Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"Is everything going smoothly with the Redemption Order?"

"All is well!"

"Keep it up, I think you have a great chance of becoming the first outer sect elder of the Chao Tian Sect."

At these words, Qu Gui's face lit up with excitement, and he nodded vigorously, "Thank you, Sect Master, for your recognition. Currently, no one can outpace me in selling the Redemption Orders!"

"Mhm, it's quite an accomplishment that, with your Nascent Soul stage one Cultivation, you've reached the second challenge. You should withdraw from this challenge now."

"Understood!"

Qu Gui nodded immediately. Just then, the shackles of the Secret Realm were also lifted, and he turned into a flash of white light, disappearing from the spot, exiting the Secret Realm. Yet, the excitement in his eyes was unmistakable. He had been recognized by the Sect Master, and the Sect Master had even remembered his name. Wouldn't he be like a fish in water within the sect from now on?

With the Sect Master supporting him for the position of outer sect elder, who could stop him?

...

After Qu Gui turned into a white light and left the Secret Realm, Chen Qiu shook his head and sighed lightly, "The world is so vast, there's nothing it lacks."

Without the "True Eye"—a Purple Entry that allows one to see through others' entries—he really wouldn't have known that this world contained so many bizarre and strange entries.

Qu Gui's entries.

Not one of them was related to combat power, which means Qu Gui's strength must be the weakest among those at the Nascent Soul stage one.

Being at the same Nascent Soul stage one, what differentiates their combat power?
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Isn't it the spells they practice, entry enhancements, all their Spiritual Treasures, and battle experience?

If a person at the early stage of Nascent Soul possesses entries that have nothing to do with combat power, maybe he could cultivate quickly or be skilled in other areas, but one thing could be certain—he would definitely be weak in combat!

That's the kind of person Qu Gui was.

All his entries pointed toward two directions.

"Illusion Techniques," "Stealth."

Truly a good seed for stirring up trouble. Chen Qiu mentally took a deeper impression of Qu Gui, thinking that there might come a time when such a troublemaker could be useful.

Pretty good.

This kind of talent was what the Chao Tian Sect needed.

The Chao Tian Sect didn't much need combat power.

The combat power he possessed was enough.

People like Xing Dou, Qu Gui, and the Shopkeeper who could break formations, individuals skilled in specific areas, were truly needed by the Chao Tian Sect. After all, he cultivated a hundred skills, and each might be necessary at some point.

He couldn't possibly learn Alchemy, break formations, study Formation methods and Artifact Refining all by himself.

But these secondary professions would definitely be useful in the future.

So the best solution was to gather talent in these areas to work for him. He only needed to enhance his combat power, make himself strong enough, others would serve him, and he would protect them in return, allowing them to develop safely in their own fields.

This was the kind of sect he envisioned in his heart.

Gather the strength of many to nourish a cultivator.

Inheritance?

If he died, he wouldn't care about passing things on or not, let others do whatever they wanted.

Some main combat power cultivators also learned some secondary professions, mainly to let these professions earn them Cultivation Resources.

But he felt that this was somewhat putting the cart before the horse, completely upside down.

Main combat power is all about plundering, right?

Otherwise, what?

All those resources thrown into enhancing combat power, for what?

...

Meanwhile—

The entire chessboard continuously flashed with white light, with a good seventy to eighty people making the same choice as Qu Gui, all of them exiting the Secret Realm.

After all, only the top one hundred on the "Nascent Soul Combat Power Ranking" had rewards.

Most people had a clear sense of their own strength. Struggling in a mismatched fight, let alone against those monstrous Heavenly Prides, was pointless if they couldn't make it into the top one hundred. Why waste the time?

If they lost their lives, it would be a true waste. Even if they didn't lose their lives, getting injured would be a huge loss.

Most importantly...

They were the high-end or top-end combat power of their respective sects. Their presence in the Secret Realm meant their sects were vulnerable. If enemy sects left the Secret Realm early and headed to their sects...

The Foundation Establishment disciples left behind in their sects would be completely vulnerable and would inevitably be massacred. That would be even more costly.

In the end, only about twenty people remained on the chessboard.

A lot fewer.

Chen Qiu, who had first hidden his form and lurked in a corner, held his breath quietly, preparing to wait for the battlefield to become chaotic and pick up the spoils. Just that... he waited a long moment, and the entire huge chessboard plaza remained quiet.

There wasn't a hint of battle.

Everyone harbored the same thoughts as him, hiding in the shadows, ready to deliver a fatal blow at the crucial moment.

No one wanted to be the first to make a move.

This resulted in everyone just waiting out the situation.

"..."

After a long silence with an expressionless face, Chen Qiu finally looked at the last line of small text on the second challenge panel.

"This challenge has no time limit."

Did that mean if no one made the first move, they would just keep waiting like this until their lifespans ran out? Or until someone couldn't stand it anymore?

Forget it.

He shook his head, unwilling to wait any longer, and estimated the remaining twenty Nascent Souls' cultivation.

There were only two at the peak of Nascent Soul, the rest were late and mid-stage Nascent Souls.

With full firepower plus the twelfth grade Nascent Soul and the Divine Sense Attack Heart-piercing Stab...

He decided to see if he could take them all in one go.

The next moment—

The entire chessboard plaza was immediately shrouded with dark clouds, a storm swept across the chessboard instantly, with thunder echoing through the clouds while numerous Thunder Dragons surged within the clouds.