“True Monarch, please wait!”
Just as Ye Lin turned around, intending to pilot his flying vessel and find a random spot outside to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, an old voice suddenly called out from behind him.
Immediately after, a white-haired elder clad in a dark green robe respectfully approached him.
This person was none other than the ancestor of the Lin family in Lingyun City, Lin Xuantian.
“What is it?” Ye Lin glanced back at him.
“Ahem, this old man has come specifically to thank the True Monarch for saving my Lin family and the countless citizens of Lingyun City.”
“This is a small token of my gratitude. I hope the True Monarch will not reject it.”
After respectfully cupping his fists and bowing to Ye Lin, Lin Xuantian wasted no time and directly presented a storage ring filled with abundant cultivation resources.
“Alright!” Accepting the storage ring from Lin Xuantian, Ye Lin boarded his flying vessel and departed.
“May I ask the True Monarch's Dao title? My Lin family will surely remember your life-saving grace for generations to come.”
Watching Ye Lin's departing figure, Lin Xuantian gritted his teeth and finally mustered the courage to shout.
But at this moment, Ye Lin's mind was entirely occupied with finding a place to enter the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. He was in no mood to pay him any attention.
“‘Once the matter is settled, he departs Lingyun, disdainful of the fleeting fame left in the mortal world.’ As expected of a True Monarch.”
Having received no reply from Ye Lin for a long time, Lin Xuantian assumed he was one of those senior experts who brushed off their sleeves after the deed was done, hiding their contributions and names. In an instant, his admiration for Ye Lin rose to a whole new level.
“Ancestor, the reinforcements from the imperial family and the Cultivation Academy have arrived, but they only sent two cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage.”
“They also said that as long as we are willing to hand over the Lin family's treasure, they are willing to negotiate with the evil spirit race on our behalf.”
At this moment, a high-level member of the Lin family flew over on a sword and landed beside Lin Xuantian, speaking with a trace of anger in his voice.
“Now that the demon calamity has been resolved by the True Monarch, and the treasure has already been gifted to him, tell them to get lost and go back to where they came from.”
“My Lin family and Lingyun City do not welcome them.”
Hearing the report from the high-level member, Lin Xuantian snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and returned to the Lin family's ancestral land.
As for the two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators sent by the academy and the imperial family, they were initially unwilling to accept the Lin family's refusal to hand over the treasure. After all, they represented the Cultivation Academy and the imperial family.
In this Tianyuan Dynasty, the factions behind them were the heavens themselves.
But when they heard that the Lin family's heirloom had already been handed over to a Nascent Soul True Monarch, they were utterly dumbfounded. In the end, they dared not say another word and slunk away from Lingyun City in defeat.
On the other side, Ye Lin had already arrived at a barren mountain on his flying vessel.
Seeing that no one was around, he put away the flying vessel, and with a thought, entered the third layer of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, the Sovereign Heaven.
Sitting cross-legged on the Dao field, he did not hesitate to open his personal game panel to check his Luck Value.
【Luck Value: 13,006 points
Luck Level: First-Tier Son of Destiny
Note: The destiny of a Son of Destiny is superior to that of a Child of Fortune. A world can have many Children of Fortune, but at most, there can only be nine Sons of Destiny. Destined by heaven, the nine shall merge into one to compete for the ultimate Master of Destiny.
When facing the same opportunity, a Son of Destiny takes priority over any Child of Fortune.】
Reading the introduction on the panel, Ye Lin felt momentarily dazed.
Without realizing it, his luck had actually transformed from a pitiful single point into that of a Son of Destiny, of which there were only nine in the entire Heavenly Desolation Continent.
Only a little over a month had passed since he logged into the game, but this world-shaking change in luck was something countless people could work their entire lives and never achieve.
“I really have to thank my evil spirit family members who accompanied me all this way. Without them sacrificing their lives to help me, how could my Luck Value have increased so quickly?”
“I admit, the evil spirits were the real MVPs in the end.”
After muttering to himself in a lighthearted tone, Ye Lin directly took out the red True Dragon Bead he had previously obtained from the Dragon Empress, Lu Yun.
This dragon bead was a quasi-immortal-grade treasure. A single one could increase physical strength by hundreds of thousands of jin of blood qi and extend one's lifespan by a thousand years.
Thus, he decided to draw the blood qi needed to nourish the Dao seed seedling during his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage from this True Dragon Bead and the blood qi refined from his recent evil spirit kills.
“Buzz!”
With a thought, he directly activated the trait 【Random Replication】 to multiply and replicate the True Dragon Bead.
As the trait was activated, the familiar virtual red roulette wheel appeared before his eyes.
The pointer on the wheel spun frantically, and in the end, without a doubt, it stopped at the 1,000x multiplier mark.
“Just as I anticipated, once my luck was upgraded, the replication multiplier would stabilize at 1,000x.”
Seeing the direction the pointer finally settled on, Ye Lin murmured to himself in satisfaction.
With the trait multiplier set, the single True Dragon Bead in his hand instantly multiplied into 1,001 beads.
After replicating the True Dragon Bead, Ye Lin took out the Foundation Establishment spiritual material, the ‘Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi’.
However, what he wanted to replicate was not the ‘Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi’ itself, but the thin wisp of the Power of Yin-Yang contained within it.
“Boom!”
The moment he took out the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi, Ye Lin began running the Qi Condensation chapter of the 《Origin Unity Art》 in his body, slowly extracting that wisp of the ‘Power of Yin-Yang’.
It was worth mentioning that the Power of Yin-Yang was a Heavenly Dao-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual material. Even if others on the Heavenly Desolation Continent obtained it, they would likely struggle to find a corresponding high-level cultivation method to drive and refine it.
But Ye Lin's 《Origin Unity Art》 was a Taboo-grade cultivation method. Refining a Heavenly Dao-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual material was an absolute breeze for him.
Thus, after only a dozen breaths, a wisp of black-and-white, supreme, and sacred mysterious energy was drawn out from the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi by the cultivation method. It was undoubtedly the ‘Power of Yin-Yang’.
“It is indeed profound.” Staring at the wisp of the Power of Yin-Yang wrapped around his hand like a strand of hair, Ye Lin activated the trait 【Random Replication】 once more.
The final replication multiplier remained 1,000x. With a flash of light, the single wisp of the Power of Yin-Yang in his hand instantly became 1,001 wisps.
Following that, he laid out several million mid-grade spirit stones across the Dao field.
“Submit pre-requisite tasks.” Seeing that all preparations before his breakthrough were complete, Ye Lin muttered in his heart without hesitation.
【Ding! Verifying your breakthrough pre-requisite tasks.
Possess a quasi-immortal-grade or higher Foundation Establishment spiritual material: You possess 1,001 wisps of Heavenly Dao-grade Power of Yin-Yang. Task overachieved.
Slay three Golden Core Stage creatures: You have slain five peak Golden Core Stage evil Venerables. Task overachieved.
Upgrade your talent to Earth-grade: Incomplete Chaos Spiritual Root. Target met.
The original task had a time limit of one hundred years, but you completed it in a single day. You have vastly overachieved this task.
Congratulations! Your task evaluation has reached the Perfect grade. Your breakthrough will be 100% successful. You may choose whether to undergo the Taboo Tribulation. After your breakthrough, you will receive a Blessing of Heaven and Earth.】
Seeing the task evaluation notification on the game panel, Ye Lin felt incredibly surprised.
He hadn't expected that overachieving the task would grant him additional benefits.
Who wouldn't drool over a 100% breakthrough success rate? Though because he cultivated a Taboo-grade method, his realm had no real bottlenecks and failure was practically impossible anyway.
But the right to choose whether to face the tribulation, along with the Blessing of Heaven and Earth upon breaking through—these were all excellent things.
“It seems that when I modify the pre-requisite task content next time, I should make it as simple as possible. That way, I can overachieve every time, secure a Perfect evaluation, and continuously reap these benefits.”
Keeping this firmly in mind, Ye Lin did not hesitate. He immediately sat cross-legged, began running his cultivation method to refine his blood qi, and started his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage!
Rate on N.U.
