Chapter 73 - 67: So It Was You! Soul Seed! Barbarian War Enlightenment!

"This......."

Lin Chang’sheng hesitated a little—creation, he definitely wanted it.

But.

With his current cultivation, talking about this was far too early.

"Young brother, how should I address you?"

The Barbarian Ancestor looked at Lin Chang’sheng and asked.

"Lin Chang’sheng."

Lin Chang’sheng answered in a low voice.

"Hmm, nice name. I’m Barbarian Zhan. You didn’t agree right away, which shows you’re trustworthy. I’m not asking you to deliver it immediately—just keep it in your heart until you have enough strength to break out of the Immortal Relic Land!"

Barbarian Zhan spoke slowly.

Actually, he felt helpless inside.

His cultivation was sealed, his lifespan exhausted, only a fragment of his Primordial Spirit remained, and he couldn’t hold on much longer. He had no choice. This Lin Chang’sheng, though of average talent, had extraordinary insight.

If he added the creation he’d grant him, perhaps he could reach that step, fulfilling his own wish.

"Alright. If one day I manage to break out of the Immortal Relic Land, I’ll go to Celestial Melody Star and deliver your relics to Gusha Fairy!"

Lin Chang’sheng looked at Barbarian Zhan and nodded.

If, one day, his cultivation was strong enough, it’d be no trouble to handle that on the way.

"Then Barbarian Zhan thanks you in advance, young brother! If you make it to Celestial Melody Star, seek out the 108th Gusha Fairy. It’s only a title."

Barbarian Zhan urged him.

As Barbarian Zhan’s voice faded, Lin Chang’sheng felt a huge force push his Divine Sense out of the painting.

At the same time—

"Young brother, back then I was sealed by the Grand Elder—even as my body collapsed, my Divine Soul couldn’t escape. After I pass on all my life’s enlightenment, I’ll fall into sleep, never to awake! You’ll extract my Divine Thought and remains, along with the Holy Bone and Holy Bone Chain, and take them to Celestial Melody Star!"

"These are all my lifelong combat skills and enlightenment at each realm’s breakthrough—this is my gift, my creation to you! Due to clan rules, I can’t pass on Barbarian Race cultivation techniques, but soon you’ll receive my final Divine Thought. At that time, please deliver them back to the ancestral land—I’ll be counting on you!"

That Barbarian Zhan’s painted image seemed to come alive, looking at Lin Chang’sheng and speaking softly.

As Barbarian Zhan finished, he pointed forward—a sphere of light transformed into a round crystal, floating in front of Lin Chang’sheng.

"Rest assured, Senior. If I break free of the Immortal Relic Land, I’ll go to Celestial Melody Star!"

Lin Chang’sheng took the crystal and replied in a steady voice.

"Good!"

Barbarian Zhan nodded, looking to Man Tuo, Barbarian King Wumu, and the other leaders. He said, "You all sheltered my disciples’ descendants and worshipped me. Because of clan rules, I cannot teach you Barbarian Cultivation Methods. So I created a technique for all of you to cultivate and protect yourselves!"

With that, Barbarian Zhan tapped Man Tuo’s forehead. Man Tuo’s body trembled violently.

"Young brother, I’m counting on you!"

The next moment—

Barbarian Zhan’s shadow turned into a rhombus-shaped crystal, floating before Lin Chang’sheng.

"Alright! I won’t forget what I’ve promised you!"

Lin Chang’sheng put away the rhombus crystal, muttering.

"Old Ancestor!"

"Old Ancestor!"

"......."

Seeing Barbarian Zhan turn into a rhombus-shaped crystal, Barbarian King Wumu, the many Barbarian Race leaders, and the just-awakened Barbarian Master Man Tuo immediately knelt before the painting, grief written on their faces!

"Barbarian Master, this Holy Bone Chain was originally meant to be returned to you, but the Barbarian Ancestor wants me to deliver it to Celestial Melody Star, so......."

Lin Chang’sheng looked at the Barbarian Master. Before he could finish, the master nodded, "Immortal Master, since the Old Ancestor entrusted the Holy Bone Chain to you, we’re at ease! Please, Master, stay here a few more days, so we can be proper hosts!"

"Alright then!"

Lin Chang’sheng nodded. He did need to sort through all the things he’d obtained, focus on raising his cultivation to Qi Refining Fifth Layer—he was still a little short of the experience points he needed for Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

Also, he needed time to digest the insights just gained from Barbarian Zhan.

........

Barbarian King City.

Barbarian Ancestral Land.

Lin Chang’sheng sat atop a stone platform.

He held the round crystal from Barbarian Zhan in his hand—the lifelong cultivation enlightenment of Barbarian Zhan.

He studied the crystal as it radiated brilliance. After a brief thought, he enveloped it in his Divine Sense.

Next moment—

Lin Chang’sheng saw a robust young boy and a little girl with pigtails running through the mountains.

The scene shifted—the boy and girl were now at a study hall, reading together, cultivating together.

Eventually, the scene shifted again—a strapping young man and an exceptionally beautiful girl appeared at the clan’s grand competition. The young man intentionally lost to the girl; they were childhood sweethearts.

Ultimately, the girl was forced to become the clan’s Saintess. The young man protested to the elders, but it did no good. Furious, he left the ancestral land. His cultivation soared and he returned, only to be framed for stealing the clan’s Holy Bone and Holy Bone Chain. In the end, the Grand Elder gravely wounded him, sealed his cultivation, and cast him out of Celestial Melody Star into the Endless Starry Abyss.

"Turns out, the Holy Bone and Holy Bone Chain were used to frame Barbarian Zhan."

"Barbarian Zhan really is a pitiful man. The Barbarian Race sealed his cultivation and threw him into the abyss just to keep their Saintess untouched?"

Holding the Holy Bone Chain and Holy Bone, Lin Chang’sheng felt deeply moved.

No matter where you are, for the greater good, the small and powerless are always sacrificed.

The earlier scenes—those were Barbarian Zhan’s life story.

After that came his battles, magic duels, slaughters, crises. Each time he broke through a realm, Lin Chang’sheng witnessed it as if he were there himself—eye-opening, to say the least!

"Barbarian Zhan possessed the power of the Barbarian God Ninth Transformation, equivalent to Divinity Transformation Perfection! Yet he was still sealed by the Grand Elder!"

"That means I need to at least surpass that realm before I can go to Celestial Melody Star!"

After absorbing Barbarian Zhan’s lifetime insights, Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes flashed with awe.

Barbarian Zhan’s enlightenment covered battle skills, realm breakthroughs, life-and-death crises—Lin Chang’sheng found it vastly beneficial, helping him with future magic duels, breakthroughs—he’d gained a great deal.

Definitely quite a creation!

Even though Barbarian Zhan didn’t give the Barbarian Cultivation Method, no one could blame him—he was loyal to his clan, following the rules until death, still wanting his remains returned home.

"Bound by clan rules. If only you’d been more flexible, would you have ended up like this?"

Lin Chang’sheng sighed, putting away the round crystal.

This Barbarian Zhan’s enlightenment could be revisited any time.

With a thought, Lin Chang’sheng opened his status panel.

Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage (Fourth Layer 7999/8000)

"Just one more experience point and I’ll break through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer!"

"Looks like it’s because the Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique isn’t perfected yet!"

Lin Chang’sheng stared at the panel, secretly thinking.

He spent ten days in Barbarian King City, taking all the Qi Condensing Pills he’d looted, absorbing them, and focusing tirelessly on cultivating the Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique. Even so, he was still short by one experience point. He decided to use the Five Elements Items and perfect the Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique completely!

Let’s see if he could break through in one go!

Thinking of this—

Lin Chang’sheng rubbed his hands together, gripped a charcoal-heated stove, wore a bottle of Five Elements Items at his waist, and carried the Immortal Slaying Saber on his back. Activating Wind God Leg, he sped around the outer altar in circles.

[Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique, Perfected]

[Blazing Fire Technique, Perfected]

[Fireball Technique, Perfected]

Three days passed.

Lin Chang’sheng stood atop the altar. At the edge of his vision, his panel flashed with a red notification. He stopped walking.

"Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique, Blazing Fire Technique, Fireball Technique—all perfected!"

Staring at the panel, a hint of joy flashed in Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes.

At the same time—

In his mind, crackling sounds rang out; the bottleneck for Qi Refining Fifth Layer shattered!

A surge of tremendous magical power flooded his Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Dantian—a sense of mighty strength enveloped his whole body!

"Finally reached Qi Refining Fifth Layer!"

"Magical power doubled compared to before!"

Lin Chang’sheng stretched his hands, ran the Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique, and felt his Dantian’s magical power raging—smooth, full, and powerful!

[Detected similar hidden weapon spells: Perfected Fireball Technique (Perfected), Outer Heaven Meteor (arrow/hidden, perfected), Fire Bomb Technique (Perfected). You may consume 5 Spirit Stones to fuse them. Fuse?]

[Detected similar cultivation techniques: Perfected Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique, Blazing Fire Technique (Perfected). You may consume 5 Spirit Stones to fuse them. Fuse?]

Just then, another red notification popped up on Lin Chang’sheng’s panel.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng clicked confirm without hesitation.

He still had more than fifty Spirit Stones. Fusing cultivation techniques and spells could boost his strength—no reason to hold back.

[Perfected Fireball Technique, Outer Heaven Meteor (arrow/hidden, perfected), Fire Bomb Technique (Perfected)—fusing... Fusing... Fusion complete! Gained Meteor Fire Rain: Immortal!]

[Perfected Five Elements Essence Condensing Technique, Blazing Fire Technique (Perfected)—fusing... Fusing... Fusion complete! Gained Five Elements True Flame Technique: Immortal!]

In less than a hundred breaths, Lin Chang’sheng clicked confirm and saw new notifications pop up on his panel.

"Hmm?"

"Meteor Fire Rain: Immortal? Five Elements True Flame Technique: Immortal? This fusion looks promising!"

Looking at the notification, Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes lit up, murmuring, "Let’s test Meteor Fire Rain’s power first!"

Lin Chang’sheng extended both hands; nine pigeon-egg-sized, mini fireballs formed by magical power floated above his palms, radiating intense heat!

"Go!"

Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes flashed as he flicked his hands!

Nine crimson streaks flew out soundlessly, swift as meteor fire rain, crisscrossing through the air and striking the cliff wall more than thirty zhang away!

Boom!

Nine fireballs slammed into the stone wall, exploding loudly—the fiery flames roaring!

In moments, rock dust poured down the cliff. The flames still blazed, and where the fireballs hit, a large hole five zhang wide and two zhang deep appeared!

"Meteor Fire Rain really packs a punch!"

Lin Chang’sheng looked at the effect of Meteor Fire Rain, satisfaction gleaming in his eyes.

He was about to test his newly fused Five Elements True Flame Technique: Immortal.

Suddenly, a stunning young maiden rushed over, knelt in front of Lin Chang’sheng, anxiously saying, "Immortal Master! There’s another Immortal Master in Barbarian King City! He’s killed so many of our clansmen!"

"Another Immortal Master?"

Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes narrowed, "You go for now. I’ll have a look. If I can’t beat him, tell the Barbarian Master to do what’s best!"

"Yes, Immortal Master!"

The maiden rose and hurried away.

"If the Immortal Master isn’t that strong, I can take him down and claim his treasures. If he’s stronger, I’m powerless."

Lin Chang’sheng looked toward Barbarian King City, eyes glittering.

On the road of cultivation immortality, survival comes first; though the Barbarian Race had supplied him well these past days, that wasn’t enough for him to risk his life for them.

At that moment—

Barbarian King City.

City Lord’s Hall.

A black-clad youth with strange markings on his forehead exuded the aura of Qi Refining Fifth Layer. He held a small triangular banner, lips curled in a bloody smile, sitting on the Barbarian King’s Throne, with a vacant-eyed middle-aged man standing behind him.

On the hall floor lay six corpses of guards, faces pale, clearly dead.

Barbarian Master, Barbarian King Wumu, and the other leaders stood off to the side, trembling, afraid to speak.

"Hmm? What’s this......."

Suddenly, the black-clad youth stood with a start, peering at the banner in his hand!

The banner glowed with dark light, ghost winds howling inside!

"Searched high and low, and I find it with no effort at all!"

Joy flashed in the youth’s eyes as his figure blinked out of the hall!