Chapter 153: with translation of chapter title

Wu Mingkong's complexion shifted blue for a moment, then white for a moment, alternating several times, finally turning into a snarling visage.

He harshly told the Supreme Elders waiting for his decision, "We have no way out. From now on I will guard the sect, seal off information, and prevent any family disgrace from spreading. If Feng Baiyu finds Chen Zheng, I will seize the chance to eliminate him. You go out to search for Chen Zheng; whoever finds him must kill him no matter the cost. Otherwise, once he grows strong, none of us can endure his revenge."

"Alright!"

Sun Xihua, Deng Ao and the others, all aware of the seriousness, tore the space, slipped into it, and went to search for Chen Zheng.

Everyone hardened their hearts, determined to find Chen Zheng this time; otherwise they would never rest.

Chen Zheng is truly terrifying; even now he has already filled them with fear, let alone the future.

From then on, a tragedy similar to the one that occurred over three thousand years ago when the Exquisite Immortal betrayed the Taiyi Sect unfolded again.

On the other side.

Feng Baiyu and Xie Tiankui and the other Supreme Elders, after leaving the Feather Ascension Gate, pursued Chen Zheng's whereabouts, continuously using the power of temporal rules to rewind time along the way, trying to learn where he had gone.

Unfortunately, the pursuit was cut off halfway.

Because in the rewound vision, a teleportation gate suddenly appeared before Chen Zheng; he stepped through it and vanished completely.

"Chen Zheng may have used a spirit talisman to go to the Land of the Five Elements."

Feng Baiyu decisively led the Supreme Elders to tear space, crossing the Great Mysterious Empire, arriving in an endless wild jungle, intending to pass through the Five‑Colored Gate in the Wild Temple to enter the Land of the Five Elements.

But when they arrived at the Wild Temple, they found that the Five‑Colored Gate had mysteriously vanished.

"Never mind."

"Return. I estimate that even if we find Chen Zheng, the chance of him coming back to the Feather Ascension Gate with us is less than one percent."

Xie Tiankui and the other Supreme Elders felt deeply disappointed, sighed a few helpless words, and prepared to reverse the Feather Ascension Gate.

They have already done their best.

There is truly no other way.

One can only say the Feather Ascension Gate and Chen Zheng are fated but unattached.

Besides their disappointment, they were somewhat relieved that they had never offended Chen Zheng, so if they met him in the future they would not become enemies.

Unlike Wu Mingkong and his group, who have offended Chen Zheng to death and will henceforth live in terror.

"You all go back; I'll keep looking."

Feng Baiyu, unwilling to accept, looked up at the starry sky as if gazing toward the Land of the Five Elements deep in the cosmos.

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"Senior sister Jia Lan, I am Chi Yuan; this is a small token of greeting, I hope you won't disdain it."

On a barren peak in the Land of the Five Elements, Chi Yuan, the Demon Sovereign clad in an earth‑yellow Dao robe, bowed to Jia Lan, smiled, waved his hand, and a freshly forged middle‑grade Dao artifact, the White Emperor Divine Sword, flew from his sleeve and hovered before her.

"……"

Jia Lan stared dumbfounded.

The illustrious Demon Sovereign actually called her a senior sister of a Golden Core cultivator.

That's just too fantastical.

Beside them, Chen Zheng said seriously, "Jia Lan, since Junior Brother Chi Yuan called me 'senior brother', he is not an outsider; just keep the greeting gift."

He almost couldn't hold back.

The old Demon Sovereign Chi Yuan didn't know which nerve was miswired; upon arriving in the Land of the Five Elements, this person changed the previously set address, calling him 'senior brother' repeatedly, making him quite uncomfortable.

He is not only a true Immortal but also the reincarnation of a Heavenly Lord, the ruler of heaven, who breaks all rules and constraints, perceiving past, present, and future, yet he is so unscrupulous.

"Oh! Thank you, Junior Brother Chi Yuan."

Jia Lan recovered, quickly took the White Emperor Sword before her, and bowed to Chi Yuan, thanking him.

Her feelings were mixed, both joy and relief.

The joy naturally stemmed from Chen Zheng's astonishing power and the ability to obtain a middle‑grade Dao artifact that ordinary millennial giants lack.

She was relieved that she had boldly hinted at Chen Zheng earlier, which allowed her to become his woman and enjoy the unimaginable treatment she now receives.

When one attains the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascend; nothing surpasses this.

Moreover, she is Chen Zheng's first woman, leaving Fang Qingxue far behind, truly the principal consort.

Even though Fang Qingxue is the reincarnation of the Electric Mother, noble, cold‑elegant, unparalleled in beauty, possessing a top‑grade Dao artifact, she can only be a junior sister.

"Just a trivial trinket; no need to thank me." Chi Yuan smiled lightly and waved his hand.

He then asked Chen Zheng, "Senior Brother, I heard that in the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie there are ten Immortal Dao sects and seven Demonic Path veins among the great powers. Now that you have left the Feather Ascension Gate, what are your plans? Will you establish your own sect to become the eleventh Immortal Dao sect, or join another force?"

Chen Zheng paused, then smiled, "Officially I have joined another sect, so I won't join any other forces. If you, Junior Brother, would lend me the Land of the Five Elements, I could establish a small faction. There are many beasts here and abundant Five‑Element qi, perfect for development."

In fact, whether he joins other forces or has his own faction is irrelevant to Chen Zheng.

He is now, in name, a person of the Exquisite Blessed Land.

And Chi Yuan the Demon Sovereign will guard his Dao.

Although trapped in the Land of the Five Elements, he has also broken some restraints.

Like when he faced that terrifying giant hand in the cosmos last time, he can rescue him at any time.

He acts without much restraint.

"Senior Brother, you're being too distant; who's whose? What's mine is yours. If my true body didn't still need a year and a half to break free from that bald donkey's suppression, I'd have already forged the Land of the Five Elements into a supreme Dao artifact and given it to you." Chi Yuan laughed heartily.

"Alright, then I'll settle on the Land of the Five Elements from now on; after all, with the six‑character true‑word talisman I can travel to the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie at any time."

Chen Zheng nodded, waved his large sleeve, and released the hundreds of household servants—including the Jin Shitai father‑son pair, Liu Suiyun, Chen Fu, and others—from the Ten‑Directions Five‑Element Tower.

Many people looked bewildered, glancing around, not knowing what had happened.

Chen Zheng turned to Jia Lan and said, "Tell them our situation, then lead them to choose peaks on the Land of the Five Elements to build palaces; from now on this will be our temporary home."

"Alright, I'll go right away." Jia Lan nodded.

Chen Zheng had previously told her about leaving the Feather Ascension Gate; she was shocked but indifferent.

Given Chen Zheng's strength, whichever sect he joins he is like a deputy patriarch, and he could found his own sect and become a major power.

Anyway, as long as she follows Chen Zheng and supports all his decisions, that's enough; there's no need to think about anything else.

Seeing that the people Chen Zheng had released were weak in strength, basically all at the Physical Body Realm, the Chi Yuan Demon Sovereign said, "To build a palace, your senior brother's subordinates aren't enough, but I have plenty of Heavenly Demons under my command that you, Senior Sister-in-law, can command. Moreover, many cultivators lingered here last time, all at the fifth or sixth level of Divine Abilities; you, Senior Sister-in-law, can go capture them to do hard labor."

He waved his hand, and over a thousand figures clad in heavy armor appeared, each bearing a dark, ancient axe-shaped mark on their foreheads—Heavenly Demon Kings, all respectful, paying homage to Jialan.

Chen Zheng nodded, knowing these were Ancient Heavenly Demons created by the Divine Race, far stronger than ordinary Heavenly Demons, and having been brainwashed by the Chi Yuan Demon Sovereign, they obey orders without question.

Next, Jialan led the doubtful-looking Jin Rilie and his son, along with the Ancient Heavenly Demons, away from here to find a suitable place.

And the Chi Yuan Demon Sovereign's projection bade farewell and dissipated, for he could not linger long on the surface.

Only Chen Zheng remained in place, examining the new calamity character that had appeared on the Sheep Skin Scroll when he advanced to the Golden Core Realm.

This character turned out to be 'Ji'.

"'Ji, to draw?'"

A hint of thought flickered in Chen Zheng's brow as he sat cross-legged, sinking into contemplation.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

The character 'Ji' within his body shifted from illusory to real, merging into his personal Golden Core, raising his Divine Abilities to 316 types.

With a thought, the 'Ji' character inside his Golden Core trembled slightly, sending out invisible, intangible threads like void trajectories, extending into certain unknown places above the nine heavens, drawing in Pure Yang Essence.

Good, Chen Zheng is now drawing through the 'Ji' character the Pure Yang Essence that only cultivators of the Longevity Secret Realm can draw, continuously flowing into his body.

This is the immortality of the Breath-Eater gods.

To a Divine Abilities cultivator, pills are food.

Longevity cultivators need not consume pills; they can extend their great magical power to the nine heavens, touch the edge of the immortal realm, and draw in the Pure Yang Essence that seeps from there.

This is the 'Breath-Eater'!

But now, Chen Zheng has not yet reached the Longevity Secret Realm, yet through the 'Ji' character he has attained this level, which is truly astonishing.

Moreover, the Pure Yang Essence he draws is far greater than that of ordinary Longevity Secret Realm cultivators.

Note: a First Stage Longevity cultivator draws each day an amount of Pure Yang Essence equivalent to about a hundred Pure Yang Pills.

The Second Stage Longevity cultivator can draw an amount equivalent to one thousand to five thousand Pure Yang Pills, tens of times more.

As for the Third Stage, it is tens of times more than the Second Stage, allowing the draw of tens of thousands, even up to a few hundred thousand.

Several hundred thousand Pure Yang Pills converted to White Yang Pills amount to several billion.

And the amount of essence Chen Zheng draws, if calculated at this speed, is at least hundreds of billions, even up to trillions of White Yang Pills per day.

This is nearly on par with the draw of a Fourth Stage Longevity cultivator, chasing after the Fifth Stage Longevity's Feng Baiyu!

If Feng Baiyu could come to the Land of the Five Elements and discover Chen Zheng's internal state, he would surely be astonished again.

"'This 'Ji' character is excellent; at this rate of draw, I can increase my power by one strand of Primordial Heavenly Dragon Power per day, ten strands in ten days.'"

Chen Zheng rose to his feet, feeling pleased.

This time he truly lacks no resources.

He could even from now on refrain from raiding and cultivating, simply staying put.

As long as he survives ten days, upon emerging he will be able to slay a Second Stage Longevity cultivator.

Surviving a hundred days, his magical power will exceed that of a hundred dragons, comparable to a Third Stage Longevity cultivator.

Of course, given Chen Zheng's nature, he cannot stay put—not even for three days.

Even gaining the power of one dragon per day still fails to satisfy him.

He must be faster, even faster.

To be fast, he must raid and kill.

He now wants to kill.

"'Ruyizi should have already gathered the people who will kill me.'"

Chen Zheng smiled faintly, activated the Six-Character Mantra Talisman, underwent a spacetime shift, and arrived in the Xuanhuang Grand World.

Then he employed the Great Tracking Technique obtained from Yujizi, launching a scent-tracking pursuit of Ruyizi.

(End of Chapter)