Cloud Mist Villa, as the name suggests, naturally presented an ethereal, cloud-shrouded Celestial Family scene, built on a mountain over three thousand meters high. The mountain Peak seemed to pierce the clouds, and the villa at its summit appeared to carry a hint of the Immortal Qi from within the clouds.
Five years later, Qin Yu, barely eleven years old, had grown quite tall. By Qin Xuan's previous life's standards, he was already about 1.6 meters.
Coupled with wearing a weighted vest that tightly bound his body, revealing his abdominal and pectoral muscles, he already possessed a valiant and spirited demeanor.
Ever since Qin Feng and Qin Zheng visited more than three years ago, Qin Yu's resolve to help his Father establish his achievements grew firm, so Qin Yu chose to Cultivate external martial arts.
One night, after his Brother left three years ago, Qin Yu found a strange, water-drop-shaped gem on the mountaintop. The object melted upon touch, transforming into a stream of light that drilled into his body.
From then on, his Physical Body's recovery ability greatly improved. He had initially wanted to tell Qin Xuan about it, but upon seeing the look of complete detachment on Qin Xuan's face, which bore a striking resemblance to his own, he stopped short.
Qin Yu had wanted to pull Qin Xuan into Cultivating external martial arts together, and even Qin Yu's Master, Zhao Yunxing, wanted to persuade Qin Xuan to Cultivate. However, Qin Xuan seemed uninterested in the word 'Cultivate,' spending his days either soaking in the hot springs or lying on the mountaintop stargazing.
It was as if he had given up on himself. Zhao Yunxing, Qin De, Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and even Lian Yan, who had been closely attending to them, all seemed to think that Qin Xuan had given up on himself.
Only Qin Yu, who was Qin Xuan's twin, seemed to sense Qin Xuan's uniqueness. There appeared to be a mysterious Qi around Qin Xuan that attracted him.
Qin Xuan was also very frustrated by this. Qin Xuan had already broken through the Immortal Platform Realm two years ago and had now recovered to his Peak King Realm, comparable to a Heavenly Immortal at the ninth level.
Qin Xuan's Cultivation seemed to have no Bottleneck so far, not even a Lightning Tribulation. He progressed smoothly from one level to the next; Breakthroughs were as easy as drinking water. Qin Xuan also seemed to have this doubt; he even speculated that perhaps the World was different, which was why there was no Lightning Tribulation.
After all, the Covering the Sky system he Cultivated was different from the Cultivation system, much like two different countries. To advance in the Covering the Sky system, one needed to do so in the Covering the Sky World, and the tribulations were also bestowed by the Covering the Sky World.
Qin Xuan even suspected that in this World, he was like a person from Country A traveling to Country B.
If he were struck by a Lightning Tribulation, it would be like Country B's arrest warrant capturing a person from Country A. How could that be possible?
Of course, the possibility of joint law enforcement between the two countries cannot be ruled out, but the current Qin Xuan is special: he has a Soul from another Realm, Cultivation Technique from another side, and a Physical Body from this World.
Although the Physical Body and Soul perfectly fit, another Realm is another Realm after all. How does one define which World this person belongs to? Is it by the Soul that determines consciousness, or the Physical Body that carries out activities, or the Cultivation Technique that determines future achievements?
Thus, Qin Xuan became a person under no jurisdiction. This also meant that Qin Xuan was not qualified to obtain the Celestial Venerable position, which represented the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Realm in this World.
Now stuck at this Semi-Saint Realm, Qin Xuan was also particularly troubled. This Realm, according to this World's Realm divisions, should be called Half-step Golden Immortal.
However, this World seems to refer to the Realms after Heavenly Immortal as Grand Unity Golden Immortal, or simply Golden Immortal. But in Qin Xuan's consciousness, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal should be an Eternal and free existence, transcending all space and time.
In reality, the Grand Dao Morality Scripture does not explicitly divide Realms like 'platform of reincarnation' or 'Dao Palace'.
In the Grand Dao Morality Scripture's description, there seem to be only two Realms: one called 'Below Golden Immortal' and one called 'Above Golden Immortal'.
This Golden Immortal is not merely a name without substance, like in Star Transformation; Golden Immortal can be said to be the highest Realm in the Immortal Dao.
Whether it's a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, a Taiyi Golden Immortal, or even a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal, they are all within the Golden Immortal Realm. It's just that they have traveled too far on this path of Golden Immortal.
They have verified their Dao with the Great Cosmos and formed their own Dao Fruit. In a sense, Taiyi, Great Luo, and even Hun Yuan Dao Fruit have no hierarchy; the former is the unification of 'my other self' in the Myriad Realms, the middle transcends the space, time, and destiny of the Myriad Realms yet permeates all space and time, and the latter has reached Perfection in their Dao Fruit, unable to advance further, truly the end of the Immortal Dao.
Therefore, achieving Golden Immortal is not so easy. Golden Immortal is hailed as indestructible; as long as the Great Dao exists, Golden Immortal will not perish. The Golden Immortal in the Grand Dao Morality Scripture has much higher value than the Golden Immortal in Star Transformation.
According to the Grand Dao Morality Scripture's description, its so-called Golden Immortal is probably the True Immortal in Covering the Sky and the Heavenly God in Star Transformation. This Realm is still very far from Qin Xuan, but it's clear that the Peak Heavenly Immortal, Half-step Golden Immortal, is already the limit of power that the Human Realm can accommodate. To break through to Golden Immortal, which is the Saint level, one must leave the mortal Realm and go to the Immortal, Demon, and Monster Realm.
Immortal, Demon, and Monster Realm, this World doesn't even give him a Lightning Tribulation, let alone an Ascension channel after the Lightning Tribulation. Could it be that he has to find a Sect, coerce a Dacheng (Great Ascension)修士, and piggyback on their Ascension channel?
This doesn't align with his 'follow your heart' Great Dao. It's better to follow one's heart in everything. At worst, he can hide in his Brother's Jiang Lan Realm and secretly cross into the Immortal Realm. Perfect!
Having made up his mind, he looked at his Lao Ge standing beside him. "Third Brother, is there something you need?" A lazy voice sounded in Qin Yu's ear.
"Ah, ah, your Brother, I've broken through to Innate external martial arts!" Qin Yu had just detached himself from the mysterious power around Qin Xuan.
"Oh, congratulations, congratulations." It was still a lazy voice, as if there were no emotional fluctuations.
"Ah Xuan, why don't you also Cultivate external martial arts? With me, an Innate external martial arts Cultivator, here, you..." Qin Yu earnestly persuaded him.
"No, I'm fine as I am. With you all, I'll live a rich life in the future. What's wrong with that?" Qin Xuan righteously refused.
"You..." This wasn't the first time Qin Yu had tried to persuade Qin Xuan, but unfortunately, in this regard, Qin Xuan was like a stubborn rock, truly impervious to advice.
"Speaking of which, Third Brother, you've broken through to Innate. Are you going down the mountain?" Knowing his own situation, Qin Xuan could guarantee that the power of destiny was closely watching him. As soon as he made any move, it would definitely kick him out.
He also thought that it was time for Qin Yu to go down the mountain. After all, Qin Yu was already Innate in external martial arts, but his combat ability was far inferior to Qin Xuan's. Even with the Protagonist Halo bonus, Qin Yu's current strength was probably only on par with an old and frail Innate expert like Lian Yan.
"That's right, I want to go down the mountain to temper myself." Qin Yu nodded firmly.
"That's good. Then I'll be the only one left in this villa. It's good to be free and unfettered alone." Qin Xuan sighed, then lay back in the hot spring and fell asleep again.
"Wait until Xiao Xuan is fast asleep, don't forget to send him back. It's not good to soak in this hot spring for too long." Qin Yu looked at the sleeping Qin Xuan, shook his head, gave a command, and then left.