Chapter 1647

Breaking through the Eternal Life Stage,

After spending several hours consolidating his realm with Lin Qianxue and Yueying, Xu Jingming connected to the Virtual Universe and arrived at Master Shuangmian's palace.

Today, Master Shuangmian wore only a simple silver-blue long dress, her long hair loosely tied up.

Since this was the Virtual Universe, the transcendent, supreme aura she normally carried had weakened considerably.

She looked like a gentle, breathtakingly beautiful neighborly aunt.

A faint smile lingered in her eyes and brows, making one instinctively relax.

This was vastly different from her usual icy beauty image.

This is vastly different from her usual icy beauty persona.

Xu Jingming bowed respectfully.

"You've come."

Master Shuangmian nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping over him with unhidden admiration:

"Perfect Divine Body, dual primordial acknowledgments—how do you feel?"

"Better than ever before."

Xu Jingming answered honestly, his eyes gleaming with divine light:

"My strength, perception, and resonance with the cosmic primordial source all far exceed expectations.

But my understanding of cultivation beyond the Eternal Life Stage is still vague—I've come specifically to seek your guidance."

Master Shuangmian gestured for him to sit.

She herself settled casually onto a soft chair formed from starlight.

Her long, rounded legs crossed loosely, posture relaxed.

"The Eternal Life Stage is a complete leap in life's hierarchy.

The path ahead centers on profound comprehension of the cosmic primordial source

and the continuous refining and evolution of the Divine Body.

Corresponding combat techniques and secret arts are now unified into a single tier—T1.

These are power-application methods crafted exclusively for Eternal Gods, their might far surpassing anything from the Cosmic Stage.

Their potency depends not only on the technique's own refinement,

but also on the cultivator's depth of understanding of the corresponding primordial laws, and the strength of their divine power.

You have now received dual acknowledgment from Lightning and Destruction primordial sources.

Your starting point is extremely high, and your options are broad.

The starting point is extremely high, and the options are very broad.

She shifted tone and asked:

"Have you decided on your primary cultivation path?

Will you focus on martial combat, or elemental mastery from afar?

Or, as before, pursue both simultaneously?"

"Both." Xu Jingming did not hesitate.

"I'll cultivate both." Xu Jingming did not hesitate at all.

With the Deep Blue System at his disposal, if he still chose only one path,

wouldn't that make his cheat useless?

Master Shuangmian's eyes flickered with understanding, then softened into quiet admiration:

"Only you could do this.

If it were Qianxue or Yeling, I would never advise them to split their focus.

Greed leads to indigestion—especially dangerous in the Eternal Life Stage.

Every breakthrough is excruciatingly difficult; scattering your energy often means stagnation.

But you always create miracles.

Your Perfect Divine Body grants such a solid foundation that perhaps it truly can support you on this harder path."

The foundation granted by the perfect divine body is too profound; it may truly support you on this more difficult path.

"Empty talk is useless.

Let me see your current abilities.

Only then can I plan your future cultivation resources and secret art selections.

But demonstrating alone is too dull—Qianxue is with you, right?

Bring her into the Virtual Universe; let you two spar as teacher and disciple.

I'll also get to see how far she's progressed since forming her Divine Body."

I'll also take the chance to see how far she's progressed after forming her divine body.

In reality, Xu Jingming's gaze swept across the room.

Two snow-white bodies lay beside him.

Yueying rested against his shoulder, dozing.

Lin Qianxue lay limp at his feet.

Her rosy lips opened and closed slightly.

Her slender frame twitched faintly—clearly still recovering.

In the Virtual Universe, Xu Jingming's face flickered with barely noticeable embarrassment; he cleared his throat.

In the virtual universe, Xu Jingming's face flickered with a barely noticeable embarrassment; he cleared his throat.

"Senior sister is currently cultivating a combat technique."

"She's at a critical stage, her mind fully immersed—she probably can't connect to the Virtual Universe for now."

He had still underestimated the power of the Perfect Divine Body.

Just now, when consolidating her realm, Yue Ying was at the Star Level.

But her constitution was unusual; at first she could barely keep up, but after a few attempts, she failed completely.

In the end, only Lin Qianxue, already an Immortal Eternal, could absorb it all.

Now, though her consciousness remains, she likely cannot enter the Virtual Universe.

Let alone spar with me.

"Hm? She went into seclusion to study a combat technique right after your breakthrough? Quite diligent."

Frost Crown Dominator felt slightly surprised.

But she didn't press further, assuming Lin Qianxue was eager to cultivate:

"Then let Ye Li come."

"She's recently refining her sword Dao—perfect time to stretch her limbs."

As she spoke, she tapped her fingertip, sending out a thought-message.

Not long after, the space within the palace rippled slightly, and a tall, coldly beautiful figure materialized.

It was Ye Li.

Unlike her usual stern appearance in battle armor or cultivation robes,

today she wore a loose, moon-white knitted long tunic and dark trousers, outlining her slender, graceful figure.

Her jet-black hair cascaded like a waterfall, making her skin appear even whiter.

Her features were exquisitely beautiful.

But unlike Lin Qianxue's cold, moonlike beauty, occasionally softened by gentleness,

Ye Li's beauty was more aggressive.

Her brows seemed frozen with ice that would never melt; her gaze was sharp as a sword.

Merely standing there, she naturally radiated a chilling sword aura that warned all to keep their distance.

It was a unique temperament forged through years of companionship with the sword, her mind and spirit fused with the Sword Dao.

"Teacher."

Ye Li bowed first to Frost Crown Dominator, her voice crisp and clear.

Then she turned her gaze to Xu Jingming and nodded:

"Junior brother, congratulations on your breakthrough."

"Thank you, Senior sister," Xu Jingming replied with a smile.

"Ye Li, Jingming has just entered the Eternal realm."

"I want to see his combat ability—sparring with him would be best."

"Understood," Ye Li replied succinctly, no wasted words.

With a wave of her hand, the scenery around the three shifted.

They now stood within a vast, boundless Virtual Arena.

Beneath their feet was an indestructible dark alloy floor.

Above, the starry sky swirled; all around was empty, ample enough for an Eternal Immortal to unleash full power.

"Begin," came Frost Crown Dominator's voice from outside the arena.

Ye Li turned to Xu Jingming, her eyes instantly sharpening with focus.

"Junior brother, be careful."

"I'll suppress my power to Eternal Stage Two."

"I'll judge your performance, then gradually lift the restrictions."

She did not summon her usual longsword—only brought two fingers together like a blade and lightly slashed.

Hum!

A blade of energy, refined to perfection and glowing with deep blue frost-light, materialized out of thin air.

This blade was composed of Destruction and Metal Primordial Origins.

The moment it appeared, it silently tore through space.

In an instant, it appeared before Xu Jingming!

Before the blade even reached him, the soul-chilling cold and piercing sword intent had already struck his body!

Xu Jingming's pupils contracted—how fast was that sword!

He hadn't even seen how Ye Li had moved.

In a flash of thought, brilliant golden lightning erupted around him!

"Solar Divine Thunder!"

Boom—

No longer the deep black of before.

But blazing like a great sun!

Thunder interwoven with golden and emerald light exploded outward, forming a massive thunderball centered on him!

The deep blue blade sliced into the thunderball, instantly triggering a storm of lightning.

Piercing screeches of friction and tearing echoed endlessly.

In the end, the blade failed to pierce the thunderball.

"Not bad in power."

Ye Li offered a cold, detached evaluation, though a flicker of surprise passed through her eyes.

She was a top-tier divine body, somewhat inferior to Xu Jingming's perfect divine body.

So she had immediately unleashed her Realm of Eternal Life Stage Two power.

Yet she hadn't expected to fail even to breach his lightning defense.