Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Chapter 377: Chapter 164: Closing the Mountain for a Century, Officially Retreating from the World._2
 

Although the golden entry was second only to the Seven-colored entry, it was, after all, a one-day limited edition and was not of much use.

What really caught his affection, apart from the five second-tier Nascent Souls, was the set of Heavenly Dao Spiritual Treasures’ tea sets.

Not only could it complete the Heavenly Dao set and reactivate another set effect for him, it also provided a perfect resting place for his “Everfrost Dominion” and “Frostveil Tea.”

Perfect!

“Very good.”

Chen Qiu nodded in satisfaction, reviewed the treasures stored in his Heavenly Dao Ring to ensure there were sufficient materials for forming his Nascent Soul, and then took a deep breath and looked towards the four Demon Lotuses floating above the small world.

He then instructed Fat Long Scholar and the others through a telepathic message to move all the Mid-grade Spirit Stones and Lower-grade Spirit Stones from the storeroom to set up a Spirit Gathering Array!

Last time, just one Demon Lotus had exhausted all his Spirit Stones and nearly drained him dry.

This time there were four.

Plus, it was from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, normally one would need one hundred and eight Mid-grade Spirit Stones to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, but he considered himself not too normal, so he prepared extra Spirit Stones, just in case—they could be taken back if not used.

At this point, he was not in that impoverished state he had been in during his Golden Core breakthrough.

He now had over four hundred thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones and over ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones—definitely enough for his breakthrough!

While Fat Long and the others were setting up the Spirit Gathering Array—

Chen Qiu rose from the small world and hovered alone above the sea, looked up towards the Nine Heavens, and with a thought, his body suddenly disappeared from the spot.

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“Where is this…?”

With his empty left sleeve draped by his side, and one hand on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, Chen Qiu suddenly appeared in the hall, which was uniquely colored in black and white and looked quite peculiar.

Generally speaking, halls are predominantly golden for majesty and grandeur.

Yet, this hall uniquely chose a black and white color scheme, giving it a dreamlike feel, completely devoid of any pillars.

This was the “Heavenly Palace”!

In that personal Imperial Decree, aside from the rewards of the Heavenly Dao Roulette, there was also this phrase—

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Due to the completion of one of the milestone tasks of Xuantian Continent, a statue has been erected in the ‘Heavenly Palace’.

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Chen Qiu, with a thought, then appeared in this Heavenly Palace, where the hall was not very large and dimly lit, he saw no pillars.

However—

He soon noticed himself standing at the very entrance of the hall, a red carpet spread out in front of him.

On both sides of the carpet, there were twelve round pedestals.@@novelbin@@

Currently, on the pedestal closest to the entrance, stood a statue tens of meters tall. Standing in front of it, one could feel incredibly small and vaguely sense the imposing force of heaven and earth, sending chills deep into one’s soul.

However, the appearance of the statue did not look very good.

Its clothes were severely damaged, covered in wounds, leaning on a battle-damaged Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, its left arm had been severed entirely, and the whole person staggered upon the round pedestal.

From the determined face and cold eyes—

one could clearly sense the resolute determination and the intense killing intention of the statue.

“Damn it…”

Chen Qiu looked up at the massive statue beside him, murmured, “Isn’t this me?”

This must be the statue mentioned in the Imperial Decree that only he could see earlier.

However—

“…”

Chen Qiu’s mouth twitched slightly as he stood there looking up at the enormous statue, wishing someone could have told him to strike a better pose before snapping the picture, or at least change into clean clothes.

And then make his eyes more piercing.

Although he didn’t know how many people could see this place, since the statue was displayed here, it would certainly be seen by others, and he definitely didn’t want others to see him in such a disheveled state.

However—

He suddenly contemplated the statue up and down again.

It actually didn’t look so bad.

It had a feel of arising from a life or death situation, and the carving was almost identical to him in person, with many details carved out including the robe soaked in blood and the robe buzzing in the storm.

Then he lowered his head to look at the small inscriptions on the round pedestal below the statue.

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‘One of the twelve milestone tasks’

‘Single-handedly decimate a clan.’

‘Completed by: Sect Master Chen Qiu of Chao Tian Sect!’

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“Pretty good.”

Chen Qiu squatted down eying these few lines for a while before nodding his head, although he couldn’t see any use for this statue, having it standing here still felt quite imposing.

If—

He turned his head towards the other eleven empty round pedestals.

If the remaining eleven pedestals could also bear his statues, ideally each time facing different formidable enemies, on different battlefields, wielding different weapons, and wearing different clothes.

Twelve statues of him, erected in this hidden map named ‘Heavenly Palace.’

It actually looked rather remarkable.

He also wondered what the remaining eleven milestone tasks were.

Currently, the entire Heavenly Palace had only his statue, meaning that over the years, he was the only one who had been enshrined in the Heavenly Palace. Although wiping out a clan single-handedly was tough, he felt it wasn’t too difficult for some top cultivators.

So he leaned more towards the idea that this Heavenly Palace might have appeared in the last Heavenly Dao version update, and since then, no one had completed the milestone tasks?