The Quest for Immortality

Breaking through the bottleneck and reaching the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Mo Hua’s Blood Qi has become more profound.

However, his constitution was innately weak, and he did not cultivate his physical body, so even though his Blood Qi has increased, his physical strength hasn’t significantly improved.

His Spiritual Power has also become more vigorous.

Various Spells are now more effortlessly deployed with greater might and speed.

Mo Hua felt that he had grown stronger!

But after giving it some thought and comparing himself to Cheng Mo and Situ Jian, he suddenly realized a problem:

Even though his Cultivation had broken through and his strength increased, the gap between him and his Sect peers seemed to have widened...

His Spiritual Root was of mid-to-lower Grade. noveℓ.com

The Spiritual Roots of other Taixu Sect Disciples were at least upper-to-lower Grade.

Many, like Cheng Mo and Situ Jian, had upper-middle to Superior-Grade Spiritual Roots.

Even Hao Xuan turned out to possess Superior-Grade Spiritual Roots!

His Spiritual Root Grade was nearly a whole rank and more lower than theirs.

The Grade of his Cultivation Technique was also similar.

Although Heaven Yan Jue was special, it did not enhance Spiritual Power; fundamentally, like his Spiritual Root Grade, it was a mid-to-lower Grade Cultivation Technique.

In the early stage of Foundation Establishment, his Spiritual Power was already inferior to others.

Reaching the middle stage, although his own Spiritual Power has increased, others have grown even stronger, thereby widening the gap even more.

Mo Hua sighed.

For a moment, his emotions were complex.

Yet, originally being a Loose Cultivator, it was normal for him to fall short in terms of Spiritual Root, foundation, heritage, Spiritual Power, and Blood Qi compared to others.

With exceptionally talented Junior Brothers and Sisters like shining gems ahead of him, Mo Hua wasn’t unable to accept this disparity.

Mo Hua quickly adjusted his mindset.

No matter what, he is now a Cultivator at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!

The next step is the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

After that, it’s the Golden Core!

Mo Hua’s eyes sparkled like stars, and a bright smile appeared on his handsome face.

The sky was gradually brightening, and the dawn was breaking.

Mo Hua ended his Cultivation and slowly stood up, stretching his body.

It has been three years since joining Taixu Sect. Without realizing it, Mo Hua has grown taller, now appearing as a graceful and handsome young man with striking features.

He continued his usual routine of reviewing Formation Books, followed by practicing Formations.

Regrettably, his Divine Sense remained at Seventeen Patterns.

The restrictions of the Heavenly Dao Laws still persisted.

After breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Mo Hua could feel his Divine Sense strengthening, but the strengthened part was ”taken away” by the Law.

After absorbing Divine Sense, the Void Law also loosened slightly, apparently having been ”sated” somewhat.

It seems his guesses were not wrong.

Next, he must find a way to completely satiate it.

Only by lifting the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao Laws can his Divine Sense advance further.

Then he would be able to learn those higher-level, High-Rank Second Grade Formations, including the Second-Born Thunder Flow Ultimate Formation with Second Grade Twenty Patterns.

Mo Hua quietly contemplated his plans.

To satiate this Law, it seems insufficient to slowly refine his Divine Sense by himself.

He needs to ”supplement” it.

But to enhance Divine Sense, one must inevitably venture beyond the Qianxue State Boundary.

This year, it’s unthinkable; at least, he has to wait until this year is over, to get accustomed to and stabilize in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment before considering the ”supplementation” of Divine Sense.

It’s just uncertain whether Elder Master Xun will agree to lift his ”house arrest” next year.

Mo Hua pondered in his heart.

But there’s no rush for now; he still wants to see the conclusion of the Sword Discussion Conference.

...

The Sword Discussion Conference was still underway and reaching its climax.

Those who have persisted until now are all the elites among the Heaven’s Prides within their Sects, with terrifyingly profound Cultivation and foundations.

Especially the elites of the Four Great Sects.

Each one’s Spiritual Power was surging, vast like the ocean, causing Mo Hua to watch in awe.

Although not as extraordinary as the Fire Buddha, they weren’t far behind.

But there’s only one Fire Buddha.

However, at the Sword Discussion Conference, each of the Four Great Sects, including the Qian Dao Sect, had at least five such Disciples.

In terms of schemes, tactics, means, and Taoist Skills, they fall short of the Fire Buddha.

But in terms of Spiritual Root quality and Cultivation Techniques practiced, they were even more superior.

Mo Hua inwardly exclaimed.

Deserving of the Qianxue State Boundary and the Four Great Sects, the deep foundations are terrifying indeed; Sect Disciples, at least in terms of Cultivation level, were truly outstanding.

Much stronger than himself, anyway...

As the Sword Discussion Conference progressed, the competitions were almost entirely among the Disciples of the Four Great Sects.

Especially the semifinals and quarterfinals before the final match.

The rest of the Qianxue Hundred Gates were almost entirely eliminated.

Very few of the Twelve Streams Sects remained.

The Eight Great Gates had some presence, but not much.

Taixu Sect did have Senior Brothers and Sisters who made it to the top sixteen, but in the end, they only achieved the eleventh place and got no further.

Unlike Taixu Sect, Chongxu Sect made steady progress, taking the eighth place.

Tai’a Sect, relying on solid Swordsmanship and sharp Spirit Swords, advanced triumphantly, only narrowly losing to the Four Great Sects.

In the end, they were only one step away from the finals but fell slightly short on luck, finishing fifth after being narrowly defeated by a Heavenly Pride of Longding Sect.

This was the best result outside of the Four Great Sects.

At this point, the semifinal and final matches were wholly among the Disciples of the Four Great Sects, including the Qian Dao Sect.

The semifinal and the final matches were the main events.

On the day of the semifinals, Mo Hua arrived early at Dao Mountain, ready to enjoy the show, but unexpectedly ran into Ouyang Feng.

Mo Hua was delighted and promptly greeted:

”Senior Brother Feng!”

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Feng turned around, took a glance, and saw a fair-faced and handsome young man calling him Senior Brother, momentarily puzzled.

Upon closer inspection, he recognized Mo Hua.