Simplification System: From Perfect Arrow Skill to Immortal

Although refining a flying boat is somewhat easier compared to magical treasures,

it's still not something that can be done in a short time.

Lin Chang'sheng set the flying boat down and picked up the jade scroll, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Lin Chang'sheng's divine sense slowly enveloped the jade scroll and instantly penetrated inside.

Lin Chang'sheng saw a phantom-like space.

Within this space hovered a figure dressed in white robes.

This person wore immaculate white, handsome and imposing, his eyes flashed open with a domineering aura that looked down on all beneath the heavens!

"Fated one, I am Yu Kun Divine Monarch. Your ability to enter the Purple Heaven Earth Vein Array means you are fated to meet me!"

The white-robed man was none other than Yu Kun Divine Monarch. He looked at Lin Chang'sheng, smiled slightly, and continued, "Now, I am but a strand of divine thought; my true body has gone to explore the Burial Immortal Realm. The reason I left behind this divine thought is only to keep the inheritance of my Refining God Technique from being lost!"

"Otherwise, I would fail to fulfill a promise I made long ago!"

"This Refining God Technique strengthens and enhances the divine sense. I hope that when the fated one masters it, you keep the righteous Dao in your heart!"

"If I am lucky enough to survive, perhaps we'll meet again in the future!"

With these words, Yu Kun Divine Monarch's white figure transformed into large characters, floating within the jade scroll's space!

Above these characters, the words [Refining God Skill] stood out prominently.

"Yu Kun Divine Monarch! Refining God Skill!"

Seeing the divine thought of Yu Kun Divine Monarch turning into large golden characters, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed; he hurried to study the Refining God Skill, because he had no idea how long the text inside the jade scroll would remain.

If it disappeared after a while, he'd be screwed.

Lin Chang'sheng clearly remembered how tough it was to obtain the Fire Element Technique back then!

The full Refining God Technique was roughly over nine thousand words.

Lin Chang'sheng immediately produced a blank jade scroll and transcribed the Refining God Technique onto it himself. With this backup, he wouldn't have to worry anymore.

This blank jade scroll was also something Lin Chang'sheng found in Xuan Jing's storage bag.

About half an hour passed.

Lin Chang'sheng finally finished transcribing every single word of the Refining God Technique onto the other jade scroll. Afterward, he checked it several more times to make sure everything was correct, finally letting out a breath and continuing to read the original jade scroll's Refining God Technique.

"What's going on? After reading it more than twenty times, it still won't show entry level?"

Lin Chang'sheng had gone through it over twenty times, but the Refining God Skill still wasn't showing entry level on his panel, causing his brows to furrow deeply.

He remembered.

With most other cultivation techniques, after at most twenty reads, the panel would display entry level status, then he could simplify it.

But now...

Even after reading more than twenty times, it wouldn't unlock entry level.

"Better check this book and the sheepskin scroll first!"

Lin Chang'sheng thought silently, picking up the sheepskin scroll and the book he got from Yu Kun Divine Monarch's cave mansion.

The sheepskin scroll seemed to be a map.

What was drawn on it didn't look like mountains and rivers, but rather had spheres, ovals, polygons, diamond shapes, big and small, packed densely; at the very top of the map, the words "Burial Immortal Realm" were carved.

On the other side, there were some line diagrams, and a patch of sea, as well as islands.

"Yu Kun Divine Monarch said in the jade scroll that he went to the Burial Immortal Realm, and if lucky enough to survive, we'd meet again. Looks like this Burial Immortal Realm is extremely dangerous—where even immortals are buried..."

"This sheepskin scroll must be a map of the Burial Immortal Realm."

Lin Chang'sheng gazed at the sheepskin scroll, couldn't figure it out for now, so he put it away.

Lin Chang'sheng then opened the last book at once.

Inside, it actually contained the biography and battle records of Yu Kun Divine Monarch.

Yu Kun Divine Monarch's original name was Jiang Yukun.

Three hundred and eighty years ago, he was born into a small mountain village in the secular world of the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm. Because he obtained a jade token with a hidden inheritance, he set out on the path of cultivation and became a loose cultivator!

After eight years cultivating, he absorbed the Heaven and Earth Qi and achieved Flawless Foundation Establishment!

After eighteen years training, he reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, and in the twenty-third year, broke through to the Golden Core Stage!

Because he possessed the Refining God Technique, he became a target coveted by both the Righteous and Evil Dao!

In his thirty-second year of cultivation, with Golden Core Middle Stage, he defeated the Golden Core Master of Myriad Laws from Liuyun Immortal Sect!

In the thirty-third year, at Golden Core Middle Stage, he defeated the Golden Talisman Sect's Golden Core Myriad Talisman King!

In his thirty-fifth year, at Golden Core Late Stage, he ruined the appearance of Moon Fairy from Yanyue Immortal Sect!

In the forty-fifth year, at Golden Core Late Stage, he slew one Late Stage Golden Core from Corpse King Sect, and three from Middle Stage!

In the fifty-seventh year, at Golden Core Late Stage, he killed a Late Stage Golden Core from Celestial Ghost Sect, and defeated a Golden Core Peak expert!

In the sixty-fourth year, at Golden Core Peak, he counter-slew Elder Xuan Yin, Early Stage Nascent Soul, from Taiyin Island, spreading his fame across the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm and the Demon Evil Sea!

......

"Holy shit! So strong?!"

"Defeating a Nascent Soul at Golden Core Peak?"

After reading through Yu Kun Divine Monarch's entire battle record, Lin Chang'sheng couldn't help but tremble inwardly.

This was beyond insane!

Completely invincible at his level, even able to kill Nascent Soul cultivators against all odds—he was just too freakin' powerful!

"If I master this Refining God Skill, I should be able to become as strong as Yu Kun Divine Monarch in the future! Maybe even surpass him!"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes brimmed with hope.

He continued studying the Refining God Skill.

This Refining God Skill...

Is a technique for tempering the divine sense, using harsh and punishing training to forge and strengthen it!

A powerful divine sense enhances alchemy, artifact refining, array formation, combat technique, even breakthroughs—it boosts everything!

The Refining God Skill is split into Qi Refinement Chapter, Foundation Establishment Chapter, and Golden Core Chapter.

To cultivate this technique, start from the Qi Refinement Chapter, from the easy to the hard.

[Refining God Skill. Qi Refinement Chapter (Entry Level 0/1000)]

Right as Lin Chang'sheng read the Refining God Skill for the fiftieth time, a red alert popped up on his interface.

"Finally got entry level!"

Seeing the alert, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes lit up.

[Detected Refining God Skill. Qi Refinement Chapter at entry level. You may spend 1000 spirit stones to simplify it! Simplify?]

At that moment, his panel flashed a red notification again.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang'sheng immediately confirmed the choice.

He had plenty of spirit stones in his storage bag, and this Refining God Skill was extraordinary—after all, Yu Kun Divine Monarch cultivated it and became invincible at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages, rising all the way. It had to be simplified!

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Refining God Skill... Simplification successful... Refining God Skill. Qi Refinement Chapter = Close Eyes and Nourish the Spirit!]

The moment Lin Chang'sheng confirmed, a red alert popped up on his panel.

"Close Eyes and Nourish the Spirit? That's too easy!"

Lin Chang'sheng saw the simplified result and his eyes sparkled.

To cultivate Close Eyes and Nourish the Spirit, all he had to do was rest to farm experience points.

Lin Chang'sheng immediately shut his eyes, nourished his spirit for a while, then opened them again to check his panel, and saw a red alert pop up.

[Refining God Skill. Qi Refinement Chapter (Entry Level 8/1000)]

"Nice, rest for a night and I'll probably achieve Refining God Skill mastery!"

"I'll get the Qi Refinement Chapter and Foundation Establishment Chapter maxed out first!"

Looking at the experience points climbing on his panel, Lin Chang'sheng was full of anticipation and went on resting to nourish his spirit.

In his storage bag,

there was plenty of food. Although he hadn't entered fasting yet, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, not eating for several days was no problem, and if he got a craving, he could leave the cave mansion and hunt a demon beast to cook up a snack.

.......

Celestial Radiance Mountain Range.

More than half a month had passed.

There were still many low tier cultivators heading for Yu Kun Golden Core Cave Mansion, hoping for a windfall; by now, even a few of the illuminating stones in Yu Kun Divine Monarch's cave mansion had been pried off by cultivators unwilling to leave empty-handed.

As groups of cultivators kept pouring toward Yu Kun Golden Core Cave Mansion...

On a mountaintop thirty li from Yu Kun Divine Monarch's cave mansion,

five cultivators sat cross-legged. One was a man with long hair draped over his shoulders, a wine gourd at his waist; he looked at a Daoist in Yin Yang Robe and said, "Daoist Celestial Yang, a war between righteous and demon is coming. The Refining God Skill is no small matter—if you're willing to use Retrospection Technique just once to find the person who took the inheritance, our five sects will share the Refining God Skill, and our sect will throw in an extra Realm-Breaking Pill as compensation! How about it?"

"Realm-Breaking Pill?!"

At Wine Sword Immortal's words, Celestial Yang Wanderer's eyes went wide, clearly moved.

This Realm-Breaking Pill was refined by the Supreme Elder of Celestial Sword Immortal Sect. An Early Stage Nascent Soul cultivator who takes one has a 30% chance of breaking through to Middle Stage; for Middle Stage Nascent Soul, a 10% chance to reach Late Stage!

But apparently, it can only be taken once in a lifetime.

Plus, the ingredients are extremely rare, each batch only yields three pills!

He'd been stuck at Peak of Middle Stage Nascent Soul for years. If he got his hands on a Realm-Breaking Pill, he might just break into Late Stage, upping his status to Late Stage Great Cultivator, boosting lifespan, and offsetting the cost of casting Retrospection Technique this time.

"Deal!"

Wine Sword Immortal spoke in a deep tone.

Celestial Sword Immortal Sect cultivates only the sword—if the divine sense can be strengthened, Sword Cultivators will be much more powerful!

The combat power of sword cultivators would multiply.

"Daoist Celestial Yang, my Liuyun Immortal Sect is willing to offer one Celestial Profound Crystal!"

"Yanyue Immortal Sect is willing to give a thousand-year-old Snow Reishi!"

"Golden Talisman Immortal Sect is willing to offer a Celestial Tribulation Talisman!"

Seeing Celestial Yang Wanderer's interest, the other three sects' Nascent Soul cultivators chimed in.

"Good!"

"For the sake of the righteous Dao, I'll go all in this time!"

With all those rewards—especially the Realm-Breaking Pill—Celestial Yang Wanderer was thoroughly tempted, and nodded right away.

"But you guys protect me. I need to prepare and cast the Retrospection Technique!"

Celestial Yang Wanderer said solemnly.

With that,

he waved his hand and took out a palm-sized Yin Yang Wheel from his storage bag, intoning, "This is our Yin Yang Dao Sect's treasure, the Yin Yang Wheel. That stone altar in Yu Kun Cave Mansion is closest to the one who took the inheritance. Using the altar is best!"

"When I cast Retrospection Technique, the scene of the person taking Yu Kun's inheritance will appear next to the stone altar!"

With those words,

Celestial Yang Daoist began his spell.

Wine Sword Immortal took out the stone altar from Yu Kun Cave Mansion.

With a wave, the Yin Yang Wheel in his hand grew to about ten feet across, landing on the mountaintop. Celestial Yang Daoist flashed over and sat cross-legged right at the center of the wheel's intersection, constantly making hand seals.

In an instant...

The Yin Yang Wheel burst with light, radiating white pillars!

"Puh!"

Celestial Yang Daoist bit his tongue, spat a mouthful of essence blood, and instantly, that blood rose and fused into one of the light pillars, which promptly turned blood red!

Celestial Yang Daoist kept casting hand seals!

The light columns on the Yin Yang Wheel grew brighter and brighter!

Suddenly, a stone altar appeared atop the light column, with two figures present; one had lifeless eyes and bulging muscles, like a walking corpse.

The other was thin, with a short beard—a middle-aged Confucian cultivator.

At this point...

As soon as those two figures emerged, Wine Sword Immortal, Master of Myriad Laws, and the other Nascent Soul experts quickly produced blank jade scrolls to copy out the scene and investigate later.

"Puh!"

Just as the middle-aged Confucian cultivator appeared, the scene shattered. Celestial Yang Wanderer's face changed, he coughed a spray of blood mist, fell back to the ground, his features rapidly aging, and his hair instantly went from gray to pure white!

His spirit looked utterly drained.

"Daoist Celestial Yang!"

"Daoist Celestial Yang, you all right?!"

"......"

Seeing Celestial Yang Wanderer struck down like this, Wine Sword Immortal and the others were utterly shocked and rushed over.