Chapter 144: His Name is Chen Qiu, and He Recently Traveled Through Time (Part 1)

Chapter 144: His Name is Chen Qiu, and He Recently Traveled Through Time (Part 1)



With the blessing of 9.8 billion virtue points, Chen Qiu couldn't believe how fast his movement speed would be. The scholar's sword would surely not be able to catch up to him, and he would need to equip himself with a large number of defensive artifacts to protect himself. Otherwise, at this speed, he feared he might lose control and crash into something, killing himself.

This was not an impossible scenario.

In fact, it was highly likely to happen.

Finally, as the ten breaths were about to end, he chose the "Virtue Bodyguard" entry, which he was quite satisfied with. Although this entry seemed useless now, when he reached a higher cultivation level and encountered tribulations, this entry would truly come into play.

It could be considered a late-game entry.

After selecting the entry, Chen Qiu, who was standing on a peak in the back mountain of the Mock Heaven Sect, finally stretched his body and loosened his muscles. He yawned lazily and began contemplating whether he should take a walk outside.

Although the Mock Heaven Sect had its own Little World and the scenery was pleasant, he couldn't ignore the two strange flowers that constantly released resentful and demonic energy, making the sect feel eerie and gloomy all day. Even though it didn't affect his body, he always felt like he was missing out on the sunshine, so he decided to go out and enjoy the sun.

"Hmm."

After pondering for a while, Chen Qiu decided to go out for breakfast and see if Xiangyang City had any special early morning delicacies, as the sun had just risen.

Xiangyang City, at a food stall.

Chen Qiu and his companions sat at a shop selling lamb dumplings, a local specialty only found in Xiangyang City in the Great Xia Kingdom. Other states mainly had dumplings made with glutinous rice, but in Xiangyang City, they had the tradition of eating lamb dumplings.

"Not bad," Chen Qiu said as he wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief. He didn't eat much, just enough to taste the flavor. The dumplings here were different from the glutinous rice and seafood dumplings in Haizhou, and he couldn't say which was better. He enjoyed both.

After his stroll, he returned to continue his cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed in an instant.

During these days, Chen Qiu had been meditating day and night in a guest room at an inn in Xiangyang City. He turned his head towards the window, where the sky was turning a pale white, and he let out a long sigh.

For the past ten days, he had been diligently cultivating.

When the Golden Core Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pill arrived, he absorbed its medicinal properties to enhance his cultivation. When he didn't have the pill, he focused on refining his control over his spirit sense and spirit energy.

Finally, this morning, his cultivation successfully broke through to the Eighth Stage Golden Core Realm!

"The speed seems much faster than I imagined," Chen Qiu said as he looked at the cultivation progress panel in his dantian and pondered. He had been worried about whether he could break through to the Golden Core Great Perfection before the Celestial Talent Path opened in a year.

He didn't want to be at a disadvantage and get beaten up just because his cultivation was too low.

To his surprise, in less than a month, he had already reached the Eighth Stage Golden Core Realm.

At this rate, he didn't need to worry about whether he could break through to the Golden Core Great Perfection before the Celestial Talent Path opened. Instead, he should consider the possibility of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm before the path opened.

In that case, he wouldn't be able to participate in the Celestial Talent Path, as it was only open to cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm.

"That's a bit unfair," he shook his head.

Just because he was a Golden Core Exalted, did that mean he wouldn't be considered one after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm?

It didn't make sense.

He didn't think further and instead turned his attention inward to the panel shrouded in clouds within his body.

"Cultivation greatly increased, officially entering the Eighth Stage Golden Core Realm."

"Please choose one of the following three random entries within ten breaths."

1.

Entry Name: Envy Flaring

Entry Grade: Green

Entry Effect: Attacks against cultivators with Dao companions will have a slight damage increase.

2.

Entry Name: Life Spirit Conversion

Entry Grade: Yellow

Entry Effect: When your spirit energy is depleted, you can use your lifespan to cast spells.

3.

Entry Name: Frost on Frost

Entry Grade: Yellow

Entry Effect: Your ice-type spells will be enhanced.

".

Chen Qiu's expression was slightly speechless, as he couldn't believe that even at the Eighth Stage Golden Core Realm, he could still randomly obtain a Green entry. Wasn't this usually something that Foundation Establishment cultivators got? He wondered if he had missed checking his fortune for the day, as he felt his luck wasn't great.

In the future, he decided to check his fortune before choosing entries.

The first two entries were of no use, so he didn't need to consider them. He would just choose the last entry.

Forget it, he thought as he shook his head and was about to continue cultivating when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the Little World. It was the shopkeeper calling for him.

He furrowed his brows in confusion but decided to respond, appearing in the Mock Heaven Sect.

Mock Heaven Sect, Disciple Dormitory Entrance.

Chen Qiu looked at the middle-aged shopkeeper, whose face was so pale it was frightening, with terrifying red bloodshot eyes. He couldn't help but shake his head in exasperation and handed over a few healing pills, "Shopkeeper, there's no need to rush. Take it slow."

"I told you, even if it takes three to five years to open this Spirit Artifact, it's fine."

"In your current state, I'm afraid you might suddenly die."

This man was his precious treasure, as he could break seals on many Spirit Artifacts that others couldn't.

Seals that others couldn't break, he could.

Seals that others could break, he could do it faster.

"I've broken it!"

Although the middle-aged shopkeeper's face was deathly pale, his eyes shone with excitement, "Last night, I suddenly had an epiphany, an epiphany! Young Master, take a look!"

"Oh?"

Chen Qiu's eyes flickered with surprise. Not long ago, he had mentioned needing three to five years, but after just over ten days, he had already broken through?

This spirit artifact was one he had picked up from a wolf's mouth when he was young.

It was also the first time he had encountered a spirit artifact with such complex seals.

He was genuinely curious about what was inside.

"Let me take a look."

He took the spirit artifact, and his spirit sense immediately probed within, while the middle-aged shopkeeper politely returned to the disciples' dormitory.

The spirit artifact was almost empty, containing only a brocade pouch.

Inside the pouch was a single note and a small fruit.

This brocade pouch had no seals, and he drew out a yellowish piece of paper with words written in a hasty, scrawling manner.

"My name is Chen Qiu. By the time you see this, I will be dead."

". Okay, then."

Chen Qiu stood silently in front of the disciples' dormitory, his expressionless face betraying the disbelief he felt within. He continued reading.

"Nine is the ultimate number."

"I failed nine times. On my last attempt, I went to a temple and asked the gods if I could succeed on my tenth try."

"I threw the sacred cup nine times, and the gods denied me nine times."

"I destroyed all the temples in Daxia."

"If I believed in them, they were gods."

"If I didn't believe in them, they were just clay statues."

"One last time, I'll try one last time."

"I put everything into this last attempt: the Mock Heaven Sect Leader's Token, the Small World, the Multi-Colored Entries Ascend, the Unique Entry Core Expansion, the Twelfth Stage Golden Core, the Five Great Demon Lotuses, countless Virtue Points..."

"They say that nine is the limit, and surpassing nine leads to defeat."

"I don't believe it."

". ."

"This is the last time, as time is running out, and there won't be another chance."

"If I fail this time, perhaps I'll truly be defeated."

"But I can't help but feel a sense of regret."

". ."

". ."

Chen Qiu sat on the steps in front of the disciples' dormitory, silent for a long while before finally looking up at the two demon lotuses floating in the sky above the Mock Heaven Sect, his face calm as he gently fiddled with the yellowish note in his hand.

This yellowish note contained a wealth of information, so much so that he found it difficult to understand it all at once.

His name was Chen Qiu, and he had crossed over not long ago.

Today was the thirty-first day since his crossing. After arduously chopping firewood for thirty days, he finally managed to save over two thousand copper coins in his pocket, allowing him to rent a small house of his own in this unfamiliar city.

Chopping firewood was truly exhausting.

Fortunately, he had learned to chop people instead.

He had just crossed over, and Daxia had not yet come into existence. The Heavenly Dao version had not been updated to the Daxia version, and it was still the era of various sects, families, and cities. When he started, he randomly obtained a white entry.

He cultivated all the way to the third level of Foundation Establishment and, by chance, obtained the entry "Self-Abolition and Rebirth" in a Heavenly Dao secret realm.

This entry allowed him to lose all his memories, entries, cultivation, and more, and return to the time and place of his birth, starting anew. His lifespan and bone age would also reset, and all injuries and hidden ailments would be healed.

In a Heavenly Dao secret realm, he was surrounded by bandits and, in his severely injured state, activated this entry, turning into a white light and returning to the place where he had first descended upon this world—Fufeng City.

His name was Chen Qiu, and he had crossed over not long ago.

This was his second life, but he didn't know it. Just like the first time, he arrived with an axe, full of vigor, and rushed to the outskirts of Fufeng City.

He chopped firewood for twenty-nine days.

On the thirtieth day, he chopped a person.

He earned enough money to buy awakening medicine.

In this life, his initial entry was a white entry, "Flanked Attack," a completely useless white entry. However, he didn't mind and didn't lose hope.

He struggled and climbed his way up, and this life was his most difficult.

It took him a full fifty years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and become an Array Cultivator in the marketplace, creating array plates to make a living. Occasionally, he would take his array plate into a Heavenly Dao secret realm to secretly attack others.

When he reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, the marketplace was destroyed by a Golden Core Cultivator. As he faced death, he looked at the Golden Core Cultivator with not much hatred in his eyes, but a sense of regret. If he were also at the Golden Core stage, who could kill him?

At the moment of his death, he discovered that the "Self-Abolition and Rebirth" entry suddenly appeared on his Dao foundation. At that time, he didn't know that this entry, once chosen, would follow him through countless rebirths, appearing nine times and granting nine chances at rebirth.

A white light flashed.

Before the Golden Core Cultivator could destroy the entire marketplace, he returned to Fufeng City once more. By then, decades had passed since his first life, and no one paid attention to a wandering cultivator who died in a Heavenly Dao secret realm or a Foundation Establishment Array Cultivator who perished in the marketplace.

His name was Chen Qiu, and he had crossed over not long ago.

This was his third life, but he still didn't know it. He only felt like he had just crossed over.

Full of vigor, he chopped firewood for twenty-nine days and, on the thirtieth day, killed someone.

He earned enough money to buy awakening medicine again.

In this life, his initial entry was a white entry, "Nine Bulls' Strength," a completely ordinary white entry. However, he didn't mind and didn't lose hope.

He struggled and cultivated for fifty years, finally reaching the Golden Core stage and learning that Daxia would never be able to achieve the Nascent Soul stage.

He couldn't accept this.

After reaching the second level of the Golden Core stage, his cultivation progress stalled, and he died when his lifespan ran out.

At the moment of his death, the "Self-Abolition and Rebirth" entry appeared on his Dao foundation once more. In a daze, he turned into a white light and vanished, returning to Fufeng City.

His name was Chen Qiu, and not long ago, he had transmigrated.

This was his sixth life, and in this life, he had uncovered the truth about the Great Xia Kingdom. Even though he had reached the Golden Core Peak Grand Perfection as a Physical Cultivator, he knew that his strength was insufficient to break free from this cage.

After breaking through to the Golden Core Peak Grand Perfection, he found a Heaven-grade Treasure, the Ling Fruit, which restored his memories from his previous life, revealing his experiences from past lives and his ultimate goal.

In this life, he discovered the ruins of the Mock Heaven Sect.

However, he did not take the position of the Sect Leader. He knew that he had reached his limit in this life, so he left the opportunity for his next life. Before his lifespan ended, the words "Self-Abolition and Rebirth" appeared on his Golden Core once again.

He left all the opportunities he encountered in this life for his seventh life.

At that time, the Great Xia Kingdom had just been established, and he supported the Xia family in ascending to the throne, ensuring their royal lineage by granting the emperor numerous Heavenly Dao entries without negative effects.

He ordered them to guard the Great Xia.

At that time, he was known as the Imperial Tutor.

His name was Chen Qiu, and not long ago, he had transmigrated.

This was his eighth life.

He reappeared in Fufeng City, but before he could even chop firewood, he was captured and sold into slavery in a small village in the Hundred Kingdoms.

After a year of slavery, he spent another year sharpening his sword skills.

He escaped, and his initial entry was "Sword Heart Clarity." In this life, he became the number one Sword Cultivator in the world, and in his white robe, he fought with such prowess that no one dared to speak loudly. At the Sixth Stage Golden Core Realm, he once again challenged the Nascent Soul Puppet.

He was no match and retreated with severe injuries.

He knew that Sword Cultivators couldn't break free from the Daxia Cage. The Mock Heaven Sect was an absolute Sword Cultivator sect, and the puppet they created was a pure Sword Cultivator puppet, making it highly adept at dealing with Sword Cultivators.

It was impossible for a Sword Cultivator to defeat it by force.

Physical Cultivators were also ineffective, as the malevolent sword aura of the puppet made it impossible for them to get close.

A Spell Cultivator was required, one who could attack from a distance and deal massive damage to the puppet while avoiding its sword aura.

Additionally, a powerful Sword Cultivator was needed to behead the puppet, as the Nascent Soul Puppet's sword formation could only be defeated by a Sword Cultivator.

In this life...

He stood at the fifth level of the Endless Ice Plains Sword Cultivator heritage, remaining silent for a long time before eventually choosing to give up under the confused gaze of the guardian.

He was already strong enough, and this Sword Cultivator heritage wouldn't significantly enhance his strength. Even with this Sword Cultivator heritage, he couldn't defeat the Nascent Soul Puppet. He decided to leave this Sword Cultivator heritage for a talented Sword Cultivator he would choose in the future, allowing them to become stronger with its help.

In this life...

He fought through countless secret realms, learning the long-lost method of forming a Twelfth Stage Golden Core, which had been lost for tens of thousands of years.

(End of Chapter)

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