Qin Feng Takes Stock of His Gains, His Strength Soars

After seeing off the bedraggled Taibai Jinxing, peace finally returned to the entrance of White Bone Cave.

Qin Feng remained seated before the stone table, his posture relaxed, as though nothing had happened.

Shi Ji stood at his side, her beautiful eyes gazing at Qin Feng in a daze. The light in her eyes seemed almost ready to spill forth in tangible streams.

From shock, to gratitude, to the worship and affection now filling her heart and eyes, her state of mind had undergone an earth-shaking transformation in less than an hour.

This man had first sent Taiyi Zhenren flying with a slap for her sake, then openly challenged both the Chan Sect and the Heavenly Court for her.

And now, the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court, the nominal ruler of the Three Realms, had truly sent someone bearing lavish gifts to bow his head and admit fault.

Everything felt like a dream—no, more unreal than the strangest dream.

And the source of it all was the man before her, whom she could not see through at all.

"Go tend to your matters first. I need to sit in meditation for a while."

Qin Feng's calm voice rang out, interrupting Shi Ji's wandering thoughts.

"Yes, Senior."

Shi Ji's lovely face flushed red. She hurriedly lowered her head and respectfully answered, then moved away on light lotus steps, retreating deeper into the cave abode.

She knew she could not disturb Senior's cultivation, yet her heart was already in complete disarray.

Only after Shi Ji's aura had completely vanished from his senses did Qin Feng set down his teacup. The corner of his lips curled slightly as he silently called out in his heart.

"System."

Bzz!

A pale blue screen, visible only to him, silently unfolded before his eyes.

At the top of the screen, a mission bar flashed with dazzling golden light.

[Main Quest: Become Shi Ji's Backer (Completed)]

[Quest Evaluation: Perfect!]

The next second, a string of crisp, pleasant notification chimes exploded one after another in Qin Feng's mind like heavenly music.

[Ding! Detected that the host has exceeded the quest requirements. Quest evaluation upgraded to 'Perfect'!]

[Ding! Distributing basic rewards... Distribution complete!]

[Ding! Distributing additional rewards...]

[Congratulations, host, for obtaining an immense amount of Merit Golden Light!]

[Congratulations, host, for obtaining a special reward: Power Law Fragment ×1!]

The instant the words fell, Merit Golden Light, hundreds of millions of times more dazzling than the sun, appeared out of thin air within the cave abode. Like a golden waterfall, it came pouring down upon Qin Feng's head in a vast torrent!

For ordinary immortals, even a trace of merit would be enough to make them ecstatic. It could offset countless karmic ties and accelerate their cultivation.

Yet the amount of Merit Golden Light surging toward Qin Feng at this moment was so immense that it was simply horrifying!

It was enough to drive any Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—even a Quasi-Saint—mad with envy!

The instant this Merit Golden Light merged into Qin Feng's body, it was swiftly absorbed by the Chaos Undying Body and transformed into the most primordial energy, nourishing his Limbs and Bones.

But Qin Feng's attention was not on this Merit Golden Light, enough to shake the Three Realms to their core.

His gaze was fixed firmly on the rhomboid fragment floating quietly on the system panel, radiating an ancient, boundless, tyrannical aura.

Power Law Fragment!

Among the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Law of Power was the fundamental law upon which the great god Pangu had relied to create the world and attain the Dao of Primordial Unity!

In terms of tyranny and might, it was enough to rank among the top three of the Three Thousand Laws!

This was the greatest harvest from this quest!

"Fuse!"

Qin Feng did not hesitate in the slightest. With a thought, the Power Law Fragment instantly transformed into a streak of light and entered his glabella.

Rumble!

A terrifying torrent of information, impossible to describe in words, erupted within the depths of his divine soul!

There was no pain, no struggle.

There were only boundless realizations!

What was power?

The revolutions of the stars were power; rivers rushing onward were power; an immortal's casual wave of the hand was power; even an ant shaking a tree was power.

From the birth and destruction of the universe to the rise and fall of a speck of dust, power existed everywhere; nothing could be without power!

In that instant, Qin Feng's understanding of "power" reached an unprecedented new height.

It was as though he himself were the incarnation of power, the source of power!

At the same time, his Chaos Undying Body, already mighty to the extreme, let out an excited hum beneath the wash of these realizations.

Every cell and every drop of blood within his body was undergoing an earth-shaking transformation!

His sinews and bones became sturdier than Innate Spiritual Treasures, while his flesh and blood seemed to contain Small Worlds being opened one after another, brimming with explosive energy.

The Chaos Undying Body evolved once more!

And this was merely the beginning!

The truly terrifying change came from his cultivation realm!

Previously, Qin Feng possessed physical strength comparable to a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—or perhaps even greater—yet he had not a trace of Magic Power himself. His realm was an unranked state of primal chaos, before heaven and earth had been sundered.

But now, with the Power Law Fragment merging into him and an immense flood of Merit Golden Light pouring in, it was as though an energy singularity had opened within his body.

Boom!

A vast and majestic surge of Magic Power was explosively born from that singularity!

Its quality far surpassed any Innate Spiritual Energy!

Qin Feng's cultivation realm began soaring madly, as though he had boarded a rocket!

Heavenly Immortal!

True Immortal!

Mysterious Immortal!

Golden Immortal!

There were virtually no bottlenecks at all as he swept onward, unstoppable as bamboo splitting beneath an axe!

Early-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal!

Mid-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal!

Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal!

This momentum showed no sign of slowing—instead, it only grew fiercer!

Boom!

An invisible barrier was effortlessly shattered.

Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

To leap beyond the River of Time and seize one's own fate—that was the Zenith Heaven!

For an ordinary cultivator, attaining the Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit was enough to found a sect and become a towering figure in their own domain.

Yet for Qin Feng, this was merely the beginning.

Early-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Late-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

At last, this frenzied ascent gradually came to a halt just one step short of the threshold of Quasi-Saint.

Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes. Two streaks of divine light flashed and vanished, while the void before him was torn directly open by his gaze, leaving behind two black fissures that refused to heal for a long while.

He gently raised a hand and clenched his fist.

There was no earthshaking spectacle, yet the surrounding space groaned beneath an unbearable burden with his fist at its center, twisting and collapsing into a terrifying sight.

If this punch landed, it could instantly smash an ancient star into cosmic dust!

"So this is... the power of a peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal?"

Qin Feng murmured, feeling the terrifying power within him that seemed inexhaustible and limitless. An unprecedented sense of control rose naturally in his heart.

If he faced Taiyi Zhenren again now, he would not even need to slap him.

Perhaps a single glance would be enough to obliterate both his body and soul.

Just then, his gaze shifted slightly, seeming to pierce through the mountain walls of the cave abode as he looked toward distant Kunlun Mountain.

The corner of his mouth unconsciously curled into an amused arc.

"Perfect timing. I happen to need a punching bag to test this new strength."

That Chan Sect's senior disciple, Guang Chengzi, should be close to Skeleton Mountain by now.

Feeling the explosive power within him, Qin Feng's state of mind underwent an immense change as well.

His horizons had been completely broadened.

His goal was no longer merely to protect Shi Ji for a time and resolve the troubles posed by Taiyi Zhenren and Guang Chengzi for her.

He would protect her and ensure that she passed through the entire Investiture of the Gods Calamity safe and sound!

He would completely rewrite her tragic fate!

Then, countless gray portraits awaiting unlocks in the system surfaced in his mind once more.

Every portrait represented a goddess from primordial myth, each with a fate riddled with hardships.

Chang'e, the moon goddess trapped within Guanghan Palace, spending every day with Jade Rabbit as her companion while enduring endless loneliness.

Princess Longji, the Jade Emperor's daughter by birth, yet powerless over her own fate, ultimately reduced to a sacrifice in a political marriage alliance.

And the Three Virtuous Goddesses—righteous and loyal to the heavens, yet bringing disaster upon themselves by avenging their brother. In the end, their beauty withered and their souls ascended to the Investiture of the Gods...

One familiar name after another, one heartbreaking fate after another, flowed through Qin Feng's mind.

Qin Feng's eyes grew brighter and sharper.

A plan grander and madder than any he had conceived before quietly took shape within his heart.

"Simply becoming Shi Ji's sole pillar of support is still far too small-minded."

"If I'm doing this, then I'll do it on the grandest scale!"

"I will be the pillar of support for every Goddess across all the myriad heavens and worlds!"