Numb!
Completely numb!
Jie Yin and Zhun Ti's eyelids twitched slightly, their disbelief profound.
They had to know that merely resisting Pangu's pressure here had already consumed most of their strength.
How could Chen Ku still have the power to break through?!
Besides, in Jie Yin and Zhun Ti's view, this place should not have possessed the conditions for Chen Ku's breakthrough.
The baleful aura was denser than spiritual energy. He was not a member of the Witch Clan—could he cultivate using baleful aura too?!
That was what the two of them were thinking.
But immediately afterward, the jaw-dropping scene truly unfolded before them.
Spiritual energy and baleful aura gathered together, pouring into the same figure!
If any other great powers had been present, they would surely have cried out, "Madness!"
Even Witch Clan experts would have been left dumbfounded.
After all, this could be called an unprecedented feat.
Ordinary cultivators in the world only absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into their bodies, transforming it into surging mana that circulated within them and raised their cultivation.
The Witch Clan, meanwhile, merely absorbed the boundless baleful aura to temper their bodies.
Yet no one had ever been able to contain both baleful aura and spiritual energy—two completely different, even mutually incompatible forces—within their body and achieve such a delicate balance.
One careless mistake could lead to their body exploding and death.
Yet this was the heaven-defying power of the Primal Chaos Sutra.
Cultivating both Dharma and body was terrifying beyond measure!
Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were already completely stupefied.
Their expressions twisted somewhat as they stared at Chen Ku as though they had seen a ghost.
By now, they did not even know what to say.
Once they recovered their senses, they could only hurriedly stand guard over Chen Ku and ensure his breakthrough went smoothly.
Under the combined infusion of baleful aura and spiritual energy, Chen Ku's aura rose steadily, surging forward without pause.
Chen Ku sensed something, and his eyes lit up.
"Haha, am I about to break through?!"
"Then let's see just what realm I can reach this time!"
He was brimming with confidence, his gaze incomparably resolute.
With the Primal Chaos Sutra, formed from the fusion of three cultivation techniques, operating at full force, Chen Ku had a premonition that this breakthrough might be unprecedentedly immense.
As his words fell, the Three Flowers condensed above his head, bursting with blazing, dazzling immortal radiance.
Faintly, the phantom of a Great Dao Golden Lotus emerged—vast beyond compare, covering the heavens and blotting out the sun. Endless divine brilliance descended from it, enveloping Chen Ku's body.
Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal!
The shackles of a minor realm were simply beneath notice for Chen Ku at this moment.
In only a brief moment, his aura abruptly changed as he entered the mid-stage Grand Luo realm in one stroke.
Yet the vast spiritual energy, baleful aura, and other energies above Chen Ku's head showed no sign of weakening. They continued to pour down in an endless stream.
The Primal Chaos Sutra also circulated madly, transforming every trace of energy absorbed into his body into part of his cultivation.
Then!
After another cup of tea's time, Chen Ku advanced once more, reaching the late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
But it was not over yet.
Chen Ku's aura continued to soar wildly, advancing step by step toward the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
At the side, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti stared in utter shock.
No way?!
It would have been one thing if he had broken through repeatedly as a Taiyi Golden Immortal!
But he could do the same as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal?!
They had to know that even back in their own day, they had advanced step by step. Raising even a minor realm often required thousands upon thousands of years.
But before Jie Yin and Zhun Ti could marvel at Chen Ku's astonishingly rapid advancement—
The next scene drew their attention again.
For no other reason!
As Chen Ku's Three Flowers cultivation rose, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti clearly saw that the Three Flowers above his head had directly blossomed into eight petals.
By all reason, this sight should not have shocked Jie Yin and Zhun Ti so greatly.
When Chen Ku had broken through to Grand Luo Golden Immortal, he had already displayed such a phenomenon.
But what astonished Jie Yin and Zhun Ti was—
After the original eight-petaled blossom, a ninth petal slowly emerged.
Though it appeared extremely illusory at the moment, it was already enough to make Jie Yin and Zhun Ti take it very seriously.
Could it be... that Chen Ku's Three Flowers still had room to improve?!
They exchanged glances and saw the shock in each other's eyes, but neither spoke. They continued watching with bated breath.
The divine radiance above Chen Ku's head grew ever more brilliant, illuminating a territory spanning tens of thousands of miles.
Rosy clouds shone brilliantly, auspicious light erupted forth, as if heavenly light itself had burst into bloom!
Amid such astonishing phenomena, Chen Ku's Three Flowers continued evolving.
Before long, the ninth petal finally emerged. Streams of energy flowed into it, making it increasingly solid until it no longer seemed illusory.
In a mere moment, Chen Ku's Three Flowers rose another rank!
Above the Three Flowers, an expanse of celebration clouds covering ten thousand mu hung high in the air, gleaming brilliantly—profound beyond comprehension, its divine mystery beyond words.
Yet Jie Yin and Zhun Ti did not look away. The two continued staring fixedly at the scene above Chen Ku's head.
Since it could rise to nine petals—
Then... was a tenth petal possible?!
As though to confirm their expectations—
At a certain moment, after the ninth petal, a tenth petal truly emerged.
But it was even more illusory, vanishing in a flash.
No matter how Jie Yin and Zhun Ti probed, they could not see it again!
Only then did Jie Yin and Zhun Ti finally let out long breaths and slowly withdraw their gazes.
The tenth petal had not fully appeared, but even this was enough to delight them beyond measure.
Nine-petaled blossoms?
What kind of concept was that?!
At this moment, Chen Ku had reached exactly the same level as Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.
The bearing of a top-tier Innate Sacred Being!
Although they had long known that Chen Ku possessed extraordinary talent and an exceptional foundation—
Witnessing it all with their own eyes still left Jie Yin and Zhun Ti dumbfounded and speechless.
A monster!
An unquestionable monster!
Fortunately, after breaking through to this point, Chen Ku's aura gradually stabilized.
In the end, it completely settled at the peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal level, with nine-petaled blossoms.
The phenomena filling the sky gradually faded, and the Three Flowers atop Chen Ku's head vanished from sight.
He slowly awakened. Feeling the strength of the mana within him surge by more than several dozen times, he could not help but smile.
"Peak Grand Luo? Haha, excellent!"
This time, he had truly made a killing!
He had raised three minor realms in one stroke and was now only half a step away from becoming a quasi-sage.
Moreover, Chen Ku was vastly different from other peak Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
With dual cultivation of Dharma and body, he would not fear even an ordinary quasi-sage expert.
Chen Ku's laughter at the side also snapped Jie Yin and Zhun Ti out of their daze.
"You reached the peak Grand Luo realm in one stroke!"
"Kid, just how many trump cards have you hidden that even we do not know about?"
Zhun Ti spoke with an odd expression, even seeming somewhat shaken.
After all, Chen Ku's earlier breakthrough had truly been too frightening.
Jie Yin was likewise still visibly shocked. Looking at Chen Ku, he exclaimed:
"Disciple, your body seems excessively powerful!"
"From what I know, it is likely no weaker than the bodies of the Witch Clan."
Jie Yin examined Chen Ku from head to toe, clearly sensing the astonishing physical power radiating from him.
Presumably, Chen Ku could now take on an Innate Spiritual Treasure barehanded without any difficulty.
Jie Yin had only ever witnessed such overwhelmingly powerful bodies among the Witch Clan.
Hearing Jie Yin and Zhun Ti's words, Chen Ku paused.
This breakthrough had been a little too high-profile.
Thus, with an awkward smile, he merely replied jokingly:
"Hehe, isn't it all thanks to Master and Martial Uncle's guidance?!"
At that, Zhun Ti rolled his eyes dramatically!
That was truly giving them too much credit.
Still, it felt rather nice to hear.
Seeing that Chen Ku was unwilling to say more, Jie Yin did not press the matter. His expression shifted as he said instead:
"Disciple, you have already reached the peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm."
"Next, I shall teach you the method of Severing the Three Corpses, so that you may enter the quasi-sage realm as soon as possible."
Indeed!
After Grand Luo came the need to use the method of Severing the Three Corpses to break through into the quasi-sage realm.
Who would have expected Chen Ku to shake his head upon hearing this?
"Master, there is no rush to Severing the Three Corpses."
"Since we are currently within Buzhou Mountain, finding opportunities is more important."
In truth, upon waking earlier, Chen Ku had already been considering this matter.
For him, Severing the Three Corpses was not difficult. It could even be said that he could break through to the quasi-sage realm with a single thought.
But he knew very well that this path was not easy to walk.
If one cultivated the method of Severing the Three Corpses, one needed spiritual roots of the same origin as oneself. Only then could the Three Corpses merge back into one in the future, granting hope of achieving Dao and becoming a Mixed Origin.
The reason the Six Saints could achieve Dao, however, was not because they merged the Three Corpses into one, but because of the Primordial Purple Qi.
Furthermore, constrained by the laws of heaven and earth, Severing the Three Corpses was easy, but merging the Three Corpses into one was incomparably difficult.
Therefore, Chen Ku was in no hurry to sever the Three Corpses and break through to the quasi-sage realm. It would not be too late to consider it in the future.
Hearing Chen Ku's words, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were taken aback, but then nodded.
Buzhou Mountain was not their territory after all. It was indeed more appropriate to first seek opportunities and leave.
Without another word, Chen Ku relied on his keen innate senses and continued searching.
Before long, his expression shifted—he had sensed something again!
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