Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard

After the Longevity Pill came two more incomparably rare treasures. The first was an Earth Grade secret skill, found in a corner of the table. Clearly, the owner of the house had not thought much of it, but that did nothing to conceal the immense value of this secret skill.

The secret skill recorded on this Jade Slip was called the Gathering Yuan Art. After cultivating it, one could increase the speed at which yuan energy condensed. Put simply, it increased the rate at which those in the Three Essences Realm condensed yuan energy, thereby increasing their cultivation speed in the Three Essences Realm. To the Ye Family clansmen and the Snow Mountain Sect's True Disciples, this was joyous news from the heavens, and it would become part of the Ye Family's inherited foundation.

The final item could also be called the greatest treasure you had gained on this expedition. This treasure was called the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard. You knew its name because those words were written upon the chessboard.

After testing it, you discovered two functions for the chessboard. The first was that it could divine fortune and misfortune. You had been transported into that room, and after being teleported there, the formation had failed due to the passage of too much time. Thus, you could only leave from the inner region of the ruins.

The reason you had been able to emerge safely this time was entirely thanks to this chessboard. It predicted the safest route for you, and only then did you narrowly escape the inner region of the ruins. Jiang Changtian's injuries had also been sustained during that escape.

Beyond divining fortune and misfortune, the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard's second function was its formidable power of control. On the way out of the inner region, you encountered the strongest Demonic Beast—a Great Demon at the Late Spirit Condensation Realm. If not for the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, Jiang Changtian might have long since died within the ruins, and whether you could have escaped would have remained unknown. That time, you used the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard to pin it in place, leaving it unable to move, and only then did you escape smoothly.

Judging from the aura of the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, it differed from other Heaven Grade Treasures. You could sense within it something indescribable, something beyond words. From what you knew, only treasures above the Heaven Grade—Sacred Items—possessed such a feeling, yet it was not entirely the same. Thus, you guessed that it might be a Half-Saint Artifact.

Looking at the gains from this expedition, the house you entered was clearly no ordinary place. Although its owner had not left all his possessions within the room, judging solely by what you found, even if this had not been the room of a Holy Land's Holy Lord, its owner must have been someone closely connected to one. His status had undoubtedly been extremely high.

After all, even within a Holy Land, Sacred Artifacts were few in number. As for why this chessboard had not been contaminated and taken away by the Outer Realm Sky Demon, you guessed that it was most likely because it was merely a Half-Saint Artifact, and the Outer Realm Sky Demon had not sensed this treasure's aura.

After returning to the Snow Mountain Sect, you kept the Calming Heart Bed. You gave the Hundred Year Enlightenment Tea to Jiang Changtian, and you also handed the teapot to him for protection. If you needed it, you could take it back and use it at any time. You were family, after all, so none of you cared much about who held what. For now, anything that could be used was used first.

In the 214th Year, you exchanged some of the precious materials you had obtained for Precious Herbs needed to refine Heavenly Origin Pills. Once the herbs were acquired, you gave them to Ye Chen, who had an alchemy master from the Blazing Sun Holy Land refine five Heavenly Origin Pills. One was given to the alchemist as payment, leaving four pills. You gave those four Heavenly Origin Pills respectively to your wife Jiang Wen, your eldest son Ye Ping'an, your daughter Jiang Qianxue, and your friend Ye Mingyue.

That same year, Jiang Wen, Ye Ping'an, Jiang Qianxue, and Ye Mingyue all broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm. At the same time, the Ye Family took control of Yicheng City, and the Liu Family handed over part of its resources to the Ye Family. The Ye Family became Yicheng City's greatest force, while Ye Ping'an became the Ye Family's current Clan Leader after breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

You became the Ye Family's Fourth Ancestor and the Snow Mountain Sect's second Grand Elder. After breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm, your daughter succeeded her mother Jiang Wen and became the Snow Mountain Sect's current Sect Master.

In the 275th Year, your cultivation rose to the Late Void God Realm. Over the years, you had also become able to easily paint works of the Profound Grade High Rank. You spent several months painting twenty Pseudo Beast paintings and inscribed them with your true name. The Pseudo Beasts summoned from them possessed strength at the Late Heavenly Origin Realm.

You gave these paintings to your son Ye Ping'an and had him distribute them among the Ye Family's direct descendants stationed at the various resource sites. With the support of these Pseudo Beast paintings, the Ye Family clansmen who had previously struggled greatly to hold their posts found things much easier.

Because the Liu Family had previously yielded many resource sites, this was certainly beneficial to the Ye Family. However, their foundation and strength were ultimately insufficient. Even the three Ancestors had to go out and guard resource sites, carrying out routine upkeep. As a result, many Ye Family Martial Artists had their cultivation time severely compressed. Now, with these Pseudo Beasts possessing Late Heavenly Origin Realm strength, those Martial Artists had more time to cultivate.

In the 390th year, your cultivation still had not broken through. Your accumulation was already sufficient, yet you could not condense it into something tangible. No matter how vast the void god was, it was still void. You had even spent a fortune to purchase three Earth Grade Pills, yet you still failed to break through. You were only a single step away from the Spirit Condensation Realm, but no matter what, you could not take that step.

That same year, your son Ye Chen, who was at the Blazing Sun Holy Land, sent you good news: he had already broken through to the Void God Realm. You were deeply puzzled by this news. Ye Chen possessed Mid-grade Earth Grade bone structure, superior to your Earth Grade Low-Rank bone structure. Although you had consumed quite a few pills during cultivation and had also saved much time through the Inheritance Secret Realm, how could he have been so much slower than you? You could not understand it.

What you did not know was that although Ye Chen had undergone the Inheritance Trial at the Holy Land, his trial had merely been an ordinary one. As long as a disciple of the Holy Land possessed sufficient strength and potential, he could pass it. Every True Disciple had undergone the Inheritance Trial.

With the enhancement of your Innate Medicinal Heart, you had consumed massive amounts of pills ever since you began cultivating. Calculated in terms of cultivation speed, even without counting your physique's enhancement, you were still faster than many people with High-grade Earth Grade bone structure. The prince of the Tianyan Kingdom, who likewise possessed a Sacred Body Dao Embryo, had tested blue through a Sacred Artifact! The effect he received was far beyond that of an ordinary physique. The fifty-percent increase in cultivation speed was not addition—it was multiplication!

For Ye Chen to break through to the Void God Realm at just over three hundred years old was already astonishing enough to shake heaven and earth. Even within the Blazing Sun Holy Land, his talent placed him among the very best.

Through Ye Chen's voice transmission, you learned that when he broke through to the Void God Realm, he and eleven others had become the Blazing Sun Holy Land's Golden Generation. The resources granted to the Golden Generation within the Blazing Sun Holy Land surpassed those given to True Disciples. Every generation's Golden Twelve Sons possessed talent that gave them hope of breaking through to the Infant God Realm.