It turned out that refining elixirs using an iron pot was quite effective.
Li Yingling began to absorb spiritual energy like a whale devouring its prey, preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Chu Xingchen quickly took out a few spirit stones from his spatial ring and arranged a simple gathering array to ensure that Li Yingling had enough spiritual energy during the breakthrough.
Chu Xingchen had also studied the Water Heart Scripture, and although it did appear a bit distracting at first glance, it was indeed a supreme method for achieving a perfect Foundation Establishment, as one would expect from a Divine Emperor's creation.
After all, how could one ascend to immortality without a sturdy foundation? Only by having a full primordial spirit and a clear divine platform could one naturally reach Foundation Establishment.
As a top-tier immortal seedling, Li Yingling's progress was fast, but the foundation was still solid.
After all, she was Chu Xingchen's first disciple, so how could he not take her seriously?
Watching Li Yingling's aura gradually become more contained, Chu Xingchen knew that this breakthrough was a sure thing.
Half an hour later, the system's notification sounded.
【First Disciple Li Yingling has broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage】
【Rewards issued】
【Divine Ability: Three Thousand Weak Water Sword】
【Issuing official mission: Recruit two qualified disciples】
【Reward: Spirit Gathering Array】
【Official Mission 2: Recruit three qualified disciples】
【Reward: True Martial Hall】
The main mission wasn't too surprising.
However, finding disciples wasn't that easy.
Chu Xingchen couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.
As Li Yingling finished her meditation and opened her eyes, she was full of joy, ready to say something, only to see Chu Xingchen staring blankly at her before sighing.
???
Had she messed up her cultivation? Li Yingling quickly scanned her own body, but everything seemed perfectly normal.
So, what was the issue? Had she gone about the Foundation Establishment the wrong way?!
However, after several careful inspections, she found no problems at all! It was over! That was the most serious issue.
Li Yingling timidly said, "S... Master, am I done for?"
Snapping back to reality, Chu Xingchen looked at Li Yingling in confusion:
"What are you saying in a roundabout way?"
Chu Xingchen took out a divine ability from the system space and tossed it to Li Yingling.
"This is a Divine Ability. It's a practitioner's ultimate lifeline. Train it well."
Li Yingling caught the flying scroll and glanced at the cover. Clean and neat, the words "Three Thousand Weak Water Sword" were written with a graceful charm.
Li Yingling carefully opened it, expecting to see multiple revisions, but instead found the scroll pristine, with elegant handwriting.
It almost looked like some random low-grade divine ability picked up from a street stall.
But of course, Li Yingling was just thinking aloud; after the Water Heart Scripture incident, she trusted her master unconditionally as long as it didn't ruin her cultivation.
With a happy heart, she flipped through the divine sword technique, but soon felt like she was still missing something.
Li Yingling asked, "Master, do you have a sword?"
Why did that sound like she was cursing him?
Nevertheless, Chu Xingchen understood what Li Yingling meant.
He glanced at her, then tore off a small piece of his wooden bed and quickly carved it into a wooden sword with spiritual energy, tossing it to Li Yingling.
"Practice more. If it breaks, I'll make you a new one. There are plenty of trees outside."
After more than half a month, Li Yingling had gotten used to her master's quirky behavior. Without a word, she silently picked up the crude wooden sword that had landed on the ground.
Then she quietly retreated to her own wooden bed.
It seemed she wasn't particularly overjoyed about breaking through to Foundation Establishment.
Chu Xingchen sighed again. Where could he find such a gifted disciple?
The betrayal of the past!
The boundless enmity soaked in blood!
This lifetime! I will exact vengeance with blood for blood!
Li Xingtian's gaze was calm and resolute; his straw sandals had long been worn out, his feet bloody.
In his previous life, despite having mediocre talent, he had managed to cultivate in the Qingfeng Sect, enduring endless humiliation!
But he finally obtained a supreme treasure, rising from the South Continent to the Great Middle State!
Even among the geniuses of the Middle State, he was considered a genius.
Unfortunately, as a foolish youngster, he had been deceived by a vile demoness, leaving him with nothing!
Even the nascent essence he had cultivated was drained by the demoness!
The most infuriating part was that I hadn't even held hands with the demoness!
They really deserved to die!
Since this lifetime had given him a second chance, Li Xingtian vowed to live with no attachment to women!
His destination was an old mountain god's temple deep within the Ten Mile Slope Forest.
Inside that temple lay a stone infused with a thousand-year bone jade.
By absorbing and subduing it, one could conquer their inner demon and transform into a Demonic Heavenly Physique!
Why would such a desolate and remote place, spanning dozens of miles with no human presence, have a mountain god's temple?
It was because a mighty figure had left this chance for future generations.
In his previous life, Li Xingtian had been the destined one!
This time, he had arrived even earlier! He was still the destined one.
Indeed! Fate is truly wonderful!
Li Xingtian climbed over a familiar small slope.
His heart grew more excited, as beyond this slope was the mountain god's temple!
Li Xingtian looked up in excitement.
The temple came into view.
But it wasn't just the temple.
There was also a young, beautiful female cultivator in a pink celestial dress.
Her flowing hair cascaded like a waterfall, her face as radiant as peach blossoms, holding a wooden sword, practicing a sword technique with an extraordinary posture.
The spiritual energy around her surged, truly breathtaking.
If any ordinary person saw her, how could they not exclaim that she was a celestial being?
But Li Xingtian wasn't an ordinary person.
Damn it! Women!
Li Xingtian cursed inwardly.
But he didn't rush forward. Undoubtedly, the young woman before him was a cultivator, already on the path to immortality.
Right now, he was merely a minor character at the Qi Condensation second layer.
Better observe first!
The observation didn't reveal anything surprising, but it did unveil a clue:
The woman was practicing a divine ability!
And a peerless sword divine ability, which happened to perfectly match her!
A divine ability! That was the lifelong dream of countless practitioners.
In the Middle State, only those who mastered a divine ability were considered geniuses.
Li Xingtian himself had a divine ability, but it was far from perfect with his cultivation method, causing its effects to be greatly reduced.
Even so, within the same realm, as long as his opponent didn't possess a divine ability, he could easily crush them.
What made Li Xingtian even more envious was that this woman's spiritual energy level only appeared to be around the Foundation Establishment stage.
A Foundation Establishment woman with a divine ability perfectly suited to her?!
Even with the memories of his previous life, Li Xingtian didn't dare to dream of such a scenario!
Was this some top-tier immortal sect in the Middle State sending their core disciples out for experience?
Then there must be elder protectors from the sect!
A sudden fear gripped Li Xingtian's heart; his presence might have been discovered!
He hurriedly slithered back down the slope.
Indeed, the timing was crucial to obtaining such a fate. He was too early!
After cursing himself, Li Xingtian decided to leave for now.
But just as he turned around, a wooden sword was already pointing directly at his throat.
The sword-practicing girl had a cold expression, her voice frosty:
"Who sent you? The Minister of the Xuanwu Kingdom, or has Taiqing Sect found our trail?"
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
