Chapter 71: It's finally time for me to show off
"Boom!" At that moment, a thunderclap resounded.
You were startled, thinking it was Heavenly Thunder descending.
It wasn't until you saw the torrential rain following the thunder that you breathed a sigh of relief.
"So it was just rain!"
However, the thunder also extinguished the bit of bravado that had just risen in your heart.
You kept reminding yourself: The enemy is too powerful. Stay low, stay low, you must be cautious.
In the fifth year, you arrived at Sunset Mountain.
After searching for a while, you finally found the Spirit Liquid Pool!
You immediately began your cultivation there.
In the sixth year, thanks to the effects of the Pseudo Spirit Liquid, you broke through from the second level of Nascent Soul to the third level within a year.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
In the ninth year, your cultivation level had reached the sixth level of Nascent Soul.
By this time, the Pseudo Spirit Liquid in the Spirit Liquid Pool had been completely consumed by you.
Looking at the dried-up pool, you felt a bit unsatisfied.
The feeling of rapid improvement was truly exhilarating.
"Sigh," you sighed and headed towards Green Hills City.
This time, you didn't plan to go to the Forest of Ten Thousand Swords.
Although in the last simulation, you accidentally stumbled out of the Southern Regions after going mad, you weren't sure if you could replicate that situation; it was too random.
Of course, you could gamble on the talent of being a Child of Fortune.
But you felt that your Child of Fortune talent seemed fake, only responsible for resources, with no significant change in luck in other aspects.
In the eleventh year, you returned to Green Hills City.
This time, you didn't hide outside but returned to the Jiang Family.
Your father, Jiang Fushan, was overjoyed to see you return safely after so many years.
To celebrate, all the Jiang Clan Firm's businesses in Green Hills City held massive sales.
Soon, the news of your return spread throughout Green Hills City!
For a time, the Jiang Family was filled with guests, and many of your old friends came to visit you.
Among them, your good friend from the pleasure house, Liang Zhilei, even booked the entire Spring Blossom Pavilion for you.
Notably, the courtesan of Spring Blossom Pavilion was Qiu Zhixuan.
After your return, she also came to visit you alone.
During your conversation, you clearly sensed her using Divine Sense to probe you.
You understood this; after all, you had disappeared for over a decade and suddenly reappeared. The Immortal Slaves of the Immortal Arrival Sect would naturally be cautious.
Unfortunately for her, you had a Breath Concealing Talisman, so no matter how she looked at you, you appeared as a mere mortal.
Of course, even without the Breath Concealing Talisman, with your current cultivation level, Qiu Zhixuan, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, couldn't possibly see through you!
This was one of the reasons you dared to return openly to the Jiang Family in this simulation.
Shortly after your return, the Jiang Clan Firm received a large business deal requiring your father, Jiang Fushan, to travel to the Liang Kingdom.
Upon hearing this, you immediately found your father and told him you wanted to accompany him!
Your father, Jiang Fushan, did not refuse.
After all, you had managed to survive on your own for decades. This time, accompanying him on a business trip, though long, wouldn't worry him too much.
In the twelfth year, after concluding the business in the Liang Kingdom, your Jiang Clan Firm's convoy was passing through Yuyang Mountain when the ground suddenly shook.
You knew this meant an inheritance was about to appear.
With a wave of your hand, you knocked out everyone except your father, ensuring they all slept peacefully, then protected them with spiritual energy.
When they woke up, they would probably think they just had a good nap!
Your father, Jiang Fushan, watched everything you did with some confusion.
But you just smiled and roughly explained it to him.
However, your father didn't understand a word about cultivation.
Even though he didn't understand, he still nodded without any blame.
Actually, even without an explanation, given your father Jiang Fushan's doting nature, he wouldn't have blamed you for anything.
Soon, a crack appeared in the ground, and the inheritance emerged.
After moving the unconscious people to a safe place, you leaped down with your father into the inheritance hall.
Upon your arrival, the inheritance light orb moved back and forth, sometimes appearing before you, sometimes before your father.
It seemed to be making a choice!
In the end, you gave your father Jiang Fushan a push towards the light orb.
Seeing this, the inheritance smoothly merged into your father Jiang Fushan's body.
You had considered taking the inheritance yourself.
But then you thought it would be better to steadily improve; this time, your goal was to break through a major realm.
Since you were cultivating the Divine Dao, you needed to advance both Martial Dao and Immortal Dao simultaneously to achieve perfection and break through the major realm.
You felt you needed to find Spine Mountain and use the Heavenly Thunder beneath it to cultivate Martial Dao.
If you took the inheritance, you weren't sure if you could find Spine Mountain.
So, to be safe, you gave up the inheritance. As long as your father obtained it, he would connect with the cultivators of Spine Mountain.
You could then take the opportunity to go to Spine Mountain with him!
As for the inheritance, you left it for your future self to explore.
After confirming your father had received the inheritance, you woke up the knocked-out members of the Jiang Clan convoy and sent them on their way.
After everything was done, you returned to the inheritance hall, staying by your father's side to protect him.
Three days later, a shadowy figure named Yang Zuo appeared.
He arrogantly shouted, "You are not worthy of receiving the Immortal Dao inheritance!"
Looking at his ninth-level Core Formation cultivation and comparing it to your sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivation, you grinned.
You felt it was finally your moment to show off!
You had waited for this day for a long time.
You stepped forward, stood before Yang Zuo, and muttered, "Trash," before slapping him on the head.
Just as you were about to continue showing off, Yang Zuo's head exploded, splattering you with blood, ruining your luxurious clothes!
"Just like that?"
You couldn't believe Yang Zuo was so weak, feeling a bit displeased, you cursed, "Damn, I wasn't even serious!"
After a brief moment of cursing, you realized that showing off wasn't as satisfying as you thought.
Finally, you muttered, "Forget it," feeling that perhaps you were more suited to staying low; showing off wasn't your forte!
Chapter 72: Dominant father
In the blink of an eye, several days passed, and your father, Jiang Fushan, finally fully integrated the inheritance.
At this moment, he also understood the general situation of the Southern Regions and no longer needed your detailed explanations.
In the thirteenth year, you and your father, Jiang Fushan, returned to Green Hills City.
Upon returning, you both went into seclusion to cultivate.
In the fourteenth year, your cultivation level broke through to the seventh layer of the Nascent Soul stage.
This breakthrough was within your expectations. Although it seemed like you only cultivated for a year, you had been cultivating whenever you had time, whether traveling or doing other things.
Adding this year of seclusion, this breakthrough was the result of accumulation!
In the fifteenth year, while you were cultivating, you suddenly felt uneasy.
When you opened your eyes to observe the outside world, you saw strange phenomena in the sky.
What is happening?
Suddenly, you were startled, thinking that when you broke through the Core Formation stage, there were also celestial phenomena. Could it be that someone is breaking through now?
You quickly used your Divine Sense to scan Green Hills City.
Until you probed your father, Jiang Fushan's, seclusion room, a look of relief appeared on your face.
You realized that it was your father, Jiang Fushan, breaking through to the Core Formation stage!
That explained everything.
After all, you knew that your father could cultivate to the eighth or even ninth layer of Tribulation Crossing in just over thirty years.
Now, breaking through to the Core Formation stage in two years, with some celestial phenomena, seemed quite reasonable.
But why had you never seen such phenomena before?
Quickly, you figured it out. It seemed normal not to have seen them.
In your previous simulations, you were never with your father, Jiang Fushan; you were always developing on your own.
Before you could think more, you sensed a large number of Immortal Slaves flooding into Green Hills City.
All the Immortal Slaves were pointing their swords at the Jiang Family Mansion!
You immediately felt a chill down your spine.
"Run," was the only word in your mind.
Quickly, you arrived at your father, Jiang Fushan's, seclusion place, ready to call him to escape together.
You thought that if the breakthrough failed, there could be another chance, but if you lost your life, it would be truly gone!
When facing a strong enemy, running or not running was always a single-choice question for you.
But before you could push the door open, you saw your father break through the roof and emerge.
You saw him standing in the void, facing the numerous Immortal Slaves without fear.
You were about to step forward to persuade him when you heard your father shout at the Immortal Slaves, "Come and fight!"
"WTF!" You were instantly stunned.
You had just used the Eye of Insight to check.
Among these Immortal Slaves, there were many at the Spirit Transformation and Body Integration stages; there was even Shen Wuyou, the sect master of the Immortal Arrival Sect at the sixth level of Tribulation Crossing.
At this moment, your heart was in turmoil, and you couldn't help but rant, "What's going on, Dad? You just broke through to the Core Formation stage, do you have to be so domineering!"
After your father made his bold declaration, the Immortal Slaves of the Immortal Arrival Sect did not immediately attack but instead sealed off the entire Green Hills City in an instant!
Seeing this, you called out in despair.
These villains were so cautious; a large group of people, including Body Fusion Realm experts, dealing with a Core Formation stage cultivator, and they still surrounded the area? Were they afraid of someone escaping?
Their actions left you with no chance to run!
Knowing you couldn't escape, you stopped pretending and stepped forward to stand beside your father, Jiang Fushan.
You thought, since you couldn't run, you might as well fight; at least you would die with dignity.
You were about to shout a loud slogan like your father!
At that moment, Old Li arrived with the cultivators from Spine Mountain.
In an instant, the Immortal Slaves of the Immortal Arrival Sect were beaten to a pulp by Old Li, and you were just a spectator!
Soon, the battle ended, and the Immortal Slaves of the Immortal Arrival Sect retreated.
You and your father, Jiang Fushan, were taken by Old Li and rushed towards Spine Mountain!
On the other side, Shen Wuyou and the Immortal Slaves of the Immortal Arrival Sect were already massacring a city, preparing for a blood sacrifice to contact a celestial being.
Half a day later, the sight of Spine Mountain came into view.
Suddenly, deafening thunder rumbled in the sky.
Heavenly Thunder? How could it be?
In a flash, you remembered something.
You recalled that in a previous simulation, the simulator showed that when you broke through to the Core Formation stage, you were also struck by Heavenly Thunder.
Even though Old Li helped you block one bolt of Heavenly Thunder, you still didn't escape in the end.
That was also your shortest simulation time.
That time, the sect master of the Immortal Arrival Sect, Shen Wuyou, reported to the celestial being, suspecting that a Ten-Grade Golden Core cultivator might appear, so the celestial being intervened.
It seemed that your father, Jiang Fushan, was undoubtedly a Ten-Grade Golden Core, otherwise, such a situation wouldn't occur!
Although you had guessed the general situation, you had no solution at the moment.
However, you were not anxious but rather curious.
After all, in previous simulations, your father always safely cultivated to the eighth layer of Tribulation Crossing.
You wanted to know how your father, Jiang Fushan, avoided this deadly Heavenly Thunder.
While you were lost in thought, the Heavenly Thunder directly struck towards your father, Jiang Fushan.
Old Li was about to help block it, but your father quickly pushed him away, shaking his head!
At this moment, your father's body flashed with white light, and his entire demeanor changed, as if he had become a different person.
Then you saw him shout towards the sky, "Back off! You are not worthy to touch my heir; let your master come himself!"
As his voice fell, you saw the Heavenly Thunder actually retreat.
You were dumbfounded.
So powerful?
However, you roughly understood that the one speaking just now was not your father but the inheritance.
But this inheritance seemed too powerful!
You now regretted a bit, thinking that if the inheritance was so powerful, you could have taken it yourself and used it to leave the Southern Regions?
Quickly, you shook your head, thinking things couldn't be that simple.
If the inheritance was truly so powerful, why did your father never leave the Southern Regions in previous simulations?
There must be some other reason.
Before you could think more, after the Heavenly Thunder retreated, your father immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura weakening.
You quickly ran over to support him, asking what had just happened!
Chapter 73: About to become a spirit Nascent Soul
"Your father gave a bitter smile and told you that it was a remnant consciousness of the inheritance master, which has now completely dissipated."
"He explained that the master of the inheritance was a significant figure in the Immortal Realm during his lifetime. Now, he was merely using the lingering power from his past to intimidate the one controlling the Heavenly Thunder."
"Your father also mentioned that the consciousness was already on the verge of dissipating and had no actual strength left. Even without this incident, it wouldn't have lasted much longer."
"If the Heavenly Thunder had truly struck down just now, there would have been no way to resist it."
"After hearing this, you understood everything."
"With this, all the events made sense."
"Your father was able to avoid the Heavenly Thunder during his breakthrough because he borrowed the lingering power of the inheritance master."
"And your father couldn't truly escape the Southern Regions because the inheritance master had no strength left and his consciousness was fading!"
"Your father himself didn't have time to break through to a higher realm while traversing the Desert of Death."
"In the following days, you, your father Jiang Fushan, and the Jiang Family settled down at Spine Mountain."
"In the sixteenth year, you displayed astonishing talent in the Formation Dao."
"You helped the cultivators of Spine Mountain set up several high-grade Gathering Spirit Arrays."
"You received their gratitude and were rewarded with hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones."
"In the seventeenth year, while cultivating the Immortal Dao, you triggered a random enlightenment, increasing your cultivation speed eightfold and making your mind more active."
"This enlightenment lasted for ten months, and your cultivation level in the Immortal Dao directly reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!"
"Seeing that your Immortal Dao cultivation had reached its peak, you decided it was time to start cultivating Martial Dao."
"However, before that, you found your father Jiang Fushan and gave him all the remaining Spirit Stones you had, urging him to cultivate quickly."
"After doing this, you went straight to Old Li and told him you wanted to observe the formations left by Senior Lu Wuya."
"As you wished, you entered those formations."
"In the eighteenth year, you continuously observed the formations and found the place where the underground thunder originated."
"However, you did not immediately set up a formation to draw out the underground Heavenly Thunder."
"Because Old Li still occasionally visited in the past year."
"You felt that you couldn't persuade the people of Spine Mountain to resolve the underground Heavenly Thunder together, so it was better not to let them know what you were doing."
"Otherwise, if they drove you away, you would lose a valuable place for cultivating Martial Dao."
"In the nineteenth year, Old Li rarely came by anymore."
"In the twentieth year, you set up an inverted seventh-grade Thunder Conduction Formation."
"Once the formation was completed, thunder roared out from the ground and struck your physical body."
"You were struck until your skin was torn and you were severely injured, but thanks to the Yimu Divine Body, your physical body quickly recovered."
"And your Martial Dao also continuously improved during this recovery process!"
"In the following days, you spent every day under the strikes of thunder."
"In the twenty-second year, your Martial Dao reached the second level of the True Core Realm."
"In the twenty-fourth year, your Martial Dao reached the third level of the True Core Realm."
"In the blink of an eye, decades passed."
"In the thirty-ninth year, your Martial Dao finally reached the peak of the True Core Realm."
"With the aid of the underground Heavenly Thunder at Spine Mountain, your Martial Dao steadily advanced by one level every two years!"
"At this point, both your Martial Dao and Immortal Dao had reached their peaks, and you knew it was time to break through."
"The last time you made a major breakthrough, you chose to advance in Martial Dao first, which made it quite challenging to break through in the Immortal Dao afterward."
"This time, you decided to break through in the Immortal Dao first."
"After the Nascent Soul stage in the Immortal Dao comes the Spirit Transformation stage."
"The major difference between a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation stage and one in the Nascent Soul stage is the Primordial Spirit."
"The Primordial Spirit is essentially an advanced state of Divine Sense."
"Therefore, this breakthrough required you to use the Nascent Soul within your body to transform the Divine Sense in your Sea of Consciousness into a Primordial Spirit!"
"This process took quite a long time, and it took you a full two months to complete the breakthrough and reach the first level of the Spirit Transformation stage."
"However, after the breakthrough, you felt something strange."
"Most people have only one Primordial Spirit, but it seemed like you had two?"
"No, that didn't seem quite right either."
"The current situation was that you had one Primordial Spirit in your Sea of Consciousness, and another one inside your Nascent Soul."
"It felt like your Nascent Soul was becoming sentient!"
"Confused, you decided not to dwell on it too much and began your breakthrough in Martial Dao."
"After the True Core Realm in Martial Dao comes the Unity Realm."
"The key is to fully integrate the Primordial Energy shield of the True Core Realm into your body."
"Once you achieve this, your body will have much stronger defensive capabilities in the future."
"This breakthrough in Martial Dao also had an unexpected outcome."
"You discovered that your Nascent Soul was also integrating the Primordial Energy shield into itself."
"Apart from this, nothing else unusual happened."
"This breakthrough took you three months, and your Martial Dao advanced to the first level of the Unity Realm."
"After the breakthrough, you looked at your Nascent Soul and felt something was off."
"Is this still a Nascent Soul?"
"It had a Primordial Spirit and a Martial Dao protective energy shield—no, the shield had now been integrated into its body."
"No matter how you looked at it, your Nascent Soul seemed more like a miniature cultivator."
"Unable to figure it out, you decided to ignore it."
"After all, it was something you had cultivated, so it shouldn't be harmful."
"In fact, what you didn't know was that it wasn't just harmless; it was incredibly beneficial."
"This was the true power of the Divine Dao."
"The key to the Divine Dao lies in the Nascent Soul."
"It's well known that strong cultivators in the Immortal Dao have two fatal weaknesses: the Nascent Soul and the Primordial Spirit!"
"But because of your unique Nascent Soul, you essentially have only one weakness: the Nascent Soul."
"Even if your Primordial Spirit perishes, you still have another one within your Nascent Soul, allowing you to survive."
"And the Nascent Soul of the Divine Dao has a defense as strong as Martial Dao, making it difficult to kill."
"In other words, cultivators of the same level in the Immortal Dao or Martial Dao can't kill you!"
"Of course, you didn't know any of this; you just felt that your Nascent Soul was peculiar."
"After the breakthrough, you found Old Li."
"You told Old Li that there was a problem with the formation left by Senior Lu Wuya and hoped everyone could work together to resolve it."
"Old Li quickly gathered everyone for a meeting."
"In the end, your proposal was rejected."
"You gave a helpless smile, realizing it still wouldn't work."
"You didn't say anything more and continued your cultivation."