The drastic weakening of his five senses made Qin Tian uncomfortable. Looking around, he felt as though he had developed five-diopter nearsightedness, and compared to before, he was almost deaf.
Of course, he had not actually become like that. It was merely an illusion caused by the sudden, severe decline in his strength.
After listening to the Ji Family Great Power explain the mysteries of the Sea of Bitterness and combining them with his own insights, a certain idea in his mind grew increasingly clear.
"Let's begin!"
Qin Tian's expression turned solemn. "I'll use the Void Ancient Scripture to reconstruct the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm!"
Qin Tian took out the divine source he had prepared long ago and drew in its divine substance and vital essence.
Rumble!
The divine essence surged against the Wheel of Life, awakening supernatural power once more.
The Sea of Bitterness was opened again. This time, it was neither deathly still nor ordinary; instead, wondrous phenomena arose within it.
Death Aura and vitality appeared together, and the Bitter Sea and Life Spring were opened simultaneously. Qin Tian's understanding of these two secret realms far surpassed that of ordinary people—even Great Powers and Kings might not measure up to him.
Cultivation was like Blind Men and the Elephant. Other cultivators could only feel it with their hands, piecing together the "truth" bit by bit.
But Qin Tian had known from the outset what he was touching and understood its infant form. Having grasped "one," deriving two and three became much easier.
Rumble!
The Sea of Bitterness boiled, vitality and Death Aura refusing to yield to each other. Life and death were inherently laws of absolute opposition.
But a Kunpeng leaped down from the unseen void, changing this balance. It entered the Bitter Sea and became a Kun, drawing boundless Death Aura along as it swam. With a sudden sweep of its tail, waves struck the heavens, opening the Bitter Sea inch by inch. In the blink of an eye, it had opened a Bitter Sea the size of a palm.
Then the Kun leaped from the water and entered the Life Spring. Boundless vitality flourished, and brilliant golden wings sprouted from its body. It beat its wings and soared, transforming into a Peng as vital essence shot skyward, blotting out the heavens and the sun.
The Kunpeng's transformations expounded the workings of yin and yang, life and death.
The Kunpeng roamed between the Life Spring and Bitter Sea, becoming a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.
Rumble!
With a tremendous roar, it was as though heaven and earth were being created within the Sea of Bitterness. The Dao begot one, one begot two, and two begot three, evolving into all things and phenomena.
As though all things had just been born, everything was in a state close to the Dao, mysterious and unfathomable. Each transformation of the Kunpeng released wisps of immortal energy, nourishing Qin Tian's innate essence and sublimating his potential.
Outside, Qin Tian's flesh was also transforming. His blood energy rose like beacon smoke, strand after strand bursting from his body, surging and churning like the tides!
The energy that had originally formed the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm was activated again, becoming energy that nourished his flesh and physique.
Yin-Yang Qi roamed through the Sea of Bitterness, countless Dao inscriptions evolving within it, like a Pangu opening a new heaven and earth.
The aura born from Yin-Yang Qi washed through every pore of Qin Tian's body. He felt utterly at ease, all his pores opening as a strange Dao Power flowed out—the aura of heaven and earth at their birth, the root from which all things were formed.
A miracle flowing down from the creation of heaven and earth nourished all things, spilling into every inch of his flesh and strengthening his blood energy. Every inch of flesh poured forth immortal light of yin and yang, shining brilliantly. The void rang with metallic clangs, as though this were the radiance emitted by immortal gold!
Yin-Yang Qi tempered the Life Spring until it reached a peak.
Then it spewed a dazzling beam of immortal light. Yin-Yang Qi entwined, becoming an immortal bridge that extended into the boundless void.
At that moment, Qin Tian seemed to feel the pulse of the void and the surging of the Cosmic Origin. The Void Divine Bridge extended outward from within him, drawing a thread of the Cosmic Origin's power into his body and greatly strengthening his physique.
The next instant, Qin Tian's right eye involuntarily released an azure glow. It likewise drew a thread of the Cosmic Origin's power from the unseen void and refined it into his eye, where countless symbols of the Great Dao's laws appeared of their own accord.
Qin Tian had no time to attend to the changes in his Divine Eyes. He continued pushing forward the opening of his secret realm.
A moment later, the roar of a tsunami resounded through the clouds. The Void Divine Bridge was more resplendent and sturdier than before, radiating undying immortal light. Like the legendary Other Shore Golden Bridge, once he stepped onto it, no arts could invade him and no curses could shake him.
Qin Tian stepped onto the Void Divine Bridge and crossed the limitless void, reaching the Other Shore with a single thought.
This was a pure land, wreathed in drifting clouds and mist high in the heavens. Before him stood a Dao Palace, magnificent and vast, with faint sounds of the Dao drifting from it.
"I am the Other Shore!"
After severing his own Sea of Bitterness and returning to the Other Shore through an emperor scripture, he felt the changes within himself. As the scripture circulated, a special aura swept over him-the distinctive quality of an emperor scripture.
His essence, qi, and spirit were sublimated, and divine power surged. The Bitter Sea underwent a qualitative transformation, vitality and Death Aura intertwining across its glittering, dazzling surface.
He felt as though he could shatter the blue heavens with one palm and split the earth with one kick. Of course, Qin Tian knew this was much like the feeling of weakness earlier-a strange illusion brought on by his increased strength.
After rebuilding the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm, Qin Tian felt exceptionally powerful. He could take on two of his former self without any trouble.
"Nine Transformations of the Other Shore!"
"Come on!"
The divine source Qin Tian had taken out at the start was still there. Reconstructing his Sea of Bitterness had consumed only a tiny amount.
Qin Tian continued drawing in divine substance without regard for his limits.
But soon, Qin Tian felt overfull. The head-sized piece of divine source seemed unchanged, and the energy within it remained immense.
Yet he could no longer absorb even a trace of essence, because he had already reached his limit.
The limit of a mortal body!
Others might have rejoiced. This meant they could easily break through to the next realm.
But Qin Tian would not.
On the surface, everyone was at the Four Extremes. A mortal body generally needed only ten thousand jin of source to cultivate to the third secret realm and become a Four Extremes Great Emperor.
A Sacred Body, however, needed over ten million jin of source to break through into the Four Extremes. This hundredfold, thousandfold disparity would inevitably manifest in combat strength and lifespan in the future.
Why could a great accomplishment Sacred Body live for ten thousand years and battle Great Emperors? Because its foundation had been laid from the very beginning.
Even in the weaker realms, it absorbed over a hundred times more energy than others.
This was true of every secret realm. Accumulated day after day, it ultimately forged the mighty reputation of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body: a powerful innate essence, a lifespan exceeding ten thousand years, and an imperishable physique that could rival a Great Emperor.
Be weak early on, then rise later?
If I can't even win early on, how can I talk about later? Not everyone comes from the Chaotic Ancient Era.
I have to fight for it. I have to be strong early on, and even stronger later!
"Cultivation is defying heaven in the first place. Even if you can't swallow any more, you'll keep swallowing!" Qin Tian's eyes widened, and he could not hold back his cries of agony.
"Aaaaargh!!!"
At that moment, Qin Tian seemed to have split into two people. One was saying, I can't absorb any more. I've reached my limit. If I keep absorbing, I'll explode.
The other self was shouting, Keep going! Keep it coming! Battalion Commander Two, where's your damn source? Fill me up again!
Qin Tian knew this was his innate primordial spirit arguing with his acquired consciousness spirit.
His acquired consciousness spirit was constrained by his worldview, knowledge, and experience, and judged that he could no longer endure.
His innate primordial spirit, however, was guided by Qin Tian's will and believed it was worth trying. Between life and death lay great terror-and great opportunity.
"Human potential is limitless. It will always seek out a point of survival." Qin Tian gritted his teeth and held on. Cracks appeared across his body, a sign that the nine transformations of the Other Shore were approaching.
But Qin Tian suppressed them with all his might. What he wanted was not the nine transformations of the Other Shore, but a deeper transformation.
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