When I Achieved Sainthood, the Immortal Official Actually Called Me to Raise Horses!

【You have invested 10,000,000,000 years of lifespan into the Immortal Emperor Eyes for evolution and cultivation.】

【You have cultivated the Immortal Emperor Eyes for 1,000,000,000 years, and your comprehension of the Dao of Karma has improved.】

【You have cultivated the Immortal Emperor Eyes for 10,000,000,000 years, and your comprehension of the Dao of Illusion and Reality has deepened.】

【You have cultivated the Immortal Emperor Eyes for 50,000,000,000 years, and your Immortal Emperor Eyes have begun to generate even greater power.】

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A series of system notifications popped up in front of Gu An, but despite investing 10,000,000,000 years of lifespan, the Immortal Emperor Eyes had not yet undergone its evolution.

Gu An wasn’t surprised. After all, this was an ability powerful enough to make the Heavenly Court wary.

He continued pouring in lifespan, still in increments of 10,000,000,000 years.

Failure!

Another 10,000,000,000 years!

Gu An still had over 4,000,000,000,000 years of lifespan left. To him, 10,000,000,000 years of lifespan was insignificant.

Failure after failure, he kept pushing forward.

By the time he had invested over 1,000,000,000,000 years, a subtle change appeared in his eyes.

Finally, after burning through 1,800,000,000,000 years, his Immortal Emperor Eyes successfully evolved into Abyssal Void Eyes.

An endless flood of memories and knowledge surged into Gu An’s mind. He closed his eyes, completely immersed, as if the vast information of the Three Thousand Grand Daos was pouring into his consciousness. Even as a Perfected Wondrous Truth Grand Luo Immortal, he briefly lost himself in the chaotic influx of insights.

The Abyssal Void Eyes not only allowed him to manipulate illusion and reality, but also create them. It was nearly omnipotent, though everything created would vanish once his mana was depleted.

In battle, it could erase an enemy’s divine abilities and spells, even causing their mana to dissipate.

This was not just a suppression against weaker opponents—even against cultivators of higher realms, it retained a considerable oppressive power.

The surge of Grand Dao fluctuations caused by the evolution of Abyssal Void Eyes was far greater than before.

The Endless Dao Mountain continued to be ravaged by violent winds, and in the distance, more silhouettes began appearing atop the towering Dao Mountains. Even on the adjacent peak, a mysterious figure cloaked in gray mist emerged, standing motionless at the summit, its true form concealed.

The gray mist figure lifted its gaze toward the dark sky, seemingly searching for the source of the anomaly—completely unaware that it was right beside him.

The two Dao Mountains were connected, but their peaks were tens of millions of miles apart. To mortals, this was an insurmountable distance, yet for the gray mist figure, it was only a single step away.

Time continued to flow rapidly.

After half an hour, Gu An finally opened his eyes.

His purple pupils had transformed into golden-red, making his gaze even more intimidating and oppressive.

The first thing his Abyssal Void Eyes locked onto was the gray mist figure standing atop the distant peak.

Even at such close range, Gu An still couldn’t use Lifespan Investigation on him. It was as if this realm was shielding its inhabitants with some unknown force.

But even without Lifespan Investigation, Gu An could sense the being’s cultivation level.

Late-stage Heaven-Opening Grand Luo Immortal!

A Heaven-Opening Grand Luo Immortal was already capable of cultivating in Endless Dao Mountain.

This sparked a thought in Gu An’s mind—should he stay behind to observe after breaking through?

No matter what, first, he had to break through and see how powerful he would become!

Gu An reopened his status panel.

Aside from the lifespan consumed for cultivation, his Lifespan Barrier was also continuously draining lifespan. Right now, he still had 4,500,000,000,000 years left.

He immediately began investing lifespan into his cultivation realm.

【You have refined Qi for 20,000,000,000 years and attempted to forcibly break through to Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal using the profound mastery of the Ten Thousand Dao Annihilation Art. You have entered the tribulation phase. You failed to endure the Boundless Heaven Void Grand Tribulation—breakthrough failed.】

【You have refined Qi for 40,000,000,000 years and attempted to forcibly break through to Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal using the profound mastery of the Ten Thousand Dao Annihilation Art. You have entered the tribulation phase. You failed to endure the Boundless Heaven Void Grand Tribulation—breakthrough failed.】

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It actually takes 20,000,000,000 years just to trigger a tribulation once!

And that was after Gu An had already upgraded his Dao techniques and physique.

For the first time, he had a feeling that breaking through to the next major realm wouldn’t be easy.

No matter what, first, he had to reach Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal!

In 100,000,000,000 years, he had only managed five tribulation attempts—and all five failed.

With no hesitation, Gu An poured in 1,000,000,000,000 years of lifespan.

System notifications popped up endlessly—all failures!

Even after fifty tribulation attempts, every single one ended in failure!

Gu An continued investing more lifespan.

1,000,000,000,000 years passed, then another 1,000,000,000,000 years!

Failure!

Failure!

Failure!

Gu An remained focused, his Abyssal Void Eyes flickering with an ominous and terrifying glow.

The Grand Dao anomalies within the Endless Dao Mountain began to weaken, and the silhouettes standing atop the peaks gradually vanished. However, some figures still remained, observing from a distance.

The gray mist figure on the adjacent Dao Mountain did not disappear. Instead, he glanced around but never once fixed his gaze on the mountain where Gu An was.

Gu An ignored him completely, his attention fixed solely on the system prompts before him.

After 10,000,000,000,000 years of lifespan had been exhausted with no success, he realized something was wrong.

Wasn’t this Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal realm simply too difficult to break through?

Or was the Boundless Heaven Void Grand Tribulation far more terrifying than he had imagined?

As he pondered, he continued pouring lifespan into his cultivation.

Yet even after burning through another 1,000,000,000,000 years, there was no progress at all.

He furrowed his brows slightly and kept going.

Time passed.

Finally, he succeeded!

【You have refined Qi for 58,000,000,000 years and, using the profound mastery of the Ten Thousand Dao Annihilation Art, forcibly attempted to break through to Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal. You have endured the Boundless Heaven Void Grand Tribulation, and successfully ascended. Your cultivation has advanced to the early stage of Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal.】

【You have refined Qi for 100,000,000,000 years, and your cultivation has improved.】

As the system prompt fell, the Lifespan Barrier activated again. This time, the Grand Dao energy that surged toward Gu An was far more immense than before, completely engulfing him in an ocean of Dao Light.

Just achieving the early stage of Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal had cost him 2,300,000,000,000 years of lifespan!

He did not dare to keep pushing forward—after all, he still needed lifespan to sustain his Lifespan Barrier.

First, he had to stabilize himself in the Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal realm!

Boom!

Suddenly, the dark sky trembled, and a deafening thunderclap rang out. A bolt of lightning, coiling like an ancient celestial dragon, stretched across the heavens, its sheer size dwarfing the mountain ridges below.

This sudden celestial anomaly startled the cultivators within the Endless Dao Mountain.

In Gu An’s perception, countless new auras appeared—like stars suddenly lighting up the night sky.

He was shocked.

How many powerful cultivators were hiding here?!

The weakest aura he sensed was already at the level of a Measuring the Heavens Golden Immortal, with the most common being Supreme Purity Golden Immortals.

Even more terrifying, there were several aura fluctuations that made his heart race.

These were undoubtedly Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortals!

Was the Endless Dao Mountain actually a holy land for enlightenment?!

Gu An pondered, but after confirming that no one had taken notice of his Dao Mountain, he withdrew his thoughts and immersed himself in the inheritance memories.

The Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal realm—the ultimate stage of the Grand Luo Dao Fruit—represented the absolute limit of all living beings.

Beyond this, it was no longer about cultivation or comprehension.

Instead, one had to create and develop their own Dao.

In a sense, Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal was the final destination of the Immortal Dao.

Beyond this realm, it was no longer Immortal Dao but Grand Dao itself!

Inside Gu An’s body, his Grand Luo Dao Fruit began engraving Dao Extreme Marks upon itself.

Each Dao Extreme Mark contained indestructible mysteries—as long as these marks remained, a Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal could never perish.

Moreover, these Dao Extreme Marks did not only exist within the Dao Fruit but were also woven into the fabric of the Grand Dao itself.

Even if his Grand Luo Dao Fruit were to be destroyed, he would still revive.

However, each resurrection would cause him to lose one Dao Extreme Mark.

In total, there were forty-nine Dao Extreme Marks.

This meant that a Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal could be resurrected forty-nine times!

Even if they were reduced to nothingness, they would still return.

An existence with Dao Extreme Marks was practically unkillable.

Killing a Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal to complete annihilation was already exceedingly difficult.

And even if they were slain, they would return again and again—it was easy to imagine the sheer despair of facing such an opponent.

Not only that, but Gu An’s mana was also undergoing transformation, evolving toward the absolute peak of the Immortal Dao’s power.

During this process, his innate divine ability, Eternal Life True Words, also began to undergo a qualitative change.