Ten Years in the Snap of a Finger

"Fourth year after transmigration, January 3rd. Although spiritual energy can transform all things, it seems to have requirements regarding attributes. For example, Fire Spiritual Energy cannot possibly be transformed into clear water..."

"I discovered that the techniques recorded in the [Scripture Repository] merely turn spiritual energy into ordinary substances.

"For instance, the Fireball Technique simply uses spiritual energy to conjure ordinary flames. But what if I changed it into flames produced by burning white phosphorus?"

"Unfortunately, I need to reach the middle Qi Refining Stage before I can use the [tricks] corresponding to the Qi Refining Stage. Looks like I still need to cultivate diligently..."

"However, I heard that those with powerful souls cultivate more efficiently? I have lived two lives, so my soul should surpass that of others no matter what. Why, then, is my cultivation speed about the same as theirs? Or does the soul in this life refer to something else?"

"Fourth year after transmigration, June 2nd. According to the records left behind by predecessors, the soul in this life is probably different from what I imagined. It is not merely the vessel of consciousness and memories; it also seems to be related to spiritual energy?"

"According to the records, Qi Refining Stage Cultivators possess [Mental Power], Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators give birth to [Spiritual Sense], and Golden Core Stage Cultivators condense [divine sense]... What is the reason for this division?"

"Forget it. I won't think about things so far off for now. I should think about how to strengthen my soul instead... Although Azure Cloud Sect has no soul-cultivation techniques, through the [Indirect Observation Method], I can roughly conclude this:

"The soul is similar to the body. As long as it receives sufficient exercise and enough nourishment, it will grow increasingly powerful."

"Based on this principle, perhaps I can try creating a technique. It would be nice if there were pills that could nourish the soul, but those are far too expensive. I learned that the mortal world has medicinal formulas for nourishing the mind. Perhaps I can...

"Damn it! I don't know why, but just thinking about it makes me angry! Why do other transmigrators all have systems and Old Grandpas to help them, while I can only fend for myself?! If I become a true immortal in the future, I'll definitely go to the Transmigrator Association and demand justice!"

"Fifth year after transmigration, May 20th. Hah, I finally reached the middle Qi Refining Stage, the realm of [true qi]. I can refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy with my True Self true qi for my own use. My self-developed [Soul Nurturing Incense] and Spirit Nourishing Art have also produced results. Now I can continue researching techniques and spells!"

"When it came to researching techniques, I had originally wanted to use spiritual energy to conjure all sorts of technologies from my past life. But after a round of experiments, I discovered that spiritual energy's transformations are not as free as I had wished—at least, not for me right now..."

"To transform something, either you must understand its structure and properties and forcefully transform it into being, or you need an actual substance from this world as a reference."

"In other words, if I want to create the White Phosphorus Fireball Technique, I must have a substance in this world similar to white phosphorus as a reference..."

"Fifth year after transmigration, July 6th. Wonderful! I finally found a substance in this world similar to phosphorus, and its effect is even more violent than that of my previous life. Using it, I successfully created an improved Fireball Technique!"

"This improved Fireball Technique not only far surpasses the ordinary version in power, but once even a tiny bit touches the human body, it will keep burning like a festering sore clinging to the bone, almost impossible to extinguish!"

"Sure enough, as long as I find the corresponding methods and substances, I can completely recreate some of the technologies from my past life in This Life!"

"Fifth year after transmigration, December 1st. Using the pressure principles of my past life as a reference, and the spirit pressure principles derived from the first property of spiritual energy that I summarized in This Life as the theory, I successfully created this trick."

"The High-Pressure Water Blade was a technology from my past life. Water gains tremendous kinetic energy under high pressure, and once abrasive sand is added, it forms a water blade with terrifying cutting power."

"I turned my own [true qi] into water, continuously increased its spirit pressure, then added Metal Spiritual Energy as abrasive sand, forming a terrifying Water Blade Technique. Moreover, water conjured from spiritual energy can actually ignore air resistance, maintaining the same power after being fired."

"Although it will directly dissipate once it exceeds the range of my Mental Power control, this also ensures that its power will not weaken as the distance increases."

"As for concealing myself, I used the principle of light refraction when spearfishing as a reference and created a new version of the [Invisibility Technique]. In my vision, it will be the precursor to my future Great Divine Ability, [Upright Shadowless]!"

"Let alone the battlefield-control trick [Spirit Silk Technique], improved by referencing spider silk, and the [Divine Movement Technique], which combines with the Clear Wind Technique to use wind to generate Pushing Force behind oneself and increase one's speed, while also using wind to hinder the enemy's pursuit.

"These tricks improved with knowledge from my past life will surely become the supports that safeguard me upon my Immortal Path in the future!"

"Sixth year after transmigration, May 16th. Spirit Stones are hard to earn these days. As my Cultivation Level increases and my research experiments deepen, my consumption of resources has also intensified..."

"Although drawing talismans can earn Spirit Stones, and I can also try learning alchemy, when all is said and done, wouldn't I just be working for the sect? But every transmigrator knows that working for others has no future..."

"Seventh year after transmigration, February 9th. Sure enough, storybooks are all lies. They say that after killing Evil Cultivators, you can loot peerless techniques, powerful Spirit Artifacts, or some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from On Their Body."

"I eagerly accepted so many sect missions, but after tallying up my gains, they were poorer than I was!"

"Still, they have some value for use. I happen to be short on experimental materials, and there are still many experiments that require dissection... Wait, is doing this a little wrong? I remember that I'm a good person?"

"Eighth year after transmigration, May 8th. Sigh, the Demonic Cultivators used for experiments are getting worse with every generation. Compared to the vicious cruelty they showed when doing evil, I'm merely putting a knife to them a little. Is there really any need to be this frightened?"

"...But recently, I heard that the sect will hold the Outer Sect Grand Competition in two years and promote outstanding disciples. Heh, perhaps the time has come for me to show off and slap faces!"

"Tenth year after transmigration, October 3rd. Ha, all these years of hard work truly were not wasted! With the results brought by my Science Cultivation research, I charged into the top three of the Outer Sect Grand Competition in one stroke!"

"If not for that guy who seems to be the Protagonist, no one would have been my match!"

"I am very happy that all these years of research and effort were not wasted.

"Originally, I was merely a cultivator with Water, Fire, and Earth Three Spiritual Roots. My aptitude was considered decent, but within the vast Azure Cloud Sect, I could only be considered mediocre. Countless people had better spiritual roots than mine."

"Without a Golden Finger, and barring any accidents, in the Lingnan Cultivation World, where Cultivation Resources are scarce, I could at most become a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator, live for two hundred years, then turn into a handful of Yellow Earth, Yellow Earth."

"To rise from death and open my eyes to see the world once more was already a blessing stolen from heaven. To transmigrate to another world and have hope of stepping onto the Immortal Path to Longevity was an even more heaven-defying opportunity!"

"But if there is no hope upon the immortal path, what profound sorrow that would be! One must know that in my past life, no matter how high one climbed, how far one stood, or even if one stood atop the world, in the end, one was merely a wealthy and powerful—mortal!"

"All had to experience Birth, Old Age, Sickness, Death, natural disasters and man-made calamities, sink into the Mortal World, and wander through reincarnation. In the end, none could transcend!"

"But This Life was different. As long as one climbed to the heights, not only could one ride clouds and mist, carry mountains and fill seas, roam the Northern Sea at dawn and Cangwu at dusk, one could even become a true immortal living in the world, sharing the lifespan of heaven and earth and able to Shine Alongside the Sun and Moon!"

"Though it is deeply regrettable that those bastards at the Transmigrator Association did not give me a Golden Finger, I, Lin Chen, am not someone to be trifled with! If heaven will not give it to me, then I will create it myself!

"I refuse to believe that I, a dignified transmigrator, truly cannot continue onward without a system, an immortal artifact, a panel, or something of the sort!

"The ancients once said: As heaven moves with vigor, so must a gentleman strive unceasingly to strengthen himself! I, too, can use the Scientific Thinking of my past life to carve out an Immortal Path to Longevity for myself!"

"...All right, enough dreaming. Time to wash up and sleep. Sigh, the future is beautiful, but the present is cruel. I still have to get up early tomorrow to earn Spirit Stones."

By the window, a pair of hands closed the book. After a short while, the luminous pearl slowly dimmed.

At This Moment, the night in the distant sky was deep as the sea, while the bright moon cast its radiance across ten thousand miles.