Quiet Blessing

In my previous life, I was half a move short and ultimately failed to reach the summit.
Having traveled back to the past, this time... I want to become the strongest in this world!
To become the strongest in this world, one only needs three simple steps:
1. Pick up a newly-transferred Demonic Sect Enchantress off the streets.
2. Subdue and vanquish the demon.
3. Take her cultivation technique for myself.
Awesome! I'm already invincible!
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Years later, Yan Yu, who had earned the title of "the strongest," was interviewed on television:
Host: To whom do you want to give thanks for your success today?
Yan Yu: I'd like to thank a very important woman to me.
Host (eyes lighting up): Oh, is she your wise and virtuous wife?
Yan Yu: No, consider her a stepping stone, I suppose.
Host (wiping sweat): Then... what about the other members of your team? They must have helped you as well, right?
Yan Yu: ... How could there possibly be only one stepping stone on the path to godhood?

Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

The Mysterious Realm had been open for nearly six or seven hours, but still no one had managed to conquer all the levels and seize control of the realm.


Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian, as the earliest cultivators to enter the Mysterious Realm, had almost fully grasped the characteristics of these levels:


There were supposed to be 18 levels, with levels 1-9 being combat levels, featuring enemies, formations, and illusions as obstacles, testing the cultivators' ability to react on the fly when faced with peril;


Levels 10-15 were strategy levels, which included activities like chess, guessing riddles, and solving cases, testing the cultivators' intelligence and ability to discern details from clues.


The last three levels, which were levels 16-18, would pull a person into a specific narrative illusion realm, generally testing whether the heart was complete, the Steadfast Will was abundant, or in Chen Lingyun's words:


Chapter 12 Captain Yan must feel a lot of pressure having a girlfriend like that