Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

"Nianxue, greet the Supreme!"

Li Nianxue respectfully and excitedly performed a bow.

Li An’s mind raced, secretly preparing to summon the Celestial Corpse Small Sword and the puppet Zhao Tong at any moment to slay Li Nianxue. However, on the surface, he appeared relaxed and surprised, saying, "Nianxue... how did you discover my identity?"

Li Nianxue replied, "Reporting to the Supreme, when you broke through to become an Immortal, you once triggered the Life Seed, and that was when I realized you must be in the Purple Cloud Province!"

"Because today, in the entire world, the only one who could trigger the Life Seed is a Cultivator of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, and the one possibly in Purple Cloud Province is none other than you!"

"Originally, Peak Master Xiang Yuntian and the others were prepared to come over, but the situation in the Saint Realm was too complex for them to leave, so it was I who came over. Unexpectedly, I encountered you in the Fire Phoenix Nest..."

"Senior, I’ve finally found you; Senior Purple Fairy... can be saved!"

Li Nianxue spoke quickly, eyes filled with excitement. Li An’s heart was greatly shaken, maintaining his vigilance while saying, "What exactly is happening? Please explain slowly..."

Li Nianxue nodded and recounted everything.

It turned out that when the Spirit Realm collapsed years ago, after the Dao Sect evacuated, they traversed the void and finally reached a place called the "Saint Realm" under the leadership of the Golden Immortal senior Ying Ruyun.

The Saint Realm is now the base of the Immortal Rejuvenators, inhabited by numerous orthodox Immortal practitioners, with a complete Heavenly Dao, and even unpolluted Celestial Palaces and blessed lands—as if brimming with endless creations.

After the Dao Sect people arrived at the Saint Realm, they were taken in by Purple Fairy and were taught the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill. That’s when Xiang Yuntian and others found out that Li An was actually Purple Fairy’s inner disciple, and her only true heir.

However, in the Saint Realm, besides Purple Fairy, there were other legacies that also mastered the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, ancient and powerful!

After Purple Fairy returned, she spread the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill throughout the Saint Realm to combat anomalies. But as a result, she offended those few ancient legacies and was severely injured during a hunting operation by anomalies. Only the power of the Life Seed could save her, but despite having once dispelled her cultivation for the benefit of the world, no one could save her now.

It’s because, although Purple Fairy had the heart to benefit the world, she chose carefully; the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill she spread was only the basic part, not complete. Only if someone mastered the basic part could they qualify for the subsequent parts.

Moreover, those benefiting from her teachings and practicing the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill were still too weak, their cultivation shallow, and the power of the Life Seed insufficient to be useful.

In order for Purple Fairy to live, her senior sister Hongbo Fairy proposed a clear path, which was to gather the power of Life Seeds from across the world to cultivate a truly strong Life Seed, thereby rescuing Purple Fairy and also contending with those few ancient legacies in the Saint Realm. She passed the complete Life Nourishing Immortal Skill to Xiang Yuntian and others, and only then did people like Li Nianxue realize that the cultivation technique actually contained a "backdoor" that could be utilized.

"This matter was not agreed upon by Peak Master Xiang Yuntian and the others; they believe it violates the Dao Sect’s principles. Their thought is that the entire Dao Sect should diligently cultivate and then offer their Life Seed power to Purple Fairy, but they do not wish to deceive all beings..."

Li Nianxue said, "Later, the Life Seed manifested, and I was ordered to find you, Senior."

"Heaven has been kind, and finally let me find you..."

Li An listened, feeling both awe and a sense that there were indeed many oddities!

Saint Realm... so this is actually the main base of the Immortal Rejuvenators, and from what Li Nianxue said, this is the true Immortal cultivation realm.

But why would Purple Fairy pass down fake skills? And how did her senior sister know about the backdoor in the pseudo-skill? What baffled Li An even more was that Purple Fairy had clearly told him before that among Evergreen Immortal Venerable’s disciples, only Purple Fairy was left now!

Where did Hongbo Fairy come from?!

"In that Saint Realm, are the Life Nourishing Immortal Skills practiced by other ancient legacies the same as those passed down by Purple Fairy?"

Li An asked.

"The same,"

Li Nianxue replied.

"It seems the entire Saint Realm has a problem!"

Li An’s heart tightened.

But he suddenly thought of one detail: the version of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill passed down by Purple Fairy was only the basic part...

And the cultivation technique that Li Nianxue and the others practiced was completed by that "senior sister" for them!

That’s not right...

Upon careful thought, the basic version practiced by Xu Yuan and others in the Fire Phoenix Nest should have originally been taught by Purple Fairy, and although it wasn’t complete, there was actually nothing wrong with that part of the technique!

"When Purple Fairy returned to the Saint Realm, she intended to pass down the true Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, but halfway through the plan, she attracted secret watchers, who severely injured her, and replaced it with a fake skill, ultimately leading her plan to complete failure?"

Such a hypothesis involuntarily floated through Li An’s mind.

However, the details of the Saint Realm, just hearing Li Nianxue’s account, Li An has no way of knowing for sure.

"Please, Senior, come with me to the Saint Realm to save Purple Fairy!"

Li Nianxue spoke heavily, eyes filled with eagerness.

Li An did not immediately agree but instead asked, "Since Xiang Yuntian and others abide by the Dao Sect’s teachings, why did you reveal the key aspects of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill to others, leading to the disaster at the Fire Phoenix Nest?"

Li Nianxue smiled bitterly, "Indeed, Nianxue has selfish motives."

"There are only so many people left in the Dao Sect, but Peak Master Xiang and others are still prepared to sacrifice those few people... if it goes on like this, the Dao Sect will truly be extinct."

"Since Hongbo Fairy has already given a method, why not try it?"