Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âThese Heavenly Pathâs Rewards are phenomenal! Any of these could bring great benefit!â Chen Xiaobei thought to himself. âBut my options are limited, so Iâll just have to use the elimination method to decide!
âAlright, the first one: to reduce the force of catastrophic events. To ascend to the Heavenly Realm, I will need to reach the peak of Earth-God strength before catastrophic events can be drawn to me! Iâm still a world away from that. Choosing this reward now would be completely useless for me!
âNext, increase lifespan! Not this one! I have 100 years now. A 10% increase is only ten years. Thatâs rubbish! Okay, offensive power and defensive power is off the list too! These two rewards seem attractive but it wonât increase my combat power and health! My cultivation will remain the same! Theyâre almost similar to the Primordial Witch King Combat Enhancement Training Manual. These are not what I need right now! Letâs see⦠Luck and Charm. Nope. These two rewards have very little value! They could change situations unexpectedly, but it usually just takes preparation and planning to settle those situations. It only requires a little bit of effort on my part. Thereâs no need to waste my reward on this! The last two options are probably the best!â
Chen Xiaobei smiled. âBrother Yanwang told me that people with high cultivation will choose increasing their merit points gain! For example, the basic reward for killing a first-generation villain is 10,000 merit points. With this Heavenly Pathâs Reward, that reward would be boosted to 11,000 merit points. Thatâs a 10% extra! But Iâm clearly not someone with high cultivation! In fact, what I need most right now is to increase my cultivation!â
Chen Xiaobei sat upright. âI choose to increase my cultivation speed. Iâll chgoose this reward out of my ten selections!â
Ding!
[The Heavenly Pathâs Reward has been selected!]
Ding!
[Congratulations! You receive Heavenly Pathâs Cultivationâs buff! Cultivation speed increased by 100%!]
âAwesome! 100% increase!â Chen Xiaobei lit up. âNormally, my health and my combat power would only increase by 100 for every one hour of cultivation! Now that the rate of increase is multiplied by 100% and cultivating with the same amount of Demonic Beast essence in the same amount of time, my health and my combat power could increase by 200! And thatâs only on the small scale! If I had used the one-million year Ambergris before this, my combat power would have increased by 100,000. Now, itâll increase by 200,000! So this was why Sifu asked me to wait until Iâve redeemed the Heavenly Pathâs reward before using the Ambergris!
âOn top of that, if I use Xiaoâerâs special ability to eat an item, the increase in my health will also double! That way, I can use the same resources and time but double the increase in my cultivation! This really is half the work, twice the effect! Man, this is an ace! Not only will I have enough time to break through to God-Ascension cultivation, I might also be able to go even further in the remaining 45 days before my deadline with Lady Nuwo! Heavenly Pathâs rewards are insanely brilliant! Itâs invincible!â
The more Chen Xiaobei thought about it, the more excited he became!
It was not that the other Heavenly Pathâs Rewards were not good, but they were more suitable for people with an already elevated foundation.
The reward that Chen Xiaobei chose was more appropriate for people who were in urgent need of growth.
Chen Xiaobei was clearly in the process of growing and was desperate to make progress.
Putting 100% worth of effort and receive double the result was the best option for his case!
âMy combat power is now 284,000. I canât use the one million year Ambergris. If my combat power exceeds the upper limit of the peak phase of Ethereal Force, the exceeded portion would be wasted. Of course, I can use the 100,000 year-old Ambergris and have a taste of my new Heavenly Pathâs Reward!â
Chen Xiaobei quickly took out the Ambergris he got from Neptune.
According to the mermaid Princess Ao Chunâer, the 100,000 year-old Ambergris will increase his combat power by 10,000.
Crack!
Chen Xiaobei used the Ethereal Force at the tip of his finger to poke a small hole in the shell of the Ambergris.
Lifting the Ambergris with both hands, Chen Xiaobei gulped down the Spirit Fluid inside like it was coconut.
The medicine took effect immediately, beginning to make changes to Chen Xiaobeiâs Dantian.
It was rushing like a river, pushing his Dantianâs capacity while thickening and deepening his Ethereal Force,n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Ding!
[Cultivation: Middle phase of Ethereal Cultivation; Lifespan: 100 years; Health: 304,000; Combat power: 304,000]
âAwesome! My Heavenly Pathâs reward! Thatâs a 20,000 combat power increase! It really doubled!â Chen Xiaobei punched the air. âSoon enough, Iâll be breaking through to God-Ascension cultivation! Then Iâll use the one million year Ambergris and gain 200,000 combat power! Sweet!â
Chen Xiaobeiâs business in Royal Dome had officially come to an end, and it was a fruitful and worthwhile endeavor. Words could not describe how Chen Xiaobei felt.
But of course, the celebration was short-lived. For the next part of his mission, he had to move on to Tenshou Starfield, which also happened to be Saint Dukeâs biggest enemy.
To ensurelong-lasting peace for Saint Duke, including warranting the long-term stability of the Nine Zones, Chen Xiaobei had to put an end to Tenshou Starfield.
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Before he left, he asked if he could borrow a Royal Dome Imperial interstellar spacecraft from Eighth Wangye.
Since Royal Dome and Tenshou were still partners for the moment, this spacecraft would give Chen Xiaobei much needed cover, allowing him to move about in Tenshou without raising suspicions.
There was no need for him to fly to Tenshou, of course.
As allies, a portal connecting both capital cities was set up for easy access.
Upon Chen Xiaobeiâs arrival in Tenshou Starfield, his loyal hound Wugui Kojiro, having received a call from his master, picked him up at the portal.
âTortoise!â Chen Xiaobei called out.
âWho⦠Are you? How dare you mock me!â Wugui Kojiro raised his fist in anger.
Chen Xiaobei lowered his voice, âItâs me. Iâm wearing a mask. From now on, I am your new best friend.â
âYou are⦠Master!â Wugui Kojiro exclaimed in surprise when he recognized Chen Xiaobeiâs voice.