Immortality Starts With Investment

A week later, Ye Chen ended his seclusion, satisfied with the changes brought by the Earth-Splitting Divine Stone. Though its boost to his domain’s amplification was modest, it awakened three new Domain Divine Abilities, bringing his total to four.

Besides ”Two Lives as One,” he gained:

- Soul Annihilation: Ignores physical defenses, directly attacking the enemy’s soul.

- Ice Seal Thirty Thousand Miles: Freezes all enemies within the domain.

- Three Thousand Great Worlds: A spatial attack, chaoticizing space like countless world portals opening, shredding enemies with spatial force.

Ye Chen was thrilled with their immense power. He still had four more abilities to awaken. Importantly, Domain Divine Abilities weren’t limited to the Unity realm. In Mahayana, when the domain becomes a Cave Heaven, their power would surge. At higher Mahayana realms, they could merge into his flesh, usable without deploying the domain or Cave Heaven.

Over the week, he discovered another boon: his new Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo gave a massive edge in Unity realm cultivation. Without a specific Unity technique, he shouldn’t attract and refine Dao charms.

Yet, his physique naturally drew in charms, auto-refining them. His realm advanced steadily, surpassing many Unity cultivators’ dedicated efforts—utterly absurd. With the Immortal Guiding Scripture, his cultivation speed would be astronomical. A small realm per year? No dream.

Eager to trigger the scripture, Ye Chen prepared to leave seclusion. Sun Ruoxin soon arrived, delivering techniques her father, Sun Ye, had collected. Since Ye Chen joined Heavenly Evolution Holy Land, Sun Ye opened Ye Boutique in Heavenly Evolution Immortal City, now with over twenty branches across as many cities.

They sold Ye Chen’s excess feedback items and acquired his needs. Ye Boutique prioritized speed and fame, selling cheap but buying treasures above market rates.

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This ensured rapid turnover—cultivators flocked to sell unused treasures. It ruffled major forces’ feathers, but with Ye Chen, Great Yan’s undisputed top young talent, backing them, none dared provoke him, ensuring smooth growth.

Per Ye Chen’s request, Ye Boutique acquired top techniques, even fragments. Taking the storage ring from Sun Ruoxin, Ye Chen browsed and raised an eyebrow. Top techniques were rare, so the haul was small. But one caught his eye, sparking excitement.

It was a fragment of a Heaven-grade top-tier technique, the True Phoenix Nine Transformations Scripture. Crafted in ancient times by a Mahayana cultivator with phoenix bloodline, based on the True Phoenix Clan’s texts, it suited phoenix-related cultivators. Highly selective and incomplete, with only Deity Transformation and Unity realm sections—barely a thousand words—it held mostly reference value, making it acquirable.

For Ye Chen, it was perfect. He didn’t fear fragments. With high value, a high multiplier, and a critical hit, he might trigger the Immortal Scripture he craved. But it required the right recipient. The True Phoenix Nine Transformations was picky, but on Ascension Peak, Li Feihuang, with her Moon Phoenix Body, was an ideal match.

Thinking of Li Feihuang, Ye Chen sighed. Once proud, she never triggered critical hits later, fading to the sidelines. Hopefully, after years, her temperament had softened. Otherwise, this gifting chance might be wasted. Ye Chen set off for her cave abode.

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Inside her cave, Li Feihuang exhaled, smiling at her progress. Now at late Nascent Soul, one step from Deity Transformation, she’d surpassed her ancestor—a realm she once couldn’t dream of. Her rapid growth stemmed from her master’s guidance and Ascension Peak’s lavish resources, twenty times those of other peaks, thanks to Ye Chen’s generosity. But thinking of Ye Chen dimmed her mood. Now a Unity realm powerhouse and Great Yan’s top young talent, he could crush Central Continent prodigies. She couldn’t even glimpse his shadow.

Over the years, regret consumed her. She wept during cultivation, haunted by her ancestor’s harsh marriage conditions for Ye Chen. If she could redo the past, she’d defy her ancestor and choose Ye Chen firmly. That choice might’ve changed everything. But there were no regret pills. If there were, she’d seize them at all costs. Sighing, she rose.

At that moment, a transmission entered her cave: ”Feihuang, come meet me…”

Her eyes widened—it was Ye Chen’s voice, unmistakable. Over the years, their rare encounters were formal; he’d nod indifferently at her bows, his gaze never lingering. Now, he sought her out? Overwhelmed with excitement, her red hair danced as she rushed out of her cave at top speed.