Cultivation: But Not a Game

Chapter 741: Chapter 398: Burning Lamp’s Accusation, Ascending to Golden Immortal

Time flows by, years flash like a shuttle.

Since returning to the Human Race, Su Yu has not ventured out again, mostly staying within the Heavenly Realm of the Three Emperors Mountain to cultivate within his eighth-level Spirit Vein.

Of course, that’s just a guise; in reality, he’s cultivating within the Chaos Realm.

Occasionally, he goes out to handle some matters, like setting up Arrays, or casually giving a lecture on the Way.

At this time, the Heavenly Realm has already begun development, with a large number of elites from various places and sects coming to cultivate every year. Great cultivators above True Immortal level in the clan occasionally open classes to teach, and he is no exception, often being invited to lecture on the Way.

A year outside equates to ten thousand years inside the Chaos Realm.

During the sporadic outings, spending only half the time cultivating inside the Chaos Realm, Su Yu took nearly forty years, accumulating over a hundred thousand years in the Chaos Realm, finally perfecting his Primordial Spirit.

And over these hundreds of thousands of years, the laws have grown substantially. The Five Elements Law, along with the Life and Devouring Laws, have all been perfected; only the Law of Time remains too profound and is not yet perfected, requiring continued diligent cultivation.

With a single thought, his form becomes blurred, and in the next second, an illusory long river of time emerges, with him appearing within it.

Reaching out his hand to gently caress it, the water of the time river slides past his palm, and in a fleeting glimpse, he sees a mortal’s entire life from birth to growth to aging and death pass by in that instant.

"Birth, aging, sickness, death."

"The desolation and flourishing of years."

"A fleeting instant of time."

"The coming of spring, going of autumn."

"The aging of earth and sky."

"The shifting of seas and fields."

"Stars shift and constellations move."

All these are clearly presented within the long river of time in Su Yu’s eyes, his consciousness submerged in time, carefully experiencing the changes in the flow of time.

Unaware of how much time passed, everything before his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he woke up with a start, realizing the duration of Traversing Time had ended.

"Continue next month."

Su Yu took a deep breath and continued cultivating.

Every month, when the cooldown for the Divine Technique of Traversing Time was over, he would activate the time technique to enter the river of time, cultivating to understand the Time Law.

Most of the time, he remained in place to comprehend and dared not venture far.

Once, twice, ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times—relentless cultivation always yields some comprehension, and his grasp of the Time Law was gradually improving.

Cultivation is timeless; every day he immerses himself in cultivation, unaware of the outside world, each seclusion spanning dozens of years in the Earth Immortal Realm.

On this day, after a month’s interval, he habitually stepped into the long river of time again, but just after entering and before starting cultivation, the Immortal Slaying Sword suddenly flew out, emitting a buzzing sound.

He was momentarily stunned, a spark of insight flashed in his mind:

"Master?"

"Buzz!"

The Immortal Sword released a Sword Qi that split open a rift in the time river, and all four flying swords flew into it. Su Yu hurriedly stepped in, space transformed, and outside was shockingly Biyou Palace.

The Immortal Slaying Four Swords shot into the Hall of Inquiry. He immediately entered, seeing Sect Master Tongtian seated on the cloud bed, he promptly moved forward and bowed:

"Disciple greets Master!"

Tongtian glanced up and down at him, nodding in satisfaction:

"It seems you haven’t been slacking these years; you have made great progress in your cultivation."

Su Yu hurriedly said:

"Disciple dares not be lazy."

Tongtian nodded slightly, stretching out his hand, from Su Yu flew out the Purple Lightning Hammer, the Immortal Slaying Sword Diagram, and the Chaos Bell; Tongtian retrieved the Immortal Slaying Four Swords and Purple Lightning Hammer, grasped the Chaos Bell carefully, with some emotion said:

"I didn’t expect this treasure would end up in your hands, very well!"

As he played with it, he said:

"I have reclaimed the Immortal Slaying Sword and Purple Lightning Hammer."

"What?"

Tongtian smiled and said:

"The Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha specifically went to the Purple Cloud Palace to complain to your Grandmaster, obtaining a decree commanding me to reclaim these treasures."

"Huh!"

Earlier was bewilderment, now it was shock, he said in surprise:

"Is this reasonable? How can the Lamp-Burning give his disciple the Twenty-Four Sea Calming Beads, but Master cannot?"

Tongtian smiled and explained:

"It’s different. The Lamp-Burning’s Twenty-Four Sea Calming Beads already had the Primordial Spirit imprint erased and were thrown into the Earth Immortal Realm, virtually unrelated and could be taken by anyone. Although he has a method to reclaim them, it conforms to the rules. My grant of treasures directly influenced the balance of the Great Catastrophe."

"Uh... okay!"

Tongtian chuckled softly and said:

"Don’t be aggrieved; having a Saint for a master has already disturbed the balance. The Human Race, because of you, has prematurely entered the next stage; this is already a great benefit, don’t be ungrateful."

Su Yu chuckled:

"Disciple is content."

"As long as you are content. By the way..."

Tongtian turned over the Chaos Bell and inquired:

"Your Chaos Bell seems to lack a lid, right?"

"Yes."

"I not long ago casually chatted with your Grandmaster and heard him say something went missing in a certain place, later taken by someone with three eyes, stored in their race’s Immortal Library. When you get a chance, go fetch it."

"Oh, disciple obeys!"

Su Yu instantly understood; as expected, it’s the Chaos Bell lid.

However, he did not hurry to find it; the item is within the Celestial Eye People’s Immortal Library; it can’t be retrieved at a moment’s notice, and as of now, he can’t seize it.

Every race’s Immortal Library entrance lies at the heart of their civilization, suppressed by the race’s Dao of Humanity, making it hard even for a Daluo Golden Immortal to seize.

It’s better to continue cultivating, to first advance to Golden Immortal before planning further.

Only with enough personal strength and an even more powerful Human Race can he directly declare war on the Celestial Eye People, and after defeating them, naturally claim the treasures in their Immortal Library.

Su Yu did not return immediately but took the opportunity with his master still around to request Tongtian to teach him.

As a beloved disciple asking for guidance, Sect Master Tongtian certainly would not refuse.