From this day forward, Jiang Mo was the first to comprehend 'being detached from the world'. With this achievement accomplished, the other two would naturally follow, saving him a lot of time.

"Buzz!"

The Book of Time lay in Jiang Mo's right palm, surrounded by a faint, pale gray light. A unique, mysterious power flickered around him, like a candle flame swaying in the rain.

Beside the pool on the back mountain, Jiang Mo remained unmoved, unaffected by scorching heat, torrential rain, or biting wind.

January.

First quarter.

One year.

The history books held in his palm always swayed gently, radiating a captivating power.

There was always a faint light between Jiang Mo's brows, as if he was painstakingly sculpting the most perfect work of art in the world. Every time it was sent to the furnace for tempering, it would quietly shatter at the crucial moment, and the light on its surface would also go out.

Similar to how primitive people drilled wood to make fire, Jiang Mo tried day after day, only to fail again and again. He could not forge the membrane of time, let alone cover his entire body.

The echoes of failure rang in his ears again and again, but only he could hear them.

As the cold winter faded and the withered trees sprouted new buds, another year passed. When the autumn wind rose again, progress was finally made. The light that had been flickering before blossomed and shone brightly, spreading from Jiang Mo's brow to his entire body in an instant.

Aloof from the world, forged in the fire!

Jiang Mo did not open his eyes, but there was a clear smile on his lips, bright and radiant, the satisfaction of succeeding once after failing tens of thousands of times.

Everything in the world changes under the influence of time, but he alone rejected contact with time, becoming the only anomaly in the world. He sat still, cultivating the 'Origin of Time' and 'Nirvana in the Sea of ​​Suffering'. The vitality in his body and the spiritual power in his mind were being consumed rapidly, and when they reached a certain threshold, they stopped.

ten years.

Through the historical records of time, Jiang Mo activated the "Seclusion from the World" technique, gaining a period of cultivation time that allowed his second true body to exist outside of normal time and space.

In the first year, I tried to grasp the origin of time, but failed.

The following year, it was successful, with some significant changes.

In the third year, he reached a state of perfection, and his destructive power was equivalent to 400 years of time reversal.

At this point, Jiang Mo stopped cultivating and did not deliberately seek perfection.

In the fourth year, he experienced the bitterness of nirvana, but failed.

The fifth year ended in failure.

The sixth year ended in failure.

In the seventh year, he succeeded and made a smooth start to his skills.

.....

In his final year, Jiang Mo mastered the Bitter Sea Nirvana technique, allowing him to revert to his best state over the past 500 years.

After finishing his cultivation, Jiang Mo felt slightly tired, and nearly 10% of his vitality had been lost.

However, there was still a long way to go before reaching his limit, so he decisively initiated the policy of seclusion, gaining another ten years.

"Wow!!!"

In the still of the night, the bright moonlight illuminated the entire forbidden area behind the mountain, making it resemble a silver ocean.

Jiang Mo sat upright under an old tree, his breathing long and steady. His burly, iron-colored body gradually faded, and his cascading black hair slowly turned frost-white.

A moment later, the original body returned, now at the seventh level of the Profound Fate Realm, just one step away from breaking through.

Shatter my body, sever my seven souls, forge a true realm, and become an immortal.

This overview of the trials and tribulations required to reach the seventh level vividly recreates the scene of the sect's esteemed elders breaking through to the next level.

First, he was subjected to the tempering of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, causing his skin and flesh to break apart.

When the blood dries up and the bones shatter, the five elements converge again, giving rise to the Yin and Yang elements, which nourish the body and guide it to recover in an orderly manner, eventually leading to death and turning into nothingness. From this nothingness, something is born again—a single point of primordial energy, as vast as the celestial galaxy, endless and ever-renewing.

This is the transformation of the physical body, but the soul also faces corresponding calamities.

The source of the calamity lies within the physical body. This incomparably powerful body requires the soul to prove to it that it has the absolute right to control it, and it will give rise to one new soul after another.

They are only slightly weaker than the original souls, possessing the same memories, emotions, and personalities as the Supreme Being, and are more aware of their own situation, but they are not the Supreme Being.

There are seven such souls, which is the key point of the second level of the breakthrough to the seventh level of the Profound Fate Realm. They need to be eliminated one by one. If you fail halfway, other souls will still seize control of the physical body. In the end, the survivor will be king.

In such a case, the breakthrough has failed. The body remains the same, but the soul is no longer the original soul. Instead, a second soul has been created, possessing perfect memories, identical emotions, and a similar personality. However, the true challenger has already died.

The Venerable One once speculated that such a combination of soul and body would make it impossible to pass through the third level after passing the second level, officially enter the seventh level of the Profound Fate Realm, and thus stagnate in cultivation for life.

The second stage is the most dangerous of the three stages.

The reason why Mu Jue of the Taxu Palace has been delayed for over a thousand years is because of this. The probability of death is close to 99%. The fact that seven souls attack the original soul at the same time makes him never dare to try. Instead, he seeks other ways to break through and focuses on cultivating his life force, but to no avail. Little did he know that this was the only way.

Once you overcome this most difficult hurdle, all that remains is the so-called Forging Realm, which allows the Reverse Life True Technique to break through its limits and remain around you, creating an effect that makes you impervious to all laws and capable of plundering all laws. It becomes a black hole that devours all techniques and supernatural powers, unique in the world. Only in this way can one be called an immortal!

Jiang Mo felt as if he were there, watching every detail unfold, his mind resonating with the Supreme Being's insights.

After pondering for half a month, he adjusted himself to his best state, and with everything in place, he began his breakthrough.

"Pong!"

"Pong!"

"Pong!"

Five streams of true qi of different colors ignited from his internal organs, burning his flesh and bones from the inside out. Fortunately, thanks to the tempering of the Spirit-Breaking Curse for more than two hundred years, this deadly pain did not cause Jiang Mosheng the slightest ripple.

He sat on the ground like a statue cast in steel, letting his body burn away.

Day after day, week after week, month after month, the flawless and resilient flesh eventually reaches its limit, burned and decayed by the Five Qi True Fire, almost disappearing, leaving only bones.

Jiang Mo's expression remained as cold as iron, unwavering. His consciousness was exceptionally clear, and he generated Yin and Yang Qi within his abdomen to repair his physical body.

Another six months passed, and he recovered completely, becoming even more powerful, almost like an immortal descending to the heavens.

Jiang Mo did not linger on its beautiful appearance, but instead accelerated its aging. Gradually, its skin and flesh became loose and withered, wrinkles covered its cheeks, and clear and ferocious bones appeared on its thin body.

The stench of death permeated the air, and in this state, Jiang Mo was no different from an ordinary, dying old man.

Within a few days, he breathed his last, his eyes closed, and he was no longer breathing.

Over the next two weeks, the physical body dissolved with the breeze, leaving only the soul's light to remain. As autumn turned to spring, a wisp of pure white primordial energy floated in the air.

"Whoosh..."

"Buzz..."

The white energy trembled, giving rise to the same energy particles, which split at a moderate speed.

When a mass of primordial energy, capable of obscuring the sky and covering the sun, is condensed, limbs, bones, internal organs, and seven orifices will be born.

Jiang Mo's figure slowly coalesced, surrounded by billions of true qi, as dazzling as a vast galaxy.

First hurdle, mastered!

Chapter 489 One Thought Follows the Law, Severing Myself and Ascending to Sublime

It took Jiang Mo more than two years from the initial tempering of his body with the Five Qi to the rebirth of his physical form.

Now he radiates a divine light both inside and out, as light as willow catkins, yet as heavy as a mountain.

At this moment, he was feeling the power of his newborn body. Infinite energy was rapidly gathering and contracting in his heart, and then expanding outward at high speed. Each beat was like the life rhythm of a trembling star.

Under this state of enlightenment, everything he sees appears transparent, and even the heavens and earth seem small as his perceptible energy spreads out.

In addition, a long-lasting instinct awakens, known as 'unfettered,' which is a generous reward obtained after successfully overcoming the barrier.

This gift is a present obtained by the physical body after enduring hardships and breaking through to the seventh level.

In short, it means that the physical body is spiritually connected and highly resonates with the consciousness. When faced with the threat of powerful enemies' supernatural abilities and killing moves, it will dodge on its own or disperse parts of the body, so that the main body is in a free state from being locked on or harmed.

Without even needing to think, everything is based on changes in consciousness, which will activate muscle memory and make the most perfect coordination, assisting the soul in maximizing its combat power in battle.

The second true body also possesses a similar ability: to foresee danger and prepare in advance. The "unrestrained" instinct of breaking through to the seventh level of the Five Qi Extreme Body grants the ability to foresee and dodge.

There is a significant gap between the two. The physical body that has just entered the seventh level of the Profound Life Realm is far inferior to that of the second true body.

Nevertheless, Jiang Mo still felt that 'Unrestrained' had enormous potential. If he cultivated it to the eighth level of the Profound Fate Realm, he might be able to surpass the second true body's foresight.

Compared to his near-seventh-tier physical body, the strength of his newly formed body has increased significantly, by several times. However, the feeling of complete control is becoming increasingly intense.

What Jiang Mo cares about most is that, in addition to his innate ability to live forever, he has also awakened a kind of innate supernatural power—the ability to follow one's heart.

After continuous exploration, the ability he gained was specifically understood to be that any substance or living being in the world, whether alive or dead, could be instantly transformed into other substances once it was locked onto by him.

Those whose life level is lower than his are simply unable to resist. In a single thought, he can push the true law to its limit, restore matter to its original state of Qi, and arbitrarily recombine and arrange it into the matter he desires.

This kind of power is like that of a creator, with immense potential for improvement. In theory, if Jiang Mo were willing, he could turn the ocean into mulberry fields or the desert into a rainforest.

As a seeker of the Dao who has read extensively and even ventured to outer space battlefields.

His first thought was of the vast universe, the eight planets orbiting the sun in fixed orbits, and other asteroids.

Although the natural environment is harsh, it is undoubtedly a treasure trove waiting to be developed for him.

However, in the Supreme One's memory, when he broke through the seventh level, he did not obtain this supernatural power, but he did awaken the innate ability 'Unrestrained'.

This is also the key reason why, even when he was in a state of demonic possession and his cultivation level had fallen, he was still able to venture into multiple secret realms and fight against his master without dying.

Jiang Mo speculated that the Supreme Being of that time had not cultivated the complete Five Qi Extreme Body, but only the Two Qi Body, which resulted in a limited transformation.

Otherwise, with the supernatural power of "at will," those sect leaders who have already reached the Dao Lord level and are attacking secret realms would be no match for them.

To familiarize himself with the supernatural powers and to allow his transformed body to return to its peak state, Jiang Mo did not rush to break through the barrier, but instead postponed it for several months.

When the summer solstice arrived, one day, he was in perfect condition. In a flash of inspiration, he found the best opportunity and decisively rushed into the second level.

"Boom!!!"

The blazing silver body burst forth with dazzling light, transforming into a thin film that completely solidified and sealed Jiang Mo, who was sitting cross-legged, inside.

At the same time, the soul light nurtured within the body sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

They share the same soul essence as Jiang Mo, but their appearances differ.

Some have the fierce look of youths, some have the sharp and imposing demeanor of young men, some have the immovable and composed middle age, and some have reached the old age of perfect cultivation and martial arts mastery.

Seven densely packed figures instantly broke free from the constraints of their physical bodies and were born intact, sharing the deepest cage of their spirits with Jiang Mo.

It was an empty, decaying, and dilapidated Trinity Gate, with dark clouds covering the miles and thunder resounding through the sky.

Each soul was incredibly powerful. They stood on the ruins, their aura soaring wildly, seemingly without end.

All seven were intelligent and understood their situation.

Whoever is stronger is the true master!

In the beginning, their birth was a whetstone for the body to test the original soul.

Their fate was sealed from the very beginning: they would be trampled over, their heads severed, witnessing their ultimate selves ascend to the throne.

However, having the same memories, mastering various supernatural abilities, and reaching the pinnacle of martial arts, they still have the same opportunity for evolution as the original soul.

At this moment, sinister, cruel, complex, pitying, mocking, indifferent, and contemptuous gazes all converged on the person they surrounded.

That was the original Jiang Mo, the Jiang Mo who had broken through to the seventh level. He was dressed in white, coldly looking down at everyone with sharp eyes.

Next, he needs to kill all the souls similar to him and transform himself.

Every individual present regarded Jiang Mo as the greatest threat. The power of the primordial soul was overwhelming, and in a 1v1 situation, no one was confident of winning.

But now it is a battle without order or rules. The seven soul bodies are not of equal strength, but have obvious differences. At the same time, they are aware of the size of these differences.

倘若把姜漠的战力数值化为100,那其他的7人,就相当于98、96、95、94、93、93、92的排序,无法拉开太大的差距。

As the strongest, Jiang Mo was indeed a thorn in everyone's side. Everyone wanted to kill him, take his place, and seize a new destiny for themselves.

But human nature is unpredictable. The souls with the lowest strength ranking are the ones who most want to join forces to kill Jiang Mo.

The second and third ranked elderly and young soul bodies were planning to join forces with Jiang Mo to wipe out the rest of the trash in one go, and then the three of them would have a final showdown.

For them, once they join the siege, once the original Jiang Mo dies, as the second and third, they will naturally be hunted down and eliminated by the other five.

Therefore, their decision was that the best strategy was to temporarily join the primordial soul's camp, assisting him in eliminating other competitors while simultaneously assessing the situation and finding an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the primordial soul.

The two soul entities, whose combat strength was in the middle range, roughly guessed what everyone was thinking.

They dared not join the original side. Once the weakest of the remaining five were killed, they would be nothing more than fish on the chopping block, and the initiative would return to the original side. Whichever side he helped would win.

Therefore, the two of them did not hesitate to join forces with the weaker ones.

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