I'm in Shrouding the Heavens Practicing Eternal Life

“We should also head back.”

Hua Yunfei had become more confident, and possessed the rare cultivation of a Great Power among his peers. After devouring the essence of the Thunder Spirit Saint, his cultivation speed had been rapidly increasing. With the Devouring Heaven Magic Art and the Undying Heavenly Art complementing each other, his Chaos Origin had grown significantly. His various divine arts were profound, and his strength was comparable to that of an old-fashioned Saint Lord.

Therefore, he was now an influential figure in the Tai Xuan Sect, capable of influencing various decisions.

If he could, he would have liked to stay here longer, but he was no longer a puppet, but Hua Yunfei himself. He had to cultivate for the agreement to fight against the Dark Supreme, and also fulfill the wishes of his grandfather and father by handling various affairs within the Tai Xuan Sect, so he couldn't stay for long.

“I won’t see you off; I’ve been busy all day today,” Luo Mo said casually to Hua Yunfei.

“No need to be so polite.”

Some of the young disciples that Hua Yunfei brought from the Tai Xuan Sect bowed and bid farewell. Among these young disciples, there was a woman who looked in Ye Fan's direction.

Hmm, he has a beauty by his side, and a very beautiful one at that, with a noble identity, a fairy from an ancient aristocratic family.

She didn't step forward to greet him, but silently followed the Tai Xuan Sect's group as they left.

“Hey, Yezi,” Pang Bo nudged Ye Fan beside him with his shoulder, giving him a meaningful look.

Ye Fan glanced over and met Li Xiaoman's gaze from the Tai Xuan Sect.

“……”

“……”

Li Xiaoman pretended nothing was amiss and looked away, as if she didn't recognize him.

“Hmm?”

Ji Ziyue was a little suspicious, then looked over and realized they were from the Tai Xuan Sect. She had seen the woman among them before; she was Ye Fan's old flame. Back when Ye Fan had eaten the divine fruit from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone and shrunk, becoming a little kid, she had even made fun of Ye Fan.

She didn't expect that upon seeing Li Xiaoman again, her mood would be slightly complicated.

After all, she hadn't fallen into the trap back then.

If she could, she would hope that Ye Fan and Li Xiaoman would never meet again, but the words that came out of her mouth were: “Why don’t you invite her over to sit down?”

Ye Fan was a seasoned veteran, after all, a man who could achieve success in the treacherous business world. Scheming was his prefix, so he didn't panic.

“It's been a long time since we last met. Since our parting at Tai Xuan, you joined the Yao Guang Sect. I wonder how the old classmates are doing, and how many are still alive… Pang Bo, have you contacted our old classmates?”

Pang Bo was rather simple-minded. As soon as Ye Fan shifted the topic, he followed along and said, “Half of our classmates have already been confirmed dead. When we were still weak, some people wanted to pick the divine fruit from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, so they came to capture us and force us back into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone. Many classmates died in the turmoil during that time. Most of the remaining people survived by relying on powerful sects.”

Pang Bo said with sadness. Several years had passed, and things had changed. Many of the old classmates from the Six Heavens of Yan had already been buried on this end of the starry sky. He wondered if they missed Earth before they died, and if they wanted to return to their hometown.

“Brother Ye and Brother Pang arrived riding the Nine Dragons Coffin, truly a miraculous encounter. We don’t know if we will be able to traverse the void in this lifetime,” Yao Yuekong also joined in. They were all talented young people, and they had a lot in common.

“Since we were classmates, if we don’t get together again, I’m afraid we’ll be separated forever,” Ji Ziyue was still very curious about Li Xiaoman. She had only met her briefly at Tai Xuan last time and hadn't had the chance to get to know her better.

Ye Fan: “……”

He hesitated for a moment, then turned slightly and gave Pang Bo a meaningful look.

Pang Bo: ?

Seeing Pang Bo's clueless look, the corner of Ye Fan's mouth twitched.

Forget it, I'll ask someone else.

Luo Mo: Hmm? … Oh!

At this time, the various business talks were almost over, and everyone was saying goodbye. Luo Mo turned around and walked in another direction, going to do his own things.

Goodbye, and good luck.

Luo Mo didn't bother to gather with the so-called young talents. Instead of wasting time on that, he might as well hurry up and refine pills and weapons to stockpile resources.

Moreover, there were various affairs to attend to, such as refining pure Yang source artifacts and revising his own scriptures.

After the grand ceremony, Luo Mo spent a full month refining pills and weapons until the treasury was depleted. During this time, Li Rui, on his orders, spread the news that he could refine pills for others, as long as they provided the materials.

This time, he didn't charge any fees at all, but simply added some auxiliary materials himself, refining several more pills in each batch to enrich the pill inventory.

Then, he refined sets of Great Power treasure ships to form a fleet. If each ship had a Great Power sitting in command, they could entangle even a King-level expert.

These were the things he had promised to the major consortia. Their materials were also delivered quickly, for fear of falling behind others, so Luo Mo refined these things as soon as possible.

Merely by refining weapons and pills, and contemplating in stillness, Luo Mo's Covering Heaven Dharma realm rose another small step, a speed so fast that it was unbelievable.

Afterward, he announced his seclusion, determined not to stop until he broke through to the Dao-Slaying realm.

It was very safe in the Yao Guang Sect, with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron protecting him, so Luo Mo used the Great Transformation Art to create a Source Art clone.

In the closed-door chamber, strands of Origin Heaven Divine Rules flew out of his body and landed, transforming into human figures. He blew out a mouthful of essence, and flesh and skin grew, quickly forming a human figure that turned into the appearance of Origin Heaven Master Luo Mo. This was a Source Art clone.

He gave the Undying Mystic Tree to the Source Art clone and then let him leave.

Without needing to say much, his avatar naturally knew what he wanted to do. Someone in the Great Firmament Realm had discovered sacred soil and reported it, so he sent the Source Arts avatar to inspect it.

The Source Arts avatar accepted the order and returned to the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness, waiting for news to arrive.

Immediately afterward, Luo Mo created another avatar, containing half of his mana, and sent it flying into the void outside the region to absorb the power of light and darkness, condensing the Grand Radiance Art and the Grand Darkness Art of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

…

The avatar returned to the Source Heaven Sect. The elder responsible for delivering intelligence, sent by the Jade Radiance, had just arrived and handed him the information, worth five million catties of pure source.

Starfall Slope. This was a wondrous place where meteorites fell almost every month, as if drawn by some peculiar attraction.

These meteorites contained starstones, treasures formed from the highly condensed power of stars. Luo Mo possessed a set, obtained from the Azure Flood Dragon King's small world, used by the ancient Sacred Body who cultivated a single secret realm to set up an array guarding the Undying Temple.

These were treasures at the Saint level, appearing so frequently in one place, which was definitely unusual.

Those who discovered this place had explored it, but of the group, only one survived, indicating extreme danger.

Following the intelligence he had purchased, Luo Mo arrived in the Northern Plains and found the so-called Starfall Slope.

Before even entering the area, Luo Mo saw giant rocks, some dozens of feet in size, and pebbles, all floating in the air, defying gravity. A starlight permeated the area, forming a special starfield, somewhat similar to the arrangement outside the Undying Temple, but this was a natural formation.

With a glance, his Source Arts Divine Eye discerned the terrain, lines of trajectories outlining a shape. After surveying the entire Starfall Slope, a tilted treasure basin appeared in his eyes, facing the stars in the sky.

It was daytime, and a meteor fell in response, leaving a long trail in the sky, the afterglow of the star, plunging towards Starfall Slope.

"This place shouldn't be called Starfall Slope."

Only an amateur would choose such a name.

"It should be called Star Gathering Basin."

Luo Mo walked into the Star Gathering Basin, waves of stellar power rippling. Having just received a meteorite, the area was somewhat restless.

With each step, an invisible force tugged at him, the invisible force field connecting him to the surrounding boulders, affecting the whole with one move.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

The floating stones moved as Luo Mo took a step, flying towards him, each containing stellar power, the larger stones containing more. Accumulating here for who knows how many years, they were like stellar magical treasures, appearing to possess considerable power.

Source Heaven patterns spread out with Luo Mo's advance, forming his own field. The stones flying in, filled with stellar power, were disrupted by the Source Heaven divine patterns, veering off course, and passing him by, severing their connection.

Luo Mo moved quickly, traversing this sacred soil, the starfield unable to stop him.

As a Source Heaven Master, very few terrains in this world could stop him. This Star Gathering Basin was a rare type that attacked on its own.

He quickly walked through the entire terrain, gaining a general understanding of the structure of this sacred soil. It was a type of sacred soil buried underground, a tilted Star Gathering Basin, appearing as an earthen slope due to the covering of soil and rock over endless years.

In the midst of it, he also saw corpses, left behind by cultivators who had previously explored this place.

They must have happened to encounter a time when the power here was weaker, venturing deep inside, but without understanding the principles, they failed to leave before the power here recovered, and their own cultivation was insufficient to resist it.

It was like going to the beach at low tide, but not leaving when the tide came in, and not knowing how to swim, so they died here.

They died horribly, body parts scattered everywhere. After all, stones that had absorbed stellar power for who knows how many years flying over were equivalent to magical treasures containing stellar power. Smaller ones were fine, but those larger than a person were basically equivalent to the magical treasures of a Great Expert.

Luo Mo used Source Arts to control the earth and stone, wrapping their bones in a square earthen box, and then throwing it to the side, burying it in a place with decent feng shui.

"Not bad treatment, able to enjoy the service of a Source Heaven Master's burial."

Luo Mo couldn't help but think that he might be able to start a business, paying a million catties of source, and the Source Heaven Master would personally help you with the burial, choosing a feng shui treasure land, and even invite the Jade Radiance Holy Master to participate in your funeral, with the Demon God of the Demon Race offering flowers at your tombstone.

Just thinking about it was outrageous.

Where Luo Mo had just passed, Source Heaven patterns penetrated deep into the ground, imprinting the entire Star Gathering Basin.

Three days later, the earth and stone shook.

Ten days later, the ground rose into the air, and a huge, bright yellow earthen basin rustled, shedding soil.

Twenty days later, the Star Gathering Basin was finally refined, shrinking into a Source artifact, shaped like a small bowl, with orange and silver starlight dotted within. The flying stones turned into spots of starlight, forming a star map imprinted inside the small bowl.

Without the help of other systems, refining a piece of sacred soil on his own actually took so much time. It had nothing to do with the Star Gathering Basin terrain; it was his efficiency that had decreased. After all, this was just an avatar containing the power of Source Arts.

Luo Mo returned to the Source Heaven Sect and inlaid a starlight-emitting jewel on the Pure Yang Mirror.

Star Gathering Basin, Eastern Peak, Flame Lake Mountain, Flying Dragon Lake.

The four jewels shone, flowing with supreme Yang essence, the Pure Yang Mirror transforming into the second great sun, lying across the sky. The scorching and vast aura could be felt from thousands of miles away, demonstrating the power of Source Arts.