A Stunned Realm Lord Chuibei

Qi Yuan swept his gaze over these Yin Gods. They remained quietly in their cave abodes, completely unaware of Qi Yuan's presence. Among them, many were uneasy, knowing they were about to be selected to serve powerful figures. All of these beings had been brought by the Realm Lords from various universes to immigrate to the Universal Void Realm, or were the descendants of those immigrants. Here on Mount Myriad Changes, they were mere servants, but in the outside domains, they were revered as heavenly gods. As heavenly gods, they were awe-inspiring and enjoyed endless wealth and luxury. Yet... to many cultivators, staying on Mount Myriad Changes to serve Realm Lords was their true opportunity. In the mortal domains, immortal qi was sparse, and opportunities were scarce. Progressing in cultivation was extraordinarily difficult, and eventually, one would grow old, wither, and perish. Mount Myriad Changes was dense with immortal qi. By serving a Realm Lord, one always had the chance to obtain various resources. If one became a confidant to a Realm Lord, boundless wealth and fortune would naturally follow, wouldn't they? "These will do." With a casual wave of his hand, Qi Yuan randomly selected ten thousand Yin Gods. Among them were quite a few in the first tier of the Yang God realm. Of course, first-tier Yang Gods served as overseers and stewards. A few breaths later, fifteen Yang Gods stepped before Qi Yuan. Even with their cultivation, they could not help feeling anxious. Their leader was a three-legged man known in the mortal domain as Old Ancestor Ten Thousand Legs, who called himself Zhao Santui on Mount Myriad Changes. "Greetings, Lord Realm Lord!" Without hesitation or a shred of dignity, Zhao Santui moved to drop directly to his knees. Seeing this, the other fourteen Yang Gods looked at one another in bewilderment. They had merely bowed in salute, lacking Zhao Santui's shamelessness. Consequently, they found themselves torn and hesitant. If Zhao Santui knelt while they did not, would they incur the Realm Lord's wrath? After all, Realm Lords were ancient monsters who had lived through countless cosmic epochs. Even if a universe were destroyed, they themselves would not perish. The temperament of such ancient monsters could only be described as eccentric. Right then, Qi Yuan's voice sounded. "As the saying goes, all men are created equal. If you kneel to me, wouldn't I have to kneel to you in return?" Qi Yuan said to Zhao Santui. Cold sweat immediately broke out on Zhao Santui's forehead, and he looked terrified. "Lord Realm Lord, this lowly one deserves ten thousand deaths!" He assumed this Realm Lord must dislike such flattery. "What do you mean by that? Are you calling me petty?" Qi Yuan said, speechless. "Don't talk nonsense. I've always been magnanimous. I never kill recklessly. If I see an ant on the road, I can hardly bring myself to step on it." Qi Yuan believed in repaying grudges where grudges were due and debts where debts were owed. He had always been generous and never bothered with trivialities. Back when he was in the Divine Flower Society, he had tracked people down through the network to beat them up. Even then, he had been forced into it by circumstance. Besides... did those people who got beaten not have the slightest bit of fault themselves? Zhao Santui trembled all over. The other Yang Gods stood to the side, scarcely daring to breathe. "Alright, enough of this nonsense. Over the coming days, help me collect some cultivation methods. Any methods will do—the more, the better," Qi Yuan instructed. "Understood!" the Yang Gods hurriedly agreed, not daring to ask further questions. Without lingering to chat, Qi Yuan returned to his cave abode on Mount Myriad Changes. The abode was both magnificent and steeped in ethereal immortal mist. "If only I had cultivated here back during my Qi Refinement days." "Sigh, if only I could create a technique that borrows future resources and strength." "That way, when I went to wipe out the Black Mountain Sect, I wouldn't have been so anxious and fearful." Qi Yuan muttered to himself. Deducing the Qi Yuan Scripture had always required cultivation methods from the Immortal Realm. Now, he wanted to study methods from other universes for reference and comparison. Perhaps doing so would be of immense help in deducing the Yang God stage of the Qi Yuan Scripture. "Is this the Scripture of All Things Growing?" Qi Yuan looked at the text, finding it even more profound and obscure than the Devouring True Scripture. "A technique like this, if placed in the Universal Void Realm, would be enough to trigger chaotic warfare among experts. "Yet here in the Myriad Changes Society, I can read it practically without paying any price." A scripture written by a Dao Lord was of tremendous utility to a Heaven-Opening Realm Lord. Generally speaking, within a single cultivation path, there was only ever one Dao Lord. Heaven-Opening Realm Lords had already reached the end of their road. Any further increase in strength mostly depended on the number of Dao Lord scriptures they had grasped and learned. The more they mastered, the stronger their combat prowess became, and the greater their odds of carving out their own Great Dao to become a Dao Lord. "Learning this technique directly is useless to me. I might as well absorb its principles and integrate them into my Qi Yuan Scripture." Qi Yuan examined it carefully. Hidden information regarding the Scripture of All Things Growing flooded his vision. [This is a cultivation technique created by the Vitality Dao Lord. It contains 37,027 points that can be perfected. Once perfected...] "Indeed, the stronger one is, the broader one's vision becomes. "Back when I was in Qi Refinement, I couldn't spot any of this." Qi Yuan murmured and set about perfecting the Scripture of All Things Growing. After all, it was worth ten major merits. He also wanted to tour the various opportunity grounds. ... Inside the Myriad Changes Society. Realm Lord Chuibei twitched his mustache. "That fellow claimed he didn't like talking, yet he can chatter on for so long with low-tier Yang Gods." Generally, Realm Lords like them rarely interacted with slaves. Those who could converse with them on equal terms were usually cultivators of comparable cultivation. A smile appeared in the eyes of Realm Lord Chunran. "It's quite normal for experts to have eccentric temperaments. "Isn't the Society Master the same? He often goes mad, running around asking everyone if they've seen his lost underpants." At the mention of the Society Master, awe showed in Realm Lord Chuibei's eyes. "I wonder when I will be able to obtain a purple jade pendant." Realm Lord Chuibei was exceedingly strong, far from weak even among Heaven-Opening Realm Lords. He had mastered three Dao Lord true scriptures. However, those within the Myriad Changes Society who bore purple jade pendants had either mastered ten or more Dao Lord scriptures, or... had performed immense contributions for the society. Neither was something Realm Lord Chuibei could easily attain. "If the Spirit Awakening succeeds, everyone in our research project will be eligible to hold a purple jade pendant," Realm Lord Chunran said. Realm Lord Chuibei smiled wryly. That was virtually impossible. "How many Dao Lord true scriptures do you think Qi Yuan has mastered?" Realm Lord Chunran asked curiously. The display Qi Yuan had put on earlier had genuinely shocked her. Realm Lord Chuibei shook his head. "He is very mysterious. His combat strength shouldn't be inferior to mine." Among the gold pendant holders, Realm Lord Chuibei was already considered a titan, ranking in the top five for combat strength. "That strong? If he consumes all the opportunities across the Universal Void Realm, won't he be even stronger than you? He might even have hopes for a purple pendant," Realm Lord Chunran mused. "It's merely a matter of time. If he wants to hold a purple jade pendant, it will probably take several epochs. "Just perfecting the Scripture of All Things Growing will likely take him considerable time," Realm Lord Chuibei remarked. Over the countless years, he had seen far too many true geniuses. For instance, the current Society Master of the Myriad Changes Society had emerged from the Spirit Awakening research project. Right then, a voice suddenly echoed in the minds of Realm Lord Chuibei and Realm Lord Chunran. "Hey, long time no see. Have you eaten dinner yet?" Qi Yuan strolled over, looking rather exhausted. However, the moment he spoke, Qi Yuan regretted it. One look was enough to tell that these two didn't eat dinner. If they replied that they hadn't eaten, wouldn't someone of his high emotional intelligence be forced to invite them to dinner? That didn't fit his socially anxious persona. Besides, it would cost money. Realm Lord Chunran smiled. "Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan, you've come here... for the Cosmic Spirit Sea, haven't you?" As she spoke, she tossed a cultivation method to Qi Yuan. "Master this technique, and the gifts you receive in the Cosmic Spirit Sea will be multiplied." "Thank you." Qi Yuan thanked her politely, his tone noticeably gentler. Of course, he couldn't let it get any gentler. Any gentler, and it would sound like high-pitched baby talk or vocal fry. He wasn't pursuing an online romance; there was no need for that. "Fellow Daoist, are you planning to visit all dozen or so opportunity grounds?" Realm Lord Chunran asked. "If you intend to visit them all, I have a suggestion: claim the major merits from the Scripture of All Things Growing before going. You will reap far greater benefits that way." "As expected of a Realm Lord—sharp as a tack, thinking just like me. That's why I came over: to redeem the major merits," Qi Yuan said. "Major merits cannot be advanced in advance," Realm Lord Chunran answered without a second thought. "I'm not asking for an advance. I've already completed the task. The Scripture of All Things Growing is perfected." "What?" Both Realm Lord Chuibei and Realm Lord Chunran froze, momentarily doubting their ears. "Take a look." Qi Yuan casually handed the modified version of the Scripture of All Things Growing to the two of them, then said casually, "Now... there shouldn't be any issue redeeming ten major merits, right?" Realm Lord Chuibei and Realm Lord Chunran stood rooted to the spot, utterly motionless. Looking at the new Scripture of All Things Growing, towering waves of shock genuinely surged in their hearts. It... had only been a single day, hadn't it? He perfected it already? Last time, how many hundreds of millions of years had a group of Realm Lords spent on it? They wondered if their perceptions were being misled by Qi Yuan. "Is it acceptable?" Qi Yuan asked. "This..." Realm Lord Chuibei frowned, circulating three Dao Lord true scriptures to clear away any potential illusions or interference. Finally, he forced out, "It is." "Great. With ten major merits in hand, I'll go explore those opportunity grounds and raise my strength." The moment Qi Yuan finished speaking, his figure vanished. Roughly three breaths later, a profound aura permeated the cave abode. A chubby old man appeared, dressed in white, with a remarkably genial appearance. "Chuibei, why did you call for me?" This chubby old man was a purple jade pendant member of the Myriad Changes Society, one of its ten greatest titans. He had mastered eleven Dao Lord true scriptures and possessed immense strength. Presently, he oversaw virtually no research projects, dedicating his efforts to mastering more Dao Lord scriptures in search of an opportunity to break through. Of course, he remained vastly distant from the next realm. Though Realm Lords were numerous in the Myriad Changes Society today, only three had been singled out by Dao Lords as possessing a chance to advance to the next tier. And even then, it was merely a chance. "Senior, just now, an issue arose with our Spirit Awakening, so we prepared to perfect the Scripture of All Things Growing. This task was assigned to Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan, who just joined the society." "Cut the chatter," the chubby old man said impatiently. His lifespan was boundless, yet he still treasured his time. At their realm, though immortal and indestructible, the passage of immense time invariably caused their true spirits to gather dust. As a result, their talent and comprehension in later epochs often fell short of what they once were. "In less than a single day, he perfected it," Realm Lord Chuibei said hurriedly. "What did you say?" The chubby old man's eyes widened. He reached out directly. Without any resistance from Realm Lord Chuibei, the Scripture of All Things Growing in his hand landed in the old man's grasp. The chubby old man examined it intently, his expression shifting continuously. After a hundred breaths, he drew a deep breath. "If this Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan is willing to help me attain the Dao, I would gladly call him my sworn elder brother." He could not help his shock and joy. This adapted version of the Scripture of All Things Growing was vastly superior to the original, and more importantly, it appeared far simpler to initiate. For purple pendant members like him, increasing their strength meant mastering as many Dao Lord scriptures as possible. Yet Dao Lord scriptures could not simply be learned at will. First, one required an exceptional affinity. Second, without sufficient affinity, one might fail to learn a scripture even after a hundred cosmic epochs. Yet Qi Yuan could adapt Dao Lord scriptures. If... he could adapt scriptures to suit the old man's cultivation, wouldn't the old man be able to master new Dao Lord scriptures at incredible speed? Perhaps in the future, there would even be a sliver of hope to step into the fourth or fifth tier of the Yang God realm. "Could Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan possess an extraordinary affinity for the Scripture of All Things Growing, or is he simply exceptionally gifted?" The chubby old man's expression shifted repeatedly before he finally said thoughtfully, "Keep this strictly confidential. Not a word to anyone. Understood?" Within the Universal Void Realm, the Myriad Changes Society was a colossal power. However, other formidable factions existed as well. If this news leaked, the chubby old man could not guarantee that powerhouses on his level wouldn't target Qi Yuan. "Understood." Realm Lord Chuibei and Realm Lord Chunran hastily swore upon their true spirits. "It seems this old man must take a good look at just what kind of sacred being this Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan is," the chubby old man murmured. After all, adapting the Scripture of All Things Growing in a single day was something even a Dao Lord likely could not accomplish. This Qi Yuan was truly terrifying. The Myriad Changes Society had taken its name for the pursuit of change. Change meant transformation; change meant variables. Qi Yuan currently fit the definition of an anomaly, and anomalies had a high probability of becoming variables. ... In the Sixth Heaven of the Immortal Realm. Realm Lord Biluo looked on with a calm gaze. Ahead, countless immortal veins ruptured. First Society Master Dragon Turtle stood in the center, devouring the immense surge of immortal qi. A breath later, immortal qi gushed forth. Nearby, Second Society Master of the Ultimate Principle Society watched with both envy and awe. "With this entry into the Universal Void Realm and Realm Lord Biluo's increase in strength, you will surely become the foremost figure of the Sixth Heaven. "Even if that Supreme Venerable Ten Thousand Suns establishes ties with the Sole Palace, he will be nothing more than the next Great Sun." Realm Lord Biluo glanced sideways at Second Society Master. "What I gaze upon is above the rules." Second Society Master chuckled awkwardly. Realm Lord Biluo spoke again. "This time, the Ultimate Principle Society has assisted me greatly. "Once I return from the Universal Void Realm, I will personally meet with Supreme Venerable Ten Thousand Suns and inform him that the Ultimate Principle Society will not enter the Linya Molt." Hearing this, Second Society Master beamed with joy. Just then, First Society Master Dragon Turtle roared, "Realm Lord Biluo, follow this old man, quickly!" Without hesitation, Realm Lord Biluo stepped into the void realm ahead. Second Society Master watched the two disappearing figures, his eyes brimming with envy.