Zhuang Wu, an Immortal Emperor of eighty-one tribulations, with zero remaining lifespan.
Chen Jiuyang's expression immediately turned slightly delighted.
He had only paid a full seven hundred years of lifespan to obliterate "Zhuang Wu."
Chen Jiuyang's spatial ring flashed, and he consumed a pill, instantly replenishing the eight hundred years of lifespan that had just vanished.
"That's it?"
Zhuang Wu was so easily annihilated...
Would "Zhuang Wu's" laws still be effective?
Chen Jiuyang immediately checked.
Sanhua, Qi Refining cultivation, with one hundred and thirty years of lifespan remaining.
"Hiss!"
Chen Jiuyang gasped, his expression filled with surprise: "After obliterating Zhuang Wu, the power of the origin Dao laws he controlled also dissipated."
"In this case..."
Chen Jiuyang's eyes were filled with excitement: "As long as I'm given enough time, I can completely obliterate that mastermind with my own hands!"
"Hahahaha!!!!!"
Chen Jiuyang couldn't help but burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face in his excitement.
His fate had been manipulated for countless years, and he finally tasted the joy of revenge.
Six years after his rebirth, Chen Jiuyang finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.
With the authority of the Book of Life in hand, who in the world could he fear?
"Thus... the plan can be altered..."
"Directly obliterate the people of the major forbidden lands in secret, and they will naturally be unable to sit still and will emerge to search for the whereabouts of the Book of Life..."
"Heh heh, although their plan, which has been tens of thousands of years in the making, is destined to fail."
"But, besides me, who else knows the truth?"
"They are destined to toil in vain and die by my hand!"
A sinister glint flashed in Chen Jiuyang's eyes.
"What happened? Why are you laughing so happily..."
At this moment, a young girl in a classical blue palace dress, with a pretty face and a demeanor as cold and aloof as an immortal, stood outside Chen Jiuyang's bookstore.
Chen Jiuyang immediately recognized who this girl was. He smiled and said, "It's nothing much, I just saw a chance for revenge."
"Liansheng, is this your true form? It's quite good."
Indeed, the girl before him was the Mother Liansheng who had merged with her eight lifetimes of bodies. However, she had abandoned the martial path and the wisdom of eight lifetimes, successfully cultivating the immortal path. Currently, her cultivation level was the same as Chen Jiuyang's, both at the Dao Integration stage.
Liansheng also sized up Chen Jiuyang, her eyes filled with shock. Unlike Chen Jiuyang, she had truly lived for tens of thousands of years to achieve such cultivation.
Yet, Chen Jiuyang's bone structure looked no older than twenty, and his cultivation was also at the Dao Integration stage, the same as hers!
She had assumed Chen Jiuyang was some old monster reincarnated, so before coming, she had specifically cultivated a technique to examine the soul's age rings.
To her astonishment, Chen Jiuyang's soul age rings also indicated he was in his early twenties, not some old monster reincarnated from an immortal alliance.
No matter how heaven-defying one's combat power, no matter how miraculous their methods, they could not escape the passage of time; it would leave its mark.
The secrets surrounding Chen Jiuyang seemed even more terrifying and mysterious than she had previously guessed.
Chen Jiuyang immediately reined in his divine sense, preventing Liansheng from probing too deeply.
Liansheng also suppressed her shock, a smile appearing on her face. "What, you fancy me? How about we become Dao companions?"
Chen Jiuyang slowly shook his head, smiling, "I already have six confidantes, and that number is set. Not one more, not one less."
Liansheng sneered, "What do you want me to do next?"
Chen Jiuyang chuckled, "Just cultivate diligently and become an immortal. What else could I want you to do?"
"You won't have much time left to cultivate into an immortal."
Liansheng's heart trembled: "I have a question. Immortal cultivation is extremely slow, and even becoming an Immortal only grants combat power comparable to a quasi-emperor. Why don't you pursue the martial path?"
Chen Jiuyang smiled and said, "If this were before, I wouldn't have answered this question."
"But you've come at the perfect time."
"My enemies' cultivation far surpasses that of Martial Dao Great Emperors."
"Even if I cultivated to the peak of Martial Dao Great Emperor and dominated for two to three thousand years, they could leave this world and go to the Immortal Realm or the Spirit Realm. How could I then seek revenge?"
Liansheng's expression changed slightly: "Enemies whose cultivation surpasses Martial Dao Great Emperors, that would mean..."
She didn't voice the forbidden lands that followed.
"What secrets are there?"
"What secrets?" Chen Jiuyang smiled, "When you master three Origin Dao laws, you will naturally know."
Three Origin Dao laws meant the combat power of a Martial Dao Red Dust Immortal. At that point, Liansheng would be qualified to learn about the matter of the Nine Nether Myriad Graves.
"Three Origin Dao laws..." Liansheng said irritably, "Where am I supposed to collect laws to refine?"
Chen Jiuyang explained, "A secret hidden by the Five Great Sacred Lands for a long time. If one undergoes tribulation within the Fallen Immortal Cliff, they are not interfered with by heavenly tribulations. Within the Fallen Immortal Cliff are buried the physical bodies of many powerful individuals, whose laws can be refined to rapidly supplement oneself and shorten the time to become an immortal."
Liansheng's heart was once again shaken: "There's such a thing?"
Having lived for so long, she truly didn't know about some matters within other forbidden lands.
Forbidden lands like the Fallen Immortal Cliff, which had no living inhabitants to communicate with.
Such secrets were never revealed by those who possessed them; it was a secret method for cultivating core disciples.
"It's true," Chen Jiuyang said. "It's genuine. For those with exceptional talent like us, if we were to attract heavenly tribulations, it would be a terrifying ordeal. But if one undergoes tribulation within the Fallen Immortal Cliff, it would save a lot of trouble."
"Thus, with this secret, you can cultivate here with peace of mind and become an immortal."
Liansheng fell silent for a moment, then said, "I'll take it one step at a time..."
"Since you possess such cultivation, you could establish a sect and become an ancestor. Why would you open a small bookstore here?"
To everyone's bewilderment, with such great ability, why was Chen Jiuyang so content to open a bookstore and pretend to be an ordinary person?
Chen Jiuyang replied, "This matter is even simpler. It's for my confidantes. If they were to cause any trouble or encounter any difficulties, it would be convenient for me to intervene."
"..." Liansheng was completely speechless.
Just because of that?
Just for this?
Was he really that willful?
She found Chen Jiuyang's actions difficult to comprehend.
And so.
Another antique furniture store opened on this commercial street.
Opened by Liansheng.
The atmosphere of the entire street became even more peculiar.
Time flew by, and another three months passed.
It was October again.
Yao Zixuan was still out adventuring in some ruins and had not returned.
Lin Yuexian and Qiu Yihan's relationship seemed to be handled well, perhaps because Lin Yuexian was intimidated by Qiu Yihan's cultivation speed.
Qiu Yihan also liked Lin Yuexian's dignified and virtuous way of speaking and acting.
Ji Lengyue was still busy handling cases for the Six Doors. The relationship between the Garrison Commander and the Immortal Alliance was increasingly strained, and great demons from the Fallen Immortal Cliff were frequently appearing, putting a strain on the front-line forces.
Qin Rourou had broken through to the peak of the Golden Core stage, one step away from the Nascent Soul stage.
Yun Jingbai occasionally came to discuss Dao with Chen Jiuyang. They sat opposite each other, enjoying each other's company.
On this day.
The methods Chen Jiuyang had left for Yao Zixuan all erupted simultaneously.