"Perfection already?"

Seeing the notification on his panel, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed with satisfaction.

At the same moment—

A torrent of information surged into his mind, instantly merging with his thoughts.

It was, of course, perfect enlightenment on Taiyin Formless Slash: how to execute it, the tricks for using it, and its devastating power.

Taiyin Formless Slash: Driven by magical power, this conjures an impossibly sharp invisible blade, nearly undetectable ripples—ridiculously easy to hit your target. Hands down the best spell for a sneak attack!

"Alright, everyone get up!"

Having maxed out Taiyin Formless Slash, Lin Chang'sheng was feeling pretty damn good. He glanced at one of the twenty women, the one in purple, and asked, "What's your name?"

The reason for asking was, Lin Chang'sheng had noticed: when he'd been giving them all a thrashing with the whip earlier, this particular woman arched her back just right, her waist was soft as silk, and her eyes... man, those eyes could talk. Maybe she wasn't drop-dead gorgeous, but she had that cute, elegant charm.

Girls like this—always unlock the most surprising skills.

"I'm Xiao Wan,"

The purple-robed woman replied respectfully, her voice soft.

"Mm, you've got style. The rest of you, go to the side hall. You stay. We'll, uh, have a little private chat inside."

Lin Chang'sheng fixed his gaze on the purple-robed woman and spoke seriously.

"Ah......"

Hearing this, a trace of shyness and anger flashed through her lovely eyes, but she nodded anyway.

"Splash!"

Just then, Lin Chang'sheng suddenly felt the ceiling above was... gone. He looked up. Sure enough, the roof had vanished.

Focusing, he realized someone had just yanked the roof off with magical power, dropping it straight onto the faraway plaza. The young masters and rich merchants who'd been watching the courtesans perform out there scrambled for cover, running in all directions.

"What the hell..."

Lin Chang'sheng was dazed. Out of nowhere, a terrifying aura exploded right beside him—it came from the purple-clad woman! Instinctively, he activated Wind and Thunder Movement!

BOOM!

The next second, Lin Chang'sheng was five zhang away!

He stared warily at the purple-clad woman, only to realize she was already gone.

"She was Foundation Establishment stage?! I just... I just whipped her, and I almost... Oh, shit, that was close!"

The thought hit him: this woman was a Foundation Establishment-level powerhouse, hiding out here at Tender Place, and he'd happened to pick her out and whip her for hours. Cold sweat soaked his back.

Why would a Foundation Establishment cultivator be hiding in a brothel?

If she'd wanted to take him out, he wouldn't have stood a chance.

"Goddamnit, who the hell?! My pants were just coming off—couldn't you wait until I was finished?"

"This is just bullying, man!"

At that moment, Lin Chang'sheng caught the pissed-off voice next door—a short-bearded guy stormed out, swearing up a storm, hurriedly fastening his belt with messy hair all over the place.

"Wan Wushuang! You're not getting away!"

"Prepare to die!"

At the same moment, a booming voice—like Celestial Thunder—shook the sky!

Along with that thunderous command, three figures, two men and a woman, soared over the brothel, riding their swords, attacking Tender Place below!

Sword light and treasure light enveloped the whole building.

But just then—

A flash of purple, swift as lightning, flitted away—a split second later, already vanishing at the horizon, leaving a crisp female voice behind: "Zhuo Yijian, Zhang Aoxue, Yu Lingfei! Three-on-one, and you think you're all that? Don't even think about splitting up—ever!!"

"Stop right there!"

In the sky, all three charged after her without hesitation.

"Brother Lin, looks like we're both cursed—can't even have a night of fun without something going wrong! Damn it, I was just getting started, and the damn roof vanishes!"

Cao De trotted over to Lin Chang'sheng, swearing up a storm and complaining nonstop.

"Daoist Cao, keep your voice down! That was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. One flash of sword light and we're history."

Lin Chang'sheng shot Cao De a look.

"So what if they're Foundation Establishment? There's gotta be some sense of reason, right?"

Cao De puffed up, looked Lin Chang'sheng up and down, and grinned knowingly: "Brother Lin, you got here a few hours before me and you still haven't finished? Man, your stamina's something else!"

"Uh, Daoist Cao, for the record—I'm here for business, not to hang in brothels!"

Lin Chang'sheng frowned.

"Yeah, that's normal. I was shy about this stuff at your age too..."

Cao De kept yammering. Lin Chang'sheng couldn't be bothered anymore and simply bowed: "Daoist Cao, I've got things to do. See you later."

With that—

He turned and left. First priority, test out the power of Taiyin Formless Slash; then, head for the site of the Heaven and Earth Qi explosion.

"Hey... Brother Lin, don't go over there. You'll just waste your time!"

"Hey, trust me on this one!"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng walk off, Cao De chased after him a bit.

Lin Chang'sheng sped all the way.

Came to the shore of a lake spanning dozens of miles.

He sensed Cao De got the hint—Lin didn't want company—so he finally stopped following.

"Time to test out Taiyin Formless Slash's power!"

Lin Chang'sheng looked all around—nobody in sight. He gripped his Immortal Slaying Saber, summoned his magical power, ran Taiyin Formless Slash, and slashed at the lake surface.

Buzz—

The lake didn't even ripple—but the next second, a thirty-zhang wide zone just exploded, water shooting twenty-odd zhang into the air!

Pa-pa-pa!

Dozens of fish, each over a foot long, rained down everywhere.

"Now that's what I call a Taiyin Formless Slash!"

"Silent as a ghost—if I hit someone with that, who could possibly stand up to the Sword Qi?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked at the result and felt really satisfied with himself!

"Alright—time to head to where the Heaven and Earth Qi is bursting out!"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes lit up, and he shot off into the distance.

........

Outside Giant Whale City.

A hundred miles away, deep in the forest—

"Damn bastard!"

"If not for those three Foundation Establishment pests ganging up, you think I'd be hiding in a brothel, getting whipped for hours?"

A purple-clad woman sat by a mountain stream, glaring toward Giant Whale City, her teeth clenched, beautiful eyes burning with rage.

Right now—

Her aura was unsteady, blood trickling from her lips.

"Toad trying to eat a swan! Because of you, my aura was exposed—I had to burn a secret technique to escape! My realm plummeted to Qi Refining Ninth Layer! I won't let you off the hook!"

Wan Wushuang fumed with hate, but then her eyes flickered and she murmured, "On the bright side, with my realm dropped, I can now refine that Heaven and Earth Qi and forge the ultimate Dao Foundation!"

"Once I've built the strongest Dao Foundation, I'll settle this with you!"

With that, Wan Wushuang's body turned to a wisp of green smoke and vanished far into the distance.

......

Giant Whale City—

A thousand miles away—

Here, a chain of towering mountains stretched out, ancient trees thick, wild beasts galore.

One of these peaks was Celestial Lang Mountain.

The mountain was blanketed with earth, obvious even from afar.

All around Celestial Lang Mountain, cultivators crowded the scene—some at the Qi Refining stage, others Foundation Establishment cultivators flying on swords!

Farther off, more and more cultivators kept rushing this way.

And although—

The Heaven and Earth Qi outbreak had been going on for days, there was still a steady stream of hopefuls, all wanting to see if maybe they could get a piece of the action.

"With this many people, not even the leftovers will be left."

Lin Chang'sheng arrived at Celestial Lang Mountain, sighed to himself as he gazed at a giant celestial pit—bottomless, couldn't see a thing.

At this moment—

The summit was home to a huge, ten-li-wide celestial pit. Inside, pitch black—toss a rock in, nothing comes back out. No echo whatsoever.

"All the Heaven and Earth Qi's been snatched up by the sect Foundation Establishment cultivators. Us loose cultivators at the Qi Refining stage? Not a snowball's chance in hell..."

"From what I've heard, Zhuo Yijian from Celestial Sword Immortal Sect, Shi Hao from Golden Talisman Immortal Sect, Yu Lingfei from Yanyue Immortal Sect, and Zhang Aoxue from Yin Yang Dao Sect—those 'geniuses from the sects'—each got a share of the Heaven and Earth Qi!"

"Not just them, some demon cultivators got their hands on a bit too! I can name a few: Wan Wushuang from the Celestial Demon Sect, Bu Tianzhi from Yin Yang Hall, Jian Kefa from Taiyin Island, Nie Xiangyuan from Corpse King Sect, Xuan Gu from Celestial Ghost Sect... and a few powerful loose cultivators, like Tu Yunfei and Mu Yunfeng, they also grabbed a portion!"

"Huh? Nobody from Liuyun Immortal Sect got any?"

"Not sure. They sent a few Qi Refining Ninth Layer folks, but didn't snatch anything. Their sect's kinda weak lately. In the last decade, only Xin Yun'Er ever made a splash as a genius."

"There's definitely Heaven and Earth Qi left inside that celestial pit... but nobody dares go in..."

"Yeah! I saw two Foundation Establishment seniors go down—and they just vanished. Never came back up. If not for burning blood to escape, a Golden Core Elder from Celestial Sword Immortal Sect would've been sucked in and gone for good!"

"......"

Lin Chang'sheng stood at the back of the crowd, overhearing all sorts of gossip.

Rumor had it, over ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and at least a hundred Qi Refining ones had been swallowed up down there.

"Fine, forget about the Heaven and Earth Qi. I've got the Simplified Panel—that's my real edge!"

"With my cheats, who says I'm any worse than those so-called geniuses?"

Lin Chang'sheng took a deep breath, thinking to himself.

At that thought, he turned to leave.

"Huh? Senior Brother Lin! You're here too? When did you get here?"

Right then, a surprised and delighted voice rang out.

Lin Chang'sheng turned and saw a tall, burly young man three zhang away, bowing to him in respect.

"Junior Brother Tang, didn't expect to see you all here! What a coincidence!"

"I just arrived."

Lin Chang'sheng was genuinely surprised—it was Tang Xing, a Golden Talisman Immortal Sect disciple.

At that moment—

Tang Xing was joined by Jin Yun, Su Ying, and Jiang Haixue—all four beamed at Lin Chang'sheng in admiration.

"We came with Senior Brother Shi to try our luck. He already left. We're headed to Celestial Eagle Immortal City Market to gain some experience."

Jin Yun said with a friendly smile.

"Sounds good!"

Lin Chang'sheng nodded at the four of them.

"Eeeeee!"

"Eeeeee!"

Suddenly, the Little White Fox tugged at Lin Chang'sheng's collar from behind, squeaking twice.

"What is it, Xiaobai?"

Lin Chang'sheng scooped the white fox into his arms, asking gently.

"Eeeeee!"

The Little White Fox pointed one paw toward the massive celestial pit, its little furry face anxious as hell.

"You're saying, there's still Heaven and Earth Qi in there?"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed, and he whispered the question.

"Eeeeee!"

The Little White Fox nodded like hell.

"Uh... let's not."

Lin Chang'sheng stared at the bottomless pit, shook his head. Toss a rock, no sound—nothing.

I mean, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core cultivators have been sucked in—even though he's only at Qi Refining Seventh Layer. Experience Points: [Qi Refining Seventh Layer 32765/64000]. He's still a way off the Eighth Layer; what is this, suicide hour?

"Eeeeee!"

Suddenly, the Little White Fox leaped from his arms, biting his pant leg, trying to drag him toward the pit, looking super anxious.

"Xiaobai, you trying to get me killed? Even Golden Core cultivators are too scared to go down there, and you wanna drag ME? That's nuts!"

Lin Chang'sheng hurried to pick the little fox back up.

"Eeeeee!"

The Little White Fox pointed to itself, then at Lin Chang'sheng, then at the celestial pit, waving its little paws as if to say, 'this suction's nothing.'

"You're not afraid of the suction in there, Xiaobai?"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes sparkled as he asked.

"Eeeeee!"

The Little White Fox nodded.

"I still can't risk it..."

Lin Chang'sheng shook his head again. With the Simplified Panel, all he needed to do was grow stronger at his own pace—no need for reckless heroics right now.

"Eeeeee!"

The Little White Fox squeaked again, clearly looking down on his cowardice.

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