Chapter 1059: Great Luo Heaven Sleeve, Vast Sea Ascension
On Sea-Gazing Cliff.
The white-robed Daoist stood against the wind, his robes flapping loudly.
His eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the vast ocean in the distance, and he slowly raised his sleeve.
The wide robes and large sleeves puffed up at this moment, especially the gold-edged, silver-patterned cuffs, which opened like a black hole.
An infinite suction force emerged spontaneously.
The entire firmament and the boundless ocean seemed to be enveloped within it.
"Collect!"
With a low shout, magic power flowed.
The next moment, countless living creatures were seen leaping out of the ocean, flying toward the large sleeve.
There were fish, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish, as well as demonic beasts and sea clans; all the living creatures were blankly unaware, feeling only darkness upon entering, stumbling and losing their senses.
With this, the bulging robe gradually quieted down.
But Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
Not far away, a tall, long-legged woman in blue looked at this scene, her eyes extremely bright.
She walked over slowly, smiling, and said: "Congratulations to Husband, the divine ability is complete!"
Luo Chen woke up from his deep thought, and seeing Chengcheng Haixin, he showed a heartfelt smile.
"What kind of complete divine ability is this? It's just that by using the Vacuum Gu, spatial seals, and this special robe, I've barely managed to perform 'Universe in the Sleeve.' Compared to Master Qing Shuang, who could sweep away a large number of Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators with a casual flick of her sleeve without a trace of smoke or fire, it's still far, far behind."
Chengcheng Haixin smiled: "The legendary demoness Master Qing Shuang had the body of a divine bird, the Azure Luan, possessing spatial talent, and upon reaching the Nascent Soul realm, she understood the true meaning of spatial laws in advance. Husband is not proficient in this way, yet only used three years to perform similar means, how can it not be considered a success?"
Hearing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
Similar, it was only similar after all.
The "Universe in the Sleeve" he performed now, compared to Master Qing Shuang's, was only similar in form, not in spirit.
It could be seen as an improved version, or a weakened version.
The only benefit was that it was easy for human cultivators to practice, so it could be passed down under a different name.
Luo Chen flicked his sleeve, and light flickered on the gold-edged silver patterns, throwing out a large number of living creatures that had been silently collected earlier.
Like rain, they fell into the sea.
As if they had had a dream, they were blank and unaware.
"Let's call it the Great Luo Heaven Sleeve!"
Luo Chen thought to himself, then looked at Chengcheng Haixin.
"Do you want to learn this move?"
Chengcheng Haixin was startled, "Can I?"
"Haha, since ancient times, creating divine abilities is extremely difficult, often requiring hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation to create a usable divine ability. But for later learners, it's just following the map to find the horse, understanding its essence. Especially with the creator present to teach personally, learning it only depends on whether you want to or not."
Luo Chen laughed loudly, his face full of confidence.
Master Qing Shuang's "Universe in the Sleeve" required the true meaning of spatial laws, but the Great Luo Heaven Sleeve he improved didn't have such a high threshold.
Although others didn't have such a wonderful Gu insect as the Vacuum Gu, by using specially made magic robes and learning the corresponding hundreds of spatial seals, they could always make this move look decent.
In terms of artifact refining and array formation, Luo Chen still had some confidence.
Chengcheng Haixin's eyes lit up; how could she not want to learn such a graceful and peerless move?
"Please teach me, Husband!"
"No rush, you first learn these spatial seals, and I will refine a magic robe tailored for you."
"Hmm, okay."
Three years passed, and Luo Chen stayed on the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago for three years.
Chengcheng Haixin's body improved slightly, and after her realm was slightly stabilized, she came out of seclusion to see him.
Expressing their feelings was naturally expected.
On weekdays, Luo Chen accompanied Chengcheng Haixin in eating, living, and traveling the sea to admire the moon.
Sometimes when they traveled far, hundreds of thousands of miles away, they would arrive in a day, and Luo Chen would also take Chengcheng Haixin to visit the nearby Nascent Soul True Persons in person.
The sweetness during this period seemed to make up for the blank space of the woman waiting alone for hundreds of years.
This was Luo Chen's intention.
Among the women who had had a relationship with him in his life, whether it was Hui Niang, Cai Yi, or Cang Long, he asked himself that he had fulfilled his responsibilities and had no shortcomings.
Only Chengcheng Haixin, the woman's silent waiting was always moving.
Therefore, before he was about to ascend, Luo Chen specially set aside a few years to accompany her.
During this process, it wasn't just simple eating, drinking, and playing.
Luo Chen also broke down and kneaded the cultivation of the Nascent Soul realm, teaching Chengcheng Haixin from the perspective of a high-level view.
Including some magic treasures suitable for her, killing moves, and even divine abilities with low entry thresholds!
This improved version of the "Great Luo Heaven Sleeve," as well as the "Qi Sea Floating Heaven" which had growth potential, were all taught by Luo Chen without reservation.
Inside the Pill Palace.
Flames were raging, and heat waves were rolling.
Luo Chen was in the middle of it, casting spells one after another, just to refine a new magic robe for Chengcheng Haixin.
The materials used were, of course, the best.
Empty Prism Apertures containing spatial power, tough Ice Silkworm Silk, rare water-attribute demon cores...
All kinds of materials were thrown in, all melting into the Hunyuan Tripod.
It was just that while refining the magic robe, a considerable part of Luo Chen's attention was focused on the Hunyuan Tripod itself.
"Three years!"
"That Meta-Magnetic Mountain hasn't been completely refined yet, and I can't even see a trace of the possibility of it merging in."
"Where exactly did the problem arise?"
Luo Chen was quite puzzled.
According to Li Li Canghai's method, even if the mountain soul couldn't be extracted to condense an artifact spirit, it should have been able to merge in very well.
But after three years, progress was slow.
His Hunyuan Tripod was still incomparably heavy; let alone using it to deal with Soul Transformation peers, even if he released it to face enemies normally, it would probably be incomparably slow.
This was not Luo Chen's original idea.
In his imagination, the Hunyuan Tripod that absorbed the Meta-Magnetic Mountain should have greatly increased its suppression power while retaining its original agility.
But being this clumsy, what could he use to restrict powerhouses of the same realm? He would probably be dragged down instead.
"Agility..."
Luo Chen pondered silently, and a clue vaguely appeared in his heart.
"No rush, let's take it one step at a time!"
Luo Chen shifted his attention and focused on refining the magic robe for Chengcheng Haixin.
After spending half a year, he finally refined a magic robe that came with defense, calming the mind, and collecting all things!
When the magic robe was first formed, with the help of the set-up array, it drew down the natural lightning.
After experiencing the baptism of the lightning tribulation, it finally reached the level of a True Treasure.
From this, it could be seen that Luo Chen's attainments in artifact refining had unknowingly reached the level of a fourth-rank grandmaster.
With the magic robe's cooperation, Chengcheng Haixin found it much easier to master the "Great Luo Heaven Sleeve."
While giving pointers, Luo Chen also took Chengcheng Haixin out from time to time to visit nearby Nascent Soul True Persons.
For example, Mei Mei Yiqi of Mount Langya Mountain was an old friend he had once been on good terms with.
There was also an Emerald Sea not far from the old site of Cold Light Island, where Luo Chen also took Chengcheng Haixin to visit a female cultivator there.
During the process, Luo Chen would occasionally spread his divine sense to search the surroundings.
But unfortunately, he gained nothing!
Chengcheng Haixin occasionally noticed and asked what he was looking for; Luo Chen explained with a smile that it was just an enemy from the past.
It was indeed an enemy, named Blood Demon Luo!
Back when he first became a Nascent Soul, he encountered the other party at the ruins of Cold Light Island, and in a great battle, Luo Chen seized the other party's Yuan Tu Sword.
And Blood Demon Luo, under the pursuit of Blood Scatterer, fled in a panic.
Luo Chen was somewhat wary of this person.
What he was wary of wasn't Blood Demon Luo himself, but the fact that he had absorbed a large amount of the Blood Sea Old Ancestor's residual power from the Yuan Tu Sword.
If the other party was still alive, he didn't know if it was Blood Demon Luo or the Blood Sea Old Ancestor?
But it was rumored that Blood Demon Luo and Blood Scatterer had both perished together!
He didn't know if this rumor was true or false, but Luo Chen indeed hadn't found any trace of the two.
Two more years passed.
Xu Xu Muxian returned.
He had borrowed the defensive magic treasure "Perching Phoenix Nest" from the Great Cultivator Fengzhang, and after the matter was resolved, he specially went to return it.
Unexpectedly, he was gone for five years.
"There were some changes in the middle, so I was delayed for a long time."
Xu Xu Muxian sighed and told the story of what happened along the way.
A large number of sea clans began to retreat inexplicably, leaving the territory of the North Sea human cultivation world.
In this way, the remaining demon clans appeared weak.
Human powerhouses began to recover their lost territory, and battles were naturally inevitable.
As a top powerhouse among humans, Old Monster Fengzhang naturally took the lead and launched attacks on the remaining demon beasts.
Xu Xu Muxian was also invited to join.
Xu Xu Muxian couldn't refuse this matter, so he participated in several great battles.
Luo Chen, however, felt his heart stir.
The sea clans retreated, could it be the order of the Sea Emperor Whale?
That was a sensible one; he had been thinking of finding him to test his skills after his natal magic treasure was completed and before he ascended.
With such actions, he really couldn't bring himself to attack.
"In addition, there is a small piece of gossip." Xu Xu Muxian hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but say it. "It is rumored that the Heaven's End has been closed for a long time, and no trace of the powerhouses has been seen. There were also those with keen divine sense who noticed some changes in heaven and earth at a certain moment a few years ago, and some suspect that the powerhouse Li Li Canghai has already ascended."
Luo Chen was stunned.
Li Li Canghai ascended?
He hadn't expected this at all.
But thinking about it carefully, this seemed to be Li Li Canghai's consistent style.
When breaking through to Soul Transformation, no one knew.
When ascending to the upper realm, he also left silently.
He didn't know if he went to the Immortal Realm or the Profound Realm.
It should be the Immortal Realm; after all, to go to the Profound Realm, one needed a special channel and coordinate guidance.
But ascending to the Immortal Realm relied on the massive spiritual energy gifted by the local world, as well as the connection between the Great Thousand World and the Immortal Realm, allowing cultivators to ascend in the dark.
"But it's just a rumor after all; I have to go and see for myself. Xu Muxian, you stay and guard the Du Du Feiyan, and after I return, follow me back to the Eastern Wasteland's Luo Yuan Tianzong. By then, you will truly enter my sect!"
Xu Xu Muxian couldn't help but show excitement, "Good!"
Heaven's End.
A figure appeared out of nowhere, watched silently for a long time, and finally turned and left.
Inside, there was no longer any trace of Li Li Canghai.
Instead, a quite formidable killing array was left on this land, facing outward rather than inward.
That should be the only kindness Li Li Canghai had left for the North Sea cultivators.
If it reached a critical moment, once this killing array was activated, everyone below Soul Transformation would be turned into blood, and even Soul Transformation powerhouses could be blocked for several days.
"Leaving so freely, it's truly unexpected!"
Luo Chen sighed with emotion, but also understood Li Li Canghai's behavior.
Since he had refined the True Treasure Mountain-Sea Seal, this world was no longer a hometown for him, but a shackle and cage, so what was there to be nostalgic about?
And when should he ascend?
Luo Chen thought silently as he returned to the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago, notifying everyone to prepare to return to the Eastern Wasteland with him.
But unexpectedly, this time Chengcheng Haixin refused.
"Why?" Luo Chen asked. "With my current abilities, and the status of the Luo Yuan Tianzong in the Eastern Wasteland, it is enough to protect your future cultivation."
Chengcheng Haixin smoothed her hair and smiled: "With Husband's abilities and Husband's character, I'm afraid that imitating Li Li Canghai's actions will happen in the near future!"
Luo Chen was silent; this woman was intelligent, and after discovering his Soul Transformation realm, she had connected it to Li Li Canghai's affairs and understood everything.
The pointers, warmth, and lingering of these few years were not only compensation, but also preparation for his ascension.
He, Luo Chen, was not Li Li Canghai and didn't have such freedom; before ascending, he always had to settle his relatives and companions.
Chengcheng Haixin sighed, "Even if I followed Husband back to the Luo Yuan Tianzong, it would eventually be another parting, and a parting where we would never see each other again. Even if I stayed in the Luo Yuan Tianzong, the rumors say your Dao companions wouldn't make things difficult for me, but the Luo Yuan Tianzong has no feelings for me. And here, this Du Du Feiyan Archipelago..."
The woman's gaze overlooked the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago that wanted to spread its wings and soar, her eyes filled with deep reluctance.
She was born here, grew up here, broke through her realm here, her clansmen and friends were here, and countless loose cultivators respected and worshipped her.
How could she just leave?
"Let Xu Xu Muxian follow you back! Now that his Dao heart is firm and he has inherited your alchemy skills, he has hope of advancing to the Soul Transformation stage in the future. For him, the Luo Yuan Tianzong is another creation."
"As for me?"
Chengcheng Haixin smiled slightly, "Perhaps Husband will achieve the realm of the Great Luo Dao Ancestor in the future, possessing the ability to cross time and space. By then, with this small but conspicuous Du Du Feiyan Archipelago here, perhaps Husband can easily find me."
Luo Chen was speechless for a moment, and could only pull the woman tightly into his embrace.
"Master, is Mistress really not coming back to the Eastern Wasteland with us?"
Above the Faith Heaven Sea, Xu Xu Muxian couldn't help but ask.
Luo Chen's expression was calm, "She has already made her decision, and I naturally won't force her. But don't worry, I have taught her everything I should, her defensive means are not lacking, and the surrounding relationships have been handled well. If you have the heart in the future, you can come back and visit often."
Xu Xu Muxian nodded heavily, "Disciple will naturally do so!"
It was still that nameless small island, still that teleportation array.
When the teleportation light flashed and disappeared, the woman watching from afar had a look of regret on her face.
But this time, there was also a sense of satisfaction within the regret.
She gently touched her lower abdomen, her face radiating a soft glow.
"The Eastern Wasteland is too strange and complex for us; staying in the North Sea, perhaps you can grow better, and maybe there will be a chance to find him in the future."
"Don't you think so, child."
Eastern Wasteland, Mount Cangwu Mountain.
The teleportation vibration flashed and disappeared.
When Luo Chen walked out with Kongchan and Xu Xu Muxian, He He Qingzi and Tian Yu Xuan were already waiting with bows.
"Greetings, Hall Master!"
"Welcome back, Master!"
Xu Xu Muxian, who was on the side, saw this and his expression shook slightly.
In his divine sense perception, both women were in the Nascent Soul realm, and especially outside, there were many powerful auras.
Could it be that these people were all under his master's command?
"No need for formalities, I won't be staying long, you may disperse." Luo Chen waved his hand, then ordered: "Kongchan, you take Xu Muxian back to the Luo Yuan Tianzong first!"
"Yes, Master."
Xu Xu Muxian asked suspiciously: "Master, are you not going back?"
Luo Chen shook his head, "Master has some small matters to attend to, and needs to go out for a trip."
For Luo Chen, it was a small matter, but for the place he was going next, it was a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering event.
End of Chapter
