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In truth, Gu Sheng had already entered a mysterious state.

The illusion he had deliberately put on for Hong Yun had consumed quite a bit of energy, but it had also given him far finer control over his cultivation art.

As the Spiritual Power barrier weakened, he was actually already able to withstand seventy percent of the pressure with his pure physical body, maintaining only a thin layer of Spiritual Power over his skin as camouflage.

Still not enough.

Gu Sheng murmured inwardly.

He could feel that his body was like refined iron hammered over and over again. Every breakthrough at the threshold of pressure brought a qualitative leap to his physique.

His skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs. Every part of his body was continuously restructuring and evolving under the terrifying pressure.

Gu Sheng even had the illusion that he was transforming toward some higher form of life.

Crack!

An almost imperceptible sound came from within his body.

Gu Sheng's heart jolted—this was a sign that the first level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Sun Art was about to break through!

He had not expected cultivation under such extreme pressure to loosen a bottleneck that had stagnated for so long.

Gu Sheng immediately steadied his mind and circulated his cultivation art with all his strength.

The faint golden patterns that had faded from his skin emerged once more. This time, they were clearer, vaguely forming the shape of some ancient totem.

The surrounding lava seemed to be drawn by something and began slowly rotating around Gu Sheng.

Hong Yun's spiritual sense swept toward Gu Sheng, carrying undisguised probing intent.

In the Cultivation World, such behavior was tantamount to stripping someone naked, yet Hong Yun did not care at all—might made right, an eternal truth.

"Hmm?"

Hong Yun frowned.

When