Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Every large realm in cultivation is not simply about the difference in cultivation levels and the concentration of spiritual energy.

What differs more is the method of combat.

For instance, at the Golden Core Stage like his, using Divine Sense to lock onto an enemy enables one to kill from several tens of miles away—a method that even the strongest Foundation Establishment Cultivators could never achieve, as they are unable to extend their Divine Sense to lock onto the enemy.

Techniques like Divine Sense attacks and locutus are unique to Golden Core Cultivators.

As for the Nascent Soul Stage...
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He hadn't encountered the Nascent Soul Stage, so he couldn't even imagine what the combat techniques at that stage were like; he only knew that the Nascent Soul Stage was definitively suppressive over the Golden Core Stage.

Above Chen Qiu's Dantian, a panel wrapped in clouds and mist also slowly emerged.

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"You dealt 100% damage to the first round Year Beast, obtaining a high-grade 'Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talisman.'"

"You dealt the final blow to the first round Year Beast, obtaining a high-grade 'Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talisman.'"

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"Two high-grade Heavenly Dao Retrospection Charms?"

A glint of joy flashed through Chen Qiu's eyes; these were indeed valuable treasures, perfect as he was breaking through to the fifth layer of the Golden Core, and he really wanted that "Umbrella World" entry.

He didn't hesitate.

He immediately activated one of the high-grade Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talismans and chose the "Umbrella World," an entry he had previously discarded.

This was one of his few defensive entries.

With this entry, once he opened his umbrella, unless his cultivation was suppressed by a great realm, no one could use Divine Sense to lock onto him, significantly increasing his safety.

Each realm could use up to two Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talismans, and the high-grade talismans were designated for the Golden Core Realm.

He only used one.

He saved the other one for later use.

However, he no longer had time to check his rewards, as the second round's Year Beast roared and leaped down from the dark clouds toward the ground once more.

"Roar!"

This time it was a Fierce Beast that was half-clam, half-turtle!

It appeared to be the type that excels in defense, as it wrapped itself in its shell the moment it landed on the ground. Chen Qiu took a deep breath, instantly leapt into the air, and began teleporting continuously, absorbing spiritual energy; he had run out of spiritual energy.

First, he had to restore his spiritual energy.

After a hundred breaths.

His internal spiritual energy had recovered halfway, and without waiting for a full recovery, he was about to fire another Thunder Ball when his Divine Sense spotted that there were already several cultivators lying dead in puddles of blood near the Year Beast.

And those remaining near the Year Beast were continuously retreating, looking at each other, none daring to make a move.

"Hm?"

Chen Qiu's Divine Sense swept over the scene nearby; his eyebrows slightly raised in confusion, and he no longer lingered on the mountain but shot toward the "Year Beast" with the scholar and several others, turning into streaks of light.

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In a few breaths, they landed next to the Year Beast.

The scene scanned by the Divine Sense and what the eyes saw were completely different. Standing in front of this half-clam, half-turtle Year Beast, one could feel what shock meant, as the beast was nearly thirty meters tall!

It was a colossal creature lying on the ground, plus its body was extremely large and heavy, belonging to the kind that just dodging its foot alone would cause the ground to throb three times, evidently possessing the cultivation of the third layer of the Golden Core!

The cultivators lying in the puddles of blood nearby had already stopped breathing and were indeed dead.

This half-clam, half-turtle Year Beast did not initiate attacks; it just lay on the ground, not moving at all, as if it didn't care what you did.

Chen Qiu's arrival immediately attracted many eyes.

In fact, when the sky was filled with dark clouds and the storm and tens of thousands of Thunder Dragons exploded inside the first round Year Beast, everyone knew Chen Qiu had arrived, as such attack methods were unique to him alone in Da Xia.

They just hadn't seen the person.

Only now did they see him.

For a time, many voices loudly said,

"Senior, whatever method you use to attack this Year Beast, it will rebound the attack back at you. Those lying in the puddles of blood are cultivators who lost their lives this way."

"Yes, yes, and even Divine Sense attacks don't work. Just now a Golden Core senior tried a Divine Sense Attack, and now he's still sitting cross-legged on the ground healing."

"Senior, you have shown great kindness to me; my father's injuries only recovered because of the divine favor you brought last time."

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Mixed voices.

Among them were also many voices of gratitude, thanking Chen Qiu for the divine favor last time that healed many people's Divine Sense, Tao Foundation, and physical injuries. That billion merits weren't for nothing.

Merits are hard to come by.

Like when Chen Qiu slaughtered so many resentful spirits underground in Fei State, he didn't acquire any merits.

"Hmm."

Chen Qiu slightly nodded without speaking, simply casually throwing a few Thunder Summoning Techniques over. These few Thunder Summoning Techniques, upon hitting the turtle shell, rebounded back at even greater speed.

The speed was so fast that it allowed no time for dodging.

They all landed harshly on the surface of Chen Qiu's Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella.

Chen Qiu glanced at the umbrella's surface, not a single scratch visible, a true testament to the mid-grade Heavenly Extreme Spirit Treasure of the Golden Core—truly robust. Along with his cultivation progress, this Lifebound Spirit Treasure, which had been nurtured inside his Dantian, had also advanced from lower-grade Golden Core to mid-grade Golden Core.

A growing Spirit Treasure, its grade could also be elevated as the owner's cultivation level rose.

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"Is that person the quite famous Chen Qiu of Da Xia recently?"