless of contact? Utterly absurd!

Above, Ye Chen, now piloting his ”mecha,” felt satisfied. His manifestation was Pangu’s World-Opening. Even the heavens couldn’t escape—how could a man? Once locked, the enemy had nowhere to flee, only to resist. Had Heavenly Intention Holy Son blocked, he might’ve survived, at least partially intact. Pity—he chose wrong.

Ye Chen was thrilled with his manifestation’s effect. One swing wasn’t enough. His urge to cleave grew, his gaze drifting toward Elder Mo and Fang Qing’s battle, tempted to test it on a Mahayana expert. But first, he’d finish Heavenly Intention Holy Son. One more swing.

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In the distance, Yi Qingwu never expected this outcome. No time for shock. Seeing her fiancé cleaved in two, a shadow passed through her exquisite eyes. Her stunning figure flew toward Heavenly Intention Holy Son without hesitation.

”Holy Son, hold on! I have a treasure pill. I’ll take you away and heal you! Ye Chen, don’t touch my fiancé, or I’ll never forgive you!”

The scene moved countless shocked onlookers in Great Shang Immortal City. The Fourth Holy Son was outrageously strong, splitting Heavenly Intention Holy Son in half, unbelievable.

But so what? Even winning the battlefield, he couldn’t win the Holy Maiden’s heart. Ye Chen, about to swing another axe, paused. Seeing Yi Qingwu fly to Heavenly Intention Holy Son, he gave her a strange look, guessing her intent.

He decided to let her have this moment.

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As for Heavenly Intention Holy Son, a Unity realm expert with myriad mystical arts, even being halved, he could recover swiftly. But Ye Chen’s manifestation carried astonishing laws. Despite using Heavenly Intention Holy Land’s top healing arts, he couldn’t mend.

Panic gripped him. No matter how strong his vitality, without recovery, it would drain, and he might truly fall. The fiancée, fearless of Ye Chen’s might, rushed to his aid without hesitation. This moved Heavenly Intention Holy Son deeply.

Yet, amid the emotion, humiliation and guilt surged. He failed to save her, and now the one who humiliated her had split him in two. Worse, she had to threaten Ye Chen to make him stop. The shame overwhelmed him. He wished he’d been killed outright.

But with his Devouring Heaven Demon Art and boundless potential, today’s humiliations could be repaid in the future. He didn’t want to die. His bisected eyes gazed hopefully at the void where the Mahayana battle raged, praying Fang Qing would end it and save him.

At that moment, the void trembled, and a figure burst through the domain. It was Fang Qing’s aura.

Heavenly Intention Holy Son’s heart leaped with joy. Fang Qing had surely crushed Mo Yixi, ending the fight. He opened his mouth to call for help. But no words came. Fang Qing, emerging from the void, had half his body blown apart, part of his head shattered. His eyes brimmed with terror. ”His full sublimation is too fierce. I can’t win—truly can’t win! We need to go!”

The entire cultivation world fell silent. Countless cultivators stared in disbelief. Everyone had thought Heavenly Intention Holy Son outmatched the Fourth Holy Son. His protector outmatched the Fourth’s. Yet the battle, barely begun, was over? And the outcome defied all expectations. Not one guess was right!