[The Mountain and Sea Holy Land is located on the coastline in the eastern part of the continent.]
[Magnificent human cities are built along the coast.]
[The Holy Land does not refer to a single sect, but rather a human settlement centered around a powerful sect.]
[Just like anywhere else, there are mortals, markets, streets, government offices, and nations here.]
[At first glance, it feels like returning to the Five Domains.]
[The streets are bustling with traffic and streams of people.]
[However, the prosperity of each of the nineteen cities in the Mountain and Sea Holy Land far exceeds that of the Great Qian Capital, the most prosperous city in the Five Domains.]
[The commoners here dress decently, have abundant food and clothing, and pay great attention to etiquette.]
[The cities are orderly, neat and disciplined, with buildings closely packed in neat rows.]
[The cities are built right over spirit veins. Mortals and martial artists live together, yet there are no obvious conflicts to be seen.]
[After spending over a month gathering local customs in a major city, you feel that the folkways of the Holy Land are vastly different from the Five Domains.]
[Many etiquettes, clothing styles, and customs that have been lost in the Five Domains are not only perfectly preserved here, but every household also takes them very seriously.]
["It feels like the people of the Holy Land have preserved human culture much more completely, whereas the Five Domains are somewhat fractured, just barely getting by."]
[You figure that this difference is probably related to the great war from thirty thousand years ago.]
[The true Mountain and Sea Holy Land in a strict sense is a magnificent grand sect towering by the seaside.]
[It stands independent of those subordinate cities and is the ultimate cultivation sanctuary in the hearts of all martial artists within this region.]
[As for the so-called nations within the Holy Land, their kings can only be called 'professional managers'; the true ruler is the Lord of the Holy Land.]
[You notice that the cultivation realms of martial artists in the Holy Land are generally higher than those in the Five Domains.]
[In the mortal circles of the Five Domains, a Golden Body Realm cultivator is already considered a master.]
[But in the Holy Land, the Golden Body Realm is extremely common. Seeing their humble demeanor, it is obvious they do not consider themselves experts at all.]
[You have also encountered a few Martial Kings flying back and forth in the sky.]
[After a little asking around, you estimate that the total number of Martial Kings in the Holy Land might not match the Five Domains.]
[But considering that the base population of the Mountain and Sea Holy Land is far smaller than that of the Five Domains, their proportion of Martial Kings is staggeringly high.]
["The Holy Land indeed has a stable method for breaking through, which is why they can elevate martial artists stuck at the Spirit Condensation Realm to become Martial Kings!"]
[You conceal your aura and keep a low profile to avoid being discovered as a Martial King, which might cause unnecessary complications.]
[The Mountain and Sea Holy Land is not your destination; you are heading to the Carefree Holy Land located overseas.]
[In the Five Domains, information regarding the Holy Lands is outdated and insufficient.]
[Because the distance is too vast, there is very little communication between them.]
[However, the Mountain and Sea Holy Land is a neighbor to the Carefree Holy Land. The two are not far apart, so you can learn a great deal of information here.]
["Next year is the Carefree Holy Land's once-in-sixty-years Holy Son Apprentice Acceptance Ceremony?"]
["That's right!"]
["What is the difference between the Holy Son Apprentice Acceptance Ceremony and normal apprentice recruitment?"]
[You sit in a teahouse within one of the cities, chatting at a table with several Spirit Sea Realm martial artists.]
[Because you paid for everyone's expenses, these martial artists, seeing your generosity, are very happy to chat with you and answer any questions you have.]
[If you ask what you used to pay the bill?]
[Naturally, it was a pile of monster race materials—horns, claws, scales, tendons, and the like...]
[Don't ask how you got them.]
["Normal recruitment doesn't care about your aptitude; as long as you are willing to share honor and disgrace with the Holy Land and live or die with it, you can enter the outer sect as a disciple.
The Holy Son recruitment is different!
They only accept true geniuses!
The apprenticeship test is extremely difficult!
If selected, the Holy Land will heavily invest in your cultivation, and in the future, you can compete to become a candidate for the next generation's Holy Son or Holy Maiden.
If you succeed in the competition, advancing to the Martial King realm in the future is practically guaranteed!"]
[Hearing this, you are quite worried whether your high-tier bone structure can catch their discerning eyes.]
[After chatting more deeply, you discover that this Holy Son apprenticeship test isn't just a simple measurement of bone structure and physique.]
[Instead, it is a selection through competition.]
["It's a battle royale again. I'm good at this."]
[Eighth year, twenty-seven years old.]
[Extracting trait...]
[Extraction successful!]
[[Formation Master] (Purple Epic): Your speed in learning the Dao of Formations far exceeds others. Any formation arranged by your hands can reach the pinnacle of perfection, provided resources allow.]
[Adjust traits?]
[Yes/No]
"This is a good trait!"
In this simulation, Chen Yi intends to use the Seven Luminaries Immortal Formation to break the deadlock.
One can well imagine how important setting up formations is.
Originally, Chen Yi planned to find the most formidable formation master in the human realm to set up the formation.
Now, it seems he might be able to do it himself!
"Right now I am about to enter the Carefree Holy Land. Since I have to pretend to be an apprentice to sneak in, I must equip 'Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger'.
After all, it makes no sense for a Martial King to seek an apprenticeship.
I will use my spare time outside of cultivation to study the Dao of Formations.
With the complete formation research notes obtained from the Shen Family Ancestor, coupled with the blessing of this trait, I can become self-taught even without a teacher!"
Chen Yi began to manipulate his traits.
How to choose and discard is truly a great science.
[You replaced 'Treasure-Snatching Strange Nose' with 'Formation Master'.]
[You replaced 'Aura of Ten Thousand Races' with 'Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger'.]
Chen Yi estimated that he would be staying in the Holy Land for quite a long time.
Since he wouldn't be going out much and needed to pretend to be an obedient disciple,
'Treasure-Snatching Strange Nose' and 'Aura of Ten Thousand Races' wouldn't be needed for the time being.
Actually, there was also 'I've Learned a Mishmash of Knowledge' that needed to be equipped.
Only with this trait could he cultivate the monster race body-tempering technique he had obtained previously.
Unfortunately, the slots were limited, so it had to wait in line.
Moreover, the Chen Yi in the simulation wasn't a perpetual motion machine. There were many things to learn, and he had to take them one by one.
[Flying all the way across the sea, you arrive at an overseas archipelago.]
[On each of these islands, there are massive tower buildings, shining with brilliant golden light and circulating with formation patterns.]
[This archipelago is the Carefree Holy Land.]
[You had already heard in the Mountain and Sea Holy Land that those golden light towers are called 'Sea-Calming Divine Towers', used to suppress the sea level below the archipelago and prevent the islands from being battered by the seawater.]
[The closer you get to the Carefree Holy Land, the more ships, exotic beast mounts, and flying spirit artifacts you notice on the sea.]
[These people have all rushed over from the Mountain and Sea Holy Land, the Firmament Holy Land, the Five Domains, overseas, the Star Domains, and other places to participate in the Carefree Holy Land's Holy Son Apprentice Acceptance Ceremony.]
[Unlike the solitary you, almost all of them have family elders leading the way.]
[Those spirit artifacts and mounts are also being steered by high-realm martial artists.]
[As a Martial King, you directly fly through the air, sweeping right over their heads.]
[These heroic and spirited young talents watch your figure streaking across the sky. Their eyes do not show the envy of ordinary people, but rather a confidence that says they wish to compete with the heavens.]
["A true man should be like this!"]
["One day, I too will be able to do the same!"]
["When I soar into the highest clouds, I will look down and see how small the world is!"]
[These outstanding talents will all become your rivals in competing for the position of Carefree Holy Son.]
[What a pity. Although they are peerless geniuses blessed by heaven, they are just starting out, while you are already standing at the finish line waiting for them!]
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!
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?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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