The Era of True Immortals

Yun Ye entered a routine of day-after-day cultivation.

However, the funds in his hands flowed out continuously to purchase a vast quantity of top-grade spiritual materials.

Simply put, he wanted to build a laboratory for himself in the secret realm to further develop the Origin Law.

This obviously required a massive expenditure because most of the instruments were things he was manufacturing for the very first time, requiring constant adjustments and resulting in an extremely high scrap rate.

Assembling all the necessary facilities required not only a large amount of money, but even more so, a vast amount of time.

After a brief calculation, Yun Ye knew that thirty thousand silver taels were far from enough; he would need at least one million silver taels.

It was hard to say how long it would take to earn this sum of money relying solely on the spiritual land, so Yun Ye had to prepare multiple plans.

One of them was to sell a hundred-thousand-year Sun Wheel Fruit.

In this environment rich with spiritual Qi, ordinary spiritual herbs sold for a few hundred silver taels at most, while high-grade spiritual herbs ranged anywhere from several thousand to tens of thousands.

Yet, the value of top-grade spiritual herbs was utterly limitless, generally kept for personal use, which drove their prices up astronomically.

The starting price was at least one hundred thousand silver taels, and he would only need to sell two or three of them.

As for the covetous gazes it would subsequently draw...

I am an inner disciple of the Qu Shuang Dao System!

Yun Ye had already figured out how to deal with that. Lan Wuyin belonged to an extremely powerful lineage among the Twelve Dao Systems, boasting seven peerless figures and twenty-seven prodigies—who among them did not have countless legends backing them up? What did his tiny bit of fortuitous encounter amount to?

Besides, he was Lan Wuyin's puppet; high-level opponents who wanted to make a move against him would inevitably be blocked by Lan Wuyin.

What was this called?

Profound master-disciple affection!

So profound that he could treat it as his own!

A decent backup plan...

Next is the second option: the contest for the secret realms of the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect!

That was right.

Secret realms again.

With a major power like the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect, they naturally controlled secret realms, and more than just one.

The Qu Shuang Dao System alone held two secret realms in its hands, and the entire Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect controlled a full thirteen secret realms!

According to the notification given to him by the Three Talents Branch, a secret realm would open within two years. At that time, it would be a grand event for the entire Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect, where geniuses from all paths could showcase their abilities and let their affiliated branches reassess their potential.

At the same time, disciples who ranked near the top in this secret realm contest could obtain "merits."

Merits were essential items for advancing one's sequence. Without merits, no matter how strong one's cultivation was, it was impossible to become an inner disciple, a peak master, a chief seat, or even a dao lord.

Rain World Secret Realm!

A secret realm with a very monotonous environment, completely the home turf of Water Spirit Law cultivators. Inside lie a vast amount of treasures and numerous medicinal herbs that can boost cultivation. It likewise opens once every sixty years.

Similarly, it also holds a legacy, and no one has ever passed through it.

Yun Ye's gaze sharpened.

According to the notice from the Three Talents Branch, this legacy was just like the Moon Reflection Heavenly Gate, possessing the thirteen trials of Unparalleled and Invincible.

Furthermore, this single trial alone had blocked the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect for a thousand years, with not a single person passing it!

Yun Ye checked with his token, and as a result, he discovered that the records even mentioned the Moon Reflection Secret Realm of White Stone Town.

As the overlord of the entire Wild Province, the super prodigies of the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect had naturally gone to challenge the Moon Reflection Secret Realm as well.

Yet, the results were the same; even prodigies who had once ranked among the Four Peerless returned in failure.

After countless attempts, the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect had also confirmed that it was impossible for anyone to clear the Unparalleled and Invincible trials, gradually abandoning their covetous desire for the ancient legacy.

The current Unparalleled and Invincible trials were purely a benchmark for measuring talent; the more trials one passed, the stronger their talent.

Just what had the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect confirmed that made them believe it was impossible for anyone to pass the Unparalleled and Invincible tests?

It's very simple, because these secret realms were all left behind ten thousand years ago. That was... the era of true immortals.

It was as simple a reason as that.

Ten thousand years ago, since the soil could give birth to true immortals, it must have been an era where the immortal dao developed to its ultimate extreme.

What was called the extreme of immortal dao?

Simply put, it was an era where the accumulation of bloodline and power reached the limit, advancing no further.

For example, it gave birth to the Five Elements Complete Divine Body, naturally mastering the ultimate Five Elements Spirit Essence, capable of freely fusing multiple spirit spells. Born as sacred beings, they stood at the finish line right from birth.

This was the era of the ultimate immortal dao. In such an era, there would be countless figures terrifying beyond imagination, and characters who could rival a Future Dao Lord existed as well.

Wanting to become a peerless prodigy in an era like that meant one had to be formidable, invincible, and unimaginable.

Lei Zhenyu was like this, and the other peerless prodigies were the same.

Following a war a myriad of years ago that could be called world-ending, the immortal dao legacy was scattered overnight, and ten thousand years of recuperation had merely restored things to their current standard. Whether there were quintuple spirit spells outside the Luo Dynasty was hard to say.

Within the Luo Dynasty, however, they were completely nonexistent. Even holy sects, holy clans, and holy lands did not have them.

Under these circumstances, wanting to surpass the peerless prodigies of the Immortal Era could not be said to be entirely impossible; one could only say they were daydreaming.

The Rain World Secret Realm will open within two years? I should make preparations before then. The thirty thousand silver taels from the Xiang clan, coupled with the output of the spiritual land, will be enough to support a year or two.

With his goal determined, Yun Ye began his endless cultivation, coupled with pondering spiritual herb cultivation techniques and pill-making techniques.

He constantly observed the properties of the Azure Green Spirit Tree to research what the Azure Green Spirit Liquid required by the Azure Green Spirit Tree actually was.

Then, he quickly discovered the mystery.

This Azure Green Spirit Tree was rather special, as it would condense a special azure-green mist. This mist was nearly invisible, clinging to the surface of the spirit tree, and possessed the effect of enhancing comprehension.

If one let the mist blanket the Azure Green Spirit Tree and stained its branches and leaves cyan, the result would be that the vast majority of nutrients were seized by the mist, causing the Azure Green Spirit Tree to grow slowly.

This was quite reasonable.

The mist condensed over a hundred years had the effect of enhancing comprehension, so it naturally consumed a massive amount of power.

This is probably protection money, right? Condensing these spirit leaves serves as payment to protect themselves from demons or humans. In this way, although their growth is slow, they can endure for a long time.

Yun Ye formulated the spirit liquid and watered it.

Then, the color of the entire spirit tree rapidly faded, looking completely different from the two Azure Green Spirit Trees on Azure Green Mountain.

This was also natural. Xu Yue needed to protect the secret he had discovered, so he would have kept the color unchanged.

Ten thousand years, achieved.

In about two months, Yun Ye harvested his first batch of three-veined tea leaves and embarked on the extravagant path of popping pills.

Moreover, in order to strengthen the medicinal efficacy, Yun Ye even refined them into spirit pills named the "Enlightenment Pill."

This medicinal efficacy was countless times stronger than the pills that accelerated spirituality cultivation back in White Stone Town.

Those things could not be considered low-grade spirit pills at all; they were merely ordinary mortal goods.

As for the Enlightenment Pill crafted by Yun Ye, it was a genuine medium-grade spirit pill, with even occasional high-grade ones mixed in.

This was also due to the quality of the spiritual herbs. Given Yun Ye's pill technique, he was not yet able to freely refine medium-grade spirit pills.

With such divine medicine, Yun Ye's spirituality cultivation, which had begun to slow down in progress, sped up once more.

The manufacturing of various instruments also instantly became much smoother.

He had merely planted a single Azure Green Spirit Tree, yet this return on investment was simply unimaginably high.