Qing Province.
Heavenly Mist Domain, Primordial Mountain Range.
Lin Feng stood upon a giant boulder at the mountain peak, his gaze cast into the distance.
A sea of clouds churned at the mountainside, while in the distance, a waterfall cascaded like a silver river, and a brilliant rainbow spanned between two peaks.
The scenery before him was like a fairyland from a painting.
"Not bad!"
"I never expected to find such a view here."
Lin Feng exclaimed in admiration. He appeared to be a handsome, fresh-faced youth.
However, in reality, he was already six thousand years old.
That was if one counted from the moment he transmigrated into this world of cultivation.
For six thousand years, he had always followed the path of staying steady, avoiding recklessness, and developing in the shadows.
Because of this, the name Lin Feng remained obscure.
But if one were to speak of the aliases he had once used, any one of them...
Would be world-renowned and illustrious.
Even today, legends of 'him' still remained in every corner of the Eastern Profound Continent.
"I shall slumber here!"
"After this, I should be able to break through to the late stage of Tribulation Transcendence."
Lin Feng smiled, very satisfied with this resting place.
In this world, the realms of cultivators were divided into:
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence.
Nine great realms!
Beyond that, there were the True Immortals who had transcended the Heavenly Dao to live in eternal freedom.
However.
Lin Feng had been immortal from the very moment he transmigrated.
Cultivation was merely a pursuit of strength for him.
Moreover, his method of cultivation was different from other cultivators.
He had been immortal from the start, but every thousand years, he needed to enter a deep slumber, with the duration of sleep ranging from over a decade to several decades.
While sleeping, he would enter a profound state.
It was like dreaming...
Lin Feng cultivated in his dreams, feeling as if he were aided by the divine, his cultivation progressing by leaps and bounds, advancing a thousand miles a day.
Previously, he had already slumbered five times.
His cultivation had reached the early stage of Tribulation Transcendence, and the further one went, the harder it became to break through to the next realm.
Next.
Lin Feng first cast a spell to carve out a cave dwelling on the mountainside.
Then, within a hundred miles of the cave, he set up the Myriad Heavens Great Tribulation Array.
In the inner circle, he set up the Ten Directions Heavenly Gate Death Array.
Further inside, he successively set up the Greater Heavenly Cycle Demon-Slaying Array and the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Soul-Locking Array.
These were all lethal killing arrays, linked together, their power surging exponentially!
"Still not enough!"
Lin Feng took out various magical treasures and talismans, setting up layers of restrictions and traps centered around the cave dwelling.
Finally, he used a supreme secret technique to shield the heavenly secrets, hiding this patch of heaven and earth within the void.
After finishing all this.
He clapped his hands and smiled with satisfaction.
What had he relied on to never fail in thousands of years?
It was nothing more than the two words: steady and cautious.
Suddenly, Lin Feng looked into the distance, his gaze seemingly piercing through space to cast toward a far-off place.
"I'm going to sleep!"
"Who cares about the floods that come after me, haha!"
As his voice fell, his figure flashed, and he entered the cave dwelling.
This space also became distorted and blurred until the gate of the cave dwelling closed completely.
Spring turned to autumn.
In the blink of an eye, more than a decade had passed.
On this day, the weather was fair and the breeze was gentle.
Yet, an event occurred on the Eastern Profound Continent—an event that shook the entire continent and drove countless people into a frenzy.
The Immortal Great Emperor's diary had been discovered!
It was said that a group of rogue cultivators, while exploring for treasure, had inadvertently stumbled into a cave dwelling where the Immortal Great Emperor had once gone into seclusion, and found it there.
As the news spread, the world was shaken.
Even those ancient sects, holy lands, and ancient clans moved at the sound of the wind.
Old monsters who usually hid beneath the surface also emerged.
The Immortal Diary was like a heaven-shaking bolt of lightning, blasting out everything that usually remained hidden and low-profile.
After all, the reputation of the Immortal Great Emperor was simply too resounding!
He was recognized as one of the strongest in the current cultivation world, a peerless Great Emperor whose strength surpassed all from ancient times to the present.
He was a symbol of mystery and invincibility!
The Immortal Great Emperor's cultivation, techniques, alchemy, artifact refining, and formations were all unrivaled in the world.
He had traversed the world for thousands of years without ever tasting defeat.
Yet, no one had ever known his true identity!
Was the veil of this mysterious Great Emperor finally about to be lifted?
As time passed...
This fanaticism gradually evolved into a murderous atmosphere that permeated the entire world!
Everyone wanted to seize the diary!
An unprecedented storm of blood and slaughter was brewing.
"This cannot go on!"
"If we fight, who can guarantee they will be the one to have the last laugh?"
Inside an ancient and magnificent hall, dozens of the world's most powerful cultivators argued until their faces were red.
These were representatives of immortal sects, holy lands, and ancient clans.
The diary had been sealed with secret arts and was guarded personally by the supreme elders of the major factions; no one was allowed to approach it.
On the dais, an old man in a black robe with a vigorous spirit looked around and spoke slowly:
"Fellow Daoists, if I were to give the diary to you now, who would dare take it back?"
"..."
For a moment, everyone's eyes flickered, and no one dared to answer.
After thinking it over during this period, they all realized that while everyone wanted the Immortal Diary, no one could afford to have it!
This thing was now a Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning.
Whoever touched it would die!
Those present were representatives of the most powerful forces in the world, but that did not mean they were truly invincible.
There were still many reclusive old monsters watching from the shadows.
Now, every cultivator in the world was watching!
Whoever dared to take the diary away would never know peace again and would certainly be plunged into endless assassinations and targeting.
"Elder Heavenly Secret, in your opinion, what should be done?"
The old man known as Elder Heavenly Secret smiled slightly and said, "It is simple. One cannot claim all the opportunities for oneself; sharing joy is better than enjoying it alone."
"This diary shall be published by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion!"
"Let all the cultivators in the world share it!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall was shocked, and everyone wore expressions of astonishment.
The air suddenly went quiet.
In the end, after some deliberation, everyone present agreed with the words of Elder Heavenly Secret.
"Brilliant, truly brilliant!"
Some even slapped the table in admiration!
In this way, the risk of the Immortal Diary being monopolized by a single sect was completely avoided.
Everyone is equal; that is quite good!
Besides, even if the diary truly contained supreme cultivation techniques, with everyone knowing them, how could other cultivators compare to them?
In the end, all parties unanimously agreed that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion should publish the contents of the diary to the world.
Furthermore, the content was recorded into the Communication Array to be published in several entries every day, preventing any cheating.
This result was, naturally, a cause for universal celebration.
With this, a cataclysmic storm was finally averted.
The sun rose and the moon set.
Soon, the time for the first publication of the Immortal Diary arrived.
At this moment, whether they were powerful cultivators, ordinary mortals, or the various demon clans, everyone held their breath in anticipation.
Light screens lit up across the Communication Array of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, which was spread throughout the continent.
Characters slowly began to emerge upon them.
Page one of the Immortal Diary of the Immortal Great Emperor:
[Damn! (It's a type of plant)]
[I've transmigrated!]
[Such a cliché thing actually happened to me!]
[I really didn't want to transmigrate!]
[And where is my cheat? I just searched everywhere, and there's neither a soul of an old master nor a system!]
[System, come out right now!!]
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