Martial Saint with Passives

Countless cultivation insights, combat techniques, insights into the Alchemy Dao, and mysteries of Arrays...

Like a sea of stars, all of it surged into Jiang Che’s mind!

Just as his Divine Soul was about to be overwhelmed and burst apart by the sheer volume of information.

An even purer, more fundamental, powerful energy erupted from the core of the light, instantly surging into every fiber of his being!

It was the purest Power of True Intent, left behind by True Master Bai Yi!

BOOM!

Jiang Che’s body began to tremble violently, beyond his control!

A series of sharp CRACKS echoed from his bones!

The powerful energy was using a method even more domineering and thorough than the *Heaven Mending Technique*.

It was performing a deep-level reconstruction, one that originated from the very source of life itself!

His Root Bone, which had just been elevated to Middle-Upper grade, began another frenzied metamorphosis under the baptism of this power!

His bones grew increasingly translucent and crystalline, becoming indestructible!

His marrow turned to golden glaze, brimming with endless vitality!

His meridians were widened and reinforced, becoming both supple and strong!

His internal organs all began to emit a faint, treasured light!

After a long time...

Only after the last trace of energy was completely absorbed did Jiang Che slowly open his eyes.

He looked down at his body, his eyes filled with utter shock.

He could feel it... he was completely different now!

’Is this... a Top-Grade Root Bone...?’

With a single thought, the thin energy in the surrounding pure white space rushed toward him like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, frantically pouring into his body!

His absorption efficiency was more than ten times faster than before!

The same as Gu Qingxuan, Qin Wuya, and the others—a Root Bone of the absolute highest tier!

He finally possessed one, too!

He also checked the Heart of the Black Abyss in his chest.

The trace of agitation he’d felt before seemed to have truly vanished!

Jiang Che had an idea and wanted to use his Black Armor Transformation to inspect it.

Suddenly, he felt the pure white space before him was on the verge of collapsing and dissipating.

’Looks like I’m about to be sent out. I’ll test it next time,’ Jiang Che thought.

...

「Outside the cave mansion, around the great sinkhole.」

Time ticked by, second by second.

With Jiang Che the only person left inside.

The atmosphere around the massive sinkhole grew increasingly strange and tense.

All eyes were glued to the black Stone Door, which emanated an ancient aura, as everyone awaited the final result.

Two hours...

Four hours...

Half a day went by.

The scorching noon sun had gradually given way to the amber glow of dusk.

Yet, the cave mansion remained utterly still.

"What’s going on? It’s been so long. Why isn’t he out yet?"

"Don’t tell me... something happened to him?"

"It’s possible... Both Qin Wuya and Gu Qingxuan failed. How could Jiang Che possibly be better than them?"

Murmurs rippled through the crowd, filled with doubt and speculation.

On the high platform, the Elders and Patriarchs of the various sects began to voice their opinions.

"Hmph! I say the boy is most likely dead in there!" the Elder from the Taiyuan Sect sneered, his voice laced with unconcealed glee. "The Temperament Pass is treacherous. Even Wuya... For a boy with such shallow foundations, the longer he stays, the deeper he sinks. In the end, his Divine Soul will simply collapse, and he will die!"

The Head of Liufeng Courtyard, Feng Zhuyun, glanced at the ashen-faced Fang Muye beside him and added sarcastically, "Indeed. Young people are so arrogant, always thinking they can work miracles. They don’t realize that for some opportunities, a person of his low birth might be fated to grasp it, but not to live to enjoy it!"

Though their voices weren’t loud, their words clearly reached Xu Qingshan’s ears.

Xu Qingshan’s face was grim, and he offered no rebuttal. But the bulging veins on the back of his hands revealed his own apprehension.

Ye Lianzhen stood beside him, her fine brows furrowed and her beautiful eyes filled with worry.

Tang Qiaoqiao was even more frantic, pacing in circles and repeatedly asking, "Mother, Jiang Che... he’ll be alright, won’t he?"

Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts—whether of anticipation, malice, or worry—

RUMBLE!!!

A sudden change! The entire sinkhole, along with the very ground beneath their feet, began to tremble violently and without warning!

On the surface of the black stone cave mansion that had stood for a thousand years, the intricate patterns of stars and clouds suddenly flared with brilliant light before rapidly dimming!

Massive cracks, like jagged bolts of lightning, shot up from the base of the cave mansion, spreading rapidly upwards!

"What’s happening?!"

"The cave mansion is collapsing?!"

"Get back!!"

Everyone turned pale with fright, circulating their Strength as they scrambled back in a panic!

In that moment of chaos and panic, as the very earth shook!

VMMMM—

A pillar of golden light, more brilliant and sacred than any that had come before, erupted from the entrance of the crumbling cave mansion and shot straight into the heavens!

At the center of that golden pillar connecting heaven and earth, a tall, straight figure slowly materialized!

Then, step by step, treading on the golden light, he walked out of the darkness of the cave mansion!

It was Jiang Che!

With his appearance, the magnificent Ancient Cave Mansion behind him seemed to have fulfilled its final purpose.

With a world-shaking roar, it collapsed completely, becoming a pile of rubble and ruins, swallowed by billowing clouds of dust!

In an instant, the entire world fell silent.

All eyes, dazed, were fixed on that solitary figure.

The dust slowly settled, revealing Jiang Che’s form.

He was still wearing the same practical clothes he had entered with.

But his entire being seemed to have undergone a fundamental, bone-deep transformation!

His aura was still that of the Mid-stage of the Refining Organ Realm; it hadn’t grown in the slightest.

And yet, he just stood there quietly.

He exuded a profound sense of stillness, like a deep abyss or a lofty mountain, as if he were faintly in harmony with heaven and earth themselves!

His eyes were as deep as a starry sky, placid and calm, yet they seemed capable of piercing through to the depths of one’s soul.

His every gesture carried a kind of indescribable, natural grace.

"He... he received the inheritance?!"

Someone, their voice trembling, voiced the question on everyone’s mind.

Jiang Che’s gaze swept across the crowd, taking in everyone’s expressions.

He turned toward the high platform, slowly cupped his fist in his palm, and his clear voice rang out across the entire sinkhole:

"I was fortunate not to fail my mission. True Master Bai Yi was truly a peerless talent. I... have benefited immensely!"

BOOM!!!

His words struck everyone like a bolt from the blue, exploding in their ears!

"Excellent!!!"

Xu Qingshan could no longer contain his elation. Like a giddy child, he leaped down from the high platform and, in a few flashes, appeared right before Jiang Che!

His face was flushed with excitement as he clapped Jiang Che hard on the shoulder and roared with laughter.

"Good! Excellent! Wonderful! That’s my disciple! You... you’ve made your master proud!"

In that moment, all his worries and all the pressure transformed into boundless pride!

The reactions of the others, however, were starkly different.

Qin Wuya stared intently at Jiang Che, his normally disdainful eyes now filled with resentment, doubt, and a trace of... bewilderment.

He had lost. Utterly and completely.

Not only had he fallen to his Heart Demon, but he had lost the greatest opportunity of all to someone he had never even deigned to notice!

Gu Qingxuan, in contrast, watched Jiang Che in silence. Her eyes, which had been clouded by her own Heart Demon, now shone with a peculiar light.

She seemed to see in him a "Path" completely different from her own, but one that could also lead to the Peak!

After their initial shock, Chen Jiayu and Xiao Qingge came forward to offer their sincere congratulations.

"Junior Brother Jiang, congratulations! I knew you could do it!" Chen Jiayu said sincerely.

"Not bad at all, Junior Brother Jiang! You have to treat us later! We won’t stop until we’ve drunk you under the table!" Xiao Qingge laughed heartily, giving Jiang Che a solid punch on the shoulder.

Qing Ling, Wang Zhenhai, and the others also gathered around, smiling and slapping Jiang Che heartily on the back.

Jiang Che didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. With their strength, he felt that if his physical body weren’t so tough, their slaps might have knocked him apart!

As for Lin Qingyun, she didn’t come over, but when her eyes met Jiang Che’s, she gave him a slight nod. Jiang Che smiled and nodded back.

Meanwhile, Fang Muye had long since hidden himself in a corner of the crowd, his face deathly pale.

He watched the radiant figure surrounded by the crowd and felt as if an invisible hand were viciously squeezing his heart.

Jealousy and venom, like vipers, devoured his last shred of sanity.

On the high platform, the Elder from the Taiyuan Sect, his face livid, flung his sleeves and stormed away, muttering resentfully:

"Dumb luck! It’s nothing but dumb luck!"

The Head of Liufeng Courtyard, Feng Zhuyun, shot a glance at Fang Muye in the corner, then, with a livid face, turned and left without another word.

Jiang Che took in everyone’s reactions before turning to leave with his master.

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