Chapter 684: Chapter 469: Ancient Myths, Stirring Changes

This closed-door cultivation will not end in just a couple of hundred years; it will require at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of years.

Otherwise, he would not have invited numerous ancient ancestors to help, going to great lengths to construct such a place for seclusion in the Chaos Sea.

Bai Nian, on the path of cultivation, has ordinary talent that is not outstanding, and since he is not a native living creature within the Cave Heaven World, he previously failed to benefit from several cosmic changes triggered by Chu Zheng’s cultivation progress.

To this day, his cultivation has merely reached the Fifth Order.

The historian lineage focuses more on nurturing and strengthening one’s foundation, with ordinary combat prowess but comparatively longer lifespans than typical Taoist orthodoxy, though even these have limits.

With Bai Nian’s current cultivation, even with life-extending methods, at best, he cannot live past ten thousand years; even if his cultivation progresses further, living beyond a hundred thousand years is as challenging as ascending to the heavens.

By the time Chu Zheng emerges from seclusion, Bai Nian is likely to have become mere bone dust.

Originally, Chu Zheng intended to send Bai Nian to the Great Universe or the Chaos Sea for temporary placement.

At least time there wouldn’t pass so quickly, and Bai Nian could entirely wait for his emergence, but Bai Nian refused this kindness.

He seems to have already made his own plans.

“Bai Nian wishes the master success in cultivation.”

Facing Chu Zheng’s reminder again, Bai Nian merely bowed, a slight smile on his face.

“Make your own decision then.”

Seeing this, Chu Zheng did not persuade further, his Divine Sense slowly dissipating.

Regarding Bai Nian’s plans, he no longer wishes to delve deeply, finding it meaningless.

By the time he emerges from seclusion, Bai Nian is likely already a corpse.

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Amidst the vast space-time turbulence.

Chu Zheng’s heart and mind sink deep into his body, observing the two Dao Seals.

Currently, his cultivation, on the Immortal Path, is at the Early-stage Immortal Monarch, Qi Refining is at the Early Golden Immortal stage; the two progress side by side, like dual pillars supporting the cosmos, extremely balanced.

In the next moment, under Chu Zheng’s urging, the qi meridians throughout his body began to operate frantically at an unprecedented speed.

Deep within the Sea of Consciousness, the Immortal Seal which represents the Immortal Path and condensed his core insights into Immortal Dao Laws suddenly erupted with billions of dazzling Immortal Light.

The light penetrated his flesh, even faintly spilling outside the hall, adding a touch of sacred Immortal Radiance to the chaotic space-time light outside.

Stepping into the Space-time Domain, cultivation growth no longer solely depends on replenishment from nature’s spiritual energy but requires vast amounts of space-time essence.

And within this hall, numerous Ancient Ancestors of the Universe have prepared enough space-time essence to support Chu Zheng’s ascent into the Ancestral Realm.

This is the most time-consuming component of the entire hall, requiring collection from the River of Space-Time; achieving this within three months is impossible, as it’s evident that Erosion Sun Rain and other ancient ancestors have prepared long ago.

For all living creatures entering the Space-time Domain, cultivation growth requires reliance on the River of Space-Time, particularly after entering the Realm of Ancient Myths, where the need for space-time essence explodes further.

Accumulating it by oneself is a drop in the ocean; one can only project countless avatars into the River of Space-Time, harvesting ample space-time essence by tapping into the causal lines of past and future.

The Tenth Rank Second Realm is named Realm of Ancient Myths because across various eras, it bears its name and leaves traces more or less.

Yet, this cumbersome cultivation process has been greatly simplified for him by the Ancient Ancestors of the Universe.

At this moment, as the Immortal Seal rotated rapidly, large amounts of space-time essence rushed into Chu Zheng’s body, each rotation absorbing a century’s worth of time essence.

Its form became even more tangible instantaneously, and the law Dao Marks on its surface came alive, crazily evolving, intertwining, growing deeper and more arcane.

During this process, Chu Zheng’s aura began to awaken like a long-dormant volcano, ascending step by step, stirring the space-time turbulence within the entire hall.

With the expansion of the Immortal Seal, Chu Zheng’s cultivation rose swiftly.

Mid-stage Immortal Monarch… Late-stage Immortal Monarch… Immortal Monarch Perfection!

The Immortal Seal’s expansion soon reached the critical point, its brilliance transforming from dazzling to restrained and profound, like the ultimate condensation before a star collapses; vast immortal power surged within the Immortal Seal, each pulse shaking the entire foundation of Chu Zheng’s Immortal Path, issuing muffled heartbeats akin to the cosmos’s gestational movements.

His pores opened wide, as if they transformed into black holes devouring everything, forcefully refining, and absorbing the torrential stream of space-time laws from outside, the light of space-time array patterns in the Silver Grey Hall shone brightly, voraciously drawing energy from the Star Sea of Eight Directions, transforming it into a substantial spiritual tide and infusing it inside.

The entire Chaos Sea stirred with terrifying tides, forcibly extracting the cosmic essence from numerous Great Realms, converging toward the hall.

Bang——

The ear-splitting sound of heaven and earth creation exploded within Chu Zheng, the Immortal Monarch Dao Seal which was refined to the extreme, after absorbing a massive amount of space-time laws and cosmic essence, underwent a qualitative transformation!

The Immortal Seal did not shatter; it began to withdraw and contract, an exquisite pillar of light connecting past and present, emerged gradually, linking the essence of space-time.

This pillar of light spanned Chu Zheng’s limbs, apertures, ultimately opening a vast river flowing with pure Immortal Dao Laws built by endless Immortal Light within the center of the internal universe.

The Immortal Vein… is formed!

This formation triggered a cataclysmic change in Chu Zheng’s aura, an Emperor’s Might that truly transcends all immortals, sovereign over all heavens’ laws, surged forth, piercing through the layers of space-time barriers of the Silver Grey Hall, like a blazing sun traversing all heavens, rising out of nowhere, rapidly spreading across the entire Chaos Sea.