We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

The old man told Su Chen about how the Heaven-Slaying Blade absorbed the spatial Gu worms.

Upon learning this, Su Chen suddenly understood and looked at the Heaven-Slaying Blade in surprise. Only after finding that the Heaven-Slaying Blade was unharmed did he feel relieved.

He then turned to the old man with a look of curiosity, not expecting that the old man would have a time-related Gu worm on him.

Among the many Gu worms that Su Chen has obtained, he has never obtained a time-related Gu worm.

"May I ask your name, senior?" Su Chen asked.

The old man replied, "Call me Gu Xiaoyao."

After exchanging names briefly, the two focused their attention on the Broken Sky Blade.

At this moment, two powers flowed through the Heaven-Severing Blade: the power of time and the power of space.

Su Chen watched, then suddenly reached out and grabbed, easily seizing both forces.

But after grasping them for a short time, both powers vanished, as if they had never been possessed.

"The power of spacetime is the most mysterious, invisible and intangible. You cannot master it until you reach the Immortal Realm."

Upon seeing this, the old man spoke slowly.

Seeing Su Chen's actions, he guessed Su Chen's thoughts and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Can I master it once I reach the Immortal Realm?" Su Chen murmured.

Upon hearing this, the old man clicked his tongue in amazement: "Immortal Realm is not so easy to reach. Moreover, even if you reach Immortal Realm, you may not be able to master the laws of space and time. These two laws are simply beyond the grasp of ordinary people. Even if you reach the peak of Immortal Realm, you may not be able to master them."

"Perfect Immortal Realm? Senior, could you please tell me the specific strength divisions within the Immortal Realm?" Su Chen asked curiously.

The old man didn't hide anything: "Since we have time now, I might as well tell you. There are four realms in the Immortal Realm, which are the same as the Gu Master realm. They are simply four levels: Entry, Minor Success, Major Success, and Perfection."

"Are there other realms above that fairyland?"

This was largely in line with what Su Chen knew. After pondering for a moment, Su Chen asked again.

"I don't know," the old man shook his head.

He has cultivated for so many years and has never even seen a cultivator of the same level, so how could he know about realms above the Immortal Realm?

"So, senior, what is your strength?"

"getting Started."

"???"

"What, you don't believe it?"

"No, it's just that I feel this level is a bit..."

Su Chen was too embarrassed to say what came next.

According to his thinking, the old man had lived for over 80,000 years and had cultivated for so long, he should at least have reached the minor completion stage.

The result turned out to be just the most basic introductory level.

How could this not surprise him?

Gu Xiaoyao knew what Su Chen was thinking and chuckled, "Do you think cultivation in the Immortal Realm is so easy?"

Su Chen didn't say anything.

Gu Xiaoyao continued, "You'll understand when you reach the Immortal Realm. The most important thing about the Immortal Realm is to comprehend the laws. The process of comprehending the laws is extremely difficult, and it cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires long-term accumulation."

It's possible that you've cultivated for tens of thousands of years and only grasped less than one percent of the laws, with the goal of fully comprehending them still a long way off. In such a case, you'll find that all your years of cultivation have been wasted.

It might even affect your martial arts spirit, causing you to give up training and prefer to enjoy life instead.

Su Chen nodded seriously.

Even the lifespan of a Martial Immortal is not infinite. It has taken tens of thousands of years to make no progress. Even for those with strong mental fortitude, this would be a heavy blow. It is quite normal for such a situation to occur as Gu Xiaoyao described.

Perhaps Gu Xiaoyao was one of them.

"By the way, after you fused the Yin and Yang immortal energies, did your body undergo any changes?"

Suddenly, Gu Xiaoyao asked.

Su Chen nodded: "Yes, my body has become stronger, my primordial spirit has become purer, and my blood and qi have become more surging. Moreover, I feel that now, whether it is my blood and qi, my physique, or my primordial spirit, I can easily kill a Nine-Turn Gu Master."

A deep feeling told me that these three things seemed to have reached their limit, and the only way to improve further was to elevate my realm.

"Raise your cultivation level?"

Gu Xiaoyao was stunned. Shouldn't it be a breakthrough in realm?
Only then did he notice that Su Chen's realm seemed to be different from what he had imagined.

Gu Xiaoyao frowned: "Aren't you at the peak of the Nine-Turn Gu Master realm?"

"No, my realm should be at the Great Perfection stage," Su Chen said after a moment's thought.

He knew Gu Xiaoyao's doubts, but he was indeed at this level.

Because he lacks supernatural powers, he can only keep improving his strength.

As a result, his strength reached its limit, but his personal realm remained stuck at the Great Perfection of Supernatural Power.

To improve, one needs to cultivate more supernatural abilities.

Since there are no supernatural powers in the world of Gu Masters, and he cannot create his own, he naturally cannot break through his cultivation level.

Gu Xiaoyao was unaware of Su Chen's special qualities, but he could tell that the other party was unwilling to elaborate.

He guessed it was Su Chen's own cultivation system, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Just then, the spatial and temporal power that had been lingering in the cave gradually dissipated and returned entirely to the body of the Heaven-Slaying Blade.

As the power of spacetime surged in, the Heaven-Severing Blade began to spin wildly.

Under the power of spacetime, he suddenly manifested a phantom image, which was his primordial spirit.

To his surprise, his primordial spirit was no longer in an infant state, but directly transformed into a youth state.

"Haha, I, Xuanqi, have finally grown up!"

The Heaven-Slaying Blade also noticed the change in itself and was overjoyed.

For him, growth meant increased strength. He went from being an infant to a young man in an instant, so you can imagine how much his strength had increased.

Ignoring Duan Tiandao's excitement, Gu Xiaoyao looked at Su Chen and said, "Now, can we set off?"

He handed the Qi Escape Immortal Gu to Su Chen.

"Well, but before I leave, there's one more thing I need to do."

"whats the matter?"

……

outside world.

After testing, everyone discovered that putting Gu worms into the bird Gu could indeed gradually neutralize the two kinds of immortal energy.

Although it was only a small amount, it was undoubtedly a good start and made them completely believe what Su Chen said.

In the beginning, only a handful of people put in the Gu worms.

I thought that putting in a few Nine-Turn Gu worms would make it easy to activate the Bird Gu.

But they soon discovered that the Gu worms they had put in had vanished without a trace, causing no ripples whatsoever.

So, after discussion, everyone decided to release a Gu worm, with the strength decreasing from strong to weak.

Even the weakest Gu Master has more than one Gu worm on their body.

There were at least tens of thousands of people present. If each person had a Gu worm, it would be enough to activate the Gu Immortal inheritance within the bird Gu.

Under Master Wu's guidance, everyone quickly took out a Gu worm and placed it into the bird Gu.

"There's been a change!"

The bird-like creature suddenly emitted an extremely dazzling light.

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw these lights.

But at that moment, the light disappeared, and the bird-like Gu within it vanished as well.

"Where is the bird poison?"

"What happened? Where did the bird-poison go?"

"Master Wu, what exactly is going on?"

"..."

Everyone was stunned by what they saw and looked at Master Wu in bewilderment.

Master Wu was also at a loss, not knowing what had happened.

not far away.

Looking at the crowd below, which was showing signs of rioting, Gu Xiaoyao's face twitched. He hadn't expected that Su Chen's last act would be to retrieve the bird gu, while also inadvertently trapping Master Wu and the others.

However, he was somewhat curious and didn't understand why Su Chen needed so many Gu worms.

Su Chen did not offer an explanation.

He collected the bird-shaped Gu and then secretly refined the Gu worms within it.

As the Gu worms were continuously refined, streams of the power of laws entered his body.

Not long after, the two arrived at Mount Jiuhua.

The two planned to use the Qi Escape Gu to leave here, but they did not use it at the moment.

The Heaven-Slaying Blade hasn't arrived yet.

He accompanied Wen Qingya as she left, intending to reunite with the Wen family after rescuing them.

About half an hour later, the figure of the Heaven-Slaying Blade finally appeared.

"Are you settled in?" Su Chen asked.

Duan Tiandao nodded: "Yes, no other Gu Masters will know where they are."

During this settling-in process, he also gave Gu Xiaoyao special guidance.

The methods of a Gu Master are varied and unpredictable, and he was not entirely confident that he could completely hide Wen Qingya and the others.

I had no choice but to ask Gu Xiaoyao for help.

After all, the other party is already a Gu Immortal, so naturally they have ways to prevent various Gu worms.

Gu Xiaoyao was generous and proposed nearly thirty methods. In the end, Duan Tiandao chose one of them to settle Wen Qingya and the others.

"Then let's get started."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen addressed the man and the sword.

He took out the Qi Escape Immortal Gu, recalling how to use the Gu worm in his mind.

A moment later, Su Chen's aura suddenly changed. With the transfer of Yuan energy, the Qi Escape Gu suddenly let out a scream.

With that scream, a terrifying spatial force surged out, enveloping the entire Jiuhua Mountain.

But it soon disappeared.

No, it didn't disappear; it was compressed into an extremely small area.

Su Chen attempted to communicate with the Qi Escape Immortal Gu, telling it the names of the Ten Directions World.

Although he knew how to manipulate the Qi Escape Immortal Gu, he did not know how to make it lock onto the location of the Ten Directions World.

Therefore, this is the only way.

Fortunately, the Qi Escape Immortal Gu had experience and knew Su Chen's thoughts. After determining the teleportation location, its body quickly became ethereal.

A dark, gaping hole appeared before the three of them.

Staring at the black hole, Su Chen and the other two looked at each other. Finally, Su Chen spoke up: "Let's go in."

He took the first step, preparing to enter the black hole.

Seeing this, Duan Tian Dao did not hesitate and followed closely behind.

Although Gu Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment, he eventually followed Su Chen's lead.

Soon, the three disappeared into the black hole.

A feeling of dizziness enveloped my entire body.

I hadn't paid attention to how they traveled through the world before, but now I had the leisure to observe them.

The black hole was pitch black, and there was a huge passage inside.

As their bodies continued to penetrate deeper and deeper, uncontrollably, the passage suddenly became transparent, revealing the outside world.

It is the boundless starry sky.

Vast, mysterious, profound...

No adjective could describe the starry world that unfolded before them.

"Oh no! The portal world is collapsing! We need to speed things up!"

Suddenly, Gu Xiaoyao exclaimed in surprise and transmitted his voice to Su Chen, his voice extremely urgent.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen was startled and looked at the passage ahead, where it indeed showed signs of collapse.

"Come on!"

Without further hesitation, he grabbed the Heaven-Slaying Blade and suddenly increased his speed.

After speaking, Gu Xiaoyao, who was standing next to him, moved several times faster than Su Chen.

However, even so, the two were unable to keep up with the speed at which the passage collapsed.

Soon after, the passageway they were using began to collapse.

Fortunately, this breakdown has not yet affected their progress.

However, the two knew that if this continued, they would be buried in the entire passage when it collapsed.

At that point, we won't even know if we'll live or die.

Thinking of this, Su Chen gritted his teeth and used all his means at the fastest speed he had ever used.

Gu Xiaoyao was no exception; with all his might, he left Su Chen far behind.

He noticed Su Chen's speed, so he turned around, swung his arm, and a terrifying force swept up Su Chen, dragging him forward.

With Gu Xiaoyao's help, Su Chen's speed increased significantly once again.

By this time, nearly half of the passage had collapsed.

Fortunately, the exit of the passage is not far ahead.

The distance wasn't far, which made the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

However, we were not too careless, since the distance between space and time is different from what the naked eye can see; what seems close may actually be far away.

Sure enough, even when the passage had collapsed to two-thirds its length, the two still hadn't made it out.

I felt like I was getting closer and closer to the exit, but there was always a feeling that it was so close yet so far away.

"Hold on to me."

At this moment, Gu Xiaoyao realized the seriousness of the problem, left a message, and sped up again.

The two were moving much faster than the speed of light, even faster than the collapse of the passage.

At this speed, the two were getting closer and closer to the exit.

Before long, we will be able to fly out of the passage completely.

"what is this?"

As he traveled through time, Su Chen suddenly saw two worlds, both of which were incredibly vast.

It was as if it were the center of the starry sky.

But strangely, one of the worlds exudes an incredibly evil aura, which is devouring another world that seems relatively beautiful at an alarming rate.

Somewhere between the two worlds, a colossal bridge, resembling a black hole, was erected. It is through this bridge that the aura of the other world can continuously permeate this beautiful world.

"Could this be the Ten Directions World?"

As the two got closer to the exit of the passage, the image of that beautiful world grew larger and larger in Su Chen's eyes.

To his surprise, he discovered that the entrance to the passage was located in this wonderful world.

This startled him. If this wonderful world is the Ten Directions World, then what is the other world?

He tilted his head, wanting to find out more.

But right now, time is running out.

"arrive!"

Guided by Gu Xiaoyao's voice, the two figures moved like a beam of light, swiftly passing through the passage and entering the Ten Directions World.

Just as the two figures disappeared, the passage was about to completely collapse.

But at that very moment, an invisible hand suddenly appeared in the void and seized the collapsing passage.

The already overburdened passage collapsed instantly under this powerful force, transforming into spatial energy and dissipating into the starry sky.

"The Ten Directions World has actually seen the return of a Celestial Realm martial artist?" (End of Chapter)