Chapter 5: Increased Cultivation Speed! Medicinal Pills! Take-Off!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Now claiming random rewards. Congratulations, Master. You have successfully claimed your random rewards.”

Obtained [Increased Cultivation Speed]

Obtained [Eighth-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill]

Obtained [Grand Library] (Currently restricted, empty)

“Do you wish to activate these rewards immediately?” The system’s voice echoed, making Su Mo both happy and frustrated.

“You should have mentioned the fact that you could reward me with buildings! You made me rebuild some of the broken structures like I used to do in my previous life.”

Even though Su Mo was complaining, he still activated and used his rewards without hesitating.

Su Mo looked at the spot where the five Black Blade Clan disciples stood and noticed a small undamaged bag on the ground. Su Mo walked over to look and realized that it was a cosmic storage bag.

“These guys were quite rich. They dropped such a good item.” Su Mo fiddled with the cosmic storage bag in his hand and smiled. He then opened the cosmic bag violently.

The item in the cosmic bag made Su Mo exclaim, “Damn it!”

There was a small spiritual rock in the cosmic bag, and the rock contained countless shining spirit gems.

“No wonder the Black Blade Clan betrayed us. The Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan had indeed bribed them handsomely,” Su Mo said with a baffled look on his face.

The Crimson Heart Clan had a few spiritual rocks as well, but they had been stolen.

When Su Mo saw that the Black Blade Clan possessed a spiritual rock, it became apparent what was going on.

“What a pity. These are all low-grade spirit gems. It seems that the Ceruleaning Ocean Blade Clan is not as generous as I thought,” Su Mo said with a regretful look.

Spiritual rocks were important cultivation resources in the world of cultivation. These rocks were divided into four grades: Low-grade, Medium-grade, High-grade, and Top-grade.

The spiritual energy in the low-grade spiritual rocks contained many impurities, but they could hold large amounts of low-grade spirit gems in the cosmic storage bag.

Nonetheless, Su Mo was delighted with his harvest this time. But other than the cosmic bag and the spiritual rock, the rest of the items were described as junk. They were just a change of clothes.

Fortunately, the blades that the disciples wielded were not ordinary. The blades were made of fine-quality iron. They were still valuable as materials even if they were broken.

Su Mo picked up the broken iron pieces on the ground and walked toward the village. At this moment, the commander from the Black Blade Clan spat out a mouthful of blood.

“H-How could he have undone the spell that I set on the cosmic bag?!” the commander said in disbelief.

…

After returning to the village, Su Mo immediately commanded the Invincible Demon Clan System, “Activate the Grand Library!”

When Su Mo finished speaking, a magnificent building was erected from the ground.

When Su Mo saw the grand library among the ruins of his village, he was at a loss. But he was relieved that the resurrection of the Crimson Heart Clan was back on track.

The grand library was placed according to the previous layout of the Crimson Heart Village. Only this time, the library was even more magnificent than the previous library. It also seemed to possess a mysterious aura.

“Phew. Since I have increased cultivation speed and the eighth-grade spirit nurturing pill, I can make another breakthrough in the Gold Core Realm, right?” Su Mo said with some uncertainty.

The eighth-grade spirit nurturing pill was initially intended for mortals. One pill was enough for a mortal to enter the Deity Transformation Realm. It was a treasure that had never appeared on the floating island. It was extremely rare to the entire continent.

But now, Su Mo had come to possess such a treasure.

Su Mo wasn’t sure if he could make another breakthrough in the Golden Core Realm because of his change in physique.

Su Mo would require large amounts of strength to make a breakthrough with the innate saint-like physique. He wasn’t sure whether or not he should use the eight-grade spirit nurturing pill to make a breakthrough.

“I’ll just take this one step at a time. First, it would be wise to reach a higher stage of the Golden Core Realm. I believe that none can challenge me with my innate saint-like physique, even if they were on the same stage and realm as me. Plus, I have a small spiritual rock with me.”

Su Mo finally decided that he would just do it. He proceeded to go to his open-air cultivation room and began to cultivate. While he cultivated, he activated his increased cultivation speed and took the spirit nurturing pill.

At this moment, the rate at which Su Mo was cultivating grew exponentially. The speed at which he cultivated resembled that of a rocket-propelled bullet train.

“Congratulations, Master, you have made a breakthrough and reached stage seven of the Foundation Establishment Realm. You will now be rewarded.”

Obtained [Main Hall]

“Congratulations, Master, you have made a breakthrough and reached stage eight of the Foundation Establishment Realm. You will now be rewarded.”

Obtained [Farmhouse]

“Congratulations, Master, you have made a breakthrough and reached stage nine of the Foundation Establishment Realm. You will now be rewarded.”

Obtained [A Set of Jade Stone Steps for the Village]

“Congratulations, Master, you have made a breakthrough and reached stage ten of the Foundation Establishment Realm. You will now be rewarded.”

Obtained [Innate Saint-Like Being Cultivation Technique, Great Sun Art] x1

“Congratulations, Master, you have made a breakthrough and reached stage one of the Meridian Formation Realm. You will now be rewarded.”

Obtained [Law Enforcement Hall]

…

“Do you want to switch to a new cultivation method and use a tool?”

A series of notifications rang out. Su Mo, who had been immersed in deep cultivation, chose to activate his rewards.

Su Mo’s magic powers and the village gradually improved, unbeknownst to Su Mo.

Three days had passed, and Su Mo had made multiple breakthroughs. He managed to get from stage six of the Foundation Establishment Realm to stage ten of the Meridian Formation Realm.

“Condense all breakthroughs!”

Su Mo attempted to condense the magical powers in his body and accumulate them. Su Mo managed to condense the magic powers within him into a ball.

The ball of magic was the embryonic form of the Golden Core Realm. Su Mo was now a master of stage ten of the Meridian Formation Realm, one step away from reaching the Golden Core Realm.

As long as Su Mo could successfully condense his magic powers into a ball and maintain its form, he could make another breakthrough and become a cultivator of the Golden Core Realm.

But no matter how hard Su Mo tried, he could not maintain the embryonic form of the Golden Core Realm. The ball of magic would break its structure and flow through his body once more.

“Is the innate saint-like physique really so abnormal?”

Su Mo was only one step away from the Golden Core Realm, but he could not enter, no matter how hard he tried.

Every time the core was about to take shape, it would fail. Su Mo had used all his cultivating resources, even the spirit nurturing pill, that would allow mortals to enter Deity Transformation Realm.

“Is there anything else that the system can do to assist me?” Su Mo had no choice but to ask the Invincible Demon Clan System for help.

“Master’s request has been detected. I am beginning the search. It seems that there is a restriction in the innate saint-like physique. It will require a tremendous amount of resources for Master to make another breakthrough. However, there are no suitable items to help Master make a breakthrough.”

The system quickly replied to Su Mo’s question.

“Sigh,” Su Mo helplessly sighed. He was still unable to step into the Golden Core Realm even with all those resources. It would seem as though having the innate saint-like physique had its cons as well.

Su Mo weakly laid down. He looked to the roof of the cultivation room as he wondered when he would be able to avenge his clan.

“Wait! Is that a roof? I thought I was cultivating in the open!” Su Mo was puzzled.

“System, did you do this?” Su Mo looked up and asked with some discomfort.

“When did my open-air cultivation room suddenly become a fully enclosed room?”

“It was a tool that Master had decided to use while he was cultivating,” the system replied coldly.

“Show me what I used while I was cultivating,” Su Mo asked.

“Master, you can walk out of the room and see for yourself. Unfortunately, the system could not record the usage of items.”

Su Mo had no choice but to walk out and investigate for himself.

“Is this really the Crimson Heart Village?”

The Crimson Heart Village had completely recovered. It was even more magnificent and pleasing to the eye than before. There were all kinds of halls, dormitories, and farmhouses. Su Mo also saw jade steps leading to the top of the mountain.

The most exaggerated thing was at the entrance gate of the village. If the sign didn’t read Crimson Heart Village, Su Mo would have thought he had come to the Southern Gates of Heaven.

But before Su Mo could study the sign properly, the Protective Barrier Formation began to sound again.

“Hey, is someone looking for me?”