Chapter 1225 - 854: Shun’s Future Arrangements

Accompanied by the hundred-year time blessing bestowed upon the Peach Tree, it immediately caused subtle changes within the True Spirit of the Peach Tree, giving Zhang Chen greater control over the Peach Tree.

"I can increase time by three jiazi in just one day; a month’s time equals 5,400 years; give me a year and it’s more than 60,000 years; ten years would be over 600,000 years. I am determined to fully master the Peach Tree." Zhang Chen gently touched the Peach Tree, and after watering it with some Three Lights Divine Water, he turned and vanished into the void.

Time swiftly passed, and three years later, the flame of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit suddenly vanished. The liquid in the pool used to refine and cultivate Powerful Warriors was exhausted, and without the power of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, the process of cultivating Golden Armored Warriors naturally halted.

"This is bad! The flame of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit has disappeared!"

"Quickly report to the Queen Mother of the West!"

"It’s over! With the flame gone, the alchemy process has been delayed. If the Queen Mother of the West finds out, won’t she punish me to death?" A Golden Armor Divine General roared towards the sky, filled with grief.

Inside the Underground Palace

Zhang Chen naturally heard the external commotion and understood the significant impact of the sudden disappearance of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit.

You must know that Kunlun Mountain gathers children of the human race to cultivate Powerful Warriors. Someone is specially responsible for using the Innate Fire Spirit for alchemy, and for refining Innate Spiritual Materials, turning them into that pool of red liquid, and then utilizing the liquid to cultivate Golden Armored Warriors, who capture various Innate Spirits and collect various Spirit Medicines, thus creating a perfect closed loop.

But now that the flame of the Innate Fire Spirit is gone, for all living beings on Kunlun Mountain, it feels as if the sky has fallen. Especially since many people have tasks assigned by the Queen Mother of the West, for all Golden Armor Divine Generals, failing to complete their tasks could be life-threatening.

The whole of Kunlun Mountain became chaotic, and Zhang Chen stepped out of the stone cave, scanning his eyes over the chaotic Golden Armor Divine Generals, with a trace of inexplicable expression in his eyes: "If this evil path can be cut off, it’s actually a great thing for the people beneath Kunlun Mountain. The lifespan of the Powerful Warriors is exceedingly short, like mayflies, forever unable to see hope."

Zhang Chen indeed feels that if the process of the Queen Mother of the West cultivating Golden Armor Divine Generals was cut off, it would actually benefit the people below the mountain. Once this path is broken, the Golden Armor Divine Generals and ordinary Powerful Warriors would enter the vision of the Queen Mother of the West, becoming an irreplaceable resource on Kunlun Mountain. Then the Queen Mother of the West would have to use the Peach of Immortality to extend the lifespan of the short-lived warriors, as a great act of merit.

Zhang Chen looked far into the distance, with a hint of contemplation in his eyes, silently praying for the Powerful Warriors below the mountain.

"I wonder if the disappearance of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit’s power will alarm the Queen Mother of the West and awaken her from her sleep. After nearly 200,000 years of time acceleration, my Primordial Spirit has almost fully adapted to the Peach Tree; I wonder if I can deceive the Queen Mother of the West?" Zhang Chen’s mind was flooded with countless thoughts.

He had indeed considered leaving the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit underground to provide the flame’s power to Kunlun Mountain, but although the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit had lost its intelligence, it remained an uncertain factor in Kunlun Mountain. The flame emitted by the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit’s intelligence is different from the flame fluctuation without it. Those two Demon Gods, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon might return at any moment, and if the Queen Mother of the West awakens, she would undoubtedly discover this flaw. It’s known that the Queen Mother of the West possesses Primordial realm-level powers, with strength sufficient to reach the heavens and earth, Zhang Chen dared not bet!

As for the Peach Tree, as long as his Primordial Spirit obediently hides within the Peach Tree, and with the camouflage of the Peach Tree’s True Spirit, coupled with nearly 200,000 years of adaptation, Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit has already perfectly integrated with the Peach Tree.

"Of course, according to my deduction, the Queen Mother of the West may not necessarily leave her retreat, since the Golden Armored Guardians at the door definitely won’t report for those warriors." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, this was his judgment.

As expected, under Zhang Chen’s watchful eyes, a group of Golden Armored Warriors requested to see the Queen Mother of the West, but was blocked by the Golden Armored Guardians guarding the door.

"Jia Yi, we request an audience with the Queen Mother of the West; please relay the message, Lord Jia Yi." A Golden Armor Divine General approached the Queen Mother of the West’s sleeping palace and spoke to the Golden Armored Guardians guarding the door when blocked.

"Before the Queen Mother of the West entered her retreat, she ordered that no one should disturb her, even if you have the most significant reason, you cannot disturb the lady’s cultivation." Jia Yi stood in front of the door.

"The alchemy furnace’s flames have extinguished, preventing us from cultivating new warriors, and the current warriors cannot achieve immortality; soon enough, their lives will be exhausted. Who will handle the work on Kunlun Mountain then? If we fail to complete the tasks of the Queen Mother of the West, what should we do if she imposes punishment?" A Golden Armored Warrior, anxious and distressed, spoke up about his worries.

Jia Yi shook his head upon hearing this: "How could I not know the difficulty you all face? Yet I, too, have my own constraints; the Queen Mother of the West has given an order, how dare I defy it? As for extending the lives of those warriors, you may seek Lady Biyun to see if she has any solution to temporarily alleviate the urgent situation. Once the Queen Mother of the West leaves her retreat, we can report then."

Upon hearing this, the Golden Armor Divine Generals thought it reasonable, and hurriedly rushed towards the Alchemy Room.

Facing the anxious Golden Armored Warriors, Lady Biyun took out the whereabouts of the elixir from somewhere unknown and addressed those warriors who wished to see the Queen Mother of the West: "This elixir can extend life by ten years; it is a creation I have refined in recent years. Distribute it to the warriors below. I will retreat to refine more of the life-extending elixir to maintain the current situation of West Kunlun until the Queen Mother of the West emerges."

Lady Biyun took out dozens of gourds filled with elixirs, dismissed the group of Golden Armored Warriors, and began gathering people to collect herbs for alchemy.

Zhang Chen looked at Lady Biyun, who was preparing to refine alchemy, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He hadn’t expected her to be able to refine an Elixir of Immortality, nor did he think that she would so easily suppress this matter. When the Queen Mother of the West emerged from seclusion in a few hundred years, his Primordial Spirit would have already completely merged with the Peach Tree of Immortality.

"Actually, one could say the two have already merged, though it’s still lacking in some aspects, leaving a few flaws. The Queen Mother of the West is a formidable being of the Primordial Level; any slight flaw would be detected by her. I cannot afford any negligence," Zhang Chen muttered to himself, then glanced at the laboring powerful warriors, thinking to himself:

"How fortunate you all are. I’ve disrupted the cycle at Kunlun Mountain, giving you a chance to survive, and perhaps even the opportunity to become Golden Armor Warriors, reaching higher realms." Zhang Chen thought of himself as a blessing to these people.

As for Lady Biyun refining life-extending pills, while it was unexpected for Zhang Chen, it was not surprising upon closer thought. Why is that?

Kunlun Mountain is not lacking in Spirit Medicine, and there’s an abundance of blood from various Innate Spirits. Mixing them casually could yield pills for Washing Marrow and Cutting Hair, thus extending lifespan.

Moreover, with various Innate Spiritual Medicines in Kunlun Mountain, refining them to extend lifespan is not a difficult task.

As for why the Peach Tree of Immortality hadn’t borne fruit despite Zhang Chen accelerating its time by over two hundred thousand years?

It’s actually because Zhang Chen used his Authority of Wood Element to suppress the Peach Tree of Immortality. Otherwise, it would have borne fruit countless times by now. If it bore fruit in just a few years, wouldn’t it expose everything?

Regarding the range of Zhang Chen’s current Authority of the Five Elements?

With the addition of Spiritual Treasures transformed by the Four Spirits of Heaven Opening, the range of Zhang Chen’s Authority of the Five Elements was enough to envelop the entire Peach Tree of Immortality.

After the storm passed, everything seemed to return to normal at West Kunlun, except for Lady Biyun being busy with alchemy every day; everything else seemed unchanged.

One day, Zhang Chen appeared before Ying, who was planting Spirit Medicine on a certain mountaintop. Along with Zhang Chen becoming the Queen Mother of the West’s favorite, Ying also received special treatment. His cultivation not only rose to the realm of the Golden Body but was also granted peaches to extend his life by the Queen Mother of the West.

"Father!"

Upon seeing Zhang Chen approaching, Ying quickly put down his hoe and respectfully saluted.

"How is your practice of Giant Heaven Opening coming along?" Zhang Chen asked.

Ying, embarrassed, scratched his head: "In response, Father, your child is dull-witted, and after several centuries, I’ve only reached the tenth level."

Zhang Chen looked at Ying, who was full of embarrassment, and patted him on the shoulder: "Have you ever thought about leaving Kunlun Mountain to see the outside world?"

Ying was taken aback by the question, then hesitantly looked in the direction of the Kunlun Mountain peak: "This..."

Zhang Chen looked at Ying, his mouth curving into a smile, as he gently tapped Ying’s forehead with a fingertip: "I’ve already taught you the complete Technique for Powerful Warrior Moving Mountain and Giant Heaven Opening, as well as the Technique for Primordial Spirit cultivation passed down by the Queen Mother of the West. After you leave Kunlun Mountain, you must cultivate well and never return."

"Must your child truly leave Kunlun Mountain? What if the Queen Mother of the West pursues the matter..." Fear filled Ying’s eyes.

"You obviously cannot leave openly. You can fake your own death to leave, which will give you an excuse," Zhang Chen replied, simultaneously pulling out a pearl of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning from his sleeve and handing it to Ying: "I will teach you an incantation. Use your blood to sacrificially refine this treasure. It might help you nurture a Primordial Spirit, or even assist you in mastering the power of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning."

Zhang Chen wasn’t very interested in the power of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning. He had the Five-Colored Divine Light, commanding the Five Elements Origin of Heaven and Earth. Though the power of the Four Spirits of Heaven Opening was good, it wasn’t aligned with his path.

"What is this?" Ying looked at the pearl of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning, curiosity tinging his eyes.

Zhang Chen directly opened Ying’s wrist, assisting him in sacrificial refining of the pearl of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning, also helping him with the Primordial Spirit anchored within it. Soon, Ying would be able to master the power of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning. By then, Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit would also transform into the True Spirit of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning, protecting Ying for life.

"This is the relic of a Divine Demon. Keep it well hidden and do not expose it," Zhang Chen instructed before pulling out two nine-thousand-year-old Peaches of Immortality: "Eat them! These two nine-thousand-year-old Peaches of Immortality can extend your life by eighteen thousand years. If you fail to master the power of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning in eighteen thousand years, you deserve your fate. If you can master the power of the Wind Spirit of the Beginning, you will naturally become immortal, freeing yourself from the shackles of lifespan."