205 – Inborn Saint! Explosive Growth!

【You decide to wander around the ancient stars in the First Minor Universe, trying to persuade all the outstanding talents from these stars to become your disciples, thereby enhancing your cultivation.】

【Of course, to be prudent, you do not intend to mess with those forces that are either home to Supremes or established by Supremes.】

【After all, although you can fight an ordinary Great Saint with your cultivation at the sixth level of the Saint King Realm and the Supreme Artifact, and it’s not difficult to kill an ordinary Great Saint if you include your other talent cards, you still have no chance of winning against a Supreme.】

【As for those forces where the Supremes have already passed away but left behind their Supreme Artifacts, they are also tricky to deal with. After all, a Great Saint wielding a Supreme Artifact is definitely stronger than you.】

【Currently, it is actually quite challenging for you to surpass your level. Your cultivation has advanced too quickly, but your comprehension of the laws has not kept up. Although your comprehension of forty percent of the laws is already stronger than many Saint Kings, it is clearly no match for Great Saints.】

【After all, those figures have at least a comprehension of seventy percent of the laws.】

【This, in a way, is another downside of your seven-colored talent: Growing Stronger by Accepting Disciples. It can only enhance your cultivation, not your comprehension of the laws.】

【In the path of cultivation, one must advance both cultivation and comprehension of the laws simultaneously. Falling behind in the comprehension of the laws will make you a hollow, bloated figure, easily defeated by someone above your level.】

【Furthermore, breaking through in cultivation is also closely related to the comprehension of the laws. To break through to the seventh level of the Saint King Realm, comprehending fifty percent of the laws is essential. Forcing a breakthrough can only lead to trouble.】

【Although the cultivation promoted by the seven-colored talent: Growing Stronger by Accepting Disciples is not hollow and does not lead to insufficient foundations, lacking law comprehension is ultimately not viable.】

【Therefore, even though you have many plans in mind and intend to wander all the ancient stars in the Small Universe, tricking disciples everywhere, you are also very clear about the importance of comprehending the laws before breaking through.】

【After consideration, you finally decide on a route: tricking disciples to raise your cultivation to the peak of the sixth level of the Saint King Realm while searching for opportunities that can aid in comprehending or enhancing the laws.】

【If you cannot find such opportunities, you plan to self-seal and continue recruiting disciples once the Golden Age arrives.】

【In the Golden Age, comprehending the laws will become very easy for you, and in a relatively short time, you can elevate your forty percent comprehension to fifty percent.】

【By then, you can rapidly improve your cultivation by continuing to accept disciples.】

【Next, you announce that you have started your actions. By obtaining a nearby star chart on Tianxu Ancient Star, you head to the adjacent ancient stars.】

【You discover that the forces on the ancient star you are headed to are weaker than those on the Tianxu Ancient Star.】

【This makes you ponder, feeling that the number of strong individuals in the Small Universe seems to be much fewer than that in the Large Universe’s ancient stars, and there are not many restricted areas.】

【However, after some thought, you feel that this is quite normal. The relationship between the Small Universe and the Large Universe is similar to that of a satellite to Earth; they cannot be compared on the same day.】

【In the end, you successfully poached many outstanding talents from this ancient star and brought those who sincerely wished to accept you as their master. Your cultivation also successfully advanced to the peak of the sixth level of the Saint King Realm.】

【And your actions caused the self-sealed Saints on that ancient star to be furious, wanting to come out and fight you to the death.】

【However, when you intentionally revealed your peak sixth level Saint King Realm cultivation and added the abilities from the Emperor’s scripture, they all shut up, feeling very frustrated…】

【There’s no way around it, they simply cannot beat you… The strongest on their ancient star is only at the third level of the Saint King Realm, and even that is just an ordinary Saint King. They can’t compare to a Saint King like you who practices the Emperor’s scripture. Coming out would just mean getting beaten up, or even worse, risking their lives.】

【Seeing this group persuaded by your ‘physical’ means, you warmly invite them to become your disciples again and start painting a glorious picture: that you’re not even a thousand years old and will undoubtedly become a Great Emperor in the future. If they are willing to repent and become your disciples, you will certainly help them advance further; Saints can become Saint Kings, and Saint Kings can reach the Great Saint Realm. You could even extend their lives.】

【Your grand promises left the Saints dumbfounded. However, they still didn’t believe you. For this, you were deeply disappointed. Indeed, this group of old folks has grown too shrewd over the years, not easy to fool.】

“Although you didn’t really lie, because your current physical ‘age’ indeed hasn’t exceeded a thousand years, still being only a little over a hundred, it’s hard to convince others. And even if they believe you’ve reached the Saint King level at a thousand, such exaggerated claims are difficult for these ancient monsters to believe. It’s much better to offer something tangible.

However, you also know very well that only the Emperor’s scripture on you can make them go mad. But even if you take it out, this group likely won’t sincerely acknowledge you as their master. In the end, it’s still all in vain.

Ultimately, you abandon the idea of taking on disciples among these cunning, maxed-out ancient monsters, feeling an immense dislike for them.

Your plan is to reach the Supreme level in the future and then come back to teach them a lesson, hoping they won’t be ungrateful and will quickly kowtow to you. By that time, it won’t be you hoping they accept you as their master, but them begging to.

With such ambitions in mind, you start heading towards other ancient stars. However, you dismiss the idea of continuing to take on disciples to avoid ‘superficial’ growth by suddenly breaking through to the seventh level of the Saint King Realm. Your main goal, as planned, is to first find opportunities to understand seven-tenths of the laws.

At this moment, you remember Cai Yonglong’s first Golden Finger. You sigh inwardly, thinking how useful his initial Golden Finger for finding opportunities was. If he still had that Golden Finger, you could fully help him optimize it twice in a row now. At that time, finding the opportunities you need would be incredibly easy.

With such a Golden Finger, you wouldn’t need to exhaustingly search from one ancient star to another; it’s simply too time-consuming.

“Cai Yonglong, thinking about it now, it’s really a pity he lost his Golden Finger.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulated content on the screen, feeling deep regret.

Cai Yonglong’s Golden Finger was excellent for finding those special prodigies or opportunities.

In the Lower Realm, there was no need to rely on his Golden Finger, and it couldn’t help him grow rapidly either.

Now, having reached the Upper Realm with countless prodigies and opportunities, his Golden Finger could undoubtedly be of great use.

Even in the Allheavens Playground, its effect would probably be even more astonishing.

Unfortunately, he has replaced it.

“Although Absolute Defense is good, it’s ultimately not as beneficial as finding opportunities.”

Wang Ping shook his head and sighed once more.

“Forget it, relying on oneself is better than relying on others. Cai Yonglong’s Golden Finger is ultimately gone, so I hope I can refresh a similar talent myself. This isn’t impossible. Obviously, the highest-level seven-colored talent has already reached the level of the Golden Finger that chat group members have. It can be used as a powerful system in many fantasy novels without any side effects.

With this thought flashing in Wang Ping’s mind, he continued to gaze at the screen.

Just as you were about to reach the sixth ancient star, you saw a shocking phenomenon. A terrifying anomaly appeared, with golden brilliance spreading beyond the ancient star, visible to you.

Soon after, you sensed the aura of a Saint. This made you show a surprised expression, thinking some cultivator had achieved sainthood in this era of decline. However, you quickly realized something was wrong.

Because on this ancient star, there was no aura of tribulation appearing. Even if someone successfully passed a Heavenly Tribulation, there would be the aura of a Saint’s tribulation lingering for a while before dissipating. In other words, no one crossed a Saintly Tribulation, but a Saint was born.

Curious about this peculiar situation, you used spatial divine abilities to speed up and arrived at this ancient star named Primordial Spirit Ancient Star, locating the source of the Saint’s aura.

Then, you showed a shocked expression. Yes, even at your current peak level of the sixth level of the Saint King Realm, with your vast knowledge and experience, you were still amazed. Because the source of this aura was not a cultivator passing a tribulation, but an infant.

An infant, just born, caused such a shocking anomaly, and even more so, just born as a Saint. It’s simply a naturally born Saint, blessed by the heavens. This is enough to make most cultivators envious and jealous.

After all, their lifelong cultivation is incredibly difficult, and most cultivators can’t touch the threshold of Sainthood in their entire lives. But this infant, born in this era of decline, has already reached the Saint level at birth. How monstrous.

For a moment, your heart burned with passion. If you could accept this infant as a disciple in the future, what amazing rewards would you receive? At the very least, it would not be worse than accepting Lin Qinghe. In other words, this child is the key to your breakthrough to the Great Saint level.

As long as your cultivation reaches the half-step Great Saint level, you can use this infant to break through the great bottleneck and advance to the Great Saint level.

For a moment, you made up your mind to build a relationship with the family of this infant and prepare for taking him as a disciple in the future. Of course, before that, you must perfectly enhance your cultivation to the half-step Great Saint level, mastering the laws and understanding them to a greater extent.

As you conceived this idea, the Ji family, where the infant was born, was also alarmed and overjoyed by the phenomena caused by the birth of the infant. After all, although the Ji family is a very powerful family on the Yuanling Ancient Star with a self-sealed Great Saint presiding, it is not the mightiest.

Now, a naturally born Saint has emerged in their family, which is a sign of great prosperity. They believe that as long as this infant does not fall during his growth, the possibility of him proving the Dao and becoming a Supreme is very high. It’s even possible he might become a Quasi-Emperor or even an Emperor.

Under such excited fantasies, the self-sealed patriarchs of the Ji family almost couldn’t help but come out into the world.

Compared to the excitement of the Ji family, other forces on Yuanling Ancient Star couldn’t sit still. The birth of such a monstrous prodigy in the Ji family didn’t affect middle and lower tier forces much, as they already rely on powerful forces. But for forces of the same level as the Ji family or those slightly stronger, this was not good news at all.

Once the Ji family gains power, and this naturally born Saint grows up in the future, they might face significant trouble. The whole Yuanling Ancient Star would become the Ji family’s backyard, with them dominating everything. At that time, there would be no room for other forces to survive. This isn’t an evil guess but a very likely event in the harsh world of cultivation.

As a result, the three major forces of the same level or slightly stronger than the Ji family chose to join forces. Their self-sealed Great Saints decided to come out together to attack and annihilate the Ji family.

Upon seeing this, everyone in the Ji family turned pale. Other forces were also extremely shocked. Three Great Saints emerging in this end-time era to suppress the Ji family and obliterate the naturally born Saint was indeed ruthless, giving the Ji family no way to survive.

The Ji family’s Great Saint patriarch and other Saint Realm patriarchs felt their hearts sink, not expecting these old guys to be so ruthless. Therefore, they were also forced to come out, planning to fight for time to let the Ji family escape with the naturally born Saint infant.

The Ji family could be destroyed, but this naturally born Saint must not die. The Ji family patriarch’s will was very firm.

You also did not expect such a thing to happen and were quite surprised. However, you smiled. Such a big event made taking a disciple much simpler.

Next, whether you help the Ji family repel strong enemies to protect them, or suddenly act to escape with the Ji family infant, both are good choices. Of course, if possible, you still prefer to help the Ji family repel strong enemies to protect them.

However, the premise is that you must judge whether you have the strength to contend with these three Great Saints. Otherwise, escaping with the infant is the best choice. After all, you wouldn’t want to waste one or two lives if possible.

While watching the tigers fight from the mountain, the great battle erupted. Although the Ji family Great Saint, along with their Saint Kings and Saint Realm experts, formed a grand formation to contend with the three Great Saints, the three Great Saints were ultimately too powerful. Even with the grand formation, the Ji family’s Great Saint alone could not withstand them.

The most desperate thing for the Ji family experts was that their Ji family had already been sealed off. The Ji family infant could not be transferred away and could only await death.

Seeing this, many cultivators sighed in their hearts. The Ji family was finished. The naturally born Saint might not be completely doomed but would certainly suffer greatly. Sometimes, death is a form of release. The naturally born Saint has too much value, whether for refining elixirs or enslavement, both are excellent choices.

Unfortunately, being born into a small family will only be a tragedy for the naturally born Saint. Although the Ji family has a Great Saint in charge and is not considered weak, that’s only relative. If born into an Emperor-level or even Quasi-Emperor level force, the future would see him as one of the main stars of the Upper Realm.

While everyone sighed and believed the Ji family was doomed, you finally chose to act. You suddenly burst out, treacherously taking out the Supreme Artifact, Black Abyss Demon Spear, and sneak attacked a Great Saint. This strike directly triggered the effect of the Sevenfold Attack.

Although this attack did not activate the effect of the Purple Talent: Infinite Blade, it still exploded the Great Saint on the spot, blood splattering the sky.

Of course, this Great Saint did not fall directly. Relying on his strong origin, he restored his physique but still suffered severe injuries and looked at you in horror.

Not only this Great Saint, but all the other Great Saints and the observing cultivators were shocked beyond belief. They did not expect a Saint King to suddenly emerge and wield a Supreme Artifact with such terrifying power. The simultaneous sevenfold attack was equivalent to the Supreme Artifact’s power multiplied by seven, which was extraordinarily abnormal. Such a secret technique was something they had never seen before.

Subsequently, the Ji family Great Saint and other Ji family cultivators were overjoyed, thinking that their Ji family had hope. Although the Ji family people did not know why you were helping them, with such a powerful helper, the chances of the Ji family turning defeat into victory were very high. Thinking of this, the Ji family Great Saint was very grateful to you and thanked you repeatedly.

However, the other three Great Saints looked very grim, questioning why you, who have no grievance or enmity with them, would suddenly attack.

In response, you said that naturally born Saints are rare in the world, and it would be a pity if one fell like this. Simultaneously, you expressed that you despise their actions of bullying the few with many and even attempting to kill an infant…

Seeing you taunt them, the three Great Saints looked grim. Two of the Great Saints attacked you without hesitation, while the last one continued to hold off the Ji family. Unfazed, you engaged in battle with them.

Although fighting two opponents at once is quite stressful, even for you now. After all, while you can harness the power of a Great Saint through the Supreme Artifact, Black Abyss Demon Spear, in addition to the effects of the purple talent, Infinite Blade and the multiple strikes trait, those talents are rather unstable and their activation depends on luck.

Because of this, you were still under pressure. However, you were fearless. After all, your previous sneak attack had already heavily injured one of the Great Saints. If you could find another opportunity to kill one, the remaining one wouldn’t be a problem.

Next, you seized the opportunity and directly used the ability of Purple Talent: Divine Ability Nullification. At the cost of one hundred years of lifespan and a cooldown period of ten years, you nullified the divine abilities of the already severely wounded Great Saint. Then, you unleashed the full power of the Supreme Artifact, Black Abyss Demon Spear, delivering a thunderous strike.

Though this strike only triggered the two-strike effect, splitting the attack into two parts, and did not activate the critical hit effect of the Purple Talent: Infinite Blade, it was enough to overpower and kill the heavily injured Great Saint.

Although this resulted in you being attacked by another Great Saint, an attack strong enough to kill you once… But with the effect of the Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet, you transferred the damage to an unfortunate soul, thus escaping death.

Seeing you kill a Great Saint, and surviving his full-force attack unscathed, the remaining Great Saint was horrified. He remembered your previous ability to nullify divine powers, becoming even more terrified.

Not only was this Great Saint terrified, even the third Great Saint and the Ji family’s Great Saint, as well as the Saint King Realm experts who could see some details, were equally shocked or frightened by your methods. Ordinary cultivators were left dumbfounded.

After all, a Saint King killing a Great Saint is terrifying… Even though you are not an ordinary Saint King and wield the Supreme Artifact, killing a Great Saint in a one-on-two situation without taking any damage is way too monstrous.

You ignored their reactions, seized the opportunity, and continued to charge at the remaining Great Saint, intending to kill him completely. A Great Saint’s body is treasure; killing him would yield great rewards.

Facing your attack, this Great Saint felt his scalp tingle, sensing doom. He tried to reason, saying it was all a misunderstanding and that things could be discussed calmly. If you were merely standing up for the Ji family, he would cease his attacks and compensate them.

Ignoring his plea, you continued to battle him, hoping to trigger a nine-strike combo and the critical hit effect of the Purple Talent: Infinite Blade, aiming for a shocking instant kill of the Great Saint. Though both this Great Saint and the last one were ordinary Great Saints, instant killing one was still impressive.

Unfortunately, you didn’t get another chance to trigger the effect. Seeing you non-responsive, the Great Saint cursed angrily and fled. Given a Great Saint’s escape speed, you couldn’t catch him.

After all, while you have the power to contend with a Great Saint with the Supreme Artifact, Black Abyss Demon Spear, your speed is much inferior. In a frenzied battle you might be fine, but chasing him down is impossible unless your mastery of Space Laws improves, matching a Great Saint’s escape speed with your Saint King cultivation.

Next, you aimed to kill the Great Saint battling the Ji family. Seeing this, he too felt his scalp tingle and fled immediately. He resolved to relocate his entire clan from the Yuanling Ancient Star. With you here, staying would mean extinction.

Other cultivators, seeing you drive away two Great Saints, were astounded, feeling they had witnessed something extraordinary. A Saint King killing one Great Saint and driving away two others was unprecedented on Yuanling Ancient Star.

Seeing these old monsters flee, you sighed, unwilling to give chase.

‘Goodness, a born Saint is truly extraordinary. Besides that, just as I predicted, I can now contend with Great Saints. With my talents, killing ordinary Great Saints is rather easy… Not bad, not bad.’

Wang Ping glanced at the simulated text, first in awe, then very pleased with his performance.

As the saying goes, speculation is merely speculation, often leading to great deviations. Only real combat performance can give a more accurate judgment of one’s strength.

‘Next, it’s time to accept a disciple.’

Secretly musing, Wang Ping continued to gaze at the screen.

At that moment, as you were about to chat with the Ji family to strengthen the bond and tentatively select a Saint baby as your disciple, an anomaly occurred. A familiar icy voice echoed, making your scalp tingle.

The voice belonged to none other than the White Bone Quasi-Emperor you had previously encountered. The White Bone Emperor remarked that he hadn’t expected to witness such a fine display before taking the Saint baby. He fancied you, inviting you to become his servant.

As the voice rang out, the entire Yuanling Ancient Star darkened, covered in terrifying yin energy that chilled countless cultivators to their cores, filling them with extreme dread.

【Even the two Great Saints who escaped, and the Great Saint of the Ji family, felt their scalp tingle, looking beyond the starry sky in extreme fear… Then, they all saw the scene of the white skeleton pulling the coffin.】

【Although they didn’t know who exactly the person in the coffin was, they could guess that this was an unimaginably terrifying figure. After all, even the skeletons carrying the coffin gave them a suffocating feeling… In other words, even the coffin bearers were at least half-step Supreme-level beings.】

【For a time, the numerous old monsters present, including the Great Saints, could only smile bitterly…They didn’t expect a naturally born Saint baby to attract so many powerful beings. It’s one thing for you to kill a Great Saint with a Supreme Artifact, but to draw out such terrifying beings carried by skeletons that are at least half-step Supreme… It’s unfathomable.】

【Now, if things go wrong, it might cause a great extinction… Such terrifying beings could easily wipe out an ancient star with a flick of their hand… It’s no big deal to them.】

【Compared to the fear and trepidation of other cultivators on the Primordial Spirit Ancient Star, you were truly helpless… You discerned the intent behind the words of the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor… Clearly, he had been observing everything before you even made a move. You genuinely hadn’t expected that the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor arrived here before you.】

【Wait, that’s not right… You recalled the evaluation of the previous generation’s Devouring Immortal Demon Body regarding the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor and his rumors. It was said that wherever he intended to go, unimaginable opportunities or anomalies would often arise… Clearly, he possesses some kind of secret technique.】

【In other words, he had known about the birth of the naturally born Saint in advance, so he was waiting here… Perhaps his location wasn’t that precise, but he was certain to have arrived before you.】

【Now, it’s really troublesome… With the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor here, it’s impossible for you to take away the naturally born Saint baby; you might even lose your own life here.】

【After all, although the golden talent: Teleportation is very useful and can even be taught to others, its description is equally clear… Even Supremes cannot stop teleportation… But, that’s only mentioned for Supremes… Whether it works in front of a Quasi-Emperor is a big question… It is highly likely that you could get intercepted.】

【Golden talents, after all, are golden talents.. They have significant usefulness within the Saint Realm, and some special types can surpass the golden grade, but they ultimately do not reach the height of seven-colored talents.】

【However, although many thoughts flashed through your mind, you didn’t plan to give up the fight… You planned to risk it all and see if you could escape… As for the naturally born Saint baby, you knew very well that it would be impossible to take him as your disciple this time… In fact, you wouldn’t be able to safely take the naturally born Saint baby and accept him as a disciple without figuring out how to deal with the huge problem of the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor.】

【Of course, although you felt regretful, you didn’t care too much… Right now, facing the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor, all you could think of was trying to escape, uncertain if you could succeed… But you believed that once you grow stronger, you could actively come to the First Minor Universe and take the naturally born Saint baby from the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor.】

【You even believed it’s not impossible to blow apart the troublesome Skeletal Quasi-Emperor one day… You were quite confident in your growth speed.】

【As these thoughts flashed through your mind, you activated the golden talent: Teleportation… However, this time, the teleportation didn’t perform any miraculous effects… As the startling spatial fluctuations appeared, it was immediately noticed by the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor… He sneered, his Quasi-Emperor’s might erupted, Dao patterns emerged, directly sealing the space and stopping your teleportation.】

【After blocking your teleportation, the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor’s sinister voice echoed, expressing that you, little fellow, had quite a few tricks… To have such an astonishing spatial tool that even a Supreme couldn’t prevent your escape… But it was a pity, you ran into him.】

【Listening to the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor’s words, you were truly helpless… However, you had already anticipated this result, so it wasn’t that surprising.】

“Damn, I’ve set myself up for failure again without realizing it…”

Wang Ping looked at the simulated content on the screen, feeling speechless.

“But this Skeletal Quasi-Emperor is really a persistent ghost… Managed to escape from his clutches once, but in the end, still fell into his hands.”

Then, Wang Ping rubbed his forehead, sighed, and continued to gaze at the screen.

【Just as you were about to give up and end the simulation yourself to prevent a fate of being refined, a sudden change occurred.】

【Another Quasi-Emperor’s aura appeared, mercilessly attacking the Skeletal Quasi-Emperor, causing him to become furious… The power of two Quasi-Emperors clashing together was unimaginable.】

【The collision of two Quasi-Emperors was horrific, and under the resulting shockwaves, the Primordial Spirit Ancient Star exploded directly… Although the two Quasi-Emperors clearly protected the naturally born Saint baby, you were not within their protection range.】

【Although you possessed an imperfect version of the Spacetime Dao Body and seemed to have many secrets, in the eyes of two Quasi-Emperors, your significance was clearly far less than that of the naturally born Saint… They didn’t want to spare any power in this major battle ‘to protect you,’ preventing the other from finding an opportunity.】

【As a result, you perished along with the Primordial Spirit Ancient Star, falling on the spot… However, due to having a Rebirth Talisman, you entered a state of revival countdown.】