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

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaoyao immediately turned his gaze to Su Chen, his expression filled with doubt.

He always felt that Su Chen's temperament had changed slightly after refining Ayana, but he didn't know exactly what it was.

Just as he was about to ask Su Chen how he was feeling, Su Chen suddenly spoke up: "I need to go into seclusion to protect me, senior!"

Gu Xiaoyao: "...!"

After giving Gu Xiaoyao his instructions, Su Chen then sent a telepathic message to Duan Tian Dao.

Su Chen had sensed the thoughts that Gu Xiaoyao had just revealed. Although Gu Xiaoyao did not make a move in the end, Su Chen still needed to be careful.

This retreat is very important and cannot tolerate the slightest mistake, as it concerns his spiritual realm.

Therefore, he needs double protection. With Gu Xiaoyao and Duan Tian Dao protecting him, his chances of breaking through will be much greater.

There was no need to rush, but he learned from Ayana's memories.

Although the Ziyang Sect was destroyed, many of its members escaped under the leadership of its sect leader, Ji Ziyang.

Among them were some people from other sects.

They formed a team to jointly resist the invasion of the Heavenly Demons. Although they were constantly on the run, the team grew larger and larger during the escape, and gradually became the main force against the Heavenly Demons, making them a thorn in the side of the Heavenly Demon army.

Most importantly, the direction this team was facing was the same as the direction Hong Ming and his group were in.

He had reason to suspect that Hong Ming and others were very likely in this group.

Coupled with Gu Xiaoyao's previous prediction, Su Chen became even more certain of this idea.

Although Gu Xiaoyao's prediction indicated that Hong Ming and the others were not in immediate danger, according to the latest information Su Chen obtained, the Heavenly Demon Army was mobilizing its troops to annihilate this group.

Their forces were enormous, not only sending out an astonishing number of demons, but also many powerful individuals.

There were even many demon kings leading the way.

If Su Chen were to rush forward rashly, he would likely not even have the chance to break through the Heavenly Demon army, and would be annihilated by thousands of Heavenly Demons.

Time was of the essence; he had to improve his skills as quickly as possible.

Coincidentally, after refining Ayana, he obtained fifty-three Heavenly Demon Divine Powers.

Once he cultivates these Heavenly Demon Divine Powers to their limit, he will possess ninety-eight divine powers. At that time, his realm will be elevated to the true realm of perfect divine powers. He will be just one divine power away from breaking through to the Martial Immortal realm, a realm that countless people dream of.

He didn't need to search for this supernatural ability; he already possessed it—it was the Heaven-Slaying Blade Drawing Technique.

However, improving the Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique requires a Divine Power Fruit, and cannot be achieved solely through the Pure Essence Pill.

If Su Chen wants to improve, he can only try to find a Divine Power Fruit.

Under normal circumstances, Su Chen might not have had any other choice but to spend money to buy it, and even then, he might not be able to buy it.

Thanks to the invasion of the Heavenly Demons, which threw the entire Ten Directions World into chaos, the Divine Power Fruit was no longer out of reach.

Even more surprisingly, he learned from Ayana's memories that there was a large number of supernatural fruits in a demon outpost a hundred miles away from the Yellow Sand Desert. These supernatural fruits were all plundered by the demons from the various holy cities.

It wasn't of much use to the Heavenly Demons, so they had to store it temporarily and put it in the treasure vault of their outpost.

After his breakthrough, he can go to the Heavenly Demon's outpost, obtain the Divine Power Fruit, and improve his Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.

Under the watchful eyes of Gu Xiaoyao and Duan Tiandao, Su Chen quickly entered a state of seclusion.

He took the Yuan Stones he obtained from the Gu Master world out of the gourd, then extracted the Yuan Power within them to nourish himself.

Yuan energy rapidly surged into Su Chen's body like a tidal wave.

One door, two doors...

Under the nourishment of Yuan energy, Su Chen's supernatural powers continuously activated the simple mode.

After the simple mode, he had cultivated all these supernatural abilities to their fullest potential.

In the end, Su Chen was completely covered by Yuan Power and Heavenly Demon Power.

The power concentrated on him was unprecedentedly vast, and his aura became exceptionally strong.

Even with numerous measures in place to prevent the aura from leaking out, Gu Xiaoyao and Duan Tiandao, who were guarding from the outside, couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

'Luckily, I attacked this kid before, so his senses are very sharp. He probably already sensed my intentions, which is why he had this broken sword protect him.'

As Gu Xiaoyao watched Su Chen's strength and aura steadily increase, he felt fortunate that he hadn't acted rashly earlier.

Judging from Su Chen's behavior just now, the other party has actually realized his thoughts.

It's just that because he eventually gave up, we turned a blind eye to it.

But she still remained wary of him because of this.

Unfortunately, since he had already chosen to give up, he had no intention of taking any further action.

Moreover, even if he were to actually fight now, it might not be possible for him to kill Su Chen in a short period of time.

Let's see how far Su Chen's strength will ultimately rise.

"Hey, what is this?"

Just as he was observing, suddenly, an inexplicable force appeared, as if descending from the void, and instantly enveloped Su Chen.

"It seems to be the power of Calamity!"

After observing for a moment, Gu Xiaoyao pondered.

Although this power differs from the calamity power in the world of Gu Masters, it is essentially not much different.

Both contain the power of calamity.

The power of calamity is something every cultivator must experience; weak cultivators are not qualified to undergo it, while powerful cultivators are terrified of it.

There's no other reason than that once you encounter a calamity, if you overcome it, you'll have a bright future and reach a higher level; but if you fail to overcome it, you'll die and your cultivation will be extinguished.

For cultivators, it's a love-hate relationship, with the latter outweighing the former.

However, the calamity power of the Ten Directions World seems somewhat weaker compared to the calamity power of the Gu Master World.

At least that's how he sees it.

This level of power was completely incapable of causing significant harm to Su Chen.

The only thing to be careful about is that this power targets the Qi and blood directly, and martial artists can only use the Qi and blood power within their bodies to deal with it.

With Su Chen's qi and blood, there's no need to worry too much.

Even so, he still stared intently at Su Chen.

He was actually more curious about the nature of this power, since such power was rarely seen in the world of Gu Masters.

At his level, anything new means an opportunity to become stronger.

He might be able to gain an opportunity to become stronger from this calamity, so naturally he wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

"It seems that choosing to stay by this kid's side was indeed the right decision. He holds too many secrets, and these secrets are not simple. Some of them even make my heart tremble. I can gain more opportunities and see more hope from him!"

Before long, under Gu Xiaoyao's watchful gaze, Su Chen easily overcame his qi and blood deficiency.

After he survived, his qi and blood underwent a transformation, which had a negligible impact on Su Chen.

Shortly after the decline of Qi and blood, a new calamity occurred.

It's a decline in Yuan power!

It was only after witnessing the decline of Yuan Power that Gu Xiaoyao couldn't help but utter such a sigh.

If he had witnessed the decline of Yuan Power back then, he might have been able to break through to the Gu Immortal realm a thousand years earlier.

Even though he saw it a little late, it improved his mastery of immortal energy.

This made him feel even more strongly that Su Chen was a treasure trove waiting to be discovered, and who knows what good things he might find out from him.

So he stared intently at Su Chen, his primordial spirit power circling around him in a 360-degree circle.

Right now, he's probably even more cautious than Duan Tiandao and Su Chen, afraid of affecting Su Chen's breakthrough.

Compared to the decline of Qi and Blood, the weakening of Yuan Power is indeed much more powerful. In terms of strength, it is equivalent to the combined strength of two ordinary martial artists at the peak of the Divine Power realm. However, it still does not pose a significant threat to Su Chen. His Primordial Chaos Power has been fused with Immortal Qi beforehand, and can now be called Primordial Immortal Power, which is extremely powerful.

No matter how strong the power of calamity, it cannot withstand the power of the Primordial Immortal.

So not long after, Su Chen successfully overcame the decline of Yuan Power and arrived at the third tribulation of decline, the decline of the five internal organs.

This calamity is twice as powerful, more than ten times the power of the previous calamities.

Upon witnessing this calamity, Gu Xiaoyao's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Su Chen would not be able to overcome it.

He could tell that the "Five Organs Deterioration" was specifically aimed at the five internal organs and six bowels.

Even if he were to personally overcome this calamity, he might not be entirely confident of success.

The reason is that there are very few Gu Masters in the world who can refine their six internal organs.

There are many Gu Masters who can temper their five internal organs, but none of them can overcome this calamity through this method.

Although he didn't know much about the cultivation system of the Ten Directions World, he believed that Su Chen's internal organs must have been tempered in an extraordinary way.

After all, Su Chen had cultivated the Five Organs Gu Planting Technique, and had already tempered his five organs to their limits.

As for the six internal organs, it all depends on Su Chen's own luck.

As he watched, Gu Xiaoyao's worries gradually lessened. He discovered that Su Chen's six internal organs were tempered no less than his five internal organs.

What he didn't know was that Su Chen's physical tempering was never a singular process, but rather a holistic and unified one.

While tempering his five internal organs, Su Chen also indirectly tempers other organs, pursuing balanced development.

After all, he wasn't unaware of the "barrel principle."

After realizing that his worries were unnecessary, Gu Xiaoyao continued to focus intently on Su Chen's breakthrough.

But soon, his attention was drawn to the demonic power emanating from Su Chen.

"This is the power of the Heavenly Demon!"

Gu Xiaoyao discovered that the supernatural power Su Chen was currently cultivating was completely different from the supernatural power he had used before.

He immediately knew what was going on.

"Could it be that Su Chen also gained their abilities when refining the Heavenly Demons?"

This conjecture became more plausible as Su Chen accumulated more and more demonic power.

This also aroused doubts in Gu Xiaoyao's mind.

"However, why does he cultivate so many supernatural abilities? Having more supernatural abilities doesn't necessarily mean being stronger; quality is worse than quantity!"

He shook his head, somewhat puzzled by Su Chen's thoughts, but didn't say anything more.

I continued watching.

Su Chen had already survived the tribulation of the decline of his five internal organs, and in the blink of an eye, he had arrived at the fourth tribulation.

Even Lian Gu Xiaoyao hadn't expected that there would be so many calamities in the Ten Directions World.

In the world of Gu Masters, there is almost only one tribulation before becoming an immortal. Once you overcome it, you can become a Gu Immortal.

Unexpectedly, the Ten Directions World has at least four tribulations, and apart from the first two, each subsequent tribulation is much more powerful than that of the Gu Master World, and even shows an increasing trend of becoming stronger.

The fourth tribulation is called the decline of the primordial spirit, which targets the primordial spirit.

The power of the weakened primordial spirit is ten times stronger than the previous weakened five internal organs, and it has almost reached the level of the primordial spirit of a martial immortal.

Even Lian Su Chen himself was somewhat surprised, as his tribulation was far more powerful than that of others.

All of this is because Su Chen's accumulation is too profound; the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man are inherently different for each person.

For those who are not strong, the power of the Five Signs of Decay will not be much stronger.

For those with exceptional strength, the power of the Five Signs of Decay is immense.

Aside from Su Chen, there is no one before him whose primordial spirit power has declined to the level of a Martial Immortal.

Even so, Su Chen was not too worried.

His primordial spirit was equally powerful.

Moreover, when facing the decline of the primordial spirit, one cannot rely solely on the primordial spirit. At this point, one can also mobilize other forces to combat the decline of the primordial spirit.

With the help of other forces, Su Chen spent a considerable amount of time before finally overcoming the decline of his primordial spirit.

After surviving the ordeal, Su Chen dared not be careless and prepared with all his might for the final tribulation.

Lifespan declines.

This calamity pertains to lifespan.

The decline in lifespan arrived almost the instant his primordial spirit disappeared, even faster than he had anticipated.

But its power.

"Strange, this calamity seems even less powerful than the first one. What's going on?"

Gu Xiaoyao, who was outside, also noticed something amiss, but after observing for a long time, it remained the same.

This made him wonder.

The power of the final calamity could not be so weak.

There is only one explanation: even a martial arts immortal like him might not be able to detect it.

There must be a hidden secret within it.

Sure enough, after half an hour, the changes finally became apparent.

Gu Xiaoyao keenly noticed that Su Chen exuded an aura of decay.

His hair gradually turned from black to white, and his skin went from smooth to full of wrinkles...

All these changes transformed him from a young man into a frail old man.

And this change is continuing.

If this continues, Su Chen might die from exhaustion of his lifespan.

"not good!"

Gu Xiaoyao watched helplessly as Su Chen's aura grew weaker and weaker, wanting to help him.

But it was stopped by the Heaven-Slaying Blade.

"Don't worry, he's fine!"

He was also anxious when he saw what had just happened, but from their senses, he realized that although Su Chen looked like he was about to decay and die, he was not actually in great danger, and Su Chen did not ask him to help.

Hearing Duan Tiandao's words, Gu Xiaoyao stopped what he was doing in confusion and continued watching.

Time passed slowly, and Su Chen appeared to be in a state of near-death.

He had no life force whatsoever; an ordinary person would have died long ago, but Su Chen was still alive.

This made Gu Xiaoyao realize that his worries were unnecessary.

So I felt relieved.

Sure enough, after three days, Su Chen finally broke free from this situation, like a withered tree coming back to life in spring, slowly emerging with new vitality.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed from an old man back into a young man.

And just as he transformed back, he officially passed through the five signs of decay of a celestial being.

At the same time, the fifty-three Heavenly Demon Divine Powers were also completed.

He has officially entered the realm of perfect supernatural powers! (End of Chapter)