Mu Chen carefully inspected this cultivation technique that was written on the tablet. There were nine paragraphs of text on the tablet, but he was only able to read one of them, the very first one, which depicted the cultivation technique. It had no name, but from what he could gather, it was truly wondrous. Perhaps it could even be above divine grade!

For the first time in many years, Mu Chen was truly excited. He might be able to finally achieve his lifelong dream of breaking through the void and becoming the strongest in the universe. Without hesitation, he stopped circulating [Mystic Ascension] and began to focus on chanting the [Nameless Cultivation Technique] on the tablet.

Instantly, the suction force coming from his body became many times stronger, akin to a black hole which was sucking everything around it into itself. Particles of light rapidly entered his body one after another, being sucked into the stone tablet. The stone tablet then emitted extremely pure waves of spiritual qi in return, which were absorbed into the three murky spirit springs.

The three murky springs started to become clearer the more qi they absorbed. The liquid spiritual qi within the springs became purer and purer, to the point where it was as clear as crystal, with not even a single impurity left. When Mu Chen breathed out, the impure qi was expelled along with it.

Mu Chen was deeply shocked. Never before in his life had he seen such pure spiritual qi. However what happened next shocked him even more. The three springs were slowly expanding, becoming larger and larger the more spiritual qi he absorbed.

“This…could this be the fabled supreme spiritual qi?” His eyes widened in shock.

In his past life, Mu Chen had read countless texts in an attempt to find a way to increase his powers so he could break through and ascend to the heavens. In one of those books, it described the purest and highest form of spiritual qi. The supreme spiritual qi! It stood at the very pinnacle of all the different types of spiritual qi, being able to easily suppress all of them. It was the absolute ruler of all qi!

However, the book did not provide any information on where and how to obtain this supreme spiritual qi. Mu Chen had scoured every single inch of the world, searching under the seas, deep in the earth and high in the skies, but found nothing. It aggravated him to no end. In the end, he gave up after almost 100 years of searching.

By some twist of fate, he had this very same supreme spiritual qi that he had always longed for, right in front of him, and he didn’t even have to go looking for it! No words could describe the pure joy that he felt at this very moment. With this he could construct the purest and strongest foundation, completely devoid of any impurities. He could be absolutely invincible within the same level!

Opening his eyes, Mu Chen smiled. With the assistance of this supreme spiritual qi he would climb to the very peak of the world once again, and this time, he believed that he would even go beyond that! He would overcome the three tribulations and become a true Immortal!

Just as Mu Chen was planning his next move, someone knocked on the door.

“Young Master, the Patriarch has requested your presence.” Xiao Rou’s slightly muffled voice came from outside..

“Just in time, I was about to pay my ‘father’ a visit anyway.” Mu Chen mused as he got up and walked over to the door, pushing it open.

He followed Xiao Rou all the way to a grand mansion near the center of the Mu family residence. The place was at least five times larger than his own courtyard, and was also lavishly furnished.

Xiao Rou brought him all the way to the entrance of a private room deep inside the mansion, before stepping to one side and gesturing for him to enter.

Mu Chen confidently pushed open the doors and stepped into the room. The first thing he saw was a middle aged man that was the spitting image of himself, albeit much older and sporting a mustache. He had a solemn expression on his face as he paced up and down.

“This must be the current patriarch, and my ‘father’, Mu Lin.” The first impression Mu Lin gave him was that he was a serious, no nonsense type person.

The moment he noticed Mu Chen, Mu Lin’s gaze softened. Although his son was known to be talentless and lazy, he was still his son. He would give anything to let his son live a comfortable life..

“Chen’er, I heard from Xiao Rou that you have been unwell for the past few days. I apologize for not paying a visit, I was busy dealing with some affairs outside. How are you feeling now?” Mu Lin walked over with eyes full of concern.

“I am fine now. Please do not worry father.” Mu Chen reassured him, but did not tell Mu Lin about the poison. He would deal with the culprit on his own.

“Hmm? This brat…something seems different about him. He seems more…sure of himself.” Mu Lin immediately noticed that something had changed in Mu Chen. How could a father not know his own son well?

“Chen’er, I also heard that you defeated Mu Mantian a few days back. Is this true?”

“Absolutely.” Mu Chen answered truthfully, as there was no reason to lie about it.

“How did you do it? I know for a fact that you are only at the third level of the Mortal realm, while Mu Mantian is at the fifth level. Logically, you should not be able to defeat him, much less within a few moves.” Mu Lin asked as he furrowed his brows thoughtfully.

If someone told him that his son beat someone two levels higher, he would laugh his ass off. Actually he did laugh his ass off when he heard the news, but when many people started saying the same thing, he started to believe them.

“Father, I won’t lie to you, a few days back, I was wandering about in the outskirts of the Thousand Beast Forest, when I came across a strange fruit growing on a vine. It seemed to contain some sort of spiritual qi, so I just ate it. After that, I felt slightly unwell so I returned back to my room to rest.”

“After a few days, I recovered, but something strange happened. I felt that I had gotten much stronger than before! So I just went to the training ground and that was where I met Mu Mantian.”

Mu Chen cooked up a random story on the spot, but his acting skill was top notch, and Mu Lin seemed to believe him. Moreover, Mu Chen had no reason to lie anyway.

“Chen’er, you are very lucky! You actually had a fortuitous encounter while wandering around nearby! Hahaha, the heavens are smiling upon my family!” Mu Lin laughed heartily.

“Come, let me check if there is anything wrong with your body, just in case.” Mu Lin reached over and put his hand on Mu Chen’s shoulder. He sent a sliver of qi into Mu Chen’s body to check his condition.

Instantly, he was able to sense the presence of a powerful qi deep within Mu Chen’s body. Of course, it was limited only to what Mu Chen wanted him to see. He had suppressed most of the supreme spirit qi and only let out a sliver of it for show.

Mu Lin’s eyes widened in surprise as he retracted his hand. He had never encountered such pure qi in his life. Although he only did a surface check, he could roughly gauge the purity of the qi within his son’s body. This made him even happier. His own son had actually received such benefits! He was over the moon with joy.

“Hahaha! This is better than I expected! Chen’er, you must not waste this chance, train hard and beat Mu Heng! Father will support you!”

“I promise that I will not let you down. I will make sure your seat as patriarch is secured!” Mu Chen answered with a determined gaze as his entire being radiated an aura of confidence and superiority, surprising Mu Lin.

“The title of patriarch is not important, what’s important is that you become strong enough to protect yourself, so I need not worry anymore!” Mu Lin smiled warmly.

“It seems this little brat has finally matured. I hope he does not let me down!” Mu Lin had high hopes for the future.

“Father, I need a private room to train, where no one can see what I’m doing. I also need resources!” Mu Chen suddenly requested. He wanted to hide his strength as much as possible, and for that he needed to avoid prying eyes. It was a little risky to train in his own courtyard.

“Of course, of course. You can use my personal chambers, no one will disturb you there. As for resources, I will get them for you and send them over as soon as possible.” Mu Lin was a little shocked, but more than happy to comply with any request his son had.

Just like this, Mu Chen spent every spare moment of his day cultivating madly, as well as training in the [Demon Vanquishing Fist] and [Divine Thunderflash] techniques. He was like a tireless machine following a set program. Cultivating, training the techniques and then sleeping, repeating the process over and over. In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.