Ascension to Rank 3

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"Are you sure you're ready with so little time?" Chen Wang, sipping from a cup of exquisite tea, asks with a concerned expression on his face. "...You still have a little less than six months to prepare as much as you want."

"Grandfather, I understand your concerns, and I assure you, I have full confidence in successfully making the breakthrough," Chen Wei, now seated in a lotus position, makes the final arrangements to attempt the breakthrough in his cultivation.

"Furthermore, I will greatly need to have these next six months free to focus on research in the Blood Path," Chen Wang, upon hearing these words, wears a complicated expression on his face, as he and Chen Wei have been dealing with this issue for quite some time and have made little progress in this area.

This is one of the great challenges of being a pioneer and one of the main reasons why Chen Wang tried to convince Chen Wei to cultivate Water Path instead of this new creation of his, which, despite showing great strength, lacks significant guarantees of a prosperous future.

Of course, Chen Wei, as a reader of the novel, knows in theory the future capabilities of Blood Path, as well as being full of inspirations on how to continue his development due to his Quasi-master attainment.

But even after Chen Wei's explanations, Chen Wang still, to some extent, maintains a skeptical attitude not regarding the Blood Path's ability to reach Rank 3 but rather Chen Wei's ability to do so in a mere six months.

This expectation from Chen Wang is to be expected since, from Chen Wei's observations so far, the development of new Gu can take up to years, and this applies to Rank 2 Gu, as Rank 3 does not have a specific time, with many elders proudly demonstrating one or two Rank 3 Gu they created during their lives.

And even then, these Gu would generally be based on other Rank 3 or simply upgrades of Rank 2 Gu commonly used in the clan, and even so, they are shown with great pride for most elders.

According to Chen Wang, the same does not apply to Rank 4 Gu Masters, as even the current clan leader, who has created around four original Rank 3 Gu in his lifetime, has not created a single Rank 4 Gu to this day. This could be due to various factors such as lack of time, lack of need, insufficient talent, and difficulty in refinement.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but they are generally Refinement Path Gu Masters like the current greatest refinement specialist in the clan who, in total, has created ten original Rank 3 Gu in his long life and has even helped the old clan leader do the same for a Rank 4 Gu for a while.

In fact, this refinement specialist was in Chen Wang's plans since he planned to hire his services to refine a Rank 3 Water Path Gu for Chen Wei, but this suggestion was declined by Chen Wei, who had confidence in his ability to create a Rank 3 Blood Path Gu.

"Gluttonous Toad Gu, Furious Water Gu, Weak Spot Gu, Controlled Current Gu, Elder's Aid Gu—all ready, and along with the primeval stones, it shouldn't take more than an hour until I succeed in my advancement," Chen makes a final routine check while placing almost all the Gu into his aperture, with only the Elder's Aid Gu remaining in Chen Wang's possession.

"These are all the best inheritances of the family to help in breakthrough to Rank 3... ah, I still remember the time when I was young, I had to throw myself forward to advance without any Gu to help me..." This difficult experience of his life that Chen Wang describes with some nostalgia is the norm for the vast majority of Gu Masters who attempt their breakthrough, as was done by Fang Yuan in the novel.

In fact, many could even cry melancholically if they saw the amount of help that Chen Wei is receiving to make his advances to Rank 3, which, along with primeval stones and the Gu he used in the past like the Red Relic Gu and the Gu he is using now, has already cost Chen Wang an immeasurable fortune.

This is a part of the Gu world and cultivation that has never been thoroughly explored in the novel, probably because it never became relevant to Fang Yuan, but the Gu market that assists in breakthrough is one of the largest and most profitable among all, as after attack and defense, the greatest need for Gu Masters is to advance in cultivation.

And you can be sure that merchants take advantage of this extremely lucrative business in large clans where they create various monopolies of specific Gu, most of which are single-use and extremely expensive, forcing a large part of lone and demonic Gu Masters to spend their entire life savings for a chance of advancement with a greater chance of success.

And this is for those who are lucky or capable of obtaining large amounts of money because the vast majority will have to attempt the advancement without any Gu to assist them, just like Chen Wang in his youth, who despite having the recipes for several of these Gu, did not have the resources to refine them.

"All right, stay fully focused and give it your all, and remember that I can prevent your failure up to three times, understood?" Chen Wang sits behind Chen Wei and places his hands on his grandson's back while using the Elder's Aid Gu to "connect" to his aperture.

This Gu, as you can imagine, allows someone of a higher cultivation level to help another person through their advancement, and with a Gu that Chen Wang has called Fluid Failure Gu, he can prevent Chen Wei from failing the advancement up to three times by using this Gu to transfer the damage from the advancement failure to himself.

"Okay, it's now without hesitation..." Chen Wei murmurs as he uses the Furious Water Gu, which turns Chen Wei's once peaceful primeval essence into an ocean going through a storm with great and furious waves crashing against each other.

Chen Wei grits his teeth as he feels the great ferocity and pressure of this furious primeval essence, which takes all of his will just to maintain a little bit of control so as not to end up hurting the Gu in his aperture, even though he has removed all the Gu that belong to him, those used for the breakthrough are, of course, in his aperture, and it would be a shame if they were destroyed.

So after a few moments, Chen Wei, with difficulty and with Chen Wang's help, uses the Controlled Current Gu, which does not diminish the great ferocity of his primeval essence but rather allows Chen Wei's control to increase many times more than it was before, as he can now easily create currents of primeval essence that can exert constant pressure on the walls of his aperture.

"Ah... now the advancement process will begin... I have to make sure not to overdo it and end up destroying my aperture." This concern of Chen Wei's is one of the greatest that goes through the minds of all Gu Masters who go through the advancement, as although the lack of ability to break the walls of their aperture may be a problem, it seems like a small inconvenience compared to destroying their aperture, which would lead to instant death in the best-case scenario.

But Chen Wei does not let this risk intimidate him or make him hesitate for a moment, and quickly uses the Weak Spot Gu to discover which parts of the walls of his aperture are easiest to break under the pressure of his primeval essence, which attack these points continuously without stopping, as if Chen Wei had unlimited primeval essence, which is the effect of the Gluttonous Toad Gu that provides him with primeval essence.

And so begins a process that, unlike cultivation, which focuses on moving from small realm to small realm, is slow, time-consuming, and tedious, this one is fast, fierce, and always demanding the attention of the Gu Master at all times, with each small movement requiring great skill and concentration.

Chen Wang, who observes the process while providing assistance to Chen Wei wherever he needs it, feels great pride in his grandson, seeing the great skill and control he demonstrates in his breakthrough, which even impresses an elder who has gone through this process and assisted others to do the same, like Chen Wang .

So while Chen Wang observes the walls of Chen Wei's aperture cracking and breaking continuously and rapidly for just over half an hour, which probably seemed much longer to Chen Wei, he finally sees the strong white crystal walls breaking completely and giving way to a wall of light that shines faintly.

Soon Chen Wang sees Light Silver primeval essence rapidly emerging in Chen Wei's aperture, thus confirming with certainty the success of his grandson.

"Congratulations, little Wei, now you're a proud Rank 3 Gu Master, the first step to the apex of this world, Rank 5." Chen Wang removes his hands from Chen Wei's back while having an expression of extreme pride on his face after seeing his first descendant reach Rank 3.

Chen Wei also has a happy smile on his face as he enjoys the feeling of success in his cultivation advancement, but in his head, a thought passes after hearing Chen Wang's words.

"Apex? This doesn't even count as the first step in my journey because in my path.... even the legendary title of Venerable will be just a step!"