Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

70: Chapter 70 Breakthrough to the Void Refinement Realm!Time passed year by year.

The trajectory of You Hun within the Azure Wave Sect quietly changed.

In the eyes of others in the past, he was a person who cultivated bitterly, possessed extremely high talent, and had an extremely indifferent temperament.

Nowadays, he has begun to attend the Sect’s monthly routine dharma assemblies during the new and full moons.

He listens to the boring reports on Sect income and expenditure, spirit field allocation, and marketplace disputes.

At first, no one chatted with him, and he did not initiate conversation either.

You Hun simply exchanged pleasantries when necessary, helped when needed, and never missed occasions where he should appear.

As time went on, when people in the Sect spoke of this current Sect Master’s personal Disciple, they felt that this Senior Brother Lin You was actually quite humble and amiable.

Some speculated privately that this was instructed by Sect Master Su.

Others guessed that he wanted to fight for that position in the future.

You Hun heard it, but he neither acknowledged nor denied it.

”Fight?”

”There is no need to fight.”

”He only needs to wait.”

Wait for the Lifespans of the two Grand Elders to reach their end.

And he, You Hun, only needs to become the person everyone in the Sect thinks is ’alright’ during this period of time.

To become the most logical choice when there is no other choice.

At that time, he will, as the Sect Master of the Azure Wave Sect, personally seal the cross-boundary Formation that connects to the Nanming No. 73 Mortal Realm.

...

Taiyi Dao Sect, Longevity Peak.

Under the influence of the Innate Spiritual Qi from the phantom dao seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, Gu Yan’s cultivation speed became faster and faster.

At three hundred and one years old, he broke through to the eighth level of Soul Transformation.

At three hundred and two years old, he broke into the ninth level of Soul Transformation.

Three hundred and three years old, Winter Solstice.

Gu Yan felt that he was not far from breaking through to the Void Refining Realm; as long as he wanted, the Lightning Tribulation would arrive in an instant.

After thinking about it, Gu Yan chose the Endless Sea Region as the place to undergo his tribulation.

He could not bear for Longevity Peak to be damaged by the aftermath of the Lightning Tribulation.

The Lightning Tribulation of the Void Refining Realm has formidable power.

Gu Yan rose, summoned the nine heavens thunder pattern evil-shattering sword, and turned into a streak of escaping light.

A ninth-level Soul Transformation Cultivator flying with a sword at full power could easily travel a thousand miles in an instant.

Half an hour later, Gu Yan was already deep in the Endless Sea Region.

Surrounded by vast seawater on all sides, this place was far from the shipping lanes, with no islands or reefs, and devoid of life for ten thousand miles, making it an excellent place to undergo tribulation.

Gu Yan raised his hand, and forty-nine Formation Flags flew out from the Sumeru Star Ring in his hand.

The Formation Flags were dark blue, embroidered with cloud patterns on the flag surface, each emitting a heavy, earthy-yellow spiritual light.

This was the Xuanyuan Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Flag he obtained last year after triggering the ”immortal lord fuzhe - red” trait.

A set of forty-nine flags, once deployed, could draw upon the power of the earth veins to bolster oneself, specializing in defense.

Although this was the sea, it was not a big problem.

After the Xuanyuan Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Flags were set up, the forty-nine rays of dark light intersected and connected.

In an instant, a dark blue grand Formation with a radius of a hundred zhang was formed, protecting Gu Yan in the center.

Then he took out the haotian mirror and suspended it three feet beside him.

The mirror surface faced upward, directly towards the firmament.

After doing all this, Gu Yan closed his eyes and stood still, preparing to break through to the Void Refining Realm.

...

Unknown how much time had passed, the entire Nanming No. 73 Mortal Realm was covered by the same dark cloud.

In the East Sea fishing village, the old fisherman Zhou Dachun suddenly felt the sky darken while pulling in his nets.

He looked up and saw the sun was still there, but it seemed to be separated by a thin layer of gray gauze, and it no longer felt warm on his body.

”Is it going to rain?” He muttered, moving the dried fish drying on the bow of the boat further inside.

But after waiting for a long time, not a single drop of rain fell.

The Great Qian, no, wait, there was no longer a Great Qian.

The entire original territory of the Great Qian had been renamed the Great Xia by Fang Yuan.

In the border town of the northern part of the Great Xia, the soldier Wang Xiaohu, who was guarding the gate, suddenly heard his comrade scream.

He looked towards the source of the sound, his pupils shrinking suddenly.

He saw that across the entire firmament, a faint purple light was swimming through, like a giant snake turning over in the depths of the clouds.

...

Endless Sea Region.

The first bolt of lightning fell.

Gu Yan felt it in his heart and opened his eyes abruptly.

With the defensive Formation in place, he did not get careless and backhanded the eight desolations mountain-suppressing pagoda.

The eight desolations mountain-suppressing pagoda grew into a nine-zhang giant tower against the wind, with black and yellow light curtains spreading out in layers, covering the entire Formation beneath it.

The lightning fell.

The giant tower’s light curtain trembled.

The body of the eight desolations mountain-suppressing pagoda let out a groan of unbearable weight, and a crack actually appeared on the tip of the tower.

In one encounter, this Magic Treasure, which could withstand all attacks from Cultivators below the late stage of the Void Refining Realm, was actually shattered.

And the forty-nine Xuanyuan Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Flags also let out a collective mournful cry, the cloud patterns on the flag surfaces dimming inch by inch.

The aftermath of the first lightning had not yet dissipated when the second lightning arrived.

The Formation light curtain trembled violently, and all forty-nine Formation Flags cracked simultaneously.

Gu Yan was not surprised in his heart.

The Lightning Tribulation of the Void Refining Realm was inherently extremely dangerous, not to mention that it might contain the augmentation of the peeking heaven mark.

One must know, the Void Refining Realm—’Refining’ means forging, ’Void’ means emptiness.

Forging away all one’s flesh, spiritual power, and Divine Soul; forging away the old self; forging away that mortal body brought from the womb.

After the forging is done, what remains is the Dao.

From then on, Void Refining Cultivators have no upper limit to their Lifespan.

From then on, they no longer have to suffer the pain of physical decay or the trouble of exhausted qi and blood.

But immortality is not without a price.

From then on, every three thousand years, one must undergo a Great Heavenly Tribulation.

Among the Void Refining Cultivators in the Spirit Realm, seven or eight out of ten survive the first tribulation.

Five or six out of ten survive the second.

Returning to the main topic, the third tribulation lightning had arrived at this moment.

Gu Yan raised his eyes and looked at the haotian mirror beside him.

He said softly: ”Trouble you.”

The haotian mirror rose in response, its mirror surface facing upward, facing the purple-black lightning.

That lightning, which was enough to blast a ninth-level Soul Transformation Cultivator into ashes, vanished into the mirror surface like a clay ox entering the sea, leaving no trace.

The haotian mirror trembled slightly for a moment.

Then it returned to calm.

Seeing this, Gu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The power of this Lightning Tribulation was indeed far above that of an ordinary Void Refining Lightning Tribulation.

Although he had not seen others’ Void Refining Lightning Tribulations with his own eyes, compared to his own Lightning Tribulation when breaking through to Soul Transformation, it was like a firefly to the blazing sun.

He had to admit that when the first bolt of lightning fell, he was a little nervous.

The second and third were the same.

But after the fourth and fifth, only calmness remained.

After the thirteenth to the twenty-fourth lightning bolts fell, Gu Yan began to feel a bit bored.

From the twenty-fifth to the forty-eighth, he sat down cross-legged.

When the ninety-seventh bolt of lightning fell, Gu Yan suddenly thought, is this Lightning Tribulation a bit too long?

He looked up at the sky.

The dark clouds above the firmament showed no signs of dispersing; on the contrary, they were even thicker than when they first arrived.

”... Still not finished?”

A month passed.

Two months passed.

Three months, four months.

Spring departed and summer arrived; the mist on the sea grew thicker.

The fifth month.

The sixth month.

The mist on the sea turned into frost.

The haotian mirror was still conscientiously swallowing lightning.

Gu Yan occasionally had a strange thought.

Is this Lightning Tribulation striking him, or is it striking the haotian mirror?

He did not think deeply.

Some questions are easy to cause disrespect to the Heavenly Dao if thought about too clearly.

And he still could not beat the Heavenly Dao right now.

The seventh month.

The eighth month.

The ninth month.

The tenth month.

The eleventh month.

The twelfth month.

A year passed.

Above the firmament, after another purple-black lightning bolt vanished into the haotian mirror’s surface, the dark clouds finally dispersed.

Sunlight poured down from the cracks in the clouds, falling on the ten thousand acres of waves in the Endless Sea Region.

Gu Yan sat in the middle of the Formation wreckage, looked up at the sky, and slowly exhaled.

Finally finished striking.

With a thought, the panel appeared:

【 Gu Yan 】

【 Lifespan: 304 / ∞ 】

【 Realm: Void Refining · First Level 】

【 traits: ”immortal lord fuzhe - red”, ”Traceless Dao Concealment - Gold”, ”Five Elements Spiritual Body”, ”Floating Life Like a Dream” 】

【 Cultivation Technique: ”Great Five Elements Reincarnation True Scripture” 】

【 Mystical Arts: Omitted... 】

【 Divine Ability: ”External Incarnation” 】

【 Magic Treasure: ”haotian mirror · highest grade innate spirit treasure” ... 】

Gu Yan looked at the panel; the upper limit of the Lifespan number had indeed become ∞.

Then his gaze fell on the golden trait ”Traceless Dao Concealment”.

Perfectly conceal all traces of oneself.

Below the Immortal King Realm, no one can perceive it.

Then... what about the Great Heavenly Tribulation?

The Heavenly Dao is not an Immortal King.

An Immortal King is a Realm of Cultivators; the Heavenly Dao is the will of heaven and earth.

An Immortal King is within heaven and earth; the Heavenly Dao is heaven and earth itself.

No matter how well hidden, can one deceive the land beneath one’s feet and the firmament above one’s head?

Cannot escape.

Gu Yan shook his head and put away the panel.

He stood up and raised his hand to summon the haotian mirror.

The mirror surface was still clear; having swallowed two thousand four hundred tribulation lightning bolts in this year, not even a scratch was left.

Gu Yan also raised his hand to collect the forty-nine Xuanyuan Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Flags that were full of cracks.

This set of Magic Treasures was considered ruined.

Gu Yan took one last look at the wreckage of the eight desolations mountain-suppressing pagoda.

The tower body had shattered into seven or eight pieces and sunk to the bottom of the sea; he did not go to salvage them.

He summoned the nine heavens thunder pattern evil-shattering sword again and headed towards the direction of the Taiyi Dao Sect.

The escaping light broke through the sea of clouds, and ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers flashed beneath his feet.

He came as a ninth-level Soul Transformation Cultivator and returned as a first-level Void Refining Cultivator.