Simplification System: From Perfect Arrow Skill to Immortal

Southern Realm.

A thousand miles from Celestial Extreme City, atop a mountain peak.

A slender young woman in purple stood on a large boulder, eyes closed as she examined the Communication Talisman in front of her. After a long moment, her beautiful eyes opened, and she murmured, "An alchemist from Celestial Lake City, Zhang Han?! He snatched Yu Kun Divine Monarch's legacy?"

"Yu Kun Divine Monarch is the strongest Golden Core in three centuries, able to counter-slay those in the Nascent Soul Stage. His Divine Sense was said to be unequaled. If I can get my hands on his legacy, my power would soar. But... trying to find one person is like searching for a needle in a haystack..."

Wan Wushuang's gorgeous eyes shimmered in thought.

.......

Giant Whale Immortal City.

The Zhang Family, one of the Five Great Clans.

In the grand hall stood forty to fifty people dressed in black. At the front, a tall, thin young man looked terrifyingly grim.

"Junior Brother Xuan, the tracking shows that the fiend went east!"

"Let's head that way!"

At this moment, a black-clad man beside the young man cupped his fists and said solemnly.

This black-robed man radiated a powerful aura—at Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer!

Beside him stood another black-robed figure, face hidden behind an iron mask, silently vigilant—he was Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer as well!

"East—that's the direction of Yu Kun's Cave Mansion. Looks like the murderer went there!"

"Once I get him, I'll grind him to dust—to honor my big brother's spirit in heaven!"

Xuan Gu's eyes burned with rage. Flipping his sleeve, he turned to Tie Ying and Tie Chou, saying, "Senior Brothers, we're in Yanyue Immortal Sect's territory. We'd better stay careful while tracking—no need to be too flashy."

"Junior Brother Xuan, of course."

Tie Ying nodded. "No more delays, let's go!"

"Mm!"

Xuan Gu nodded, then dashed off with his two Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer senior brothers.

......

By Celestial Wave River.

Inside a nondescript cliffside cave mansion.

Golden Bell Shield, Twelfth Gate (Perfection).

Lin Chang'sheng eyed his status panel, the red notification popping up, a look of satisfaction on his face. "Golden Bell Shield at last—Twelfth Gate complete!"

All this way, Lin Chang'sheng kept grinding away, and finally today, he perfected the Twelfth Gate of Golden Bell Shield.

Meanwhile—

Lin Chang'sheng felt his bones crackling all over, a rush of immense strength sweeping through his body!

And now, whenever he activated Golden Bell Shield, a faint golden glow appeared over his skin—hard as steel when firm, soft as cotton when relaxed. Blades and bullets couldn't pierce, neither fire nor water could hurt!

A feeling of utter lightness suffused his entire body!

Without using magical power, Lin Chang'sheng left the cave mansion, leaped into the rolling river below!

He realized that his body, at will, floated down as light as a feather. In moments, his feet touched the surging waves of the river!

Lin Chang'sheng strode atop the waves—he found he could sprint atop the surging river without sinking!

"My flesh is steel now. Back at Eleven Gates, there was still half an inch of vulnerability. Now it's flawless—not a crack left! Wonder if I can take a hit from a Peak Qi Refining Ninth Layer's Magical Artifact?"

Lin Chang'sheng clenched his fists, knocking them together with a boom, secretly musing.

According to the Golden Bell Shield records—

Perfecting the Twelfth Gate, all vulnerabilities vanish, his body becomes the Vajra Indestructible Body—blades and swords, fire and flood, five hundred days without sleep or food, even swallowing deadly poison could not harm him—his spirit shines on!

"Golden Bell Shield, Twelfth Gate achieved. My body's harder than steel—I feel a little safer again!"

"I should try to get more Body Refinement techniques, see if I can fuse them in later?"

Lin Chang'sheng felt pretty pleased.

[Detected: Cultivation Immortality Techniques—Five Elements Pure Yang Technique (Perfection), Cyan Wood Essence Locking Technique (Perfection), Celestial Ghost Essence Condensing Technique (Perfection), can consume 300 Spirit Stones to fuse into a new cultivation technique. Fuse?]

[Detected: Techniques—Golden Bell Shield (Twelfth Gate Perfection), Barbarian Blood Technique—Fragment (Sixth Variation Perfection), can consume 150 Spirit Stones to fuse into a new technique. Fuse?]

[Detected: Body Technique—Wind and Thunder Movement (Perfection), Ghost Dao Hurricane Scroll (Perfection), can consume 200 Spirit Stones to fuse into a new Light Body Technique. Fuse?]

[Detected: Magic Technique—Taiyin Formless Slash (Perfection), Ghost Dao Sword Technique (Perfection), can consume 200 Spirit Stones to fuse into a new magic technique. Fuse?]

Just then, four red notifications popped up on Lin Chang'sheng's panel.

"Fuse!"

"Fuse them all!"

Lin Chang'sheng clicked to confirm right away.

[Cultivation Immortality Technique—Five Elements Pure Yang Technique (Perfection), Cyan Wood Essence Locking Technique (Perfection), Celestial Ghost Essence Condensing Technique (Perfection), fusing... Fusion successful... Obtained Five Elements Soul Refining Technique]

[Cultivation Immortality Technique—Wind and Thunder Movement (Perfection), Ghost Dao Hurricane Scroll (Perfection), fusing... Fusion successful... Obtained Light Body Technique—Three Thousand Thunder Moves!]

[Technique—Golden Bell Shield (Twelfth Gate Perfection), Barbarian Blood Technique—Fragment (Sixth Variation Perfection), fusing... Fusion successful... Obtained Vajra Indestructible Body!]

[Magic Technique—Taiyin Formless Slash (Perfection), Ghost Dao Sword Technique (Perfection), fusing... Fusion successful... Obtained Invisible Celestial Blade!]

"Five Elements Soul Refining Technique?"

"Three Thousand Thunder Moves!"

"Vajra Indestructible Body?"

"Invisible Celestial Blade!"

"The names sound pretty awesome. Wonder how strong they really are?"

Staring at the four newly fused techniques, magic, and body techniques, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes glimmered with anticipation.

Lin Chang'sheng willed his status panel to appear.

[Great Dao is Simple: Foundation Establishment Level]

[Lin Chang'sheng: 22/273]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage (2nd Layer 1999/2000)]

[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Soul Refining Technique (Entry Level 0/1000), Vajra Indestructible Body (Entry Level 0/1000)]

[Magic Technique: Invisible Celestial Blade (Entry Level 0/1000), Meteor Fire Rain (Perfection)]

[Light Body Technique: Three Thousand Thunder Moves (Entry Level 0/1000), Bone Transformation Technique (Perfection)]

[Alchemy: Divine Essence Pill (Perfection), Foundation Establishment Pill (Perfection)]

[Puppet: Copper Corpse (Foundation Establishment Level 2)]

[Consume Spirit Stones to simplify techniques, magic, divine powers, etc.]

[Status: Ghost Dao Tracking]

"Mm, not bad. Time to head for Liuyun Immortal Sect!"

Seeing Ghost Dao Tracking lit up on his panel, Lin Chang'sheng tensed. He'd been here too long—time to bail. If Demon Cultivators tracked him down, he'd be screwed.

With that,

Lin Chang'sheng immediately flew atop his blade, hugging the treetops and ground—never daring to fly high and draw attention.

.......

Liuyun Immortal Sect.

Sect Leader's Hall.

"Yu Kun Divine Monarch's legacy was snatched by a mere Qi Refining Ninth Layer alchemist? How's that possible?!"

"That Jiang Yukun Divine Monarch was famed as the strongest Golden Core—no way a Qi Refining cultivator could even get into his cave mansion! Unless… this person concealed his cultivation!"

Dressed in white, Su Changkong stared into the distance, brow deeply furrowed.

"Sadly, right now that alchemist's shadow is nowhere to be seen! The whole Southern Realm is searching—no news at all! Even the info from Celestial Lake City is from before the legacy was seized!"

Master of Myriad Laws was frustrated as hell.

He'd paid a hefty price to uncover who stole Yu Kun's legacy, but got nothing for it!

That Celestial Yang Wanderer used Retrospection Technique, only to suffer a fierce backlash. His cultivation dropped straight from Middle Stage Nascent Soul to Early Stage—no one expected that.

"Looks like this Alchemist Zhang Han is using a fake name. Finding him's gonna be tough!"

"Last time, Lin Chang'sheng seized the Heaven and Earth Qi and vanished. Now, this Zhang Han—Alchemist Zhang—took Yu Kun Divine Monarch's legacy and disappeared as well!"

Su Changkong sighed deeply.

"Sect Leader, what worries me most is this Alchemist Zhang Han—he's a Demon Cultivator! If Demon Dao gets their hands on the Refining God Skill, our Righteous Dao might…"

Master of Myriad Laws' eyes were clouded by heavy worry.

"Mm, Righteous and Demon are about to battle—we must keep searching for whoever stole Yu Kun's legacy!"

Su Changkong said with a deep voice.

........

One month later.

Within Liuyun Immortal Sect territory.

Atop a mountain peak.

Lin Chang'sheng stopped flying.

He remembered—the cave up ahead was where he'd run into Murong Tian.

That's where Liuyun Immortal Sect's disciples trained.

Now—

Thirty miles from Lin Chang'sheng's location—

In a valley filled with green boulders,

A youth with sharp features and thin lips, dressed in Liuyun Immortal Robes, at Qi Refining Fourth Layer, gripped a Lower Grade Spiritual Sword, teaming up with three peers to attack a two-zhang long iron-scaled giant lizard.

The giant lizard was jet-black and covered in scales, glimmering ominously in the sun.

Fireball Technique and Sword Aura blasted endlessly at its body, but the giant lizard shrieked and charged the four Liuyun Immortal Sect disciples.

Just then,

From a farther cave, an even larger, longer iron-scaled lizard stormed out, lunging at them!

"Damn!"

"Brothers—scatter and run!"

The chubby leader bellowed, spun and bolted. The other three split up with their body techniques, fleeing in all directions as the giant lizards charged after them.

"Whew~~~ made it out alive!"

Yu Xiaochang sprinted thirty miles, panting with hands braced on his Lower Grade Spiritual Sword, cold sweat soaking his back. He'd just witnessed Junior Brother Li get ripped in half by that giant lizard!

Surviving encounters like that out here—he considered himself lucky.

"Eh? Is that… Yu Xiaochang?"

Behind a huge rock on the mountaintop, Lin Chang'sheng had already detected the Liuyun Immortal Sect disciple rushing by, seemingly fleeing for his life. He suddenly realized he recognized the guy—after pondering a moment, he remembered: it was King Qi of Great Yu, Yu Xiaochang!

The same guy who'd tried multiple times to kill him!

"Well, isn't this perfect!"

"So many grudges—time to settle 'em!"

Lin Chang'sheng stepped out from behind the rock, staring at Yu Xiaochang. "Yu Xiaochang, recognize me?"

"Uh… Senior Brother, you're…"

When Lin Chang'sheng walked out from behind the rock, Yu Xiaochang's eyes widened in panic—he hadn't noticed anyone there at all. This guy even knew him?

But he didn't know this man at all!

"Maybe you don't know me, but I sure know you!"

Lin Chang'sheng swept his Divine Sense through tens of miles, confirming no one else was around. He stared at Yu Xiaochang, letting out a cold laugh.

He'd been racking his brain about who to disguise himself as to sneak into Liuyun Immortal Sect—and now, fate delivered his old enemy, Yu Xiaochang. Perfect. He'd take Yu's identity and play it safe inside the sect for a while.

Once his cultivation rose higher, he'd slip out for good.

"S-senior Brother, I've never met you before?"

Yu Xiaochang tensed up, backing off several steps, clutching that Lower Grade Spiritual Sword tightly.

He couldn't see through the young man's cultivation at all.

Right now, that sword gave him his only sense of security.

"Still don't recognize me?"

Lin Chang'sheng curled his lips into a cold sneer, laughed slyly, and his form shifted back to his own true face!

"You!… How is it you!"

"You're actually not dead!"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng reveal his true face, Yu Xiaochang was scared shitless—he stumbled backwards, tried to run, and panicked so badly he forgot to use his body technique!

This past year—

Yu Xiaochang's biggest fear was Lin Chang'sheng would come back.

He dreaded running into Lin Chang'sheng while out on a training mission. Once he heard Lin had stolen the Heaven and Earth Qi and was being hunted, he gradually relaxed.

So much time passed—he figured Lin Chang'sheng had probably been killed by Demon Cultivators, or died out in the wild. That's why he dared to come out on missions.

Who'd have thought—

Lin Chang'sheng actually tracked him down.