Ascension
With a single strike, he annihilated several True Immortals and more than a dozen Virtual Immortals.
This terrifying method sent a chill down the spines of the True Immortals and Virtual Immortals who followed.
Mo Longxuan, however, keenly sensed something.
While this attack, which has been unleashed Gu Jinlai, possesses concentrated destructive power, its maximum damage limit is...
It's not that high.
It is incredibly powerful against ordinary True Immortals and Void Immortals, and is invincible against them, but it is ineffective against Dao Lords and Celestial Immortals...
Even in its avatar form, the combat power it can unleash is at most equivalent to that of a Dao Lord or Celestial Immortal, a peerless true immortal, and it is still difficult to cause a fatal effect.
Moreover, when these true immortals and illusory immortals have made their moves Gu Jinlai, Mo Longxuan and his companions clearly felt that the pressure on them had lessened slightly.
It is evident that he diverted the power he used to deal with them to deal with these illusory immortals and true immortals, as if he wanted to use such a thunderous strike, such a method of instantly annihilating several true immortals and a dozen illusory immortals, to intimidate these true immortals and illusory immortals who intended to participate in the siege.
"That's right. Gu Jinlai, the methods of attack have reached their limit at the level of top-tier Xuanxian. If the four of us Immortal Lords joined forces, we would be killed on the spot in a dozen breaths without consuming spirit crystals. Only by relying on spirit crystals could we hold out for several dozen breaths until Long Fei arrived..."
Mo Longxuan, the head of the Mo family, had a wise glint in his eyes. "It is precisely because of this strength that he dared to launch a sneak attack on the Storm Mountain Range... However, it is also precisely because he only has this much strength that he fears that our Mo family will complete its assembly. He had no choice but to risk the possibility that a Xuanxian might be hiding in the mountains to launch a sneak attack on the Storm Mountain Range, hoping to severely injure us before the battle begins... This is indeed the limit of his power!"
"And next..."
Mo Longjian also realized something. "We have to prevent him from realizing that things are hopeless and running away."
Mo Longxuan nodded, and then his powerful divine sense swept across the entire area once more. "Everyone, my Mo family's Xuanxian is on his way at full speed. Once he arrives, Jiang Yufeng will face certain death! Please form a battle formation to intercept this brat's escape! My Mo family hereby promises that if anyone unfortunately perishes during this interception, we will provide three sets of rare and heavenly materials and earthly treasures for forging immortal bodies for each True Immortal who falls, and we will even bestow a Dao artifact upon your sect for each Immortal who falls!"
After saying that, he quickly added, "As for what was said beforehand, that whoever injures Jiang Yufeng will be granted the qualification to be nurtured by the Heavenly Dao, this promise still stands!"
These words seemed to have stirred up a thunderclap across the entire Storm Mountain Range.
The loss of a True Immortal provided three sets of materials for forging an Immortal Body!?
Forging an immortal body indeed requires three sets, that is, three thousand sets of each of the five elements to succeed, for a total of fifteen thousand sets of top-grade materials.
In reality, the creation of an immortal body only requires one thousand portions of the top-tier materials of the five elements; the remaining two thousand portions are simply lost during the forging process.
In other words, if someone can forge an immortal body using only one thousand portions of each material, then the other two thousand portions can be kept as a surplus.
Despite the great difficulty, for small and medium-sized forces that value every piece of material, even a tenth of the surplus would be an incredibly worthwhile deal.
Especially...
Many true immortals grew old and their potential was completely exhausted, and then some exceptionally talented immortals emerged from their descendants.
Unfortunately, due to a lack of materials, they could only watch helplessly as these exceptionally talented descendants wasted their lives.
In this situation, if they were willing to risk their lives to intercept Jiang Yufeng...
If you hurt him, you can obtain a spot nurtured by the Heavenly Dao, and sell the spot for more than a dozen or even dozens of spirit crystals.
Even if one unfortunately perishes, one will still obtain three sets of materials for forging an immortal body...
Upon realizing this, half of the True Immortals and Virtual Immortals who had been mostly still suddenly couldn't hold back and took to the air at the same time.
"Jiang Yufeng! Let me see what abilities you, this so-called innate saint, really have!"
"My Northern Region has enjoyed peace for thousands of years, but it has become a mess because of your Creation Sect. Today, even if I die, I will uphold the righteous path of the Northern Region and kill you, this troublemaker!"
"Jiang Yufeng, you have occupied my Fengyulou Cave Heaven. Today, I will make you pay the price for what you have done!"
More than two hundred True Immortals and three thousand Virtual Immortals joined the battle.
Even the other Void Immortals were a step closer to the battlefield. Although they dared not directly participate in the encirclement and killing of Gu Jinlai, they would not hesitate to take action if they had the chance to injure him even slightly.
Especially some elderly Void Immortals, or those who were secretly controlled, flew into the void and fearlessly charged towards the Gu Jinlai.
The whole scene...
It's almost like an online game event where you kill a boss.
The kind where you get a reward for dealing damage to the BOSS.
Looking at these fearless illusory immortals and true immortals, Gu Jinlai have been somewhat astonished.
The Mo family...
That's too much of a coincidence.
That's too generous.
One True Immortal requires 15,000 materials.
A mere illusory immortal possesses a Dao artifact!
This is an enormous investment...
But then he seemed to realize something.
While 15,000 sets of materials and one Dao artifact are precious, they are actually nothing in the realm of immortality.
Zhao Xi gave him 80,000 sets of materials directly from the Immortal Kingdom's warehouse.
You should know that it was Zhao Xi's personal warehouse.
If we wanted to gather supplies from all over the Immortal Kingdom, let alone 80,000, it would only be a matter of time before we could collect 800,000.
This is equivalent to being able to buy the lives of fifty true immortals.
If the Mo family can kill him in this battle, Zhao Xi alone will be unable to stop the Mo family's large-scale invasion. In the end, it will only be a matter of time before the entire Changsheng Realm falls into the hands of the Mo family.
Compared to the benefits that could be gained from occupying the Realm of Immortality, the sacrifices that Mo Longxuan is currently promising here are merely a drop in the ocean.
In addition...
Mo Longxuan probably didn't think that the True Immortals in the arena would suffer much loss.
After all, in his view, he was already at his limit and could not spare much strength to deal with the True Immortals and Void Immortals who were participating in the encirclement and killing.
Once this thought is conceived, no one, Gu Jinlai, will show any mercy.
The divine light of the fire shot out continuously, like a giant sword with a diameter of 500 meters and a length of tens or hundreds of miles, constantly waving and sweeping across the field.
Each sweep inevitably results in the fall of several illusory immortals, or even true immortals.
He could clearly hear that Mo Longfei, the Mysterious Immortal of the Mo Family, was on his way.
Although we don't know what level of cultivation Mo Longfei has, underestimating one's opponent is irresponsible to one's own life.
Therefore, at least five hundred rays of pure light were obtained before the Xuanxian, Mo Longfei, arrived...
"Huh!? Almost five hundred questions!?"
This has surprised people Gu Jinlai.
He killed only a dozen or so True Immortals, and a mere False Immortal...
Because some of the illusory immortals seemed to be secretly manipulated, they risked their lives to harm his body like moths to a flame, and three hundred of them had already been lost in one fell swoop.
Among these three hundred-plus illusory immortals, quite a few possessed Karma that had reached a level as Dark Red as ink.
After all, compared to the true immortals who are already the ruling class, those virtual immortals are the ones who do the dirty work and the hard work.
This is true at least among small and medium-sized sects.
"It seems there's hope for 1,500 beams of clear light."
Gu Jinlai, their gaze has been cold and sharp.
These true immortals and illusory immortals regarded him as a boss monster with rich rewards, and they fearlessly surrounded and killed him. Wasn't he the same?
Both sides had their own agendas and were neither particularly virtuous.
However, compared to them, people Gu Jinlai have believed that his final actions were more beneficial to heaven and earth and all living beings.
With this thought in mind, a new burst of divine fire light erupted from his hand once more.
The divine light swept through the area like swatting mosquitoes with an electric mosquito swatter; no matter how many True Immortals or Virtual Immortals there were, they were still wiped out in large swaths.
Such heavy losses finally calmed down those true immortals and illusory immortals who had rushed forward one after another.
Especially after those virtual immortals who had been secretly brainwashed and controlled were killed or wounded, and the casualties were replaced by normal and rational cultivators, fear and terror quickly spread among the people.
During the initial siege, nearly half of the cultivators joined the team, but now they have retreated in a frenzy, and less than 20% dare to hover in the void anymore.
But...
Having already accumulated five hundred beams of clear light Gu Jinlai lost interest in continuing to hide. With the full eruption of the Great Sun Core within his body, he suddenly raised his right hand, and a terrifying energy shot straight into the sky, forming a huge ball of blazing light that frantically devoured all the surrounding air currents.
The hydrogen contained in the air was fully ignited, turning into fusion energy, causing the sphere of light to expand wildly. In just a few breaths, it was already like a blazing sun, and the intense radiance it emitted was so strong that some Void Immortals could hardly look directly at it.
This scene...
This immediately sent a chill down the spines of Mo Longxuan, Mo Longjian, and the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Master, who thought they had trapped people from Gu Jinlai.
"That wasn't even his full strength just now!?"
"What kind of monster is this?!"
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Various terrified cries echoed from the surrounding illusory immortals and true immortals.
The next moment, hundreds of beams of light shot out from the energy sphere that had expanded to its limit, resembling a blazing sun.
It was like a spaceship powered by the sun, firing at full power, with all its cannons simultaneously shooting out beams of light that pierced the atmosphere and burned the void.
Because the power was dispersed, True Immortals fared somewhat better; some possessed defensive divine Divine Ability and defensive Dao artifacts and could withstand the attacks of these beams of light. However, those Void Immortals, whose size did not exceed a hundred meters...
They were like live targets.
Under the barrage of these energy beams, each tens of meters in diameter, there was no chance of fighting back. Anyone struck by a beam had their body instantly dissolved and burned to ashes by the terrifying energy contained within the beam.
Under the tremors of the great sun in the void, the Void Immortals of the Storm Mountains were being frantically shot down in the hundreds...
"Slaughter! This is not a battle! This is a massacre!"
"Jiang Yufeng... he's consciously avoiding the True Immortals who could truly threaten him, instead focusing on killing Void Immortals!? Is he trying to intimidate others with this cruel and bloody slaughter, making them understand the price they'll pay for rashly getting involved in this kind of Xuan Immortal war!"
"A single punch can prevent a hundred more!"
The True Immortals and Virtual Immortals who had not yet participated in the battle stared wide-eyed at the battlefield in the sky, filled with fear.
A large number of illusory immortal bodies were incinerated, leaving behind a lot of black ash, which floated in the void like black snowflakes.
These black snowflakes and blazing flames intertwined, filling the void and creating a scene like a nightmare.
Even some powerful Celestial Immortals and Dao Lords felt a chill run down their spines when they saw the many Void Immortals who had been shot and burned to ashes and scattered in the sky.
"That was terrifying..."
"Kill the chicken to scare the monkey! We are those chickens that get killed!"
"No matter how good the qualifications, top-notch materials, and Dao artifacts are for nurturing the Heavenly Dao, what's the point if you lose your life and your sect is destroyed?"
At this moment, not to mention those illusory immortals and true immortals, even the celestial immortals and Dao lords of medium and large forces, in addition to being shocked, were considering whether it was right or wrong for them to get involved in this battle.
Since the Creation Sect dared to use the Heavenly Fire Sect as a sacrificial offering to provoke the authority of the Mo family, the rulers of the Northern Region, how could they have been completely unprepared?
Leaving aside whether the Mohists could actually suppress the Creation Gate, even if they did manage to suppress it, what price would they have to pay?
How many more people will be sacrificed when these medium-to-large-sized forces are involved?
Not to mention...
What if!?
What will happen to the Mohists if they are defeated?
Not only have the Mo family's many promises become worthless, but they also have to face the reckoning from the Creation Sect afterward. At that time, it will be a question whether they can maintain the sect's legacy.
"No, we can't let these true immortals and illusory immortals die like this!"
Mo Longxuan immediately noticed the emotional changes among the Celestial Immortals and Dao Lords in those medium and large forces.
"Make your move and stop Jiang Yufeng!"
He let out a low growl.
"Jiang Yufeng has unleashed such a terrifying attack, as dazzling as the sun. His own power must have been greatly depleted. He can't hold on much longer. Go!"
Mo Longjian echoed this sentiment.
The Immortal Lord of Myriad Manifestations wanted to say that since they came from the Realm of Immortality, and people from the Realm of Immortality were not lacking in spirit crystals, the attrition tactic might not be very useful.
But...
At this time, it is clearly not advisable to boost the morale of others and diminish our own.
At that moment, the four immortal masters made their move simultaneously.
Mo Longxuan shouted at the five Dao Lords below who had set up the descent formation, "Everyone, if you don't act now, when will you?"
Of these five people, three were from the Yue family, and the other two were Dao Masters of the Mo family.
Upon receiving the order, they swiftly used the power of the formation to draw upon the power of the Heavenly Dao from a grotto-heaven hundreds of thousands of miles away.
Although the process of guiding them would cause a loss of Heavenly Dao power, with the help of these formations, the combat power they could exert was still comparable to that of top-tier Celestial Immortals who had access to grotto heavens.
"The Heavenly Dao of Houtu, the Heavenly Dao of Xuanming."
Looking at the four Immortal Lords and five Dao Lords who were surrounding and attacking, Gu Jinlai's gaze lingered on the Immortal Lord of Myriad Manifestations and the Immortal Lord of Ningyu for a moment, and then fell on a Dao Lord of the Yue family named Yue Qingqing: "Yi Wood Heavenly Dao".
He finally got all the Five Elements Heavenly Dao he wanted.
At that moment, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly came from the horizon.
The owner of this energy fluctuation seemed to be consciously announcing his presence, so much so that even thousands of miles away, everyone could still sense it clearly.
That is...
It possessed a terrifying aura that was even stronger than that of the Immortal Lord.
"Long Feixuanxian has arrived! He's here!"
"Hahaha, our Mo family's Xuanxian has finally arrived. Jiang Yufeng, you won't be able to be so arrogant from now on."
"Everyone, hold on a little longer, trap him and don't let him escape! My Mo family's Xuanxian is about to arrive, victory will surely be on our side!"
Mo Longxuan, Mo Longjian, and the others simultaneously let out long roars, their divine senses sweeping across all directions.
Their own Heavenly Dao surged violently, manifesting numerous strange phenomena and constantly colliding with the divine light of the blazing fire.
Among them, Mo Longxuan's Annihilation Heavenly Dao almost completely devoured the divine light of the Li Fire that had been shot at him from Gu Jinlai, and even helped to restrain the blazing pillar of light that was shot at Mo Longjian, so that he could free up his hands to counterattack with Gengjin Heavenly Dao.
Hearing what Mo Longxuan and the others said, the True Immortals and Void Immortals who had also sensed the arrival of that aura finally suppressed their fear to some extent. However, few of them dared to rush towards Gu Jinlai. Instead, they formed a formation with those they knew from afar to prevent him from breaking through and escaping.
They dared not go forward to surround and kill them.
"High-level Xuanxian?"
Gu Jinlai was controlling the Divine Light of the Blazing Fire, sensed the powerful aura that was rolling in and quickly judged the strength of the opponent.
This level of strength was not beyond his expectations.
Seeing that Mo Longjian, with the help of Mo Longxuan, seemed about to be able to launch a counterattack, Gu Jinlai pressed down with his hand, and the blazing, radiant sun in the sky, whose power had weakened, fell directly down and smashed into the vortex formed by Mo Longxuan's annihilation of the Heavenly Dao.
Mo Longxuan's eyes widened instantly. "This is bad!"
He detonated more than a dozen spirit crystals at the same time, and the dark vortex that annihilated the Heavenly Dao was running at its limit.
The enormous fireball, tens of miles in diameter, melted away the instant it came into contact with the dark vortex.
But...
During the dissolution process, the dark vortex formed by the annihilation of the Heavenly Dao was also rapidly collapsing.
At the same time, while maintaining the divine light of the Fiery Blaze, Gu Jinlai grasped the air with his hand, and gravity descended.
The terrifying binding force acted on the body of the Ink Dragon Sword, frantically binding and crushing his immortal body, threatening to completely crush him into a ball.
"Help me!"
The Ink Dragon Sword roared.
One of the Mohist sect leaders suddenly made a move.
Gu Jinlai, the senses have been that the gravitational pull seems to be constantly being dissolved by some special force.
At the same time, the Dao Master of the Yue family also poured the inexhaustible power of the Yi Wood Heavenly Dao into the body of the Ink Dragon Sword, causing his immortal body to rapidly unfold and recover.
Even the Immortal Lord of Myriad Manifestations on the side was forced to unleash a portion of Houtu's Heavenly Dao power to counteract the gravitational grasp from Gu Jinlai.
With the combined efforts of the four, the counterattack launched by the Gu Jinlai invoking the arrival of that great sun was actually thwarted head-on.
"That's quite impressive."
I sighed with emotion throughout the ages.
When a Xuanxian faces off against a Celestial Lord or a Dao Lord, he relies on his own agility to exhaust the opponent's energy.
In other words, even if a Xuanxian were to fight against a Xianzhu or Daozhu, they would not be able to kill them instantly. They could only rely on the long years to wear down the spiritual power they had accumulated, and even the entire cave heaven.
Although the path of innate divinity has been followed Gu Jinlai, it is no exception.
If the battle were to last a day, or even half a day or several hours, the Four Immortal Lords and the Five Great Dao Lords would surely perish.
But now...
"Before Mo Longfei arrives, I cannot kill any of these four Immortal Lords or five Dao Lords."
It is clear in my heart, Gu Jinlai.
Unless...
He focused a portion of his energy on the Green Lotus.
There, the number of clear light beams has re-accumulated to more than 1,400.
The next moment, a thousand rays of clear light poured directly into the "Great Sun Eternal Law".
Instantly, countless insights about this Cultivation Method flooded his mind.
The stability of the Dainichi core has improved even further.
But...
In just a moment, Gu Jinlai realized something.
Although his size doubles with each advancement in the Great Sun Eternal Law, in reality...
When the Great Sun Eternal Law reached this level, his strength did not increase as significantly as "doubled".
It's not that the "size" of the growth has shrunk, but rather that his control over the power has decreased.
This situation occurred during the last advancement of the Great Sun Eternal Law.
His strength increased so much in a short period of time that he was unable to fully utilize it.
The main reasons limiting this performance, besides the lack of sufficient time for refinement, are also the impact on the True Spirit Realm.
"The next level after True Spirit is the transformation into a Spirit Realm life form. The characteristic of a Spirit Realm life form is that it can completely 'share spirit' with the surrounding matter and energy. The surrounding matter and energy are equivalent to a part of it, so it can control them with ease. In the future, as long as the size of the Spirit Realm life form is continuously increased, the amount of matter and energy it controls will increase, and it will even be able to freely convert between matter and energy..."
Gu Jinlai, this has been clearly understood in our hearts.
Spiritual beings are beings that transcend matter and energy.
That is, the Returning to Emptiness Life, which directly transcends the Refining of Essence into Qi and the Refining of Qi Refining into Spirit Transformation.
For them, controlling matter and energy is like humans controlling their own hands and feet.
Therefore, having previously cultivated the "Three Realms," he had no need to worry about not being able to control his own power.
However, because he was worried that the spiritualization of the "Three Realms" would have irreversible drawbacks and might even attract the attention of the "evil god" hidden deep in the spirit world, he did not transform into a spirit world life form. Instead, he embarked on the path of the Great Sun Eternal Law, which infinitely accumulates material energy.
Therefore, he must act in accordance with the rules of the material and energy realm.
To control matter and energy...
The most crucial unit is divine thought!
In other words, mental strength!
"I could continue to increase the size, but that would eventually lead to me becoming increasingly 'huge and bloated'."
This has been felt Gu Jinlai.
That's his speed.
With a volume of 1,800 meters, he should theoretically have a stronger burst speed, but now his speed is almost no increase compared to when he was 1,300 meters.
He even had a premonition that as his size continued to increase, reaching two thousand meters, three thousand meters, or even tens of thousands of meters, although his power would be inexhaustible, the explosive power he could unleash would no longer increase significantly, and his flight speed would instead begin to decline...
Of course, due to its size, even Divine Ability power capable of annihilating a thousand-meter radius and instantly killing a Xuanxian would only leave a hole in his ten-thousand-meter-tall body.
As he took a deep breath and activated the core of the Great Sun, the hole would soon be filled.
The advantages and disadvantages of the Great Sun Eternal Law have become clearly apparent as one moves beyond the "beginner stage" and reaches the fourth level of perfection.
"Therefore, I either need to upgrade the Eighteen Heavens Cultivation Method, which enhances the mind and spirit, to fully utilize the power of each upgrade, or I need to take a gamble, gather three or four thousand strands of pure light to upgrade the 'Three Realms' to perfection, transform into a spirit world life form, and then use the miniature spirit world to cultivate into a spirit lord in one step."
In a state of perfect clarity, thought processes from Gu Jinlai present operate at their peak.
The Unseen was even a kind of premonition...
The method of elevating the "Three Realms" to perfection is not advisable.
It seems that if he actually did that, a great terror would occur.
For example...
Awaken the evil god who is sleeping in the real spirit world!
"Then there's only one way left..."
The gazes of Gu Jinlai have turned to the mental techniques he has been working on and mastering during this period.
The Eighteenth Heaven.
"Zhao Xi said that it took him more than 1,600 years to cultivate the Eighteen Heavens to the sixth level..."
Gu Jinlai, there are still more than four hundred rays of clear light remaining.
"Let's just say I only have half of his talent."
If it were 1,600 years ago...
The next moment, three hundred and twenty rays of clear light poured into this Spirit Refining Technique.