1: Junior sister, can I lend it to you?

Myriad Spirits Continent.

Profound Heaven Dao Sect.

As the morning sun rose, Spiritual Qi permeated the myriad mountains. Over a hundred Disciples, all at the Peak of Qi Refining, had already gathered on the Sect's Dao field.

The Sect Master stood in the Void Realm with his hands behind his back, looking down at the hundred Disciples below.

"All of you Disciples present today are the outstanding talents of my Profound Heaven Dao Sect, having reached the age of 15 and all having achieved the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. Today is the Day of Spiritual Abundance, the time of year when Spiritual Qi is most plentiful, which will help you Breakthrough Qi Refining and advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"If everyone has arrived, the Foundation Establishment Ceremony can begin immediately!"

With a wave of his right hand, the Sect Master made a hundred Foundation Establishment Pills float in the air, emitting a faint golden glow under the sunlight.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, one person is still missing."

"Who?"

"Su Yang."

"Su Yang?"

The Sect Master frowned slightly, but quickly recalled this individual in the Sect: "Is that Su Yang, the one who is 18 years old and still hasn't broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"Reporting to the Sect Master, it is him."

The Sect Master dismissively waved his hand, and the hundred Foundation Establishment Pills landed in front of the Disciples, saying, "It's fine if he doesn't participate in the Foundation Establishment Ceremony. He probably wouldn't be able to Breakthrough even if he came, which saves the Sect a Foundation Establishment Pill."

With that, he put away the remaining Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Disciples on the Dao field burst into laughter.

"In the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, if one hasn't broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage by 15, it's hard to achieve much in the future."

"If one hasn't broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage by 18, they're basically considered useless."

"This year is his last chance."

"I think he knows he definitely can't Breakthrough this year, so he didn't dare to attend this year's Foundation Establishment Ceremony."

"..."

"Silence!"

The Sect Master looked at the gradually rising sun and said, "Don't mind other people's business. What you need to do now is to fully Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage, don't be like Su Yang, unable to Breakthrough year after year, becoming the Sect's laughingstock."

"Understood, Sect Master!"

The Disciples chorused.

"I announce, the Foundation Establishment Ceremony officially begins!"

The Sect Master gave the order.

The Disciples immediately swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pills in front of them, sat cross-legged, concentrated their Qi, and began to attempt a Breakthrough... Profound Heaven Dao Sect's back mountain.

Su Yang sat on a thousand-foot-high cliff, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, indifferently watching the distant Dao field, letting the strong winds from the cliff face howl against his face, calm and unperturbed, with only a wisp of his long hair at his temples slightly disheveled.

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Glancing at the countdown in his mind, Su Yang spoke to himself against the wind: "Counting the time, there are only four hours left!"

Taking a deep breath, a hopeful smile appeared at the corner of Su Yang's mouth.

As a Transmigrator, he had been in this world for eight full years.

At 10 years old, he joined the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, the number one Sect in the world. At 15, like other Disciples, he Cultivated to the Peak of Qi Refining, but after that, his Cultivation could no longer increase, and he has yet to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Su Yang had been troubled and anxious because of this.

In this dangerous world, without strength, one would inevitably become an ant to be slaughtered at will.

He had also tried various possibilities for Breakthrough, but it was always to no avail.

It wasn't until he was 16 that a countdown appeared in his mind, and Su Yang completely relaxed.

Although there were no other hints, as a Transmigrator who grew up immersed in modern web novels, he had the necessary Transmigration common sense.

Since there was a countdown, it meant that there would definitely be benefits after the countdown ended. If nothing unexpected happened, when the countdown ended, his Cultivation, which had been stuck, would usher in a Breakthrough!

The sun in the sky gradually rose higher.

The Sect Disciples on the Dao field below were successively Breaking through.

The countdown in Su Yang's mind also reached its final moments.

[10]

[9]

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"My Golden Finger is finally coming!"

Su Yang grinned, spat out the blade of grass in his mouth with a 'pah', and the strong wind at the cliff's edge blew the blade of grass high, behind him.

Su Yang took a deep breath, sat cross-legged at the edge of the cliff, closed his eyes, and focused his mind to welcome this long-awaited moment.

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The two-year-long countdown in his mind finally ended and disappeared.

At this moment, the sun was directly overhead, a golden ray of sunlight covered his body, and Su Yang's shadow perfectly overlapped with his body.

Starting directly at zero frame, Su Yang suddenly felt a burning sensation on both sides of his waist.

Although he had thought of various possibilities after the countdown ended for the past two years, the sudden burning sensation in his body still surprised him.

Upon introspecting, Su Yang was surprised to find that his two kidneys were emitting a strange, faint golden light. A layer of peculiar Seals appeared on the outer layer of his two kidneys. Blue, red, green, yellow, and golden five-colored Seal runes revolved above his kidneys, making them appear to shine with multicolored light.

When the Seals appeared, two passages of text surfaced in Su Yang's mind.

"[At the age of eighteen, the Innate Kidney Body Seal is officially lifted]"

"[Please prepare a female Cultivator]"

"Huh???"

Before Su Yang could figure out what it meant, this text quickly appeared and quickly vanished.

Immediately, the red, green, yellow, and golden four rune Seals among the five-colored Seals re-entered his kidneys, while the blue Seal rapidly expanded, then shattered into thousands of blue fragments.

Each fragment was a unique rune, and these runes quickly transformed into blue light, merging into his Bloodline.

As the Seal was lifted, his kidneys continuously transported immensely powerful Innate Kidney Qi to all his Meridians. This Innate Kidney Qi condensed into a raging torrent, impacting his Meridians. In just an instant, Su Yang felt his body was about to explode from this power.

Even more terrifying, this raging torrent was as scorching hot as boiling molten iron.

"Ah—"

Damn, it's so hot!

Su Yang felt like he was about to be melted from the inside by this sudden surge of power, but he couldn't melt. Instead, because of this massive Innate Kidney Qi, not a single part of his body was soft, especially the natural gathering place of Innate Kidney Qi, which was even harder than iron.

"Damn, how do I deal with this..."

Su Yang was already sweating profusely.

He hadn't expected the end of the countdown to hit him like this.

This Innate Kidney Qi was becoming increasingly hot and violent in his body. If it had nowhere to vent, he feared he would explode.

"Su Yang? Why are you here..."

A slightly disdainful voice came from behind Su Yang.

Then, a figure in a white dress appeared beside him. The young woman frowned, looking at the sweating Su Yang with a disgusted expression: "I said I came up to see the scenery, but I didn't expect to run into a straggler like you. What are you doing? Still thinking about Breakthrough? You're already eighteen, stop struggling. Even if you Breakthrough, you'll just continue to be a straggler. Just accept your fate."

Su Yang was not in the mood to care about her taunts right now.

The reminder from earlier flashed in his mind — "[Please prepare a female Cultivator]"

Does that mean... he needs a female Cultivator to help him resolve this raging, scorching Innate Kidney Qi?

Su Yang looked at the Junior Sister in front of him, and a bold idea popped into his mind.

But... she's the Sect Master's daughter!

"What are you looking at... Almost everyone on the Dao field has successfully broken through. Looking at you, you won't be able to Breakthrough. I advise you not to waste your time. You're not cut out for Cultivation."

With that, she was about to leave.

"Junior Sister Yun Yao, wait a moment!"

Su Yang grabbed her hand.

His life was almost gone, he couldn't care about so much!

"Ah—your hand is so hot... What are you doing, let go of me..."

Wen Yunyao tried to shake off his hand, but she was surprised to find that her Foundation Establishment Stage strength couldn't break free from his scorching hand.

"Junior Sister Yun Yao, I need to borrow you now!"

"What... what do you mean? What do you want to do??? If you dare to mess around, my father won't let you off!!! Ah—"

Before Wen Yunyao could react, Su Yang pulled her into his embrace, and a scorching surge erupted...