Chapter 198: Internal Competition in the Cultivation World (Second Update)

Cultivate!

Cultivate!

Cultivate!

Important things must be said three times.

In the mountains, time loses meaning—cultivation knows no years.

While Lu Ye immersed himself in cultivation, the Second Heaven was also in turmoil.

A green-robed swordsman emerged, specializing in stealing treasures from other sword sects.

A woman in red appeared, challenging all sides, her fists wreathed in sigils, beating down prodigies until they groaned in misery.

A woman in yellow robes emerged.

She specialized in teaching others a peerless divine technique.

Hmm...

That technique was none other than the Celestial Silkworm Nine Transformations.

With a Dao treasure, one could learn the Celestial Silkworm Seven Transformations.

With a supreme treasure, one could learn the Celestial Silkworm Five Transformations.

With a spiritual treasure, one could learn the Celestial Silkworm Three Transformations.

And one must swear a life-and-death oath never to pass this secret art to others.

Who was this person?

It was already very obvious—it was Shangguan Huanling.

When Yue Hongling and Bai Qiulan heard this news, they were stunned.

Wait, what was going on???

Under normal circumstances, such explosive techniques were best known by as few people as possible—ideally, only yourself.

That way, when you fought others, you could suddenly boost your power, leaving them utterly dumbfounded.

Holy crap, hacks!

But now, Shangguan Huanling had taken this explosive secret skill and made it public.

She let all the cultivators in the world learn it.

Once this was revealed, the entire cultivation world instantly became fiercely competitive.

Two people fight—originally of similar strength, but suddenly one boosts several minor realms. What do you do?

You don’t know how!

Then you can only lose.

Two people fight—you suddenly boost several realms. What does the opponent do?

The opponent doesn't know how!

Then the opponent can only lose.

And losing means one might die.

Shangguan Huanling accepted everyone without discrimination—as long as they had treasures, good or bad, she taught them all.

If you were wealthy, she would teach you two extra transformations.

Under such methods, the three, five, and seven transformations of the Heavenly Silkworm quickly became wildly popular in the Second Heaven.

You refuse to cultivate?

When everyone else is cultivating and you aren’t?

Others suddenly ascend several minor realms—can you withstand that?

No, absolutely not.

Thus, a frenzied movement to learn the Heavenly Silkworm Transformation began.

Countless people sought Shangguan Huanling, begging her to teach them the Heavenly Silkworm Transformation, and she would make them swear an oath.

Even the oath template was identical—only the names differed.

This method, of course, couldn’t have been Shangguan Huanling’s own idea. It was Chu Ling who taught her.

Chu Ling was frantically plundering others’ sword techniques when she was once severely injured and contacted Shangguan Huanling via a voice-transmitting stone.

Only now did Chu Ling realize—though Shangguan Huanling was foolish, when no one was deceiving her, she had actually become the only person Chu Ling truly trusted.

Shangguan Huanling was bored.

She had already resolved to follow the path Lu Ye had taken.

But then… Lu Ye stopped walking it…

Shangguan Huanling was utterly dumbfounded and began cultivating on her own.

Hmm… how to describe her cultivation speed?

Words fail!

Shangguan Huanling despaired. At this rate, by the time she reached the Heavenly God Realm tribulation and ascended to the Third Heaven, Lu Ye would probably have already reclaimed his Celestial Lord Realm.

Yet she had no idea what to do.

Broke as could be—she simply had no way to earn money, no magic treasures to devour.

It was under these circumstances that she received Chu Ling’s plea for help.

A sworn sister must be saved!

She used the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape Technique at full throttle, exhausting all the cultivation she had accumulated over such a long time just to rescue Chu Ling.

Chu Ling was indeed saved.

Shangguan Huanling burst into tears at that moment.

So, after all this time, she had been cultivating in vain?

Chu Ling was indeed grateful for her life-saving grace and thus gave all the treasures she had seized to Shangguan Huanling.

Shangguan Huanling immediately beamed with joy, but soon her face fell again.

"Sister Chu, I can't accept these!" Shangguan Huanling sighed.

"Why? Your *Primordial Heaven-Devouring Scripture* is most suited for devouring spiritual treasures. If you don't devour them and just cultivate dryly, how long will it take?" Chu Ling said.

Shangguan Huanling shook her head.

She remained silent.

Yet Chu Ling understood—this time, she could give all her spiritual treasures to Shangguan Huanling.

But what about the future?

She wasn't the Young Master. Right now, she could barely support herself, let alone Shangguan Huanling.

Everyone was already exhausting themselves for their own cultivation—how could they spare the effort to pull someone else along?

Thinking of this, Chu Ling's heart ached as if pricked by countless needles.

She couldn't even support one person.

In her past life, the Young Master had single-handedly pulled eight of them, dragging them all the way to the *Emperor* realm. How incredibly difficult that must have been!

Right now, Yue Hongling was in a similar situation, supporting Bai Qiulan. Though she could quickly boost Bai Qiulan's strength by helping her resolve the Lunar Poison, watching Yue Hongling exhaust herself in challenges everywhere, her *Avenue* of Fearlessness was clearly

developing cracks.

For her, this was undoubtedly a great tribulation.

"If you cultivate this technique, you must devour spiritual treasures. Otherwise, you might as well switch to another method. But given your aptitude... well, you'd better think about how to earn money to buy spiritual treasures for cultivation!"

Hearing Chu Ling's words, Shangguan Huanling pointed at herself hesitantly.

"Me? Earn money?"

Chu Ling...

"What can you do?"

Shangguan Huanling... What could she do? She could bully Lu Ye—dominate him with a unique and masterful approach—but that wasn't something she could use on others!

"All I know now are the *Primordial Heaven-Devouring Scripture*, *Celestial Silkworm Nine Transformations*, and *Heavenly Demon Blood Escape*."

Chu Ling was also at a loss.

She truly knew too little.

The Young Master was simply absurdly capable, having dragged such a mere vase all the way to the *Emperor* realm.

Suddenly, Chu Ling had an epiphany.

"You can teach others the Celestial Silkworm Nine Transformations!"

"The Primordial HeavenDevouring Scripture must never be imparted to others, and neither should the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape Art. Once you pass them on, others will surely scheme against you, leaving you no chance to flee."

"Then you only have this one choice—teach others the Celestial Silkworm Nine Transformations!"

The more Chu Ling spoke, the brighter her eyes became.

She had already formed a complete plan.

Shangguan Huanling looked at the excited Chu Ling and asked somewhat blankly, "Why can't we teach others to cultivate the Primordial HeavenDevouring Scripture?"

Chu Ling glanced at her.

"You don’t need to know why. Just know that it’s not allowed."

Could she tell Shangguan Huanling that this technique only refines true essence and cannot elevate the Avenue?

That 99.9999% of those who cultivate it would see their Avenue dissolve?

Thus, the Celestial Silkworm Nine Transformations appeared in the Second Heaven.

Everyone was forced into a world of ruthless competition.

Originally, no one had explosive-type secret techniques, but thanks to Shangguan Huanling’s meddling, now everyone had to learn them!!!

An entirely new expense emerged out of nowhere, leaving everyone miserable.