The divine dragon ripped through Yan Bei's body, stripping away his energy and laws. The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron devoured the four cultivators one after another and swallowed their strength whole. When the final trace vanished into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, Liu Wuxie descended lightly to the ground.
"Let's go find a quiet place. I'm planning to break through to the Transcendent Realm," Liu Wuxie said. He had no time to explain how he mastered three forms of the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms in just three days.
The sight utterly stunned He Yingwu, and it shook even the elders watching outside beyond belief.
The night passed quietly as the two of them traveled through the dense forest. They eventually arrived at a waterfall that concealed a cave large enough for one man to sit in meditation. Liu Wuxie set down array flags around the area to ward off intruders, while He Yingwu positioned himself beneath the roaring waterfall to stand guard.
Once they completed their preparations, Liu Wuxie sat within the cave. He poured the liquefied energy into the desolate world, then swallowed a handful of spiritual pills that he had seized from Mad Dog. With the addition of the laws and energies that he had stored in the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, the bottleneck within him began to loosen.
Countless laws of the Transcendent Realm surged through his body like raging dragons tearing at the heavens. A terrifying shockwave rippled outward, shaking the entire valley, the tremor reaching thousands of miles away.
"Is he breaking through into the Origin Conversion Realm?" The elders of the Heavenly Martial Institute gathered in alarm, assuming Liu Wuxie was crossing realms altogether. The eruption of power spread far, drawing the Dharma and War Dragon Institutes' attention as well.
"What a terrifying devouring rate... can his body even withstand so much spiritual energy?" gasped a War Dragon Institute elder. They watched as Liu Wuxie consumed every trace of spiritual energy within hundreds of miles.
But even this was only the surface. One hundred thousand astral stones dissolved into pure spiritual essence to blast open the gate of the Transcendent Realm.
With a deafening rumble, a shockwave shattered the gateway. A tide of Transcendent Realm laws poured into Liu Wuxie's body.
The heavens dimmed, winds howled, and clouds churned violently above. The entire mountain range fell silent as cultivators turned their eyes toward the upheaval.
"What's happening over there? Why is spiritual energy vanishing so quickly?" disciples whispered a few hundred miles away.
"Mu Heng must be making a breakthrough," one guessed. Only the breakthrough of someone at the Origin Conversion Realm could cause such a commotion.
None expected that the one at the center was Liu Wuxie.
He Yingwu, staring at the sight, could only gape in shock. "Brother Liu's strength is too ferocious. It won't be long before he secures a footing in the Heavenly Dragon Sect."
Inside the cave, the Desolate Devouring Art continued to circulate furiously. Waves of law thundered through his body, each crash more violent than the last.
The desolate world within him pulsed as though it were alive, inhaling torrents of spiritual energy and expanding ceaselessly.
Deep within, the Ancestral Tree shuddered and swayed. A dire warning surged into Liu Wuxie's mind.
"The divine race has found me?" he muttered. The Ancestral Tree's warnings always pointed toward the divine race. But how could they have discovered him so soon after he entered the astral domain?
Still, his momentum climbed relentlessly, soaring toward the pinnacle of the first-level Transcendent Realm. Chains of law tightened and snapped within his body as his physique hardened until even ordinary Origin Conversion Realm experts would struggle to harm him.
A massive vortex swirled into being above the mountain, drawing in every scrap of energy for miles. Only late into the night did his advance finally come to a halt.
At last, he completed his breakthrough. Liu Wuxie burst from the cave like a divine dragon, spiraling into the night sky. His fists and steps flowed seamlessly into the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms, and he executed each motion with flawless precision.
The twelve elders outside the mountain range could only watch in disbelief. They had spent decades, some centuries, practicing the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms. Yet none of their achievements could compare to this youth's mastery.
"Have we... been cultivating a false Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms all this time?" muttered one Heavenly Martial Institute elder, his brows furrowed deep.
The others answered only with wry smiles.
Huang Shan's face turned dark and sinister. The more talent Liu Wuxie revealed, the more furious he became—especially after watching Liu Wuxie cut down Yan Bei's group without mercy.
The night passed quickly. When Liu Wuxie rose to his feet, sweat drenched his clothes as they clung to him.
"Congratulations on stepping into the Transcendent Realm," He Yingwu said as he hurried over. To him, this milestone marked the beginning of Liu Wuxie's inevitable rise in the astral domain.
"Let's keep hunting jade tokens," Liu Wuxie said calmly. For him, the Transcendent Realm was merely a stepping stone. His true aim remained nothing less than immortality.
Activating Ghost Eye once again, his vision stretched outward. Where it had once stretched a hundred meters, it now spanned more than three hundred. Within that range, no jade token could hide.
As they passed through a valley, Liu Wuxie's pace quickened.
"That's impossible! How did he know there was a jade token under that rock?" exclaimed a War Dragon Institute elder. According to the rules, disciples could sense only a faint aura within ten meters, yet Liu Wuxie walked directly to a boulder and retrieved the token.
By now, the elders had grown numb. On the second day alone, Liu Wuxie collected thirty jade tokens, bringing his total to forty, a number Mu Heng and Shen Yue could never hope to reach.
At the same time, Mu Heng had found only five tokens. He felt smug about his progress, unaware that revealing Liu Wuxie's haul would only serve to crush his pride.
Days slipped by. By the fourth, Liu Wuxie had gathered one hundred jade tokens and uncovered a jade token that came with a fifth-grade spiritual pill. Without hesitation, he handed the pill to He Yingwu, helping him reach the ninth-level Heaven Profound Realm.
On the fifth day, Liu Wuxie crossed a mountain and descended onto a broad, flat plain. Sprinting across the fields, he uncovered more hidden tokens. Behind a bush, he retrieved another jade piece, just as three figures closed in from the distance.
"Liu Wuxie, fancy seeing you here," Li Sha called out, his confidence brimming after advancing to the Origin Conversion Realm. Two disciples flanked him, clearly here to rob others.
Liu Wuxie kept his aura masked at the ninth-level Heaven Profound Realm, concealing his actual Transcendent Realm cultivation.
"Li Sha, you plan to rob me?" he asked with a calm smile. He hadn't gone looking for the man, yet here he was.
"Liu Wuxie, I know you're strong," Li Sha said with a mocking gaze, "But we have two at the Origin Conversion Realm. You can't stand against us alone. If you hand over the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms' cultivation method, we'll let you live."
He knew he couldn't beat Liu Wuxie alone, but with another Origin Conversion Realm cultivator, ranked ninth in the assessment, they had confidence. Jade tokens were valuable, but the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms were priceless.
"You're truly that confident you can kill me?" Liu Wuxie asked, his smile curling devilishly. He had just broken through to the Transcendent Realm and needed battle to consolidate his strength. If he refined enough Origin Conversion Realm laws, he might even ascend to the second level directly.
"Li Sha, why waste time talking? Let's just kill him!" growled the other Origin Conversion Realm cultivator from the Dharma Institute. He held no regard for Liu Wuxie and grew impatient with Li Sha's hesitation.
Unlike Li Sha, he knew nothing of Tie Niu's and Mad Dog's defeats.
Li Sha's hesitation wavered, but ambition drove him forward. If he secured the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms, his status in the Heavenly Dragon Sect would skyrocket. Even veteran disciples would have to respect him. With such temptation, he couldn't walk away.
If he were alone, he would never dare to oppose Liu Wuxie. But with two Origin Conversion Realm cultivators by his side, his confidence grew. He dismissed He Yingwu outright.
"In that case, what are you waiting for?" Liu Wuxie said coldly, eager to finish things quickly.
"Together! Don't hold back—he's cunning!" Li Sha barked, finally making his decision. He felt confident he could escape even if they failed to kill Liu Wuxie. Discover more novels at n0velfire.net
Liu Wuxie caught the resolve in his eyes and smirked. The two Origin Conversion Realm cultivators lunged, swords blazing, sword rays rending the sky.
But no matter how sharp their sword arts, they couldn't compare with the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms. Li Sha had heard of Mad Dog's defeat, but he had never witnessed the terrifying truth of this technique.
"Wuxie, watch out!" He Yingwu shouted, his voice filled with anxiety. He still didn't know if Liu Wuxie could kill Origin Conversion Realm experts, and he hated his own helplessness.
"A pack of garbage dares challenge me? I'll show you the true meaning of power!" Liu Wuxie roared. His cry echoed like a dragon's as his body soared upward like a divine dragon ascending.
The moment he unleashed the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms, a boundless dragon aura exploded outward, crushing the three where they stood.
"The Transcendent Realm! He's already broken through!" Li Sha howled in panic. Without another thought, he turned and fled.