Simplification System: From Perfect Arrow Skill to Immortal

Countless pebbles flew, dust billowing everywhere.

Once everything settled, a massive pit dozens of yards deep had opened up in the ground.

Inside that pit, Wang Tong was already gravely wounded.

His robes were in tatters, blood dripping from his body, not a single part of him unscathed.

His back had been blasted by Lin Chang’sheng’s Thunderbolt Arrow, his front wounded by Hou Yutian’s Sword Aura.

"Impossible, impossible! How could I lose to the likes of you—"

Wang Tong’s anguished roar was filled with unwillingness, but the moment he tried to escape from the pit, Lin Chang’sheng and Hou Yutian’s attacks rained down once again.

This time, Lin Chang’sheng didn’t just fire nine Thunderbolt Arrows, but an onslaught of thousands.

Meanwhile, Hou Yutian conjured a colossal, hundred-yard-long Sword Aura, sealing off the exit and slamming it into the pit.

"Divine Shield!"

Seeing the endless attacks incoming, Wang Tong no longer had time to counterattack—he could only hurriedly summon an Elemental Shield to defend himself.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless Thunderbolt Arrows pounded on the Divine Shield, sounding like rain drumming a tent—barely causing a ripple.

This was the gap between the Void Refining Stage and the Integration Stage.

If Hou Yutian hadn’t launched a direct assault drawing most of Wang Tong’s focus a moment earlier, Lin Chang’sheng would’ve never had the chance to seize that opening and injure Wang Tong.

Now, Thunderbolt Arrows were useless, but Hou Yutian’s exploding Sword Aura was a different story.

Because within that Sword Aura, at its very core, lay Hou Yutian’s Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

BOOM—

The titanic Sword Aura smashed into Wang Tong’s Divine Shield, erupting in a shockwave that split the ground as rocks sprayed everywhere.

In the next instant, everyone saw the razor-sharp Sword Aura slowly pierce through Wang Tong’s Divine Shield, inch by inch closing in on his body.

"NO—!"

Feeling his life threatened, Wang Tong let out a furious, despairing yell.

No matter how he raged, it was over for him.

Wounded as he was, he stood no chance against Hou Yutian and Lin Chang’sheng working together.

BOOM BOOM BOOM—

The Sword Aura blasted apart Wang Tong’s Divine Shield and smashed him to the ground, and countless Thunderbolt Arrows rained down after.

When the dust finally cleared, Wang Tong had been nailed to the earth by Hou Yutian’s Sword Aura, his body pummeled beyond recognition by the relentless Arrow assault.

Buzz—

The next moment, Wang Tong’s Primordial Spirit shot out, and though Lin Chang’sheng and Hou Yutian tried to intercept, they couldn’t stop it.

Even Lin Chang’sheng’s Myriad Soul Banner couldn’t take it in.

"Looks like the soul power was too strong—the Myriad Soul Banner lost its effect!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself. Seems I’ll need to merge upgrades to boost the Soul Banner’s strength.

Otherwise, killing enemies in the future will be a hassle if their souls just escape.

"So that’s the power of an Integration cultivator! I have to raise my cultivation, and fast!"

For the first time, Lin Chang’sheng truly felt how terrifying an Integration-stage cultivator was.

Even at the Middle Stage of Void Refining, he was no match for an Integration cultivator.

If not for Hou Yutian, they’d have never taken Wang Tong down this time.

Now that Wang Tong was dead, that meant they’d made a great enemy of the Rakshasa Sect.

"Let’s move!"

Hou Yutian saw that Wang Tong was dead and his soul escaped. If Wang Yun found out, he’d definitely send killers after them. No way they could stay here.

He quickly called out to Lin Chang’sheng, ready to get the hell out of there.

Lin Chang’sheng waved his hand, scooping up Wang Tong’s corpse and Storage Bag before leaping onto the Flying Shuttle and making a quick getaway.

This Wang Tong was an Integration Cultivator—how could his Storage Bag not be filled with treasures?

"Many thanks for lending a hand, Elder Hou!"

Lin Chang’sheng restored his Primordial Power to its peak with Immortal Crystals before speaking calmly.

The Immortal Realm is deadly: you’ve got to stay at your peak at all times if you want any chance of survival.

"That’s my line! Without your skill in arrays, all of us would’ve died in that Celestial Thunder Array."

With some healing, Hou Yutian’s arm injury had mostly recovered.

The power of Celestial Thunder was overwhelming, but it still wasn’t easy to seriously wound an Integration cultivator.

Lin Chang’sheng surveyed the survivors—less than half remained.

There’d been over twenty promising young cultivators at first, but now, aside from Lin Chang’sheng and Hou Shaojie, only seven or eight were left.

The rest had either fled or died.

This shows that in the Immortal Realm, not even prodigies have an easy path to survive and thrive.

Each strong cultivator is one in ten thousand.

"Elder Hou, let’s split what’s in Wang Tong’s Storage Bag. There are a ton of Immortal Crystals—enough to help all of us cultivate!"

Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t the greedy type. There were eighty thousand Immortal Crystals in there—if he took them all, Hou Yutian would probably feel cheated.

After all, Hou Yutian did most of the heavy lifting to kill Wang Tong.

"Deal!"

Hou Yutian agreed—since they’d already pissed off the Rakshasa Sect, might as well take everything they could.

The two split the Immortal Crystals evenly.

Lin Chang’sheng also gave Hou Yutian Wang Tong’s Lower Grade Celestial Spirit Treasure. Hou Yutian tried to decline at first.

But Lin Chang’sheng said, "You can have the Spirit Treasure, but the elixirs and immortal techniques are ours. We wouldn’t use them anyway."

That way, everyone was even; only then did Hou Yutian agree.

"Shaojie, you interested in this Long Saber?"

Hou Yutian handed the Long Saber to Hou Shaojie.

This Long Saber was a Lower Grade Celestial Spirit Treasure—its power beyond question.

But Hou Shaojie shook his head after a look, so Hou Yutian kept it for himself.

As for the elixirs and immortal techniques in Wang Tong’s Storage Bag, those went to Lin Chang’sheng.

While he missed out on a Lower Grade Celestial Spirit Treasure, Lin Chang’sheng got three immortal technique manuals and some alchemy herbs—not a bad deal at all.

Especially since these herbs were just what he needed to refine an Infinite Sacred Essence Pill.

The Infinite Sacred Essence Pill was a rare treasure he’d picked up from Gu Ji’s Storage Bag.

But he’d never found the suitable herbs for refining, so Lin Chang’sheng hadn’t gotten around to simplifying it yet.

This time, finding them all in Wang Tong’s Storage Bag was just perfect—time to refine it at last.

This elixir was seriously potent—just one pill and you could come back from the brink of death.

It could massively restore your primordial power—one pill instantly gave you four layers of Primordial Power back.

Talk about explosive restoration.

At a critical moment, one pill could decide a life-or-death battle.

As for the three immortal techniques, Lin Chang’sheng could put all of them to use: one called the Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique, one the Four Symbols Divine Fist, and one the Divine Shield.

Now he wouldn’t be bored on the trip; he could cultivate three immortal techniques and a pill formula to perfection, boosting his strength a lot more.

[Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique: Entry Level!]

[Four Symbols Divine Fist: Entry Level!]

[Divine Shield: Entry Level!]

[Infinite Holy Pill Formula: Entry Level!]

Five hours later, Lin Chang’sheng had cultivated all three immortal techniques and the pill formula to the entry stage.

[Detected Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique. Spend 3,500 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

[Detected Four Symbols Divine Fist. Spend 3,000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

[Detected Divine Shield. Spend 3,000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

[Detected Infinite Holy Pill. Spend 3,500 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

The system panel chimed with advancement prompts.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang’sheng still had plenty of Immortal Crystals, so he chose to simplify everything without hesitation.

[The Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique == Swing the Blade at the Moon!]

[The Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Four Symbols Divine Fist... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Four Symbols Divine Fist == Punch!]

[The Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Divine Shield... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Divine Shield == Hold Your Breath!]

[The Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Infinite Holy Pill... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Infinite Holy Pill == Stare at Pill!]

"Swing the Blade at the Moon? Punch? Hold your breath? Stare at pill?"

Lin Chang’sheng mused to himself—well, that’s simplification for you, it really couldn’t be any simpler!

And they could all be cultivated simultaneously.

So Lin Chang’sheng didn’t care how the others looked at him—one hand swinging a saber at the sky, the other throwing punches, his mouth full of held breath, eyes glued to a pill in his hand.

Celestial Vault Moon-breaking Saber Technique Experience Points +1!

Four Symbols Divine Fist Experience Points +1!

Divine Shield Experience Points +1!

Infinite Holy Pill Experience Points +1!

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With Lin Chang’sheng’s strange actions, the experience points for his three immortal techniques and one pill formula skyrocketed like crazy.