Then the solution was actually quite simple.
Why not cultivate a new Azure Sword Formula on its own?
The Azure Sword Formula was originally one part of the Azure Cloud Formula. It was nowhere near as profound and unfathomable as the Azure Cloud Formula, focusing instead on the way of the sword.
It was like the trunk and branches of a tree. The Azure Cloud Formula was the trunk, while the Azure Sword Formula was a branch.
The branch grew from the trunk and shared the same lifeblood, but a branch was still a branch. It was not the trunk.
It had its own grain, its own structure, and its own way of growing.
Of course, the newly cultivated Azure Sword Formula could not be mixed with the spiritual energy of the Azure Cloud Formula. They had to be stored separately, like two unrelated rooms.
One room would hold the spiritual energy of the Azure Cloud Formula, while the other would hold the spiritual energy of the Azure Sword Formula.
Each would have its own door and its own lock, and neither would disturb the other.
Then, at the critical moment, he could seal the spiritual energy of the Azure Cloud Formula inside his dantian and allow the spiritual energy of the Azure Sword Formula to circulate through his meridians.
That way, even if he came into close contact with Shangguan Yunying again, she would not react so violently.
After all, what suppressed her was the Azure Cloud Formula, not his bloodline.
As long as the spiritual energy was not that of the Azure Cloud Formula, but instead belonged to the Azure Sword Formula, Shangguan Yunying would not be suppressed and would not lose the ability to resist after only a few moves.
It was like someone who was allergic to pollen.
There was no way to make that person stop being allergic. It was determined by their constitution and could not be changed.
But they could stay away from pollen, avoid contact with it, and prevent it from affecting them.
The same principle applied here. Shangguan Yunying was allergic to Gu Chengyin’s Azure Cloud Formula.
Since there was no way to change her allergy, he simply had to keep her from coming into contact with it.
He could isolate the spiritual energy of the Azure Cloud Formula and then release the spiritual energy of the Azure Sword Formula instead.
The two were similar, but not the same.
It sounded simple, but it would be extremely troublesome to put into practice.
First, Gu Chengyin needed to cultivate a new Azure Sword Formula.
He could not just practice it casually. He had to cultivate it to a sufficiently high level, so that the spiritual energy it produced would be abundant enough to support his normal circulation after the Azure Cloud Formula was sealed away.
Even if it could not support him beneath the sheets, it at least had to sustain him on the bed.
Second, he needed to make both types of spiritual energy coexist within his body.
That would not be easy. It required an extremely precise degree of control.
If he made even the slightest mistake, the two types of spiritual energy would merge, rendering all his efforts pointless. After all, the two formulas had originally been one and the same.
Fortunately, Gu Chengyin was now extremely familiar with the Azure Cloud Formula.
He quickly sealed all the abundant spiritual energy in his body inside his dantian.
The process was so fast that it was completed almost the instant the thought arose.
His dantian was like a container without the slightest crack, locking away every trace of the Azure Cloud Formula’s spiritual energy without allowing even a wisp to escape.
Then Gu Chengyin felt his body become completely hollow.
It was not the empty weakness that followed exhaustion. Instead, it was a clean, spacious emptiness, like a room that had just been thoroughly swept.
The power that had originally flowed through his meridians had all been withdrawn, leaving behind only an empty shell, waiting to be filled again.
Immediately afterward, Gu Chengyin began slowly generating new spiritual energy through the Azure Sword Formula.
The Azure Sword Formula was originally a part of the Azure Cloud Formula, so he could operate it even with his eyes closed.
But this time, the sensation was completely different.
His body was simply too clean—so clean that there were no impurities, no interference, and no other spiritual energy whatsoever.
The newly generated spiritual energy was like a clear spring, bubbling out from some hidden corner and flowing slowly along his meridians.
There was very little of it.
Compared to the abundant spiritual energy of the Azure Cloud Formula, this new spiritual energy was pitifully scarce. The difference was like a single drop of water compared to an entire ocean.
But it was incredibly pure, as though it were crystal that had never been tainted by even the slightest impurity.
The Azure Cloud Formula and the Azure Sword Formula were like the root and the leaves.
The root sank deep into the earth, drawing nourishment from the soil.
The leaves unfurled beneath the sun, absorbing the radiance of the sun and moon.
They came from the same source, yet were different in nature.
They shared the same root, yet took different forms.
Gu Chengyin sensed this newly born thread of Azure Sword spiritual energy within his body.
Carefully, he guided it into Shangguan Yunying.
Then he discovered that this time was completely different from before.
Shangguan Yunying’s spiritual energy no longer reacted like a mouse seeing a cat.
It did not stop, tremble, or display the slightest sign of submission.
It remained calm and steady, as though it had not noticed the intrusion of an outsider.
It continued circulating as usual, flowing out from her dantian and spreading in all directions along her meridians.
Even when it passed alongside Gu Chengyin’s spiritual energy, it showed no reaction at all.
Shangguan Yunying noticed that wisp of spiritual energy as well.
She raised her head and looked into Gu Chengyin’s eyes, asking in surprise, “You found a way?”
Gu Chengyin nodded.
“Mm. I gave it a try. It looks like it should work.”
Shangguan Yunying’s eyes immediately lit up.
She could clearly feel that she finally had some resistance against Gu Chengyin.
She was no longer at zero—not the kind of helpless zero that left her unable to mount even a semblance of resistance.
When her spiritual energy faced his, it no longer submitted like a mouse before a cat.
They continued to flow along peacefully and normally, each going where it was meant to go and doing what it was meant to do, completely unaffected.
Could this mean…
She could finally defeat Gu Chengyin?!
Shangguan Yunying had always been quite confident in herself.
In terms of size alone, she was unmatched.
Gu Chengyin’s obvious delight in her was proof enough of that.
So Shangguan Yunying had always believed that, with this advantage alone, she could remain invincible.
And now that the suppression had been resolved, everything was finally going her way.
Since that was the case, Shangguan Yunying immediately cast her earlier defeat from her mind.
All those thoughts of self-pity and frustration were tossed into the trash.
Like a pile of useless, expired things that no longer needed to be kept, they were discarded without hesitation.
Her fighting spirit ignited in that instant, and Shangguan Yunying’s eyes shone like two stars.
The fire in her heart burned so fiercely that her entire body seemed filled with scalding-hot strength.
Without the slightest warning, hesitation, or caution, Shangguan Yunying suddenly turned over and straddled Gu Chengyin.
Her movement was swift—swift as a gust of wind.
So swift that Gu Chengyin had no time to react, and so swift that her skirt swept through the air in a graceful arc.
It was like a flag snapping in the wind, proclaiming her determination and fighting spirit.
Shangguan Yunying braced both hands against Gu Chengyin’s shoulders, her fingers pressing down slightly until her fingertips sank into the fabric.
She leaned forward, her entire body like a bow drawn to its limit, poised and ready to release its force.
Her head held high, she was bathed in moonlight from behind, making the beauty look like a celestial maiden beneath the moon.
Her long hair shimmered with a faint silver glow, like a river of stars flowing through the night.
Then, with overwhelming confidence, Shangguan Yunying declared war:
“This time, I’ll make you admit defeat and beg for mercy!”
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.
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!
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for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
