Beyond the Ninth Realm, Supreme Pinnacle

As one of the ten great immortal Gu, the Time-Reversing Cicada was an existence with virtually no flaws.

No one could escape birth, aging, sickness, and death. Martial artists likewise could not escape the decline of their qi and blood, nor the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

The Time-Reversing Cicada reversed the passage of time, effectively granting a martial artist the power to remain at their peak for a prolonged period.

Rather than being a Gu insect refined for Gu Masters, this Gu insect had been refined for martial artists.

Of course, if it had a flaw, it was the Gu insect's lifespan.

The Time-Reversing Cicada reversed time by consuming its own lifespan.

Gu insects were living creatures after all, and they too had lifespans. Thus, no matter how powerful a Gu insect was, it was difficult for it to be passed down through the generations.

Take Chen Yuan's Blood Spirit Heaven-Rending Gu. Though it was one of the ten great vicious Gu, its lifespan was only around two hundred years.

Lu Beiming's Time-Reversing Cicada did not have much lifespan left either. It was only enough for him to use it one more time.

At that moment, Chen Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Deputy Cult Master Lu, had you also reached a realm beyond the Ninth Realm back then?"

The Ninth Realm was merely the pinnacle of martial arts as envisioned by the predecessors who had established the Nine Martial Realms system.

But in truth, it was not the pinnacle reached by powerful figures throughout the ages.

The martial lineage had developed for ten thousand years, and it was not as though the older a powerhouse was, the stronger they necessarily became.

Over those ten thousand years, there had always been a handful of extraordinarily gifted figures