Immortality Starts With Investment

Only after Ye Chen had departed did the cultivators present finally dare to speak. They stared at the shattered ruins of the Quasi-Immortal Array. They looked at the four top Saint Kings who had fallen like ants before their eyes. All of them felt endless emotion toward Ye Chenʼs combat power.

But the Clan Madamʼs final revelation had also shocked them deeply. The Exiled Immortal had used a Quasi-Immortal Array to scheme against the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir. They had clearly made an enemy… So in the future, would there be a battle between the Heavenly Emperorʼs heir and the Exiled Immortal?

Moreover, the Exiled Immortal came from a foreign domain—the enemy of the Immortal Realm. This was undoubtedly a major event… Almost immediately, everything that had happened here began spreading outward at frantic speed.

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Ye Chen arrived at the location where the One Sword Holy Landʼs Holy Son had fallen. He glanced at the single portion of origin energy still floating there—no second gift-bearer had appeared—and felt a touch of disappointment. He stored the origin energy away.

Leaving the shattered remnants of the grand formation behind, Ye Chen drifted gracefully back into his Cave Heaven. Apart from the Demon-Exterminating Great Saint, no man had ever entered his Cave Heaven and walked out alive.

Ye Chen had expected to find Luo Bingling still tormenting the Divine Son. Yet when he entered, everything was calm and peaceful.

Luo Bingling showed no sign of the exhilaration that should come from settling a great grudge. Instead, she had already returned to cultivation. The moment she saw Ye Chen arrive, she rose at once.

Lu Jing—who had been halfheartedly cultivating—hurried over as well, gently smoothing the disheveled robes Ye Chen still wore from the recent battle.

Ye Chen spread his arms and let Lu Jing fuss over him, then smiled at Luo Bingling. ”Why didnʼt you vent properly?”

He knew Luo Bingling had always been ruthless outside. Only in front of him did she become so docile.

Luo Bingling shook her head indifferently. ”Thereʼs no need to torture him. It would just waste cultivation time—not worth the effort… I simply introduced him to the effects of the Dao Cauldron, the Nine Transformations Heavenly Furnace, and the Star God Origin-Gathering Cauldron… Then I showed him the Origin Sea and the Immortal Root… He always thought I was suffering miserably after leaving the War God Clan. He never imagined I would be living such a wonderful life now…

”Especially when he saw that I had already reached the Saint realm—he was utterly shocked! Knowing that Iʼve fared far better after leaving the War God Clan is enough. Iʼm sure itʼs eating him alive inside. Then I sent his body into the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and his soul into the Human Emperor Banner.”

Ye Chen listened and burst into laughter. Killing the body and destroying the heart at the same time?

Luo Bingling had truly changed. But clearly, Ye Chenʼs regard for her—sending the War God Clanʼs Divine Son to her for personal vengeance—had put her in an excellent mood. Her entire being glowed with radiance and vitality.

Ye Chen immediately felt a stir of interest. The previous encounters had been too rushed. This time, he wanted to savor it slowly—see whether Luo Binglingʼs waist dimples fit perfectly beneath his thumbs. Yet to his surprise, Luo Bingling refused.

Both Ye Chen and Lu Jing raised their eyebrows. Was this still the same Luo Bingling who was weak in skill but insatiable in appetite? Had extinguishing the War God Clanʼs Divine Son finally brought her such satisfaction that she had entered the sageʼs time?

Luo Bingling spoke at once. ”The Divine Sonʼs protectors—several ancestors of our War God Clan—are surely waiting in Immortal City right now. Now that the Divine Son is dead, if we delay too long, they may leave. Then we would have to go all the way to the Myriad Races Immortal City to find them. That would be too troublesome. Husbandʼs cultivation is the most important thing to me… Besides, such a short amount of time would never be enough for me anyway…”