Beihan Lie let out a powerful roar. To suppress his anger towards Yan Xiaobao, he ended his Fifth Tideflow and immediately chose to enter Foundation Establishment. Then, he went out to serve as Yan Xiaobao's head nurse.

"This is not for you, Yan Xiaobao, this is for the Spirit Sect!"

Some other disciples of the Spiritual Flow Sect also gritted their teeth and then ended their Tideflow to join their companions.

Soon, throughout the Spirit Stream Sect, the only one still continuing with Tideflow besides Yan Xiaobao... was Shangguan Tianyou!

His eyes were bloodshot, and aside from his own wavering Fifth Tideflow, he completely ignored everything else.

As the disciples charged towards Yan Xiaobao, an intense battle erupted instantly. Soon, outside Yan Xiaobao's Immortal Cave, a fierce battle was happening, as only a few dozen disciples of the Spiritual Flow Sect stood against a crowd of over a hundred.

Time passed, and the battle grew more intense. Under the joint attack of Fang Lin and Nine-Isles, Hou Yunfei was already severely injured, and so was Beihan Lie. The Spirit Creek Sect disciples were pushed back again and again, and Yan Xiaobao's shield continued to be weakened.

Yan Xiaobao could feel what was happening outside, and he was trembling. He wanted to end the Tideflow, but soon realized he couldn't control it. It was impossible to end it himself; in fact, he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.

After all, the Ninth Tideflow represented the pinnacle of Earthstring Foundation Establishment!

Unless somehow interrupted, there are only three ways it could end. One is success, which would naturally end the Tideflow. The second way it could end is if the Fallen Sword World exhausts its Earth Energy, causing Tideflow to gradually fade. The last method is if the person experiencing the Ninth Tideflow is killed.

Though his eyes were closed, they were fully bloodshot. He could sense his fellow disciples fighting for him; he could tell they were bleeding, getting injured, and might even die. His mind felt torn; he wanted to open his eyes and end the Tideflow. But he couldn't.

"Either the Ninth Tideflow fails or it finishes quickly... ARGHHHHH!!" His body trembled, and he let out a long-lasting howl. For everyone else, it was a rare opportunity to witness the peak of Earthstring Foundation Establishment, which had only happened once in the past thousands of years, 800 years ago with Master Limitless of the Blood Flow Sect.

But, for Yan Xiaobao, it was more than that. It was also an incredible opportunity to make progress with the Immortal Eternal Life Skill.

It was a chance to advance from Immortal silver skin to Immortal golden skin!

With the life-saving magic item Li Qinghou gave him, his entire body was covered in a layer of blackness, but even that couldn't stop the faint golden light flickering around him.

As of now, Yan Xiaobao had successfully cultivated the first level of the Immortal Codex!

He successfully broke through the first Death Shackles, something countless others had been unable to accomplish. Of course, some had achieved this task in the past. After all, the purpose of the first volume of the Immortal Corpse Scripture is to break through the first shackles.

However, Yan Xiaobao was the first to make further progress after breaking through the shackles!

Generally speaking, there's not much mortality rate between the layers of the five shackles. They're like circles with fixed sizes and shapes. However, just like Bai Xiaochun, that fixed circle seemed to be rapidly expanding!

This was completely shocking!

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