Chapter 1504

"Really?" He Pingsheng asked her with a smile.

Wen Buwan did not answer He Pingsheng's words, but instead raised her head and covered He Pingsheng's lips.

Candle shadows dim in the clear night,

Dawn light shines through the bright golden window.

Amidst the clouds and rain beneath the sandalwood Buddha,

For whom do you softly chant 'Great Rebirth'?

The previously turbulent great hall was now like a sleeping sick tiger, lying low and motionless.

Inside the hall, the candlelight had all been extinguished.

The golden Buddha statue appeared and disappeared in the faint light, its surface of carved and raised patterns presenting both solemn and ferocious states due to the uneven distribution of light, making one's heart jump with fear.

A wisp of clear incense burned before the Buddha, curling upward.

On the wide prayer mat, Wen Buwan slept soundly beside He Pingsheng, her body half-prostrate on He Pingsheng's legs, half-covered by a golden quilt, revealing only her smooth back and a waist that could be grasped with one hand.

He Pingsheng wore a wide Daoist robe, and at this moment, he was holding a green jade slip with a gloomy expression, watching it intently.

The more he watched, the gloomier his expression became.

Finally, he sighed deeply, his gaze falling on Wen Buwan's side-facing countenance.

Perhaps because she felt she was being stared at, Wen Buwan suddenly opened her eyes, leaned toward He Pingsheng in a daze, and asked: "Brother... what are you doing?"

"What are you holding in your hand?"

He Pingsheng said indifferently: "Great Rebirth!"

Wen Buwan, half-asleep and half-awake, instantly sobered up, then sat up with a start, her body trembling as she asked: "You... how do you still have it?"

He Pingsheng looked at Wen Buwan with pity, reached out to pull the golden quilt from the side to cover her shoulders, and said: "Why must you suffer so?"

"However... no matter what, I thank you!"

"Junior Sister Wen, I, He Pingsheng, will never fail you in this life!"

He hugged Wen Buwan tightly, two lines of tears overflowing from his eyes.

The remaining portion of the Great Blessing Technique from back then had been re-inserted into the Treasure Basin by He Pingsheng a few days ago, and it took three days to strengthen it.

The Great Blessing Technique was still strengthened into Great Rebirth.

He Pingsheng had also carefully read the contents of Great Rebirth.

Wen Buwan hadn't lied to him; this was indeed an auxiliary healing-type divine ability, and only immortals who had cultivated the Daoist Law of Creation could cultivate it.

Once cultivated, one could plant a life-and-death line of creation on the other person, but when planting the life-and-death line, one must be in yin-yang union with the other person for it to succeed.

Moreover, during the process, it could erupt with huge karmic energy, raising the other person's cultivation base.

This was also the fundamental reason why He Pingsheng, after a hundred years of enlightenment back then, broke through directly from the second layer to the fourth layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal after three days of discussing the Dao with Wen Buwan.

That wasn't the key!

The key was that after the life-and-death line had been nurtured for a hundred years, the lives and deaths of the two would be connected together.

Once He Pingsheng suffered a life-and-death tribulation, Wen Buwan could use the life-and-death line to walk into the killing tribulation with her own body in place of his, thereby saving He Pingsheng's life.

The most, most, most critical thing was that if Wen Buwan accidentally fell, it would have no effect on He Pingsheng.

A one-sided sacrifice.

An unfair line.

Once formed, no external force could sever it!

"I'm sorry Brother... for making you worry!" Wen Buwan said in a low voice.

He Pingsheng reached out and ruffled her hair: "From today on, I will cultivate diligently and must make myself strong as quickly as possible!"

"When the time comes that no one in this Immortal Realm can kill me, you won't be in danger either!"

"Come!" He Pingsheng said, "You must also cultivate as quickly as possible!"

"How many years has it been, and you still haven't condensed your own Dao seed?"

In the time that followed, He Pingsheng hid in Wen Buwan's side hall and began his seclusion!

The resources on him were also sufficient.

Moreover, after this continuous traveling and experiencing life and death, He Pingsheng's state of mind was also sufficient.

He first set up some arrays, and then took out several items.

Essence blood of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, divine marrow, etc.!

Order of the Great Dao of Space!

Three clusters of merit!

And a jade slip: Heavenly Prison Soul-Forging Technique.

In this way, He Pingsheng could simultaneously forge his soul, forge his body, and raise his cultivation base.

As for these three clusters of merit?

Hmm...

He Pingsheng planned to make use of them.

It is said that swallowing this merit during enlightenment can increase the speed of enlightenment.

For example, if during ordinary enlightenment, breaking through one layer of Dao-barrier takes two thousand years.

But if one swallows merit and uses the merit to bolster the comprehension of Daoist magic, then this time might be shortened to two hundred years, or even one hundred, several decades, or a few years.

It is just that exaggerated.

Therefore, merit is the best heavenly treasure between heaven and earth, bar none.

He Pingsheng first swallowed a top-tier sixth-grade 【Heavenly Enlightenment Golden Pellet】, then swallowed the divine marrow, and then swallowed a cluster of merit.

Finally, he simultaneously comprehended the Order of the Great Dao, cultivated the Chaos Golden Scripture, and the Heavenly Prison Soul-Forging Technique.

Time passed bit by bit.

He Pingsheng only used eighty-six years to break through one layer of the Dao-barrier, reaching the seventh layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

At this very moment, the merit within his body had actually not been completely consumed.

Continue!

Another one hundred and thirty-three years later, the Dao-barrier broke through another layer.

Another five hundred and seventy-seven years later, he had consumed all the merit, and the Dao-barrier finally reached the tenth layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Back and forth, it took a total of seven hundred and ninety-six years!

At the same time, He Pingsheng's physical barrier also broke through accordingly, so his cultivation base also reached the tenth layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

There was also body-forging and soul-forging.

These two were relatively slower, especially soul-forging.

In these eight hundred years, He Pingsheng's soul-forging broke through two layers, reaching the eighth layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, while body-forging reached the ninth layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Neither of these had caught up to his cultivation base.

"Phew..." He Pingsheng exhaled deeply.

Now that there was no more merit, wanting to continue breaking through would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

He did not leave seclusion immediately, but continued his seclusion to comprehend the Great Dao of Space.

At this time, without merit, he only swallowed 【Heavenly Enlightenment Golden Pellets】 that increase comprehension to contemplate; as for how long it would take, he didn't know!

One year, two years, three years!

Time flowed slowly!

In the blink of an eye, another two thousand eight hundred and forty-two years passed.

He Pingsheng's Dao-barrier broke through in one stroke, reaching the eleventh layer of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"It's truly getting harder and harder!" He Pingsheng smiled bitterly.

This was still with sufficient golden pellets and immortal talismans to increase his comprehension; otherwise, it would have taken over ten thousand years.

But this was also normal; it was the norm.

Although there was still a large gap compared to the Dao-Origin and Great Luo Golden Immortal realms, a Taiyi Golden Immortal was already a giant in the Immortal Realm, governing a star system, so it was normal for further cultivation progress to be extremely difficult.

Some people spend even one hundred thousand years of time just to break through one layer, which is not worth mentioning.

After this breakthrough, He Pingsheng's soul-forging and body-forging had finally reached the tenth layer; he did not go to break through the eleventh layer of the physical barrier, but stepped out of this temporary Daoist field and walked outside.

Just after arriving outside, He Pingsheng was shocked by the scene before him.