Buzz—
As Chen Nianzhi's words fell, the Guixu Seal emitted a faint spiritual glow, revealing a trace of delight.
Seeing this, Chen Nianzhi could not help but smile. He then refined it into his body and began to comprehend the Guixu Seal's power.
The Guixu Seal truly deserved to be called a True Spirit treasure. Although its grade was merely that of a lower-grade innate spirit treasure, its power far surpassed that realm. It was even stronger than a mid-grade innate spirit treasure, reaching the level of a high-grade innate spirit treasure.
Such a powerful treasure would normally consume an enormous amount of mana to activate. In theory, one needed at least mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation to barely wield it.
Fortunately, compared to ordinary innate spirit treasures, True Spirit treasures consumed ninety percent less mana when activated. With Chen Nianzhi's current cultivation and mana, he could barely use it.
"Since I have already forged a True Spirit treasure, it is time to break the Spirit Treasure Heavenly Pass."
Having understood the Guixu Seal's power, Chen Nianzhi murmured inwardly. For an Eight Tribulations Ancient Immortal, the most crucial part of breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal was actually three steps.
They were "grasping fate," "Zenith Heaven," and "joining the Dao."
Of these three steps, the first—grasping fate—required one to use one's supreme strength to forcibly sever the branch of fate within the River of Fate that belonged solely to oneself, then merge it into one's body.
Only those who had grasped fate could be said to have broken through the ninth great heavenly pass and gained the qualifications to attain the Daluo Golden Immortal Dao.
Yet destiny was intangible and elusive, while fortune rose and fell like the tides of the sea. When the two combined into fate, its changes