My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

The girl hurled her threat and turned to leave, giving Qi Yuan no time to react.

Qi Yuan squinted, watching her retreating figure. This was the first time he had seen such intense emotion from an NPC in this world.

Tang Yan's expression remained indifferent. He already knew that the Five Ancestors of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were merely remnants of their obsessions. They had long since perished at the hands of the foreign demons. His rational mind prevented him from being as sentimental as Little Green.

At that moment, Qi Yuan felt a burning sensation. A flame, bright red, flew towards him, burning fiercely just centimeters away from him.

"Ahhh!" With a scream, Fire Ancestor appeared beside Qi Yuan in human form. He looked at Qi Yuan with malicious intent, "You don't seem special besides looking a bit handsome, so how did you perfect the Five Elements?"

Tang Yan quickly introduced, "This is Fire Ancestor, he has a bit of a temper."

"Greetings, Fire Ancestor," Qi Yuan respectfully greeted.

Upon hearing Tang Yan's words, Fire Ancestor spat, and a flame ignited Tang Yan's robe. Tang Yan responded with a refined smile, "Fire Ancestor, you're being mischievous again."

"Ahhh!" Fire Ancestor screamed in anger.

At that moment, Qi Yuan sensed other presences approaching. The earth moved as if a mole were walking through it, then coalesced into a small girl resembling a roly-poly doll. The girl, shorter than Little Green, looked at Qi Yuan without speaking.

"This is Earth Ancestor."

"Greetings, Earth Ancestor," Qi Yuan saluted.

"Young man, I just took a nap, and you've perfected the Five Elements already. I thought I had slept for thousands of years, but it turns out it was only three days. Truly unexpected," came a voice from afar as Metal Ancestor arrived gracefully.

He looked as meticulous and proper as when Qi Yuan first met him. Standing beside Metal Ancestor were two others: Water Ancestor, dressed in a blue long dress, and Wood Ancestor, barefoot, clad in colorful clothes, with a playful smile on his face.

"Greetings, you three," Qi Yuan seriously greeted.

Seeing this, Tang Yan and the other prodigies silently left the area. Qi Yuan, holding Little Bride's hand, faced the Five Ancestors. Metal Ancestor approached, his expression kind and gentle, "Back then, I made an agreement with the Leader of the Clothing Division. Now, it's time to fulfill it."

He went straight to the point without any preamble. Fire Ancestor muttered complaints, but was kicked by the roly-poly girl Earth Ancestor, silencing him.

At this moment, the dignified Water Ancestor spoke, "Leader of the Clothing Division, can you guarantee that you will participate in the Demon Slaying Assembly in three hundred years to exterminate the foreign demons?"

Since Qi Yuan now controlled the Five Elements Forbidden Land, they would vanish from this world, and their remaining obsessions would no longer exist.

"I will definitely exterminate the foreign demons!" Qi Yuan didn't mention the Demon Slaying Assembly but directly targeted the foreign demons. He must kill the foreign demons. Only by doing so could he obtain the complete fragments of the Heavenly Dao and then proceed with the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

"Good!" Water Ancestor nodded in satisfaction at his response. Metal Ancestor, Wood Ancestor, and Earth Ancestor also nodded. Only Fire Ancestor looked reluctant, but after a glare from the roly-poly girl Earth Ancestor, he reluctantly nodded as well.

At this moment, Qi Yuan looked at Metal Ancestor and slowly asked, "You have all faced the foreign demons before. How strong are they?"

He was curious about the combat power of the foreign demons. Metal Ancestor remained silent before speaking, "The foreign demons possess a supreme treasure called the Blood Fishing Line. It falls from the sky like a fishing line and pierces into the cultivator's body. Back then, my former self was pierced by the Blood Fishing Line. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't sever it, nor even leave a mark on it."

Hearing this, Qi Yuan felt a hint of apprehension. Metal Ancestor was likely a Divine Realm expert when alive. Such a strong individual couldn't even leave a mark on a mere fishing line. Qi Yuan feared it would be extremely challenging if he encountered that line.

"In the Demon Slaying Assembly, if you face the foreign demons, stay far away from the Blood Fishing Line," Wood Ancestor advised. "Being pierced by the Blood Fishing Line means even a deity cannot escape."

The usually irritable Fire Ancestor surprisingly added, "The foreign demons might not be just one person but two or even more!"

Qi Yuan, receiving this information, showed a puzzled expression. "How strong are the foreign demons? The Four Forbidden Lands have about dozens of strong experts. If we join forces and attack, we could chop him to death, right?"

Qi Yuan believed the combined strength of the Four Forbidden Lands was formidable. If these level ninety experts joined forces, he might not stand a chance against them.

"The foreign demons are immortal and cannot be killed! Or even if they are killed, they will resurrect!" Wood Ancestor explained.

"Immortal?" Qi Yuan was surprised but then dismissed it. How could there be an unkillable boss in a game? It's just a matter of killing it multiple times. However, he raised his estimate of the foreign demons' power. Without reaching level 100, going after the foreign demons would be seeking death.

Seeing Qi Yuan had understood what he wanted to know, Metal Ancestor smiled kindly, "Old friends, it's time to fulfill our promise and empower the Leader of the Clothing Division."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

"Damn it, fine!"

As the words fell, the five of them placed their hands on Qi Yuan's shoulders. The power of the Five Elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—surged into Qi Yuan's body. These five colors were even more intense than the power of the five spirits, spreading into Qi Yuan's body. He felt his blood changing color, and his skin bore the imprints of the Five Elements like tattoos.

Qi Yuan watched as, with the infusion of the Five Elements' power, the bodies of the Five Ancestors slowly faded. Except for the reluctant Fire Ancestor, the others seemed calm or even relieved. Although they said nothing, Qi Yuan understood their expressions as they slowly disappeared.

In the final moments, Fire Ancestor shouted, "Kid, I hate you for reminding me that I'm already dead!" This shout seemed to use all his strength, and his form dissipated from this world. The other four also vanished before Qi Yuan, as if they had never existed.

Qi Yuan was momentarily stunned. Gone. He looked at the Five Elements' tattoos on his body, which would take about a day to fully integrate. He held Little Bride's hand tighter this time, "Log out, we'll come back tomorrow."

Feeling exhausted, he took Little Bride to a secluded spot, dug a hole, and climbed in with her, as usual. Holding her waist, he opened his contact list. Only Jinli was there.

"Great, I didn't expect to become an old man's killer."

"Sigh, five old folks died in front of me to complete me."

"Even though they're NPCs, I still feel strange."

After sending the message and not getting a reply for a while, he knew Jinli was busy with the Clothing Division's rapid campaign. She was very busy.

Little Bride, clutching his hand tightly, dropped a wooden plaque with a sticker from her sleeve. Qi Yuan smiled, "Having a wife is really nice."

He held Little Bride, his gaze deep. "The Five Elements, huh? If one day I can re-establish Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, I must turn false into real, transform illusion into reality, and bring the Five Elements back to the world!"

"That's too chuunibyou, haha, I'm not the chosen one."

"Why should everything I say come true?"

"Why should an NPC believe a player so much?"

"So sleepy."

Leaving the game, Qi Yuan felt increasingly drowsy.

The game jade slip entered his body, and without thinking, he flopped onto the bed.

Inside his body, the Five Elements energy was continuously circulating, seemingly about to replace his previous Qi cultivation.

Qi Yuan's body was enveloped in the Five Elements energy.

The entire room underwent special changes.

In the courtyard, the knife tied with a rope seemed to sense something and trembled. However, it crawled, seemingly developing a greed, greedily sucking the air.

In the air, there seemed to be a rich metal attribute power.

The entire Seven-Color Peak... no, Divine Light Sect, underwent special changes.

...

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

Dong Xian stood before the Shinguang Sect Leader, Kumu True Lord, his entire body tense.

The Artifact Elder inside his body had also completely suppressed his aura, afraid of being discovered.

After all, the old man before him was a Nascent Soul powerhouse.

For the previous Artifact Elder, this wouldn't have been much. But now, he was just a remnant soul.

If discovered by a Nascent Soul powerhouse, probably no Nascent Soul powerhouse would let go of this opportunity and would search his soul.

After all, his memories were a great treasure trove.

In that case, the Artifact Elder would completely dissipate.

"Dong Xian, not bad, you can remain calm and modest even with your cultivation destroyed," Kumu True Lord praised. "How are you doing on Ten Thousand Laws Peak?"

Dong Xian was confused internally, not knowing why Kumu True Lord would care about him.

He still answered stiffly: "The senior and junior brothers and sisters treat me very well."

"Mm." Ku Mu True Lord continued, "Half a year from now will be the Dragon Seizing Competition. Do you have any thoughts?"

In the current Great Shang Country, the emperor was old and decrepit, not far from his end, and the Empress of Great Shang was in charge of affairs (the same one who has an affair with the Sect Leader).

The Empress had no children, and the position of Crown Prince had not been determined.

Several princes were ambitious, coveting that supreme position.

After discussions, the Great Shang Imperial Court initiated the Dragon Seizing Competition.

The princes would lead their subordinates to battle in the Heavenly Dragon Immortal Realm, with the victor becoming the Crown Prince of Great Shang.

Initially, when this news came out, several princes were dissatisfied.

Because the Heavenly Dragon Immortal Realm had restrictions.

Cultivators over thirty years old could not enter.

This meant that the strongest who could enter would be Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And those princes in their prime, their retainers were mostly Core Formation cultivators.

This undoubtedly cut off their arms.

However, the Empress's attitude was firm, and the three major cultivation sects of the Great Shang Country also supported this move.

Those princes could only reluctantly agree.

It was because of the Dragon Seizing Competition that Dong Xian was forced to leave the court and join the Shinguang Sect.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have lived until then.

Dong Xian was resistant to the Dragon Seizing Competition.

Hearing the sect leader's question, he quickly shook his head: "This disciple dares not!"

The Sect Leader's eyes flashed with a glint of sharpness: "Now, you are a disciple of our Shinguang Sect. Even if you don't dare, you must dare."

Hearing this, Dong Xian's heart flashed with surprise, followed by a trace of excitement.

Was the Shinguang Sect supporting him to become the Crown Prince of Great Shang?

After all, Dong Xian was still a youth, helplessly driven away from the capital.

He even broke off his engagement with his fiancée.

For a youth like him, this was actually a humiliation.

He had thought about using the Artifact Elder's help to cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm, and then return home in glory.

However, that might be hundreds of years later, or even a thousand years later.

By then, would his beloved still be the same beloved?

Now hearing that the Sect Leader wanted to support him to become the Crown Prince of Great Shang, even if he remained calm, his heart was still somewhat stirred.

"Half a year later, the Dragon Seizing Competition begins. Our Shinguang Sect will send two Foundation Establishment disciples and one Core Formation elder to assist you," the Sect Leader said calmly.

Hearing this, Dong Xian's breathing became a bit rapid.

Although the people sent by the Shinguang Sect were of average strength, they represented the Shinguang Sect, the attitude of the upper echelons in the Sect.

That was enough.

"Thank you, Sect Leader!" Dong Xian was still youthful at heart, he was taking a gamble!

"For the battle in the Heavenly Dragon Immortal Realm, Foundation Establishment combat power is needed. Those two Foundation Establishment disciples, either I send two, or you choose them yourself. But if you choose, you have to come up with something to persuade them yourself, I won't interfere," the Sect Leader said again.

"This disciple will choose himself!" Dong Xian said.

He was ambitious.

Although the disciples sent by the Sect Leader would certainly not be bad, they might not be the top-tier ones.

And he, with the help of the Artifact Elder, was confident in selecting more suitable ones.

The Artifact Elder had secretly said before that this Sect was not as simple as it appeared.

There were a few ordinary disciples who were hiding very deep.

With the Artifact Elder's help, he felt he could select suitable Foundation Establishment disciples and could come up with things to persuade those Foundation Establishment disciples.

Hearing this, a smile appeared on the Sect Leader's face: "Good."

He thought of something and then said: "I heard that you've been studying artifact refining on Ten Thousand Laws Peak, and have made some progress. Let this old man see how your refined magical tools are. Although this old man is not proficient in artifact refining, I have some knowledge and can give you some pointers."

The business was done, it was time to start building rapport.

Dong Xian, raised in the royal family, knew this principle.

He thought for a moment and took out a Xuantian Treasure Ruler from his body.

This Xuantian Treasure Ruler, refined with the assistance of the Artifact Elder, was Dong Xian's pride and joy.

"This is the Xuantian Treasure Ruler, forged from thirty-seven kinds of metals, indestructible, and can even withstand a blow from a Foundation Establishment magical tool without breaking."

Dong Xian held the Xuantian Treasure Ruler with both hands, his face showing a proud expression.

But in the next moment, Dong Xian was stunned.

The Sect Leader was also stunned.

They saw that the straight Xuantian Treasure Ruler suddenly break into three pieces for no apparent reason.

More surprisingly, these three pieces of the Xuantian Treasure Ruler actually formed a stick figure and ran straight out of the hall.

Dong Xian was dumbfounded: "Did my magical tool awaken?"