The Almighty Dominance novel Chapter 606

It took less than a week for the story to spread.

By the time it did, there wasn’t a single disciple in the sect who hadn’t heard it—Jun Jiu had crushed Hou Mei in the competition.

The tale moved like wildfire through the Wudang Sect, growing louder, sharper, more exaggerated with every retelling.

No one could fully agree on what had truly happened in that fight. The outcome itself had been… unclear. Messy. Controversial.

But one truth refused to be ignored.

Jun Jiu had never been defeated.

And that alone was enough.

The Wudang Sect stood across thirteen towering mountain peaks, ten of which housed the major departments. Among them was the Thousand Herbs Peak.

Soon, the top five disciples from each peak would gather.

They would fight.

The rankings of the outer disciples would be decided in that battle—and with it, the allocation of resources for the entire year. Support. Supplies. Influence.

Everything was on the line.

And Alex… was already at the center of it all.

These days, whenever he stepped outside, the atmosphere shifted.

Outer Sect disciples would greet him with bright smiles and loud enthusiasm, their voices filled with admiration. Some even bowed slightly as he passed, their eyes shining with something dangerously close to reverence.

Meanwhile, the number of people working in his garden had exploded.

What had once been a small group of a hundred had now grown to three hundred… and it was still increasing.

They came willingly.

Too willingly.

Alex didn’t know what to do with them.

So he didn’t.

Instead, he handed everything over to Gaia.

She built a system—cold, efficient, precise. The workers were managed like a perfectly controlled machine. Tasks were assigned. Results were measured. Rewards were distributed based on performance.

No emotion. No chaos. No wasted effort.

It worked flawlessly.

And best of all…

Alex didn’t have to think about it.

“Elder Brother Jun.”

The voice pulled him back.

Lu Piao stood nearby, one of his most trusted aides.

He carried a stack of reports, his expression serious.

“The garden is stable,” Lu Piao said, handing over the information. “Production has increased by fifty percent.”

Alex barely glanced at the papers.

“Is that all?”

Lu Piao hesitated.

“No. There’s something else.”

“All ten peaks,” Lu Piao continued, “have already placed you on their watch list. Their top disciples are wary of you. Very wary.”

Alex frowned slightly. “Why?”

Lu Piao let out a quiet breath.

“Because you’re one of the strongest competitors,” Lu Piao went on.

“And not just that… you made a name for yourself by striking an Elder. Do you know how insane that sounds? Almost no one would dare to do something like that.”

“To them… you’re the biggest obstacle standing between them and first place.”

Alex listened.

Then he yawned.

“I’m not interested in fighting anymore,” he said lazily, stretching his arms. “I’ll just surrender.”

Lu Piao blinked.

For a moment, he thought he had misheard.

But Alex had already turned away, as if the entire matter was beneath his concern.

As if the storm gathering around him…

didn’t exist at all.

“Really?” Lu Piao stared at him, stunned. “Do you even understand what you’re walking away from? If you take first place, you’ll be rewarded—top-grade weapons, rare pills… even high-level martial arts manuals.”

Alex shook his head without hesitation.

“I don’t want any of that.”

To him, those so-called rewards meant nothing.

He already possessed the cultivation method of the royal family—something far beyond what most disciples could ever hope to touch.

He didn’t need anything else.

Lu Piao studied him for a moment, then slowly nodded, as if trying to make sense of something that refused to be understood.

“If that’s the case… then they shouldn’t be worried about you at all.” He exhaled, his tone easing slightly.

“You can focus entirely on your cultivation. With your current progress, reaching Foundation Establishment is only a matter of time. You’re already at the peak of the great cycle of Qi Condensation.”

He paused, then spoke again—this time more quietly, more earnestly.

“I believe you’ll definitely reach it, Elder Brother Jun.”

Lu Piao’s gaze drifted slightly, as if recalling something distant.

“You know… for cultivators like us, the beginning is always the same. We start as servants. Then, if we’re lucky, we enter the Outer Sect.” His lips curled into a faint, almost bitter smile. “People like to compare it to a fish leaping over the dragon gate.”

He shook his head.

“But that’s not the truth.”

“The real leap… the one that actually matters… is breaking through from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment.”

“That’s the moment everything changes. That’s when you stop being… mortal.”

“That’s when you step onto the true path of immortality.”

“And your lifespan… increases by one to two hundred years.”

“Did you just say…” Alex asked. “That reaching Foundation Establishment gives you an extra hundred years of life?”

“…Yes,” he answered slowly, nodding.

Alex inhaled sharply, the sound ragged, almost desperate—then suddenly he began pacing across the courtyard.

Back and forth.

Faster.

Time did not flow the same between worlds. One year on Xia or Estoria was equal to a hundred years here.

That meant if he wanted to survive five years on Estoria…

He needed at least five hundred years of life in this world.

The realization struck him like lightning.

Foundation Establishment was no longer just a stage of cultivation.

It was survival.

It was time itself.

“One hundred years… Foundation Establishment…” Alex muttered. Then his head snapped up, eyes blazing with certainty. “I’m going to reach it. No matter what—I will reach Foundation Establishment.”

From that moment on, everything changed.

He gave Gaia a single command.

Find the best possible path.

Not the fastest.

Not the easiest.

The best.

It took nearly a week for Gaia to complete the calculations—to analyze, reconstruct, and design a method that surpassed anything known within the Wudang Sect.

Because the traditional path… was flawed.

Foundation Establishment was normally built upon five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Every cultivator chose one.

Just one.

They built their entire foundation on that element, shaping their power around it.

But that choice came with a weakness.

Fire cultivators were suppressed by water.

Water could be countered by earth.

Every element had its opposite. Every strength carried an inherent flaw.

Some tried to overcome this by cultivating dual elements—but that path came at a cost. The foundation became unstable, weaker than those who fully committed to a single element.

In the end, most people had no choice.

They picked one.

And lived with the consequences.

But Alex… was different.

He had seen something else.

Buried deep within the royal family’s cultivation records was a forbidden concept—something no one in the Wudang Sect had ever even heard of.

A Five-Element Foundation Establishment.

Not five elements clashing against each other.

But five elements working in harmony.

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