Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"They say Magic Practitioners shatter to pieces at a single touch."

"Let me touch you and we'll see who breaks first," said Chen Qiu contently as he finished testing his current combat strength and turned to head towards Fei City.

"Heart-piercing Stab," a low-grade Divine Sense Attack of the Golden Core.

He had learned it and had even reached the Great Achievement Realm.

But this thing couldn't be experimented with out of thin air; without a target to attack, there was no way to test it.

However, during the last attack from the Master of Poison Sect, he discovered something.

That was…

When his Sea of Consciousness was under attack, he would not Teleport.

It's strange, doesn't an attack on the Sea of Consciousness count as being attacked?

...

Upon returning to Fei City, Chen Qiu didn't bother with the wasteland anymore.

After all, it was just a wasteland.

But there was someone who cared…

A stray cat sat atop the eaves of a shop in the Capital, expressionlessly gazing at the horizon, wondering whom she had offended to have such a miserable life.

Her name was July Cat.

When she first transmigrated, she had one entry:

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"Entry name": Cats have nine lives

"Entry level": Blue.

"Entry effect": You will have nine lives. Every time you die, you'll randomly reincarnate in a body, with Cultivation depending on the body's own Cultivation.

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An entry that was basically useless.

Yes, this entry didn't improve her ability to survive or get stronger; it just allowed her to die a few more times.

She could only reincarnate in the body of a dying human or a demon beast with no Spiritual Wisdom.

After her last death, she was reborn in the body of a dirt-eating mouse, similar to a hamster, that lived off eating dirt. Though it couldn't practice Cultivation, she was quite satisfied and had dug out an underground palace for herself under that wasteland.

Day by day, digging a little at a time.

Wake up, eat, and after eating, continue digging the palace.

She was excitedly looking forward to constructing her very own underground palace in this chaotic world, especially since this place was an absolutely desolate wasteland with no Cultivators or natural predators.

She could live happily.

However, just when she felt a bit tired and crawled out of the underground passage she had built to lie on the earthen lounge chair on the surface, planning to rest a bit,

That's when—

She saw that familiar man shooting from afar, coming to a stop in the distance.

Then, with a casual flick, he unleashed dozens of Thunder Dragons. They were clearly stronger than before; she could even feel the ground shaking. The impact tossed her high into the air, several meters up, before she crashed down.

Fortunately, she didn't die.
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The man was still quite far from her, not affecting her too much. Just as she worried whether the underground palace she had worked so hard on would collapse,

She saw the man flying in the skies.

Then, amidst the stormy winds and oppressive black clouds, thousands of roaring Thunder Dragons thundered down.

Nice.

She lied back in the rocking chair with a smile, closed her eyes, and began preparing to anticipate her next life. There was no playing around; this man seemed to have a feud with her in his fate, always finding her no matter where she went.

Then, with the absolute crushing force of a thunderous ordeal, he blasted her to bits.

Did I offend you?

Crazy.

...

Soon, it was evening on the following day.

From yesterday to today.

Chen Qiu had been continuously cultivating. Foundation Establishment Cultivation Pills no longer had any effect on him, and he wanted to cultivate using Spirit Stones, but he had none left on him. Fat Long and the others had also emptied their belongings.

So he simply tried to improve the speed of directly absorbing nature's spiritual energy to cultivate.

Then...

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"Cultivation": Golden Core Stage first layer (0.1%).

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For more than a whole day, while he was still in the Heavenly Dao Golden Core, the situation where the speed of cultivation was meant to increase, after nearly a day and a half, his Cultivation Progress had only risen by 0.1%.

With this rate of progress.

If he doesn't consume Spirit Stones, he would roughly need about three years to cultivate to the second layer of the Golden Core.

If he consumes Spirit Stones, the time could probably be shortened to just over a year.

This speed isn't actually slow.

After all, one's lifespan can be extended to 500 years upon reaching the Golden Core, and he entered the Golden Core stage in his twenties, not even thirty, which means he has over four hundred years of life left. If he doesn't encounter any major bottlenecks, he can completely cultivate to the peak of the Golden Core's Great Perfection before his lifespan is exhausted.

But...

Having grown accustomed to breaking through a small realm every few days, he naturally wasn't satisfied with this rate of cultivation.

By the Foundation Establishment Stage, one could hardly improve the progress of cultivation by killing demon beasts. For those in the Golden Core Stage, the progress gained from killing demon beasts was even less,

Looking at the scholar on the other hand.

He had already stepped into the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment.

The scholar, having fully recovered his Cultivation, was taking Qi Replenishing Pills much less frequently, though he still occasionally needed to stop and replenish Spiritual Energy.

Chen Qiu and his group were now almost at the Capital, in "Jing Province" next to Jing Province, replenishing Spiritual Energy to prepare for entering the Capital tonight and participating in the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard tomorrow.

"Scholar."

Chen Qiu introspected on the progress of his inner Cultivation and asked, "Is there a quick way to increase Golden Core Cultivation?"

"There should be."

The scholar hesitated, shook his head, and said, "I'm not very clear about the specifics, but the stock of Golden Core Cultivation Pills is very limited and they are quite expensive. For an Alchemy Cultivator, trying to concoct Golden Core Cultivation Pills isn't a simple matter either."

"As for Heavenly Dao Golden Core Cultivation Pills, the last time they appeared was over a decade ago."

"Most Golden Core Cultivators mainly train by finding a place rich in Spiritual Energy and absorbing nature's spiritual energy. If one has an abundance of Spirit Stones, they can set up a Spirit Gathering Array, which would also significantly increase the Cultivation Progress, but it would consume a lot of Spirit Stones."

"As for other methods, I'm not sure," the scholar added.

"But generally, everyone relies on their remaining lifespan to endure. For each small realm one advances within the Golden Core Realm, their strength greatly enhances, so it's not easy to improve."

"Hmm."

Chen Qiu nodded silently, not speaking further. Since there was no way, he could only endure it. Fortunately, he had plenty of remaining life. If he found a location rich in Spiritual Energy and set up a Spirit Gathering Array, he should be able to break through to the second layer of the Golden Core in less than a year.

Not too bad, nor too slow.

It would take him twenty years to reach the peak of Great Perfection within the Golden Core.

Then he could slowly search for how to overcome the shackles of the Nascent Soul and seek the secrets to certify a Nascent Soul.

After replenishing Spiritual Energy,

Chen Qiu and his group continued on their journey and soon arrived at Jing Province, but this time they didn't linger in Fei City and rushed directly towards the Capital.

The last time they came to Jing Province, they didn't even dare enter the Capital.

Once he said, "Without reaching Golden Core, do not enter the Capital."

Now it seemed that he had perfectly abided by that statement; as soon as he had reached the Golden Core, he arrived at the Capital.

...

Inside Jing Province, within the Capital.

It was now dark outside, but the gates of the Capital were still wide open. A glance inside revealed bustling streets bright with lights, countless pedestrians and vendors still hawking their wares, and every so often, the cries of brothel madams beckoning customers could be heard.

It all appeared very lively.

In terms of fortress grandeur, area of territory, or level of prosperity, the Capital far surpassed Fufeng City by several streets; they weren't even on the same level.

Da Xia, the Capital.

It is where the Qi Fortune of the world converges.