Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 890: Childlike Innocent Heart

Noticing Lu Yang’s dramatic reaction, it was now the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s turn to be stunned.

“Don’t you know? Everlasting’s personality was different in the past. Back then, after Everlasting at the Golden Core Stage defeated Qilin and me at the Foundation Establishment Stage, she maintained a cold expression and said, ‘So-called prodigies are nothing special.’

“I thought she was incredibly cool at that moment and often tried to emulate that demeanor.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal was drawn back to memories over four hundred thousand years ago. In a bamboo grove, he and the Qilin Immortal knelt on the ground, having suffered a tragic defeat. The Everlasting Immortal Fairy, clad in cyan robes and a conical bamboo hat, wore a cold and detached expression, her gaze harboring contempt that looked down upon all beings.

He felt that this was how true experts should be!

“Everlasting challenged across levels with an Unbeatable Momentum and condensed the Unbeatable Golden Core. Then, with the Unbeatable Golden Core and the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, she roamed the world unimpeded, sweeping through myriad heroes and forging a resounding reputation. Back then, everyone’s legs would weaken at the sight of her.”

Lu Yang tried to imagine the scene that the Heaven Mandate Immortal described.

At the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy challenged numerous Golden Core cultivators. Icy as frost and exuding a chilling aura, she condensed the Unbeatable Golden Core under everyone’s gaze, defeated her foes, and departed triumphantly.

Pretty cool, actually.

“Later, she slashed herself, slicing away the Silent Annihilation Incipient Dao Fruit. Heeding Epoch’s advice, she reclaimed her childlike innocent heart.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal looked up, sighing with emotion. “The four of us envied her deeply. Who would have thought? Even after experiencing the tribe’s catastrophe, she could still return to a childlike state of innocence and revert to her original self, achieving the Everlasting Dao through the state closest to nature. That’s how she became who she is today.”

The tribe’s catastrophe?

The phrase stirred Lu Yang’s memories. The Immortal Fairy once mentioned that she was born in a small tribe. A battle between a human and a beast had destroyed it with its residual shockwaves. When the topic came up, she had become visibly downcast. Out of regard for her feelings, I didn’t inquire further.

Judging by the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s words, the Immortal Fairy’s original personality was like her current self. It was only after her tribe’s destruction that she became cold and detached.

But that’s only natural. After all, remaining optimistic and cheerful after such a tragedy would be strange.

Lu Yang now understood. Initially, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was innocent and unpretentious. Since her tribe was destroyed, her temperament changed drastically, becoming as icy as frost. After condensing the Silent Annihilation Incipient Dao Fruit, with the Epoch Immortal’s guidance, she let go of the past and returned to her original personality, attaining her Dao in Everlasting.

“But Senior Heaven Mandate Immortal, are you certain the Immortal Fairy wore a cold expression when she fought you and the Qilin Immortal back then?”

Immortal Fairy, you were at the Golden Core Stage and had that aloof demeanor, yet you could still do something like challenging across levels?

No matter how Lu Yang thought about it, the scene felt odd.

Hearing the Heaven Mandate Immortal recount her past, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s face flushed. She lowered her head, watching her two big toes tap against each other, afraid to see Lu Yang’s current expression.

Only upon hearing Lu Yang’s question did she raise her head to look at him, pouting as she poked his arm. “What does my expression have to do with this? They were the ones who sought me out. With opponents already attacking, how could I possibly avoid battling?

“Besides, at that time, both Heaven Mandate and Qilin were Foundation Establishment cultivators who could challenge Golden Core cultivators. As a Golden Core cultivator fighting the two of them, it was essentially one against two. I was the one at a disadvantage!”

Lu Yang had no idea what to say. Immortal Fairy, so you genuinely consider it an honor to have defeated them both, huh? 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Lu Yang had another question. “But that’s not right either. Didn’t Hui Doudou destroy the Ember Legacy Dynasty? Even the Immortal Fairy of the past wouldn’t have done such a thing.”

Given the brutality of ancient battles, it was truly rare for the Everlasting Immortal Fairy not to silence the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Qilin Immortal after defeating them, especially the Qilin Immortal; he was a qilin born of heaven and earth, his value far surpassing any natural treasure. Yet even then, she hadn’t delivered a fatal blow.

Lu Yang reckoned that if it had been Hui Doudou, she would have eliminated them long ago.

At this point, the Heaven Mandate Immortal had roughly surmised that the “Hui Doudou” Lu Yang mentioned was the Heavenly Court Ruler during the Ember Legacy Dynasty.

“Yes, this is also the puzzling part.

“Although the former Everlasting was ice-cold, her actions were never extreme; she had clear boundaries. My main body, Epoch, and the other two also believed so. They felt that even though it was the Everlasting with the Silent Annihilation Incipient Dao Fruit who was resurrected, it wasn’t a major problem.

“After Everlasting was resurrected as the Heavenly Court Ruler, she also couldn’t remember her original name. The reason is unknown.

“The resurrected Everlasting was the one about to attain immortality. Thus, after her revival, she obtained a physical form, quickly attracted an Immortal Ascension Tribulation, and became an immortal through the Silent Annihilation Dao Fruit.

“But no one anticipated that after she achieved immortality, she would reveal her true nature, begin a massacre, and intend to destroy the entire Ember Legacy Dynasty.

“Initially, her strength was unremarkable. But the more she killed, the more formidable her power became. Although the Heavenly Court Ruler’s strength increased, it hadn’t reached the point where my main body, Epoch, Nine-Layers, Qilin, and the Left Historian Immortal—five immortals working together—couldn’t suppress her.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal paused, and his tone grew heavier as he said, “But it was then that Epoch died.”

Both the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and Lu Yang recalled the damaged Jianmu World Tree beneath the Five-Elements Sect, a testament to the great battle that the Epoch Immortal had once experienced.

“How did he die?!” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy asked impatiently.

The difficulty of killing the Epoch Immortal is only second to mine. With his Epoch Dao Fruit, he could rewind time and foresee the future. How could he have been killed?

The Heaven Mandate Immortal shook his head. “I don’t know. At the time, the Heavenly Court Ruler was instigating a rebellion. This wisp of thought of mine was also on her kill list. The situation was urgent, and I could only hide first.

“I know very little about that battle. However, only the ‘Sixth Immortal’, who has been concealed all along, could have slain the Epoch Immortal.

“After the Epoch Immortal’s death, my main body and the other immortals no longer coordinated, each fighting independently. And both of you should know the final outcome—the Ember Legacy Dynasty fell.

“To prevent the Heavenly Court Ruler from locating my main body through me, I was forced to sever the connection. To evade the Heavenly Court Ruler, I used the lightning tribulation as cover, ceased showing myself, and concealed my karma. Only when cultivators underwent tribulations could I glimpse the changes in the outside world through their heart devils, up until today.”

“Has Epoch truly perished?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy still refused to believe it. She had means of resurrection, but the Epoch Immortal had none.

At the mention of this topic, the Heaven Mandate Immortal appeared somewhat hesitant. “That might not be certain. According to what I know, after that battle concluded, the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit condensed by the Underworld also vanished. If Epoch possessed that Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit, even if his immortal form perished, he could likely reincarnate and return as a new incarnation.”

“!!!”

Both Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy were startled. They seemed to know a cultivator possessing a Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit.