Speedrunning the Secret Realm with a Strong Sense of Purpose

Jiang Che was incredibly thick-skinned!

He didn't even treat Chu Yuan as a human being.

"Young Master Jiang, this Heavenly Court secret realm has already unlocked the Quasi-Emperor stage. The next one is the Great Emperor stage. Only a cultivation base at the Great Emperor level can trigger the opening of the secret realm," Chu Yuan explained patiently.

Although the Heavenly Court token had already recorded his own aura, he didn't think for a second that Jiang Che would be rejected by it. After all, the man possessed the Five Immortal Physiques!!!

The Heavenly Court token itself would probably be utterly bewildered after recording Young Master Jiang's aura.

"Only someone with a Great Emperor's cultivation can enter the secret realm. Young Master Jiang, your cultivation..."

"Cultivation?" Jiang Che chuckled and raised an eyebrow, then revealed his Immortal Dao Origin!

Billowing immortal qi wrapped around Jiang Che's body, and an aura akin to an ancient immortal permeated the air.

"Immortal... Immortal Realm!!!" Chu Yuan's eyes widened, his scalp going numb from the shock!

Young Master Jiang had actually become an Immortal? How was this possible?!

Jiang Che's soul age was only in its twenties, right? Just how monstrously talented did someone have to be to become an Immortal?

No, wait! Chu Yuan quickly calmed down. The rank of Young Master Jiang's system was terrifyingly high. His system was very likely the kind that allowed direct point allocation to increase cultivation. After all, if he could buy immortal physiques, what was stopping him from buying cultivation?

Jiang Che didn't reveal his Immortal Emperor-level Dao Origin to Chu Yuan. Of course... even if he did show the Immortal Emperor Origin, Chu Yuan probably wouldn't recognize it anyway.

After all, the Immortal Emperor-level Origin that Jiang Che bought from the system had no other use besides scoring with fairy maidens.

"Alright, considering how loyal you are, I'll gift you another billion points."

Saying this, Jiang Che swiped his finger.

[System points credited: One billion exactly]

"Thank you, Young Master Jiang!!!"

Seeing Chu Yuan's delighted expression, Jiang Che felt amused as well.

The exchange rate was still ten to one. To transfer a billion points to Chu Yuan, he only needed to spend a hundred million points.

"Chu Yuan, treat yourself better. Hanging around with riffraff all day—don't tell people you're my underling," Jiang Che said.

Chu Yuan felt incredibly awkward.

If I really treated myself well, you'd be unhappy about it!

...

He took the Heavenly Court token from Chu Yuan.

"Heavenly Court token?"

Jiang Che looked at the quaint jade plaque in his hand, which had the words 'Heavenly Court' carved into it.

However, a corner of this token was missing. Clearly, the missing piece was the one in Tian Chan's hand.

Jiang Che gripped the jade plaque tightly and sent his divine soul into it.

In the next second, his divine soul seemed to enter another world. Above endless clouds and mist, an imposing palace gate appeared.

'South Heaven Gate'

"Too flashy," Jiang Che muttered in complaint.

Soon, thunder boomed in his ears, and the void trembled. A voice echoed, sounding like clashing metal and stone, yet also like the flow of a star river.

"Child of Destiny, please cultivate to the Emperor Realm before coming to open the trial."

Jiang Che yawned and then adjusted his Immortal Dao Origin down to the Great Emperor level.

He planned to speedrun this Heavenly Court secret realm and then head up to the ninety-ninth heaven to see exactly who the fairy in the ice coffin was.

"You—" The Trial Spirit of the secret realm was clearly stunned. It couldn't understand why the challenger, who had just advanced to the Quasi-Emperor realm a few months ago, had already become a Great Emperor in such a short time.

And a top-tier Great Emperor at the Third-Life Emperor level at that!

But it quickly realized that the life aura was completely wrong!

"Who are you? You are not the Child of Destiny... This secret realm is not open to you."

The Trial Spirit issued a standard warning. It turned out this person also carried primal chaos qi, which explained the misidentification.

"Heh, don't be ungrateful. My time is precious. Bring out all the trial stages you have," Jiang Che said impatiently.

"You ignorant..." However, just as the Trial Spirit was about to fly into a rage, it scanned Jiang Che and suddenly trembled violently, as if it had seen something bizarre, stopping mid-sentence.

Five great immortal physiques gathered in one body. Of course... what terrified it the most was his face.

"Beep! Detecting identity... Detection successful. Challenger: Chu Yuan."

"May I ask what level of secret realm trial you require?"

Jiang Che grew a bit impatient, "Great Emperor."

"Can you talk a little less? And my name is Jiang Che, not Chu Yuan."

...

The trial began.

The Great Emperor-level secret realm trial directly transported Jiang Che to a boundless sea of stars.

In the sea of stars, countless suns shone brightly. In the gaps between the stars, there was a group of bizarre giant beasts, their bodies as massive as planets.

"Roar—"

These ancient starry sky beasts let out whale-like cries. The leading star behemoth actually bit a massive star to pieces and swallowed it whole, completely absorbing the star's power.

Behind it followed countless ancient star beasts, each incomparably huge.

"The challenger must complete Task One: Kill three adult ancient star beasts..."

"Task completed!"

Before the Trial Spirit could finish speaking, Jiang Che clapped his hands and revealed a harmless smile.

A moment ago, a herd of ancient star beasts had been roaming the boundless starry sky, but in the blink of an eye... the originally massive galaxy suddenly collapsed, and countless stars were completely annihilated.

[Light of World Annihilation]

A massive weapon of destruction Jiang Che had previously exchanged from the system. It only required a large number of spirit stones to fire a death ray. Jiang Che had once used this thing to obliterate a Third-Tribulation Evil God in the Evil Spirit Domain.

Now, the Light of World Annihilation had been loaded with ten immortal-grade spirit stones by Jiang Che, directly transforming into a cannon of death. A single shot blasted away an entire galaxy, along with that group of so-called starry sky behemoths.

The strongest among those starry sky behemoths was the elderly leader, whose aura had reached the level of a Second-Tribulation Immortal. Killing three Great Emperor-level starry sky behemoths under the protection of a Second-Tribulation Immortal Beast was a situation of certain death for almost any cultivator.

But unfortunately for them, they met Jiang Che.

"You—" The Trial Spirit was utterly stupefied. Where the hell did he get that cannon?

All cheats were forbidden in this Heavenly Court trial ground! Even Heavenly Dao-level systems and Dao artifacts couldn't be used here!

"Next round. My time is very limited."

Jiang Che rushed to the next trial at lightning speed.

The next trial was undergoing a heavenly tribulation, but to Jiang Che, it was complete child's play.

"By the way, Trial Spirit, you should know some things about the Ancient Heavenly Court, right?"

Jiang Che sat cross-legged in the void. Even with a thousand lightning bolts striking his body, he remained steadfast and unmoving, even casually chatting with the Trial Spirit.

"I won't hide it from you. The original ancient Heavenly Court challenger is my underling. The reason I came to participate in the trial... is very simple. It's for a girl."

[A girl???]

The Trial Spirit's brain practically short-circuited. Was this even something a human would say?

"I heard that above the ninety-ninth heaven, there is an ice coffin with a fairy slumbering inside. Is this true? I came here specifically for her."

"If she's not there, don't waste my time. I'll leave right now."

His sense of purpose was a bit too strong!