Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"..."

After snickering, the Qu Family Supreme Elder once again lapsed into silence, his heart swelling with a wave of sadness.

He was a transmigrator.

No sooner had he transmigrated than he found himself at the Golden Core Peak of Cultivation, which was already the ceiling in Da Xia; basically, no one could beat him. But... he had just over a year to live.

That was if he didn't engage in combat.

If he fought and even got a bit injured, he'd be dead in a month or two.

There was only one way to save himself, which was to attain the Nascent Soul.

Sometimes he really envied Qu Qi, the young lord of the Qu Family. Qu Qi was also a transmigrator but was far better off, the sole male of his generation in the Qu family. Piled with massive amounts of the family's resources, they desperately fostered him into an extraordinary Magic Practitioner.

Nearly invincible among his peers.

Not to mention, those five Heavenly Dao Beauties with their enhancing effects on Magic Practitioners alone were an inheritance others didn't have. Out of one hundred Heavenly Dao Beauties in total, only five could bolster a Magic Practitioner, and as fate would have it, all five became Qu Qi's wives.

Practically everyone in the Capital was convinced that Qu Qi was destined to be Da Xia's foremost Magic Practitioner in the future.

But then...

The meteoric rise of Chen Qiu from Fufeng City cast a strange cast in the gazes everyone directed at Qu Qi.

The Qu family had invested so much in you, yet a Loose Cultivator from Fufeng City was the first to clear the heritage of Magic Practitioners, such unusual gazes nearly made the young lord of the Qu family's eyes burst with rage. His years of pampered luxury rendered him utterly incapable of enduring such mockery.

He repeatedly smashed the family's crockery and other objects, snarling in a vicious rage, swearing he would challenge Chen Qiu to a duel and mercilessly kill him, to let the world know who was truly the number one Magic Practitioner in Da Xia.

Well, that's admirable.

You, an early stage Golden Core Magic Practitioner, seeking to duel someone at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage—if you win, you won't fear being ridiculed by the world.

"Sigh."

Lying on the bed, the Qu Family Supreme Elder looked at his right arm, which had shriveled and sagged skin covered in age spots. Although reluctant, he was helpless; he too wanted to strive... but he simply had no opportunity to do so.

He didn't even dare leave his home and flaunt his Cultivation.

Fearing that the slightest injury might kill him on the spot, that's a truly torturous way to live.

And in Da Xia, there were many like him. Essentially, they were the most powerful trump cards of various sects and clans, all at the Golden Core Peak of Cultivation but perpetually unable to break through to Nascent Soul, they could only watch as their lifespans diminished step by step.

Aside from waiting to die, there was no other way.

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Kai Mountain City, within a deserted temple three miles out.

Chen Qiu was sitting cross-legged, circulating his mental method to absorb the power from the Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills. Last night, at the stroke of midnight, he had acquired a total of 511 lower-grade Foundation Establishment Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills and 10 mid-grade ones.

There was no change, basically. Until last night at midnight, there hadn't been any change in his Fame Ranking.

However, after midnight, when the Heavenly Dao Decree arrived, his fame began soaring again, and he was the only one on the entire Fame Ranking increasing his fame through the Heavenly Dao Decree.

The others all built their reputations through word of mouth, but his was directly bestowed by the heavens.

At that moment, he had climbed to the 29th rank, but that was about as far as he would go. The people ahead of him were all ancient demons; it was rather difficult to surpass them in terms of fame.

After fully absorbing the power of the 511 lower-grade Foundation Establishment Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills and two mid-grade ones, his Cultivation finally reached—

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'Cultivation': Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Layers (100.00%).

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This meant he had officially reached the Great Perfection peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He had reached the limit of Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

Next, he would have to form his Core.

After a successful Core Formation, one could advance to become a Golden Core Master. Many at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment spent their entire lives stuck there; some fought too much in their youth and accumulated too many hidden injuries in their Tao Foundation, making it extremely difficult to breakthrough.

Some couldn't gather enough of the forty-nine mid-grade Spirit Stones needed for the breakthrough.

Others, prouder of their talents, refused to enter the Golden Core Realm with merely a First Grade Golden Core, insisting on obtaining a Golden Core to affirm a Second Grade Golden Core. As a result, they wasted too much time, and by the time they found a Golden Core, they were already old and weak. With their Foundation Establishment lifespan at its limit and their internal Spiritual Energy waning, they could no longer break through to the Golden Core.

The grades of Golden Cores range from First to Tenth.

However, the Tao Foundation does not have such grades.

The Tao Foundation is distinguished in only two ways: one is the Heavenly Dao Foundation, and the other is all the rest.

And within the rest, there are two types.

One is a special Tao Foundation. For instance, the 'upper-grade Earth Fire Pill' which could be obtained by passing the third challenge in the 'Chao Tian Sect's Heavenly Dao Secret Realm', is said to have been a pill that existed a long time ago. When consumed during Foundation Establishment, it forms a 'Earth Fire Dao Foundation,' which is extremely suitable for fire-type Magic Practitioners.

The other type is the ordinary Tao Foundation that most possess.

There are others like the Earth Fire Dao Foundation, such as the metal-chopping Tao Foundation beneficial for Sword Cultivators. The advantage of this kind of Tao Foundation is that if you are a Magic Practitioner or a Sword Cultivator, it will be quite compatible, but the downside is that you are completely locked into that path, unable to switch to another Cultivation practice or engage in Dual or Triple Cultivation.

Once you achieve the Golden Core, it is graded between First and Tenth, with the Tenth Grade referred to as the Heavenly Dao Golden Core that no one has ever attained.

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By now, Chen Qiu had finished his Cultivation and glanced at the Shopkeeper, his forehead covered in fine sweat. He did not bother him further, knowing that the Storage Ring from the Evil Clan was subject to restrictions that Da Xia had never seen, and it might indeed be challenging to break them.

He could not be of much help, except for promising a generous reward, he could only silently cheer him on.