Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

"Mid-stage Tribulation Transcending?"

Chen Fan only glanced at him before seeing through the old man's true nature.

"Who dares to be so audacious as to block the path of my Kunxu Sect's patrol warship?!"

A furious shout came from the warship. It wasn't the purple-robed elder who spoke, but a warrior at the Great Perfection of the Integration Realm standing beside him. The warrior held a long halberd, his eyes wide with rage, exuding murderous intent.

Chen Fan stood with his hands behind his back, his tone calm, showing no intention of backing down:

"Just a passerby."

Upon hearing this, the combined-elemental warrior flew into a rage: "Arrogant! In this Kunxu Starfield, who dares to block the path of my Kunxu warship? Since you're just passing through, get out of my way at once, lest you die a gruesome death!"

As he spoke, the warrior was about to activate the formation to crush Chen Fan.

"Step back."

Just then, the silent old man in purple robes suddenly spoke.

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable authority that made the combined-level warrior tremble and quickly and respectfully retreat to the side.

The purple-robed elder took a step forward, directly traversing the void and appearing a hundred feet in front of Chen Fan.

His deep eyes were fixed on Chen Fan, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Fellow Daoist, I am Qingmingzi, an outer sect elder of the Kunxu Sect." The old man, contrary to his previous arrogance, even carried a rare solemnity in his tone as he cupped his hands in greeting.

Everyone on the warship gasped in shock upon seeing this.

Elder Qingming is a powerful figure in the mid-stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm! Although he holds the title of outer sect disciple in the Kunxu Sect, when he travels outside, even the ruler of a ninth-level cultivation country has to treat him with utmost respect.

At this moment, he actually took the initiative to bow to a seemingly ordinary young man in blue?

Qingmingzi was actually more shocked than anyone else.

He had just scanned Chen Fan with his divine sense, initially thinking he was just a clueless rogue cultivator. But the moment his divine sense touched Chen Fan's body, it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

Not only that, he also sensed a subtle aura emanating from the other party that made his soul tremble!

He had only ever sensed that kind of aura from those old monsters in the late stages of the Tribulation Transcending Realm who were in seclusion deep within the sect.

The person before me is no ordinary person!

"Our Chen Fan."

Seeing that the other party was very polite, Chen Fan nodded slightly in return, "I am new to the Kunxu Star Region and blocked the warship's path. It was an unintentional mistake."

"So it's Fellow Daoist Chen." Qingmingzi quickly searched his mind, but couldn't find the name "Chen Fan" anywhere, which deepened his apprehension.

He tentatively asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, your aura is quite unfamiliar. May I ask which star region you come from? And what brings you to my Kunxu Star Region? If there is anything I can do to help you, I would be happy to make a good connection."

The sudden appearance of a Transcending Tribulation level expert of unknown origin in the core of the Kunxu Starfield made him wary.

Chen Fan didn't hide anything. Since he was going to borrow the Reincarnation Mirror, he would have to deal with the people of Kunxu Sect sooner or later. Since the person in front of him was an elder of Kunxu Sect, he could just sound him out.

"My family comes from a remote place, nothing to boast about," Chen Fan said casually. "As for the purpose of my visit, I heard that the Kunxu Sect has a Reincarnation Mirror, and I have come to borrow it to revive my beloved."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding starry sky seemed to fall silent for a moment.

The monks on the warship looked at each other, thinking they had misheard.

Qingmingzi was also slightly taken aback, and then the expression on his face became extremely strange, looking at Chen Fan as if he were a monster.

"Borrow...borrow the Mirror of Reincarnation?"

Qingmingzi gave a wry smile and shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Chen, if you're not joking, then you really don't know what the Samsara Mirror is."

"Please speak frankly, Elder Qingming," Chen Fan said, his expression unchanged.

Qingmingzi sighed, paced back and forth in the void for a couple of steps with his hands behind his back, and said:

"The Mirror of Reincarnation is the foundation of my Kunxu Sect, a true celestial treasure! This object can not only suppress the fortune of a star field, but also involves a certain cause and effect in the celestial realm."

"You wish to resurrect your lover; I respect you as a devoted person. But this Mirror of Reincarnation is not so easily obtained." Qing Mingzi's expression turned extremely serious. "Fellow Daoist, do you know what price must be paid to activate the Mirror of Reincarnation?"

"What price?" Chen Fan asked.

"Once the Mirror of Reincarnation is activated, reversing life and death is tantamount to violating the fundamental laws of the universe. It not only requires a massive amount of immortal energy to sustain it, but it also unleashes the legendary 'Causal Tribulation'!"

Qingmingzi stared intently at Chen Fan, "Even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Tribulation Transcending might not be able to withstand that kind of tribulation! More importantly, every time it is used, the Samsara Mirror will extract a wisp of the user's true spirit as a sacrifice."

"If the true spirit is damaged, there will be no hope of ascending to the Immortal Realm in this lifetime, and one may even perish and have their cultivation dissipate!"

Upon hearing this, everyone on the warship gasped in shock.

Ascending to the Immortal Realm is the ultimate dream of every cultivator. Who would risk their own irredeemable path to immortality to save just one person?

Chen Fan listened, but his face remained completely expressionless.

He didn't even blink twice.

He looked at Qingmingzi and said calmly, "We'll bear the tribulation lightning, and we'll provide the true spirit. As long as we can borrow the Mirror of Reincarnation, we can afford these costs."

Qingmingzi's pupils contracted.

He never expected that this person who called himself Chen Fan wouldn't even care about the cost of damaging his true spirit.

"Fellow Daoist Chen..." Qingmingzi took a deep breath, "Even if you are willing to pay the price, the right to borrow the Samsara Mirror is not in my hands, nor even in the hands of the sect leader."

"Then who has it?"

"The Nine Immortals of Kunxu," Qingmingzi said, enunciating each word clearly. "Only those nine rogue immortal ancestors have the authority to decide whether to activate the Mirror of Reincarnation, and only they have the authority to make conditions to the borrower."

"As for what they want... I don't know. I only know that over the past ten thousand years, three powerful beings from other realms at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage have come to borrow the Mirror of Reincarnation, but in the end, none of them were able to meet the Nine Immortals' conditions and left in disappointment."

Qingmingzi looked at Chen Fan and earnestly advised him:

"Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is hard-won. Why bother touching the unattainable laws of the Immortal Realm for the sake of a dead person? Why not leave now and pretend I never saw you today?"

Chen Fan remained silent for a moment.

In his mind, the image of the woman who stood in front of him without hesitation in the valley of grass, her soul shattered yet still smiling, resurfaced once more.

Tianxiangzi.

For him, she was willing to give up her life and even the chance to be reincarnated.

What are a mere bit of true spirit, a mere bit of karmic tribulation?

"Thank you for your kindness, Elder Qingming."

Chen Fan raised his head, his eyes revealing a firmness and sharpness that made Qing Mingzi's heart tremble.

"But in my life, I have never believed in fate or heaven; I only believe in the Dao that I hold dear. Since the Nine Immortals can make demands, then take me to see them."

"Whatever they want, we'll give them. If we can't afford it..."

Chen Fan paused, a cold smile curving his lips. "Then we'll take it ourselves."