"Me?" Hearing the sect say they wanted to promote him, Luo Yan quickly pushed them away and said, "I can't do that. My second-grade golden elixir was not as good as Chang Geng Zhenren's, and now I've only formed a divine infant, which is even less than the other party's first-grade immortal infant. If I promote it in a big way, I'm afraid I'll only bring shame upon myself."

The Penglai elders: ...

No, he is a divine baby after all, how could he bring shame upon himself?

The Nascent Soul realm is divided into five levels: ghost, human, earth, god, and immortal.

Among them, ghost infants and human infants are defective products that cannot ascend to immortality, so let’s not talk about them for now. The vast majority of Yuanying cultivators in the world are at the Earth Infant level.

If one can go one step further and reach the Divine Infant realm, then as long as there are no unexpected ascensions in the future, he will basically be a Golden Immortal and make a sprint for the Daluo Golden Immortal... Therefore, in the past ten thousand years of the Three Pure Ones of the orthodox religion, the number of cultivators who can form a Divine Infant can be counted on one hand. How could he bring disgrace upon himself?

If it were Shushan, with Chang Geng's first-grade immortal infant in front, a mere second-grade divine infant would indeed not be worth bragging about.

But Penglai was not so arrogant: "If a first-grade fairy infant cannot be surpassed, so what? If we can't get first place, we can get second or third place, which is also good."

Everyone surrounded Luo Yan and tried to persuade him, but he turned a deaf ear and refused.

What a joke! A Taiyin Sword Master suddenly appeared and almost destroyed Qiu Changtian's invincible golden body.

If there is another Divine Infant Jingyun, and the three small accounts compete with each other, wouldn’t I be exhausted to death?

Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Master Xuandu quickly exchanged glances with Immortal Wanxiang.

The Wanxiang Immortal also sighed. If the spirit of Shushan is to be competitive and win, then the spirit of Penglai is completely the opposite.

Everyone is absorbed in their own little academic world, not caring about strength in battles or rankings; to put it simply, they have no sense of sect honor.

In this environment, it is normal that Luo Yan is unwilling to over-promote himself for the sect.

So after the meeting, Wanxiang Immortal called Luo Yan over alone and said:

"Since you are already an elder of Penglai, there are some things in the sect that you need to know."

Luo Yan followed the Immortal Wanxiang to a secret room deep in Yuqing Temple.

The secret room is decorated as a study, with only a bookshelf, a cabinet, and a desk.

"Here." Wanxiang Immortal took out a jade slip from the bookshelf and handed it to Luo Yan, saying, "You can only read it here, you can't take it out."

"Yes." Luo Yan immersed his spiritual consciousness into the jade slip and began to read it attentively.

The knowledge recorded in the jade slip is very interesting. It talks about a worldview of the earth being round and the sky being square: the earth is square, with the front being the cultivation world and the back being the Eastern Emperor world. The sky is a spherical shield that completely wraps the earth. From the outside, it looks like a ball, so it is also called the "celestial sphere."

The function of the celestial sphere is very simple, which is to protect the world within the sphere from various invasions from the world outside the celestial body. Regarding the world outside the celestial body, it is generally believed to be a chaotic world filled with the water of the boundless celestial river, with many stars floating in it, dotted in between, and demons from outer space swimming around like fish in the water. Of course, there are countless other celestial worlds, just like bubbles in the water flowing randomly.

As early as in ancient times, the sky barrier had been broken once, causing a large amount of water from the sky river to pour in, causing Shenzhou to tilt eastward. Countless demons also came through the gap and preyed on people wantonly, treating them like pigs and dogs.

It was not until Nuwa refined the Sky-Mending Stone and repaired the barrier of the sky that the celestial world we live in did not burst and disappear like a bubble.

The following are the supplementary notes added by Wanxiang Xianren:

"Now it seems that patching up the sky is only a temporary measure after all. The material of the five-colored stone is not as good as the original sky barrier. Sooner or later, it will be worn away by the water of the sky river, which may take hundreds of years or even thousands of years."

"The elders in the Immortal Realm have sent a warning message, saying that people have a life span, and so does the world. The life span of this world has already ended, and repairing the sky is tantamount to forcibly extending life, and it will not cure the root cause."

"If the mortals in this world want to escape, they can only cultivate to the level of immortality before the sky breaks, and then use the power of ascension to go to the immortal world closest to this world, so as to escape this disaster."

"When I ascended to immortality in the past, I chose to stay in this world and never ascended because I thought that there was no immortal guarding my sect.

"Fortunately, Nuwa refined six pieces of sky-repairing stones in the past, using five to repair the sky and keeping one as a spare. She told future generations that if the sky cracks again, they can use this spare sky-repairing stone to repair it, which can delay the catastrophe of destruction by at least another 100,000 years."

"Unfortunately, the backup Heaven-Repairing Stone later suffered an unforeseen event and eventually broke apart and its whereabouts are unknown. I have been searching for it for so many years, but I have only found a fragment."

"If we want to repair the scar in the sky, we must have a complete stone to repair the sky. But if we just want to protect Penglai Island and build a small protective sky dome, this fragment should be more than enough."

"The method of transforming the Sky-Repairing Stone into the Sky Dome was also recorded and passed down by Nuwa in the past..."

There is nothing more after that.

Luo Yan pretended to be horrified and terrified, and asked the Myriad Immortal:

"Immortal, what is said here... is it true?"

"It would be great if it was fake." Wanxiang Immortal sighed, "To build a small protective sky dome, in addition to the fragments of the sky-repairing stone, it also requires various natural materials and treasures, I don't know how many there are."

"I have only accumulated 30% of what I planned to accumulate in Penglai so far... So, Elder Jingyun, now you know why we need to promote it, right?"

"Only if Penglai's reputation in the East China Sea remains intact, will the many immortal cultivation families, sects, and forces in Shenzhou be willing to continue trading with us. Only then can we obtain more natural treasures, build that small protective dome, and protect our sect's lineage."

Having said this, Wanxiang Immortal paused for a moment and sighed:

"However, with your talent for cultivation, I think you will be able to ascend to heaven and escape from this world before the great disaster of world destruction comes... That's all, there is no need to force you."

"How can an immortal say that?!" Luo Yan immediately became furious, as if his loyalty was being questioned, and said indignantly, "I have transformed from a mortal to a Nascent Soul cultivator. It can be said that I have been reborn. This is not an exaggeration. Penglai is the family that gave birth to me and raised me. Now that my family is in trouble, how can I just sit back and watch?"

"If the Immortal does not forsake me, I am willing to take on this important task for you!"

"Good boy, good boy..." Immortal Wanxiang was also touched by his sincerity, so he said excitedly, "You have your own path, and the sect will not force you. But if you have time, you can study the method of recasting the sky left by Nuwa."

"I will definitely study it diligently!" Luo Yan was extremely excited when he took the bamboo slips handed over by the Immortal Wanxiang.

Don’t worry, Vientiane Immortal!

Not only will I preserve the Penglai Taoist tradition, I will also save this world. Just wait and see!