The Dao Companion Conference (End)

Since he was already going all the way, having decided to give everyone a suitable cultivation method and secret technique, there was no need to be stingy elsewhere. After all, Chen Changsheng had already uploaded all the cultivation methods and secret techniques he possessed to the chat group. He might as well just treat it as Gu Xiaoxiao and the others getting a freebie from the chat group.

Therefore, Chen Changsheng directly gifted everyone a highly suitable Golden Core level cultivation method and secret technique, which would be classified as Tier 2 in the chat group.

After receiving the cultivation methods and secret techniques, everyone couldn't wait to bid farewell to Chen Changsheng.

After all, they had eaten a lot of high-grade spiritual food and fruits at the banquet today, making it the perfect time to cultivate.

However, to Chen Changsheng's surprise, after Eriri and Rikka learned that Gu Xiaoxiao had kissed him as a token of gratitude, they both left with blushing faces after planting a kiss on him as well, leaving him not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Meanwhile, Luo Hao glared at Gu Xiaoxiao with even more annoyance, having already made up her mind to teach this girl a good lesson when the opportunity arose.

...

After sending off Eriri and the others, Chen Changsheng looked at Tony and Esdeath.

"Are you two not leaving?"

Tony looked at Chen Changsheng and shrugged. "Although I'm dying to go back to my own world right now and find my Pepper, it's not easy to come to your world. I still want to learn more about artifact refining. You wouldn't kick me out, would you, buddy?"

"Of course not. You can stay as long as you want. However, if you ever get the chance to obtain the Infinity Stones in the future, I hope you can lend them to me to study for a bit."

"OK."

Tony nodded. Having stayed in the cultivation world for so long and spent quite some time with Chen Changsheng, he had come to understand just how alluring the so-called "Dao" was to high-level cultivators.

And the Infinity Stones of his own world were undoubtedly a type of rule aggregate similar to the Dao.

Let alone Chen Changsheng, even he himself had developed an endless desire for them.

He wanted to test if his armor, combined with the artifact refining knowledge of the cultivation world, could elevate him to the level of a true god, or perhaps even surpass the gods, if equipped with those six cosmic stones.

As for the cosmic stones being too dangerous?

Yes, the cosmic stones were incredibly dangerous. Countless ambitious figures in the universe wanted to use them to cause trouble, so the only way to feel at ease was to keep them safely in his own hands.

"I'm heading to the refining room first, buddy."

Tony reached out and lightly punched Chen Changsheng's chest before leaving the backyard.

He had an exclusive refining room in the Chen family estate, prepared for him by Chen Kun, who had also found a third-grade artifact refiner to teach him refining knowledge. However, half a month had passed, and the roles between him and that third-grade refiner had already been reversed.

Seeing Tony's confident demeanor, Chen Changsheng shook his head helplessly and then looked at Esdeath.

"So, what about you?"

Hearing this, Esdeath took a few steps forward and arrived in front of Chen Changsheng.

"I heard from Mu Xue'er that you have a method to make me stronger as quickly as possible. Can I try..."

Before Esdeath could finish speaking, Luo Hao grabbed her arm, and they turned into a streak of rainbow light, flying towards the outside of the city. Only Luo Hao's voice, suppressing her anger, echoed in the courtyard.

"I'm taking Esdeath out for some training."

Seeing this, a hint of helplessness flashed through Chen Changsheng's eyes.

Luo Hao's possessiveness was still too strong. It seemed he would have to increase the intensity with her tonight, letting her know that she alone couldn't handle him.

...

In the Saekano world, after teleporting back home, Eriri immediately brought her parents back inside.

As soon as they returned home, Old Man Spencer looked incredibly excited.

"The cultivation world, cultivating, becoming an immortal—this is all simply fantastic!"

Old Man Spencer felt as if he had just experienced Alice in Wonderland from a fairy tale. He looked at his wife, babbling somewhat incoherently.

Seeing her husband's state, Sayuri nodded along with a doting expression.

However, compared to her husband, she was actually much calmer inside.

After all, unlike her husband who was always busy with work, she, as a housewife, had long noticed her daughter's unusual behavior and knew that she had likely stumbled upon some incredible fortuitous encounter.

Eriri thought she was hiding it well when she stayed up all night in her room doing strange poses (meditating), yet still left for school the next day looking radiant and energetic;

Her body was undergoing a rapid second puberty, with all the development going straight to her chest and buttocks;

Her skin had become fairer and firmer;

She would occasionally snap off door handles by accident;

Her appetite had more than doubled;

And her personality was becoming increasingly confident.

Sayuri had seen all these changes with her own eyes. Only Eriri thought she was hiding them perfectly.

Therefore, she was actually mentally prepared long ago; she just didn't expect the surprise Eriri gave her to be this huge.

Looking at her excited parents, Eriri's lips curled up slightly, and a flash of smugness crossed her heart.

"Mom, Dad, let me teach you how to cultivate. Since you ate so many spiritual fruits and drank so much spiritual wine at Brother Changsheng's place today, this is the best time for the cultivation to take effect."

Hearing this, the couple nodded excitedly at Eriri.

...

The spiritual wine and fruits at Chen Changsheng and Luo Hao's Dao Companion Ceremony were of a high grade.

But because Chen Changsheng had specially prepared them for the group members, they could not only cleanse the marrow and forge the tendons, but they were also extremely gentle, allowing even ordinary people to easily digest them.

Thus, under her guidance, Eriri's parents easily took the first step into cultivation—Body Tempering.

While teaching her parents how to cultivate, Eriri didn't slack off on her own training. With the help of this fortuitous encounter, she finally officially stepped into the Qi Condensation realm, becoming a Qi Condensation novice and mastering magical power.

But just as Eriri's family immersed themselves in cultivation, this world was slowly undergoing an anomaly without anyone knowing.

An invisible force enveloped the entire Earth, slowly beginning to contract like a woven net.

And as this massive net began to shrink, the memories of everyone on Earth started to change silently.

...

The next day, after stabilizing her first-level Qi Condensation cultivation, Eriri opened her eyes. She looked at the soft sunlight outside the window, but a strange look flashed through her eyes.

"Is this the world in the eyes of a cultivator who possesses magical power?"

"It's so magical."

Eriri could feel her extremely weak divine sense spreading outside the window, reaching its limit at just over three meters. Yet, within those three meters, it was as if she had activated a god's-eye view.

Furthermore, after pondering for a moment, she realized she could already look inward, just as described in the cultivation method.

"Eek! Are these my internal organs? So scary!"

Eriri peered inwardly at her body's structure, then couldn't help but shiver. She hastily withdrew her divine sense and climbed out of bed.

Turning her head to check the time, she saw it was already past eight o'clock. If it were the old her, she would have definitely been rushing to wash up, put on makeup, and dash off to school by now.

After all, school started at nine in the morning. Even though her house was very close to the school, time was still a bit tight.

But now, she had a calm expression on her face, because for her current self, there was still plenty of time.

Stepping out of her room, she simply washed up, then took out a lip balm and applied it to her lips before heading downstairs with a relaxed and comfortable look.

Upon arriving downstairs, her parents had already started eating breakfast.

"Good morning, Mom and Dad."

Eriri greeted them casually, then went to the table and began to eat her breakfast, chewing slowly and deliberately.

Meanwhile, Old Man Spencer was eating his breakfast while turning on the TV and starting to read the morning paper that had just been delivered.

Eriri glanced over casually and suddenly felt that something was a bit off.

"Dad, is this Shinomiya Group a newly emerged company? How come I've never heard of it before?"

Eriri looked at the headline that took up more than half of the morning paper's front page—'Shinomiya Group President Shinomiya Ganan attends the Prime Minister's banquet, and unexpectedly...'—and looked at her father in confusion.

Hearing this, Old Man Spencer looked at his daughter with a bizarre expression.

"Eh? You don't know the Shinomiya Group, Eriri? I recall you being classmates with the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Group."

Eriri: "Huh?"

...