Becoming a Seventh-Tier Martial Immortal and Breaking Through to the Body Integration Stage!
Without anyone noticing, Chen Du had already broken through to the Seventh Tier.
This was also his most difficult breakthrough, taking a full century.
He also sincerely felt that after the Sixth Tier, each First Tier brought about a completely different change, altering the level of one's life and thus greatly increasing the difficulty of the breakthrough.
At this point, the panel continues to pop up:
[Breakthrough successful.]
[Name: Chen Du]
[Realm: Seventh Tier Evolver - Martial Immortal Realm Martial Dao Path) / Sixth Tier Evolver - Late Stage Restriction Realm (Factor Path) / Seventh Tier Evolver - Body Integration Stage (Immortal Dao Path)]
After successfully breaking through, Chen Du's first action was not to be excited, but to continue sitting at the foot of the cliff behind the mountain, pressing all the energy in his body back into his body.
First-Rank Martial Immortal, in the Body Integration Stage.
He waited a full hundred years for these two realms.
But when it really came to this, he was calmer than ever before.
Like someone who has walked too far in the dark, finally seeing their own shadow before dawn.
A hundred years and countless failures have brought him immense peace of mind.
Reaching these two realms represents an absolute numerical improvement, both in terms of Martial Dao and Immortal Dao.
If the Star-Pressing Realm is one, then the Martial Immortal Realm is ten, capable of absorbing a great deal of the power of this world, or rather, the energy of the universe.
With a casual wave of his hand, the sky above the cliff, illuminated by the purple aura, returned to normal.
Several birds, startled awake from their dreams, tilted their heads and retreated back into their nests in the distance.
The back hill was completely silent, as if nothing had happened.
However, before Chen Du could even feel happy...
In a very short time, the gate of the Spirit Flourishing Sect was blasted open with a single punch.
The Pacify the Nation of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Martial Immortal Middle Stage, a veteran general of three dynasties, arrived alone, riding the clouds.
When he descended from the clouds to the gate of the Spirit Flourishing Sect, the entire mountain range trembled three times.
The moment the mountain-guarding formation came into contact with his martial Martial Dao aura, it cracked open with countless golden patterns.
Before the outer sect elders could organize any decent resistance, he had already crossed the mountain gate, like a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex.
With a single punch, the force of the blow was like a dragon, sweeping away all the dozen or so inner sect deacons who came forward.
Then he threw another punch, shattering the eaves of the main hall, and tiles rained down.
"Get Ning Chuan out here."
Duke Zheng's voice was not loud, but it was like rolling thunder, echoing throughout the seventy-two peaks of the Spirit Flourishing Sect.
Some of the disciples on the peak were practicing swordsmanship, while others were meditating. At this moment, they all looked up, their faces deathly pale.
Fragments of the mountain-protecting formation fell from the sky like golden fire, reflecting on their terrified faces.
Spirit Flourishing Sect is not without experts; two Grand Elders at the Body Integration Stage, who had been in seclusion for many years, broke out of their seclusion from the back mountain.
One man held the seal, and another rode a sword, as they approached the Pacify the Nation.
The three fought fiercely above the main hall, causing the space to tremble and spiritual light to fill the sky.
However, the Pacify the Nation's Martial Dao True Essence was domineering, and his own power was too terrifying. Every punch and sword strike had the power to shatter mountains and break rivers.
After dozens of moves, the seal shattered and the sword broke.
The two Body Integration Stage elders coughed up blood and were sent flying backward, crashing into two side halls and falling into the ruins. Their fate is unknown.
Almost everyone in the Spirit Flourishing Sect was in despair!
The disciples scattered and fled, while the elders' faces turned ashen.
Some people tried to organize an evacuation, but many more couldn't even stand up straight under that terrifying pressure.
The Pacify the Nation stood atop the main hall, his long beard flowing, his iron armor stained with the blood of his two ancestors.
He raised his hand and aimed it at the largest main hall below, where a dark blue sphere of light rapidly expanded.
Just when everyone thought the sect was about to be destroyed, a voice came from the direction of the outer gate.
You were looking for me?
The sound was soft and faint, but it could be heard throughout the entire mountain.
The Pacify the Nation also heard it.
His hand froze in mid-air, the dark blue ball of light still spinning in his palm, and his gaze shifted to it.
Chen Du walked from the direction of the outer stone house, still wearing the same faded disciple's robe, and still looking unremarkable.
Along the way, some disciples recognized him and tried to help him, but found that their outstretched hands were blocked by something invisible.
The disciples who were slumped on the ground, trembling, raised their heads and stared blankly as he walked forward step by step.
"So you're Ning Chuan?" The Pacify the Nation narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Go to hell!"
He pushed the ball of light in his hand, and it pressed down like a mountain.
Chen Du didn't speak, but simply extended a finger and gently touched the ball of light.
The cyan orb of light stopped the instant it touched the fingertip, then split in the middle, shattering into countless fragments of light that scattered in the wind.
The Pacify the Nation's pupils contracted sharply. Before he could react, Chen Du had already moved in front of him and placed a palm on his chest.
It was a light touch, like brushing dust off someone's shoulder.
But with that one strike, the Pacify the Nation's breastplate dented, and his incomparably powerful body was also shattered. He flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through three layers of palace buildings, and was finally buried under broken pillars and shattered tiles.
As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, the Pacify the Nation, who had overwhelmed the two Nascent Spirit Flourishing Sect elders of the Body Integration Stage, was now silent.
Deathly silence! The entire Spirit Flourishing Sect, with its seventy-two peaks, was so quiet that even the wind had stopped.
The few elders who had barely crawled out of the ruins stood on high ground, covered in blood, yet they hadn't even wiped the blood from the corners of their mouths, staring blankly at Chen Du in front of the mountain gate.
An elderly man with white hair and beard stammered for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out, "What... what exactly is going on? When did such a person... disappear from my Spirit Flourishing Sect?"
However, it is clear that the Pacify the Nation was merely acting under orders.
Duke Tianyuan then immediately attacked, while Pacify the Nation's body was still buried under the broken pillar.
The pool of blood in front of the mountain gate hadn't even dried yet when the sky suddenly darkened.
Chen Du looked up and saw a dark figure standing with his hands behind his back on the clouds. His figure was not tall, but it made the entire sky seem to lower.
Ning Shanyue, the Martial Immortal Peak Stage!
He didn't even glance at the dead Pacify the Nation; his gaze was fixed solely on Chen Du. He coldly snorted and said, "You've indeed broken through to the Martial Immortal. I can't let you live. If I let you grow a few more years, you might commit patricide."
As the saying goes, a guilty conscience needs no accuser. Ning Shanyue knew he was in the wrong, so he wanted to kill his unfilial son first.
Before he finished speaking, Chen Du's Martial Dao aura surged uncontrollably.
His cultivation level was rising at an astounding pace! He progressed from the Martial Immortal Early Stage to the Martial Immortal Middle Stage in almost an instant.
Alarm bells rang in Chen Du's mind; this growth was far too strange.
He had actually absorbed all the Martial Dao energy of the deceased Pacify the Nation, as if something was secretly pushing him forward!
This opportunity felt more like a death sentence.
He didn't have time to think it through!
Ning Shanyue arrived in an instant!
Two Seventh Tier powerhouses collided in front of the mountain gate, causing the world to lose its color.
The moment their fists and palms collided, all seventy-two peaks of the Spirit Flourishing Sect trembled simultaneously. The ruins of the main hall were blown away by the shockwave, and countless disciples were shaken so badly that they coughed up blood and couldn't even stand up.
Chen Du pushed the Martial Canon to its limit, and every strike was earth-shattering.
But the more he fought, the more alarmed he became. Ning Shanyue was too strong, so strong that it was as if they were not even in the same league.
The opponent didn't even use their full strength; they simply threw a casual punch, which neutralized all of his prized killing moves.
Moreover, Ning Shanyue's luck was truly terrifying. Several times, Chen Du had clearly broken through his defenses, but he made a mistake at the most crucial moment.
It was as if heaven and earth themselves were making way for Ning Shanyue.
Several thoughts surged through Chen Du's mind, flashing like lightning amidst the clash of swords.