Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit

Rumble! Boom!

Just after flying over a thousand miles, a conflict unfolded below.

"It's the people from the Seven Emperors Sword Sect and the Five Elements Sect."

Chen Jichuan originally had no intention of interfering, but when he saw the six below, he suddenly paused.

"True Person Dai."

"Greetings, True Person Dai."

Both sides were locked in fierce combat—or rather, the two members of the Seven Emperors Sword Sect were being encircled and worn down by the four from the Five Elements Sect. They were on the brink of death.

Seeing Chen Jichuan descend from the heavens, all six immediately refrained from further action and obediently clasped their hands in salute to him.

"Murong Hai's father, Murong Jue, is acquainted with me. Could the four Daoists from the Five Elements Sect give me this face and spare his life?"

Chen Jichuan looked towards the four from the Five Elements Sect, his expression somewhat peculiar.

These four were none other than Zhu Yongping and his companions, who had guarded the area outside the Baili Sea Domain for nearly a month.

Although Chen Jichuan had been cultivating and comprehending within the Baili Sea Domain all this time, he was aware of external affairs. These four lingered at the periphery, trying to take advantage of him. Seeing this just now, he couldn't help but mentally applaud their cunning.

However, he was generally disinclined to meddle in such matters.

The four were also perceptive enough not to disturb him.

Unexpectedly, they crossed paths again here.

When Zhu Yongping and the others saw Chen Jichuan, they were already uneasy. Noticing the playful gleam in his eyes, they immediately realized that their prior actions had not escaped his notice.

Now hearing Chen Jichuan intercede on Murong Hai's behalf, even with the fat prey almost in their grasp, the four dared not utter a single word of dissent.

"We wouldn't dare."

"Since True Person Dai has spoken, we naturally comply."

Zhu Yongping promptly agreed.

Fearing that Chen Jichuan might hold their previous actions against them, they dared not linger here. Bowing to him with cupped fists, they said, "Farewell," turned around, and left hastily, as though fleeing before Chen Jichuan could settle accounts with them.

Once the four had departed—

"Murong Hai (Ge Ping) thanks True Person Dai for saving our lives!"

Murong Hai and Ge Ping quickly bowed in gratitude to Chen Jichuan.

The two from the Seven Emperors Sword Sect were seriously injured.

Part of their injuries likely stemmed from misfortune, encountering a Heavenly Disaster. Ge Ping had even lost half an arm to frostbite, a sight too tragic to behold.

The rest of the injuries were evidently inflicted by Zhu Yongping and the others from the Five Elements Sect.

This latter set of injuries was far more critical; had Chen Jichuan arrived just an hour or two later, the two might not have survived.

Murong Hai's father was Murong Jue.

When Chen Jichuan was in No.5 Cave, he had sparred with Murong Jue in a debate of sword techniques and had built some rapport. Today, he happened to see Murong Hai in danger and extended a hand to save him.

"I once crossed swords with your father; no need for such formalities."

"However, the borderlands have their own rules. You two take these tokens and leave. Do not return in the future."

Chen Jichuan tossed them two tokens, spread his wings, and flew off to the heavens.

"This—"

Ge Ping held the token engraved with the word "Dai," his face mingling with both the joy of narrowly escaping death and a trace of unwillingness.

No.2 Cave offered countless opportunities; comprehending its anomalies greatly accelerated cultivation progress. In just under a century of being here, he had accomplished the equivalent of three to five hundred years of arduous practice outside.

Today, though lucky to have survived, being banished left him conflicted.

"What's there to think about?"

"The borderlands are perilous; True Person Dai has shown us the utmost benevolence in saving us once. His act of expelling us is to prevent you and me from using his name in the future."

"Besides, do you dare disobey True Person Dai's words?"

Murong Hai saw the matter with greater clarity.

Although he too was reluctant to leave, the thought of Zhu Yongping and the others retreating without a word in utter disgrace, along with Chen Jichuan's earlier tone, left him with no courage to challenge the authority of True Person Jade Face.

"To live through death."

"Being able to escape with our lives is already a great blessing."

"Let's go."

Murong Hai tugged at Ge Ping. They didn't even dare linger in the borderlands to tend to their wounds. Dragging their severely injured bodies and clutching the Jade-Faced True Person's tokens, they indeed found no one dared lay hands on them.

They safely exited the cave.

…

In No.2 Cave, in an unnamed borderland—

Chen Jichuan returned to his cave abode, sat cross-legged with closed eyes, and gazed upon his consciousness sea, as if he were amidst a galaxy, where billions of stars twinkled, the largest and most dazzling among them numbering several dozen.

With a thought—

Mystical Gate Skill, Daluo Heavenly Sleeve, Wind Thunder All Heavens Great Escape, Seven Elements Relieving Calamity Ruyi Tiangang Splitting Light Sword Technique, Three-in-One Indestructible Golden Light Body Protection Technique, Blood Light Refraction Taiyin Divine Mirror Technique, Five Thunders True Skill, Daluo Heavenly Fire, Innate One Qi Demon-locking Bone-shrinking Great Method, Heaven Mending Seal, Nine Doubts Skill, Najia Divination Method, Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique, Illusion Realm, Dutian Rakshasa Chaos Yin Yang Nine Netherworld Reincarnation Life and Death Treasure Method, Corpse Refining Technique, Little Four Nine Wind Thunder Escape Method, All Heavens Walking.

Dozens of stars represented dozens of super-level techniques, the fruits of Chen Jichuan's 1,357 years across six Dao Fruit Worlds.

Below super-level, there were high-level, middle-stage, and low-stage techniques numbering in the hundreds and thousands, all listed here as stars of various sizes.

Having spent 220 years in No.2 Cave, Chen Jichuan's cultivation remained as diligent as ever.

Though he could no longer hunt Evil Gods, he relied on his gains in the borderlands to exchange with his sect and secretly trade with Luo Pu, who guarded No.5 Cave.

With his vast resources, Chen Jichuan secured a steady flow of 'True God Pills' and 'Mystic God Pills.'

The True God Pills were used to enhance cultivation, which in turn advanced his techniques and methods.

As for his techniques—

Due to limited focus, after upgrading 'Dutian Rakshasa Chaos Yin Yang Nine Netherworld Reincarnation Life and Death Treasure Method' and 'Corpse Refining Technique' to super-level, he refrained from further upgrades.

The current roster of super-level techniques was sufficient.

He decided to adapt based on circumstances rather than overextend now.

However, Chen Jichuan had managed to carve out some time to merge 'All Heavens Walking' and 'Little Four Nine Wind Thunder Escape Method' into a brand-new super-level technique called 'Wind Thunder All Heavens Great Escape.'