You Fucking Have Cheats?

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

32 Spirit Stones.

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

That fortune was truly immense—enough to make countless people risk their lives for it. Yet when it came time to spend it, it vanished far too quickly.

Just like that secret realm.

Quite a few cultivators at the Third Level of the Qi Refining Realm had entered it. When they stepped inside, they must have considered that there could be beings at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm within, and that there might even be young masters from powerful Lineages.

They had also considered that they might very well die in that Minor World.

Yet they had still marched resolutely into the entrance of the Minor 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 met their fate 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 differed greatly from the previous ones. He could distinctly feel a stream of heat continuously flowing along the channels within his body.

Who knew how much time passed.

When he opened his eyes again, he immediately smelled waves of foul stench wafting from his body. Looking down, he saw quite a bit of black sludge expelled from within him, now stuck to the inside of his clothes. His brows furrowed slightly as he hurried to the private bath in the adjoining room.

He removed his clothes and washed himself thoroughly.

Once he had finished bathing, he stepped out and stood before the bronze mirror in the room. Looking at his reflection, a trace of shock flashed through his eyes. His body had not changed in any visible way, yet for some reason, his bearing felt somewhat different.

If he had to pinpoint it, his back seemed a little straighter.

At that moment, he felt that with physical strength alone, taking on two cultivators at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm would be no problem at all. This was probably the dividing line Fat Dragon had mentioned—the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Only after breaking through the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm could one's physical strength increase dramatically.

Gradually, one would become completely distinct from ordinary mortals.

Just then—

A thought stirred within Chen Qiu, and he turned his gaze inward. Sure enough, that incomparably familiar panel shrouded in mist once again appeared quietly above his dantian.

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

"Please choose one of the three random traits below within ten breaths."

1:

"Trait Name": Self-Destruct Trait.

"Trait Level": White Trait.

"Trait Effect": You may self-destruct any one trait, unleashing a full-power strike with cultivation one major realm above your current cultivation.

2:

"Trait Name": Unsettled Soul.

"Trait Level": White Trait.

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

3:

"Trait Name": In Swarms.

"Trait Level": Green Trait.

"Trait Effect": The extra organs on your body will mutate, gaining unfathomable power. The exact 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 advancement had been rather ordinary, with only two White Traits and one Green Trait. According to Fat Dragon, traits randomly obtained upon breaking through the Qi Refining Realm had a high chance of being White Traits, while Green Traits and above had only a small chance of appearing.

This was the normal situation.

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

Without giving it much thought,

he chose the first trait. Compared with the other two, only this Self-Destruct Trait was somewhat more useful to him. Although he currently had no traits he did not need, he could obtain one trait every time he advanced a realm.

There would certainly come a time in the future when all three traits he randomly received upon advancement were useless. Then, at least, they would not be entirely worthless.

Only—

Could this Self-Destruct Trait self-destruct itself?

And there was a trait he possessed that absolutely could not be removed. Could the Self-Destruct Trait self-destruct that trait?

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

"Hah!"

Standing naked before the bronze mirror, Chen Qiu swung the long blade in his hand. Feeling the explosive force within his body that could erupt at any moment, he finally gained a little sense of security. He even felt the urge to find someone and test his skills on.

Only then did he turn toward the four storage pouches piled beside his clothes and fall silent.

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

Those storage pouches contained plenty of supplies—rations, Spirit Stones, and silver.

Yet not a single change of clothes.

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

Three breaths later.

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

"Uh..."

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

"But that's fine. In a bit—"

Before he could finish, he suddenly caught the thick scent of blood in the room. His eyes swept over the cages at the side, nearly filling half the room and packed with demon beast corpses, then over the pile of clothes on the bed soaked with black sludge. His mouth slowly fell open as he asked 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're really at the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm?!"

"Why the hell do you get to?!"

Although Chen Qiu had not answered yet, Fat Dragon knew extremely well what happened when one broke through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm. The most obvious sign was that after breaking through, the body would undergo a rebirth. Though it would not extend 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 stepped beyond the realm of mortals!

Fat Dragon stood there with his eyes full of disbelief and unwillingness. Why the hell did Chen Qiu get to?! He had been in this world for five months. He had resorted to every trick in the book—stealing, swindling, and cheating. Aside from risking his life, he had done everything he possibly could.

Even after working that hard, he had only cultivated to the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm.

And when he had first met Chen Qiu yesterday, Chen Qiu had not even been at the First Level of the Qi Refining Realm. He broke through to the Third Level in the Minor World, then Fat Dragon went out to gather some information—and when he came back, Chen Qiu was already at the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm?

You fucking have cheats?