Yin Yang True Gang

"My saber technique is gradually falling behind my strength!"

Luo Chen pondered for a moment and decided to improve his saber technique first.

Martial skills could enhance combat power; they were essential.

[You invested lifespan to evolve Shouyang Demon Breaking Saber]

[Year 1: You had once devoured the countless books of the Demon Suppression Bureau, broadening your wisdom. You learned that the Mysterious Aperture Realm lay in Gang force—this was the road ahead.]

[Year 30: You condensed Blood Gang into sabers, swords, spears... infusing them with surging blood and qi, yet their power improved only slightly...]

[Year 70: Fortune descended upon you, and inspiration struck. You evolved a strand of Gang force that transformed into a sky full of Gang rain, supremely hard and supremely yang.]

[Year 75: You compiled your many insights into a volume and named it—Great Sun True Gang.]

[Year 100: You discovered that Great Sun True Gang was too tyrannical. Even your body could not sustain it for long.]

Luo Chen...

The force around him surged, dyeing everything within a thousand meters blood-red.

Endless killing intent spread outward.

Countless tiny pillars of light condensed in midair. They were the Gang force leaking from Luo Chen, shaped like little sabers—supremely hard and supremely yang.

All forty-eight of Luo Chen's Mysterious Apertures bloomed with dazzling divine light. His entire body turned crimson as he frowned slightly.

"Great Sun True Gang is too extreme. It still needs improvement."

Luo Chen said nothing, his thoughts racing.

[Year 150: You attempted to condense an extreme yin Gang force. According to legend, the lunar and solar forces, yin and yang aiding one another, possessed boundless might.]

[Year 200: You failed. Your Mysterious Apertures dimmed, and yin and yang could not be balanced. You spent thirty years recovering from your injuries.]

[Year 450: You arrived at a place where heaven and earth's extreme yin and extreme yang met. You found life in the face of death, borrowed the power of heaven and earth, and condensed Yin Yang True Gang!]

[Year 490: Half your body turned to charred coke, while the other half became black ice. Yet your heart still beat, and you could not help throwing back your head in laughter.

You succeeded. You succeeded!]

[Martial Skill: Yin Yang True Gang (Perfected)]

[Lifespan: 17/950.]

The Blood Gang surrounding Luo Chen for a thousand meters began to fade away.

Luo Chen opened his eyes. Golden and silver twin fish seemed to be slowly revolving within them.

He extended a fingertip and lightly pointed forward.

A strand of Gang qi blossomed from his fingertip, swelling wildly in the wind. It swept through the forest ahead like dry weeds before a gale, reducing everything in its path to nothingness.

Luo Chen murmured, "Its power is boundless. It has improved by more than tenfold from before!"

Suddenly, it felt as if Luo Chen's head had been struck by a heavy blow.

Several hundred years' worth of countless thoughts flooded into his mind, dealing an immense blow to his spirit, which had yet to be strengthened.

The confusion of being unable to see the road ahead during evolution, the despair after failure, and the endless pain and negative emotions all erupted at once.

His heart nearly stopped.

Fortunately, it returned to normal in an instant.

"Fuck?"

Luo Chen viciously knocked on his head. The pain cleared his consciousness somewhat.

"Is my soul and spirit not strong enough?"

"Once I reach the Divine Intent Realm, I wonder if that can solve it!"

He rubbed his poor little heart.

That feeling just now had truly been unbearable.

The commotion here was too great and drew the attention of the Demon Suppression Bureau members in several nearby forests.

"Good heavens, what martial art is this kid practicing?"

Wang Yue leaped onto a treetop, staring at the vast swathes of massive ancient trees that had collapsed, his expression shaken.

Luo Chen composed himself and looked toward the lifespan column.

"Forty-eight Mysterious Apertures are a little too few!"

His mindset had changed now. He no longer thought only of protecting himself during a great battle.

Instead, he was considering how to obtain benefits.

The prerequisite for all of that was strength!

But when he recalled the scenes from just now...

His expression immediately shifted between dark and bright.

"No, the battle at Heavenly Severance Mountain was imminent. I'm doing it! At worst, I'll lie low for a while afterward."

"Invest lifespan to evolve Great Sun Divine Spring Secret Codex."

[Successfully invested lifespan to evolve cultivation method!]

[Year 20: You opened seventy-three Mysterious Apertures. The Great Sun Divine Spring within your body grew even stronger.]

[Year 50: You studied tirelessly and finally opened one hundred and eight Mysterious Apertures. Great Sun Divine Spring Secret Codex reached major accomplishment!]

[Year 350: Great Sun Divine Spring Secret Codex finally reached perfection. The two hundred and sixty Mysterious Apertures throughout your body transformed into a Great Sun Divine Spring. As long as the divine spring flowed without cease, vitality would never end!]

[Realm: Mysterious Aperture (Two Hundred and Sixty Apertures)]

[Lifespan: 17/600.]

Luo Chen's aura began to rise, yet it was kept tightly contained against the surface of his body.

Within his martial treasure body, Mysterious Apertures were rapidly lit and opened one after another.

Luo Chen's calm expression gradually turned solemn.

The Vajra Body he had once tempered to the limit developed dense cracks. Blood seemed to seep out from them.

Yet in an instant, they were repaired by the vitality and divine power flowing from the divine spring.

Again and again, it was no different from the pain of a thousand cuts.

Luo Chen let out a muffled groan. Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his head swelled dizzily.

Still, he endured it, though his face had become exceptionally pale.

His body was like parched earth suddenly flooded with an endless torrent.

He felt his body expanding.

It was not an illusion. It was real.

Luo Chen now resembled a porcelain doll that had shattered and been pieced back together, his entire body covered in cracks.

Yet those injuries slowly began to heal under the infusion of blood and qi that welled up from nowhere.

Luo Chen knew that the panel was repairing his body.

But the sensation truly was unbearable.

The two heavy blows to his mind and body today made him vaguely understand something.

His previous breakthroughs in realm had never spanned such a great distance.

The immense power that surged forth was simply more than his little body could withstand.

Although the panel thoughtfully provided post-sale repairs.

The pain during the process still had to be endured firsthand.

After a long while.

Luo Chen's seated body went limp as he leaned against the tree trunk, his face unsightly.

He reached behind himself and touched his heart.

His back had long since been soaked with cold sweat.

Fortunately, he was still alive.

His gaze fell upon Vajra Body.

After hesitating for a moment, he still chose not to evolve it.

"With my current strength, plus Yin Yang True Gang, I should be the strongest in the Heavenly Severance Mountain range beneath only White Bone Great Sage and Shangguan Changyue."

Vajra Body isn't urgent!"

His expression was awkward, and lingering fear remained in his heart.

At the very least, he needed to rest for a while.

"If I want to open all three hundred and sixty Mysterious Apertures, I must push Great Sun Divine Spring Secret Codex beyond its limits and turn it into a Mysterious Aperture Realm perfected cultivation method.

That's another bottomless pit."

Looking at his remaining six hundred years of lifespan, Luo Chen felt willing but powerless.

Deep within Heavenly Severance Mountain.

At the summit of a towering mountain that pierced the clouds.

Inside White Bone Cave, upon the enormous White Bone Throne.

The Demonic Beast known as White Bone Great Sage sat cross-legged there.

He resembled a human skeleton, his entire body crystalline like jade. Green flames danced within his hollow eye sockets.

His distinct bony fingers lightly tapped against the White Bone Throne, while the flames in his eye sockets seemed to gaze below.

At the center of White Bone Cave,

A massive Bronze Treasure Furnace stood there, scorching flames spilling out from all around its lid.

Even the surrounding void seemed faintly distorted.

From within the Bronze Treasure Furnace came what seemed like the roars, curses, and wails of countless Demonic Beasts.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from outside, approaching from afar.

A voice tinged with amusement and mockery softly echoed through the empty cavern.

"White Bone King, it is time to begin!"