Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 552 - 480: Tenth Realm!

Transcend the Five Elements and leave the Three Realms, the body like a furnace, the heart like iron;

All kinds of transformations often by your side, easily to ascend to the Great Luo...

Sitting cross-legged above the void, Qi Xiu murmured softly.

The Five-Colored Divine Light surrounding him was becoming rich and intense at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The originally Tribulation of the Dao Embodiment, [Great Five Elements Heavenly Execution Lightning Tribulation], under his deliberate manipulation, was elevated into the more terrifying [Nine Extremes Thunder Duke Heavenly Punishment Great Tribulation], nearly costing him his life under this lightning tribulation.

But with drawbacks come benefits.

Thanks to the qualitative change of this Tribulation of the Dao Embodiment, after successfully transcending the tribulation, the feedback from the Dao he received was indeed quite substantial.

"However, the injuries I suffered this time are indeed quite severe."

Taking a deep breath, Qi Xiu’s previously vague and thin figure grew more solid, but within his flesh and blood, the faint traces of lightning tribulation could still be seen roaming and destroying.

This lightning tribulation was too terrifying.

Even he suffered a great ordeal, although he used the Hunyuan Myriad Laws Immortal Body, transforming into Primordial Qi, to avoid most of the power of the lightning tribulation.

Yet some of the tribulation’s power still seeped into his body.

If it were merely the power of the lightning tribulation, with his proficiency in Thunder Magic, it would soon be expelled out of his body.

But within this Tribulation of the Dao Embodiment, it contains the majesty of heaven and earth, which is the most terrifying.

Even though he continuously disassembled and regenerated, this majesty of heaven and earth still lingered in his soul and every strand of Primordial Qi like maggots on rotting bones, requiring time to gradually cleanse, unable to be healed immediately.

Inhale—

Exhale—

Qi Xiu slowly inhaled and exhaled, streams of colorful radiance surged within his body, slowly dissolving the majesty of heaven and earth with Innate Primordial Qi, gradually restoring the ethereal and seemingly fleeting body that appeared on the verge of dissipating.

And as his body gradually recovered, the benefits brought by the success of the Dao Embodiment began to emerge.

In the midst of it, a Five-Colored Divine Light descended from the sky, embedding itself into Qi Xiu’s flesh.

Boom!

As if the heavens and earth opened for the first time, creating transformation within the Five Elements!

Qi Xiu frowned, an indescribable mighty force was continuously being infused into his body.

Buzz—

The void trembled slightly, and in a trance, the marks of the Five Elements cycle were inscribed into Qi Xiu’s every inch of flesh and blood, causing the power of the Great Five Elements Path to emerge and surface within his body.

At the same time.

An ancient, indifferent, vast will suddenly poured into his sea of consciousness like a waterfall descending from the Nine Heavens.

The tremendous impact of this will made Qi Xiu’s expression instantly grow solemn.

In just a moment, the remnant souls within the Ancestral Aperture between his brows were shattered by this Dao’s will, had those remnant souls not already transformed into Tenacity Retention with the help of the special environment of the Southern Ming Wasteland.

Just that alone, most of the [Yama’s Golden Chapter] he had practiced over the years would have been rendered useless.

"Is this... Dao Transformation?"

Feeling the surging tide-like Dao’s will within the Ancestral Aperture between his brows, Qi Xiu straightened his back, enduring the pressure that almost tore his Ancestral Aperture apart.

The process of Dao Transformation is perilous yet divinely marvelous.

It is akin to wandering between life and death.

If he can withstand the impact of this Dao’s will, all the Dao truths contained within it would spare him at least a millennium of arduous cultivation.

But if he cannot endure it.

He would be inversely controlled by the Dao’s will, becoming an emotionless, irrational "Dao slave" akin to a puppet!

"Hmm? Dao Transformation?"

Also meditating to expel the lingering power of the lightning tribulation, Zhao Qianqiu suddenly sensed something and opened his eyes, looking towards Qi Xiu.

He saw this young Daoist was currently enveloped by an invisible yet surging aura.

This aura was transparent and colorless, yet also brightly multicolored.

Emitting an indescribable contradiction of beauty.

But the moment Zhao Qianqiu witnessed this scene, his expression turned exceedingly grim.

Dao Transformation!

It is both a crisis and an opportunity.

The onset of Dao Transformation signifies attention from the Dao, otherwise, why would the Dao’s will descend on its own?

And once a cultivator can endure the process of Dao Transformation, not only will they receive a vast, invaluable amount of Dao truths.

Thereafter, in their cultivation, the Dao would inconspicuously assist them, paving the way for boundless prospects.

And such an exceedingly dangerous opportunity, Zhao Qianqiu had not received himself when embodying the Five Elements.

"No matter what, even if using every possible means, this king must kill this brat today."

Concerning the contest of the Dao, Zhao Qianqiu’s eyes turned cold; after his thoughts rapidly flitted thousands of times, he gradually closed his eyes, focusing on expelling the residual lightning tribulation power within his body.

...

Sweat beads rolled off his forehead, Qi Xiu’s eyes were tightly closed, breathing deeply, his hands resting on his knees clenched into fists, a speck of Five-Colored light flickered between his brows, profoundly marvelous.

The impact of the Dao’s will was far more burdensome than he had imagined.

The overwhelming Dao truths surged within his Ancestral Aperture like continuously pressurizing a tank.

The overfilling had already rendered this tank precarious, on the verge of exploding at any moment.

Feeling the nearly rupturing Ancestral Aperture between his brows, Qi Xiu’s right hand slightly moved, wisps of golden brilliance appearing and disappearing, implicitly preparing to utilize the power of the [Command Talisman] to get through this ordeal.

"No, if I use the [Command Talisman] here, it will inevitably affect the subsequent arrangements..."

Suppressing the thought of using the Command Talisman, a wisp of extremely dazzling golden light gradually brightened in Qi Xiu’s eyes.

In the next moment!

A dense array of golden Suppressing Talismans appeared within the Ancestral Aperture between his brows, with an overwhelmingly powerful and boundless suppressing force forming a dome supporting heaven and earth, forcibly helping Qi Xiu withstand the impact of the Dao’s will!

With the Suppressing Talismans shouldering some of the pressure, Qi Xiu’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and he opened his eyes a fraction, looking below towards his field of view.

[Five Elements Great Dao] (Ninth Realm): 93%...94%...

After successfully embodying the Dao, the previously separate five volumes of Dharma Gates True Scriptures — [Boundless Fire Emperor], [Azure Eternal Wood Scripture], [Innate Earth Technique], [Black Water True Skill], [Ninefold Golden Dragon] — were directly merged into one, transforming into the [Five Elements Great Dao].

Gazing at the proficiency level behind [Five Elements Great Dao], Qi Xiu was convinced in his heart.

The process of Dao Transformation is the final step of embodying the Dao.

In other words, as long as I endure until the proficiency is complete, Dao Transformation will end, and I will achieve Dao Embodiment!

Compared to other cultivators who can only vaguely sense their cultivation progress, Qi Xiu, possessing the Divine Marvel of proficiency, can precisely control the progression of each of his realms.

Just like the current Dao Transformation.

Cultivators without the Divine Marvel of proficiency cannot know when Dao Transformation will end, and the indeterminate pressure also has a severe impact on the cultivator.

But Qi Xiu, knowing the proficiency level, now had a goal as an endpoint, and what he needed to do was gritting his teeth and persisting.

Sweat rolled down his cheeks, while feeling the infinite surge of Dao truths in his mind, Qi Xiu meticulously watched the digits on the proficiency panel.

96%...

97%...

98%...

99%...

100%!

"Tenth Realm! I did it!"

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