Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

"One more year should be enough..."

A year is quite a long time for ordinary people; mortals don't have many years to wait for.

But for Xi Heng, it was just a blink of an eye.

Cultivation has no concept of time, and having experienced the dragon's concept of time, the word "wait" is almost no longer in the dictionary.

If it doesn't affect one's psychological lifespan, it wouldn't matter even if she had to wait for a hundred years.

While casually browsing the network in the rest area, Xi Heng received another message from Da Ling, which he glanced at and read aloud:

"Are there more spirit entities awakening? Stabilize them first, and let me know when you've accumulated a certain number."

I opened the message, but it didn't bring up anything I was looking for.

The message sent by Da Ling concerned the original design draft of the array patterns around the seventh-generation spirit creation body.

She groped around in the deep-sea network and found some clues about the design drafts of the spirit creation. After searching for a long time, she finally found a relevant location recently.

Although it is still unknown whether there are any design drafts of spirit entities at this location, the large amount of information obtained from the long search is still of some use. It can eliminate the most untrue ones and select the closest to the target through various connections.

After reading it, Xi Heng replied:

"If we can find this design and the data within it, we can remove the lifespan limit of the spirit creation?"

The other party replied instantly:

"That might work, but I'm too weak in reality, so I need your help to obtain any possible design drafts."

"Tell me the specific details first," the girl said.

The Great Spirit said:

“That’s a small sect affiliated with the Spirit Blood Sect. It has Golden Core Peak cultivators living inside. Searching it now might be discovered and could even cause trouble. It’s better to keep this matter hidden… It would be best to wait until you advance to the Nascent Soul stage before taking action. I will gather more information and then hand it over to you.”

"Okay."

Xi Heng already considered advancing to the Nascent Soul stage as his highest priority, so not being disturbed was just fine.

"So, how much have you contributed?" the other person asked.

"Well, at the current rate of growth, I should be able to exchange for the Five Elements Spirit Fruit in a year. I hope I won't get the water-attribute spirit fruit that I least want." The girl pressed her temples.

Water-attribute spiritual fruits are incompatible with her spiritual root, and their contribution to the success rate of advancement is minimal.

Other spiritual fruits are still usable to some extent, with fire-attribute fruits being the best and wood-attribute fruits being the second best.

"I hope so." Da Ling was unable to provide assistance regarding matters concerning high-level cultivators.

After the conversation ended, Xi Heng closed the message interface and continued browsing the wide area network.

After the break, I continued my meditation with my eyes closed.

……

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the contribution has finally been enough.

Xi Heng left the cultivation room and streaked across the sky like a shooting star, arriving at the square in front of the Duguang Pavilion complex.

Then, he went straight to the building of the Tokyo Pavilion, which dealt with matters related to contributions, and upon entering, he slammed the token on the counter and said:

"Exchange for Five Elements Spirit Fruits."

"..." The staff inside the department were stunned for a moment, and a few seconds later someone came to help.

The newcomer, dressed in a blue robe with star patterns from the Duguang Pavilion, with several purple cloud patterns around his waist compared to the others, answered awkwardly:

"Senior, you may have come to the wrong place. It's fine to exchange for ordinary spiritual treasures here, but if you need a treasure like the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit, you need to go to the upper level."

"above?"

Xi Heng looked up and only saw the ceiling.

"The first level of the Supreme Heaven is the ancestral temple of the Jin Yuan Sect. Upon entering, you will see the sect's patriarch seated, with the Five Elements Pillar behind him. The spiritual fruits are also stored there. Simply present your contribution token to the patriarch to view them." The other party explained.

"When flying, in order to determine the cause of your journey, please do not put the token into your storage magic treasure. If you carry it with you, you will not be hindered."

Xi Heng blinked and asked, "The patriarch of the Golden Origin Sect? That Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"Exactly."

"Do Nascent Soul cultivators even have jobs...?" She hadn't expected to meet a Nascent Soul cultivator so soon, and she became slightly interested: "I'll go up and take a look."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl grabbed the contribution token again, turned around, and vanished from the room in an instant, turning into flames.

Returning, it soared high into the sky like a sharp sword piercing the heavens.

Amidst the swirling winds and the fluctuating flames, the fire transformed into a phoenix shape, trailing a long, fiery tail.

Within the flame-colored interior was a token that, upon reaching a certain height, spontaneously emitted a dazzling golden light, shooting straight towards the top of the magnificent treetop.

Soon, Xi Heng climbed to a platform that was almost the highest peak in the world and stood on the towering divine tree thousands of meters high.

This place looks like a bird's nest, made entirely of tree branches. No planks were cut; the branches, large and small, were simply twisted together. The total size was only a few hundred meters wide, coiled around a huge tree branch.

The buildings ahead were also formed by the twisting of untreated branches, resembling tiled houses, but with a strange appearance.

Sunlight shone directly through the gaps in the branches of the house, illuminating the interior.

There was no door to the house. Xi Heng walked forward and saw the scene at the end of the house in the middle—there was a wooden chair made of tree branches, with a human figure rooted on it.

With amplified vision by spiritual light, it became clear that the human figure was completely covered by tree branches, as if imprisoned on them.

The person had a strange appearance, with two kinds of scales on his skin: golden and black. His exposed skin was old and wrinkled, and his neck was several times longer than that of an ordinary person. His head swayed slightly in the wind, and his white hair was scattered.

Even from two hundred meters away, the dragon's might on this person was still clearly visible.

Even though the other party didn't make any deliberate moves, or even glance in their direction, Xi Heng already felt pressure on his heart.

……

Volume 1: Chapter 304, Useless Belongings

Changpingjing, the highest heaven.

The rough branches of all sizes are intertwined and squeezed together, stretching and spreading wildly, often colliding and intersecting with other dense branches.

Once the golden branches collide, they either bypass each other or continue to grow vigorously until one side is bruised and dented, or even drills out a pit-like hole.

Such conflicts are numerous; one only needs to look up at the tree canopy to see countless examples.

Tens of thousands of branches overlapped and leaned against each other, appearing to Xi Heng like a golden curtain covering half the sky and the earth.

She was in the upper canopy, on a platform near the edge, where she could barely see the blue sky and the sun.

If one were positioned slightly lower, or closer to the center of the divine tree's canopy, the golden branches would likely cover the entire field of vision, obscuring the sky and clouds, leaving only endless golden branches covering everything, and obscuring any other radiance different from the golden light.

Bathed in golden light, Xi Heng stepped onto the twisted, golden branches that formed the ground and walked toward the strangely distorted houses ahead.

Inside the central wooden hall, there was a strangely shaped figure with its head swaying back and forth, like a lantern hanging on the head of an anglerfish in the deep sea.

Meanwhile, in areas beyond the reach of the five senses, the dragon's might was sweeping in like a whirlwind.

Perhaps because of their similar bloodline, this dragon's might is of the same kind as the one that Izumi Yuu once created.

The difference lies in their power; Jin You's power is merely a gentle breeze to her, while what is before her is a raging storm.

On the surface, Xi Heng appeared unaffected, his expression unchanged and his pace calm.

But inside, the closer she got to that place, the more clearly she could feel her own spiritual power being suppressed.

If one were to use light footwork or flying techniques at this moment, the speed would inevitably decrease by several percent.

The distance in front of me is only a hundred meters, but it feels more difficult than flying thousands of meters high.

Half a minute later, Xi Heng finally arrived at the wooden hall formed by twisted branches and stepped inside.

The moment the toes touched the ground, the head swaying on the only chair deep inside the hall suddenly stopped and turned to look at the person.

"..."

The golden vertical pupils opened, and the dragon's might immediately increased several times, causing Xi Heng to stop in his tracks.

Her footsteps echoed and faded in the silence, and then the strange old man in the far seat let out a faint call.

"For a long time, how long? No one has come..."

The golden light from the branches fell on the other person, making their skin shimmer with golden and black scales.

The person before me had horns on his head, a protruding face, rough skin with a dragon-like shape, a bright white line on his long neck, and scales along his spine.

Compared to the dragon-spirited person Xi Heng had encountered in Da Zhao, this person before him was more in line with the description of 'half-dragon, half-human'.

However, it was clearly an old dragon on the verge of death.

Upon getting close, Xi Heng could see the dense death aura emanating from the other person, clearly indicating that he was on the verge of death.

It wouldn't be surprising if the other person died the next second—she just hoped that this guy wouldn't die during her audience with the emperor.

The young woman performed a slight bow and spoke solemnly:

"Senior, I have come to exchange my contributions for the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit. May I ask where I can obtain it?"

"Don't rush, ask first." This cultivator, currently the strongest in the Senluo Realm, paused after every few words, as if his internal energy was insufficient to continue speaking: "What year and month is it today?"

"July of the 920th year of the Luo Tian calendar," Xi Heng replied casually.

"Heh, didn't sleep long." The other shook its withered dragon head, its voice hoarse: "After waking up, I even encountered a bird, not bad... How's it going now?"

"Changpingjing? Nothing major happened there."

"As long as I am alive, nothing serious will happen," he said. "My younger generation once said they would establish a new world through the formation network. What has become of them?"

“The New World of Array Networks?” Xi Heng thought for a moment and said, “If it’s a virtual game world, it’s developing well. Most people in Changpingjing are in it.”

"Is this illusory world truly real?" the old man asked, swaying unsteadily.

"I don't know, I just came to ask for the Five Elements Spirit Fruit." Xi Heng tried to steer the conversation back on track.

"Hmm..." But the old man continued to ask, "What kind of work have you done, and how did you come here to make a contribution?"

"Storage space," the girl replied helplessly.

"The Phoenix Clan is indeed skilled at creating space."

Xi Heng was not surprised that the person before him could sense the Phoenix Clan bloodline. Just as he was about to return to the main topic, he was stopped by the next question:

"However, that Yellow Phoenix Clan left a thousand years ago. You must have come from another realm. Where are you?"

"..." The girl blinked, thinking that no matter what happened, she could just reload the save file and see through everything, so she answered directly: "From the Pure Fire Realm."

"That's it. Among the four directions and five elements, only the Fire Element Realm is said to have been inhabited by a white phoenix at the Dao Integration Realm." The other party nodded: "You obtained her relics and two strands of her bloodline, which can be considered a great opportunity."

"Harmony, the Dao Harmony Realm?" Xi Heng blinked.

She had heard these two words from Mi Jie, a cultivator of the Great Zhao Dynasty; the Dao Integration Realm was the state after the Nascent Soul stage.

I never expected that I would come into contact with someone at the Dao Integration level in the Fire Hell, where the highest level is the Foundation Establishment Peak—even if it was just a trace of that person.

“That’s right, the cultivation of emptiness and the union of the Dao…” The half-dragon sighed, “The union of the Dao can deduce all things, communicate with heaven and earth, clarify the truth and discern the world with a single thought, and be protected by the gods in the vast emptiness without obstruction. Unfortunately, this old man can’t even think about it.”

"Is the White Phoenix Legacy I obtained also at the Dao Integration Realm?" Xi Heng thought to himself.

Looking down at the two tufts of hair hanging on her chest, she felt a little dazed and confused.

"It depends on what you obtain. If you take her head, phoenix heart, and true elixir, you will be at the Dao level. If you only take a few drops of phoenix blood, flesh, and feathers, you will at most have a little aura, and you will not even be at the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"I see..." The girl's newly risen expectation vanished in an instant, and she shook her head to get back to business: "Senior, where are the Five Elements Spiritual Fruits?"

"Yes, hand over the token." The other party stopped chatting.

Xi Heng stepped forward with the token, only to find that the other party's hands were trapped on the wooden chair and he could not move, and he did not know where or when to hand it over.

As I took a few steps closer, a golden light suddenly appeared and swept across the token.

After the golden light disappeared, the other party turned to look at the house and then asked, "Which one to exchange for, the embryo or the full fruit?"

"It's a success." Xi Heng had deliberately accumulated a sufficient amount of contribution points so that he could directly purchase the finished product.

"Let me take a look..." The half-dragon closed his eyes for a moment, then turned back and recommended, "Over the years, the Liu Niu tree has failed to grow any fire-attribute spirit fruits. Only the immature fruit embryos have a chance to transform into fire-attribute ones. How about we exchange this for one?"

As Xi Heng listened, he inexplicably felt that all the cultivators involved in exchanging contribution points were recommending this fruit embryo.

I blurted out instinctively, "Is it that you can't sell this stuff...?"

The old cultivator said, "This item was born from the dragon's energy and was originally intended for use by the Jin Yuan clan. However, recently no one in the clan has been able to advance, and the item's appearance is not good, so it has been left here for a long time."

"As expected, they just won't sell." The girl sighed, rubbing her forehead.