Su Qing left the Zhengxuan Sect’s territory.

He flew toward the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

However, he made sure to circumvent the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range.

After all, a powerful existence resided there.

Su Qing was wary of it now. Before, he had been ignorant of the danger.

Now that he knew better, he always went around it.

"The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect."

’Forget it. I should cultivate the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique to Perfection first. It shouldn’t take long.’

And indeed, it wouldn’t take much time at all.

This was because the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique Su Qing had synthesized...

...had only been created through two rounds of synthesis.

One Divinization, one Demonization.

The cultivation difficulty was not high.

Su Qing returned to his old spot.

He quietly began to cultivate the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique.

「One week later.」

Ninth Layer of Acupoint Realm [God Demon Vein Tempering Technique: Perfection]

Su Qing broke through.

The moment the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique reached Perfection...

...the veins and Acupoints throughout his body connected.

An immense power erupted within him.

Even five hundred meters underground, a world-shaking phenomenon occurred.

After Su Qing’s 365 Acupoints were linked by his veins...

...the sky seemed to be torn asunder.

Great Worlds manifested in the mortal realm.

The sky and the earth were crushed by their presence, making the Ten Thousand Miles Forest seem exceptionally tiny in comparison.

’This is bad! I have to pull it back!’

Su Qing knew he had gone too far this time.

But it didn’t last long.

Su Qing’s God Demon Veins completely ruptured.

He spat a large mouthful of Spiritual Blood onto the ground.

All the strange phenomena around him vanished.

’The visions disappeared.’

’Thank goodness.’

Empowered by his God Demon True Essence and Chaotic Life Body, Su Qing rapidly repaired the God Demon Veins inside his body.

’I never expected that linking the God Demon Veins and Acupoints would cause such a massive disturbance.’

Su Qing hurriedly left the scene.

...

A Divinity Transformation expert’s divine sense swept past.

’Strange. The phenomenon just now was so immense. How did it disappear in an instant?’

’A mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator... and he seems to be a disciple of my Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.’

’Could it be him?’

’Probably not. How big of a phenomenon could a Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly cause?’

’Could it be the Demon Race?’

’...’

The Divinity Transformation expert kept a vigilant watch over the area. If the phenomenon appeared again, he wouldn’t hesitate to destroy the place.

...

’That was close!’

’I can’t believe the God Demon Veins couldn’t support me reaching the Acupoint Realm.’

Although his status panel already showed him at the Acupoint Realm... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

...Su Qing understood.

His current veins couldn’t support the use of his Acupoints’ power at all.

The moment he tried, his veins would shatter.

Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

Cold Extremity Peak.

Su Qing returned and went into his room.

’The God Demon Vein Tempering Technique isn’t good enough.’

’I have to synthesize it again.’

Su Qing gave it a try.

’Replicate the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique once.’

His soul was slightly affected, but it wasn’t a major issue.

’As expected, it’s still too weak.’

’Replicate the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique eight times.’

Su Qing’s soul felt like it had been struck a heavy blow, but it didn’t have much of an effect.

After recovering for a moment,

’Begin Evolution.’

He placed the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique and its eight copies into the nine slots.

’Synthesize.’

[Synthesis Successful: Evolution Triggered]

[God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +1: Use one’s own True Essence to temper the God Demon Veins. The God Demon Veins can withstand the chaotic flow of most forms of Energy and can improve one’s Physique.]

’The effect should be about twenty times stronger than before.’

’The First Layer probably won’t be enough.’

’Let’s do it again.’

’Replicate God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +1.’

...

...

This replication took two days.

Su Qing was finally ready to synthesize again.

Just like before, he placed the copies of God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +1 into the slots.

’Synthesize.’

[Synthesis Successful: Evolution Triggered]

[God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +2: Use one’s own True Essence to temper the God Demon Veins. The God Demon Veins can withstand a stronger chaotic flow of Energy and can improve one’s Physique.]

Four hundred times the strength.

Su Qing refused to believe it wasn’t enough.

The quality was on a completely different level now.

Four hundred times!

’This should finally be enough.’

’Extract.’

Just absorbing and processing the extracted God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +2 took Su Qing half a day.

Acupoint Realm [God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +2: Entry Level (1/500)]

After cultivating for two hours...

...he finally reached the Entry Level.

’Good thing the God Demon Vein Tempering Technique isn’t as difficult as the God Demon Inference Heaven Skill.’

Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

’This level of difficulty is acceptable.’

’It’s manageable.’

At least he wouldn’t have to spend a very long time cultivating it.

...

Su Qing once again immersed himself in his Cultivation.

About three months passed.

Thunder rumbled in the sky again.

Three bolts of lightning flashed past.

Su Qing paid them no mind.

—

Luo Lanxin, who was in the middle of refining Essence Blood...

...furrowed her brow. ’The Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body again? Why has it become so chaotic?’

’In my past life, no one ever successfully cultivated the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body. In this life, why are they appearing one after another?’

’With the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body appearing so frequently, could the fate of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect be changed?’

’I hope so.’

...

「Two months later.」

Su Qing looked helplessly at the person outside his courtyard.

An Inner Sect Disciple who had joined the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect after him.

This guy had sent him a letter of challenge a month ago.

Su Qing had completely ignored it.

He just continued his Cultivation.

In the second month, the guy showed up at his door.

He specifically sought out Su Qing for a challenge.

Foundation Establishment Low Tier, and not a Demon Cultivator.

He also seemed to have cultivated the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body.

A male Cultivator.

"Senior Brother Su, are you looking down on me, your junior brother?"

"Uh, excuse me, who are you?" Su Qing didn’t recognize this guy at all.

Luo Lanxin, standing nearby, chuckled. ’This Senior Brother Su is such a shut-in. This is the one who broke through to the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body a few years ago.’

’Senior Brother Su actually doesn’t know him. He really is a shut-in.’

"Wang Zhi, True Disciple of Cyan Harmony Hall."

’Cyan Harmony Hall?’

Luo Lanxin hadn’t expected it either. The man before them was actually from the place where the Sect Lord resided. It seemed he was the Sect Lord’s True Disciple.

"Hm. Su Qing."

"I don’t accept your challenge. Go back. You can have the ranking." Su Qing shook his head. His God Demon Vein Tempering Technique +2 had already reached Minor Achievement. Working hard on his Cultivation was a much more wonderful thing to do.

Besides, a challenge like this was less practical than him taking a day off to have a good meal.

There weren’t even any rewards. He just couldn’t understand why so many people wanted to get on the list.

"Senior Brother Su, are you looking down on me?"

Su Qing froze, looking at Wang Zhi’s young, prideful face. "No, I have no intention of looking down on you."

’I don’t even care enough to pay attention to him.’

"Then why won’t you fight?"

"If I don’t fight, haven’t you already won?"

"Second place on the Celestial Pride List is yours." Su Qing couldn’t even be bothered to speak.

He turned to close the main gate and continue his Cultivation.

"Bastard!"

"Third Layer Thunder Seal."

A Big Hand Seal crackling with thunder shot toward Su Qing, so indiscriminately that it almost hit Luo Lanxin who was standing to the side.

The originally calm Su Qing was now angry.

He slapped the Third Layer Thunder Seal out of existence with one hand.

"Junior Brother Wang, I hope you’re just joking. Otherwise..." Su Qing’s tone turned icy, and his expression became extremely grave.

"Otherwise, what can you do?!"

"Fight me!" Wang Zhi was furious, his pathetic pride stung. A Tier Two Upper Grade Magical Artifact appeared in his hand.

"Three Lights and Shadows!"

He didn’t even have any Sword Intent, yet he still dared to slash at Su Qing.

SWISH~

Su Qing’s figure instantly vanished from his spot.

His body ignored the sword gleam as he controlled his strength and planted a slap right on Wang Zhi’s face.

If he hadn’t controlled his strength, he was afraid one slap would have killed the man.

SMACK.

Struck by the immense force, Wang Zhi’s neck nearly snapped as his body was sent flying into the air. He barely managed to regain consciousness, but his Magical Power was circulating erratically, causing him to tremble mid-air.

"You want a challenge? Are you even worthy? I look down on you? Are you even worth my notice?"

Su Qing’s tone was frigid, his words like blades. "Did you think cultivating the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body meant you could contend with me?"

At this moment, Su Qing wasn’t being arrogant; he was a Foundation Establishment High Tier existence.

He was being challenged by a self-important Foundation Establishment Low Tier guy who had cultivated the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body. But he himself had cultivated the Five Elements Tribulation Body, which was even stronger than the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body, and had later cultivated the Five Elements Reincarnation Skill on top of that.

Was he someone a guy with a mere Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body could provoke?

The guy wouldn’t listen to reason and even resorted to violence.

Wasn’t he just asking for a beating?

"Get lost."

Su Qing’s dense God Demon True Essence furiously surged toward Wang Zhi, and the immense Magical Power blasted him all the way off Cold Extremity Peak.

...