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[However, I also suffered injuries during the battle with the Cosmic Evil Race. My origin was severely damaged, and I do not have long to live.]
[Yet, when I intended to return to the Cloud Sea Sect to spend my final years, I discovered that the Sect's development was far from ideal. Family factions were numerous within the Sect, mutually obstructing and constraining each other, completely neglecting growth, and the younger generation was lacking.]
[I wish to change the current state of the Cloud Sea Sect, but I do not have much time left, and the relationships among the various parties within the Sect are intricate. Resolving this is certainly not a task for a single day.]
[On my deathbed, I plan to emulate the Phoenix Clan's Nirvana Rebirth, hoping to live a second life.]
[If I succeed, I will personally dismantle the Cloud Sea Sect and start anew. If I fail, then whatever happens to the Cloud Sea Sect will no longer concern me.]
[Whoever can reach this place is considered a fated person of this old man. On the table are all of this old man's possessions, as well as the cultivation technique I practiced.]
[If you deem them worthy, consider it a stroke of destiny. If not, please find a successor for this old man.]
[Cheng Yuchuan, final words.]
So this person was actually the Founding Ancestor of the Cloud Sea Sect?
From his final words, it can be seen that his cultivation level was at least Emperor Rank.
He was one of the first batch of Awakeners on Azure Star after the Professional awakening, one of the 'Opening Server Players'.
Putting down the notebook in her hand, Gu Xiao turned around and bowed deeply to Cheng Yuchuan's corpse.
He was not only the Founding Ancestor of the Cloud Sea Sect but also a former Sage of Azure Star who fought on the front lines.
He once bravely fought for the rise of Azure, and campaigned across the four directions so that Azure Star could establish itself in the cosmos.
With a sweep of her Mental Power, Gu Xiao placed Cheng Yuchuan's corpse into her storage ring, planning to take it out for burial.
After completing all this, Gu Xiao picked up the notebook again and flipped forward. It contained Cheng Yuchuan's insights on exploring the Nirvana Method, which she could take back for the old man to study.
Besides this notebook, there was also a storage ring on the table, along with an Emperor Rank cultivation technique, the Wind and Cloud Art.
Judging by this, the senior truly did not reach the Emperor Tier during his lifetime, otherwise, this would have been an Emperor Tier cultivation technique.
The Emperor Rank cultivation technique was useless to her. Since Senior Cheng wished for his method to be passed down, she would find a successor for Senior Cheng later.
Finally, she picked up the storage ring and probed it with her Mental Power. As expected of an Emperor Rank Professional, there were many treasures inside, but they still failed to stir any ripples in her heart.
No choice, her family was too rich.
"Huh."
Just as Gu Xiao was about to withdraw her Mental Power from the storage ring, an item suddenly caught her attention.
With a thought, a transparent egg appeared in Gu Xiao's hand.
This egg was the size of a rugby ball, completely transparent, with clouds and mist swirling inside, and a faint, dragon-shaped creature visible within.
It resembled a snake, with bifurcated horns on its head, a red mane on its neck, and scales growing backward below the waist.
"Is this a Mirage Dragon egg? Hmm, maybe it's not an egg, but some sort of Sealing Method?"
The Classic of Water states: If a snake-pheasant leaves its egg on the ground, it becomes a flood dragon. If the egg encounters lightning, it burrows into the earth; if not, it remains a pheasant.
That is to say, when it is in the egg state, it should not have a definite form; only upon encountering lightning does it become a Mirage Dragon.
But judging by the present, the creature inside this egg has already transformed into a Mirage Dragon. Either the statement in The Classic of Water is false, or this egg is actually a Sealing Method.
The main reason is that the Mirage Dragon is too rare a creature, and its origin is impossible to verify.
Currently, there seems to be only one known Mirage Dragon, which used its Divine Ability to construct a dream kingdom.
The various forces in the cosmos named the planet where the Mirage Dragon resides, Daydream Land.
"A Mirage Dragon, what a rare item," Gu Xiao said. After another inspection, she placed it into her storage ring. "Since the senior said I could take the destiny here, being overly polite now would seem pretentious."
After a final look around the Cultivation Room and confirming nothing was missed, Gu Xiao simply sat down on the meditation cushion.
"Senior, I'll borrow your Treasured Land of cultivation."
This place truly deserved to be called a Spiritual Land. Although she hadn't actively cultivated since entering, the Spiritual Energy accumulation within her body had reached a new critical point, allowing her to break through the next meridian.
Sitting cross-legged, Gu Xiao began mobilizing her Spiritual Energy to charge the fourth meridian.
The Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, which was the first meridian Jing Yuan chose to break through.
Because she had already broken through once, opening the meridian this time was familiar territory. It didn't take much time at all to clear the meridian.
After clearing the meridian, Gu Xiao suddenly felt a sensation like parting the dark clouds to see the clear sky.
The increase in Mental Power is actually a bonus to comprehension. Gu Xiao and Jing Yuan share One Soul, Two Bodies. Now that the meridian was opened again, the spiritual feedback they received overlapped, causing a change that was even greater than double.
"Buzz, buzz."
Gu Xiao stood up and realized that the wind around her began to circulate uncontrollably.
This was because Gu Xiao had broken through too many times in a short period; her own Foundation was struggling to keep up.
Cultivation is like the process of building a reservoir: first, complete one stage of construction, and then inject water, which is Spiritual Energy.
If the constructed reservoir isn't large enough and too much Spiritual Energy is injected, it might cause the water to overflow or even risk a breach.
Therefore, if she continued to break through, she might be unable to suppress the pressure within her body, leading to Qi Deviation.
This is why you can see protagonists receiving Empowerment from an ancestor and immediately becoming invincible in literary works, but this situation doesn't exist in reality.
The reason is simple: the constructed reservoir is fundamentally insufficient.
What happens if you stuff a watermelon into a faucet?
It explodes instantly.
Therefore, even an ancestor who has no successor and wishes to leave behind a legacy before death would only seal their power within the junior's body for gradual absorption.
But speaking of Empowerment, the Cosmic Evil Race actually practices a form of Empowerment, and it's a rare kind that doesn't cause the body to burst.
However, their bodies generally undergo Mutation, becoming neither human nor ghost.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao turned and left the Villa, running toward the outside of the Spiritual Land.
The spiritual energy here can directly nourish her cultivation. Before, it was a cheat code; now, it has become a death warrant.
Cultivation is like this: if your strength is insufficient, treasures become deadly poison.
At this moment, many people were gathered outside the Spiritual Land.
Everyone had tried before, but no one could enter, so they had essentially given up.
But now that Gu Xiao had entered, people's minds immediately became active again.
They had previously thought that one must break the Barrier to enter, but judging by The Girl who just went in, that was not the case.