Su Yuan suddenly understood.
So the conflict between the Immortal Realm and Demon Realm had such hidden circumstances.
It looked like intense fighting, but it was actually just to select candidates for entry to Primordial Isle.
Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Great Emperor, may I consider this?"
Zhuyuan Great Emperor looked at him deeply and said, "Time is running short. Most spots have already been determined. Consider this carefully and quickly!"
After speaking, Zhuyuan Great Emperor disappeared.
Su Yuan calmly looked toward the central area between the Immortal and Demon Realms.
Mind Echo.
In an instant, his Mind Incarnations throughout the Immortal and Demon Realms activated their senses, searching for hidden locations.
Soon, some of the Mind Incarnations locked onto the so-called Primordial Isle.This was a massive island surrounded by a terrifying ocean of sword energy.
Strands of sword energy flowed rapidly like the most terrifying weapons in the world, each strand containing the power of a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. Countless such sword energies formed a vast ocean of sword qi.
In the center of this sword energy ocean lay a massive island that seemed both present and absent, hidden deep within the fabric of space-time.
Su Yuan had known about this place before, but he had thought it was some forbidden danger zone. He never expected it to be a place of opportunity.
But how could anyone enter such a terrifying island?
Soon, he discovered that the island had three chains extending outward in different directions, connecting to the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Netherworld respectively.
The chains were incredibly sturdy, directly piercing through the sword energy ocean and extending to the outer edges.
At the entrances in the Immortal and Demon Realms, powerful experts from both sides were stationed.
The Netherworld end seemed to have been sealed off by someone, making it impossible to enter Primordial Isle from that side.
After some thought, Su Yuan's incarnation appeared at the Netherworld entrance.
Before him stood a massive stone gate spanning the depths of the Netherworld's underground. The aura of ages emanating from the stone gate indicated that no one had visited this place for hundreds of billions of Yuan Assemblies.
Su Yuan thought to himself, "This must be a seal set up by the powerful experts of both Immortal and Demon Realms together?"
Su Yuan reached out and pressed his hand against the stone gate. A burst of stellar energy erupted on the door.
After several breaths, he lifted his hand.
The door showed no damage whatsoever.
Su Yuan was speechless. Although he knew this would be the result, he still tried. Indeed, his current strength couldn't break this stone gate.
This incarnation was only at Taiyi Golden Immortal strength, which was somewhat weak. So Su Yuan drew primordial energy from his main body and transmitted it over.
The incarnation's aura suddenly surged, quickly rising to early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal level.
Then, Su Yuan imitated the methods of the Abyss Will, transforming his aura toward greatness, darkness, and evil.
Abyssal energy overflowed from his body, seeping into the stone gate.
Secret patterns lit up on the stone gate, resisting Su Yuan's erosion.
But the Abyss Will was a terrifying existence that could even corrupt and devour the Heavenly Dao's will. The imitated methods were naturally extraordinary.
Threads of abyssal energy, as if finding every possible opening, slowly seeped through to the other side of the stone gate.
Su Yuan saw the scene beyond the gate - the end of a chain.
Su Yuan's eyes lit up.
"World Traveler: Instant Movement!"
Instantly, this incarnation of Su Yuan disappeared from before the stone gate, directly passing through the stone and arriving on the chain.
The moment he stepped onto the chain.
The other two entrances immediately lit up with light, indicating that one spot had been taken!
"What's happening?"
"A spot disappeared?"
"What happened?"
The guardian experts from both Immortal and Demon Realms were immediately alarmed.
They all investigated the entrance situations.
They found the entrances showed no abnormalities.
Then someone immediately realized: "Someone entered through the Netherworld entrance!"
"Dammit, wasn't that place sealed? How could someone still pass through the stone gate?"
"It's over! Doesn't that mean the Netherworld side will get ahead of us for the spots?"
Some experts immediately became restless and sent their juniors into Primordial Isle.
In the blink of an eye, over fifty people were sent onto the chains.
This suddenly reduced the available spots by half, and they still didn't know how many the Netherworld side had taken.
The incident alarmed the powerful experts of both Immortal and Demon Realms, accelerating the confirmation of spots.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor returned and sought out Su Yuan.
"Have you considered it? Abnormal changes have occurred at Primordial Isle, and spots need to be confirmed early. This is the last chance," Zhuyuan Great Emperor inquired.
Su Yuan shook his head: "I don't need to take risks at Primordial Isle. I have my own path to follow. I apologize for declining your kindness, Great Emperor, but we can still proceed with transactions!"
"Oh?" Zhuyuan Great Emperor asked, "What do you need?"
"Would Great Emperor be willing to join the Seven Stars Sect?" Su Yuan asked.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor fell silent.
He seemed rendered speechless by Su Yuan's question.
"Let me rephrase. I've established a Seven Stars Market. By trading and consuming there, one can become a market member. By advancing further to become an internal member, one not only gains transaction conveniences but also enjoys market benefits. You would only need to intervene when the market faces crisis."
Su Yuan paused before continuing, "If Great Emperor joins the market, I'll directly grant you Ten-Star membership status with 30% discount on purchases and enlightenment benefits guaranteed at least once every hundred million years."
Zhuyuan Great Emperor stared at Su Yuan.
Su Yuan remained calm.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor was clearly completely speechless. He, the master of the Celestial Court, a peak Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal expert, joining some so-called Seven Stars Market? Was this appropriate?
Zhuyuan Great Emperor naturally couldn't do such a thing - he couldn't afford the loss of face.
But suddenly, Su Yuan said, "If Zhuyuan Great Emperor agrees, I can help you achieve enlightenment right now, though the effects might be somewhat reduced."
Zhuyuan Great Emperor's eyes gleamed sharply: "Are you speaking the truth?"
"Great Emperor can try and see for yourself?" Su Yuan said with a smile.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor said slowly, "Let's try then!"
Su Yuan didn't hesitate further. He gazed into Zhuyuan Great Emperor's body and saw a massive amount of rest time energy.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor sensed something, vaguely detecting that the other party was employing methods related to Time Law, and these methods were extremely profound.
He had comprehended Time Law to near-Primordial level, yet he couldn't understand Su Yuan's operations, which greatly surprised him.
Could it be that this Seven Stars Ancestor had originally achieved Primordial Dao through Time Law?
If so, it made sense that this great expert could revive and return. Since he originally achieved Dao through time, naturally he could manipulate time. Returning after death wasn't strange.
Even this method didn't seem particularly complex - it was nothing more than compressing certain time and releasing it briefly to achieve enlightenment effects.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor gained some understanding inwardly, then carefully observed the changes in his own time aspects.
Vaguely, he felt that certain time characteristics of his had decreased, or been consumed. Simultaneously, his comprehension ability instantly increased ten thousandfold!
Zhuyuan Great Emperor's original Dao comprehension bottleneck began to loosen at this moment.
And he could feel that if he focused on comprehension, he could break through this bottleneck within decades.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor didn't rush to comprehend. Instead, he opened his eyes and looked at Su Yuan: "How long can this state last?"
"About a hundred years," Su Yuan said cheerfully.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor nodded: "After you reach Primordial level, can this effect be enhanced?"
"It can!" Su Yuan calmly nodded.
Although he had intentionally reduced the activation times of [Balanced Work and Rest] - he could actually activate it more times now to enhance cultivation effects - he believed that after breaking through to Primordial level, the effects of [Balanced Work and Rest] could definitely be enhanced further, so it wasn't exactly lying.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor thought for a moment and said, "Very well, this Emperor can join the Seven Stars Market, but not the Seven Stars Sect!"
Hearing this, Su Yuan immediately felt delighted. He flipped his hand and took out a membership card, handing it to Zhuyuan Great Emperor. Ten stars shone brilliantly on the card.
"This is the membership card. Through this card, Great Emperor can activate teleportation function to directly transport to Seven Stars Market. This card is extremely precious. When consuming at Seven Stars Market, you get 30% discount. It's the highest discount membership card I've issued - others only get up to 15% discount at most!"
Su Yuan said very seriously.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor casually accepted the Ten-Star card. As the master of Celestial Court, his wealth was unimaginable to some market owner. If not for this enlightenment divine ability, how could he condescend to join this so-called Seven Stars Market?
Seeing him accept the Ten-Star card, Su Yuan smiled with great satisfaction.
What did the other party accepting this card mean?
Seven Stars Market, and even he himself, now had someone backing them!
With a thought.
Above the Seven Stars Market floating in the realm sea, countless fireworks suddenly bloomed.
Everyone looked up in confusion at the sky, then saw a line of celebratory red characters flashing into appearance.
[Special Great News! Congratulations to the Celestial Court Master of Immortal Realm, Great Expert Zhuyuan Great Emperor for joining Seven Stars Market as a Ten-Star member!!!]
The huge red characters shone in the sky, dazzling everyone who was trading.
People were first confused, then when they realized what was happening, they all exclaimed in surprise.
"What does this mean? Celestial Court Master? Am I seeing correctly?"
"Hisss! A great expert actually joined Seven Stars Market! This is too exaggerated!"
"Quick, quick, send the news to our clan! Something major has happened!"
Instantly, the crowd erupted.
Many people quickly teleported away to spread this news.
The news even quickly reached the Celestial Court. After being reported layer by layer, all the celestial officials who handled it felt this was impossible.
Many celestial generals even angrily petitioned Lingxiao Palace, wanting to eliminate this market that spread confusing rumors.
However, when the news was reported to Lingxiao Palace, it ultimately received confirmation from the Celestial Court Master, Great Expert Zhuyuan Great Emperor himself that this matter was indeed true.
Instantly, all the celestial beings of the Celestial Court were dumbfounded.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor was preparing to enter seclusion. Hearing this news, he headachely rubbed his temples: "This Seven Stars reacts too quickly. Wait, he's confined in Jade Cold Palace, so how did he spread the news?"
Zhuyuan Great Emperor suddenly realized that Su Yuan wasn't as simple as he had imagined.