Yuan’s Ascension

"Wu Yuan, this is your token," Sovereign Cang Feng said, producing an item with a wave of his hand. "Remember, don't leave the Cang Feng Temple lightly. Even if your mana body should be extremely cautious while on expeditions."

A crystalline jade stone, resembling an immortal slip, floated before Wu Yuan.

"Understood." Wu Yuan reached out to receive it, swiftly deciphering it.

Immediately, he sensed the vast expanse of the Cang Feng Temple through the jade token. The Cang Feng Temple was a high-grade Dao Instrument. Though it looked ordinary, it contained numerous worlds within.

High-grade Dao Instruments were incredibly precious, each imbued with unimaginable power.

Spatial Dao Instruments like the Black Devil Blood Hollow had interiors as vast as an immortal nation, containing tens of thousands of worlds. The Cang Feng Temple's spatial features were far inferior to the Black Devil Blood Hollow, but it still contained many sub-spaces.

"Sovereign, Master, this disciple shall take his leave," Wu Yuan's body refiner self said. Following the token’s guidance, he entered the world prepared for him.

Only Sovereign Cang Feng and Sovereign Kua Chi remained in the hall.

"Kua Chi, you've truly taken on an exceptional disciple," Sovereign Cang Feng couldn't help but sigh. "In just over ten thousand years, he's attained the strength of an Astral Monarch. Even in the history of the Eldritch Court, there have been few such prodigies, right?"

"In terms of his speed of Dao comprehension alone, there are some who can rival him," Sovereign Kua Chi said softly.

"Wu Yuan's Dao comprehension should have reached the mid-stage Astral Monarch level. That's indeed quite fast," Sovereign Cang Feng nodded.

He had gone through the specific battle reports and could easily deduce this.

"No. It's the late-stage Astral Monarch level!" Sovereign Kua Chi said. "Wu Yuan's Dao comprehension should be comparable to a late-stage Astral Monarch."

"What? Late-stage Astral Monarch?" Sovereign Cang Feng looked directly at Sovereign Kua Chi, somewhat incredulous. "Is that true? How could his cultivation possibly progress this quickly?"

Sovereign Cang Feng was instinctively skeptical.

Wu Yuan had only cultivated for just over ten thousand years. At his age, he was considered extremely young even among High Immortals and High Deities. Yet his Dao comprehension rivaled a late-stage Astral Monarch? What kind of heaven-defying talent was this?

It wasn’t just Sovereign Cang Feng, even if the Sovereigns of the Voltari Temple heard of this, they would instinctively think it was an exaggeration.

"Do you think I would lie?" Sovereign Kua Chi shook his head.

Sovereign Cang Feng was stunned

"Moreover, you will naturally be able to verify my words as Wu Yuan cultivates in the Cang Feng Temple," Sovereign Kua Chi said. "He comprehends the Great Dao of Creation. I estimate he should have reached the seventh-level True Intent stage."

"Comprehending the Great Dao of Creation?" Sovereign Cang Feng listened, unsurprised. Though Sovereign Kua Chi had never mentioned this before, it didn't prevent him from making some guesses in the past.

“Late-stage Astral Monarch comprehension?" Sovereign Cang Feng still found it difficult to believe. "After cultivating for just over ten thousand years, he's caught up to what Supreme Geniuses achieve in three to five hundred thousand years? What kind of talent is this?"

That was right! Historically, most Supreme Geniuses would reach Wu Yuan's current level after cultivating for hundreds of thousands of years. They would then spend hundreds of thousands more years before finally advancing to the Sovereign phase.

"Such natural talent might not be inferior to Ming Jian of the Taiyuan Divine Court," Sovereign Cang Feng couldn't help but say. "Perhaps he’s even more talented."

Ming Jian resided far away on the Spacetime Island in the Spacetime Dao Realm.

But over the past ten thousand years, he had repeatedly created miracles, defeating hundreds of Astral Lords in one battle, and even fighting Astral Monarchs... Such feats had long since spread throughout the vast river of space and time.

Perhaps the Astral Monarchs of various macrocosms didn't understand much, as their perspectives were limited and they lacked extensive information channels.

However, the Sovereigns who stood at the peak of each macrocosm knew a thing or two about such top-tier monstrous prodigies.

Sovereign Cang Feng had long since learned about this as well. At the time, he had lamented that such a monstrous prodigy who emerged from the Greenridge Macrocosm wasn't a genius of the eldritch world.

Unexpectedly, after just a few thousand years, Wu Yuan was able to display power too, naturally delighting him. [1]

"Mm, Wu Yuan and Ming Jian should be very close in potential," Sovereign Kua Chi said vaguely, unwilling to elaborate.

"He may not yet compare to the monstrous prodigies of the Eldritch Court in terms of strength, but his potential is limitless. He would also have a huge advantage in the Megaverse Crossroads," Sovereign Cang Feng said solemnly, looking at Sovereign Kua Chi. "Kua Chi, you’ve made a mistake."

Sovereign Kua Chi was taken aback. What mistake?

"How can we gradually nurture such a prodigy?" Sovereign Cang Feng said urgently. "We should immediately report Wu Yuan’s achievements to the Eldritch Court, then send him to the Eldritch Court headquarters to be nurtured by the Great Eldritches, possibly even receiving personal guidance from the Eldritch Progenitors."

He felt very anxious. As the leader of the eldritch world, Sovereign Cang Feng deeply yearned for the eldritch world to grow stronger.

In his view, monstrous geniuses like Wu Yuan were so rare that even if the Greenridge Macrocosm were destroyed and recreated, recreated and destroyed, cycling through samsara ten times, it would still be difficult to produce a second one.

"That's unnecessary. Cang Feng, as I mentioned before, I've been in constant contact with the Great Eldritch regarding Wu Yuan. An Eldritch Progenitor has even sent me a direct message once," Sovereign Kua Chi said. "This time, I reported the matter as well."

"And?" Sovereign Cang Feng quickly asked.

"The Great Eldritch still gave the same reply," Sovereign Kua Chi shook his head and said. "Allow Wu Yuan to cultivate normally. We should nurture him to the best of our ability, and when it's time for recruitment, the Eldritch Court will naturally send powerhouses to escort Wu Yuan."

Sovereign Cang Feng was puzzled. Cultivate normally? Why wouldn't the Eldritch Court do their utmost to nurture such a monstrous prodigy?

"Cang Feng, do you know why I was previously unwilling to let Wu Yuan reside at your place for long?" Sovereign Kua Chi said.

Sovereign Cang Feng shook his head.

"Wu Yuan is involved in something much bigger," Sovereign Kua Chi said. "The supreme burst secret art he employed to kill the sleeper agent was neither obtained with my help nor bestowed by the Eldritch Court. I’ve only just learned that he had cultivated such a heaven-defying secret art."

"What?" Sovereign Cang Feng was shocked.

He understood the deeper meaning of Sovereign Kua Chi's words.

The so-called supreme burst secret art referred to heaven-defying secret arts that could increase an immortal cultivator's mana power tenfold, hundredfold, or even thousandfold.

Techniques like grand ether arts were essentially burst secret arts, but they were all created by Sovereigns.

The burst secret arts created by Astral Monarchs and Sovereigns mostly only allowed cultivators to increase their power by two or three times, which was just one or two levels of strength.

For example, a First Tribulation High Deity using multiple grand ether arts could burst forth with ether rivaling the mana of a Second Tribulation High Immortal or Third Tribulation High Immortal.

Only supreme secret arts, created by supreme powerhouses from their lofty perspectives, could allow immortal cultivators to undergo inconceivable enhancements.

In fact, secret arts like the 'Genesis Law Sacrifice' and 'Creation Saint Prohibition' that Wu Yuan's two true selves cultivated all fell into the category of supreme secret arts, and were all extremely special, seemingly tailor-made for Wu Yuan.

Under normal conditions, supreme secret arts could only be bestowed by supreme beings. Most were obtained and cultivated by Sovereigns, with extremely few Astral Monarchs obtaining them through fortuitous encounters.

Of course, the stronger one's own power, and the closer one was to the supreme level, the weaker the effects of supreme secret arts.

As for immortal cultivators, it was rarer than one in trillions. The Greenridge Macrocosm might not produce a single immortal cultivator who could cultivate supreme secret arts in an entire era.

There was only one reason – the threshold to cultivate them was too high.

Even if bestowed by supreme beings, supreme secret arts often required the user to have Astral Monarch-level comprehension just to have a rudimentary understanding. The requirements to cultivate it to profound levels would only be higher.

Among immortal cultivators, with lifespans of at most a million years, how many could achieve Dao comprehension at the Astral Monarch level? Every single one was an exceptionally talented individual.

Among the current younger generation of the Cang Feng Eldritch World, besides Wu Yuan, only Jiang Huan had achieved Astral Monarch-level Dao comprehension.

"The supreme secret art he cultivates allows him to unleash seventh-stage Archimmortal mana power. He has already cultivated it to an extremely high level. This means he's also involved with other supreme beings?" Sovereign Cang Feng stared at Sovereign Kua Chi. "Which one could it be?"

There were only that many supreme beings in the vast river of space and time.

"Don't be too curious. I never asked Wu Yuan," Sovereign Kua Chi shook his head instead. "Asking would create karmic connections. If he's unwilling to tell us, he naturally has his reasons.

Not knowing is better for us. We just need to follow the Eldritch Court's instructions and nurture him accordingly," Sovereign Kua Chi said. "With his natural talent and potential, as long as he doesn't perish, he has an extremely high chance of becoming an Overlord in the future."

"Yes, an Overlord." Sovereign Cang Feng's eyes lit up.

A glimmer of longing flashed in his eyes. "Overlord... If Wu Yuan can become an Overlord in the future, the possibility of our eldritch world destroying the Voltari Temple will greatly increase."

Currently, although the Greenridge Macrocosm was dominated by seven major factions, there were no Overlord level powerhouses. The strongest, Sovereign Qing Ling, was only a late-stage Sovereign. [2]

Over long ages, Sovereign Cang Feng, Sovereign Kua Chi, and the others had all been trapped at the Sovereign phase, unable to break through further. Sovereign Kua Chi hadn't even reached the late-stage Sovereign level.

In the entire eldritch world, only Sovereign Cang Feng had reached the late-stage Sovereign phase.

It could be said that both Sovereigns knew that their hopes of transcending or even becoming Overlords in this lifetime were extremely slim.

In the endless river of space and time, among the more than one thousand Sovereigns, it was difficult for even one to become an Overlord. One could imagine how difficult it was. Naturally, the two Sovereigns were delighted that the eldritch world could produce a super genius who was highly likely to become an Overlord.

A native Overlord would be an invincible existence in their home macrocosm. Even if a foreign Overlord were to visit, they would be far inferior to a native Overlord. And for two Overlords to be born in the same macrocosm? The probability is pitifully low.

After a moment's reflection, Sovereign Cang Feng solemnly declared, "I will seal off the world Wu Yuan is residing in, and refrain from prying into the secrets of his cultivation. For the next several thousand years, my true self will reside within the Cang Feng Temple, safeguarding him."

"Very well," Sovereign Kua Chi nodded.

He had revealed some secrets about Wu Yuan to Sovereign Cang Feng precisely to secure the latter's full support.

As for the other Sovereigns of the eldritch world? Besides publicly available information, he would not disclose a single detail.

What was a secret? The fewer who knew about it, the lower the chances of it being leaked.

…

As time passed, news of the sudden battle that erupted in the First Origin Eldritch Field finally spread, quickly reaching every corner of the Origin Eldritch Field before making its way to the upper echelons of the eldritch world.

"What?”

“An Astral Lord mole attempted to assassinate Wu Yuan?"

"Yet Wu Yuan fended off the attack and slew this Astral Lord?"

"Was it his own strength? Or did he rely on some secret treasure?" Countless members of the Origin Eldritch Field, as well as the Astral Monarchs and Astral Lords of the eldritch world's upper ranks, were filled with intense curiosity.

1. The power of manifesting ☜

2. Qing Ling = Greenridge ☜

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Space, Time, Life, Death

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