Chapter 194: Golden Self‑Discipline Challenge [Celestial Lion]

The Chef Lion has three effects.

The first effect is that food made by Chen Mo will randomly gain one or more of the three buffs: Spirit Power Abundant, Vitality Abundant, or Physical Strength Abundant.

Spirit Power Abundant causes the eater to directly obtain a certain amount of Primordial Spirit Power, raising their Transcendent rank.

Vitality Abundant greatly restores Spirit Power.

Physical Strength Abundant restores injuries.

The potency of all three entries scales up with the quality of the ingredients.

If it is a Legendary‑grade Transcendent dish, consuming it instantly restores all Spirit Power and injuries, and also adds a large amount of Primordial Spirit Power!

The second effect of Chef Lion is gaining the Divine Chef Recipes—these new pieces of knowledge in Chen Mo's mind—making him a true Transcendent chef, handling all kinds of Transcendent cuisine with exceptional ease!

The final effect boosts the ingredients' efficacy.

Once turned into a dish, it enables Divine Medicine, Spirit Plant, and Transcendent flesh to exert effects stronger than their own.

"Truly worthy of the Purple self‑discipline title, very nice."

After Chen Mo roughly tested the Chef Lion's effects, his gaze turned again to the self‑discipline panel.

This time it might unlock a self‑discipline challenge of higher quality than the Purple challenge! A flash of gold appeared where Chef Lion had been.

Celestial Lion (Golden)

Self‑Discipline Challenge:

1. Complete the Qi Refinement Manual 100 times daily for 180 consecutive days. (Basic Qi Refinement Manual included)

2. Refine the Qi Refinement Manual to the 9th tier.

Title effects:

1. Convert Primordial Spirit Power into Immortal Power.

2. All Immortal Arts' power increases by 100%.

3. Immortal Power cultivation speed rises by 100%.

Golden (Legendary)‑grade self‑discipline challenge! Seeing the new challenge, Chen Mo felt a bit excited.

Cultivation, transcending the mundane—this was what he longed for in his previous life.

After being reborn as an Ice Lion and mastering Transcendent power, he still yearned for cultivation.

Although Chen Mo does not know exactly what Immortal Power is, it is certainly an energy tier above Primordial Spirit Power! Generally, beings in the Legendary Realm only see their Primordial Spirit Power transform into Law Power after advancing to the Totem Realm.

This is also a prerequisite for a Legendary being to ascend to the Totem Realm.

Chen Mo feels Immortal Power may be on par with or even superior to Law Power! If he can complete the Celestial Lion self‑discipline challenge, it would mean he could grasp higher‑grade energy while still in the Legendary Realm, possibly giving him strength to contend with the powerful beings of the Totem Realm!

He continues to solidify his over‑level combat power! Without hesitation, Chen Mo chose the Celestial Lion self‑discipline challenge.

The next second, a method for refining Qi sprang to mind—

"Heart like still water, myriad thoughts empty, inhale deeply, exhale thrice, short inhale, long exhale, cycle forward and back, heart unburdened."

Refining the Qi Manual requires circulating Primordial Spirit Power along a set path within the body, passing through various acupoints.

Because Chen Mo is a Suanni, this Qi Manual is also a cultivation method tailored to the Suanni's physique.

"Let's try first!"

Chen Mo, a bit impatient, immediately began the trial.

He also has no idea how difficult the Qi Manual's cultivation is.

The Celestial Lion self‑discipline challenge demands he complete the Qi Manual 100 times each day.

Chen Mo closed his eyes, steadied his mind, and began to follow the Qi Manual's cultivation path, mobilizing Primordial Spirit Power to circulate within his body.

With the aid of Teaching Lion+ and Martial Path Sect Lion, Chen Mo's keen insight let him swiftly complete one pass of the Qi Manual.

He found that after finishing a pass, his internal Primordial Spirit Power became noticeably more condensed! The change was subtle, but Chen Mo's now‑sharp observation still caught it.

"Cultivating the Qi Manual can amplify the power of each strand of Primordial Spirit Power!"

He glanced at the time and saw half an hour had passed.

"Now a full pass of the Qi Manual takes me half an hour; completing 100 passes in a day is virtually impossible! Only after I become proficient, or the manual improves, could I achieve it."

I am not yet capable of completing the Celestial Lion self‑discipline challenge.

Chen Mo isn't in a hurry.

As long as he practices more, once his proficiency rises, the Celestial Lion challenge will eventually be doable.

After completing another pass, Chen Mo found he was a minute faster than the first.

If he can cut a pass down to about ten minutes, he'll be ready to officially start the Celestial Lion challenge! "My insight really is decent. But now it's time to switch to King‑of‑Volumes mode."

Chen Mo sighed.

The Time‑Space Travel Lion self‑discipline challenge is still unfinished; it requires at least eight hours daily of sensing Spatial Power. So after two Qi passes, Chen Mo resumed sensing Spatial Power.

He didn't finish his cultivation until evening.

After finishing the Time‑Space Travel Lion challenge, Chen Mo plans to indulge for a while before tackling the Celestial Lion challenge.

Anyway, he currently faces no imminent crisis; even in the Legendary Realm, the Transcendent tier is truly elite across the whole Snowy Region.

Lying low for a while shouldn't be a big problem!

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Time‑Space Travel Lion, Day 21.

Just as Chen Mo was immersed in cultivation.

Lan Xing Guichuan.

East Summer Institute Astronomical Observatory.

The bright moon hung high.

It was already deep night now.

Most of the staff at the observation station have already left work, only two scholars on duty are still working.

"Old Xia, I heard that next month the leadership has arranged for us to go to the Ice Lion Kingdom's headquarters for mutual exchange— is the news reliable?"

One of them, a young man in casual clothes with a slender build, quietly asked the white-haired old professor beside him.

"I've heard that too; there's an eighty or ninety percent chance we'll go."

The old professor said calmly:

"Most likely it's to help the Ice Lion Kingdom build an astronomical observation station."

"Great! I heard the Ice Lion Kingdom has many supernatural beings, and humans and supernatural spirits live together in harmony—I don't know if it's true or not."

The young man asked somewhat curiously, his eyes showing great curiosity and longing for the so‑called Ice Lion Kingdom.

As for this suddenly risen nation since the spiritual qi revival, he is very curious about it.

In legend, the founder of the Ice Lion Kingdom, that mysterious Ice Lion King Majesty, is even an existence of the Heavenly Disaster Realm!

"It's true; I've been there once before."

The old professor rubbed the few hairs left on his head and said with a smile:

"Whether human or beast, they all fanatically worship the Suan Ni, which is the Ice Lion King. Our current divine medicine breeding technique was taught by the Ice Lion Kingdom's Minister of Agriculture, Shuang Yang, leading the team."

"And in exchange, we have given them some technology and ancient texts."

"I really hope to go to the Ice Lion Kingdom right away; it would be even better if I could catch a glimpse of that mysterious Ice Lion King!" the young man said with longing.

"There will be an opportunity."

"Wait, Old Xia, come quick—look at this!"

As soon as the old professor finished speaking, a startled cry came from the young man's direction.

He hurriedly looked toward where the young man was.

That was the observation image from the Tianyan Telescope, capable of showing the scene around Blue Star's orbit.

At this moment, tiny black dots appeared in the space around that blue planet.

These black dots were originally the size of sesame seeds on the screen, but as time passed they rapidly grew larger! They are approaching Blue Star at an astonishing speed! "Quickly zoom in to see what they are!!"

"Okay!"

As the image on the screen was enlarged, the appearance of these "little black dots" was revealed before the two of them.

Each "little black dot" is a bizarrely shaped entity resembling a starship!

Its appearance is like a gigantic black gem covered in tentacles, with a dense network of vein‑like and chamber‑like structures, resembling a mother nest.

The mother nest's surface is covered with a thick carapace, as hard as rock.

At this moment, the mother nest under observation is expanding and contracting at a fixed frequency, as if it were breathing.

Immediately afterward, the two saw countless black, worm‑like creatures writhing on the mother nest's surface.

"These are all... worms?!"

The young man felt his scalp go numb.

"I'll contact headquarters! How long until these mother nests reach Blue Star?"

The old professor, having weathered many storms, was not frightened by this scene and spoke rather calmly.

"At this speed, less than half an hour!"

A similar scene unfolded at various astronomical observation stations.

The Dongxia Combat Command also received the news of these "mother nests" immediately.

"Launch missiles immediately to attack!"

"Predict where these mother nests will fall and evacuate the corresponding areas."

"All combat squads stand by! Ready to fight at any moment!"

"Send this news to the Ice Lion Kingdom at once!"

Orders were issued one after another in an orderly manner; troops, Awakened Squads, and personnel from every unit and department sprang into action.

After experiencing the spiritual qi revival, secret realm descents, and supernatural creature riots, Dongxia has developed quite comprehensive measures for dealing with supernatural disasters.

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Ice Lion Kingdom.

Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

The Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox stood on the peak of the endless snow mountain, its fur pure white and flawless, as if it could reflect every ray of light on the snow.

The next second, the Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox suddenly lifted its head to gaze at the pitch‑black night sky above.

It seemed to sense something, and a flash of icy blue light passed through its eyes.

【Ice Pupil】

This ability allows it to perceive existences at extremely great distances.

"Minister, just now Dongxia sent an urgent message: many meteor‑like mother nests have suddenly appeared outside Blue Star, and they are rushing toward the surface at an astonishing speed!"

At that moment, a human girl in a white cotton coat hurried over and said to the Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox:

She is the secretary of the Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox, mainly handling daily affairs and communicating with Dongxia's high‑level officials.

"Hmm, I know."

The Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox replied calmly via telepathy.

Its six fluffy giant tails swayed unconsciously in the snow.

When these mother nests descended into outer space around Earth, the six‑tailed spirit fox naturally sensed them as well.

Although the Ice Lion Kingdom's astronomical facilities and the like are still under construction and cannot observe space, the Treading Snow Six‑Tailed Spirit Fox still detected the existence of the "mother nests" through its crisis premonition.

With the aid of the Heavenly Disaster‑grade divine medicine and the 【Taotie Lion】, the six‑tailed spirit fox successfully advanced to the Heavenly Disaster Realm last week, becoming the sixth Heavenly Disaster‑level entity in the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

"I suppose everyone has sensed the mother nests' presence; let's first go to the Deliberation Hall to take a look!"

The snow-stepping six-tailed spirit fox thought, then immediately ran toward the Council Hall on Lion King Mountain.

After construction by countless supernatural beings, the grand and magnificent Council Hall has been completed, becoming a landmark building of the Ice Lion Kingdom.

When the snow-stepping six-tailed spirit fox reached the Council Hall, it saw that several high-ranking officials of the Ice Lion Kingdom were already there.

Ice Lion Princess Aisha, Frost Lion General Xiongba, Ice Nether Spirit Leader, and obviously the Frost Crane Leader also sensed the existence of the sky mother nest outside Blue Star.

"Everyone can feel the presence of the extraterrestrial visitors, right?"

Ice Lion Princess Aisha communicated telepathically to the beasts.

Xiongba, the Frost Sheep Leader, and the other beasts nodded in agreement.

"These extraterrestrial visitors are hostile; their bodily structure closely resembles that of the abyssal creatures that once ravaged the Indian Ocean, so they are likely similar beings."

Aisha continued speaking.

"The interior of each mother nest seems to contain many worm-like creatures. Their purpose in coming to Blue Star is likely to have taken a liking to this world that has just recovered its spiritual energy, wanting to occupy it for themselves!"

Aisha has naturally also advanced to the Heavenly Calamity Realm, and because she possesses the Pixiu bloodline (from Chen Mo), she also possesses a Mythic Bloodline.

After its upgrade, the Ice Eye ability can see scenery thousands of li away.

After sensing the existence of the mother nest, it immediately conducted observation.

"Should we inform His Majesty of this news?"

The white-furred giant lion over 100 meters long, Xiongba, asked.

It too had recently succeeded in advancing to the Heavenly Calamity Realm, following the body cultivation path, with both strength and speed extremely formidable.

Xiongba never imagined that he would one day be able to advance to the Heavenly Calamity Realm.

Before, he clearly felt that the King Realm was unattainable, but in the blink of an eye he had already reached the Heavenly Calamity Realm.

He knew all this stemmed from the Ice Lion King, so his faith in the Ice Lion King was profoundly sincere.

"His Majesty is still in seclusion."

Aisha replied.

"Moreover, my inner sense of crisis is not strong, indicating that these monsters are entirely something we can handle!"

"I believe there's no need to disturb His Majesty over these trivial matters; after His Majesty finishes cultivation, we can simply inform him then."

Aisha said to the beasts.

She felt that this minor crisis before them could be wholly handled by the Ice Lion Kingdom; one couldn't just call upon her younger brother at the slightest hint of danger.

"Roar!" (Good!)

"Baa~" (Okay~)

(End of Chapter)