Chapter 240: Throwing out temptation - Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - NovelsTime

Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 240: Throwing out temptation

Author: 呆毛的小鹅
updatedAt: 2025-11-16

Su Yuan sensed the auras of those dozen or so Primordial mighty experts and began contemplating.

These were all Primordial powerhouses or Saint Realm existences who had cultivated in this perilous Primordial Isle for countless years, possessing considerable potential.

Resources here were relatively scarce, and the cultivation environment wasn't ideal, but it provided excellent training effects for mental tempering, willpower refinement, and law application.

If he could recruit them all under his command, his forces would undoubtedly expand significantly.

Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals already belonged to the ranks of mighty experts, occupying extremely high statuses.

Every additional mighty expert joining the Seven Stars Sect would cause its fortune to rise substantially, and this fortune could feedback to Su Yuan himself.

These mighty experts could also become Su Yuan's assets.

Therefore, gathering these powerful individuals to join the Seven Stars Sect was a highly meaningful endeavor.

But how exactly could he bring them under his command?

Su Yuan actually had some confidence - these mighty experts had been trapped in this Primordial Isle for countless years and undoubtedly wanted to leave.

And Su Yuan possessed the ability to let them leave, thus giving him leverage.

After some thought, Su Yuan approached their hiding place.

A valley.

Su Yuan slowly arrived at the valley entrance that appeared completely ordinary.

He immediately sensed over a dozen mental locks targeting him.

"Oh? A newcomer?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

"Finally, a newcomer has arrived! What's been happening? It's been so long without any new arrivals!" someone said irritably.

Su Yuan looked deep into the valley.

Thirteen figures were emerging from within.

Surprisingly, Su Yuan spotted nine human figures among them!

A sturdy man with sharp features stepped forward, looking Su Yuan up and down, and asked, "You're the newcomer who just arrived at Primordial Isle, right?"

Su Yuan nodded, "Exactly!"

"My name is Xuanyuan Bu'er, and I warmly welcome your arrival!" the burly man laughed heartily.

"My dao title is Seven Stars, greetings to everyone!" Su Yuan also cupped his hands in salute.

"What exactly has been happening outside? Why has it been so long without any newcomers entering?" someone nearby couldn't help but ask.

Su Yuan said, "First, before this, I didn't know about the internal situation of Primordial Isle. The rumors outside only mentioned opportunities to break through to the Primordial realm here. I also didn't know that Primordial Isle is divided into inner and outer layers."

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Bu'er said calmly, "We somewhat expected this, but how did you manage to enter now?"

Su Yuan: "Among the three entrances to Primordial Isle, the first trial in the areas corresponding to the Immortal Realm passage and Demon Realm passage seems to have been concealed by unknown entities, so no one could reach this place. Meanwhile, the Netherworld passage remains sealed and inaccessible."

Many people's eyes narrowed as they exchanged glances, their expressions turning grim.

Su Yuan continued, "I have considerable attainment in Spatial Law. This time when Primordial Isle opened, I used special means to enter through the Netherworld passage, thus activating Primordial Isle's trials. I passed the first and second trials and successfully arrived here."

"Spatial Law? Impressive!" Xuanyuan Bu'er praised.

However, Su Yuan's explanation still left the thirteen Primordial powerhouses present deeply puzzled.

"How is this possible? Primordial Isle was established by all races as the ultimate fortress against the Kalpa. Every race has records and missions regarding it. How could they not know?" It was the same human who spoke, extremely suspicious.

Xuanyuan Bu'er also couldn't understand: "Humanity wouldn't allow Primordial Isle to lose reinforcements."

Su Yuan said with a strange expression, "Currently, aside from me, the strongest expert among humanity outside is only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm! Humanity is now in the middle-to-lower tiers among Immortal and Demon realms. How could they possibly manage Primordial Isle affairs?"

"What?" Xuanyuan Bu'er showed shock for the first time.

The auras of the other eight human mighty experts also instantly erupted, all displaying expressions of disbelief.

"Impossible! Humanity is the protagonist of heaven and earth! How could they become a middle-to-lower tier race?"

"The strongest is only Taiyi Golden Immortal realm? What happened to those powerful experts? Did they all perish?"

"My master was a peak Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal! He couldn't have fallen!"

The nine human mighty experts were all very agitated.

Su Yuan understood their reaction.

They had been fighting life-and-death battles on the front lines, only to discover after countless years that their home had been destroyed - how could they accept this?

Su Yuan looked at the other four experts besides the human mighty experts.

The remaining four mighty experts were from the Pixiu, Taotie, Qilin, and Bifang races.

Su Yuan looked at them with a heavy expression: "Your four races have declined even more thoroughly. I haven't even heard of where your races survive, haven't seen a single living clansmember. I've only read about them in ancient texts."

"What?"

The remaining four mighty experts, who had been relatively calm, now also had their composure shattered!

The Qilin mighty expert was the most agitated: "Impossible! My Qilin race is one of the peak races! At that time, our race still had four mighty experts remaining! How could we possibly be exterminated!"

Su Yuan sighed: "I have no reason to deceive you!"

Su Yuan looked at everyone and pointed to the sky: "I swear to the will of the Great Dao that everything I just said contains not a single falsehood!"

The thirteen mighty experts fell silent, clearly not expecting that the newly arrived Su Yuan would bring them such terrifying news.

Xuanyuan Bu'er took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Alright, let's return to the valley first."

"Agreed!"

Su Yuan followed everyone into the valley.

Upon entering the valley, space fluctuated, and a vast major world revealed itself before Su Yuan.

Countless beings thrived within it - humans, Pixiu, Qilin, Taotie, and Bifang were all present in significant numbers.

Great Luo Golden Immortals were numerous, present in great quantities, but Primordial Golden Immortals were extremely rare, with only a few present - this ratio was clearly abnormal.

At the edge of the major world, ninety-nine void islands floated in orbit. Fourteen of these void islands shone with golden light above them, while the other islands had already dimmed.

Xuanyuan Bu'er said with a heavy expression: "Seven Stars, do you see those void islands?"

Su Yuan nodded: "I see them."

"Each island represents the existence of a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. Over the years, eighty-five mighty experts have fallen, leaving only fourteen of us now! Oh, one fellow daoist is still wandering outside..." Just as Xuanyuan Bu'er was speaking, he suddenly noticed that one bright Primordial Isle was gradually dimming.

All thirteen people's expressions changed, showing sorrow.

"Blade Demon has fallen!" someone sighed.

Xuanyuan Bu'er also sighed.

Su Yuan frowned: "Do Primordial experts fall so easily?"

Xuanyuan Bu'er shook his head: "Many don't fall immediately on the battlefield. It's just that the Calamity Qi they've accumulated is too vast, forcing them to self-destruct and fall into eternal slumber."

Hearing this, Su Yuan nodded in understanding.

For these people, the most terrifying aspect of the Kalpa Tribulation was contamination by Calamity Qi - combat power was secondary.

Su Yuan looked inside those void islands - some were empty, while others contained sealed Primordial corpses, devoid of life force but still containing dense Calamity Qi. Power on the islands was slowly eroding the Calamity Qi, but the process was extremely slow.

Xuanyuan Bu'er said: "You can establish your own island and become the hundredth guardian!"

Hearing this, Su Yuan wasn't in a hurry to build an island. Instead, he asked: "I've heard there exists a super inheritance here. I wonder if this is true?"

Xuanyuan Bu'er looked at one of the humans: "Xiahou Chuanqi, explain it to Seven Stars."

A man nodded: "Our Primordial Isle was constructed jointly by humanity's original Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The Three Human Sovereigns were all at the Primordial Ultimate Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, while the Five Great Emperors were also super experts at the Primordial Tai Chi Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. After establishing Primordial Isle, they indeed left behind inheritances."

Su Yuan exclaimed in shock: "So powerful! Where are they now?"

"They left!" Xiahou Chuanqi sighed. "I heard they left the Realm Sea to wander in the Chaos. That's why they specifically established Primordial Isle to ensure the subsequent stability of the Realm Sea. I just never expected that humanity outside would decline to such an extent!"

Su Yuan nodded understandingly - this clarified matters.

Humanity's top experts had left the Realm Sea, large numbers of powerful experts had entered Primordial Isle to fight, leaving only some ordinary mighty experts guarding the rear.

The resentment of all races toward humanity had accumulated for a long time, so when they confirmed that humanity's strength was dispersed, they launched a great war, knocking humanity from its divine pedestal!

The fact that humanity wasn't exterminated was probably because the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors left some detection method - once humanity was exterminated or weakened to a certain level, it would alert the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to return. This allowed humanity to continue existing while preventing its growth.

However, when he previously displayed his Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm as a human, those mighty experts from various races didn't show much hostility toward him.

It was likely that these events were too ancient, so ancient that the newly advanced mighty experts of various races didn't know about these hidden affairs from before.

Xiahou Chuanqi pointed to the very center of the major world: "That's where the inheritance is located! But don't get your hopes up about obtaining it. Many have tried before, but to this day, no one has obtained any of the inheritances."

Su Yuan nodded understandingly.

He suddenly spoke: "I wonder if all of you wish to leave Primordial Isle?"

Xuanyuan Bu'er frowned, puzzled: "Seven Stars, why do you ask this?"

Su Yuan laughed heartily: "I mentioned earlier that I entered through the Netherworld passage using Spatial Law. That portal was left by a Primordial Tai Chi expert, but my special ability still allowed me to pass through it. Now, I can similarly use my spatial means to leave the current Primordial Isle!"

He looked meaningfully at everyone: "I want to ask you all - do you wish to leave Primordial Isle?"

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