Chapter 320: Major Achievement in Withered Glory Profound Light Art, Dao Companion Reaches Nascent Soul

At this very moment, Xuanhuang Island, Xuanhuang Peak, a quiet room.

Rumble~~

Zhou Sui sat cross-legged on the ground, black and white light emerging from his body; it seemed as if the symbols of the Taiji Bagua appeared behind him, flickering uncertainly, as if his body contained a vast power of life and death.

The forces of life and death circulated continuously, forming a perfect balance.

Vaguely, it seemed as if a mysterious and powerful force was gestating within his body, emitting an unfathomable aura.

Thud!

The next second, a gray light erupted from Zhou Sui's body, shooting toward the distance and striking the wall, yet it caused no damage at all and dissipated instantly.

However, his eyes revealed an expression of excitement and satisfaction.

"It's done; I have finally cultivated the Withered Glory Profound Light Art to the Major Achievement realm."

Zhou Sui was very excited.

It seemed that deep within his pupils, symbols of life and death emerged, merging with one another.

After decades of bitter cultivation, the power of the Withered Glory Profound Light Art on his body had also received a tremendous boost.

It had advanced from the previous Minor Achievement realm to the Major Achievement realm.

Do not underestimate this slight bit of progress.

In the past, throughout the entire Kurong Sect, there were few who could achieve this; few could cultivate the Withered Glory Profound Light Art to the Major Achievement realm—they could be counted on one's fingers.

Once cultivated to the Major Achievement realm, one could exchange one year of one's own lifespan for two years of an enemy's lifespan.

It could be said that this was a qualitative improvement.

Although it was still harming others to benefit oneself, at least the price paid was not as great as before.

If it were still at the Minor Achievement realm, one could only use one year of one's own lifespan to exchange for one year of an enemy's lifespan, which was equivalent to an equal exchange.

"Not bad; if I could cultivate it to the Master realm, then the power of this technique would be even more terrifying."

"One year of lifespan could be exchanged for ten years of an enemy's lifespan."

A glimmer of light appeared in Zhou Sui's eyes.

To be honest, he felt that only by cultivating to the Master realm could the true power of the Withered Glory Profound Light Art be thoroughly displayed.

If one encountered an unbeatable enemy, one could trade life for life.

By expending a hundred years of lifespan, one could exchange it for a thousand years of an enemy's lifespan.

If the enemy did not have much lifespan left, they would likely die an untimely death immediately, unable to resist at all.

It could be said that in the past, the Kurong Sect was simply invincible by relying on this divine ability.

No Cultivator dared to engage in a magical duel with the Kurong Sect, unless they wanted to die.

"After twenty years of cultivation, my cultivation base has also made significant progress."

At this moment, Zhou Sui's heart stirred, and he immediately opened his Virtual Panel.

【Host: Zhou Sui, Cultivation: Nascent Soul Middle Stage (20% progress), Lifespan: 165 (20500) years】

【Aptitude: Second Grade Spiritual Root (95%)】

【Sword Dao: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade (90%)】

【Rune: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade (25%)】

【Array Formation: Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade (99%)】

【Alchemist: Fourth-Tier Upper-Grade (50%)】

【Artifact Refining: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade (25%)】

【Phantom Demon Transformation Art: Master (99%)】

【Five Elements Alchemy Formula: Master (99%)】

【Demon Summoning Heart Sutra: Demon Seed, Summon Demon】

【Seven Apertures Exquisite Book: Heart Eye Identifying Objects, Heart Eye Insight, Heart Eye Communicating Language】

【Execution Immortal Sword Formula: First Form Formless Sword Light】

【Withered Glory Profound Light Art: Major Achievement, Ancient Profound Turtle Art: Second Layer, Void Soul Thorn: Major Achievement, Fireball Technique: Master, Wind Blade Technique: Master, Golden Light Technique: Master, Cold Ice Technique: Master, Spring Breeze Turns to Rain Technique: Master, Lightning Summoning Technique: Master...】

【Infatuation Gu: Fifth-Tier Middle-Grade, Clone Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Wine Insect: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Gold-Eating Insect: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Book Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Dream Soul Gu: Fourth-Tier Upper-Grade, Dragon Elephant Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Golden Light Myriad Poison Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Teleportation Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Array Heart Gu: Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade, Object Seeking Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade, Tribulation Thunder Gu: Fourth-Tier Upper-Grade, Medicine Gu: Fourth-Tier Middle-Grade.】

Clearly, the various immortal cultivation skills and techniques Zhou Sui had mastered had all received tremendous improvements.

Although no qualitative change had occurred, it was still a significant step forward.

"I didn't expect that after twenty years of cultivation, I only increased my progress by 20%."

"As expected, cultivation in the Nascent Soul Realm is too difficult."

"A mere twenty years of time is nothing but a snap of the fingers."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

Although he knew that his cultivation progress over these twenty years was not particularly great and he had been mentally prepared, he still hadn't expected that it would only be a 20% increase in progress.

However, there was no helping it.

The further one reached in the later stages of cultivation, the slower the progress naturally became.

To be honest, a 20% increase in progress over twenty years was already a quite astonishing cultivation speed compared to other Nascent Soul Cultivators, the kind that would make many Nascent Soul Cultivators envious, jealous, and hateful.

Because even if they spent three or four hundred years, they might not be able to cultivate to the perfection of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Yet, according to Zhou Sui's cultivation progress, he would likely be able to attempt an advancement to the Nascent Soul Late Stage within a hundred years.

Such a speed was simply inconceivable.

"The reason why cultivation is so slow also has something to do with my Spiritual Root aptitude."

"Currently, my Spiritual Root aptitude is only at the Second Grade level."

"For an ordinary Cultivator, it is naturally considered quite good."

"However, at the level of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it is a bit weak, quite ordinary and sparse."

"If one wishes to improve the progress of cultivation, then the only way is to improve the quality of one's Spirit Root."

"The best outcome would be to reach the level of a First Grade Spiritual Root."

"In this way, the daily cultivation efficiency could also be improved by a large margin."

Zhou Sui fell into deep thought.

After all, his Spirit Root quality had already reached 95% progress; he estimated that it would not take long before he could ascend to the level of a First Grade Spiritual Root, and at that time, astonishing changes would certainly occur.

Although he also wanted to quickly make his Spirit Root undergo a transformation, he also knew that haste makes waste.

It was better to continue cultivating step by step.

Unless he obtained a Millennium Spirit Herb that could cause a Spirit Root to transform, there was no way to improve his Spirit Root.

Yet, such Spirit Medicine was not easily obtained.

Even in the Medicine Garden of the Kurong Sect, up until now, he had only found Spirit Medicine like the Buddha Flame Root that could improve Spirit Roots.

It is easy to imagine just how rare this kind of Spirit Medicine for improving Spirit Root quality truly is.

Even for a sect with a Deity Transformation stage expert, obtaining it would be an incomparably difficult matter.

"Not bad, not bad."

"The speed of improvement in skills such as Runes, alchemy, and Artifact Refining is all quite good."

"Of course, the most impressive is naturally my attainment in Array Formations, which is already at the fifth-tier high grade."

"It is even at the level of a perfect fifth-tier high grade."

"Basically, I have a thorough grasp of all the fifth-tier Array Formations in the entire Human World, knowing them like the back of my hand."

"Even if I were to call myself the strongest Array Master in the Human World right now, in all likelihood, no one would dare to refute it."

Zhou Sui was very excited.

He sensed that deep within his sea of consciousness, dense knowledge regarding fifth-tier Array Formations had emerged, seemingly forming books of arrays, and he had a thorough grasp of numerous fifth-tier Array Formations.

…………

Half an hour later.

Zhou Sui ended this session of cultivation and walked out of the quiet room.

He saw that his Dao Companions were also gathered in the Immortal Palace on Xuanhuang Peak, chatting away.

Each of them was dressed in light clothing, revealing proud figures, fair skin, and long legs, as if Heavenly Immortals had descended to the mortal world.

If an outsider were to see this, they would think they had arrived at the backyard of an imperial palace.

Everywhere were beautiful female cultivators.

At the same time, it was also a pleasing sight.

"How does it feel after ascending to the Nascent Soul stage?"

Zhou Sui looked at Leng Yuexi and the others, and asked.

In fact, over the past twenty years, it was not just his own cultivation that had progressed.

Leng Yuexi, Shen Biqian, and the four sisters of Chuntao had also successfully formed their Nascent Souls and survived the Heavenly Tribulation.

The Tribulation Thunder Gu had also instantly devoured a large amount of Tribulation Lightning energy, benefiting greatly.

It could be said that, apart from Ji Bingyu, Xia Jingyan, and Mu Ziyan, the other Dao Companions had all successively formed their Nascent Souls.

Of course, the outside world did not yet know about this matter.

After all, they had all formed their Nascent Souls on Xuanhuang Island.

With the shroud of the Five-Tier Great Array, outsiders did not know that Leng Yuexi and the others had successfully formed their Nascent Souls.

This was also a trump card of the Xuanhuang Sect.

"The feeling is naturally incomparably wonderful."

"I can only say that it is worthy of being the Nascent Soul Realm; it is far more powerful than the Golden Core Realm."

"It is not just an increase in lifespan; the combat power has increased by who knows how many times."

"It is just that cultivating has become even slower."

"Fortunately, my husband is a Fourth-tier Alchemist who can refine Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills."

"Otherwise, our cultivation progress would be as slow as a snail."

Leng Yuexi said with great emotion.

As a cultivator possessing a First Grade Spiritual Root, even when cultivating in the Golden Core Realm, her efficiency was still extremely fast.

But after ascending to the Nascent Soul stage, she realized just how slow her cultivation speed was.

It was practically difficult to make any progress.

It is no wonder that many Nascent Soul Cultivators are so desperate for Fourth-Tier Treasure Pills.

It is truly because the pills are too precious.

A single pill can save over a dozen years of bitter cultivation, which is equivalent to indirectly extending one's own lifespan.

Of course, because her husband is a Fourth-tier Alchemist and has also planted a large amount of Fourth-Tier Spirit Medicine.

So she had not yet experienced the kind of pain that other Nascent Soul Cultivators feel.

Although her cultivation efficiency could not compare to her husband's, it was still faster than other Nascent Soul Cultivators by who knows how many times.

"I really envy the sisters for being able to ascend to the Nascent Soul stage."

"We don't know when we will be able to ascend either."

Mu Ziyan said with great envy.

"Rest assured, according to what your husband said, your natal Immortal Plant, the Evergreen Vine, is growing very quickly."

"It is estimated that in a few decades, it will be able to ascend to the Fourth-Tier level."

"When the time comes, you will naturally be able to advance to Nascent Soul, perhaps even more smoothly than we did when we formed our Nascent Souls."

Shen Biqian comforted them.

However, this was indeed the truth.

Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan were cultivating the Green Emperor Longevity Technique very smoothly.

Their Evergreen Vines were planted on Xuanhuang Peak, and now the area covered by the Evergreen Vines exceeded one hundred kilometers.

In other words, their range of activity had also expanded within a one-hundred-kilometer region.

Although their range of activity was limited, because Zhou Sui also stayed here and practiced Dual Cultivation with them day and night.

So they did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.

In any case, it was about the same as their previous life, and they even felt more at ease.

At the very least, there was no need to worry about other matters.

As long as they followed the steps, they could naturally form their Nascent Souls.

"Husband, I wonder how the Canglan Sea is doing now?"

"It is said that over these years, a large number of Boundary Gates have appeared in the Canglan Sea."

"From time to time, Monster Beasts break into the Canglan Sea, causing quite a stir."

Chu Dieyi asked with great curiosity.

Because she had stayed on Xuanhuang Island for a long time to cultivate, she was practically cut off from the world, so naturally, she could not compare to Zhou Sui in terms of being well-informed.

After all, her husband had many clones scattered throughout the Canglan Sea, and they had gathered quite a lot of top-secret information.

"As for that, ever since the Boundary Gates completely formed, Monster Beasts have been running out from the Boundary Gates from time to time."

"But on the whole, it is still relatively stable."

"It seems that the Ancient Demon World is also a bit wary of the Immortal Cultivation World and does not dare to rashly send a large number of Monster Beasts to attack."

"In the short term, the Canglan Sea is still very calm, and there are no signs of war breaking out."

Zhou Sui thought carefully and stated the intelligence he knew.

Ever since the Boundary Gates completely formed, the many Nascent Soul Sects in the Canglan Sea had been very nervous, constantly monitoring these Boundary Gates, fearing that a large number of Monster Beasts would run out from them and form a Beast Tide.

However, the Ancient Demon World did not seem interested in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Up until now, only a sporadic few Monster Beasts had run over from the Boundary Gates.

It had only caused a certain degree of ripples and had not reached the level of triggering a war.

"Why would such a situation occur?"

"Could it be that the Ancient Demon World is truly afraid of our Immortal Cultivation World, so they dare not send Monster Beasts to invade?"

Chu Dieyi narrowed her eyes.

To be honest, such a situation was indeed beyond the expectations of many Cultivators.

Originally, they thought that when the Boundary Gates appeared, it would immediately trigger a war between the Human Race and the Demon Race.

But who could have imagined that they would actually remain motionless and have no intention of trying to invade the Immortal Cultivation World at all.

"No, how could such a thing be."

"They are not afraid of our Immortal Cultivation World, but are collecting intelligence on our Immortal Cultivation World."

"I previously captured some Demon Cultivators from the Ancient Demon World; they seem to be called Transformation Demons."

"These Demon Cultivators transform into the appearance of Human Cultivators and go everywhere to inquire about intelligence."

"Once they obtain enough intelligence and discover that our Canglan Sea is very weak, then I fear they will act without hesitation and launch a war."

Zhou Sui's expression was very serious.

His clones had also captured some Transformation Demons, but unfortunately, the number of Transformation Demons was simply too large.

With the help of the power of the Boundary Gates, they were scattered all over the world.

Even if some were captured, it was of no help to the overall situation.

That was why a sense of urgency arose in his heart.

Once the Demon Cultivators of the Ancient Demon World obtained enough intelligence and felt that the strength of the Immortal Cultivation World was nothing more than this.

They would likely launch a war at the first opportunity and ignite the flames of battle.

"No way, if that is the case, then what should we do?"

Taohua Shangren said with some worry.

Because the more cautious these Demon Cultivators were, the more troublesome it meant they were.

If one wanted to deal with these Demon Race Cultivators, it would likely become increasingly difficult.

"It does not matter."

"Soldiers come, generals block; water comes, earth covers."

"Even if those Demon Cultivators are powerful, if they dare to come to our territory, then we will certainly make sure they never return."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes, revealing a trace of deep killing intent.

One must know that today is different from the past.

Now, his cultivation is many times stronger than it was before.

As long as a Spirit Severing Venerable does not make a move, then even if he encounters any number of Fourth-tier Beasts, they cannot be his match.

No matter how many come, they will all die.

It is practically the same as throwing their lives away.

Instead, he can even take advantage of this opportunity to deter the Demon Race.