Xu Mu glanced at the notifications on his phone. After giving them a quick look, he found that they were the same familiar faces as always.
Of course, people he didn’t know wouldn’t be calling or messaging him so often.
“You almost died? What happened this time?” Wei Jingzhi asked curiously. “With so many treasures, the four major races shouldn’t have been able to take them all.”
“This time, the treasures were in a place that only one person could enter. In the end, everyone started fighting, and then the Great Wilderness race appeared,” An Linghui explained. “Afterward, the Sky Demon race joined the battle, and the two Sky Demons on Xu Mu’s side were caught up in it as well.”
“What?”
Wei Jingzhi’s expression changed abruptly when he heard that. “So the four major races joined forces against you? Being able to come back alive this time really was a matter of luck.”
“Senior, although I did find some treasures this time, I nearly died. You have to give me some compensation. I’m not handing these things over,” Xu Mu said with a smile.
“Of course. I already told you before that our goal is to prevent the foreign races from the Inner Realm from obtaining them. Besides, you already handed over quite a few good things last time.”
Wei Jingzhi took a sip of goji berry tea.
“That’s good to hear. I’m going back to heal my injuries first. Auntie can tell you exactly what happened.”
Xu Mu didn’t want to waste any more time here. He would deal with the matters at hand first.
Wei Jingzhi nodded.
Xu Mu arrived outside the manor and took the Cadillac out of his storage space.
The group got into the car together and headed for the villa at Xu Mu’s home.
“Xu Mu! I found a Heaven-grade technique!”
Once she got into the car, Fu Jinyu eagerly shared her good news.
“Hmph, as expected, fools really do have all the luck. I only found an Earth-grade technique.”
Nalan Shisan pouted.
“I found a Heaven-grade technique too, along with two Earth-grade techniques,” Xu Mu said with a smile. “Don’t worry. As for the God-grade technique I have, all of you can cultivate it.”
[Affection +30]
[Affection +30]
Fu Jinyu and Nalan Shisan exchanged glances, both seeing the disbelief in the other’s eyes.
They had never expected Xu Mu to truly be willing to share a God-grade technique with them.
“Xu Mu, are you sure? This is a God-grade technique!”
Nalan Shisan had never imagined that following Xu Mu would allow her to learn something like this.
She hadn’t even dared to dream of it before.
With a single God-grade technique, even someone with mediocre talent could firmly suppress experts at the same level.
“God-grade…”
Fu Jinyu murmured softly as well. “I’ve heard that techniques of this level are extremely demanding when it comes to talent. Even an exceptional genius would need decades to master one.”
“Is it really that difficult?”
Xu Mu himself no longer felt like cultivating it. If he drew it from the lottery in the future, he would immediately master it.
But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it made sense. Take the sect master of the Frozen Immortal Sect, for example. She had cultivated from her teens until she was several decades old before finally mastering it completely.
“Of course. How could a God-grade technique be easy to cultivate?” Fu Jinyu said softly.
After driving home, Xu Mu first took the two of them to the underground illusion formation beneath the villa.
Once they arrived, he headed straight for the deepest part of the formation.
He took out all the spirit stones from his storage space and piled them there.
Combined with the spirit stones he had stored previously, they formed a small mountain.
Seeing so many spirit stones, Nalan Shisan couldn’t help sighing. “I didn’t realize you’d secretly saved up so many spirit stones. Are you preparing to become an immortal in the future?”
Xu Mu was slightly taken aback. “What do you mean? What about becoming an immortal?”
“You don’t know?”
Nalan Shisan was stunned for a moment before continuing. “In this era, the spiritual energy has already dried up and can no longer support anyone breaking through the ninth stage. You should know that, right?”
“Of course.”
Xu Mu nodded. He remembered that the story had mentioned it before. This was a world where spiritual energy had withered.
The ninth stage was the absolute peak of this world.
However, he hadn’t finished reading The Dragon King’s Return and had only seen the later parts. At that time, Ye Chen was around the fifth stage and was practically invincible.
He had no idea what happened afterward.
But thinking about it carefully, Hat Bro was the protagonist of Cultivator Returns as a Stay-at-Home Dad.
So logically speaking, there should still be even higher stages.
Fu Jinyu also asked curiously, “Do you know how to become the legendary immortal?”
“I don’t know the specifics either, but when I was at the Abyss Chapel, I heard an expert say that breaking through the ninth stage requires an enormous number of spirit stones.”
Nalan Shisan shrugged. “But I don’t know the exact process.”
“Forget it. That realm is still far too distant for us. For now, we should focus on what’s in front of us.”
Xu Mu shook his head slightly.
“That’s true.”
Fu Jinyu took out the several spatial rings Xu Mu had given her and removed the spirit stones from them as well, piling them up in the same place.
Apart from the spirit stones, there were also several relatively high-grade materials.
“Here are your rings. As for the Heaven-grade technique I found, I’m keeping it for now.”
Fu Jinyu returned the rings to Xu Mu.
“Of course. You were the one who found it in the first place.”
Xu Mu accepted the rings and placed them in his storage space.
[Affection +10]
Fu Jinyu looked somewhat moved. She hadn’t expected Xu Mu not to ask a single question about the technique.
This time, she was determined to devote herself to cultivation and strive to master it.
For now, she wasn’t discouraged. The gap between her and the geniuses of the four major races wasn’t that great.
Most of them were only at the second or third stage, while Fu Jinyu was currently at the first stage. Sooner or later, she would catch up to them.
Nalan Shisan also emptied her ring and returned it to Xu Mu. She puffed out her cheeks slightly.
“It’s just a shame I only got an Earth-grade technique.”
“Stop hinting around. You can only blame your bad luck.”
As he spoke, Xu Mu took out Wu Tian’s ring. As the male protagonist, Wu Tian was bound to have plenty of good things inside.
The first thing Xu Mu discovered was a blood-red longsword.
When he infused it with qi, golden runes appeared across the blade.
Xu Mu carefully sensed the formation inscribed on it. As expected, he had guessed correctly: a ninth-level formation-breaking array had been carved into the sword.
This formation could directly sever the patterns of other formations, thereby destroying them.
Even against a ninth-level formation, it could succeed as long as it found the formation’s weak point.
Xu Mu was currently an eighth-level formation master. Even when facing a ninth-level formation, he would find himself in a rather troublesome situation.
With this sword, he could save himself a great deal of time.
Afterward, Xu Mu took out all the rare treasures inside. He discovered four ninth-grade treasures among them.
Unfortunately, there was no divine medicine. Perhaps Wu Tian had already consumed it.
Xu Mu also found several cultivation techniques. Then, suddenly, a skull no larger than a fist caught his attention.
The skull was completely black, with bony horns protruding from both sides of its crown.
After taking it out, Xu Mu infused it with qi and began studying it himself.
“Holy crap!”
Xu Mu was utterly shocked.
It was a God-grade technique—the Evil Demon Art.
This was Wu Tian’s signature technique, and it was extraordinarily powerful.
Xu Mu then took out the God-grade offensive technique Zhang Que had given him and infused it with qi. After examining it, he discovered that it was a God-grade body-refinement technique.
“Sister Empress, let me take a look at your Heaven-grade technique.”
Xu Mu held out his hand.
“All right.”
Fu Jinyu didn’t hesitate and immediately took out a golden disc.
Xu Mu accepted it, infused it with qi, and studied it for a while.
“Hmm. I’ve made up my mind.”
Xu Mu handed the Heaven-grade cultivation technique to Nalan Shisan. “Sister Demon Queen, you should learn this Heaven-grade cultivation technique.”
“Why should she?” Fu Jinyu said, crossing her arms with evident displeasure.
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!
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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.
