Chapter 405 - 185: The 3rd Great Limit of the Physical Body: ’4 Seasons Impermanence’! An Advance on the ’True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill

Chapter 405: Chapter 185: The 3rd Great Limit of the Physical Body: ’4 Seasons Impermanence’! An Advance on the ’True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill

In the immaculate, dustless room, the first rays of dawn pierced through the window, casting their glow upon the figure seated cross-legged on the bed.

After an entire night of absorption and transformation,

Ji Xiu had consumed an Earth Treasure, devouring its essence like a whale swallowing the sea, absorbing it completely dry!

Simultaneously, one could see with the naked eye that the crimson Immortal Robe—forged from his Cultivation of the Nishang Scroll and tempered by the Purest Gang until it was as thin as a cicada’s wing—was slowly, bit by bit, taking on a purple hue!

As his breathing grew even, the immense power within his blood, bones, and sinews gathered, relentlessly washing over his skin, binding this final physical barrier tightly—and then—

Stars like the constellations in the heavens appeared, dotting the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe that Ji Xiu now wore, serving as the finishing touch that brought it to life!

From that moment on, the four seasons—spring, winter, summer, and fall—four disparate and seemingly irreconcilable elements, were forged together into this single Immortal Robe, becoming its Traits, permanently branded upon it!

The Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe!

Haaaah!!

Ji Xiu let out a long, slow breath and opened his eyes.

He gently raised his arm.

He could clearly see a Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, dotted with ’stars,’ draped over his body and covering the clothes beneath it.

’After all I’ve been through, all the dangers and hardships... I’ve finally broken the Three Limits.’

CRACKLE!

As Ji Xiu had this thought, he raised his other hand.

A wisp of flickering crimson fire immediately shot out from his fingertip—the Daoist Technique he had refined from the Divine Talisman Fire Seed visualized within his mind’s eye.

He unleashed this Daoist Level True Skill, capable of ’Melting Form and Refining Soul’ and incinerating all mortal things. Only after forging the Purest Gang, cultivating until his Qi and Blood billowed like signal smoke and his very essence boiled, had he earned the right to wield it.

Curious, Ji Xiu decided to test it. With a touch of his finger, he set the Divine Talisman Flame upon the corner of his Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe’s sleeve.

Instantly!

As the SIZZLING crimson True Flame crept up his sleeve, swelling like water from an open floodgate and threatening to spread and completely engulf the fabric...

WHOOSH!

The starry brands dotting the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe suddenly flickered, spewing forth a dense, frosty mist!

The air grew so cold the entire room felt like it had plunged into the depths of winter. A thin layer of frost coated the teacups, and the lukewarm tea inside froze solid!

[Tutor has achieved Perfection in the ’Feathered Immortal Robe,’ having mastered its four scrolls, grasped their essence, and perceived their ultimate Truth. The Skin Membrane has reached its absolute peak!]

[Tutor has broken the body’s third Secret Treasure and obtained the physical Trait of the Feathered Immortal Robe: ’Four Seasons Unpredictable’!]

[Physical Trait: Four Seasons Unpredictable]

[Heaven and Earth follow a cycle; spring, autumn, winter, summer; earth, water, fire, wind—this is the fixed order of things.]

[The Feathered Immortal Robe was conceived from studying the shed remains of a Human Immortal. A Human Immortal contains a self-sustaining cycle within their body, allowing them to use it as a vessel to traverse the Celestial Universe, unbound by any shackles.]

[The Tutor has infused it with Earth Treasure Essence, glimpsing a sliver of Human Immortal Essence. With the three Secret Treasures of Flesh, Bone, and Skin at Perfection, you have constructed a minor cycle of Reincarnation within your body!]

[Henceforth, whether you become a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster or achieve a Titled Martial Dao, when you face myriad Magic Techniques and Divine Techniques, this Immortal Robe shall meet fire with water and water with frost. Little can harm your body!]

He watched as the Divine Talisman Fire spread inch by inch, only to be completely extinguished by the specks of frost forming upon the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe.

A realization dawned on Ji Xiu.

’It’s not as if I’ve never seen others who have broken the Three Limits and formed a Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe.’

’Ever since I began Climbing the Martial Arts Tower in the Jiangyin Prefecture Courtyard, every Prefecture Level prodigy and past sage I encountered beyond the eightieth and ninetieth steps had broken the Three Limits.’

’Refining a Daoist Immortal Robe and then advancing it to the Purple Ribbon grade is a prerequisite for climbing any higher.’

’But even if the Great Merit of Skin Barrier techniques they cultivated were of a high enough grade to allow them to break through the Flesh Secret Treasure...’

’...but none of them had one that possessed a Trait like mine.’

’After all, whether for a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster or a master of Daoist High Merit, most of the Secret Martial arts and Magic Techniques they empower with their True Qi or Magical Power have elemental properties.’

’Things like Golden Essence, Divine Fire, Spiritual Water, or Gang Wind.’

’My ’Four Seasons Unpredictable’ Trait, however, allows my Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe to meet fire with water and water with frost. It follows the principle of mutual creation and destruction, drastically reducing the power of any Secret Martial art or Magic Technique it encounters!’

’When other people form a Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, it only allows them to dominate their peers within the Powerful Martial Artist realm.’

’But I can rely on this Trait. If I keep advancing, I could one day face the legacy of a Martial Saint or the Divine Techniques of Immortals and use this Immortal Robe to slash their power in half...’

’...that alone would be an incredible advantage!’

’Others who break the Three Limits only gain benefits for their current stage of Cultivation.’

’But my Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe has the precious potential to grow with me—a rarity in this world!’

’I wonder... does every Martial Artist who perfects the Feathered Immortal Robe and breaks the Three Limits get this ’Four Seasons Unpredictable’ Trait?’

’Or was I just lucky, only succeeding in constructing this minor cycle of Reincarnation in my body and obtaining the Trait because I relied on the Primordial Daoist Talisman to master the technique...’

Ji Xiu licked his lips, thinking to himself.

He couldn’t help but reflect on the plight of ordinary Martial Artists. ’Those without resources have to rely on all sorts of crude methods to temper their skin, grinding away day after day, just hoping for the slightest bit of progress.’

’The wealthier ones might be able to afford common Spirit Pills made from fragments of Earth Treasures, and they still have to cultivate diligently.’