Given Gu Tianxing’s face, the Star Spirit Realm wouldn’t attack the Upper Realm for now, so the next period of time would be relatively peaceful.

However, experiencing two invasion incidents made Jun Changxiao feel deeply powerless, with no gaming experience whatsoever. And this stemmed from being too weak.

What to do?

He definitely had to become stronger.

The Storyteller had provided Jun Changxiao with a path to becoming stronger—starting an interstellar voyage, traveling the universe.

Not now though.

Because he was limited by the main quest.

So currently, the first consideration was developing the sect to Immortal Sect status.

“The agreed battle between Master and Guhong Zhenren is also approaching. How could I leave the Upper Realm?”

Too many matters entangled Jun Changxiao. He had no choice but to stay in the Upper Realm, even though he urgently hoped to recognize Gu Zhaoxi.

“Brother.”

“You were reborn into a good family.”

“Your elder brother is happy for you.”

“However…”

Jun Changxiao said seriously, “When the day comes for brothers to recognize each other, I definitely won’t be weaker than you!”

Some might think that after Dog Egg learned Dog Boy was Gu Zhaoxi, he would definitely shamelessly cling to that big leg. But in fact, after experiencing two incidents and deeply feeling his cultivation was too weak, he decided to work hard and strive.

Relying on others.

In the end, it was better to rely on oneself.

Besides, Gu Zhaoxi’s dad was very strong, but was his system weak?

Rather than saying the Star Spirit Realm’s First Fleet attack on the Upper Realm didn’t give Jun Changxiao the opportunity to cling to big legs, it made him recognize his own shortcomings.

……

A few days later.

Gongsun Ruoli came to the Eternal Sect.

“This matter is concluded.”

“Your father must go outside to find your mother.”

Jun Changxiao knew his mind was made up, so he didn’t try to stop him.

“Whoosh!”

That day, Gongsun Ruoli transformed into streaming light and flew out from the Upper Realm, merging into the endless universe.

“During this period, I’ll manage the sect. You focus on cultivation.” Hua Meigui, standing behind him, said.

After the trip to Starfall Continent, she could feel that Jun Changxiao’s behavior and bearing had changed. That shameless cheapness was gradually being replaced by mature steadiness.

“Then I’ll trouble you.”

With all internal affairs handled by Hua Meigui, Jun Changxiao entered the Spacetime Secret Realm and took out various Stone Statue Clan martial techniques his father had given him before leaving, then… crushed a Comprehension Talisman and began cultivation.

The path of martial arts wasn’t about cultivating many secret manuals, but about continuous refinement. Since he could learn them instantly, the more the merrier.

Moreover.

Stone Statue Clan martial arts were different from human martial arts. Cultivating them could also increase martial knowledge points.

“Still can’t understand the special profound meanings contained within.”

After finishing cultivation, Jun Changxiao habitually took out the seven incomplete scrolls.

Over the years, every time his realm improved, he would take out the Seven Mysterious Radiance Break to study—not to learn the martial technique, but to glimpse the profound meanings. But as his realm increased, not only did he fail to grasp the essentials, he increasingly felt they were unfathomably deep.

From Gu Tianxing’s words, Jun Changxiao had already learned that Seven Mysterious Saint Venerable was hailed as a martial arts myth. His strength should be extremely terrifying. Leaving behind seven scrolls containing profound meanings might represent some kind of great opportunity.

……

With sect internal affairs handled by Hua Meigui and the upper echelon, Jun Changxiao devoted his attention to cultivation and formulating development plans.

There wasn’t much to plan.

With the Eternal Sect’s current operational model, as long as the pill shop provided support, resource accumulation would only increase.

Because the completely new sect task system meant disciples would also participate while cultivating, continuously obtaining abundant three values.

As for the most critical realm advancement, with First Revolution Instant Success Pills, having the entire sect at Pill Condensation Realm was definitely no problem.

This was the foundation-level strength. The upper echelon and core disciples also couldn’t fall behind, so Jun Changxiao charged for annual VIP and started frantically refreshing every month, purchasing martial arts facilities to improve realms.

“Ding! Host consumed 5000 reputation points and obtained Elder-Exclusive Cultivation Chamber x1, delivered to spatial ring.”

“Ding! Sect reputation points: 12000.”

After two months and a total of sixty refreshes, Jun Changxiao finally refreshed a completely new item for cultivation, but it was limited to elders entering.

Besides the newly joined Liu Sinan and Gongsun Hou, veteran elders like Ding Xingwang and Jiang Xie had steadily improved in strength, but had yet to enter Truth-Seeking Realm. The appearance of the Elder-Exclusive Cultivation Chamber would undoubtedly help with advancement.

Of course.

Such martial arts facilities weren’t for just anyone to enter—merit points had to be deducted.

Disciples did sect tasks to obtain contribution points, then used them to exchange for mall items. Elders also had similar values. If the exclusive cultivation chamber hadn’t appeared, Jun Changxiao hadn’t even realized it existed.

“Haha!”

In the exclusive cultivation chamber filled with vast heaven and earth attributes, Jiang Xie placed his palm on the light screen. Seeing the gradually appearing number ‘460’, he immediately couldn’t control his emotions and burst out laughing.

Ding Xingwang collapsed, “How is this guy higher than me?”

The number displayed on the light screen was the merit points. To cultivate inside, one point was consumed per day.

“Let me try.”

Elder Ge came over and placed his palm on it. The displayed number was 1500 points.

“What the hell!”

Jiang Xie was immediately dumbfounded.

“Elder Jiang.”

Elder Ge cupped his hands, “Better luck next time.”

The Ning brothers also came to test. Their merit points were both in the four to five hundred range.

Liu Sinan and Gongsun Hou finally conducted their tests. The results showed both had 0 points, so they dejectedly walked out of the training chamber.

Jun Changxiao learned about this and came to console them, “You two joined the sect very recently. Having no merit points is normal.”

To obtain merit points, elders had to contribute to the sect. One contribution was determined by whether they could provide martial arts help to disciples.

For example, Elder Ge had 1500 merit points because after joining the Eternal Sect, he went to Lecture Hall almost daily to teach disciples. He often substituted for other elders. His presence wasn’t high, but his contribution was.

In contrast, although Jiang Xie and Ding Xingwang occasionally came to lecture, they devoted more attention to cultivation, so they didn’t have many merit points.

The Ning brothers had never lectured disciples, but they managed disciple recruitment matters and had also made quite a few contributions.

“I understand.”

Liu Sinan said, “Tomorrow I’ll come lecture!”

Gongsun Hou glared at him, “With your half-baked skill level, you’d purely mislead students. Teaching disciples should be left to me.”

The two had joined the sect not long ago and had both benefited from various martial arts facilities. So when the exclusive cultivation chamber appeared, they began contributing to the sect, actively teaching disciple cultivation. They even had multiple conflicts in Lecture Hall over competing for classes.

Having two middle-tier Truth-Seeking Realm experts teach through personal instruction was definitely excellent.

As for Ding Xingwang and Elder Ge and others, they finally had some rare leisure, using their existing merit points to frequently visit the training chamber. Realm advancement was just a matter of time.

“Since there’s an elder-exclusive one, there should also be a hall master-exclusive one, right?”

Jun Changxiao sat in his study pondering.

“All things exist.”

The system said, “As long as the host dares to refresh.”

“……”

Jun Changxiao said speechlessly, “You really take every opportunity to promote sales.”

“Ding! Epic quest triggered!”

“Finally!”

Jun Changxiao nearly shed tears.

The Star Spirit Realm First Fleet attacking the Upper Realm, the Tenth Fleet invading Starfall Continent—what great task release opportunities, yet… not even a side quest was given!

“Swish!”

He pulled up the panel and clicked on the description.

Upper Realm Edition Epic Quest [Six]

Quest Details: Please host must within two years improve the sect’s overall strength.

Quest Conditions: Upper echelon upper-tier Truth-Seeking Realm 0/1, upper echelon middle-tier Truth-Seeking Realm 0/5, core disciples lower-tier Truth-Seeking Realm 0/10.

Quest Reward: ???

After seeing the conditions, Jun Changxiao said dejectedly, “Don’t Xingchen and Mengying count?”

The system said, “It should be calculated from when the quest was issued. Those who broke through beforehand don’t count.”

“Two years.”

Jun Changxiao muttered, “This is a bit difficult.”

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