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[Congratulations to my sworn sister, Song Qingmei, on successfully breaking through to the mid-stage of the Celestial God Realm! The system reward has been automatically deposited into your inventory; please check it.]

Su Mu's heart stirred slightly.

Previously, Song Qingmei had been stuck at the mid-stage of the Great God Realm for a long time. After Su Mu returned from the secret realm, he gave her a massive amount of top-level cultivation resources. He thought she had already broken through and wondered why she hadn't made any progress. Could it be that she was reluctant to use up the resources to cultivate?

Now it seems that the opponent was not slacking off, but rather had accumulated strength and made a breakthrough in one fell swoop, breaking through from the mid-stage of the Great God Realm to the mid-stage of the Heavenly God Realm. His foundation was solid and his progress was rapid.

Su Mu immediately opened the system warehouse to check the rewards for this breakthrough.

The rewards are extremely generous, including two Saint-level top-grade treasures and two Acquired Ninth-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures.

The Primordial Treasures are divided into two major categories: innate and acquired.

Acquired Primordial Spiritual Treasures are crafted after birth and are slightly weaker in power. Their grades increase progressively from Grade 1 to Grade 9. Innate Primordial Spiritual Treasures are born from heaven and earth and possess special laws and supernatural powers. Their power far surpasses that of acquired treasures, and their grades range from first-class to ninth-class.

Su Mu first looked at the two Saint-level top-grade treasures.

The first item is the Imperial Glazed Jade. It is a top-tier protective treasure that can withstand three full-force attacks from a peak Saint Realm expert. It can also absorb the energy of enemy attacks to nourish itself and strengthen its foundation.

After Su Mu refined and equipped it, he successfully unlocked a brand-new passive set ability – Star Shift.

This supernatural power does not require active activation but can be triggered passively. It can redirect and change the spatial trajectory of any attack from the enemy, reflecting it back to the surrounding enemies, making it infinitely versatile.

The second item is a drop in the ocean. It is a palm-sized cyan gourd, a treasure exclusively for trapping enemies. It can forcibly imprison a peak Saint Realm cultivator for a day and a night. Even when facing a Great Saint Realm expert, it can temporarily imprison and delay the battle.

Then Su Mu's gaze fell on the two ninth-grade acquired primordial spirit treasures.

Firstly, the Ninth-Rank Primordial Puppet. Its combat power rivals that of the early Great Saint Realm. Although it lacks the support of the power of the universe's origin, it possesses a heaven-defying trait—immortality. This puppet is forged from pure primordial spiritual energy. Even if its body is completely shattered, it can transform into a primordial spiritual body and rapidly regenerate, possessing unparalleled endurance.

Secondly, the Reincarnation Bodhi Pill, a total of ten pills. After taking it, the soul will fall into a deep illusory realm of reincarnation, simulating endless cycles of birth and death, to the extreme refine the soul's origin, greatly enhance the understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, and greatly benefit the cultivation of the Dao of Reincarnation.

The overall rewards are decent enough to strengthen his trump cards, but they still fall short of Su Mu's expectations.

Not long after, Song Qingmei, who had just broken through to a stable cultivation level, rushed over to pay her respects to Su Mu and bowed to report the good news of her breakthrough.

Su Mu offered a few words of encouragement in a gentle tone, and then bestowed upon her a large amount of rare cultivation resources to help her stabilize her realm and improve her cultivation.

After Song Qingmei left, Su Mu secretly looked forward to the next disciple who would break through.

Of all his adopted sons and daughters, Su Mu was most looking forward to Yu Sheng's breakthrough. The breakthrough rewards for Saint Realm cultivators were always extremely valuable and powerful trump cards.

Unfortunately, Yu Sheng has been fully responsible for developing new forces and integrating star system resources recently, and he is too busy with trivial matters to have time to quietly cultivate in seclusion, making it difficult for him to break through in a short period of time.

Aside from Yu Sheng, the two disciples Su Mu valued most were Song Pingchao and Tu Zhameng. Both were stuck at the threshold of the God King Realm and could break through at any time.

Both are close to breaking through, and it is unknown who will be the first to step into the God King Realm.

Su Mu's eyes flickered slightly. He desperately needed a stronger system trump card to counter the potential threats from the three major forces and ensure his own survival. His only hope lay in the breakthrough rewards from his two disciples.

Less than two days after Song Qingmei's breakthrough, the long-absent system notification sound in Su Mu's mind rang out again, two at a time.

[Congratulations to Master's adopted son Chen Liang and adopted daughter Zhou Chuhong for simultaneously breaking through to the mid-stage of the Celestial God Realm! System rewards have been distributed.]

The couple were of one mind and practiced cultivation techniques together, their progress always keeping pace. This time, they both broke through at the same time, which can be considered a rare opportunity.

The system rewards for this breakthrough for two people are extremely generous, including a total of four Saint-level top-grade treasures and four Grade 9 Acquired Primordial Spiritual Treasures.

Although the four Saint-level top-grade treasures are of excellent quality, they do not possess any particularly amazing or heaven-defying abilities and can only be used as regular trump cards to supplement the main deck.

The truly dazzling items were the four ninth-grade acquired primordial spiritual treasures.

The first item is the Shattering Void Pearl. An ultimate destructive treasure, it can autonomously create its own independent confined space, instantly detonating it and destroying everything in its path. Any cultivator below the Great Saint realm who is sucked in has no chance of escape; even early-stage Great Saint realm experts will be severely injured and perish if caught off guard. When used properly, it is Su Mu's top trump card against Great Saint realm cultivators.

The second item is the Primordial Reincarnation Talisman. This is an exclusive debuff talisman. When cultivators below the Great Saint realm are enveloped by its light, their cultivation will experience random reincarnation fluctuations, causing their realm to drop randomly for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. It's a bizarre and unpredictable method of dimensional reduction suppression, its only drawback being the randomness of the weakening effect, making it impossible to precisely control.

The third item is the Primordial Clone Seal. It can condense a clone that perfectly replicates one's own combat power, inheriting all cultivation, supernatural abilities, and treasures below the Great Saint Realm. The clone can last for one day and can be used a total of three times. It is suitable for fighting separately and confusing the enemy.

The fourth item is the Tower of Ten Thousand Years. A top-tier time-flow magical artifact, the ratio of time inside to outside the tower is as high as one thousand; one day outside is equivalent to a thousand years inside. It can drastically accelerate the cultivation progress of his disciples, making it extremely valuable and beneficial to Su Mu, who urgently needs to develop and buy time.

Looking at the attributes of the spiritual treasure, Su Mu sighed slightly, with a hint of regret: "A thousand times the time flow rate is already quite remarkable. If it could reach ten thousand times, it could completely solve the current problem of time scarcity."

It wasn't that he was ungrateful; it was just that with powerful enemies surrounding him and the situation pressing, every moment of cultivation time was precious.

A moment later, Chen Liang and Zhou Chuhong arrived together and bowed to report the good news of their breakthrough.

Su Mu continued to encourage them gently, bestowing upon them top-tier cultivation resources to help them solidify the foundation for their new breakthrough.

After seeing the two off, Su Mu waited patiently, hoping that more of his disciples would complete their breakthroughs and unlock even stronger trump cards.

……

Just as Su Mu was quietly lying low and waiting to develop, the three major forces outside the region were already feeling anxious.

Inside the main hall of Tian Sheng Pavilion, Zhan Bai, Ryan, and Asino, the three top leaders, gathered again in a solemn atmosphere.

Zhan Bai spoke first, his expression grave: "Zarzan and the other three have been on Tianyuan Star for several days now. They only sent back one message on the day of their arrival, and then completely lost contact. There has been no news of them since. Something must have happened to them."

Ryan's gaze was deep, and his tone was icy: "I have checked the soul lamps of the four people. The lamps are still burning, so their lives are not in danger. However, the fact that they have been out of contact for so long most likely means that they have been trapped on Tianyuan Star by Su Mu using special methods and are unable to escape."

Asno's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he cupped his hands in a gesture of challenge: "Su Mu is acting so recklessly, openly detaining three of our powerful allies, completely disregarding us! In my opinion, we should gather our forces, storm Tianyuan Star, and forcibly rescue them!"

This radical proposal did not receive the support of Zhan Bai and Ryan.

The two were meticulous and deeply concerned. Su Mu dared to detain three late-stage Saint Realm cultivators and one early-stage Saint Realm cultivator at once, so he must have absolute confidence and most likely had a top-tier expert backing him up.

If they launch a large-scale attack rashly and completely break off relations, and fail to crush Su Mu, they will be mortal enemies with no room for maneuver.

Moreover, all four Saint Realm experts are hostages. It would take millions of years of resources and effort for the three forces to cultivate a late-stage Saint Realm expert, so they simply cannot abandon them at will.

After a brief silence and contemplation, Zhan Bai's eyes brightened slightly as he devised a plan. He slowly spoke, "Ryan, I have a guess. We originally intended to use Yu Sheng to lure Su Mu out of Tianyuan Star, but Zhalzan reported that Su Mu had already left the Star Palace, and Yu Sheng had no way to control him. Now, thinking about it carefully, Yu Sheng has probably already completely sided with Su Mu, and the two of them have already conspired and formed an alliance!"

Ryan nodded slightly, understandingly saying, "If you have a plan, feel free to speak it. Even if it means destroying the Star Palace, I have no objection."

With Ryan's tacit approval, Zhan Bai no longer concealed his intentions and stated his plan directly: "We can send a powerful stranger to launch a surprise attack on the Star Palace territory and deliberately suppress Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng is only at the early stage of the Saint Realm, so he will definitely be unable to resist."

"If he secretly seeks help from Su Mu, it will definitively confirm his betrayal. At that point, we can seize Yu Sheng, use the Soul-Searching Technique to uncover all of Su Mu's secrets, and at the same time, we won't need to engage in direct combat with Su Mu. We can advance or retreat freely, killing two birds with one stone!"

Ryan instantly grasped the ingenuity of the strategy and replied in a deep voice, "That's right. It can both investigate Su Mu's background and find out his trump cards, and at the same time preserve the face of all three parties and leave them a way out. It's extremely safe."