Indeed, Perfection Achieved

"Five elements flowing sand?" The eyes of the four present lit up. This was five elements flowing sand. Carrying it on one's person increased the chances of comprehending five-element essence qi. In the Five Elements Trial Ground, this was an absolute treasure! How could the Master of the Robe Division possess it? He was so ferocious, whereas the five elements flowing sand… "I came across this yesterday in the core area. It's practically useless to me. It should be of some help to you, so I'll give it to you." Hearing this, the suspicions in the other four people's hearts dissipated. Yet hearing the subsequent words, they fell silent once more. Useless… useful. Indeed, the Master of the Robe Division had a one-hundred-percent chance of comprehending five-element essence qi, so it was truly useless to him. At this thought, holding the five-element essence qi didn't feel quite so thrilling anymore. Just then, Tang Yan thought of something and suddenly spoke up: "Master of the Robe Division, didn't you feel achieving five-element perfection was too slow? Seeing this five elements flowing sand, I have an idea, though I do not know if it is viable." Qi Yuan's eyes brightened. It seemed giving away the five elements flowing sand had been the right call! Sure enough, being proactive in a game might trigger new plotlines. "What idea?" Qi Yuan asked. "The conditions required for five elements flowing sand to form are extremely harsh. If it has formed, it means something terrifying to the Five Spirits must be nearby. The Master of the Robe Division can search where the five elements flowing sand formed to locate that thing. Relying on it, the Master of the Robe Division can slay the Five Spirits and comprehend five-element essence qi much faster," Tang Yan truthfully recounted what he knew. Qi Yuan listened and found it made a lot of sense. The reason five elements flowing sand formed was from being scorched by the Great Sun. This meant the Five Spirits feared the Great Sun! The Great Sun was their natural bane! If he possessed the Great Sun, wouldn't he be able to sweep through rapidly and slaughter every single Five Spirit in the Five Elements Forbidden Ground? Cut the weeds and dig up the roots! Who told them to throw a rager and not invite him! Qi Yuan held a strong grudge. It was just that the Great Sun… Qi Yuan immediately recalled the Daytime Fantasy Art. "Many thanks, everyone. Farewell!" Qi Yuan took off in a flash. He needed to find a safe place and dig a hole to bury himself. The four people left behind watched Qi Yuan's retreating back with mixed expressions. *** On Seven Colors Peak, Qi Yuan transcribed the fragmented Daytime Fantasy Art. Looking over its contents, he wore a hesitant expression. "Do I really have to practice this? Nothing will go wrong, right?" He glanced at his Qi Yuan Scripture. "Actually, it's not that big a deal. Cultivating the Qi Yuan Scripture occasionally causes mental confusion and memory loss. Yet I feel perfectly fine right now, and my spirits are great… Isn't that pretty good?" "Besides, I don't need to cultivate it completely. I only need to simulate the Great Sun's aura, then unleash it through my great sword to give those Five Spirits a fright!" Having persuaded himself, Qi Yuan promptly focused his attention on the Daytime Fantasy Art. He did not cultivate it fully, concentrating instead on simulating the Great Sun's aura within it. This kind of cultivation was superficial and far from mastering the art, but it was remarkably effective. In merely half a day, Qi Yuan succeeded in the simulation. A look of delight surfaced on his face. "Why does it feel a bit chilly?" Snapping out of his focused cultivation state, Qi Yuan noticed a chill slicing across his skin like blades. "Am I too deficient?" Qi Yuan could not help but wonder, then froze. "Am I the Great Void?" Qi Yuan felt he had inadvertently uncovered the fundamental truth of the world. The legendary Great Void might just be an utterly deficient universe in desperate need of a kidney tonic. He put on an extra layer of clothes, but the chill clinging to his body did not completely disperse. He lit firewood in the courtyard. Once the fire was burning, he got up and walked outside, only to see Jiang Lingsu looking equally pale. "Junior Sister, are you alright?" "I'm… I'm fine." Jiang Lingsu was slightly taken aback at the sight of her eldest senior brother. For some reason, the invasion of frost into her body had grown increasingly frequent lately. Even now, she felt freezing cold. Seeing that her eldest senior brother also seemed cold, she could not help wondering: had her frost already begun to affect the surrounding environment? It appeared the issue with her body had become rather severe. "If Junior Sister feels cold, why not come to my courtyard? I just lit a fire; you can warm yourself by it," Qi Yuan offered warmly. "No need." Jiang Lingsu curled her body inward. She was afraid she would chill Eldest Senior Brother. She turned back to her room and burrowed beneath the quilt. Watching Jiang Lingsu's retreating figure, Qi Yuan could not help muttering, "There are two chills on Seven Colors Peak: one is Junior Sister, and the other is Master." "No, there's also that moon!" Qi Yuan blurted out as he looked at the cold moon above the palace atop the peak. "My passion is like a fire—it will surely burn away the world's cold!" Especially having simulated the aura of the Great Sun, Qi Yuan felt all the more confident. *** Upon logging into the game. Qi Yuan fused with Xiao Jia as usual and charged into the core area. The Metal Spirits, Wood Spirits, and other Five Spirits saw Qi Yuan—enemies meeting with bloodshot fury. They roared and surged toward Qi Yuan. Seeing this, Qi Yuan remained completely unhurried. "Great Sun!" He roared! Across the blood-red great sword, a layer of white radiance surfaced. This radiance did not possess tremendous offensive power. It did not amplify the might of Qi Yuan's strike in the slightest. Yet the instant the radiance appeared, those vicious Five Spirits acted as though they had laid eyes on their natural predator. Terror showed in their eye-like organs. The bodies of the Five Spirits near Qi Yuan began to warp strangely. The closer they were to Qi Yuan, the greater the effect; their bodies turned limp, reducing into something akin to flowing sand. At this moment, they were like lambs awaiting slaughter! "It really works!" Qi Yuan was overjoyed. Wielding his great sword, he wreaked absolute havoc in the core area. Kill! Kill! Kill! Any Five Spirit he caught up to lost its combat power in an instant, effortlessly cut down by Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan slaughtered relentlessly, his eyes turning bloodshot. The experience bar rose steadily. More and more five-element essence qi was collected. "So tired." Qi Yuan grew exhausted from the slaughter. Even an ordinary person slaughtering several thousand pigs would end up exhausted—no, mentally broken. He recalled historical accounts where a few hundred or a thousand men routed armies of tens of thousands. He figured those large armies had been too foolish; they should have just stuck their necks out for the enemies to chop, exhausting the enemy to death so whoever remained alive would win. That day, Qi Yuan slaughtered until the world seemed turned upside down. His level rose to 94, with a substantial gain on his experience bar. Later on, however, he still logged off; his body simply could not take it. The next day, he logged back on punctually and continued his ceaseless slaughter in the core area. At midday, Qi Yuan cut down a Water Spirit. He paused, five colors welling up in his eyes. "Five elements perfection achieved." Indeed, with the Great Sun's aid, he ran rampant through the Five Elements Forbidden Ground. In merely a day and a half, the five elements had reached perfection. Just then, Tang Yan's voice transmission drifted over from afar. "Congratulations to the Master of the Robe Division on achieving five-element perfection!" "May the Master of the Robe Division swiftly exit the trial ground! We of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground have a great gift to present!" "From this day forth, the Five Elements Forbidden Ground shall be governed by the Master of the Robe Division!" Once Qi Yuan attained five-element perfection, five halos manifested around him—the hallmark of five-element essence qi coalescing into physical substance. Qi Yuan glanced toward Tang Yan, his eyes still bloodshot from the killing. "I have taken note of this matter, but I will not depart just yet. Give me one day. I will exit after slaughtering all the Five Spirits here." Having said that, Qi Yuan buried his head back into slaying Five Spirits. The extraterrestrial demons were too powerful. He was only level 94 right now, utterly outmatched. There were mobs here, so he had to hurry up and kill them to hoard more experience. Tang Yan was somewhat taken aback by Qi Yuan's reply, but he called out loudly, "We shall await the Master of the Robe Division outside." With that, Tang Yan pulled back. Li Qin looked at Qi Yuan's tall, imposing figure. "Has the Master of the Robe Division gone blood-mad, unable to stop?" From relentless slaughter, a cultivator could easily fall into a mental barrier, reduced to a heartless killing machine. Beside him, the man in red swallowed hard. "The Master of the Robe Division is too ruthless." He now regretted badmouthing the Master of the Robe Division behind his back earlier—and being overheard by him to boot. If the Master of the Robe Division had gone blood-crazed and wiped out every Five Spirit in the core area, wouldn't he cut him down with a sword as well? He felt deeply uneasy. *Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!* *The Master of the Robe Division is suave and debonair!* *The Master of the Robe Division is truly a dragon among men, a king among monkeys!* Suddenly remembering that he would soon perform Divine Reflection for the Master of the Robe Division, he frantically gave himself mental suggestions, repeatedly calling the Master of the Robe Division 'Daddy' in his heart. That way, once the Master of the Robe Division received that information, he would surely forgive him, right? He had always been this shameless. *** "Level 95 already?" Qi Yuan had no idea how long he had been killing. Fewer than a thousand Five Spirits remained in the core area. His eyes glowed with red light, five halos swirling around his body, making it obvious at a glance that he was no ordinary man. "Still not enough. Too weak." Right now, even fusing with Xiao Jia, he could only unleash the combat strength of level 100. With this level of power, dealing with Yu, a peak Divine Domain powerhouse of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground, was no problem. Against the extraterrestrial demons, however, Qi Yuan felt it was far from safe. Only by cultivating to level 999 would he feel a shred of confidence. At level 90,000, he might feel a modest sense of security. Only at level ninety trillion to the power of ninety trillion would he dare boldly leave his name after killing someone: *The killer is Qi Yuan.* Yet he knew that was impossible. The Four Great Forbidden Grounds only had so many mobs. "Kill!" He looked toward the final thousand-odd Five Spirits and charged in. At last, Qi Yuan cut down a Metal Spirit and ceased swinging his sword. "Almost level 96," he sighed. Coming to the Five Elements Forbidden Ground this time had yielded rapid leveling. In just a few days, he had reached level 96 and completely cleared the Five Elements Forbidden Ground. For Qi Yuan, this was an excellent development. "Alright, time to thoroughly take control of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground." "And that great gift they want to give me—wonder what it is." From so much slaughter, Qi Yuan felt even his mental illness was close to being cured, an aura of icy detachment radiating from him. He separated from Xiao Jia, and Tang Yan and the others immediately flew forward. "Master of the Robe Division." Looking at Qi Yuan, a flicker of fear inadvertently surfaced in their eyes. They were terrified by the killing intent clinging to Qi Yuan. Only Xiao Jia, as always, tightly gripped the corner of Qi Yuan's robe, standing behind him. "Alright, everything here is dead. Let's head out," Qi Yuan said. "Very well." The group walked out of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground together. The moment they emerged, Qi Yuan spotted a familiar figure. That green-clad girl, her eyes rimmed with red, glared venomously at Qi Yuan from a distance. "If you cannot slay the extraterrestrial demons, I will never let you off, through lifetime after lifetime!" Having delivered her harsh words, the girl strode away, her short, slender back appearing somewhat desolate.