Chapter 589: Ye Li breaks through to Red Dust Immortal, Eighteenth Realm

After leaving Ye Li, Lu Xun looked ashamed and said softly, "Ye Li, I was rude just now. Seeing your heavenly beauty, I couldn't restrain myself for a moment; it was truly offensive."

Ye Li's ears suddenly turned crimson, spreading to the side of her neck.

But she was ultimately a Thirteenth Realm cultivator; she quickly suppressed the turmoil in her heart, and her breath returned to calm.

She turned and gave a slight bow, her gaze clear as usual: "Sir, you overpraise me. Ye Li's heart is set on the sword path; worldly turmoil is not what I seek. Your kindness is appreciated, but please do not mistake my feelings."

Lu Xun showed disappointment, then rallied: "I understand, Ye Li. Give it your all to break through. By the way, this Sword Spirit Pearl should also be useful to you."

Lu Xun handed over a Sword Spirit Pearl.

This is the system's reward.

"Sword Spirit Pearl..."

Ye Li's expression turned excited.

To her, this was absolutely crucial.

Ye Li quickly took it with both hands and bowed deeply to Lu Xun: "Sir, you have bestowed precious treasures upon me twice; I have nothing to repay you with, leaving me overwhelmed."

"No rush."

Ye Li's reaction was just right.

She didn't blame Lu Xun; instead, she expressed her feelings.

Lu Xun naturally wouldn't press further.

He wasn't pursuing Ye Li; he was binding her and needed an excuse.

Over the next few years, Lu Xun saw Ye Li less often.

After obtaining the Sword Pearl, Ye Li entered seclusion.

Lu Xun also refrained from disturbing her, to avoid affecting her state of mind.

Until five years later.

That day.

In the Eternal Star Domain, boundless Dark Energy erupted.

The entire Eternal Star Domain began to boil.

Countless Starspace Alien Species began their revelry.

The window period arrived.

Ye Li also formally began her assault on the Red Dust Immortal realm.

This assault,

caused the heavens and earth of the Eternal Star Domain to tremble.

"The alien species are coming!"

Around them, countless spatial rifts appeared out of nowhere.

Starspace Alien Species passed through the rifts, crossing vast cosmic space to launch an attack.

Battle erupted.

Many came to guard the Dharma, and some truly wished to protect it.

Especially some human powerhouses.

Some wished to witness the birth of a Red Dust Immortal, hoping that after its emergence it would purge the Eternal Star Domain, allowing them to explore it later.

Lu Xun did not rush to activate the formation.

The formation's power is great, but its consumption is also great.

Let others hold the line first; if they can't, we'll talk later.

For Ye Li to succeed, it's hard without a year.

This year,

is the most crucial year.

"She's a genius; without interference, she should succeed."

Gu Yao was also present.

Besides Gu Yao, Lu Xun brought many people—his own woman and some powerhouses from Lan Xing.

Witnessing the birth of a Red Dust Immortal would be of great help to these powerhouses.

Time passed bit by bit.

In the starry sky, the battle became extraordinarily fierce.

Powerhouses of all clans clashed with the Starspace Alien Species.

Even though many Starspace Alien Species were drawn by the Dark Energy eruption, those that came were still terrifying.

What's more terrifying is that among these Starspace Alien Species, the Ninetieth Realm ones are everywhere.

Their numbers are endless.

Even if they can be killed, in the end it's easy to be drained of strength.

For powerhouses above the Ninth Realm, killing a hundred million ordinary alien species takes no effort.

But against Ninth Realm alien species, killing a few thousand to tens of thousands strains their strength.

"Careful, it's a Twelfth Realm!"

Just a few days later, Twelfth Realm alien species came to attack.

"Leave it to me."

Twelfth Realm human powerhouses rushed out to fight.

These were humans from the Tianlong Domain.

"You all join in as well."

Lu Xun had Chu Youqing and the others make a move.

Several women and the Lan Xing powerhouses brought by Lu Xun joined the battlefield.

Lu Xun had not yet made a move.

"Here comes another one~"

Twelfth Realm exotic beasts began to increase in number.

Fortunately, there were not a few Twelfth Realm experts present, and people kept making moves.

For the current Lan Xing, this battle is still somewhat too high-end.

Lan Xing's own strength, coming to this battlefield, is actually not enough to be taken seriously.

It's only because of Lu Xun.

"Thirteenth Realm exotic beasts have arrived!"

One month later.

A Thirteenth Realm exotic beast appeared.

This is troublesome.

Because among human powerhouses, there is no Thirteenth Realm, and the Thirteenth Realms of other races may not necessarily intervene.

Indeed.

After the Thirteenth Realm exotic beast appeared, no one made a move.

"Clearly they came, yet they don't act—hmph."

Lu Xun lightly raised his palm and activated the grand formation.

The next second,

Countless sword qi surged out, slaying that Thirteenth Realm exotic beast.

"Wow~"

"What a powerful grand formation~"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing that Ye Li had such a powerful formation master protecting her,

Some who were originally just preparing to soy sauce also began to act seriously, reducing considerable pressure.

With the passage of time, star void exotic beasts became even more ferocious.

Soon, another Thirteenth Realm exotic beast appeared.

This time, finally a Thirteenth Realm took action—this was a Thirteenth Realm of the Dragonfolk.

After a Thirteenth Realm acted, the situation eased somewhat.

But, after the sixth month, the situation again turned critical.

More star void exotic beasts came.

Their number seemed endless.

Twelfth Realm and Thirteenth Realm exotic beasts grew more numerous.

The most dangerous moment saw ten of them arrive at once.

"How did these guys grow like this!"

Although Lu Xun used the killing formation to slay these star void exotic beasts, he still felt a headache.

The consumption was too great.

He was not distressed by the consumption.

Rather, he feared he could not hold out until Ye Li broke through.

Fortunately, besides the Dragonfolk, another Thirteenth Realm took action—this Thirteenth Realm looked like an elf.

With two Thirteenth Realms acting, they shared considerable pressure.

"It's too difficult."

Lu Xun couldn't help but sigh.

Becoming a Red Dust Immortal is indeed difficult.

Even with Thirteenth Realm Dharma Protectors, it remains difficult.

Mainly because the star void exotic beasts are simply too many.

"The main event should be coming, right?"

Lu Xun gazed into the depths of the starry sky.

Indeed.

In the eighth month of Ye Li's assault on the Red Dust Immortal,

Fourteenth Realm exotic beasts arrived.

Upon arrival, they were not just one, but three.

"All enter the formation!"

Lu Xun shouted loudly.

Now we will see how his laid grand formation fares.

Powerhouses of all races entered the grand formation one after another.

Some, seeing the situation was unfavorable, simply slipped away.

Or retreated far off to watch the battle.

"Hold them!"

The two Thirteenth Realms each blocked one, while another charged toward Ye Li.

Lu Xun's killing formation could only stall it.

Fortunately, Lu Xun had prepared early, using a trapping formation to buy time.

With his current strength, there really is no way to deal with this fourteenth-realm star void exotic beast.

The two thirteenth-realm ones could only block it, unable to kill.

The fourteenth-realm exotic beast is inherently extremely special.

The female sword immortal can kill it because she cultivates the sword.

The sword, its main purpose is killing.

Its combat power is extraordinarily fierce.

"How come another one has appeared!"

After barely managing to stall for a month, another one has shown up.

That makes four!

"Hah, she's going to fail."

In the dark, there are still thirteenth-realm beings.

But these thirteenth-realm ones are not preparing to act.

"Failure? Impossible!"

Lu Xun has set this up for so long and even bound Ye Li; how could he tolerate her failure?

"Come on!"

Lu Xun moved his hand.

Instantly, in the Eternal Star Domain, countless stellar powers were drawn down.

The multiple grand formations he had set up were strengthened again.

Now, even if two fourteenth-realm beasts charged simultaneously, they were both stalled.

"Hah."

In the dark, a thirteenth-realm being coldly laughed.

He did not think Lu Xun's doing this was useful.

Because the true great terror has not yet arrived.

Back then,

The Eternal Star Domain once had many Red Dust Immortals.

Back then, Red Dust Immortals could remain in the universe for long periods.

Yet even so, the Eternal Star Domain was shattered.

Of course, in that battle, many who could threaten the existence of Red Dust Immortals were also slain.

But this does not mean there are none in the present Eternal Star Domain.

"Boom~"

"Indeed."

One month later, a fifteenth-realm star void exotic beast came to kill.

This star void exotic beast is terrifying, a fire-bodied bird whose size rivals a star.

As soon as it appears, it burns straight through space itself.

Upon appearing, it did not attack directly, but flew to a star and sucked in a breath.

That star, upon being sucked by it, instantly dimmed.

"It's over!"

"Fifteenth-realm! Only a Red Dust Immortal can handle this!"

Everyone fell into despair.

Under this starry sky now, there is simply no fifteenth-realm.

"We're doomed!"

Lu Xun also despaired.

Of course.

He still had a way.

Over these years, Lu Xun has done quite a lot.

For example, at various ancient road nodes, he used Spirit Gathering Grand Formations to collect Dark Energy.

Over a hundred years, Lu Xun has obtained far too much Dark Energy.

Moreover, Lu Xun has helped Ye Li so much; she is not without recompense.

From her, Lu Xun likewise obtained over a hundred million cubic units of Dark Energy.

Lu Xun also held auctions of immortal-rank pills of ten grade and above in the Heavenly Dragon Domain, gaining vast amounts of Dark Energy.

Present-day Lu Xun.

His body's chaotic cells have long been filled with Dark Energy.

This let his body reach a strength truly comparable to true immortals and gods.

Of course, this refers only to bodily strength, not combat power.

Here, the immortals and gods are no longer false ones.

But rather true immortals and true gods, complete true immortals surpassing Red Dust Immortals.

Therefore, Lu Xun can withstand it with his body.

But his body is too small; even transformed into a chaotic dragon, it's still a bit small, unable to block the fifteenth-realm exotic beast.

One hit from them sent him flying; even if he wasn't hurt, what good would that do?

So, Lu Xun still had one last move.

That is, to turn himself into the formation's core.

Through the Ninefold Grand Formation, he would let all the damage fall upon himself.

Lu Xun had planned this move long ago.

"Come on!"

The Ninth Layer Formation activated, successfully turning Lu Xun into the formation's core.

This layer of the formation was the final one, Lu Xun's ultimate trump card.

As soon as the formation activated, in an instant.

All the damage suffered by those defending the formation fell upon Lu Xun.

The attack of one Fifteenth Realm and several Fourteenth Realm beings was terrifying.

Even a Spirit Star as fearsome as Lan Xing, a heaven-earth powerhouse of the present, would be shattered outright.

Ordinary stars need not be mentioned; before them they were no different from tofu.

Even stars were nothing.

But Lu Xun's Chaotic Body actually managed to withstand it.

"Hold on!"

Although he withstood it, each blow consumed a terrifying amount of the Dark Energy within Lu Xun's body.

Fortunately, Lu Xun still had plenty of Dark Energy on hand to replenish.

"He actually used himself as the formation?"

Some of the Bright Hall's experts, upon seeing this, were secretly shocked.

Lu Xun was astonishingly fierce, using himself as the formation to withstand the attack of one Fifteenth Realm and a group of Fourteenth Realm aberrations.

"Who is this person?"

All the experts' gazes gathered upon Lu Xun.

"He's still going to die."

A Thirteenth Realm expert sneered.

Yes.

Trouble was coming.

After realizing they couldn't break the Defensive Grand Formation, the Fifteenth Realm aberration changed its strategy.

All that could be seen was it flying up to a star and sucking it in with its mouth.

That star was directly sucked dim.

Other Fourteenth Realm aberrations, inspired by it, likewise began attacking stars.

Under their assault, some stars entered supernova state billions of years early and then erupted all at once.

Fortunately,

Everyone present was a powerhouse capable of entering stars.

When a supernova explodes, as long as one isn't at the center, there's basically no problem.

But this caused trouble for Lu Xun's Ninefold Grand Formation.

The formation's power was weakening.

"It's over!"

Lu Xun also fell into despair.

He was still too optimistic.

He thought he could solve everything.

The result.

Reality still dealt him a heavy blow.

Stars were being destroyed one after another.

Before the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Realms, they were far too fragile.

No wonder,

The Ancient Immortal Society placed its inheritance before hundreds of Ancient Road nodes.

If placed later, his inheritance could not be retained.

The horror of the Eternal Star Domain also gave Lu Xun a clear understanding.

Here, it was indeed a little too terrifying.

Finally,

When enough stars had been destroyed.

The formation was gone.

"Everyone, come in!"

Lu Xun had all the women enter the Inner Realm Space; if that wasn't possible, he could still flee with them and Ye Li.

His body was too hard.

But that would mean Ye Li would fail.

That was also unavoidable.

Just as Lu Xun was about to flee.

Suddenly, the entire starry sky was completely shrouded by an indescribably brilliant light.

That light was so fierce, so pure, like the first ray of dawn when the universe was born, as if myriad stars ignited and burned out in the same instant.

It swallowed everything—stars, dust, sight, and consciousness—whole.

【Ye Li broke through the Red Dust Immortal, you gain 110 times Ye Li's harvest.】

The system's prompt appeared.

Ye Li.

She actually broke through at the critical moment!

And her breakthrough also caused Lu Xun's cultivation to begin a frenzied increase.

Ye Li cultivates the sword.

She follows the Sword Dao.

This path counts as martial dao, but it differs considerably from Lan Xing's current martial dao.

Just like the power within Ye Li's body is sword essence.

But there is also commonality afterward.

After it was returned, it caused Lu Xun's sword dao cultivation to break through frenziedly.

In a short time he rose straight to the Tenth Realm, then eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth.

Until fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth.

Finally, he stopped at the Eighteenth Realm!

He did not break through the Red Dust Immortal.

But.

There is a consensus in the starry sky.

Above the Fifteenth Realm, each breakthrough is harder than the Red Dust Immortal.

Reaching the Fourteenth Realm is extremely difficult, the Fifteenth Realm is even more so, let alone the Eighteenth Realm.

This is unprecedented.