Immortality Starts With Investment

Su Yuxuan’s timely faint left Ye Chen looking at Manjusaka’s soul, speaking earnestly. ”Junior Sister’s condition is unstable, and you cultivated the Indestructible Heavenly Art… Please, Senior, use it to absorb my origin to help her recover fully! Thank you, Senior!”

Manjusaka was stunned. She’d thought Ye Chen favored the new over the old. Now he offered his own origin?

Unlike Su Yuxuan, who knew Ye Chen well enough to guess the truth, Manjusaka frowned. ”Won’t taking your origin harm your immortal path? The split guy’s origin would suffice.”

Ye Chen shook his head firmly. ”No, Junior Sister is special to me. Only the best will do. I have the Heavenly Emperor’s origin recovery method. Even if drained, I’ll recover in five years. Five years of my time for her unbroken immortal path, soaring forward—I’m happy to pay it.”

Unconscious, Su Yuxuan’s lips curved, as if dreaming something sweet. Manjusaka fell silent, her gaze on Ye Chen shifting entirely.

Five years wasn’t long for cultivators, but with the immortal path nearing, missing five years could cost Ye Chen his chance at ascension. For Su Yuxuan, he was willing to sacrifice so much. She’d misjudged him. Though a womanizer, he gave everything for each woman he loved, offering them the best.

She nodded, expression complex. ”As long as you don’t regret it.”

Ye Chen smiled. ”Then I’ll trouble you, Senior. I offer my origin—absorb it boldly.” He closed his eyes, leaving himself to her.

Manjusaka gave him a deep look, reentered Su Yuxuan’s body, and activated the Indestructible Heavenly Art. Devouring others usually meant crushing their heads, but that wouldn’t do for Ye Chen. Instead, she had Su Yuxuan’s body hold his hands. Though not her own body, the touch felt direct, stirring unease. Clearing her mind, she gently drew his origin through his hands.

Ye Chen, sensing her cautious pull, urged, ”Go harder, don’t spare me.”

He worried her slow pace would disrupt his gifting schedule and time management. But Manjusaka thought he was eager for Su Yuxuan’s swift recovery. His image in her heart grew even more distinct. Such a man, so caring for his women, was rare in the cultivation world!

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Ye Chen felt his origin draining like a tide, an uncomfortable sensation. But he endured. The Myriad Star Body was second-rate, its origin not exceptional. Yet, his perfect cultivation across realms, coupled with top-tier resources and techniques, had forcibly elevated it to first-rate. Absorbing just this took half a day.

Still not enough—Su Yuxuan’s Nether God Body demanded more. So, the drain continued. Only the Myriad Star Body’s origin could trigger feedback; his Heavy Pupil and Primordial Supreme Heart, system-derived, likely wouldn’t. But Ye Chen didn’t hold back.

”Keep drawing,” he urged. Even if the feedback wasn’t enough, Ying Tiansheng was there—ready to repay it all with interest. The Primordial Supreme Heart’s origin far surpassed the Nether God Body.

Another half-day passed. A quarter of his Primordial Supreme Heart’s origin was taken before Manjusaka’s pull faded. Releasing his hands, she said earnestly, ”I’ve absorbed enough… It’s more than what she lost. In the next week, I’ll refine it, possibly pushing her Nether God Body further, achieving mastery sooner… You, rest well!”

Though not fully drained, Ye Chen’s face paled, his invincible aura dimmed. He’d paid a steep price. Yet Manjusaka saw no regret or pain on his face—only joy. Closing her eyes, she marveled. Ye Chen was too devoted! Men were either Ye Chen or everyone else.

Simultaneously, system prompts rang in his mind.

”Congratulations, host, for successful gifting…”

”Gift: Your origin!”

”500x feedback processing…”

”Detected: Gift is critical to recipient, causing intense emotional impact…”

”Triggered maximum critical hit reward!”

”Reward: Ancient Desolation Sacred Body!”

”Reward: Primordial Supreme Heart’s missing origin restored!”

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly, unsurprised. The reward was expected. Manjusaka’s 500x multiplier was low, so even a max critical hit only yielded the Ancient Desolation Sacred Body and restored his Primordial Supreme Heart’s origin.

The Ancient Desolation Sacred Body wasn’t weak—Heavenly Emperor’s own, immune to myriad evils, invincible in flesh, rivaling an immortal’s progeny. At Quasi-Immortal, the Emperor pushed it to mastery, challenging and even slaying True Immortals.

But it had flaws: cultivation was dozens or hundreds of times harder, cursed by Myriad Races from the ancient era for nearly overturning their dominance, bringing harsher tribulations and late-life calamities.

Though a top-ten physique, far above the Myriad Star Body, Ye Chen wasn’t thrilled. He disliked challenges or bloody growth. He preferred crushing foes and rapid progress. The Ancient Desolation Sacred Body didn’t suit his style.

Fortunately, it was transitional. Next week, when Yi Qingwu mastered the Indestructible Heavenly Art, he’d gift her Ying Tiansheng. With her 2,500x multiplier and vengeance fulfilled, a massive critical hit was certain, skyrocketing his physique further.

Glancing at Manjusaka, he mused. As Su Yuxuan’s gifting intermediary, her multiplier was too low. Once done, he’d ask about restoring her body, hoping to boost her multiplier. If she matched Yi Qingwu’s, this gift’s reward would’ve been greater.