Chapter 472: Martial Dao Martial Immortal

Hoo!!!

The True Essence's wind and waves spread from the very center of the heavenly tribulation outward, especially that sky‑covering True Essence canopy, which made the cultivators outside feel a tremor from deep within!

Wei Zixu was utterly shocked: "This power.... so overbearing, it can even suppress the heavenly tribulation for a breath—truly astonishing!"

Li Yuan widened his eyes: "Wasn't it said there was only one bolt of Purple Sky Divine Lightning? How can there be nine?!"

"Could this also be one of the restrictions set by the sages?" Wei Zixu thought.

Otherwise, after all these years, how come no one has heard of a martial cultivator breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage?

As the heavenly tribulation gradually faded, however, no one knew whether the martial cultivator amidst it had succeeded or failed.

In short....

Li Yuan and Wei Zixu exchanged a glance, nodded, and simultaneously rose to fly over.

"Is it here?"

"That is......"

Looking at the human skeleton sitting on the calm sea surface, the two were stunned.

Is he dead?

What a pity.

Li Yuan shook his head: "As expected of the Purple Sky Heavenly Tribulation—the heaven and earth shake so violently, yet it didn't cause even the slightest ripple in the nearby Dao Marks."

"In other words, the full force of the Purple Sky Divine Lightning landed on that martial cultivator." Wei Zixu sensed it, then nodded and said.

Li Yuan pondered: "This also shows that magical cultivators don't experience tribulation like this—heavenly lightning interferes with everything in the area. But for a martial cultivator undergoing tribulation, it's as if... they were singled out."

This is also why the sea surface remains so calm—despite the Purple Sky Divine Lightning's boundless tyranny, even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators dare not lightly take a single strike, yet it shows how difficult it is for a martial cultivator to defy heaven.

"Fairy Wei, why not go down and have a look? At least we can witness this scene and help gather the remains...."

"Huh?!" Wei Zixu stared, then exclaimed in shock: "No, look!"

In the blink of an eye, the skeleton's flesh and blood spontaneously grew from inside out, and in an instant an old man's appearance reappeared.

Then....

The man rose, changed into a new set of clothes, turned his head, and in a single glance fixed his gaze on them.

"Fellow Daoist...." Li Yuan stood frozen; just one glance from that man sent a lethal threat through him, and he broke out in a cold sweat involuntarily.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, for defying heaven and being capable of breaking the Martial Dao's path!" Wei Zixu bowed with a smile.

Yan Buji on the sea surface took a deep breath, looked at his body, and returned to his original appearance, unable to help but laugh:

"Alas, even a Martial Dao breakthrough can't return one to youth—but that's fine, it's good enough."

Yan Buji flew up, bowed, and said: "This humble Yan Buji greets you two fellow Daoists. Fairy Wei, I hope you've been well."

"Are you Daoist Yan?" Wei Zixu stared, then felt greatly surprised.

"Aren't you a magical cultivator?"

"When did you become a martial cultivator? And you even defied heaven to break through to the Martial Dao Nascent Soul?!"

However, upon closer inspection, Li Yuan and Wei Zixu both felt that Yan Buji's power was not quite as they had imagined; to their divine sense it seemed like a vast hazy fog, impossible to discern.

And Yan Buji naturally could sense their divine sense as well; he merely smiled slightly and said: "Both of you, this Yan will first stabilize my realm, then return."

"Fellow Daoist, take your leave."

Watching Yan Buji depart, Wei Zixu and Li Yuan exchanged strange looks.

Li Yuan turned to look at Wei Zixu and asked: "Fairy Wei, do you know him?"

"Probably.... but he was a magical cultivator before—how did he become a Martial Dao Nascent Soul?"

"I just feel something's off—the martial cultivator's Nascent Soul stage seems somewhat different from ours. But since Fairy Wei knows you, it saves us some trouble; let's wait for those fellow Daoist Yan to arrive and we'll chat then."

"That works."

After the two left, Yan Buji returned to his underwater abode and began to examine himself.

"Martial Dao Nascent Soul.... oh wait, after this union of flesh and spirit, it seems there won't be a Nascent Soul manifestation."

The Martial Dao Golden Core shattered, the soul transformed into a divine soul, the spiritual awareness into divine sense, and flesh and spirit merged. Now his body is also the vessel for his divine soul and divine sense, and the growth of his divine sense and divine soul will drive the growth of his physical form.

However, the True Essence remains stored in the dantian, and it does not interfere with magical power.

But now, after the breakthrough, the True Essence's strength and quality have undergone a qualitative leap, and moreover it has left a peculiar trace within the dantian.

"Martial Dao Dao Mark!"

Although there is only one, it also signifies that Yan Buji, by taking the martial path, has officially set foot on the Immortal Dao's starting point!

"Immortal Path, Martial Dao, Martial Immortal? Since it differs from the ancient martial cultivator's Martial Dao Nascent Soul, calling it Martial Immortal is reasonable."

Martial Immortal is equivalent to the magical cultivator's Nascent Soul stage; although not exactly the same, one still needs to cultivate the Dao Mark to strengthen oneself.

The way ahead is open; in the future, Yan Buji's martial Dao cultivation will need to build upon the Martial Immortal foundation to reach ever greater heights—what lies ahead is still too early to say.

Yan Buji sat cross-legged and continuously cultivated his energy.

The Blood Heaven Ascension Degree's circulation is faster than before, and the rise of True Essence seems to be undergoing a key qualitative change; after Yan Buji sensed it carefully, he realized it was just like when his inner qi turned into True Essence—True Essence itself is also undergoing some change.

Therefore Yan Buji needs to enter secluded cultivation for a while, gradually adapting to this change.

Two years passed.

Yan Buji felt that the transformation of True Essence had reached a critical moment; he again circulated his profound technique, and strands of condensed True Essence, like gold bars, accumulated in his dantian.

This struck Yan Buji as quite strange; he extended his hand to sense it, and a 'gold bar' appeared in his palm.

"In the Martial Immortal realm, True Essence is completely condensed into substance, yet it can also be amassed in vast quantities within the dantian—virtual and substantial, it is truly remarkable."

"If so, it can no longer be called True Essence. Shaped like a gold bar, refined true gold, the power of Martial Dao Martial Immortal—let's call it Immortal Essence."

Yan Buji felt that calling it 'gold bar Immortal Essence' wasn't pleasant; better to simply call it Immortal Essence.

Besides this, Yan Buji can also feel that his body now possesses a terrifying regenerative ability, though it consumes Immortal Essence as energy—who knows if he can achieve rebirth from a drop of blood.

Besides this, Yan Buji now can also feel that his body has gained an extremely terrifying regenerative ability, but it also requires consuming Immortal Essence as energy; it's just unknown whether he can achieve rebirth from a drop of blood.

Clang!

Yan Buji originally wanted to try cutting open his arm, but it seems he used too little force, making it hard for even himself to break through the flesh body's defense.

Helpless, Yan Buji could only increase his force.

Yan Buji mobilized Immortal Essence, then suddenly slit open his arm, carefully observing the speed of the wound's healing.

"It's probably not enough.... At this speed and power consumption, I can't achieve rebirth from a drop of blood, but regenerating a severed limb should be feasible, though I estimate it would consume half of my Immortal Essence."

Moreover, after undergoing the heavenly tribulation baptism, the dragon-person bloodline in my body seems to have been completely purged, returning me to my original state.

Furthermore, there is another major problem.

Even in the Martial Immortal Realm, it hasn't increased lifespan.

It's purely just an increase in power level!