Chapter 1408: Is This Guy a Demon?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Almost there… I’m almost there!”
“Haha, my ancestral clan is so powerful that even my soul can feel the strong resistance!”
“It looks like I have to release some Soul Strength and let my ancestors know I’m here!”
“With the return of my ancestors, it will also mean that my Sea Tribe is going to be revived. I’m excited just thinking about it!”
The Turtle Spirit’s constant self-muttering traveled up continuously from somewhere deep. It was enthusiastic and eager, full of expectations and excitement for the future.
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Even deeper in the underground cave, the palace was still shrouded in the boundless Qi of Celestial Core Power with Xu Que sitting cross-legged alone in the middle.
Xu Que’s physical body had almost been torn to shreds, leaving only his white skeleton. It looked terrifying.
His whole skeleton glowed brilliantly, and gold light radiated from between his brows. His Dantian position was covered by a layer of Celestial Core Power, and the surroundings were full of it as it endlessly streamed into his body.
b.u.t.tface stood outside the palace with a horrified look on his face, thinking, “Terrifying… It’s so scary. This boy gave up his physical body and the speed of his cultivation became even crazier!” He had already prostrated himself in admiration.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was also amazed by this. She had never seen such an exaggerated speed for Cultivation, not to mention such a method.
A Cultivator who could ignore the pain of his physical body being grounded away, while persisting with cultivation to rid himself of physical comfort, so that Celestial Core Power could be directly introduced into the Dantian was shocking. Normal people could not do it at this level.
b.u.t.tface looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong and said. “Celestial Xuanyuan, is this boy demonic or not? Your Holiness can also be considered physically indestructible, but I almost died from the pain when hit by Dragon Celestial Core Power. How can he actually hold fast to this degree?”
Xuanyuan Wanrong ignored him and remained silent.
But she did agree with b.u.t.tface’s thinking. “This boy might really be a demon. He is truly unique and unpredictable when compared to the impression he’s given to others.”
Xu Que’s physical body was extraordinarily strong, which Xuanyuan Wanrong was well aware of, making her suspect he had a true Holy Physique.
Dragon Celestial Core Power had originally been prepared to break through the Celestial Emperor, so Xuanyuan Wanrong was well aware of how explosive its power and impact were.
Therefore, even if Xu Que had a Holy Physique, she did not find it strange that his physical body was destroyed by Dragon Celestial Core Power because he did not have enough cultivation, but still she was surprised. After all, Xu Que had held fast for 49 days and was only left with his skeleton.
If it had been some other Physical Cultivators of the Earth Celestial Stage, perhaps they would not have been able to persist after a while and would have been instantly struck and annihilated by Dragon Celestial Core Power until even their ashes disappeared.
But Xu Que was holding on, and his skeleton still remained after 49 days. Even Xuanyuan Wanrong had to admit that it was difficult to achieve.
Xuanyuan Wanrong looked at b.u.t.tface and asked, “What exactly have you been through since you left the Celestial Burial Valley? Why is his physical body so strong?”
She was too curious, thinking, “In a span of 10 years, Xu Que has greatly progressed in not only his cultivation but also the change in his physical body. It’s scary!”
“Ah! That’s a long story! The year after Brother Xu left, he arrived in Earth Continent and reunited with Your Holiness. But at the time, he was in a bad emotional state. He kept saying Celestial Xuanyuan’s name. He said he had to come back to save you and that he had also loved you to the point of hopelessness, so Your Holiness showed great mercy and rewarded him a piece of secretly produced Smelly Tofu to give him a moment of enlightenment overnight. He cultivated a Holy Physique, and then he was on his way back to save you without stopping to rest!”
b.u.t.tface just opened his mouth and spewed nonsense without regard. Finally, he exclaimed with a look of admiration, “Ah, it is really a deeply moving love story. Celestial Xuanyuan, you’re really blessed to be able to meet such a good man like Brother Xu!”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t tell the truth. I can cut you down anytime!” Xuanyuan Wanrong said with a cold expression. Never could she believe such lies from b.u.t.tface.
She then slowly turned her pretty head and directly fixed a pair of cold eyes on b.u.t.tface.
b.u.t.tface instantly leaped back in alarm and hurriedly shouted, “Celestial Xuanyuan, please don’t be angry! Your Holiness also meant well and wanted to bring you two together! But Your Holiness can swear to it that this boy really changed after he met you. In the past, he had a lot of close female friends in the Five Elements Mountain and Four Great Continents, but since he’s met you, Your Holiness, he has never befriended a new woman!”
Xuanyuan Wanrong asked in a cold voice, “What does this have to do with me? What I’ve asked is how his Holy Physique came about!”
How many close female friends Xu Que had or how many new women he befriended had nothing to do with her.
But now she suspected that Xu Que could be the successor of her Xuanyuan Clan, so out of concern as an elder she wanted to know what kind of opportunities he had experienced to have such achievements today.
“Well, Celestial Xuanyuan, Your Holiness really does not know how. When Your Holiness reunited with him, he was already this awesome!” b.u.t.tface still had a little endurance and immediately put on an innocent and pained expression.
Xuanyuan Wanrong slightly frowned and did not ask any more questions.
Fortunately, she did not use tough means to force b.u.t.tface to confess; otherwise, he might have told the truth.
Although the dunce had a little endurance, it was fragile. If Xuanyuan Wanrong had lifted her hand as if she was going to hit him, he would not have hesitated to sell out Xu Que.
A deep rumbling noise came from the palace, and Xu Que had another breakthrough.
His whole person was immersed into a state of bliss. He could not feel his physical body, nor could he feel his Self. He had entered a Selfless Cultivation Stage.
His physical body no longer required him to activate his Skill Path to carry out his cultivation. He no longer needed to guide Celestial Core Power to link the meridians and then coagulate in the Dantian.
All Celestial Core Power would now only surge into his Dantian area.
Xu Que’s own Mind Sense had transformed into a shadow as he sat cross-legged in a blank world.
This was his own Taoist Connotation and also the Wordless Heavenly Book. All the Taoist Connotations were depicted in the book.
Over 49 days, Xu Que constantly turned the pages in the book, with his Tao Comprehension allowing him to speed through it.
From the Peak Stage of the Earth Celestial Stage, he stepped into the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage.
From the Initial Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage, he took another leap and directly jumped to the Peak Stage of the Heaven Celestial Stage, followed by the Initial Stage of the Golden Celestial Stage. And from the Medium Stage of the Golden Celestial Stage, on he went.
An ordinary Cultivator needed to use the cultivation stage successfully cultivated from the acc.u.mulation of tens of thousands of years or more, whereas Xu Que was fully able to settle the matter in one go in 49 days.
And just now, he successfully broke through to the Peak Stage of the Taiyi Celestial Stage, just one step away from the Golden Celestial Stage of the Great All-Embracing Heaven Stage.
But he was blocked at the door, unable to take another step.
The lost bottleneck had finally appeared.
Xu Que’s Mind Sense sat cross-legged in a blank world, unable to put ink to paper to depict his own Taoist Connotation.
But it was not because the Taoist Connotation could not keep up; rather, the cultivation of his physical body could not keep up.
Normally, a Cultivator’s seclusion was at best to break through a major cultivation stage. Then he would come out to traverse a Heavenly Tribulation so that he could obtain the recognition of the Way of Heaven, open the shackles of his physical body, and then continue to the next step of his cultivation.
His physical body was like a vessel and had to continuously evolve to hold more Celestial Core Power.
Xu Que had forcibly rushed from the Peak Stage of the Earth Celestial Stage to the Peak Stage of the Taiyi Celestial Stage. He had not pa.s.sed any of the Heavenly Tribulations within the three major cultivation stages.
It was all thanks to his second-rate Holy Physique. Otherwise, he would have to cut short his cultivation as early as the Heaven Celestial Stage and come out to traverse the Heavenly Tribulations. And once he interrupted his cultivation, all Dragon Celestial Core Power of the Spiritual Eye position would also disperse. The Qi that was gathered from the Heaven & Earth Furnace after much difficulty would return to the heaven and earth.
Therefore, Xu Que did not stop. He was like a person who had been thirsty for countless days and drank frenetically when he suddenly encountered a huge river.
But now, he couldn’t drink anymore. The Peak Stage of the Taiyi Celestial Stage was the maximum limit his physical body could withstand. If he didn’t go out to traverse the Heavenly Tribulations, he would not be able to step into the stage of the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven.
“d.a.m.n it, don’t tell me that the rest of the Qi from Celestial Core Power is going to be wasted in vain!”
Xu Que was very reluctant. He had used only half of the Qi from Celestial Core Power. The remaining half would be dispersed if he didn’t absorb it.
“Ding, the system has detected the chaos in the host’s body, and it is about to enter the fourth stage of growth. Can the host please get ready?”