Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Half an hour later,
They suddenly noticed that Chen Yushu's aura was beginning to change drastically.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth also became incredibly active.

It seemed to be surging violently, rapidly sweeping towards the direction where Chen Yushu was.

"This is……"

Someone whispered, their face filled with astonishment and shock.

They weren't unaware of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; although the environment in the wild forest was harsh, it had to be said that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was indeed incredibly abundant.

but.

At this moment, the boundless spiritual energy of heaven and earth swept in, not only covering an enormous area, but also exceeding their imagination in density.

It's thick, almost like a liquid.

Even though it was just flowing around them, they could faintly feel the power and the increase in their Dao Yuan with just their breath.

"Breakthrough in cultivation?"
Is Fellow Daoist Chen about to break through in cultivation?

Li Youzhi was stunned.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yushu began his breakthrough while traveling.

The key point is that the commotion he caused during his breakthrough was enormous.

As the young sect master of the Tianxuan Sect, he had witnessed firsthand the phenomenon of cultivators at the Day Travel Realm breaking through to the Soul Refining Realm. Not only him, but also Lin Miaoyin, the chief disciple of the Ghost Spirit Sect, had experienced it.

Whenever a cultivator in a sect breaks through to the next level, they are invited to witness the ceremony, learn from the experience, and gain insights into the process. This helps clear obstacles for their future cultivation and provides them with reliable and valuable experience.

But none of the breakthroughs they had witnessed or heard of were as immense and terrifying as Chen Yushu's moment.

Endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth surged in rapidly, as if it were trying to drain all the spiritual energy from a large area.

As endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured in, Chen Yushu's aura also rapidly increased.

That powerful aura, seemingly capable of annihilating everything, even caused countless demons and ghosts around to flee.

"The breakthrough is at this moment!"

Chen Yushu's heart stirred.

He controlled the Dao Yuan within his body, rapidly circulating it according to the Huangshan Guanyin method.

In fact, Chen Yushu had already cultivated to the perfect level of the Sun Travel Realm before, and even the pure Yang Qi in his soul had reached 80%, far exceeding the limit of breaking through to the Soul Refining Realm.

At that time, he originally planned to make a breakthrough in one go.

He was awakened from the underworld just as Xiao Hong called out, and despite his haste, he was still almost late.

Therefore, he has never had the chance to break through his cultivation level.

At this point, after sensing that there were no major threats from demons, ghosts, or gods in the vicinity during his journey, Chen Yushu finally decided to take this opportunity to break through directly.

After all, once he breaks through, it will greatly benefit his pioneering work.

That's when he started frantically practicing the Huangshan visualization method.

However, after circulating his energy for several cycles, he suddenly discovered that his Huangshan visualization method had broken through to a new level.

He broke through directly from the original Great Completion level to the Perfection level.

Immediately, his cultivation efficiency increased significantly once again, on top of what it had been before.

And this is the real reason why the endless spiritual energy of heaven and earth surges in like a torrent.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yushu continued to break through, sweeping up his Dao Yuan and surging into a certain location in the darkness.

That place contains the two apertures of intelligence, and is also the location where the soul is linked.

Once a breakthrough is achieved, the Dao Yuan and the Divine Soul merge and become one, which is equivalent to a cultivator breaking through and officially reaching the Soul Refining Realm.

For ordinary cultivators to break through directly, they often need to go into seclusion for a long time to adjust their state, make countless preparations, and use various spiritual pills as an aid.

At this moment, Chen Yushu broke through, and the power of Dao Yuan surged in without any stagnation, instantly entering and merging with his soul.

All of a sudden.

A series of unique and pure forces then emerged.

It grows from wisps to strands, and then rapidly expands.

It occupied his entire dantian.

even.

There is no need for a dantian at all.

The physical body is the boat, while the soul is the one who rows it; it is thought, which is disordered and unrestrained. As long as a thought arises, its power can reach it.

Moreover, it's everywhere!

"This is the Soul Refining Realm."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder, cultivators in the Soul Refining Realm can fly through the void without relying on flying swords or other external objects.

Indeed, the power of a Soul Refining Realm cultivator has truly spread from within the body to the outside, merging with the entire void and the world.

Nature can soar freely, unaffected by gravity.

Chen Yushu was contemplating his current state, feeling as if he were one with the universe.

I was also incredibly excited.

Next, he experienced the other changes that came after he broke through to the Soul Refining Realm.

First, there's the divine sense, which radiates slightly and can directly cover a distance of nearly ten thousand feet, increasing its power tenfold.

Furthermore, his understanding of the rules of heaven and earth also increased dramatically, becoming several times clearer.

Even though he was also at the same level of meditation, his speed in cultivating various profound laws naturally increased significantly.

For example, he would immerse himself in a magical version of a supernatural power, which would normally take three to five days to perfect and thus condense the seed of the supernatural power.

Now, one day is enough.

His cultivation speed increased dramatically once again.

……

"Breakthrough..."

"Chen Dao... Senior Chen, you have truly broken through."

"You're already a True Person of the Soul Refining Realm?"

……

A group of people in the group stared in disbelief.

I could hardly believe my eyes.

They never imagined that someone could break through their cultivation level so smoothly and effortlessly while traveling, as if the obstacles that stood in the way of countless cultivators at the Day Travel Realm had disappeared.

Without any pause, they broke through.

Even though Chen Yushu's aura had begun to recede and become faint, as if it had ceased to exist, they had clearly sensed the power fluctuations of the Soul Refining Realm level emanating from him just now.

They will never admit their mistakes.

But that's precisely why they were even more shocked. They never expected that someone who could have addressed them as a fellow Daoist just moments before would suddenly become their 'senior'.

The gap is now much, much larger than before.

It even made Li Youzhi and Lin Miaoyin despair at one point, and they couldn't even muster the idea of ​​chasing after them.

……

While Chen Yushu was adjusting his internal energy and experiencing the changes after his breakthrough, his team continued forward without any pause.

As they ventured deeper into the wild forest, the surrounding environment became increasingly harsh.

The gaps between the intertwined roots of the tall, ancient trees are no longer solid soil, but are gradually being replaced by a thick, black silt that exudes a strong smell of decay.

The dark green miasma grew thicker and thicker, almost condensing into liquid and dripping down. Even with protective spiritual light and antidote pills, some cultivators with slightly weaker cultivation levels felt a tightness in their chests and difficulty breathing.

The air was as heavy as if it were filled with lead, and the light was almost completely swallowed up. Only the lighting artifacts used by Liu Qiao'er, Lin Miaoyin and others struggled to project a limited halo of light in the thick fog, illuminating the huge tree roots that were coiled a few steps ahead and the swamp that was constantly bubbling with foul odors.

"Watch your step! It's the Black Death Swamp!"

Shen Chenxue, with her rich experience, recognized the area at a glance. Her voice was unusually grave, "The mud has a swallowing power; once you're trapped, the more you struggle, the deeper you sink! What's even more troublesome is..."

Before she could finish speaking!
Wow! !
Suddenly, the mud swamp not far to the right churned violently, and a huge tentacle, as thick as a water bucket, covered with slippery dark green scales and full of suckers, burst out of the mud, bringing a foul stench, and lashed out like a whip at several Mo family cultivators in the middle of the group who were unable to dodge in time!
So fast it left afterimages!

"Ah!" The cultivators were so frightened that they were scared out of their wits and didn't even have time to react!

"By imperial decree! Mountain Town!"

At the critical moment, Li Youzhi realized what was happening.

He immediately took control of a magical artifact the size of a mountain and unleashed it forward.

The mountain rose with the wind, growing rapidly, and crashed down hard onto the giant tentacle!

Bang——! ! !
A dull sound like the beating of a drum!

Upon being touched, it seemed to sense the terror of the mountain, quickly retracted, and disappeared into the mud in the blink of an eye.

"There's something underwater! And more than one!" Lin Miaoyin warned sharply, her hands flashing with incantations as several talismans shimmering with ice runes shot out, landing around the area where the tentacles had just appeared! Ice crystals instantly spread, attempting to freeze the water's surface.

But this is just the beginning!
puff! puff! puff! …

More tentacles, like giant pythons, burst forth from the black swamp from all directions! These tentacles varied in thickness, some with sharp spikes, others secreting corrosive mucus. Their targets were no longer sneak attacks, but indiscriminate lashing, entanglement, and sweeping! Their attacks were completely unpredictable, like wildly dancing demonic shadows.

It was also at this time.

A tentacle suddenly swept towards Chen Yushu without warning, moving at an extremely fast speed, like a flash of light.

"Yu Shu, be careful!"

Liu Qiao'er was startled upon seeing this and quickly summoned a flying sword.

This flying sword was the one Chen Yushu had given him before. It originally belonged to an ancient cultivator as his natal magic weapon, but now that she had refined and used it, its power was naturally not weak.

"careful!"

Violet Shen Chenxue, who was standing to the side, had also been paying attention to the direction where Chen Yushu was. At the same time, she cried out in surprise, dodging a tentacle that was attacking her, and a flying sword flashed past like a bolt of lightning.

Her flying sword, which came from the same school as Chen Yushu's, was her natal heart sword. Although it had not been successfully refined for long, once the heart sword was unleashed, its speed was several times faster than that of ordinary flying swords.

At this moment, almost as if it were a latecomer, it caught up with Liu Qiao'er's flying sword in an instant.

Chen Yushu remained seated cross-legged atop the crimson-maned steed, his eyes closed, seemingly oblivious to the raging storm outside. The red-clad girl, Xiao Hong in disguise, sat atop the horse's head, her bright eyes showing no sign of panic.

The spirit, being of one mind with its master, was naturally able to sense that Chen Yushu had regained consciousness.

Moreover, she believed that with Chen Yushu's strength, demons of this level posed no threat whatsoever to her Yushu brother.

"Humph!"

really.

A soft, yet exceptionally clear, humming sound, seemingly carrying the power to pierce the soul, suddenly resounded in everyone's consciousness!

This hum carried an indifferent disdain for all things and an unquestionable majesty!

Sitting cross-legged on the crimson-maned steed, Chen Yushu, who had been sitting with his eyes closed like a statue, slowly opened his eyes!
Those eyes, clear and deep, seemed to reflect the eternal starry sky, showing no panic, only an indifferent composure as if in complete control.

His gaze didn't even fall on the menacing tentacles that were lunging at him, but instead calmly swept over the churning black mud and the ubiquitous poisonous miasma.

The instant he opened his eyes!

Om-! ! !
Space fluctuated violently! Centered on Chen Yushu, the space within a radius of several dozen feet suddenly became viscous and bizarre! Countless rays of light refracted like distorted mirrors, creating a grotesque and fantastical scene!
Supernatural powers!
The Mirror Realm of No Return!

Previously, he had already cultivated this supernatural power to the point of perfect spell completion, and was only one step away from breaking through and forming a supernatural power seed.

With this breakthrough in cultivation, he grasped the key to it in an instant, and officially succeeded in cultivating this supernatural power, condensing his own supernatural power seed.

At this moment, he unleashed his supernatural powers.

puff!puff!puff!
……

The dozens of terrifying tentacles that shot out like spears seemed to pierce a kaleidoscope after entering this distorted space!

Their trajectories were instantly deflected, dispersed, and some tentacles even folded in space, bizarrely colliding with each other! The attack trajectories were completely chaotic!

The power was greatly dispersed and wasted!
boom! boom! boom! boom!
Most of the tentacles deflected and crashed into the massive ancient trees or deep silt around the group, causing violent explosions and towering mud waves.

"Ouch..."

Immediately afterwards, a huge scream of agony rang out.

The silt vibrated.

A vast swamp churned violently like boiling water! The viscous mud was pushed aside by an irresistible force, and the outline of a colossal creature slowly rose!

That was an indescribable monster!

The main body resembled a giant, rotting toad magnified a thousand times, its skin covered with disgusting pustules and flowing mucus, while dozens of enormous tentacles, the same kind that had just attacked the group, grew strangely from its back!

Even more terrifying was that its enormous mouth was like a deep abyss, with its edges covered with rotating sharp teeth, and the stench it emitted was several times greater than the previous poisonous mist!
"Early stage of the disaster level?"

Someone whispered, and their expression changed.

It is a calamity-level demon spirit, and it carries a deadly poison. It is far more troublesome than many mid-stage calamity-level ghost spirits.

Chen Yushu remained calm in response.

Then he uttered a whisper.

"die!"

The voice just fell.

hum~
All that everyone saw was a flying sword, which transformed into a dazzling light and flashed by.

quick!quick!quick!
It was almost at its limit, so close that even those present, including many experts at the Day Travel Realm, would have difficulty seeing it clearly.

The flying sword flashed and appeared directly in front of the giant demon spirit, disappearing into it before the spirit could react.

puff!puff!puff!
The sword light flashed, wreaking havoc inside his body.

Then aim at its demon core.

"Ouch..."

All that could be heard was an incredibly loud scream.

Then the poisonous demon, which had just rushed out of the swamp and was trying to fight back, suddenly stopped moving, its eyes dimmed, and it collapsed.

Dead! (End of Chapter)