CHAPTER 670: CHAPTER 494: SUCCESS RATE: 82%!

This commotion is immense.

If it doesn’t result in the emergence of a few True Immortals, that would be fine.

But we’re worried that if this junior brother really ends up enlightening seventy or eighty True Immortals, then in the future, Zhou Yan of the Daoist sect will inevitably become a thorn in the side of both demons and other Daoist sects. They might decide to eliminate him, unable to tolerate his existence any longer.

Isn’t this akin to being roasted on a spit?!

Shi Ze spoke straightforwardly.

The others were also deeply concerned.

"No worries."

"As long as I’m within the sect grounds, no one can harm me."

Since Chen Jichuan chose to make a deal with the Sect Leader for a win-win, he naturally had the mental preparation to be ’roasted on a spit’.

As long as he stays within the Golden Wind Mountain, as long as there are no internal issues within the One Origin Dao Sect, he will be safe.

Even if he cultivates more True Immortals, any problems would be borne by the sect and Master Fu Danzi, along with the Yiyuan Ancestor Master.

Chen Jichuan just needs to acquire a large amount of cultivation resources from the sect, cultivate steadily, and focus on improving his Divine Skills and Daoist cultivation.

"Do not be careless!"

"Demons also have Great Powers. Their methods are no lesser than those of our sect ancestors. Your true body is safe within the Golden Wind Mountain, indeed, but your Dharma Domain Avatar is a potential vulnerability, it may serve as an entry point, endangering your true body."

The East River Palace Master reminded him.

Chen Jichuan’s true body has remained within the sect grounds for 120,000 years, not budging, which is known far and wide within Shenzhou.

Back when his Dharma Domain Avatar ventured out, it didn’t attract much attention. Moreover, Chen Jichuan used his Divine Skills to conceal its movements, so not many were aware.

To be thorough.

The only people aware of his movements were the East River Palace Master, Luo Shan Palace Master, Master Fu Danzi, and the Fourth-order Cultivators at that Ancient Immortal Battlefield.

Not many people know.

But given that 120,000 years have passed, if someone were to visit that Ancient Immortal Battlefield, or if the demons exerted all their efforts to search, it might not be impossible to find him.

This possibility cannot be ignored.

The reminder from the East River Palace Master was indeed necessary.

However, Chen Jichuan was always the most cautious, long prepared: "Teacher can rest assured, my Dharma Domain Avatar left that place years ago and is now wandering throughout the universe, without a fixed abode. The vast universe makes it extremely difficult for demons to find it."

In these 120,000 years, Chen Jichuan crazily amassed 5,800,000 catties of source jade at the Ancient Immortal Battlefield. The ’source jade’ reserves there were mined by Chen Jichuan without restraint.

Any continued mining would damage the core of the Ancient Immortal Battlefield.

This is a Daoist sect’s asset. Chen Jichuan was able to leverage the source jade to quickly lay his early foundational work and was quite satisfied, so naturally, he wouldn’t drain it dry to the detriment of the sect’s interests.

He was also concerned about his growing reputation in Shenzhou and the potential targeting of his Dharma Domain Avatar, so he took this opportunity during his deal with the Sect Leader to resign from his duty as guardian of the Ancient Immortal Battlefield and sought a star map from the sect leader.

Currently, his Dharma Domain Avatar is on its way to the ’Jade Toad Great Heaven and Earth’, the closest to Shenzhou Heaven and Earth.

This is part of Chen Jichuan’s alternate preparations.

His true body is at the Shenzhou Daoist sect, relying on cultivating True Immortals for the sect, extracting resources from it to rapidly improve his Daoist cultivation and skills.

But he can’t solely rely on Shenzhou either.

With his ’Avatar Technique’, he doesn’t need to put all his eggs in one basket.

On another note, the stage of Shenzhou Heaven and Earth is too small. Once he has cultivated to the Second or Third Realm using the sect’s resources, or perhaps even only to the First Realm Peak, he would hit a bottleneck.

At that point, he’d be in trouble.

But ’Jade Toad Great Heaven and Earth’ is one of the twelve Great Heavens in this universe, with even Ancient Immortals residing within it.

Even True Immortals can encounter many opportunities and challenges there.

For Chen Jichuan to forge ahead and make bold advances, having abundant resources is one side of the equation, while sufficient training and experiences are another necessity.

Progressing on both paths concurrently.

Only then can it be full speed ahead.

"That’s good."

Seeing Chen Jichuan well-prepared, the East River Palace Master was relieved.

He didn’t inquire much about Chen Jichuan’s dealings with the sect, trusting in his disciple’s thorough consideration, he said no more and did not linger at Dongqi Palace. Before long, he got up and left.

After staying a few more days, Meng Qing, Liu Hechuan, and others also departed.

Shen Qingyi, Meng Yan, and other four disciples stayed for over ten days and likewise left Dongqi Palace.

After proving to be True Immortals, each had their own responsibilities, their own pace of cultivation, and their own cultivation goals. They could occasionally gather, but it wasn’t possible to always stay together. Moreover, there was a bit of avoidance involved; knowing that Chen Jichuan had secrets, they were unwilling to pry too much.

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The One Origin Dao Sect’s movements were significant.

Many speculated that it might be related to Zhou Yan of the Dongqi Palace.

Therefore.

In the ensuing period, more True Immortals came to Dongqi Palace to see Chen Jichuan in succession.

Hinting at things indirectly.

Trying to get closer.

All kinds of interactions were happening.

With time passing, people gradually learned that the Daoist sect had gathered many Fourth-order Peakers to have the sect’s True Immortals take turns teaching them in hopes that someone among these Fourth-order Peakers could prove their Dao and become True Immortals.

Though it was said that ’all Daoist True Immortals’ would ’take turns teaching’,

Both within and outside of the One Origin Dao Sect, it was widely recognized that, to truly help these Fourth-order Peakers prove Dao, the key still lay with ’Zhou Yan’.

"It is just unknown whether Zhou Yan has passed on the method for cultivating True Immortals to the sect."

People were unsure.

But it didn’t matter.

It didn’t hinder them from trying to get closer to Chen Jichuan, requesting that he help them cultivate one or two True Immortals.

This time, Chen Jichuan did not shirk as he had in the past. Now that he intended to cultivate True Immortals for the sect in exchange for resources, if he could ’sell to both sides’, gaining resources from the sect with each True Immortal nurtured, while also currying favor or gaining tangible benefits from fellow True Immortals, why not?

After all, it was all cultivating True Immortals for the sect, and it didn’t matter which ones were being cultivated.

Thus.

While diligently cultivating, Chen Jichuan also interacted with the True Immortals. For those True Immortals who personally sought him out, whose character he found agreeable, he would remember them, willing to lend a helping hand.

But True Immortals, being high and mighty,

Among the several dozen True Immortals in the sect, only about half approached him, and this half didn’t make excessive demands, at most requesting assistance for one or two.

In the end,

The Fourth-order Peakers brought to his attention by these Daoist True Immortals numbered just over thirty.

"Thirty people."

"It’s not a big deal."

Chen Jichuan had a yardstick in his heart.

Based on the amount of resources he received from the sect, he had a sense of how many True Immortals he should cultivate in return.

This was virtually a costless deal.

Apart from his own safety, there was nearly no cost.

Therefore, naturally, he would not let the One Origin Dao Sect, which treated him generously, suffer losses.

Besides these three dozen Fourth-order Peakers nominated by the True Immortals, in his spare time, Chen Jichuan also reviewed the profiles of over ten thousand Fourth-order Peakers from this generation within the sect. He speculated on their personalities based on their deeds, selected the best candidates who aligned with his preferences, and included them in the prospective True Immortal list. Those with any flaws, such as selfishness, arrogance, or self-righteousness, were all excluded.

In this generation alone, there are over ten thousand Fourth-order Peakers within the One Origin Dao Sect, and even if Chen Jichuan were utterly reckless, he dared not enlighten them all.

He was strict in his selection.

And he was not only choosing from this generation but could also consider the next, and the one after.

Careful selection.

In the end.

From this generation of over ten thousand Fourth-order Peakers, Chen Jichuan initially selected sixty-four who met his criteria, and together with thirty-six who came through the backdoor, he had a total of one hundred people.

Then, quietly enlightening them one by one.

Among them were some who had once been Daoist Chiefs, some were True Immortal Inheritors, some were merely Daoist True Inheritors, and some weren’t even True Inheritors at all.

The quality varied.

Chen Jichuan enlightened them casually, over the course of ten thousand years, out of these hundred, eighty-two successfully proved their Dao.

The success rate for ’enlightening’ True Immortals was as high as eighty-two percent.

Of course.

This was partly due to the higher average quality of Daoist True Immortals, which significantly boosted the success rate.

But it also could not be denied—

"’Enlightenment!’ Truly invincible!"

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