The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Lin Du spent over fifty years in seclusion before calmly advancing to the Taiqing Realm.

He became the second Immortal Venerable of the Supreme Sect.

On the day Lin Du survived his tribulation, he asked someone to come down the mountain to treat him to a meal as usual, only to find that some were in seclusion and others were out training.

Jiang Liang, who was always socially awkward and a homebody, took her pulse as usual. After a long pause, he finally spoke, "What could be cured has been cured. She's just a bit more fragile than others at the same level. You need to be careful to protect your heart meridian. It's best to carry a magic weapon to protect it and prevent your heart, which has been so painstakingly repaired, from having any more problems."

Jiang Liang raised his hand to stroke his beard, looking into Lin Du's eyes for the first time. Through those eyes, it seemed as if he saw another pair of eyes.

But looking into those eyes, he felt no burden.

"You're all better now. I can say that I've finally... put my mind at ease."

He turned around and slowly entered the inner room. "Tell Tianwu that I'm going into seclusion, and also tell those in the sect who need medical help in the future not to wait for me."

Lin Du stood there, watching his relaxed and unrestrained steps, the wide hem of his robe swaying gently like clouds.

Jiang Liang, the living judge, attained enlightenment overnight, all his obsessions vanished, he entered the Qian Yuan realm in one step, and entered the Wu Xiang realm in a hundred years.

After Yan Ye left, Lin Du did not enter Luoze again. Instead, he used the pond, wooden house, and woods that he had moved back to demarcate a forbidden area, moved his former cave dwelling there, and lived in a bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest is covered in snow all day long, and no insects or birds can be seen, yet it remains evergreen.

After taking Jiang Liang's pulse, Lin Du returned to the secluded Luoze.

She waited quietly for a while before she understood why Yan Ye became increasingly unwilling to leave the world as time went on.

The world changes, and the path of cultivation is a solitary one; how many can share destiny with it?

Lin Du lowered his eyes, then suddenly laughed, "It's good that everyone's busy... busy is good."

She, who used to jokingly tease Yan Ye, is now the one making fun of him.

"Hey, why did you move after you left Yanye? Did you also find this ice cave cold?"

Chu Guanmeng peeked out and asked.

Lin Du shook his head. "That's his place."

She always kept things clear; no matter who this place would be given to in the future, she still had her own place.

Lin Du sat down on Luo Ze, looking down at the raging torrent beneath the ice.

For a great being, time stands still, but the mundane world is like a turbulent current.

Cultivation is like solid ice, separating immortals from mortals.

Lin Du raised his eyes. How many people in the world can cultivate to the Taiqing realm? And how many can ascend to immortality?

Chu Guanmeng muttered to herself, "Hey, when are you going to ascend? Have you almost forgotten what you promised me? Don't let the good times go by and you forget our initial vows."

Lin Du beckoned it to his hand.

Chu Guanmeng slid down and landed in Lin Du's hands, where she was grabbed and vigorously kneaded.

"How could I forget? I'm already in the Pure Realm. Why do you think I've been cultivating so diligently, why I've been in seclusion, why I haven't gone out to train with them? It's not that I didn't want to! Of course, it's so I can ascend as soon as possible!"

"I'll take you with me then, we'll wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace, uncover the truth, and completely eliminate the source of the demonic energy. Essentially, our goals and our enemies are the same, you know that?"

"I...know...I've...provoked...you..." Chu Guan wanted to speak, but Lin Du kneaded him so he couldn't utter a word and eventually gave up struggling.

After Lin Du finished kneading Chu Guanmeng, he felt satisfied and let go. "Let's go. It's not enough to just leave a name for genius in history books after coming to the human world. We should at least have some famous works that will be passed down."

Before Chu Guanmeng could react, she saw Lin Du get up and take it to the library.

She hadn't finished reading all the other books in the library yet, but she could finish them in the remaining time. There were also books on formations, which she should also leave her notes and writings on. After all, her calculations of formations incorporated modern physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Although there were many similarities between her and this world, they complemented each other, leading to more refined methods.

One shouldn't be like Yan Ye, always staying alone, as it easily leads to overthinking and a sense of loneliness.

As long as you get moving, get busy, and fill your life with work and tasks, you'll forget your troubles and be fully immersed in the struggle.

She was so down just now, it must be because she just came out, didn't have any plans yet, and was too bored!

Chu Guanmeng couldn't understand how Lin Du had suddenly woken up from his depression and the idea of ​​eternal youth, and plunged into the endless sea of ​​books.

Numbly grinding ink, it decided to go back and talk to Wei Zhi about whether he could take care of grinding ink next time.

The library contains a vast collection of books, including all the books found and owned by our ancestors since the founding of the sect, as well as all the historical records and miscellaneous writings that have been passed down. It is the greatest wealth accumulated by the Supreme Sect.

Even for Lin Du, it took two hundred years to read and understand all the books in the collection that she could comprehend. For the books she couldn't understand, she would just skim through them and consider it as if she had read them and had a general impression of them.

Lin Du was reading a book while also writing one.

It wasn't until she reached the Great Perfection of the Taiqing Realm that she carefully reviewed and proofread the books. The entire manuscript, along with the self-integrated fragments of the array formations and the self-created and refined versions of the array formation books, were stored in the sect's library. In addition, she gave Yan Qing's bookstore a treatise on array formations from basic to advanced levels for publication and sale, with all proceeds going to the public.

Lin Du renovated all the sect's formations and took on a few more formation orders, listing them for 880,000 high-grade spirit stones. He easily received several million, since he wouldn't need spirit stones in the Upper Realm anymore, so this was a way to leave some funds for the Supreme Sect.

At that time, Lin Du was not even five hundred years old, but it seemed that a new generation had already emerged within the sect.

Fortunately, everyone is still alive.

After Feng Chao abdicated, he focused on taking on a disciple and training him. Mo Lin became the sect leader, and Yan Qing sat in the Jun Ding Mansion every day. Ni Jin Xuan and Yuan Ye chattered together, each taking on their own disciples.

No one has heard of any evil spirits anymore, only heretical cultivators and heretics.

Their era seems to have come to an end.

"I say, Immortal Venerable, cooking a meal these days is very expensive." Sheng Yan placed a dish on the table. "Why are you so distracted while eating? I thought my cooking skills had deteriorated."

Lin Du sighed, "Don't you think this Immortal Venerable makes me sound old?"

At five hundred years old, she's in her prime. If she were to ascend, she'd be in her youngest infancy. How come she sounds so old?

Yan Qing raised her hand to smooth her hair, pulling out a dozen or so strands. She immediately shuddered and silently withdrew her hand. "I'd love to look old. These old monsters always use seniority to intimidate people. I'm thinking, my cultivation level isn't any lower than theirs."

Mo Lin shook his head, "Those old guys are all like that. Dealing with them is just repeating the same old things over and over."

Yuan Ye chuckled and said, "I'm different. I love talking business."

Ni Jinxuan chuckled lightly, "So the apprentices she trained all either liked to go out and perform or sell coffins."

The grand feast brought out the last dish, saying, "I'll cook you one last meal, it's free, as long as you leave me a piece of calligraphy. From now on, my Tongtian Sect will be the sect of Immortal Venerable Lin Du, the first sect in the Dongming Realm to be recorded as having ascended to immortality."

Lin Du shook his head. "Do you know how valuable my seal is?"

"I'm expensive now too!" Sheng Yan said matter-of-factly. "Our Tongtian Sect is firmly one of the six major sects."

Lin Du nodded, "I'll send it to you later."

The feast was finally satisfied.

The group ate and drank leisurely, laughing and joking. Xia Tianwu glanced at Lin Du and suddenly felt something was wrong. "Hey, Junior Uncle, you wouldn't... after this meal, you're going to advance again, would you?"

The next level is ascension.

Sheng Yan nervously grabbed paper and pen, "I've heard that Immortal Venerable Lin Du often advances in cultivation levels while eating, and now I've finally witnessed it."

"Got it! It's because they ascended to heaven directly after eating our food—it's so delicious it made them ascend!" Er Gou said with a grin. "Senior Sister, quickly write it down! This time, our Tongtian Sect is going to have one person attain enlightenment and all their relatives and friends ascend to heaven!"

The table was in chaos, filled with laughter and commotion. Chu Guanmeng started frantically shoveling food into her mouth. Wei Zhi turned back, intending to tuck the lotus flower into his pocket and take it with him, while also refining the last bit of his inner core power. Mo Lin and Xia Tianwu stood up, ready to disperse the crowd and find a proper place.

Yan Qing pulled out her notebook, eager to try it out. Yuan Ye and Cang Li exchanged a glance and prepared their celebration.

Hou Cang's eyes widened. "No way, you're ascending to immortality before me?!"

He Gui, now free of work and feeling carefree, calmly asked Yin Yang, "What's wrong? You're a Celestial Venerable of the Taiqing Realm, and you're jealous?"

"She's only five hundred years old. Now that she's gone, I'll be the only Immortal Venerable left in the Dongming Realm. You can't expect me to stay here properly, can you? Why are you still targeting me?" Hou Cang turned to look at He Gui.

Feng Yi suppressed He Gui, "Yes, yes, you're amazing, you're so capable, that's why you turned your apprentice into a little tyrant."

The group was in complete chaos, but Lin Du, holding his soup bowl, calmly sipped his soup. "Not that I'm saying anything, but I can still calm down. What's all the excitement about? Sit down, everyone! Eat!"

Everyone paused at the same time and obediently sat down.

"Then eat less," Hou Cang advised.

Lin Du paused in her chopsticks, looked at him, her eyes filled with disbelief and pity.

Feng Chao quickly put food on her plate, saying, "What's wrong with the child wanting to eat more! You're not even letting her finish her last meal? She's so thin, she needs to eat more! Eat! Eat big bites!"