bookbashuk Chapter 269 Pavilion Master, I'm Going to the Origin Continent
Chapter 269 Pavilion Master, I'm Going to the Origin Continent
Chapter 269 Pavilion Master, I'm Going to the Origin Continent
Xu Qing simply shook his head slightly, then smiled and said, "Wrong, and completely wrong. This cultivator's lifespan is a full 300 trillion years."
"What?! Thirty trillion years?!"
These five words, upon reaching the ears of the Qilin Ancient Emperor, were like a thunderclap from the heavens!
He froze on the spot, his pupils dilated to the extreme, losing their luster.
Three trillion years?
He even had to count it several times in his mind before he could barely grasp the concept of the number.
Faced with such enormous numbers and such a vast expanse of time, a lifespan of millions of years is but a fleeting moment like morning dew.
Those phrases that people used to praise, such as "May you live as long as the Southern Mountain," "May you live as long as Heaven and Earth," "May you shine as brightly as the Sun and Moon," and "May you be immortal for all eternity," have become laughable jokes.
Mountains will eventually dry up and seas will eventually crumble, the universe will eventually collapse and be destroyed, and the sun and moon will eventually be extinguished and disappear.
In three trillion years, let alone how many ancient emperors and supreme beings could be born, the universe itself would have gone through countless cycles of creation and destruction!
"No wonder Lord Xu Qing suddenly burst out laughing."
The Qilin Ancient Emperor felt extremely ashamed when he thought of Xu Qing's smile just now.
He suddenly felt like he had uttered some grand words, like a country bumpkin who had never been to the city.
"What universe do these cultivators come from? Could they be from the Immortal Realm?"
The Ancient Emperor Qilin couldn't help but think of asking some questions to ease the awkwardness.
But when he thought about the enormous span of 300 trillion years, he felt embarrassed.
Even saints have such long lifespans, does the Immortal Realm really have such an environment?
If such an environment existed, there should have been rumors about it.
Even as an ancient emperor, the Qilin Ancient Emperor seemed to have never heard of a saint ascending to the Immortal Realm and possessing such a long lifespan.
The ancient king of Qilin even doubted whether immortals could have such a long lifespan.
"It's not the Immortal Realm; I usually call it the Primordial Universe, which belongs to a spacetime called the Origin Continent."
Xu Qing replied.
As expected, it wasn't the Immortal Realm—the Qilin Ancient Emperor looked embarrassed, and his longing for the Immortal Realm faded somewhat.
He pressed further, "In that realm, how many cultivators possess lifespans approaching eternity like this?"
Although the lifespan of immortal gods truly frightened him, in the vast universe, even the richest resources have their limits.
"Immeasurable." Xu Qing smiled and stretched out his hand, making a fist. "If you could grind a piece of heaven and earth into dust, the number of those dust particles would be this scale."
This is no exaggeration.
Just kidding, what does immortality even mean?
On the continent of origin, there is no such thing as immortality; true gods are as common as roadside grass and trees.
In the universe opened up by the God-King, beings who reach adulthood are immortal. How are such beings different from the mortals in the world of Shrouding the Heavens?
Oh, I misspoke, it's not that valuable.
The value of a mere mortal in the game "Covering the Sky" is in the tens of trillions, so this value is still far too high in comparison.
It's not even as good as the sand on the roadside.
The value of a God-King Yu Shen is not even comparable to that of a Chaos Realm weapon. Anyone in the Chaos Realm can buy a complete universe if they want it.
For the God-King, opening up the universe was merely a means to alleviate the overpopulation of his descendants and suppress population pressure.
Upon hearing Xu Qing's words, the Ancient Emperor of the Qilin opened his mouth wide, his pupils shrank completely, and his mind went almost blank.
The vast world shattered into countless specks of dust? Can that really be used to describe the number of immortals?!
How could there be so many beings in that spacetime, beings with low strength but near-eternity?!
His lips trembled, and after a long pause, he could only manage to squeeze out, "This—how is this possible?"
"Why would I need to lie to you?" Xu Qing retorted.
The Ancient Qilin Emperor was startled, then, as if grasping a crucial point, his eyes suddenly lit up as he stared intently at Xu Qing: "Sect Master! Since you can use cultivators from that world to refine pills, you must have mastered the method to get there! Could you—could you send me to the Origin Continent?"
At that moment, he suddenly let go of all his obsessions.
After experiencing a world-shattering shock, the Ancient Emperor Qilin surprisingly lost his desire to go to the Immortal Realm.
Instead, he wanted to go to that space-time called the Primal Universe, the Origin Continent.
Having lingered on for millions of years, solely for the sake of becoming an immortal and entering the Immortal Realm, this obsession was so easily forgotten by the Qilin Ancient Emperor.
Becoming an immortal means having the same vast lifespan, but so what?
In that spacetime, even saints could achieve a state where the universe decays but I remain immortal—that's terrifying.
"You actually want to go to the Origin Continent?"
Xu Qing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, truly not expecting the Qilin Ancient Emperor to change so quickly.
Just a moment ago he was obsessed with "becoming an immortal and entering the immortal realm", but now he has completely abandoned his lifelong obsession and devoted all his attention to the Origin Continent.
He looked at the barely concealed urgency in the eyes of the Qilin Ancient Emperor and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
As expected, he was a country bumpkin who had never seen anything good before. He had been tormented by the broken will of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths his whole life. When he saw a world like the Origin Continent, it was like a starving person seeing hot food.
"You change your mind quickly." Xu Qing tapped the table lightly with his fingertip, his voice carrying a hint of understanding. "You were thinking of becoming an immortal and entering the immortal realm before, how come you've changed your mind now?"
The Qilin Ancient Emperor blushed, but did not hide it: "What the Pavilion Master said is absolutely true. Even in the Immortal Realm, I'm afraid only immortals can match the eternal lifespan that the Pavilion Master spoke of."
"On the primordial continent of the origin of the universe, even sages can attain such long lifespans. Compared to that, who wouldn't be tempted?"
Xu Qing smiled and nodded upon hearing this.
That's right.
Both the primordial cosmic will and the source world will are like a doting mother, wanting nothing more than to feed her child.
Breakthroughs and feeding, resources piled up to bury people, true gods everywhere, immortals are worse than dogs.
The humans of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are like stepchildren, each one treated as if they were raised by a stepmother. Heaven's will not only suppress the upper limit of life, but also steals lifespan. Heaven's will obliterates the lifespan of all things with a single stroke, and even the Great Emperor cannot live past 20,000 years.
No wonder the Ancient Emperor Qilin couldn't take his eyes off anything resembling a normal world.
It's not that the Ancient Emperor Qilin lacked self-control; it's that he had endured hardship for too long, and when he suddenly saw something sweet, who could resist his temptation?
The performance of the Qilin Ancient Emperor can only be described by two sentences from Xu Qing's previous life.
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"Going to the Origin Continent isn't impossible," Xu Qing said, feigning thought.
Seeing the Qilin Ancient Emperor's eagerness to leave immediately, he remained calm, but offered a condition that instantly froze the Qilin Ancient Emperor: "Going to the Origin Continent is simple. Just gather a hundred Imperial Artifacts for me, and I will take you away right away."
"One hundred...one hundred imperial artifacts?"
The Ancient Emperor Qilin's voice suddenly rose, his eyes widening as if he hadn't heard clearly, and he asked again, "Sect Master, you mean—one hundred? The true Imperial Artifacts?"
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