Immortality Starts With Investment Chapter 606: Condensing Immortal Qi!

Although he couldn't wield them immediately, possessing two immortal artifacts filled Ye Chen with immense joy. His concerns over lacking sufficient power were substantially relieved. Additionally, these immortal artifacts would facilitate the condensation of Immortal Qi.

The system's condensation technique explained that greater numbers of immortal artifacts accelerated the process, thereby conserving time. This benefit was most welcome.

Upon returning to Heavenly Evolution Holy Land, Ye Chen offered genuine thanks to the elders who had lent their aid. He subsequently informed Holy Master Feng Baiyu of his intent to enter seclusion for a breakthrough into Mahayana.

Feng Baiyu voiced no opposition. Ye Chen's passion for women was well-known. The female cultivators of Ascension Peak failed to satisfy him. Even prior to his breakthrough, he had journeyed to the Heavenly Desire Sect to indulge his desires.

Feng Baiyu observed that Ye Chen had taken not only the divine maiden but also the Sect Master into his cave. On a future visit to the Heavenly Desire Sect, would he escort the Supreme Elder as well?

Yet Feng Baiyu shook his head. Unlikely. She was approaching two thousand years in age. Far too elderly for Ye Chen's preferences, wasn't she?

Prior to his departure, Feng Baiyu uttered a sigh laced with regret. "What a shame this world is devoid of Immortal Qi! An Immortal Platform forged using Immortal Qi vastly outshines one shaped by Law Qi. It demands more time, yet in ancient days, prodigies who tempered their platforms with Immortal Qi reigned supreme, eclipsing all peers. Back then, disciples under top elders harnessed Immortal Qi for their platforms! The Heavenly Emperor shone brightly, but his battles grew excessive, laying waste to everything… Can't fault him fully. Enemies on all sides, true immortals hounding him daily—he was compelled to annihilate."

Feng Baiyu departed amid a sigh. Ye Chen offered a faint smile before soaring toward Ascension Peak. He felt no urgency to condense Immortal Qi or push toward Mahayana. Incorporating Immortal Qi into the breakthrough prolonged the effort. The condensation itself would consume time. With such an extended seclusion ahead, delaying by a day or two held no significance.

His first stop was Senior An's abode, where Yuyi also resided. He imparted detoxification arts learned from the Heavenly Desire Sect, markedly elevating their expertise.

Several days on, he called upon Elder Lin. Already inventive and liberal in thought, Elder Lin found her arts utterly transformed by the Heavenly Desire Sect's superior techniques. Her demonic pattern methods deepened profoundly, making Ye Chen loath to depart.

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More days slipped by before his exit. As he departed, Li Feihuang caught his eye, hovering at the cave's mouth. Ye Chen chuckled softly, pondering when she might summon the daring to burst inside…

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Having notified all concerned, Ye Chen initiated his true seclusion. Seated cross-legged within his cave, he invoked the system and triggered the passage. A gateway shimmered into existence before him. Eyes alight with eager anticipation, he stepped through resolutely.

In the passage's depths, myriad strange lights coiled wildly, celestial glows twisting unnaturally. Time halted in stasis, eluding even Ye Chen's perception of its passage. Had mere instants elapsed, or half a year?

At length, the passage's terminus emerged. Alert and steadfast, Ye Chen pressed onward. The following instant thrust him into boundless cosmic void. Gazing about, he confronted an inky, mute emptiness barren of oxygen—a trivial matter for him. Eyes closed, he sensed the vicinity and scowled. Spiritual qi lingered so faintly as to be negligible. Cultivation here verged on impossibility. Could Immortal Qi truly exist in such desolation?

Confident in the system, Ye Chen drew his immortal artifacts from the small world. The Undying Celestial Blade exploded with savage might, its infinite blood radiance billowing forth, quaking remote stars and subtly shifting their trajectories.

At its side, the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar lay subdued, resembling a black hole poised to engulf all existence. Ye Chen bonded with both treasures, launching the Immortal Qi condensation technique.

At once, the artifacts pulsed with odd energies, broadcasting signals through the cosmic expanse. Shortly thereafter, ethereal, unseen tendrils of extraordinary aura converged. Though invisible, their presence set Ye Chen's flesh and blood quivering in ecstasy.

Seriousness claimed his features. Immortal Qi—this prized essence, indispensable for erecting an Immortal Platform or attaining immortality. The system delivered as promised! Yet it noted this world's supply sufficed for one alone.

Regret stirred in Ye Chen's chest. Greater quantities would allow him to carry some away. Bypassing the Immortal Path, he could retreat in the holy land to ascend or bestow it upon others. But as the notion formed, the system's voice interjected. Worlds upheld their own laws. Immortal Qi amassed here remained bound to this realm, dissolving if extracted.

Sighing over the dashed scheme, Ye Chen invoked the secret method to gauge advancement. Two immortal artifacts hastened the condensation. Still, fully collecting the Immortal Qi demanded at least five years.

Five years posed no burden to a cultivator. Ye Chen opted to scout, yearning for ancient stars brimming with life. Unearthing female cultivators yielding gifting multipliers would prove a monumental boon. Though this world's Immortal Qi stayed put, system-derived rewards should travel freely, correct?

Yet, unveiling his Heavy Pupils to probe the abyssal cosmos, he quickly frowned. The universe's immensity defied traversal. Even at Unity's apex, his reach remained constrained. Planet-by-planet hunts lay beyond feasibility.

Sighing once more, Ye Chen relented. Cross-legged by the artifacts, he prepared for seclusion. Enveloped in stellar radiance, he contemplated his Unity realm gains, striving for utter perfection.