World Loses Color, Substitute Puppet! (Come Take a Look! It's Super Good!)

Five years passed in a flash.

This was Bai Ye's tenth year in the Qingyun Sect.

It had not been long, but Bai Ye felt his days had been quite pleasant—free and easy, carefree and unburdened.

Over these five years...

The Central Plains had become increasingly turbulent and unpredictable, while the forces of the Demonic Cult grew ever more restless.

Among them, the Ghost King Sect, one of the Demonic Cult's four great factions, had been the most active, making constant moves in secret.

The Myriad Poisons Sect was no less active than the Ghost King Sect, carrying out schemes across various regions.

Meanwhile, the Qingyun Sect continued to develop normally. As the foremost Daoist sect under heaven and the undisputed strongest force, no one dared set their sights on it.

Dazhu Peak.

Bai Ye's small courtyard.

"Woof woof woof!" "Squeak squeak squeak!"

In the courtyard, Big Yellow and Little Gray, one dog and one monkey, chased and played with each other excitedly.

Inside the small courtyard, Bai Ye sat cross-legged by the window, spiritual power continuously circulating around him.

Buzz~!

The next moment, Bai Ye's eyes suddenly opened, and a force of heaven and earth emanated from his body.

An inky-black energy instantly enveloped an area dozens of meters around him.

The once lush bamboo grove turned black in that instant. Bamboo leaves drifting on the wind seemed frozen in midair, while even Big Yellow and Little Gray were suspended in the air.

Everything seemed to come to a halt in that instant.

At that moment, Bai Ye appeared outside the courtyard, a faint smile on his face as he looked at the black domain.

"World Loses Color has finally reached the initial stage!"

Whoosh!

Bai Ye then waved his hand, and the domain instantly vanished. Fallen leaves descended from the air once more, and Big Yellow and Little Gray landed on the ground at once.

"Woof?"

"Squeak?"

Both the dog and monkey looked puzzled. It seemed as though something had just happened, yet also as though nothing had happened.

Without giving it much thought, the dog and monkey soon resumed their frolicking.

Seeing this, Bai Ye smiled faintly. "As expected of a top-tier Daoist divine art, World Loses Color."

"Once this move is unleashed, it releases pure spiritual power to cover the surrounding area. Everything within its range turns dark gray, while those caught within it suffer numbness and weakening of their five senses, along with sluggish thoughts."

World Loses Color!

Bai Ye had obtained this move from the sign-in system not long ago.

After acquiring World Loses Color, Bai Ye had been filled with anticipation. He remembered that this seemed to be Xiaomeng of the Daoist Heavenly Sect's signature divine art.

It was a divine art akin to a domain, one that made space infinitely slow, almost completely still.

Before his transmigration, when Bai Ye saw Xiaomeng use this move, he had thought it was utterly awesome. It was practically an essential divine art for showing off.

He had never expected to successfully sign in for this Daoist divine art, World Loses Color. Naturally, this delighted Bai Ye, and today, he had finally cultivated it to the minor mastery stage.

"Although its range is not very large yet, against cultivators below the Shangqing Realm, it could probably freeze them outright."

"It can be considered a major killing move!"

"Most importantly, it has only reached minor mastery. If I cultivate it to great mastery, its range will likely extend beyond a hundred meters."

At that thought, Bai Ye could not help revealing a hint of joy.

This was rather terrifying!

It was a large-scale control divine art that could produce excellent results in battles involving many people.

Most importantly, it was damn cool for showing off!

Imagining an entrance that nearly froze time itself made Bai Ye feel eager to give it a try.

Forget it!

It's better to keep a low profile when there's nothing going on.

After a moment, Bai Ye sighed. "Being too conspicuous is never a good thing!"

After all, although Bai Ye had signed in for many Divine Arts over the past five years and learned all sorts of miscellaneous things, his cultivation had not improved by much.

The Taiji Xuanqing Dao, this Daoist cultivation art, became slower and slower to break through the higher one cultivated.

After reaching the Shangqing Realm, even advancing one level in ten years was considered extremely fast.

Although Bai Ye had the system and the Drunken Immortal Body to assist him, some breakthroughs required harmonizing with heaven and earth, sensing the power of heaven and earth, and attaining sudden enlightenment. They could no longer be achieved simply by accumulating cultivation.

System, show me my auxiliary panel.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye spoke inwardly.

"Ding!"

"Host, would you like to open the auxiliary panel..."

Open!

"Ding! The system auxiliary panel is opening..."

"Ding! The system auxiliary panel is loading... Loading complete..."

...

Name: Bai Ye,

Age: 22

Cultivation Art: Taiji Xuanqing Dao

Realm: Shangqing Realm, fourth level

Sect: Qingyun Sect, Dazhu Peak

Relationship: Disciple of Tian Buyi, Dazhu Peak's chief

Physique: Drunken Immortal Body

Abilities: Brewer (Top-tier), Alchemist (Advanced), Artifact Refiner (Advanced)

Treasures: Drunken God Gourd, Demon Suppressing Divine Sword, God-Slaying Sword, Ancient Demon Sword, Substitute Puppet, Li Fire Divine Furnace...

Divine Arts: Divine Sword Lightning Control True Art (Great Mastery), Heaven Severing Sword Draw (Great Mastery), Ten Thousand Eight Thousand Swords (Great Mastery), Grand Creation Palm (Great Mastery), Flying Sword Art (Great Mastery), Heart Demon Beckoning (Great Mastery), World Loses Color (Minor Mastery), Ten Thousand Rivers Autumn Water (Great Mastery), Dream Butterfly Escape (Great Mastery), Shadow Clone Divine Ability (Great Mastery), Splitting Light Sword Shadow Art (Great Mastery), Carefree Wander (Great Mastery)...

Looking at the system panel, Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction.

Although his cultivation had only risen from the first level of the Shangqing Realm to the fourth level, this rate was nearly equivalent to advancing one level per year, which was already extremely fast.

Of course, what satisfied Bai Ye the most was the abilities section.

Brewer, alchemist, artifact refiner.

Bai Ye had only managed to successfully learn these three abilities after five years of continuous study through the Shadow Clone Divine Ability, and he had reached the very pinnacle of each field.

There was no need to mention brewing wine, but artifact refinement and alchemy were immensely useful.

Alchemists could refine powerful elixirs to help people break through their realms or save their lives, while artifact refiners could forge all kinds of top-tier treasures to help people increase their strength. Both were extremely useful.

Then there was the divine arts section. The Grand Creation Palm, Heart Demon Beckoning, Flying Sword Art, World Loses Color, Ten Thousand Rivers Autumn Water, and the others had all been obtained through sign-ins over the years.

They were all quite formidable divine arts.

As for the treasures section, it now included the Substitute Puppet and the Li Fire Divine Furnace.

As its name implied, the Substitute Puppet was a puppet that could be used as one's stand-in, while the Li Fire Divine Furnace was a top-tier divine furnace for refining elixirs and artifacts, possessing extraordinary capabilities.

Overall, Bai Ye's improvements in every aspect over these five years had been quite impressive.