Chapter 156: Claiming rewards, a coincidence in the Magical Beast Mountain Range

【Ding, Martial Ancestor Lin Dong roleplay progress has reached 10%, rewarding the Heaven Martial Art, Green Heaven Transforming Dragon Art, rewarding one portion of Heavenly Dragon Qi, rewarding the Devouring Ancestral Symbol of the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols!】

Hearing the system notification sound in his mind, joy rose in Lin Dong's heart.

For him, increasing roleplay progress was the fastest way to improve his strength.

On this Dou Qi Continent, he was most familiar with Xiao Yan's story. Naturally, he could also use him when needed to push the plot forward to achieve his idea of increasing roleplay progress.

Now that the *Burning Mantra* was in hand, he could hand it over to the original's new clone.

And he, naturally, would focus on the path of Martial Dao, which takes Origin Power as its foundation.

The rewards in his mind had not yet been claimed, so Lin Dong kept them in mind and walked to Xiao Yan's side, saying to him:

"Brother Huohuo, with Yao Lao helping you, you will smoothly find your own path."

Xiao Yan looked at Lin Dong, realizing something in his heart, and asked somewhat urgently: "Brother, are you leaving?"

Although he and Lin Dong hadn't met long ago, Lin Dong's concern and help for him were very, very great.

Xiao Yan had kept all these things in his heart.

At this moment, Xiao Yan found that he couldn't even take out anything to express his gratitude.

"You have your path, and I have mine." Lin Dong nodded: "When it's time to meet, we will meet again. I am still waiting to go to the Misty Cloud Sect to watch your three-year pact!"

Xiao Yan opened his mouth and said earnestly: "Brother, thank you!"

Lin Dong patted his shoulder and shouted to Shen Cui to the side: "Shen Cui, let's go."

Shen Cui hugged Lin Dong and flew into the distance, stepping through the air.

Xiao Yan kept staring at those two figures until they disappeared at the end of his line of sight.

Yao Lao didn't know when he had floated out of the ring again, falling beside Xiao Yan, looking at the mountain range in the distance, and said softly:

"I have a premonition that the next time you meet him, he will become very, very powerful."

"If you don't want to fall behind, only by practicing desperately can you catch up to his footsteps."

A hot look appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes, and he said with determination: "Teacher, use your fastest and most fierce method to train me!"

Led by Shen Cui, Lin Dong returned to the small courtyard.

After closing the courtyard door tightly, he ordered Shen Cui to guard, and he returned to the room, preparing to receive the rewards.

【Ding, Martial Ancestor Lin Dong roleplay progress has reached 1%, rewarding one cultivation empowerment, rewarding the cultivation technique Desolate Scripture (upon initial practice, self-condense the Desolate Energy Seed)】

After glancing at the rewards, Lin Dong also had some expectations in his heart. This cultivation empowerment, what step could it reach! He didn't hesitate anymore and communicated directly with the system, "System, claim the 1% roleplay progress reward."

【Cultivation empowerment opening...】

Lin Dong felt his vision blur, and he arrived in a mysterious space.

Before his eyes, there was a majestic man.

This man had a resolute face, standing like a mountain, his momentum majestic, as steady and introverted as a mountain.

He wore a purple-black robe, standing with his hands behind his back, holding the Thunder Emperor Scepter in one hand. Thunder light flickered on the scepter, and every wisp of thunder light that flickered would bring thunderous sounds that shook the world. Around his body, vast spiritual power rolled, sometimes turning into ice, sometimes into a sea of fire, thunder, darkness... incomparably profound.

Seeing this man, Lin Dong narrowed his eyes and murmured: "Martial Ancestor Lin Dong from the Great Thousand World?"

Just at this moment, the majestic man reached out and pointed, the firmament shook, and the Origin Power in the mysterious space whistled and rolled, then turned into a stream of light, pouring into his body.

"*Hiss!! *"

This violent energy pouring in made him feel a tearing pain all over his body. It was as if someone was cutting the flesh off his body piece by piece with a dull knife.

What is obtained too easily will never be cherished.

Lin Dong gritted his teeth, bearing the violent energy infusion tightly.

Under this infusion, his own cultivation began to grow rapidly.

At the same time, every time he broke through a realm, the pain experienced by Martial Ancestor Lin Dong at the corresponding realm all appeared on him.

He himself was a clone refined with countless precious treasures, and his physical strength had already reached a terrifying level.

Moreover, the souls of these clones had also been tempered by the three great secret lands—Danghun Shan, Luo Po Gu, and An Hun Hu—and their soul background had also reached the level of a Ten Thousand Soul.

If it weren't for the fact that Danghun Shan no longer had enough soul supply for the production of Gallstone Gu, their soul strength would have been even higher.

It was precisely because of the addition of this physical strength and soul strength that when Lin Dong was infused with energy, the accumulated pain could be borne by him one by one.

Back then, when Martial Ancestor Lin Dong broke through realms, the pain he received was not small.

But now, it was all erupting on him at the same time.

The path of cultivation is to steal Yin and Yang, seize creation, turn Nirvana, grasp life and death, and control reincarnation.

Under this pain that ordinary people could not bear, his cultivation started from the Body Tempering Stage and rose rapidly, like sitting on a rocket.

Earth Origin Stage, Heaven Origin Stage, Origin Pellet Stage, Form Creation Stage, Qi Creation Stage—it grew all the way to the Creation Stage before it completely stagnated.

"*S-ha! S-ha! *"

Even in this mysterious space, Lin Dong couldn't help but pant heavily.

He looked up at the majestic man in the distance, but saw the other party's figure becoming thin. In the entire mysterious space, the Origin Power became much dissipated.

In fact, this was just a reward for reaching 1% roleplay progress, not enough to let his cultivation break through to the Creation Stage.

But this cultivation infusion was entirely dependent on how much pain he himself could bear when Martial Ancestor Lin Dong broke through realms.

This accumulated pain, even if he insisted on breaking through to the Origin Pellet Stage, was already a great success.

However, although Lin Dong was Ye Ming's clone, his personality would be different from the original, but the pain he experienced was not a bit less.

It was precisely because of the superposition of various factors that he was able to endure to the Creation Stage.

It wasn't that he couldn't endure it anymore; it was that the Origin Power of the entire space had been completely sucked dry by him.

The majestic man who passed on the cultivation also dissipated in the mysterious space.

Only then did Lin Dong breathe a sigh of relief, lying on the ground with his limbs spread out, letting the endless Origin Power in his body nourish his body, recovering from the exhaustion of his mind and body.

Just at this moment, the space before his eyes began to dissipate, and Lin Dong returned to the bed in his small courtyard.

After the mountain-collapsing and sea-roaring pain disappeared, the rich Origin Power of the Creation Stage in his body operated naturally, repairing the exhaustion on his body.

This comfortable feeling made him fall asleep unconsciously after reaching his limit.

【Rewarding the cultivation technique Desolate Scripture (upon initial practice, self-condense the Desolate Energy Seed)...】

Even though he fell into a deep sleep, the system's rewards were still issued. The cultivation technique reward was branded directly into the depths of his soul, and in order to condense the Desolate Energy Seed, the cultivation technique began to operate on its own.

The *Desolate Mantra* operated, and a terrifying Desolate Force permeated from his side, scattering toward the surroundings of the small courtyard.

Flowers and plants withered, people and beasts died.

Countless life essences gathered toward his body, quietly causing him himself to undergo a sublimation.

Outside, Shen Cui felt the special fluctuation and hid directly in the void, not daring to resist this Desolate Force.

The range of this Desolate Force became wider and wider, and after many living beings were included, they couldn't even make a struggle, being directly dissolved by the Desolate Force and turned into rich life force to feed back into Lin Dong.

At this time, in Lin Dong's body, the previously stagnant realm grew again, breaking through the original shackles from the Creation Stage, completing the sublimation of the essence of life, and stepping into the One-Yuan Nirvana Stage.

"*Ah~*"

Early the next morning, Lin Dong stretched, feeling the strength in his body soaring, and his face couldn't help but be filled with smiles.

"This cultivation technique is indeed powerful; upon initial operation, it actually let me step into the Nirvana Stage directly."

Lin Dong pondered; he didn't know about the movement last night. For those dead living beings, he could only say sorry in his heart.

After feeling the increased strength in his body, Lin Dong was even more expectant for the next rewards.

"System, claim the 5% reward."

【Spirit Martial Art, Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, being issued...】

This Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger could be considered Martial Ancestor Lin Dong's signature martial art.

In fact, this Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger originally reached at most the level of a ninth-grade peak martial art. But after merging the five fingers, the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Palm that was manifested could truly be considered to have the power of a Spirit Martial Art.

Regarding this Spirit Martial Art, he had long been impatient.

The space before his eyes changed again, and Lin Dong appeared in an endless desert.

"Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger: Half-finger shakes the heavens."

An ancient voice sounded in his mind, and in an instant, the wind and clouds changed before his eyes.

Above the sky, a hundred-zhang giant finger pressed down with fierce momentum.

The wind whistled, and the sand in the desert rose.

In mid-air, that hundred-zhang giant finger changed rapidly, undergoing various transformations! One finger imprisons the heavens! Two fingers shatter the mountains and rivers! Three fingers destroy living beings! Four fingers break the firmament! Five fingers move the universe!

Five fingers merge, Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Palm!! A thousand-zhang giant palm fell with a roar, and the entire space actually shattered inch by inch at this moment.

In Lin Dong's mind, there was also more of the cultivation method for the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger.

Returning to the bed, Lin Dong felt the domineering moves of the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger in his mind, and even felt eager to try.

However, Lin Dong suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to claim the rewards.

"System, claim the 10% roleplay progress reward."

【Rewarding Green Heaven Transforming Dragon Art, rewarding one portion of Heavenly Dragon Qi, being issued simultaneously...】

The space before his eyes changed again, and Lin Dong was already used to it.

This time he entered a dragon pool full of Heavenly Dragon Qi, in which a thousand-zhang azure dragon whistled and flew.

With the help of the rewarded Heavenly Dragon Qi, he also smoothly stepped into the first stage of the Green Heaven Transforming Dragon Art, Green Dragon Skin! This Heaven Martial Art, the Green Heaven Transforming Dragon Art, is divided into five stages that can cultivate the human body to be comparable to a true dragon race.

The first stage uses Heavenly Dragon Qi to enter the door, cultivating Green Dragon Skin. The second stage is Green Dragon Scale, with stronger defense. The third stage is growing wings on the back. The fourth stage changes into Green Dragon Body, condensing green light dragon patterns. The fifth stage is completion, needing to enter the Dragon Race's Ancient Transforming Dragon Pool to condense dragon bones, only then can it truly be successful.

Lin Dong took a deep breath. Even though his soul background was vast, these successive rewards still made his soul appear to have a slight sense of confusion.

However, it was only for an instant, and he cleared all the abnormalities in his mind.

With his most powerful posture, he welcomed the most precious reward among all the current rewards, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol! This Devouring Ancestral Symbol manages the power of devouring, devouring and refining all things. It has a multiplier effect on cultivation, and the holder of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol can rely on the power of devouring to accommodate other Ancestral Symbols.

【Rewarding the Devouring Ancestral Symbol of the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols, being issued...】 "*Boom! *"

In Lin Dong's sea of souls, a violent storm suddenly set off, and a mysterious purple rune appeared within it.

The moment this rune appeared, the rich power of devouring erupted, as if it wanted to devour everything around it.

If the original Devouring Ancestral Symbol appeared in the sea of souls, everything about Lin Dong would have long been devoured by this Devouring Ancestral Symbol and completely annihilated.

But this rune was a system reward, so it was his own thing.

Lin Dong moved his mind, branded his soul strength on the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, grabbed it, and refined it instantly!

"*Hum hum!! *"

After the Devouring Ancestral Symbol vibrated for a while, it returned to complete calmness.

Up to this point, all the rewards Lin Dong obtained were completely absorbed.

Feeling the surging strength in his body, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel an itch to try.

He had mastered these powers now, so naturally, he needed to use combat to familiarize himself with them as soon as possible.

He opened the courtyard door and saw Shen Cui still guarding outside the courtyard dutifully.

Waving his hand, Lin Dong opened the portal to the Fox Immortal Blessed Land directly and said: "Shen Cui, you go in and practice first."

"I want to go and hone myself on the continent."

For Shen Cui, Lin Dong and Ye Ming were the same.

"Yes, Young Master!" Shen Cui nodded and stepped directly into the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.

After Lin Dong closed the portal, a pair of extremely gorgeous fire-thunder wings grew from his back.

With a flap of his wings, he shot into the sky directly and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range in the distance.

In fact, having stepped into the Nirvana Stage, he already had the means to walk through the air.

However, on the Dou Qi Continent, this level could only be achieved by Soul Douluo powerhouses.

He simply used Origin Power to condense a pair of fake Dou Qi wings to slightly cover it up.

In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, there were many high-rank magical beasts, including fifth-rank and sixth-rank magical beasts, which was just right for him to hone his strength!

Lin Dong's flying speed was very fast now, and in a few cups of tea time, he flew from Wutan City to the center of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Even after arriving at the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Lin Dong still didn't hide the aura on his body.

He was now looking for a high-rank magical beast with powerful strength to hone his strength.

"*Tsk*, these magical beasts are a bit timid!"

"I've been hovering here for a while, and I haven't seen a flying magical beast come."

Shaking his head, Lin Dong simply descended a bit, flying above the forest, creating an opportunity for the magical beasts in the mountain range to make a move.

In fact, magical beasts have an innate perception of danger. This is also the ability they rely on to survive.

Lin Dong had just broken through, and his cultivation had not yet been completely fused. The terrifying aura overflowing from his body had already made these hidden magical beasts understand that this was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

They were magical beasts, not fools, so how could they rush up and seek their own death? After searching for a while and not seeing a single magical beast, Lin Dong simply spread his terrifying soul strength to find high-rank magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

After a short while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he swept toward a direction abruptly.

A few minutes later, Lin Dong arrived before a mountain peak, looking at the huge cave dwelling before him leisurely.

"*Thump thump! *"

A dull sound came from the cave, and a magical beast seven or eight meters long walked out of the cave dwelling slowly.

It was covered with a layer of purple crystals, shining brightly under the sunlight, noble and imposing.

The head of the magical beast was a lion head that looked quite ferocious, with beast pupils that were blood-red with strange purple light, and a giant mouth full of fangs.

On the lion head, there was also a spiral horn that was fiery red, with clusters of purple flames circling and swirling on the tip of the horn.

On the side of the giant lion, there was a pair of purple wings, and as the purple wings flapped, pale purple flames swept out.

A sixth-rank magical beast comparable to a Soul King existence, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King! "Human, why do you disturb this King's rest?"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King suddenly spoke in human language and asked Lin Dong.

The body of a magical beast is generally much stronger than that of a human at the same level.

Plus, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King itself possessed powerful trump cards.

Although it couldn't see through this human youth who could manifest Dou Qi wings, it thought that the other party was at most at the Soul King level.

This was almost the unspoken rule of this continent: judging a powerhouse by wings and aura.

Even if the other party was a Soul King, it had no fear.

The moment the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King opened its mouth, the wind and clouds in the sky changed color.

Origin Power surged on Lin Dong in the distance, and he pointed at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with one finger directly.

"*Boom boom!! *"

A terrifying sound came out, and half a giant finger appeared from the clouds, as if it wanted to destroy everything, whistling away.

At this time, Lin Dong's voice came out leisurely.

"I came to fight!"

"Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, half-finger shakes the heavens!"

Inside the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xu Qi'an, dressed in green and holding a scholar's fan, was walking through the forest with the Little Doctor Fairy.

Second-rank and third-rank magical beasts that appeared occasionally on the road wanted to make a move on the two, but discovered that their bodies suddenly became smaller, and their cultivation became weaker and weaker.

Xu Qi'an walked in front leisurely; no magical beast could get within ten meters of the two.

The Little Doctor Fairy looked at the handsome man before her, feeling very surprised. Even though she had seen the other party use this method many times, she still didn't understand what kind of power this was.

It wasn't Dou Qi, it wasn't poison; it was as if this handsome man before her could control time.

"Little Doctor Fairy, do you know what time it is now?" Xu Qi'an in front suddenly turned his head and stared at the Little Doctor Fairy seriously.

The Little Doctor Fairy looked at the handsome and peerless face before her, and the tips of her ears quickly became red. She suppressed the strangeness in her heart, looked up at the sky, and responded: "It should be the first quarter of the *Si* hour now!"

Xu Qi'an shook his head and looked at the Little Doctor Fairy seriously: "No, this is the starting point for our happiness."

The Little Doctor Fairy's entire cheek turned red. She lowered her head and snorted, "Young Master Xu is talking nonsense again."

"Let's go faster; if Wanyao Pavilion finds out I'm not there later, they'll have to look for me again."

Xu Qi'an followed quickly and said with a smile: "How about the proposal I mentioned earlier? I'll help you solve those troubles, and you come with me to roam the Central Plains."

The Little Doctor Fairy hesitated in her heart, but still shook her head: "Let's go to that cave and see first."

After getting along for these few days, the Little Doctor Fairy had already understood Xu Qi'an's intentions and also knew that the other party was a good person.

But her body...

Xu Qi'an saw the other party's appearance and wasn't annoyed, taking a few steps to catch up with the other party's pace.

He knew what the Little Doctor Fairy was worried about, but this problem might be very troublesome for others. But for him, it wasn't a big problem.

Since the Little Doctor Fairy longed for strength, he would just let her obtain that strength.

The two went deep into the small forest, and after walking for a distance, suddenly, the originally dim vision suddenly brightened.

Looking up, they had passed through the small forest and appeared on a somewhat steep cliff. Below the cliff, it was filled with lush green forests, very beautiful.

The Little Doctor Fairy stood on the cliff and looked around, suddenly pointing to the strange cliff below: "Young Master Xu, it's here."

"A hidden cave I accidentally discovered during a herb-picking trip."

"Inside the cave, it should be left by some predecessor, but I haven't been in. So I don't know much about the interior, but judging from some traces, it should be very strong."

"This cliff is too steep, I can't get in."

After finishing speaking, the Little Doctor Fairy took a rope from her storage ring, preparing to use the rope to go down first.

"No need to be so troublesome."

Xu Qi'an stopped the Little Doctor Fairy's action and took out a bamboo dragonfly and put it on his head.

"The rope is too slow, I'll take you down."

Under the Little Doctor Fairy's shy gaze, Xu Qi'an hugged her willow waist and flew directly toward the steep cliff in the distance.

Just as the two flew down the cliff, a huge magical beast, a rock snake, pounced toward the two.

"*Ah!! *"

The Little Doctor Fairy was startled and was about to reach out to sprinkle medicine powder, but saw Xu Qi'an point lightly, and the rock snake instantly froze and fell straight off the cliff.

The two successfully arrived on the cliff. Xu Qi'an put the Little Doctor Fairy down, looked at the cave that could only accommodate two or three people, and said with a smile: "Alright, we've arrived. Let's go."

The two went in along the passage, and along the way, with Xu Qi'an's time power covering them, no accidents occurred.

Inside the cave, it was a stone room. In the center of the room, there was a seat, and a skeleton sat on it.

In front of the seat, there was a wide and long bluestone platform, on which three locked stone boxes were placed neatly.

Seeing these three stone boxes, a smile appeared on the Little Doctor Fairy's face.

"*Boom boom!! *"

Just as the two were about to make a move, the entire cave suddenly began to shake, as if it were about to collapse.

"What movement!"

Xu Qi'an was still stunned, but heard a few sounds vaguely coming from outside.

"Human, you must not bully people too much!!"

"Less nonsense! Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 157 =====