Ji Family Library.

Over the past two days, Fang Chen had learned that this place housed many ancient texts, containing numerous secrets of the Immortal Realm, so he often came over to read. Some of the books were not even accessible to ordinary direct descendants of the Ji Family. However, since Fang Chen was a core disciple of the Enlightenment God Palace, the Ji family granted him unlimited access to all their ancient texts, excluding only core cultivation methods and techniques.

After Fang Tong found out about it, he too had been coming here frequently over the past couple of days, seizing every opportunity to chat with Fang Chen. However, the two of them conducted their real conversations through voice transmission.

Fang Tong's main goal was to determine whether he was the younger or older brother. After finally confirming that he was younger, he instead felt relieved. It was fine to be worse than your older brother, but the opposite was deeply embarrassing.

Fang Tong stood a short distance away from Fang Chen. Holding an ancient book, he secretly transmitted his voice. "Brother, the Fire Virtue Immortal Division will send people over for negotiations tomorrow. I really won't be in trouble, right?"

"You won't be in any trouble," Fang Chen replied calmly via transmission. "Let me focus on reading for a bit. Go find somewhere else to amuse yourself."

"Uh... alright."

Fang Tong put down the book and turned to leave the library. Although he wasn't sure why his elder brother was so confident, he still trusted the reputation of the Enlightenment God Palace.

Fang Chen glanced at him, put down the ancient text he was holding, and selected another one to read. He could already conclude that Fang Tong was merely bait. The other side's true target was neither Fang Tong nor the Ji family. If anything went wrong tomorrow, it would only be aimed at Chen Enxue.

"Senior Sister should be nearby. With her cultivation, unless a ninth-transformation immortal personally appears, it's almost impossible for them to make the Enlightenment God Palace's core disciples suffer any loss."

A faint smile appeared on Fang Chen's face, and curiosity stirred in his heart. He was looking forward to seeing what kind of methods the demons would use to scheme against Chen Enxue.

"Hmm... When an era collapses, an eye remains behind. After enduring a hundred lifetimes, it may become an Eye of the Era..."

Fang Chen was suddenly drawn to a page in one of the ancient texts.

It spoke of the Eye of an Era left behind after the death of an eighth-transformation Grand World Immortal. That was the core spiritual material required for the fourth stage of the Radiant Divine Eyes. If he could obtain a single Eye of an Era, he could quickly gather the remaining required materials through the Enlightenment God Palace, refine them into a secret medicine, and reach the fourth stage of the Radiant Divine Eyes.

He had long experienced the wondrous nature of the Radiant Divine Eyes and even suspected that the fourth stage possessed abilities entirely different from the first three. Otherwise, it would not require such an incomparably rare spiritual material.

Fang Chen read the passage word by word and discovered that the author of this ancient text possessed an extremely thorough understanding of the Eye of an Era. It was very likely written by a Grand World Immortal himself, penned before death as a commemorative epitaph left for future generations.

Originally, Fang Chen had intended to use the Ji Family's library to locate the sealed region delineated by the Mirror of the Universe. He had not expected this unexpected windfall instead.

"The fact that there are records of the Eye of an Era here means that the Lesser Immortal Realm must also have produced an eighth-transformation Grand World Immortal... It's highly likely that the Eye of an Era still exists. But this thing is extraordinary. Even if it truly emerged, it wouldn't be my turn to obtain it..."

While he was pondering, Ji Tianjun slowly walked into the library and headed straight toward Fang Chen. He cupped his hands and called out, "Core Disciple Fang."

Fang Chen smiled and nodded. "Did Tenth Brother ask you to find me?"

Ji Tianjun's expression turned awkward. Fang Chen's words insinuated he didn't have the qualifications to seek him out personally.

"You misunderstand, Core Disciple Fang. I heard that over the past two days, you've been fond of browsing ancient texts in the library and seem particularly interested in Immortal Realm history, so I wished to gift you a book."

Ji Tianjun took out an ancient book emitting a clear divine glow and explained, "This book was written by a History Immortal. It contains quite a few secrets about the Immortal Realm."

"A History Immortal?" Fang Chen asked in surprise. "Why have I never heard of such a thing in the Nine Mortal Realms?"

"That is precisely the difference between the Immortal Realm and the Mortal Realm," Ji Tianjun replied with a smile. "The path of the History Immortal is quite special. It uses the rise and fall of Immortal Realm history as its immortal medicine. Only by consuming it can one advance. The rise and fall of the Nine Mortal Realms has no such effect, so History Immortals do not exist there."

After a pause, he continued, "However, ever since the separation of the Greater Immortal Realm and the Lesser Immortal Realm, there should no longer be any History Immortals in existence. Over the years, very few people have even known of this path. I only learned a little because I happened to obtain this book written by a History Immortal."

Fang Chen was intrigued. He accepted the book from Ji Tianjun but did not open it immediately. Instead, he smiled and said, "Daoist Ji, an item like this must be extremely valuable. Are you truly willing to part with it?"

"If it were a complete History Immortal text, it might count as a spiritual treasure, ranking among the top 300 on the Spiritual Treasure Ranking. But this is only one volume of it. In terms of true value, it isn't that high," Ji Tianjun shared. "I've already finished reading its contents, so it's of no further use to me. I'd rather give it to you as a token of thanks for your help to the Ji Family this time."

"Third Senior Sister is the one truly helping. Why don't I pass this book on to her instead?" Fang Chen said.

"The Second Ancestor will personally thank Core Disciple Chen. Please don't be polite, Core Disciple Fang." Ji Tianjun cupped his hands again. "I'll take my leave."

As Fang Chen watched Ji Tianjun depart, an old saying came to mind. When someone is overly diligent for no reason, they are either a thief or a traitor.

He shouldn't know that when the plot against the Immaculate Immortal was carried out, I was the one who stopped it. Still, my closeness with Little Immortal Honglian has likely displeased him. But no matter how displeased he is, he wouldn't dare act against me at such a critical juncture. So what is the real reason?

Fang Chen glanced at the History Immortal's book in his hand and asked, "Little Mirror, what is special about a History Immortal's book? If I read it, will I encounter danger?"

"Brother, now that the book is already in your hands, I can answer whether there's danger. Anyone not on the History Immortal path... If they read it, they will certainly die. However, yours is not complete, so you might not die instantly, but strange things will happen. If you want to know the specifics, it'll cost one hundred immortal crystals."

All of Fang Chen's immortal crystals had already been spent locking onto the location of the seal in this realm, so he didn't even have ten immortal crystals, much less one hundred. But one thing had been confirmed—Ji Tianjun truly intended to harm him.

He delivered the book to me personally, so there is no way to hide his movements. If something happened to me, wouldn't Third Senior Sister immediately suspect him? Unless... Ah, that's it!

Fang Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light. "Ji Tianjun, this time, I really must thank you."

Tomorrow was the day of the negotiations. There was only one possibility that would make Ji Tianjun no longer fear Chen Enxue.

"Tomorrow, something will definitely happen. It's extremely likely that they truly have found a method to force Third Senior Sister and the others to awaken. But Ji Tianjun... He does not want me to awaken. So he acted against me one day early."

Fang Chen put away the History Immortal's book, his face expressionless as he left the library.

Not far away, a faint, almost imperceptible gaze watched with a trace of disappointment.