Chapter 138: On How to Deal with Cultivating Too Fast

"You have finished your seclusion?"

Facing the slightly surprised gaze of Kongque Wang and the somewhat flickering expression of Yan Ruyu, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

Yan Ruyu looked left and right, and after a long while, she couldn't help but ask, "You have broken through your realm?"

She had already viewed Zhang Xuan as mysterious enough, but Zhang Xuan's mystery still exceeded her expectations.

Both she and Kongque Wang could be certain that they had not tampered with the area they arranged for Zhang Xuan's seclusion.

The protective array was set to a very high level—her own seclusion was no more than this—with only one point: they could partially understand Zhang Xuan's situation within the array and could perceive his life aura.

This was normal; when some cultivators intend to enter a death-seclusion, there are arrays within the formation to sense their life aura, to prevent that cultivator from dying of old age in the cave dwelling without others noticing.

As it turned out, they discovered that not long after Zhang Xuan entered the array, all his aura vanished.

Kongque Wang and she were shocked and immediately opened the corresponding array to enter and check, only to find the interior completely empty; there was nothing there.

This made both her and Kongque Wang greatly surprised, but after some thought, Kongque Wang restored the array and the field to their original state, adding even more mystery to a figure like Zhang Xuan.

"There are no traces of damage to the internal array and field, yet the other party has disappeared without a trace."

"Do you think he might be deceiving us, and after obtaining the remains of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, he immediately vanished?"

Such a thought uncontrollably appeared in Yan Ruyu's mind.

After all, the other party's background and origin were quite mysterious; none of the classics regarding the Cultivation World had any record of this figure. Perhaps the other party had deceived them using some means they were not yet aware of.

Kongque Wang's first reaction was also that he had been cheated; a swindler disappears immediately after getting what they want.

He immediately went to notify Qingjiao Wang, fearing that the Dragon Transformation scripture in Qingjiao Wang's hands might be problematic.

As it turned out, Qingjiao Wang was full of joy; his descendant, that Xiao Jiaowang, had strengthened his bloodline further because of the Dragon Transformation scripture, and his physique and Divine Power were stronger.

After going over, Kongque Wang and Qingjiao Wang carefully studied that scripture, and it turned out that the scripture had no problems whatsoever, whether in terms of principles or the text itself; it was indeed a top-tier scripture that fit the Great Dao of the Demon Race.

This left Kongque Wang full of confusion as he returned.

Qingjiao Wang was very satisfied with this exchange and even dragged Kongque Wang there to celebrate extensively before letting Kongque Wang return.

Where in the world is there such a swindler who uses a top-tier cultivation technique to fairly and justly trade for the remains of a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?

That is not a swindler, okay? That is fairness and justice.

And having just returned not long ago, before he could clear up his mind which was in a mess, he suddenly saw Zhang Xuan emerging from his seclusion.

Kongque Wang truly felt that his brain was not quite enough, but the moment he saw Zhang Xuan, he instantly understood that the mystery surrounding this figure was likely vast and deep.

Even if Zhang Xuan's current strength was not yet comparable to his, the words spoken by this mysterious figure might truly be the truth in many cases.

Kongque Wang considered himself capable of breaking through the relevant arrays, but to do so without leaving a single trace was something Kongque Wang was completely unable to achieve.

Seeing Zhang Xuan again, Kongque Wang felt no anger at being deceived; instead, he felt a peculiar sense of pleasant surprise.

"Why have you come out after such a short time in seclusion? The time is still short, have you not gained..."

Kongque Wang himself had felt a little uneasy; after all, he had broken into the array and checked the interior, and at that time the interior was completely empty. So, while this action was out of concern, doing such a thing was ultimately somewhat improper, and he still felt a bit apprehensive in his heart.

Therefore, without much thought, he casually wanted to find an excuse to chat in order to cover up his inner unease.

As a result, when he spoke, his Divine Sense instinctively scanned the Zhang Xuan before him, and his words immediately trailed off.

"You have broken through?"

Zhang Xuan's body still carried vigorous thunder power; that high-spirited and majestic blood energy, as well as that boiling Divine Power, all indicated that he had just broken through.

And it was not a small breakthrough, but a major one.

When Zhang Xuan first met them, he was only just having reached the Four Extremes realm; Kongque Wang could grasp this very clearly.

And yet, only a few days later, Zhang Xuan's strength had already reached the peak of the Four Extremes realm; Kongque Wang could even feel that the other party could break through at any time.

If it were not for the other party actively suppressing it with all his might, he would probably have started to face the Heavenly Tribulation of the Dragon Transformation realm by now.

This is just absurd!

After entering the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, not only is it difficult for the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body to cultivate, but it is not easy for anyone among the same generation to cultivate; the Heaven and Earth Essence is scarce, and the myriad Daos of the heavens are not manifest.

The third level of the Immortal Embryo Realm seems to be the end of the Cultivation World.

To reach such a level, it often requires decades or even a century of effort, and one even needs extremely high talent and resources to achieve it; ordinary people cannot even touch the Immortal Embryo Realm in their entire lives.

And now, Zhang Xuan has cultivated to the perfection of his current realm in just a few days, and he could break through at any time; Kongque Wang could even feel that the other party was suppressing himself with all his might, not letting himself break through to the next realm.

This is completely unreasonable, okay.

"I had a small breakthrough, but it is not too much. I feel it is slightly too fast and fear my foundation is unstable, so I suppressed it a little. I do not intend to enter the Dragon Transformation realm right now; time is still quite pressing, and I hope I can make it in time."

Zhang Xuan smiled quite modestly.

Yan Ruyu, who was on the side, rolled her eyes significantly. Before Zhang Xuan had actively revealed his own uniqueness, she did not have such a clear perception.

Now that Zhang Xuan was suppressing his power at every moment, his blood energy and Divine Power were hard to hide.

Standing beside Zhang Xuan, even as a descendant of the Demon Emperor, Yan Ruyu felt extremely strong pressure.

That was definitely an extremely powerful physique; the boiling blood energy could condense into a true dragon of blood energy above his head.

She even suspected that Zhang Xuan's current physique might not be inferior to that of a Saint Master-level figure, and might even exceed it.

Such a figure is strong to the point of absurdity, exceeding the rules.

In this state, she truly believed that Zhang Xuan was some old monster living out a second life, or had been reborn through Nirvana.

A normal cultivator could not reach such a level; even as a descendant of the Demon Emperor, she could not achieve the feat of taking her strength from the early stage of the Four Extremes to the perfection of the Four Extremes in just a few days, while also having an incredibly solid foundation.

And even though Zhang Xuan had already achieved such a level, he still had no pride at all; instead, he was very humble, as if some terrifying monster was chasing him from behind.

Such an attitude finally made Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu deeply realize the words Zhang Xuan had spoken before, and realize part of the cruelty of the opening of the Immortal Path hundreds of years later.

"Will it really be that terrifying when the Immortal Path opens?"

Kongque Wang was puzzled, but he did indeed feel a bit of pressure.

With Zhang Xuan's speed of progress, it would not be long before he truly caught up to his pace.

No, not catching up to his pace; the other person is just returning to his peak.

Zhang Xuan keenly sensed the subtle changes in Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu, but he was truly not proud.

Just the remains of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body that he has stored within his Wheel Sea are enough to make him feel small and humble.

He has not forgotten that before, he could not even break through a single bit of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's defense with all his might; the current him is still a long distance away from being a true powerhouse.

Even though the current Beidou has not fully awakened, and the various Taigu races have not returned, it is an era where there are no tigers in the mountains, and the Monkey acts as the king.

But based on Zhang Xuan's current cultivation, he still has no way to act as king.

"However, it will be soon, very soon!"

Zhang Xuan did not completely swallow the Origin of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's remains into his body.

With his current strength and cultivation, swallowing the Origin of a complete Desolate Ancient Sacred Body that reached the Saint Realm would be like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—far too overestimating his own capabilities.

Merely by absorbing a portion, Zhang Xuan leaped from the early stage of the Four Extremes to the perfection of the Four Extremes, and that was even under the extremely suppressive environment of Earth.

Suddenly returning from Earth to Beidou Gu Xing, Zhang Xuan could barely even suppress it, nearly breaking through directly from the Four Extremes to the Dragon Transformation.

Fortunately, after a brief period of suppression, he finally returned to rationality.

"It is fortunate that this is a cultivation method of the Zhetian World; before the Immortal Embryo Realm, one only needs to continuously accumulate magic power and absorb heavenly materials and earthly treasures to progress rapidly, without needing to worry too much about any problems arising..."

In a very short time, Zhang Xuan had broken through repeatedly; even though Zhang Xuan carefully checked the state of his body and found that there seemed to be no abnormalities, allowing him to continue to break through steadily, Zhang Xuan still felt that the overall speed was a bit too fast, so he actively chose to suppress it.

He has not been on the path of cultivation for long, only half a year; this speed is a bit frightening.

Even the Eight-Nine Profound Art, which had been motionless, broke through by one level after he absorbed the Great Dao Fragments of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, reaching the Outer Scene Third Heaven.

By utilizing the advantage of foresight, using the Chat Group to shuttle between different worlds, and borrowing resources from different worlds to make up for his own shortcomings, cultivating is just this frightening.

Zhang Xuan feels that the top priority now is to consolidate his foundation; in these recent days, he must review all the cultivation joints of the Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art explained by Qingdi.

All the key points of cultivation and insights into cultivation must be read through, and then he must recite the Dao Scripture more.

The Eight-Nine Profound Art explained by Taishang Laojun also needs to be read more to supplement his cultural knowledge.

"After polishing for about half a month, I will then try to break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm; by that time, I should be able to barely contend with figures of the older generation."

Zhang Xuan muttered in a low voice.

No one knows how much foundation he has accumulated, but by his own estimation, it is very likely that he is gradually about to touch the ceiling of the current realm in the Zhetian World.

Those who cultivated the Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art in the past were never as capable of eating as he is.

After all, cultivating the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art requires extreme caution and stealth; even eating a little bit of Origin makes one fear being discovered and becoming a target for everyone to beat.

Yet Zhang Xuan is openly and honestly swallowing powerful Origin across different worlds.

Moreover, the Origin he swallows is the most top-tier within each world.

In terms of early-stage accumulation, Zhang Xuan considers himself far superior even to that Yaoguang Shengzi of the Yaochi Sacred Land, who has always been hidden and rarely appeared.

And that Yaoguang Shengzi is a peerless figure who was able to clash head-on with Ye Fan in the early stages and did not fall too far behind even in the later stages.

"I have likely touched the Eight Prohibitions at this stage, but I have not yet reached the level of the so-called God Prohibition. As for accumulation, once I swallow the remains of this Saint-level Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, the accumulation will certainly be enough; what needs to be supplemented should be the various realizations regarding the rules of heaven and earth."

Zhang Xuan self-assessed, feeling somewhat satisfied with his progress during this period.

Then he could not help but think of Ye Fan.

"Where is Ye Fan now? I wonder if he has finished cultivating the Wheel Sea Realm? It should be soon."

Ye Fan's cultivation speed can be considered extremely fast within the entire Zhetian World; using Ye Fan as a benchmark can be considered quite good.

After all, when the Immortal Path opened, Ye Fan's strength had reached roughly the Dasheng level, and that was only after cultivating for a little over two hundred years.

"I must stay ahead of Ye Fan for a period at the current stage; otherwise, it might be very troublesome in the later stages."

Early-stage cultivation is much faster and easier than the later stages; if one cannot create a large gap early on, it will likely be very difficult to have the ability to change the current landscape in about two hundred years.

Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu do not know this; if they knew Zhang Xuan's plans, they would absolutely be shocked to death.

Nowadays, achieving the status of a Saint is a Legend, yet Zhang Xuan's goal is already above the Dasheng level, and he even intends to become a Great Emperor, all within two hundred years.

This is completely an inconceivable thing.

Zhang Xuan did not care about that much; with another round of breakthroughs, his mood was quite pleasant.

He said to the somewhat bewildered Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu: "It is rare to have a breakthrough; next, I am prepared to silently contemplate for a period and polish my foundation to avoid instability. Why don't we sit and discuss the Dao?"

Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu both nodded with great joy; they felt there was much to be gained from having such a figure, who was clearly a giant of the Demon Race, guide their cultivation.

And Zhang Xuan truly relaxed completely, discussing the profound and the Dao with Yan Ruyu and Kongque Wang every day.

Zhang Xuan has not been on the path of cultivation for long, but every day he listens to Taishang Laojun and Qingdi explain various top-tier scriptures, so his realization of the Great Dao is actually profound and ethereal.

At the beginning of the lecture, Zhang Xuan felt that Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu could not provide him with much guidance; it was more him guiding Kongque Wang and Yan Ruyu, further deepening his identity as a senior of the Demon Race.

After all, the figures Zhang Xuan references are all textbook-level, the most top-tier peerless figures who could be recorded in history.

But after this round of lecturing, Zhang Xuan felt he had gained quite a bit.

(End of this chapter)