Du Cang Hall stood completely empty.

Mr. You, standing below the steps, clasped his hands behind his back. The spotless floor reflected the figure of this young cultivator in plain-colored daoist robes.

Also reflected were the twelve coiling-dragon jade pillars carved with dao rhyme inscriptions within Du Cang Hall.

After several breaths of silence, Chen Yan was the first to break into a smile and speak:

"Master, why must you keep me in suspense like this?"

"Just giving you some preparation for what I'm about to say."

Mr. You replied lightly.

"Well, that only makes me even more curious."

Chen Yan nodded slightly:

"After everything I've been through, what could possibly require me to brace myself beforehand?"

Immortal Venerable Fusheng, from seventy thousand years ago, was a genuine Returning to Void Realm cultivator, truly at the Above Immortality state.

Whether in natural talent or cultivation base, Mr. You far surpassed Chen Yan.

But when it came to breadth of experience, Immortal Venerable Fusheng might not necessarily have surpassed Chen Yan either.

After all, Chen Yan had once, in ages long past, witnessed with his own eyes the arrival of a Sage.

In that era when the twelve Immortal Sects stood proudly between heaven and earth, the height of immortal cultivation development on Tianji Continent far exceeded that of the current Chenping Continent.

If one were to move Heavenly Summit Mountain, the former foremost cultivation holy land of Chenping Continent, to Tianji Continent, the only thing that could rival the twelve Immortal Sects would be Heavenly Summit Mountain's possession of a single dao artifact.

Though it seemed the Heavenly Summit Mirror had originally been something that should have belonged to Bai Chen, the Ultimate Sage of Imperial Void.

"In that case, let's start with the good news."

Mr. You nodded.

"Last time you told me that Ruan Tingzhu of Kongshan Sect was Yan Yunhe's reincarnated body, and that Yan Yunhe was very likely a part of the cause and effect that Bai Chen had split off from himself."

"And then?"

Chen Yan asked.

"More than seventy thousand years ago, I once met Yan Yunhe, and more than once at that."

Mr. You continued:

"I didn't notice anything unusual about him. I only felt that being able to, in such a short time, simultaneously research his own cultivation method and break through to the Immortal Ascension Realm, his future prospects must have been limitless. He could have become the second cultivator after me on Chenping Continent to break through to the Returning to Void Realm, perhaps even surpassing me greatly, treading into even higher realms."

"However, if this so-called Yan Yunhe was indeed that Sage who once ruled over a domain of heaven and earth, then everything seems to make sense."

As he spoke, Mr. You continued cutting to the heart of the matter:

"So, I recognize Yan Yunhe's dao rhyme, and I can also calculate his cause and effect. I used all the information I possess about Yan Yunhe to peer into the heavenly secrets, and thereby obtained the specific location of his fall."

"The restricted area of Kongyuan Mountain."

Chen Yan answered.

This was no secret, or rather, it was a fact known to all the world. The restrictions of the Kongyuan Mountain restricted area had been personally laid down back then by True Person Kongmiao, Yan Yunhe.

Even for someone as extraordinarily gifted as Yan Yunhe, bringing the once-obscure Kongshan Sect to a point where it became a thorn in the side and a splinter in the flesh of Pure Dust True Person of Heavenly Summit Mountain would undoubtedly have consumed a tremendous amount of his energy and incurred far too much Karmic Backlash.

Therefore, when Yan Yunhe was over eight thousand years old, he ultimately fell alone within the restricted area on Kongyuan Mountain.

"Compared to that, what's even more interesting is that when I calculated the circumstances of Bai Chen, the Ultimate Sage of Imperial Void, based on Yan Yunhe's dao rhyme and cause and effect, I obtained some even more intriguing information."

Mr. You continued:

"Of course, I didn't dare touch too deeply. With a Dao Union cultivation base, touching the cause and effect of a Sage would scatter one's soul and never return if one wasn't careful... However, I still managed to obtain some useful information. For instance, in this attempt to peer into the heavenly secrets, I discovered that Yan Yunhe had two final resting places. One of them is the Kongyuan Mountain restricted area you just mentioned, which is where Yan Yunhe fell. The other is presumably the final burial ground of Bai Chen, the Ultimate Sage of Imperial Void."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan's pupils sharply constricted. As a great power at the Immortal Ascension Realm, his breathing involuntarily began to grow slightly rapid.

Mr. You wasn't wrong.

Facing news of this magnitude, one truly needed to be prepared.

If Master's calculations were correct, that was the burial ground of a Sage!

"Where?"

Chen Yan said.

"This is the bad news I was referring to."

Mr. You sighed:

"The final resting place of Bai Chen, the Ultimate Sage of Imperial Void, lies one hundred and eighty million li west of the Western Region of Chenping Continent, at the bottomless abyss of the Endless Sea."

The Endless Sea.

The vast ocean that surrounded Chenping Continent.

No one had ever known what lay at the end of the Endless Sea. Or perhaps the Endless Sea truly lived up to its name, being an ocean without end.

In the history of Chenping Continent, many cultivators had ventured into the Endless Sea seeking unknown secrets, yet in the end, not a single one had ever returned.

Not one.

Throughout the long river of history, there had also been two peak Dao Union cultivators who, knowing they could never Forge their Immortal Platform, had gone to the Endless Sea seeking fortune and opportunity. From that point on, they vanished without a trace.

But never had any Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator attempted to explore the secrets of the Endless Sea.

Because there was no need to take such a risk.

"What do you think?"

Mr. You said:

"Leave it be and continue with the original plan, finding a super genius from among these juniors of the Chenping Continent cultivation world capable of surpassing both you and me? Or go to the Endless Sea and try your luck?"

If one were to go to the Endless Sea, the only viable candidate would be Chen Yan himself.

After all, Chen Yan possessed the chance to start over once more.

But if Chen Yan left Du Cang Mountain, then Du Cang Mountain, deprived of the Great Derivation Art, would lose its inexhaustible supply of cultivation resources.

Not to mention whether Chenping Continent, without Chen Yan's presence, could remain as stable as it was now. Even just the problem of cultivation resources alone would cause Chen Yan's original plan to collapse completely.

"I'm going."

After roughly a dozen breaths of deliberation, Chen Yan gave his answer, then continued:

"Master, during the time I'm away at the Endless Sea, Du Cang Mountain is in your hands. I'll do my best to prepare enough cultivation resources for the Guardians of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain to train with."

"Very well."

Mr. You did not oppose Chen Yan's decision, because from the very beginning, he had hoped that Chen Yan would make the choice himself.

"But before you set out, there's one more thing I need to trouble you with."

Following that, Mr. You said.

"Please speak, Master."

Chen Yan replied.

Mr. You reached into his sleeve, and from within, he took out an immortal embryo:

"Help me forge an immortal artifact."

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