Did You Fucking Turn On Cheats?

After cutting down the remaining demonic beasts with a flick of his blade, his cultivation had barely managed to break through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm!

32 Spirit Stones.

For ordinary mortals, that was money they could never earn even across several lifetimes, yet Chen Qiu had squandered it all in just a few breaths.

That wealth was truly immense—enough to make countless people risk their lives for it—yet when spent, it did not seem to last very long.

Just like that secret realm.

Quite a few cultivators at the Third Level of the Qi Refining Realm had entered it. When they stepped into that secret realm, they must have known there could be cultivators at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm inside, and they must also have considered that there might be young masters from great Lineages.

They had even considered that they might very well die in that small world.

Yet they had still resolutely stepped through the entrance to the small world.

Perhaps they believed their luck would be good enough. Or perhaps the rare Heavenly Dao Secret Realm had suddenly appeared near them, and they felt they would surely regret missing it. Whatever their reasons, they no longer mattered.

In the end, all of them had died within the secret realm.

But none of that had anything to do with Chen Qiu.

At that moment, Chen Qiu sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes shut and his hands spread flat before his chest. This breakthrough was vastly different from the previous ones. He could distinctly feel a current of heat constantly flowing along the pathways within his body.

Who knew how much time passed.

When he opened his eyes again, he immediately smelled waves of stench wafting from his body. Looking down, he saw that quite a bit of black sludge had been expelled from his body and now clung to the inside of his clothes. His brows furrowed slightly as he hurried to the private bath in the adjacent room.

He took off his clothes and washed himself thoroughly.

After washing up and stepping out of the bath, he stood before the bronze mirror in the room and looked at his reflection. A faint shock flashed through his eyes. His body had not changed in any way, yet for some reason, his bearing felt different.

If he had to point out one difference, it was that his back stood a little straighter.

At that moment, he felt that relying solely on his physical strength, taking on two cultivators at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm would not be a problem at all. This was probably the watershed Fat Dragon had spoken of at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Once one broke through to the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm, their physical strength would be greatly enhanced.

They would gradually become completely distinct from mortals.

Just then—

He suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze inward. Sure enough, that incomparably familiar panel shrouded in mist quietly appeared above his dantian once more.

"Your cultivation has surged greatly. You have officially entered the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm."

"Please choose from the three random Traits below within ten breaths."

1:

"Trait Name": Self-Destruct Trait.

"Trait Grade": White.

"Trait Effect": You may self-destruct any Trait to unleash a full-force strike one major realm above your current cultivation.

2:

"Trait Name": Unsettled Soul.

"Trait Grade": White.

"Trait Effect": When you are in a state of fear, your five senses will be slightly enhanced.

3:

"Trait Name": In Swarms.

"Trait Grade": Green.

"Trait Effect": The extra organs on your body will mutate, gaining unfathomable power. The specific power depends on the number of extra organs.

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Perhaps he had used up all his good luck in the previous few times. This time, his luck upon advancing was rather average: only two white Traits and one green Trait. According to Fat Dragon, the Traits randomly obtained upon breaking through the Qi Refining Realm were most likely white, with a small chance of green or above.

This was the normal situation.

It was simply that there had been too many abnormal instances before this, and he had already grown accustomed to that kind of abnormality.

Without giving it too much thought,

he chose the first Trait. Compared to the other two, only this Self-Destruct Trait was somewhat more useful to him. Although he currently had no useless Traits, he could obtain one Trait every time he advanced a realm.

There would definitely come a time in the future when all three randomly drawn Traits upon advancement would be useless. Then, at least they would not be completely useless.

It was just that—

Could this Self-Destruct Trait self-destruct itself?

And one of his previous Traits absolutely could not be removed. Could the Self-Destruct Trait self-destruct that Trait?

Though he was somewhat curious, he could not possibly conduct such an experiment merely to satisfy his curiosity.

Huff!

Standing naked before the bronze mirror, Chen Qiu swung the long blade in his hand. Feeling the explosive power in his body that could be unleashed at any moment, he gained at least a little sense of security. He even had the urge to find someone to test his skills on.

Only then did he look toward the four storage pouches piled beside his clothes, falling silent.

He had obtained quite a few storage pouches in the small world. Most had been sold, and he had kept only four for himself.

Those storage pouches contained quite a few supplies: rations, Spirit Stones, and silver.

The only thing they lacked was a change of clothes.

Fortunately, he did not have to worry for long. A knock soon sounded outside the room, followed by Fat Dragon's slightly urgent voice. "Brother Chen Qiu, open the door, quickly! Something huge has happened!!!"

Three breaths later.

Fat Dragon pushed open the door, while Chen Qiu stood where he was, using the blade to cover his vital parts. He raised a hand to cut him off. "Go buy me a set of clothes first. No matter how huge this is, I'm not in the mood to hear it right now."

"Uh..."

Fat Dragon blankly froze for a moment, then casually pulled out a clean set of clothes from his robes and handed them to Chen Qiu. "I have a clean set I usually change into. Wear these for now. They might be a little big."

"But that's fine. Later—"

Before he could finish, he suddenly caught the thick smell of blood in the room. His gaze swept over the cages nearly filling half the room, packed with demonic beast corpses, as well as the pile of clothes on the bed soaked in black sludge. His mouth slowly fell open, and he said in a trembling, disbelieving voice.

"Brother Chen Qiu... You didn't break through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm, did you?"

"Huh?"

"No way? You really reached the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm?!"

"Why?!"

Although Chen Qiu had not answered, Fat Dragon knew extremely well what happened when one broke through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm. Most obviously, after reaching the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm, one's body would undergo a rebirth. Though it would not prolong one's lifespan, it would greatly enhance one's physical constitution.

It could be said that after breaking through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm, one had already escaped the bounds of mortality!

Fat Dragon stood there, his eyes filled with disbelief and unwillingness. Why? He had come to this world five months ago and had done every kind of trickery, deception, and swindling. Other than risking his life, he had done everything he could.

Despite working so hard, he had only cultivated to the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Yet when he had first met Chen Qiu yesterday, Chen Qiu had not even reached the First Level of the Qi Refining Realm. He had broken through to the Third Level of the Qi Refining Realm in the small world, and by the time Fat Dragon returned from gathering some information, he was already at the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm?

Did you fucking turn on cheats?!