Life sometimes resembles weeds. Regardless of whether the world will collapse in the next moment, they see nothing, only striving to absorb nutrients and grow diligently.

Even if it's futile, even if they are quickly destroyed after their efforts, they continue to repeat and persist.

'Because of blindness, they persevere and strive upwards. It seems meaningless, but countless upward movements may孕育 (yùnyù, nurture) new hope, a reversal of the general trend. Many times, changes happen this way.'

In a daze, the Yuanshen (primordial spirit) Sword Palace in Li Cheng颐's (Lǐ Chéngyí) heart trembled slightly.

His consciousness became more refined. Clearly, the new insights enhanced his understanding of all things, allowing him to take a small step forward in the True Fire realm.

Returning to the base, he informed his team members of his imminent departure. Then, he re-entered the secret chamber, preparing to incinerate the newly evolved Jie Mao Fei Lian (segmented fur flying sickle) ultimate form.

The burning of the Yuan Yin (primordial seal) caused his overall strength to decline slightly in the short term. However, in the long run, such a change was worthwhile in order to climb to higher realms.

Time passed bit by bit.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

The Ziyun (purple cloud) pendant around Li Cheng颐's waist suddenly lit up with purple light.

A faint female voice echoed in Li Cheng颐's ear.

“About to begin the journey to the True Division's City of Silent Extinction. Are you ready?”

“Yes,” Li Cheng颐 opened his eyes and said in a low voice.

“The transfer is about to begin. Please close your eyes,” the female voice reminded him.

Li Cheng颐 closed his eyes as instructed, concentrating his mind.

Swish!

In an instant, he felt his entire body spinning, losing balance.

There was a whistling wind all around, and in the distance, countless sharp howls and painful screams seemed to echo in the wind.

He kept his eyes tightly shut, but his consciousness could see that the secret chamber he was in was rapidly melting, dissolving, like countless candles under high temperature.

Soon, he was submerged in the countless melting, colorful liquid of the secret chamber.

The rising liquid brought undercurrents, which wrapped around his body and quickly pulled him downwards.

He descended for ten seconds, twenty seconds, a minute...

Suddenly, a colossal statue of the Black Daoist God slowly emerged from the side.

The Daoist sat cross-legged, quietly cultivating with his eyes closed in the wax liquid. Several figures, also like Li Cheng颐, were perched on the Daoist's shoulders, talking.

“Another one comes. Seems like there are quite a few people this time,” one Daoist smiled.

He smiled at Li Cheng颐, his consciousness radiating a friendly aura.

“Eh~” Suddenly, he let out a soft exclamation, as if he had discovered something on Li Cheng颐.

“Is that the Ancestral Master's Mark?”

Li Cheng颐 didn't know how to respond here, but before he could reply, another one of the Daoists suddenly swam over towards him.

“It really is the Ancestral Master's Mark! Rare, rare! Actually personally branded by the Ancestral Master, you lucky fellow. I'll give you a push.”

The Daoist reached out and pushed Li Cheng颐 on the back.

With a splash.

An unstoppable torrent of force impacted Li Cheng颐.

He only felt his whole body spinning rapidly, accelerating away from the direction of the giant Black Daoist God statue.

“Wait, I'm going to the City of Silent Extinction!” He felt something was wrong and quickly transmitted a message with his consciousness.

“You have the Ancestral Master's Mark. Go to the Ancestral Master first, and then it won't be too late to go to the City of Silent Extinction,” the Daoist laughed heartily.

The voice gradually went from clear to blurry, and then disappeared completely.

Li Cheng颐 only felt as if he was immersed in incredibly viscous water. The external squeezing force became greater and greater. Even though he had tempered his physical body to the extreme of living beings, he felt his bones and muscles being squeezed and aching, emitting subtle cracking sounds.

Poof!

In a daze, he lifted his head and woke up from a state of near-suffocation.

He opened his eyes.

What was before him was no longer inside the secret chamber.

Instead, it was a gray color, a wondrous room as if inside a landscape painting.

He was still sitting cross-legged. The house he was in was a simple wooden hut.

A wooden bed, a wooden bucket, a wooden chair, the walls and roof were built with simple bamboo tubes.

None of this was important. What was important was that everything before him was drawn with ink lines.

Gray-black ink lines and blank spaces formed everything before him.

He seemed to have personally entered a ink painting, a three-dimensional ink world.

Creak.

Suddenly, the door of the wooden hut opened.

Outside the door were undulating mountains, fields crisscrossing, and several hens being chased by a local dog, clucking loudly.

Everything before him was also outlined with ink lines and blank spaces.

Li Cheng颐 felt cautious in his heart, not knowing what situation he was in. He stood up, got out of bed, and slowly walked out of the wooden hut.

The distant green mountains were simply a line of ink, undulating a few times to become mountains.

The sun in the sky was a ball of ink the size of an egg, surrounded by floating thin clouds.

'This place...' Li Cheng颐 looked around and soon saw a figure.

A white-haired old Daoist sitting cross-legged on a large rock, inhaling and exhaling gray Qi (energy) from his mouth and nose.

With just one glance, he recognized the appearance of the old Daoist.

Tian Xuanzi (Heavenly Mystery Child)!!

It was the Tian Xuanzi Ancestral Master who had directly devoured the entire world of White Wax!

“Junior Bai Lu (White Deer), greets Ancestral Master Tian Xuanzi!!”

He quickly stepped forward and gave a deep bow.

“Xuan Yunzi (Proclaim Cloud Child) told me about you,” Tian Xuanzi had none of the airs of an ancestral master. He opened his eyes and turned to look at Li Cheng頤.

“He doesn't know the karma between you and the Extremely Evil King City, so I temporarily had someone send you over.”

Tian Xuanzi here was no different from an ordinary old Daoist, his tone was peaceful, and his face carried a faint smile.

“Your roots lie in being one of the third-generation inheritors of the Extremely Evil King City, not an ordinary Thousand Leaves Hundred Flowers. It's normal that he can't see through it.”

“Ancestral Master!” Li Cheng颐's heart tightened, wanting to say something.

“Originally, I wasn't planning on seeing you again, but I didn't expect that you would abandon the King City path and choose my Jutian (Gather Heaven) Dao. Now that you've chosen the main Dao, I naturally have a reason to intervene.”

Tian Xuanzi smiled slightly.

“Actually, before I came, I talked with the three senior brothers once, about the Extremely Evil King City and the original soil...”

As Tian Xuanzi spoke, Li Cheng颐's heart was pounding violently.

He never expected that he would be able to see this top Ancestral Master of the Tianju (Gather Heaven) Pavilion so soon for the second time.

At this moment, although he was listening to the Ancestral Master's words, his mind was no longer here, but on one of the flower languages of the Evil Flower Mark.

According to the original plan, he would continue to the True Division's City of Silent Extinction after meeting the Ancestral Master.

But at this moment, at such a good opportunity.

Li Cheng颐 couldn't help but think of that most exaggerated flower language he had been accumulating!!

'If I use up all the accumulated times at this time, what will be the effect??'

At the thought of this, Li Cheng颐's heart beat faster and faster involuntarily.

He wanted to try!

What if.

What if it succeeded!?

If it succeeded, this would be an opportunity to rise to the heavens in a single step!!

But if he angered such a powerful figure like the Ancestral Master...

He felt suppressed and hesitant in his heart.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind rapidly, but suddenly, the strange image from the last meeting flashed across his mind.

Immediately, his heart hardened.

'Do you want to use the Flower Language Luck +2 all accumulated times?'

'Yes!!'

Chi!

In an instant, the Evil Flower Mark lit up with purple light.

In this ink painting world, a spot of purple light was undoubtedly extremely abrupt.

But Tian Xuanzi didn't notice it at all.

In an instant, a massive amount of prompts surged out from the Evil Flower.

'Flower Language effect activating... Due to the target's excessively large size and wide involvement, the effect fails.'

'Effect failure...'

'Effect failure...'

In an instant, dozens of failures rushed into Li Cheng颐's mind in a row.

But the Flower Language was still continuing, there were too many accumulated times.

Soon, the dense failures made his head dizzy.

A full few seconds later.

Finally.

'Effect success.' After who knows how many failures, a different prompt finally arrived.

'Flower Language effect activating: Due to dissatisfaction with the original Flower Emperor's unbridled attacks on disciples, Tian Xuanzi feels provoked and loses face. He decides to meet you again and plans to give you a small benefit in response to the provocation.'

This segment of prompts flashed by quickly.

Immediately afterwards, there was another series of effect failures.

Li Cheng颐 was overjoyed and continued to pretend to listen carefully.

Not long after, another few seconds passed.

The second effect success prompt suddenly appeared.

'Flower Language effect activating: Tian Xuanzi decides to give you some good treasures.'

Immediately afterwards, there was another pile of effect failures.

Seeing that the accumulated Flower Language was about to run out.

The emotions in Li Cheng颐's heart became more and more tense.

Finally.

The third success arrived again!

'Flower Language effect activating: Tian Xuanzi discovers that your temperament and demeanor are somewhat similar to his teacher who failed to break through in the past. Feeling slightly sentimental, he decides to accept you as a distant, nominally-recorded disciple.'

Success!!!

Li Cheng颐 felt as if he had drunk a mouthful of ice-cold water when his whole body was dry and hot in the hot weather.

Every pore on his body exuded a strong sense of comfort.

He never expected, completely never expected, that luck could really affect a powerful elder of the same sect as Ancestral Master Tian Xuanzi.

This was simply ecstasy!!

“Hmm? There are some principles of luck affecting me?” Suddenly, Tian Xuanzi frowned, as if sensing something.

"!!?" Li Cheng颐's heart was shocked, and he didn't dare to speak. He could even detect this???

It seemed that three consecutive effects were a bit too obvious!

"Interesting..." Tian Xuanzi calculated, but couldn't figure out the source of what was affecting him, and became even more interested.

He glanced at Li Cheng颐, who was extremely nervous in front of him.

"The principles of fate that are affecting me are in order to obtain a result that is beneficial to you. I can't even calculate the source, but fortunately it doesn't harm me or others. In that case, I will follow the flow and see what will happen in the end."

He spread his hands with interest.

Suddenly, a cloud of black nebula like the Milky Way flew out from his palm.

He pinched his palm, and the nebula shot out, landing in front of Li Cheng颐, suddenly turning into countless light spots, seeping into his entire body.

"From now on, you will be my distant, nominally-recorded disciple, Tian Xuanzi. If you can break through to the Saint realm and step into the Dimension realm, you can be converted into my true inheritance. Are you willing?" Tian Xuanzi asked seriously.

“Disciple, kowtows to Master!” Li Cheng颐 said nothing, and immediately bowed his head!

Recommending a new book by an old author, the writing is guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)