"Purple Gold Shuttle!"

"First Form!"

"’Purple Gold Sword’ Second Layer!"

The ’Mountain Drilling Cone’ disintegrated, transforming instantly into the ’Purple Gold Sword’. With the sword in hand, Yan Chuan frowned, identifying weak points and striking at the weakest places—

Clang clang clang!

The sword emerges!

Formation base shattered!

Boom!

In Iron Chain Mountain, thunderous roars abounded.

"Not good!"

"Someone’s breached the mountain!"

"Quick, quick, quick!"

"Damn it! Who could it be? The brute Sheng Xuan? Or that old immortal Duke Zhuyu?"

Crimson Robe, Jiao Ji, and Chen Jiayong, the three Divine Generals of Iron Chain Mountain, just realized. They leaped into action, explosively accelerating, each reaching speeds near two hundred meters per second, approaching Second-Rank Divine General.

But it was still too slow!

Before the three could take their positions—

Boom boom boom!

A streak of purple-golden light flashed by, breaking the sound barrier, colliding with the three, in the blink of an eye—

Boom!

Directly smashing Crimson Robe and the others, crushing their muscles and bones, severely injuring them to the point of spitting blood, unable to rise.

"Puh!"

Chen Jiayong coughed blood.

He looked up and finally saw the intruder clearly—

Clad in purple-gold armor!

Wearing purple-gold boots!

Entirely armored.

What a divine being!

"You!" Jiao Ji also spat blood, filled with pain and fear, utterly confused why the once-invincible ’Inverted Five Elements Formation’ was so easily breached.

He couldn’t understand.

But instead of answers or explanations, what responded to them was—

"Roar~"

Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar!

Echoing through Iron Chain Mountain!

...

Fifth Rank·White Horn Trumpet!

Late Stage Eighth Realm "Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar"!

Yan Chuan opened his mouth and roared, causing tens of thousands within Iron Chain Mountain to faint.

One man subduing the mountain.

Yan Chuan unstoppable.

But he knew the ease of taking ’Iron Chain Mountain’ was thanks to Lu Yuru deserving the most credit: "Little Xiao Lu, this time you deserve great merit!"

If it weren’t for Lu Yuru’s ’Wisdom Eye’ to reveal the illusions and realities of the ’Inverted Five Elements Formation’ in Iron Chain Mountain, locating the formation base, even Yan Chuan couldn’t have broken through head-on.

Lu Yuru!

’Wisdom Eye’!

Crucial!

"Glad to be of help." Lu Yuru was a bit exhausted. After all, she was still in Peak State, observing Iron Chain Mountain for ten days, focusing intensely on activating ’Wisdom Eye’, with mental strain making her understandably tired.

But as long as ’Iron Chain Mountain’ was taken, it was worth everything.

"’Iron Chain Mountain’ has numerous ores, with ’Iron Chain Stone’ and ’Black Flame Stone’ being the most plentiful and precious. ’Iron Chain Stone’ is the primary material for crafting Second-Rank and Third-Rank surprise weapons; ’Black Flame Stone’, commonly called ’Essence Stone’, has reserves of no less than ten million jin, ten times that of Lu Ti Mountain."

Iron Chain Mountain.

Priceless.

The sole reserve of Essence Stone exceeds ten million jin.

Adding in ’Iron Chain Stone’ and other ores, the total value multiplies by tenfold. A completely developed mine could yield about a billion worth of income.

A true treasure trove!

However, fully developing ’Iron Chain Mountain’ is no easy task. At the current rate, only tens of thousands of jin worth of Essence Stones can be mined monthly. To fully develop it may take at least two hundred years.

Tens of thousands of jin of Essence Stone.

Just a few Primordial Pills.

Not much, and Yan Chuan could easily gain as much with just one or two new ’monthly subscribers’.

But ’Iron Chain Mountain’ needs further development, with monthly profits potentially increasing. Moreover, Tan Valley is vast, with more than one Lu Ti Mountain, more than one Iron Chain Mountain.

"A Lu Ti Mountain earns thousands monthly."

"An Iron Chain Mountain earns tens of thousands monthly."

In Tan Valley, there are not just hundreds of ’Lu Ti Mountains’.

Nor just dozens of ’Iron Chain Mountains’.

Hundreds, thousands gathered, each one reclaimed and developed, accumulating bit by bit, once Tan Valley is fully developed, monthly earnings will not be less than a hundred Primordial Pills.

Lu Ti Mountain.

Iron Chain Mountain.

This is just the beginning.

"No mere words of reward, later you can take a note to the inner treasury and claim 6,000 jin of Essence Stone." Yan Chuan immediately wrote a note for Lu Yuru, generous in his promise.

"Thank you, City Lord!" Lu Yuru felt joy,

she had ’Wisdom Eye’ and never lacked money, but more Essence Stones are always welcome. Though not Innate, she was used to associating with either Yan Chuan, Situ Fei, or Ding Xiang, long understanding the demand and craving for Essence Stones and Primordial Pills and resources in the Innate Realm.

Essence Stones!

Never too many!

And she has more than just Essence Stones—

"Fifth Rank·Sun and Moon Colored Glaze Bottle produced 3 clusters of ’Sun Essence Pure Fire’ and 3 drops of ’Moonlight Jade Dew’ in March, during its Fifth Rank. By April, it produced 5 clusters of ’Refined Fire’ and 5 drops of ’Jade Dew’, reaching Fifth Rank Peak. You have fifty percent stake, and this month only consumed 1 cluster of ’Fifth Rank·Refined Fire’ and 1 drop of ’Fifth Rank·Jade Dew’, leaving plenty for you to use anytime."

Yan Chuan shook the ’Fifth Rank Peak·Sun and Moon Colored Glaze Bottle’, having enhanced it to Fifth Rank in March and further in April, after upgrading the ’Gathering Treasure Basin’ to Fifth Rank Peak, used remaining Spirituality to boost the ’Sun and Moon Colored Glaze Bottle’ to level fifty.

The ’Gathering Treasure Basin’ can produce Essence Stones, which can buy cultivation resources.

The ’Sun and Moon Colored Glaze Bottle’ directly releases resources, ’Refined Fire’ for body refinement, ’Jade Dew’ for strengthening the mind.

Such cultivation-enhancing treasures should be upgraded and fortified sooner for optimal enjoyment.

This treasure came from Lu Yuru, and Yan Chuan originally promised a fifty-fifty split, a promise he still holds to even today.

"It’s even better now!"

Lu Yuru was delighted: "At the beginning of this month, 1 drop of ’Fifth Rank·Jade Dew’ allowed me to maintain vitality for a month, enabling me to employ ’Wisdom Eye’ under ’Iron Chain Mountain’ for ten full days, a truly remarkable spirit-enhancing treasure. 1 cluster of ’Fifth Rank·Refined Fire’ tempered the body while aiding in refining ’Fire Bud Crystal’, making me terrifyingly strong physically!"

drop of Jade Dew.

cluster of Refined Fire.

These are Fifth Rank resources, which even promote for the Innate Realm or Second-Rank Divine General, but for Lu Yuru, who was just at Postnatal Peak State, they proved miraculous, advancing her progress rapidly.

Peak State—

Dantian expansion!

Consolidation of the Qi Sea!

Touching the Limit!

Divine enters Dantian!

Qi and God combined!

Sky-reaching and Earth-penetrating!

True Qi Origin begins!

Lu Yuru was extravagant in utilizing ’Primordial Pills’ for cultivation, with her Dantian already reaching its limit, her Qi Sea similarly fortified. She was previously working on ’Divine into Dantian’, and ’Fifth Rank·Jade Dew’ accelerated this step, with just 1 drop giving Lu Yuru a vague feeling.

"At most, one or two more drops, and I will definitely ’Summon God into Dantian’!"

Following this, ’Refined Fire’ refinement, Qi and God combined, is straightforward.

Finally, it’s ’Sky-reaching and Earth-penetrating’ and ’True Qi Origin’, with the Innate Realm already within reach.

"No need for Enlightenment."

"Step by step."

"Innate Realm."

"Is right in front of me!"

Lu Yuru was thrilled, as ’Fifth Rank·Refined Fire’ and ’Fifth Rank·Jade Dew’ already showed significant effects, and now with more ’Fifth Rank Peak·Refined Fire’ and ’Fifth Rank Peak·Jade Dew’, her proving Dao to Innate became all the more assured.

Yan Chuan!

City Lord Yan!

This allegiance proved a smart bet!

...

Management and martial arts lecture.

Resources and cultivation.

Grasping both firmly, Yan Chuan tread steadily.

On May 7th, in the 12th year of Great Yan Hongwu, just before the second Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, Yan Chuan once again lectured on martial arts in Heavenly Ladder City.

Since March 12th, with daily matches in Heavenly Ladder City, starting April 1st, two matches a day, occasionally a friendly match, thus, Yan Chuan’s number of friends in the ’Innate Realm Sky Ladder City’ steadily grew to 76 people, including 9 monthly subscribers and 9 who mastered True Skill, and Yan Chuan gleaned True Skill from Eight Divisions—

"Tiger Soul Divine Spear", "Wave Cutting Saber Technique", "Autumn Wind Ten Leaves Cloud Water Sword", "Thunderbolt World Destruction Saber", "Heaven and Earth Dragon Sword", "Ice and Fire Battle Body", "Five Directions Heavenly Thunder Spear Technique", "Thunder Snake Illusion Demon Body."

All as part of the Innate Chapter.

Today brought joy, witnessing the Ninth—

"Earth Dragon True Technique, beneficial in subtle collection, training the whole body, strengthening the spirit. Extending can become bending, at rest also can act, curved like a crouched tiger, extended like a soaring dragon, moving leaves no trace, extensions and bends conceal tracks."

"Body as strong as iron, technique as dense as a dragon. Flip ferociously like tigers and leopards, move swiftly like hawks and eagles. Inverting separates front and rear, distinguish left and right, doors with variations, technique without fixed forms."

"This skill can wield a sword, employ a saber, wield a spear, serve as movement technique, or Cross Refining."

"Technique has no fixed form."

"Aim for unity of intent."

"Infinite changes remain constant, once the ’Earth Dragon Realm’ is comprehended, the six major forms bear no difficulty, swiftly mastered. Yet to master the ’Earth Dragon Realm’, one must ascend through the six forms, step by step, making proximity akin to reaching the moon from a tower on water, a leap to the stars, the Sixth Grade foreseeable, the impression attainable."

...

The ninth True Skill is named "Earth Dragon True Technique," encompassing all Yanyon’s "Nine Yang Divine Skill" somewhat similar, whether it’s fist, feet, sword, blade, or movement technique Cross Refining, one technique prevails, mastering numerous skills, with no need to specifically train any particular fist, finger, leg, foot, nor any blade, spear, sword, halberd skills, no need to train movement technique Physique, any technique can be picked up and used, prioritizing the impression.

During the first two hours, Yan Chuan probed and subtly understood the opponent’s learning.

In the third hour, Yan Chuan tailored his martial arts lecture, allowing his opponent to patiently engage with him, listen to his continuous explanation.

In the third hour, Yan Chuan integrated the opponent’s learning with his Absolute Skill, primarily with "Nine Yin Scripture", mixing in "Wave Riding Micro Steps", "Nine Yang Divine Skill" and other Divine Skill Absolute Skills, obtaining more precise feedback and further enhancing himself.

Yan Chuan was at ease, battling with enjoyment, lecturing with delight.

After three hours passed.

Finished the second match of the day—

[Your ’Ladder Cloud Jump’ was upgraded, Skill Level +1]

[Your ’Shadowy Charm’ was upgraded, Skill Level +1]

...

[Ladder Cloud Jump: Eighth Realm Peak (60)]

[Shadowy Charm: Eighth Realm Peak (60)]

...

Under the influence of Late Stage Eighth Realm "Wave Riding Micro Steps", Yan Chuan tirelessly lectured martial arts, making further progress in ’Ladder Cloud Jump’ and ’Shadowy Charm’, stepping further into Late Stage Eighth Realm, Lightweight Body Technique, Yan Chuan advanced further!

"With Ding Xiang as this human-shaped external device, my progress in Lightweight Body Technique is unparalleled."

Yan Chuan felt good, and the sense of daily advancement and gains was wonderful. He smiled and boldly walked out of Heavenly Ladder City. Just as he exited the ’Earth Gate’, shouts arose in King City, Yan Chuan listened attentively, first startled, then his smile widened.

...