Chapter 186

After killing Luo Junming, Xu Chen planned to continue his cultivation.

Especially if he entered the Tianling Juqi Ta, he estimated he could soon advance to Eighth Grade Late Stage.

He even intended to attempt breaking through to Ninth Grade within these three months.

The Empress was not joking with Xu Chen now: "If you need anything, just tell me." Xu Chen nodded and looked at Bu Fengshuang: "Go inform the Palace Master of my situation." Bu Fengshuang nodded: "After I finish, I will guard you outside."

Yin Suyun said: "I will enter the Tianling Juqi Ta too, and train with you."

Xu Chen did not refuse. Yi Bingrou smiled lightly: "I won't join you—I'll go to the Heavenly Ice Lake; it suits me best."

The Heavenly Ice Lake was also a lake within Jingcheng, but it was the coldest.

Ordinary Martial Artists who so much as touched it would freeze solid all over.

But this extreme cold was precisely suited to Yi Bingrou's Frost Saint Body.

Xu Chen then wasted no time, taking the Purple Gold Tower Token and entering the Tianling Juqi Ta.

This time, he went directly to the Ninth Level.

Yin Suyun followed Xu Chen closely, training her body alongside him.

Xu Chen glanced around and saw ninety thousand Spirit Stones, and double the pressure of the Eighth Level.

As soon as he entered, a massive pressure slammed into him.

He was forced flat onto the ground, completely immobilized.

Yin Suyun beside him was the same; both were utterly stranded.

Xu Chen grimaced in pain—this Ninth Level's pressure was indeed overwhelming.

Even Eighth Grade Perfection would turn pale under such pressure.

But this suited Xu Chen perfectly; he could use it to forge his body to at least Eighth Grade Perfection.

Thus, Xu Chen and Yin Suyun silently activated their Cultivation Methods, cultivating while forging their bodies.

Roughly half a month later, Xu Chen's body strengthened and reached Eighth Grade Late Stage.

With the aid of Spiritual Qi, he finally managed to stand, moving slightly.

Even so, his movements were extremely difficult.

Like a turtle, each shift took several seconds.

Yin Suyun, like Xu Chen, showed signs of her body nearing Eighth Grade Perfection. Xu Chen sighed: "Fifteen whole days—what a miserable sight." Yin Suyun smiled gently: "It's fine—I'm here with you." Xu Chen nodded: "Continue." Then both resumed their cultivation.

At this moment, the many Elders inside and outside the tower all bared their teeth.

Damn, they're dating on the Ninth Level.

Another half month passed; Xu Chen's body showed no further change, but his realm advanced to Eighth Grade Late Stage.

Instantly, those outside sensed the violent fluctuation emanating from Xu Chen.

"Whoa!"

They all drew sharp breaths—he'd advanced again in just a month.

At this point, Xu Chen could move slightly faster, but still far slower than normal.

Using the technique "Shrink Earth to Inch," his speed barely matched a normal person's walking pace.

This showed the pressure here still heavily oppressed Xu Chen.

He glanced over and saw that of the ninety thousand Spirit Stones, thirty thousand had been consumed.

The Spiritual Qi mist inside the tower had also gradually vanished during cultivation.

Now, the view in the Ninth Level was clear, with no one else present. "Continue々~!"

With nothing else to do, Xu Chen continued activating the Immortal Indestructible Art.

Pale green Spiritual Qi coiled around his body, releasing vitality, absorbing Spiritual Qi at a hundredfold efficiency.

Another month passed; Xu Chen's body and realm both advanced to Eighth Grade Perfection.

A powerful aura radiated from his body; his flesh, with each breath, faintly threatened to shatter space.

Those inside and outside the tower, witnessing this, were secretly startled.

Legend said Ninth Grade flesh could shatter space.

They had never seen it—but Xu Chen was clearly approaching that threshold.

"Without the Spiritual Qi mist, the sixty thousand Spirit Stones were fully absorbed by both of us."

"But due to my Cultivation Method, I absorbed most of it." Xu Chen internally sighed—cultivating beyond Eighth Grade was truly difficult.

This time, he took out the Puppet Crystals.

He crushed all twenty Puppet Crystals at once; instantly, the Ninth Level was once again filled with Spiritual Qi mist.

Xu Chen's clothes were soaked through by the mist, and the droplets on his face streamed like sweat.

Xu Chen was quite satisfied—this was equivalent to a million high-grade Spirit Stones.

At this moment, Xu Chen could almost move freely within the Ninth Level.

The pressure here had become meaningless to him. "Body cultivation is now hard to advance—focus on breaking through my realm." Xu Chen murmured.

He knew three months was too short to achieve everything.

As for his body and Divine Sense, he would enhance them using Eighth Grade Spirit Medicine and Eighth Grade Pills.

The good items looted from the Heavenly Sword Sect were now put to use.

Instantly, Xu Chen cultivated while chewing Eighth Grade Pills and refining Eighth Grade Spirit Medicine simultaneously.

Thus, after finishing one pill, another was always ready to be consumed.

Half a month later, Xu Chen's body strengthened rapidly, but did not break through to Ninth Grade.

His Divine Sense, refined by the Pills, advanced to Eighth Grade Late Stage.

Half the Spiritual Qi had been consumed, yet his realm remained stubbornly stuck.

After all, advancing from Eighth Grade to Ninth Grade does carry some difficulty.

"There's still half a month left—I need to take some Pills that speed up cultivation, otherwise it'll be very hard to advance to Jiupin Chuji."