Harvesting Chives, Ye Chen's Mysterious Shifu
Harvesting Chives, Ye Chen’s Mysterious Shifu
Skyward Ascension.
This was the cultivation spell Gu Changge practiced.
At the same time, it was a spell only true disciples of Skyward Schloss were qualified to touch—one that pointed directly at a seat among the Immortals, the very foundation upon which the Cult of Immortality stood.
In the Beyond, countless immortal forces and Supreme Dao Lineages burned with covetous desire for it.
By now, Gu Changge had cultivated it to the sixth level, which placed him among the very top of his generation in the Beyond.
Yet even with the original body’s powerful talent, he had been stuck there for nearly half a year, unable to break through to the next level.
“Since Fatums can be used to add points, then raising the spell’s level should naturally let me break through in cultivation.”
Gu Changge’s thinking was simple.
Right now, he was sitting on a fortune of five hundred and fifty Fatums.
“System, add points for me.”
Along with that thought, Gu Changge felt a stream of pure qi flowing through his limbs and bones.
At the same time, a mysterious, profound sensation arose in his mind.
Countless insights regarding Skyward Ascension surfaced in his heart.
And then he grasped them completely.
His Fatums were draining away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Weng!
Finally, the seventh level of Skyward Ascension—breakthrough.
Within the palace, thunderous cracks exploded through the empty air.
A vast, overwhelming pressure blanketed the surroundings.
The area near the great hall fell deathly silent.
The guards on duty all wore expressions of utter terror.
Two of them glanced back, their voices trembling.
“That aura just now... how was it so terrifying...”
“It felt like some peerless great demon was hiding inside the palace.”
“Watch your words, watch your words—that’s not something you can say.”
Their entire bodies were drenched in cold sweat, and they nearly collapsed to the ground.
This young lord... was he cultivating?
That aura was truly far too frightening.
“So this is the power of the Honoured Lord Realm? Truly terrifying indeed.”
Inside the hall, Gu Changge chuckled softly and exhaled a breath.
The empty air before him immediately rumbled with a terrifying drone.
An aura even stronger and more dreadful than before spread and intertwined from his body.
His blood vessels, organs, and even his bones all took on a crystalline, lustrous quality at this moment, as though they had been tempered and refined.
Faint traces of Daoist charm and terrifying demonic will permeated his heart and bones.
With his cultivation breakthrough, many of Gu Changge’s talents advanced a step further as well.
Even his Physique had grown considerably stronger.
Demonic Heart, Daoist Bone.
This was quite extraordinary.
Of course, combining this with the original body’s memories, this likely involved another Fortuitous One further down the line.
Oh wait—that should be a Fortuitous Lady.
The Demonic Heart was his own.
But this Daoist Bone was not.
“Looks like Skyward Ascension’s grade must be pretty high. A single level breakthrough consumed that many Fatums.”
Soon enough, Gu Changge could no longer smile.
A cultivation breakthrough was a good thing.
This feeling of power, of controlling everything—it was truly wonderful.
But over five hundred Fatums had been completely drained in that single moment just now.
This could only mean that Skyward Ascension’s level was honestly a bit too high.
Pointing directly at a seat among the Immortals—perhaps that wasn’t just empty talk.
“Forget it. There’s still Ye Chen, that patch of chives, waiting for me to harvest. There’ll be plenty more Fatums in the future.”
Before long, though, Gu Changge stopped dwelling on it.
After all, there were other matters waiting for him right now.
Ye Chen, the way you desperately cultivate may look pathetic, but the way you look when I harvest you is truly dashing.
......
Meanwhile.
In the dim dungeon of Supreme Stygian Holy Land.
The air was damp and foul, thick with the stench of rotting corpses.
Ye Chen sat slumped on the ground, his eyes vacant, his expression somewhat dazed.
His cultivation was sealed, shackles bound him, and he still hadn’t recovered from today’s enormous humiliation.
All his life, aside from that one humiliation from his former fiancée three years ago...
When had he ever suffered humiliation like today’s?
No matter what kind of predicament he faced, he had always found life in a hopeless situation, always turned danger into safety.
But today, things seemed different?
“Gu Changge...”
Ye Chen’s eyes were bloodshot as he practically squeezed those words out of his throat, one syllable at a time.
The moment he thought of that enemy’s lofty, condescending expression, looking down upon everything with indifference...
A stifled madness surged in his heart—he simply couldn’t bear it.
“Xiao Chen...”
At that moment, a pleasant, melodious voice suddenly came from within Ye Chen’s ring.
Ye Chen froze.
Then a wave of fury and unwillingness surfaced on his face.
“Shifu, where were you before? Why didn’t you answer when I called for you...”
All his pent-up resentment came pouring out onto his shifu at once.
Truth be told, his achievements today were inseparable from the shifu residing in his ring.
But what happened in the great hall today had left Ye Chen bitterly disappointed.
His shifu, normally so reliable, had vanished without a trace at the critical moment.
Could she also be afraid of Gu Changge?
“Xiao Chen, listen to my explanation. Things aren’t what you think.”
Within the ring, an extremely faint, ethereal female figure wore a trace of a bitter smile.
Though Ye Chen blamed her so, she didn’t mind, because truth be told, part of the fault back then lay with her.
“At that time, a terrifying existence enveloped the entire great hall with their divine sense. I suspect it’s connected to the enemies behind my fall all those years ago, so I didn’t dare show myself...”
The woman in the ring explained at length.
After all, she was now merely a Remnant Soul, and there was far too little she could do.
One careless slip, and if her enemies found her, her soul would scatter into oblivion.
So she had no choice but to be careful.
After venting his frustrations, Ye Chen finally calmed down.
Hearing this, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes, saying in shock, “No wonder the Supreme Stygian Archbishop treats Gu Changge that way—he’s actually from the Beyond?”
He knew a little of his shifu’s origins. She had once been a powerful existence of the Beyond.
Then she was plotted against by her enemies, and a Remnant Soul drifted down to the Overworld, attaching itself to a ring, which he had obtained.
But he never imagined Gu Changge’s background would be so terrifying.
Ye Chen fell silent.
For a moment, he felt powerless and lost.
Did he really have to give up on Su Qingge and let her fall into the fiery pit?
Ye Chen clenched his fists tight, utterly unwilling to accept it.