Chapter 13: Promotion While Lying Down
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“System, claim the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Unification Realm!”
Remembering that he still had rewards waiting to be claimed in the system’s storage space, Li Tianyuan spoke with barely concealed impatience.
Rumble—
In the next instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged. The aura around him began to surge higher and higher, and an overwhelmingly powerful presence erupted from his body, sweeping across the entire area!
Mid-stage Golden Core...
Late stage!
Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm!
In the blink of an eye, a level of cultivation that others would need several lifetimes—or even a hundred years of arduous effort—to attain was completed by Li Tianyuan in the span of a few breaths.
Within his sea of consciousness, the crystalline golden core shattered its shell and transformed into a Nascent Soul. It emerged bearing an identical appearance to him, sitting cross-legged in the depths of his consciousness. Golden radiance blazed from its entire body, making it resemble a divine being.
This was the defining mark of the Nascent Soul Realm, signifying that a cultivator had stepped into an entirely new world.
The Nascent Soul Realm was one of the most wondrous stages of cultivation. A cultivator condensed a golden core, fused it with the physical body, and transformed it into a Nascent Soul capable of communicating with heaven and earth, borrowing the spiritual energy of the world to unleash all manner of divine abilities and spells.
It could be said that the Great Dao had begun to take shape. As long as the Nascent Soul remained indestructible, the soul would never perish.
Although this realm was not considered particularly profound throughout the entire cultivation world, it was still beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Moreover, Li Tianyuan’s Nascent Soul was utterly incomparable to those of other cultivators. In terms of size alone, it was several times larger, rivaling even the perfected cultivators who had spent many years in the Nascent Soul Unification Realm.
Yet that was not even the most terrifying part.
His Nascent Soul was golden, dazzling like the sun god itself. It radiated an imposing and majestic might that shook the surrounding lands.
This was a gift bestowed by the Heavenly Dao Creation Physique—something utterly unique that no other cultivator could ever surpass, no matter how astonishing their talent might be.
“Hahaha!”
Li Tianyuan threw back his head and laughed long and loud, his mood soaring to an extreme. A radiant smile curved across his lips.
The word “exhilarating” was far too inadequate to describe how he felt at that moment.
“System, open my status panel.”
[Host: Li Tianyuan]
[Bone Age: Thirty-Two]
[Potential: SSS]
[Cultivation: Nascent Soul Unification]
[Physique: Heavenly Dao Creation Physique]
[Identity: Master of Lingyun Sword Peak, Celestial Firmament Sacred Land]
[Technique: Lingyun Ascension Art—Incomplete Immortal Method]
[Divine Abilities: Lingyun Sword Intent—Heaven Rank; Cloud-Stepping Movement—Heaven Rank]
[Fate: None]
[Items: Two Heaven-Rank artifacts, five Earth-Rank artifacts, assorted spirit stones, pills, and treasures]
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[Disciple: Jiang Yueli]
[System Mission: Accept a second disciple. Reward: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]
[Summary: He appears ordinary at first glance, but is actually a cheat-enabled powerhouse from Earth. Do not provoke him under any circumstances.]
Excellent. Absolutely excellent!
Looking at the changes on the system panel, Li Tianyuan was in an extraordinarily good mood.
After obtaining the Heavenly Dao Creation Physique, not only had his previously damaged foundation been restored, but his potential had also transformed into three dazzling S-ranks.
This was talent fit for the Immortal Rank. Even throughout the entire Ziwei Star Domain, it was a rarity seen only once in ten thousand years—something that could truly be called unprecedented.
And that was not even mentioning the support of the heaven-defying Heavenly Dao Creation Physique.
Li Tianyuan believed that with only the slightest effort, he would one day become a great powerhouse in his own right.
Still, cultivation could not possibly be left to him alone.
With the system’s cheat-like assistance, all he needed to do was continuously accept disciples, nurture them, and obtain rewards in return. His strength would rise rapidly without requiring him to cultivate personally.
That was a form of hard work too.
Afterward, Li Tianyuan claimed the final reward—the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
The Enlightenment Tea Tree was one of the innate spiritual roots of heaven and earth. Born from primordial chaos, it produced tea leaves at regular intervals, each containing dense Dao-rhythms. After drinking its tea, one could immediately enter a state of enlightenment, gaining immense benefits when comprehending the various Great Daos of heaven and earth.
Moreover, even simply meditating beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree during ordinary cultivation could enhance one’s comprehension and deepen one’s understanding of the path of cultivation.
It was a blessed cultivation ground and an exceedingly rare treasure of heaven and earth.
After sensing the extraordinary effects described for the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Li Tianyuan’s mind stirred.
He immediately took it out.
The Enlightenment Tea Tree was lush with branches and leaves. One emerald leaf after another drifted in the air, shimmering with a pale green radiance.
Li Tianyuan gently plucked a leaf and held it beneath his nose. The moment he inhaled, a fresh fragrance rushed into his nostrils and suffused his heart and lungs, as though it might draw a person into that profound and mysterious state.
“Tsk, tsk.”
“As expected of an innate spiritual root. These effects are truly heaven-defying.”
Li Tianyuan smacked his lips and praised it.
One had to understand that the so-called Great Dao referred to the grand order governing heaven and earth. These laws followed the principles of the world and operated of their own accord.
To comprehend them, one needed not only a profound understanding of the Great Dao but also extraordinarily high comprehension. Otherwise, even after exhausting an entire lifetime, one might still fail to reach that realm.
With the Enlightenment Tea Tree, however, even someone with abysmal comprehension could rely on it to easily perceive the vast and boundless laws of the Great Dao.
It was practically the dream of countless cultivators.
“I’ll plant this in the center of the plaza so the disciples can use it for enlightenment and cultivation in the future.”
That was what Li Tianyuan decided.
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Of course, if it had belonged to anyone else, they would certainly have treated the Enlightenment Tea Tree as an unparalleled treasure, worshiping it like a sacred relic and perhaps even keeping its existence secret as though it were forbidden knowledge.
Li Tianyuan, however, had no such concerns whatsoever.
In his eyes, it was merely an Enlightenment Tea Tree. There was nothing particularly rare about it.
With the system in hand, the whole world was his. What could he possibly fail to obtain?
He could afford to be this willful!
Once he had decided, Li Tianyuan immediately left the great hall and made his way to Lingyun Plaza.
After a brief bout of digging with a hoe and shovel, he planted the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
Then, from his Sumeru Ring, he took out a set of tables and chairs crafted from the finest spiritual wood. He arranged a tea set, plucked some Enlightenment Tea leaves, and sat beside the tree, leisurely brewing tea while enjoying the afterglow of the setting sun.
It was a scene worthy of a beautiful painting.
Watching cultivators soar through the skies throughout the sacred land, along with all manner of spirit beasts and flying creatures that could only be found in myths and legends, Li Tianyuan appeared utterly relaxed and content.
To make a journey through such a world and witness all these strange and wondrous sights, he felt, made his life worthwhile.
Now that he had accepted his first disciple, everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion toward a better future.
Although this was merely the beginning, as far as he was concerned, every undertaking was hardest at the start.
Now that everything had found its proper course, a broad and prosperous road lay ahead.
He looked forward to the journey that awaited him.
It was an unknown expanse as vast as the sea of stars.
Across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, with myriad races contending for supremacy, he would surely roam unhindered, look down upon all heroes, and ascend to the summit.
Just as he indulged in these visions, he suddenly felt the spiritual energy within his body surge violently.
Then, without the slightest warning, his cultivation advanced to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul Unification Realm.
Huh?
That worked too?
Could he advance even while lying around?
Li Tianyuan was somewhat dazed. Before he could figure out what had happened, the system’s voice rang out in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Disciple Jiang Yueli has broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. The host has received a cultivation return.]
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