Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 782 - 490: Entering the Calamity

Chapter 782 -490: Entering the Calamity

True Immortal had become!

Ren Baimei stood proudly, the Mystic Heaven Sword Diagram retracted into his body, causing his old appearance to change once again, transforming from black-haired youth to a young boy, and finally into a beautifully carved child. Only his white hair and eyebrows remained unchanged, appearing naive yet also carrying an air of ancient wisdom, profound and elusive.

By then, the clouds had dispersed, and the Heavenly Tribulation had passed. In the guise of a child, he did not speak much to the live broadcast camera, instead turning around and walking back into the mountains, leaving a figure that made everyone wildly speculate.

“The Nine Tribulations have passed!”

“True Immortal has been achieved!”

“Next…”

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“Should he head to the Wandao School to reclaim the Demon-Slaying Immortal-Refining Sword?”

“As a True Immortal, even if he doesn’t completely fall out with them, he shouldn’t have to swallow his words, right?”

“Nine Tribulations True Immortal, and also a Sword Cultivator, even if he couldn’t break the Five Elements Formation, facing them head-on in an arena should pose no problem.”

“The Wandao School acts so domineeringly and arrogantly. If no one stands up to suppress their arrogance, the days ahead will be even more difficult!”

“We, with our insufficient cultivation, have endured it, but can he, a prestigious True Immortal, endure it as well?”

A group of Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods watched coldly from the sidelines, silently calculating.

Meanwhile…

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Within Fulong Mountain, inside Mingxiao Taoist Temple.

“Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown, Five Qi Heading to Zhaoyuan?”

“Turning the intangible into tangible, refining the false into truth?”

“Is this the fruit of the Mystic Gate Immortal Path?”

Xu Yang, also a spectator watching the live broadcast, murmured to himself, his words full of wonder, “Truly, the world is vast, filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect is indeed extraordinary!”

With that, he inexplicably burst into laughter, openly delighted.

Ren Baimei becoming a True Immortal?

To that, Xu Yang was not surprised.

This Mystic Heaven Sword Master, even among those in the Tribulation Realm, was a heaven-sent genius, far surpassing Beiming Dragon Abyss by who knows how much. Now, with amassing a thin amount over time, reaching True Immortal status was expected by everyone.

At least for Xu Yang.

Two hundred years ago, when the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect emerged, he had anticipated this move. Although he predicted it, the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect was different from Beiming Dragon Abyss; he was not inclined to initiate trouble and block its path.

But no matter, if he did not initiate, the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect would.

Their karma was already intertwined, entangled with grievances which could not be lightly erased for the sake of name or gain, or for the so-called pure heart of the sword. The battle was inevitable.

It was the same for Xu Yang.

He never thought about dodging it.

On the contrary, he looked forward to it.

Even though initially in the Earth Immortal Realm, using the Nine Instruments Xuanyuan Sword Formation, he had driven back the Emperor of the North Pole from the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court, that was merely a narrow victory. The Emperor of the North Pole had many concerns and did not fight with his full strength, fighting for his life.

Even then, against his fully executed Nine Instruments Xuanyuan Sword Formation, the Emperor of the North Pole was injured but not dead, still having strength to protect his fellows in the Heavenly Court and retire wholly.

If the Emperor of the North Pole had no such concerns and had fought him to his fullest, the ones who would likely have fled defeated wouldn’t be the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court, but the Wandao School.

So strictly speaking, although Xu Yang had a combat record against a True Immortal, it could not be considered a true victory.

Having been in this world for over eight hundred years, all this time he had been bullying children, even against a Seven Calamities Demon Monarch like Beiming Dragon Abyss, there was a hint of “bullying the weak with power.”

‘Bullying the weak’ offers no challenge, nor any anticipation.

Now it was different, a Nine Tribulations True Immortal was enough to be his opponent.

Having a challenge made it interesting, something to look forward to.

But as much as it was fun and anticipatory, precautionary measures still needed to be taken.

So…

“Time to enter the Tribulation Realm!”

Xu Yang murmured to himself, calming his mind, and looked within himself.

Having come to this world, it had been over eight hundred years.

Eight hundred years, is it long?

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Maybe, maybe not.

To a low-order cultivator, a Golden Core and Nascent Soul, eight hundred years already constitutes the majority of their lifetimes.

But to a high-order cultivator, an Integration Mahayana, eight hundred years might only be a single closed-door cultivation session.

For a Tribulation Realm Immortal God, it’s merely a moment, a flick of a finger, seven days in a cave, a thousand years in the world outside.

Different realms have different perceptions of time.

For Xu Yang, who started from insignificance, time held different meanings.

In the common and lowly Martial Era of Great Zhou and Great Tang, eight hundred years of hard work equaled merely the Second Realm of the Martial Path, holding the elixir to establish the foundation; life did not extend beyond a millennium, a lifespan merely a century, ultimately dying in the Temple of War God.

But now, the same eight hundred years led to his dual cultivation in Immortal Martial reaching the Eight Realms, not yet an Immortal God but already reaping the fruit of eternal life.

The difference is clear to see!

The history of years witnessed his mental journey, proving a cultivator’s progress, the fruits of lifetimes of work, gradually accumulated until reaching a critical point.

This world, although extremely high in stature, once had Immortals and Buddhas everywhere, Gods and Demons standing together, but achieving Mahayana Perfection in eight hundred years was still a shocking, epoch-making feat.

Such an accomplishment surpassed countless prodigies and celestial chosen ones.

But that was still not enough!

Xu Yang was not yet satisfied. He aimed to go even further.

From Mahayana, the next step was Crossing the Tribulation, the realm of Immortal Gods!

Regarding this, Xu Yang had researched deeply and was already clear in his heart.

Those who cross the Tribulation, called Immortal Gods, to enter this realm must gather the Three Flowers and the Five Qi, achieving the fruit of the Mystic Gate Immortal Path.

Three Flowers on the Crown!

Five Qi in the chest!

About this, Xu Yang was not unfamiliar, or rather, all cultivators of the Mystic Gate were familiar because, at the time of Cultivation Foundation Establishment, they all had come into contact with it.

The “Three Flowers” refers to the Essence, Qi, and Spirit. During the cultivator’s Foundation Establishment, the gathering of the Three Flowers atop the crown is essential to successfully lay down the Dao Foundation, truly starting the path of cultivation.

The “Five Qi” refers to the Five Elements housed within the organs, in the heart, liver, spleen, and lungs corresponding to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. When a cultivator forms the Core, they must also gather these Five Qi, descending them into the Qi Sea of the Dantian, creating the Primordial Spirit Golden Elixir.