Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

195: Chapter 195 Breakthrough to Immortal King Realm!Gu Yan returned to the Hall of Longevity and sat cross-legged on the prayer mat.

This time, he did not sit like he used to, where he would Cultivate for a few years, take a break, and pass the time by binge-watching shows with the haotian mirror.

He had a plan in mind.

No matter how strong a Golden Immortal might be, they are ultimately just middle-tier Immortals; only by stepping into the Immortal King Realm can one truly be considered a significant figure in the Immortal Realm.

Thus, he closed his eyes, focused his mind, and drew the Spiritual Qi from the chaos green lotus phantom dao seed and the nine-qi chaoyuan tree into his body, circulating his Cultivation Technique day and night without pause.

This secluded cultivation lasted for thirty years.

In this year, he was one thousand and ninety-eight years old, and his cultivation base had stepped into the ninth stage of the Golden Immortal Realm.

He was only one step away from the Immortal King Realm.

This step was neither far nor near.

Many Golden Immortals exhausted their entire lives and still could not cross this threshold.

But for Gu Yan, this step was merely a matter of time.

He did not stand up, did not rest, and closed his eyes once more.

Another sixty years passed.

On this day, within the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven, the world suddenly trembled.

Starting from the Hall of Longevity in the Heavenly Palace, a boundless ripple of energy spread outward.

That ripple contained an indescribable power of Law; wherever it passed, the Void Realm trembled slightly, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi resonated with it.

Within the Grotto-Heaven, whether human, demon, spirit, or monster, all felt it.

Those in the Immortal King Realm were no longer comparable to ordinary Immortals.

The cultivation of ordinary Immortals was nothing more than absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to strengthen themselves.

Though they might be strong, they were ultimately just passersby between Heaven and Earth, borrowing the power of the world for their own use and returning it afterward.

The Immortal King was different.

Upon reaching this Realm, one becomes the carrier of Law itself.

With every breath they take, the Laws operate accordingly.

With a single thought, they can invert the four seasons and alter the order of day and night.

An Immortal King is a king.

What is a king?

A king’s power does not lie in infinite strength or boundless magic, but in the ability to establish rules.

A single decree from a Mortal emperor can command millions to live or millions to die.

A single Law from an Immortal King can transform a world and make all living things bow in submission.

When a Golden Immortal fights someone, they are using the power of Heaven and Earth to strike their opponent.

When an Immortal King fights someone, they are telling the world, ”You should not be standing there.”

This is the Immortal King.

Without entering the Immortal King Realm, one is ultimately just a Loose Cultivator in the world; no matter how strong, one cannot be stronger than the rules.

But once one enters the Immortal King Realm, one becomes the one who sets the rules.

Gu Yan sat cross-legged in the Hall of Longevity, feeling the power of his own Laws spreading in all directions like a tide, his heart filled with myriad emotions.

It was not because he had broken through to the Immortal King Realm, but because it had actually taken him sixty years to take the step from the ninth stage of the Golden Immortal Realm to the Immortal King Realm.

Sixty years!

One must know that when he was one thousand one hundred and twenty years old, he had another opportunity to draw a trait.

Yet he refused to stop.

This was something unimaginable in the past.

Whenever there was a chance to draw, had he not always counted down the days waiting for it?

But this time, he forcibly suppressed that thought and focused entirely on his Breakthrough.

Thinking about it now, it was not a loss.

traits could be drawn sooner or later; entering the Immortal King Realm one day earlier meant having more confidence one day earlier.

But at this moment, what Gu Yan wanted to know most was not what trait he had drawn.

It was exactly how far his current combat strength had reached.

He took a deep breath, sank his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness, and activated the trait ”Floating Life Like a Dream · Purple”.

The dreamscape was generated in an instant.

In the Void Realm, a figure slowly condensed.

Ning Daoxuan.

A Peak Golden Immortal; although this old guy was stuck at the Golden Immortal Realm, his combat strength was more formidable than many Immortal King experts.

In the past, when he encountered this person in the dreamscape, Gu Yan would always have to expend some effort.

Today, he wanted to test the caliber of his Immortal King Realm.

Gu Yan loosened his wrists, not using any Magic Treasure, and not even planning to use any Divine Ability.

Just hand-to-hand combat.

Ning Daoxuan was expressionless as he threw a punch.

This punch was simple and unadorned, yet it contained the Peak power of his lifelong cultivation.

Gu Yan did not dodge, taking several punches head-on.

Ning Daoxuan’s fists landed on him with a thudding sound; the force was not small, shaking his body slightly.

But that was all.

Where the fists landed, not even a mark was left.

Gu Yan looked down at his arms, secretly sighing that his Physical Body defense was quite something.

He did not stand on ceremony, throwing a backhand punch that struck Ning Daoxuan square in the chest.

Ning Daoxuan’s body shuddered violently; where he was struck, his flesh and bones instantly turned into dust.

Ning Daoxuan looked down at the large hole in his chest, then expressionlessly dissolved into specks of light.

Gu Yan laughed three times.

The laughter echoed in the dreamscape, extremely satisfying.

Physical Body strength, tested.

Next, let’s test Divine Ability.

The unscathed Ning Daoxuan’s figure appeared again.

Gu Yan raised his hand, the power of Five Elements flowing in his palm, five-colored radiance intertwining to form a miniature world.

It was exactly the Five Elements Great Luo Heaven Immortal Kingdom in Palm.

This Divine Ability was his favorite.

No other reason, the special effects were just the most imposing.

Gu Yan pushed out with his palm, and a palm that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared in the dreamscape’s Void Realm.

The five fingers of the palm closed like mountains, enveloping Ning Daoxuan within.

In the past, when Gu Yan used this move against Ning Daoxuan in the dreamscape, although he could trap him, it was difficult to kill him completely.

This old guy’s foundation was too deep; even trapped in the Five Elements Great Luo Heaven Immortal Kingdom in Palm, he could hold on for a long time and always find a flaw to escape.

But this time, Ning Daoxuan’s figure shattered like a bubble within that Immortal Kingdom, with no room to struggle.

Gu Yan retracted his palm and nodded slightly.

Divine Ability strength, also enough.

However, just one Ning Daoxuan could not test his upper limit.

With a thought, several more figures appeared in the dreamscape.

The Grand Demon Venerable of Primordial Beginning, Limitless, World-Ending, Heavenly Punishment, the Three-Eyed One-Legged Bull Demon Immortal King, plus several other Immortal King Realm experts he had seen before with the haotian mirror.

Seven in total.

Each possessed a monstrous Aura and unique phenomena.

The seven Immortal Kings stood side by side, their combined Aura so overwhelming that it would make ordinary Immortal Kings flee in terror.

Gu Yan took a deep breath.

This time, he still would not use any Magic Treasure.

Fighting only with his Physical Body and Divine Ability.

The great battle erupted.

The seven Immortal Kings swarmed him from all sides, each using their own methods, showing no mercy.

Gu Yan fought one against seven, his fists and feet flying, Divine Abilities emerging one after another.

This slaughter lasted for eighty-one days in the dreamscape.

During those eighty-one days, Gu Yan did not know how many punches he had thrown or how many times he had used his Divine Abilities.

When the last Immortal King finally turned into dust under his palm, his clothes were tattered, and his Aura was somewhat scattered.

Gu Yan looked down at his disheveled appearance and couldn’t help but shake his head.

As expected, without relying on Magic Treasures, it was still too strenuous.

Just seven Immortal Kings, and it took a full eighty-one days to fight.

If he were to encounter more, or stronger ones, he might really flip over.

With a thought, the figures of those seven Immortal Kings condensed once more in the dreamscape.

Gu Yan did not hesitate this time, raising his hand in a summoning gesture.

The Chaos Primordial Profound Yellow Grandmist Creation Limitless Primordial Universe Mountains and Rivers Altars of Earth and Heaven Three Talents Four Symbols Five Elements Six Harmonies Seven Stars Eight Trigrams Nine Palaces Ten Directions Evil-Warding Demon-Suppressing Dao-Protecting Divine Light Ruyi Treasure Garment Set appeared on his body.

Although the name of this set was long, its grade was high and its utility strong, enough to resist all attacks below the Immortal Emperor Realm.

To put it simply, attacks at the Immortal King level felt like tickling when they hit him.

Then Gu Yan flipped his left and right hands, grasping the highest grade innate spirit treasure abi sword and yuantu sword in his palms.

Above his head rose a treasure mirror, the highest grade innate spirit treasure haotian mirror.

The haotian mirror hung three feet above his head, casting down streams of faint light, protecting him within.

The divine equipment was fully equipped.

Gu Yan was like someone playing a game; having fought naked for eighty-one days, he was now going to use cheats.

The seven Immortal Kings still charged forward fearlessly.

The Grand Demon Venerable of Primordial Beginning, Limitless, World-Ending, Heavenly Punishment struck with a palm, and the world-ending demonic flames swept over, but when they landed on Gu Yan, not even a spark splashed up.

The Three-Eyed One-Legged Bull Demon Immortal King opened his third eye, shooting a beam of destruction that hit the Chaos suit, only to sink like a stone into the ocean, silent and traceless.

Ning Daoxuan threw a punch, the fist wind fierce, but before the fist could touch Gu Yan, ninety-nine percent of its force was neutralized by the faint light cast down by the haotian mirror.

Several Immortal Kings joined forces to besiege him, using all their methods.

Yet, they didn’t even break the defense of the Chaos suit.

This was still without Gu Yan using the ”Great Luo Heaven Five Elements Immortal Golden Body”.

Gu Yan raised both swords, the abi sword and yuantu sword ringing in unison, and his Sword Intent soared into the sky.

He cast the first move of the ”Sentient Beings Equality Sword Intent” — Sentient Beings Aspect.

Under this move, all sentient beings are equal.

No noble or base, no high or low, no strong or weak.

Whether you are an Immortal King or a Mortal, before this sword, you are all the same.

With one sword strike, it was as if the world had been split in two.

The figures of the seven Immortal Kings in the sword light vanished rapidly, like thin frost under the scorching sun.

Gu Yan stood with his sword retracted, exhaling a long breath.

This was the difference between wearing divine equipment and not wearing it.

For a good highest grade innate spirit treasure, the higher the Realm, the more obvious the boost it brings.

It is not simple addition, but a percentage increase.

Using these Magic Treasures as a Golden Immortal was certainly strong, but far less handy than it was now.

Only when reaching the Immortal King Realm could the power of Magic Treasures truly be unleashed.

Each one was equivalent to forcibly raising one’s own combat strength by a level.

This was the true power of the highest grade innate spirit treasure.

Gu Yan understood clearly in his heart.

Relying on a few highest grade innate spirit treasures, he should be invincible in the Immortal King Realm.

At least in this dreamscape, he had not yet encountered an opponent who could truly give him a headache.

Then next, it was the Immortal Emperor.

Gu Yan moved his thought, and two figures appeared in the dreamscape.

The Aura of these two figures was far beyond what those Immortal Kings could compare to.

The first was the Cang Emperor of the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Court; he wore a black imperial robe, his face cold and stern, and his body was surrounded by a magnificent Heavenly Might, as if standing there, he was the Dominator of Heaven and Earth.

The second was Emperor Haotian of the Immortal Realm’s Haotian Divine Court.

He wore a golden imperial robe, his bearing magnificent, and between his brows was an arrogant air of looking down on the world, as if all things in the world were like ants in his eyes.

Gu Yan had learned of their existence through the haotian mirror and knew that both of them were among the beings standing at the very Peak of the Immortal Realm.

Facing them in the dreamscape now, even knowing they were fake, Gu Yan couldn’t help but feel a slight shiver in his heart.

The Aura of an Immortal Emperor was truly incomparable to an Immortal King.

The Cang Emperor glanced at Gu Yan and directly raised his hand to point.

That finger contained the supreme principles of Heaven and Earth, as if the Laws of the entire world were condensed upon it.

Emperor Haotian also did not speak, striking out with a palm; within the palm wind, the sun, moon, and stars rotated, as if a Universe were pressing down.

The great battle erupted again.

This battle was far more protracted than Gu Yan had imagined.

Even though he wore the Chaos suit, held the abi sword and yuantu sword, and had the haotian mirror above his head, he still couldn’t be as relaxed and at ease as he was when dealing with Immortal Kings.

Every strike from the Cang Emperor contained complete Heaven and Earth Laws.

Hitting the Chaos suit, although it couldn’t break the defense, it could shake his blood and Qi, causing them to churn.

Emperor Haotian’s Divine Ability was even more mysterious and unfathomable.

Every palm strike felt as if a world of the Major Thousand Worlds were pressing down, forcing him to respond with all his might.

In the dreamscape, time flowed.

One day, one month, one year, one hundred years.

Gu Yan did not know how many rounds he had fought with these two Immortal Emperors, only that they had fought for a very, very long time.

In his perception, at least three thousand years had passed in the dreamscape.

Three thousand years.

He still hadn’t been able to completely kill the opponent.

The methods of these two Immortal Emperors were too astonishing; every time he thought he was about to succeed, the opponent could always resolve the crisis at the last moment.

And on his side, although relying on numerous highest grade innate spirit treasures for protection, the opponent couldn’t kill him either, but wanting to win was also impossible.

Both sides were deadlocked like this, neither able to do anything to the other.

Gu Yan sighed, the dreamscape time suddenly stopped, and the figures of the two Immortal Emperors dissipated.

He felt a sense of emotion in his heart; Immortal King and Immortal Emperor were only a difference of one Realm, yet the gap was so large, reaching this point.

Opponents at the Immortal King level, he could easily kill in seconds while wearing divine equipment.

But against an Immortal Emperor, let alone killing in seconds, they fought for three thousand years without deciding a winner.

The gap in between was simply greater than that between a Golden Core and a Golden Immortal.

But thinking about it, it was not unexpected.

An Immortal King is only able to establish rules, but an Immortal Emperor has already become the rules themselves.

How could the chasm in between be filled by a few Magic Treasures?

Being able to fight for three thousand years without falling into a disadvantage was already quite good.

Gu Yan moved his thought and exited the dreamscape.

He had roughly figured out his current combat strength.

Next... it was time to see what he could draw from the new trait drawing opportunity.