Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

The Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry has a history of over sixty thousand years since the fall of Heavenly Summit Mountain itself.

Throughout this sixty-thousand-year history, there have been a total of seventeen champions of Heavenly Summit Mountain who were not disciples of the Five Great Sects.

The path to immortality is long and arduous. The title of Heavenly Summit Mountain champion is merely a temporary lead, a fleeting moment of advantage in the early stages of the cultivation journey.

For those young cultivation prodigies, the title of Heavenly Summit Mountain champion might be the highest honor they could pursue before the age of twenty.

However, when viewed from the perspective of the entire history of the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry, spanning over sixty thousand years, there have been more than six thousand champions. Among these six thousand champions, a considerable number have left their mark in the history of Chenping Continent.

Yet, among the traces they left behind, the record of once being a Heavenly Summit Mountain champion is often the most insignificant one.

As for those seventeen champions who did not hail from the Five Great Sects, the names of sixteen have been completely swallowed by the river of time. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Therefore, the Five Great Sects fundamentally do not care about who steps over the heads of their own sect disciples to claim the summit of Heavenly Summit Mountain.

You may enjoy a moment of glory now, but what about ten years from now?

What about a hundred years, a thousand years from now?

The last champion of Heavenly Summit Mountain who was not from the Five Great Sects, and the only one whose name the world remembers, is Su Hongzhen.

This number one Sword Immortal of Chenping Continent, also the last Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator of the continent, claimed the summit of Heavenly Summit Mountain eight thousand years ago.

Regarding the first sixteen non-Five Great Sects champions, the Five Great Sects offered no particular response, merely offering perfunctory congratulations.

But when Su Hongzhen claimed the summit, the Five Great Sects of Chenping Continent could no longer sit still.

Because Su Hongzhen truly possessed the potential to ascend to immortality.

During the period from the successive falls of True Person Caiyun of the Kongshan Sect and True Person Xuzhou of the Lingxiao Temple, up until Su Hongzhen's birth, Chenping Continent had seen no one ascend to immortality for eight hundred years.

Since the fall of Heavenly Summit Mountain, every cultivator in Chenping Continent who stepped into the Immortal Ascension Realm had come from the Five Great Sects.

And before the fall of Heavenly Summit Mountain, the only one in the world who stepped into the Immortal Ascension Realm without being affiliated with either Heavenly Summit Mountain or the Five Great Sects was Immortal Venerable Fusheng.

In that era, Su Hongzhen's sudden emergence undoubtedly put the Five Great Sects on high alert regarding him. If Su Hongzhen were allowed to grow smoothly, he truly had the capability to change the landscape of Chenping Continent, which was divided among the Five Great Sects.

Even though Su Hongzhen might not have intended to do so, the Five Great Sects could not permit such a person to exist.

Su Hongzhen's death was almost a foregone conclusion at that time.

Until the Daomen Xingzou of the Mirage Palace, Zhou Jinyun, stepped forward to guarantee his safety.

Zhou Jinyun was, in that era, the only cultivator among the Five Great Sects hailed as possessing the potential to ascend to immortality.

While traveling the world in her capacity as the Daomen Xingzou of the Mirage Palace, she happened to meet Su Hongzhen. The reason Su Hongzhen, as a rogue cultivator, obtained the opportunity to participate in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry was entirely due to Zhou Jinyun's recommendation.

After that, the relationship between Su Hongzhen and the Mirage Palace remained relatively close.

In other words, the Five Great Sects actually welcome the emergence of geniuses from ordinary cultivation sects or among rogue cultivators.

Provided those geniuses do not pose a threat to them.

Following Su Hongzhen, Chenping Continent saw the emergence of several more true geniuses who could be said to possess "the potential to ascend to immortality."

For example, Li Haoran, or Qin Qingyu.

And at this very moment, Si Youyou, who is fighting fiercely on the arena platform in the Daoyan Arena.

Three years have passed.

Compared to the six-year-old Si Youyou, the now nine-year-old her is completely incomparable to her three-years-ago self in terms of both combat experience and control over true qi.

Especially after she began cultivating the Purple Mansion Record.

Her opponent is Ji Hanshu from the Liuming Academy.

The Liuming Academy is a top-tier sect in the eastern region of Chenping Continent. With a Unity realm cultivator overseeing it, it holds some renown within the continent and is a regular participant in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.

Before the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry began, Ji Hanshu was highly regarded by many. It was believed that if he encountered the Dao Inquirers from the Five Great Sects later in the competition, he might achieve a quite impressive ranking.

In reality, compared to Dao Inquirers from the Five Great Sects like Yi Ning, Liao Yuankai, and Song Zhengqing, the most eye-catching cultivator in this Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry is undoubtedly Si Youyou.

Only nine years old, she is the youngest Dao Inquirer in this Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.

One could even say she is just a child.

Clang!

The sound of the copper gong rang out, signifying the outcome was decided.

Si Youyou defeated that Dao Inquirer from the Liuming Academy in just three breaths of time.

After the match concluded, Si Youyou walked towards the viewing stand, then came to sit beside Chen Yan.

She wasn't even out of breath, as if she had just gone for a casual stroll.

The little girl lifted her head to gaze at the Heavenly Summit Palace suspended in the sky:

"If I keep winning, I can enter there?"

"Mm."

Chen Yan nodded.

"What's inside that palace?"

Si Youyou asked again.

"No one knows."

Chen Yan replied.

"I'd like to go see for myself..."

"You will find out what's inside, but not now."

Chen Yan immediately denied.

"But, if I defeat everyone, wouldn't I have to enter that palace?"

Si Youyou looked up somewhat puzzled at Chen Yan, who wore the mask of an External Affairs Hall elder of the North Pass Sect beside her.

"Not now."

Chen Yan repeated in a serious tone.

"Then when?"

Si Youyou clearly looked somewhat unconvinced.

"When you achieve the Passable God Realm, you will naturally know what's inside."

Chen Yan said slowly.

Si Youyou didn't understand what Chen Yan meant to convey. At this moment, it was simply impossible for her to comprehend.

"You think I can't win?"

The little girl lifted her chin slightly, her eyes filled with pride.

Completely different from Qin Yue, who was born into a princely household, grew up pampered, and whose hands would tremble and tears would fall after just a few words, Si Youyou—who was forced to flee since childhood due to her father's massive gambling debts—possessed a personality that was instead more confident and bold.

"It's not that I think you can't win."

Chen Yan spoke:

"It's that you must not win."

"Must not win?"

Si Youyou didn't understand.

"In the next Dao Inquiry match, you must lose to Yi Ning."

Chen Yan merely looked at the arena platform in the Daoyan Arena and said this plainly.

"..."

Si Youyou said nothing. She was nine years old now. There were many twists and turns in this world that she simply couldn't figure out.

But Chen Yan would never harm her.

She had believed this firmly from the very first moment she met him.