Chapter 102

Chapter 102: Rapid Advancement

In the Transcending Tribulation Realm, both the Supreme Imperial Court and the Mountain River Pagoda Sect have their own practitioners.

But in the current situation, transcending tribulation is basically a death sentence!

World war, unstable Dao, and strange occurrences in the heavens and earth.

The battle just started, and there were already practitioners in the Transcending Tribulation Realm resolutely choosing to transcend tribulation.

Three practitioners have attempted it, but all have fallen.

Now everyone is trapped in the Imperial City; you think you can transcend tribulation there?

The first thunderbolt would destroy the city’s protective formation.

The Heavenly Dao isn’t stupid; it’s not going to let you transcend tribulation under a massive formation.

Formation can be used during the transcendence.

But you can only set it up based on your own estimation to resist the first thunderbolt.

If you estimate that the first thunderbolt’s intensity is the strongest hit from a fifth-level Transcending Tribulation practitioner, then your formation’s strength should barely resist a fifth-level blow.

In this case, the thunderbolt’s strength starts at fifth-level.

If you set up a formation that can withstand an eighth-level strike, then the first heavenly tribulation’s strength would be at eighth-level.

Of course, if you set up a formation relying on your own Dao for the transcendence, that doesn’t count.

It’s just that kind of situation.

Right now, if a practitioner in the Transcending Tribulation Realm attempts to transcend, it’s like they’re trying to take their enemies down with them.

Shangguan Huanling claims she can successfully transcend tribulation, but Shangguan Hongtian naturally doesn’t believe it at all.

However, the techniques Shangguan Huanling displays are just too bizarre and exaggerated.

Shangguan Hongtian is also a knowledgeable person.

He recalls reading all sorts of books, and he hasn’t seen any technique like this.

Breaking through a realm in just a few minutes???

Maybe what Shangguan Huanling said is true; perhaps she really is the reincarnation of a Great Emperor!

Maybe there really is a miracle!

The Mountain River Pagoda Sect has brought many spirit treasures, but even though they excel at artifact forging, the number of spirit treasures is still under a hundred—some sold off, and others snatched away by Lu Ye.

If one scattered deity dies and one transcending tribulation practitioner falls, their spirit treasures decrease by one!

Shangguan Huanling is overjoyed.

She takes the spirit treasures and starts absorbing deeply, rays of light continuously flowing into her body. With the light on the spirit treasures fading, they turn into dust.

Seventh Layer of Void Refinement!

Master Danqing is watching in shock—such a rapid cultivation speed?!

Even in the chaotic era of the Nine Heavens, no one could achieve this.

This technique is just so domineering.

More wicked than demonic arts, more evil than the demonic path.

Yet, strangely, after absorbing, Shangguan Huanling doesn’t exude the slightest hint of chaotic evil energy; only pure essence flows continuously, transforming and rising.

Reincarnated Great Emperor—she truly is a reincarnated Great Emperor.

If she can actually achieve what she claims, successfully transcending and breaking through this crisis, maybe the Mountain River Pagoda Sect can grab on to a big leg.

What can the Grand Dao Sect do by clinging to Lu Ye?

He tops the Eternal Genius Ranking, but this Shangguan Huanling is the reincarnated Great Emperor.

In her past life, she was a Great Emperor; in this reincarnation, she’s likely to be even stronger than before.

It’s just…

This Shangguan Huanling always gives him a faint impression of stupidity.

Is it just a feeling?

Even if Shangguan Huanling isn’t a Great Emperor, she’s still the princess of the Supreme Imperial Court, right? She can’t possibly be dumb, can she?

Hm, it must be a feeling—it has to be!

Eighth Layer of Void Refinement!

Too fast!

Shangguan Hongtian has already driven everyone else away, leaving just himself and Master Danqing here.

“What a terrifying technique! Such a huge opportunity and boundless fortune—your Majesty, you really have a good daughter,” Master Danqing remarks with emotion.

Opportunity, after all, relies on luck to a large extent.

Some excel in talent but lack fortune, causing them to frequently miss opportunities, while others, who are ordinary, benefit from immense luck and soar to great heights.

Possessing such a domineering technique is a manifestation of great fortune.

Shangguan Hongtian can’t help but smile.

So far, Shangguan Huanling hasn’t shown any adverse situation; her aura is stable, and her essence is pure.

It seems feasible—definitely feasible!

Ninth Layer of Void Refinement!

In such a short amount of time, she’s reached the Ninth Layer of Void Refinement already.

Shangguan Huanling is undistracted.

She’s continuously increasing her total essence.

Stepping closer to the Unity of Dao Realm.

Compress!

She’s actually starting to compress her essence!

Both Shangguan Hongtian and Master Danqing are watching with glowing eyes.

At this critical juncture, she’s compressing her essence—looks like Shangguan Huanling really has it all figured out.

Master Danqing finally feels a bit at ease.

Knowing that compressing essence before breaking through helps stabilize her foundation, the foolishness he sensed before must have been an illusion.

He too has thought about taking everything from Shangguan Huanling for himself; if he could grasp this technique, forging artifacts and leveling up simultaneously would be unbeatable.

What a pity, the timing and circumstances just aren’t right.

If it weren’t for the foreign armies outside, he’s not sure he’d have the guts to practice this technique—he might really consider making a move.

Compress!

Compress!

After compressing three spirit treasures, Shangguan Huanling is finally satisfied.

Breaking through the Unity of Dao Realm!

Unity of Dao means she’s preliminarily firming up her Dao.

In her previous life, when Shangguan Huanling achieved Unity, she hadn’t yet obtained the Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra. This technique would tire Lu Ye out beyond belief—he couldn’t manage it early on.

So she had her own way of achieving Unity.

It was just that her previous Unity was based on feelings.

Family, love, and friendship were the things she coveted, aligning quite well with Lu Ye’s initial path of protection.

Back then, her path of feeling wasn’t strong; Lu Ye thought it was because of the fall of the Supreme Imperial Court.

But ultimately, she did succeed in achieving Unity.

Yet later, it’s uncertain whether it was due to Shangguan Huanling’s dull aptitude or her feelings for Lu Ye not being particularly deep.

In any case, her path of feeling was quite bumpy.

Eventually, it even stalled completely.

Lu Ye helped her discover various techniques for cultivation, with the best outcome coming from the fragments of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. The Devouring Heaven Demon Art was a technique created by the Devouring Heaven Mayfly, combining its innate abilities.

Lu Ye first adapted the Devouring Heaven Demon Art into the Devouring Heaven Sutra suitable for human cultivation, only to find it only improved essence without cultivating the Dao—what’s that supposed to do?

So he began revising it, changing the Devouring Heaven Sutra to the Devouring Heart Sutra, yet still felt it wasn’t right.

Changing the Devouring Heart Sutra to the Devouring Dao Sutra.

Still off the mark.

Lu Ye was almost exhausting the system as he dragged Shangguan Huanling forward while revising.

Eventually, the Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra emerged.

This technique doesn’t cultivate the Dao…

But it can still cultivate…

Just like, it doesn’t even need to cultivate.

It can break through without cultivating the Dao; it’s just the resources required are extraordinarily demanding.

As for combat power?

It has actual battle records!

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