260: Ancient Stories

Not long after Ao Tian walked out, he quickly returned to Jiang Chen's presence.

He took out a Storage Ring and handed it to Jiang Chen, saying, "Immortal, all the record Jade Slips of my Azure Dragon Clan are here. Whether it's the ancient times, the medieval era, or major events up to the present, everything is recorded inside."

After Ao Tian suspended the ring in front of Jiang Chen, he respectfully retreated to the side.

Seeing Ao Tian sensibly retreating, Jiang Chen extended his Divine Sense into the Storage Ring and began to browse the Jade Slips inside.

Before long, he gained a general understanding of what had happened in this starfield.

It turned out that in the medieval era.

The entire starfield world was not like it is now, composed of continents of varying sizes, but rather a single, complete continent named Xuantian World.

At that time, above the continent's sky, there was an immortal path leading to the Immortal Realm.

Any Peak Great Emperor expert could challenge this immortal path; success meant Ascension to another plane, while failure meant death and the dissipation of their Dao.

However, 100,000 years ago, this situation changed.

Tens of thousands of Demon Race members invaded this starfield through a World Passage, causing rivers of blood and widespread devastation.

Thus, the powerful Sects on the continent immediately used secret techniques to contact the Seniors who had Ascended.

They asked them to find a way to send people down for support, otherwise, the Xuantian Continent would be annihilated by the Demon Race.

And those Seniors of the Sects did not fail their trust; they used unknown means to forcibly descend three True Immortals from the immortal path to help the Xuantian Continent clear out the Demon Race.

But these Demon Race members were simply too numerous, and among them, there were also Demon Race members comparable to True Immortals.

Facing this dangerous situation.

To protect the Xuantian World, the three True Immortals forcibly used Immortal Essence to Seal the Demon Race's invasion entrance, and then fought with the Demon Race members trapped inside, causing the immortal path to collapse and the continent to fragment.

Finally, they risked their lives to kill most of the Demon Race, preserving many lives in this starfield.

"Hoo, it seems that to achieve Immortal Ascension, I can only go to other worlds outside this one to find an immortal path," Jiang Chen exhaled and muttered.

Now he also understood why the Peak Great Emperors of this starfield did not Ascend.

It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that there was simply no path for Ascension.

The immortal path was condensed by the Heavenly Dao rules; once shattered, it was impossible to restore, at least not by the people of this starfield.

And the path to other worlds was also sealed by those three True Immortals, which they couldn't open either.

So, the people of this starfield had no choice but to grow old and die here.

[Ding, Host, do not sigh. As the Invincible Sect System of All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, how could it ask the Host to search for the immortal path himself?]

[Ding, new mission released: As long as the Host recruits five Personal Disciples, you will receive a lesser world restoration card.]

[After using this card, it can reassemble the world continent where the Host is located, and then condense a new immortal path to serve as the Ascension route for the Host's Sect.]

"lesser world restoration card?" Hearing the System's sudden mission, Jiang Chen's expression was one of bewilderment.

This dog system always acts unpredictably; the mission function is certainly arbitrary, popping up tasks from time to time.

However, this lesser world restoration card is a good thing. With it, the Xuantian World can be repaired, saving him the trouble of searching for an immortal path outside the world.

But when this fifth Personal Disciple can be found is a problem.

After all, before their current seclusion, Night Owl and the others had already reached Saint Peak cultivation.

If he still hasn't found one by the time they become Great Emperors and Ascend, that would be a bit awkward.

Just as he was thinking about when the fifth Disciple would appear.

Li Big Saber, followed by Liu Shu and Ao Shishi, arrived in the main hall.

"Sect Master, the interspatial teleportation array has been set up, and Grand Elder has been teleported over," Liu Shu said to the dazed Jiang Chen.

"Subordinate, greets Sect Master!!" Li Big Saber also bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen.

"Oh? Big Saber is here."

Jiang Chen regained his senses upon hearing this, pointed at Ao Shishi and Ao Tian, and then said to Li Big Saber, "Big Saber, these two Dragon Clan members want to join our Sect. Take them back for testing."

"If they pass the test, give them their salary and have them cultivate dragon scale fruit trees. If they don't pass, follow the old rules."

"Yes, Sect Master!!"

Li Big Saber bowed and accepted the order, then looked at Ao Shishi and Ao Tian and said, "Please follow me, both of you."

With that, he walked towards the location where the interspatial teleportation array was set up.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, then I will go with this Elder."

"Immortal, this little dragon takes his leave!!"

Ao Shishi and Ao Tian clasped their fists and bowed to Jiang Chen, then quickly followed Li Big Saber's footsteps.

Seeing Li Big Saber, Ao Shishi, and Ao Tian all leave, Liu Shu walked behind Jiang Chen with a smile and said, "Sect Master, I'll continue to massage your shoulders."

"No need, Xiao Shu, let's go travel through the starfield instead." Feeling Liu Shu kneading his shoulders a few times, Jiang Chen waved his hand to stop her.

Now that he understood this world and had a mission from the System, he couldn't continue to enjoy himself here.

After all, it concerned the great matter of the Sect's Ascension, and he still needed to arrange it clearly, otherwise, he wouldn't feel comfortable enjoying himself.

"Sect Master, are we leaving so soon?"

"You haven't properly enjoyed yourself these past few days. How about staying here for another day and letting Xiao Shu demonstrate some new massage techniques before we go?"

Hearing that Jiang Chen wanted to travel through the starfield again, Liu Shu was surprised.

Back in the Sect, Jiang Chen used to be waited on hand and foot; now he wasn't even enjoying himself, which truly astonished her.

"Haha, no need. Let's experience your new techniques after we've traveled the starfield and returned." Jiang Chen stood up and walked directly towards the main hall.

Seeing this, Liu Shu dared not hesitate and quickly followed Jiang Chen's steps.

Just like that, the two flew out one after another from the entrance they came through.

They continued their journey into the endless starfield, passing continent after continent, searching for traces of Personal Disciples and Inner Sect Disciples.

However, even after the two flew past dozens of inhabited continents, the System's notification sound never rang in Jiang Chen's ears.

This made Jiang Chen wonder if the System was broken. After all, the Canglan Continent had so many Disciples, so why did Disciples become scarce on other continents in the starfield?

"System, are you sure you don't have a problem?" Jiang Chen stood in the starfield and asked the System.

[Ding, the System can only search for unowned Disciples. For Disciples who already belong to a Sect and have a Revered Master, the System truly cannot recommend them to the Host.]

[After all, if you wanted to take such Disciples, you would have to destroy their Sect and kill their Revered Master. The System fears you might be killed by your own cultivated Disciples in the future.]

"Heh, you're quite good, considering me?" Hearing the System's explanation, Jiang Chen sneered.

[Ding, as a System bound to the Host, this is what I should do.]

"Alright, alright, you're dedicated, okay." Hearing the System open up, Jiang Chen quickly praised it, then took Liu Shu and flew towards the World Passage leading outside the world.

He planned to search along the way, and if he really couldn't find anyone, he intended to look outside the Xuantian World.

Although that entrance was sealed by the three True Immortals, 100,000 years had passed, so it should have weakened considerably.

With the Immortal Essence power he currently possessed, breaking open a passage wouldn't be a difficult task.