Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”
Chapter 101: This Is Fighting All the Way to the Immortal Realm
Su Yuan looked again at the other dragons battling the white-winged giant dragon. These were the spirit fish that had transformed into dragons after crossing the Dragon Gate.
Judging from their aura, they had all reached the Nascent Soul stage!
Their speed of advancement was even faster than his!
He glanced once more at the white-winged giant bird, which was also a demon beast at the Nascent Soul stage, but its intelligence seemed very poor, its eyes filled only with violent killing intent.
This situation was very rare on the Green Vine Continent. As long as a demon beast reached the Golden Core stage, its intelligence would be comparable to that of humans, and most could even take human form. It was unexpected that this Nascent Soul stage demon beast still appeared to have unopened intelligence.
Su Yuan condensed a projection from starlight and appeared, smiling brightly. “Little Thirty-Six, you’re in trouble, huh? Need some help?”
“Master!” Little Thirty-Six was startled. When he saw Su Yuan’s familiar face, he was dumbfounded but quickly recovered and nodded. “Master, please help us! This damn bird has gone crazy!”
Su Yuan nodded.
He looked up at the Big Dipper.
Here, he felt it was much easier to mobilize the power of the Big Dipper, as if a veil had been lifted, making everything much clearer.
At the same time, he sensed that the Dao essence of the world was far richer than on the Green Vine Continent!
Normally, this would mean his divine abilities should be more powerful, but the spatial stability of this world was also extremely strong, causing the sound and light effects to be much smaller.
Su Yuan’s real body began casting spells inside Cave #6. The Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron transformed into a sixth-rank Seven-Star Magic Altar, and the connection with the Big Dipper stars tightened more than tenfold.
Su Yuan mobilized the Nascent Soul’s divine power inside him, communicating with the star laws through his Nascent Soul and activated the divine technique Seven Stars Five Elements Thunder Sword.
Streams of starlight shot up from the altar and disappeared without a trace.
Su Yuan didn’t actually know if his attack could cross dimensions. If it could, it would prove one thing: the Big Dipper stars above his head and those above the other world were the same constellation, and the status of the Big Dipper stars was high enough to wield such power.
After tens of breaths of preparation, Su Yuan finished casting.
The Big Dipper stars above his real body flickered briefly and then fell silent.
At the same time, in another world, the Big Dipper stars above Su Yuan’s mental projection suddenly lit up.
Seven beams of starlight descended from the sky, and when they reached Su Yuan’s control range, they quickly gathered the surrounding spiritual energy and the power of heaven and earth, transforming the starlight into seven sharp sword beams. As the sword beams fell, their power grew stronger and stronger!
That stupid bird still had some instincts of a demon beast. Upon sensing danger, the killing intent in its eyes slightly retreated. It flashed a moment of clarity and cautiously scanned the surroundings.
However, it failed to notice that the danger came from the sky.
The dragons nearby were no fools. Seeing reinforcements arrive, they immediately launched attacks to distract the stupid bird.
The bird was furious and prepared to strike again.
But at that moment, the attack arrived!
Seven sword beams struck the white-winged giant bird like lightning, piercing through its body and pinning it to the ground.
Countless thunderbolts exploded from the sword blades, unleashing powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The sword qi ravaged the giant bird’s body recklessly. The celestial power poured down from the heavens, continuously fueling the seven sword beams.
The white-winged giant bird let out a miserable cry. Its strong vitality halved instantly upon being struck by the sword beams. Under the subsequent destructive force, its life force rapidly declined, soon falling into its death throes.
The clarity in the giant bird’s eyes finally restored mostly. It looked at Su Yuan’s projection with overwhelming fear and a sorrowful expression begging for mercy.
[Notification: Fame +0.08]
[Notification: Fame +0.07]
[Notification: Fame +0.07]
[Notification: Lifespan +700]
[Notification: Lifespan +871]
A series of prompts rang in Su Yuan’s ears.
His lifespan had increased by 8,000 years!
But his fame only increased by less than 1 point!
Su Yuan looked at the system panel.
[Name]: Su Yuan
[Region]: Immortal Origin Realm
[Level]: Unknown (0.5/100)
[Stage]: Qi Refining to Nascent Soul (20/100)
[Entry 1]: Work-Life Balance: Current rest time: 7 days
[Entry 2]: Daoist Techniques Naturally
[Entry 3]: Seven Stars Shine Bright
[Entry 4]: Mind Echo
[Entry 5]: Great Being’s Demeanor
[Entry 6]: Accept Danger Mission: Lifespan: 111,610 years
[Entry 7]: World Traveler
[Entry 8]: To Be Unlocked
Su Yuan fell into thought.
The giant bird finally breathed its last as he pondered.
“Master!”
Seven true dragons gathered around him, respectfully kowtowing.
Each true dragon was seventy to eighty meters long and looked very majestic!
But this time, Su Yuan observed carefully and found that their scales appeared very youthful, like young dragons.
Su Yuan noticed their injuries.
He immediately gestured, and the Big Dipper stars above shone down their light onto the dragons. Their injuries gradually healed.
Su Yuan smiled with satisfaction and then asked, “What’s your situation now? How did you end up fighting this bird? What happened after crossing the Dragon Gate?”
Little Thirty-Six’s dragon face showed frustration. “We don’t know either. After crossing the Dragon Gate, we came to this wild forest filled with powerful demon beasts. We’ve been hiding here for years. We finally took over a mountain, but that bird somehow got the wrong idea and came here to fight us to the death!”
The other dragons all spoke at once, looking very distressed.
Su Yuan’s mouth twitched, then he asked curiously, “How did your stages advance so quickly?”
“Stages? I don’t understand either. We’re probably at the second stage now?” a golden dragon said confusedly.
“Nascent Soul. By standard, you are all Nascent Soul stage, comparable to the top fighters on the Green Vine Continent.”
“What? Top fighters? We can only band together to survive here!”
Little Thirty-Six continued, “When we passed through the Dragon Gate, we received a cultivation technique inheritance. It said that if we fully refine the technique, we could return to being dragons! There are four stages: Refining Essence to Qi, Refining Qi to Nascent Soul, Refining Soul to Void, and Refining Void to Dao. When we came here, we had just reached the peak of Refining Essence to Qi. Now we’ve just broken through a bottleneck and reached the Refining Qi to Nascent Soul stage.”
Su Yuan fell silent. That meant Little Thirty-Six and the others had only just broken through one bottleneck;
their cultivation hadn’t improved much, but their stage was already equivalent to Nascent Soul on the Green Vine Continent.
If they completed all four stages, they would directly reach the Immortal Realm, right?
Another true dragon spoke up, “By the way, we heard voices earlier. This place seems to be called Dragon Transformation Island.”
“Dragon Transformation Island? Is this just an island?”
Su Yuan’s consciousness flew into the air and gazed into the distance, but he couldn’t see the end of it.
He shook his head and withdrew, saying, “I guess you’re already in the Immortal Realm.”
Little Thirty-Six was shocked. “This is the Immortal Realm?”
He had thought he was in some special secret realm, but he had actually come directly to the Immortal Realm.
“Yes,” Su Yuan nodded.
“So, Master, have you come to the Immortal Realm too?”
“No, my real body is still in the Mortal Realm. I sensed you were in danger and came temporarily to help.”
Little Thirty-Six was stunned, exchanging glances with his brothers. They all felt that this information was quite heavy.
“Alright, since you’re out of danger, I should leave. If you miss me or run into trouble in the future, you can call my name. If I have time, I’ll come down with a projection, but my projection’s strength is limited, so take care of yourselves!” Su Yuan said.
“Master, are you leaving now?” Little Thirty-Six said reluctantly.
They had all been raised by Su Yuan, from mortal fish to spirit fish to true dragons. To them, Su Yuan was like a parent, so they were very attached whenever they saw him.
“Oh, right, I’ve been refining my cultivation ultimate skill recently. Watching your fighting just now was too crude. I’ll transmit it to you for you to learn properly!”
Su Yuan thought for a moment, then with a flicker of thought, the Big Dipper star light transformed into seven beams of star pillars that entered the minds of the seven dragons.
The principle of transmitting the ultimate skill was based on the art of deduction. Starlight could carry vast amounts of information, easily passing on the ultimate skill he wanted to teach the dragons.
When all the dragons entered a state of comprehension,
Su Yuan turned his gaze to the dead white-winged giant bird.
Is the meat of a Nascent Soul stage white-winged giant bird delicious?
Su Yuan floated beside the giant bird and used starlight to form a blade, chopping off a large chunk of flesh. The chunk was big, but compared to the bird’s body over a hundred meters tall, it was just a scrap.
At this moment, Su Yuan planned a bold experiment.
He wrapped the chunk of flesh with his consciousness, then looked at the system panel.
World Traveler, Mind Echo, and Seven Stars Shine Bright all lit up simultaneously.
Su Yuan’s consciousness began returning to his real body.
When Su Yuan’s real body looked ahead, he saw half of his consciousness carrying the chunk of meat flying toward him.
The consciousness released the meat, returning to the real body, and the chunk fell into Su Yuan’s hand.
The rising blood qi told him without doubt that this was indeed a fresh piece of bloody flesh, and the abundant energy aura contained within was truly at the Nascent Soul level.
Su Ju, who was massaging Su Yuan’s shoulder, was startled. The overwhelming fierce killing aura on the flesh turned her face pale, and she quickly hid behind Su Yuan. Yet after smelling the blood scent, a strange desire flashed in Su Ju’s eyes.
It was an instinct from deep within the bloodline.
Even Little Cai, who was playing nearby, immediately turned around, hurriedly running to Su Yuan’s side, exclaiming, “Master, this piece of bloody meat in your hand smells so good. Can I swallow it?”
Little Cai was also drooling.
Su Yuan smiled and weighed the one-meter-tall chunk of meat in his hand. “So much meat, can you eat it all by yourself?”
“Yes, yes!” Little Cai’s drool dripped from her mouth and turned into multicolored spiritual liquid. Dropped onto a wild grass on the ground, the grass immediately sprouted from the earth and quickly transformed into a spiritual herb as it absorbed the liquid.
Seeing this, Su Yuan sighed, “Taking a little something from a higher-level lifeform is a rare treasure for lower-level beings!”