[Ding, lifespan +1 million years]

Su Yuan's main body suddenly erupted with immense vitality!

Waves of life energy materialized within his flesh and blood, causing his physique to rapidly evolve.

His spiritual sense turned inward to observe his deepest core.

His original human bloodline was undergoing its most fundamental transformation at this moment.

Not awakening some hidden ancient lineage, but rather his current human bloodline itself was experiencing a qualitative leap.

Countless law patterns manifested out of thin air, imprinting themselves deep into his bloodline, supporting the potential corresponding to a million-year lifespan.

The Heaven and Earth Formation Seals originally imprinted in his spiritual acupoints now completely merged with his bloodline, becoming his "innate" talent.

His comprehension aptitude for cosmic laws skyrocketed once more, with clarity increasing over tenfold!

"This is [Dangerous Mission] taking effect! Perfectly avoiding a life-or-death crisis from the Mystic Immortal Dragon King at the early Human Immortal stage! Lifespan increased by one million years!"

His lifespan had become so long its end was no longer visible.

"Tsk tsk, [Great Being's Demeanor] and [Dangerous Mission] are such a perfect match. If I'm willing, I could even artificially create life-or-death crises, then smoothly overcome them with [Great Being's Demeanor]. Could this be considered exploiting a bug?"

Su Yuan glanced at his system panel and saw no reaction whatsoever, which he took as implicit permission!

(System Panel: ?)

"Now I can cultivate normally. With my bloodline transformation complete, let's test my own cultivation effects!"

With this thought, Su Yuan sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

An astonishing suction force erupted within him, devouring massive amounts of spiritual energy, but he soon stopped actively cultivating his magic power.

His [Seven Stars Supreme] cosmic status made him aware that the Seven Stars Realm's origin was too depleted. While its upper limit had been raised, the world's total spiritual energy had actually decreased. To elevate the limit, most of the world's origin had been consumed, and it was now absorbing spatial energy from beyond the ninth heaven to replenish itself.

If he cultivated normally, the Seven Stars Realm's recovery would become indefinitely delayed.

Normally, the realm could support a Void Refining or Body Unity cultivator just fine.

But now he possessed a supreme bloodline, nearly comparable to immortal beasts.

His spiritual energy requirements had increased dozens or even hundreds of times. Combined with his magic power quality being a hundred times greater than others at the same realm and his cultivation speed being hundreds of times faster...

This made his personal energy absorption rate absurdly excessive.

The Seven Stars Realm simply couldn't sustain his cultivation—at least not yet.

"Not enough spiritual energy. The Seven Stars Realm is just a mortal world with severely damaged origins!"

Su Yuan sighed, then suddenly looked up at the sky.

The Big Dipper was an ancient celestial constellation whose starlight was also a form of energy, perfectly suited to his cultivation path—he could absorb it directly!

With this realization, he immediately activated the trait [Seven Stars Shine Bright]!

An intangible connection between him and the Big Dipper strengthened manifold.

As if answering his call, the Big Dipper immediately projected starlight across the vast distance.

Beyond the ninth heaven of the Seven Stars Realm, within the spatial turbulence...

A starry channel materialized out of nothingness!

Torrents of stellar energy poured into the Seven Stars Realm through this channel as if free for the taking.

The ninth heaven of the Seven Stars Realm automatically opened a passage to guide the descending stellar energy.

Above the Seven Stars Sect, the sky tore open into a massive void spanning thousands of miles, enveloping the sect's vicinity.

Endless starlight cascaded down like an inverted Milky Way, pouring toward the earth.

As it descended, the starlight increasingly concentrated toward the center.

Ultimately gathering above Cave #6 before pouring into Su Yuan's cultivation chamber.

During this descent, some starlight naturally dispersed, slowly enhancing the Seven Stars Realm's foundation.

Most was absorbed by Su Yuan's body, transforming into his magic power cultivation, Nascent Soul cultivation, and physical cultivation.

The excess starlight that even he couldn't absorb all spread throughout Cave #6.

The cave's stellar energy density skyrocketed, with some of the overly rich energy merging into the earth veins, improving the quality of the entire Seven Stars Sect's spiritual arteries.

The sect's overall spiritual energy concentration was gradually increasing.

Su Yuan's solitary cultivation was actually elevating the entire sect—even the entire world—an utterly inconceivable feat!

As Su Yuan grew accustomed to this cultivation state, he gradually freed more mental focus to contemplate the mysteries of cosmic laws.

Cultivation progress required simultaneous advancement in three areas: magic power, law comprehension, and mental state.

Among these, magic power cultivation was simplest, while law comprehension was most difficult.

Many immortals would refine their magic power and stabilize their mental state, only to be completely stuck at the bottleneck of law comprehension.

Thus, the more laws one comprehended, the better—there could never be too much!

Amidst this stellar downpour, Su Yuan's comprehension speed of stellar laws increased dramatically. He soon became completely immersed in profound contemplation, utterly lost in it.

In the sect's main hall...

Gu Qingzhu swallowed a drop of Thunder Essence. The yang-rich essence began tempering his Nascent Soul.

Combined with his cultivation technique, yin finally gave birth to yang!

Nascent Soul transforming into Spirit!

His Nascent Soul underwent a fundamental metamorphosis, officially stepping into the Nascent Soul realm!

The world before his eyes became many times clearer!

Previously obscure insights now sparked understanding. Seizing this breakthrough opportunity, he successfully reached the Great Achievement stage of conceptual comprehension!

"Hahaha, I broke through! I succeeded!"

Gu Qingzhu cheered excitedly like a child.

"I'm probably the fastest among my peers to reach Nascent Soul! This Thunder Essence is incredibly effective! To think I achieved two realm breakthroughs—including a major realm—in just over a decade!"

Excited, he stepped out of the hall, feeling refreshed.

Then he froze.

The sect was enveloped in dense spiritual mist. A single deep breath contained spiritual energy equivalent to a low-grade spirit stone.

He was utterly baffled.

Then he noticed the gigantic stellar vortex in the sky, with endless starlight pouring down toward Cave #6.

Meanwhile, spiritual energy was gradually diffusing outward from Cave #6, contained within the sect by the mountain-protecting formation, causing the sect's spiritual concentration to rise steadily.

Gu Qingzhu was stunned: "Others drain spiritual energy when cultivating, but Ancestor Master not only doesn't consume it—he actually emits it! Unbelievable!"

But he quickly recovered—Su Yuan's feats no longer surprised him.

"Ancestor Master said I could practice his supreme techniques after reaching Nascent Soul. Now that I've broken through, it's finally my turn!"

Composed, he flew toward the Scripture Pavilion.

Arriving before it, he paused in surprise.

Beside the pavilion stood a spatial portal with disciples queuing to enter, while the actual pavilion stood empty.

"Formation Spirit, what's going on?" Having secluded himself for months, Gu Qingzhu found his own sect somewhat unfamiliar.

"That portal leads to a secret realm where Ancestor Master Su stores his supreme techniques."

"Oh? Why go through the trouble of putting them in a secret realm?" Gu Qingzhu wondered.

After a brief silence, the Formation Spirit said, "See for yourself."

Nodding, Gu Qingzhu bypassed the line of disciples to enter first.

Disciples bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

Gu Qingzhu waved them off and stepped into the portal.

In a blink, he found himself in a silvery-white world!

Looking up, he saw dozens of massive tiers ascending upward.

Each tier was extremely wide, filled with countless books.

Glancing right from his current tier, he saw endless shelves extending beyond sight.

The books varied—some stood alone on stone platforms (clearly Su Yuan's supreme techniques), while others filled shelves (annotations and derivative works by others).

"Hmm?" Spotting a familiar figure, Gu Qingzhu sent a mental message: "Gu You? Weren't you in another world?"

Noticing Gu Qingzhu, Gu You hurried over.

"Sect Master, I returned for advanced study!"

"Impressive—already at late Golden Core stage! Your progress is astonishing! Why are you reading on the first tier?" Gu Qingzhu asked, puzzled.

He could tell the first tier contained only Volume One techniques. At Golden Core realm, one should study between the 19th to 27th tiers.

Gu You sighed. "No choice, Sect Master. The higher tiers require broader knowledge I lack, forcing me to relearn basics here."

"But didn't you master all of Volume One already?" Gu Qingzhu asked.

Gu You looked surprised. "Sect Master, are you that out of touch? Do you know how many Volume One books there are now?"

"How many could there be?"

Gu Qingzhu said dismissively, "Now that I've reached Nascent Soul, mastering them all will be effortless."

Gu You's gaze held sympathy for the ignorant.

"I've lost count," Gu You sighed.

"What do you mean?" Gu Qingzhu frowned.

"Why not count yourself?" Gu You suggested. "If you're starting cultivation here, I recommend focusing on what interests you most."

"Little You, what riddles are you speaking?" Gu Qingzhu shook his head. "Last I checked, there were about two hundred supreme techniques."

"Standing at the first tier's starting point... walk right and prepare to be amazed!" Gu You said.

Curious, Gu Qingzhu began walking right along the first tier.

Su Yuan's techniques were obvious—each rested on a stone platform, easy to count.

Resisting the urge to scan ahead with spiritual sense, he strolled leisurely.

Soon, the count reached three hundred.

Unfazed, he continued.

Six hundred.

Now suspicious, he summoned a flight spell and sped forward.

Su Yuan's techniques kept appearing...

Eight hundred!

Nine hundred!

One thousand!

Three thousand!

Five thousand!

Ten thousand!

Upon reaching the end, the count stood at one hundred thousand and seven hundred!

But staring at the hundred-tiered staircase's terminus, Gu Qingzhu stood utterly dumbfounded.