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Chapter 96: The Innate Realm, Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm!
Chapter 96: The Innate Realm, Breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm!
In a cave, flickering firelight danced on the walls. Lee Ai sat on a stone, his upper body bare as he used a white cloth to wrap his wounds. Blood seeped relentlessly from the injuries, a frightening sight, yet he remained unflinching.
Floating beside him was the soul of an elderly man with a tall stature, stroking his beard as he observed Lee Ai.
"To withstand the toxicity of the Thousand-Hand Devil Vine, your physique has become even stronger," Elder praised.
Lee Ai calmly replied, "It's still not enough. Compared to Lu Xian and Ji Xiaoyu, it's nothing. Moreover, a new disciple named An Hao has emerged in the sect, and his talent is said to be even more extraordinary than Lu Xian's."
Elder smiled and said, "They are natural-born geniuses, but you are a genius of hard work. In my opinion, innate talent is not the most important factor. What truly matters is an unwavering Dao heart and an indomitable spirit of perseverance."
Nodding, Lee Ai was about to respond when the flames in the fire pit suddenly surged violently, causing his expression to change drastically.
"The spiritual energy is sinking?" Lee Ai frowned, and his Elder mirrored his expression.
"Could this be a natural disaster instead of a human act? What does it forebode?" Elder furrowed his brows as he tried to calculate, but to no avail.
...
As the spiritual energy in the Northern Sea Mountains began to sink, the cries of beasts echoed throughout the land. Hidden cultivators emerged from their caves, and even those engaged in battles had to pause.
Under a tree, Gu An was enveloped by five-colored spiritual light, resembling a glowing egg. He sat motionless, his figure unwavering.
He, too, heard the roars from all directions, but such commotion no longer startled him.
This was just the beginning. After enhancing his spiritual roots, he still needed to improve his cultivation technique and then his cultivation level.
The spiritual energy in the Northern Sea Mountains was much denser than near Xuangu, and even with the sinking, it had little impact on the overall spiritual energy of the region.
As time passed, Gu An's attention turned to the consumption of his lifespan barrier.
He must not be careless!
He predicted that this journey would deplete a significant portion of his lifespan, and he had no desire to perish from a fully exhausted lifespan.
Half a shichen later, Gu An finally completed his transformation into the Five Elements Treasure Body. He could feel the changes in his physical body—enhanced qi and blood, increased strength, faster spiritual energy generation, and a revolutionary improvement in his senses.
He even felt a sense of unity with the surrounding Five Elements spiritual energy, an experience that was truly wonderful.
Gu An forcefully suppressed his joy and prepared to delve into the intricacies of the Five Elements Treasure Body later. For now, it was time to continue spending his lifespan!
First up, the Primordial Yellow Dragon Qi Technique!
This technique was crucial as it allowed him to conceal his cultivation and aura.
A hundred thousand years, invest!
Rows of prompts flashed wildly, and Gu An examined them carefully.
The Primordial Yellow Dragon Qi Technique advanced to the Earthly Celestial Divine Technique, and the Earthly Celestial Divine Technique further advanced to the Innate As-One Technique!
Two advancements!
Not bad!
Memories of the Innate As-One Technique flooded his mind.
The Innate As-One Technique not only doubled his ability to conceal his cultivation and aura but also awakened a divine ability—the Large and Small As-One Technique.
By covering objects with spiritual power, he could cause any existence, including living beings and himself, to shrink or enlarge. This divine ability truly made Gu An appreciate the wonders of the immortal path.
Gu An immersed himself in his newfound insights, oblivious to external matters.
In the distance.
Seated on a platform, Li Xuandao took out a compass and began to cast a divination spell. The needles on the compass went wild, and his expression turned solemn.
After a while, the needles slowed down, still trembling slightly, but the divination result was clear.
"The secrets of heaven are hidden, a millennium-rare occurrence..." Li Xuandao muttered to himself. Soon, a smile appeared on his face as he continued, "Although the spiritual energy is sinking, which is not conducive to cultivation and tribulation transcendence, what I need is not spiritual energy but a tribulation transcendence method. Isn't the secrecy of heaven's secrets an excellent opportunity for me?"
He frowned again, hesitating.
Unsure of the reason for the sinking spiritual energy, he wondered if it was caused by a powerful cultivator. If he attempted tribulation transcendence here, would he attract trouble?
But then, he thought of the situation in the imperial court, and Li Xuandao gritted his teeth.
Transcend!
Dying in the tribulation was better than perishing in the imperial court!
His goal was not just to transcend the Void Realm but also to reach the Combined Realm!
He wanted to be an immortal and eternal emperor, just like the Heavenly Emperor in myths!
Li Xuandao put down the compass and raised his arms. In an instant, the array in the valley activated, and beams of light rose. The spiritual energy in the array swirled above his head, forming a cyclone that gradually condensed into dark clouds.
He waved his sleeves, and the lids of all the pill bottles opened. After making these preparations, he finally looked up.
The sky was dim, filled with rolling thunderclouds, and the light from the array illuminated the tribulation clouds above, revealing the gathering heavenly might. His eyes gradually hardened with determination.
He had to succeed!
...
Mastering the Innate As-One Technique consumed another half a shichen of Gu An's lifespan, but he felt it was relatively quick. This technique was far more complex than the previous ones, and it allowed him to feel as if he had cultivated for a hundred thousand years in a short period. This indicated that his lifespan golden finger was also growing stronger.
Previously, he had worried that as his cultivation level increased, the time required for breakthroughs would also lengthen. If it took days to master a technique and months to break through, that would be troublesome. Fortunately, his worries were unfounded.
Gu An glanced at the lifespan consumed by the lifespan barrier and was relieved to see that it was manageable. He continued.
Gu An invested a hundred thousand years of his lifespan into the Yang Wood Mixed-Elemental Technique!
Once again, prompts flashed before his eyes, but they did not distract him.
The Yang Wood Mixed-Elemental Technique advanced to the Xiantian Divine Art!
It was only a single advancement, but the mere mention of the word "Xian" filled Gu An with anticipation.
With two Xiantian-level techniques appearing tonight, Gu An couldn't help but think of the innate Daoist talisman within Ji Xiao's body.
Could it be that Xiantian is a stage of its own? If so, was Ji Xiao born with an advantage that would take ordinary people tens of thousands of years to achieve?
No wonder she's so freakishly talented! Gu An marveled inwardly, and soon, vast amounts of inherited memories occupied his thoughts.
As the spiritual energy in the Northern Sea Mountains sank once more, the anxious hearts of its inhabitants were stirred anew.
One figure after another, exuding powerful auras, continuously flew over the forest where Gu An was located, and even massive mountain-like demonic shadows passed by. However, no one noticed that hidden within this forest was a person responsible for the sinking spiritual energy.
This night, the Northern Sea Mountains were destined to be unrestful!
...
Half a shichen later, Gu An opened his eyes and saw that he had 680,000 years of lifespan remaining. He heaved a small sigh of relief.
The lifespan barrier had already consumed over 10,000 years of his lifespan, and he began to feel that the situation wasn't too favorable.
He turned his gaze towards his cultivation interface.
Just as he was about to invest his lifespan again, a battle pressure from the east caused him to frown.
A battle between Combined Realm cultivators!
It wasn't too far from him, approximately 200 li away.
This distance was very close for Combined Realm cultivators!
Gu An immediately stopped his plans to break through and waited for the two combatants to move farther away. If they happened to stumble upon his lifespan barrier while he was breaking through, what would he do?
Ah, if only the lifespan barrier could be upgraded in the future! Gu An lamented inwardly, but he did not panic.
If they really broke in, then he could only grant them death.
It wasn't easy to cultivate to the Combined Realm, so he hoped they would be careful.
Fortunately, the situation didn't develop into Gu An's worst-case scenario. The two Combined Realm cultivators fought for a while before they began to chase each other, disappearing into the distance.
Let's begin! First, let's use ten thousand years to calm my nerves!
Ten thousand years should be enough for a successful breakthrough, right?
【You invest ten thousand years of your lifespan into evolving your cultivation.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 500 years. With a profound understanding of the Xiantian Divine Art, you forcibly charge into the Mysterious Heart Realm and begin to face tribulation. You fail to endure the Five Spirits Tribulation of the Azure Prime.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 1,500 years. With a profound understanding of the Xiantian Divine Art, you forcibly charge into the Mysterious Heart Realm and begin to face tribulation. You fail to endure the Five Spirits Tribulation of the Azure Prime.】
...
Failing the tribulation a thousand times was still acceptable, indicating that he had a high degree of error tolerance.
Surely, out of a hundred attempts, he would succeed at least once?
After all, he had improved two cultivation techniques!
Failure!
Failure!
Failure!
The continuous failures irritated Gu An's eyes. After consuming 50,000 years of his lifespan, he felt it was still acceptable.
But when he failed after 67,500 years, he began to grit his teeth.
Sixty-eighth failure!
Who could withstand this?!
The failures continued relentlessly!
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 81,500 years. With a profound understanding of the Xiantian Divine Art, you forcibly charge into the Mysterious Heart Realm and begin to face tribulation. You fail to endure the Five Spirits Tribulation of the Azure Prime.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 82,500 years. With a profound understanding of the Xiantian Divine Art, you forcibly charge into the Mysterious Heart Realm and begin to face tribulation. You endure the Five Spirits Tribulation of the Azure Prime and successfully breakthrough to the first layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 83,000 years. Your cultivation breaks through to the second layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 84,000 years. Your cultivation breaks through to the third layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm.】
...
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 99,000 years. With a profound understanding of the Xiantian Divine Art, you forcibly charge into the Grand Unity Realm and begin to face tribulation. You fail to endure the Five Divine Tribulations of the Primordial Yellow.】
【You absorb qi and cultivate for 100,000 years. You are still preparing to face tribulation.】
When the last prompt appeared, Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.
The ninth layer of the Mysterious Heart Realm! The next major realm would be the Grand Unity Realm! Gu An marveled inwardly. As expected, breaking through minor realms wasn't difficult. The most challenging part was tribulation, which was just too exaggerated. Hopefully, there wouldn't be situations where he would fail hundreds or thousands of times in the future.
The earth's spiritual energy surged towards Gu An once more, but the movement was not as intense as before, as it was still the investment of 100,000 years of lifespan.
Gu An brought up the attributes panel and saw that he still had 580,000 years of lifespan remaining. He hesitated, wondering if he should break through another major realm or improve his supernatural abilities. The Invisible Heaven-Stepping and Grand Yin-Yang Transformation were essential for helping him escape and conceal his identity.
Aside from these two, he also needed to enhance two offensive abilities.
Thinking of this, he felt that his lifespan might not be enough.
Perhaps he should invest less in offensive abilities?
After all, he didn't plan on fighting opponents of higher realms, and the spells and ultimate techniques he currently possessed were already considered extremely profound within the Nine Dawns Immortal World.
As Gu An hesitated, he began to enhance his cultivation.
Vast amounts of spiritual energy continuously poured into his body, causing his cultivation to increase. His robe fluttered violently, as if it would be torn apart at any moment.
(End of Chapter)
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