Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Time flies, another forty years have passed!

"Finally, perfection--"

Li An emerged from seclusion, after forty years of arduous cultivation, his cultivation level had finally reached Divinity Transformation Perfection.

He could now attempt Refining Void.

After breaking the retreat, the first thing he did was seek out Xiang Yuntian and others for a gathering and drink.

In forty years, many things had happened in the outside world.

"The Immortal Dao wind over the Southern Sea has blown many times, containing immortality aura. Many cultivators with ordinary aptitude, due to being brushed by the immortal wind, have actually undergone metamorphosis and become cultivation geniuses. In these decades, the New Continent has already become the largest place for the emergence of talents!"

Xiang Yuntian talked about it, saying, "Many disciples in the Dao Sect have rushed to the New Continent, wanting to seize an opportunity, and the sect is no longer stopping them."

"Li Yunxiao and Tan Qingxue went the earliest, set up the earliest, and obtained the most opportunities. After returning, they went directly into seclusion. In a few hundred years, they might even attempt to break through to great power!"

"Many big figures in the Dao Sect have made predictions: A golden age is likely to appear in the Spirit Realm!"

Golden Age!

Since the first typhoon news from the Southern Sea was passed into the Dao Sect until now, several decades have passed, and the fluctuations over there are becoming more and more frequent, each wave of aura coming in gets more intense.

"Of course, it’s not just the aura of the Immortal Dao. Those immortal winds are accompanied by strong anomalous qi, and those who are invaded by the anomalous qi also undergo mutations, especially those from the Demon Sect and Evil Sect, becoming very powerful. The Sect Leader of the Demon Sect, Shangguan Shengxian, is hailed as the second Demon Emperor under heaven... Twenty years ago, she attacked our forces in the New Continent, causing heavy casualties!"

"That’s why the sect has deployed many forces to maintain order and fight against the Demon Sect."

The main changes almost all come from the New Continent.

"According to the Supreme’s deductions within the sect, within thirty years, there will surely be a vast oceanic immortal wind coming, by then, it might envelop the entire New Continent!"

"The New Continent might become a wasteland because of this storm, or it might become a holy land for cultivation because of it!"

Thirty years!

Li An could not help but fall silent. The first wave of great changes his master mentioned was finally coming...

"Have you not gone to the New Continent?"

Li An asked.

Gu Canye shrugged and said, "The Peak Master does not allow it. Our Heroic Sword Peak is different. Sword intent comes first, only when the sword intent reaches a corresponding level are we allowed to go and seize that Immortal Dao opportunity..."

Li An felt slightly at ease. He really didn’t want Xiang Yuntian to get involved with these things.

"What about Shangguan Xiaoxiao, how is she?"

"I heard she’s been in seclusion for decades and hasn’t come out, not very clear..."

Li An felt even more at ease.

"Old Tortoise, you should hurry and breakthrough too. Among the true disciples right now, it’s probably only you who hasn’t broken through to Refining Void yet..."

"Otherwise, you should find an opportunity to go to the New Continent. There are many opportunities over there, improving your aptitude would be the best..."

Xiang Yuntian spoke obviously dissatisfied with Li An’s cultivation speed!

Primarily because Li An had been burying himself in cultivation, barely participating in the Ascension Ladder within the Dao Sect, and didn’t gain the immortals’ opportunities and such. And Li An hadn’t kept up with the changes over in the New Continent either.

It was said that Song Qingsong from Evergreen Peak and others have already gone to the New Continent and gained a lot.

Li An indeed was falling behind!

"Well, I’ll have a look when I get a chance."

Li An smiled slightly, raised his cup, and said, "Cheers!"

...

Next, Li An began to prepare for the breakthrough to Refining Void.

He went to the sect’s exchange office to purchase a large amount of supplies:

Five thousand Tier Six talismans, each costing five hundred top-grade Spirit Stones, spending a total of two million five hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!

One hundred sets of Tier Six Creation Jade, each set costing ten thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, spending one million top-grade Spirit Stones!

Ten sets of Tier Six Protective Treasure, each set costing about thirty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, spending three hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!

Five sets of Tier Six Attack Treasures, each set costing about fifty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, spending two hundred fifty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!

Several Tier Six Life Preservation Pills, Recovery Pills, etc., spending a total of two hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!

Each Tier Six Celestial Thunder Stone costs one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and Li An purchased five!

...

This time, Li An spent nearly five million top-grade Spirit Stones in total!

This is the treatment of a Great Dao disciple.

For nearly two hundred years, Li An had been receiving a five thousand top-grade Spirit Stone monthly allowance, among which he only spent nearly two thousand Spirit Stones every month on his personal cultivation, and he saved all the rest of the three thousand Spirit Stones.

After spending five million top-grade Spirit Stones, he still had nearly one million in hand!

The days he spent in the Dao Sect were basically worry-free of any resources.

This was the first time in Li An’s several lifetimes that he felt what being a "wealthy individual" truly meant.

Buying whatever he wanted, spending whenever he wanted, without any consideration at all.

The reason he bought so many things is because... he was preparing to go out.

Li An did not plan to breakthrough Refining Void in the Dao Sect!

Because, when he cultivated the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill and broke through, it would actively attract celestial thunder to temper his Life Seed, by then the commotion would be too great, unlike ordinary breakthroughs, afraid of catching attention.

Moreover, he also planned to nurture the Demon Seed after the breakthrough!

All these years, he hadn’t allowed the Demon Seed to rebirth because he was afraid of being discovered.

But the Demon Seed is indispensable, it’s his future foundation for hiding anomalies.

His plan was, after breaking through Refining Void, to connect the Demon Seed with a newly born branch of the Life Seed, so that the Demon Seed could be nourished and improved by the Life Seed’s aura, then no one could see it, and it wouldn’t be discovered by others.