4 years later.
Opening his eyes, Tian Yongheng looked at his status panel as he stabilized his cultivation base.
[Name: Tian Yongheng]
[Race: Mortal]
[Lifespan: 90/1954]
[Cultivation: Seventh Stage of Acquired Realm]
[Constitution: Five-Elemental Divine Spiritual Physique]
[Bloodline: Jade Pure Bloodline (Descendant of the Celestial Venerable of Primordial Beginning)]
[Innate Talent(s): Sword Heart, Primordial Meridians and Primordial Bones]
Seeing his lifespan about to reach two thousand years, he didn’t feel as excited as he had felt when his lifespan reached a thousand years back then.
I’ll only get a massive increase in lifespan after breaking through to the Innate Realm...I’ll have to wait till then.
Thinking about this, he took a deep breath and stabilized his condition before turning his gaze to the other screen floating beside his status panel.
[Congratulations to the host for breaking through to the Seventh Stage of Acquired Realm.]
[Obtained a drop of Silver Cascade Holy Water.]
[Silver Cascade Holy Water: Water derived from the Silver Cascade Holy River, a river that connects the Divine Realm’s 33 Heavens. The Silver Cascade Holy Water has the properties to completely upgrade a living being’s Connate Providence and make them a genius of their era.]
Jackpot!
Changing, no, completely upgrading the Connate Providence of a living being is no less than a jackpot!
Immediately, a small jade vial appeared in his hand, containing the drop of the Silver Cascade Holy Water.
He examined it for a moment before putting it into his sleeves.
Alright, so if I or anybody of importance encounters a bottleneck in the future that can’t be surpassed because of their inferior potential, this will come in handy.
Thinking of this, he swept his Divine Sense across the entire Eternal Peak, taking in the changes that happened across the span of a few years.
The number of disciples had reached nearly 800, with more than 30 being in the Foundation Establishment Realm, around 300 in the Qi Condensation Realm and the rest in the Acupoint Opening Stage. Their power was continuously increasing day by day, and so were their skills.
The Eternal Peak in itself had become one of the most distinguished and respected forces nearby unknowingly to Tian Yongheng because of his battle against Gong Jian.
That was why many new generation and young cultivators aspired to enter the Eternal Peak, increasing its reputation even more.
On the other hand, Yan Jingfei had entered seclusion to breakthrough to the Acquired Realm while Lu Qingfeng had also been in seclusion to breakthrough to the Qi Condensation Realm.
All in all, everything was going relatively well. But Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but think that it was weird that everything was going so smoothly without any hindrances.
"I have a premonition that something’s definitely wrong. I hope it’s just me being overly cautious." He said with a sigh, going back to his meditative state.
...
At the same time, Luminous Jade Chamber.
"Chamber Master, this is all the information we have managed to collect in the past twenty years." Said the same man from 20 years ago kneeling in front of Su Yanlan, who was sitting in a lotus position on the same high platform.
"Hmm...so, he really just appeared out of thin air a few decades ago? Not even a century? That’s quite interesting I have to say. There are no known records of him till he appeared as the Master of Eternal Peak 50 years ago. Was he in seclusion all the time? Or was he sent here by some major faction?
There’s really no clue at all. And one of the most important factors is that his cultivation speed is relatively great, and so is his talent. He was only at the peak of Foundation Establishment Realm at the banquet of the Sword Seeking Sect, yet broke through to the Acquired Realm in a very short period of time and even defeated a newly advanced Innate Realm expert.
This fellow..." She continued, her eyebrows furrowing.
"He’s not someone we can mess with."
"Then, Chamber Master, what do you suggest we do?"
"Keep an eye on the movements of the Yan Immortal Dynasty. And tell me if anything even slightly unusual happens."
"Yes!" He said, disappearing.
"Things have gotten a lot more interesting...and tense now." Su Yanlan couldn’t help but acknowledge before closing her eyes and going to her meditative state.
...
Back at the Eternal Peak.
A system notification suddenly popped up in front of Tian Yongheng.
[Su Yanlan has developed favorability towards you.]
[Current favorability: 0.5-Star]
"Huh?"
Opening his eyes confusingly, he checked Su Yanlan’s information.
[Su Yanlan: Seventh Stage of Innate Realm.
Reincarnated Heiress of the Upper Realm’s Jade Heaven Monastery. Indestructible Jade Bones. Chamber Master of the Luminous Jade Chamber. She was one of the seventy-two successors to the Jade Heaven Monastery, titled the Violet Heavenly Jade. However, due to unknown reasons, she died and reincarnated into the Lower Realm with a wisp of her Essence Soul more than a thousand years ago.
Even with limited resources and no memories of her past life, she managed to cultivate to the Innate Realm in less than a thousand years because of her Innate Talent, the Indestructible Jade Bones and extreme perseverance. She has become interested in you because of the mysteries that surround you, and is unsure if she should take action against you.]
"The Chamber Master of Luminous Jade Chamber is actually someone with a very high status from the Upper Realm!?"
Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but gasp, wiping off the invisible sweat on his forehead.
How many Chosen Ones are there really?
Because this is the fourth time I’ve encountered one personally in only around a hundred years of my life!
Dammit!
Gritting his teeth, he finally decided to gather his thoughts.
The system informed me about the arrival of Zhu Dong in the Lower Realm, but why didn’t it tell me about Su Yanlan despite her also being from the Upper Realm?
It could be because Su Yanlan’s cultivation base was not at the Immortal Sovereign Realm or higher before her reincarnation, but how could that be? They’re both from the Jade Heaven Monastery, yet Zhu Dong wasn’t one of the seventy-two successors, while she is, which means that she was most definitely more powerful than him.
Was it because...Su Yanlan was reincarnated into the Lower Realm before the system activated? Meaning that if she got reincarnated after the system activated, I would’ve gotten notified about it?
Pondering for a moment, he finally got to this conclusion.
That seems to be the case. But it’s not what’s important right now.
"Haahh...so now, there are at least 2 Chosen Ones in the Lower Realm who belong to the Upper Realm. I don’t know about them, but there are definitely more of them hidden across the different Mortal Worlds of the Lower Realm and even the Second Great Mortal World. I have to be extremely careful and somehow cultivate quietly till I reach the peak.
That’s the only way I can survive." He muttered to himself, letting out a long sigh.
"Well...at least that Su Yanlan doesn’t have any memories of her past life. That’s good for me."
Just as he was rejoicing, he felt somebody’s presence outside his cave abode.
"Master, I’ve broken through."