Ascending to Godhood: I Can Foresee All Futures

About a hundred breaths after Sun Yuzhi and Chen Sheng had fled, an old monk in a bright yellow robe suddenly descended, his entire being exuding the terrifying aura of the Mystic Realm.

His face was gaunt, but his eyes were as sharp as an eagle’s. His long white eyebrows and beard fluttered in the wind. He was none other than Monk Kongjian, the First Seat of the Precepts Institute at Golden Spring Temple.

A cold fury flared in Monk Kongjian’s eyes as he stared at the mangled flood dragon corpse on the ground.

This Poisonous Flood Dragon was something Golden Spring Temple had acquired only with great difficulty. In order to have it Transform into a Flood Dragon, they had invested countless resources to nurture it to its current state. For Golden Spring Temple, it was of paramount importance.

Only after it successfully transformed into a Flood Dragon could its essence blood provide a continuous resource for Golden Spring Temple.

But now.

It was dead!

Golden Spring Temple’s twenty-year plan, wiped out in an instant!

How could this not enrage Kongjian?

Looking at the crisscrossing Sword Qi wounds on the flood dragon’s body and the lingering Sword Intent, Monk Kongjian quickly identified the assailant as Sun Yuzhi of the Jingwu Bureau.

There were only so many Profound Mastery experts in Ning’an Prefecture, and he had met them all, so there was no room for doubt. Furthermore, according to his disciples’ earlier report, the sound of a bell had also rung out.

After a moment of thought, Monk Kongjian made the connection to Chen Sheng.

After all, the fact that he cultivated the Buddhist Six Extremes Golden Bell Technique was no longer a secret in Ning’an Prefecture.

Previously, Golden Spring Temple had even considered sending Xuanbei to convert him, but unfortunately, the opportunity had never presented itself.

To think that this person had ultimately become such a menace.

Not only had he caused Golden Spring Temple to suffer heavy losses in the battle at Wushan Mountain, but he had also ruined their multi-year plan to nurture the Poisonous Flood Dragon.

At this thought, a murderous urge surged within Monk Kongjian.

.....

Meanwhile, after putting over thirty miles between them and the Poisonous Flood Dragon Pool, Sun Yuzhi had intended to take Chen Sheng back to the Jingwu Bureau to recuperate.

Although the Jingwu Bureau did not fear Golden Spring Temple, those monks were something else entirely when they went berserk, their methods treacherous and bizarre. With her current cultivation and strength, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to handle them.

But if they were to go after Chen Sheng, things would get troublesome.

After all, Chen Sheng only had Innate Cultivation.

Besides, the monks of Golden Spring Temple had no sense of martial honor; for them, the strong bullying the weak was a daily affair.

If they managed to get their hands on Chen Sheng, the consequences would be dire.

But Chen Sheng stopped her, producing three Profound Flame Orders with a flick of his wrist. He said in a grave tone:

"I’ve deciphered the secret of the Profound Flame Orders. Why don’t you join me on a little treasure hunt, Vice Envoy?"

He already knew the exact location of Profound Flame Daoist’s Cave Mansion. ’Since I’m already out here,’ Chen Sheng thought, ’I might as well see this through and get it all done at once.’

’Who knows, I might even be able to break through to the Profound Mastery realm in the process.’

Sun Yuzhi glanced at Chen Sheng, her expression calm.

"Are you really willing to share a Grandmaster’s cave mansion with me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll take it all for myself?"

"If I can’t even trust you, who can I trust?"

Chen Sheng smiled and continued:

"Besides, the situation inside the cave mansion is unknown. There could be traps or Restrictions. I’ll need you to protect me, Vice Envoy."

"Where is it?"

After a moment’s thought, Sun Yuzhi cut straight to the point.

"To the southwest. Jingyang Mountain, in Cyan River County!"

Chen Sheng’s expression turned solemn.

This county was over two hundred miles from Ning’an Prefecture City. It was a remote and minor county, not well-known within Ning’an Prefecture, and the same was true for Jingyang Mountain, which outsiders saw as nothing more than a desolate mountain.

But no one knew that hidden within the mountain was the cave mansion of a Pill Realm Grandmaster.

Chen Sheng had later looked through the records in the Jingwu Bureau’s Archives Pavilion and learned that Profound Flame Daoist had originally come from Cyan River County. In a way, this was him returning to his roots.

"Let’s go."

Sun Yuzhi nodded, asking no more questions.

The next moment.

The two figures leaped into the air, transforming into streaks of light that vanished over the horizon.

....

「The next day, at the first light of dawn.」

Jingyang Mountain was shrouded in a thin layer of mist. Its slopes were gentle and its trees were ordinary; it was indeed a thoroughly unremarkable and desolate mountain.

Chen Sheng and Sun Yuzhi landed, having already scouted the area. Aside from a few early-rising woodcutters and hunters, they detected no Martial Artist auras or any other unusual fluctuations.

Following the hidden map and clues revealed by combining the Profound Flame Orders, Chen Sheng led Sun Yuzhi on a careful search through the mountain.

After nearly an hour of crossing several ridges, they finally arrived before a seemingly ordinary cliff.

The cliff face was steep, and below it, clouds and mist swirled, obscuring a seemingly bottomless abyss.

Standing at the edge, Chen Sheng’s sharp gaze swept carefully across the cliff face.

A moment later, his gaze locked onto a massive cyan rock midway down the cliff, one that was slightly darker than its surroundings and shaped like a reclining ox.

"This is the place."

Chen Sheng murmured. He and Sun Yuzhi exchanged a look, then leaped off the cliff in unison. Their bodies as light as feathers, they hovered in mid-air, directly opposite the massive cyan rock.

With a flick of his wrist, Chen Sheng produced the three Profound Flame Orders. He then channeled a wisp of Gang Qi, infusing it into the tokens.

VMMMM—

The three tokens trembled lightly, emitting a low hum as if resonating with one another.

The next moment, they floated up from Chen Sheng’s palm of their own accord, circling and spinning with ever-increasing speed.

Streams of soft, cyan-red light flowed from the tokens, intertwining until they merged into a solid beam that shot straight toward the massive cyan rock.

The instant the beam touched the rock face, a sudden transformation began.

WHOOSH—!

On the surface of the once-unremarkable rock face, countless complex and profound restriction runes suddenly flared to life.

Centered on the point where the beam struck, the runes spread out in all directions like a lit fuse, linking together until, in an instant, they covered an area of the cliff face hundreds of feet wide.

Layers of invisible yet resilient light from the Restrictions flowed ceaselessly, emitting a heart-pounding protective pulse.