Dao-Severing King Ninth Heavenly Layer

Jiang Ming pressed deeper. Though he was only at the Dao-Severing King Third Heavenly Layer, he had entered a region normally reachable only at the Ninth Heaven of Saint. Derivatives of Northern Extreme Immortal Light surrounded him.

True Northern Extreme Immortal Light was, in theory, a top-tier resource even for Great Emperors. For cultivators beneath that level, finding it was a matter of rare fortune.

But true Northern Extreme Immortal Light could only be born at the right time.

The Origin Essence around him was all that remained after past eruptions of Northern Extreme Immortal Light had flared and faded.

Bathed in it, Jiang Ming took out a dazzling Human Dao Immortal Pill and swallowed it without hesitation. He had no time to spare.

At first, he had used the Great Freedom Dao Scripture to pull the Shrouding Method along as he broke through rapidly. Later, the Great Freedom Dao Scripture had clearly become harder to cultivate, and the Shrouding Method had to pull it along instead.

In that case, he would take a shortcut.

In the original course of events, the Human Dao Immortal Pill nurtured by the Eternal Dragon Lair had been destroyed. Now, the Azure Emperor's Killing Intent had preserved it.

Legend said eating it could make a person an immortal on the spot. Of course, that was an exaggeration.

Jiang Ming did not ask for much. Helping him break through to the Saint Realm would be enough.

First came its pure life essence. Jiang Ming felt its benefits rivaled several Saint Fruits; at the very least, it could add five thousand years to his lifespan.

Then came the power of Fortune within the Human Dao Immortal Pill.

Countless insights surged into Jiang Ming's mind all at once.

From then on, his cultivation entered a period of