Ordinary Stellar-level cultivation techniques generally provided an increase of around one hundred times.
As for Black-Hole-level cultivation techniques, even one at the entry level could provide a terrifying increase of more than one thousand times.
What was more, the special attributes that came with a Black-Hole-level technique were far superior to those of a Stellar-level technique. Even with only a thousandfold increase, its power would be more than twice that of a top-tier Stellar-level technique with a nine-hundredfold increase!
“Not only that!”
The Great Elder stroked his beard, his eyes flashing brightly.
“This technique is the most difficult to master at the entry level. But once that threshold is crossed, as long as one absorbs resources and cultivates step by step, one is practically guaranteed to reach perfection!”
“At the perfected stage, this Black-Hole-level technique can increase one’s blood energy by a full three thousand times!”
Three thousand times!
Upon hearing that figure, the Lin Family disciples around them began breathing heavily.
“A three-thousandfold increase…”
“One must understand that even the most top-tier Stellar-level techniques in the starry sky can increase blood energy by at most 999 times!”
“If the Heir can cultivate this technique to perfection, who among those of the same level could possibly stand against him?”
Just as everyone was exclaiming in amazement, seemingly already witnessing the Heir of the Lin Family displaying his brilliance at the Starry Sky Rising Star Tournament—
Buzz.
The door to the secluded cultivation chamber atop the mountain slowly opened.
The pillar of blood energy instantly withdrew.
A handsome young man in a luxurious purple-and-gold robe walked out.
He was the Heir of the Lin Family, Lin Yuan.
An immense aura formed by thirty thousand drops of Origin Blood surrounded his body. The pressure of a Stellar-level expert caused the surrounding space to warp slightly.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had emerged from seclusion, the Great Elder hurriedly went forward to greet him, his face beaming with smiles.
“Congratulations, Your Highness, on achieving mastery of your supreme technique!”
“With your current cultivation of thirty thousand drops of Origin Blood, combined with the Black-Hole-level technique’s twelve-hundredfold increase…”
Hearing the Great Elder’s flattery and seeing the admiring gazes of those around him, the corners of Lin Yuan’s lips lifted slightly. An air of arrogance and confidence befitting an unparalleled genius appeared between his brows.
Having reached the entry level of a Black-Hole-level technique after six thousand years, he indeed had reason to be proud.
That was, until the Great Elder continued excitedly.
“At this Starry Sky Rising Star Tournament, Your Highness is certain to claim first place and make the might of the Lin Family known throughout the heavens!”
However—
The instant he heard the words “first place,” the pride on Lin Yuan’s face suddenly froze.
An overwhelmingly terrifying figure, one that filled him with despair, uncontrollably surfaced in his mind.
The pride that had just risen within him was shattered in an instant. The smile at the corners of his lips slowly faded, replaced by deep bitterness.
He stopped walking, calmly swept his gaze over everyone, and slowly shook his head.
“First place?”
Lin Yuan’s voice was exceptionally cold, carrying an undeniable clarity.
“Great Elder, you’re being far too optimistic.”
“My chances of winning this tournament are still extremely slim.”
The moment these words were spoken, the surrounding clamor abruptly fell silent.
Everyone froze.
Lin Yuan let out a sigh.
He raised his head, his gaze passing beyond the firmament of Ziwei Star toward the enormous Imperial Star at the very center of the Great Chu Star Domain.
A profound sense of powerlessness and awe flashed through his eyes.
“A genius?”
Lin Yuan gave a bitter laugh.
“Before a true monster, my achievements amount to nothing more than a joke.”
“You have no idea what kind of monster has appeared in this year’s Rising Star Tournament.”
Lin Yuan turned around and looked at the Great Elder, speaking each word distinctly.
“The Great Chu Star Domain’s Ninth Prince, Chu Wudao.”
Upon hearing that name, the Great Elder’s pupils suddenly contracted. The surrounding Lin Family disciples drew in sharp breaths as well, as though they had heard the name of some forbidden existence.
“The Ninth Prince…” the Great Elder said, his voice trembling slightly.
“That’s right.”
Lin Yuan took a deep breath. His tone was filled with an oppressive force that inspired despair.
“He is the true monster capable of suppressing an entire era.”
“His bone age is exactly 9,900 years, meeting the age requirement for participation in the Rising Star Tournament.”
“And the amount of Origin Blood within his body…”
Lin Yuan paused before uttering a number that made everyone feel as though they had fallen into an icy abyss.
“150,000 drops!”
Silence.
The White Jade Mountain Peak descended into deathly silence.
150,000 drops of Origin Blood!
What kind of concept was that?
An ordinary Stellar-level expert possessed ten thousand drops of Origin Blood.
Lin Yuan, an unparalleled genius whom the Lin Family had cultivated by pouring in all its resources, had spent six thousand years barely accumulating thirty thousand drops.
Yet the Ninth Prince possessed 150,000 drops!
That was a full five times as much as Lin Yuan!
“Not only that.”
Lin Yuan’s voice continued to echo through the dead silence, completely crushing the last of everyone’s fantasies.
“The Ninth Prince cultivates the Great Chu Imperial Family’s secret, supreme Stellar-level technique.”
“Although it is only Stellar-level, that technique has already reached the limit of the Stellar level, providing an increase of 999 times!”
“150,000 drops of Origin Blood, combined with a full 999-fold increase…”
Lin Yuan closed his eyes.
“And that doesn’t even include the Grand Divine Abilities, or even the Immortal Divine Abilities, that the Imperial Family has prepared for him by exhausting its entire foundation.”
“With him present, the possibility of us turning the tables is pitifully small.”
“First place in this Rising Star Tournament was decided from the very beginning.”
Lin Yuan’s words struck the hearts of every member of the Lin Family like heavy hammers.
150,000 drops of blood energy.
A top-tier cultivation technique.
Immortal Divine Abilities.
This was simply a perfect profile that made people lose even the courage to pursue him.
The Great Elder let out a dejected sigh and fell silent.
Lin Yuan opened his eyes once more. Though his gaze was dim, he still retained the pride of a scion of a great clan.
“However, even if I can’t take first place, I must fight for second.”
“This is an excellent opportunity for our Lin Family to emerge and make its mark.”
At the same time—
In the Great Chu Star Domain, on the Imperial Star at its center.
The Imperial Family’s exclusive Special-grade Void Martial Arena.
Boom—!
A berserk torrent of blood energy, like a galactic river breaking through its banks, erupted violently in the center of the arena.
The Ninth Prince, Chu Wudao.
He hovered in midair, dressed in a dark-golden battle robe belonging to the Imperial Family.
Deep within his heart, a full 150,000 drops of crystalline Origin Blood circulated at an astonishing speed.
150,000 drops!
Even among veteran Stellar-level experts who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, such an enormous foundation would have been enough to secure him a place among the strong.
Yet Chu Wudao’s bone age was still less than ten thousand years.
Buzz—!
As his blood energy circulated, an oppressive might that made it difficult to breathe spread from Chu Wudao’s body.
The Great Chu Imperial Family’s secret supreme Stellar-level technique, the Record of Imperial Extremity Shocking the Ages.
A full 999-fold increase!
Under the enhancement of this technique, the space surrounding Chu Wudao underwent large-scale collapse and reconstruction.
He slowly raised his right hand.
A dazzling sphere of dark-golden light rapidly condensed in his palm.
Grand Divine Ability—Imperial Fall!
Without any unnecessary movement, Chu Wudao struck out with one palm.
A nine-hundredfold increase!
Rumble—!
The void ahead was forcibly blasted open by the palm strike, forming a deep rift tens of thousands of meters long.
Violent spatial turbulence raged within the rift, yet it was firmly suppressed by the domineering dark-golden light, unable to spill out in the slightest.
Its power was astonishing.
At the edge of the martial arena stood a row of Great Chu Imperial Family retainers and top ministers.
Upon witnessing this scene, they all drew in sharp breaths before erupting into waves of exclamations and praise.
“His Highness is mighty!”
“Fifteen hundred thousand drops of Origin Blood, combined with a 999-fold amplification from the cultivation technique, and this supreme divine ability…”
“Your Highness’s combat power is now absolutely unrivaled among those at the Stellar level!”
“Even against a powerhouse who has just entered the Black Hole level, Your Highness would undoubtedly be able to put up a fight!”
A purple-robed cabinet minister flattered him with a beaming smile.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
] [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!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
