"Unable to enter the Second Shattered Realm?"
Lu Ren was puzzled.
"Do you know what the nine shatterings are?"
Blood Nether Demon Venerable asked.
Lu Ren nodded and replied, "Void Shattering, Body Shattering, Soul Shattering, Essence Shattering, Law Shattering, Thought Shattering, Ancient Shattering, Heart Shattering, and Dao Shattering!"
"Each of the nine shatterings is a process of breaking oneself. Now that you have shattered immortality and achieved Void Shattering, to charge into the Second Shattered Realm, you must shatter your body. With a physical body as strong as yours, how can it be shattered?"
Blood Nether Demon Venerable's words left Lu Ren instantly dumbfounded.
An ordinary immortal body, no matter how much it was cultivated, could at most rival a Top-grade Dao Artifact. Some exceptionally gifted cultivators could refine more Shattered Immortal Marks or seek out Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and might still succeed in shattering themselves.
But his physical body already rivaled an Ultimate Dao Immortal Weapon, perhaps even surpassing some Ultimate Dao Immortal Weapons. Shattering it would be unimaginably difficult.
"No matter how difficult it is, I will definitely succeed in shattering it!"
Lu Ren's gaze was resolute.
Throughout his cultivation journey, he had faced countless hardships and obstacles. He believed that no matter how difficult the road ahead was, there would always be a way through it.
Moreover, after the Second Shattered Realm came the Third Shattered Realm, the Fourth Shattered Realm, and even the Ninth Shattered Realm.
Beyond shattering lay transcendence. He still had a long road ahead of him; naturally, he would not be troubled by mere Body Shattering.
"I should return to the Imperial Clan first. Now that news of my survival has spread, the Dao One Immortal Realm will surely be thrown into an uproar, and Heavenly Mandate Palace will likely take