Old Master, Times Have Changed - Chapter 691 (Patreon)

Chapter 691: The First Livestreaming Charm Cultivator

And the one Meizu arranged to replace Ji Yinxue was a Soul Transformation cultivator who had taken the path of charm cultivation to its absolute limit—

Xianying Dao Lord.

Once most charm cultivators in the Hehuan Sect reached a certain level of cultivation, they would begin comprehending the “Dao of the True Self” that Meizu had passed down.

After all, the “True Self” was the very source of the Hehuan Sect’s orthodoxy.

It was only because the threshold for cultivating it was too high that later generations lowered the bar, and from that, charm cultivation, pleasure cultivation, and the method of the heavenly transformation were derived.

Xianying Dao Lord had reached Dao-reaching back in the ancient era, and by a twist of fate, she had even received pointers from Meizu.

But after reaching Dao-reaching, she didn’t choose to comprehend the “True Self” like other charm cultivators. Instead, she continued forward using the methods of charm cultivation.

Before Xu Xing entered seclusion, she was already a famously renowned Integration realm cultivator in the Tai Xuan Realm.

Her charm arts stood unrivaled across the Tai Xuan Realm—no one could compare.

And after the era of great transformation, with the spread of the spirit web and the emergence of “Six Desires Essence-Extraction Technology”…

She was also the first to discover the power of LSPs…

Ahem!

More accurately, she was the first to realize that hidden within this was a chance for charm cultivators to soar.

So!

During the period when Ji Yinxue spearheaded reforms within the Hehuan Sect, she directly tried applying “Six Desires Essence-Extraction Technology” to livestreaming.

That’s right. Xianying Dao Lord wasn’t the creator of “Six Desires Essence-Extraction Technology,” but she was the first charm cultivator in the Hehuan Sect…

Or rather, the first in the entire Tai Xuan Realm to discover that one could extract Six Desires essence through livestreaming—and to truly put it into action.

And after that, she gained a brand-new insight into the path she walked, breaking through in one fell swoop into the Soul Transformation realm.

No exaggeration: the “prosperity” the Hehuan Sect enjoys today—and the fact that charm cultivators hold the dominant position among the sect’s three great Dao veins—owes an enormous debt to her.

She was the genuine, undisputed number one pioneer of charm-cultivator livestreaming in the Hehuan Sect.

It was also because she was so sharp in this area that Meizu swapped Ji Yinxue out for her.

And as one of the rare Soul Transformation charm cultivators in the Hehuan Sect, her personality wasn’t as extreme as Ji Yinxue’s. She got along well with everyone.

Having her go really couldn’t be more fitting!

o(￣▽￣)ブ

As for the only consequence…

Ji Yinxue was very unhappy when she learned she’d been replaced.

She’d only wanted to do her part to purify this world, yet her master stabbed her in the back!

That was also why Meizu hadn’t shown up much in the group chat these past few days.

The arrival of the “Ascension Era” was the trend of the times.

It was the shared will of the thirteen True Immortals of Tai Xuan—no one could shake it!

A new era was about to arrive, which made this Sword Sect summit—where the rules of the new era would be set—especially important.

So the great immortal sects all chose to send those Soul Transformation cultivators who had performed outstandingly during the era of great transformation, or even further back in the distant past.

The goal was to seize opportunities in the coming new era!

…

…

Night. Bright moon, sparse stars.

Within the Sword Sect Inner Continent, inside the Sword Ancestor Hall.

Xu Xing sat quietly at the center of the Dao-field, gazing at the special space he had opened up specifically for this discussion.

A vast, blank-white expanse. In the middle stood an enormous round table.

The sect masters and Soul Transformation cultivators of the great immortal sects sat around it.

Emm…

It looked a bit barebones—there wasn’t even a bottle of water.

But this space had been opened by Xu Xing, and the arrangement inside had been set by Xu Xing as well, so no one had any objections.

High-level cultivators didn’t need that miscellaneous stuff anyway.

Besides, while the sect masters wore their official robes, the Soul Transformation cultivators varied greatly in temperament and style.

The Soul Transformation cultivator of the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Holding Sect was a middle-aged man who wasn’t tall or burly—he was even a bit gaunt. He carried a refined, brisk air, and his eyes were clear and bright.

It was Qiu Feng, the current Hall Master of the Dragon Elephant Hall.

The Soul Transformation cultivator from Jishi Valley was a brawny man whose loose cyan robe was stretched taut by his build.

Don’t be fooled by his looks—he was a master of alchemy, especially skilled at refining body-tempering pills.

There was a saying that circulated widely on the spirit web—

“Nine parts of body cultivation come from training; the last one part comes from eating.”

Many people assumed it was said by some unknown high-level body cultivator, but it was actually him who coined it.

Even though he was an alchemy grandmaster, he personally advocated “natural body tempering” more.

Ning Wanlin of Lingyin Pavilion wore a camel-colored trench coat and black long pants, with her long hair draped over her shoulders.

The Soul Transformation cultivator of the Supreme Dao Sect looked like a teenager of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in a blue-gray Dao robe, smiling with narrowed eyes from start to finish.

As for the Soul Transformation cultivator of the Shenji Treasure Hall…

Leather jacket, leather pants, hair dyed in a riot of colors—he looked like a total oddball.

Lastly, the Sword Sect’s Soul Transformation cultivator.

A middle-aged man holding a long sword, wearing the standard Sword Sect uniform with nothing unusual about it.

Daoist Sheng Ji, Cheng Ding.

With his injuries mostly recovered, he had returned from his former elderly appearance to his current middle-aged look.

And since there wasn’t anyone more suitable in the sect at the moment, Xu Xing arranged for him to discuss this matter together with the sect masters and Soul Transformation cultivators of the other sects.

Right now, every sect master and Soul Transformation cultivator had their own thoughts.

Even within the same sect, the sect master and the Soul Transformation cultivator differed quite a bit in their views. For a while, no one could convince anyone else.

After watching for a moment, Xu Xing withdrew his gaze and looked ahead.

A pale-blue, semi-transparent light screen—the “Ascension Web” version of the Core Members’ Retirement Chat Group.

Overlord: “Looks like it’ll still take quite a while.”

At the Soul Transformation level, cultivators were already existences at the extreme.

Precisely because of that, once they made a decision, it was hard for them to waver again.

So even though Soul Transformation cultivators exchanged information at terrifying speed, it still took a lot of time to reach a consensus.

By the look of it…

They’d probably have a result by tomorrow morning.

Overlord: “That said, these juniors are pretty on-trend this time /side-eye grin”

Overlord: “@Artifact Lord”

Artifact Lord: “/moved”

Overlord: “…”

What are you moved for, you idiot? I’m teasing you!

Ignored for too long, Artifact Lord had become a little… off.

Pill Patriarch: “Didn’t expect the junior from the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Holding Sect to be especially normal this time.”

Overlord: “/smile”

What do you mean ‘especially normal this time’?

What was abnormal before? This old thing really doesn’t know how to talk!

Pill Patriarch: “Dao brother, how do you plan to handle Yuan’s matter?”

Sword Ancestor: “For now, I can’t reach the region where the Taiyi Realm-Domain is, so I can only leave it entirely to Huo, Daoist friend.”

Sword Ancestor: “And I also believe Huo, Daoist friend can handle it well.”

Daoist Ling: “.”

Daoist Ling: “Belief is belief. Necessary precautions still have to be taken.”

Sword Ancestor: “…”

Sword Sovereign: “Why are you out now?”

Sword Sovereign: “@Daoist Ling”

Daoist Ling: “Farming chat.”

Sword Sovereign: “Didn’t you say farming chat was meaningless before?”

Sword Sovereign: “/hypocrite”

Sword Sovereign: “/little yellow duck shaking head and sighing”

Daoist Ling: “Now is when it has meaning.”

Meizu: “/little yellow duck spinning and tossing flowers”

Meizu: “I’m back, everyone—are you happy or not /fireworks”

Sword Sovereign: “/ptui”

A little yellow duck spat, its face full of disdain.

Meizu: “/fine one hundred”

A little yellow duck wearing glasses held up a sign with “100” written on it.

Daoist Yuanjun: “You went into hibernation for a while /curious”

Meizu: “Yinxue wanted to go to the Sword Sect, but I swapped her out. She’s been throwing a tantrum at me these past few days.”

Meizu: “/tired little yellow duck collapsing”

Daoist Yuanjun: “Her temperament really isn’t suitable… /thinking”

Meizu: “Right?!”

Meizu: “I was also worried that if I let her go, they’d start fighting halfway through the meeting.”

Meizu: “Forget it, let’s not talk about that.”

A while later.

Meizu: “I skimmed the chat logs. Why are your stickers still the same old set, @Sword Sovereign?”

Meizu: “Not a bit of novelty.”

Meizu: “Want me to help you?”

…

Seeing the group chat return to its familiar vibe, Xu Xing shook his head and chuckled softly, then finally looked away.

His gaze lowered, passing beyond the Tai Xuan Realm and toward the boundless Chaos Sea.

What needed to be done had been done.

After learning about Yuan, he had immediately informed Ning Wanzhu and Mingyu.

As for how it all ended…

That would depend on them.

…

…

The eternally lonely, boundless Chaos Sea.

Within a realm-region illuminated by brilliant world light.

Countless worlds moved in orderly rotation, faintly forming a complex, vast ritual.

At the very center of the ritual, the Taiyi Realm remained as it always had, seemingly unchanged.

“Can’t drag it out much longer… looks like it’s time to enter the next stage…”

A murmuring voice seemed to echo across the entire realm-region.

In an instant, an immeasurably vast shadow appeared, coiling above the countless worlds—so immense that even the Taiyi Realm itself looked tiny before it.

Yet with a blink, that shadow—whose scale surpassed countless worlds—vanished.

As if it had merged into the deepest layers of every world, or as if it had entwined itself with the hearts of all beings across the myriad realms.

No existence observed this bizarre scene.

Outside the Taiyi Realm, within the “radiance layer” condensed from world light.

Huo stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the Taiyi Realm below him and the three worlds orbiting it.

After watching quietly for a moment, he raised his right hand and pointed a finger toward the pale-blue world circling the Taiyi Realm.

A formless distortion appeared, as though it had stirred the bewildered thoughts and doubtful suspicions of the heavens and myriad realms and the infinite chaos itself.

Centered on the Abyss Ruins Realm, the distortion radiated outward in all directions.

In a hundred-million-millionth of an instant, it leapt and swept across the entire Taiyi Realm-Domain.

Silent. Soundless.

The world light emitted by the countless worlds trembled. One world after another began to shift, moving into brand-new positions.

The very nature of the ritual changed because of that single finger.

Rumble, rumble, rumble! Vast surging world light gathered into a torrent—like a heavenly river—pouring ceaselessly into the Abyss Ruins Realm.

In an instant.

The entire Abyss Ruins Realm blazed with brilliance, then rapidly reined it in within an extremely short time.

In the end, only a single point of dazzling, incomparable radiance was born at the core of the Abyss Ruins Realm.

It flickered lightly. The radiance turned into a streaking meteor and plunged into the Taiyi Realm.

Only then did Huo withdraw his hand and look into the Taiyi Realm.

“Hopefully this time he’ll understand what price he’ll have to pay for that careless naivety of his…”

As if thinking of something, Huo’s eyes grew a little dim.

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