Nine-Breath Chaos

Turning over the sign hanging on the cultivation room door to reveal the message "In Cultivation. Please Do Not Disturb," Chen Beiwu walked inside.

"Click!"

When the door closed, Iron Egg did not leave. Instead, he crouched near the entrance, keeping watch.

Inside the cultivation room, Chen Beiwu sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, closed his eyes, and focused his mind on his heart.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

As his heartbeat gradually quickened, Chen Beiwu's figure vanished from the cultivation room in an instant, entering an unknown space.

The Land of Chaos had no name in ancient times. It was a domain where Heaven and Earth had yet to separate, a frontier where Yin and Yang had yet to be distinguished. There were no sun, moon, or stars above, no plants or solid ground below; in every direction lay the state of all things before they were born.

This was not Chen Beiwu's first time here, but every time he saw this chaotic scene, he could not help but feel shaken.

Perhaps Mom hadn't been boasting back then. The Huang Household has a long and storied history; in the Primordial Era, it may really have produced a Cultivation Magnate who dominated Heavenly Abyss Star! Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

This world was called the Nine-Breath Chaos Land. It was a treasured artifact passed down through generations of the Huang Household, and it could reveal the Fortune of all things in Heaven and Earth.

As for how this thing had ended up in his hands, that was a long story.

Ten years ago, Chen Beiwu comprehended the world around him, sensed Qi within himself, and stepped into the first level of Qi Refining. But after sitting in meditation for so long, his legs gave way when he stood up, and he accidentally knocked over the Maitreya Supreme Truth South God Statue that his mother's family had worshipped for generations.

Afraid that the statue would shatter, Chen Beiwu immediately reached out with both hands to catch it.

But the statue tilted and fell heavily into his arms, and the hand seal formed by the Maitreya Supreme Truth statue stabbed straight into his heart.

Fortunately, Chen Beiwu had succeeded in Qi Refining. In that critical moment, he protected his heart with Spirit Power and escaped harm, while the statue remained completely undamaged.

But from that day on, Chen Beiwu dreamed of the Maitreya Supreme Truth South God Statue every night when he went to sleep. In his dreams, the statue kept teaching him a Divine Ability called Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion.

Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion: With just nine breaths of inhaling and exhaling, one could seize the Creation of Heaven and Earth and nurture one's own Fortune. By borrowing the power of the Nine-Breath Chaos, one could even transform Fortune into a Fortuitous Encounter trigger.

Knowing how terrifying this Divine Ability was, Chen Beiwu did not give up on cultivating it, even after realizing it was a dream. After all, who hadn't dreamed in their youth of becoming a child of Fortune?

However, the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability was extremely difficult to cultivate. Chen Beiwu had spent a full five hundred years in his dreams (one month in reality) before he successfully mastered the basics of this Divine Ability.

At the very moment he succeeded, Chen Beiwu's body automatically shifted into the Nine-Breath Chaos Land, earning this treasured artifact's preliminary recognition.

"I wonder how high my cultivation will have to be before I can fully unleash this treasure's power." Chen Beiwu looked up at the Nine-Breath Chaos standing within the chaotic land and thought to himself.

"Bzzz!"

As if in response to Chen Beiwu, a streak of radiance suddenly swept through the chaos, which had no sun, moon, or stars, and fell into his palm, giving off a faint Seven-Colored light.

Seeing this, Chen Beiwu took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and delight within him.

Previously, he had not thought the Nine-Breath Chaos was a legendary Immortal Artifact. After all, this treasure did not even have an Artifact Spirit consciousness. It was most likely a Profound Artifact that only a Nascent Soul True Lord could wield, or an incomplete Spirit-Transformation Origin Artifact.

But the Great Sun Mutation today had made Chen Beiwu realize one thing: the Nine-Breath Chaos was definitely not as simple as he had imagined.

Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers and streams reach, all is the land of the Immortal Alliance!

The unknown being cultivating on the Great Sun was certainly a presence above Spirit Transformation. The Nine-Breath Chaos had managed to obtain a trace of Fortune power from such a being. Even if it was not an Immortal Artifact, it was still a supreme treasure above Spirit-Transformation Origin Artifacts.

I've struck it rich!

Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing his excitement.

He could not rush. With his strength, he could not bring out this treasure's power at all. For now, he needed to develop slowly and figure out the effects of Seven-Colored Fortune.

In the ten years since obtaining the treasure, Chen Beiwu had used the Divine Ability and the treasure to nurture dozens of White Fortune strands (zero-tier), three Green Fortune strands (First Tier), two Blue Fortune strands (Second Tier), and one Orange Fortune strand (Third Tier?).

To figure out what specific levels of Fortuitous Encounters these fortunes could trigger, Chen Beiwu had used the Nine-Breath Chaos to trigger them several times.

He found that White Fortuitous Encounters were the most ordinary. At best, he might pick up a Spirit Stone on the road or find a discarded Dharma Artifact. His best White Fortuitous Encounter had merely given Chen Beiwu the opportunity to transfer to Shouhe Elementary School.

Green Fortuitous Encounters were a little better than White ones. They had let Chen Beiwu fish up a bottle of First Tier Variant Elixir, which significantly improved his Qi Refining cultivation after he took it.

Blue Fortuitous Encounters had only been triggered twice. One had increased the purity of Chen Beiwu's Water and Wood dual Spiritual Roots; the other had led him to find Iron Egg, allowing his father to avoid a calamity that would have surely killed him. He tentatively classified it as a Foundation Establishment Fortuitous Encounter.

As for the Orange Fortune he had accumulated over many years, he had used it a week ago.

Then, during his exam today, he had run into the Great Sun Mutation and nearly perished. Fortunately, the Nine-Breath Chaos had protected his mind.

For this reason, he had decided to tentatively classify Orange Fortune as a suspected Third Tier, comparable to a Golden Core Fortuitous Encounter. Its specific tier would need to be tested another time.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu instinctively looked at the Seven-Colored Fortune in his palm and swallowed.

If he had guessed correctly, this trace of Seven-Colored Fortune was far above Orange Fortune in tier. It might have been produced when the Nine-Breath Chaos itself took action to intercept the Great Sun's aura.

There was not much of it, only a trace, but its quality was extremely high.

His instincts told Chen Beiwu that Seven-Colored Fortune surpassed Orange Fortune by more than a little. The Fortuitous Encounter it triggered might be one that came along only once in a thousand years.

Should I use it? Chen Beiwu furrowed his brows slightly.

Fortune did not have to be gathered into a strand or a clump to be used. However, Fortune gathered into a clump could maximize the tier of a Fortuitous Encounter.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to use it.

There was no point worrying about whether it would go to waste. There were still more than three years until the College Entrance Examination. Even if he saved up for several more years, it was unlikely he would get lucky enough to accumulate another trace of Seven-Colored Fortune.

A suitable Companion Beast was the foundation of a cultivator's path to enlightenment. It could open up a path to the heavens for them.

Even setting everything else aside, if the special Fortuitous Encounter created from this trace of Seven-Colored Fortune let him find a suitable Companion Beast, and he successfully passed the College Entrance Examination to enter one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects, then this trace of Fortune would not have gone to waste. He would have made a huge profit.

Putting aside his wandering thoughts, Chen Beiwu focused his mind and activated his Divine Ability, connecting his thoughts with the Nine-Breath Chaos and quickly forming a miniature Fortune Golden Bell in front of him.

"Bzzz!"

As if sensing danger, the Seven-Colored light in Chen Beiwu's palm trembled slightly, then shone brightly.

Seeing this, Chen Beiwu flicked his hand. The Seven-Colored light immediately entered the Fortune Golden Bell in his hand and formed a brilliant, multicolored Spirit Fish.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

The panicked Spirit Fish swam in every direction, yet it could not escape the Fortune Golden Bell's reach.

Such strong spirit! Chen Beiwu's face lit up with delight.

The Orange Spirit Fish he had summoned before had been stiff and dull, nowhere near as spirited. It had not even known how to run.

Excellent. The stronger the Spirit Fish's spirit, the better the Fortuitous Encounter it will trigger in the future! Chen Beiwu reached out and touched the Fortune Golden Bell with his finger.

"Ding-!"

As a resonant, majestic bell rang out, the brilliant Spirit Fish inside the Fortune Golden Bell turned into an unknown Fortuitous Encounter and disappeared.

At the same time, Chen Beiwu's face turned pale. The Spirit Power in his body was instantly drained, and his body left this world as well.