Cangling Immortal Clan

This intelligence made Ye Linyuan frown, but he quickly relaxed.

Breaking through to the Fusion Dao Ancestor realm is no easy feat. Even for the holy sons of the ten strongest clans, the success rate is generally only around 30% to 40%.

A 30-40% chance of success isn't low, but considering that failure would mean the destruction of one's cultivation and death, most half-step Nascent Soul cultivators don't dare to attempt this breakthrough.

This is not only due to a lack of resources, but more so because people are afraid to take risks.

Among the hundred races, there are actually many beings at the half-step Fusion level. Most Fusion races have at least a hundred individuals at the half-step Fusion level.

However, very few of them dare to break through, because failure would mean complete annihilation, which is far too risky for someone on the verge of immortality and near-death.

Some cautious people, even with a 40% or 50% success rate, are unwilling to risk attempting to merge with the Great Dao.

After all, they have already attained immortality and their power is enough to deter the Dao Ancestors who have merged with the Dao. As long as no calamity erupts that affects the entire Immortal Realm, they can almost sit back and live forever.

Of course, many people don't break through in order to better hone their foundation, hoping to achieve a breakthrough when they have greater confidence in the future.

Of course, the situation is different for each half-step fusion.

Some Fusion Dao Ancestors are weaker because they haven't cultivated a perfect holy body and their success rate in breaking through is too low.

Some people don't break through because their own cultivation has reached too high a level.

Like the invincible holy sons of the human race such as Huan and Gui, they all cultivated the rudimentary form of the Great Dao of the Supreme Law Transformation, and the difficulty of breaking through to the Fusion stage was much greater.

Because their initial forms of the Great Dao were too powerful, even if they cultivated to the point of perfection, it would be useless, and the possibility of breaking through would not exceed 10%.

The same applies to Emperor Jianyuan and Emperor Chunyang. Although they have cultivated the Undying Sword Body and the Pure Yang Dao Body to the sixth level of perfection, they are still one level below the laws they cultivate.

The Supreme Sword Dao Law and the Supreme Pure Yang Law are too powerful. This kind of Supreme Law, which follows the path of the Soul of Law, has already surpassed the realm of Supreme Law by half a step.

Once it takes shape into the prototype of the Great Dao, it will require at least a seventh-level sacred body to withstand it.

Many invincible holy sons of various races face the same problem. On the contrary, among the holy sons of the ten strongest races, some holy sons who have not cultivated the supreme laws have a much higher probability of successfully breaking through to the Fusion stage.

According to the views of various ethnic groups, the generally accepted view is that it is only worth taking a gamble if there is a success rate of more than 50%; otherwise, it is too risky.

After all, the resources for breaking through to the Fusion stage are too precious, so they are naturally given to those with a higher success rate.

If there's only a 30% chance of success, even the Dao Ancestor behind him might not be willing to invest resources in cultivating him.

This is precisely why the holy sons and quasi-holy sons of the ten powerful clans, as well as the peerless geniuses among the hundred clans, will ultimately stop at the half-step integration realm.

The Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor and the reincarnation of the Primordial Divine Turtle possess considerable talent, and achieving the half-step Fusion stage should not be a problem for them. However, judging from the current situation, their success rate in attempting to reach the Fusion stage is probably only around 30%.

"Unless they can withstand the fourth level of the Great Dao Mystic Arts of their respective races, the success rate of breaking through is still too low."

Ye Linyuan shook his head, then put the thought aside.

Breaking through to the Fusion Realm is extremely difficult, and it would be unwise to risk one's life if the chances of success were not high. Moreover, if the success rate of the breakthrough were too low, the Heavenly Demon Clan and the Xuanwu Clan would not support the two of them.

With his current abilities, he can't be of much help, so there's no need to think about it too much.

Putting that thought aside, he began his third period of seclusion. This time, Ye Linyuan's reincarnation was reborn in the Juntian Ancient Realm, embarking on the path of cultivation as a royal prince.

In this life, the reincarnated being is of noble birth and embarks on the path of cultivation using the ancient and wondrous book—the Book of the Human Emperor.

Later, he combined the Heavenly Emperor's Skill and the Earthly Emperor's Scripture, and created his own unparalleled skill - the Imperial Supreme Book of Amazing Martial Arts.

He also created the supreme killing technique, the Taihuang Zhenshi Halberd, and comprehended the true soul of the greatest military strategy in history. He fought his way to the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, where no one dared to claim supremacy, and became an invincible figure who shook the Nine Heavens for millions of years.

He was known as the third invincible myth of a million years, and was revered by all the heroes of the Nine Realms as the Supreme Emperor.

Like the two emperors before him, the Supreme Emperor rose like the sun, and after a million years of dominance over the world, he mysteriously disappeared, becoming another ancient legend in the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm.

As time went by, generations of talented individuals emerged in the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, with one unparalleled genius after another rising to prominence.

Based on these extraordinary talents who shook the nine realms, people divided each million years after the Black Tide into an era.

The first era was the era of the Abyss Ancestor, who quelled the calamity of the Demon Abyss and was hailed as the most amazing person in the history of the Nine Realms.

The second era was the era of Emperor Jianyuan. Emperor Jianyuan's life was infinitely brilliant. He was the number one swordsman in the Nine Realms throughout history, and the sword legacy he left behind has surpassed that of the ancient Lord Haotian.

The third era is the era of the Pure Yang Emperor. A scroll of Pure Yang Heavenly Skill was passed down through the Nine Realms and remains the first Pure Yang Ancient Scroll of all time, even after millions of years.

The fourth era was the era of the Supreme Emperor, who left behind a scroll of the Imperial Supreme Book, a scroll of the Supreme Emperor's World-Suppressing Halberd, and a supreme treasure of the Mysterious Heaven—the Supreme Emperor's Cauldron, which forged an immortal imperial court.

The fifth era was the era of the Reincarnation Emperor. The Reincarnation Emperor attained enlightenment through the laws of reincarnation and his indestructible reincarnation body shook the Nine Realms for millions of years, earning him an unparalleled and illustrious reputation.

The sixth era is the era of the Thunder Emperor of Ten Thousand Destructions. The Thunder Emperor of Ten Thousand Destructions proved his Dao with thunder magic, comprehended the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Skill of the Ancestral Master and created the Myriad Thunder Heavenly Skill, and was hailed as the number one thunder magic master in ancient and modern times.

His killing prowess is second only to Emperor Jianyuan, and he is also the number one person in the history of the Nine Realms in terms of group attacks.

The seventh era is the era of Emperor Qingzhu. Emperor Qingzhu was also a man of extraordinary talent, but in his early years he was compassionate and obsessed with studying medicine, ignoring worldly affairs and having no interest in cultivating the Tao and the Dharma.

Just as the world was in turmoil and chaos, countless martial arts heroes and ordinary people were sent to the medical clinic.

He discovered that he could save thousands or tens of thousands of people, but ultimately could not save everyone in the world, so he abandoned medicine and pursued Taoism.

He embarked on his cultivation journey with a green bamboo sword and a medical book in hand. He used his medical skills to heal those he could, and he used the green bamboo sword to heal those he couldn't.

This cultivation made him invincible, causing all the heavens to tremble and all races to revere him.

Emperor Qingzhu was a scholar of both heaven and man, and he had dabbled in all kinds of cultivation arts and magic methods, reaching unimaginable levels in all of them. However, what he was truly unparalleled in ancient and modern times was his mastery of the art of medicine.

Legend has it that it can bring the dead back to life, heal flesh and bone, revive a wisp of a soul with a snap of its fingers, and restore a dying person to their prime with a wave of its sleeve.

The birth of Emperor Qingzhu brought an end to the chaos in the human world and the conflict in the nine realms, but also left behind a rather ironic saying.

"My medical skills are unmatched, but what brought an end to the chaos of the world was the swordsmanship that I am not very good at."

The eighth era is the era of the Taiyin Emperor. The Taiyin Emperor cultivated the Taiyin Law and rose to prominence as brilliantly as the Pure Yang Emperor, only to mysteriously disappear like the moon setting in the west.

The ninth era is the era of the Lord of a Hundred Weapons. The Lord of a Hundred Weapons is the number one person in the ninth-order martial arts path, and also the one who has cultivated the path of the true soul of martial arts to an unprecedented level.

The Master of a Hundred Weapons learned swordsmanship in his youth and was already revered as the Sword Emperor at the age of seventeen. He later learned sabers and became the overlord of sabers in three years, earning him the reputation of being a master of both swords and sabers.

But he still felt it wasn't enough, so he learned all kinds of weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks, and mastered multiple true meanings for each of them.

Afterwards, he integrated hundreds of weapons and created the unparalleled technique of "Military Comprehension Method," which reduced the difficulty of comprehending various weapon spirits by several times. Some people with exceptional comprehension could even achieve a comprehension speed dozens of times faster.

After that, the Lord of a Hundred Weapons cultivated all the way to the Nascent Soul Realm, and actually cultivated the Soul of a Hundred Weapons with the true meaning of ten thousand weapons. He killed his way to becoming invincible in the world and finally became the Lord of a Hundred Weapons, who was revered by all races.

The Lord of a Hundred Weapons' greatest contribution was reducing the difficulty of cultivating Weapon Souls by several times. After his era, Weapon Souls were no longer the exclusive domain of exceptional talents.

Anyone with a bit of talent can cultivate sword intent, sword momentum, sword heart, and primordial spirit to master a weapon spirit that greatly enhances combat power; this is almost no longer a big problem.

After mastering the path of cultivating the Soul of the Warrior, the combat power of human cultivators has been raised by at least half a minor realm, and their average combat power is now comparable to that of those powerful races.

As for the tenth era, it is the era of the Three Souls Emperor. The Three Souls Emperor cultivated the Soul Path throughout his life, following a special path.

In his youth, the Three Souls Emperor was a legitimate cultivator and an unparalleled genius of his level.

Unfortunately, due to being hunted down by a certain Void Refinement Supreme, the Three Souls Emperor's physical body was completely destroyed, and he lost all hope of breaking through to the Void Refinement stage.

Unfortunately, the Three Souls Emperor read ancient scriptures and successively comprehended the Myriad Transformations Visualization Method, the Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul, the ancient books on the Soul Path of the Netherworld, and other soul-path techniques.

Ultimately, he created the Three Souls Emperor Scripture, a technique that could forcibly separate the three souls that had already merged with the Dao, and then allow them to return to the Nine Netherworlds and the Nine Heavens.

The Three Souls Emperor began his cultivation anew, perfecting the three souls of Heaven, Earth, and Man to the point of primordial spirit perfection. Ultimately, after the primordial spirits were united, he actually cultivated the strongest primordial spirit in history.

Relying on his supreme primordial spirit, he forcibly broke through to the Void Refinement Realm without a physical body, creating a myth unprecedented in the history of this universe.

After that, he slaughtered all his former enemies, killing his way through the world until it fell silent, and finally became the tenth forbidden myth that lasted for a million years.

"The final reincarnation has returned to its rightful place."

"The primordial spirit of this Three Soul Emperor is unexpectedly powerful."

Ye Linyuan awoke from his seclusion, lowered his eyes to sense the dormant power within the nine reincarnation seals in his body, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy. Each of his nine reincarnation bodies was terrifyingly powerful.

There is the Sword Abyss Emperor, the number one swordsman; the Myriad Extinction Thunder Emperor, the number one thunder master; and the Reincarnation Emperor, who wields the reincarnation path.

There is the Pure Yang Emperor, who has taken the Pure Yang path to an unprecedented level, and there is also the Taiyin Emperor, who has cultivated the Taiyin path to an unprecedented level.

There is the Green Bamboo Emperor, who is unparalleled in medical skills and has mastered the laws of life; there is the Supreme Emperor, who has cultivated the Imperial Way to the highest realm; and there is the Lord of a Hundred Weapons, who has cultivated the Path of the Weapon Soul to an unprecedented level.

However, the primordial spirit strength of the eight reincarnation bodies all stopped at the early stage of the Integration Realm, with some of the weaker ones only reaching 90% of the early stage of the Integration Realm. Only the Three Soul Emperor was extraordinary, with his primordial spirit strength not only reaching the early stage of the Integration Realm but also nearly reaching the perfect early stage of the Integration Realm.

"Among the nine reincarnation bodies, the Three Soul Emperor is not the strongest, but he is the most useful to me."

Ye Linyuan murmured slowly. The foundation of his reincarnation body and his combat power were just icing on the cake for him. Only the strength of his soul could become his foundation.

With these nine Laws of Soul, Ye Linyuan had a sudden realization: once he completely unsealed the Reincarnation Seal, his spiritual cultivation would surely make a tremendous breakthrough.

"After nine million years of cultivation, the nine reincarnation bodies have been completely perfected. It's time to take that step."

Ye Linyuan spoke slowly in a low voice, then lowered his eyes and began to undo the Reincarnation Seal.

"boom--"

As the Reincarnation Seal was unlocked, Ye Linyuan immediately felt nine boundless and abundant powers merge into his Yuan Yuan Shen (Primordial Spirit).

In an instant, the primordial spirit power, laws and principles, supernatural abilities and foundations of the nine reincarnation bodies were all merged with it.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, Ye Linyuan's spiritual cultivation began to grow stronger and stronger, and his foundation became increasingly profound.

When Ye Linyuan had completely absorbed the essence of the nine divine souls, he discovered that his primordial spirit cultivation had already surpassed the mid-stage perfection of the Integration Realm, and he had taken a half-step into this realm.

"Late stage of half-step fusion".

Ye Linyuan murmured softly, then sensed the power of his primordial spirit and began to activate the laws of spacetime to enter a deep seclusion, comprehending and cultivating more laws.

He first absorbed all the laws of the Ten Reincarnation Bodies, and then continued to cultivate more laws.

Unbeknownst to him, the number of profound laws he had mastered had been increasing.

Tens of thousands of years later, he cultivated six thousand profound laws and felt that he had reached the limit that his primordial spirit could control.

So he used the power of these laws to refine his primordial spirit, and absorbed a large number of Three Soul Saint Pills to improve his soul cultivation.

But this was still a step short. So he cultivated the eighth level of the Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul. After many years, he finally succeeded and his primordial spirit cultivation finally broke through to a level comparable to the late stage of the Dao Integration Realm.

He then studied the laws of the Mysterious Heaven and mastered more than 10,000 laws of the Mysterious Heaven in one go.

As Ye Linyuan mastered the myriad laws, he felt that his chaotic laws were completely perfect and flawless, reaching the legendary level of perfection.

"With the perfect Chaos Law and the blessing of the Law Soul, I have reached the end of this path."

Ye Linyuan murmured to himself that the laws of heaven and earth were countless, definitely not just more than ten thousand, but cultivating ten thousand laws was enough for him.

Because these myriad laws are already all-encompassing, any other laws are only slightly different from them, and even if you spend a lot of energy cultivating them, you won't see a significant increase in strength.

"My laws are too powerful. To break through to the Fusion Realm, I need to further improve my physical body."

After mastering the Myriad Laws, Ye Linyuan did not rush to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Instead, he chose to use the Myriad Laws to temper and refine his physical body.

Under the tempering of the myriad laws, Ye Linyuan's Myriad Transformations Immortal Body grew stronger and stronger, eventually reaching a level comparable to the perfected mid-stage of the Integration Realm.

"Using the laws to refine the physical body is already the limit."

"If we want to go further, we will need to rely on the power of the Chaos Pool."

Ye Linyuan took a deep breath, then found the two Dao Ancestors and told them his purpose.

After listening, the two Dao Ancestors exchanged a glance. The Myriad Spirits Dao Ancestor took a deep breath and said, "That Chaos Pool is extremely dangerous. Are you really confident?"

"After millions of years of accumulation and nine cycles of reincarnation, if I still cannot step into it, I fear I will never achieve the Dao."

The Dao Ancestor of Ten Thousand Medicines nodded. Ye Linyuan has cultivated for tens of millions of years, making him an elder even among the Void Refining Supremes.

After all, with the Void Refinement Tribulation occurring once every million years, even Void Refinement Supremes below the fifth level would find it difficult to live for tens of millions of years.

To achieve longevity and be immune to calamities, one basically needs to reach the half-step Dao Integration level of cultivation.

At ten million years old, Ye Linyuan is not only an ancient myth in the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, but also considered an ancestor-level senior by most of the current Void Refinement Supremes of the human race.

After all, only tens of millions of years have passed since the end of the ancient times.

Over these millions of years, the Eternal Heaven Realm has produced many outstanding individuals, with two or three new Dao Ancestors being born almost every million years.

Some young Dao Ancestors who have achieved the Integration Realm have broken through after only one or two million years of cultivation.

In comparison, Ye Linyuan's accumulation of millions of years has led many to believe that he has no hope of reaching the Integration Realm.

“Ao Xuan has exceptional talent and has already broken through to the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm. It seems that he is not far from the late-stage of the Fusion Realm.”

The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Spirits noticed Ye Linyuan's expression and then spoke with a hint of joy.

Ye Linyuan nodded. The Nine Extremes Dragon Emperor's aptitude was too strong. He had the potential to cultivate to the perfection of the Integration Realm. There were only two people of this level of aptitude in the entire Dragon Clan.

The other person is the invincible Dao Ancestor of the Dragon Clan. With such extraordinary talent, Ao Xuan would naturally receive cultivation from the Dragon Clan.

According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, due to a lack of key resources, it would be difficult for Ao Xuan to cultivate to the perfect state of the Integration Realm, but the Dragon Clan's support in helping him reach the late stage of the Integration Realm should not be a problem.

Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan said, "I would like to trouble the two seniors to protect me."

The two nodded and said nothing more. They led Ye Linyuan directly into the Chaos Nest and then personally protected him.

Upon seeing this, Ye Linyuan immediately stepped into the Chaos Pool.

"Om-"

The moment he stepped into the Chaos Pool, Ye Linyuan immediately felt an incomparably domineering energy surge towards him.

This energy was constantly eroding his body, almost turning every inch of his skin into dust.

Fortunately, Ye Linyuan's physical body was strong enough, and the Chaos Law could greatly reduce the damage from the Chaos Spirit Liquid.

In addition, his powerful vitality and regenerative abilities continuously restore his body, keeping Ye Linyuan's physical body in a state of constant brilliance and recovery.

Through this constant destruction and restoration, Ye Linyuan's physical body gradually became stronger.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when Ye Linyuan realized that the Chaos Spirit Liquid couldn't harm him in the slightest, he discovered that his physical body had already taken half a step towards the peak of the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm.

"Half a foot has stepped into the physical body of the late stage of the Fusion Realm."

"However, to fully cultivate a physical body at the late stage of the Integration Realm, one still needs to break through the barriers of the Chaos Laws and directly withstand the Chaos Pool water with one's physical body."

Ye Linyuan murmured to himself, then decisively released the protection of the Chaos Laws, allowing the endless Chaos Spirit Liquid to temper his body.

Of course, he did not completely abandon the laws of chaos. Whenever he felt that he was about to give up, he would still use the laws of chaos to protect his physical body and wait for his body to recover before letting the chaotic spiritual liquid temper his body.

Through continuous tempering, and after an unknown amount of time, Ye Linyuan discovered that his physical body had finally broken through the limit and reached a level comparable to the late stage of the Dao Integration Realm.

After that, he took the opportunity to complete the eighth stage of the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Technique. When the eighth stage was fully completed, Ye Linyuan found that the pool of chaotic spiritual liquid could no longer harm him in the slightest.

"With my physical body at the late stage of the Fusion Realm, plus the blessing of the eighth stage of the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Technique, my current physical strength is completely comparable to that of a veteran late-stage Fusion Realm expert."

Ye Linyuan murmured softly, and tried to cultivate the Law of Heaven and Earth again. As a result, he naturally cultivated to the eighth level, and his physical combat strength was already enough to fight against a late-stage Integration Realm expert.

Unfortunately, once you reach this level, the restorative and vitality benefits of the Refined Spirit Longevity Wood are greatly reduced.

Without that exaggerated recovery power and vitality, compared to the late-stage Fusion Realm cultivators who are of the same level as the heavens and whose bodies are immortal, Ye Linyuan, although his physical strength is not weak, still has a fatal flaw.

That is, compared to the immortal body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, his physical body can still be broken or killed.

Suppressing this thought, Ye Linyuan immediately emerged from seclusion.

The two Dao Ancestors had been waiting for a long time. Upon seeing him emerge from seclusion, the Myriad Spirits Dao Ancestor couldn't help but ask, "How was it?"

"My foundation is already solid, and with the blessing of the Nine Realms' Mandate, I am at least 70-80% confident in breaking through to the Integration Realm."

Ye Linyuan spoke, a hint of confidence flashing in his eyes.

If someone with a physical body and a primordial spirit at the late stage of the Fusion Realm cannot break through, then that would be truly outrageous.

The two Dao Ancestors nodded upon hearing this. A success rate of 70% to 80% is a qualitative change, which means that Ye Linyuan's physical strength is extremely exaggerated. Under such circumstances, even if he feels something is wrong, he can give up the breakthrough at the critical moment.

Although this will severely damage the physical body, there is still hope for a breakthrough after a few years of recuperation.

Thinking of this, the Old Ancestor of Myriad Medicines stroked his beard and said, "Since that's the case, then we can use some of the pieces we've been planning for many years to try and reduce the pressure on you when you break through." (End of this chapter)