The Longevity Tower fell silent. Chen Feng, on the other hand, found himself growing restless. His enemies had begun taking action. He had only just reached the True Immortal stage, but a half-step Gold Immortal was already after him. This time, his father was there to help him out, but what will happen next time?
Thinking about that, Chen Feng began feeling frustrated. In the end, he had to utilize the Primary Self-anchoring Mantra to slowly calm himself down.
As Chen Feng was in a state of cultivation, the Blood Mustering Bead slowly flew out from his body to hover somewhere near him. It was in a constant state of change, sometimes calm, sometimes s.h.i.+ning with golden light, sometimes growing in size and sometimes shrinking in size. It was as though there was a world growing within it.
The amount of power of blood that the Blood Mustering Bead devoured this time was simply too great. It included the blood essence of True Immortals and half-step Heavenly Immortals. In Chen Feng"s opinion, if his father said that it could level up to the Divine tier, then it had to be true.
Chen Feng, however, was feeling regretful. His cultivation base was not strong enough and he was temporarily incapable of devouring the clump of energy containing a million years" worth of cultivation from a half-step Gold Immortal.
And so, Chen Feng spent 100 years cultivating in that world, stabilizing his cultivation base at the True Immortal stage. His grand dao of longevity had also taken a firm form. Regrettably, he failed to achieve his prior objective for it.
I have just refined 81 True laws and 18 Heavenly laws into it, but given my current level of strength, killing off a half-step Heavenly Immortal should already be a piece of cake, no?
Suddenly, a whip shot out from Chen Feng"s body, elongating farther and farther to finally reach the depths of s.p.a.ce. Next, a young cultivator was pulled down. There was a look of dread on his face.
“A mid-level True Immortal!” Chen Feng was somewhat surprised. For a cultivator at this level, entering this world was akin to committing suicide.
“Mercy! Mercy!” The young cultivator who was captured by Chen Feng immediately begged for mercy. He had been hiding in the dark, wanting to find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Chen Feng. And yet, Chen Feng had easily captured him the moment he took action. Seeing that, the young cultivator knew that he had encountered an expert.
The whip flicked to release the young cultivator, but he showed no desire to flee. In the face of Chen Feng"s gaze, the young cultivator felt that just having the thought of running away would immediately result in his death.
“Tell me about yourself,” Chen Feng said, not taking any actions to restrain him. The young cultivator was just a mid-level True Immortal. For Chen Feng, someone at this level was incapable of doing anything major.
And with Chen Feng"s present level of cultivation, it would be very difficult for the other party to lie to him.
“I"m a minor character from the Immortal Plane. It"s been over 1,000 years since I entered this world. Back when I first entered, I was but a starter-level True Immortal…” Due to the pressure exerted by Chen Feng, words began pouring out from the young cultivator"s mouth.
Chen Feng, though, was in no hurry. This fellow was not that strong. The fact that he could survive in this world for 1,000 years showed that he was something else. Additionally, Chen Feng also wanted to know more about this world.
“All right, that"s enough. Have you ever seen these fellows before?” Chen Feng said, the images of Huo Yunlong, True Immortal Soulboost and Premier Golden Earth appearing before him.
“No.” The young cultivator shook his head.
“How about these fellows?” Chen Feng waved his hand and the images of three more cultivators appeared. They were none other than the Heavenly Premiers Extreme Celestial, Extreme Clarity and Jade Sun. Before heading out, Chen Feng had gone to Extreme Celestial Sect specifically for the sake of seeing their portraits.
Chen Feng himself did not think that he would find anything. Unexpectedly, a pondering look suddenly appeared on the young cultivator"s face.
Something"s up! Chen Feng was surprised.
“I have seen this fellow before.” The young cultivator pointed at one of the cultivators. It was none other than Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial.
“Where did you see him? When and what happened?” Chen Feng was quick to ask.
“It"s been several hundred years now. Sir, please follow me. I will lead the way.”
“Just tell me which way to go. I will take you with me.” Reaching out, Chen Feng grabbed the young cultivator and transformed into a stream of light to swiftly fly forward.
Two days later, Chen Feng arrived before a cave.
“Here?” Chen Feng cast a dubious look at the cave. If it weren"t for the fact that this young cultivator"s cultivation base was low, Chen Feng would have suspected that he was trying to trick him by leading him here.
“I wouldn"t dare lie to you! This cave appears very ordinary from the outside, but the inside of this cave is very dangerous. Back then, I dared not venture too deep into the cave and quickly chose to head back out. When I was leaving, though, I saw some cultivators sealed here. One of them looks very similar to the one you showed me,” the young cultivator said gingerly.
Pondering for a moment, Chen Feng then stepped into the cave.
Upon entering the cave, Chen Feng sensed a mysterious power slowly invading his body, desirous of affecting his divine sense. However, the Longevity Flame burned to swiftly dispel the mysterious power. Turning, Chen Feng saw that the young cultivator had also entered.
“You take the lead,” Chen Feng ordered.
Surface wise, the young cultivator appeared to be completely normal, but the path he took was something that a hidden power had determined beforehand. Chen Feng, though, did not intervene. He wanted to see what would happen next.
The pathway within the cave was rugged, occasionally wide and occasionally narrow. Along the way, Chen Feng noticed over a thousand different restrictive arrays. Many of them contained illusions designed to confuse any cultivator who entered the cave.
They encountered no danger along the way. It was as though they were simply walking inside an ordinary cave. But Chen Feng knew that without the hidden power to guide the way, the young cultivator could have lost his life after wandering around aimlessly.
In addition to the illusion arrays, there were also some great killing arrays capable of killing off True Immortals. Only, too long had pa.s.sed and some of the magic arrays had become somewhat damaged and were suffering from the lack of power. Noticing that, Chen Feng grew even more curious.
For it to become worn out due to the ravages of time, this cave must have existed for at least hundreds of thousands of years, if not longer.
“It"s here.” After walking forward for an indeterminate time, the young cultivator suddenly exclaimed.
Chen Feng nodded, not feeling surprised at the thick layer of ice before them. Even before coming all the way here, he had already noticed this layer of ice.
This thick layer of ice had suddenly appeared within the cave. And although it did not give off the feeling of coldness that ice should, it did manage to send a chill down the spines of others. That was particularly true when considering the cultivators and strange-looking extrterrestrial creatures sealed inside the layer of ice.
It was unknown why they were sealed inside the ice, but they appeared alive, showing no signs of death.
Chen Feng swiftly found Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial and felt his heart stirring. This person before him was the founder of Extreme Celestial Sect.
As Chen Feng was considering how he should get Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial out from the ice, Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial"s body, which had seemed bereft of life, suddenly released a stream of life force. This stream of vitality became like a drill, making its way through the layer of ice to appear before Chen Feng.
“He"s still alive!” Chen Feng"s eyes lit up.
Yes, it is because he cultivates the Everlasting Celestial Formula. It is an outstanding immortal technique. After understanding that, a look of relief appeared on Chen Feng"s face.
Chen Feng possessed a certain level of understanding towards this secret technique of Extreme Celestial Sect. In fact, he had also cultivated some parts of it. Only, Chen Feng was aware that this treasured manual in Extreme Celestial Sect – at the level of a sect guardian treasure – was not complete. This Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial, on the other hand, was the founder of the sect. Thus, his cultivation of the formula must have reached perfection.
“Help me!” A wave of divine sense spread out and Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial"s eyelids fluttered. However, due to a certain power, he could not open his eyes.
“Senior, may I leave now?” The young cultivator"s face had turned ashen from dread. He had also sensed the wave of life from earlier.
Chen Feng nodded and the young cultivator bolted immediately, fearing that Chen Feng might go back on his words.
On Chen Feng"s end, his divine sense kept tracking the young cultivator, only returning after he had left the cave.
Circulating the Everlasting Celestial Formula, Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial struggled with renewed vigour and his whole body shook. But the formidable restraining power around him made it so he could not break free.
Chen Feng performed a grasping motion. His action left several shallow marks on the surface of the ice.
A banging sound rang out and golden light charged out from Chen Feng"s body. That was an imagery resulting from the cultivation of the Everlasting Celestial Formula. All of the golden light came out from Chen Feng"s body to swiftly enter the ice before making its way into Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial"s body.
Thankfully, even though it is slower, I can still transmit power through it. Chen Feng stretched his hand to press the layer of ice and longevity-type primary energy kept flowing into the ice.
Finally, Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial snapped open his eyes and two rays of golden light pierced through the thick layer of ice, shocking even Chen Feng.
Heavenly laws! Formidable! To think that Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial has already reached this level. Chen Feng was surprised. Back when Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial left Eternal World, he was only an Ascendant Immortal. For him to be able to cultivate up to the half-step Heavenly Immortal stage within a million years" time, he could already be considered as a peerless genius.
“Fellow cultivator, thank you for your help.” The vitality within Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial"s body became increasingly strong while the golden light radiating out from his eyes began retracting. Countless runes flashed around him and booming sounds would ring out every now and again. Every time a rune exploded, the s.p.a.ce around Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial would become slightly bigger.
“Let"s get you out first,” Chen Feng said, sending a heavy punch towards the layer of ice. Next, in the face of an overwhelming power, Chen Feng was forced to retreat.
However, some cracks had appeared on the layer of ice.
“Runes of Heaven. So, it is a forbidden technique set up by a Heavenly Immortal.” After saying that, Chen Feng sent flames out from his eyes. Like magma, they burned and eroded away the seemingly-indestructible layer of ice.
It was even more effective compared to Chen Feng"s earlier attack and the layer of ice began to slowly melt.
One was outside while another was inside. The two of them took action simultaneously and the effects of their actions became increasingly noticeable. In the end, Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial released a loud roar and cracks appeared all over the ice sealing him before blowing up. Following that, a mighty-looking cultivator – Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial – strode out from the ice.
“Fellow cultivator, thank you for saving my life.” Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial respectfully bowed towards Chen Feng.
“Senior, there is no need to stand on ceremony. I am from Extreme Celestial Sect.” Chen Feng smiled. He could see it clearly now. Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial was indeed at the half-step Heavenly Immortal stage.
Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial cast a look of shock at Chen Feng, surprised that his sect would be able to produce such a genius.
“I wonder, how did senior become sealed here?” Chen Feng then forwarded the question that he had been most curious about.
Heavenly Premier Extreme Celestial released a turbid breath while energy streams swirled around him. After some time, he finally spoke up. “If I am not mistaken, I have been sealed here for around 300,000 years now. All the human cultivators and extrterrestrial creatures you see here were all frozen here at the same time. Since I am able to stay alive, some others are likely able to do the same. Only, without luck, breaking free with our own power is simply too difficult.”