I, Thanks To My Unlimited Investment, Am Admired By All Races
Chapter 368: Saint King!
After finishing the inventory of the remaining items, Li Xun felt a surge of anticipation.
"System, claim the Emperor Yu Ancient Scripture."
As soon as the words left his mouth—
Buzz!
A soft hum echoed through the hall.
An ancient tome appeared before him.
The entire book was silver-white, radiating a dazzling brilliance. Every character inscribed upon its pages resembled a crescent moon, glowing with divine light.
It seemed as though it had emerged from the river of time itself, cloaked in the marks of countless ages and exuding an ancient, primordial aura.
The pressure emanating from it was overwhelming.
It was as if a Great Emperor stood before him in person, imposing an indescribable weight upon anyone who gazed at it.
Even Li Xun felt as though a mountain had been placed upon his shoulders.
Taking a deep breath, he reached out and grasped the ancient tome.
The instant his fingers touched it, the entire book trembled violently before dissolving into countless streams of divine light that flowed into his mind.
A long while later, Li Xun slowly opened his eyes.
He let out a long breath and, after suppressing the excitement in his heart, murmured to himself,
"As expected of an Imperial Scripture. Its profundity far exceeds my expectations."
"More importantly, this Imperial Scripture has given me countless new insights. If I ever create my own cultivation technique in the future, it should save me from many unnecessary detours."
"And there's another matter..."
A thoughtful expression flashed across Li Xun's face.
Over the years, he had come to understand the system's habits quite well.
Almost every reward it granted had once existed in this world.
The only exception he had never been certain about was the Phoenix Immortal Scripture.
Now, another mystery had appeared—
The Emperor Yu Ancient Scripture.
Judging from its name alone, it was obvious that this Imperial Scripture had been created by someone known as Emperor Yu .
Yet no matter how deeply he searched through his memories, he could not recall any era in history when a Great Emperor bearing that name had ruled over the world.
'If I get the chance in the future, I should search through some ancient records and see whether such a Great Emperor truly existed.'
Li Xun silently made up his mind.
"System, claim my cultivation," Li Xun spoke in a deep voice.
This was the true highlight of today's rewards.
The cultivation reward this time far surpassed every previous one.
The main reason was that he had invested in a Saint, whose reward had been cultivation.
Even more importantly...
That Saint had been a purple-tier investment target.
Previously, Li Xun had encountered purple-tier investments more than once.
However, this was the first time a purple-tier investment had rewarded him with cultivation.
That single investment alone had granted him 1,500 years of cultivation.
What did that mean?
Even for an ordinary cultivator, fifteen hundred years of cultivation would be enough to completely transform them.
Even if they failed to become a Saint, reaching the Divine Palace Realm would be virtually guaranteed.
A Divine Palace Realm cultivator was already considered one of the great powers of the world.
After all, Saints rarely walked openly among the masses.
On the surface, Divine Palace Realm experts were regarded as the strongest active cultivators.
As for Li Xun...
His talents and aptitudes had already been raised to their absolute limits.
The amount of cultivation he could gain from fifteen hundred years of training was simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Li Xun estimated that the next time he made a public appearance and fought, the entire cultivation world would likely be shaken.
Rumble—!
The moment his words fell, boundless divine radiance erupted from Li Xun's body.
Its brilliance surpassed even that of the blazing sun.
An immeasurable, majestic power surged upward, stirring the heavens themselves and sending chills down the spine of anyone who might witness it.
The transformation was utterly terrifying.
It was almost beyond imagination.
From within Li Xun's meridians came the deafening roar of crashing waves, as though an endless ocean were surging through his body.
In an instant, a torrent of crimson energy and blood erupted from the crown of his head, dominating heaven and earth.
It was an aura of unparalleled terror.
The vast crimson sea of blood shot into the sky, seemingly piercing the heavens themselves and nearly shattering the surrounding chaos, displaying a majesty unmatched throughout the ages.
As the accumulated years of cultivation poured into him, Li Xun's cultivation rose at an astonishing speed.
Mid Saint Stage!
Late Saint Stage!
Peak Saint Stage!
Such a rate of advancement was simply unbelievable.
Had he not prepared a formation beforehand, the phenomenon accompanying his breakthrough would have been impossible to conceal.
After all, the breakthrough of a Saint produced an extraordinarily terrifying spectacle.
Nearly an hour later, the aura surrounding Li Xun strengthened once again—by several hundred times over—reaching an entirely new pinnacle.
A realm that inspired instinctive awe.
Early Saint King Stage!
The cultivation rewarded from one purple-tier investment, together with the cultivation from the various blue-tier investments, totaled only around two thousand years.
Yet those two thousand years had allowed him to cross an entire major realm in a single leap.
Considering how recently he had first broken through to the Saint Realm, if news of this speed were ever revealed...
Even Quasi-Emperors—or perhaps even Great Emperors—would be unable to remain calm.
Since ancient times, who has ever seen someone cultivate this quickly?
Perhaps such people had existed before, but those figures had all been supreme experts who had been reincarnated and cultivated anew.
In their previous lives, they had already stood invincible at the peak of the world.
Li Xun, however, was different.
Others could easily mistake him for the same kind of existence.
If everyone came to believe that… It would bring him far more trouble than benefit.
After all, human nature was greedy.
No matter how powerful one's previous life had been, that strength belonged to the past.
The current Li Xun—even as a Saint King—would still be unable to withstand a group of Quasi-Emperors or Great Emperors harboring malicious intentions.
"...Saint King," Li Xun murmured softly.
He slowly rose to his feet.
His bearing was transcendent and detached from the mortal world.
His body was tall and perfectly built.
His black hair danced wildly behind him, while his eyes were unfathomably deep, as though billions of stars shimmered within his pupils.
The aura he exuded was boundlessly terrifying.
He had always known that he would eventually reach this level, but he had never imagined it would happen so suddenly.
A single purple-tier investment had forcefully pushed him into the Saint King Realm.
If he were to reveal his true cultivation now...
The endless troubles that followed would become an unbearable headache.
Even before this, many people had already suspected that he possessed countless hidden secrets.
Yet after reaching the Saint Realm, he had continued advancing by leaps and bounds.
Even a fool would realize that he possessed an extraordinary heaven-defying opportunity.
Given the nature of the powerful figures in the cultivation world...
They would probably want nothing more than to dissect him alive and study exactly how he had managed to increase his strength at such an absurd pace.
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Note:
Cultivation Realm so far:
1, Body Refinement
2, Qi Condensation
3, Spirit Meridian
4, Profound Elixir
5, Divine Power
6, Life and Death
7, Divine Palace
8, Half-Saint
9, Saint
10, Saint King
11, Great Saint
12, Quasi-Emperor
13, Great Emperor
Treasure Level so far:
1, Mortal Weapon
2, Magical Treasure
3, Spiritual Treasure
4, Dao Weapon
5, Sacred Weapon
6, Sacred King Weapon
7, Imperial Weapon
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