Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1005: Chapter 562: The Devouring Immortal Silkworm Emerges, Returning to Immortal Heaven

Chen Ling saw this and immediately chimed in, "Sister is right. In the future, I will definitely create a large Hundred Flower Garden for Zi’er. It will be filled with strange flowers and herbs from all over the world, as a gift from Ren’er to sister."

Zhao Sheng heard this, and his face showed a bit of helplessness.

Since the conversation had reached this point, it was not appropriate for him, as the father, to continue reprimanding them. In the end, he could only give a light punishment and a minor warning.

A small incident seemed to pass just like that, but... the subtle signs revealed behind this matter made Zhao Sheng feel quite helpless.

After all, even the great immortals find it hard to judge family affairs!

However, Zhao Sheng soon put aside a pile of household matters and focused his energy entirely on cultivation.

Every day before dawn, he would unfailingly move near the boundary membrane, constantly chasing the sun, and refining a large amount of Constant Sun Purple Qi into Purple Cloud Thunder Power.

The process of the second spiritual power transformation accelerated, and Cloud Peak Thunder Power was quickly replaced by Purple Cloud Thunder Power.

During the day, Zhao Sheng would fly to the top of the Thunder Tower, absorbing Thunderbolt Qi to cultivate while using the pervasive lightning to refine his body, which grew stronger by the day.

At night, besides diligently tending the fields seven times in and out, Zhao Sheng also devoted quite some energy to other pursuits, such as overseeing insect eggs, refining talismans and pills, and practicing various martial arts.

Every ten days to half a month, Zhao Sheng would secretly go to Returning City and regularly take time to trade with a group of "traders".

Without anyone knowing, he had amassed a fortune exceeding millions, with the Sumeru Space filled with countless strange treasures.

As for those treasures imbued with the power of space-time, he never let a single one slip by.

In just eight years, he had accumulated quite a number of such treasures in secret.

Because he intentionally suppressed his cultivation speed, Zhao Sheng’s cultivation had only reached the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer at this time.

But in the eyes of outsiders, he seemed like a once-in-a-millennium cultivation prodigy.

At just over twenty years old, he was only a step away from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

This record could be said to shake the ancient and modern, leaving all who knew in utter shock!

In the eyes of Bai Mei Ancestor, Fei Hong Ancestor, Chen Dacheng, and others, the reincarnation of the legendary True Immortal was no more than this.

Because of this, Fei Hong Ancestor specially summoned Zhao Sheng, repeatedly warning him to hide his prowess, and bestowed upon him a highly advanced Concealing Breath Secret Technique.

Zhao Sheng "complied readily," quickly adjusting his whole aura to about the Foundation Establishment Second Layer, even living a reclusive life, teasing his wife and children.

His low-profile behavior was so effective that even within the Chen Family, they nearly forgot this former first-place of the great competition, let alone outsiders.

Zhao Sheng’s "eternal recluse" performance made Chen Daqian and others click their tongues in wonder, feeling quite surprised.

This person was clearly a prodigy of the heavens, yet he willingly remained obscure, acting nothing like an impulsive youth, but rather like a secluded master.

Could it be that he truly desired a life of tranquility?

To prevent diluting Chen Guangxi’s fighting spirit, Family Head Chen Daqian, after consulting with Chen Dacheng and others, began gradually assigning family affairs to Zhao Sheng.

These were merely tasks like inspecting important sites such as cities and Spirit Vein mines within the territory, and dealing with troublesome demon beasts and Li Xiu.

Zhao Sheng naturally did not trouble himself with these small matters, swiftly completing each task, occasionally allowing a few "small oversights" to satisfy Chen Daqian and others’ "teaching desires."

The mundane days passed by silently, and before he knew it, another year had gone by.

At the end of the winter, Zhao Sheng "unexpectedly" broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, with the breakthrough process smooth and without a hitch.

In the same year, his second son, Chen Mingyi, celebrated his first birthday.

Compared to his elder daughter Chen Mingzhi, Chen Mingyi had slightly inferior aptitude, possessing merely three spirit roots: Thunder, Wood, and Earth.

However, this son was not much different in aptitude from his eldest son. Chen Mingren also possessed Thunder, Gold, and Wood spirit roots.

Sometimes, Zhao Sheng found it peculiar that all three of his children had Thunder Spirit Root aptitude.

Statistically speaking, the probability of this occurring was less than one in a million, so it likely wasn’t a coincidence, presumably hiding some unknown secret.

Boom!

In the dim stone room, accompanied by thunderous sounds, sharp sword lights circled around like a school of fish, then swiftly cleaved down on Zhao Sheng standing in the center.

Zhao Sheng stood his ground, all defenses open, making no attempt to block.

Hundreds of sword lights showered upon his head, chest, abdomen, limbs, and every skin surface but failed to injure him in the slightest.

Wherever the sword lights struck, a wisp of thunder light would instantly appear, easily shattering the sword lights.

For a moment, Zhao Sheng was enveloped in thunder light, like the Thunder Lord reborn.

Feeling the sword light’s power insufficient after a while, he simply used his Divine Sense to control the Dragon Head Sword, transforming it into a Golden Light Sword Dragon, piercing straight toward his chest.

With a booming noise, the Dragon Head Sword stopped after barely an inch, then suddenly a large area of Violet Thunder Light erupted around the sword, enveloping the Top-grade Spirit Sword.

In the next instant, the Dragon Head Sword, covered in electric light, suddenly flew backward, disappearing into the wall, leaving a fist-sized hole and vanishing without a trace.

Zhao Sheng’s chest wound healed instantly, then with a beckoning hand, the Dragon Head Sword shot back from outside, falling into his hand while creating another hole in the wall.

Zhao Sheng pinched the sword handle dragon’s head with three fingers of his right hand, pressing the blade against his chest, making a firm cut.

At this moment, he felt as though he was cutting through thick old cowhide, with great resistance.

As the blade passed, the skin split into a long, thin crack, but before blood could bead, the crack vanished instantly.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng’s expression was indifferent, showing not a trace of joy.

"Alas, the Third-Transformation Thunderclap Battle Body is still merely in the Small Success Realm; in terms of defense, it’s two ranks lower than the Undying Golden Body in the same state!"

With this thought, he suddenly vanished from the spot without a trace.

...

Several days later,

In an incubation room, Zhao Sheng stood in front of a Jade Vase, watching it intently.

As time passed, seven bean-sized insect eggs successively cracked open, each releasing a black Devouring Immortal Young Silkworm.

The seven young silkworms were less than an inch long, pitch-black, appearing quite unremarkable.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng immediately retrieved a piece of First Rank demon fox meat prepared beforehand and tossed it into the Jade Vase.

In an instant, the seven young silkworms seemed to catch the scent of food, arched, and leapt onto the meat.

With a rustling sound, the fist-sized demon fox meat quickly diminished at a visible speed.

Moments later, the Jade Vase was spotless, yet the seven young silkworms showed no sign of growth, leaving one to wonder how they consumed food hundreds of times their size.

Zhao Sheng attempted to toss another piece of demon fox bone and meat into the vase.

The seven young silkworms immediately pounced on the bone and meat, devouring swiftly.

In the next hour, Zhao Sheng threw in a total of five pieces of demon fox meat, exceeding the volume of an average person’s head, all consumed by the Devouring Immortal Silkworms, leaving not even the bones.

At this point, the seven Ancient Exotic Insects finally showed a sign of growth, each over an inch long.

That day, Zhao Sheng summoned Chen Shou, handed him a Qiankun Bag filled with demon beast meat, and instructed him to diligently care for the young silkworms, regularly feeding them demon beast meat into the vase.

More than half a month later, Zhao Sheng went to Returning City, exchanging all his Spirit Stones for top-grade spiritual stones, accumulating as many as forty-seven.

That night, in a cultivation room of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, all defensive measures like Barrier Array Formations were activated.

Inside the room, Zhao Sheng leisurely strapped a bulging beast skin pouch around his waist.

Next, he took out a Space-time Spiral Jade Plate from his Sumeru Space, placing it on the ground, then sliced his wrist and chanted mysterious spells.

After completing the whole procedure, a familiar pale fog vortex appeared once again.

Zhao Sheng tightened the pouch around his waist and stepped into the vortex, vanishing without a trace.