Just like that, days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and a year passed by peacefully.
Today, Tian Yongheng was walking alongside Tian Hai as he checked out the various changes in the Eternal Peak with his own eyes and not his Divine Sense.
At this moment, Tian Hai suddenly looked at Tian Yongheng and spoke in a reminiscent tone of voice, "The Peak Master’s parents in this life must have been very proud if they were alive today."
Tian Yongheng’s gaze faltered for a moment, but he didn’t say anything and just kept on walking forward.
"They must have already reincarnated long ago, sigh. Fate is truly unpredictable. One moment you’re sitting at the peak of your life, and the next, you have nothing left. Perhaps only those high and mighty Immortal Gods have the ability to escape this fate."
As he spoke, there was a hint of longing in Tian Hai’s voice.
"Maybe that is not the case and even the Immortal Gods are bound by the shackles of fate."
Tian Yongheng’s voice suddenly sounded in Tian Hai’s ears, causing the latter to look at the former with a hint of astonishment.
He thought that Tian Yongheng was surely a great Immortal God in his past life, which means there was a high chance that what he said just now might be true.
In reality, Tian Yongheng was just making speculations based on his understanding.
He knew for sure that Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators did not possess the ability to meddle with fate and such profound mysteries. Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators and Half Immortals may not be better.
And if that were the case, then just how great could Immortal Gods be?
There was also a good chance that he was completely wrong, and the difference between a mortal and a Immortal God was far greater than he could imagine.
Unknowingly, he had already arrived at such a level that he could think of these things so casually. He might not even dare to talk about the Golden Core Realm so freely hundreds of years ago.
One’s mentality changes as their cultivation progresses, and so does their perception of time.
Tian Yongheng himself had started to feel that a hundred years weren’t that long after his cultivation speed gradually slowed down and he stopped advancing one or two major realms every century.
A year in the mortal world equals to a day in the Immortal World, indeed.
At the Nascent Soul Realm, he could already start to comprehend the heavenly rules and step closer to the domain of Immortals.
The later realms of the mortal realms required comprehension and not just mindless cultivation.
After achieving the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, he already possessed the qualifications to ascend to the Upper Realm.
Many Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators who had no hopes of advancing further in the mortal world would ascend to the Upper Realm to search for fortuitous encounters.
"By the way, does uncle Hai know anything about my grandfather?"
He suddenly asked with a calm voice, glancing at Tian Hai besides him.
"The Peak Master’s grandfather? He was one of the most hard working and diligent cultivator of his generation who was in seclusion all year long, I’ve heard. Unfortunately, he had been stuck at the peak of Void Refinement Realm for countless years and had gone out to seek opportunities a few centuries before you were born. He never returned even when the Tian Family was at the brink of destruction."
Tian Hai let out a sigh at the end.
When he was in the Jiangnan Tian Family, he used to treat the Golden Core Realm as top notch existences while Void Refinement Realm cultivators were beings who could only be seen once in a millenia for him.
He even considered the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators as living legends, and it was not just him, but many low level cultivators used to think like that.
He also didn’t wish to learn too much about the further cultivation realms because he knew that knowing too much will cause his Dao Heart to falter.
This was why he only told the people of the Heavenly Constellation City about the cultivation realms only up to the Golden Core Realm.
He himself only learned of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and Immortal Ascension Realm when he was given the responsibility of making sure that Tian Yongheng was safe by the latter’s parents many years ago and learned about the Divine Sovereign’s inheritance.
But after coming to the Eternal Peak, it was not uncommon for him to chat with the Golden Core Realm cultivators of both the Eternal Peak and other factions affiliated with the Eternal Peak.
Tian Yunchen was a Void Refinement Realm cultivator himself, and they used to talk about the past often.
The Void Refinement Realm was no longer as high and mighty in his eyes.
"Does that mean he died outside? Or was he restricted by someone?"
Tian Yongheng asked, slightly intrigued.
He had never met this grandfather of his, so he did not harbor any deep feelings for him.
He had a feeling that his grandfather might be the same, however, his father must have been raised by his grandfather. The affection between them was probably much deeper than his grandfather’s affection for Tian Yongheng.
How could a person remain unfazed even when their descendents whom they had raised were being slaughtered right in front of them?
This was the reasoning which led Tian Yongheng to the conclusion that his grandfather may have either died in the outside world or was restrained and killed by someone.
There was also a chance that the news had actually never reached his ears. But how could that be?
The destruction of Jiangnan Tian Family was a matter that should have been discussed widely, at least in the Jiangnan Region as they were not only a side branch of a Great Immortal Family, but also had a peak Void Refinement Realm cultivator.
It was indeed fishy. But there were too many uncertainties for Tian Yongheng to determine anything clearly.
"There has been no news from him ever since."
Tian Hai replied, pausing in between as he stroked his chin in deep thought before continuing, "At least, I have never heard of such a thing."
Tian Yongheng also didn’t dwell on the topic further and listened as Tian Hai talked of many mystical tales and stories of great cultivators.
"And then, that great cultivator once again took out a supreme treasure known as the Book of Misfortune and began to curse the all powerful Demon Lord Dian Su..."
...
A few days later, Tian Hai passed away.
Tian Yongheng saw his soul heading towards the Netherworld and left a Dao Mark on it before his resolve turned even more firm.
He could definitely not die!
Adjusting his mental state, he went back to his cave abode and sent out his clone to deal with all the affairs of the Eternal Peak.
Tian Hai was buried in the back mountains of the main peak, showing significance to his position.
Jian Qi was contemporarily given the authority of the Heavenly Constellation City as he was only a step away from Foundation Establishment Realm and also because of his status as the adopted grandson of Tian Hai, putting aside his identity as a Personal Disciple of the Master of Eternal Peak.
Tian Hai wasn’t that well known, but due to his old age and nice temperament, many members still had a good impression of him, thus, there was a period of quietness in the Eternal Peak for a few days before everything went back to normal.
The newer generation disciples had rarely seen people around them die as they were not allowed to go out before reaching the Golden Core Realm, more so of old age in an environment such as the Eternal Peak’s.
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All these younger disciples got new understanding as they witnessed the death of more people around them.
Jian Qi was the same, and his resolve also hardened at the passing of the person who had been with him ever since he could remember.
He was well on his way to becoming one of the greatest Sword Immortals of the old world who would leave an undying mark in the River of Time.
...
Another 8 years passed, and Tian Yongheng finally cultivated all his techniques, spells, Divine Powers and arts to the current level.
All that was left was to upgrade his core Dharma Artifacts.
He left that task to the clone by his side and started cultivating instead.
Yes, his clone could upgrade Dharma Artifacts too.
His clone was almost as real as him, it was just that it could not cultivate and it would never develop a conscious, so Tian Yongheng had to control it.
Aside from that, it could almost do everything else that Tian Yongheng’s main body could, including upgrading the Dharma Artifacts.
Of course, it couldn’t do things that Tian Yongheng’s main body couldn’t, like Artifact Refinement or Alchemy. But it was still pretty impressive.
With that began another long period of seclusion, undeterred by the changes of mountains and rivers.