Chapter 175: Great Pure Daoist Virtue Celestial Venerable

Qin Xiang knows that in this world you can find an experience pack to level up, and Yin Shenli can naturally think of that as well.

So letting Wang Wu use her thigh as a pillow can't really be called spoiling; after all she is a proper assassin and wouldn't do something that brings no benefit to herself.

To the current Yin Shenli, Wang Wu has a lot of utilitarian value; previously this kid was generous with his attacks, and she thought she could reap a lot of gold coins from him.

And now, without doubt, Wang Wu's value is even higher.

So this is definitely not any "favor" or pampering of a disciple; it's sheer nonsense.

Ask how a big shot like Yin Shenli could possibly look favorably upon a plain, unremarkable, merely low‑rank warrior like Wang Wu whose personality just happens to suit her taste?

That, of course, is impossible.

Of course, regardless, Wang Wu is still her direct disciple. She is merely cold and ruthless, not truly devoid of any feeling.

If one had no emotions at all, how could one even be considered human?

Uh, that's digressing.

Yin Shenli has already done the math; after her disciple reaches the Complete Realm, she will stay here for a while longer.

Of course, that doesn't mean she completely abandons that side's business. As the leader of the Asura Blood‑Killer, there aren't many contracts in the organization that can use her.

And even for those contracts that do need her, they often don't take much time.

After all, it's just killing a person; assassins always aim for a single fatal blow, and if the first strike fails they immediately retreat. A killer who just barrels forward and pushes straight ahead—honestly, can that even be called a killer?

Don't be funny, seriously.

Seriously, some people truly have no right to be assassins. Those crude, botched assassination methods—no, that's not even an assassin at all.

Then how can that be considered an assassin??

Even though the assassin profession has never required stealth or covert killing as a hard rule, as long as the target is eliminated, the method doesn't matter at all.

But as the number‑one assassin in the world, the strongest in the assassin world, Yin Shenli has always sneered at such brute‑force killing.

No way, it can only be said that it's truly unacceptable, trash, not acceptable at all.

When Wang Wu refines a Diamond Body and completes brain restructuring, especially the latter, once brain restructuring is finished, reaching the Third Rank is merely a matter of time for him.

That won't take him much time, if he can achieve this step.

At the same time, after forging a Diamond Body and completing brain restructuring, the warrior's body undergoes a massive reconstruction. One of those is the "Innate Talent".

It is a metamorphosis, an immensely huge metamorphosis.

It gives the warrior a second chance, allowing a substantial strengthening of the warrior's innate talent on the original foundation, letting the warrior advance further on the martial map.

Of course, although the boost is great, the road to the Second and First Ranks remains extremely arduous.

This world has never lacked geniuses; even those who reach the Fourth Rank Complete Realm, having forged a Diamond Body and completed brain restructuring, can all be called "geniuses" at this stage.

But even geniuses, regarding the Second and First Ranks, are merely holding an entry ticket.

The effect this ticket provides is simply granting you the qualification to take the exam.

Of course, Heaven rewards diligence, and earthly martial arts don't truly rely solely on innate talent.

As long as you're willing to spend time, and have enough time, you can still vie for that ultimate realm.

That ultimate realm refers to the First Rank.

As for beyond that, indeed it can be honed with time, but the length of that time will be exceedingly long, long enough to witness a species' rise and fall.

Of course, if you can continuously live in battle, forever teetering between life and death.

Surviving these battles again and again, repeatedly grinding near‑death experience, the Over‑Universe realm won't be especially distant for you.

If slow, a few hundred thousand years; if fast, tens of thousands, even a few thousand years will suffice.

One hundred thousand years of unbroken daily combat. If you can achieve that, the Over‑Universe realm will not be a lofty wish for you.

But these matters are still far beyond Wang Wu's current reach, such as the Over‑Universe realm.

Even the Second and First Ranks are equally far off for him now.

Let's just look at the nearby Complete Realm, folks.

Wang Wu doesn't know the outcome of Qin Xiang's battle, because he didn't see Qin Xiang again until several months later.

From the aura emanating from his master, it seems he has successfully broken through to a new realm.

"Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master!"

Within the core of the sun, Wang Wu clasped his fists and congratulated Qin Xiang before him.

"Haha, you're welcome." Qin Xiang laughed brightly, "By the way, disciple, in your Heavenly Court there are quite a few good things, aren't there?"

"Huh?" Wang Wu didn't know what his master meant by 'good things', but replied politely.

"What good treasures did the master obtain in the Heavenly Court?" he asked curiously.

"Take a look at this." Qin Xiang smiled, pulled a skull from his pocket, and handed it to Wang Wu.

Who the hell knows how such a huge skull came out of Qin Xiang's trouser pocket.

The pocket is clearly very flat, yet the skull's height is at least twenty‑seven centimeters, a rather large head.

"W‑what is this?" Wang Wu stared at the translucent skull for a moment; although only a skull remained, he could still feel a vast divinity emanating from it.

It is clearly the head of an immortal, specifically a Heavenly Court immortal. Yet Wang Wu sensed no "demonic nature" from it.

"This head seems to be that someone—Tai Shang Lao Jun's head, right?" Qin Xiang took the skull back, examined it closely, and said.

"Tai Shang Lao Jun?" Wang Wu was startled at the name; of course he had heard it before.

One of the Three Pure Ones, the Daoist Virtue Celestial Venerable, Tai Shang Lao Jun—this is a top‑tier deity in the old family myths.

But now, his head is in his master's hands?

He didn't find it surprising that his master was carrying Tai Shang Lao Jun's head; after all, in the primordial tales he's read, Tai Shang Lao Jun's power and feats are certainly far beyond his master's.

Things like countless universes collapsing and being born with a flick of a finger—such a level of power would crush his master as easily as crushing an ant,

but unfortunately, this place doesn't look like any primordial web‑novel world.

His master, as a great power of the Super‑Martial World, being able to hold an ordinary world's immortal's skull in his hand is not unreasonable.

"This skull's power in life should have been quite decent," Qin Xiang said after staring at the head in his hand for a while, addressing Wang Wu.

"Its power was really decent?" Wang Wu hadn't expected Qin Xiang to say that.

"Indeed." Qin Xiang nodded, "It's probably far stronger than even the Lord of Wuhe City."

"Stronger…"

"Is that so rare?" As soon as Wang Wu heard Qin Xiang's words, his eyes widened instantly and he had just uttered a word when Yin Shenli beside him interrupted:

"The Heavenly Court, as the galactic hegemon on your side, even though it has now perished, was nonetheless a civilization that once ruled the galaxy; as a transcendent civilization, it's indeed rare to have no beings of this caliber, right?"

"B‑but… it's even stronger than… than you masters…" After hearing Yin Shenli's words, Wang Wu's mind was still buzzing, and he stammered:

"Master, if you take that Supreme Venerable Lord's skull now, will it cause trouble?"

"Trouble?" Qin Xiang glanced again at the skull in his hand, smiled, tossed it up and caught it: "He's dead, the Heavenly Court is gone, what trouble could there be?"

"But if there's still some divine thought or something inside…"

"Haha, disciple, you've read too many online novels," Qin Xiang laughed, "I already took this back to Yun Guang City for appraisal; there's no divine thought left."

"Or rather, there is, but it's only a divine thought storing some information, with a little energy, yet extremely limited."

"Otherwise, that immortal weaker than me wouldn't have been able to refine it, to melt it?" Qin Xiang recalled the scene when he first saw Tianyou.

"That rag‑clad immortal was extremely weak, yet he could still refine that skull and even tried to seize that palace."

"But unfortunately, I intercepted it," Qin Xiang said with a grin.

Then he tossed the skull toward Wang Wu.

"Continue."

"Huh?" Wang Wu hadn't reacted yet, but his hand already held the skull.

At the moment he caught the skull, a massive flow of information surged into his mind.

Wang Wu's Diamond Body hadn't been completed, but the Brain Reorganization process had already begun.

Under normal circumstances, only after completing the former can a cultivator proceed to the next step.

Yet exceptions exist; upon meeting certain conditions, one can trigger Brain Reorganization even before the Diamond Body is attained.

Simultaneously undertaking both is highly difficult and risky, but if successful, the gains would be enormous.

And now, even though it's unfinished, its boost already manifests in Wang Wu.

Precisely for this reason, Qin Xiang tossed the skull to Wang Wu, and Wang Wu's super‑brain "youth edition" could handle the massive data.

The simultaneous Diamond Body and Brain Reorganization was demanded by master Yin Shenli; despite Wang Wu's fear, under Yin Shenli's carrot‑and‑stick pressure he finally forced himself to go ahead.

No choice: refuse and get beaten; comply and there's a reward.

As for the reward, Yin Shenli didn't say, but Wang Wu was still… uh, not really expecting it; it was simply a command hard to defy.

During the period of body refining under the sun, Yin Shenli stayed by Wang Wu's side every day.

Though this woman spent most of the time insulting and belittling Wang Wu, to a third party it might look more like some kind of… never mind.

I must say, Yin Shenli is actually quite interesting, and often truly cute.

She makes Wang Wu feel tormented by her relentless output, scratching his heart and liver, his ears and cheeks, leaving his mind itching to death.

And I don't know why, this woman now seems increasingly careless. She used to always wear those…

Ugh, though it's not suitable for detail, I can only say the master truly has a perfect body.

Although a perfect figure isn't valuable among monsters, Yin Shenli's status adds so much that she directly gave Wang…

Cough cough cough.

"Little friend."

A massive information flow surged into Wang Wu's mind, and once received, an ancient voice echoed in his brain.

The moment the voice sounded, Wang Wu immediately looked at his master.

Although Wang Wu hadn't spoken, the other party nodded at him, indicating they knew what he wanted to say.

"Little friend, no need to panic; I bear no ill will toward you."

After the eye contact with his master, the voice in Wang Wu's mind continued:

"I have long since fallen, my soul scattered; now what remains is merely a wisp of divine thought, which poses no threat to you, little friend."

"My divine thought lacks much intelligence, but can still handle simple Q&A; if you have any questions, little friend, you may try asking."

"You are the Supreme Venerable Lord, right?" Wang Wu asked after hearing the old man's words.

"Yes," the voice replied, unsurprisingly to Wang Wu, "I am the Lord of Doushuai Palace of the Heavenly Court, one of the Three Pure Honored Gods, the Supreme Daoist Virtue Celestial."

"Why didn't you become a demon god?"

Wang Wu recalled the demon god projections he saw in Tongtian City and asked curiously.

This Supreme Venerable Lord, though not the one from his hometown, clearly holds a high rank.

What puzzled Wang Wu was why this Supreme Daoist Virtue Celestial Supreme Venerable Lord had not demonicized.

"Because before demonic transformation, I had already committed self‑destruction."

"What is self‑destruction?"

"Self‑destruction is… " Qin Xiang was about to flaunt his knowledge to his disciple, but upon seeing Yin Shenli also not understanding the term, he obediently fell silent,

Since this woman also didn't get it, he decided not to show off in front of his disciple.

Otherwise, the disciple might shower him with flattery and worship, and he could get beaten by Yin Shenli.

It would cause no real injury, only painful beating, with no experience gained.

He could only take the beating, with nothing to eat.

As for why the two could hear the brainwave exchange between Wang Wu and the Supreme Venerable Lord, the answer is that Wang Wu had his speakerphone on.

"So why did you come to find me?"

After the Supreme Venerable Lord explained the meaning of 'self‑destruction' to him, Wang Wu asked again.

"Everything is already in the little friend's mind; the little friend may as well take a look."

The Supreme Lord let out a light laugh and said.

Wang Wu did not hesitate; since his master had told him not to worry, he naturally trusted his master unconditionally.

His thoughts sank into his mind, and the next moment countless memories began to flash through Wang Wu's brain.

It was an extremely long memory, the life of the Supreme Lord, one of the Three Pure Celestial Lords of Heaven, a top‑tier cosmic being of the galaxy.

This was essentially the transmission of teachings by reclusive masters found in those novels; because Wang Wu's mind met the minimum requirement to receive this information, the knowledge rushed in all at once.

(End of chapter)