"Ah... it seems this really is your first time here, fellow Daoist!"
Seeing a shield spread around He Pingsheng, Daoist Bloodslaughter immediately said, "Above us is endless Gang Qi, formed from the evolution of chaos energy. Ordinary shields have no effect whatsoever!"
"Putting one up is just a waste of effort, fellow Daoist!"
"Almost everyone does that their first time here, but it never works!"
After saying that, Daoist Bloodslaughter watched He Pingsheng with a smile.
He Pingsheng instantly withdrew his shield and said, "So that's how it is!"
Though he said that, what shocked He Pingsheng was that the shield really did work.
Just now, the instant he spread his shield, he had distinctly felt the pressure of the chaos energy in the surrounding void abruptly drop by thirty percent.
He had never expected the Heavenly Gang Eight-Tone Shield to actually work.
Of course, even if it worked, He Pingsheng would not use it now. He had come to see whether Chaos Gang Qi could break through his bottleneck, not to push for greater heights.
If I block the Gang Qi with a shield, how am I supposed to break through my bottleneck?
He Pingsheng continued upward, but only reached an altitude of ninety thousand li above the First Heaven.
He sat cross-legged amid the fierce winds, pondering and seeking enlightenment, and more than thirty years passed in a flash.
He could not say he had gained nothing in those thirty-odd years, only that he had gained very little.
Knowing it was impossible to break through his Supreme Unity Golden Immortal bottleneck here, he turned into a streak of light and returned to the Fengdu Commerce Association in Mahayana Heaven.
"Oh..." Seeing He Pingsheng return, Grand Elder Jiang Aiyu asked teasingly, "Why are you back?"
"It's only been