Celestial Human - Sword Severing Mountains and Rivers

Time flew by, and ten months passed in a flash.

For a full ten months, Lu Wangchuan cultivated in this canyon, not leaving for a moment.

Compared to the chaotic world outside, the canyon was incredibly quiet and undisturbed. Furthermore, there were Black Scale Pythons to eat. Such a good place, only a fool would choose to leave.

Lu Wangchuan's strength and vital energy continued to increase until this day, when the vital energy within his body rapidly boiled. Spiritual energy circulated continuously through the meridians in his body for several major cycles, and the speed became faster and faster.

The withered grass and fallen leaves around him began to spin with the wind, and his clothes fluttered wildly.

Finally, when the spiritual energy reached a certain limit, within Lu Wangchuan's Dantian, accompanied by a violent tremor of energy, all the spiritual energy completely turned into a misty state!

From gas to liquid, the state of spiritual energy changed. Lu Wangchuan broke through his own limit and successfully reached the second realm—the Celestial Human Realm!

Adding the previous few months, this time it took over a year, but the main contribution was from the Black Scale Pythons.

The moment he opened his eyes, a transparent wave subtly spread through the air. That was the spiritual energy around Lu Wangchuan's body, which was too dense.

"Is this the first layer of the Celestial Human Realm, the Condensing Truth Realm?"

Like the Physical Body Realm, the Celestial Human Realm is also divided into five layers—Condensing Truth, Transforming Sea, Suppressing World, Transcending Spirit, and Other Shore!

A Condensing Truth cultivator's sea of energy liquefies, greatly increasing their ability to store spiritual energy. Because of the massive amount of spiritual energy gathered within their body, they can now project true energy outwards, killing with a flick of a finger!

Lu Wangchuan clenched his fists, feeling the power within his body reach a level he couldn't have imagined before.

In ten months, his vital energy reached 26872 points. He had forcefully pushed his Limitless Sword Dao from the sixth layer all the way to the thirteenth layer, Great Perfection!

His Heavenly Dipper Eight Steps had also been raised to the ninth layer, Great Perfection realm.

Even so, he still had a full 10472 points of vital energy remaining.

Thinking back to how he used to cultivate day and night for just one or two points of vital energy, and now he could obtain so much vital energy at once, all of this was thanks to him becoming stronger.

The stronger he became, the more ways he had to obtain more vital energy! The stronger his vital energy, the stronger he became!

This was a virtuous cycle!

Drawing the Godslayer Sword, Lu Wangchuan took a deep breath, gathered all his strength, and slashed towards the waterfall in front of him.

An invisible sword light, with an unstoppable momentum, rapidly spread out. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire sixty-meter small waterfall and the small pool below it.

Boom—!

Accompanied by an earth-shshattering explosion, the waterfall was split open, and a huge sword mark was blasted into the cliff behind it on the spot, magnificent in its power.

A moment later, the waterfall flowed again, and Lu Wangchuan also put away the Godslayer Sword.

However, the shock in his heart could not subside for a long time.

This was the first time he had drawn his sword in ten months, and he hadn't expected to achieve such results.

True energy projection could now reach dozens of meters, and every inch of the edge had a force of at least twenty thousand jin!

This kind of power was beyond the understanding of ordinary people in the mundane world, no wonder they were called Celestial Humans!

All of this was thanks to the contribution of the Black Scale Python family. In ten months, all the Black Scale Pythons in the canyon had turned into snake bones, and even a few nests of snake eggs had been boiled by Lu Wangchuan. They were truly loyal to the core!

"It's time to go to the Divine Water Sect."

Lu Wangchuan sighed with emotion. After breaking through to the first layer of the Celestial Human Realm, Condensing Truth, he could clearly feel that the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth had become extremely thin. Wanting to increase his cultivation further was almost a pipe dream.

The gap between the Condensing Truth Realm and the Dantian Realm was simply incomparable. The difference between the two was not just the gap of two minor realms, but also the chasm of a major realm.

If the gap between Dantian and Source Opening was tenfold, then the gap between Condensing Truth and Dantian might be dozens of times!

He estimated that to break through again, he would have to find the Divine Water Sect. His master had said that immortal sects were mostly built on spiritual veins, where the spiritual energy was abundant, far exceeding the mundane world.

Lu Wangchuan tidied up briefly and walked out of the canyon.

Dust Floating Old Man and the others had all turned into skeletal remains, just like the Black Scale Python. Ten months of wind and sun had completely corroded them.

But just as Lu Wangchuan passed by him, he suddenly made an unexpected discovery.

"What is this...?"

Among the Dust Floating Old Man's bones, there was actually a roll of beast hide paper. It must have been hidden inside his body, which was why he hadn't discovered it before.

Lu Wangchuan's finger moved slightly, and spiritual energy rolled it up, bringing it automatically into his hand.

Upon closer inspection, he found that this beast hide paper was extraordinary. It was even harder than the Black Scale Python's skin. At Lu Wangchuan's level in the Celestial Human Realm, he couldn't even tear it.

Moreover, it was engraved with strange symbols and markings, as well as extremely ancient-looking characters.

"Could this be the ancient tomb formation and mechanism map of the strong practitioner they mentioned?"

Lu Wangchuan was slightly astonished. The material used for this map was so special, that strong practitioner was probably extraordinary.

He would keep it; perhaps it would be useful in the future.

A few days later, on the main road a hundred miles outside the Divine Water Sect.

Groups of people passed by here from time to time. They were all full of energy, and although their clothes weren't all fancy, they were neat and tidy.

At first glance, it might even make people mistakenly think that the chaotic times were over and the order of Da Qian was beginning to recover.

In reality, they were not ordinary people, but martial artists who had specifically come to the Divine Water Sect, wanting to join the immortal sect.

The Divine Water Sect did not accept waste. Those below the Blood Solidification Realm had no chance of entering the Divine Water Sect. Martial artists who wanted to enter the Divine Water Sect had to be at least in the Tendons and Membranes Realm.

And those who could break through to the Tendons and Membranes Realm in the mundane world could not possibly be from poor families.

"Recently, the Anti-Da Qian Association has developed exceptionally rapidly. I heard it has become the fourth-ranked force within Da Qian! It has occupied the entire Ji Province of Da Qian."

"That's right. It's said that the Anti-Da Qian Association is supported by a sect and a faction behind it. How many people can resist?"

"If this continues, the Da Qian imperial family will be destroyed in an instant."

"I heard that the Da Qian imperial family has long since intermarried with the Misty Cloud Sect and become their puppet, existing in name only."

A pure white figure hidden in the crowd quietly followed behind everyone, listening carefully to their conversations.

"I didn't expect Da Qian to have fallen to this extent."

He was Lu Wangchuan.

Since he had cultivated the Heavenly Dipper Eight Steps to its peak, no matter how far the journey, it was effortless for him.

He could have arrived at the mountain gate earlier today, but hearing these people discussing political affairs on the road, he couldn't help but be curious, so he slowed down and eavesdropped from the side.

It turned out that during the ten months he spent in seclusion cultivating, Da Qian had practically ceased to exist in name.

The major sects had entered the fray, each supporting their own forces, and had already carved up Da Qian.

Even the Da Qian imperial family had become puppets of the sects.

A dynasty that had lasted for hundreds of years had thus turned to dust.

While it seemed unbelievable, it actually exposed that royal power and wealth were nothing more than fleeting clouds.

In a world where the strong prey on the weak, only fists represent true power!

This ignited an even stronger desire within Lu Wangchuan to become powerful.

Thanks to fellow readers Hong En Gege and Yi Wu Jing Hua Yi Chen Shuang for their tips. Thank you very much.