On the second day of your cultivation, little Lin Mo came to submit his eight-hundred-word essay on absorbing spiritual energy into the body.

Lin Mo knocked on your cultivation chamber door, his voice innocent and childish: "Sect Leader, I had my father write down his insights!"

You waved your hand, and the door automatically opened.

"Sect Leader, look!" Lin Mo ran over and handed you the insights with both chubby little hands.

You took it and glanced briefly before nodding: "Not bad, kid. I have a new test for you!"

"Sect Leader, what new test?"

You gave Lin Mo the Nine Condensations Profound Skill: "Ahem, this is one of my life's masterpieces. I'm entrusting it to you now - you must study it carefully!"

"Is it a cultivation technique, Sect Leader?"

"It's a special type of cultivation technique."

"Yay! I'll go cultivate it right now!"

"Wait, I'm not asking you to cultivate it."

"Sect Leader, then what should I do?"

"I want you to upgrade and transform this Nine Condensations Profound Skill according to the Jade Pure Purple Qi Art's cultivation system, while maintaining the original effects of the Nine Condensations Profound Skill!"

"Sect Leader, you're already the number one under heaven, and this is your life's work. I'm afraid I'm not capable enough!"

"That's exactly why it's called a test!"

Little Lin Mo's face showed hesitation, but he finally nodded vigorously: "Sect Leader, I'll try my best to complete it!"

You glared: "Not 'try' - you must complete it! Otherwise you're not worthy of being my cheat... I mean, not worthy of being the next Sect Leader of my Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams!"

"Ah? Next Sect Leader?!" Lin Mo's eyes widened enormously.

"Correct! Right now there are two candidates for next Sect Leader - you, and Yi Pingxin, Sang Yi's disciple."

"Uncle Yi Pingxin? But his cultivation level is lower than mine!"

"Lin Mo, you've committed the grave mistake of arrogance and complacency!" you said in a low, stern voice.

Little Lin Mo trembled all over, then quickly apologized: "Sect Leader, Lin Mo will never dare again!!"

"Your attitude is still decent, there's hope for you yet."

You nodded and gave Lin Mo the minor technique for detecting spiritual roots: "As punishment, learn this technique within three days. After learning it, test it on both me and yourself."

Lin Mo had now cultivated his first wisp of spiritual energy and could barely operate the technique to detect spiritual roots.

According to Ye Youyun, spiritual roots have no attributes but are divided from low to high into: Mortal Spiritual Root, Earth Spiritual Root, and Heaven Spiritual Root.

The higher the spiritual root grade, the faster one naturally cultivates.

You estimated that Lin Mo, this heaven-defying little monster, probably had a Heaven Spiritual Root, while you yourself probably only had a Mortal Spiritual Root... Surely you couldn't have no spiritual roots at all?

Naturally, Lin Mo agreed with determined eyes.

"Go now, complete your test, and remember - no arrogance!"

Lin Mo said gratefully: "Thank you for Sect Leader's guidance. Lin Mo will definitely remember!"

You waved your hand, and Lin Mo exited your cultivation chamber.

After Lin Mo went far away, you murmured to yourself: "Still, my P is the U and most A!"

Afterward, you focused your main energy on comprehending the Heaven-Questioning Sword.

You had already fused four Dry Metal affinity Earth Sources, including both the Mountain-Cleaving Sword and Ocean-Parting Sword.

So now when comprehending the Heaven-Questioning Sword from the same origin, it naturally went extremely smoothly.

One year later.

Year eleven.

This year you devoted yourself to closed-door cultivation.

You encountered no obstacles and smoothly completed the comprehension and fusion of the Heaven-Questioning Sword Earth Source.

You officially became a fifth-stage Ultimate Grandmaster!

You even made significant progress on the Mysterious Night Sword Earth Source.

"Hahaha... This Taoist has succeeded again!!" you cackled loudly.

You originally wanted to push through and complete the comprehension and fusion of the Mysterious Night Sword, but the Earth Source at Yajiangkou was about to emerge, and you had to hurry over.

Additionally, because your own martial arts talent had become quite impressive, you completed two Source Power condensations within the Ultimate Grandmaster realm in one year.

Overjoyed, you laughed heartily and burst through the rooftop, flying toward Yajiangkou.

Seeing you fly away, Sang Yi was already used to it. He simply waved his hand: "Go!"

The summoned craftsmen climbed up and down skillfully, beginning to repair your roof.

Sang Yi specifically instructed the craftsmen not to repair the roof too sturdily, because although you had an iron head, he couldn't afford to have one.

Soon, you arrived at Yajiangkou.

While still in the air, Li Shen and other Ultimate Grandmasters came forward from afar to greet you.

"State Preceptor! You've arrived!!"

You noticed Li Shen's address for you had changed from Sect Leader to State Preceptor - this meant he was completely conquered by your strength and wanted to get closer to you.

You exchanged pleasantries with Li Shen, then accompanied by thirty Ultimate Grandmasters, you entered the Yajiangkou camp for inspection.

After inspecting the area, you issued a series of important directives that greatly boosted the troops' morale.

Afterward, you returned to the military camp with Li Shen and the others to await the emergence of the Earth Source.

You waited for over twenty days, during which no other Ultimate Grandmasters dared to approach.

In the previous simulation, for these dozen or so Earth Sources, Great Qian and Jin Yue Nation had dispatched over a hundred Ultimate Grandmasters to compete.

At that time, you didn't even dare to look - just one glance would have been explosive, and the residual waves of battle could have torn you apart.

But now, you had become the existence that other Ultimate Grandmasters didn't dare to glance at.

You felt countless emotions, believing all this came through your own efforts and wisdom, with no relation to anyone else.

Just as you were sighing with emotion, suddenly the energy between heaven and earth shifted.

The first Earth Source immediately appeared not far north of Yajiangkou.

You quickly flew out and successfully collected the Earth Source.

To let you feel at ease, Li Shen and the others didn't follow you, merely guarding on the city wall tower.

Then Earth Sources continuously emerged, and you kept collecting them one after another, as happy as a little girl picking mushrooms.

After collecting for the better part of a day, you had gathered seven Earth Sources.

You noticed that the Falling Immortal Sword Earth Source you had collected in the previous simulation didn't appear again this time.

"Could it be because the Falling Immortal Sword within me was detected by this world?"

"That is to say, Earth Sources have uniqueness?"

You nodded, feeling this was very likely.

You continued collecting Earth Sources.

You collected them with ease and grace because no one dared to compete with you.

You happily collected the eighth Earth Source.

"Having the title of number one under heaven is still useful - these cowards don't dare to compete with me!"

As soon as the words left your mouth, a sharp flying sword swooshed through the air, coming straight at you.

The sudden change made your expression turn severe. You swung your blade backhandedly to block it.

But the eighth Earth Source was snatched by a gray-robed man who had made his move from the ground, and he immediately began to flee.

Enraged, you shouted: "How bold! How dare you steal from someone as protective of their food as me!!"

Your figure shot forward as you charged toward the gray-robed man.

On the city wall tower, Li Shen and the others were suddenly startled upon seeing this and quickly followed you.

The gray-robed man wasn't flying but running desperately on the ground. However, he was extremely fast - with each step, he somehow moved eight or nine meters.

You frowned, puzzled: "How is this ground chicken so fast?"

Although the gray-robed man was very fast, he was far from matching your flying speed.

You clearly sensed the man's anxiety.

Just as you gradually closed to within about two hundred meters of the gray-robed man, his face showed a pained expression. Finally, gritting his teeth, he slapped the pouch at his waist, from which flew out a large precious sword.

The man jumped onto the large precious sword, and his speed suddenly increased as he flew away.

You felt slightly surprised: "Well now, sword flight? So you're not just a ground chicken - you're an immortal cultivator!"