14: Chapter 14 Fifth-Order Array Master!

[Your talent shocked everyone in the Wanzhen Sect, and Sect Master Hua Tian even proposed to take you as his disciple.]

[Zhang Yuan was also very gratified when he found out. He had long seen that your array talent was extraordinary over the past year, and he certainly wouldn't stop you from being favored by the Sect Master.]

[The cultivation levels of the cultivators in the Wanzhen Sect are generally not high; even Hua Tian is only at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage.]

[You became the second disciple Hua Tian took under his wing; before you, there was an Eldest Senior Brother.]

[Hua Tian told you that his eldest disciple died at the hands of an Upper Realm Inspector, but he had to let it go because he didn't dare to take action against the Upper Realm Inspector.]

[As for why the Upper Realm Inspector assassinated his eldest disciple, Hua Tian told you it was because the inheritance left by the Wanzhen Sect is enough to allow someone to become a Seventh-Order Array Master!]

[One must know that the arrays currently restricting the Western Regions and Middle Pond are only at the peak of the Seventh Order. If someone truly became a Seventh-Order Array Master, they might be able to break the Trapping Array of the Western Regions and Middle Pond!]

[Your Eldest Senior Brother was assassinated by the Upper Realm Inspector precisely because his talent was too heaven-defying, becoming a peak Fifth-Order Array Master in less than a year.]

[However, Hua Tian guaranteed that he would protect your safety and would never let those from the Upper Realm lay a hand on you.]

[But you didn't really care. Although your array talent was heaven-defying, your own innate talent wasn't bad either.]

[You were confident that you could enter the Nascent Soul Stage before the age of 25!]

[In the time that followed, your array cultivation progressed rapidly under Hua Tian's guidance, but you still hadn't come into contact with that array inheritance.]

[Furthermore, when you asked Hua Tian what exactly was sealed by the great array beneath the Wanzhen Sect, he was unwilling to tell you, claiming your cultivation was insufficient.]

[However, you still gathered from snippets of conversation that whatever was sealed was definitely not simple; its combat power might even exceed the Soul Transformation Stage!]

“What? Exceeding Soul Transformation?”

Chen Yuan hadn't expected the Spirit Ruins Realm to have existences beyond Soul Transformation, as they had never appeared in previous simulations.

“It seems this Wanzhen Sect also holds many secrets.”

He shook his head; his understanding of the Spirit Ruins Realm was still too shallow.

Although the highest realm in the Spirit Ruins Realm currently was Soul Transformation,

Chen Yuan had already seen existences with combat power exceeding Soul Transformation more than once.

[At age 23, you stepped into the level of a Fifth-Order Array Master, becoming the first array master in the history of the Wanzhen Sect to break through to the Fifth Order before the age of 25!]

[Your status in the Wanzhen Sect could be said to be second only to Sect Master Hua Tian and several Supreme Elders.]

[Finally, this year, Hua Tian officially passed on the ancient inheritance of the Wanzhen Sect to you.]

[Calling it an inheritance, it was actually taking you to a stone tablet within a small secret realm of the Wanzhen Sect to comprehend it on your own.]

[Hua Tian told you that what everyone can comprehend is different, so he couldn't teach you directly; you needed to go and comprehend it yourself.]

[He believed that with your talent, what you comprehended would definitely not be inferior to his.]

[After Hua Tian left, you began to comprehend alone within the secret realm.]

[However, an ancient inheritance naturally has its own difficulty. Even with your talent as an Array Prodigy, you didn't even know where to start.]

[Three months later, you finally had a glimmer of an idea and began to comprehend even more seriously.]

[Finally, after spending a full nine months in the small secret realm, you finally comprehended one-tenth of this ancient inheritance.]

[You felt quite helpless; even your Array Prodigy talent was a bit strained in the face of this ancient inheritance.]

[During this time, Hua Tian came in to visit you, but seeing how obsessed you were with your comprehension, he didn't disturb you.]

[However, your progress this year was also quite significant; in the process of comprehending the array inheritance, you were also constantly making up for your shortcomings.]

[Although your array cultivation had not yet broken through to the Sixth Order, you felt that your understanding of arrays had risen by more than one level.]

[Shortly after, you finally left the small secret realm because you knew that with your current comprehension, you couldn't grasp anything more.]

[You gradually shifted your focus to cultivation. Every day, besides digesting the ancient inheritance, you practiced.]

[Given your status and the support of numerous resources, you quickly advanced from the fifth level of the Golden Core Stage to the late Golden Core Stage.]

[Hua Tian also began taking you out to show your brilliance to the world. Under Hua Tian's lead, you set up various arrays for various major forces.]

[You also made friends with many geniuses, including Bai Yan from the Heavenly Sword Dao Palace.]

[But it was still early before the Inspector would destroy Wutan City, so you didn't plan to reveal the news to him.]

[In the following time, you traveled almost the entire Western Regions with Hua Tian, and you finally gained a general understanding of the region.]

[Sects in the Western Regions are as numerous as trees in a forest. Except for the top-tier sects which are relatively stable, all other sects, large and small, have conflicts and friction.]

[However, there is one sect that has never participated in worldly conflicts for thousands of years, yet no sect has ever dared to invade it.]

[This sect is the Pudu Buddhist Sect!]

[You felt very strange upon hearing this news and asked Hua Tian why other sects didn't dare to attack the Pudu Buddhist Sect.]

[Hua Tian only told you that 'heaven's secrets must not be revealed' and did not answer your question.]

[Even though you had a thousand doubts in your heart, Hua Tian simply wouldn't tell you.]

[You then remembered that in the last simulation, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Pudu Buddhist Sect said you would seek them out yourself.]

[But you never went until the moment you died. You shook your head and quickly put the matter out of your mind.]

[But as expected, your existence had long been noticed by the Upper Realm Inspector.]

[Although Hua Tian arranged several Nascent Soul Stage bodyguards for your travels, the Upper Realm Inspector still found an opportunity.]

[Taking advantage of a moment when your guard was down, the Upper Realm Inspector forcibly snatched you away and took you to a wasteland in the Western Regions.]

[And this Inspector was none other than that blood-red figure who had killed you several times!]

“Damn! Is this never going to end? You can even find me here??”

Chen Yuan slammed the table, nearly boiling over with rage.

He felt that this Inspector was specifically targeting him; he had already died at his hands in several simulations.

“I need to find a chance to kill him first.”

Chen Yuan made up his mind that he must find an opportunity to take down this Inspector.

[However, this time he didn't kill you directly. Instead, he pressed his hand onto the crown of your head, and you felt as if your soul was being hacked by a thousand knives.]

[Detected that the host is under a Soul Search attack; triggering system protection mechanism.]

[You died. Although you remembered this person's face this time, you had no chance for revenge.]

[Beginning settlement of this simulation. You can choose two items from the following rewards!]

[1. Ninth level of the Golden Core Stage cultivation.]

[2. Peak Fifth-Order Array Master cultivation (including part of the ancient inheritance).]

[3. Array Prodigy (Three-star talent).]

[4. Experiences of this simulation (in the form of memory).]

[Ding! Host can now unlock the Talent Pool function. The Talent Pool will retain simulation talents for the host to choose from!]

“Talent Pool? Just in time!”

Chen Yuan was somewhat delighted. He was currently worrying about whether or not to choose the Array Prodigy talent.

Seeing how the experiences in the simulation seemed to affect his personality in reality, he was still a bit hesitant.

With this Talent Pool function, he could place Array Prodigy inside it.

However, he could currently only store a maximum of two talents in the Talent Pool.

“I choose one and two!”