Immortality Starts With Investment

Ye Chen waved his hand at Caiyu, indicating his refusal. This holy spirit’s learning ability was frighteningly strong. She had only watched once, yet she had already mastered the art of soul communication. But he truly had no such intentions.

”Your most important task right now is to nurture yourself. Don’t think about these unnecessary things! It would be bad if it affected your upper limit.”

Caiyu hesitated upon hearing his words.

At that moment, however, Luo Bingling spoke up. ”Tsk tsk, I bet you already guessed my husband would say that, so you’re just putting on an act… A holy spirit is still a holy spirit!”

Caiyu immediately grew furious. She could not emerge yet, so she was sincerely offering Uncle a taste of sweetness. Right away, a suction force surged from the jade surface of the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade, attempting to pull Ye Chen’s primordial spirit inside.

Of course, such weak suction could not affect Ye Chen. He continued to persuade her gently, ”There’s no need for this. I know your heart is pure. Bingling, don’t say such things in the future.”

Yet Caiyu remained resolute. ”I insist on doing this…”

Luo Bingling’s lips curved into a smile. ”Husband, you can never truly know a person’s heart. What if the moment you send out your primordial spirit, she immediately changes her mind…”

The suction force from the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade grew stronger.

At the same time, Caiyu’s childish voice rang out, ”Uncle, I cannot endure this grievance. I must prove myself. If Uncle refuses to come, my Dao heart will remain unsteady.”

Ye Chen shot a helpless glance at Luo Bingling. He felt this woman was deliberately stirring up trouble. But Caiyu was determined, so Ye Chen had no choice but to manifest his primordial spirit. In the next second, it entered the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade.

Normally, divine sense could not penetrate a holy spirit’s shell. It possessed a natural barrier that made cultivators’ divine sense register it as nothing more than an ordinary stone. This served as protection for the holy spirit.

However, because Caiyu had already developed sentience and taken early control of the shell, she could part that thin membrane and allow Ye Chen’s primordial spirit to enter smoothly.

The moment Ye Chen’s primordial spirit arrived, Caiyu showed no hesitation or shyness. She manipulated her divine soul and began circulating it exactly as she had seen before… On Ye Chen’s side, he felt a trace of surprise.

Caiyu’s divine soul was still somewhat hazy, yet her waist was slender, her legs long, and her figure curvaceous in all the right places. There was not a single flaw.

Ye Chen could sense that, in terms of appearance, Caiyu was in no way inferior to his fiancée. This was the nature of a holy spirit—as long as it was not defective, it was the most perfect creation.

Soon, however, Ye Chen no longer had the mood to ponder such things.

…

Outside the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade.

The corners of Luo Bingling’s mouth lifted. She had done it on purpose, of course. Her husband had already given so much; it was only right that he received some sweetness in return. Otherwise, wouldn’t he be suffering a huge loss?

As for actively finding other female cultivators for her husband, Luo Bingling had never considered it before, but she was not opposed to the idea either. After all, she knew her own limits. A few dozen breaths of time were already enough to satisfy her, after which she needed rest. Anything longer would be a burden for her. Leaving the rest of the time to others was actually beneficial for her.

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Watching the graceful figure inside the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade, Luo Bingling pondered what was happening within and suddenly felt a bit hungry again. She glanced at Ye Chen, who had already sat cross-legged in the star pool, then slipped into the water and swam toward him.

Soon, Ye Chen’s eyes widened sharply…

…

In the blink of an eye, another week passed.

Luo Bingling lay back down at the edge of the pool, her eyes dazed and unfocused. Lu Jing did not approach, choosing instead to laze on the lounge chair. Ye Chen’s primordial spirit had already left the Seven-colored Nirvana Jade.

At this moment, Caiyu felt somewhat dazed. The process had not been painful at all. Instead, it had felt like ascending to immortality. She quickly realized the reason. It must have been because it involved only the divine soul.

The physical body and divine soul were different. When she eventually emerged, and it was her flesh that experienced it, it would surely feel uncomfortable.

Seeing that Ye Chen had left, Caiyu immediately spoke, ”Uncle, why did it end so quickly? Were you showing mercy to me? There’s no need for that. I must prove to that wicked woman that a holy spirit also has a heart!”

Ye Chen felt helpless. The holy spirit race took anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of years to gestate. Their sense of time was clearly very different from that of humans. A week was already sufficient.

He waved his hand. ”I trust you. There is no need to prove anything! Focus on your cultivation from now on. If there is anything that can help you emerge earlier or raise your upper limit, feel free to tell me… Now go and refine the Nine Apertures Exquisite Heart properly!”

The Lotus Emperor’s origin had not been fully refined by the holy spirit yet. There was also the Nine Apertures Exquisite Heart waiting.

Ye Chen believed that once Caiyu fully refined both the Lotus Emperor’s origin and the Nine Apertures Exquisite Heart, the feedback multiplier would definitely exceed ten thousand times, far surpassing Lan Nuo.

Caiyu immediately understood Ye Chen’s thoughts. Uncle hoped she would emerge earlier. As expected, the painless soul communication was not enough to satisfy him. She would definitely work harder from now on.

However, once she reached the peak of the quasi-immortal realm, she would need immortal qi to continue her gestation. Otherwise, she would remain stuck there—either emerge prematurely or stagnate with no further progress until she eventually withered away.

But there was only a single strand of immortal qi in this realm. How could she ask for it? Bring her into the immortal realm? That seemed unlikely as well.

Although she was still a gestating holy spirit, she still occupied one quota. She had heard the wicked woman mention that Ye Chen had countless female cultivators around him, with two entire peaks dedicated to his harem. Could a holy spirit like her truly enter the immortal realm?

Although Uncle valued her highly, she still remembered the wicked woman’s words: those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Would Uncle think the same?

Caiyu felt a moment of conflict, but she quickly cast it aside. She would first focus on refining the Lotus Emperor’s origin and the Nine Apertures Exquisite Heart. She would handle the matters before her eyes first.

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After leaving his inner world, Ye Chen turned his gaze inward to examine his own heart. His heart had already turned a faint golden color. Indestructible true qi divine patterns flowed across its surface, and the power of reincarnation circulated within, radiating a sacred glow.

The concentration and profundity of the reincarnation power far surpassed that of his previous Supreme Heart. If he could fully comprehend it, his control over the power of reincarnation would reach an even higher level.

Moreover, Ye Chen could clearly see that every time his blood passed through his heart, it grew slightly stronger.

Ever since obtaining the Myriad Phenomena Reincarnation Heart, he had been growing stronger with every passing second. Yet Ye Chen could also sense that his current realm and strength were still insufficient to unleash the heart’s full potential. The enhancement he received now was far from complete. As his strength and realm continued to rise, the benefits brought by the Myriad Phenomena Reincarnation Heart would grow even greater.

The corners of Ye Chen’s mouth lifted involuntarily. He glanced in a certain direction and flew straight toward the Nether God Holy Land. This time, he had to meet the little demoness.

However, several days later, Ye Chen’s mouth twitched. The little demoness was not there again. He could not help but laugh. The little demoness was truly busy. Meeting her even once was surprisingly difficult.

After a moment of hesitation, Ye Chen decided to head to the Myriad Races Immortal City first. He had been undecided about who to give the Chaos Azure Lotus seed to. After all, it was only a seed and lacked any special immediate use.

Previously, when Yan Ruyu received the World-Destroying Black Lotus seed, it had triggered maximum critical strike feedback. Perhaps giving the Chaos Azure Lotus seed to her would produce the same result.

As long as it triggered the maximum feedback, Senior An’s Seven Absolutes Immortal Physique should be secured! If the little demoness still had not returned by then, he would directly calculate her location.