May I seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and live a long and prosperous life.

Aoyama is still there, How Many Suns.

In the blink of an eye, a year and a half has passed.

Inside the Poison Dragon Pool cave, Li Tan opened his eyes again.

Today, he successfully cultivated to the peak of the first rank.

This was six months ahead of schedule, taking only a year and a half.

This time, his combat power is much stronger than before.

"This technique for dispersing internal energy is really powerful, but it takes too much time! Most martial artists simply don't have the lifespan to cultivate it."

"It's time to go out and buy some supplies, and also to find out some news from the outside world."

A few days later, he returned to Poison Dragon Pool.

He learned that the Third Prince's side was still in a standoff with Chen Tianwang's camp. However, Chen Tianwang was not in Yuncheng at the moment. He had already returned to the Northwest to handle internal affairs, and the command of the front line had been handed over to the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect and many generals.

"Continue with the dispersing of energy!"

Thus, Li Heng repeatedly cycled between dissipating his cultivation and starting over.

When he reached the third time he had to cultivate, he only spent a year to reach the peak of the first rank. If he cultivated again after that, the time would not be reduced and it would still take a year.

Seven years later.

Inside the Poison Dragon Pool cave.

Li Heng opened his eyes again, a startling light flashing within them.

He is no longer a naive young man; he now appears quite mature and composed.

Judging by his age, he is already 36 years old this year.

The scroll of immortality forever froze his body at the age of 32, which was the peak of his physical condition, and his appearance also remained forever at the age of 32.

"After dissipating my cultivation nine times, I have finally regained the peak of the first rank!"

"The creator of this technique said that dispersing the power nine times is the limit of this technique. Should I start practicing the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique, or should I dissipate the power again?"

In fact, when Li Heng had dispersed his cultivation six times and then cultivated back to the peak of the first rank, he felt that the unshakable barrier between the first rank and the grandmaster realm was about to crumble.

He could have reached the Grandmaster level with just a slight push, but he didn't do that; he wanted to do his best!

This time was no different. Although the theory said the limit was nine times, no one had ever actually done it. So, he was willing to disperse his energy again to see if his foundation and internal strength would improve once more.

"Then let's try dispersing our energy again. We've persevered for so many years, what's a few more years of cultivation?"

So he continued to circulate the Dispersing Power Technique.

After dispersing his energy, a warm feeling filled his body again, slowly improving his foundation. The wisp of internal energy left in his body finally underwent a new change.

It was no longer colorless, but turned into fiery red internal energy, which was twice as pure as before!

He instantly thought of the eight characters: Phoenix Nirvana, rebirth from the ashes.

So the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique means that one can only have the opportunity to attain Nirvana after going through nine tribulations, not that Nirvana is guaranteed after the ninth tribulation!

Continue with the revision!

Li Heng quickly calmed his excited emotions and continued his cultivation!

one year later.

Inside the Poison Dragon Pool cave, Li Heng sat cross-legged on a futon, his entire body enveloped in a fiery red light shield. The shield was extremely thick and sturdy, making it impossible to see him from the outside.

The light shield was formed by his internal energy overflowing involuntarily.

Soon, Li Heng opened his eyes, raised his hand and slowly gathered his inner energy, and the fiery red light shield slowly disappeared.

"This is the tenth time I've reached the peak of the first rank. I feel like I could crush my eleven-year-old self with a single blow!"

"I wonder how I compare to a martial artist at the early stage of the Grandmaster level?"

"However, I cannot leave seclusion yet. To verify my ideas, I must continue to disperse my energy. I need to see where its limits lie."

Li Heng is very persistent; he wants to seize every opportunity to become stronger!

"Continue to disperse your energy!" Li Heng said expectantly.

Unfortunately, after dispersing my energy this time, I didn't feel the warm sensation that I had imagined filling my whole body. The last wisp of internal energy left in my body also remained unchanged, still of the same purity and the same fiery red color.

Li Heng remained calm; although the result was unexpected, it was still reasonable.

"It seems that dispersing my power ten times is the limit; there's no point in dispersing it any further."

"It's time to rebuild my cultivation back to the peak of the first rank and then formally begin cultivating the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique!"

Time flies like an arrow, and another year has passed.

Li Heng was finally enveloped once again by a thick and solid fiery red light shield.

Li Heng opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

This means that he has once again cultivated to the peak of the first rank.

At this moment, the barrier to the Grandmaster realm has completely disappeared. If he so desires, he can advance to the Grandmaster realm in the next moment!

However, he still did not do so.

He waited twelve years and lost his power eleven times (one of which was ineffective), finally getting the chance to cultivate the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique. How could he possibly miss it?

Begin cultivating the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique!

Over the past twelve years, Li Heng has reviewed the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique countless times.

He already knew exactly how to cultivate.

He made countless intricate hand gestures with his hands, and the surging internal energy within his body circulated in a special way.

A year later, he cultivated the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique and reached the first stage of mastery. The Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique is divided into two stages.

The first stage corresponds to the Grandmaster realm, and the second stage corresponds to the Great Grandmaster realm.

Now, it seems as if water has flowed into a channel, without encountering any obstacles. His cultivation speed is extremely fast, and he has reached the Great Completion Realm in just three months.

He also successfully broke through to the early stage of the Grandmaster realm.

Moreover, due to his extremely strong foundation and internal strength, his cultivation level soared all the way up, breaking through to the middle stage and then to the late stage.

Grandmaster late stage realm, Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique, first stage mastery!

This is the culmination of his thirteen years of hiding in the poisonous dragon's lair!

It can be said that: where there's a will, there's a way; with a do-or-die spirit, the Qin Pass ultimately fell to Chu.

Those who persevere will be rewarded; with patience and determination, three thousand Yue soldiers were able to conquer Wu.

"So, the Nine Tribulations Nirvana Technique is difficult at first but easy later, bitter at first but sweet later! Just dispersing one's power nine times is already beyond the capabilities of ordinary people. Once you get past this hurdle, the subsequent breakthroughs will be a natural progression."

"After thirteen years of lying low in the treacherous waters, it's time to emerge!"

"I wonder how many people in Yuncheng still remember me?"

……

A year ago, the situation in Yuncheng took a sharp turn for the worse.

Because three young swordsmen emerged from Chen Tianwang's camp.

They claimed to come from the snowy mountains of the Northwest, and that they had come down from the mountains today for training, specifically to lend the Heavenly King a helping hand.

Three swordsmen descend the snowy mountain!

They were all at the peak of the first rank. After arriving outside Yun City, in their first battle, each of them killed a first-rank martial artist from Yun City with a single sword strike, shocking both sides and making them famous overnight!

Subsequently, the most renowned first-rank peak martial artists in Yuncheng—the bald-headed monk, the mad Taoist, the drunken scholar, the Jiangnan mad beggar, and the black-faced Yama—each challenged one of the three, hoping to avenge Yuncheng.

But none of them suffered a crushing defeat.

The bald monk became a headless monk, the mad Taoist became a lame Taoist, the drunken scholar became a one-armed scholar, the mad beggar of Jiangnan became a blind beggar of Jiangnan, and the black-faced Yama went to see the real Yama.

This result was unexpected by all the martial artists of Yuncheng. In more than ten years, this was the most crushing defeat for the martial artists of Yuncheng!