Immortality Starts With Investment

In the following moments, Ye Chen’s experience improved significantly. Combined with the fact that taking a ten-thousand-times female cultivator as his Dao companion brought no drawbacks at all, his mood became exceptionally cheerful. His attitude toward Manjusaka also grew much warmer.

After all, she served as a perfect complement to Su Yuxuan. Su Yuxuan excelled in every aspect except one—her scale was somewhat lacking. With Manjusaka added to the mix, everything felt complete. Moreover, Manjusaka’s wings were particularly fascinating. Gripping them brought an intense thrill.

In this manner, a full seven days passed before everything finally came to a rest.

Watching Ye Chen stretch lazily with a contented expression, Manjusaka finally regained her senses. Sensing that matters had concluded, she wondered whether she could bring up the immortal realm again.

However, Su Yuxuan shot her a meaningful glance, signaling her not to speak. Manjusaka could only suppress her impatience and remain silent. Deep down, though, she felt anxious.

After all, only eight spots existed to enter the immortal realm from the cultivation world. If she did not fight for one and other female cultivators seized them first, she and Su Yuxuan would be left behind to wait for death in the cultivation world.

Ye Chen noticed her unease and shook his head helplessly. ”Both you and Su Yuxuan may enter the immortal realm. There is no need to worry about it. Just don’t tell anyone else for now!”

Entering the immortal realm meant nothing to Ye Chen. The multipliers of the female cultivators around him kept rising. Soon, even without critical hits, he could casually produce tens of thousands of spots.

Eight spots were trivial—he could send them eight times over. He could bring the entire Heavenly Evolution Holy Land with him and ascend with the whole sect. There was truly no cause for concern.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuxuan’s lips curved into a smile. She wrapped her arms around Ye Chen’s neck and murmured sweetly, ”Senior Brother, you’re so good to us…”

She then glanced at her master with an expression that clearly said ”I told you so.”

Manjusaka’s eyes filled with shock. She knew Ye Chen was generous, but she had not expected him to be this generous. He granted their wish without hesitation.

Yuxuan had been right all along. As long as one treated Ye Chen with sincerity, there was no need to ask—he would deliver exactly what they wanted straight into their hands.

”Thank you, Senior Ye…”

Manjusaka thanked him sincerely and made a firm decision in her heart. From now on, she would listen to her disciple without question. Her disciple’s understanding of Ye Chen ran far deeper than she had imagined.

”What are your plans next? Do you want to stay by my side and wait for me to become an immortal?”

Ye Chen gently brushed the damp strands of hair from Su Yuxuan’s forehead as he asked softly.

Manjusaka immediately wanted to agree.

Su Yuxuan, however, shook her head without hesitation. ”There are many opportunities along the Immortal Path. I still have plenty of room to improve… Let’s talk about it after Senior Brother becomes an immortal!”

Ye Chen chuckled at her response. The little demoness had always had her own ideas, so he did not press the matter. He simply reached into his inner world, pulled out a large handful of supreme Extreme Dao Weapons along with numerous formation disks, and handed them all to the little demoness for her cultivation.

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Over the years, aside from gifting a few critical items, Ye Chen had given away countless Extreme Dao Weapons and similar treasures. Extreme Dao Weapons now floated throughout the Origin Sea in endless numbers, as if they were worthless. The same went for quasi-immortal formations.

The little demoness did not stand on ceremony. She planted an affectionate kiss on him and said, ”Thank you, Senior Brother.”

Then Ye Chen turned his gaze to Manjusaka. She looked a little embarrassed, but since she was now his Dao companion as well, she probably qualified too. Still, she hurriedly waved her hands. ”I don’t need anything… Besides, my wings are not inferior to any supreme Extreme Dao Weapon!”

Manjusaka’s wings were indeed extraordinary. After evolving through immortal will, they possessed many functions.

Once she became an immortal, they could even withstand immortal artifacts head-on. In the current cultivation world, unless she encountered one of the Eight-Crowned Kings, Manjusaka had the strength to fight anyone.

Ye Chen smiled faintly. From his small world, he took out a battle halberd. As the halberd shaft slowly emerged, a terrifying aura of immortal dao surged forth.

Manjusaka’s expression changed instantly.

”Since you are not willing to stay by my side for now, take this treasure for self-defense. This is the final lifetime on the Immortal Path. It is hard to say whether strange entities like immortal will might appear… With an immortal artifact on you, you will be able to hold out longer against powerful enemies! No need to be polite. Consider this my gift to you!”

None of the female cultivators around Ye Chen had reached the quasi-immortal realm yet, so giving them immortal artifacts had felt premature. Now that Manjusaka had achieved the quasi-immortal stage, the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Halberd he had obtained from the Exiled Immortal back then could finally be passed on. He could also test whether critical hits still triggered.

Upon hearing his words, Manjusaka’s expression grew extremely complicated. Originally, she had offered herself both to fulfill her promise and to secure a spot in the immortal realm. She had felt little genuine attachment toward Ye Chen.

Even after the intense seven days, the impact had been purely physical, not emotional. Once they reached the immortal realm, she had planned to leave and forge her own path. But now, watching Ye Chen unhesitatingly offer an immortal artifact of unimaginable value, Manjusaka felt a surge of mixed emotions.

She gazed at Ye Chen with a complicated look in her eyes. Ye Chen truly treated his Dao companions well. He showed no favoritism and never acted stingy. Perhaps staying as his Dao companion like this would not be so bad after all.

At that moment, the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Halberd flew over to Manjusaka. She bowed deeply toward Ye Chen. ”Thank you, Senior. Manjusaka is endlessly grateful…”

In an instant, a system notification sounded in Ye Chen’s mind.

”Congratulations, host. Gift successfully given…”

”Gift: Low-grade Immortal Artifact — Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Halberd!”

”Twelve thousand times feedback in progress…”

”Detected that the gifted item holds great importance to the recipient…”

”Top-tier critical hit feedback triggered…”

”Detected that the recipient’s gratitude is sincere…”

”Heart strike triggered…”

”Feedback: High-grade Immortal Artifact — Chaos Bell!”

”Chaos Bell: Once a Divine-grade innate immortal artifact. It was damaged during a great war, and the world it belonged to was destroyed, causing it to degrade into a high-grade immortal artifact!”

”It combines offense and defense, reflects all dao and laws, and stands innately undefeated…”

”In its complete state, it could suppress the fate of an entire world, reverse time and space, step into the river of time, and evolve the profound mysteries of the heavenly dao…”

Ye Chen’s eyes widened as he read the description. As he had obtained more and more immortal artifacts, and with knowledge of immortal artifacts having spread from the ancient connection between the cultivation world and the immortal realm, he now had some understanding of their grades.

Immortal artifacts were divided into six ranks: low, middle, high, supreme, king, and divine.

Most immortal artifacts in this world were low-grade. The Heaven Devouring Demon Jar and the Undying Celestial Blade were middle-grade. High-grade immortal artifacts were extremely rare. Anything beyond that existed only in legends.

Yet Ye Chen had never expected the term ”innate” to appear. This Chaos Bell had once been an innate Divine-grade immortal artifact. Its original status was almost unimaginable.

According to the system, it had become damaged because its original world was destroyed and the artifact itself had been shattered. Even so, it remained an unparalleled high-grade immortal artifact. It was hard to imagine how powerful it must have been at its peak.

However, could the destruction of a world really affect the immortal artifacts within it? If the immortal realm were ever destroyed, would he himself be affected?

Ye Chen stared at the feedback and could not help but frown…