Chapter 780: Xeno-Immortal Soul Seed

Chapter 780: Xeno-Immortal Soul Seed

1,000,000 soul threads erupted in Xu Qing’s sea of consciousness, spreading to fill his mind, soul, and body. Ultimately, a rumbling vortex came into being in his sea of consciousness.

At the same time, thunder crashed in the sky over the imperial capital. Bolts of lightning formed, snaking across the sky. It seemed as if some forbidden thing was coming into existence, drawing the attention of the heavenly daos. However, that only lasted for a short time before things went back to normal. It was as if the heavenly daos weren’t sure what this thing was, and thus stopped paying attention to it. In fact, it almost seemed as if they were covering it up, as the thunder transformed into snow.

That said, the lingering glow of the lightning illuminated the night.

People meditating in private chambers were shocked. People on the street stopped walking and looked up in surprise. People in the Imperial University stopped talking. People in big buildings suddenly looked very serious, and there were even people in the imperial palace who looked into the sky.

But in the end, the heavenly dao seemed to cover over all traces of what was happening. Other than a few people who were still paying attention, most people just went back to what they were doing, whether that was meditating or doing something else.

One important person in the Imperial University did just the same, retracting his senses and focusing on the group of 39 students seated in front of him.

“Schoolmaster, what just happened?” one of the students asked.

“I just had a sudden strange feeling, that’s all. It’s fine. Continue, all of you.” The schoolmaster wore a hemp robe and had the standard mask that concealed his cultivation base and everything else about him.

This particular white tower belonged to the God-Merging School.

The students nodded in response, then continued with the conversation topic at hand, which was a discussion of the things that had been happening recently with the Xeno-Immortal School.

If it was some other school of thought, then given the current status of the God-Merging School, they wouldn’t have paid much attention. But the Xeno-Immortal School was different. Fundamentally speaking... the Xeno-Immortal School and the God-Merging School were as opposed as fire and water. One of them weaved the image of a god in the mind, and emphasized completeness. The other replaced the fleshly body and slowly got rid of all vestiges of humanity other than the mind. Ultimately, one had the goal of becoming a Xeno-Immortal, the other was about transforming into a human god.

They were two fundamentally opposed viewpoints, which meant that, in the end, only one of the schools of thought could thrive. That was one of the reasons the Xeno-Immortal School had fallen into decline. Forgetting about their internal issues, the rise of the God-Merging School had just hastened their weakening. It was little surprise, then, that when an enigmatic master appeared who had hundreds of thousands of soul threads, it defied common understanding, and attracted the attention of the God-Merging School. Nnêw n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com

Though only half a month had passed, the Xeno-Immortal School had already become incredibly popular. However, the enigmatic master never made a second appearance. If he did, it was only possible to imagine how much more popular the Xeno-Immortal School would become. If that happened, it would be completely possible for the Xeno-Immortal School to truly rise to prominence again.

That was the subject currently being discussed at this meeting in the God-Merging School. All of the highest ranking students were in attendance. Some seemed nervous, while others discounted all the rumors. There were a lot of different opinions being expressed.

In the end, the schoolmaster raised his hand, causing silence to prevail in the tower. All of the high-ranking students turned to look at him. The respect in their eyes was clear.

“Don’t worry about the situation with the Xeno-Immortal School. Today... a very esteemed individual will be publicly joining the God-Merging School. With that person as a member, it will be adding flowers to the brocade of our school of thought. Everyone, start getting ready. Our new arrival will be coming in three days.”

The schoolmaster’s placid words left the high-level students with no choice but to calmly nod.

The meeting ended.

There were nine more students present. The place was a lot livelier than before, to the point where the schoolmaster didn’t have to do any of the daily chores. The students all did that to earn credit.

Xu Qing and the original three students were in a similar position. With so many new students showing up, they didn’t have as much to do. Therefore, they started working hard on the next edition of the Xeno-Immortal Enquirer.

Three days passed. Every day, Xu Qing went back to the mansion in the evening to experiment with the snowflakes. On the fourth day, a new rumor was spreading in the Imperial University.

Seventh Prince had publicly announced that he was going to join the God-Merging School. In fact, on that very afternoon, he was going to formally visit the God-Merging School’s tower and pay respects to the schoolmaster there. It wasn’t permitted to reveal one’s identity inside the Imperial University. But those rules didn’t govern what happened outside with imperial princes.

The situation was especially noteworthy considering the twelve sticks of ‘crown prince incense’ on the rainbow bridge. This was the first time any of the imperial princes had done anything noteworthy since the incense was set up, so the development was noticed by a lot of people. It caused a lot of heated debate in the Imperial University, and it caused a lot of excitement among the students of the God-Merging School. After all, this was the first time in the history of the Imperial University that something like this happened. In the past, no one ever revealed their true identity, so even if an imperial prince did join a specific school of thought, no one would ever know.

But Seventh Prince was making a big deal of it. Clearly, there was something unique to this situation. And it was obvious that Seventh Prince was tying himself deeply to the God-Merging School.

Sure enough, that afternoon, Seventh Prince entered the Imperial University and, escorted by a host of excited students, walked in the direction of the God-Merging School. Along the way, they passed the Xeno-Immortal School.

Xu Qing looked at the students clustered around Seventh Prince. Despite how he wore the ordinary student clothing, Xu Qing couldn’t help but think about how Seventh Prince looked when he and his force of saviors had entered the capital of Sea-Sealing County. Back then, Xu Qing had been watching from afar. It was very similar to now. Xu Qing’s eyes looked the same as ever, but his heart was as cold as ice.[1]

The other conclave students of the Xeno-Immortal School were in the white tower looking out thoughtfully at the commotion. The three students who had joined before Xu Qing didn’t seem to think much of it. They quickly went back to working on the Xeno-Immortal Enquirer. Before long, they dragged Xu Qing over to participate.

Meanwhile, the schoolmaster of the Xeno-Immortal School was starting to get very anxious. It felt to him like the Xeno-Immortal School had a good opportunity to rise to prominence, yet nothing he did seemed to be making that happen. He had done a lot of work to try to figure out who the enigmatic master was, but hadn’t had any success.

This isn’t going to work long-term. I shouldered a lot of the responsibility for this Senior’s actions. Logically speaking, he should come offer formal greetings at some point....

As the schoolmaster, he had put together a lot of clues to reach the conclusion that this enigmatic master must have some methods that no one else knew about. Otherwise, it didn’t seem possible for him to have hundreds of thousands of soul threads.

If nothing else, I just hope this Senior can explain how he cultivated hundreds of thousands of soul threads. If he does, the Xeno-Immortal School will definitely rise to prominence! If we could have a few dozen masters with hundreds of thousands of soul threads each... or even just a handful, then Xeno-Immortal techniques would become incredibly famous, and our theories would be proved correct!

As he stewed in anxiety about the enigmatic master, he helped the students produce copies of the Xeno-Immortal Enquirer.

“Shocking secret! As it turns out, Seventh Prince joined the God-Merging School because of HER!”

“Unexpectedly, the schoolmaster of the Plants and Vegetation School has a secret relationship with the head student there!”

“Is this crisis with the head student at the God-Merging School a matter of twisted humanity or degraded morality? For more information, check out the late night edition of the Xeno-Immortal Enquirer, and the article entitled: Where Did My Baby Go?”

1. Seventh Prince entered the capital triumphantly in chapter 509. ☜