Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

Originally, this outer sect steward of Star Heaven Sect had assumed that the two youths before him, who had cultivated to the Martial Spring Realm at such a young age, were merely recommended by some elder from Mirage Palace.

But he never expected that the person who wrote this letter of recommendation was none other than Zhou Jinyun.

Daomen Xingzou.

These four words carried far more weight than ordinary cultivators of this era could possibly imagine.

Because this position itself was passed down by the Five Great Sects, imitating the system of Heavenly Summit Mountain.

One had to know that, nearly sixty thousand years ago, every single Daomen Xingzou of Heavenly Summit Mountain had been a Dao Union realm cultivator without exception.

Acting as Heaven’s envoys to patrol the Dao, all cultivators bowed in submission.

This was the true reality of the Daomen Xingzou of Heavenly Summit Mountain, walking the world more than fifty thousand years ago.

The Daomen Xingzou of Heavenly Summit Mountain represented the supreme will and law of the sacred cultivation land of Chenping Continent. During Heavenly Summit Mountain’s golden age, even the Ascending to Immortality realm stewards of Lingxiao Temple or Mirage Palace had to show deference when meeting a Daomen Xingzou of Heavenly Summit Mountain.

Their authority was so immense that they could oversee the actions of all sects within the realm and even directly interfere in the internal affairs of other cultivation sects.

At that time, the Daomen Xingzou of Heavenly Summit Mountain were themselves the extension of the mountain’s dignity and power.

In comparison, although the Daomen Xingzou of the Five Great Sects nowadays were more about representing the face of their sects rather than exercising actual authority, and their strength and deterrence were far inferior to those of Heavenly Summit Mountain’s Daomen Xingzou from back then,

still, in many cases, the actions of the Five Great Sects’ Daomen Xingzou still represented the will of their sects.

For example, the letter of recommendation currently held in this Star Heaven Sect outer sect steward’s hand.

There was absolutely no way this was a decision that Zhou Jinyun had the authority to make alone. At the very least, it must have received the approval of the current Palace Master of Mirage Palace behind the scenes.

It was even possible that the Four Supreme Courts of Mirage Palace had a hand in it.

Regardless, from the materials and seals on this letter of recommendation, it was indeed from Mirage Palace. As the Star Heaven Sect steward stationed at Heavenly Summit Mountain, this elderly outer sect cultivator naturally received letters from the other four great sects regularly, so he couldn’t be mistaken.

If that was the case, then he had no more doubts.

As long as he confirmed the letter of recommendation was genuine, whatever happened next would be Mirage Palace’s responsibility.

The old man no longer hesitated. He turned back to his desk, then nimbly picked up two clean token jade pieces from the table. With a flicker of true qi at his fingertips, he carved the relevant information of Chen Yan and Su Hongzhen onto them within a few breaths.

“These are your identity jade tokens. With these tokens, you may freely travel throughout Heavenly Summit Mountain, except for the territories of the Five Great Sects such as Water Mirror Pavilion and Slaying Heaven Pavilion. You may participate in the various events of this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent, such as lectures and auctions. As for whether you two wish to participate in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry, please bring these tokens and the letter of recommendation to the Daoyan Arena, where someone will receive you.”

This Star Heaven Sect outer sect steward explained everything quite clearly.

After that, Chen Yan and Su Hongzhen officially set foot onto Heavenly Summit Mountain.

Standing on the bluestone slabs paved across the ground of Heavenly Summit Mountain, Chen Yan’s thoughts instantly returned to eighty thousand years later, to the final battle of the Great Chaos of the Immortals, when he saw the magnificent scene just before being taken away by Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia.

One pitch-black crack after another tore open in the sky, a symbol of the collapse of the laws of heaven and earth.

But when Chen Yan truly let his gaze fall upon the dome of heaven above, all that remained was a clear blue sky without a single cloud.

Then, Chen Yan turned his eyes toward the Heavenly Summit Palace suspended more than two thousand zhang above Heavenly Summit Mountain.

The cracks clearly visible on this white jade palace were unmistakable. Chen Yan knew that all the cracks on Heavenly Summit Palace came from the single clap of hands of that seven-colored flowing gold Goddess Statue more than fifty thousand years ago.

“Big brother, should we head to the Daoyan Arena next?”

Su Hongzhen asked.

Even though climbing more than eight thousand zhang from the foot of Heavenly Summit Mountain to its gates had left Su Hongzhen nearly exhausted,

the half-incense-stick time they had spent at the Star Heaven Sect steward’s office had been enough to restore his stamina to over thirty percent.

At the very least, Su Hongzhen’s movements now were completely unaffected.

“You go on your own.”

Chen Yan said calmly.

“All these years, you’ve stayed by my side. Although your cultivation has improved greatly, you’ve never truly integrated into the cultivation world. The Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent is the grandest gathering of the cultivation world, held once every ten years. I hope you can seize this opportunity and use your own eyes to see what this world is really like.”

That was true.

Su Hongzhen needed to witness the true face of the cultivation world.

In fact, he had already seen the ugliest side of the Chenping Continent cultivation world, both at the Kang Mansion in Jiangdu Prefecture and later at Moxu Mountain.

But back then, Little Su had always been following by Chen Yan’s side.

This future Falling Star Realman needed to use his own identity and his own eyes to truly examine the original appearance of this world.

Just like when he used to wander the streets, using his own eyes to measure the vastness of Liaolong and the hearts of its people.

“I understand, big brother.”

Su Hongzhen nodded quite solemnly. He understood what Chen Yan meant.

And he knew that he had to leave Chen Yan’s protective wing, or else he would forever remain that boy whose ribs were kicked in by bandits, never truly growing up.

Chen Yan stood silently in place, watching the carefree young man in the cyan daoist robe gradually become obscured by the crowd flowing back and forth on Heavenly Summit Mountain until he vanished from sight.

“What are you doing here?”

A very familiar voice came from behind Chen Yan.

“Didn’t we agree to meet at Heavenly Summit Mountain this year, sir?”

Chen Yan turned around with a smile, his gaze falling on the young cultivator in plain-colored daoist robes standing behind him.

“What I meant was, I can’t believe you didn’t come by boat.”

Mr. You said.

“I walked up the mountain. What, sir, you didn’t divine that?”

Chen Yan said.

“Divination always comes at a cost, after all.”

Mr. You shook his head.

“And the matter with you…”

The karmic backlash of over sixty thousand years, whether it was genuine cause and effect or fabricated, was utterly unprovokable.

Then, Mr. You lifted his head and looked toward the crowd where Chen Yan’s gaze had just fallen.

“From now on, let that child walk his own path for this Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry. At worst, that young one from Mirage Palace should look after him a bit.”

Chen Yan could naturally hear Mr. You’s implication.

“Are you saying, sir, that there’s something you need me to do?”

Chen Yan asked.