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Chapter 170: Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm!
Chapter 170: Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm!
As the notification of a successful fusion appeared, a vast memory flooded Gu An's mind, causing his consciousness to sink deep into it.
The earth's spirit qi rose, the ground transformed into a qi sea, and the five-colored spirit qi whirled around his body like a tornado.
The spirit qi of the entire island began to surge towards him, causing the mountains and forests to sway, and all the creatures on the island were startled, scattering in all directions.
Gu An was immersed in the memory of cultivation, oblivious to his surroundings.
An hour later, he slowly opened his eyes. Through the lifespan barrier, he saw the trees shaking violently, and thunderclouds rolling in the sky, as if he had suddenly gone from morning to evening.
He savored the wonders of the Five Elements Daoist Technique, his heart filled with joy.
The Five Elements technique was indeed powerful!
The Five Elements can form the heavens and the earth, although the attributes of the heavens and the earth are not limited to the Five Elements. But the Five Elements are the most fundamental, the Five Elements give rise to the heavens and the earth, and the heavens and the earth, in turn, give rise to more attributes and rules.
With the evolution of his lifespan, Gu An had become proficient in the Five Elements Daoist Technique. The myriad intricacies of the technique would be difficult to explain clearly in a short time.
He reopened the attributes panel and invested fifty million years of lifespan into the Five Elements Treasure Body for evolution.
One notification after another flashed frantically before his eyes.
Then he saw a notification that brought a smile to his face.
"You have comprehended the essence of heaven and earth for 3.5 million years. You have tempered your physical body with the true meaning of heaven and earth. Your roots have transformed, and your Five Elements Treasure Body has been upgraded to the Xiantian Dao Body."
The next 15 million years were all about enhancing the Xiantian Dao Body, but it did not lead to a promotion.
As the earth's spirit qi surged into Gu An's body once more, he decided to continue investing his lifespan, determined to bring about at least one more transformation in his physique.
He invested his lifespan in increments of one million years.
After 37 million years, his Xiantian Dao Body successfully evolved into the Xuan Miao Sacred Body.
The rate at which the earth's spirit qi flowed into him increased, causing him to fall into an incredibly wonderful state.
Just then, a powerful divine sense swept past the island!
"Nirvana Realm!" Gu An's heart skipped a beat. Indeed, there were immortal cultivators hiding in the distant seas!
The continent he was on was just a tiny corner of the world.
Gu An remained calm, confident that with the lifespan barrier in place, the other party would not be able to detect him.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the divine sense disappeared.
However, in the time that followed, one divine sense after another swept past this area of the sea.
The lifespan barrier began to draw spirit qi from more distant seas, causing huge waves on the ocean's surface as the sea monsters churned.
It wasn't until noon that Gu An finally completed his transformation into the Xuan Miao Sacred Body. In his senses, the entire world had taken on a new look. He could not only sense many unseen and intangible powers, but his physical body's qi and blood had also been greatly enhanced.
Relying on his own strength, he felt that he could easily crush a Great Vehicle Realm cultivator!
He opened his eyes and saw that the lifespan barrier had consumed nearly 2 million years of lifespan in just one morning.
Sensing more and more divine senses sweeping past this area of the sea, Gu An had no choice but to stop.
Just now, he had even sensed a divine sense that startled him, indicating that the other party's realm was likely the same as his, or even higher.
The ocean was indeed unfathomable!
He feared that if he continued today, he would attract even more terrifying ancient monsters.
He decided to find another place to continue his cultivation.
Gu An maintained the lifespan barrier as he studied the attributes panel, thinking about what to improve next.
He could upgrade his cultivation technique by one level and choose one between divine abilities and secret arts. There was no need to increase too many combat methods at once.
The numerous divine abilities, spells, and secret arts he possessed were already very advanced, and each one was unparalleled in the world.
It wasn't until evening that Gu An left the island and quickly moved east.
After taking five hundred steps with the Wuji Free Steps, he finally stopped. This time, the island he landed on was very small, and there were no demons on it, only creatures without spiritual intelligence.
Gu An activated the lifespan barrier, sat down, and brought up the attributes panel.
He invested 2 million years of lifespan into the Five Elements Daoist Technique.
However, this wave of investment did not lead to an upgrade, so he invested another 2 million years of lifespan, but still failed.
Gu An gritted his teeth and invested 3 million years of lifespan. Finally, the Five Elements Daoist Technique transformed and upgraded to the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong.
The realm of consummate mastery!
A total of 70 million years of lifespan!
At the same time, the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong also awakened a divine ability called "Palm of the Qiankun," which can gather the myriad things of heaven and earth into the palm of one's hand. How much one can gather depends on one's level of magic power.
Gu An looked at his remaining lifespan, which was over 77 million years, and felt it was sufficient.
The spirit qi of heaven and earth began to rush into his body wildly, and his thoughts were occupied by the inherited memories.
An hour later, he opened his eyes.
The sky had darkened.
Without time to savor the wonders of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, his gaze turned back to the attributes panel.
The Xiantian Ruyi Gong must be upgraded. This was the foundation of Gu An's cultivation, allowing him to hide from the prying eyes of higher realm cultivators.
Invest another 50 million years of lifespan!
Unknowingly, Gu An had become more generous with his lifespan.
One notification after another flashed frantically before his eyes, and finally, the Xiantian Ruyi Gong evolved into the Wanwu Xingqi Jue!
The Wanwu Xingqi Jue not only enhanced his ability to conceal his qi but also allowed him to change his qi to match his surroundings. In other words, whenever Gu An encountered a demon, he could release demonic qi, and when facing a magical beast, he could release the qi of a magical beast, all without being seen through.
At the same time, the Wanwu Xingqi Jue also awakened a divine ability called "Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth!"
This was a transformation divine ability with infinite wonders!
As the earth's spirit qi dispersed, it began to flow towards Gu An once more, and the ocean within a radius of ten thousand miles churned once more, the range expanding rapidly.
After what felt like an eternity, Gu An finally opened his eyes once more. Seeing that he had less than 7.2 million years of lifespan remaining, he suddenly felt that a lifespan of tens of millions of years was not that impressive.
"I mustn't enhance any other divine abilities. What if I don't have enough left for my breakthrough?"
The higher the realm, the more lifespan it consumed, especially for the Immortal Realm. Even without any frame of reference, Gu An could guess that breaking through to the Immortal Realm would not be achievable in just a few decades or centuries.
He patted his face and began to silently pray in his heart.
First, he invested 1 million years of lifespan into his cultivation!
Since you are cultivating a new technique, you will start to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong from the Qi Refining Realm.
You cultivated for one year, and your cultivation base has recovered to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
You cultivated for three years, and your cultivation base has recovered to the Core Formation Realm.
You cultivated for five years, and your cultivation base has reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
...
You cultivated for five thousand years, and with a profound understanding of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, you forcefully breakthrough to the Scatter Immortal Realm. You begin to weather the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation, but you fail to endure it.
You cultivated for ten thousand years, and with a profound understanding of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, you forcefully breakthrough to the Scatter Immortal Realm. Once again, you are unable to withstand the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation and fail.
...
Upon seeing that he had to cultivate anew, Gu An's face stiffened. Fortunately, he only needed five thousand years to attempt the breakthrough to the second level of the Immortal Realm.
The Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, coupled with the Xuan Miao Sacred Body, was truly formidable!
It was common knowledge that evolving one's lifespan consumed more lifespan than actual cultivation. This was because more lifespan was needed to evolve through the cultivation process and quickly transform spiritual energy into one's cultivation base. Compressing time naturally resulted in additional lifespan consumption.
Gu An's confidence in his current talent and foundation was boundless.
Five thousand years for a tribulation? That was nothing!
Failure, failure, failure...
One notification after another of consecutive failures appeared before Gu An, but he remained unperturbed. After all, he still had plenty of lifespan left.
While his cultivation speed had increased, weathering the tribulation was a different matter altogether. Gu An had long prepared himself for numerous failures.
A million years of lifespan was enough for him to fail two hundred times!
Surely his luck wouldn't be that bad?
As Gu An continued to watch, his face gradually darkened.
What exactly was this Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation?
Why was it so outrageous?
Gu An recalled the Thunder Tribulation he had endured before. He couldn't find any related records in the library, and while others experienced various minor tribulations, each tribulation he faced sounded terrifying.
He suspected that his body constitution and cultivation technique had something to do with it.
Enhancing his body constitution and cultivation technique not only accelerated his cultivation speed but also increased the difficulty of weathering tribulations.
Cultivating immortality truly went against the heavens!
However, during his evolution cultivation, he relied solely on himself to weather the tribulation, without any external assistance. Failure wasn't a big deal, as long as he could eventually break through. Spending more lifespan was worth it!
A million years of lifespan went down the drain.
Well, it wasn't a complete waste. At least his magical power had transformed from the wooden attribute of the Pre-heaven Earthly Immortal Art to the five elements attribute of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong.
Just this improvement alone made him several times stronger than before.
As Gu An consoled himself, the earth's spirit qi surged into his body once more. This time, his thoughts remained unaffected, so he continued to invest his lifespan into evolution cultivation.
Another million years!
Failure!
Failure!
Failure!
Gu An's expression turned solemn as he imagined the scene of failing the tribulation, which must have been extremely dangerous.
He felt sorry for his past self who was enduring the evolution cultivation.
You cultivated for forty-five million years, and with a profound understanding of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, you forcefully breakthrough to the Scatter Immortal Realm. You endure the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation and succeed. Your cultivation base breaks through to the first layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm.
You cultivated for forty-five million and three thousand years, and your cultivation base breaks through to the second layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm.
...
You cultivated for fifty million years, and your cultivation base breaks through to the ninth layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm.
You cultivated for fifty-six million years, and with a profound understanding of the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong, you forcefully breakthrough to the Wandering Immortal Realm. You begin to weather the Yin-Yang, Primordial Five Emperors' Tribulation, but you fail to endure it.
...
And so, the cycle of failures began again!
However, upon seeing that he had reached the ninth layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm, a smile appeared on his face.
The cultivation difficulty of the Scatter Immortal Realm was undoubtedly higher than the Nirvana Realm, but the lifespan Gu An spent did not increase. It took him 5,000 years of lifespan to advance from the seventh layer to the eighth layer of the Nirvana Realm.
It only took 3,000 years of lifespan to advance from the first layer to the second layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm, which was a testament to the might of the Xuan Miao Sacred Body and the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Xiantian Gong!
Nevertheless, the lifespan required did increase as he reached higher realms, which was reasonable and acceptable to Gu An.
When all the notifications ended, Gu An still had not endured that damnable Yin-Yang, Primordial Five Emperors' Tribulation!
With only 5 million years of lifespan remaining, Gu An's heart was in turmoil.
Gu An: I still have 5 million years of lifespan left. Should I invest it in cultivation or enhance other aspects of my power? QAQ
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