Courtyard House: Time Traveler Not Yet a Ghost

IX. The Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation (Self-cultivation for 300 years)

He Damin spent three hundred years in the Xuan Tian Continent. He liked to tinker with his "crafts" when he had nothing to do. As a result, he accidentally mastered all kinds of skills in the cultivation world and was known as "proficient in all the arts of cultivation".

Alchemy? He's the Pill Emperor! Tenth-grade pills—those are legendary divine pills, capable of bringing the dead back to life and healing flesh and bone—he can refine them with his eyes closed. He even wrote a book called "He's Alchemy Canon," which is now the bible of alchemy in the cultivation world.

Refining artifacts? He's the Artifact Emperor! He personally crafted ninth-tier magic treasures, possessing boundless power. Most impressively, he also used cultivation materials to create a "Spirit Crystal Satellite," similar to Earth's satellites, capable of flying in the sky for communication and monitoring, leaving other cultivators utterly dumbfounded.

Array formations? As mentioned before, he's an Array Emperor! He can set up massive mountain-protecting arrays with ease. The Heavenly Pillar Mountain Array of their He Clan Immortal Sect is his creation; no matter how the enemy attacks, it's like scratching an itch.

Talismans? The Talisman Emperor! Ninth-tier talismans, incredibly powerful; a single talisman he draws can fetch an astronomical price.

Besides these "Four Emperors," he was also a master in all other skills:

Spiritual plants: He can cultivate any high-level spiritual herb well, and he even tinkers with it himself, creating many new varieties with even better medicinal effects.

Beast Taming: Even the fiercest high-level demonic beasts become obedient and docile in his hands.

Divination: By observing the celestial phenomena at night and calculating with one's fingers, one can deduce the secrets of heaven and predict some future events. Although it cannot be completely accurate, it is usually quite close to the truth.

Restrictions: He can break and set up all sorts of complex restrictions as he pleases, like it's child's play.

Mechanisms: He can create exquisite mechanical puppets and beasts, all of them lifelike.

Puppet: He can also create combat puppets, which are like little henchmen and can help fight.

By this calculation, he possessed a total of thirty-six different skills, each of which was documented in textbooks, such as "He's Record of Spiritual Plants" and "He's Classic of Animal Taming," benefiting future generations.

10. The Inner World

He Damin also has a secret weapon: he created two small worlds, one called the Anode Space and the other called the Cathode Space, which together are called "Inner Universe".

Anode space

This space is enormous, covering approximately 5,000 square kilometers, larger than a major city on Earth. The concentration of spiritual energy inside is a hundred times that outside; cultivating inside for one day is equivalent to cultivating for a hundred days outside. It's practically a paradise for cultivation.

What is it mainly used for?

Material reserves: He brought back a lot of good stuff from Earth. There were two hundred tons of gold, cast into twenty large gold bars, each weighing ten tons, piled up like small mountains, dazzling to the eye. There was even more silver, a billion taels, which would be more than 31,000 tons. There were also various jewels and jade artifacts, the most famous being a jade mountain called "Daiyue Wonders," carved with a panoramic view of Mount Tai, its emerald green color dripping, priceless and incalculable. There were also many antiques and paintings, such as old Song Dynasty editions, and genuine works by great painters like Zhao Mengfu, Dong Qichang, and Tang Yin, which he collected and stored.

Industrial Production: Can you believe it? He built an industrial park in the world of cultivation! It has chip production lines, lithography machines, and even two thousand robots busily working there. He brought all this technology and equipment from Earth, intending to use his cultivation methods to develop some high-tech equipment.

Secluded cultivation: Sometimes when he wants to cultivate quietly, or refine some particularly powerful pills or magic treasures, he will go to this space where no one will disturb him.

Cathode space

This space is smaller, about 500 square kilometers. It's mainly used for processing souls.

Soul Refinement: Those wicked ghosts are imprisoned here and slowly refined, until their souls are scattered and their spirits are destroyed.

Reincarnation: The eighteen levels of hell that have been prepared have been integrated with the cave heaven of the Soul Refining Banner and are operating smoothly. The six paths of reincarnation—the Heavenly Path, the Human Path, the Asura Path, the Animal Path, the Hungry Ghost Path, and the Hell Path—are also set up in this space, governing the reincarnation of all living beings on the Xuan Tian Continent.

These two small worlds, one governing the yang and the other the yin, one handling production and storage and the other the reincarnation of souls, are practically microcosms.

XI. Magical Items and Equipment

Besides the Soul Refining Banner, He Damin has many other valuable treasures.

Voyager 7 research vessel: This isn't the probe on Earth, but an alien spaceship he stumbled upon! It can perform space jumps and travel between stars. The only problem is its low energy reserves, only about 30% remaining, and he hasn't found a suitable energy source to replenish them.

Array Plate: A ninth-tier treasure, personally crafted by him, specifically for controlling the protective array of Tianzhu Mountain; it cannot be lost.

Spirit Crystal Satellite: It's the special magical artifact he developed himself, which looks like a small moon flying in the sky. It's responsible for the sect's communication and monitoring, and it's even more useful than the Thousand-Mile Eye.

12. Past Life Skills (Earth Era)

He Damin wasn't a native of the Xuan Tian Continent; he transmigrated from Earth. On Earth, he was a super genius and an all-around expert.

Makeup and Disguise: Grandmaster level! He can transform into anyone he wants, even his own mother wouldn't recognize him. Firearms Proficiency: Grandmaster level! He handles all kinds of guns better than his own fingers; hitting a target from a hundred paces is basic skill. Combat: Grandmaster level! He knows all kinds of combat techniques on Earth, with abundant practical experience. Multilingualism: He speaks thirty-two major languages, plus countless minor languages, and can chat with anyone. Hacking Skills: Grandmaster level! In the cyber world, he's a god; there's no firewall he can't breach. Financial Knowledge: Grandmaster level! Playing the stock market and investing is like turning lead into gold. Chemistry, Physics, Electronics, Mathematics: All Grandmaster level! When he arrived on the Xuan Tian Continent and combined this knowledge with his cultivation methods, it was like having a cheat code, creating many novel gadgets, such as the Spirit Crystal Satellite.

These skills from Earth's time found unexpected uses in the world of cultivation.

Thirteen, Disciples and Lineage

He Damin also took on many disciples, passing on his skills to future generations.

His eldest disciple, Lin Feng, possessed the best talent and learned alchemy from him. Now, he was a well-known alchemy master. His second disciple, Tie Zhu, lived up to his name—honest and simple, with great strength. He studied weapon crafting and was quite skilled. His third disciple, Hai Ling'er, was a beautiful young girl with a remarkable aptitude for formations, progressing rapidly. Besides these three, he had nine other disciples, each with their own specialties; some were skilled in talismans, others in beast taming, and all were quite promising.

To help his disciples understand better and to pass on his knowledge, he wrote many teaching materials, including the aforementioned "He's Alchemy Canon," "He's Weapon Canon," "He's Array Canon," "He's Talisman Canon," "He's Spiritual Plant Record," and "He's Beast Taming Classic," totaling thirty-six works, each a culmination of his hard work.

XIV. Special Abilities

Besides what was mentioned above, He Damin also had some special skills.

Spatial Transfer: As mentioned before, he can tear through space and freely travel between Earth and the Xuan Tian Continent. This is one of his greatest secrets. Spiritual Vein Movement: Underground spiritual veins are the lifeblood of cultivation sects, thick, long, and deeply buried. He can dig up entire spiritual veins like potatoes and move them to wherever he wants. This ability is unparalleled in the entire Xuan Tian Continent. Soul Guidance: Not only can he guide souls from the Xuan Tian Continent, but he can also sometimes guide souls from Earth to be reincarnated on the Xuan Tian Continent—a special kind of "smuggling." Power of Merit: Because he manages the Underworld so well and perfects the reincarnation system, Heaven has seen it and rewarded him with a considerable amount of "power of merit." This is a valuable thing; it increases his luck, protects him from disasters, and makes cultivation twice as effective. Luck Perception: He can see the "qi" (luck) on a person's body. He could tell at a glance who was destined for great fortune and who was about to suffer misfortune. Finding those lucky people and befriending them could sometimes bring him some good fortune or allow him to discover opportunities in advance.

15. Current Status

He Damin is living a very comfortable life now.

Location: Naturally, it's in his old lair—the He Clan Immortal Sect on Tianzhu Mountain in the Xuantian Continent. He spends his days enjoying the scenery, instructing his disciples, occasionally refining pills, and tinkering with his little inventions.

Partner: There is a Daoist partner named Chen Xueru, who is beautiful and has a high level of cultivation, already at the Nascent Soul stage. The two have a very good relationship and often meditate and cultivate together, or watch the sunrise and sunset on the mountaintop.

Children: He already had children on Earth, and after transmigrating to the Xuan Tian Continent, he had several more with Chen Xueru. Now, he has six children: Yuan Ping, Yuan An, Yuan Ning, Yuan Jing, Yuan Qing, and Yuan Kang. However, his eldest and second eldest still live on Earth, leading ordinary lives, and he occasionally goes back to visit them. The other children grew up on the Xuan Tian Continent, cultivating alongside him.

The He family's population: Over three hundred years, the He family has expanded throughout the Xuan Tian Continent, now numbering over three thousand, making it a large clan. Those with exceptional talent are recruited into the He Clan Immortal Sect for cultivation.

Sect: Under his leadership, the He Clan Immortal Sect has become one of the top sects in the Xuan Tian Continent, with numerous disciples and countless experts, and no one dares to provoke it.

Underworld: At the same time, he is also the Lord of the Underworld of the Xuan Tian Continent, in charge of the eighteen levels of hell and the six paths of reincarnation. He is the head of all ghosts and his word is law.

Finally, to summarize He Damin's current state with a phrase he often repeats: "Three hundred years of travel, mastering all the arts of immortality; establishing the clan on the Heavenly Pillar, the He family taking root; the soul of China, the dynasty awaits its rise; the stars and the sea, his ambition lies in the heavens."

These words expressed a summary of the past, satisfaction with the present, and lofty aspirations for the future. He was no longer content to stay on the Xuan Tian Continent and on Earth; his gaze had already turned to the more distant stars and the vast ocean. Perhaps one day, he would board the Voyager 7 research vessel and venture into the universe.

He Damin, this "rogue cultivator" from Earth, his legendary story is far from over. Standing atop Tianzhu Mountain, gazing at the churning sea of ​​clouds, He Damin was filled with countless thoughts. Three hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye, yet it had transformed him from a newcomer to a powerful figure.

He gently stroked the Soul Refining Banner at his waist, feeling the pulse of countless souls within it. This treasure had accompanied him through countless trials and tribulations, and now it had merged with the Yin-Yang Space, becoming the core supporting the entire Reincarnation System.

In the distance, the shouts of disciples practicing their skills echoed, full of youthful vigor and vitality. He Damin smiled slightly; these children were the future of the sect. His gaze then turned to the horizon, as if he could pierce through the clouds and see the distant Earth, his loved ones and homeland there.

"It's time to go back and take a look," he murmured to himself. Although he had already established himself on the Xuan Tian Continent, Earth was always his root. He planned to take a few children back to experience modern life and let them know where their roots were.

As for the future, He Damin's eyes gleamed. The stars and the sea—that was his true goal. Once he had settled matters concerning the Xuan Tian Continent and Earth, he would pilot Voyager 7 to explore the mysteries of the universe, search for more advanced civilizations, and pursue a higher realm.

Thinking of this, He Damin took a deep breath, and with a flicker, disappeared from the spot. He still had many things to do: refining pills, forging weapons, teaching disciples, and handling affairs of the underworld... The life of this "rogue cultivator" ancestor was never boring.