Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1107: Chapter 74: Final Battle, Mission Begins

After a moment of careful consideration, Xu Yinglian grew increasingly uneasy.

It’s difficult to think when accepting moral enlightenment, perhaps because the Heavenly Dao deliberately designed it this way—it is the embodiment of worldly rules, therefore, it absolutely forbids anyone from breaking the rules.

When one’s cultivation reaches a certain realm, a heavenly tribulation will come on schedule, this is the rule;

To save the world’s people and populace, one must achieve moral enlightenment, this is another rule.

A cultivator cannot escape the heavenly tribulation; no matter where they run, the tribulation clouds will follow; neither can a sage refuse merit; when forming the enlightened fruit, the divine sense will be impacted, making it impossible to remain clearheaded.

Under normal circumstances, it would be fine. However, now Chen Guanshui’s merit is so great, it’s enough to allow him to ascend on the spot, then the intention of the Heavenly Dao seems rather targeted:

You did such a good deed, I must reward you, send you to the Immortal Realm, you cannot refuse.

Upon realizing this, Xu Yinglian felt chilled to the bone.

Could it be that Senior Brother is already fated to leave this world?

No longer concerned with anything else, she hurriedly took the scrolls and rushed to Kunlun.

Arriving at Kunlun Heavenly Pillar, she dashed into the Jade Void Palace. Xu Yinglian had already thought of what to say, and as soon as she entered the Scripture Lecture Hall, she immediately said to Ziwei Master:

“Master, this disciple has been reading in the family recently and encountered something I don’t understand, I came specifically to seek your guidance.”

This is indeed unusual. You must know Ziwei Master is notoriously lazy, even answers to the disciples’ questions are delegated to the Chief Disciple to handle, who would dare to easily ask him questions? Moreover, it’s not even related to cultivating, just a “difficulty encountered while reading,” it’s even less appropriate to ask about.

“What’s the question?” Considering that Xu Yinglian was an heir to the Sect Leader, Ziwei Master decided to be extra lenient.

Xu Yinglian presented the book and asked:

“I don’t understand this passage.”

Ziwei Master read the description on the book, pondered for a moment, and asked:

“Qiong Ying, do you know there are three special methods of Feather Transformation Ascension?”

“I’d like to hear the details,” Xu Yinglian said she hadn’t heard of it.

“Daoism has ‘cutting the Three Corpses’,” Ziwei Master raised three fingers, “Buddhist sect has ’emptiness and silence’, Human Cult has ‘becoming a sage’.”

“You surely know cutting the Three Corpses, to cut away the Seven Emotions and Six Desires, achieving the Heavenly Immortal rank. Buddhist emptiness and silence is cultivating withered wood meditation, cultivating until both form and spirit are extinguished, leaving only a bit of True Spirit, comprehending the principle of emptiness and silence, attaining the Arhat fruit.”

“These two in essence are shortcuts, relying on abandoning emotions or the physical body to reduce the difficulty of ascension.”

“As for Human Cult’s ‘becoming a sage’, it’s roughly the same principle: accumulate merit, gather wish power, ultimately use merit to attain the Dao, become a saint, but what’s the cost?”

“A saint…” Xu Yinglian thought long and hard, suddenly alarmed.

“A saint is selfless,” Ziwei Master sighed and said, “What is ‘selflessness’? It’s not just words.”

“The wish power of tens of thousands of saintly spirits, the merit granted by the Heavenly Dao, your personal divine sense, emotions, memories are insignificant in front of them. Like a cup of water being poured into a vat of soy sauce, is it still water?”

“How could it be like this?” Xu Yinglian was completely unsettled, “Then… then what if there is no wish power, just receiving great merit?”

Ziwei Master, being such a character, immediately realized whom she was talking about, frowned and asked:

“Changgeng?”

“Mm.” Xu Yinglian asked in a deep voice, “What if Senior Brother only receives great merit, what happens then?”

“That’s well said.” Ziwei Master solemnly said, “Without wish power mixed in, the divine sense wouldn’t be polluted or eroded. Merely subjected to a large amount of moral cleansing, possibly losing one’s true nature for a few days, but can ultimately recover.”

Thus, Xu Yinglian finally breathed a sigh of relief, yet felt a kind of uncontrollable fear.

Relief because at least Senior Brother would not be “possessed by wish power”, becoming a selfless “saint”.

Fear because Ziwei Master had already told her, for a period after obtaining immense merit, a cultivator’s divine sense and soul would indeed be impacted, as described in the book as “dazed” “unaware of oneself.”

Considering Senior Brother’s merit is so immense as to be enough for immediate ascension, and he is in an abnormal mental “cleansed state,” would he still actively choose to forgo ascension?

It’s like a person who can choose to leap off a vehicle, but what if they are unconscious and carried onto the vehicle, then what?

Xu Yinglian became more agitated, she could only force herself not to show any abnormality on her face, continuing to ask:

“Master, is there any way to let… I mean, to let someone gain great merit while remaining clear-headed?”

Though her expression was calm, Ziwei Master, being equally familiar with this disciple as with Qiu Changtian, understood completely in his heart, then leisurely asked:

“Gain great merit to ascend on the spot, want to pull them back down is it?”

Xu Yinglian was struck as if by Thunderbane, her expression unable to calm for a while.

Ziwei Master seeing her totally dumbfounded, couldn’t help but chuckle, saying:

“Back when Changgeng joined my sect, he suddenly asked me one day if there was a way to quickly enter the Marrow Cleansing Rank.”

“Qiong Ying, can you guess how I answered him?”

“Disciple does not know.” Xu Yinglian lowered her head, speaking in a trance.

“At that time, I asked him: Are you scheduled for a duel? If not, why are you in such a rush?” the Ziwei Master said leisurely, “Then I bestowed him a Purification Pill to assist in his ascension.”

He then sighed softly and said:

“A disciple is in trouble and doesn’t tell his master, that’s the master’s failing. Now that you have come to me for help, I have no reason to hold back.”

“To stop his ascension, it’s quite simple: when his morality has borne fruit, he’ll undergo Feather Transformation right where he is, and there will be the anomaly of the three flowers gathering atop his head.”

“You just need to break the three flowers atop his head, and he will temporarily halt his ascension. Then you seriously injure him, causing the Ascension Force in him to heal his wounds, making this ascension end without a hitch.”

“After his injuries heal, his realm and cultivation level should also be restored, and by then… it won’t concern me, you all resolve it yourselves.”

Xu Yinglian finally felt a sense of calm, bowed, and said:

“Thank you, Master, for your help.”

“Hmm.” The Ziwei Master nodded, “I won’t ask for your reasons now, but once you bring Changgeng back, I am waiting to hear the whole story from you and your husband.”

Having said this, he waved the Seven Treasures Duster, signaling Xu Yinglian could leave.

Xu Yinglian felt a surge of emotions, hurriedly left the Jade Void Palace, and immediately took to the skies using sword control.

Compared to originally having to “forcefully contend with the Heavenly Dao,” now it was only necessary to injure Senior Brother during his ascension, which was indeed far less difficult—though still very challenging.

Senior Brother was a First Grade Immortal Infant, at the moment of Feather Transformation into an Immortal, it’s as if he’s half a step into the gate of Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, with Merit protecting him, how hard it is to forcibly injure him!

Xu Yinglian quickly made up her mind, soon returned to The Xu Family of Southern Heaven, and sought Elder Xu for advice.

As for Senior Brother’s “three-in-one” identity, she was unsure if she should tell the sect. After all, Kunlun also has its own position and stance, if they knew “there isn’t a massive secret organization” behind Qiu Changtian, would they really send someone to seize the Heaven-Mending Stone? Xu Yinglian couldn’t be certain.

But Elder Xu prioritized the Xu Family more, and The Xu Family of Southern Heaven couldn’t possibly covet the Heaven-Mending Stone (after all, Kunlun is behind them). Besides, if Qiu Changtian gains great Merit for mending the heavens and then remains in the mortal world, it is undoubtedly the result that maximizes benefits for the family, so Elder Xu is trustworthy on this point.

After she explained the situation in detail to Elder Xu, he was so shocked that he repeatedly asked Xu Yinglian several times to confirm the truth.

I’ve been called the “ancestor” of the family and lived for so many years, what strange thing haven’t I seen? However, this matter is truly unheard of!

“To think one person could play three roles, it’s truly unbelievable…” he muttered repeatedly in amazement, still wearing an incredulous expression.

“In short, now all the immense Merit of mending the heavens will be focused on Senior Brother!” Xu Yinglian said urgently, “According to Master, he must be forcibly injured to stop his ascension.”

“But does your husband truly wish to stay?” Elder Xu asked with a bitter smile, confirming, “If he doesn’t want to stay, even if you stop this ascension, what about the next time? You can’t keep locking him up.”

“If we can’t stop this ascension, then there’s no point discussing the follow-up.” Xu Yinglian said earnestly, “As long as I can make him stay, Yinglian naturally has ways to ensure my husband protects and cares for the family as before!”

This was a blank check, but one of extraordinary amount. One must know that Qiu Changtian is already a First Grade Immortal Infant, with moral protection, and after Feather Transformation he’s practically a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal.

To intercept a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal on the path of ascension… who but Xu Yinglian, the rightful wife, would dare to do so? When he comes to his senses, won’t he wipe out the Xu Family with a flip of his hand!

However, Elder Xu knew even more clearly that Yinglian was not one to speak empty words. Since she said “has ways,” it indicated that the relationship between them had already deepened enough that it could make Qiu Changtian, after regaining his logic, willing to forsake ascension for her, staying in the world.

If so, then even at the cost of losing everything, it’s worth betting the chips!

Elder Xu quickly pondered and asked:

“How do you need the family to assist you?”

Xu Yinglian solemnly retorted:

“How can the family assist me?”

The two were conferring secretly in the inner library, at the same time Shi Liuli was seeking aid from the Wan Xiang Immortal.

Several days later, The Xu Family of Southern Heaven and Penglai Jade Pure View began assembling their elite forces, causing some alarm and bewilderment internally.

In the undersea cavern, in the bedroom, Chen Guanshui tried several times to get up, but was repeatedly pulled back into the bedding by An Zhisu wrapping her arms around his neck.

Playing games with Senior Sister An was driven by emotions, but also by rational considerations.

Rationally, the last step of mending the heavens required An Zhisu to activate the Sun True Obscure Sword, using the supreme heat of the Sun True Fire to smelt the Heaven-Mending Stone, hence calming her mind was necessary first.

As for emotions, there wasn’t much need to elaborate. The two were already in pure love, now even more naturally so—if they hadn’t reached this point, Senior Sister An would be hurt seeing the progress of Junior Sister Xu and Liuli Lady.

Chen Guanshui convinced himself he loved Senior Sister just as much as Junior Sister, and wouldn’t favor one over the other.

The only disadvantage was that Senior Sister An was simply too passionate. Though not as skilled as Madam Jiang, she had endless stamina in games and was good at staying up late, putting Chen Guanshui through quite the ordeal.

Originally he made up his mind to not ascend immediately after mending the heavens, but to stay a little longer with his wives.

It’s just, being constantly embraced by Senior Sister An, remembering he had more than one wife, he again felt a bit hesitant.

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