Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Chapter 384: Chapter 165: The Twelve-Grade Heavenly Dao Top Grade Nascent Soul, Appears!_5
 

“””

“He’s more terrifying than you think.”

“But…”

Li Shiyi shook his head in confusion, “The requirements and materials for a tenth-grade Nascent Soul are so complicated and as difficult as ascending to heaven, not to mention the twelfth grade. Why would a loose cultivator be able to gather so many materials?”

“Him?”

The elder remained silent for a long time before he suddenly let out a light chuckle, “He is not just any loose cultivator, his identity has never been hidden from you. He is none other than the Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Chen Qiu.”

“It’s just that you never took it seriously.”

“You thought a Golden Core Sect Master was nothing significant, just a self-proclaimed title.”

“Why do you think the top-tier forces in the central region went into hiding the moment the Heavenly Dao Decree resounded ten days ago?”

Li Shiyi paused for a while before he hesitantly said, “Is it because the new Heavenly Dao version ‘Chaos Under Heaven’ is about to descend? Historical records show that those major powers often retreat and close their gates during chaotic times, to avoid discontinuation of their sect lineages amidst the turmoil.”

“Half right.”

After a heavy sigh, the elder’s eyes flickered with a distant look as he murmured towards the direction of Quzhou.

“In times of chaos, the lineage of a sect is the easiest to break, but chaos also means countless opportunities.”

“The reason most top-tier forces in the central region announced their retreat from the world in this upcoming chaotic era is not because of the so-called ‘Chaos Under Heaven’, but because ten days ago, one man’s name resonated through the nineteen provinces of Xuantian Continent!”

“That man is—”

“Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Chen Qiu!”

“Many of the top-tier forces in the central region started searching for information related to Chen Qiu. Normally speaking, to possess a twelfth-grade Nascent Soul would certainly require a twelfth-grade Golden Core. The creation of such a Golden Core would surely manifest celestial phenomena, just like this. But in the recent centuries, there hasn’t been any major celestial sign.”

“Nor has there been any Imperial Decree announcing the achievement of a twelfth-grade Golden Core.”

“Furthermore, Chen Qiu suddenly appeared in Quzhou.”

“What does all this suggest?”

“It means that Chen Qiu came to this world out of the blue; before that, or at least before his Golden Core stage, he was not of this world, not of the world of Xuantian Continent. So, which world was he from?”

The elder’s expression was laden with profound meaning as he tilted his head toward Li Shiyi.

“The Gua Cultivation sect of the central region was the first to announce their retreat from the world.”

“Simply because they are the sect with the oldest heritage, nearly ten thousand years. Over those millennia, their sect split several times, and the legacy has been intermittently lost across the river of time, but one phrase has accompanied the surviving legacy and been passed down through the rocky path.”

“That phrase is—”

“‘Should Chao Tian Sect re-emerge one day, a hundred-year retreat will ensure the unbroken transmission of the lineage.'”

“The top-tier forces of the central region, ah, they didn’t retreat from the world because of the ‘Chaos Under Heaven’ version of the Heavenly Dao; it was solely because of this Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Chen Qiu.”

“Because… within their own intermittently surviving legacies, they found the same phrase.”

“‘A hundred-year retreat ensures the unbroken transmission of the sect lineage.'”

“…”

Li Shiyi’s mouth slowly fell open in disbelief as he stood there, stunned. Turning his head again towards the direction of Quzhou, he seemed to witness once more the Heavenly Thunder carrying the force of heaven and earth smiting Evil State; to see Chen Qiu, gravely wounded yet still standing straight in the Storm, leaning on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella; to hear, as he met Chen Qiu for the first time, Chen Qiu saying from him he saw the end road of this era’s Heavenly Pride.

He had looked up the records about the Chao Tian Sect.

But he had not expected,

That Chen Qiu’s Chao Tian Sect, was actually the very same from tens of thousands of years ago.

“But…those top-tier forces of the central region, they all have powerful figures stronger than Divinity Transformation Stage holding fort, would they really be so afraid of Chen Qiu?”

The elder tilted his head once more, glancing at Li Shiyi with a light chuckle, “How do you think you measure up to your peers in Quzhou?”

“First in Quzhou!”

Li Shiyi said seriously, without exaggeration; before Chen Qiu had appeared, he was indeed the number one Heavenly Pride of Quzhou.

“Then how do you think you compare to that Chen Qiu?”

This time Li Shiyi was silent for a long time before he hoarsely said, “Like a frog in the well glimpsing the moon in the sky.”

The elder didn’t laugh this time, his expression tinged with sadness as he murmured, “That’s because you’re only Golden Core; if you stood at the Divinity Transformation Stage like me, you would understand what it means to be an insignificant mayfly gazing at the vast sky.”

“For us, Divinity Transformation is already the end of our life’s journey.”

“But for that Chen Qiu, Divinity Transformation may just be a starting point.”

“The gap between you and him is even greater than the gap between me and a mortal.”

“Those top-tier forces of the central region have extensive branches, and if any disciple’s relative provokes Chen Qiu, following the trail could lead to the end of millennia-long legacies right there and then.”

“Chen Qiu’s current Cultivation is at the Nascent Soul stage. Indeed, the top-tier forces of the central region don’t fear that.”

“But this man is an ‘Agitator’. As long as you don’t avoid the world, it’s very easy to be entangled in karma with him, and if it’s bad karma, then once the other party grows in a few years, all the years of foundation built by these so-called top-tier forces of the central region will have to be surrendered.”

“…”

Li Shiyi fell into silence, speechless for a long time. His demeanor appeared calm, but inside, a tempest had begun to churn. He had only thought of Chen Qiu as an incomparable Heavenly Pride.

Although much stronger than him, he still saw Chen Qiu as a peer among the Heavenly Prides.

Only he had not anticipated,

That his master, a powerful entity at the Divinity Transformation Stage, one of the strongest in Quzhou, would hold Chen Qiu in such high esteem.

And those unattainable top-tier forces of the central region, they would actually retreat for a hundred years because of Chen Qiu.

‘Agitator’, what was that?

Suddenly, he recalled the phrase his master had just mentioned.

“Should Chao Tian Sect re-emerge one day, a hundred-year retreat will ensure the unbroken transmission of the lineage.”

What if…

You neither close the gates nor avoid the world?

What then?