Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

“Haha, I actually spent quite some time comprehending the Space-Time Rule!” Su Yuan said with a laugh. “Back then I truly hadn’t reached the Hunyuan Great Luo Realm yet, but through relentless effort, I barely managed to keep up with the previous Human Emperor’s footsteps and stepped into the Tai Chi Realm!”

Demon Subduing Venerable said in astonishment: “Your cultivation speed… is truly the fastest I’ve ever seen in my entire life! And how did you find our tribe?”

Su Yuan chuckled: “To be honest with you, Demon Subduing Venerable, back when I saw Green Emperor’s projection disappear, I left a little trick on him. Now that I’ve broken through to the Tai Chi Realm, I simply followed that tracking method to come here!”

Demon Subduing Venerable showed an expression that said “you’re kidding me.”

Green Emperor was, after all, a Tai Chi Realm expert—how could a mark left by a cultivator who hadn’t even reached Hunyuan level possibly remain on his techniques?

This could only be described as impossible.

But the more unreasonable something seemed, the more likely it might be true!

Demon Subduing Venerable spoke: “You don’t mind if I invite the other Human Emperors over, do you?”

“Haha, I’ve been wanting to meet all the Human Emperor seniors for a long time!” Su Yuan laughed.

Demon Subduing Venerable nodded and immediately began contacting the other Human Emperors.

Green Emperor, who was currently refining Tai Chi Realm pills, remained completely focused without the slightest distraction.

Refining pills at this level was extremely intricate and difficult.

Even after successfully refining them, if one became distracted for even a moment, it could lead to serious consequences because the pills’ spiritual nature was too strong. Once the pills developed intelligence, they would choose to directly transform, but transformation at this level would basically always fail, resulting in an entire batch of pills being wasted.

Just as he successfully refined the pills and was about to collect and seal their spiritual nature, Green Emperor suddenly received an urgent communication from Demon Subduing Venerable.

Green Emperor couldn’t bother with collecting the pills anymore and immediately checked Demon Subduing Venerable’s message. When he saw all the information Demon Subduing Venerable had sent over, he was completely stunned!

“How is this possible? How could that kid from back then have already broken through to the Tai Chi Realm! This is just too exaggerated?”

Green Emperor was truly shocked, because the time that had passed was far too short—so short that he hadn’t even finished refining one batch of pills!

This meant that within the brief time it took him to refine one batch of pills, the other party had already advanced from ordinary immortal realm to Hunyuan Tai Chi Realm—utterly unbelievable!

“Oh no!”

Green Emperor suddenly remembered something and looked toward the pill furnace.

He saw that the unsealed pills’ spiritual nature had already surged to a certain level and developed intelligence.

Then they naturally wanted to emerge and transform.

Thus, the Chaos Lightning Tribulation from successful pill refinement and the Chaos Transformation Tribulation for Tai Chi Realm beings descended simultaneously, with both tribulations superimposed, crashing down onto those pills.

Green Emperor rolled his eyes, but at this point he couldn’t bother with the pills anymore—let them fend for themselves!

Green Emperor casually shot several strands of Life Rule power into the pills, with an expression that said “you’re on your own.”

He himself quickly headed toward Demon Subduing Venerable’s location—he absolutely had to see exactly which monster had broken through to the Tai Chi Realm in such a short time and had even left a mark on him? This was simply defying the heavens!

Throughout the tribe, the other Human Emperors were equally astonished.

They all put down what they were doing—those who could come in person did so, and even those whose true bodies couldn’t come sent their avatars.

Soon, within the small realm opened by Demon Subduing Venerable, including Su Yuan, a total of nine cultivators had gathered.

Su Yuan looked at each Human Emperor one by one, sighing repeatedly with admiration.

The other Human Emperors, meanwhile, stared intently at Su Yuan, wanting to explore the mysteries on his body.

Su Yuan cupped his hands: “Su Yuan pays his respects to Green Emperor, Flame Emperor, Yellow Emperor, Black Emperor, White Emperor, Nether Emperor, Demon Sovereign, and Immortal Emperor!”

Green Emperor said in shock: “It’s really you!”

Su Yuan laughed heartily: “Green Emperor, we meet again! Thank you for your Tai Chi Realm Puppet—it helped me tremendously! And your Life Rule inheritance made comprehending the Creation Rule countless times easier for me!”

When he upgraded his Creation Rule to the Creation Rule Level, he had indeed incorporated Green Emperor’s Life Rule insights.

Green Emperor waved his hand: “That’s nothing worth mentioning.”

He asked curiously: “Exactly what kind of mark did you leave on me? Why can’t I sense it?”

Su Yuan smiled without answering.

Green Emperor looked toward Demon Subduing Venerable, Nine Nethers Human Emperor, and Dao Immortal Human Emperor.

“Can any of you detect it?”

Demon Subduing Venerable shook his head: “I can’t see anything!”

Dao Immortal Human Emperor also shook his head.

Nine Nethers Human Emperor sensed Green Emperor and said thoughtfully: “I vaguely feel something discordant in your Sea of Consciousness, but when I look carefully, I can’t detect anything at all.”

Su Yuan looked at Nine Nethers Human Emperor with some surprise.

He said: “This mark doesn’t harm Green Emperor, and after leaving it, even I can’t remove it anymore!”

Green Emperor waved his hand: “That’s no big deal. The fact that you could come to our Gaoyu Tribe is truly wonderful! From now on I’ll have someone to chat with—these guys are all terrible conversationalists!”

Dao Immortal Human Emperor coughed: “Green Emperor! We’re right here, and you’re insulting us to our faces? What would you say behind our backs?”

Green Emperor smiled awkwardly: “Sorry, I forgot to use mental transmission!”

Demon Subduing Venerable felt both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

Su Yuan began chatting and laughing with the eight Human Emperors.

He was surprised to discover that the cultivation realms of these Human Emperors were all quite impressive!

Not to mention Dao Immortal Human Emperor, Nine Nethers Human Emperor, and Demon Subduing Venerable—all three were Wuji Realm powerhouses. Dao Immortal Human Emperor was the tribe’s Second Elder, Nine Nethers Human Emperor was the Fourth Elder, and Demon Subduing Venerable was the Third Elder, occupying three of the Gaoyu Tribe’s seven high-ranking seats!

Flame Emperor and Yellow Emperor had both reached the peak of Tai Chi Realm—absolutely astonishing!

Green Emperor, Black Emperor, and White Emperor were at the late stage of Tai Chi Realm, not far from breaking through to the peak!

Green Emperor was an alchemist, Flame Emperor was an artifact forger, Yellow Emperor was a Chaos spiritual plant master, Black Emperor was an array master, and White Emperor was a puppeteer!

All possessed formidable strength along with other specialized skills!

Not a single one was simple!

But just as he was marveling at others,

the eight Human Emperors were also shocked by the partial strength Su Yuan had revealed.

Breaking through to Tai Chi Realm at lightning speed was one thing!

But he had already comprehended numerous rules at the Tai Chi Realm level, including Star Rule, Creation Rule Level, Time Rule, Space Rule, Five Elements Rule, Zhuyuan Rule, and Fate Rule. As for those reaching Hunyuan level—there were too many to count!

He was also a Tai Chi Realm artifact forger who, upon just entering the Tai Chi Realm, had rapidly reached the level of three Tai Chi restrictions—definitely capable of advancing to even higher levels in the future!

However, all of this was nothing compared to what came next.

Until Su Yuan stated directly: “I have a way to display combat power at the Wuji Realm level. Could I also secure an elder position in the tribe?”

All the Human Emperors looked at him in shock.

Green Emperor even shouted incredulously: “That’s impossible!”

“BOOM!”

Outside, thunder roared as it continued to strike that pill, but Green Emperor felt as if he had been struck by lightning too.