Seeing this, Li Qingxu couldn't help sighing inwardly.
Ye Hei and Xiao Yan had been egging each other on in the Chat Group. Zhu Zhanji of the Great Ming World was probably having a rough time of it.
[Qingxu Daojun: It seems you've gotten along quite well while I was in seclusion.]
As soon as Li Qingxu sent the message, Ye Hei and the others perked up.
[Ye Hei: Senior, have you finished your seclusion?]
[Xiao Yan: Congratulations on emerging from seclusion, Senior! May your cultivation reach new heights! ヽ(￣ω￣(￣ω￣〃)ゝ]
[Emperor Yongle: Congratulations, High Immortal, on completing your cultivation!]
[Qingxu Daojun: Yes. I gained a little insight during my hundred years in seclusion. How have things been with you?]
At Li Qingxu's words, the three of them were stunned.
[Ye Hei: Huh? A hundred years?? ∠(°ゝ°)]
[Ye Hei: Senior, since you last bestowed an Immortal Leaf on me, I've broken through to the Four Extremes Realm and made it to Qishi Mansion in the Central Continent. All told, only about a year has passed!]
[Ye Hei: So one year on my end is a hundred years on yours?]
[Xiao Yan: Time passes a little more slowly where I am. Since the Coming of Age Ceremony in Wutan City, I've been traveling with my teacher to gain experience and search for traces of Heavenly Flames. It's been about half a year.]
[Xiao Yan: Time flows twice as fast in Ye Hei's world as it does in mine, but compared with Senior's Primordial World, the difference is like night and day.]
[Emperor Yongle: On my end... time seems to pass even more slowly.]
[Emperor Yongle: Since receiving the immortal opportunity at Yumuchuan, I've led the Three Thousand Camp deep into the Grassland, subdued the Oirat, Tatars, Harlang, and other tribes, and made them submit tribute and acknowledge my rule. Altogether, about ten days have passed. I'm now preparing to choose a day to return to the capital.]
As the three messages appeared in succession, Li Qingxu understood.
As expected, time flowed at vastly different rates between worlds.
That was a good thing, though. In the Primordial World, tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands—of years could pass in the blink of an eye. If time flowed at the same rate everywhere, the Chat Group members from lower-level worlds might have turned to dust by the time he emerged from seclusion.
In the Chat Group, Xiao Yan and the others realized this too.
[Xiao Yan: So, the higher the level of a world, the faster time flows there in comparison.]
Xiao Yan summed it up, while Ye Hei, who was quite adept at reading the room, took the opportunity to show his concern.
[Ye Hei: Thank you for asking, Senior. Things have been going smoothly for us. How have you been?]
Li Qingxu didn't hide anything and frankly told them about his situation.
[Qingxu Daojun: I emerged from seclusion not long ago. As it happens, the Primordial Saint and Saint Tongtian of Kunlun Immortal Mountain have announced that they'll be accepting disciples. I'm now on my way to Kunlun Mountain to seek a master and pursue the Dao.]
Those few casually phrased words sent a far greater shock through the three of them than learning about the time difference had.
Seeking a master?!
In their eyes, he was already a mysterious and unfathomable being, able to connect the myriad heavens with a single thought and grant them a mere leaf that could defy fate and change their lives. And even he needed to seek a master?!
[Xiao Yan: The Primordial Saint and Saint Tongtian? These supreme deities from the legends really exist, and they're in Senior's world?]
Ye Hei, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Di had all heard of the Three Pure Ones, the supreme deities of Daoism. But they had always assumed they were merely fictional immortals and spirits. They never imagined they were real.
[Ye Hei: Even someone with Senior's power to connect the myriad worlds with a single thought still needs to seek the Primordial Saint and Saint Tongtian as his masters.]
[Ye Hei: Just how powerful are those two Saints? Could they destroy the Burial Emperor Star with a single finger?]
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[Qingxu Daojun: They're far beyond that.]
[Qingxu Daojun: Saints stand above all, remain untouched by tribulations, and exist as one with the Dao. With a single thought, they can create a great world—or return it to Chaos.]
[Qingxu Daojun: The worlds you live in are no different from specks of dust in a Saint's eyes. They could be destroyed billions of times over in the span of a single thought.]
At Li Qingxu's words, everyone in the Chat Group drew a sharp breath.
Such a level of cultivation was utterly beyond anything they could imagine.
[Ye Hei: I've learned a lot. I used to think that the immortal beings from the legends, who couldn't die or be destroyed, were the end of the Dao. I never imagined there could be beings so supreme and omnipotent.]
[Ye Hei: It seems the path of cultivation truly has no end.]
[Xiao Yan: I hope that one day I'll be able to visit Senior's Primordial World and broaden my horizons.]
[Ye Hei: Better focus on cultivating first. It'd be embarrassing to go there and get killed by an ant from the Primordial World.]
[Emperor Yongle: May I ask, High Immortal, are you planning to join the Primordial Saint's sect or Saint Tongtian's?]
Li Qingxu fell into thought at the question.
In terms of cultivation and personal strength, Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian Cult Master were about evenly matched.
However, Primordial Heavenly Venerate believed in following Heaven's will and was extremely particular about his disciples' roots. Li Qingxu's Innate Five Elements Root was probably only middle-grade among Innate Roots, so he might not catch the Primordial Saint's eye.
Tongtian Cult Master, on the other hand, accepted disciples without discrimination. But his sect was a motley crew, full of demons and monsters, and its members formed factions, such as the Seven Attendant Immortals, the Ten Absolutes Heavenly Lords, and the Four Saints of Jiulong Island.
Joining them alone, he might well be ostracized.
What was more, the Interception Sect would eventually fall apart during the Measure Tribulation because its disciples had incurred a great deal of Karma and because it lacked an Innate Supreme Treasure to stabilize its fortunes.
After weighing everything, Li Qingxu decided that if he could join the Chan Sect, he would make that his first choice.
If Primordial Heavenly Venerate didn't accept him, he could settle for joining the Interception Sect.
Even with the Myriad Worlds Chat Group as his cheat, there was no need to "insist on suffering" or "defy Heaven's will."
Besides, Primordial Heavenly Venerate was much more protective of his disciples than Tongtian Cult Master.
In Li Qingxu's memories of his previous life, when the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation stripped the Kunlun Twelve Golden Immortals of their Three Flowers Above the Crown and Five Qi in the Chest, Primordial Heavenly Venerate had personally intervened and sent Sanxiao to the Investiture of the Gods.
That kind of bullying the weak was certainly open to criticism, but for a Chan Sect Disciple, it was a very real advantage.
[Qingxu Daojun: I intend to take the Primordial Saint as my master. If that doesn't work, I'll join Saint Tongtian's sect.]
[Qingxu Daojun: But many people are going to Kunlun Mountain to seek a master this time. The Saints may not take notice of me, and I might return empty-handed.]
Li Qingxu felt that, given his current circumstances, getting accepted as a Saint's disciple would be quite difficult.
But Ye Hei and the others had complete faith in him.
[Emperor Yongle: High Immortal, you are both virtuous and benevolent. The two Saints will surely recognize your worth and take you into their lineages.]
[Xiao Yan: If the Saints don't take Senior as a disciple, it'll be their loss.]
[Ye Hei: I think so too! ("▔□▔)/("▔□▔)/]
Looking at their messages, Li Qingxu's unease eased. He even felt as though he wouldn't be making the journey to Kunlun Mountain alone.
"At any rate, they're pretty good at lifting my spirits."
Li Qingxu smiled and decided to send them another red envelope as a reward, while also boosting the Chat Group's activity so he could upgrade it soon and unlock more features and permissions.
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