Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

The Tianji Sage's reaction was hardly surprising.

Immortal Ascension cultivators were undoubtedly powerful, and the gap between them and those Below Immortality was immense, truly a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

But to unify an entire domain of heaven and earth through one's own strength alone was perhaps still too fanciful a notion, even for an Immortal Ascension cultivator.

Even the first Steward of Heavenly Summit Mountain, the very first Immortal Ascension cultivator of Chenping Continent, True Person Tiansu, had only managed to forge Heavenly Summit Mountain into the greatest sacred cultivation ground on the continent.

He had not unified the cultivation world of Chenping Continent.

As Chen Yan had described, unifying the cultivation world of Chenping Continent through sheer personal strength was simply too exaggerated a claim.

"Could it be that this domain of heaven and earth currently has only you as an Immortal Ascension cultivator?" the Tianji Sage asked.

"That is not the case. Besides this junior, there are currently six other Immortal Ascension cultivators on Chenping Continent," Chen Yan replied.

True Person Caiyun, Kong Yang; True Person Xuzhou, Lou Ye; Realman Sun-Eroding, Liang Huan; Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia.

And the two Ascended Immortals of Heavenly Summit Mountain, Realman Lingxuan, Gu Jing, and Pure Dust True Person, Qiu Siruo.

These were the pinnacle combat forces currently comprising Chenping Continent.

Mr. You, of course, could not be counted among them now. Though he had once touched the threshold of the Uncarved Simplicity Realm, after that great battle eight thousand years ago against the Mystic Maiden and the existence behind her, the Mr. You who had been "revived" through Fusheng City was now merely a Dao Union cultivator.

"Then how did you unify the cultivation world?" the Tianji Sage asked.

"Simply by beating all six other Immortal Ascension cultivators into submission. Naturally, someone would help me unify Chenping Continent," Chen Yan replied.

Hearing this, an even greater hint of astonishment appeared in the Tianji Sage's eyes.

"You have such ability?" the Tianji Sage then continued asking.

"Why would this junior speak false words?" Chen Yan bowed with clasped hands.

"Heh." The Tianji Sage let out another light chuckle and did not continue further on the topic.

"Enough, enough. If that is the case, then I hope you will not disappoint the Sage of Imperial Void, nor let this domain of heaven and earth down," Zuo He said.

It sounded as though he had acknowledged Chen Yan.

But in truth, the acknowledgment of the Tianji Sage, who now existed only as this single wisp of remnant soul, was utterly inconsequential.

After all, once separated from the sea of consciousness left behind by the Sage of Imperial Void's corpse, this remnant soul of the Tianji Sage could accomplish nothing at all.

"This junior believes it is time to return now," Chen Yan said.

"As you wish," the Tianji Sage said indifferently.

That brief acknowledgment he had just given Chen Yan was, in effect, a dismissal.

"But this junior currently does not know how to return to Chenping Continent," Chen Yan continued.

"You do not know how to return to Chenping Continent?" Hearing this, a trace of confusion showed in the Tianji Sage's eyes, and then he asked further:

"What is this about? Where is the Sage of Imperial Void's discarded shell currently? Could it be that it is not within the Chenping Continent you speak of?"

"It should not be," Chen Yan replied:

"The Sage of Imperial Void's body is currently located one hundred and eighty million li away from Chenping Continent, within the abyssal depths of the Endless Sea."

"The Endless Sea..." The Tianji Sage sighed with such emotion. It seemed he recalled many things, but in the end, he only shook his head and then continued: "I can help you."

Following that, the young sage clad in the black daoist robe raised his right hand and lightly flicked his finger.

A speck of light, roughly the size of a millet grain, vanished into the space between Chen Yan's brows.

"This is a sliver of sage authority sufficient to allow you to cross the Endless Sea. But it will not last for long. After you leave this place, it would be best to quickly return along the same path," the Tianji Sage said.

"Thank you, Sage." Chen Yan once again bowed with clasped hands toward the Tianji Sage and said:

"Then this junior takes his leave."

As he spoke, Chen Yan began retreating backward within this pure white space.

"Hold on." The young sage in the black daoist robe called out once more, stopping Chen Yan as he was leaving.

Chen Yan halted his steps.

"There is one last matter I must impress upon you." Zuo He spoke slowly and calmly:

"If, in the end, you truly find yourself with no road left to walk, perhaps you may be able to use the mirror left behind by the Sage of Imperial Void to meet the him of the past one more time."

"Sage, are you referring to the Heavenly Summit Mirror?" Chen Yan asked.

"Remember this well. Only when you have truly reached a dead end with no road left should you use that mirror to see Bai Chen," Zuo He simply emphasized again.

"But why?" Chen Yan did not understand why the Tianji Sage kept stressing that only in the most desperate, final situation should he use the Heavenly Summit Mirror to meet the Bai Chen of the past.

"Because the price required to truly activate that mirror is a heavy one," the Tianji Sage said:

"One must burn dao rhyme."

Hearing this, Chen Yan was slightly stunned. He understood very well what dao rhyme meant.

For an Immortal Ascension cultivator, dao rhyme was equivalent to the very essence of their own existence.

Once dao rhyme was completely worn away, it meant being thoroughly erased from this world.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Yan suddenly realized that since the earliest recorded history of Chenping Continent, it seemed no one had ever truly activated the Heavenly Summit Mirror.

Everyone simply knew that the Heavenly Summit Mirror was the only dao artifact in this world and the strongest magical treasure, nothing more.

But to the cultivators of Chenping Continent, the Heavenly Summit Mirror had always seemed to exist merely as a concept.

They all said the Heavenly Summit Mirror was the world's only dao artifact.

They all said the Heavenly Summit Mirror was the most powerful magical treasure.

But then what?

The Heavenly Summit Mirror represented little more than a symbolic meaning. No one had ever activated it.

After Heavenly Summit Mountain fell, the Five Great Sects ascended the mountain together. Facing the only dao artifact left behind on Heavenly Summit Mountain, they were all deeply wary of one another.

In the end, the Five Great Sects divided the world's only dao artifact into five equal portions, each sect preserving its own share.

Of course, they overlooked that white jade palace suspended high in the sky.

Apart from the twelve Ascended Stewards of Heavenly Summit Mountain, no one knew that this palace, which represented the very heart of the mountain, was also a dao artifact.

And compared to the Heavenly Summit Mirror, it possessed even greater destructive and devastating power.

As for the method of activating the Heavenly Summit Palace, the twelve Ascended Stewards of Heavenly Summit Mountain all knew it well.

That was to use Immortal Ascension cultivators as firewood to burn.

Of course, there was another way.

That was to use the Dao Basis of a departed Immortal Ascension cultivator as firewood.

However, the power that could be unleashed through this method of activation was not even one-fifth of what could be achieved by using an Immortal Ascension cultivator's own body as firewood.

Even so, it was already more than enough to drive the already crumbling Chenping Continent toward complete annihilation.