Song One was the real body

The price paid can be redeemed, and this Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber is practically a life-saving artifact for Tribulation Transcendence.

"Senior Five Cultivations, did you also fail your Tribulation Transcendence and end up here?" the young Venerable Seven Cultivations asked in the scene.

"Not so!" True Monarch Five Cultivations shook his head and laughed, "What I left in this Ancient Tomb is a 'special clone' that I created. My original self successfully Tribulation Transcendence and advanced to True Lord back then, and refined the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber to the Sixth-Grade, and handed it over to Six Cultivations. You could say that I retired after achieving my goal."

Therefore, the plaque in the stone tomb reads, "[The True Monarch Five Cultivations buried their past selves here]." The past selves are what the True Monarch Five Cultivations referred to as 'special clones'.

Even without the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber, the True Monarch Five Cultivations possessed the complete <Nine-Turn Phoenix Technique>... If he hadn't perished, he would probably already be Eighth-Grade Profound Sage, or even a higher realm.

"So, shall we sign a contract, young man?" True Monarch Five Cultivations asked again.

In the scene, the young Venerable Seven Cultivations was deep in thought for a long time.

"Deal." He finally made his decision, choosing to inherit the title of 'Seven Cultivations' and master the 'Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber'.

Today, Seven Cultivations has advanced to the Seventh-Grade Venerable, only a short distance away from the Eighth-Grade Profound Sage. His 'Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber' is also on the verge of the next stage, ready to enter the Eighth Refinement at any moment.

The image of the Imprinting Spell ends here.

Song Shuhang looked at the blonde woman—it seemed that Six Cultivations had also failed his Tribulation Transcendence, so his strength had dropped to the Sixth-Grade True Lord realm.

Six Cultivations turned to Song Shuhang and asked, "So, do you want to sign the contract now and become Eight Cultivations?"

After pondering for a moment, Song Shuhang asked, "Senior Six Cultivations, if I inherit the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber, besides these benefits, are there any restrictions or limitations?"

Having gained so many benefits from inheriting this Dao Artifact, surely there must be some limitations or drawbacks, right?

Six Cultivations shook his head. "There might be limitations, but I haven't encountered any during my time wielding the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber. However... when wielding Dao Artifact, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation increases slightly each time Tribulation Transcendence. Could that be considered a drawback?"

"I understand. Senior Six Cultivations, how do we sign the contract?" Song Shuhang asked.

The power of the Heavenly Tribulation has increased, but compared to a whole scroll of cultivation techniques sufficient to reach the Ninth-Grade Tribulation Immortal, or the experience and insights of predecessors, it is simply insignificant.

From the moment he chose to pursue immortality, Song Shuhang was mentally prepared to face the danger of death. If one is not even willing to take this risk on the path of cultivation, one might as well go home and farm.

"I knew you would choose to sign the contract." Six Cultivations smiled gently and reached into his chest to take out a scroll-like object.

Once the scroll was opened, it was covered with countless people's names.

Below the "Eight Cultivations" section, many people's Daoist names were also filled in.

Among them, Song Shuhang also saw three familiar names.

Senior Mad Saber Senior Three Waves, Senior Copper Trigram Immortal Master, and the Snow Wolf Cave Master.

These three predecessors had ventured into the 'Tomb of True Monarch Five Cultivations' in separate groups.

When Song Shuhang saw this, he understood that everyone above was a candidate for the 'Eight Cultivations'.

When the Venerable Seven Cultivations Tribulation Transcendence and advances to the Eighth-Grade Profound Sage, he will select one from among the many Eight Cultivations Cultivator candidates to inherit the Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber and become Eight Cultivations.

Just as Song Shuhang picked up his brush, preparing to write his name on it, a name suddenly appeared on the scroll, with beautiful handwriting.

It's Chu Chu's name.

Chu Chu also chose to become a prospective member of the 'Eight Cultivations'.

That's true. Compared to herself, who possessed the 'Nine Provinces Number One Group', a scroll of the <Nine-Turn Phoenix Technique> was much more attractive to Chu Chu.

Song Shuhang smiled slightly, picked up his brush, and wrote the three characters 'Song Shuhang' on the scroll.

"Done." He put down his pen.

"Leave the rest to me." Six Cultivations reached out, preparing to take back Song Shuhang's scroll.

But at that moment... the three characters 'Song Shuhang' on the scroll disappeared.

A look of doubt appeared in Six Cultivations's golden eyes. "Huh?"

"What happened?" Song Shuhang asked.

The Six Cultivations Department asked, "Did you write the name wrong?"

"That's right, it's the name Song Shuhang," Song Shuhang. He had written his own name thousands of times, how could he be wrong?

Six Cultivations blinked his golden eyelashes, then said, "Do you have a Daoist name? Try writing it down."

"Daoist name? Okay, should I write it in full?" Shuhang asked.

Six Cultivations: "Of course, the full Daoist name should be written."

So Song Shuhang nodded, and began to write furiously, filling the scroll with a long string of words.

Starting with the Vajra Gentleman Saber on Monday, the order goes down to: Overlord Blade Song One on Tuesday, the Wood Daoist on Wednesday, the White Whale Saber Expert on Thursday, the Book Mountain Hermit on Friday, the Scholar Seeking the Dao on Saturday, and the Kindheart Cultivator on Sunday.

Six Cultivations: "..."

Oh dear, I forgot this guy has seven Daoist names. Now he's taking up seven name slots all by himself.

"It's finished, senior." Song Shuhang put down his pen.

But the moment he put down his pen, the Daoist names he had just written began to disappear. Kindheart Cultivator, Scholar Seeking the Dao, Book Mountain Hermit, White Whale Saber Expert... one after another, they vanished.

In the end, only his Daoist name remained— Overlord Blade Song One.

Song Shuhang: "..."

What does this mean?

Is it possible that the will of heaven and earth only recognizes his Daoist name, 'Overlord Blade Song One'? But why doesn't it even recognize his real name, 'Song Shuhang'?

Believe it or not, he'll flip the table! This Daoist title was clearly only included to make up the numbers because of Senior White's reputation; he plans to delete it after a while!

"Overlord Blade Song One, what a fine Daoist name!" Six Cultivations praised, but her trembling golden eyelashes betrayed her true thoughts.

"..." Song Shuhang barely managed to suppress the urge to tear up the scroll.

Six Cultivations reached out, took the scroll back, rolled it up again, and tucked it into his chest. "Contract complete!"

The connection between this young friend Shuhang and her is quite strange. It would be very interesting if he became one of the 'Eight Cultivations' someday.

Just after Six Cultivations closed the scroll... half of the Daoist title 'Overlord Blade Song One' on it disappeared.

The words "Overlord Blade" (Ba Dao) disappeared, leaving only "Song One" (Song Yi).

Neither Six Cultivations nor Song Shuhang witnessed this scene.

After completing the task, Six Cultivations stretched and looked at Song Shuhang, remembering something.

Song Shuhang's internal energy surged after passing through the 'Ancient Tomb Forked Path', and now it's on the verge of exploding again...

Before he leaves the Ancient Tomb, we need to find a way to deal with the surge of true energy in his body; otherwise, once he leaves the Ancient Tomb and loses the suppression of the array within, Shuhang will really explode and die.

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Parallel world.

On May 20, 2019, Song Shuhang, who had a cold, was curled up in bed after taking medicine and watching a movie when he felt sleepy.

'Beep beep beep~'

[True Lord Yellow Mountain (*******) requests to add you as a friend.] Additional message: None.

True Lord Yellow Mountain? Who is that? Such a cringey name.

Therefore, Song Shuhang decisively clicked 'Reject Friend Request'.

The Parallel World <Cultivation Chat Group> Ends...