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Chapter 252 – A Huge Advantage

Benton pulled up the relevant portion of his status.

His biggest takeaway from the information presented was the massive increase in available qi. He’d gone from a bit over five million to more than two hundred eighty-nine million. That was an increas...

Chapter 251 – The Perks of Becoming a Nascent Soul

Benton felt more than a little disconcerted at the transformation he’d just finished. For one thing, he still lacked a body. For another, his Golden Core was now gone, having been incorporated into his new soul.

New. Soul.

Weird.

A box popped up.

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Chapter 250 - Faith

5/1/25 A/N: Fell a little behind on chapters. It's been one of those weeks. No really big deal, just heavier than normal load at work combined with allergy season. I expect to be caught up before the end of the weekend.

To go from being a mere mortal to a first minor realm Qi Gathering cultivator had cost Benton a single Sect Point. And th...

Chapter 249 - Barely

The three hundred soon to be new Rising Tide Sect members were already gathering in the amphitheater when Benton summoned Yuan Yaozu, the twins, Zou Tian, Sun Hua, and Kang Lin to his office.

“Thank all of you for coming so quickly,” Benton said once all five of them had gathered. “I have a few announcements. First, Yuan Yaozu has re...

Chapter 248 – A New Old Disciple?

Benton was well aware that sects guarded their secrets to an absurd degree, and he didn’t want to become quite that paranoid. On the other hand, knowledge could be dangerous. The only thing keeping his sect from being destroyed was certain beliefs the opposing factions held about him. The less they knew for certain, the better.

Thus the ...

Chapter 247 - Chastened

Benton laid in the dirt, suffering through the pain and ignominy of having his legs seared off. As he seethed, he waited for the Major Healing Pill he’d just consumed, his third in a short period, to finish working.

He was not happy with the fight against the Jade Chameleon Nascent Souls. He was well enough pleased that he stood victorio...

Chapter 246c – Book 4 Prologue

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Teng Wuying read the message that had just been delivered to him. There had been three possible outcomes of the battle between Chao Su and the two Jade Chameleon Nascent Souls. Two of those results would have been excellent for Teng Wuying personally.

Had Ye Zhengsheng and Yan Mingxia beaten Chao Su and gained possession of ...

Chapter 246b – End of Book 3 Chao Su Status

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Chapter 246a – Book 3 Epilogue

4/20/25 A/N: After I eventually finish this story (not even close yet), I plan to publish it on Amazon. I've decided that, instead of massive 160 or so chapter books that encompass an entire arc, I'm going to break each arc into two books. Thus, today I'm posting 3 short chapters instead of one long one as the transition from the end of Book 3 t...

Chapter 245 – Mutually Assured Destruction?

Benton fell on his butt as soon as he materialized in one of his bunkers. At least he wasn’t so zonked out by his injuries that he couldn’t think. Better than last time anyway.

Reaching out with his spiritual senses, he discovered a Nascent Soul above the sect. One. His attack had been successful.

Finally, a part of his plan had ...

Chapter 244 – Sinking into the Black

Benton grew more lightheaded by the moment. Black crept into the edges of his sight. He felt himself sink into it. His wound was something no mortal could withstand. He was dying, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Those thoughts triggered a rebellion in his mind. Not the dying part. He’d done that before, and as an old man, it ...

Chapter 243 – No Survivors

Yuan Yaozu entered the Trial Pagoda full of confidence. After all, if the juniors he met could all pass their trials, how could he, a Golden Core cultivator who’d experienced nearly a millennium of life, possibly fail? He even knew what to expect. From the juniors’ stories, some form of apparently unblockable qi would be hurled at him, and h...

Chapter 242 – The First Goal

Benton snorted. He was growing overconfident. Just because the battle had started out going his way didn’t mean it would finish that way, not against two Nascent Soul cultivators. If he wanted to win, it was up to him to make the victory happen.

His most important objective was to cut the number of his adversaries in half, meaning he nee...

Chapter 241 – Overblown Worries

On the morning that possibly would lead to the end of thousands of years spent challenging the heavens, Ye Zhengsheng rose after sunrise and had a quiet, leisurely breakfast. He and Yan Mingxia were in no hurry to depart for the small village holding the upstart Rising Tide Sect. The final end came for all those who failed to reach immortality, ...

Chapter 240 – Preparing for War

The arrival of the Jade Chameleon Sect Nascent Souls might be days away, but Benton had to prepare as if it would come first thing the next morning, meaning he only had the rest of the evening and the whole of the night to get ready. Which was exactly what he planned to do. First and most importantly came his upgrades.

Since he’d found o...

Chapter 239 – The Jig Is Up

Yuan Yaozu could practically smell the coming battle in the air. It would be today. Early.

While not possessing any technique for divination—if such a thing existed—he’d always been sensitive to tidings, and his every instinct told him that the Jade Chameleon cultivators would arrive soon.

Still, Yuan Yaozu strolled toward the ...

Chapter 238 – Kowtowing to Jerks

4/10/25 A/N: As an author of a webserial, there is no greater feeling than going to bed knowing that all the chapters you owe your readers are written, edited, and posted.

Benton hadn’t expected his visit to the two girls to be such a bummer. Wan Ai was a smart kid who had done so well with alchemy and cultivation that he’d gained a lo...

Chapter 237 – Bestowing Tasks

Wan Ai was as happy as she’d ever been. While she’d expected being the leader of the Alchemy Pavilion to be problematic, she was mostly left alone either to cultivate or practice her craft. Only Zou Tian and Bai Xinyi ever disturbed her.

The first, of course, was never a bother, and the second… Well, Bai Xinyi was heavens sent. The g...

Chapter 236 – No Rest for the Weary

Benton waited on the road between the two towers just behind the newly installed gate for the visitors he sensed to arrive, and when he caught sight of them, he grinned. It was Kang Ya-Ting and an old man, also dressed in the green robes of the Poison Claw Sect, both on flying swords. Benton quickly scanned the stranger, discovering that he was ...

Chapter 235 – One Fact Changes Everything

Ye Zhengsheng slowly opened his eyes. The fact that he awakened meant one of two things. Either the formation had somehow failed, which portended dire times indeed if his sect had failed in their efforts to maintain the array of a revered elder, or the sect needed him. One of three things, really, but that last was so improbable as to not even b...

Chapter 234 – Chillax Time

After finishing the Rising Tide Sect’s Grand Defensive Formation, Benton took a break. In the sixteen days since the twins and Kang Lin had returned from Sixth Flawless Flowing City, he’d been working nonstop, first to complete the towers, then to construct the wall, and finally on the massive qi shield. When he had a moment to spare, he act...

Chapter 233 – The Buck Stops With … Me?

Sun Hua had settled into her role as the sect leaders lead administrative assistant, relishing the purpose the position had brought to her life. The whole situation was quite unbelievable, really. Before the founding of the sect, she’d given up hope of ever being more than a spinster who performed odd jobs around the village.

Since the f...

Chapter 232 – Why So Defensive?

Benton was just about ready to install the turrets on his two towers, but there was a problem. His plan was to have four separate weapon arrays located in four groups dispersed equally around the circumference, the idea being that when one set was damaged or destroyed, the turret would rotate the next set to engage the target.

Three of the...

Chapter 231 – The Two Towers

Benton was pleased with the kids’ progress in obtaining the materials he needed for the qi sources, but of the six he wanted to make, he was only somewhat close with Fire. Once he traded five Orange Vigor Spirit Wood kernels for five fire stones from the Poison Claw Sect elder, he’d have the mineral requirement taken care of, and he already ...

Chapter 230 – Praise, Potential, and Points

Kang Lin and the others visited Ma An at the Heavenly Transit Mercantile Association the afternoon after the fight with the Jade Chameleons. The trader, obviously desirous of keeping good relations with the supplier of the Orange Vigor Spirit Wood, was quite polite and promised to keep a look out for any of the materials they desired, but he did...

Chapter 229 – Prudence

Yang Xiu didn’t even have time to flinch. After burying an arrow in the chest of one of the two Jade Chameleon Foundation Establishment cultivators charging her, the other swung a sword at her neck.

The blade glowed with white light, signifying that it was imbued with Wind qi. That element was strong against her Ice element, meaning it w...

Chapter 228 –Accepting, Apprehensive, and Avid

Yang Ru watched as Kang Lin fingered her contingency ring, ready to call Master at the slightest sign of his and Yang Xiu’s lives being put in danger. Good. There was nothing the three of them could do against a Golden Core cultivator. If the man moved to intervene, Master would be the only one who could help.

It occurred to Yang Ru that...

Chapter 227 – When a Plan Comes Together

Kang Lin’s eyes darted all around, looking for any avenue of escape. The Golden Core cultivator from the Jade Chameleon Sect hovered above them, and he and his five juniors were clearly out from blood.

There was no way to outrun them. Even if the trio had all been able to use movement techniques, it wouldn’t have mattered against someo...

Chapter 226 – Cleaning Up the Trash

Kang Lin genuinely liked Yang Xiu. Even if the two of them did not end up as sisters-in-law, Kang Lin thought they would at least remain friends. Considering that sect life didn’t tend to lead to making many friends, it was prudent to cherish one when one came along.

But the girl had gotten on Kang Lin’s nerves over the last two days. ...

Chapter 225 – Anticipation

A/N 3/23/25: If you read the last chapter soon after I published it, you read an incorrect version. I managed to forget to have him request the trio buy a cauldron, remember that some of the materials would require bartering in lieu of spirit coins, and set up a future project by requesting them to recruit some actors. Doh!

Yang Xiu had ra...