Chapter 165 - 125: Jiang Hao Sheds Mortality, Shaking Nanling

Chapter 165: Chapter 125: Jiang Hao Sheds Mortality, Shaking Nanling

As tens of millions of Cultivators paled in shock, terrifying power surged and churned within the Dragon Transformation Pool, a sight that left everyone astounded.

In the center of this endless, terrifying energy, a figure in white sat as still as a boulder.

At this moment, Jiang Hao’s Divine Sense was still immersed in his own inner world.

He had reached a limit he had never touched before. The instant his eight meridians and his spine simultaneously achieved the ninth transformation and merged into one, his manifested Divine Sense entered another realm within his body.

This world was boundless, vast as an ocean. Nine streams of Spirit Transformation Power surfaced beneath his feet, flowing like the long river of time.

"Another shackle?"

Jiang Hao’s manifested Divine Sense stood upright within his inner world, gazing up at the sky.

At the very peak of this gray inner world, a new shackle had appeared at some unknown point. It blotted out the sky, draping over the heavens like a thin veil, brimming with the unknown and the secrets of the universe.

"Could this be the shackle of the tenth transformation?"

A thought struck Jiang Hao, and his entire body shuddered. It was as if he had discovered a brand-new world. Having achieved the integration of his eight meridians and spine in the ninth transformation, he had unexpectedly brushed against another, unknown shackle.

Although he didn’t know what this shackle represented, his intuition told him that if he shattered it before stepping into the Realm of Transcendence, he would likely reach an entirely new height.

"Who says the ninth transformation is the peak? Since I, Jiang Hao, have touched a new shackle, let me see if there is still a path to follow beyond the ninth transformation!"

His mind made up, Jiang Hao willed his energy to move.

In an instant.

RUMBLE!

The nine great rivers of Spirit Transformation Power, which were gradually converging, unleashed a deafening roar. They gathered into an ocean beneath his feet, throwing up myriad-foot-tall waves that howled with fury.

"It all comes down to this!"

In the next moment, with boundless determination in his eyes, Jiang Hao stood with his hands behind his back and shot upward, charging straight toward the shackle in the sky.

At the same time, beneath his manifested Divine Sense, the endless rivers of Spirit Transformation Power roared into the air. The deafening sound seemed to make this entire inner universe tremble.

The terrifying, boundless energy surged upward against the current, like a great collision between heaven and earth.

BOOM!

The moment the boundless power collided with the shackle, even Jiang Hao’s physical body violently shuddered.

In the next moment.

A trace of blood instantly appeared at the corner of his hitherto motionless body’s mouth, and a mouthful of blood slowly trickled down his chin.

Yet, even as Jiang Hao seemed to suffer a heavy blow, his aura began to climb infinitely, skyrocketing like mad.

In just a short moment, his cultivation had surged from Spirit Transformation Perfection straight toward the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation Realm, immediately followed by the Peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

"Heavens, what a rapid breakthrough! In the blink of an eye, his eight meridians and spine entered the ninth transformation. And now, in mere dozens of breaths, he has actually reached the Peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm in one fell swoop!"

"From Perfection to Great Perfection, and from Great Perfection to the Peak... all in the blink of an eye. How is this possible?"

For a time, countless Cultivators’ eyes widened, staring at the figure in the Holy Pool with utter disbelief.

The myriad of prodigies of his generation, in particular, looked as if they had seen a ghost, completely rooted to the spot in shock.

However, the more observant among them noticed a subtle change.

"He’s injured?" Bai Wufeng’s gaze was sharp, and he clearly saw the trace of blood hanging from the corner of Jiang Hao’s mouth.

Upon hearing this, a rare flash of worry and anxiety appeared in Gu Qingyan’s beautiful eyes.

"How could he be injured during a multi-meridian ninth transformation?"

"What exactly happened to him?"

Logically speaking, let alone the Spirit Transformation Realm, even a breakthrough to the Realm of Transcendence wouldn’t cause a cultivator to suffer physical trauma during the process.

If there was any injury, it would be the backlash of a failed breakthrough.

But that figure had clearly broken through successfully. Furthermore, with the protection and nourishment of the Dragon Transformation Pool, how could he possibly be injured?

"Spirit Transformation is not Foundation Establishment. There is no Thunder Tribulation descending from the heavens. Yet he managed to injure himself during the Spirit Transformation process? What is he doing?"

Across endless mountains and rivers, several terrifying, ancient figures muttered to themselves. They seemed to have guessed something but didn’t quite dare to believe it, boundless emotion surfacing in their weathered eyes.

The entirety of Nanling was dumbstruck, rife with endless speculation.

Within the endless sea of people.

Qi Tianmu and his companion stared at the nine beams of Holy Light piercing the heavens without dissipating, looking as if they had been struck by lightning.

"The eight meridians and the spine undergoing the ninth transformation simultaneously? Elder, how... how did he do it?" his companion stammered.

"No, it isn’t just the eight meridians and the spine entering the ninth transformation simultaneously," Qi Tianmu said, his mind completely blank and his eyes filled with disbelief as he stared at the astounding scene. "It’s the unification of nine powers.

"He has merged the eight meridians and the spine in his body into one.

"The unification of nine into one... I have only read about it in ancient texts. In all my hundreds of years, I have never seen it with my own eyes. I originally thought it was merely an ethereal legend, but...?"

As the grand Vice Sect Leader of the Celestial Sword Sect’s Outer Branch, he had lived for several hundred years, if not a thousand. He had personally witnessed the rise of countless overwhelming prodigies in the Eastern Domain across numerous generations, yet he had never seen anyone reach such a stage.

Even a man of Qi Tianmu’s stature felt his scalp prickle.

Watching the blood seep from the corner of Jiang Hao’s mouth, the crowd could only guess at what was happening.

Little did they know, an apocalyptic change was taking place within Jiang Hao’s inner world.

BOOM!

A blinding light swallowed everything. Amidst the endless, destructive radiance, Jiang Hao carried a monstrous power, battering against that indestructible shackle.

A seemingly unshakeable backlash rebounded from the shackle, nearly obliterating the boy’s manifested Divine Sense within his own inner world.

As these two unimaginably powerful forces clashed, Jiang Hao’s manifested Divine Sense rapidly faded, becoming so transparent that he almost disappeared completely.

It was only then that Jiang Hao finally realized what he was truly facing.