Entering the Dao Palace Realm

"Phew..."

The cleansing of his marrow and purging of his body, his transformation from mortal flesh, went on for a long time before Lu Changsheng finally endured it. He was panting, looking as though he had crawled out of a mud pit, and every impurity in his body had been expelled.

The Innate Dao Body contained not a trace of impurity and was one with heaven and earth. Even without breathing exercises, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi would pour into it, and Lu Changsheng's cultivation advanced a thousand li in a day.

After his transformation, Lu Changsheng had gained a special constitution as well.

"I completely understand the second level of the Taiqing Wuji Art."

Lu Changsheng soon gained a thorough understanding of the cultivation method that had puzzled him before.

This was the Innate Dao Body!

"The Innate Dao Body might not lose out to Eldest Senior Brother's Myriad Desolations Indestructible Body."

A surge of excitement went through Lu Changsheng.

The Innate Dao Body rewarded by the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator was simply too well suited to cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao.

Lu Changsheng easily comprehended the second level of the Taiqing Wuji Art and began cultivating the third.

With the Innate Dao Body, Lu Changsheng grasped how it all fit together and soon comprehended the third and fourth levels of the Taiqing Wuji Art.

It was only at the fifth level that Lu Changsheng got stuck.

"The fourth level of the Taiqing Wuji Art will be enough for me even in the Dao Palace Realm."

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, his hearing and sight clear and sharp, his Divine Sense stronger than before. Every blade of grass and every tree on Azure Cloud Peak was within its perception.

The Innate Dao Body was a special constitution that had existed before heaven and earth, and was close to the Dao.

With the Innate Dao Body, the fourth level of the Taiqing Wuji Art, the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, and the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect sword technique, Lu Changsheng was invincible within his realm and could even fight above his level.

"It's time to break through the Nascent Soul Realm and enter the Dao Palace Realm."

Lu Changsheng had solidified his foundation and transformed himself. Breaking through the Nascent Soul Realm was as good as certain.

Before breaking through, however, Lu Changsheng noticed his disciple Lin Qingzhi waiting outside the cave abode like a wooden stake. He had no idea how long he had been there.

"Qingzhi, you may come in."

"Yes."

"How many days have you been waiting outside the cave abode?"

"Master, I have waited seven days and seven nights. I was terrified something had happened to you, but I was also afraid that if I barged into the cave abode, you would suffer Qi Deviation."

He truly possessed a Childlike Heart.

Though this disciple was somewhat simple and honest, he was pure of heart, and his character was of the highest order.

"I need to enter seclusion for some time, so I cannot perform Transmission Empowerment for you for now. Cultivate on your own for the time being. Once I emerge, I will impart my cultivation to you."

"Yes."

Lin Qingzhi bowed respectfully in thanks, then withdrew from the cave abode.

Lu Changsheng had brought Lin Qingzhi onto the path of immortal cultivation, and he had already found his footing. Even without Lu Changsheng performing Transmission Empowerment on him, Lin Qingzhi's cultivation would improve day by day. Of course, it could not match the speed of receiving Lu Changsheng's Transmission Empowerment.

Before breaking through, Lu Changsheng took out the sixth-grade Soul-Nourishing Pill.

The pill radiated an astonishing amount of Spiritual Qi.

Even to the Six Great Orthodox Sects and the Four Great Demonic Sects, Sixth-Grade Medicinal Pills were heavenly treasures.

Lu Changsheng swallowed the Soul-Nourishing Pill and refined its medicinal power within his body.

Bang!

The medicinal power entered his body and surged into his sea of consciousness, throwing it into turmoil!

The golden Nascent Soul in his sea of consciousness absorbed the medicinal power. Its golden light blazed, and it visibly grew larger and became more solid.

Lu Changsheng had steadily solidified his foundation in the Nascent Soul Realm. Taking advantage of his Nascent Soul's growth, he pressed on in one burst and opened his Dao Palace!

A small world opened up within the Qi sea of his Dantian, as though heaven and earth were being created. A Dao Palace appeared faintly within it.

In the Dao Palace Realm, one could open up a small world within one's body.

The Spiritual Qi of Azure Cloud Peak surged madly toward the cave abode and poured into Lu Changsheng's body.

Opening a Dao Palace required a vast amount of Spiritual Qi. Lu Changsheng's Dantian swallowed it like a whale and drew it in like a dragon, turning the sea of clouds over Azure Cloud Peak into a gigantic vortex. Purple qi came from the east, and a phenomenon appeared in heaven and earth!

Rumble...

Earth-shaking changes also took place in Lu Changsheng's Dantian and Qi sea. Lightning flashed and thunder roared, the Qi sea churned, and banks of purple clouds gathered!

The Dao Palace Realm replicated the beginning of heaven and earth's evolution, amounting to opening up a world of one's own.

Though this small world was not even an ant compared to the vast world, he had at least opened up a small world of his own.

The Dao Palace Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm were not on the same level.

Dao Palace Realm elders were the true pillars of Shushan, while Nascent Soul Realm elders could only be considered ordinary Shushan elders.

"Hmm?"

On Shushan Main Peak, Eldest Senior Brother Li Changye was meditating when he suddenly sensed a great disturbance on Azure Cloud Peak.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was gathering at Azure Cloud Peak not only from the peak itself, but even from several surrounding peaks.

"Sword, come!"

At a thought from Li Changye, his sword flew from its sheath. The next moment, he arrived near Azure Cloud Peak and witnessed the phenomenon there.

"As I thought, Junior Brother Lu has broken through to the Dao Palace Realm."

"Junior Brother Lu has cultivated for 250 years and entered the Dao Palace Realm. That counts as astonishingly swift progress."

"But why has Junior Brother Lu's breakthrough caused such a great disturbance?"

Even Li Changye was shaken by the commotion Lu Changsheng's breakthrough had caused.

When an ordinary Shushan elder broke through, they would consume the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of one peak at most, but Lu Changsheng's breakthrough had drawn in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the surrounding peaks as well.

Even Li Changye, who possessed the Myriad Desolations Indestructible Body, had not caused such a commotion when he broke through.

What Li Changye did not know was that Lu Changsheng had solidified his foundation at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, building up strength before releasing it, and also possessed the Innate Dao Body. Thus, it was inevitable that his breakthrough would cause a phenomenon in heaven and earth.

As long as he successfully broke through the Nascent Soul Realm, Lu Changsheng would be much stronger than Dao Palace Realm cultivators at the same level.

"If Junior Brother Lu successfully enters the Dao Palace Realm, Shushan will have gained another Dao Palace Realm expert. That is a good thing."

"Have people seal off the area around Azure Cloud Peak. No one may disturb Junior Brother Lu."

"I will personally stand guard."

Li Changye had Shushan at heart. Far from feeling the slightest jealousy toward Lu Changsheng for causing a phenomenon in heaven and earth, he was instead gratified.

With another Dao Palace Realm elder, Shushan had gained strength.

Besides, judging by the commotion Lu Changsheng's breakthrough had caused, his future cultivation might not stop at the Dao Palace Realm.

With Li Changye, who was at the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer, personally standing guard, no one could interfere with Lu Changsheng's breakthrough unless a master of the Demon Sects or some old monster attacked.

Even the sect masters of the Four Great Demonic Sects might not dare attack Azure Cloud Peak.

This was Shushan, after all.

Lu Changsheng did not notice Li Changye standing guard around the peak. He was wholly focused on opening his Dao Palace.

Time passed swiftly, and before he knew it, ten days had gone by.

"Dao Palace, form!"

Lu Changsheng opened the Dao Palace within his Dantian. After the creation of heaven and earth, the Dao Palace finally stabilized.

Not only had he opened the Dao Palace, but his Dantian and Qi sea had also doubled in size.

Lu Changsheng's cultivation rose to the Dao Palace Realm, First Layer, and he was close to the Dao Palace Realm Second Layer.

"Eldest Senior Brother?"

Lu Changsheng sensed that Eldest Senior Brother Li Changye was meditating with his eyes closed on a flying sword. He had secretly stood guard over him for ten days and ten nights, and Lu Changsheng could not help feeling moved.

There was nothing to fault in Eldest Senior Brother's character.

"Congratulations on entering the Dao Palace Realm, Junior Brother Lu. Even I, your Eldest Senior Brother, can no longer see through your cultivation."

Having been discovered by Lu Changsheng, Li Changye showed himself. When he looked at Lu Changsheng again, Lu Changsheng stood where he was like a patch of primordial chaos, his cultivation difficult to discern.