Clearing the Field

Although Zhao Xi only perfected the cultivation method of the first nine levels of the Eighteen Heavens, and even Zhao Xi himself only cultivated to the sixth level.

But...

The claim that one cultivated for 1,600 years to reach the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm is inaccurate.

For the first 1,600 years, Zhao Xi simply accumulated knowledge day by day, and perhaps at that time his mental state had already reached the level equivalent to the fourth or even fifth heaven.

Only in the last few decades did he obtain a cultivation method for the Mind and Spirit from Blue Star, which allowed him to perfect the Mind and Spirit realm system, create the first nine levels of the Eighteen Heavens Cultivation Method, and personally practice it, completing the cultivation of the sixth level.

What is needed now, both in Gu Jinlai, is not to emulate Zhao Xi and elevate one's mental realm to the sixth level over the past sixteen hundred years, but to stand on the shoulders of giants and follow the path he laid out, using one's own methods to walk it once again.

Under these circumstances, the 320 beams of clear light were exhausted, and the 18th Heaven, which had only just begun to enter the first level of Heaven, made rapid progress and climbed steadily.

The Eighteen Heavens: First level: Entry → Fifth level: Perfection.

As he improved through this mental cultivation Cultivation Method, he also felt as if a clear spring had appeared deep within his spiritual world, making his thoughts and consciousness clear.

Furthermore, this clear spring continues to grow larger as one's mental state continuously breaks through and transforms.

The clear spring turned into a small pond, the small pond into a river, and the river into the sea...

An invisible force rapidly extended and spread, permeating his entire body and penetrating every corner, allowing him to experience the profound mystery of every part of himself for the first time.

That feeling is somewhat like the first step a cultivator takes on the path of cultivation, the power they master during the Body Tempering stage.

That is, to be able to coordinate all one's own power and release it.

However, the Body Tempering Realm only allows one to control the strength within one's own flesh and blood body, while the mental strength of the Fifth Heaven Perfection is equivalent to controlling a terrifying body that is 1,800 meters tall, with every cell and acupoint containing explosive power.

"The Eighteen Heavens is the method of Qi Refining Spirit Transformation into spirit, targeting the power of mind and divine thought. The first to third heavens correspond to the True Immortal realm, the fourth to sixth heavens correspond to the Celestial Immortal realm, and the seventh to ninth heavens correspond to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Immortal realm. The perfect mind realm of the fifth heaven allows me to complete the overall control of my own power, but it is obviously not enough to control this power in a subtle way and reach the realm of perfection."

It is clear in my heart, Gu Jinlai.

The Mysterious Immortal Realm, also known as the Nine Heavens Mysterious Immortal Realm, requires one to cultivate the nine Heavenly Dao within oneself, ultimately refining them into one, forging the Great Dao, and ascending to the Great Dao Golden Immortal realm.

Since True Immortal, Celestial Immortal, and Profound Immortal can all be described as stages of comprehending and refining the Dao of Heavenly Dao, they can be regarded as a major realm under certain circumstances, and their strength and weakness can also be judged by their size.

A true immortal's size is within three hundred meters.

A celestial being's size would not exceed one kilometer.

Even a Xuanxian's size would not exceed three thousand meters.

Given that most peak True Immortals are around 200 meters tall, we can deduce that peak Profound Immortals should also be around 2,000 meters tall.

Gu Jinlai, the celestial bodies manifested during attacks on the Storm Mountains have reached a length of 1,800 meters.

For this reason, Mo Longxuan, Mo Longjian and others judged that he possessed the strength of a top-tier Xuanxian in terms of endurance and output, approaching the strength of a peak Xuanxian.

The reason why we are only referring to aspects such as battery life and output...

It was obvious that he hadn't mastered his own power.

They believe he focuses on increasing size without considering issues such as control and utilization.

"Mastery, subtlety, perfection... The fifth level of mental cultivation is mastery, the sixth level is subtlety, and the seventh level is perfection, which allows one to perfectly unleash one's power... This corresponds to the eighteen levels of heaven, but now... my Great Sun Eternal Law has been raised to the fourth level..."

It is believed that if he were to unleash his full power, his size could potentially increase to 2,300 to 2,400 meters in Gu Jinlai.

It is estimated that only those at the eighth level of spiritual cultivation will be able to fully unleash their potential.

Given his size of over two thousand meters, Mo Longxuan, Mo Longjian, and the others will inevitably regard him as a peak Xuanxian, or even a supreme Xuanxian. At that time, they will probably lose the courage to fight against him and scatter in all directions.

Therefore...

"First, raise your mental cultivation level to the seventh level."

Gu Jinlai at the clear light that had just been used up and then increased to over a hundred rays, and then continued to devote himself to the Eighteen Heavens Cultivation Method.

Having just reached the perfect level of the fifth level of the eighteenth level, he broke through again.

The Eighteen Heavens: Fifth Heaven Perfection → Sixth Heaven Perfection.

"His mental and spiritual realm has reached the level of Immortal Master Zhao Xi!"

Gu Jinlai quietly sensed the changes within himself, watching as the two Dao Lords, along with the Ink Dragon Sword and the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Lord, joined forces to resist the gravitational bindings of himself.

The next moment, Gu Jinlai's figure flashed.

The divine light of the blazing fire that was about to strike the major immortal lords suddenly vanished.

But the fireball that was heading towards Molongxuan exploded with a roar, and countless flames mixed with terrifying brilliance burst forth.

Annihilation!

Mo Longxuan's divine sense trembled, and the power to annihilate the Heavenly Dao was unleashed to its fullest extent.

The fireball, which exploded violently and emitted a dazzling brilliance, was completely bound by the vortex formed by the Heavenly Dao of Annihilation, and not a single trace of it could escape.

But just as he was exerting his power to the fullest, a terrifying gravitational force descended upon his body.

And...

It climbed straight to the peak.

Quick!

That's too fast!

Throughout Gu Jinlai, due to insufficient control over their own power, each move has had distinct characteristics.

For example, the flames need to be condensed in advance before the divine light of fire can be released, and the gravitational binding is also a process from weak to strong.

This "slow" attack rhythm gave these immortal lords the confidence to fight against him, a top-tier Xuanxian who was close to the peak of Xuanxian.

But this time...

Gravity surges upon you, instantly lifting you to your absolute limit.

Mo Longxuan, who had concentrated all his power of Heavenly Dao into the violent fireball, had no time to react. It was as if a neutron star was pressing down on him.

The terrifying gravity caused his immortal body to tremble violently.

"Help me!"

Mo Longxuan roared, and his trembling immortal body began to collapse inward in less than half a second.

At this moment, Mo Longjian and Wanxiang Immortal Lord had not yet recovered from the attack from Gu Jinlai, but Ning Yu Immortal Lord reacted quickly, sweeping across Xuanming Heavenly Dao in an instant, transforming into a surging river that swept towards Gu Jinlai.

But Gu Jinlai, with a horizontal stroke of the right hand, a dazzling pillar of flames once again streaks across the heavens and earth.

Unlike the continuous beams of light before, this time, these beams of light were fluctuating, shooting towards Immortal Master Ning Yu while also attacking several other Immortal Masters and Dao Masters.

It's like attacking a target with laser beams and bullets.

The former has immense and sustained destructive power, making it almost impossible to resist.

The latter...

Although it only has a one-time destructive power, it is not something that anyone can ignore.

This style of play is far more flexible than before.

As he unleashed several beams of wave-particle dualistic divine fire, he once again aimed his left hand at Mo Longxuan and made a grasping motion.

The gravitational binding force suddenly erupted.

Mo Longxuan's already trembling and collapsing immortal body could no longer withstand this crushing force.

The head of the Mo family suddenly widened his eyes. "You... you're hiding your strength..."

"Bang!"

The next moment, the immortal body collapsed!

In Gu Jinlai blink of an eye, the terrifying gravity finally exceeded the limits that Mo Longxuan's immortal body could withstand. His immortal body, which was over 800 meters tall, collapsed rapidly. In less than half a second, it was squeezed into an energy ball with a diameter of less than half a meter. The undying will and the annihilating Heavenly Dao within it were all crushed into fragments, creating chaos.

"Boom!"

The collapse and transformation of these substances resulted in a terrifying release of pulsed energy.

A dark energy pulse suddenly erupted from the half-meter energy sphere that Mo Longxuan had transformed into, and its power was no less than that of the fireballs that had just been unleashed in Gu Jinlai.

The annihilation power contained within it frantically annihilated all matter within a hundred miles. The closest allied Dao Lords and Immortal Lords were the first to be affected, and the Heavenly Dao phenomena rapidly dissipated.

Even the divine light of fire unleashed Gu Jinlai was indiscriminately crushed and annihilated into nothingness by this pulse of power.

"Patriarch!?"

Mo Longxuan's sudden demise left Immortal Lord of Myriad Manifestations, Mo Longjian, Immortal Lord Ningyu, and others stunned.

Just a moment ago, everyone was exchanging blows, playing quite well, how did this happen...?

It suddenly turned out like this!?

"How could this be..."

"Jiang Yufeng...he's been hiding his power! He hasn't reached the level of a top-tier Xuanxian or even a peak Xuanxian in terms of output and sustain, but his burst damage is no less than that of a top-tier Xuanxian!"

"A top-tier Xuanxian, facing some of our Immortal Lords and Dao Lords, still resorts to intrigue and trickery time and time again! How can people be so despicable and shameless!?"

The next second, the Immortal Lords and Dao Lords who had come to their senses widened their eyes in shock and anger.

"Your Northern Allied Forces, numbering in the tens of thousands, overwhelmed me with sheer numbers, yet you accuse me of being shameless?"

With a cold and stern expression, Gu Jinlai spread his arms and pushed them forward repeatedly. "Since you have joined the war, you should be prepared to die. Today, every single one of you will be left behind."

The core of the Great Sun within the body boiled to its extreme.

The advancement of the Great Sun Eternal Law to the fourth level of perfection made the Great Sun Core more stable, and the output power also increased again.

Although he did not unleash his 2,300-2,400 meter immortal form, the increase in output power also greatly increased his attack frequency.

As the hands continued to push forward and strike, beams of energy fireballs radiating intense white light were blasted out, hurtling towards the Immortal Lords and Dao Lords at near-light speed.

In addition, even more blazing white energy orbs rushed downwards, those True Immortals and Virtual Immortals responsible for preventing his escape and surrounding this battlefield.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of energy orbs have been continuously released from his body since Gu Jinlai, like fireworks bursting into the void, spreading incredibly quickly to every corner of the Storm Mountain Range.

Accompanied by screams of terror, all the blazing white energy orbs exploded almost simultaneously among the several Immortal Lords, Dao Lords, and the onlookers—Celestial Immortals, True Immortals, and Virtual Immortals.

Even as it explodes, Gu Jinlai to gather more energy orbs that shoot in all directions.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The sky above Storm Mountain was filled with roaring sounds, intense light, and raging flames.