Immortality Starts With Investment

That sword Qi seemed capable of piercing through anything. Every layer of defense the Violet Radiance Holy Son raised felt like paper before it. Together with the Half-Saints of Violet Radiance Holy Land beside him, he was sliced cleanly in half. Endless blood sprayed across the void.

At this moment, the Violet Radiance Holy Son truly panicked. He—a Holy Son—had been bisected by a single strike?

This was beyond absurd. Worse, the attack carried an annihilating chill that severed nearly every healing technique. He frantically circulated Violet Radiance Holy Landʼs recovery arts, but they did nothing.

”Fellow Daoist, I am the Violet Radiance Holy Son! My grandfather is a Great Saint, and we have an Emperor Ancestor! Please listen—I mean no harm! I only wanted to warn you—thereʼs a filthy…”

Seeing the womanʼs indifferent eyes and her jade hand rising once more, the Violet Radiance Holy Son felt the cold grip of death. He rushed to explain himself.

Yet the womanʼs gaze remained calm as an abyssal pool, without the slightest ripple. Her jade hand made another empty slash. Then she clenched it into a fist.

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In an instant, endless terrifying sword qi converged from every direction, as though determined to slice apart reality itself.

The next moment, not a single sound remained from the Violet Radiance Holy Land group. Not even a trace.

The woman was none other than Dantai Xuan.

Dantai Xuan swept her gaze around, confirming no one survived, then looked ahead.

Ling Yu narrowed his eyes as he watched her. A trace of wariness flickered in his gaze, along with a spark of battle intent—but mostly, sheer amazement.

Dantai Xuan, however, remained perfectly composed. Her eyes were deep and unfathomable. Slowly, she raised her jade hand.

Ling Yuʼs voice rang out loud and clear: ”The Heavenly Will Dao-Entrust Jade still needs half a year to fully gestate and emerge. Letʼs save our battle for later—lest someone else takes advantage of the chaos!”

A faint ripple finally stirred in Dantai Xuanʼs otherwise indifferent eyes. Without a word, she chose a spot in the canyon and sat down.

Ling Yu watched her decisive action, appreciation flickering in his gaze. Such bearing and grace—he had never seen a female cultivator quite like her in the Extreme Martial Realm. The cultivation world truly was a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!

Soon after, another figure descended upon the canyon. Clad in azure robes, the newcomer arrived with ethereal grace. Both Dantai Xuan and Ling Yu opened their eyes.

It was a woman, shrouded in swirling chaotic Qi that obscured her features. Only her flawless, perfectly proportioned figure was visible—no excess, no flaw.

Yet her face remained hidden. A strange glint passed through Dantai Xuanʼs eyes, but the indifference quickly returned. Confirming the newcomer had no immediate intent to fight, she closed her eyes once more.

Ling Yu, however, was far more shocked.

”Chaos Qi? A Chaos Body—and a woman at that!”

Though the Extreme Martial Realm lacked Chaos Bodies, ancient exchanges with the cultivation world had left behind legends of them. They were the supreme physique beneath immortal physiques.

Still, Ling Yu was confident that his Martial Dao Sacred Embryo was no weaker. What truly stunned him was her gender. In his realm, very few women ever reached the absolute peak. Yet here in the cultivation world, he had already encountered two such women in a single day.

Ling Yu, who had devoted himself solely to cultivation since birth and harbored no thoughts of desire, suddenly felt that these two might have been arranged by the Heavenly Dao itself—for him.

In time, he would subdue them both with his strength. The Heavenly Will Dao-Entrust Jade would be his. And these two women would become his companions on the path to immortality in this realm.

So Ling Yu gave a slight smile and spoke first: ”The Heavenly Will Dao-Entrust Jade still needs half a year to emerge, Fellow Daoist. Why not wait together with us? When it appears, we can fight fairly to decide its owner. I am Ling Yu, from the Extreme Martial Realm.”

The newcomer was none other than Yan Qingcheng. There was no longer any need to conceal her physique. Hearing his words, she merely glanced at him, gave the faintest nod, and said nothing more.