Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 649 - 290: Only His Legend Remains (2)

After several decades in isolation, Fu Chen at last stepped out of seclusion.

He viewed himself as the former unrivaled genius across the Northern and Southern Domains, surpassing all rivals and leaving them far in his dust.

Being a loose cultivator who reached such heights, Fu Chen harbored immense inner pride, even if he never voiced it aloud.

For the first time in many years, Fu Chen pulled out a unique Communication Jade Scroll and reached out to an old acquaintance—a loose cultivator expert in trading secrets.

In those days, to maximize gains from the Profound Truth Secret Realm, he had disguised himself as another person and struck a bargain with that cultivator prior to stepping inside.

Fu Chen had paid a thousand spirit stones upfront, ensuring that upon contact, the other side would compile every bit of collected data up to that point and transmit it directly to him.

Fu Chen perched quietly on a slab of bluestone, anticipating a reply.

Sure enough, shortly afterward, the contact honored their word by delivering a full rundown of the key happenings in the Northern and Southern Domains during Fu Chen's long seclusion, arranged by timeline.

A quick scan of the details brought an involuntary grin to Fu Chen's face.

The initial report centered on the Profound Truth Secret Realm.

It detailed how the Profound Truth Secret Realm fell apart, with the loose cultivator Fu Chen claiming the Harmonization Profound Skill.

Numerous mighty figures from the Northern and Southern Domains, even Integration Realm Ancestors among them, hunted for traces of him yet came up empty-handed. His trail stayed unknown even now.

Fu Chen's aura inevitably drew in the lingering soul of Wei Wuya.

"Xiao Chen, what has you grinning like that?"

Fu Chen responded: "Teacher, remember how we teamed up to grab those treasures and slip away from the Profound Truth Secret Realm without a trace? No one ever figured us out, and folks are still buzzing about it today."

Wei Wuya grinned as well.

"They never imagined that someone bold enough to snatch the loot would have an escape plan ready beforehand."

Fu Chen let out a light laugh:

"Those idiots chased shadows for years without a clue, buzzing around like flies with no heads. I bet they're fuming enough to cough up blood."

Wei Wuya tugged at his lengthy beard and remarked:

"Cut the joking around; keep reading the rest to me. You've spent these decades in quiet cultivation here, breaking into the Void Path Realm and mastering the Blood Fire Rule."

"In your present body and Primordial Spirit condition, should I take over you, we might even flee from an Integration Realm Venerable."

"It's high time we showed ourselves once more."

Fu Chen exclaimed with delight, "Yes!"

This stretch of isolation marked the quietest phase in his entire life, and he yearned to venture out and crush those elite prodigies from the upper sects.

His journey had always been grand, driven by a burning desire to outmatch every sect peer as a mere loose cultivator.

He had previously bested the leading True Inheritors from every sect in the Southern True Domain save the top-tier upper ones, and now he aimed to topple the last three elite prodigies from those upper sects, realizing his long-held dream.

Wei Wuya observed that Fu Chen started off breezy while perusing the Communication Jade Scroll, only for his face to abruptly grow grave.

Wei Wuya creased his brow a bit and inquired, "What's got you looking so grim all of a sudden?"

Fu Chen muttered:

"The geniuses Wu Dao, Chu Xiaotian, and Ren Zong—they all met their end long ago!"

This revelation stunned Wei Wuya too.

"What? Weren't they thriving right before we departed? Plus, as prized talents of top-tier upper sects, how could they fall so readily?"

Fu Chen gulped and affirmed, "Teacher, that's exactly what the message states."

"Go on reading; aren't Niu Man from Niu Mo Upper Sect and the Immortal Species Ning Qi of Infinite Sword Sect still kicking?"

Thus, Fu Chen pressed on.

Yet with each line he absorbed, Fu Chen's demeanor grew increasingly heavy.

He lost all interest in lighthearted talk with his teacher Wei Wuya, eager only to devour the entire account at once.

When he finished, sweat poured down his brow, leaving him soaked like he'd been dragged from a river.

Witnessing this, Wei Wuya realized trouble was afoot.

Although he burned to learn right away what upheavals over the decades had shaken Fu Chen so deeply, Wei Wuya restrained himself, certain Fu Chen would share in due time.

Soon after.

Fu Chen stared at Wei Wuya with empty, dazed eyes.

It took ages before he voiced his bewildered anguish:

"Teacher, have I misjudged the years? Was my seclusion not mere decades, but centuries or even millennia?"

Wei Wuya met his gaze, at a loss for words momentarily.

"Spill it—what on earth went down?"

With that, Fu Chen started narrating the pivotal occurrences of those decades to Wei Wuya.

Following the Profound Truth Secret Realm's downfall, Immortal Species Ning Qi advanced to the Void Path Realm, rooted out betrayers in his sect, and claimed the role of Sect Leader for Infinite Sword Sect.

Sect Leader Ning cut down more than a dozen powerhouses from Beixuan Upper Sect and various others, the first supreme powerhouse among them falling to his blade.

Beixuan Upper Sect vanished without explanation...

Southern True Domain's Feather Transformation Upper Sect schemed against Beixuan Domain, secretly swaying Northern Domain sects with bribes, all to push their borders north.

Infinite Sword Sect's Sect Leader Ning ascended to the Integration Realm...

Feather Transformation Upper Sect unleashed an Integration Ancestor alongside eleven elite powerhouses to eradicate Ning Qi and clear away Infinite Sword Sect as a barrier...

Every member of Feather Transformation Upper Sect, joined by those of Blood Demon Upper Sect, perished under Ning Qi and his forces!

Feather Transformation Upper Sect swallowed their pride and stayed quiet, launching no retaliation.

Tensions between Niu Mo Upper Sect and Feather Transformation Upper Sect escalated sharply, teetering on full-scale conflict, while other Southern True Domain sects held back, wary of getting caught in the crossfire...

As revelation after revelation poured out, Fu Chen recited in a trance, and Wei Wuya absorbed it all in stunned silence.

There were smaller notes too, such as Niu Man, the genius of Niu Mo Upper Sect, achieving the Void Path Realm...

But next to these colossal shifts, it paled in significance.

Wei Wuya snapped back and shot Fu Chen a look brimming with mixed emotions.