CHAPTER 659: CHAPTER 489: IS SHENZHOU CHAOTIC OR NOT? ZHOU YAN DECIDES!

"Teacher."

Chen Jichuan looked towards the East River Palace Master.

"Take it."

"You have recently proven Dao, and this is the time for you to advance boldly. These source jades have much greater significance in your hands."

The East River Palace Master spoke.

He understood his own foundations and knew who was truly putting in the effort for Meng Qing, Liu Hechuan, and others to prove Dao. With each disciple under him achieving enlightenment, the East River Palace Master was already delighted and satisfied. In this process, he, as the teacher, gained both tangible and intangible benefits, significantly increasing his influence inside and outside the Dao Sect.

Now faced with seventy thousand catties of source jade, he, as a teacher, was reluctant to accept them shamelessly.

The East River Palace Master, cared most about reputation.

"Thank you, Teacher."

Chen Jichuan also understood the East River Palace Master’s character, and seeing his resolute attitude, he did not refuse.

In front of Fu Danzi and other Daoist True Immortals, he could feign ignorance, sharing the ’blame’ with the East River Palace Master. But in front of the East River Palace Master, it was unnecessary.

Seeing Chen Jichuan accept the source jade, the East River Palace Master nodded with a smile, and shifted the topic, "Our Dao Sect has the deepest foundation and the greatest capacity. You have great insights in guiding cultivation, and if you have the ability to continue enlightening True Immortals, feel free to do so. You know what the Sect Leader means. With Shenzhou’s catastrophe imminent, we cannot say for sure when it will happen. If the Dao Sect can produce more True Immortals, it will surely handle this catastrophe more calmly. You should measure and handle the balance within."

"Yes."

"Disciple understands."

Chen Jichuan replied.

After talking with the East River Palace Master for a while, Chen Jichuan took his leave and departed.

Returning to Dongqi Palace.

...

"Indeed."

"Can’t hide it."

In Dongqi Palace, looking at the two Storage Jade Bracelets, Chen Jichuan couldn’t help but shake his head.

With Shi Ze successfully proving Dao, both Dongqi and East River Palaces had consecutively witnessed the enlightenment of the Nine Immortals recently. After Liu Hechuan, every time a new Immortal was achieved, Master Fu Danzi would summon Chen Jichuan and the East River Palace Master for a private encouragement.

This time, Shi Ze proving Dao was no exception.

One could not believe that the Sect Leader didn’t have any suspicions.

Fu Danzi must have also been speculating, wondering why both palaces were producing True Immortals frequently. He guesses whether it was Zhou Yan, or the East River Palace Master who had the capability to create True Immortals at will.

Perhaps he has already guessed it was Chen Jichuan.

Just like the East River Palace Master.

But the One Origin Dao Sect has a grand vision.

As the leader of the Dao Sect, Master Fu Danzi also has a great magnanimity and demeanor.

For forty thousand years, he has never conducted any tests or inquiries.

Even up to now, he has only made new rules, an ’open rate’ to incentivize Chen Jichuan to cultivate more True Immortals for the Dao Sect.

Looking at these actions, before Chen Jichuan actively spoke out and confessed, neither Fu Danzi nor the One Origin Dao Sect had any plans to get to the bottom of it.

The Dao Sect respects the opportunities and privacy of every disciple.

This is even more important for True Immortals.

Even for such a shocking secret like ’mass-producing True Immortals,’ the One Origin Dao Sect can maintain self-restraint, not acting excessively.

Only using incentives, still adhering to the Dao Sect’s principles.

"The Sect Leader openly states that Shenzhou is facing imminent catastrophe yet encourages me to continue cultivating more True Immortals for the Dao Sect."

Chen Jichuan felt somewhat assured of the Dao Sect’s stance and recalled the deeper meaning in Fu Danzi’s words earlier.

He pondered over the nuances.

"Clearly fearing chaos in the world!"

"It seems that the Dao Sect, at least the One Origin Dao Sect, is fully prepared for the upcoming catastrophe, ready to face it at any moment."

"In contrast, the demons are probably not ready."

"Therefore, the Sect Leader encourages me to cultivate more True Immortals to continue provoking the demons, forcing them not to wait any longer, and to start the conflict early."

"In this way, with one side fully prepared and the other initiating under-prepared, even if the catastrophe arrives early, the Dao Sect will be more advantageous."

Chen Jichuan thoroughly considered, and combined with his knowledge from these forty thousand years post-proving True Immortal, gained more understanding of Fu Danzi and the Dao Sect’s stance.

Fu Danzi and the Dao Sect both wished for the demons to act early, hoping for the catastrophe to arrive sooner.

But the demons do not wish so.

They have their plans.

If Chen Jichuan continues to mass-produce True Immortals, the demons will be placed in a difficult position.

But Chen Jichuan’s current thought leans more towards the demons.

"Including me, including Liu Jue, the Dao Sect has recently attained ten True Immortals."

"This is almost reaching the demons’ threshold."

In recent years, the One Origin Dao Sect has seen numerous newly promoted True Immortals, putting tremendous pressure on those demons and even other Dao Sects.

Conversely, Chen Jichuan bears immense pressure himself.

So wantonly ’enlightening’ each fellow sect member, disciple, creating new True Immortals one after another.

In the past, proving True Immortal was an immensely difficult task, only one emerging in several eras.

Yet in the past forty thousand years, several Direct Transmission disciples from Dongqi Palace and East River Palace have queued systematically for enlightenment.

No excuse could make sense of it.

No one would refrain from suspecting the truth in it.

Chen Jichuan also knew it was outrageous, pressing forward despite knowing it.

But he is also afraid.

Afraid that if he goes too far, the demons will flip the table and refuse to play anymore.

Afraid that other Dao Sects would be envious and jealous, breeding suspicion, causing division, and internal chaos in the Righteous Path.

Afraid that the One Origin Dao Sect would grow doubtful of him, secretly harm him, and extract the truth with severe measures.

This last worry, having met Fu Danzi today, could largely be laid to rest.

The Sect Leader Fu Danzi’s enthusiasm for conflict, eager for worldly chaos, makes internal strife within the Righteous Path unlikely to be a concern.

However, Chen Jichuan still has to worry about the demons possibly overturning the table.

Yet Meng Qing, Xuee Gu, and others are fellow disciples with him with long-standing good relationships. Each of them can become Daoist Disciples, accepted into the East River Palace as True Immortal Inheritors; their talent and perception need no more proof, each has the potential to prove Dao.