Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

On the second attempt, spiritual energy once again assaulted that barrier.

Although he was still young and lacked the strength, Su Chen had grasped some of the tricks of the trade.

I've come to understand something.

The so-called "merging" is simply the union of the primordial spirit and the physical body.

The various laws within Su Chen also need to be integrated into one.

The power of heavenly tribulation and the laws of space each performed their duties, appearing to coexist peacefully.

In reality, they were constantly dividing up Su Chen's cultivation within his body.

If things continue like this, it's likely that we won't be able to break through even in another hundred years.

What's lacking is someone with an extremely yin constitution like Wang Yuyan.

If Wang Yuyan were by his side, they could harmonize through dual cultivation.

It would probably be twice as effective with half the effort.

But thinking about it now is useless...

Over the past twenty years, the Breath-Gathering Grass outside the cave has been replaced three times.

Outside the gates of Haori Sect, the number of people coming and going has doubled in recent years.

In the forty-fifth year of the great war, the lotus flowers on the hillside were in full bloom. A gust of wind blew, and the pink and white flowers all over the hillside swayed.

Feng Jiu climbed up that slope of fallen flowers.

Two disciples from Bone Peak followed behind him.

Lu Yao was already waiting at the entrance of the cave.

"Miss Lu, how have you been?"

Feng Jiu cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, speaking politely.

"Elder Tiandu was ordered by the sect to send me, Feng, to check if there was anything wrong with the true disciple's seclusion."

"There has been no movement for over forty years, and many people in the sect are worried about it."

Lu Yao moved a step towards the entrance of the cave, blocking the stone door in the middle.

"Before His Lord went into seclusion, He instructed that no one was to approach."

"What Miss Lu said is true."

Feng Jiu smiled, but the smile quickly faded.

"Feng was acting on orders from his sect."

A spiritual pressure descended.

Feng Jiu's cultivation level has improved significantly compared to more than forty years ago. This spiritual pressure pressed down on Lu Yao's shoulders, causing her legs to buckle and almost causing her to kneel down.

Lu Yao managed to hold on.

"Deacon Feng."

Lu Yao's voice trembled slightly, but she spoke each word clearly.

"Does the master's restriction recognize Deacon Feng's aura?"

Feng Jiu frowned.

"If Deacon Feng insists on forcing his way in and disturbs the Lord's breakthrough, and something happens to the Lord, who will bear the responsibility—Deacon Feng or Elder Tiandu?"

Feng Jiu remained silent.

This spirit servant is even bolder than his master.

But those words hit the nail on the head.

If Su Chen had emerged from seclusion unharmed, and I had forced my way in today, I would have become that nemesis of Su Chen in the sect.

"Miss Lu is right."

"Feng should go back and report the truth."

Lu Yao turned around and went back to the side room, sat down on the edge of the bed, and didn't recover for a long time.

Sixty-nine years have passed...

The two laws within Su Chen's body finally merged into one.

The final blow came without warning.

A wisp of heavenly tribulation power probed into the laws of space.

The vast sea of ​​consciousness surged, and spiritual power poured in like a river.

This reminded Su Chen of the night he completely turned against Wang Yuyan and conquered her.

When Su Chen obtained the primordial yin of the Extreme Yin Body, he stepped into the Golden Core realm for the first time.

It's just as tricky...

Fang Yin, the Immaculate Sword Embryo, and his own spiritual sword trembled violently.

The fact that the Spring and Autumn Escape Brush remained unharmed is enough to prove that this brush is definitely a spiritual treasure of the Integration Stage or above.

These supernatural abilities have now been completely refined into magical treasures and techniques for the Integration Stage.

This time, we'll go out and fight again.

With my current supernatural powers.

Just how much difference is there between him and those veteran Nascent Soul cultivators?

Actually, Su Chen couldn't say for sure either.

But one thing is certain.

That means even if you encounter a cultivator in the late stage of the Integration Realm.

They certainly have the ability to protect themselves.

Perhaps it can be considered that they have completely established themselves in the spirit world.

Su Chen had not forgotten the century-long promise.

I made an appointment with Lin Wanwan to go back and pick her up in a hundred years.

At the latest, she will wait for me for two hundred years before leaving the Xuanhuang Continent.

Now, he has been in seclusion for nearly seventy years.

I'm afraid I don't have much time left...

A muffled clap of thunder.

Dark clouds obscured the sun.

The pouring rain fell.

This is indeed a spectacle that Haorizong has witnessed for hundreds of years.

In a realm like the Haori Sect in the Spirit Realm, things are naturally different from those in the lower realms.

Such a heavy spiritual rain is already a rare sight.

Many cultivators even left their caves to observe the celestial phenomena.

Merging Heavenly Tribulation...

On that day, the clouds above the side peak kept gathering and churning.

Without much thought, any cultivator could tell which powerful figure was about to break through.

But over the years, everyone knows that Li Changfeng's beloved disciple has been in seclusion on this remote peak.

The entire Haori Sect was shaken.

Disciples from each peak emerged from their caves, their escape lights converging towards the side peaks, growing larger and larger.

When the first bolt of lightning struck, the spiritual lotus on the hillside was charred black.

Su Chen had already left the cave and was sitting cross-legged on the summit of a side peak.

When lightning struck his head, Su Chen neither dodged nor used any magical artifacts to block it.

A wisp of heavenly tribulation power overflowed from his body and crashed into the heavenly lightning.

Thunder against thunder.

The lightning bolt from the sky fell into Su Chen's body, but it was instantly dissolved by the power of the heavenly tribulation that he had already turned to use.

"Insane...to take the tribulation lightning with one's own body?"

Among the crowd watching the calamity, an elder cried out in disbelief.

The calamity clouds surged even more fiercely.

Su Chen's blue robe was burned to charred shreds, and his skin was covered in lightning patterns, but his eyes remained open.

At the summit of Bone Peak, the Heavenly Capital Elder stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the patch of lightning on the side peak with a very grim expression.

Seventy years...

It took me over four hundred years to break through from the Refinement stage to the Integration stage.

That little devil...

Feng Jiu, standing next to Old Man Tiandu, kept his head down and dared not utter a single word.

Lin Zhiya stood on the edge of the cliff at the main peak.

The mountain wind blew Lin Zhiya's Taoist robe tightly against her body, making her slender waist appear particularly thin in the wind.

Lin Zhiya didn't move.

A bolt of lightning struck, and Lin Zhiya clenched her sleeve, the lightning dissipated, and she released it.

Han Yue stood three steps behind Lin Zhiya.

For so many years, Han Yue has remained in this position.

Han Yue looked at his senior sister's back, then at the thunderclouds in the distance, and said nothing.

When the last bolt of lightning struck, the entire side peak shook.

The lightning dissipated.

The clouds began to recede, very slowly. Finally, a ray of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the clouds and shone on the summit of the side peak.

When Su Chen pushed open the door to the cave, the sunlight outside was just right.

The scorched lotus on the hillside has been cleared away, and a new crop has been planted and is blooming all over the ground.

Lu Yao stood at the entrance of the cave.

Lu Yao has been guarding this place for seventy years.

Su Chen hadn't expected this at all.

In fact, Su Chen had several guesses about this woman.

As the former lord of the Nightless City, how could he be willing to remain a spirit slave forever?

Or secretly join another sect.

Alternatively, one could find a secluded cave to cultivate in seclusion.

But... this woman...

When Lu Yao saw Su Chen, she bowed her head in greeting.

"My lord."

A stray lock of hair at Lu Yao's temple was blown into disarray by the wind, falling onto her fair neck, but she didn't bother to fix it.

Su Chen glanced at Lu Yao.

His cultivation level has increased significantly, reaching the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.

Seventy years.

In the spirit world, it would only take the time it takes to go into seclusion once. Here, you could pick out any old monster, and who doesn't have a lifespan of thousands or tens of thousands of years?

But this woman stood guard at this door for a full seventy years.

Incredible! ! !

He had neither touched this woman nor intended to imprison her.

Although there was a spiritual contract before.

However, if we seek out powerful beings at the Integration Stage or above.

It's not impossible to solve it.

As for their stubborn defense of this place, there must be some reason behind it...

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