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Chapter 237: Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm!
Chapter 237: Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm!
Not long after the new spring, the world was brimming with the vitality of all living things.
Gu An took a step into the air, admiring the ocean scenery along his path.
Despite the widespread rumors of the Apocalypse Sea Tide, the ocean remained calm and showed no signs of impending doom.
He extended his spiritual sense, searching for a suitable place to break through. He had already traveled a great distance from the continent, and with his current cultivation, each step of his Infinite Selfless Step could cover dozens of times the span of the continent. This gave him an idea of just how far this ocean was from the mainland.
The vitality of the creatures in the ocean was incredibly dense, far surpassing that of the continent. Moreover, the demonic beasts here had extremely high cultivations. He even spotted a giant whale at the Scatter Immortal Realm, which was half the size of a continent. It could swallow entire regions with just one bite—an exaggeration, but one that highlighted its immense size.
In this place, the presence of human cultivators became rare. Any cultivator traces he occasionally sensed belonged to those at the Immortal Realm.
One had to be at the Nirvana Realm to dare to venture into these waters.
Finally, Gu An's gaze landed on a massive island. It teemed with countless creatures, even including a force of hundreds of thousands of demons. Most of the demon soldiers were gathered in the plains for training, and the most potent demon had reached the second layer of the Scatter Immortal Realm.
Gu An, at the ninth layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm, stealthily infiltrated the island's forest and sat down to meditate under a tree, activating his Lifespan Barrier.
Instead of attempting a breakthrough immediately, he first extended his spiritual sense to observe his surroundings.
Within the range of his spiritual sense, he detected the auras of wandering immortals. Fortunately, there were no Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals.
Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals were always a minority, rarely encountered by mortal beings. After all, they had the ability to leave this world entirely.
When Gu An expanded his spiritual sense to its maximum range, he still didn't spot any Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals, which finally put him at ease.
While none could be seen on the sea, if one looked up at the sky, they would see Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals coming and going daily, like meteors streaking across the horizon.
Gu An retracted his spiritual sense and summoned his attribute panel.
Name: Gu An
Lifespan: 128/16,890,764
Body: Profound Mystic Holy Body
Cultivation: Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm, Ninth Layer
...
'I wonder if spending 10 million years of lifespan will allow me to break through to a higher realm?'
Advancing from the eighth layer to the ninth layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm required three million years of lifespan. If he failed in his attempt to reach an even higher realm, he would have to wait for at least three million years before trying again.
A hundred failures would mean at least three hundred million years of lifespan, a thought that made him anxious.
As long as he could break through to a higher realm with a hundred million years of lifespan, he would consider himself lucky.
Therefore, he dared not enhance his cultivation technique or body and instead decided to go all out on his realm!
Gu An took a deep breath and first invested a hundred million years of his lifespan to test the waters.
[You have cultivated for 50,000 years. Using the profound mastery of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qigong, you forcibly charge into the Carefree Immortal Realm and begin to cross the tribulation. You fail to endure the Tribulation of the Ultimate Daoist Cycle of Reincarnation.]
[You have cultivated for 100,000 years. Using the profound mastery of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qigong, you forcibly charge into the Carefree Immortal Realm and begin to cross the tribulation. You fail to endure the Tribulation of the Ultimate Daoist Cycle of Reincarnation.]
...
'A tribulation every 50,000 years? That's harsh!'
Gu An felt anxious as he watched the constant stream of failure prompts in front of him.
A hundred million years of lifespan had resulted in only twenty failures...
It would take five million years of lifespan to attempt a hundred breakthroughs...
Gu An grew more nervous the more he thought about it. With a resolute heart, he directly invested five million years of lifespan into his cultivation!
Failure!
Failure!
Gu An didn't even bother to look closely. As long as the length of the prompt didn't increase, it meant nothing but failure.
In the end, all five million years of lifespan were for naught, resulting in another hundred failures.
This Carefree Immortal Realm was incredibly challenging to break through. No wonder he had never heard of it in the real world. There were legends of Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals on the ocean, but none of the Carefree Immortals.
Gu An summoned his attribute panel again and felt slightly relieved to see that he still had a thousand million years of lifespan remaining.
Another five million years of lifespan, then!
He refused to believe that he couldn't break through!
Prompt after prompt flashed by, but there was no movement of spiritual energy within the Lifespan Barrier. The leaves above him rustled in the wind, their whispering sounding like malicious taunts.
It was as if the Lifespan Barrier itself was mocking him.
Incredibly, the second batch of five million years resulted in nothing but failures as well! He had already spent one billion and one hundred million years of lifespan and had failed two hundred and twenty times!
'If I had raised my cultivation technique and body first, would I have been able to break through today?'
However, even if he didn't break through, his strength would have increased. But now, if he failed entirely, he would have nothing to show for it.
Gu An couldn't accept such failure. He continued to invest, this time with fifty million years of lifespan.
Failure after failure flashed before his eyes, but finally, the prompt suddenly lengthened, filling him with elation.
Here it comes!
[You have cultivated for 350,000 years. Using the profound mastery of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qigong, you forcibly charge into the Carefree Immortal Realm and begin to cross the tribulation. You endure the Tribulation of the Ultimate Daoist Cycle of Reincarnation and succeed. Your cultivation breaks through to the first layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm.]
[You have cultivated for 410,000 years. Your cultivation breaks through to the second layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm.]
[You have cultivated for 470,000 years. Your cultivation breaks through to the third layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm.]
[You have cultivated for 500,000 years. Your cultivation has increased.]
'Six million years for a minor realm... This Carefree Immortal Realm is indeed ruthless.'
Gu An's heart stirred as the Lifespan Barrier finally sprang into action, channeling the earth's spiritual energy into his body.
He didn't waste any time and continued to invest his lifespan into his cultivation.
His minor realm could only reach nine layers, and he wasn't accustomed to showing himself at the first to eighth layers, as it gave him no sense of security.
In the end, he spent another four million nine hundred thousand years of lifespan to reach the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm.
Surprisingly, it took him fifteen million years of lifespan to get from the eighth layer to the ninth layer! This breakthrough had cost him nearly one billion two hundred million years of lifespan to break through to the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm, which was truly terrifying.
Boom!
The ground rumbled as spiritual energy surged like a tidal wave, enveloping the grass within the barrier.
The spiritual energy of the entire island and the surrounding sea suddenly sank, startling all living creatures and leaving them in a panic.
The influence of the Lifespan Barrier continued to expand, and the immense amount of spiritual energy required to advance from the ninth layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm to the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm caused countless ocean demons to surge out of the sea after just a few breaths.
The heavens and earth boiled!
The island erupted into an uproar, with the demons howling and roaring, deafening to the ears.
Gu An watched as one formed demon after another glided over the treetops, the island's demons thinking that enemies were attacking.
Gu An closed his eyes and began to sense the changes in his body.
He wanted to see what was so extraordinary about the Carefree Immortal Realm that made it so difficult to break through.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a vast epiphany blossomed in Gu An's mind, like a cosmic big bang, with countless pieces of information flooding into his brain.
The rules of heaven and earth!
Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals must cultivate the Five Elements Path to glimpse higher realms. Once the Five Elements are perfected, one can comprehend the rules of heaven and earth.
All things in the world are composed of invisible and intangible rule power. The Five Elements are the foundation, just as the Tao Te Ching says, "The Tao produces One, One life Two, Two produce Three, and Three produce all things."
The Carefree Immortal Realm is the realm of comprehending the rules of heaven and earth. Upon reaching this level, one will completely transcend the heavens and earth and be truly carefree. One's primordial spirit undergoes a baptism of the rules of heaven and earth, achieving transcendence.
His Golden Core and Mysterious Heart are currently transforming into a higher existence, with the Golden Core accumulating the power of the rules of heaven and earth, forming his own Dao.
What is Dao? Dao encompasses everything—cultivation techniques, magic, divine abilities, and everything related to his existence is his Dao!
The Golden Core gives birth to Dao and transforms into the Primordial Dan!
No wonder the Primordial Infant and the Golden Core exist independently. The Primordial Infant transforms into the Primordial Spirit, the Golden Core transforms into Dao, and Gu An speculates that at some future realm, these two will merge, and he will become the embodiment of Dao.
Time passed quickly, and as the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth sank faster and faster, the cloud sea above roiled violently, as if it were about to collapse along with the sinking spiritual energy. The island's demons were terrified and formed arrays, hiding within the island, afraid to go out.
Fortunately, no demons intruded on the Lifespan Barrier!
After half an hour, Gu An successfully transformed into a Carefree Immortal!
Transcending the rules of heaven and earth is truly carefree!
Where the Dao is, one's will can reach!
What is the place of Dao? Places that possess his Dao, where his legacy resides, are all places of Dao. He can easily escape to them and control their cause and effect!
Gu An realized that the Dao of Cause and Effect was a very special technique. As his realm improved, his control over cause and effect became more profound.
Cause and effect are the invisible forces generated by the interactions of all living beings. There is cause and then effect, and the infinite cause and effect converge to form the world!
After breaking through to the grand realm, Gu An's cultivation began to soar.
The Primordial Dan had already concluded his own Dao, and all the cause and effect related to him would be presented in his Dao. He was on his way to a realm of omniscience and omnipresence.
First, understand all his own cause and effect, and at a higher realm, he might be able to peek into the cause and effect of everything!
After a full three hours, night fell, and Gu An finally reached the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm.
His spiritual sense range continued to expand, and he discovered that this time, the Lifespan Barrier drew earth's spiritual energy from a vast area, far exceeding the range of his spiritual sense when he was at the ninth layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.
Because it was so vast, no humans or demons could detect the critical place where the spiritual energy sank.
When the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth no longer surged into Gu An's body, he slowly stood up and opened his eyes.
He instantly transformed into a ray of light that dissipated on the spot.
Immediately afterward, he arrived in front of a mansion. Because it was late at night, there were no pedestrians on the street, but the mansion was brightly lit.
He looked up and saw two characters carved on the plaque.
Princess Manor!
Through the Dao of his Primordial Dan, he descended upon the Princess Manor, which possessed his cause and effect.
That's right, it was a descent, not a teleportation!
Descent leaves no trace between two places, transcending the rules of heaven and earth and descending upon another place in a higher-dimensional manner.
It was as if he were wandering in his own Dao!
This feeling was quite wonderful.
Gu An stepped towards the Princess Manor, the place where he was born and where he had lived since he was a child.
He took one step into the mansion's gate and walked in the courtyard.
An old servant carrying a lantern walked towards him and collided with his body, passing through each other.
This was also the mystery of the Carefree Immortal Realm!
Mortals cannot be spied upon, nor can they be touched!
No wonder there were no legends of Carefree Immortals in the world. Gu An felt a sense of omnipotence for the first time.
(End of Chapter)
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