I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

[Dog Year, February 3rd, Overcast with Dense Clouds]

There is still one month until the arrival of Xun Wind.

I’ve been the Eight Trigrams Island Master for a little over half a year, and now I’m forced to flee. What bad luck!

Actually, I only seemed relaxed in front of Xie Jingshan, but inside I was still tense, so much so that even inhaling Laughing Spring Breeze couldn’t make me smile.

Faced with such dire circumstances, it’s difficult for this diary to maintain a light tone.

The vastness of the open sea is endless; no matter where you look, there is only water.

High above, Golden Core cultivators occasionally pass by, so I can only conceal my presence and fly close to the sea.

Encountered three to five groups of fierce sea beasts, and slaughtered them.

After rushing northeast for a day and a night, still no sight of any islands. At night, I stargazed aboard the Flying Core Boat, performed some basic fortune-telling and vaguely saw an omen in the northeastern starry sky that hinted: "The dragon trapped in the abyss will surely soar to the Ninth Heaven."

The northeastern direction leads to the Kunxu Sea Trench and the Dragon Palace relic realm—could there be a chance of survival for me there?

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[Dog Year, February 6th, Strong Wind and Waves]

My mind is indecisive, yet I have already headed for the deep northeastern sea.

Yesterday, I twice encountered late-stage Golden Core fierce beasts, which were violently fierce and nearly capsized my boat. The dangers of the open sea are well-earned, and I must be more cautious.

The Crane Feather Avatar and Sword Sky Puppet guard the bow and stern of the Flying Core Boat respectively, while I train inside the cabin, engrave jade talismans, and craft Five Elements Thunder Pearls.

Though I’ve successfully transformed the Water Spirit, I’ve recently discovered its power remains weaker than the other four spirits; perhaps it is due to the difference between innate and acquired spiritual objects.

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[Dog Year, February 9th, Clear Skies]

A few days ago, I was targeted by two Golden Core evil cultivators, fleeing and fighting, ultimately turning the tables in a desolate counterattack.

I sustained three injuries, but the Continuous Pearl Thunder Talisman showed its might.

With the Kunxu Sea Trench near, the area teems with mixed people and hiding fierce beasts. There are constant sounds of battles at sea, like praying mantis stalking cicadas unaware of the oriole behind. Danger lurks everywhere.

I’ve redirected my course northward.

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[Dog Year, February 15th, Storm Arises]

After rushing north for six days, battling several times and facing dangers frequently, I finally found a solitary island in the sea.

The island is not large, only about ten miles across, but luckily the central hill is elevated, suitable for avoiding wind and waves.

No human traces around, only fierce beasts stirring up the sea and fighting.

Set up a hidden array over the entire island and dug a cave in the mountain. I’ll temporarily stay here to train and hunt demons, stacking my chips before the Dragon Palace relic realm opens.

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[Dog Year, February 20th, Clouds Disperse]

Today I successfully broke through to Level 8 in Cloud Mushroom Grass Bloodline, leaving only ten million to reach Level 9.

Though the open sea is perilous, nature’s spiritual energy is exceptionally abundant here. The methods from the "Immortal Grass Scripture" to draw nature’s energy are also becoming more proficient. However, whenever the drawing extends beyond an hour, I feel an inexplicable sense of crisis inside, unsure why, so I just have to stop and recover.

Besides engraving the Divine Concealment, Turtle Breath, and Continuous Pearl Jade Talismans, crafting Five Elements Thunder Pearls, all my time is spent on cultivation, demon hunting, and practicing battle methods.

Now I can skillfully purify the muddy qi from demon cores, reaching the body’s limit with three cores a day. My cultivation progresses rapidly, potentially reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection within a year.

Around the solitary island, there is no shortage of Golden Core fierce beasts. Setting up the Eight Arrays Plate, the Crane Feather Avatar, and the Sword Sky Puppet, all along with my true self, are dispatched together.

With a strategic approach, it is not difficult to hunt solitary early-stage Golden Core fierce beasts.

Mid-stage Golden Core beasts can also be hunted but at a cost of effort and time, which makes it unworthy, so I avoid those.

Additionally, apart from demon hunting, I also let the Crane Feather Avatar and Sword Sky Puppet attack my true self together, quickly enhancing my skills in spells, secret techniques, and experiential battle methods.

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[Dog Year, March 5th, Xun Wind Arrives]

Venturing into the open sea, the Xun Wind was especially fierce. Even hiding in the cave, I could feel the bone-chilling cold.

What cannot kill me will become my stepping stone.

Books suggest that the Xun Wind can also be used for body refining. I chiseled a crack at the cave entrance to let the Xun Wind in, practicing the fist techniques from the "Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique."

At first, it was like knives scraping bones, unbearably painful, but I gritted my teeth and endured. By the ninth practice, my mind became ethereal, recalling previous experiences of body refining under thunder at the Yin Mountain Mine, shifting to practice the "Fierce Thunder Body Refining Technique" fist techniques.

Alternating between the two fist techniques, I found common ground and further deduced the fist techniques from "Vajra Furnace Skill."

Suddenly enlightened, I realized the beauty of the Great Dao’s three thousand paths leading to the same destination.

After melding the three fist techniques into one, thoroughly understanding them, the Xun Wind’s assault no longer caused pain. It felt like drinking cold spring water in summer, thoroughly refreshing and increasing the strength of my tendons, bones, skin, flesh, and internal organs to another level.

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[Dog Year, March 8th, Overcast to Clear]

The Xun Wind passed, leaving only three days for body refining. What a pity!

I have only thirty demon cores left. Heading out to sea for demon hunting, while also investigating if the Kunxu Sea Trench has opened.

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[Dog Year, March 15th, Large Winds and Waves]

After the Xun Wind, sea beasts were generally weakened, gaining a gratifying ten or more demon cores.

Before reaching the vicinity of the Kunxu Sea Trench, I witnessed the aftermath of battles among Golden Core cultivators, later subdued and counter-killed by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Luckily, I sensed something amiss and fled early; the sea is increasingly chaotic, and the Kunxu Sea Trench has yet to open.

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[Dog Year, March 20th, Clear Skies Without Clouds]

Today, while out to sea, I was ambushed by a large group of sea monkeys.

After a half-day of hard battle, I exterminated them all, obtaining a demon core from the King Beast among them.

Previously, the Supreme Elder provided me with four cultivation techniques and insights from True Monarch Fantao, melding my learning in Five Elements Magical Techniques and demon arts, acquiring several high-level spells.

Blade Flow Wind Kill, Single Vine Sea, Water Dragon Binding, Yellow Sand Sinking Land.

Among them, Water Dragon Binding can be combined with the Ice Armor Beetle King for spell casting, holding unique charm. The Fire Element spells from the "Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture" and Nine Great Fire Talismans are sufficient for use.

The names Blade Flow Wind Kill and Yellow Sand Sinking Land remain unchanged, yet the power of the spells has increased considerably, containing multiple variations within.

Recently, through constant practice, Blade Flow Wind Kill and Yellow Sand Sinking Land have both broken through to the Fourth Layer, just one layer away from the peak.

The others have reached the Third Layer, displaying initial power.

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[Dog Year, March 23rd, Dense Clouds]

Returning from demon hunting, the solitary island has been occupied.

The intruders are a group of evil cultivators from the Three Elements Sect, three at Peak Foundation Establishment and four at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment. They appear to want to temporarily stay here, waiting to fish in troubled waters once the Dragon Palace Secret Realm opens.

This kind of thing also happened when the ancient cultivator’s cave mansion in the Chaotian Domain opened years ago. Back then, Moh Baichun was injured by other Golden Core cultivators while competing for treasures inside the cave mansion, and nearly got looted when escaping and encountering two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Secretly sneaked back onto the solitary island; Jixiang Break Array with the Crane Feather Avatar carrying the Divine Concealment Talisman and infiltrated to gather information from these people about my master.

My master, truly invincible, single-handedly eradicated a Three Elements Sect outpost in the open sea, while someone suspected to be Qing Nangzi was rescued by a demon cultivator, and my master was still pursuing them.

Jixiang, clever as it is and trained, did indeed know some array formations. Following my instructions, it helped set up the array with the Five Elements Thunder Pearl on its back.

Aside from a Golden Thunder Pearl being secretly consumed by it, everything went smoothly, successfully ambushing and killing all seven.

Many skills are never a burden; I’ve already cultivated the "Five Ghosts Scripture" to the Third Layer, refining the seven souls into five ghosts, for later use.

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[Dog Year, March 25th, Strong Wind]

Training on the island, with avatars sparring as usual.

The Five Elements Thunder Pearl stockpile has exceeded five hundred, and the Continuous Pearl Jade Talisman count over three hundred.

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[Dog Year, March 28th, Huge Waves]

Went out to sea to hunt demons, but with no gains.

Demon cores are exhausted, and many demon beast corpses have accumulated on me, but no workshop in the open sea to exchange for Spirit Stones.

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[Dog Year, March 30th, Clearing]

Went out to sea to hunt demons, acquiring two demon cores.

Customary to train with demon cores, now self-training without them, progress is painfully slow.

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[Dog Year, April 2nd, Cloudless]

Escaped with my life, fortunately unharmed.

While hunting demons, I was ambushed by the Colorful Ring Squid King hidden under the sea. This beast specializes in poison, which I happened to be immune to, thus achieving a counterkill when cornered.

Lately, I’ve felt a vague sense of impending doom, restless, with oversights during demon hunting.

The Supreme Elder once said that as cultivators deepen their understanding of the Heavenly Dao, they occasionally develop premonitions of major disasters.

I’ve been extremely careful lately, taking on different appearances each time I go out to sea. Hopefully, I won’t be discovered.

At night, dragon roars shook the skies, and fish schools around the solitary island fled in the opposite direction.

The Dragon Palace entrance seems to have opened.

The omen of the dragon trapped in the abyss, destined to soar to the Ninth Heaven, still remains; I have decided to go take a look.