My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 437 Shock
time flies,
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this month, Shen Changchuan thoroughly honed his newly advanced seventh level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Furthermore, he used the Qi Absorption and Return to Origin Technique to refine the true Qi within his body several times.

This further enhanced the refinement of Shen Changchuan's magical power.

The seventh level of the realm has been completely stabilized.

Their strength has improved once again.

but,

What Shen Changchuan found somewhat regrettable was that

After reaching the late stage of the Out-of-Body stage, the effect of the Qi Absorption and Return to Origin Technique has been greatly reduced.

This is because,

The magical power of someone at the seventh level of the Out-of-Body realm is inherently far more refined than that of someone at the sixth level or below.

The already highly condensed magical power, when compressed and refined again, has very limited effect.

Just as pig iron is forged into refined steel, even if you continue to forge it, it is difficult for the refined steel to go any further on that foundation.

The effectiveness of the Qi Absorption and Return to Origin Technique naturally decreases significantly.

This made Shen Changchuan feel somewhat regretful.
But it's not surprising.

After all, this secret technique was created by a cultivator who was at the peak of the third level of the Nascent Soul stage, as a method to break through to the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Even later, Shen Changchuan made some improvements to it.

But that's just how it is.

There's no way to hope for much more.

Moreover, even if its effectiveness is reduced, as long as it is effective, it can still be considered a qualified tool.

He spent a month refining and stabilizing his cultivation at the initial stage of the seventh level.

This secret technique itself also played a certain role.

During the month that Shen Changchuan was in seclusion for cultivation...

News of his killing of Qiu Kunsheng, the leader of the Corpse Refining Sect, finally began to circulate.

This news,

This once again caused a huge shock among the cultivators and demonic cultivators of the Tiannan Domain and even the Nanyue Kingdom!
So much so that it swept across the world like a tidal wave, and even began to affect other domains!

"That person has actually advanced to the seventh level of the Nascent Soul stage? Didn't the news from three years ago say that he had just advanced to the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage? Advancing three levels in three years, and even after the mid-Nascent Soul stage, what kind of monster is this?!"

"Hiss! This kind of cultivation speed is simply unbelievable!"

The news immediately sparked a great deal of discussion.
Countless cultivators were shocked and terrified.

"Unbelievable! It is said that he did not come from a good background. As a son born out of wedlock, he was ostracized by the first wife of the Shen family and did not receive much support from the Shen family. In fact, he only dared to show his talent when he was young and plotted in a small village thousands of miles away from the town!"

"It's unbelievable that someone with such a background could reach the seventh level of the Nascent Soul realm in just over ten years!"

"Hehe, the Shen family must be regretting it to the core, right? They ignored and let go of a prodigy who is rare in the entire Tiannan Region for thousands of years. I dare say that even the current patriarch of the Shen family may not have been as outstanding as him in his youth!"

"That's for sure! Even the Shen family patriarch back then wouldn't dare say he could kill a Nascent Soul cultivator while at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, let alone advance to the seventh level of Nascent Soul at the age of twenty, let alone kill a sect leader at the late eighth level right after advancing!" "Moreover, it is said that the Shen family patriarch only managed to advance to the Divine Travel Realm after receiving support from the entire family to venture into the Central Continent. As for Shen Changchuan, he grew up in this barren land of cultivation in our region."

"In terms of performance, that old patriarch of the Shen family was far inferior to Shen Changchuan in his youth!"

"I'm certain that Shen Changchuan's achievements will surpass those of the Shen family patriarch in the future!"

"It's said that the Shen family, in their eagerness to curry favor with the matriarch of the Shen family from Zhongzhou, has become extremely estranged from Shen Changchuan. Now it seems the Shen family is regretting it to the core!"

Shen Changchuan's fame didn't spread overnight.

Many years ago, when he, at the Qi Refining Realm, defeated and killed a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, it was already known to outsiders.

Two or three years ago, his modified Gu-controlling secret technique spread, changing the battlefield situation and benefiting hundreds of thousands of middle and lower-level cultivators, making him a household name in the Tiannan Region and even the Nanyue Land.

Their origins and background are naturally known to outsiders.

As one of the background figures in Shen Changchuan's rise to power, the Tiannan Shen family naturally became a laughing stock among the public.

of course,

The ridicule from the Shen family of Tiannan was just one part of the many discussions surrounding it.

Many more people, upon hearing this news, were shocked by the incredible speed at which Shen Changchuan's cultivation level had improved.

They were shocked by how quickly Shen Changchuan's cultivation level had improved.

Yet, they are still able to maintain a rapid increase in strength, enabling them to challenge opponents of higher levels and even defeat older, more powerful figures!
"When I first embarked on the path of cultivation, a senior told me that in the way of cultivation, one cannot have both fish and bear's paw."

"Either you choose to focus entirely on cultivation and rapid advancement, concentrating most of your energy on raising your cultivation level and reducing or eliminating the cultivation of combat spells, sacrificing combat power for a rapid increase in cultivation level; or you choose to cultivate more spells, forgoing rapid advancement in cultivation level to gain strength greater than other cultivators of the same level."

"I have always wholeheartedly agreed with this."

"But it wasn't until this person appeared that I realized what the senior had said back then: that strength and realm can only be one of them. That only applies to ordinary people like us. Geniuses are not an exception."

"The truly peerless geniuses are able to have their cake and eat it too, achieving both high realm and great strength at the same time!"

"To have reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in just three years, and to maintain the combat power to defeat powerful enemies even after advancing to a higher level, such an achievement is something I probably never dared to dream of before?"

These words,
These were the words of a somewhat well-known rogue cultivator at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul realm in the Southern Region, who remained silent for a long time after hearing about Shen Changchuan's situation.

And what he said in a moment of deep emotion

It also resonated with countless people.

It caused almost every cultivator to break down and fall silent.

Because anyone who embarks on the path of cultivation has experienced the difficult choice between cultivation level and combat power.

Even though everyone's choices are different.

But everyone who has personally experienced the choice between the two options has a profound understanding of it.

It is precisely because of this,
Only after hearing these words did the cultivators feel a genuine sense of emotion.

Regarding Shen Changchuan's matter,

This has caused such a huge stir in the cultivation world.

(End of this chapter)