Chapter 72: A Breakthrough Beyond the Plan, A Heart of Fierce Progress

Zhang Xuan: "Xianling Island, a memory of childhood. I remember there was a granny on the island who refined pills; the pills she refined had the effect of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh and bones. I want them!"

Zhang Sanfeng's heart stirred; he became increasingly curious about that island.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan, who was also somewhat familiar with the Heavenly Dao Controller, said the same, Zhang Sanfeng roughly confirmed that there should not be much of a problem with Xianling Island, so he was indeed moved.

"Xianling Island, very well, I can go on a trip with you. If there are relevant spiritual pills and cultivation methods, I need to choose first."

Zhang Sanfeng responded to Li Xiaoyao, and Li Xiaoyao's expression was full of joy: "No problem!"

He had not yet ventured into the Jianghu and did not know how strong the Jianghu knights were, but Zhang Sanfeng was definitely the strongest person he had ever seen in his life.

The two Miaojiang Moon-Worshipping Cultists who would have originally brought him great obstacles and made him suffer quite a bit in the early stages had no ability to react at all before being killed by Zhang Sanfeng in two moves.

Such ability, he simply liked it immensely.

As for his aunt who was not yet sick, he felt that his aunt was probably sick, and quite seriously ill at that.

He now needed to go to Xianling Island to seek some medicine to treat his aunt.

"Aunt, just stay at home with peace of mind these few days and lie on the bed; I will definitely cure you!"

Aunt: "???"

Kunlun Mountains, Zhang Xuan carried a simple backpack, walking on this piece of special land.

Above the continuous snow-capped mountains, clusters of clouds circled, and one peak after another seemed to pierce straight into the sky.

The peculiar scene was dazzling and mesmerizing, giving rise to infinite emotions in his heart.

Having had Ye Fan's previous experience of falling into pits, Zhang Xuan did not go to walk in the famous temples within Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism.

After all, twenty years in the future, Ye Fan, who had already reached the peak of the Immortal Second Realm, had walked around the entire Tibet and visited all the corresponding famous temples, but he did not discover any peculiar items or figures related to the Cultivation World.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan did not go to explore those famous temples; instead, he walked through the vast, uninhabited areas of Tibet, searching along ancient veins for those temples that had already fallen into ruin in the wild mountains and forests.

After walking for several consecutive days, Zhang Xuan indeed had significant discoveries.

He had discovered several ancient temples that had withered with the passage of time; inside, there were no longer any traces of human existence, and even the statues that were originally painted with gold lacquer had turned into mud, fallen into the dust.

The mountains and wilderness were empty and uninhabited, with only vast snow-capped mountains, one after another; a person's soul seemed to be sublimated in such an environment.

It is just that if a normal person walks along the corresponding travel route, they can only feel the rolling dust of the mortal world, and then curse the expensive shops and pedestrians along the way.

To walk in the no-man's land like Zhang Xuan, one must have extraordinary abilities.

In the empty wilderness, when Zhang Xuan sometimes looked out at the Kunlun Mountains, he felt that the originally low peaks seemed to connect to the clouds in an instant, like giant trees supporting the sky.

But that feeling rarely appeared, only occasionally, and when it did appear, it was accompanied by heavy pressure.

Zhang Xuan knew that was the true Earth of the ancient times.

In the ancient times, the Heaven and Earth Essence on Earth was not thin; the Life Essence of Earth in that period was concentrated to the extreme, very suitable for cultivation.

All kinds of powerful figures emerged one after another, Great Saints and Quasi-Emperors one after another, and there were even quite a few Undying Divine Medicine.

But later, the ninety-nine Dragon Veins moved into the Kunlun Mountains of Earth were shattered by people, and all the Heaven and Earth Essence gradually dissipated; this magnificent world became increasingly unsuitable for human cultivation.

All powerful cultivators left this area, one after another; Laozi went west through Hangu Pass, and after Sakyamuni sealed the corresponding top-tier great demons on Mars, he also stepped onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road to go to more distant Life Ancient Stars.

Leaving only this place desolate and withered.

"Cultivation..."

Zhang Xuan exhaled gently, walking in this uninhabited area, not communicating with people; he did not feel lonely.

Every day during his free time, he would recite the Mysterious Technique personally explained by Taishang Laojun, and at the same time, peculiar chanting sounds often echoed in his Wheel Sea.

He had not yet cultivated the Dao Scripture-Wheel Sea Chapter personally explained by Qingdi, but some of its unique parts were also consciously integrated into his Wheel Sea by him, making the Wheel Sea even more miraculous.

Zhang Xuan's path of cultivation was naturally much smoother than Ye Fan's and Meng Qi's.

He was born with the most top-tier cultivation methods and had the most supreme figures in the world personally explaining and pointing things out; in terms of actual combat ability, Zhang Xuan might count as a flower in a greenhouse, but in terms of understanding the Dao, Zhang Xuan believed he was not much worse than others.

Walking in the vast no-man's land, many times many actions did not need to be too concealed, and the originally somewhat suppressed state of mind also became smooth.

Between the vast heaven and earth, he cast aside calculations, and many plans no longer mattered much; just walking between this heaven and earth, his mood naturally became pleasant and smooth. Zhang Xuan originally had strict plans to find the ruins of ancient cultivators in this no-man's land and obtain corresponding points.

But with the daily recitation of the Mysterious Technique and the Indestructible Heavenly Art annotated by Qingdi, his mind seemed to be constantly elevated between this heaven and earth.

On this day, Zhang Xuan went deep into a more empty no-man's land and found an ancient temple built on a hillside in ancient times.

The ancient temple had long been dilapidated, with bricks, tiles, and surrounding debris mixed into a pile; if one did not distinguish carefully, it would be difficult to determine the traces of its past existence.

Zhang Xuan did not care at all; he tidied up simply, placed a wild donkey he had killed in the mountains over a fire, took out various seasonings, and after cooking it, he gorged himself until his mouth was oily.

Simply stacking a few stones on the empty ground, he used the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed, pillowing his head with his hands, and looked up at the vast starry sky.

Without thought or awareness, the Inner Heaven and Earth formed by the Essence flowing in his internal organs suddenly connected with the broader heaven and earth outside.

The originally normal human body circulation connected with the vast and boundless entire heaven and earth, the entire Universe, in an instant.

Boom—!

Crimson lightning flashed across the firmament; Zhang Xuan, who had accumulated enough height without knowing it, naturally broke through the corresponding obstacles at this moment, breaking through the membrane between the Inner Heaven and Earth and the Outer Heaven and Earth.

Facing the crimson lightning falling from the firmament, Zhang Xuan did not dodge or avoid it, his hands forming the Bottle Seal, and a Great Dao Bottle took shape in his hands.

That Great Dao Bottle was round and seamless, hanging above his head, swallowing that bolt of Heavenly Tribulation in one gulp.

A moment later, the Great Dao Bottle poured down following Zhang Xuan's will, and the brilliant lightning poured directly from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, making Zhang Xuan's entire body glow.

The Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Mysterious Technique operated simultaneously, swallowing the lightning—which had become much gentler after being transformed by the Great Dao Bottle—bit by bit, turning it into nourishment to nourish his body.

And only then did Zhang Xuan gently exhale a breath, look up at the sky, and sigh softly: "So the thing hindering me was not the heaven and earth, but my own heart."

With the Mysterious Technique personally explained by Taishang Laojun, Zhang Xuan had long reached the peak of his current realm in terms of accumulation and cultivation.

At the same time, on this basis, he also cultivated the Indestructible Heavenly Art, used the Indestructible Heavenly Art to swallow the Inner Core of a Tier 5 Dragon Race from the Shenmu World, and opened up the Bitter Sea, gushing out the Life Spring.

In terms of accumulation alone, his accumulation was even thicker than Zhang Sanfeng's.

If one were to talk about breaking through, he actually should have broken through long ago.

But he calculated too much and worried too much, always thinking back and forth, with heavy thoughts.

Even if he had almost complete certainty, he was still hesitant and did not dare to make a decision easily.

Only when walking through the vast Kunlun Mountains, in the expansive uninhabited zone, feeling the vastness of heaven and earth, and feeling the towering and majestic temperament of the Kunlun Mountains, did he truly grasp his own inner heart and, in a state of unawareness, touch upon a higher level.

"There are too many formal plans. Although having comprehensive plans is not a bad thing, thinking too much makes it difficult to make decisions; being timid and hesitant is just too pathetic."

"I already have the strongest accumulation and an unprecedentedly rich foundation, so why bother thinking so much? Even if I truly offend top-tier figures, I can just hide in another Shi Jie; why think so much, why fear so much?"

Amidst his murmurs, countless stars hung in the firmament, the Inner Heaven and Earth and the Outer Heaven and Earth intersected, and a grand imagery finally emerged.

Space stations of various countries received abnormal alarms at this moment, and the weather station of China determined the location at the first instance, casting a satellite toward Tibet.

"What is that?"

The scene projected by the satellite, seen from above the firmament, left countless scientific researchers shocked.

Star after star dotted that piece of heaven and earth, covering the entire Tibet, with the Kunlun Mountains as the center, densely covering a radius of dozens of miles.

Crimson lightning flashed in that area, and amidst the rumbling thunder, under the precise observation of weather satellites, a human figure flickered beneath the lightning, raising a fist toward the sky.

Bolt after bolt of lightning descended, only to be swallowed by the black Great Dao Treasure Vase above the human figure's head, and then poured onto his body.

"Is that a person?"

"Or is that a God or Demon from Legend?"

Seeing such a scene, a group of people were shocked beyond measure.

The energy contained in a single bolt of lightning could easily blast a person into charcoal; that is hundreds of thousands of terajoules, or even more massive energy.

Yet such massive energy fell upon that person, only to be forcibly swallowed by him, and even controlled by that figure.

And at this moment, the brilliant starry sky above suddenly flickered in succession, replaced by an infinite and endless Darkness.

The second manifestation of breaking through to the Outer Scene was revealed; unlike the imagery of Meng Qi when he broke through to the Outer Scene, perhaps because Zhang Xuan practiced the Indestructible Heavenly Art, what was revealed above his head was a peculiar phenomenon and scene resembling a black hole.

PS: I spent the whole day in a car returning to my hometown today, so the update is a bit late, sorry, sorry. There should be another update later.

(End of this chapter)