I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

Kang Yinghe was a man who understood the times, dared to make decisions at critical moments, and followed through without hesitation once his mind was made up—that was the generous way to put it.

The less generous way? He had the mentality of a gambler.

After swearing a solemn oath to Du Youqian, Kang Yinghe immediately and forcefully brought the Shengxia Sect in line—anyone who didn’t conform was dispatched to garrison remote, desolate regions or forced into seclusion.

Then, he organized most of the Shengxia Sect’s Foundation Establishment Disciples and Core Formation Elders to catch up with the Four Principles Sect’s caravan, which had already departed.

If the trade route was opened, they would share the fortunes together!

If they encountered hardships, they would face the calamities together!

This was the attitude Kang Yinghe presented—to be in the same boat as the Four Principles Sect, watching out for and helping one another.

Du Youqian was quite satisfied with this.

For a time, the Four Principles Sect went through a period of adjustment, adapting to the new systems Du Youqian had established and moving forward with some bumps along the road.

Du Youqian also passed down the Profound Void Nether Flying Step Technique he had recently acquired. This Decision-level Cultivation Technique was more than enough to serve as the Sect’s Foundation Technique for any major sect.

After all, a Decision-level Cultivation Technique could be cultivated all the way to the Divinity Transformation Realm, and even the Void Step Realm.

The members of the Ruihan City caravan were sent out to travel extensively, delving deep into the Endless Desert Western Domain to familiarize themselves with its various powers and leaders and to open up connections.

As for the Long-tailed Golden Chickens, they were kept at the Four Principles Sect and treated to the best food and drink—Du Youqian worried that if they went out, they might accidentally discover the vast fields of Bi Fang Gravel that could be had for the picking.

Du Youqian himself finally had some free time to meditate and raise his Cultivation.

His most pressing task now was to quickly return to the Nascent Soul Realm. After that, he could slow down his regular cultivation and focus his time on comprehending the time- and space-related Divine Abilities from his Golden Jade Flying Scripture of the Eight Realms of Truth, as well as the two Divine Abilities currently recorded in his Spring and Autumn Brush.

Comprehending the Blood Slaughter Sword Scripture could not be delayed either.

Thus, Du Youqian was in dire need of time to improve himself.

This sort of painstaking effort could not be skipped.

Of course, he saw things very clearly. ’Realm is the foundation.’

’Without one’s Realm, any Guardian Art is like a tree without roots or a river without a source.’

’But if one only has a high Realm without improving their Protective Measures, they could end up like Wen Wuxin—a tragedy of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator easily slain by someone in the Nascent Soul Early Stage.’

Du Youqian had frequently been able to fight above his level in the past because he possessed the experience of several lifetimes. His accumulated knowledge of the Sword Dao, Secret Techniques, and Divine Abilities was terrifyingly vast.

But once he reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and especially when he prepared to break through to Divinity Transformation in the future, this accumulated knowledge would prove insufficient.

However, that was a matter for the future. Possessing the ability of "One Certificate Forever," Du Youqian’s greatest goal in this life was still to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm.

’Even if it means my Realm is somewhat hollow and my Protective Measures are lacking, I must first raise my Realm to Divinity Transformation.’

This was Du Youqian’s general plan for his current life.

As long as he could reach Divinity Transformation in this life, Du Youqian felt it would be acceptable to spend several future lifetimes improving his protective abilities or his other Cultivation Techniques.

The Four Principles Sect’s caravan carried an expensive, portable long-range communication Treasure. However, using it consumed Spiritual Diamonds, the amount of information that could be sent each time was limited, and the Treasure itself would continuously wear down until it was destroyed.

Du Youqian used the communication Treasure to keep track of their progress.

Once they had run the entire trade route enough to be familiar with it, Du Youqian planned to set up Four Principles Sect offices at several key points. He would install long-range Communication Arrays in these offices to save a great deal of cost, reserving the communication Treasure for only the most critical moments.

Of course, Du Youqian would also establish offices for Ruihan City in the Eastern and Southern Domains of the Endless Desert Sea.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Once the entire trade loop was formed, Du Youqian estimated that both the Four Principles Sect and Ruihan City stood to profit handsomely.

They could expect a huge windfall in the first few years.

But after that, competitors would emerge. They would have to incur costs to beat them. Furthermore, the market for certain in-demand goods would gradually become saturated, so profits would no longer remain at their peak.

However, it would be more than enough to ensure the prosperity of both the Four Principles Sect and Ruihan City.

Whether a faction could develop depended on its ability to acquire a long-term, continuous supply of resources.

If its resource supply was choked off, then even getting lucky with one or two genius disciples would be of no use. It would be impossible to defy fate.

Excellent Evil Pools and Gang Domains were resources. All kinds of Treasures of Heaven and Earth were resources. Spirit Rice and Spirit Medicine were resources. Spirit Veins were resources. Spirit Stone Mines, Spirit Jade Mines, and all sorts of precious mineral deposits were resources.

To powerful factions, even the Human and Demon Races were resources to be used at will.

But the fledgling Four Principles Sect, due to its short history and lack of strength, couldn’t secure any good resource points at all.

For the past hundred years, although the Sect had many outstanding disciples, they had to live frugally, unable to bring out everyone’s full potential.

Given how strict Du Youqian’s recruitment standards had been and the high quality of the Sect’s Cultivation Techniques, if resources had been unlimited, they wouldn’t just have six Core Formation Masters—they would likely have sixteen. Perhaps in another century or two, someone might even have been able to attempt Nascent Soul Formation.

But as things stood, if these six Core Formation Masters couldn’t open the trade route and use the profits to acquire more cultivation resources, they would likely only have a chance at attempting Nascent Soul Formation when their lifespans were nearly exhausted.

Ruihan City was comparatively better off, but only by a sliver.

Previously, as a Third-class Immortal City, it could barely sustain itself. Producing a few Core Formation Masters was its absolute limit.

Now, although Ruihan City had been granted the status of a Second-class Immortal City because Du Youqian had defeated a Nascent Soul Master, the resources it actually controlled were only at the level of a Third-class City.

Its status didn’t match its reality.

In such an environment, for Ruihan City to be promoted to a First-class Immortal City was harder than ascending to the heavens.

It would need a continuous stream of Core Formation Masters, enough for quantity to create a qualitative change. From this large pool, many would have to attempt Nascent Soul Formation one after another until a Nascent Soul Master finally emerged, making it a Second-class Immortal City in truth. Then, it would have to seize more resources to cultivate the next generation, eventually producing three Nascent Soul Masters. Only then could it be promoted to a First-class Immortal City.

After that, it would have to continue seizing even more resources by hook or by crook to secure its footing and maintain its status as a First-class Immortal City.

’Trying to get fat from a single bite... is unrealistic.’

The only exceptions would be a massive upheaval that reshuffled the balance of power, allowing Ruihan City to seize more resource points ahead of schedule, or the opening of a trade route that brought in a steady stream of cultivation resources.

Only then could this timeframe be shortened.

This was why Du Youqian was determined to lead Ruihan City in opening a trade route.

He saw it clearly: if they followed the conventional path, under normal circumstances, Ruihan City’s promotion to a First-class Immortal City was a grand goal that would take at least one or two thousand years, if not longer.

He didn’t have that much time to waste here.

He wanted to attempt his breakthrough to Divinity Transformation within three to five hundred years.

Therefore, he had to make Ruihan City ascend to a First-class Immortal City sooner, because only a First-class Immortal City would have the foundation and resources necessary to support a Divinity Transformation True Monarch!

But that was all for later.

Once this trade run was complete, Du Youqian planned to return to Ruihan City for intensive cultivation, vowing not to emerge from seclusion until he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, he would forge a protective Tier Four Treasure and spend ten or twenty years trying to comprehend a space- or time-related Divine Ability. If he didn’t succeed, he wouldn’t force it; he would head to Momenan immediately.

During that time, he would ask the better-informed Kai Feng Master and others to inquire about the Teleportation Array.

’If the Teleportation Array is repaired, I’ll pay the price to use it. If not, I’ll just have to force my way through.’

「Half a year passed in a flash.」 The joint caravan of the Four Principles Sect and the Shengxia Sect had traveled a hundred thousand li.

They hadn’t traveled in a straight line, of course. Instead, they had been scouting for the most profitable and safest route—one where they could acquire the most local specialties and most easily sell the goods brought from Ruihan City.

The journey was fraught with twists and turns, and there were many times they had to swallow their pride. After all, a Core Formation Master was considered a top-tier Great Cultivator in the Endless Desert Western Domain, but in the outside world, they had to be subservient.

Dangers sprang up one after another. On the most perilous occasion, they nearly stumbled into a battlefield where a Human Race kingdom was at war with a Demon Race kingdom and were almost wiped out.

They were detained and interrogated for a long time before finally being released, but only after surrendering a tenth of their cargo as military provisions.

That was considered letting them off easy.

Otherwise, in the chaos of war, killing a few Core Formation Masters and dozens of Foundation Establishment Disciples would be nothing. They could be looted clean, and a Nascent Soul or Divinity Transformation Cultivator could act to obscure the deed from divination. Buried in the ground, their deaths would go completely unnoticed. Countless cultivators had met such unjust ends.

Overall, the caravan was quite lucky. They had encountered danger and suffered injuries, but there had been no major losses.

If they could make it back safely from this trip, they stood to make at least a tenfold profit.

However, just as they were preparing for the return journey, the unexpected happened.