Chapter 1406: Immaculate Immortal Body (Part Two)

"This time I will definitely step onto the Immortal Ascension Platform and prove my strength!" A handsome cultivator in blue robes let out a long whistle and was the first to rush onto the stairs.

"How could my Imperial Abyss Ravine fall behind others? I must have a place on the Immortal Ascension Platform!"

Another agile student appeared, transforming into a streak of rainbow light as he flew toward the Immortal Ascension Platform, surpassing the blue-robed cultivator in an instant.

The Immortal Ascension Platform trial also has a time limit, lasting only half an hour; once time is up, the platform will vanish, so no one dares to delay—everyone exerted their full effort and rushed forward the moment the trial began.

In the crowded throng, Luo Quan and Wang Yan were quickly separated, as everyone scrambled forward in haste, while Luo Quan walked slowly, as if taking a leisurely stroll.

Anyway, with her current cultivation, she couldn't even cross the first step, so why waste energy running? The urgent task was to figure out the secret of the Immortal Ascension Platform and obtain the Immaculate Immortal Body.

Thus, a peculiar scene appeared on the trial ground.

Everyone had already climbed onto the stairs and was straining forward, while only Luo Quan remained outside the trial area, wandering about as if utterly unconcerned.

And the proud ones on the seven-colored auspicious clouds also noticed Luo Quan's unconventional behavior.

"Hey, look—isn't that Su Quan? Why hasn't she gone in yet?"

"Back when we took the trial, we feared falling behind others, but this Su Quan is so relaxed, even strolling leisurely."

"Some people are just lucky—they can enter the sect without climbing the Immortal Ascension Platform; why bother with these trivial concerns?"

"Say a few less words—she's Zi Yan's sister, and from now on we'll be fellow disciples; give her some face."

The discussion sparked by Luo Quan didn't last long, though her performance was indeed somewhat laughable.

But everyone also knew her identity; no matter how poorly she performed now, they would certainly become fellow disciples later, so a couple of laughs were enough—no need to dwell on it.

As for Su Zi Yan, she showed no sign of anger; she had long grown accustomed to her sister's lazy and mediocre demeanor.

Everyone in the Infinite Immortal Sect knows that Su Zi Yan's brother, Su Quan, is a good-for-nothing.

But being a good-for-nothing doesn't mean one is useless; Luo Quan wandered for a while and finally stepped into the trial ground.

And at the moment she entered, the long-silent system suddenly spoke: "The spiritual energy concentration inside is extremely high! If I circulate the Infinite Art here, my cultivation speed will be a hundred times that of the outside world!"

"Fortune turns at last!"

Luo Quan's heart trembled violently; her previous lack of interest in the Immortal Ascension Platform trial instantly turned into intense excitement.

Without needing the system's reminder, Luo Quan immediately sat down and began circulating the Infinite Art with all her might.

Sure enough, as the system said, after just one cycle of circulation, Luo Quan found her meridians already filled with spiritual energy.

However, limited by her current low cultivation in the Dao of Immortals, the speed at which she could convert spiritual energy into cultivation could not match her absorption rate.

Even so, Luo Quan only needed the time it takes to burn half an incense stick to break through from Qi Refining Layer One all the way to Qi Refining Layer Eight!

"Host, this is the first step of the Immortal Ascension Platform; with your current cultivation, you can already move forward—perhaps the spiritual energy concentration on the second step is even higher!"

The system urgently reminded Luo Quan.

"Makes sense."

Luo Quan flipped up from the ground and stepped forward.

By the time she had just entered the first step, she felt her feet tangled by an invisible force, creating a sticky resistance.

It was as if her legs were bound with water-soaked cotton, each step requiring tremendous effort.

But now, Luo Quan's steps were light and swift, as if she were walking on ordinary ground.

Although this is only the first step of the Immortal Ascension Platform—something nearly all students can pass easily—few can stride forward as freely as she does.

Most move forward one footprint at a time; without sufficient strength, rushing this fast would inevitably lead to a disastrous fall.

Although Luo Quan suddenly accelerated, she did not overtake those ahead, because she had wasted too much time earlier.

Now, the second-to-last place has already reached the fourth step, while she hasn't even finished the first.

When her right foot stepped onto the second step, that annoying sticky resistance surged back.

Fortunately, this level of resistance couldn't stop her advance; Luo Quan lightly lifted her breath and stepped onto the second step.

"The spiritual energy concentration on the second layer is ten percent higher than on the first!"

The system's words left Luo Quan slightly disappointed—she had expected the first layer to be a hundred times, the second to double, but it only increased by ten percent.

Still, this concentration is already terrifying; Luo Quan dared not waste a moment, immediately sitting down to cultivate.

Again, it took only half an incense stick's time for her to easily break through to the Meridian Unblocking Layer Three!

When Luo Quan stood up, she joyfully discovered that the force hindering her progress had vanished once more.

It seems that each time she rises a level, she can ignore the resistance of that step; if she could keep leveling up, she might as well charge straight to the thirty-third step!

But this thought is clearly unrealistic—spiritual energy increases by ten percent, but the step's gravity is not just a little more.

And even if it were possible, there isn't enough time.

Having cast aside all distracting thoughts, Luo Quan continued forward.

Luo Quan didn't know that her actions were now being watched by another group of people.

They are the instructors of the Infinite Immortal Sect's academy; nearly ninety percent of the disciples who have joined the sect over the past three hundred years were taught by them!

The highest-ranking among them is the so-called First Instructor, Li Yan, who stroked his snow-white long beard, constantly observing Luo Quan's every move, his eyes filled with a gratified expression.

"This stubborn stone has finally opened its orifices."

Li Yan has overseen this Immortal Ascension Platform treasure for tens of thousands of years—how could he not know its mysteries?

In every previous trial, no student discovered its subtleties; they all just buried their heads and pushed forward blindly.

Only when they could go no further did they withdraw from the trial; only this Su Quan felt the wonder of the Immortal Ascension Platform.

How ironic—so many brilliant geniuses overlooked this detail, yet it was noticed by a universally acknowledged dullard—could this be what is called great wisdom appearing as foolishness?

Li Yan, who once thought Su Quan beyond redemption, finally rekindled hope, and his perception of her underwent a tremendous shift.

Meanwhile, Luo Quan, cycling endlessly between cultivation and advancement, had now passed the fourth step and reached the fifth, where the spiritual energy concentration had risen to one hundred seventy times!

And her cultivation had already surpassed the Jin Dan realm.

This was her cultivation before arriving at the Star Sea Immortal Palace—body refinement is a martial arts realm; although there is some mutual connection, the two cannot be used simultaneously.

But after arriving at the Star Sea Immortal Palace, her immortal cultivation was reset to zero; yet during advancement, these two powers unexpectedly coexisted.

This absolutely means the greatest surprise, indicating she can now unleash double her combat power, which is a tremendous boost in terms of fighting strength.

At this very moment, she is no longer last; most students at the first level of Meridian Unblocking have only just passed the fourth step.

Finally catching up with the main group, after meditating in place for half an incense stick's time, Luo Quan's cultivation broke through once again, reaching the sixth level of Jin Dan.

Seeing fellow cultivators ahead still struggling forward, Luo Quan couldn't help but smile, stepped forward, and then effortlessly surpassed them.

"How is that possible!"

"She only has Qi Refining cultivation, how could she possibly get here, and so easily!"

"She must have been given some magic treasure by her father!"

"Relying on external objects, and still daring to mock us—truly shameless!"

Words of surprise and jealousy came from all directions; the faces of the cultivators around Luo Quan were filled with unwillingness, anger, and envy they could not conceal.

Luo Quan, however, didn't even glance at them, walking straight toward the sixth step.

This time, she encountered a little trouble: after stepping up with her right foot, her left foot felt as if it had taken root in the ground.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move it an inch—did she really have to stop here?

"Circulate your spiritual energy, host—you're a cultivator now, not a brute; why keep relying on brute force when you have spiritual energy?"

"If you hadn't reminded me, I probably wouldn't have remembered."

Luo Quan's old face flushed red; she hurriedly mobilized the spiritual energy in her dantian, circulating it throughout her limbs and body.

Afterwards, Luo Quan felt her body light as a swallow; a light push was enough to step onto the sixth step.

Not knowing if it was her first time using spiritual energy, Luo Quan hadn't mastered the output control, so after stepping onto the sixth step, her body drifted forward without stopping.

At this moment, Luo Quan felt like a kangaroo—any casual leap could carry her several meters, her body so light it seemed weightless.

Cultivation truly is far more ethereal than martial training.

If she used internal energy, she could just as easily take flight.

But just like Superman, she'd stomp a big hole in the ground, then whoosh straight up and down—quite lacking in grace.

Cultivator flight is different—like a fairy descending to wander the mortal realm, beautiful to watch.

This sense of beauty continued all the way until she reached the eighth step; she traversed the entire seventh step with half-jumps, half-flights, without pause, leaving the cultivators along the way staring in disbelief.

Is this still that good-for-nothing?

These Meridian Unblocking cultivators of theirs are sweating buckets walking step by step, while Su Quan flies and leaps—unfair! Her cultivation isn't even as good as theirs!

No matter how unwilling they are, they can only watch Luo Quan ascend to the eighth step.

For most people, the ninth step is the endpoint of this Immortal Ascension Platform trial.

Stepping onto the ninth step means they can formally join the Boundless Immortal Sect, gaining access to its teachings, resources, and countless opportunities.

Luo Quan now stands at the final obstacle on the path to the endpoint, with the trial still having a full three incense sticks' worth of time left.

Moreover, the system told her the spiritual energy density on the eighth step is 430 times that of the outside world—she has ample time to break through to Nascent Soul on the eighth step before stepping onto the ninth.

Before entering the trial grounds, Luo Quan never imagined she could reach this point; it seemed she had only been thinking about solving puzzles at first.

Sitting down, circulating energy—this action Luo Quan has repeated many times; now doing it feels like second nature.

With the Unbounded Technique, she can fearlessly absorb surrounding spiritual energy into her body, waiting for her dantian to fully convert it into her own cultivation.

Unlike other cultivators, who can only absorb a moderate amount of spiritual energy at a time and must wait until conversion finishes before continuing, Luo Quan has no such concerns—her speed is naturally much greater.

One incense stick's time passed quickly, and Luo Quan's dantian suddenly expanded under the repeated impacts of spiritual energy.

In just the time of four incense sticks, Luo Quan's cultivation returned once again to Nascent Soul—this is her Dao cultivation level before coming to the Star Sea Immortal Palace.

Next, she should step onto the ninth step; perhaps the secret of the Immortal Ascension Platform lies above the ninth step.

However, just as she placed one foot onto the ninth step, the system suddenly stopped her.

"What did you discover??" Luo Quan promptly halted.

The system replied: "After calculation, the spiritual energy density on the eighth layer is 430 times that of the outside world, while the first layer is 100 times!

If we set the first layer's 100 times as 1, then the eighth layer exceeds the seventh by exactly thirty-three times."

Luo Quan laughed: "This is a good thing—higher step means higher spiritual energy density; who knows, maybe the ninth step is directly fifty times!"

"That's very unlikely!"

The system's voice suddenly turned stern: "I just calculated the increase in spiritual energy density per layer you've ascended, host, and discovered a pattern.

That is, from the first to the second layer it increased by 1, from the second to the third also by 1, but thereafter the increments became 2, 3, 5, 8, and for the eighth layer, 13!"

"1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13—this string of numbers sounds familiar……" Luo Quan frowned.

She vaguely recalled seeing a similar sequence in the extracurricular expansion of her high school math textbook—it seemed quite famous, but for the life of her she couldn't recall what it was.

"Host, your math knowledge is too shallow—this is the first seven terms of the Fibonacci sequence excluding zero, the world-renowned golden ratio sequence, and you don't even know……"

The system didn't finish speaking, but the naked contempt in its words made Luo Quan flush with anger: "Of course I know this is the golden ratio sequence—do I need you to remind me!"

Afterwards, Luo Quan raised her eyebrows sharply and asked: "Besides, what does math have to do with cultivation? Don't tell me this golden ratio sequence is some kind of Dao art—memorize the formula and you'll achieve great divine power."

The system replied: "Of course not, but host, haven't you noticed that the sum of these seven numbers is 33? This number matches an important number in the cultivation world."