You count them

There was no need to even choose.

Zhou Ziming directly chose to have a Breakthrough on the spot.

"Come, let this Daoist Revered Master see what level Void Tempering is!"

As the golden light entered his body...

...there was none of the pain he had imagined.

Moreover, Zhou Ziming even felt extremely refreshed and comfortable.

"Hmm? Something's not right, this isn't right at all!"

"Revered Master, I'm a bit unaccustomed to this!"

Zhou Ziming said.

But he received no response.

As time passed...

...Zhou Ziming felt better and better.

At the same time, the Spirit Sea dao palace within his body underwent earth-shaking changes.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A series of muffled thuds rang out.

Zhou Ziming's body began to become somewhat illusory.

It even started to become slightly transparent.

But Zhou Ziming didn't notice.

At this moment, his consciousness began to drift and scatter.

Zhou Ziming even saw countless starry skies and galaxies.

And Zhou Ziming's consciousness began to travel within this galaxy.

He himself didn't know how long he had been traveling.

Until he saw a space station with a Five-Star Red Flag on it.

"Huh? Am I home?"

Zhou Ziming froze for a moment.

Then he rushed forward excitedly.

*Bang~*

The next moment, he was blocked by a barrier.

Immediately after, he saw that aqua-blue planet begin to recede rapidly until it disappeared.

Zhou Ziming shouted.

"Wait, I haven't gotten on the bus yet!"

Zhou Ziming was heartbroken.

*Thump...*

Right at that moment...

...Zhou Ziming saw a giant suddenly rise from the Chaos.

After the giant stood up...

...countless planets clattered and crashed against the giant's head.

The scene looked a bit comical.

Like countless small stones hitting the giant's head and bouncing off weakly.

But when Zhou Ziming saw the giant's face, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Revered Master!"

The giant opened his eyes.

Seeing Zhou Ziming, the giant was also very puzzled.

"Did I wake up too fast? Why do I see my disciple's Soul floating in front of me?"

Zhou Ziming: "???"

Only then did he suddenly snap out of it.

"That's not right, Revered Master. I'm currently undergoing a Breakthrough to Void Tempering, how did I end up here!"

The giant was also dumbfounded.

"That shouldn't be possible. Your current situation seems like you're a little bit dead, but not completely dead!"

Zhou Ziming was stunned.

"Then what should I do? I knew it; every time I achieve a Breakthrough in my Realm, I'm tortured to death by you. This time is clearly not right!"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"This is getting interesting!"

At this moment, the Primordial Heavenly Venerate snapped his fingers.

Subsequently, the entire Universe evolved into a scene.

Zhou Ziming's Divine Soul was still here.

But the Zhou Ziming in the image was examining his own body.

Zhou Ziming: "???"

"Wait, what the hell is this? Does my body have a mind of its own? Or has the Original Owner returned?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate shook his head.

"That's not it. Your so-called Original Owner is just your sub-personality, you just don't want to admit it. Your Soul is right here, so how could there be an Original Owner?"

Zhou Ziming didn't understand: "Then who is this?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate smiled.

"Someone is giving you some benefits!"

Zhou Ziming: "???"

Then he saw himself in the image first warming up.

And then he began to continuously prick needles into his body.

It wasn't just needles.

He also pulled countless strange liquids from the Void Realm and poured them onto his body.

"What is he doing?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate said.

"He's helping you rebuild your Foundation. Because he felt that with your current body and Foundation, a Breakthrough to Void Tempering was unlikely, so he logged into your account to give you a hand!"

Zhou Ziming: "???"

Wait, who is this?

He can even log into my account?

Zhou Ziming looked at the Primordial Heavenly Venerate worriedly.

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate smiled.

"Don't worry, that kid is your Senior Brother. Besides, not just anyone can have your Senior Brother possess them."

Even the Primordial Heavenly Venerate looked at the Zhou Ziming in the image with a bit of anger.

"That bastard, I don't know where he ran off to. It's been so many years and he hasn't even come back to visit!"

Zhou Ziming looked at the Primordial Heavenly Venerate with a strange expression.

"Is he your son?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate nodded.

Zhou Ziming was dumbfounded.

"Wait, you actually have a son?"

"That shouldn't be possible, you're a Heavenly Venerate!"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate shook his head.

"Don't call me Heavenly Venerate, I haven't been that for a long time. I told you, the three of us are now just lonely old men, stuck in one place and unable to go anywhere!"

After speaking, the Primordial Heavenly Venerate waved his hand.

The surrounding Universe and starry sky all disappeared.

Leaving only the endless Chaos.

And the Primordial Heavenly Venerate's true form was drifting aimlessly within this endless Chaos.

There were no living beings around, and no Life Qi.

Zhou Ziming opened his mouth.

Wanting to say something or ask something.

But in the end, he said nothing and asked nothing.

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate looked at Zhou Ziming and just smiled with satisfaction.

"Alright, I've probably figured it out. That kid was forced to send your Soul to me to prevent any accidents. They probably feared someone might tamper with your Soul midway!"

Looking at the image where that Zhou Ziming sat cross-legged again...

...the Primordial Heavenly Venerate was about to speak...

...when Zhou Ziming said, "Alright Revered Master, you can go back to eating dust now, I'm heading back!"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate was stunned for a moment.

Then he crossed his arms and looked at Zhou Ziming playfully.

Zhou Ziming thought to himself, *Oh no.*

That was reckless.

He should have at least waited for Revered Master to send him back first.

Then, Zhou Ziming looked at the faintly smiling Primordial Heavenly Venerate and swallowed hard.

"Revered Master, I was talking about the portrait. I originally planned to ask for your help, but once I reach Void Tempering and add the vajra bracelet, I won't need to bring out your portrait anymore, so..."

"Ah... Ah... Ah..."

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate pinched a planet with two fingers and flicked it out like a marble!

But that planet was hitting Zhou Ziming!

Once Zhou Ziming returned to his own body, his scalp tingled at the thought of being beaten by the Primordial Heavenly Venerate with planets.

The key thing was that he had really been beaten until his Soul Flew Away and Spirit Scattered.

But as it turned out, even after his Soul Flew Away and Spirit Scattered, he could still be resurrected.

He had died seven or eight times back and forth.

"Revered Master, please act like a human. Your methods are truly hard to bear!"

Zhou Ziming still had lingering fears.

However, after returning...

...Zhou Ziming was even more speechless.

He was now in the Void Tempering Realm, yet he had no sense of participation. Was this a case of a Senior Brother power-leveling him?

Fortunately, that unknown Senior Brother had left behind the experience of the Breakthrough to the Void Tempering Realm.

But wasn't this Senior Brother a bit too outrageous?

"Wait, Revered Master, explain this to me. Why do I feel like my Aptitude hasn't changed? And is your son a bit of a prankster? He gave my spirit body tattoos? A Dragon on the left and a Tiger on the right!"

"All three are the same!"

Primordial's voice came again.

"Those are protection inscriptions!"

"Your Senior Brother was afraid you'd be attacked during Spirit Forging, so he specifically put them on you. It's equivalent to putting a layer of armor on your spirit body. One inscription is one layer of armor. Count how many inscriptions formed those tattoos; how many layers of armor does that equal?"

Zhou Ziming was dumbfounded.

"Holy crap, Senior Brother is so good to me. But isn't he a bit too cautious? This is way too much!"