After winning first place in the Sect competition, Su Qing hid himself away.

He continued to cultivate the Five Elements Reincarnation Skill.

At first, quite a few people wanted to find Su Qing.

But Su Qing was no ordinary person.

He would go into seclusion for a month at a time.

When he emerged to purchase supplies, he would don a black cloak that completely covered his face.

Everything returned to normal.

His master seemed to be in seclusion, and his senior sister and martial uncle had also left the Sect.

Su Qing returned to his solitary days of enjoying fine food.

「Half a year passed.」

Aside from his name now occupying the second spot on the Celestial Pride List, it seemed many disciples had all but forgotten about Su Qing.

After all, Su Qing remained well-hidden and rarely showed his face.

....

「Another half a year passed.」

It was time for the Sect competition again.

Su Qing did not participate.

Rather, it was because his Cultivation Technique had reached its final stage.

[Five Elements Reincarnation Skill: Great Success (2999.9/3000)]

’I can’t continue cultivating the Five Elements Reincarnation Skill.’

’Breaking through within the Sect would cause too much of a disturbance.’

’This Cultivation Technique might not trigger a Thunder Tribulation, but there will definitely be some kind of phenomenon.’

After pondering for a while, Su Qing took out his map and carefully examined the area around the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect, searching for a suitable place to break through.

’There’s nowhere suitable near the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.’

’Wait, there’s the sea region on the far right edge of the map... the Celestial Sea Realm.’

’So that’s where it is.’

’It’s too far from the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.’ Su Qing was unfamiliar with the situation there.

He then considered the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range, but that wouldn’t work either.

’Wait, what about the mortal kingdoms near the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect?’

’There’s a Ten Thousand Miles Forest here. I can try to break through there.’

After a moment’s thought, that’s where he decided to go.

It was quite far from the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect and located within a mortal kingdom.

There were bound to be very few Cultivators.

’Time to go.’ Su Qing donned his large, black-hooded cloak.

He used the Earth Escape Technique to reach the exit of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect’s Pocket World.

Stepping out lightly, Su Qing appeared on a mountaintop.

He gazed out at a sea of white clouds, with dense fog shrouding the entrance to the Pocket World.

Earth Vein Resonance Technique.

Su Qing vanished from where he stood.

...

However, a few Cultivators appeared at the exit soon after and glanced around.

"He’s fast."

"Should we still follow Su Qing?"

"His aura has vanished. How are you supposed to follow?"

"The bastard is cautious. He even put his Token in his Storage Ring. I can’t pick up his trail anymore."

"Heh, then we’ll just stand guard here."

"If we don’t kill him now, he’ll become a major threat later on."

...

Su Qing’s Earth Vein Resonance Technique was faster and more convenient.

Although it consumed more Magical Power than the Earth Escape Technique.

However, Su Qing’s Magical Power was Five Elements Divine Origin Qi; he didn’t have to worry about the consumption from this Escape Technique in the slightest.

He traveled over six hundred li per hour.

Su Qing traveled for a full day before finally reaching the Ten Thousand Miles Forest.

Su Qing descended three hundred meters underground into the heart of the forest and began his breakthrough.

This was, in effect, his final Cultivation session.

This time, it would be a metamorphosis.

...

[Five Elements Reincarnation Skill: Perfection]

Instantly, all of Su Qing’s Acupoint Pocket Worlds began to continuously absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

The Acupoint Pocket Worlds all over Su Qing’s body fully manifested.

’The unknown Spirit Fruit!’

Su Qing immediately realized his Physique was beginning to transform and required a massive amount of Spiritual Qi.

He immediately took out the Spirit Fruit, took a large bite, and swallowed.

Instantly, the vast Spiritual Qi was completely absorbed by all of Su Qing’s Acupoint Pocket Worlds.

’It’s not enough! I have to eat the whole thing.’

Without hesitation, Su Qing swallowed the Spirit Fruit in a single gulp.

He even chewed up the Spirit Fruit’s seed before swallowing it.

Then, Su Qing’s Acupoint Pocket Worlds slowly receded, no longer manifesting outside his body.

Instead, they began to frantically absorb the immense Spiritual Qi flooding his stomach.

The powerful vortex of Spiritual Qi that had formed around him began to slowly dissipate.

While Su Qing was absorbing the Spiritual Qi, the unknown Spirit Fruit was also altering his aptitude for Immortal Cultivation.

The process caused Su Qing excruciating pain, but he gritted his teeth and endured.

The Acupoint Pocket Worlds in his body began to transform, and Five Elements Divine Origin Qi slowly started to emerge.

The Acupoint Pocket Worlds turned into true Pocket Worlds.

Through his internal sight, Su Qing saw each Pocket World shimmering brightly within its Acupoint, just like brilliant stars in the night sky.

At the same time, the Five Elements Divine Origin Qi began to evolve each of these true Pocket Worlds.

Each Pocket World was enormous.

Then, all 365 Acupoints began to resonate in unison.

Five Elements Divine Origin Qi started to emerge from Su Qing’s body, enveloping him and forming a giant, cocoon-like shell.

Su Qing’s consciousness sank into the Visualization Map.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Qing awoke as the sensation of control returned to his body.

He opened his eyes to the sight of dirt and the feeling of his own, incomparably powerful Physique.

Even his mind felt incredibly sharp.

[Five Elements Reincarnation Body: The Five Elements Reverse Rebirth Power is reincarnation itself. As long as the cycle of reincarnation is unbroken and the Five Elements Divine Origin Qi is inexhaustible, one can master the Power of Creation over life and death.]

But it wasn’t over.

Su Qing vaguely sensed the Magical Power within him beginning to change.

The Five Elements Divine Origin Qi was constantly constructing something similar to a Five Qi God Demon Wheel.

However, it was as if all the Magical Power in his body was coalescing into a single, revolving disk.

At the same time, it was also affecting Su Qing’s Physique.

A sudden realization dawned on Su Qing.

’A Dao Foundation! This is transforming into my Dao Foundation!’

Su Qing hurriedly began to circulate the Five Elements Reincarnation Skill.

As he did so, the Five Elements Divine Origin Qi inside his body began to change.

It transformed into two wisps of energy, one black and one white, and they began to revolve around each other.

Su Qing could feel an extreme aura of death and life emanating from them.

Moreover, he had another overwhelming sensation.

’The tribulation is coming!’

’Shit!’

Su Qing didn’t even have time to prepare.

Su Qing scrambled to throw all his Storage Rings aside, burying them among some distant rocks.

This wasn’t a tribulation that descended from the heavens.

It was as if heaven and earth themselves were rejecting Su Qing. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

SIZZLE!

Spontaneous flames erupted all over Su Qing’s body, threatening to incinerate him completely.

However, his Pocket Worlds constantly helped him resist the violent flames.

But it was no use.

It wasn’t just the flames. From within the earth itself, an immense gravitational force began to build, putting Su Qing under constant pressure.

The temperature of the flames climbed higher and higher, but Su Qing was unaffected.

The gravity, however, relentlessly crushed down on him.

Suddenly, bolts from a Thunder Tribulation materialized and struck Su Qing, causing him excruciating pain.

Under this combined assault, Su Qing’s body slowly began to sustain damage, only to be repaired again.

But the flames grew ever stronger, and his Pocket Worlds began to fail. The Thunder Tribulation and the fire became too much for even his Physique to withstand.

In the end, Su Qing was riddled with wounds and on the brink of death.

’Am I going to die?’

Su Qing felt his consciousness fading. Even the Visualization Map within his soul seemed about to be incinerated.

But...

In the end, the Visualization Map in his soul did not vanish. Su Qing’s soul itself seemed to have been preserved, becoming the Master of the Star River within.

When the might of heaven and earth had finally receded, his physical body had already been burned to cinders.

Just then!

Su Qing seemed to feel a faint flicker of the Power of Life igniting deep within his soul.

’The Life and Death Reincarnation Dao Foundation... it didn’t disappear!’

’Was what I just experienced... death?’

Su Qing could clearly feel his Dao Foundation working to resurrect him.

’The Pocket Worlds!’

’My constitution... it has returned!’

It was as if his Dao Foundation had completely remolded his body.

It was now a pure body, untainted by any Postnatal filth.

Within his Dantian, the Life and Death Reincarnation Dao Foundation stood firm, the auras of life and death now in perfect balance.

’Resurrection!’

’My physical body... was resurrected?’

Su Qing couldn’t help but marvel at the experience. This bout of Cultivation had been incredibly perilous.

Su Qing felt his Dao Foundation, which now possessed an indescribable quality.

The Five Elements Divine Origin Qi had transformed into Five Elements Divine Origin True Essence.

The Pocket Worlds became harmonious and full of life.

These true Pocket Worlds, much like the one that housed the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect, could now sustain living beings; they were no longer just for storing Su Qing’s True Essence.