The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  “Yes.” After the brown-haired man heard those words, he quickly stepped back, gave a bow and exited the room.

  ……

  “Brother Xiaocheng, I never felt this relaxed, especially now that my debts are paid off. I estimate that as long as I go into seclusion for a few years, I would have no problems in breaking through the Celestial Novice Realm and advancing to the Celestial Shatterer Realm.” Inside Ning Cheng’s Immortal Cave, Jing Wuming sported a face filled with joy and no longer looked dispirited like before.

  Even Ning Cheng could feel a massive change in Jing Wuming’s vitality and soul. No wonder he heard people say that a person’s vigour and soul had a close relationship with their cultivation.

  “Brother Jing….”

  “Xiaocheng, just call me Wuming from now on. Since we are brothers, such politeness only makes one feel unfamiliar.” Jing Wuming immediately raised his hand and stopped Ning Cheng from continuing.

  The fact was that Jing Wuming’s qualifications were much better than Ning Cheng’s was. Now that he had gotten rid of the shackles in his heart, he no longer had any stray thoughts. For Jing Wuming, he definitely could advance quickly if he wanted. In the future, even if the distance between Ning Cheng and he grew larger and larger, Jing Wuming sincerely did not wish to lose a friend like Ning Cheng. Lest Ning Cheng grew respectful towards him just because of the enhancement in cultivation.

  As for the name ‘Ning Xiaocheng’, he had explicitly asked Ning Cheng about it, out of the brotherly feeling between them.

  Ning Cheng did not care about the form of address anyway. Not to mention Jing Wuming being a Celestial Novice Cultivator, even if Jing Wuming turned into a Celestial River King in the future, his name would remain Jing Wuming for Ning Cheng, without any constraint of what Jing Wuming over-thought.

  “Ok. I do not quite understand the cultivation system within the starry sky. Can you explain it to me?” Ning Cheng had intended to ask this question to Lan Ya. However, he and Lan Ya were only helping each other out of necessity, and the relationship between them had not reached to the point where they could ask each other about their cultivation methods or even exchange some cultivation experiences.

  “Naturally. I would have told you even if you had not asked. You are currently within the Plundering Life Realm, after which comes the Domain Realm if you surmount its tribulation. Cultivating to the Domain Realm marks the start of obtaining a powerful ability. However, after you advance to the Domain Realm, I suggest you head to the Arenas within the Ocean Gambling City. It will help you learn many things that you will never understand through explanations or writings.”

  “The strength of a cultivator is not just reliant on his or her cultivation, but also on his or her use of abilities. You can find all sorts of cultivators within the arenas, which gives you access to experience all kinds of abilities. Those experiences are something that will allow you to proliferate, unlike the slow progress you might achieve in seclusion. I would have gone there if I could, but because of my initial dispiritedness, I did not dare to go to such places.”

  Jing Wuming’s statements were the complete opposite of Lan Ya’s comments. Lan Ya reminded him repeatedly to not go to the arenas, not go to the brothels and definitely not go to the casinos. However, the first place that he and Jing Wuming went was the casino. Now, Jing Wuming had even advised him to go to the arena.

  However, Ning Cheng did not think that what Jing Wuming said was wrong; at the same time, he also did not believe that Lan Ya’s gave him unfounded advice. Lan Ya knew that he was just too weak to participate in arena matches and would only face death. However, Jing Wuming had to fight his way through many life-and-death struggles to reach this part of the starry skies from the Graceful Star Mainland. If one did not face many life and death challenges, one could never transcend life and death.

  Thinking to this point, Ning Cheng suddenly felt as if he gained some insights into the thoughts of Shi Yulan. Shi Yulan and Jing Wuming had to face many life and death sufferings along their journey to this place. She, most likely, either felt scared or felt tired of living life always on the edge of death and suffering.

  Even if Jing Wuming did a lot for her, this kind of life, maybe, was not something that she wanted. Perhaps she just wanted some sort of stability in her life. However, coming to the starry sky, how could one expect to lead a stable life?

  Jing Wuming had no clue about Ning Cheng’s thought process and continued in a dignified manner, “Xiaocheng, if you went to the arena with your present condition, you will, without a doubt, die. However, I would still recommend you to go there. Otherwise, once you leave the Ocean Gambling City in the future, you won’t even know how you might end up dead if you encounter any kind of danger.”

  Speaking until here, Jing Wuming stood up and gave out a sigh, “Since we have already chosen this path of cultivation, there is simply no way to go back. When I had not paid off my debts, I did not feel like even mentioning the name ‘Shi Yulan’. However, now that I look back, maybe she just felt tired of having to go through those kinds of precarious days she spent with me. Perhaps she didn’t want to be a drag on me….”

  Seeing Jing Wuming speak about Shi Yulan again with a somewhat dejected tone, Ning Cheng walked over to Jing Wuming’s side and pats his shoulder before speaking, “Aren’t there plenty more fish in the sea? Why would a man suffer, if not for a wife?”

  “Haha, that’s not bad.” Jing Wuming laughed and did not continue speaking about things relating to Shi Yulan. “Although I asked you to go to the arena, there is also another benefit to it. That is, it could actually help perfect your ‘Domain’. It would bring you great benefits when you attempt to surpass the Nirvana Tribulation. After surpassing the Nirvana Tribulation comes the Celestial Scryer’s three realms, also called as the three realms of Nirvana.”

  “The first of three realms is the Celestial Novice Realm; that is, someone who has just begun to understand a part of the laws within the starry sky. They cultivate by absorbing the starry skies’ Essence Qi and is my current realm. With your Plundering Life Realm cultivation, you will not gain any understanding of the laws within the starry skies; moreover, you can only absorb Spirit Qi.”

  Jing Wuming clearly had no idea that Ning Cheng could actually absorb the starry skies’ Essence Qi to aid in cultivation and Ning Cheng also choose not to explain it. It is not that Ning Cheng did not know how to tell it; he just did not want to describe it.

  “After Celestial Novice, comes the Celestial Shatterer. Celestial Shatterer implies that just by relying on one’s own ability, one can destroy a common planet. Of course, I am talking about a relatively weak planet, a planet even weaker than our Graceful Star Mainland. Generally, as a rule, small planets without any life are considered as low-levelled planets.”

  Jing Wuming thought that Ning Cheng might not understand such concepts and began explaining things in an even detailed manner. “After Celestial Shatterer comes the Celestial Gatherer. However, reaching the Celestial Gatherer Realm is innumerable times harder compared to reaching the Celestial Shatterer Realm. A Celestial Gatherer can rely on his or her own powerful cultivation to pull together debris or something else and use it to coalescence a small planet. According to the ability of each individual, the coalesced planet can be strong or weak. However, no matter how formidable a Celestial Gatherer Cultivator is, they cannot coalesce a planet with life.”

  Ning Cheng felt very much interested in planet coalescing as he spoke out, “Wuming, whether in the Celestial River’s three realms or the Destiny’s three realms, is it possible to coalesce a planet of life?”

  Jing Wuming shook his head, “Not possible. Even the Starry Sky Emperor cannot coalesce a planet of life.”

  “Starry Sky Emperor? Do they have even powerful cultivation compared to Celestial River Kings?” Ning Cheng had only heard about Celestial River Kings as the most formidable powers within the path of cultivation. Starry Sky Emperor was a term that he heard for the fir
st time.

  Jing Wuming nodded and replied, “That is correct. However, whether the Starry Sky Emperor, the Celestial River Kings, or the Celestial Lords, they are not cultivation realms, rather a certain status people earn because of their cultivation. As for Destiny’s three realms, they are the Heaven Seated Realm, the Life and Death Realm and the Eternal Realm. As long as one cultivated to the Heaven Seated Realm, one can become a Celestial River King. As for becoming a Starry Sky Emperor, they are existences at least at the Eternal Realm. They control an entire starry sky, can cause a collapse of a Celestial River with a casual wave of their hand and can cause stars to flow backwards. Each one of them is extremely mighty and are terrifying existences.”

  “So many powerhouses…..” Ning Cheng gave out a sigh. At the same time, he also came to understand that a Celestial River was equivalent to a small sized galaxy.

  [TL Note: Size comparisons: Planets/Mainlands < Stars/Celestials < Celestial Systems (Star clusters within a galaxy) < Celestial Rivers (small sized galaxy) < Starry Skies (Galaxy clusters)]

  As Jing Wuming spoke until here, his tone once again showed signs of turning disconsolate. “In the vast universe, I don’t know how many stars exist. Even if I cultivated all the way to the top and became a Starry Sky Emperor, within this vast universe, what could it amount to?”

  “Haha, Wuming, the most essential thing for a human is fighting spirit. If a person did not possess even a shred of fighting spirit, wishing for things will only bring pain and sadness. Who can affirm that we might not end up as Starry Sky Emperors in the future? Can we not break through heavens in the future?” Ning Cheng did not feel frustrated because of too many powerhouses within the starry sky; instead, he longed for surmounting the highest peak within the heavens.

  Jing Wuming shook his head and laughed before speaking, “That’s right. Who can affirm if we brothers cannot surpass the limits of the Starry Sky Emperors in the future?”

  Chapter 0490 – Celestial Novice

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  “That’s right.” Ning Cheng laughed; in any event, Jing Wuming had already walked out from the decadence of losing Shi Yulan anyway.

  Jing Wuming understood Ning Cheng’s intent and spoke up, “Since your Immortal Cave is rented for 10 years, I will leave the Ocean Gambling City after the time is up at the latest. You can come along with me if you want. This place, anyway, is not somewhere you want to live in.”

  Ning Cheng nodded, “Of course, I will tag along with you. I do not want to live in this place any more than you do. However, I am not very familiar with the Lesser Thunder Star, where do you want to go?”

  Jing Wuming spoke up cautiously, “If there is no accident, I will definitely advance to the Celestial Shatterer Realm within these ten years. I had initially signed myself up for the Striking Order Starry Skies’ try-outs held within the Orchid Borough Celestial River. If selected, I might get to leave the Lesser Thunder Star.”

  “What are these Starry Skies’ Try-outs?” Ning Cheng quickly asked.

  “These are try-outs for the Celestial Scryer Realm. The participants must be cultivators who have not yet formed their Celestial Bridge. Therefore, only Celestial Novice, Celestial Shatterer and Celestial Gatherer Cultivators can take part in these try-outs. These try-outs are not organised by the Orchid Borough Celestial River, but by the Striking Order Starry Skies. Although Orchid Borough Celestial River is just an inconspicuous Celestial River within the Striking Order Starry Skies, it attaches huge importance to this event. If a true genius can emerge from within the Orchid Borough Celestial River, Striking Order Starry Skies would also reward Orchid Borough Celestial River amply…”

  “Wait.” Ning Cheng interrupted Jing Wuming and spoke, “Wuming, do you mean that this selection starts from each planet, then goes all the way up to Celestial River and finally to the Striking Order Starry Skies?”

  “Yes, I heard that even the try-outs at the Starry Skies level are not the end. Only the best of the Nirvana Cultivators can enter the vast universe on behalf of the Starry Skies they represent to participate in the final competition. As to what is the ultimate prize at the end, I do not know. However, as long as one could enter the Striking Order Starry Skies, or even enter the core of Orchid Borough Celestial River, the rewards one could obtain are simply beyond imagination. I don’t have any high hopes, to be honest; as long as I could leave the Orchid Borough Celestial River, I would feel satisfied.”

  However, as Jing Wuming spoke until here, his tone also heated up, betraying his expectations of hoping to achieve better results.

  “Unfortunately, your cultivation is too low. Otherwise, we could have participated together. It would have been much more thrilling.” As Jing Wuming thought of Ning Cheng’s cultivation, he could only give out a sigh.

  ……

  Jing Wuming wanted to advance to the Celestial Shatterer Realm as soon as possible. At the same time, Ning Cheng also wanted to improve his cultivation as fast as possible. As such, the two of them quickly made their preparations to go into secluded cultivation.

  Although within the Plundering Life Realm, Ning Cheng’s cultivation had not slowed down by even half a point. Within the Lesser Thunder Star, he suffered no bottlenecks for cultivation. Besides, he could also absorb the Starry Skies’ Essence Qi. Not only could he incorporate it, but Ning Cheng could even transmute it for his own use.

  It was all possible because of the Mysterious Yellow Formless, whose power relied on the Mysterious Yellow Origin; at the same time, the Mysterious Yellow Bead was the birthplace of the Mysterious Yellow Origin.

  For Ning Cheng, the present conditions of cultivation in this place were excellent. Therefore, after two years of continuously cultivating within seclusion, Ning Cheng had finally reached the grand-completion of the ninth level of the Plundering Life Realm.

  After Ning Cheng came out, the first thing he did was to look for Jing Wuming. He wanted to know if Jing Wuming came out or not. If Jing Wuming had not left, he would then quietly exit the Lesser Thunder Star to find a place to surmount the incoming tribulation.

  According to Jing Wuming, it would take him at least a few years to advance to the Celestial Shatterer Realm. However, Ning Cheng did not see Jing Wuming anywhere and only found a jade strip in his place.

  “Brother Xiaocheng, I went out. I had originally thought that it would take me six to seven years to advance to the Celestial Shatterer Realm, as I did not expect my savings to be enough to get me through it. However, because of my mood experiencing a breakthrough, I unexpectedly broke through in just a little more than a year. Since you are still in seclusion, I decided to head to the Thunder Enforcement City after coming out. I hope that you can cultivate well. If I do not come back in ten years, I will have someone bring you some Blue Coins to help you come to the Thunder Enforcement City. Wuming.”

  Ning Cheng put away the jade strip. Ning Cheng already knew that the Thunder Enforcement City was the principal city within the Lesser Thunder Star. It was the city where the Celestial Lord resided. Since Jing Wuming went to Thunder Enforcement City, it definitely was to participate in the Starry Skies’ try-outs.

  ……

  Ning Cheng easily changed his aura and carefully left Ocean Gambling City. He was just a minor character who had gone into seclusion a few years ago. As long as he did not appear too high profile, the people from the casino would not pay any particular attention to him individually.

  After coming out of the Ocean Gambling City, Ning Cheng did not immediately look for a place to surmount the incoming tribulation. Instead, he brought out his own 5-Star Battle Disc and got ready to leave the Lesser Thunder Star and enter the Starry Skies.

  The reason why Ning Cheng chose to surmount the incoming tribulation in the starry skies was so that he could immediately go look
ing for the Fire Origin Bead after overcoming the incoming trial. The Mysterious Yellow Bead needed such an object to make it more stable anyway.

  As Ning Cheng controlled the most common and garbage-looking warship to leave the Lesser Thunder Star, no one deemed it necessary enough to notice it. In any case, a cultivator with such low cultivation, even if turned into a slave, would not bring in much money.

  The 5-Star Battleship Sifting Orchid had a speed lot faster compared to standard flying weapons and devices. However, within the starry skies, only the word ‘slow’ could describe the speed of this airborne weapon.

  After flying for almost two months, Ning Cheng finally came to a stop at a barren and broken comet and decided to use it for surmounting his incoming tribulation.

  Theoretically, unless one broke through to become a Celestial Novice Cultivator, one could not absorb the starry skies’ Essence Qi. However, as long as one could consume even a sliver of it, it would bring about an effect stronger than that of a Rank 9 Heavenly Pill from the True Cultivation Civilisations.

  Cultivating for about half a day, Ning Cheng finally incited the Thunder Tribulation for the Domain Realm.

  Standing under the continuously descending lightning arcs, Ning Cheng felt it lacking something. Ning Cheng knew that not many cultivators could block the descending tribulation in such a manner. However, to Ning Cheng, this level of Thunder Tribulation felt too weak.

  After the several waves of Thunder Tribulation ended, the Mysterious Yellow Origin within his body suddenly became active, and gently loosened up the shackles and helped Ning Cheng break through the obstacles of the Plundering Life Ream and enter a new realm.