Free Web Novel“I’m going all out today!”
Xu Lang had collected an enormous number of skill scrolls across five major categories: Eye Techniques, Blade Skills, Weapon Combat, Physical Arts, and Elemental abilities.
However, he didn’t plan on fusing them. He was going straight for the upgrade!
Strength was meant to solve problems, not simply for the sake of becoming stronger.
The cost-effectiveness of other equipment and skills was debatable, but there was one skill where upgrading was absolutely a guaranteed profit with zero risk!
The Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique!
Xu Lang had searched for so long, but he’d never found another skill scroll related to True Qi.
And even if he did, he wouldn’t use it for fusion.
Sure, he had plenty of fusion experience by now, but the Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique was too high-tier. A bad move could lead to terrible results.
“Little Tong, lend me a bit of your good luck.” Xu Lang kissed Tong Qi.
Suddenly, Tong Qi misunderstood his intention. Her eyes rolled around for a moment before she straddled him.
Xu Lang: “...”
“Mary, go ahead and handle things for now.”
Since things had already reached this point, Xu Lang could only go with the flow.
“Yes!”
Mary left the Demon Box World.
Xu Lang drew on Tong Qi’s good luck while simultaneously upgrading the Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique.
[Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique consumes 8000 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 11]
[Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique consumes 9500 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 12]
[Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique consumes 11,000 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 13]
[Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique consumes 12,500 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 14]
[Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique consumes 16,000 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 15. Please choose an upgrade direction]
[One: Pure Yang Limitless Heart Sutra (Epic): Cultivates essence, energy, and spirit simultaneously. Plants the Pure Yang Limitless Dao Seed at the start of cultivation. After passing through the three stages of “Ultimate Yang Without Extremes,” “Ultimate Yin Without Extremes,” and “Yin-Yang Without Extremes,” it transforms into “Pure Yang Without Extremes.” Pure Yang Without Extremes suppresses and slays all evil. All beings between heaven, earth, man, gods, and ghosts fall within its execution range, and it has a restraining effect on all other elements.]
[Two: Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art (Epic): Pure Yang True Qi transforms into Mystic Origin True Qi. The Mystic Sovereign sits upon the throne, meditating daily, enhancing Constitution and Spirit while simultaneously upgrading a random skill. Maximum cultivation time is 8 hours per day.]
[Three: Mystic Realm Visualization Art (Epic): The Gate of All Wonders, profound beyond measure. Draws “Mystic Power” from the unknown. Mystic Power can amplify skill effects by a percentage and allows the user to transform flesh and blood into limbs and organs such as hands, hearts, and eyeballs.]
“Damn it!”
“The Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique has such high quality, and it still couldn’t unlock a Mythical tier at Level 15!”
Xu Lang couldn’t deny the disappointment.
But for now, it was a choice of three.
He stared at the three options, scrutinizing every detail.
“The Pure Yang Limitless Heart Sutra is the direct upgrade path for the Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique, and it’s a growth-type skill. That part is annoying because I can’t get it to full strength right away.”
“The Mystic Realm Visualization Art’s specialty is Mystic Power. Mystic Power will replace True Qi and also nourish the physical body and soul... Mystic Power can also transform into limbs. That’s a bit sinister, isn’t it? If I choose it, I could become a Thousand-Armed Guanyin.”
“The Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art... the Pure Yang Immortal-Seeking Technique originally started as a meditation art that was upgraded. It makes sense for another meditation art to appear now.”
In the end, Xu Lang favored the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art.
Mystic originally meant deep, profound, or black. It could be extended to mean profound, mysterious, and the unfathomable origin of the Dao. It often represented the origin of the “Way” and the general term for all mysteries of the universe.
Sovereign meant noble, ruler.
Mystic Sovereign was a lord who mastered the profound Way, a title pointing to an extremely high rank, one who grasped the secrets of the universe.
Not long ago, he’d acquired a Mystic Sovereign’s Jade Slip from Lone Wanderer. Now, another Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art appeared. It felt a bit like destiny.
Of course, the main reason was that the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art was the best at boosting both stats at the same time.
Paired with the Life Contract, he could use his left foot to step on his right foot and spiral up to heaven.
“I choose you, Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art! Eight hours of sleep, eight hours of cultivation, perfect!”
Xu Lang made his decision.
In an instant, he felt his inner golden radiance vanish. His Pure Yang True Qi transformed into Mystic Origin True Qi. This type of True Qi could accelerate injury recovery, though its offensive power wasn’t as strong as Pure Yang True Qi.
However, it didn’t matter much.
He had already comprehended the secrets of Pure Yang True Qi. Ordinary True Qi could also be evolved into Pure Yang True Qi; it just couldn’t be fixed onto the stat panel.
At the same time, a flood of profound and supremely mysterious knowledge poured into Xu Lang’s mind, causing his eyes to widen slightly.
“The Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art has a similar effect to Nightmare Coins! It can actually upgrade all skills, including Blood Contract Skills!”
“But this upgrade is random and doesn’t completely follow my will!”
“The Mystic Sovereign lets the reins go slack. Having a specific goal would actually cause one to lose their true nature!”
Xu Lang stood up, ready to return to his dorm right away.
It was about that time. He could head back and go to sleep.
Cultivating while sleeping was a piece of cake for him. Doing two things at once was nothing; doing ten things at once was easy.
“Mm~ Hubby, what are you doing?” Tong Qi was startled. She quickly grabbed onto Xu Lang, clinging to him like a pendant.
Xu Lang blinked and glanced at the clock nearby.
There was still some time.
He’d take care of Tong Qi here first.
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[Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art]
[Type: Special Skill]
[Level: 15]
[Rarity: Epic]
[Effect 1 (Meditation): Enter a meditative state, enhancing Constitution, Spirit, and skills. True Qi can transform into Mystic Origin True Qi.]
[Effect 2 (Mystic Sovereign): Fate converges. The self is the true self; there is no second self.]
[Effect 3 (Mystic Body): Survive by consuming Qi; live by eating dust; achieve transcendence by consuming light. Able to refine all things into a source of personal energy.]
[Effect 4 (Mystic Sense): When encountering something closely related to the self, a “Mystic Omen” alert will be triggered.]
[Description: I have heard worldly arguments that say: “It is not man who uses his intellect to seek understanding, but rather that profound wisdom descends of its own accord to seek out man.” Yet I secretly scoff at this delusion. For true ultimate knowledge does not come gently to draw close to people; instead, it reveals its true form to drive them. Its nature is deep and harsh, like an eagle snatching a rabbit or a hound chasing a fox. Once it catches a scent, it pursues relentlessly, seeing through to the very core, until the mind crumbles and all old perspectives are overturned. What is called ‘hearing the Dao’ is not man seeking the Dao, but the Dao forcing itself upon man.]
The Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art was extraordinary, and that was made clear right from its description.
Truly profound wisdom didn’t require people to exhaustively pursue it. It came down and found them on its own.
That ultimate truth wasn’t gentle in its approach to people. It revealed its true face to drive them. Its nature was deep and harsh, like an eagle catching a rabbit or a hound chasing a fox!
Once it sensed you, it would pursue you relentlessly until it saw through your innermost being, shattered your mind, and completely destroyed your old worldview!
And when it came to actually practicing it, the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art was even harder than Xu Lang had imagined. He nearly made mistakes several times!
If this thing had originated in the Blood Mist World, it would definitely be the ultimate dark scripture!
Thankfully, the Dorm Survival Game kept it in check, allowing it to be viewed directly.
“How does cultivating immortality become more and more sinister?”
Once Xu Lang entered the meditative state, all kinds of meaningless thoughts and bits of wisdom flooded in. Some seemed useful; others seemed utterly pointless.
In this state, Xu Lang became the prey.
—The prey of wisdom and secrets!
Even though he was the Mystic Sovereign, he didn’t feel like he was in control of all things at all. Instead, it felt like some unknown truth was devouring him.
It wasn’t until a certain moment, when he truly entered the state of meditation, that this feeling weakened.
At that point, he became the ruler and the so-called Mystic Sovereign again, filtering out useless and harmful wisdom while seizing the usable insights.
After calming down, Xu Lang thought of more.
Last time, Sherry had urged him to read a particular book. It contained quite a bit of immortal cultivation knowledge.
One line in particular stood out.
“Mystic wisdom is not still water, but flowing fire. It does not wait for you to draw near and scoop it up; it burns its own way to rush at you.”
Truth was not a still pool of water; it was flowing fire. It wouldn’t wait for you to come investigate and draw it out. Instead, it would burn its way over to pounce on you!
This aligned perfectly with the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art.
Being hunted down by knowledge... it felt strangely familiar.
Wasn’t this the same mechanism as the Sequence?
There was no point overthinking it. After getting used to the process of the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art, Xu Lang began smelting facilities. Once he had enough Nightmare Essence, he started the Simulation Dream again.
The effects of the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art were worth looking forward to, but the Blood Calamity was the pressing concern right now.
