Chapter 140.1: How Can a Violet Palace Cultivator Change the Entire Situation?

Looking into the distance, Qi Yuan saw a girl in blue standing on a small boat.

"Need something?" Qi Yuan asked, blunt as ever. He couldn't wait to head back and study his cultivation methods.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"My name is Jiang Ya," the girl said. "I am a disciple of Heavenly Ascension Pavilion's Elder Wutian. I'm rather curious about Senior's Origin Divine Technique. Although it feels out of place in this world, you can still use it. How peculiar indeed."

She announced her master first, like a pseudo layer of protection. Her eyes held genuine confusion. A Violet Palace cultivator's Origin Divine Technique required comprehending the essence of spiritual qi, then forging one's own path from that foundation. And yet, she couldn't sense any trace of spiritual qi essence from his technique. She couldn't figure out why.

"I thought you were here to shout '666' for me," Qi Yuan said, dejected.

The woman wasn't bad-looking. A bit on the flat side, sure, but definitely cheerleader material. Playing the Blood-Clothed Sword God meant he couldn't provide his own BGM. With no hundred-man orchestra of Supremes behind him, his fights felt plain and tasteless.

He urgently required a cheer squad, but she came asking questions instead. Boring.

Qi Yuan sighed and turned to leave. “I'm out.”

Jiang Ya watched the streak of crimson vanish into the horizon with a hint of awe. "He has unlimited potential..."

The old woman beside her smiled. "No matter how deep, he's nothing compared to our Pavilion Master."

Jiang Ya simply shook her head. Her master had once displayed his own Origin Divine Technique to her. However, after witnessing the Blood-Clothed Sword God's ability, she faintly felt her master's technique wouldn't even compare.

Either way, she'd watched enough of this battle. "Let's go to the Divine Radiance Sect.”

It was time to fetch her younger sister and pull her out of the Hundred Nations War whirlpool. Even with the Blood-Clothed Sword God as an enemy, Bright Palace would never stop the slaughter. Conflict was inevitable.

With the Emperor Dragon Shock Crown in hand, even if her master personally arrived, he wouldn't stand a chance unless he reached the Yin Spirit realm. As for the Blood-Clothed Sword God, he merely had a strong divine technique. His cultivation was likely far inferior to her master's.

***

On Seven-Colored Peak.

Qi Yuan landed in front of his brick house, his simple white robe fluttering behind. He looked at the building with satisfaction. "Only a house this classy is worthy of me."

He deliberately glanced at Jiang Lingsu's wooden hut not far away. His sense of superiority swelled. Happiness really came from comparison.

Jiang Lingsu came out. "Senior Brother, where did you go? You suddenly disappeared."

She had taken a bath earlier. He hadn't barged in this time, and simply left a message outside her house. Afterward, she went looking for him, but he was nowhere to be found.

Qi Yuan imparted his life wisdom sincerely. "Junior Sister, this world is dangerous. If someone says they want to apologize and asks you to meet alone, don't go. Who knows, it might be 'Feast at Hongmen' [1]."

Jiang Lingsu's heart skipped a beat. "Did someone set you up?"

"If my Divine Technique weren't strong enough, I'd have been done in by petty villains already," Qi Yuan said.

Divine Technique?

At that, all her worry vanished.

Senior Brother is clearly having an episode again. Earlier, he said he'd formed his Golden Core, now he is a Nascent Soul? His illness is getting worse!

She stared at him with deep concern. "Senior Brother, please stop staring at that sun in the sky for no reason. Staring too long will damage your memory."

His brain was already questionable, if he kept staring at the sun, wouldn't it get worse?

"That's not the sun. That's my Golden Core," Qi Yuan corrected again.

"Sure, sure." Jiang Lingsu couldn't be bothered to argue. "Senior Brother, why did you leave me a message? What did you need?"

Qi Yuan froze, then asked, "I've been gaming very seriously lately and ignoring everything else. Did anything happen on Seven-Colored Peak? Especially at the peak itself?"

He'd felt depressed since leaving his master's palace.

Jiang Lingsu frowned, thinking. After a while, she said, "A few days ago, a lightning bolt suddenly struck the peak. Master seems to have gone out of her way to block it."

"Lightning?" Qi Yuan frowned. "Master blocked it?"

"

Mm

." Lingsu nodded seriously. "Before it appeared, something strange happened."

"What strange thing?" he asked quickly.

"I was in secluded cultivation when suddenly I felt like I had forgotten something, but then I remembered immediately."

For a cultivator, even the slightest anomaly was worth noting. It could be an attack or inner demons.

"Forget?" Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed.

Everything clicked. During his third attempt at comprehending the Origin, he had been assaulted by inner demons and faced a tribulation. Could it be, this world had also sent down a tribulation, only for his master to block it?

"Master truly does care about me," Qi Yuan said softly as he looked toward the palace at the peak.

Seven-Colored peak was empty and quiet, it felt like it had been deserted for a thousand years. Qi Yuan had only met his beautiful master once, catching a glimpse of her side profile and back.

Jiang Lingsu rolled her eyes. "Senior Brother, can you not say something so scandalous?”

Master-disciple Dao couples were common in the Canglan World. Even ancestor-and-descendant Dao couples existed.

Qi Yuan smiled. "Junior Sister, I know you're jealous because Master doesn't care about you. But don't worry, I'm here for you."

Jiang Lingsu glared at Qi Yuan's handsome face. When did he grow even more good looking?

She crossed her arms, making her twin peaks even more pronounced. "...Get lost!”

Then, she stomped away, her cheeks puffed in irritation.

Qi Yuan watched her retreating figure, and thought of the woman on the boat, who was skinny as a bamboo pole.

She must've grown up poor and malnourished, unlike Junior Sister, who grew in a spirit stone mine. She's a bombshell.

With that thought, he returned to his luxurious brick home. Recalling that Iceberg Empress wanted an update on the progress of Bright Palace’s destruction, he immediately opened the group chat.

Qiyuann Sovereign: Today, I pretended to be the Blood-Clothed Sword God and met Bright Palace's Nascent Souls.

Rogue Immortal: Bro, you seriously went there?

Qiyuann Sovereign: Of course. I'm the victim here. Justice is on my side. Why wouldn't I go?

Rogue Immortal: How did it go?

Great Sun Flame Emperor: If Qiyuann Sovereign is still chatting with us, that means Bright Palace must've been dealt with. Maybe they even apologized to him.

Qi Yuann Sovereign:

Haa

, don't even talk about it. Bright Palace didn't show any intention to apologize. The moment I arrived, they tried to kill me and said they were purging demons.

Great Sun Flame Emperor: That... sounds exactly like Bright Palace.

Rogue Immortal: Bright Palace is so shortsighted. They won't even compensate.

Qiyuann Sovereign: Right? I only asked for ten trillion spirit stones, and they refused! I had no choice but to send them down to reunite with their ancestors.

Rogue Immortal: ...Ten trillion?

Rogue Immortal sucked in a cold breath.

This was his idea of reconciliation?

Great Sun Flame Emperor: You killed them all? But Qiyuann Sovereign, didn't you just enter the Core Formation realm? Bright Palace should have Nascent Souls."

Qiyuann Sovereign: Their Nascent Souls were too weak. I didn't even use my Golden Core, only my Foundation Establishment. They died instantly. Boring.

Rogue Immortal: For real?

Great Sun Flame Emperor: Unbelievable.

Iceberg Empress:

Hmph

. How dare you doubt Qiyuann Sovereign.

Iceberg Empress finally entered the chat.

Iceberg Empress: For this meeting, I sent some disciples to Lingfeng Ferry. A friend of mine borrowed a few million in high-interest loans from Bright Palace and was worried Qiyuann Sovereign might not be able to destroy them. She sent some disciples to Lingfeng Ferry to see the Blood-Clothed Sword God. And guess what, they found out the Blood-Clothed Sword God is not a Nascent Soul. He's a Violet Palace, but not an ordinary one!

Silence filled the chat.

A young boy tending a pill furnace stared at the messages, eyes wide.

Qiyuann Sovereign is a Violet Palace realm cultivator? A Violet Palace powerhouse has been roleplaying with me? Am I the only real newbie here?!

Great Sun Flame Emperor was clearly someone with a grand background, while the Iceberg Empress was obviously a big shot. He'd thought he could huddle together with Qiyuann Sovereign for warmth. However, that too, was an act?

Great Sun Flame Emperor: I didn't expect you to actually be Violet Palace.

Qiyuann Sovereign: I am not a Violet Palace realm cultivator, I only just formed my Golden Core.

Qi Yuan never liked lying, he always told the truth.

Iceberg Empress: I honestly thought you were some prodigy, but who would've expected you to be a big shot? If anything, letting you join the Prodigy Battle last time was the real joke.

If he placed well in the Prodigy Battle, he could go to that newly-discovered world in the Canglan World. She had assumed Qiyuann Sovereign was a young genius, so she passed that opportunity along to him.

Qiyuann Sovereign: I'm no big shot, I'm a newbie at the Core Formation realm. Sure, my Golden Core is... a little big. And sure, it did run away. But I'm still a proper, certified Core Formation cultivator. Anyway, I've already declared war on the Bright Palace. Just wait for good news.

Iceberg Empress: Qiyuann Sovereign, taking down the Bright Palace is pretty difficult. Want some backup? My sisters have very black hearts. They borrowed money from the Bright Palace and don't want to pay it back. If you want, we can team up and wipe out the Bright Palace.

After all, once someone was dead, one didn't need to repay the debt.

Qi Yuan felt a warmth in his chest.

Qiyuann Sovereign, Thanks, Sister empress, But I can handle the Bright Palace on my own!

He was socially anxious, the last thing he wanted was to team up with a bunch of "older" women. He wouldn't be able to handle it. What if they used a beauty trap to coax his cultivation techniques out of him? His rational mind would refuse, but his "second brother" definitely wouldn't.

With that, Qi Yuan left the group chat.

1. A significant banquet held in 206 BC in chinese history where Xiang Yu (one general) invited LIu Bang (another general) to a feast with intentions to assassinate him. ☜