Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

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[Innate Five Elements Skill•Experience +1]

Within the quiet room of the Seven-Star Pavilion, Wang Chen's eyes suddenly snapped open.

Another complete cycle of cultivation had brought his essence, qi, and spirit to their peak state. His mana surged within him, his eyes sparkled with divine light, and an invisible pressure filled the room.

The next moment, Wang Chen retracted all his aura, showing no signs of abnormality.
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He summoned his immortal cultivation interface.

[Innate Five Elements Skill (Tier 3): 299/300]

After months of diligent practice, Wang Chen's cultivation level had finally climbed to the peak of the third tier of the Purple Mansion.

He was just one step away from breaking through!

The difference between the fourth tier and the third tier of Purple Mansion might seem small, but in reality, it marked the transition from the primary tier to the middle tier—a significant leap and a true increase in a minor realm.

Now, if Wang Chen were willing to spend 1 point of Heavenly Merit, he could easily cross this threshold.

But he chose to break through on his own.

Closing his eyes once more, Wang Chen entered meditation again, perceiving an elusive thread of the Tao's essence.

As the central hub of Town Sand Pass's arrays, the Seven-Star Pavilion offered him the best environment for cultivation, especially since Kou Shihai had allocated fifty percent more spiritual energy here, which greatly accelerated Wang Chen's cultivation speed.

Though he had the cheat-like cultivation interface, as his realm continuously improved, the experience points for his main cultivation technique accrued more slowly.

The importance of wealth, cultivation techniques, partners, and territory became increasingly prominent.

Wang Chen's term at Town Sand Pass had actually come to an end, but it was Kou Shihai who had personally negotiated with Luo Han to extend his stay by three months.

For Wang Chen, every single second here was precious!

It was during his all-out effort to advance to the middle tier of Purple Mansion that a traveling merchant, following the bustling crowd, made his way through the vast and sturdy eastern gate into the majestic city.

To the east of Dayi City lay vast plains. The towering mountains on either side blocked the sandstorms and also trapped the moisture from the south, resulting in rich, fertile lands.

Countless people resided outside the city, cultivating millions of mu of Spirit Fields, orchards, vegetable gardens, and woodland.

Dayi City, being the largest city within thousands of miles, also attracted numerous traveling merchants, loose cultivators, and sect disciples on their training journeys.

This dark-skinned, ordinary-looking traveling merchant blended in with the crowd, passing through the array inspections at the city gate without drawing any attention to himself.

Upon entering the city, he found a small inn to stay at.

The next morning, he began to wander the streets and alleys, occasionally entering shops to inquire about prices and goods.

This went on for several days.

Eventually, the traveling merchant made his way to Town Sand Pass.

Although Town Sand Pass was part of Dayi City, in actuality it served as the city's outer defense, with completely independent fortifications that ordinary people couldn't access.

The traveling merchant didn't dare challenge the authority of the battle cultivator guards. He simply stood at a distance, eyes fixed on the Seven-Star Pavilion beyond the Guan Wall, glinting with a strange light.

Inside the quiet room, Wang Chen felt a sudden chill in his heart, a sense of unidentified threat arising within him.

He immediately ceased his cultivation, extending his divine sense and activating its global mode.

Instantly, countless points of light appeared in his field of vision!

But he could only sustain it for a brief moment before he began to feel overwhelmed.

It wasn't that his spiritual power couldn't keep up, but rather that the consumption of Human Virtue points was simply too great.

Global mode was extremely powerful. Once activated, it enabled Wang Chen to become like a humanoid radar, making all ghosts and demons within his vicinity completely detectable. The only downside was its consumption of Human Virtue.

And the more people it displayed, the more severe the consumption became.

The Seven-Star Pavilion, being the core of Town Sand Pass, had a large deployment of battle cultivators and Taoist soldiers.

Add to that the servants and miscellaneous soldiers, and the numbers were even greater!

As a result, Wang Chen failed to locate the source of the threat but instead poured a good one to two thousand Human Virtue points into the attempt.

Having no choice, he deactivated it.

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But at this moment, the sense of crisis lingering in his heart disappeared without a trace.

Could it have been an illusion?

Wang Chen shook his head and silently heightened his alertness.

There must be a reason for any foreboding feeling, his instinctual perception had never been wrong before, yet he had no idea what kind of existence was spying on him.

Remembering the uncaring eyes that appeared in his perception at the end of the life-or-death fight, Wang Chen took a deep breath and cleared all distracting thoughts from his mind.

Being scared was utterly useless, the most important thing right now was to break through the threshold.

Once his mind was set, his will was as firm as a boulder!

Three days later.

The Seven-Star Pavilion suddenly showed signs of activity, as massive amounts of spiritual energy continuously gathered, even forming a cloud of spiritual energy above the pavilion!

Just when the nearby cultivators sensed something amiss, the misty spiritual energy suddenly vanished into the pavilion.

And no other abnormalities were apparent.

Mid-Level Purple Mansion!

Seated in the quiet room, Wang Chen revealed a smile.

After seven days of dedicated effort, he had successfully broken through the third level of the Purple Mansion, and now he was a Mid-Level Purple Mansion cultivator.

The Qi Sea Dantian and Sea of Consciousness of his Purple Mansion had both expanded, with his cultivation strength increasing by at least thirty percent.

Most importantly, Wang Chen had taken this step very steadily.

If nothing unexpected happened, his cultivation would encounter no more obstacles until he reached the high tier.

"Someone come!"

After having a servant aid him in bathing and changing, Wang Chen began to plan his next steps.

Wang Chen's rotational duty had already expired, and although Kou Shihai was very keen on having him continue to stay at the Seven-Star Pavilion, as a Guarding Heavenly Master, his foundation still lay in the Shangxun Heavenly Master Pavilion.

Staying away for the long term was not a wise choice!

After some thought, Wang Chen decided to speak to Kou Shihai, planning to hand over his duties in a few days and return to the Shangxun Heavenly Master Pavilion.

Woo~

Just at that moment, a powerful and desolate horn sound suddenly entered his ears.

The information contained within the sound of the horn startled Wang Chen.

With a flick of his robe, a Water Mirror instantly condensed in front of him, clearly reflecting the scene outside.

The Seven-Star Pavilion itself was a large Magical Treasure, which aside from detection, defense, and offense, also possessed various other powerful functions.

Wang Chen had a high level of authority over this Magical Treasure, and conjuring a mirror to view images was nothing to him.

However, the scene within the Water Mirror caused his expression to become extremely grave.

He saw, in the northwest direction of Town Sand Pass, the appearance of a continuous, yellow-brown "cloud" stretching for hundreds of miles, rapidly sweeping towards the city wall and in an instant obscuring a vast expanse of the sky.

The world beyond the wall became gloomy, as if the end of days was upon them!

Wang Chen pointed at the Water Mirror, and the local scenery immediately zoomed in, allowing him to see the true nature of the "cloud."

The "clouds" turned out to be made up of gigantic locusts, with fierce horns, terrifying faces, and wings that revealed sharp jaws and feet that flashed with a metallic cold light as they moved.

Although Wang Chen had never seen locusts of this size, comparable to wild rabbits, the sheer number and scale made it clear that the situation was extremely dire.

And as the sound of the horn sounded, the array barriers of Town Sand Pass rose slowly.

A great battle was on the verge of erupting!

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