Free Web NovelChapter 659: Chapter 429: Divinity Transformation Succumbs to Time (Part 2)
He just stood in the air, overlooking this familiar yet unfamiliar homeland.
"So I have been away for more than twelve hundred years..." Zhong Heng murmured softly.
A Golden Core cultivator, with an eight hundred-year lifespan.
A Nascent Soul cultivator, with a two-thousand-year lifespan.
And for a Divinity Transformation cultivator, it starts at ten thousand years.
Zhong Heng’s Divine Sense silently spread throughout the entire Wanlang Mountains.
He sensed some familiar auras... only they were devoid of vitality.
The Nascent Souls saw that this Divinity Transformation had not left, exchanged glances, and discreetly used their Communication Spiritual Artifacts.
Meanwhile, someone braced himself and stepped forward.
He said, "Is there anything else Senior requires of us?"
"This place is the homeland of Venerable Zhong Heng, Elder of Divinity Transformation from the Five Elements Immortal Sect..."
However, the speaker maintained a certain poise, after all, the Wanlang Mountains is not an insignificant place without protection.
Moreover, their combined strength is considerable, guided by the Dao Guide Team directing the entire power of the Wanlang Mountains.
Whether faced with foreign invasion, Void Abyss Beast invasion, or tides from the Fragment World, they handle it well.
They are not afraid of foreign Nascent Soul cultivators, and strong Divinity Transformation level opponents are handled by the Immortal Sect.
Zhong Heng smiled warmly.
More and more Nascent Soul cultivators arrived at this place.
Among them, one suddenly paused after clearly seeing Zhong Heng’s face.
Then became somewhat excited.
"Greetings, Venerable!"
Those around the Nascent Soul cultivator were somewhat dissatisfied, after all, they also had their own Divinity Transformation.
However, some astute ones noticed this Nascent Soul cultivator’s white hair and beard, showing signs of age, and carefully examined Zhong Heng’s appearance.
They also paused.
Bowed.
"Greetings, Venerable!"
"Greetings, Elder Zhong!"
At these words, everyone was momentarily stunned, then immediately bowed with excited expressions.
"No Divinity Transformation..."
This also means that the old batch of Nascent Souls, perhaps all those from the Peach Blossom turmoil, have already passed away.
Of those Nascent Souls around when Zhong Heng left, less than one in ten might still be alive.
A Nascent Soul has a two-thousand-year lifespan.
Even those who break through quickly would take five hundred years to reach Nascent Soul.
Zhong Heng left the Wanlang Mountains twelve hundred years ago, so, aside from a few geniuses and those with special physiques, few Nascent Souls from the same era could have lived until now.
Among them... including those who rose from humble beginnings with Zhong Heng.
Zhong Heng took a step forward, the space beneath his feet compressed layer by layer, and in an instant, he arrived at the center of the Wanlang Mountains, the original Flying Star Cultivation Realm.
Due to Zhong Heng’s influence, the Flying Star Cultivation Realm, or rather the original Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm, became the center of the entire Wanlang Mountains.
Everything became extremely prosperous, completely different from a thousand years ago.
The Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm’s most central place is Celestial Rainbow Valley.
Zhong Heng tread upon Celestial Rainbow Valley.
The Celestial Rainbow Artifact Spirit immediately discovered Zhong Heng, and as Zhong Heng’s Divine Sense connected with the Celestial Rainbow Artifact Spirit, the changes over the millennium appeared in Zhong Heng’s mind.
The time of death of each familiar Nascent Soul.
Also the achievements of newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivators.
In one place within Celestial Rainbow Valley, a treasure land exceptionally rich in Spiritual Qi, stood numerous tombstones.
Inscribed on them were the names of the strong who sat down from the Dao Guide Team.
Most of them were familiar to Zhong Heng.
"Dong Jing..."
"Sunx Yue..."
"Qiu Yi..."
"Zhao Wen..."
One familiar name after another appeared before Zhong Heng...
These were the people who once emerged from the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm together with Zhong Heng, some he knew earlier, some later.
Some were once seniors, some once rivals, and some once disciples.
The renaming of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm to Celestial Rainbow seemed just like yesterday.
"Zhu Xing..."
Zhong Heng paused in his steps.
Zhong Heng recalled the cohort of three Nascent Souls challenging the Secret Realm of Immortal Venerable Huihuang together.
Back then, the trio’s combined strength made them unrivaled in Wanlang Mountains.
Now Zhu Xing has turned into a cold tombstone...
The upright tombstones carried one familiar name after another.
"Brother... you’ve returned..."
An elderly voice spoke with difficulty.
Zhong Heng turned around.
An old woman was sitting laboriously in a wheelchair.
In Zhong Heng’s eyes, the figure of the old woman seemed to overlap with that young girl from the past.
"Lin Wui..."
Zhong Heng had already appeared beside Lin Wui.
True Essence at the Divinity Transformation level was infused into Lin Wui’s body.
Lin Wui saw Zhong Heng and also showed a smile.
Lin Wui’s withered white hair began to turn jet black and smooth, her wrinkled skin became smooth and tender.
She was no longer standing at the pinnacle of the entire Wanlang Mountains, suppressing everything, as the leading Nascent Soul Celestial Dance Venerable of the Dao Guide Team.
She was a brother’s sister.
Lin Wui became younger, more like the gentle image in Zhong Heng’s memory.
"Brother, it’s useless, Sister Kong has already requested many Life-extending Pills from the Immortal Sect for me."
"I have now completely reached the end of my life."
"I’m sorry, brother, I’ve let you down... achieving Divinity Transformation... is still too difficult."
"Now that I can see you, brother, I am satisfied."
Lin Wui stood up, with no trace of aging on her body, instead brimming with vitality.
But it was not due to Zhong Heng, rather Lin Wui had truly reached the end of her life, experiencing a final burst of energy.
Zhong Heng, hearing this, let the Life-extending Pills he had just taken out fall to the ground.
With his Divine Sense, how could he not see Lin Wui’s current state?
The accumulated medicinal power in her body was all from the Life-extending Pills, and her flame of life was like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.
Lin Wui was merely... waiting for him.
Lin Wui tugged at the corner of Zhong Heng’s robe, a posture she had never shown in front of him.
The former Lin Wui was Zhong Heng’s capable assistant, handling the mess when he played the hands-off shopkeeper, she had never shown such a demeanor.
Now, Lin Wui was simply a sister longing for her brother, nothing more.
"I am a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, I can save you!"
A hint of green appeared in Zhong Heng’s eyes, a vast vitality emanated from his being.
In an instant, Zhong Heng seemed to become a colossal tree of life supporting the heavens and earth.
The Taihe Five Elements Profound Gang Secret Technique began reversing, transforming into incomparably pure Wood Attribute True Essence.
The pure Wood Attribute True Essence spread throughout Lin Wui’s body from her hand, but it had no effect.
At this moment, even if Zhong Heng found a new Life-extending Pill, it would be of no use.
Lin Wui had already entered the final countdown of her life.
Zhong Heng and Lin Wui were siblings in name, but in reality, Lin Wui was slightly older than Zhong Heng.
While Zhong Heng was still in the Qi Refining stage, Lin Wui had already reached Foundation Establishment.
And now, Zhong Heng was over 2,400 years old, and Lin Wui was older. It was already a miracle that Lin Wui could live 400 years beyond the Nascent Soul’s limit.
At this moment...even immortals couldn’t save her.
Zhong Heng silently held Lin Wui’s hand, walking through what once was the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, retracing the paths they’d walked together before.
The mental state honed over two thousand years of cultivation was now in chaos.
"Brother, you must achieve immortality," Lin Wui finally smiled at Zhong Heng and said.
After that, the breath of life within her began to fade away slowly.
Longevity Ghosts appeared behind her.
"No, get away from me!" Zhong Heng, with slightly reddened eyes, looked at these Longevity Ghosts, unleashing the aura of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator.
The five-colored divine light reached the heavens and earth, shattering the space inch by inch.
Yet it was futile against the Longevity Ghosts.
Because these so-called Longevity Ghosts were neither ghosts nor any creatures, just a personification of a cultivator’s life ending and death.
Lin Wui’s body, devoid of vitality, fell into Zhong Heng’s arms.
"I clearly have achieved Divinity Transformation..."
What of Divinity Transformation?
Even immortals can only extend life, not grant immortality.
Eternal life, achievable only through cultivation.
Zhong Heng personally buried Lin Wui in Celestial Rainbow Valley.
Among the companions in Celestial Rainbow Valley, some were once leaders of dominant factions, some harbored great secrets, some possessed extraordinary inheritances, and some had unmatched Qi Fortune.
But under the relentless wash of time, all would eventually become a handful of yellow earth.
Divinity Transformation, life extension, not that simple.
"Alliance Leader Zhong..."
"Zhong Heng..."
Again several streaks of flowing light descended.
Hardly any familiar faces remained.
Only Kong Ling, that long-lived Peacock, and Monieya, the deity.
Zhong Heng did not inquire about his Incarnation’s whereabouts.
He merely dismissed everyone, sat in silence for a day.
The Celestial Rainbow Artifact Spirit recounted to him everything that had transpired over a thousand years.
"So much could happen in a millennium..."
Zhong Heng chuckled lightly.
"Achieve immortality... I will."
