Spring departs and autumn arrives.


    [ckwood 137 years]


    This time, Ethan emerged from the earth, and ckwood grew even stronger.


    Ethan walked through the family estate. It had been four years since the Thunderfire Raging Python and the n members had left. Breaking through the Competent Force was not simple, and even in an excellent ce for transcendence, there were dangers; they also needed to set up magical formations to withstand the heavenly tribtions.


    A recent message also indicated that they were safe and sound.


    [Your descendant Donna, in Chilling Gorge, endured the forces of earth and the chilling ice to temper her body. With the help of Thunderfire Raging Python and Gary, she acquired a special constitution: the Ice-Rock Body.]


    [Her body has be more robust, using the Ice-Rock Body, she can wield the power of ice and rock against her enemies. Her constitution has improved by 50%, and her strength by 10%.]


    The family''s younger generation continued to cultivate psychic powers.


    Ethan headed towards where Nathan was.


    [Your descendant Nathan has been umting knowledge and experience, attempting to break through the fourthyer of Death Coffin. Years of perseverance, although not reaching the deepest part of the thirdyer, have solidified his psychic powers and foundation, increasing his speed in digesting elixirs and medicines.


    An eighth-grade Blood Psychic Fruit has further enhanced his Psychic Constitution, breaking through the peak of Developing Skill!]


    Nathan was definitely the one with the most solid foundation in the family, mastering powerful techniques and martial arts, all practiced deeply within Death Coffin, even his spiritual body was the most solid.


    Ethan had once seen Nathan in battle, unremarkable at first, but his opponents would eventually find that Nathan had few weaknesses, and as time passed, they would be slowly worn down by him.


    This guy... a Hexagonal Psychic.


    Meanwhile, in Death Coffin, there were also the third generation of ckwood and Lucas...


    The third generation of ckwood had now abandoned their beloved heavy weapons, picking up rusty swords, with piles of sword manuals that Lucas had collected over the years, then going off to practice swordsmanship. Every few days, they would return with a grimace, practicing swords with Lucas...


    [To inspire the younger generation to cultivate psychic powers, your descendant Lucas guided the third generation of ckwood in swordsmanship. He issued them challenging psychic power cultivation tasks, requiring them to master a new sword technique every seven days and spar with him. If they lost, they would continue to fight, thus motivating the third generation of ckwood to persevere.]


    [After years of cultivating psychic powers, Lucas broke through the mid-stage of Developing Skill, his Sword Pill nearing perfection, and he began refining the supreme ability weapon, the Heavenly Star Sword, as his life-bound ability weapon.]


    [Your descendant, the third generation of ckwood, after years of practicing swordsmanship, gained deep insights into the techniques, feeling deeply grateful to Lucas. They acquired the trait: Sword Disdainer]


    [Upon encountering sword cultivators, their hostility increases by 30%, and theirbat power increases by 80%!]


    "Ahem..."


    Watching Thomas grimacing, not at all intimidating as he walked towards Lucas with a sword, Ethan coughed lightly. Such touching scenes were better left unseen.


    Afterward.


    Ethan left Death Coffin, nced at the elemental forces of wood and earth within him, and frowned, "The elemental forces of the five elements should be enough for me to break through to Competent Force, right? Next, I''ll go to Julian to experience the forces of metal and iron."


    Soon, Ethan arrived at Thunderfire Demon Cave.


    There he saw Julian still forging, Donna was the only physical cultivator in the family, but actually, abandoning the identity of the ancestor of psychic abilities, Ethan felt Julian was more like a physical cultivator...


    That bald head''s hammer was getting bigger and heavier, and his physique was growingrger, almost like an ordinary person wielding an excavator''s shovel to forge.


    "Huh?"


    Upon seeing Julian, Ethan was stunned; this guy... originally only his left arm was silver, but now his right arm had also turned silver!


    [As his strength grew, the metals he forged became harder, and your descendant Julian crafted a right arm to match his left. He was amazed to discover that with the imntation of the right arm, he found the meridians connecting both arms, storing more robust psychic powers, breaking through the mid-stage of Developing Skill!]


    [He gained the trait: Ability Weapon Body!]


    [His body will more easily amodate ability weapons, also more easily manipte ability weapons, each ability weapon in his possession can exert greater power than if controlled by psychic powers alone. Moreover, he can manipte multiple ability weapons simultaneously!]


    Ethan felt a chill despite theck of any tangible threat. Using multiple ability weapons at once was daunting. Normally, just one required a connection through psychic powers and the soul. Managing two or three was already a feat.


    Ethan imagined Julian with dozens, even hundreds of ability weapons floating behind him. How desperate would his opponents feel?


    Lost in thought, Ethan saw Julian suddenly stop forging. The young man was touching his bald head, staring intently at his legs, "With the strength in my hands, even the peak of Developing Skill wouldn''t dare to withstand my hammer. But Ick speed and stamina. If I could enhance my legs with the power of wind and draw strength from the earth..."


    Julian''s eyes sparkled brighter as he spoke, and he excitedly ran towards the Death Coffin, "Mom, Dad, haha, I''ve got it! I''m going to cut off my legs, get me the materials!"


    Watching Julian''s retreating figure and hearing his shouts, along with Mary cursing through clenched teeth, Ethan just scratched his head in bewilderment.


    Sometimes, even as a Forebearer, one felt helpless because descendants could be so bizarre.


    Thinking of Julian willingly chopping off his own arms and nning to sever his legs, all while smiling foolishly, Ethan shuddered and decided to stop thinking about it. He sat down to meditate, focusing on understanding thews of metal and fire, while keeping an eye on the pale blue screen in front of him.


    ...


    It wasn''t until [ckwood 139 years]ter that Ethan opened his eyes from his meditation. Julian was still forging nearby, working with a mold that perfectly matched his left foot.


    This time, however, it wasn''t a neww he had discerned.


    A flicker of joy crossed his face.


    "Sess!"


    [The temple guardian at Chilling Gorge has survived its heavenly tribtion! As a Thunderfire Raging Python, it possesses the power of thunder and me, which counteract each other. The heavenly tribtion brought severe divine punishment, and in the sh of thunder and fire, it nearly perished but also found fortune.]


    [The Thunderfire Raging Python has transformed into an Exploding Sky Serpent.]


    [It can absorb the natural energy of heaven and earth, causing thunder and fire to roar and explode wherever it goes.]


    [The family''s prized ability weapon, the ''Heavenly Command Orb,'' shattered and merged into its body, bing its life-core orb!]


    [In the sh of thunder and fire, it chose to forgo transforming its shape, retaining its psychic powers to sustain itself. It has taken on a second form, the Mist Serpent.]


    [With thunder and fire transforming into smoke, its movements be hard to track.]


    Despite the updates on the screen, Ethan furrowed his brows, sensing the difficulty of this breakthrough.


    He didn''t dare dy and quickly arranged for his n to assist.