Chapter 62: Return and Harvest

In an extremely short span of time, the heavens and earth overturned, the sun and moon rotated, and the world had already changed.

Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes and discovered he was lying on a soft bed.

The furnishings around him brought a strange sense of familiarity; he recognized that this was his room in the Qingyang Sword Hall.

The scent of bathing herbs drifted to the tip of his nose, and Lu Li remembered he had just bathed before crossing over.

His body still carried the faint fragrance, which meant that when he crossed into the Smiling Proud World, time in the Tianxuan Continent had indeed stood still.

The things around him remained exactly as they were before, not changed in the slightest, but to Lu Li, there was a feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

This feeling was very strange.

It was like meeting a beautiful and elegant lady on the street and being invited by her to spend a wonderful night together.

Yet after opening his eyes again, he found himself lying alone on a waterbed.

The previous experience was like a dream.

Lu Li slowly got up and walked into the courtyard.

Looking at the bright moon overhead, the various events that occurred in the Smiling Proud World flashed through his mind.

Due to his appearance, the people of Huashan had completely headed down a different path.

Lu Li had passed on his sword techniques and cultivation arts to his fellow disciples; everyone in Huashan was now like a dragon, and they would never again be terrified like endangered animals.

Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Holy Cult and Shaolin had both suffered heavy losses, and the Songshan Sect had been wiped out because of Lu Li; it was likely the pugilistic world would be peaceful for a long time.

Perhaps this was what they called "nuclear peace."

As for the final peak of Huashan, Dongfang Bubai and the other two could not possibly withstand a sword strike from Lu Li as a cultivator; it was absolutely impossible for the three of them to survive.

Three copies of the Sunflower Manual handed over together could be considered worth Lu Li's trip.

Yue Buqun, Linghu Chong, Liang Fa, Dongfang Bubai, Shaolin, Songshan... numerous images flashed before Lu Li's eyes one by one, then dissipated like bubbles.

"Just treat it as having read a novel."

Everyone has their own path to walk, and the future remains unknown.

He was ultimately going to return to the Tianxuan Continent and start a new life.

Lu Li walked into the courtyard and sighed at the bright moonlight.

When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was clear.

He calmed his thoughts and finally turned his attention to the gains from this journey through the heavens.

For the current Lu Li, the rewards obtained from completing a journey of crossing over were more realistic.

With a movement of his mind, he focused his attention on the system in his consciousness.

【Completed one crossing of the heavens, obtained Sword Dao Aptitude *1】 Is the reward only one point of aptitude? This reward seemed a bit meager, and Lu Li expressed that he was very dissatisfied.

"I, Lu Li, would rather starve to death than take this little bit of aptitude!"

He protested half-jokingly and half-angrily.

However, the next moment.

Following the appearance of this line of text, a sword emerged in Lu Li's mind, and next to that sword was an attribute.

"Sword Dao Aptitude: 1"

At the same time, Lu Li's brain buzzed, as if a floodgate had been opened, and his understanding of the Five Mountains Sword Momentum suddenly became much clearer.

It was an enlightenment.

In the Smiling Proud World, Lu Li had already grasped the realm of Sword Intent.

However, limited by the weak Spirit Qi of the Smiling Proud World, his understanding of Sword Intent had mostly stopped at the level of sword techniques.

But at this moment, it was as if extra understanding had been poured into his mind regarding the Sword Intent of the Tianxuan Continent and the level of immortal cultivation.

In other words, after obtaining the Sword Dao Aptitude, his Sword Intent had been upgraded for free!

There is a great momentum between heaven and earth, profound and mysterious.

Mountains have mountain momentum, and water has water momentum.

Wielding sword techniques can also possess Sword Intent, just like the heavens, earth, mountains, water, wind, fire, thunder, and rain.

Soon, the upgrade was complete.

Lu Li could feel that his sword skills had reached a higher level.

"Sword Dao Aptitude is indeed a good thing."

How delicious!

Lu Li was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but look forward to what the improvement brought by Sword Dao Aptitude would be if he completed a second crossing in the future. Besides the improvement in Sword Dao, Lu Li also valued his cultivation level.

Before crossing over, Lu Li was at the Perfection of the Initial Realm.

His realm stopped at the Initial Realm not because he was trash who could only practice to the Initial Realm.

It was because the system's restrictions required him to stay at the Initial Realm.

On the contrary, when Lu Li practiced the Qi Refining Art, he was the first among all the disciples to grasp the sense of Qi.

In other words, he was actually a genius.

And now, he had completed the task initiated by the Heavens System, which meant Lu Li no longer needed to be stuck at a realm.

What he needed to do now was to catch up with his cultivation realm as quickly as possible.

In the Smiling Proud World, Lu Li focused on both sword and Qi; his sword techniques were peerless, and his internal energy had also reached a top-tier level.

During the three years of cultivation on the peak of Huashan, he had even fused the Qi Refining Art with the Purple Mist Divine Skill, the Star-Sucking Great Art, and other techniques to create his own cultivation art, and his internal energy had leaped forward by leaps and bounds.

It was just unclear whether this cultivation art would work in the Tianxuan Continent, and whether the realm improvements he gained in the Smiling Proud World could be retained. Thinking of this, Lu Li checked the explanation regarding realms in the Sword Dao system.

It is just unclear whether this cultivation method will work on the Tianxuan Continent, and whether the realm advancement he obtained in the Smiling Proud World can be retained. Thinking of this, Lu Li began to check the explanation regarding realms within the Sword Dao system.

The realm improvements he gained in the Smiling Proud World did not directly act upon his own body.

The improvement of his realm in the Smiling Proud World did not have a direct effect on his own body.

However, they did not disappear, but were preserved in a strange form.

Beside the small sword in his mind, a small gourd was generated.

It was just that what was inside the gourd was not wine, nor medicine, but "Cultivation Experience".

That's right, the cultivation he gained in the myriad worlds was preserved in the form of this experience.

Whenever he wanted, he could extract experience points from the gourd to use for raising his own realm.

When the experience is full, it overflows.

Although the form was different, Lu Li's Sword Dao and cultivation had both improved.

And after Lu Li checked his own body, he also discovered that the lingering scars on his person had all disappeared.

In other words, even if he were in a near-death state in the myriad worlds, it would not matter.

As long as he could return to the Tianxuan Continent, he could be restored to his original settings from before the transmigration.

And corresponding to this, the heavenly treasures, precious armor, and divine weapons he obtained in the myriad worlds could not be brought back to the Tianxuan Continent.

A moment later, Lu Li closed the system in his mind and sorted through his gains.

1. Injuries he sustained or treasures he obtained in the myriad worlds could not be brought back to the Tianxuan Continent.

2. Insights regarding Sword Dao would be inherited completely, and would even be upgraded for free.

3. The power he cultivated in the myriad worlds would not take effect directly, but would be converted into an equivalent amount of experience points.

He could extract experience at any time to raise his realm and cultivation.

Having finished sorting, Lu Li knew it was time for him to raise his cultivation realm.

Being stuck at the Initial Realm forever would not do.

He had decided: tomorrow, he would break through the Initial Realm!

Why wait until tomorrow to break through? Because on the Tianxuan Continent, when a cultivator wants to break through a realm,

besides their own strength reaching Perfection, it is best to consume a stalk of Spirit Cleansing Grass.

Every cultivator on the Tianxuan Continent is no stranger to Spirit Cleansing Grass.

Usually, before every cultivator formally begins cultivation and steps into the Initial Realm, they will consume a stalk of Spirit Cleansing Grass, and only then begin practicing the Qi Refining Art.

Not only that, when a cultivator is about to break through a realm during their cultivation, they will also consume a stalk of Spirit Cleansing Grass.

The effects of Spirit Cleansing Grass are excellent, and the taste is also quite good.

Unless there is truly no other way, or they are rogue cultivators so poor they cannot make ends meet, cultivators will all consume Spirit Cleansing Grass.

The Initial Realm is somewhat like nine-year compulsory education.

The Qi Refining Art is the standardized textbook.

As for the Spirit Cleansing Grass, it feels a bit like a private tutoring class.

Originally, tutoring was something only cultivators with poor grades would do, but later everyone discovered that tutoring with Spirit Cleansing Grass was truly useful, so even cultivators with good grades began to take tutoring.

Gradually, those who did not consume Spirit Cleansing Grass became the ones at a disadvantage.

Lu Li stated, I do not want to be at a disadvantage.