Inside the room.
Wang Jianqiang sat cross-legged, his consciousness already immersed within his soul sea.
In the vast expanse of his soul sea, a glowing screen appeared.
Wang Jianqiang focused on the attribute panel.
The consumption of cultivation points had been minimal during this period, allowing him to accumulate a considerable amount—now totaling 358 points.
With a thought, the attribute panel shifted to the auxiliary cultivation page.
"Alchemy: High-Rank First-Tier Alchemist"
"Artifact Crafting: Unranked"
His attention settled on Artifact Crafting. With a mental command, he allocated 60 cultivation points to it.
Under the influence of experience equivalent to 60 years of arduous cultivation, his Artifact Crafting proficiency soared from Unranked directly to High-Rank First-Tier.
Withdrawing his consciousness from the soul sea, he flicked his wrist and retrieved a jade slip from his storage pouch.
As he focused on the jade slip, the system's voice rang out as expected.
"Ding. Detected inferior blueprint. Optimization and upgrade require 20 cultivation points. Proceed?"
"Yes."
"Ding. The Water Moon Skirt blueprint has been successfully optimized and upgraded to a Perfect Water Moon Skirt blueprint."
Wang Jianqiang set the perfected blueprint aside and took out three more blueprints.
"Ding. Detected inferior blueprint. Optimization and upgrade require 20 cultivation points. Proceed?"
"Ding. Detected inferior blueprint. Optimization and upgrade require 20 cultivation points. Proceed?"
"Ding. Detected inferior blueprint. Optimization and upgrade require 20 cultivation points. Proceed?"
Three consecutive prompts sounded.
"Yes."
"Ding. The Violet Jade Boots blueprint has been successfully optimized and upgraded to a Perfect Violet Jade Boots blueprint."
"Ding. The Dark Water Ring blueprint has been successfully optimized and upgraded to a Perfect Dark Water Ring blueprint."
"Ding. The Cloudwater Frostlight Sword blueprint has been successfully optimized and upgraded to a Perfect Cloudwater Frostlight Sword blueprint."
Once all four purchased intermediate blueprints had been perfected, Wang Jianqiang retrieved his only high-grade artifact blueprint—the Small Thousand Mountains Seal.
"Ding. Detected inferior blueprint. Optimization and upgrade require 30 cultivation points. Proceed?"
"Yes."
"Ding. The Small Thousand Mountains Seal blueprint has been successfully optimized and upgraded to a Perfect Small Thousand Mountains Seal blueprint."
With all blueprints perfected, Wang Jianqiang took out a prepared alchemy furnace and began crafting the artifacts.
Thanks to the system-guaranteed 100% success rate, he crafted his first artifact flawlessly on the very first attempt.
To his delight, crafting artifacts also rewarded him with additional cultivation points.
This discovery further fueled his motivation.
In just three days, he successfully crafted four perfect intermediate-grade artifacts and one high-grade artifact.
He summoned Wang Yuyao.
When she learned that all five artifacts were gifts for her, she was overwhelmed with excitement.
Her favorability toward him rose once again—reaching 99 points.
Only a single point stood between them and the maximum.
This unexpected delight invigorated Wang Jianqiang.
But after calming down, he couldn't help but grumble inwardly.
Of all things, why did it have to stop at 99?
This kind of "last-point-tease" was downright shameless.
As Wang Yuyao happily left to refine her new artifacts, Wang Jianqiang returned to his rigorous cultivation.
Time flowed swiftly.
With the sect competition rapidly approaching, outer disciples who had been away on missions or secluded in long-term cultivation began emerging one after another.
The entire outer sect grew noticeably livelier.
Before long, the day of the outer sect competition arrived.
Wang Jianqiang ended his secluded cultivation and made his way to the square where the grand competition was to be held.
Along the way, the flow of people was continuous.
There were those who had signed up for the competition, looking nervous and expectant, and there were also those like Wang Jianqiang who were simply going to watch the show.
Soon, a huge square that could accommodate tens of thousands of people appeared ahead.
Looking around, ten gigantic arenas, each a hundred zhang high, rose up side by side, dividing the square into two halves.
On both sides were rows of seats.
Wang Jianqiang reached the spectator area and casually found a seat to sit down.
Half an hour later.
All the seats around were already filled with people. At a glance, there was a sea of black heads.
Whoosh~
At a certain moment, three figures suddenly appeared in the air above the square.
A powerful aura spread across the entire area, and the originally noisy square immediately fell silent.
Wang Jianqiang cast a glance at the three of them.
Instantly, information about the three people appeared in his mind.
"Two at the early stage of the Core Formation realm and one at the middle stage of the Core Formation realm!"
"Sure enough, it's a grand event of the sect. Three inner - sect elders have come all at once."
Just as Wang Jianqiang was sighing with emotion.
The elder at the middle stage of the Core Formation realm among the three slowly spoke up, "I am Yun Zhongque, the host of this grand competition."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a cluster of light balls appeared in mid - air.
"Each of these light balls contains a number plate. There are a total of one thousand eight hundred and eighty light balls, corresponding to the number of participants in this competition."
"Those who draw the same number will be opponents in this round."
"Now, start drawing lots."
After Yun Zhongque's voice fell, figures flashed into the air.
In a short while, each of the one thousand eight hundred and eighty light balls was taken by a participant, and the number plates inside became visible.
Among these participants, Wang Jianqiang saw Wang Yuyao, Su Yutong, and even Chen Jiaojiao and her Taoist companion Niu Shouren.
To his surprise, Su Yutong's cultivation had also reached the peak of the Qi Refining realm.
This cultivation speed seemed a bit abnormal.
But then, he thought it over and let it go.
Recently, in order to buy resources, he had sold quite a number of perfect Cloud - Mist Pills to the External Affairs Hall.
If this woman had the intention, it wouldn't be difficult for her to buy some.
"She really took advantage of it."
Wang Jianqiang shook his head and then stopped paying attention to her.
"Those who drew numbers 1 to 10, go to arenas 1 to 10 respectively."
Yun Zhongque's voice rang out again.
Wang Jianqiang concentrated his gaze, and twenty figures had already stepped onto the arenas.
Among them was actually Wang Yuyao.
Wang Jianqiang raised his eyebrows and focused his attention on Arena 3.
Wang Yuyao's opponent was a rugged middle - aged man.
His cultivation had reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining realm.
Such cultivation was considered to be at a medium level among all the participants.
"The competition begins."
As Yun Zhongque spoke again.
The twenty participants on the ten arenas moved simultaneously.
On Arena 3.
Wang Yuyao and the rugged middle - aged man attacked at the same time.
Wang Yuyao controlled the perfect Cloud - Water Cold Light Sword. The sword was like a cold light, leaving her opponent with no chance to fight back.
After they fought for a short while, in the end, Wang Yuyao emerged victorious.
After watching this battle, Wang Jianqiang couldn't help but shake his head.
This battle seemed to show that Wang Yuyao had an absolute advantage.
However, her opponent's magical tool was just a low - grade one.
Wang Yuyao had an absolute advantage in both cultivation and magical tools, yet she failed to instantly defeat her opponent.
It could only be said that her foundation was too weak.
If it weren't for the advantage of the magical tool.
Relying solely on herself, it would be extremely difficult for her to defeat the opponent even with her cultivation advantage.
Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help but smile.
Half a year ago, Wang Yuyao was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Although her cultivation base had rapidly climbed to the peak of Qi Refining thanks to the perfect pills, she hadn't had the time to improve her spell cultivation. Currently, her level of spell cultivation was still stuck at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
It was understandable that she was at a disadvantage.
On the contrary, he didn't have such concerns.
Because he had been completely devoted to hard cultivation before and had never practiced any combat spells.
Thinking of this, Wang Jianqiang felt a bit embarrassed.
"I'm going to the Cold Pond Secret Realm soon. I should practice some spells later."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
