「Another month later.」

Su Qing broke through to the Third-Layer Foundation Establishment.

The Life and Death Reincarnation Dao Foundation rotated once more.

The Life and Death Qi within his body strengthened further, all of it used to nourish his Physique and spirit.

Absolutely none of it went to waste.

....

「Six months later.」

Third-Layer Foundation Establishment [God Demon Inference Heaven Skill: Minor Achievement (1089/2000)]

Seventh-Layer of Clarity [Quasi-Star River Visualization Map: Entry Level (467.4822/500)]

Tribulation clouds appeared in the sky once more.

Su Qing didn’t go out to watch this time.

Instead, he listened for the sound of the Thunder Tribulation to see how many times it would strike.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Then, silence fell, and the aura of the Thunder Tribulation dissipated.

’Another Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body?’ Su Qing couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.

’Isn’t the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body supposed to be incredibly difficult to cultivate?’

’Even within the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect, it seems very few people have ever succeeded.’

’I can’t believe two people have succeeded in less than a year.’

Su Qing had a feeling that both individuals had successfully overcome their Thunder Tribulations.

——

Within a residence for Inner Sect Disciples of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

A Female Cultivator looked up at the tribulation clouds that had just dissipated.

’A variable.’

’I never thought such a huge variable would appear after being reborn.’

’The person ranked second on the Celestial Pride List... he never existed in my past life.’

’And now there are signs of someone with the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body Crossing the Tribulation. In my past life, Bai Ranmo clearly fell during the second strike of the Thunder Tribulation; there was no third strike.’

’This time, two... no, three people with the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body have appeared.’

The Female Cultivator was not tall, standing at only about five feet three inches. She had slender, phoenix-like eyes that held a trace of cold indifference, and her skin was as fair as jade. However, she exuded the aura of the Demon Dao.

’I need to hurry up and cultivate. I have to get my Blood-Stealing Heaven Transformation Skill to the Second Realm.’

’There isn’t much time left for the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.’

’I wonder how Master, Martial Uncle, and Senior Sister are doing.’

...

After that brief interlude,

Su Qing resumed his Cultivation of the God Demon Inference Heaven Skill.

「Another six months passed.」

——

Fourth Level of Foundation Establishment [God Demon Inference Heaven Skill: Great Success (0/3000)]

His Cultivation and his God Demon Inference Heaven Skill had both broken through.

’My God Demon True Essence has doubled in density.’

’The Spirit Stone inside my body is almost depleted.’

This meant that Su Qing had absorbed a tremendous amount of Spiritual Qi.

The 365 Little Worlds within his body needed to be nourished, which already required a vast amount of Spiritual Qi.

With the newly acquired Pocket World, Su Qing felt the strain.

His God Demon True Essence had already become several times more potent due to the advancement of his Cultivation Technique. The rate at which Spiritual Qi converted into True Essence was on a completely different level.

Yet even such a powerful Spirit Stone had been almost completely consumed.

’I’ll just have to synthesize another one.’

Su Qing found someone to trade some of his Pure Water Spirit Stones for several hundred thousand Ordinary Spirit Stones.

...

[Synthesis Successful: Evolution Triggered]

[Unknown Spirit Stone: ...]

....

[Unknown Spirit Stone: Contains a massive amount of Spiritual Qi, enough to fill a Great World with liquefied Spiritual Qi]

’Use.’

Su Qing issued the mental command, causing the unknown Spirit Stone to appear inside one of his Acupoint’s Little Worlds.

This would prevent any major mishaps.

Moreover, Su Qing planned to place one of these unknown Spirit Stones into each of his Little Worlds.

His God Demon Inference Heaven Skill was approaching the Perfection realm, so Su Qing prepared a large supply of Spirit Stones just in case. He was worried he might not have enough when the time came.

After synthesizing the Spirit Stones,

Su Qing resumed his Cultivation.

「One month later.」

While Su Qing and Ouyang Mingming were enjoying a meal together,

Ouyang Mingming asked, "My disciple, Qian Qiusheng, the one who’s first on the Celestial Pride List this year, has returned to the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect. Are you going to participate in the Sect’s grand tournament? He’ll be there."

"I’m not going." Su Qing shook his head.

’Just as I thought,’ Ouyang Mingming mused. ’My disciple doesn’t seem to have a competitive bone in his body. He doesn’t even fight for cultivation resources. It really makes me, his master, feel rather helpless.’

"Alright then, my disciple. Your master doesn’t want to force you."

"Did you happen to get a Pocket World?"

"..." Su Qing fell silent.

Seeing his reaction, Ouyang Mingming beamed. "I can’t believe my disciple actually got a Pocket World! Your luck is incredible!"

"Don’t worry, your master has no intention of stealing it."

"You’re the one who gave yourself away. You’ve been on Cold Extremity Peak for over a year now."

"There are absolutely no Spiritual Qi fluctuations around your residence, yet you’ve already reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Tier."

Ouyang Mingming laughed. "You’re so lucky. When I wanted a Pocket World, I had to search the Celestial Sea Realm for ages."

’I never would have thought I’d be exposed like this,’ Su Qing thought to himself.

"If Master wants it, I can give you the Pocket World," Su Qing said truthfully. To him, it was merely a Pocket World.

’At most, I’ll just take out all the treasures inside and give her an empty Pocket World.’

"You’re such a good disciple. It’s a rare thing. Your master would never take it from you. If it were anyone else, though, I couldn’t say for sure."

"In any case, there aren’t many of us on Cold Extremity Peak, so we all need to get along," Ouyang Mingming said with a smile.

She went back to her food, not dwelling on the matter of Su Qing’s Pocket World.

"Qian Qiusheng is about to break through to the Golden Core realm. My disciple, you might just become number one on the Celestial Pride List."

Su Qing shook his head with a smile. "I’m not interested in that. It’s all just empty fame."

"Oh, by the way, my disciple, do you need any bloodline Essence Blood? I have a rather good sample."

"There’s no need, Master," Su Qing replied with a faint smile.

Su Qing couldn’t care less about bloodlines.

He had no need for such things at the moment.

"Suit yourself." Ouyang Mingming quite liked having a disciple she didn’t need to worry about.

The best part was that whenever her disciple decided to enjoy life, he always included her.

....

....

After the meal was over,

Su Qing resumed his Cultivation.

「A year slipped by quietly.」

Su Qing had reached the Fifth-Layer Foundation Establishment.

At the same time,

He was only 1285 Skill Level away from bringing the God Demon Inference Heaven Skill to the Perfection realm.

——

——

"My disciple, I’ve taken on a new disciple!"

"Come and meet her!"

Ouyang Mingming dragged Su Qing out to see the new disciple.

He took one look and saw that it was a junior sister at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

A faint trace of Demonic Qi swirled around her.

"Greetings, Senior Brother. My name is Luo Lanxin."

"Hello. I’m Su Qing. I imagine you already know who I am," Su Qing said with a nod.

He then glanced at his master, his eyes asking, ’Is that good enough?’

Ouyang Mingming chuckled. "Su Qing, be a little nicer to your new junior sister. There are only three of us on Cold Extremity Peak now, so you don’t have to be so frosty."

"I know," Su Qing replied with a sigh of resignation.

The junior sister before him was on the shorter side, but she was still quite a beauty.

"Lanxin, if you run into any problems you don’t understand in the future, you can ask your senior brother for help. Of course, if I’m on Cold Extremity Peak, I will certainly help clear things up for you."

"Thank you, Master." Luo Lanxin said, looking at the white-haired Ouyang Mingming.

She breathed a sigh of relief internally. ’Thank goodness. Master hasn’t changed; she’s still just as gentle.’

’It’s just... this Senior Brother Su... why do I have no memory of him at all from my past life?’

....

Su Qing quietly returned to his Cultivation.

He immediately went back to cultivating.

Su Qing had little interest in the new junior sister.

His God Demon Inference Heaven Skill was nearing completion, and Su Qing felt he had to finish it as quickly as possible.

And after that, there was still the God Demon Marrow Tempering Technique, which he had yet to cultivate to the Perfection realm.

In a little over six months,

Su Qing would be able to bring his God Demon Inference Heaven Skill to the Perfection realm.

Su Qing cultivated in silence.

As for Ouyang Mingming, she had the new little junior sister settle in right next to Su Qing.

"Just live and cultivate next to your senior brother. You won’t be affected by him," Ouyang Mingming said.

"You also have another senior sister, but she’s traveling with your martial uncle. It’ll probably be a few years before you get to see her."

"Yes, Master." Luo Lanxin nodded obediently and moved into the residence that, in her memories, had belonged to her senior sister.

’This conflicts with my memories. And Senior Sister was taken away by Martial Uncle to gain experience... another variable has appeared.’

....