Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate - Chapter 492

Capítulo 492: A Glimpse of the Fifth Step

The black mystery box was the System Mall Level-Up Gift Pack—and not just any gift pack, but a Level 5 one.

It could reveal a treasure that came from the Fifth Step of the Cultivation Path itself.

Let’s open this first. Jiang Chen felt his curiosity spike. What exactly is the Fifth Step? What kind of realm is that supposed to be? He drew in a slow breath, steadied himself, and gave the command.

System, open the System Mall Level-Up Gift Pack.

[Ding! The gift pack has been opened!]

[Ding! You have obtained a core cultivation technique of the Fifth Step of the Cultivation Path — True Eternity Heart Sutra!]

As the system message faded, a small orb appeared inside the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.

It was strange—half real, half unreal. Its surface shifted between clear and hazy, as if the entire chaotic cosmos were sealed inside it… yet at the same time, it felt completely empty.

This was the origin essence of the technique known as the True Eternity Heart Sutra.

The deeper a cultivation method was, the less it could be explained with simple text. At a certain level, words just weren’t enough.

Basic techniques could be written in books. More advanced ones needed jade slips. And the truly high-tier methods could only be passed down through things like soul inheritance.

But techniques from the Fifth Step of the Cultivation Path went far beyond even that. They were so intricate that soul inheritance alone often couldn’t capture everything.

Because of how detailed and layered they were, soul inheritance could easily miss pieces or twist certain parts, causing the method to drift away from its true meaning.

Only the origin essence of a cultivation method held the entire thing—complete, correct, and without any gaps.

And using the origin essence made understanding its mysteries much easier.

Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning had already explained the idea of a cultivation method’s origin essence to him before.

So the moment Jiang Chen saw the origin essence of the True Eternity Heart Sutra, he knew exactly what it was.

Damn… a main cultivation method of the Fifth Step, and it’s straight from the system. This has to be one of the craziest core techniques out there. His eyes lit up at the thought.

The Supreme Pure Creation Heart Sutra that Nangong Wan had given him was strong—extremely strong—but compared to this, it didn’t even come close. The idea of switching to the new method flashed through his mind.

He sent his divine sense into the origin essence, eager to explore its contents.

But even after taking his time and examining it carefully, he only managed to touch the outer layer.

The reason was simple: the teachings inside were unbelievably deep and complex.

Since Jiang Chen was still two whole major realms away from the Fifth Step, it was normal that he couldn’t understand most of its teachings yet.

Even so, he still managed to pick up a few things.

He learned the full structure of the Fifth Step’s realms.

The Fourth Step consisted of the Primal Chaos, Expanding Chaos, and Primordial Chaos realms. The first realm of the Fifth Step was the Cosmic Origin realm, tied closely to the Space Dao.

After that came two more major realms: the Grand Beginning realm and the Grand End realm, each connected to the Time Dao—one aligned with the past, the other with the future.

And at the very peak was the Eternity realm, representing true immortality—something that wouldn’t break even if the universe itself collapsed.

Someone who reached the Eternity realm essentially became a fully self-contained existence, like a universe of their own.

The Eternity realm… true immortality, not just living as long as the universe—that’s what every cultivator dreams of. A deep sense of yearning stirred in Jiang Chen’s chest as he recalled the bits he had managed to absorb.

Unfortunately, I’m not ready to cultivate this yet. Even with the Wordless Heavenly Jade, my qi and blood reserves aren’t enough. If I force it now, the results probably won’t be great.

And the Wordless Heavenly Jade itself is only a treasure of the Fourth Step. A Fifth Step cultivation method is on a whole different level. It’s definitely going to be far more demanding.

For now, sticking with the Supreme Pure Creation Heart Sutra was the safest choice. Switching later wouldn’t be a problem, so he made up his mind.

There was no strict timing for when he had to change his main cultivation method to the True Eternity Heart Sutra.

And with the Saint Demon Heart Bloodline already fused into his body, his compatibility with top-tier cultivation methods had reached one of the highest levels possible.

Even if he advanced all the way to the Primordial Chaos realm, switching over later wouldn’t create any issues.

Still, starting sooner was always better. The gap between these two main cultivation methods was enormous, and so were the benefits they could bring.

Next… time to use the System Origin Force. Jiang Chen pushed aside his earlier thoughts about cultivation methods and gave the order.

System, assimilate the System Origin Force.

[Ding! System Origin Force has been absorbed. System transformation in progress: 1%… 3%… 6%…]

A progress bar appeared on the system interface.

The update moved fast—so fast that Jiang Chen barely blinked before it reached 100%.

[Ding! System update completed!]

[Ding! The value of Villain Value points has increased!]

[Ding! Prices in the System Mall have been greatly reduced. With the new pricing, Fourth Step items now cost half as much, Third Step items cost one-third, Second Step items cost one-fifth, and First Step items cost one-tenth!]

[Ding! Villain Eye has been upgraded. You can now view the attribute panel of any intelligent being!]

[Ding! You have obtained the Heaven-Defying Fate Changer — All Things Infinite Fusion. You may fuse any three targets perfectly, once per day!]

System notifications kept rolling in one after another.

The System Mall itself didn’t level up again, but Jiang Chen still received several major upgrades.

The one that thrilled him the most was the new Heaven-Defying Fate Changer—All Things Infinite Fusion.

This divine ability had once been one of Lu Yi’s trademark cheats. Its power was ridiculous, and Jiang Chen had wanted it for a long time.

Now the system had finally given it to him.

Even with the limit of one use per day and being able to fuse only three targets at a time, the value of this ability was hard to even measure.

This is insane. His excitement surged.

Since I have one fusion chance today… how should I use it?

Bloodlines were out—his Eternal Boundless Body could already fuse them perfectly. Cultivation methods were pointless too; he wasn’t ready to handle anything at the Void Tribulation level yet.

That left only one practical option for his current situation:

I should craft a weapon that fits me.

With that thought in mind, Jiang Chen looked toward a corner inside the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.

A huge pile of weapons was stored there—everything he’d collected along the way from the Immortal Martial Continent to the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star.

The strongest among them was an immortal sword called Full Moon, taken from Liang Youwen, the Palace Master of the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace.

There was also a dagger named Deadly Whistle and a small round shield known as Bright Dust.

All three were top-grade immortal tools at the Nirvana Cleansing level and had once been the prized treasures of the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace and the Purple Crest Immortal Sect.

But none of them had developed true spirituality yet. They only carried faint traces of it—far weaker than the Silver Immortal Sword in that regard.

Of course, the Silver Immortal Sword wasn’t an option. It wasn’t meant for battle at all; its main purpose was healing and saving lives.

So Jiang Chen had already made up his mind.

He needed to create a real killing weapon.