2080 Path to simplicity

　　Simplicity.

　　This was what Song Shuhang had in mind when he chose the name “Cultivation” for the QR code Friend List.

　　If he wanted to, he could come up with a bunch of poetic and complicated names. Yet, at times, no matter how gorgeous a name was, it could not match the beauty of simplicity.

　　The name “Cultivation” was simple but captured the essence of the matter.

　　He felt a deep connection to this name, as if it was related to his future.

　　It just feels right, Song Shuhang thought to himself as he made up his mind.

　　[Are you sure that you want to use “Cultivation” as the group name? Do you want to make an announcement? Y/N.] The prompt sounded again in his mind.

　　“Wait a minute.” Song Shuhang selected [No].

　　He was supposed to keep a low profile, so he shouldn’t go around making announcements.

　　In the future, when the time is right, I’ll announce the name of the “Cultivation” chat group.

　　But for now, I must keep a low profile and not make any waves!

　　After choosing the name Cultivation, Song Shuhang felt as if he had taken an important step—perhaps even a turning point for his future.

　　His mind and spirit became one as a result.

　　This feeling was very strange, and impossible to describe with mere words.

　　As he experienced this mysterious spiritual sublimation, Song Shuhang started to feel pain in his mind and nonexistent body.

　　“The process of spiritual sublimation is truly magical,” said Song Shuhang emotionally. However, this level of pain was too weak, and it could not even make him scream.

　　[Magical your ass. That means your body is about to explode. If you don’t take action, I can dance at your grave next year on this day.] Fairy Cheng Lin’s words were like an arrow that pierced his heart.

　　F*ck, I almost forgot that Demon Emperor Hezhi is still sending energy over to make me explode.

　　“Fairy Cheng Lin, help me!” Song Shuhang urged his main Golden Core to circulate the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯, rerouting Demon Emperor Hezhi’s energy to his ghost spirit.

　　When the pseudo-dragon-pearls in his body turned into Nascent Soul Fetuses, each pearl consumed seven Spirit Lakes’ worth of energy, which was huge.

　　The total amount of energy consumed was, to the very minimum, equivalent to one unit of Eighth Stage energy. This was impressive as Song Shuhang was only ascending to the Seventh Stage, and the fat whale golden core in his original dantian had yet to make any moves. This was the doing of his small dantians alone.

　　Yet, compared to the energy Demon Emperor Hezhi was sending over, which was close to the peak of the Ninth Stage Tribulation Transcender Realm, this consumption was irrelevant.

　　The remaining energy was enough to make Song Shuhang die several times over!

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　　The ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯ worked like crazy while the Sage’s blood and his three top-tier body-tempering techniques protected his body. At least for a short period of time, Song Shuhang did not have to worry about his body being unable to bear the load and exploding.

　　The fat whale floated up and down in the huge Spirit Lake of his original dantian. Demon Emperor Hezhi’s energy passed through it before being sent to the ghost spirit.

　　During this process, every time the fat whale rerouted a batch of Demon Emperor Hezhi’s energy, it refined part of it, making it its own.

　　The seven small dantians had already entered the fetus formation phase. As such, they no longer needed to consume as much energy as they had a short while ago. They moved to assist the fat whale by refining the energy that flooded Shuhang’s body, sending it back.

　　During this process, the different powers, laws, and attributes of the seven small dantians were passed on to the fat whale.

　　The golden core, monster core, virtuous diamond ball, cosmic demon core, mechanical core reactor, ancient witch blood, and ancient nether dragon soul represented most of the races in the universe.

　　Humans, monsters, special life forms, cosmic demons, mechanical beings, ancient witches, and beasts were all present.

　　Song Shuhang’s body carried the traces of various systems, which included daoists, buddhists, scholars, witches, monsters, science, and magic.

　　The Golden Core Compositions on each of the small golden cores, when combined, became a huge “foundation.”

　　The thirty-three pieces of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure gathered in Song Shuhang’s original dantian, surrounding the whale core and resonating with it.

　　Ever since Song Shuhang had come in contact with cultivation, he had followed the path of a loose cultivator. As such, his cultivation techniques were especially varied. Whatever cultivation technique was suitable for him, he would learn it.

　　Today, everything he had learned over this period of time began to add together.

　　This was also an important step for Sixth Stage True Monarchs who wanted to step into the Seventh Stage Venerable Realm.

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　　“Splash~” The fat whale golden core suddenly jumped out of the Spirit Lake.

　　On its body, the Golden Core Composition “Star Road” began to shine.

　　On this long road stood the people who Song Shuhang had become familiar with.

　　The first figure on the star road was Soft Feather’s.

　　Behind her were Medicine Master, Riverly Purple Mist, Northern River’s Loose Cultivator, Great Master Profound Principle… Palace Master Seven Lives Talisman, Su Clan’s Seven… Doudou, True Monarch White Crane… Senior Brother Three Realms, Guoguo, Lady Onion… Yu Jiaojiao, True Monarch Tyrant Flood Dragon, Immortal Master Copper Trigram… Young Master Phoenix Slayer, Senior Yellow Mountain, Thrice Reckless Mad Saber… A handsome man that Shuhang could not remember.

　　Fairy Lychee, Dharma King Creation, True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple, Fairy Dongfang Six, Venerable Spirit Butterfly, and many more. All of these people were neatly lined up along the star road.

　　Further back were Pavilion Master Chu and a strange figure who was hiding in her shadow.

　　Senior Turtle, the Great Northern Emperor, Sage Monarch Melon Eater, and the big shots that Song Shuhang met after them were also present.

　　The order by which they appeared on the road was based on the order Song Shuhang came in contact with them.

　　All the people on the star road had one thing in common; they had joined Song Shuhang in the chat group named “Cultivation.”

　　Except for a few ones, all the figures that Song Shuhang had added as friends were on the Fat Whale Star Road.

　　Senior White, Senior White Two, Striped Dragon Two, Fairy Cheng Lin, the Scholarly Sage, Fairy @#%×, Fairy Creation, Sister White Dragon, the Heavenly Emperor, and Lady Kunna were missing.

　　Su Clan’s Sixteen was also nowhere to be seen.

　　This group of people was quite special. With Song Shuhang’s strength, it was still impossible to record them!

　　“Sixteen’s figure has still not appeared,” Song Shuhang looked at the whale core and said softly.

　　His eyes followed the star road. At the very end, there was another Soft Feather. Song Shuhang suspected that this Soft Feather who was pushing open the door at the end of the road was the Heavenly Emperor.

　　After the fat whale jumped out of the lake, it started swaying.

　　A few more figures appeared on the road

　　They were Song Shuhang’s new friends—the Indestructible Lord, Demon Emperor Hezhi, and Senior Almighty Merchant.

　　The sixth small dantian was the QR code for entering the group, the seventh small dantian was the network, and the fat whale golden core was the database, which recorded the information on the group members.