Chapter 1397: Under the Drunken Night

Under the night sky, the lights were dazzling, and inside a grand hall, Chen Fei and others were raising their glasses and drinking.

“Come, this cup is my toast to you.” Zhen Jingkong’s face was slightly flushed from the strong liquor, yet he still raised his glass towards Chen Fei, expressing deep gratitude. Huangpu Long had already come to him, making him realize how much Chen Fei had done for him.

Whether it was the favor and cultivation from one of the two Guardian Gods of their Big Dipper Star Sect, the Fifth Layer Great Formation Master ancestor Huangpu Long, or the opportunity in the Formation Cauldron Secret Realm, these were incredibly important to him! They could even be said to be crucial turning points in his life.

For this reason, he felt immeasurable gratitude towards Chen Fei in his heart, which he could only express through this drink; gulp~ he drank it all in one go, not a drop left.

“Why bother saying this between us, Big Brother Zhen? If not for you back then, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. Come, let’s drink!” Chen Fei raised his glass and drank in one go, not feeling that he had sacrificed much in doing these things. He was just this kind of person—for true friends, he could give so much.

“Anyway, thank you very much.” Zhen Jingkong refilled his cup, drank it again, and then, slightly misty-eyed, said, “You’re leaving?”

“Yes, first to Demon Territory Mountain, then to Spirit Essence Holy Academy.” Chen Fei nodded with a smile.

“Why not stay? With your current cultivation level, establishing a force that rivals the Five Great Sects and even the Wang Clan in Qiannan Ancient Kingdom should be very easy, right?” Zhen Jingkong asked.

“Here?”

Chen Fei was slightly startled, then he smiled.

“Big Brother Zhen, take a look at this.”

Chen Fei spoke softly.

As he finished speaking, Chen Fei’s arm swung, and suddenly a light screen appeared in mid-air. In that light screen, it seemed like a mirror filled with simplified illustrations of mountains and rivers, like a huge map—a massive map!

“This is?!” Wou Manhe was also present, and upon seeing the map, he couldn’t help but shrink his pupils and then stare at it firmly, vast and boundless—his first impression!

Endless countries, layers upon layers of indistinguishable regions, countless.

“This is a map I came across by chance, very large, very large!”

At this point, Chen Fei’s eyes also became stirred, gazing at the map in the air, pointing with his hand, a purple beam fell on the northwest corner of the map, outlining an area that was less than one-thousandth of the entire map, he said.

“Here, it should be Qiannan Ancient Kingdom. What do you think?” Chen Fei asked softly.

“What?!”

Zhen Jingkong exclaimed and stared at the area that wasn’t even thumb-sized, muttering, “Here, is Qiannan Ancient Kingdom?!”

“That’s right.” Chen Fei gently nodded.

“Too small.” Wou Manhe murmured heavily from the side.

This happened to be their Qiannan Ancient Kingdom, less than one-thousandth of the region, it was simply too small.

It felt like a neglected corner.

“And look at this.” Chen Fei shifted his finger slightly southeast, reaching an area resembling a small vortex, there, the area was at least twice that of Qiannan Ancient Kingdom, but still less than one-thousandth of the entire map.

“This should be Demon Territory Mountain.” Chen Fei said softly, shaking his head, “Doesn’t it also feel too small?”

“Gulp~” Zhen Jingkong swallowed and nodded vigorously.

“Yes!”

“And look at this.” Chen Fei’s finger shifted further southeast, finally reaching a domain ten times larger than Qiannan Ancient Kingdom and Demon Territory Mountain combined, and there, it was about five-thousandths of the whole map, two-hundredths.

“This is the Triple Emperor Domain, our human race’s stronghold, but on this map, it occupies only two-hundredths of the total area.”

Chen Fei paused slightly, then smiled, “Big Brother Zhen, do you know now why I want to leave? In my view, Qiannan Ancient Kingdom is too small, so is Demon Territory Mountain, and even the Triple Emperor Domain. Look here…”

Chen Fei’s finger moved once more along the map in mid-air, finally reaching the very center of the map, where an enormously vast territory dominated the scene!

And right at the center of that region, marked were four exceptionally conspicuous words.

Immortal Country of Myriad Gods!

“Im-Immortal Country of Myriad Gods?”

Zhen Jingkong looked at those four words and his whole body trembled. What terrifying power dares to establish a nation with a title like ‘Immortal’! You must know, in their Cultivation World, the word ‘Immortal’ represents invincibility and supreme power.

“Do you see this?” Chen Fei pointed to the Immortal Country of Myriad Gods, a faint smile appearing on his lips. “This is the true center of our Cultivation World! It is said that in that place, traces of Immortals are an everyday occurrence…”

“Traces of Immortals?” Wou Manhe suddenly stood up, interrupting Chen Fei’s words, asking excitedly, “Master, are there really Immortals in this world?”

Chen Fei looked at him and nodded without hesitation, saying, “There definitely are!”

Wou Manhe’s eyes immediately burst with extremely complex and excited emotions, his body suddenly seemed drained of strength as he slumped down, muttering, “Immortals truly exist in this world?”

Zhen Jingkong also fell silent at this moment, completely sober, his heart starting to beat wildly.

It turns out that the Qiannan Ancient Kingdom where they were, the Demon Territory Mountain, and even the Triple Emperor Domain were so insignificant, merely the most obscure corners of the entire Cultivation World, and the Immortal Country of Myriad Gods was the real holy land of cultivation, a sea of strong individuals as numerous as clouds.

“Everyone has dreams, and since I’ve embarked on this path, I want to try as well, to see if I can become that legendary immortal, eternal and ageless as the heavens!”

At this moment, Chen Fei spoke again, grabbing the wine jug and gulping it down happily, laughing as he said, “The first time seeing this, maybe you’ll get discouraged, think you’re too insignificant, maybe you’ll give up, thinking you could never surpass those geniuses born among the great powers of the Immortal Country of Myriad Gods, raised with a golden key, thinking you’re just a loser!”

Saying this, Chen Fei paused slightly, looking up towards Zhen Jingkong and Wou Manhe, as expected, both of them now had bewilderment in their eyes.

Indeed, those geniuses and prodigies born with a golden key among the superpowers of the Immortal Country of Myriad Gods, they probably could never catch up with them in this lifetime, might not even be qualified to look up at their backs.

“But…” At this time, Chen Fei’s light chuckle fell heavily into their ears, smiling as he said, “But don’t you find this more interesting? They were given status, given a background, given mountains of gold and silver, yet they still can’t match me, aren’t as powerful as me, doesn’t that make you feel a great sense of achievement?”

Zhen Jingkong and Wou Manhe raised their heads in astonishment, looking at Chen Fei, only to see that young man’s fragmented smile on his face, filled with an aura of Ling Tian! As if a long sword had been unsheathed, nothing in the world could compete with it.

“Now I finally understand the gap between you and me. You’re simply a madman… But this world’s greatest stage seems to be prepared just for madmen like you.”

Zhen Jingkong shook his head heavily, yet a faint smile began to appear on his face.

The road of Immortal Cultivation is extremely difficult, yet Chen Fei does not retreat in the slightest, full of the spirit of Ling Tian, ambitious, that’s the gap!

Perhaps this is why Chen Fei has, in just a few short years, risen from the ant of Earth to become the overlord of the Qiannan Ancient Kingdom!

This person fears nothing, he’s simply, completely a madman!

“A madman? Then I’m a madman, what’s so wrong with that?” Chen Fei smiled indifferently and said, “Zhen Jingkong, do you want to make a bet with me?”

“Bet on what?” Zhen Jingkong asked.

“In ten years, I want to dominate the Triple Emperor Domain! How about you, do you want to stay in this broken place, unknown and accomplish nothing your whole life, or to fight for it, stand on a grander, more distant stage, let the whole world, let the entire Cultivation World know you! The greatest Immortal Formation Emperor in history, Zhen Jingkong?”

Chen Fei’s words fell into Zhen Jingkong’s ears like thunder in a clear sky, each sentence, each word seemed to penetrate deep into people’s hearts. Resonating strongly.

The greatest Immortal Formation Emperor in history, Zhen Jingkong? Zhen Jingkong’s face was filled with confusion, trembling, shaking… Can I do it… No, I must be able to do it!

“Five years, no! Within three years, meet me at the Spirit Essence Holy Academy, I will definitely go there by then! Definitely!”

Zhen Jingkong was moved, perhaps because Chen Fei had stirred that strand of pride, dreams, and pursuits hidden in everyone’s heart!

Everyone wants to be above others, be known in history, last forever, immortal and ageless as the heavens, to have their name known, admired by the world.

And when dreams like this are born, take root, and sprout, they become the most terrifying and magical driving force in the world. Unbeatable.

At the same time, Wou Manhe also clenched his fists tightly. If Zhen Jingkong harbored dreams in his heart, doesn’t he have them too? If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have followed Chen Fei, becoming a mere servant beneath him.

All of this was because he had dreams, which led him to make these choices incomprehensible to outsiders.

The night deepened, everyone was drunk, sprawled on the ground.

Chen Fei gazed up at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes hazy, seemingly delirious, laughing and muttering to himself: “The greatest Immortal Formation Emperor in history? Sounds pretty good… hic~ what about me, what’s my dream? How about, just try becoming the strongest person in the history of this Cultivation World! Haha, just like that, this ideal is not bad, hahaha…”

Chen Fei’s mouth was full of drunken nonsense, in the end, he succumbed to the alcohol and passed out.

But some things, it seems, have already been imprinted in his heart.

A dream, from this moment, took root and began to sprout in his heart…