Chapter 115.2 : Numbers (Two in One Chapter) (Part 2)
[Dantai Jinglian]: Junior Sister… if I remember correctly, your bed is made from top-grade Spirit Goldwood, right? Even a Fourth-Heaven cultivator would find it extremely difficult to damage it. And yet… it collapsed just like that?
[Shui Qianrou (18)]: Ahem—just a moment of carelessness. Well then, I've had a sudden insight in my cultivation, so I won't be chatting with everyone anymore, alright!
After leaving this line behind, Shui Qianrou's avatar dimmed.
With the main party slipping away, the rest naturally lost their topic of discussion, and the group chat quickly quieted down.
Elsewhere.
Chu Ge returned to Taihuang Hall, his mood somewhat complicated.
Thinking about how he had wasted an entire day of cultivation, he almost sighed and said, "Martial Aunt truly delayed my cultivation."
But upon sensing the extra surge of dense, incredibly pure yin-aspect energy within his body, he swallowed those words back down.
Was it really a delay?
On the surface, it seemed so.
But in truth, it wasn't at all.
With only a rough perception, Chu Ge could already tell that if he absorbed this additional energy, he could directly open all of his remaining star apertures.
This was far faster than a full day of normal cultivation!
Recalling Shui Qianrou's innate talent—and the hidden talent she possessed—Chu Ge immediately understood where this energy had come from.
Though it was likely because it was the first time that the benefits were so tremendous.
As his thoughts drifted, Chu Ge recalled the Twin Dragon Dual-Soul Heaven-Fusing Scripture
Next time, I'll mention it to Martial Aunt—see if she's willing to cultivate this technique alongside me…
Without further thought, Chu Ge sat down cross-legged.
While restoring the stamina he had expended during the day, he began refining the pure energy within his body.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, night had fallen deep.
Chu Ge opened his eyes, joy flashing through his gaze.
He had underestimated just how vast that energy was.
In just a few short hours, he had refined barely a tenth of it.
Yet the number of star apertures he had opened already exceeded what he could accomplish in an entire day of cultivation using the Myriad Stars Board.
With another two or three tenths refined—plus the daily diary rewards—
He would be able to open all three hundred and sixty star apertures on the Great Zhou Aperture Refining Diagram!
And once that happened, breaking through to the Fourth Heaven would not be far off!
Thinking of the diary, Chu Ge casually began recording an entry.
Before that, however, he didn't forget that today's intelligence panel hadn't yet been used.
He communicated with the system in his mind.
"System, retrieve today's intelligence."
[Ding, retrieving intelligence…]
[Ding, retrieval complete. Click to view.]
He clicked to view it, and the familiar perspective unfolded.
Chu Ge closed his eyes, immersing his mind within.
A moment later, he opened them again.
Today's intelligence contained nothing particularly important.
At most, Su Mo had encountered another minor issue, slapped the faces of one or two insignificant lackeys who had come looking for trouble, and gained some trivial benefits—not worth mentioning.
Summoning the diary panel, Chu Ge began writing.
But after thinking about it, there really wasn't much worth recording today.
The only noteworthy event was his "battle" with Shui Qianrou—but recording that would be far too improper…
Writing a diary in the first place was already something an upright person wouldn't do—writing indecent things on top of that would be even worse…
Having made up his mind, Chu Ge casually wrote down a few harmless entries and waited for the diary settlement.
He didn't have to wait long before the system notification rang out in his mind.
[Ding, daily diary reward settlement complete. Congratulations, Host—reward received: Apertures +3.]
[Today's diary rating: 55. One lottery draw obtained. Would you like to use it?]
Clicking his tongue, Chu Ge claimed the cultivation reward and casually used the lottery chance as well.
The result was, naturally, nothing special.
Gathering his thoughts, Chu Ge continued cultivating.
Meanwhile, the women who were waiting as usual for their diary replica rewards were each in very different moods.
Listening to the system notification in her mind, Shui Qianrou felt extraordinarily delighted.
[Ding, daily diary reward settlement for diary owner Chu Ge complete. Replica holder Shui Qianrou has received the highest-tier reward: True Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy · Upper Volume.]
Shui Qianrou had already expected that, given the breakthrough in her relationship with Chu Ge, this highest-tier reward would be exceptionally generous.
But she never imagined it would be this generous!
Not five percent, not ten percent—
But the entire Upper Volume outright!
"Martial Nephew… you truly are my lucky star. You're making this Martial Aunt want to… properly reward you again…"
Shui Qianrou licked the corner of her lips, her gaze burning.
Though she had been the one to take the initiative today, the result was that she had gained immense benefits.
Not only the True Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy, but her cultivation had also advanced rapidly through an entire day of intense "battle."
While she hadn't broken through on the spot, she had already reached the threshold.
Beyond that, she sensed subtle, wondrous changes occurring within her body—undoubtedly all benefits.
And setting all that aside, she had also enjoyed unparalleled pleasure throughout the process.
So much so that only a few hours after separating from Chu Ge, she already found herself missing him again.
Unfortunately, her thoughts would come to nothing over the next few days.
For two consecutive days, Chu Ge shut himself in and did not go out.
He cultivated continuously within Taihuang Hall— even completing his daily check-ins there—devoting all of his time solely to cultivation.
The star apertures within his body opened at an almost terrifying speed, until the third day.
Chu Ge's entire body was threaded with star apertures—360 in total—each like a tiny star.
Though each individual aperture seemed insignificant, the stellar force contained within even a single one far surpassed that of an ordinary Third-Heaven Aperture-Opening cultivator.
But Chu Ge's cultivation at the Third Heaven was not yet complete.
Next came the opening of hidden apertures.
He had long since made his plans.
Using the Indestructible Radiant Dragon Aperture Refining Diagram as a foundation, he would open the hidden aperture "Indestructible."
Using the Blazing Radiance Incinerates the Cosmos Diagram and the Calamity Radiance Extinguishes the Universe Diagram, he would open "Incinerate Cosmos" and "Extinguish Universe."
Using his Myriad Laws Sacred Body as the base, supplemented by the Myriad Laws Evolution Mirror, he would open the hidden aperture "Myriad Laws."
Added to the five hidden apertures from the Great Zhou Stellar Aperture Refining Diagram—
At the Aperture-Opening Realm, Chu Ge would possess 360 star apertures comparable to ordinary hidden apertures, as well as 9 hidden apertures forged from supreme foundations.
His accumulation and potential excavation at the Aperture-Opening Realm could truly be called unparalleled in the world!
And from that point onward, his cultivation through the Middle Three Heavens would be a smooth, unstoppable ascent—cutting through everything in his path!