These include but are not limited to methods such as division, espionage, provocation, and diplomacy. The most obvious example is undoubtedly the Sikong family, which has already been exterminated by the Chen Family.

The once mighty Situ Family, whose ten Peak Realm members were as prominent as the rising sun, was, after hundreds of years, left with only one at the time of their extermination by Chen Zhixing's family.

This level of suppression even made many noble families afraid to reveal that they had more Peak Realm members within their clans!

This led Chen Zhixing to suspect that his grandfather Chen Daoyan's journey to the East Sea Floating Tao was not only for resolving karma as he claimed but also because he didn't want to break through to the Peak Realm at home and attract the attention of the Three Great Sacred Lands.

As for the Celestial Saint Palace.

"The Chen Family was once so weak that there were only a dozen True Self cultivators in the whole family, with Chen Daoyan as their face and Chen Tianyuan as their foundation. To such a weak Longevity Family, the Celestial Saint Palace would naturally be willing to offer protection. But if the Chen Family keeps growing like this... who would want a malignant tumor developing within themselves? Even if peace can be temporarily maintained, a confrontation is inevitable in the end.

Unless one of Ancestor Tianyuan or I can prove the Longevity Realm! Only then will we have the status to engage with the Three Great Sacred Lands on equal terms!"

The Longevity Realm....

This realm is still quite distant for Chen Zhixing today. Although he is currently at the Nirvana Eighth Layer and is determined to break through to the Ninth Layer within half a year, and even because he comprehended the 'Power of Time' ahead of others, the threshold for breaking through to the Peak Realm is much lower for him, but as for proving the Longevity Realm.....

It should be noted that in the tasks Chen Zhixing played through in his past life, those Celestial Chosen protagonists who advanced rapidly early on could break through to the Longevity Realm because of various 'coincidences,' 'explosive growth,' and 'fate.' It seems there was never one who achieved the Longevity Realm through pill taking and regular cultivation!

"It seems I need to collect some data as well. If I'm really planning not to join a Holy Land, some relationships within those Holy Lands must be strengthened and optimized. Also, the methods those Celestial Chosen used to prove their path can be tried! Of course, the safest bet is to gather the essence of longevity cultivators' techniques from various noble families and Holy Lands, purify it, integrate it into one, and create a path to true longevity on my own!"

Of course, the last option is quite troublesome, not to mention time-consuming and risky. If there was a shortcut, Chen Zhixing would not want to spend a huge amount of time on it.

Just a backup plan!

"Among the nine Celestial Chosen, only three proved their paths. Little Stone's method of proving the path is completely unsuitable for me, after all, explosive growth doesn't really suit someone like me, a villain. As for my first disciple.... he's not as good as Little Stone, it was sheer coincidence for him... so the only method worth trying is Meng Hedong's... Fallen Heart Flame?"

Thinking about the flame that could merge myriad abnormal fires across the world, eventually integrating with Meng Hedong, becoming truly favored by fate and achieving longevity, Chen Zhixing pondered that replicating this might not be impossible for him.

He possesses the Fire Tao!

He has the Heaven-Burning body!

He knows the World-Ending Golden Lotus!

He has seized the protagonist template!

Fortune favors him... he now probably carries more fortune than Meng Hedong?

"Logically, the Fallen Heart Flame should still be soaking in the North Sea. I can have someone go explore first, and if it exists, bring it back. Meanwhile, have others inquire about this divine fire through other means. In short, get it quickly to avoid any unexpected incidents."

Thinking this way, Chen Zhixing gave out his orders.

What he didn't know was that there had already been an unexpected incident involving the Fallen Heart Flame years ago....

Half an hour later.

Chen Zhixing looked at the jade box delivered by his big disciple Wang Lin, and after carefully confirming that the fire inside was indeed the Fallen Heart Flame, he looked at Wang Lin with a strange gaze.

What is a Celestial Chosen protagonist?

This Fallen Heart Flame had been sitting in the Chen Family's treasure vault for years, and yet before Wang Lin brought it to him, no one had remembered it was there!

If not for Wang Lin, a whole bunch of Chen family members might have searched the world for decades or centuries without realizing it was tucked away in the corner of their own treasure vault!

Holding the jade box containing the Fallen Heart Flame, Chen Zhixing looked at Wang Lin as if seeing a Divine Beast and said, "So, who put this in the treasure vault?"

"Reporting to Master, there is no record of it in the treasure vault. It seems to have been sent in with something else, and no one noticed it before you gave the command to search for it." Wang Lin replied respectfully.

Hearing this, Chen Zhixing's gaze at Wang Lin turned peculiar: "Then how did you find it?"

"Master, you ordered the search. Lin'er thought that during the days following your grand wedding, many strong individuals brought gifts. Perhaps this Fallen Heart Flame was among them, so I searched the treasure vault and found it." As he said this, the boy's expression seemed a bit innocent, as if asking his master Chen Zhixing, wasn't this what you ordered?

"Uh, very good, yes, you did very well."

Chen Zhixing nodded in satisfaction and then heavily patted Wang Lin on the shoulder: "I now have an even more important task to entrust to you!"

"Please instruct me, Master!" Wang Lin, feeling he was useful, stood straight as a pin!

"Go, go check our family's treasure vault, or some other places, and see if you can find any Secret Techniques that might help me break through to the Longevity Realm. If not, see if you can find any cultivation methods that have led to the Longevity Realm in the past!"

As he said this, Chen Zhixing looked at his big disciple Wang Lin as if gazing at a gold mine glittering brilliantly!

"Lin'er, whether Master can break through to the Longevity Realm depends on you!!!"

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