Purple Qi Auspicious Arrival Reaches Endlessly Far

"When Li Shan invited you before, why didn't you go? Why did you suddenly think of it now?"

Lu Ren gave a dry cough. "I forgot. Now that I've been still for too long, I feel like moving around—taking a walk, having a look. Having come to this relatively safe region of Hanging Mountain, it would be a real pity not to venture into the Deep Sea Zone."

Huang Gong raised a brow. "You're preparing to set off? You're only at the Mid Celestial Immortal stage, and your lifespan is still immensely abundant. Isn't this a little early?"

"What do you mean, 'set off'? That sounds awful!" Lu Ren frowned, then continued, "It is still far too early to head for the Path to Ascension. I'm not in any hurry."

What vaguely concerned him were the Jade Emperor and Tathagata. Logically speaking, when Celestial Immortals neared the end of their lifespan, even if they were both long-lived Primordial Sacred Spirits and possessed countless secret methods for prolonging life, once all life-extending heavenly treasures had been exhausted, they would no longer have any effect. Unless they had some heaven-defying treasure capable of forcefully extending their lives, they could only watch helplessly as their lifespan ran out and they died of old age.

Yet the Jade Emperor and Tathagata had been so calm when they left. Lu Ren suspected that they might have some trump card, perhaps the so-called secret of the Supreme One.

He had no need for it himself, but if he kept idling away his days like a salted fish, indulging in leisure, then if either the Jade Emperor or Tathagata truly became a Golden Immortal, they might very well turn back and simply kill him.

Lu Ren had long since offended those two beyond reconciliation, and they were