[In the 253rd year, you brought most of your techniques to perfection during six years of uninterrupted seclusion.]
[Upon leaving, you received news of a secret realm opening near Tianhua City. The rule was simple: anyone below the Nascent Soul realm could enter. Tempted by the opportunities, you decided to join.]
[Confident in your own strength—believing yourself unrivaled below the God-Transformation realm—you entered the secret realm.]
[Two months later, you emerged having swept through the entire realm in an invincible manner. You plundered countless treasures, leaving behind a legend. No one had seen your face, but word spread quickly of "The Strongest Foundation Builder."]
[When you returned home, you were ecstatic. Among the gains were rare materials—enough to finally complete the refinement of the Root-Bone Pill.]
[Inside the realm, you had crushed numerous so-called geniuses, even clashing against an envoy of the Holy-Sword Sect and defeating him effortlessly. Through these battles, you discovered something profound: the existence of Intent—a power comprehended only by pushing martial arts to their ultimate extreme.]
[However, instead of pursuing Intent immediately, you first refined the Root-Bone Pill to enhance your comprehension. After a month of effort, you successfully produced a Perfect-grade Root-Bone Pill. Upon consuming it, your talent and comprehension ability increased dramatically.]
[You then turned your focus toward the Sword Intent.]
[Within the first week, you grasped the prototype of Sword Intent.]
[Three months later, you fully comprehended the first level of Sword Intent. During this time, you also uncovered crucial information: Intent is divided into nine stages, known as the Nine-Turn Intent. What you had achieved was merely the first turn, and each successive level demanded exponentially more time.]
[After stabilizing your newfound comprehension, you attempted to condense the eleventh pattern of your Golden Elixir.]
[By the 256th year, after three years of effort, your Golden Elixir still bore only ten patterns, not even forming the prototype of the eleventh. Still, you refused to give up.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for maintaining 1st rank in Qingcheng County. Reward: Talent – *Choice Increases (Blue)."]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for maintaining 1st rank in the Taiping Dynasty. Reward: Item Summon Card.]
[Choice Increases (Blue): You will always receive an extra choice in reward selections.]
[Item Summon Card: You may summon any single item from Earth. Relevant accessories will also be provided.]
[Ding! Talent 'Choice Increases' has activated. Host may now select two rewards.]
[Without hesitation, you used the Item Summon Card. What you summoned was simple yet priceless to your heart: a mobile phone for entertainment… and a bottle of ice-cold Coke to drink.]
[After hundreds of years, such mundane desires resurfaced within you, stirring emotions you thought long buried. As for the earphones, with your precise spiritual control, crafting them would be trivial. Regarding your new talent, your evaluation was straightforward: "A decent talent—practical, nothing more."]
[In the 257th year, the system issued a new notification.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for maintaining 1st rank in Yongcheng City. Reward: 10 million low-grade spirit stones.]
[With your newly acquired resources, you strode confidently toward the Baihua Chamber of Commerce.]