Chapter 458: One Year

The Pacific Ocean, where the mysterious fog was located.

Compared to the mysterious fog's initial diameter of one kilometer, it had now reached a diameter of two hundred kilometers, expanding a full two hundredfold.

Centered on the mysterious fog, the surrounding three-hundred-kilometer sea area was completely blockaded, with patrol ships and aircraft carriers from various nations taking turns on twenty-four-hour patrols; no one was permitted to enter the sea area without authorization.

The various nations had taken control of this stretch of open sea.

The various nations had never given up their investigation and research into the mysterious fog, sending in drones for exploration at regular intervals.

Unfortunately, every attempt returned empty-handed.

The mysterious fog had expanded, yet the mystery within had not diminished—it remained as mysterious as ever, and every entrant had vanished without exception, losing all contact.

Even so, the various nations had never abandoned their investigation and research into the mysterious fog. On the contrary, they had increased their funding for it, conducting joint research with round-the-clock patrols and satellite monitoring.

On this day.

Kamikawa Mitsu appeared above this sea area, making no attempt to conceal himself. The sea area's radar scanned him, and satellites captured him as well.

The various nations received the news immediately.

However, no one took the initiative to approach Kamikawa Mitsu. He had only shown himself above the sea area; it seemed he had no intention of hiding his plan to head toward the mysterious fog, but also no intention of making contact with the various nations.

"They said he'd explore the world within the mysterious fog once he achieved Immortality, yet it took him a whole year to come."

Kamikawa Mitsu stood in the sky above. His every breath seemed as if heaven and earth themselves were breathing; his every movement carried an air of the Great Dao in perfect harmony, as though he were the true heaven and earth here, existing eternally since time immemorial.

On the patrol ships and aircraft carriers of the various nations, countless sailors came out upon hearing the news, hoping to catch a glimpse of this second disciple in the history of the Academy of Jixia who held the greatest hope of achieving the Supreme.

Though he was clearly very young—nineteen years old—the sailors felt dazed, sensing that what they beheld was not a youth but an ancient one, an eternally invincible being.

Standing tall beneath the heavens, level with the sky, shining alongside the sun and moon, living as long as the world itself, watching the mortal realm's seas turn into mulberry fields.

His gaze opened and closed, having seen all the world's vicissitudes.

"He's no longer human; he's more like a god," someone from Huaguo murmured.

On another warship from Britain, an officer spoke in fluent, pure British-accented English: "If you compare him to God, he seems more like God."

"At seventeen he achieved the Divine Step, at eighteen he became a God-Demon, and now after a year, at nineteen, he has achieved Immortality. At this rate of growth, compared to him, God is the one who should be called God."

The captain beside the officer chimed in agreement.

On many vessels, people were discussing and lamenting the changes of this past year.

This year, Earth had undergone tremendous changes. The myriad worlds had become connected, achieving mutual travel between them. The disciples who had entered the Academy of Jixia, together with the video reports from the late Wang, had allowed the beings of the myriad worlds to witness the terrifying power of the Academy of Jixia.

The disciples who entered made outstanding improvements in strength.

Tianxie the Sword Immortal stepped into Immortality; Gao Xiang Hong, Zhang Hao, and the others achieved the Divine Step, dazzling all living beings.

Every day brought explosive news—either from the myriad worlds or from the Initial World—and without exception, all of it was related to the Academy of Jixia.

Under the TV drama scripts arranged by Kamikawa Mitsu, the disciples of the Academy of Jixia were active throughout the myriad worlds, repeatedly displaying the Academy of Jixia's might and the Initial World's grandeur, each time bringing Kamikawa Mitsu an incalculable number of script points.

If it weren't for saving up script points to explore the world within the mysterious fog and to save his life at critical moments, Kamikawa Mitsu could have directly used script points to elevate himself to the Supreme Realm.

The Academy of Jixia was blossoming in splendor.

Yet Kamikawa Mitsu himself was extraordinarily low-key, with almost no news about him leaking out. He attended school quietly, cultivated quietly. Had it not been for the news about Kamikawa Mitsu spreading from the Academy of Jixia and the Great Wasteland Great World a few days ago, the world would probably still not know what Kamikawa Mitsu was doing.

They didn't even know how strong he actually was.

A year ago, during the palace incident in a corner of Ping'an Kyoto, Kamikawa Mitsu had taken Kamikawa Chie to a world called the Great Wasteland Great World, as the reason.

In the Great Wasteland Great World, Kamikawa Chie made many good friends, one of whom was named Ye Linyan. She was practically the protagonist of another world. Chie became good friends with her and promised that one year later she would return to the Great Wasteland Great World to take part in her life-and-death duel with the Holy Son of the Xiling Holy Land.

It was precisely this promise that caused Kamikawa Mitsu to delay going to the world within the mysterious fog, rather than heading there immediately after achieving Immortality.

He was afraid that if he entered the world within the mysterious fog and ran into some trouble inside, it would delay the appointed time, and he wouldn't be able to take Kamikawa Chie to the Great Wasteland Great World on schedule.

He decided to take Kamikawa Chie to the Great Wasteland Great World first, then go explore the world within the mysterious fog.

A few days ago.

At the appointed time, Kamikawa Mitsu took Kamikawa Chie to the Great Wasteland Great World to see Ye Linyan.

The Academy of Jixia's recruitment of disciples had taken a full year—enough time for the eliminated candidates to spread information about the Initial World throughout the myriad worlds, and enough time, with Kamikawa Mitsu's behind-the-scenes pushing, to achieve the connection of the myriad worlds.

Therefore.

Even after a full year, when Ye Linyan saw Kamikawa Chie, she already knew the identities of Kamikawa Chie and Kamikawa Mitsu.

She still remembered how shocked she had been upon learning the information about the Kamikawa siblings—and even her companions who had gone with her to the Forbidden Beast Forest were horrified.

"My heavens, we accidentally got to know two future big shots!"

Ye Linyan's companions were shaken.

So upon meeting the Kamikawa siblings again, Ye Linyan was already clear on their identities. At that time, Kamikawa Chie had not hidden it, telling Ye Linyan their identities and saying outright:

"Linyan sis, just go ahead and beat up that Xiling Holy Son. I've already asked my Nisan—the Xiling Holy Land is very strong in the Great Wasteland Great World, but they're no match for our Kamikawa family. My Nisan can crush them with one hand, so go ahead and beat him up. Nisan will back you up, hee-hee."

In fact, the reason Kamikawa Chie was bolder than before and wasn't afraid of causing trouble for Kamikawa Mitsu was neither that she had become arrogant nor that she had become overconfident.

Rather, she knew that Kamikawa Mitsu had already achieved Immortality, and for this trip he had also brought two of the Seven Mansions of the East from the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Those two were both Immortals!

Moreover, Kamikawa Mitsu was well aware that Kamikawa Chie was worried about Ye Linyan, so he had the Twenty-Eight Mansions investigate the Xiling Holy Land and report the situation of the Xiling Holy Land to Kamikawa Chie.

Kamikawa Chie came to participate in Ye Linyan's life-and-death duel fully prepared, unafraid of the Xiling Holy Land.

Counting her own Nisan, plus the two Immortal-level members of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, that made three Immortals in total. Among them, her Nisan's Immortal-level strength was still unknown to anyone in the myriad worlds, which could serve as a surprise factor and made them stronger than the Xiling Holy Land.

This was the reason for Kamikawa Chie's boldness.

Then, when Kamikawa Mitsu took Kamikawa Chie along with Ye Linyan to the Xiling Holy Land to participate in the appointed duel, shocking news came from the Academy of Jixia over from the Initial World.

Tianxie the Sword Immortal had ascended to Immortality and entered the Supreme Hall.

There, he discovered that the Immortal Record Stele had been updated!

The record-holder on it had been replaced.

The person who replaced the Immortal record-holder was someone Tianxie the Sword Immortal knew so well he couldn't possibly know them any better.

It was Kamikawa Mitsu!

He obtained the Recorder from the Eternal Record Stele and became the next Eternal Record.

In other words, Kamikawa Mitsu achieved Eternity!

The Heavenly Tian Xie Jian Xian, upon hearing the news, was stunned but still sent the message to the chat group members.

Instantly, the chat group members spread the news, which raced through the myriad realms at a frantic pace.

It is believed that before long, the news of Kamikawa Mitsu's achievement of Eternity will reach the Taihuang Great Realm.

By then, Ye Linyan's life-or-death battle with the Western Tomb Holy Heir should also be over.

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