Looking at Dong Chenglin, who knew almost nothing, the mighty figures of the various sects all frowned. However, seeing Fang Zhiyi's meaningful expression, these shrewd individuals decided to observe quietly. At this moment, Dong Chenglin was slowly absorbing the spiritual energy provided by the pills according to Fang Zhiyi's instructions. He vaguely felt a massive energy accumulating within his body, a sensation that filled him with wild joy.
"Brother Fang, this kid obviously isn't any good. Why are you letting him ascend?" a rather overly-familiar transmigrator asked Fang Zhiyi.
Fang Zhiyi smiled and said, "Don't ask. I promised earlier that I would let you all go home. Have you thought it over?"
The one who had been missing his parents earlier raised his hand first: "I want to go back!"
Ling'er pondered for a moment and shook her head, "I'm staying here. I like farming."
"I want to go back too."
"I'm not leaving. My parents are both dead."
Fang Zhiyi glanced at these transmigrators. They were considered anomalies even among transmigrators; each one either wanted to lie flat or just survive quietly. "I will only say this once. After this time, I might not be able to help you anymore."
The few of them looked at him and, after a moment, all nodded firmly. After they bid farewell to each other, Fang Zhiyi called out Little Hei.
Little Hei was somewhat impatient, but considering the systems inside these kids were quite appetizing, it still extended its tentacles. With rough movements, it threw the transmigrators who wanted to go home into the air.
Those who chose to stay couldn't see it; they only knew that their companions, who had just been wishing them well, suddenly collapsed headfirst, instantly losing their breath.
"Brother Fang, will they... I mean, will the original people never come back either?"
"They won't come back. Those systems forcefully occupied their bodies..." Fang Zhiyi looked up at the sky. Little Hei nervously waved its tentacles: "Don't drag me into this, what you're doing is... is..."
It was uncharacteristically flustered.
Fang Zhiyi chuckled and said nothing.
The ascension proceeded as usual.
As the first heavenly lightning struck down, several Tribulation Transcendence realm experts from other sects made their moves to block it, followed closely by the second and third strikes.
Countless cultivators watched this scene with their mouths wide open.
The heavenly lightning of ascension was incredibly fierce. In the end, even Fang Zhiyi took action. The sect master and elders of the original Heaven-Piercing Sect all stepped forward; after all, Fang Zhiyi had not mistreated them over the years.
Fortunately, it was a success.
Dong Chenglin slowly rose into the air, laughing wildly. All the suppression he had felt over the years was shouted out. Hearing his foul language, it was as if all living beings in the cultivation world were merely his stepping stones. The mighty experts who had just fought desperately for him all held their breath in frustration.
Until... just as Dong Chenglin was about to disappear into that halo of light that all cultivators yearned for, Little Hei suddenly spiraled up the ascension passage. Its tentacles transformed into a giant claw, tearing open the golden-glowing halo with a single strike.
Immediately after, all the cultivators were stunned.
Dong Chenglin, who had already ascended, was now grabbed by a twisted palm. He screamed in terror, but it was of no use. Everyone clearly watched as that palm slowly fed him into a massive, grotesque mouth.
"Ascension really is a scam after all," Fang Zhiyi laughed out loud.
The mighty experts were all terrified. That colossal monster exuded a terrifying pressure that made even powerhouses of their realm tremble involuntarily—a pressure akin to the Heavenly Dao itself.
"Cultivation has always been a scam... The Heavenly Dao collapsed and twisted into a monster filled with greed. It has no heart to govern the myriad things of the world, which is why it lets those Extraterrestrial Demons come and go freely. Tricking you into ascending is merely to make you its food. I always found it strange why there was absolutely no news from those who ascended previously."
"How... could this be..." Someone's Dao heart collapsed.
A thousand-year-old mighty expert even burst into tears.
The scene descended into utter chaos.
Although Stone and the others were terrified, seeing Fang Zhiyi's calm demeanor, he reached out and slapped his own face, gritting his teeth to stand up straight. "Boss, what should we do from now on?"
Fang Zhiyi turned back to look at him, wanted to say something, but then closed his mouth. After a moment, he said, "Never mind, I've got to hand it to you guys. Watch closely, this move of mine."
He took a step forward. Fang Zhiyi, who had been at the Soul Severing realm for ten thousand years, broke through to the Body Integration realm with this single step. Everyone was stunned, countless gazes converging on him. Another step, Tribulation Transcendence. Fang Zhiyi was about to walk under the torn passage.
"Boss!" Stone was a bit panicked. He looked up at the monster above the Nine Heavens, his heart shaking violently!
"Cultivation, cultivation, what's so good about being an immortal anyway?" With Fang Zhiyi's muttering, he took his final step. Mahayana realm!
The monster above the Nine Heavens clearly paused. Fang Zhiyi suddenly soared into the air, crashing straight toward the rift.
"Today! I, Fang Zhiyi, shall slay this demon! I will forge a new path of ascension for the cultivation world!"
A muffled roar echoed through the rift, shaking a crowd of cultivators so much they couldn't stand steadily. Stone took the lead to kneel, followed by the other disciples of the Zhiyi Sect. The only two remaining transmigrators stared blankly at this Brother Fang whose true identity was a mystery.
"Lunatic," the sect master of the original Heaven-Piercing Sect muttered, though tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. "This disciple of mine is a lunatic!"
This battle between a cultivator and the Heavenly Dao lasted for a full seven days. However, beneath the passage, people did not disperse; instead, more and more gathered. Even more cultivators who had heard the news rushed to this place.
They didn't know where their future lay, or even what the purpose of cultivation was anymore.
Until a beam of light suddenly shot down. Stone looked up and saw the golden light that once again filled the halo. Beyond the passage, the previous gloom had completely dissipated, replaced by the Nine Heavens filled with seven-colored rosy clouds.
"Stone respectfully sees off Senior Brother Fang!"
"Disciples respectfully see off the Sect Master!"
The people of the Zhiyi Sect all knelt down.
"Immortal Friend Fang Zhiyi... is truly the number one person in the cultivation world!" muttered the Sect Master of the Profound Fire Sect, who had been beaten by Fang Zhiyi previously. Then, he also knelt and gave a grand bow. "Fang Zhiyi! I submit to you!"
No matter who Fang Zhiyi was in the past, today, he was the savior of the entire cultivation world!
Fang Zhiyi disappeared, but his legend continued to circulate in the cultivation world.
The Zhiyi Sect evidently became the largest faction in the cultivation world.
"Our boss fought those mighty experts above his level, have you? Our boss beat up the Heavenly Dao, have you?"
The newcomers from the mortal realm listened in stunned silence. Disciples from other sects who came to recruit newcomers could only turn their heads away. There was nothing they could do; they couldn't afford to provoke them.
Ling'er tacitly continued to stay in the Zhiyi Sect, becoming a renowned farming boss of the sect. Meanwhile, the other transmigrator took up inventing. He always grabbed people who came from modern society to ask about knowledge points. In the future, this person created a cyber-cultivation model, setting off another revolutionary wave of technology and cultivation throughout the entire cultivation world.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
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?!
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
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!
