The Young Master felt refreshed, a surge of power coursing through his veins like liquid starlight.

Bzzz!!!

His pupils widened, as if he were being drawn into the very concept of time itself... Those who obsessed over the past or future often missed the moment present. He recalled with perfect clarity: "I" exist only within the moment, not in the past or in the future.

Nevertheless, with a single thought, he extended his will. A branch of time unfolded. Of course, creating a timeline spanning the entire universe was impossible—the energy required would drain even the vast reserves of his Immortal Dantian. But a small space? That was totally within his reach.

The world shimmered and twisted. Young Master vanished from the moment and reappeared within a parallel timeline—a simulation, in a sense. For a fleeting instant, even he was impressed. But the feeling faded quickly as he realized the deeper truth.

If the "I" exists only in the present, then past and future are meaningless illusions. Thus, was the essence of the Conceptual Body of Time and Space for someone like him.

Its usefulness in battle was undeniable, yet the true depth of its power was often misunderstood. At best, it created a private world that others could not enter. Within the moment, it could even reverse events—but the Qi cost was immense.

Worse for anyone attempting to predict or copy him: he possessed a True Primordial Core fused with his soul, and currently held three distinct types of souls—Se, Divine, and Sada. He could not be simulated, and no timeline could summon a "simulated himself." Thus, he also couldn't summon his own clones because they simply couldn't exist.

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(Note: The "I" as an ontological constant can exist outside the "moment" within a personal concept, but only your own "I" can exist there. You cannot summon another's "I." The "I" referred to earlier is collective, not individual.)

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Returning to the real moment, Tianmo's eyes were cold as he burned the temple to ash without any second thought, before...

"System," he said, voice flat and precise, "pray tell—how does one benefit from the new sect master privilege? Must they accept me as sect master from their Dao Heart, or is it sufficient to simply hand them the disciple token? Once they accept it, will I receive the benefit?"

[Host, the mechanism is simple. First, establish a sect. Then you gain access to the sect disciple token and the elder token from the system. Anyone who accepts the token with their "consent" will be considered a subject, and you can benefit from their talents. Acceptance does not require Dao Heart recognition, only consent to the token.]

Tianmo nodded, eyes as cold as a blade, feeling enlightenment.

"Then so be it. Let's establish the sect."

System panels flickered.

[Ding!]

[Please choose a name for the sect]

"Name?" he thought within his mind, well, anything works.

"Let's call it Tài Shàng Zhēn Tao Zōng." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The system: "..."

The name was too flashy. The Supreme True Tao Sect. Too generic. Either this sect is run by ancient monsters with unfathomable depth, or… a drunkard came up with this name to sound grand.

[Host are you sure you want to use such a name? What if someone gets offended, people in the cultivation world get more easily offended than colorful species with a life crisis]

Hmm. That's a valid take but he doubts if people within the cultivation world are easily offended as colorful species with life crisis, after all, they are only offended by the protagonist under the aura of Heavenly Dao, but now, with it out of the equation, they might not even get offended by the generic rage bait protagonist.

But still, the name Tai Shang Zhen Tao Zong was too generic. It lacked the sharp edge of a predator. Maybe he should go with something like Dongzi above TianDao, but that was too aggressive, and might offend orthodox factions.

Thinking carefully, using any names such as Tian, Tao, Long, or Supreme, will definitely attract the wrath of other factions, but well, who cares? Tianmo looked around, but there was no one who cared. Well, there was no one aside from Elser Gu and Servant Zhang so, it does make sense.

"Let's name of True Tao," Tianmo uttered knowing very well it might offend other sects, after all, the name claims to be a true Tao, calling others fake... But on the second thought, he thought it's better to choose a better poetic name.

Let's think carefully. Sect name such as Azure Cloud Sect gives the feeling of "Rising Youth" while Heaven Slaughtering Sect gives the feeling of "Bloodthirsty Demon." The Invincible Sword Sect gives the feeling of "Orthodox Hero" while the Supreme Hall Pavilion gives the feeling of "Mysterious Merchant."

The Chad Sect gives the feeling of "Rubbish."

The name should be poetic and should be able to give the feeling of "Unorthodox" yet Supreme, without the edge of going against the heaven.

"You know what... Tài Shàng Zhēn Tao Zōng. It's final."

It is bound to offend the orthodox faction, but well, who cares? If the mind is as shallow as a puddle, it will be offended by the name itself, but if the mind is deep, it will realize the truth within the name and get offended. But, who would dare to make a move without knowing the depth?

[Host, please confirm.]

"Confirm."

The black void tore open, a celestial jade token appeared before him with the name of his sect and title — Sect Master.

The token fell from the void, landing in the palm of Wang Tianmo with the weight of a collapsing star. The words were written in profound caoshu script, glowing with a faint, pulsating light that seemed to hum a tune older than the earth itself, carrying powerful intent.

[Host can now select the token and hand it over. The current tokens available are: Outer disciples, Inner disciples, core disciples, Elder, Great Elder, and Supreme Elder.]

[Once there are thousands of disciples, the Host can select the Holy Son token, the guest Elder token, etc.]

"Good. Hand me the Supreme Elder token and Core disciple token..."

The jade tokens materialized in his palm, cool and heavy as river stones smoothed by a thousand years of currents. One was inscribed with the curling script of 'Supreme Elder', the other with the sharp, decisive strokes of 'Core Disciple'.

Tianmo threw the Supreme Elder token to Elder Gu. The old man caught it with a steady hand, his expression unreadable, though the slight arch of his brow betrayed a flicker of genuine surprise. Meanwhile, Zhang got the core disciple token.

"Tai Shang Zhen Tao Zong... Young Master really doesn't put the worldly beliefs in his eyes. Well, when god is within the heart, the devotee isn't offended, but when god is but a belief of comfort, the devotee gets offended..." Elder Gu uttered examining the token, accepting the position of the Supreme Elder.

"This servant thanks Young Master for his grace," Servant Zhang cupped his fist and bowed his head.

[Ding!]

[Subject recruited successfully.]

Current positions:

Supreme Elder: 1

Grand Elder: 0

Elder: 0

Core Disciple: 1

Inner Disciple: 0

Outer Disciple: 0

[Host has received following benefits from Supreme Elders:

86 Supreme Dao Bones, 7 Supreme Sword Bones, 3 Body Physiques—Supreme Void Body physique, Supreme Golden Body physique, Chaos Saint Body physique. 4 Bodies—Sword body, Battle body, Immortal Body, God body, 5 Bloodlines—Azure Dragon, Red Dragon, Cloud Vermilion, Royal Phoenix, Void Dragon.]

[Host has received the following benefits from core disciples: 203 Dao Bones, 2 Supreme Dao Bones, 13 Sword Bones, Cloud Dragon Bloodline, Asura Body physique, Immortal Body, and Spirit Eye.]

How interesting... This is called true resource gaming farming in cultivation novel.

Just like that 95 Supreme Bones...

Plus, he has 10 Innate Supreme bones... Give them to Liu Ruyan and he will have 20 more Supreme Bones.

Amassing a total of 115 supreme bones, however, he doesn't wish to hand over his Blue Dao essence for Purple Dao essence bones. He doesn't understand the difference between them but he knows one thing, blue is like "natural" while purple is "artificial" even though, both gives the equal benefits.

It's just his personal belief, that handing over his ten personal blue essences for twenty purple ones isn't worth it. But it is personal, no debate on that one.

The color difference is only there for "systems" so they don't replicate what's already replicated, aside from that, there is no difference, and having 20 bones even gives better benefit than 10.

It's only the matter is status.

As for the remaining 95 Supreme Bones, sword bones, he can give them to his family if they prove to be useful. Well, let's focus on the sister Yufei, perhaps she can use the supreme sword bone.

As for Madam Lian and Madam Zhu, well, let's see their performance first, before making any decision, if they simply want it without any effort, it's better not to give them at all.

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A/n: What do you think? Having 20 purple essence Dao bone better than or natural 10? Clearly, 20 would give double the benefit.