Aside from the Second Prince's residence, things were also far from peaceful within the Cultivation Academy and the Demon Suppressing Division.
Over at the Cultivation Academy, many high-level executives originally wouldn't have cared even if more new disciples had died during this Outer Academy rookie trial.
After all, in their eyes, ordinary Spiritual Root disciples like those in the Outer Academy were recruited in massive batches every year. If they died, they died. The academy was a massive, powerful entity, and no one would dare say anything.
In the past, they indeed thought and acted this way.
But this time, it just so happened that among the new Outer Academy disciples, there was a youth with a powerful background who had secretly run away from home in a fit of anger.
The youth had left home in a huff, refusing to bring a single treasure with him. He was determined to prove to his family that he, Qi Changqing, was no waste, and that he could definitely make a comeback without relying on anyone.
Although the youth had only run away out of a temporary fit of pique, even after suffering countless beatings from society and being sold off to work in the mines, he never uttered a word about his identity, nor did he ever seek help from his family.
In a way, he actually possessed the grit of a true man.
After many twists and turns, he ended up in the Tianyuan Dynasty and became one of the new students of this term at the Cultivation Academy.
He thought the storm had finally passed and the rain had stopped, and that he could finally make his comeback.
Yet who would have thought that reality wouldn't just deal him a harsh blow, but would slice his neck open directly?
Thus, he died. Consequently, his sister—who had always scolded him for being a waste—came in person. The moment she arrived, a highly self-important vice principal of the Cultivation Academy fell dead on the ground.
And every few dozen breaths of time, another high-level executive of the academy would disintegrate into ashes.
“Please calm your anger, Milady. We are also deeply grieved by your brother's passing, but please give us some time. We will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and uncover the truth.”
Seeing another high-level executive instantly turn to ash and vanish, all the academy higher-ups, led by Gu Qingsong, completely panicked.
It was glaringly obvious that this god of slaughter was someone they could not afford to provoke.
“One day. If you do not give me a satisfactory answer within one day, all of you shall die.”
Sweeping a cold gaze over the crowd, the blue-dressed woman picked up the thoroughly dead Qi Changqing, casually tore through space, and departed.
“Quickly, mobilize all our forces! We must find out why those men in black carried out a mass slaughter of the new disciples this time!”
The moment the blue-dressed woman left, Gu Qingsong didn't even have time to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead before immediately roaring to issue orders to everyone.
The situation at the Demon Suppressing Division was much better than at the Cultivation Academy. After all, because the people here frequently dealt with evil spirits and had more daily contact with ordinary citizens, most of them did not treat human lives with such disregard.
Even before Qi Changqing's family arrived, they had already begun fully investigating the reason behind the massive attacks on the new students and the Demon Suppressing Guards.
Therefore, when the blue-dressed woman's Dao Protector arrived, they merely shattered half of the Demon Suppressing Division's buildings with a single palm strike, demanded they find the cause within a day, and then left.
“What is this? The funds we were just allocated haven't even warmed up yet, and they're already gone.” Seeing the collapsed buildings, the high-level executives of the Demon Suppressing Division felt as if the sky was falling.
Elsewhere, within a mysterious space, Qi Changqing's soul was staring in shock at a mysterious book floating before him.
On the book, it was written: 【The youth was destined for supreme greatness, yet his path in life was fraught with trials.】
【In a mere nineteen years, you have experienced ridicule, cold stares, disappointment, unwillingness, and determination. Your life experiences are quite rich.】
【The settlement for the 'Indomitable' Fate has been completed. You have the following three choices.
One: Heaven-grade bones.
Two: Nineteen years of experience in enduring hardships.
Three: Earth-grade bones, and an opportunity to make acquaintance with the future Heavenly Dao.】
【Please make your choice within ten breaths of time. You will be resurrected after ten breaths.】
Seeing the wealth of information displayed on the mysterious book, Qi Changqing was somewhat incredulous.
But there wasn't much time left for him to think. The moment the countdown ended, he decisively chose the third option.
“Buzz!”
In the next instant, his soul vanished from the mysterious space. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in a warm embrace, his face drenched with someone's tears.
“Well, well, Qi the T-Rex, I caught you crying with your face covered, didn't I? I'm going to tease you about this secret for a whole year.”
Having clearly recognized the tear-stained face, Qi Changqing instinctively grinned and laughed mockingly.
His sudden resurrection instantly left the blue-dressed woman, Qi Feiyan, dumbfounded on the spot.
“Hey, hey, are you stupid? Hurry up and let go of me.” Seeing his older sister gripping his shoulders tightly, Qi Changqing cried out in pain.
To his surprise, what greeted him first was a slap, then another slap, and finally, countless slaps.
Qi Changqing: “...”
He might as well have stayed dead!
Meanwhile, within Sovereign Heaven inside the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, if calculated according to the outside world's time, Ye Lin had already been cultivating here for nearly three days.
Over these three days, he had refined all of his Qi Gathering Pills, three thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and all the blood qi obtained from refining the evil spirits he had slain during the rookie trial.
Without a doubt, his cultivation had soared, directly breaking through five minor realms to reach the Sixth Layer of Qi Condensation.
It wasn't that he didn't want to immediately convert the massive amount of resources before him into cultivation.
Rather, he simply lacked enough blood qi to allow the Dao Seed seedling to continue growing.
“Since I don't have enough blood qi, I'll just use the remaining four wisps of Origin Ancestral Qi. They're meant for nurturing the Dao Seed anyway. I might as well use them now.”
Seeing the lack of blood qi, Ye Lin grit his teeth, circulated his cultivation method, and channeled all four wisps of Origin Ancestral Qi from his left eye into the Dao Seed seedling.
“Boom!”
Instantly, two vortices appeared on the two tender leaves of the Dao Seed seedling. The vortices were deep and terrifying, each emitting an irresistible devouring force.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
In just a few breaths of time, the four wisps of Origin Ancestral Qi were completely devoured.
After devouring the Origin Ancestral Qi, the leaf representing the Sea of Blood immediately grew to the size of a thumb.
Following that, the thumb-sized red leaf suddenly burst with hundreds of blood-red rays of light.
Just like during the first feedback, the moment these red rays detached from the leaf, they all surged into Ye Lin's body like rivers rushing into the sea.
“Boom!”
A thunderous roar erupted in every inch of his flesh, every meridian, and every bone. Then, Ye Lin's physical strength underwent an explosive growth.
Three hundred and fifty thousand jin...
Four hundred thousand jin...
Six hundred thousand jin...
It wasn't until it reached a full one million jin that the reinforcement brought by this blood qi feedback finally came to a complete halt.
One had to know that the physical strength of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator was only around one million jin. Yet now, Ye Lin's strength actually rivaled that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator?
“Why does this blood qi feedback feel a bit different?”
After his blood qi strength skyrocketed, Ye Lin immediately threw a few casual punches in the martial arena. After this enhancement, he felt that something was different, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.
After practicing in the martial arena for a long while, he finally realized what was different: he perceived that his senses had become much sharper and his mind clearer.
One had to know that during the Body Tempering Realm, the blood qi feedback only gave him a sensation of skyrocketing strength. He hadn't expected that now, in the Qi Condensation Stage, the feedback would bring such an additional effect.
“It must be that the blood qi feedback has caused a fundamental transformation in my body,” he muttered to himself.
In truth, his words were not entirely correct. He had indeed undergone certain bodily transformations that rivaled those of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator due to the blood qi feedback.
However, ordinary blood qi feedback could never achieve such an effect. It was because he cultivated the taboo cultivation method, the Origin Unity Art, that his blood qi far surpassed the Extreme Realm of the Qi Condensation Stage.
In fact, the so-called Extreme Realm was a state exclusive to top-tier geniuses. To put it simply, it meant one could cultivate an extra minor layer in every major realm compared to others.
While others only had nine layers in a major realm, they had ten, making their foundation and accumulation far more terrifying.
But Ye Lin had surpassed even this Extreme Realm, reaching an unspeakable and unnameable higher level, known as the Taboo.
Not dwelling too much on the changes in his body, Ye Lin quickly sat cross-legged on the dao platform. He then focused on running his cultivation method and began refining the many mid-grade spirit stones before him.
As long as he infused enough spiritual power into his own Dantian Sea and the Sea of Spiritual Power on the Dao Seed's leaf, his cultivation realm would naturally continue to break through.
Time flew like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed inside the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda's space. During these days, aside from taking brief breaks to fill his stomach with some food he had packed and brought back, he spent all of his time focusing on refining spiritual power.
Finally, after refining a whopping twenty thousand mid-grade spirit stones, his cultivation skyrocketed once again from the Sixth Layer of Qi Condensation. He broke all the way through the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation, shattered the tenth layer Extreme Realm, and ultimately stepped into the unspeakable Taboo domain.
“Phew, I've finally reached the great perfection of Qi Condensation.”
Sensing that his Dantian Sea and the Dao Seed's Sea of Spiritual Power could no longer absorb even a shred of spiritual power, Ye Lin let out a long breath and immediately stopped his meditation and refinement.
After all, the entry requirement for the Immortal Hall was the Qi Condensation Stage. Even if he could continue to break through, he would have chosen to stop.
Not to mention that he currently had no blood qi to continue watering the Dao Seed seedling, so he naturally wouldn't be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage anytime soon.
【Ding! Congratulations, you are the first player in this game to break the Extreme Realm during the Qi Condensation Stage and step into the Taboo domain. You have triggered a special achievement. The reward has been distributed to your player panel. Please check it yourself.】
“I'll look at the reward later. For now, let's check out the deduction ability of the trait 【The Strictest Father of Other Races】.”
Standing up and stretching deeply, he loosened up his muscles and bones before preparing to practice that Heaven-grade fist technique, the Nine Suns Heaven-Shaking Fist.
In the past, he would have had to do the same thing as when he practiced the Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay—consuming Comprehension Pills and painstakingly contemplating and training.
But now, with the trait 【The Strictest Father of Other Races】 and an abundance of evil spirit lifespan, he could directly use his cheat to deduce it.
“15,080 years. Let's begin the deduction in earnest.”
Because he wasn't sure if his personal state affected the deduction process, Ye Lin thought about it and still consumed a mid-grade Comprehension Pill to see if he could stack a buff.
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