Chapter 14: Progress - Heavenly Mandate Supreme Immortal

After some planning, Shen Mo's training schedule was quickly finalized.

There were no holidays, nor did he set aside any leisure time for himself.

He pasted this schedule onto the wall of his living quarters, washed up, and then drifted into a deep sleep.

Over the next month, Shen Mo proved to be quite diligent.

He was as self-disciplined as he had planned in his schedule.

As the saying goes, heaven acts with vigor; diligence and hard work naturally yield rewards. Over this month, Shen Mo's gains were significant.


[Master of Destiny: Shen Mo]

[Cultivation: Body Tempering Realm, Seventh Layer]

[Cultivation Technique: Heaven Origin Technique Proficient (325/1000)]

[Martial Art: Supreme Clarity Sword Technique Minor Success (225/500)]

[Immortal Art: Thunderbolt Quickstep Entry Level (240/500)]

Shen Mo drew a circle over the final date on his schedule to mark its completion.

He then opened his attribute panel, fixing his gaze on the data recorded for each technique and martial art.

Significant progress.

After a month of practice, the Heaven Origin Technique had improved once again.

It had advanced from the level of "Minor Success" to "Proficient."

This breakthrough made Shen Mo feel that the speed at which the Heaven Origin Technique inhaled and devoured the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had increased by at least thirty percent.

Beyond his foundational technique, he had not neglected his swordplay.

The Supreme Clarity Sword Technique was a sword art Shen Mo had learned shortly after becoming an outer disciple of the River-Facing Sect.

Because he hadn't practiced it much before, it had long remained at the "Entry Level."

But after carving out time to practice it this month, it had finally advanced to the "Minor Success" stage, and its power had increased greatly!

As for the light-body immortal art, Thunderbolt Quickstep, which he had traded from Gu Qingshan, progress was not as substantial.

Although Shen Mo valued this light-body immortal art highly and had dedicated the majority of his training time to it, he still hadn't managed to cultivate it to the "Minor Success" stage.

Its current proficiency level remained at "Entry Level."

It was likely because it was a graded art; the experience growth rate for Thunderbolt Quickstep was very slow, and the difficulty of cultivation was far greater than that of the Supreme Clarity Sword Technique.

"Beyond the improvements in my techniques and martial arts, my cultivation has also grown rapidly this month!"

He felt the surging power of blood and qi within his body and spoke.

During this period, Shen Mo was no longer like he had been last month, obsessed with side occupations while neglecting the foundations of cultivation.

Every day, he would set aside three hours for meditation and refining his cultivation.

Supplemented by the medicinal power of the Vitality Strengthening Powder, Shen Mo improved quickly.

Although he hadn't broken through to the eighth layer of the Body Tempering Realm, he felt he had already touched the threshold of the realm; his accumulation was sufficient.

Now, as long as he encountered a suitable opportunity, he would be able to break through in one go!

"And the pills—I've refined quite a few this month; I suppose I've finally gotten the hang of it."

Shen Mo thought to himself, turning to glance at the inner hall.

Two large vats sat there, containing the Vitality Strengthening Powder and the Qi Recovery Pill, respectively.

These two types of pills were piled up like mountains.

After counting them, Shen Mo calculated the totals.

There were one hundred and fifty Qi Recovery Pills in total, and two hundred and fifty portions of Vitality Strengthening Powder.

If he counted the finished products, there should have been two hundred and sixty portions of Vitality Strengthening Powder.

However, during this time, Shen Mo had consumed one portion of Vitality Strengthening Powder every three days for his training, consuming ten portions in total.

"As for the Lesser Foundation Establishment Pills, there aren't nearly as many."

He touched his storage bag and sighed.

The success rate for refining these two types of unranked spiritual medicines was already quite high.

Half a month ago, after Shen Mo's Alchemy Dao realm advanced to the first grade, he had become even more adept at refining these two types of pills.

Only the first-grade spiritual pill, the Lesser Foundation Establishment Pill, continued to have a low yield.

From ten portions of medicinal ingredients, he had only refined two pills, and his proficiency with that specific pill remained low.

With that thought, he opened his Destiny Panel, which recorded his Alchemy Dao realm.

[Alchemy Dao (First Grade) 305/1000]

[Vitality Strengthening Powder (Mastery) 233/5000]

[Qi Recovery Pill (Pure Mastery) 13/5000]

[Lesser Foundation Establishment Pill (Proficient) 33/1000]

"I have finally entered the gate of the Alchemical Dao." Looking at these figures, Shen Mo sighed with emotion: "Talisman Dao and Alchemical Dao—both of my side professions are now on the right track."

The effects of the attribute panel and experience bars meant that he had never encountered the bottlenecks that others faced when refining pills or improving his proficiency in the Alchemical and Talisman Daos.

At least, that was the case for now.

"But I cannot rest easy just yet. If I want to continue improving the levels of these two side professions, I will need to acquire more pill recipes and talisman scrolls in the future."

Although there were no bottlenecks and he could level up once his experience was full, Shen Mo discovered that the advancement of his Alchemical Dao realm had hit a dilemma similar to that of his Talisman Dao.

Once his alchemical standard entered the first-grade level, the experience he gained from refining unranked, low-tier spiritual medicines like Qi Recovery Pills and Vitality Strengthening Powders had become very scarce.

Sometimes, it would not increase at all.

To ensure sustainable development, he needed more high-grade pill recipes.

"Knock, knock."

Just as he was pondering, Shen Mo suddenly heard a knocking at the door.

He climbed off his bed, walked into the courtyard, and opened the main gate.

Standing outside was a young girl.

Chen Mengze. She had come again.

"Following my father's instructions, I have come to check on your cultivation progress."

Chen Mengze said indifferently: "You haven't been slacking off lately, have you?"

"It's been alright."

Shen Mo recalled the contents of his past month and spoke up.

"How is your progress?"

"My cultivation has currently touched the bottleneck of the seventh layer. To break through, it is just a matter of time and effort."

"Truly?" Chen Mengze raised an eyebrow, appearing somewhat skeptical.

She reached out a jade hand and rested it on Shen Mo's shoulder, using the Qi Observation Technique to observe him carefully for a long while before she finally believed his words.

"Your cultivation speed has not been slow lately; it is likely due to the effects of the Qi Gathering Pills."

Chen Mengze thought for a moment and ultimately attributed it to that.

After all, the Shen Mo of the past was a guy who had been stuck at the fifth layer of the Body Tempering Realm for a full three years.

To this, Shen Mo did not refute.

The fact that he could have such a fast cultivation speed was indeed partly thanks to those two Qi Gathering Pills.

"Cultivation raised by medicinal power does not easily lead to the opportunity to break through a realm."

Chen Mengze thought for a moment and said: "If you want to break through faster, you need to experience actual combat."

"Actual combat?"

Shen Mo was slightly stunned.

"Correct." Chen Mengze nodded and said, "It is difficult to find an opportunity for a breakthrough by merely cultivating behind closed doors."

"But if you can go out and train, experiencing life-and-death struggles, it often yields unexpected results."

"The outside world... seems quite dangerous."

Shen Mo did indeed want to reach the eighth layer of the Body Tempering Realm quickly.

But for him, safety was the top priority.

The world outside the River-Facing Sect was too dangerous, and the probability of death was simply unacceptably high.

He still wanted to lay low for a while longer and wait until his cultivation was higher.

"If you want to climb the Immortal Path, how can you avoid the wind and rain?"

Chen Mengze knew what Shen Mo was thinking and said: "You will have to face the outside world sooner or later."

"The Deacon Hall frequently issues sect training missions."

"Aside from going to the territory of the Linjiang Mountain Range, there are often missions among the training tasks that low-tier disciples can accept. I heard you resigned from your duties guarding the mountain gate? If you have free time, you might as well go out and see for yourself."

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