ISWI Chapter 1179-1180 (Patreon)

Chapter 1179: Sacred Grade Great Sun Glazed Purification Pool!

After everything had been cleaned up, Ye Chen felt excellent.

Liu Ruyan truly possessed a strong drive to improve. Even when encountering things for the first time, she grasped them without guidance, quickly mastering the basics and refining them to perfection.

Her scent was also intriguing, a fragrance difficult to describe. If forced to compare it, it somewhat resembled the rich, heady aroma of shampoo that lingered in the leisure massage parlors Ye Chen had visited in his previous life. Yet it was only similar. The scent was fresher, though equally intoxicating, leaving Ye Chen to reflect that she truly lived up to her name.

He had also experienced the soul nourishing immortal light. For ordinary cultivators, it would have been an enormous boost, yet for him now its effect was negligible. Only prolonged nourishment over a long period might bring a slight improvement. It was better than nothing, little more than an extra diversion amid the entertainment.

What surprised Ye Chen most about Liu Ruyan was the emotional response she provided. Her small mouth always found the right words at the right moment, delivering a powerful surge of feeling.

"Linyuan, you did well."

Once everything was in order and the lingering aftertaste had faded from his mind, Ye Chen withdrew the grand formation. He patted Xie Linyuan on the shoulder with satisfaction, unstinting in his praise.

The only regret was that the fire demon cores had been left out in the open, yet no one had reached for it. As cultivators rose in cultivation, their courage seemed to shrink. They grew cautious and hesitant, making it ever harder to fish for opportunities.

The onlookers studied Ye Chen, who appeared refreshed and renewed. Though his cultivation had not changed, his state of mind seemed to have advanced. They could not help raising their brows.

Hearing the praise, Xie Linyuan's mouth twitched. The greatest regret of his life was snatching Ye Chen's supreme token. The second was coming to the Sunset Secret Realm. Had he not come, he would at least still hold the Nine Heavens Clear Radiance Realm Moon instead of ending up with nothing.

Fortunately, the secret realm was nearly over. After this parting, they need never meet again. He never wanted to hear anyone call him Little Xie once more.

Yet looking at Ye Chen, Xie Linyuan felt a touch of envy. A cultivator's state of mind mattered greatly, and Ye Chen improved his so casually. His cultivation also advanced at astonishing speed. When Xie Linyuan had last seized the supreme token, Ye Chen's residual aura had only been early stage Celestial Immortal. In the blink of an eye, he had reached the peak of Celestial Immortal. Was this the terror of an immortal spirit root? No wonder that Wang Xuanji had once been ambushed and had her immortal spirit root dug out.

The crowd watched Ye Chen with reverence and envy. Yet when they noticed Liu Ruyan appearing beside him, they froze, their expressions turning complex.

Their cultivation was not far from hers, so they could not tell that she was no longer a virgin. They knew perfectly well, however, that she possessed the Mysterious Female Soul Nourishing Immortal Physique. Before any man obtained it, the soul nourishing immortal light remained contained within, leaving her complete and flawless. After she had nourished another male cultivator, her spirit and soul shifted from containment to diffusion. Moreover, her eyes now held a springlike allure. Where before her foxlike charm had carried a touch of youthful greenness, she now clearly possessed the mature air of a married woman.

So Ye Chen's claimed sudden insight had simply been him enjoying the nourishment of the soul nourishing immortal light?

Guessing the truth, their expressions grew more complicated still. The light was fine, yet there was no need for such haste. Everyone was still present.

They reasoned that a prodigy like Ye Chen could never have failed to restrain himself. Therefore, he must simply have been unwilling to wait even a moment when faced with a chance to grow stronger. Even with so many people around he had raised a formation to improve himself. That resolve to pursue strength while disregarding all else was perhaps another reason for his formidable power.

Yet even forcing themselves to think this way, Ye Chen's image in their hearts still underwent a subtle shift.

Xie Linyuan also noticed everything. His mouth twitched even more violently. He had spent an entire week painstakingly collecting fire demon cores for Ye Chen's maidservant. Meanwhile, that maidservant had been painstakingly nourishing Ye Chen's divine soul.

Although the maidservant had nothing to do with him and he did not even know her, for some reason, Xie Linyuan still felt a complex emotion that was difficult to describe. There was frustration, embarrassment, helplessness, and a trace of inexplicable excitement...

...

Ye Chen did not care at all what others thought. Setting up an array just to nourish his divine soul was nothing major.

Ye Chen raised his hand. All the fire demon cores Xie Linyuan had collected flew into his palm. With a slight movement of his finger, the fire demon cores exploded one after another. The Great Sun essence within them flowed out and was directly compressed and sealed by samsara power. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a golden bead even larger than the previous one.

Then, Ye Chen turned his head and looked at Liu Ruyan. "I bestow this upon you. It should be enough for you to elevate your divine ability to perfection. Take it."

Liu Ruyan lightly pressed her pink lips together. Her eyes overflowed with happiness and joy, along with a trace of imperceptible relief. She had worried that after being nourished by her, her Young Master might grow tired of her and no longer care, perhaps even casually casting her aside.

But now it was clear she had worried for nothing. Her Young Master's affection toward her had not decreased in the slightest. This Great Sun essence bead was proof of his favoritism. Moreover, it had been collected by a top prodigy like Xie Linyuan. This made Liu Ruyan feel even more pleased.

After all, existences like Xie Linyuan would not even have spared her a glance before. Even at gatherings, being able to exchange a single sentence with him would have been fortunate. But now? Xie Linyuan had to work for her Young Master, which indirectly meant working for her. Her status had risen by hundreds or thousands of times. And all of this was thanks to her Young Master!

"Thank you, Young Master..."

Liu Ruyan's voice grew even sweeter. She looked as if she wanted to clean Ye Chen again and use her Profound Yin Soul-Nurturing Immortal Physique to nourish his divine soul once more.

Ye Chen smiled faintly and waved his hand casually, turning his gaze toward the Great Sun Origin Core that was about to emerge.

At the same time, another system notification sounded in Ye Chen's mind.

"Congratulations, Host, on successfully gifting a present..."

"Gift: Great Sun Essence!"

"Thirty thousand times feedback in progress..."

"Detected..."

"Detected..."

"Triggering maximum critical hit feedback!"

"Triggering heart strike!"

"Feedback: Sacred Grade Great Sun Glazed Purification Pool!"

"Sacred Grade Great Sun Glazed Purification Pool: The first divine pool personally refined by the Buddhist founder Amitabha..."

...

Reading the description, Ye Chen revealed a slight smile. He had not expected another pleasant surprise.

Chapter 1180: Xie Linyuan's Pure Love!

The Sacred Grade Great Sun Glazed Purification Pool had stronger effects in all aspects compared to the previous version, and it also possessed greater Zen properties. Cultivating inside it greatly enhanced one's comprehension, especially for Buddhist divine abilities.

Prolonged immersion could also improve one's physique and physical body. Although it could not reach the absurd level of a Buddhist Immortal King's golden body, the improvement was still significant. It also provided extremely strong immunity against Buddhist divine abilities, particularly those related to conversion and subjugation.

Ye Chen read the description and felt deeply moved. As expected of a treasure personally refined by an existence like Amitabha, who had founded the Buddhist Realm. It was truly extraordinary.

Ye Chen had already made his decision. He would place the Sacred Grade Purification Pool in his inner world for his own use. In the future, when he reunited with Yan Ruyu, he could bring her inside to bathe as well. It would undoubtedly be very beneficial for her path in the Buddhist lineage.

As for the pool he had previously obtained from a critical hit, he would place it at the entrance of his cave abode on Transcendence Peak. There was no other meaning behind it. Ye Chen simply wanted to contribute to nurturing the disciples of Jade Pool Immortal Sect.

...

Ye Chen sat calmly in the high skies above the divine pool, waiting for the Great Sun Origin Core to emerge.

Liu Ruyan sat behind him with a straight back, quietly refining the Great Sun essence and cultivating her divine ability. The other cultivators in the distance had nothing better to do and were also waiting silently. After all, the Lava Fire Demons in the secret realm were not infinite. Xie Linyuan had nearly wiped them all out. While waiting, they discussed among themselves, with the main topic naturally being Ye Chen, the sudden Heavenly Emperor successor.

"I heard that when this person joined Jade Pool Immortal Sect, he brought nearly ten Dao companions with him..."

"So many Dao companions? Wouldn't that severely delay his cultivation? Dao companions only slow down our progress."

"Not only that, I heard that shortly after entering Jade Pool Immortal Sect, he took a fancy to a certain female disciple and forced her to serve him in bed. She had a fiancé, so he went straight to her family's home and killed her fiancé!"

"Taking such ruthless action over a woman? His obsession runs too deep."

"There's more. I also heard that he obtained a treasure vault filled with countless resources. Instead of using them for his own cultivation, he casually distributed them throughout Jade Pool Immortal Sect just to win the adoration of the female cultivators..."

The crowd whispered among themselves, growing more shocked the more they heard. In the Immortal Realm, only useless people indulged in romantic entanglements. True powerhouses focused solely on cultivation.

Romantic matters were merely relaxation and embellishments after training. If these rumors were true, Ye Chen was wasting his heaven-defying talent far too much. He was already this strong while chasing women. If he did not chase women and devoted all his time and resources to himself, he would probably have become a Profound Immortal or Golden Immortal long ago.

Moreover, if all this was true, then when Ye Chen had set up the array earlier to nourish his divine soul, had it really been to grow stronger? Or had he simply been in the mood?

The crowd's expressions grew increasingly strange.

Xie Linyuan appeared to have his eyes closed in cultivation, but he was not focused at all. This trip to the secret realm had dealt him too heavy a blow both mentally and physically. Only now, upon hearing the rumors about Ye Chen, did he feel slightly better. If Ye Chen was obsessed with women, he might still have a chance to catch up in the future. At that time, he would call him Little Ye and make him gather treasures for him across the world.

While indulging in these fantasies, Xie Linyuan felt a trace of pride. At least in some aspects, he was stronger than Ye Chen. Since his birth, he had never been close to any woman. It was not that he lacked interest. It was simply that after seeing one particular person when he was young, no other female cultivator could stir his interest again.

Xie Linyuan still remembered it clearly. When he was six years old, while wandering around the Heaven Immortal Sect, he had accidentally entered a forbidden area and seen that cold, peerlessly beautiful woman who could only be described with every beautiful word in existence.

He had been struck as if by lightning. If his father had not arrived in time, he would have been slapped to death by her. Yet that woman's image had been deeply imprinted in his heart. No one else could ever enter it again.

He had worked hard at cultivation afterward and even left the Heaven Immortal Sect to join the Supreme Hall—all so he could become strong enough to be worthy of that woman.

That woman's status was so lofty it was unreachable, far higher than all of Ye Chen's Dao companions combined. Her name was Long Wu, one of the incarnations of the Seven Extremes Heavenly Maiden.

Her strength was the greatest among them, and she had already reached the Immortal Monarch realm. She would undoubtedly become an Immortal King in the future. How could Ye Chen's Dao companions compare? Ye Chen could only pursue quantity, while he pursued quality!

Thinking of this and recalling Long Wu's cold and peerlessly beautiful face, a smile appeared on Xie Linyuan's usually indifferent face. This was his greatest motivation for becoming stronger. So what if he had been extorted and ordered around by Ye Chen this time? After returning, he would still cultivate diligently...

Sooner or later, he would reach the pinnacle and become an Immortal King! At that time, he would formally propose to Long Wu and make her his Dao companion. His ancestor had been an Immortal King. His master would soon become one as well. Once he also became an Immortal King, he would finally be worthy of Long Wu...

As he imagined the future, Xie Linyuan's temperament grew gentle. The distant prodigies who saw this looked at him with strange expressions. After being bullied so badly, how could Xie Linyuan still smile? What kind of mental state was this?

...

Heaven Immortal Sect.

Accompanied by a furious roar, the divine peaks of the entire Heaven Immortal Sect shook violently. Many disciples and elders showed expressions of pain. If not for the protective arrays, they might have exploded from that roar. They all looked in shock toward the back of the Heaven Immortal Sect. That was the sect's forbidden area. No one except the sect master and the ancestors was allowed to enter. All of this was because one of the Seven Extremes Heavenly Maiden's incarnations resided there.

Inside the forbidden area, Long Wu looked like an icy immortal who had walked out of a celestial realm—stunningly beautiful, refined, and otherworldly. Yet her expression was extremely complicated, filled with anger, humiliation, powerlessness, and confusion...

"Damn it! Why is the spawn of a mere ant so resilient? I have tried every divine ability and even searched through the entire Heaven Immortal Sect's scripture pavilion, yet I still cannot erase it. Why?"

So much time had passed. The embryo in Long Wu's belly had not only failed to be erased but was continuing to grow and develop. Long Wu had gone from murderous rage, to anger, to doubt, to astonishment, and finally to powerlessness in a short period. She even suspected that not even the son of the Ancestral Dragon would be this difficult to kill. She deeply wondered what kind of bloodline flowed within Ye Chen. Could it be the descendant of some ancient evil beast?

But what angered Long Wu the most was not that the embryo could not be erased. It was that the embryo was constantly absorbing her origin essence, immortal force, and laws... It was clearly her own body, yet she could not stop any of it. Moreover, Long Wu could feel the connection between herself and the embryo growing deeper by the day. This even filled her with fear.

No, this embryo absolutely could not remain in her body any longer. She had to return it!