Chapter 233: Two Women Break Through Together, Breaking the Cocoon to Become a Phoenix

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

Lu Xun burned the God-Suppressing Nail on the Ancient God's head for two months.

"Friend, tell your master, the Dark Energy is gone."

Lu Xun used up another Dark Energy Brick.

As soon as he spoke, a Dark Energy Brick flew up and landed beside him.

Lu Xun drew out the Dark Energy from within and continued his performance.

Two months passed, and even if Lu Xun increased the fire, only a few meters of the God-Suppressing Nail were burned away.

At this rate, even a hundred or several hundred years wouldn't be enough to burn the God-Suppressing Nail completely.

It would likely take over a thousand years.

The Ancient God wasn't in a hurry; it just threw up a Dark Energy Brick whenever Lu Xun needed one.

Indeed, it had been nailed by the God-Suppressing Nail for who knows how many years, and trapped in this Spirit Realm for who knows how long.

If it could escape in a thousand years, that would actually be quite good for it.

But Lu Xun can't wait that long.

"We need to increase it further."

Lu Xun frantically absorbed Dark Energy, continuing to increase the fire.

His speed of using Dark Energy was still a bit too slow.

The Ancient God had absorbed an unknown amount of Dark Energy, and Lu Xun wanted to drain it completely, but that wasn't easy.

【Murong Wan's Myriad Calamity Formless Sword broke through the third stage, you gain fifty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

【Murong Wan obtained Myriad Calamity Sword Intent (entry level), you gain fifty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

One day later, suddenly, Murong Wan achieved a breakthrough.

"Has her Myriad Calamity Formless Sword broken through the third stage?"

Lu Xun felt delighted.

It had already been over three months since Murong Wan broke through the peak of the Third Realm.

During these over three months, Murong Wan should have been continually cultivating the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword.

Lu Xun had previously taught her the third form of the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword, though he hadn't given her hands-on instruction.

Unexpectedly, Murong Wan succeeded in breaking through after just over three months.

Her cultivation talent is not for show.

"Extinction Level Sword Intent…"

Murong Wan's breakthrough this time successfully pushed Lu Xun's Myriad Calamity Sword Intent into the Extinction Level.

After the sword intent reached the Extinction Level, it divided into three minor realms.

Destruction Level

Annihilation Level

Obliteration Level

Lu Xun's sword intent went straight from the peak of the Transformation Level to the Destruction Level, then continued upward.

From the entry of Destruction Level to early stage, then mid stage, straight to late stage, and finally in one go surged into the Annihilation Level.

"Good fellow."

This advancement of sword intent was too great.

You should know, the gap between Transformation Level True Intent and Extinction Level True Intent is extremely large.

Even if quantified with numbers, that gap is several times over.

After reaching the Extinction Level, even the Destruction Level Sword Intent sees each minor realm gap at least double.

For example, the gap between mid stage and early stage is several times over.

Going on like this, even a fiftyfold return couldn't shoot up too much at once.

Being able to directly enter the Annihilation Level this time is related to two returns.

One is from Murong Wan's Myriad Calamity Formless Sword breaking through the third stage.

Two is from Murong Wan comprehending sword intent through the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword Technique.

Only when these two combined did Lu Xun's sword intent directly enter the Annihilation Level.

Now,

Lu Xun can now truly be said to possess a means capable of threatening the Six Realms.

Not relying on external force, but on his own.

Generally speaking, Destruction Level sword intent can already pose a threat to the Six Realms.

Annihilation Level sword intent poses a considerable threat to the mid-to-late stages of the Six Realms.

Although it's a threat, defeating the Six Realms is still far off.

But at least, when facing the Six Realms, Lu Xun is no longer as before, left with no option but to rely on his trump card.

The trump card is used at critical moments.

Regular means have no effect on the opponent; even using the trump card often does little.

The Six Realms' strength is all-around.

"Xiao Wan, now that your sword intent is formed, break through to the Fourth Realm in one go."

"Okay, Teacher."

Meanwhile,

In the training chamber of the South Heaven Gate, Fu Yue personally guided Murong Wan.

The reason Murong Wan's Myriad Tribulations Formless Sword broke through the third stage so quickly is inseparable from Fu Yue's guidance.

Two months ago, when Lu Xun, Fu Xue, and the members of the research team were besieged by seventh-realm demons, Fu Xue called for help from Fu Yue via telepathy.

After receiving the news, Fu Yue immediately used a Heavenly Dao talisman to return to Lan Xing.

She and another seventh-realm expert were preparing to go support, but found that the entrance to that Spirit Realm had already been sealed.

Via the Rainbow Bridge, it was impossible to enter that Spirit Realm at all.

Otherwise, how would Fu Xue know that the Spirit Realm couldn't be entered?

Fu Yue had no choice but to wait at the South Heaven Gate.

After waiting a short while, Fu Xue and her companions returned.

Only after Fu Xue returned did Fu Yue learn what had happened.

This matter was naturally sealed off by the higher-ups, with no news leaking out.

Involving such a terrifying entity as the Ancient God, if the news were to spread, it would only cause widespread panic.

Besides panic, if people discussed it on a large scale, there is a chance the Ancient God might sense it.

For such beings, merely mentioning them could let them know.

If only few people mention it, perhaps it won't.

But if billions on Lan Xing were discussing this matter, the problem would be serious.

The Ancient God could thereby learn Lan Xing's location.

Therefore, the information is strictly sealed.

Besides those who have personally seen the Ancient God, only the upper echelons of humanity know of its existence.

Lu Xun's choice made Fu Yue look at him with new eyes.

Therefore, after Murong Wan had practiced the sword for so long, Fu Yue specially set aside a month to personally nourish her sword.

She certainly knows the relationship between Murong Wan and Lu Xun.

However, Fu Yue happens not to know the relationship between Murong Wan and Chu Youqing, and Chu Youqing and Murong Wan.

Otherwise, she would probably be shocked to the point of dropping her jaw.

Under Fu Yue's guidance and sparring, Murong Wan successfully broke through the third stage of the Myriad Tribulations Formless Sword.

Now,

Fu Yue still needs to guide Murong Wan to break through the fourth realm.

For martial cultivators, the third realm indeed does not require breaking through limits.

After opening all secret apertures and cultivating true intent, one can break through to the fourth realm.

"Now, arouse your true intent inward, use true intent to stimulate the true qi in your qi sea..."

Fu Yue began guiding.

Once true qi condenses to a certain extent, it becomes difficult to compress further.

Going from true qi to gang qi is not simply a matter of compressing true qi.

Like Lu Xun, his true qi has been compressed and refined who knows how much, yet it has not turned into gang qi.

To cultivate gang qi, the simplest method is to stimulate with true intent.

By causing true intent to rush back and forth in the qi sea, it may be possible to forge gang qi.

This process requires great care.

Even if the true intent is one's own, a slight carelessness could injure the qi sea.

For Murong Wan, there's no need to worry about this problem.

Lu Xun had long prepared a saint-grade medicinal pill to protect her qi sea.

Such a pill can form a thin film inside the qi sea; even if true intent accidentally touches the edge of the qi sea, it gains a buffering layer.

Murong Wan thus, under Fu Yue's guidance, continually hammers with true intent.

"Youqing, condensing spiritual power into liquid requires the spiritual wheel and spiritual abode to work together, circulating spiritual power along the spiritual wheel in the greater and lesser heavenly circuit, without reducing speed; when spiritual power enters the lesser meridian from the greater meridian, it can be further compressed—this is the best opportunity to condense into liquid."

In another training chamber, Qin Xinyue was also guiding Chu Youqing.

Chu Youqing had already broken through the fifteenth layer of the third realm.

She does not intend to continue pushing beyond the limit upward, as that would be too difficult.

Compared to martial cultivation, immortal cultivation's refinement of spiritual power seems somewhat easier.

Especially for Chu Youqing.

She has nine major spiritual meridians, thirty-six minor spiritual meridians, and via the Blazing Sky Vermilion Phoenix Meridian they are linked into a vast spiritual wheel.

For Chu Youqing to refine spiritual power, she only needs to continually circulate it in the heavenly circuit.

When spiritual power flows from the major meridian into the minor meridian, as long as the flow rate remains unchanged, it will naturally be compressed.

With more repetitions and longer time, Chu Youqing can obtain higher-quality spiritual power.

However, this process takes a long time.

Because even if spiritual power is compressed once, upon exiting the minor meridian it returns to its original state.

It requires repeated repetition over and over.

Otherwise, how could one say cultivation is a tedious affair?

During cultivation, most of the time requires great perseverance to persist, repeating the same thing over and over.

Of course, cultivation is actually also a joyful matter, especially when one's cultivation steadily increases, the sense of accomplishment is still full.

This depends on how one views it.

Getting back to the main topic,

Breaking through limits is easy to say, but the higher you go, the more time it takes.

Chu Youqing could improve this fast only thanks to the pill Lu Xun gave her.

She felt that if it were the sixteenth layer of the third realm, she would probably need several more months, and her body couldn't take it.

The spiritual power at the fifteenth layer of the third realm is already highly condensed; further compressing it could damage her spiritual wheel.

So Chu Youqing decided to stop and break through to the fourth realm right now.

After taking the Spirit Tranquility Pill Lu Xun gave her, she repeatedly circulated her spiritual power through the heavenly circuit.

Under the effect of the Spirit Tranquility Pill, as spiritual power flowed through the minor spiritual meridians, it began to change.

Transforming from mist state to liquid.

Chu Youqing kept repeating this process.

One day, two days... three days!

On the third day, finally, the first drop of liquid-state spiritual power appeared within Chu Youqing's body.

Once the first drop appeared, the second, third, fourth drops followed immediately.

As the liquid-state spiritual power grew, under its influence Chu Youqing's spiritual meridians and spiritual palace also began to change.

Finally, when the liquid-state spiritual power reached a certain level, the spiritual palace began to transform.

"Hum~"

After another two days, accompanied by internal vibrations, Chu Youqing's cultivation formally broke through to the fourth realm.

【Chu Youqing broke through to the fourth realm; you gain 50 times Chu Youqing's harvest.】

Lu Xun's side welcomed the harvest.

His cultivation began a new round of improvement, rising three layers in a short time to reach the twenty-sixth layer of the fourth realm.

【Murong Wan broke through to the fourth realm; you gain 50 times Murong Wan's harvest.】

Chu Youqing had just broken through to the fourth realm, and, as if by prior agreement, Murong Wan also broke through to the fourth realm.

This breakthrough, Lu Xun's martial cultivation also broke through to the fourth realm.

"Good partner."

Lu Xun directly called him a good partner.

Because his martial cultivation broke through to the fourth realm, it unexpectedly rose steadily, and in a short time he surged to the peak of the fourth realm.

Still not over; after reaching the peak of the fourth realm, Lu Xun's martial cultivation began breaking through limits, continuing upward from the eleventh layer of the fourth realm.

"That's right, the martial way fourth realm is the true intent realm; my true intent is comparable to that of a sixth- or seventh-realm martial cultivator, the true intent issue is resolved, so the return only needs to solve the vigorous qi problem."

Lu Xun knew why his cultivation rose so quickly.

The martial way fourth realm is the true intent realm.

The cultivation of this realm consists of true intent and vigorous qi.

Training these two can also drive the overall strengthening of fourth-realm grand masters.

For example, martial will also becomes stronger in training.

Lu Xun's true intent is no longer an issue.

Annihilation-level true intent is comparable to a sixth-realm martial cultivator.

Even some seventh-realm martial cultivators lacking in true intent possess only annihilation-level true intent.

Therefore, the system's return only needs to solve the problem of vigorous qi and the overall strengthening of the fourth-realm grand master's body.

Therefore, it is Murong Wan's return that directly propelled Lu Xun to the peak and began breaking through limits.

After breaking through limits, the consumption of the return heat flow increased greatly.

In this, the consumption of vigorous qi is one aspect, and the other is martial will.

Lu Xun's martial will is also surging wildly.

Finally, Lu Xun's cultivation reached the twelfth layer of the fourth realm.

From the peak of the third realm straight up to the twelfth layer of the fourth realm.

Such growth speed can be called invincible.

"Huh!"

This moment, Lu Xun's martial prowess underwent an earth-shaking change.

"Will it notice my change in strength?"

Lu Xun worried about being detected by the Ancient God.

With a Chaos Divine Body present, if it does not exceed Lu Xun by five major realms, it cannot perceive Lu Xun's strength.

Ancient God exceeds Lu Xun by more than five major realms.

But after a full three days, Ancient God also showed no reaction.

Lu Xun relaxed his mind.

Ancient God perhaps noticed, but it simply doesn't care.

To it, the seventh and eighth realms are just like a mosquito; the third and fourth realms, in its eyes, have no difference.

Perhaps the Ancient God even hopes Lu Xun becomes a bit stronger, because after Lu Xun gets stronger, burning the Divine-Sealing Nail becomes faster.

"Wow wow, how did your worm cocoon turn into a phoenix?"

At that moment, suddenly, Barbara's surprised voice echoed in Lu Xun's mind.

Phoenix?

Lu Xun immersed his mind into his inner vision space; upon looking, he discovered that in his inner vision space, there was now a phoenix engulfed in flames all over its body.

"It really is a phoenix!"

Lu Xun was delighted.

His act of feeding the fire silkworms with phoenix true flame was effective.

After breaking out of its cocoon, the fire silkworm truly turned into a phoenix.

This phoenix, what a beautiful feeling!

It's not small in size.

Fortunately, after Lu Xun's martial arts cultivation rose straight up four realms twelve layers, his internal space became larger.

From about ten meters in length and width, it became length and width both exceeding a hundred meters, and the height also reached a hundred meters.

This space is no longer small.

The phoenix transformed from the fire silkworm flies back and forth inside, from time to time emitting a clear phoenix call, looking very excited.