Chapter 2056: Peak of the Immortal Lord Realm

When he was at the Lingyun Sword Pavilion, he was first besieged by the experts of the Divine Palace, because he had just entered the Divine Communication Hall. The same thing happened at Bibo City.

He hadn't thought of this before, but now seeing Fuchenzi colluding with the Divine Palace, could it be that something was wrong with the Divine Communication Hall?

Master Kong was magnanimous and benevolent, admired since the days of the Master Continent. Given his character and virtue, it was impossible for him to side with the Divine Palace and harm the six major sects.

But... it was hard to say about his subordinates. After all, he had been absent for thousands of years since entering the Upper Firmament, only appearing recently.

It was very likely that the Divine Communication Hall, which had been leaderless for thousands of years, had become corrupted.

Like him, although he was the sect master of four major sects—Lingyun Sword Pavilion, Ten Thousand Beasts Gate, Seven Star Tower, and Star Chasing Palace—he paid no attention to worldly affairs. Many elders could not be distinguished, and if someone had problems, he wouldn't know.

"Whether it is or not, we'll find out by trying!"

Holding the jade token in his palm, he entered again.

The Divine Communication Hall of the Immortal Lord Realm seemed rather quiet. Zhang Xuan came to the front desk: "Can I buy Sinking Silver Water here?"

"Sinking Silver Water?"

The attendant was taken aback, flipped through a book to check, and after a moment, smiled slightly: "Reporting to this senior, although Sinking Silver Water is rare, the Divine Communication Hall happens to have some! However... the price is quite high!"

"How much?"

"About five million Divine Communication Coins!"

The attendant said.

This was indeed an extremely high price.

"I don't have Divine Communication Coins now, but see if this can be exchanged for a portion!" Zhang Xuan turned his wrist, and several jade bottles appeared before him.

The attendant suspiciously pulled out the stopper, then felt a surge of rich spiritual energy rushing toward him. His body shook, and he was filled with disbelief: "This is... the blood of a Pseudo-God Realm expert?"

With the blood of a Pseudo-God expert, the token bestowed by Master Kong was irrelevant whether used or not.

After all, debts must be repaid, and he didn't want to owe too much kindness.

"Is it enough?"

"Enough, absolutely enough..." The attendant hurriedly turned around: "I'll appraise it now!"

Pseudo-God Realm experts were rare across the entire continent, and their vital blood was even rarer, each drop containing infinite power and being extremely precious. The person before him had produced three bottles at once; even a Pseudo-God expert, without harming their foundation, would need decades to gather that much.

After a while, the attendant returned and handed over five jade bottles.

"Senior, this is Sinking Silver Water, five bottles in total, worth exactly the blood from before."

"Mm."

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

With so much Sinking Silver Water, plus the two treasures prepared earlier, breaking through to the peak of the Immortal Lord Realm was no longer a problem. Now he just needed to see if it would attract an ambush from the Divine Palace.

Leaving the Divine Communication Hall, Zhang Xuan did not rush to leave Star Chasing Palace. Instead, he found a quiet room and took out all three treasures.

At the same moment, the blood of the Pseudo-God expert appeared, and countless spiritual energies converged like a hurricane.

He had collected the corpses of Fuchenzi and the Divine Palace middle-aged man. On the way, he used the little yellow chicken's bathwater to cleanse the decaying aura. The blood of the Pseudo-God expert, which was extremely rare for others, was abundant for him—he had dozens of bottles, more than enough.

Activating the Heavenly Dao technique, Zhang Xuan's power surged rapidly.

Immortal Lord Realm中期, Immortal Lord Realm后期...

After half an hour, he reached the limit—the peak of the Immortal Lord Realm!

Because he lacked a cultivation method for the Pseudo-God Realm, this was the highest level he could achieve for now.

"A Pseudo-God Realm technique cannot be gathered to the Heavenly Dao level. The only way is... to walk my own path and create my own technique!"

Zhang Xuan knew his problem.

The Heavenly Dao technique had no flaws, but... that was precisely its greatest flaw!

He hadn't realized it before, but after the last qi deviation, he suddenly understood.

The Heavenly Dao is flawed; even the Heavenly Dao has flaws. How could a technique be flawless?

The longer one cultivates a flawless technique, the stronger the dependence becomes. Eventually, without such a technique, one cannot cultivate further, and the sense of loss grows deeper, eventually becoming the greatest inner demon!

Not to mention anything else, since the Master Continent, he had been cultivating flawless techniques, developing a strong dependence. As long as the level wasn't reached, he didn't want to cultivate.

Since he knew it was impossible to gather a Pseudo-God Realm technique, it was better to research and create one through wisdom!

If others could do it, so could he!

With a thought, he entered the cultivation room of the library.

This was left for him by Luo Ruoxi when she departed, using the Spring and Autumn Canon. The time flow was ten times that of the Master Continent.

That is, one day in the Master Continent equals ten days here.

It was extremely fast for cultivation.

After entering the Upper Firmament, he thought it would adjust according to the time flow here, but unexpectedly, it remained ten times that of the Master Continent, meaning it was a hundred times the current time speed.

In heaven, one day here is a hundred days, over three months!

Outside, one hour is a hundred hours here, equivalent to more than eight days.

Zhang Xuan reviewed the techniques like the Lingyun Sword God Art that could allow one to break through to the False God realm in his mind, carefully deliberating based on the Heavenly Dao techniques he had previously cultivated.

After an unknown amount of time, as his true energy circulated, he spat out a mouthful of blood!

First attempt, failure!

Not discouraged, he tried a second time... also a failure!

After over a hundred consecutive attempts, all ended in failure.

"The False God realm really isn't so easy to break through..."

He shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, he had the little yellow chicken's bathwater to quickly recover from injuries; otherwise, just testing like this would have caused his true energy to reverse and lead to qi deviation.

Feeling mentally exhausted, he withdrew from the Spring and Autumn Canon.

Observing his surroundings, outside only less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick had passed.

"The library is in my mind, I can deliberate at any time..." He split off a strand of consciousness to continue researching the technique to break through the False God realm, while he himself walked out of the meditation room.

After cultivation, his cultivation had broken through to the peak of the Immortal Lord realm, and his combat strength was not weaker than that of an ordinary False God. It was just right to go and see if he could attract the attention of the Temple again, and also collect some False God blood or various magical treasures.

Without telling anyone, he silently left the Zhuxing Palace sect and arrived at an uninhabited sea area.

Flicking his finger, a water-drop-shaped formation flag fell into the ocean.

The Temple's experts were very powerful; although he now had many means, he dared not be careless.

Sitting on the sea surface, he waited for over an hour, but no one came to ambush him, nor did he detect any anomalies.

"Could it be... that the Temple didn't discover me through my entry into the Tongshen Hall?"

He furrowed his brows.

The Temple was so powerful; since they had decided to kill him, they would never fail to appear just because he had set up a formation. Having waited so long with no one coming, it was highly likely that they still didn't know about him.

If that were the case, then how did the Temple discover him? Not through the Tongshen Hall... then what?

Thinking carefully, Zhang Xuan's body tensed: "Could it be... because of this token from Teacher Kong?"

In both ambushes, besides having visited the Tongshen Hall, he had also used the token. Could it be that this was how his trail was exposed?

"Let's test it!"

With a thought, he disguised himself as another person, ensuring that no one could recognize him as Zhang Xuan or Zheng Yang, and entered the Tongshen Hall again, handing over the token given by Teacher Kong.

"I want top-grade Yuanli Pills; bring me as many as you have!"

"Top-grade Yuanli Pills, I'll go right away..."

The attendant hurried away and returned half an hour later with two jade bottles: "For this grade, we can only find twenty pills here; any more is impossible..."

"Mm."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

Twenty pills was already a lot. High-grade Immortal Yuan Pills were extremely expensive, each worth twenty thousand Tong Shen coins. Top-grade ones were a hundred times more expensive, meaning each pill was worth two million. Twenty pills, forty million Tong Shen coins...

Previously, the price of sinking silver water, though very high, was nothing compared to these pills.

Withdrawing his consciousness from the Tong Shen Hall, he took out the medicine and casually opened a bottle. Indeed, he felt the rich and pure energy within, which would be greatly beneficial even for his current cultivation.

"If I can find a technique to break through to the False God realm, these pills can play a huge role..."

His current strength was not weaker than that of a False God realm expert, so the essence blood of the False God realm, though powerful, was no longer of much use to him.

He had been worried about how to obtain enough spiritual energy to break through to the False God realm in the future. Now, with these twenty pills, he should no longer have to worry about that.

Stretching lazily, he slowly stood up and looked around. Still finding nothing, he paused and was about to leave this sea area and return to Zhuxing Island when he felt the space around him twist, the sunlight seemed to be stripped away in an instant, and the next moment, he had entered a place full of stars.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

An old man's figure appeared before him.

He looked to be in his fifties or sixties, dressed in gray, standing quietly in place like a ghost suspended in the darkness, instilling fear from the depths of one's heart.

"The Temple?"

Zhang Xuan's eyes narrowed, and his fists tightened.

Previously, when he entered the Tong Shen Hall, the other party did not appear. Now, after using the token bestowed by Teacher Kong, they appeared, which meant... the reason his identity was exposed was because of that token!

The item bestowed by Teacher Kong had become a tracking device. What was going on?

Could it be that this eternal teacher of the Master Teacher Continent had betrayed the six major sects and joined the Temple?

Or... had he been deceived and did not know that the jade token he bestowed contained the ability to allow the Temple to track him?

Regardless of the reason, having confirmed the root cause of being discovered, he felt relieved.

This way, he no longer had to worry about being caught up by the Temple people at any time.

Relaxing, Zhang Xuan looked up at the old man before him. After just one glance, his brows rose involuntarily, and the immortal power within him began to circulate rapidly.