Chapter 756 - 701: Breakthrough

Chapter 756: Chapter 701: Breakthrough

Cloud image floats over the idle pond, time passes, things change, several autumns go by.

A pure white world, a whale’s cry suddenly startled Jiang Yuebai awake.

She opened her eyes and saw a towering tree resembling an old Rong tree, among the green leaves were things whose nature was unclear, resembling either buds or fruits, about the size of dragon eyes, each with its own uniqueness.

Before Foundation Establishment, with the help of the Supreme Elder, Jiang Yuebai first entered the ’Enlightenment Realm’. At that time, her understanding of the ’Dao’ was vague, and in the Enlightenment Realm, there was only a single sapling.

In the Demon Clan, through the Divine Tree, she entered the ’Enlightenment Realm’ a second time; by then, the sapling had grown into a small tree, with flourishing branches and leaves, each different, representing the Five Elements and the four seasons, embodying all that she had comprehended.

Unfortunately, it was chaotic and unstructured, making it difficult for the small tree to bear.

Later on, the Divine Tree taught her to be like the grass, to understand the ’cycle’ of nature. Although she had gained some comprehension afterwards, she couldn’t enter the ’Enlightenment Realm’ to observe again.

Now, becoming water, Jiang Yuebai did not know how many years she had cultivated; reopening her eyes, she had arrived here.

The Dao is ethereal and hard to describe, everyone’s ’Enlightenment Realm’ presents a different scene, a manifestation of one’s own abstracted Dao into a concrete form.

Because when the Supreme Elder first mentioned this realm to Jiang Yuebai, he referred to it as the ’Enlightenment Tree’, thus in Jiang Yuebai’s Enlightenment Realm, the ’Dao’ always appeared in the form of a tree.

Jiang Yuebai looked up; upon seeing her Enlightenment Tree, the trunk sturdy and strong, brimming with vitality.

Every book she had read, every piece of knowledge she had understood, transformed into nourishment for the Enlightenment Tree.

The previously scattered and unstructured paths of cultivation, through years of unrelenting exploration and inquiry, had reached their own ’cycles’ and ’structures’.

This phenomenon is difficult to explain with words, it’s more of a feeling.

However, there remained many imperfections and shortcomings, much like the sparse leaves on some branches of the Enlightenment Tree, where no fruit had yet appeared.

"Does this mean the so-called ’Dao Fruit’, after being concretized in this manner, will be mine once the fruits on the tree mature? I have so many, wouldn’t it be..."

Jiang Yuebai paused, feeling both expectant and uncertain.

"Though I’m proficient in many things, the Dao Fruit can only be one choice, yet I really want to witness the scene where all fruits on the tree mature completely."

At that moment, another whale’s cry resonated.

Jiang Yuebai saw an enormous figure leap from behind the tree, the pure white ground beneath her feet rippling like water waves.

That colossal figure soared into the sky, stretched its wings, and vanished into the pure white mist.

Kunpeng!

Drizzle descended from the sky, the raindrops gently falling onto the Enlightenment Tree, the branches and leaves trembled and unfolded, becoming even more vibrant and appealing, young sprouts emerged from dry branches, and all fruits exuded a mesmerizing rainbow glow in the rain.

"Water nourishes all things..."

Jiang Yuebai murmured, lost in thought as raindrops fell upon her, her body dissolved like mist, scattered by the rain.

Yet the raindrops did not fall to earth, rather transformed into mist within her body, merging with her.

Meanwhile, within the Immortal Palace, her physical form underwent the same transformation.

The Chaos Body and Kunpeng’s Power are completing their final fusion, the initially elusive gray mist-like Chaos Body now gradually transformed into something akin to water mist, acquiring water characteristics and nurturing vitality.

When the last trace of Kunpeng’s strength was completely absorbed by Jiang Yuebai, she suddenly underwent an indescribable sensation.

Like a puzzle missing only the final piece for completion, yet she couldn’t locate that final piece.

The more Jiang Yuebai searched, the more anxious she grew, fierce winds arose, clouds converging and thundering, causing the Chaos Qi within her to tremble violently.

"Foolish child, awaken!"

Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s voice resonated, like a Buddhist mantra, instantly restoring Jiang Yuebai’s calm and clarity.

She opened her eyes, the Chaos Qi reformed, reverting to her original form.

Jiang Yuebai raised her hand, surveyed herself, clenched her fist, feeling a surge of joy for having broken through to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

"How many years have passed?" Jiang Yuebai stood up and inquired, Immortal Monarch Chongmin was right before her.

Immortal Monarch Chongmin still appeared quite weary, as if he hadn’t rested for a long time; he softly said, "From the year you entered the Immortal Palace, to now, it has been thirty-three years."

"Ah?! Has the Qingyun Conference begun? I won’t miss it, will I?" Jiang Yuebai anxiously asked, looking for traces of Lu Nanzhi.

Immortal Monarch Chongmin replied, "Lu Nanzhi left three months ago, it will still be a few days until the Qingyun Conference officially begins, I will personally escort you to the Transmission Array, we have time."

If not for waiting for Jiang Yuebai to awaken, Immortal Monarch Chongmin would have already departed for the central Five Luminaries Realm in the Upper Realm.

These Mahayana Immortal Monarchs gather every three hundred years.

After a pause, Immortal Monarch Chongmin said, "Earlier, you were in the state of progressing from acquired physique to innate physique, but currently, you do not meet the conditions for progression."

Jiang Yuebai stood stunned, this was the first time she’d heard that an acquired physique could progress to an innate physique.

Innate is called innate because it possesses incomparable power right from birth, all innate things in this world are born as innate, while acquired things cannot transcend to innate.

Like her Candle Dragon Spear, its destiny was to be an acquired spiritual treasure, and that’s the limit of this treasure.

Immortal Monarch Chongmin explained, "Ordinarily, indeed it is impossible, but there have been precedents in the Cultivation Realm, the reasons and rules are unfathomable, I have only seen such descriptions in ancient books, today is the first time I’ve seen it firsthand."

Mentioning this, Immortal Monarch Chongmin was quite shocked, as Jiang Yuebai indeed bore a hint of innate physique, allowing him to confirm that Jiang Yuebai was transitioning from an Acquired Chaos Body to an Innate Chaos Body.

However, compared to the recorded Innate Chaos Sacred Body, Jiang Yuebai’s innate aura slightly differed, exhibiting a trace of Kunpeng’s presence.

Had Immortal Monarch Chongmin not already been a Seven Tribulation Immortal Monarch, nearing ascension, and had he not been inherently detached, broad-minded, weighing pros and cons, he might not have resisted being swayed by Jiang Yuebai’s aura.

Immortal Monarch Chongmin raised his hand, flicking a drop of water onto Jiang Yuebai’s brow; Jiang Yuebai’s entire body quivered, feeling the cool aura enveloping her completely, bringing comfort throughout.

She didn’t sense any change, but to cultivators above the Refining Void Stage, the innate aura that Jiang Yuebai bore had been substituted by Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s aura.

This way, if anyone were to inspect her body, they would only perceive her as the Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s disciple, practicing his cultivation technique, without noticing anything unusual.

"Because of you, my Dao Fruit has hope of completion, exceeding my expectations by hundreds of years. At the very least, for the eighth Immortal Tribulation, I am confident. Covering your physique is my way of thanking you."

In this regard, Immortal Monarch Chongmin was quite helpless, he didn’t wish for things to proceed so quickly, but what could he do?

"Additionally, although you have harvested much, it has also significantly increased your future risks during Divinity Transformation, this aspect, no one can assist you with. The Divinity Transformation Tribulation Thunder is your sole chance to progress to the innate physique. If successful, from then on, you will not encounter bottlenecks in cultivation, only need to refine your mental state."

Immortal Monarch Chongmin flipped his hand, presenting an item to Jiang Yuebai, "Your path differs from mine, what I can teach is limited. Compared to you, Lu Nanzhi is more suited to inherit my legacy. Originally this item belonged to you, at this Qingyun Conference, I wish you to excel."

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes widened; the item Immortal Monarch Chongmin presented was precisely the acquired spiritual treasure Wen Su once held.