Chapter 454: Below Tongxuan Upper Realm, Exclusive to Great Beings [Seeking Monthly Votes!!]

Qinghe, in the General's Mansion.

Ever since the encirclement and suppression of the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor, Li Rui had returned directly to Qinghe.

In the room.

He sat cross-legged, his entire being as steady as an abyss and as towering as a mountain, unfathomable.

Li Rui was lost in thought.

"Wan Wan Fadian, Shenxuan Palace... Ji Lei, Si Feng."

Name after name echoed in his heart.

He had devoured the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor's Spirit Embryo, and his Dao Embryo had analyzed everything within it, from which he also obtained all of the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor's memories.

Within the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor's memories, he had obtained a great deal of secrets.

Among them were messages regarding the Immortal Cultivation World and the Fallen Immortals.

The Blood Shadow Old Ancestor had once stayed by Si Feng's side for a long time; as a trusted confidant, he naturally knew many things that the martial artists and cultivators of this realm did not, many of which were secrets that even the upper echelons of the Purple Gold Palace might not necessarily know.

For instance...

The previous Purple Gold Palace actually inherited from the upper realm's Wan Wan Fadian, while the Qingwei Sect originated from the Shenxuan Palace; both were super hegemons of the Immortal Cultivation World.

Correct.

It was precisely that Shenxuan Palace where Wu De resided.

Li Rui had also never expected that his affinity with that Shenxuan Palace would be so profound; not only was he stationed at the lower sect of the Shenxuan Palace in this realm, but he was also well-acquainted with the sect's own cultivator, Wu De.

According to what he knew, the status of this Shenxuan Palace in the Immortal Cultivation World was extremely high; every time Wu De mentioned it, he did so with a face full of pride.

Not only that.

He also learned that the young Daoist who killed Su Xuan Cheng outside the spirit mine that day was named Ji Lei.

He was a Fallen Immortal from the lower realm of Wan Wan Fadian, Second Rank, proficient in the way of talismans, with methods that were eerie and unpredictable.

He knew even more.

His previous situation had been far more perilous than he had imagined.

If not for him being sufficiently cautious, and if not for the protection of the behemoth that was the Yu Kingdom's imperial court...

It is hard to say how many times he might have already died.

Li Rui sighed inwardly at the difficulty of the path of immortal cultivation.

Matters of cause and effect were truly hard to speak of.

Letting the brothers Yao Xue and Qu Qu Chengfeng stay in Qinghe back then had an influence far greater than he had imagined.

This was the terrifying aspect of cause and effect.

It begins in the insignificant, but once it manifests, it is like a mountain collapsing and the seas overturning.

It is impossible to guard against.

Avoiding the entanglement of cause and effect was naturally important; it was rumored that those great cultivators valued matters of cause and effect extremely highly and would not act lightly.

But what was even more important was having sufficiently strong power.

Li Rui looked within himself.

At this moment, the Dao Embryo infant within his dantian showed signs of constant anomalies, and divine dragons and immortal phoenixes danced around it; it was incomparably miraculous.

He knew.

This was a sign of an impending breakthrough.

Correct.

The Blood Shadow Old Ancestor's Spirit Embryo contained nearly thirty percent of the life force of a Second Rank Heavenly Phenomenon; even if the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor was a fake Heavenly Phenomenon who seized the Dao fruits of others, it was still extremely substantial.

Therefore, as soon as Li Rui returned to Qinghe, he felt the signs of a breakthrough.

At this moment.

His essence, energy, and spirit, along with the Dao Embryo infant in his dantian, had all reached their peak.

Li Rui slowly stood up.

He pushed the door open and walked out.

As soon as he stepped out, he saw his two disciples, Liang He and Liu Liu Tiezhu, both there.

He spoke: "Xiao He, Liu Tiezhu, I need to go into seclusion for a period of time. During this period, if anyone comes, turn them all away for me. If you cannot block them, go find General Nie; if that truly doesn't work, then find Commandant Zhou."

Liang He and Liu Liu Tiezhu nodded heavily.

In Qinghe.

Li Rui had an extraordinary relationship with Nie Nie Siming, and even held no small amount of weight with Zhou Zhou Dinghai.

With these connections, there were not many who dared to barge into the General's Mansion.

"Master, rest assured and go into seclusion."

Liang He said with a serious face.

For martial artists and cultivators, seclusion was a major event, and the most taboo thing was to be interrupted.

If one were to suffer qi deviation because of this, the light consequence would be days of cultivation going to waste, and the heavy consequence would be direct death.

To put it more seriously, it was a feud of killing.

Generally speaking, as long as it was not a mortal enemy, one would not do such a thing.

After giving his instructions.

Li Rui returned to his room.

Afterward, he employed the Earth-Escaping Technique and left Qinghe City.

A moment later.

He arrived in the deep mountains and old forests, hundreds of miles outside Qinghe City, where there was no sign of human life.

There was a mountain cave here.

He had long since set up a large-scale Lotus Heart Array.

As an ancient array that had almost been lost, the Lotus Heart Array's function was naturally more than just hiding one's strength; this technique was actually used by cultivators to undergo heavenly tribulations.

In the Immortal Cultivation World.

When great cultivators with profound realms broke through, they could attract a heavenly tribulation.

Heavenly tribulations were varied.

Not all of them were being struck by lightning.

At this time, the cultivator's state would reach an unprecedented low point; if an enemy were to seek revenge at this time, they would end up dead and their soul extinguished.

Therefore, many array masters had arrays capable of masking the fluctuations of undergoing a tribulation.

The Lotus Heart Array was one of them.

It just so happened to possess the function of hiding one's strength, which was why it was valued by Li Rui.

It was just right for use now.

Li Rui naturally would not attract a heavenly tribulation, but having learned from previous lessons, if he were to be bumped into by a passing cultivator, it would also cause no small amount of trouble.

With his cautious style, he naturally would not make the same mistake again.

Everything was prepared properly.

Li Rui then sat cross-legged in the mountain cave covered by the array.

Only one day passed.

Anomalies suddenly appeared in the cave.

A wild wind rose from the flat ground!

A wild wind, not knowing where it came from, swirled with Li Rui as the center; however, what it stirred up was not dust, but the spiritual energy contained within the spirit stones.

A spiritual energy vortex!

And at this very moment.

Divine radiance flickered around Li Rui's body, and his entire being appeared ethereal and transcendent, even more so than a Fallen Immortal.

His momentum reached an unprecedented height.

The next instant.

The spiritual energy vortex dispersed.

The Evergreen Qi was like invisible tentacles, spreading toward the surroundings.

One foot...

Ten feet...

One mile...

Ten miles!

But everything was far from over; the Evergreen Qi continued to spread, only stopping when it reached eighteen miles.

The power of heaven and earth of a full eighteen miles was taken into his body.

Its power could be imagined.

Below Tongxuan Upper Realm!

It had been less than three years since Li Rui's last breakthrough to the Below Tongxuan Middle Realm.

He broke through again.

Not only that, but just having broken through, the range of the heaven and earth power he swept up reached a terrifying eighteen miles.

Ten miles was the minimum threshold for a breakthrough.

Li Rui was naturally different.

In one breath, he had raised it by nearly double!

This also meant that without using other means, just by using the power of heaven and earth, he could crush most experts of the Below Tongxuan Upper Realm in this world to death.

His natural talent was fully revealed!

According to what he knew, when Yuan Yuan Dingting broke through to the Below Tongxuan Upper Realm, it was only thirteen miles.

Which meant to say.

He was even stronger in the Below Tongxuan Upper Realm than that Military Saint.

But just when Li Rui thought everything was over and was preparing to withdraw the Lotus Heart Array.

Anomalies arose again.

Looking within himself, he saw that the anomalies around the Dao Embryo infant in his dantian had become even more magnificent; there were mountains, seas, trees, and even the figures of living beings.

It was evolving the heavens!

Seeing this scene, even Li Rui was greatly shocked.

The path he took to open the Dao Embryo was vastly different from others who had Dao Embryos before; it was inherited from He Qiannian's Great Great Henglian.

He did not seek heaven and earth, but sought his own body.

It was to open up a heaven and earth of his own.

Later, after achieving the Primordial Immortal Martial Dao Embryo, the changes to the Dao Embryo and the Immortal Court within his body were immense.

Simply put, it truly had the possibility of opening up a heaven and earth by itself.

This was truly extraordinary!

Li Rui stared fixedly at the phenomena around the Dao Embryo infant.

Now, having absorbed the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor's memories, his knowledge was far superior to before, especially regarding his understanding of Heavenly Phenomena.

Therefore, he knew.

The scene before him was clearly deducing the Great Dao.

And it was about to succeed.

In other words, he had almost comprehended the Great Dao the moment he stepped into the Below Tongxuan Upper Realm.

Primordial Immortal Martial Dao Embryo.

Dharma body invincible, naturally close to the Great Dao!

Li Rui widened his eyes.

Entering the Below Tongxuan Upper Realm in the morning, and obtaining the Heavenly Phenomenon by evening!

If this were known by outsiders, one could only imagine how shocked they would be.

Even Li Rui was greatly astonished.

According to what he knew, no one in this realm had ever been able to do this; even that Gao Xiang Tianzhi who pressed down on the world could not.

Unprecedented!

The Primordial Immortal Martial Dao Embryo was terrifying to this extent.

But just as the anomalies around the Dao Embryo infant constantly changed, it was incomparably profound.

The sun, moon, and stars shifted.

Li Rui did not know day from night while in seclusion in the mountain cave.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Even his shoulders and hair were covered in a layer of dust.

The next instant.

Li Rui opened his eyes abruptly.

A pair of eyes that seemed capable of stealing the divine brilliance of heaven and earth appeared exceptionally miraculous in the dark and narrow mountain cave.

The Dao Embryo infant within his body had already slowly stood up.

Above the Immortal Court, the sound of the Great Dao manifested.

It was clearly the aura of having already obtained the Great Dao!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 455 =====