The First Immortal of Destiny

The passage of time is long!

The snow atop Jade Spring Mountain melts and accumulates, accumulates and melts, repeating thirteen times.

However, the owner of this Immortal Mountain has never returned, only the Taihua Mirror remains, suspended high in the firmament, like an additional sun and moon!

Shen Mo had once connected with the phantom of Death Jaw within the Mind Sea, asking Guan Ling about the situation of Jade Spring Fairy.

All he knows is that she and Hollow Venerable have not fallen, but neither have they slain a deity...

The god-slaying cultivators who signed pacts with Guan Ling and successfully killed deities return to the Immortal Realm, recounting their experiences to Guan Ling. Yet, they have not found any trace of these two True Immortals, as if Jade Spring Fairy and Hollow Venerable have completely vanished from the cultivation world!

Guan Ling complained to Shen Mo about how sending True Immortal figures into the cultivation world is such a hassle.

Besides the severe energy consumption to send them in and out, these powerful and deeply scheming beings introduce too many uncontrollable factors, even she does not know what these two True Immortals are doing!

Of course, in this world where the Immortal Path is extinct, both Jade Spring Fairy and Hollow Venerable can only rely on their transcendent, strong mortal bodies and cannot wield any Immortal Dao Cultivation power, so causing major upheavals is not easy.

Eventually, they will decide on life and death, and return to the Immortal Realm!

However, Guan Ling also mentioned that even if Jade Spring Fairy kills Hollow Venerable, she won’t immediately send Jade Spring Fairy back to the Immortal Realm;

With Hollow Venerable dead, his "debt" remains unpaid, requiring Jade Spring Fairy to settle it on his behalf—even if she becomes the ultimate victor, she’ll need to slay ten thousand deities before leaving the cultivation world!

Contrarily, Jiang Yingying, a woman Shen Mo and Chen Mengze presumed would fall in the cultivation world;

However, in the eighth year after her "disappearance", she successfully slew a relatively weak Evil God and returned to Green Cloud Cave, later advancing to the middle-stage of the Golden Core Realm within months!

As a valuable friend, Chen Mengze immediately went to visit her, preparing a congratulatory gift meticulously.

Of course, in front of Chen Mengze, Jiang Yingying’s advancement to the Golden Core middle-stage seemed somewhat unimpressive.

After two years of secluded, diligent cultivation, Chen Mengze unexpectedly reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm, becoming the first among the new generation of Golden Core disciples in Red Flame Sect.

As of her emergence, Lu Ming was still arduously cultivating in an extraordinary area full of lightning on the northern slope of Jade Spring Mountain, attempting to breakthrough to the late-stage!

Also, Chen Mengze’s father and Shen Mo’s uncle, Chen An, managed after numerous attempts to personally break through the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm, establishing a Spirit Sea within his Dantian.

Although Shen Mo’s Clear Spirit Qi and high-grade elixir assistance were present, Chen An’s personal mindset and persistence were more crucial, otherwise, no matter how great external resources were, he wouldn’t have been able to advance to the Spirit Sea Realm at the age of 150, causing quite a stir within the Red Flame Sect!

As a result, Shen Mo saved a large amount of god-slaying achievements, without needing Guan Ling’s power to restore Chen An’s youthful condition for longevity extension.

After creating the Spirit Sea, Chen An gained a lifespan of 500 years;

Even if the injuries and illnesses of youth, along with significant loss of primal Essence and Qi in old age, shortened his lifespan by forty to fifty years, he could still live to about 450 years!

Now at over 150 years old, converting the 450-year lifespan to mortal age equates roughly to the early twenties; although due to previous loss of essence he can’t fully recover peak condition, he’s not less than a thirty-year-old mortal’s state, still considered young and vigorous.

However, the aged appearance of Chen An cannot be restored, unless he achieves the Formless Master level.

Formless Realm cultivators possess clairvoyant consciousness, indefinite color and form, unrestricted by physical form or the shapes of flora, fauna, insects, unrestricted by gender, age, external appearance, yet able to manifest different images with their environment and mood; not only their young or old appearance but even gender, race, existence form can change at will—it’s not illusion but a real, truthful transformation!

The dual breakthroughs of the Chen family father and daughter truly constitute double happiness.

For this, Chen An specially organized an event, hosting a grand feast near Chen Mengze’s mansion on Green Cloud Peak, inviting numerous sect friends to celebrate!

Originally, the father-daughter duo was close to Shen Mo;

Also now that Chen Mengze shows extraordinary potential, promising a great path, everyone was cooperative and supportive.

Most of the sect’s upper echelon came, including Green Cloud Peak’s deputy Peak Master, elders, core disciples, elite disciples, and deacons without urgent tasks or not in closed-door cultivation—virtually all attended!

For other Blue Robe Elders achieving Spirit Sea or sect executives reaching Golden Core peak, Shen Mo might send a congratulatory gift via someone but wouldn’t attend personally;

Otherwise, simply the feasting would take up much of his time!

However, given it’s the celebratory feast for Chen An and Chen Mengze, he certainly wouldn’t just send a gift perfunctorily, not only appearing himself, but bringing along Zhao Lingyin, who rarely goes out.

At the banquet, Zhao Lingyin affectionately called Chen Mengze "sister" repeatedly, sharing plenty of private talk.

Shen Mo didn’t know what they discussed, only observed Chen Mengze, usually reserved with outsiders, surprisingly wearing a bright, cheerful expression, causing a sense of comfort in his heart... He doesn’t expect Zhao Lingyin and Chen Mengze to become like family, as long as their relationship doesn’t become tense, otherwise, in the upcoming thousand, ten thousand years of long time, his days won’t be pleasant!

In these years, he and Zhao Lingyin studied the "Summary of Enlightenment Pill Recipe", yielding considerable gains.

The six Grade VIII recipes remain unstudied, for twenty-one Grade VI recipes, eighteen were successfully deciphered, for thirteen Grade VII recipes, nine were unlocked;

The remaining three Grade VI and four Grade VII recipes are due to bizarre alchemical methods recorded, and lack of suitable replacement spiritual medicine, proving difficult to comprehend and produce!

Shen Mo, with the Destiny Panel, saw significant improvements in alchemy proficiency.

Meanwhile, Zhao Lingyin enhanced her alchemy mastery, advancing towards Grade VI, likely becoming one of the sect’s only two Grade VI Alchemists soon.

In Shen Mo’s view, Grade VI is far from Zhao Lingyin’s limit;

Your Green Wood Spirit Body’s miraculous traits combined with her exceptional alchemy talent, provide a great chance in the future to rank among Grade VII, even Grade VIII Alchemists!