Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1681 - Breakthrough to the Immortal Realm

Chapter 1681 – Breakthrough to the Immortal Realm

After sitting down, Liu Wuxie began circulating the Desolate Devouring Art. Earlier, when Lingqiong Jing had opened the immortal path to send down his power, Liu Wuxie had seized the opportunity to devour a vast amount of immortal energy and laws from the celestial realm.

Those energies and laws would help him tremendously, forming the foundation for his breakthrough to the Immortal Realm.

“Immortal stones! I need a large number of immortal stones!” Liu Wuxie was already on the verge of achieving his breakthrough, but he had exhausted all the immortal stones on him. He couldn’t break through without them.

Right at that moment, Hua Feiyu walked in and said, “Wuxie, you can take these. Earlier, when we attacked the Lingqiong Clan, we found a few hundred immortal stones inside their vault. You will need them.”

After dealing with Bai You and the traitors, Hua Feiyu had led Dong Wu and the others to attack the Lingqiong Clan.

“Master, is the Lingqiong Clan destroyed?” Liu Wuxie asked. He only cared whether the Lingqiong Clan had perished completely.

“We were ultimately one step too slow. After the survivors escaped to the lesser realm, they immediately relocated themselves by taking an interstellar teleportation array out of the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain,” Hua Feiyu said, looking guilty. It had been his oversight that they had failed to wipe out the Lingqiong Clan.

Liu Wuxie frowned, knowing that the Lingqiong Clan would become a future threat if they could not wipe them out.

“Master, there’s no need to blame yourself for it. The Lingqiong Clan has suffered heavy losses, with most of their quasi-immortals dead. They won’t be able to stir up anything now,” Liu Wuxie said, trying to comfort Hua Feiyu.

Given that things were already at this point, there was nothing they could do. The Lingqiong Clan had existed for over a million years, so they had prepared for emergencies. There was no way they would wait for Hua Feiyu to knock on their door and slaughter them.

Liu Wuxie knew the outcome would probably have been the same even if he had gone himself. The moment Lingqiong Jing died, the Lingqiong Clan had begun evacuating on a large scale.

“Wuxie, you can focus on your breakthrough. I have evacuated everyone from the lesser realm, and no one can enter this place aside from me,” Hua Feiyu said, then left the lesser realm to allow Liu Wuxie to break through in peace.

Liu Wuxie nodded and devoted himself to cultivation. Lingqiong Jing’s clone had yet to die, and countless Demonic Purgatory Chains bound him, leaving him unable to move.

“Liu Wuxie, you’re dead! My main body already knows about this, and it won’t be long before he sends more experts down to the mortal realm! At that time, he’ll make you wish you were dead!” Lingqiong Jing roared, allowing the chains to burrow into his bones while he could do nothing about it.

“You talk too much,” Liu Wuxie said. He had no patience to speak with Lingqiong Jing as the Divine Purgatory Palace descended from the sky. Lingqiong Jing spat blood from the impact as it extracted laws from his body.

Meanwhile, Liu Wuxie’s aura gradually strengthened, slowly transforming into that of an immortal. Anticipation filled his face as that long-lost feeling began to return. He knew he could ascend to the celestial realm once he broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

If he could not become an immortal, ascending would be impossible, let alone taking revenge. From the moment the Desolate Devouring Art evolved, he knew he could now become an immortal.

As the laws of the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm began pouring in, Liu Wuxie’s aura rose steadily, becoming dozens of times stronger than before.

Quasi-immortals would always be mere ants in the eyes of immortals, regardless of their number. That was the vast difference between immortals and mortals.

A flood of immortal energy rushed into the desolate world like a tidal wave. As the laws of the celestial realm grew, the desolate world continued shrinking.

Lingqiong Jing’s struggle began to wane as Liu Wuxie drained most of his energy.

More sequences from the celestial realm appeared in the Heavenly Dao Book. The entire volume of the Heavenly Dao Book had grown into a thick tome of over a thousand pages, with different sequences recorded on each page.

Ten days had passed since Liu Wuxie killed Lingqiong Jing, and the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain had become even calmer.

During this period, many forces sent envoys to seek cooperation with the Heavenly Dragon Sect. The Nine Dragon Palace and the Comet Temple were among them. The Skyward Gate had also sent envoys over, choosing to ally with the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

With the Nalan Clan and the Skyward Gate reaching an irreconcilable point, the Skyward Gate would only have a high chance of survival by allying with the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

The Grand Unity Sect had vanished, along with the upper echelons of the Immortal Slaughter Palace and the Nalan Clan. Even the Lingqiong Clan’s clansmen had vanished without a trace.

They all understood that Liu Wuxie existed like an overlord in the four astral domains before the immortals returned. No one dared to provoke him.

Rumors spread that Liu Wuxie was currently in seclusion, attempting to reach the Immortal Realm. However, more people speculated that the life-and-death tribulation would kill him.

Over the years, Liu Wuxie had devoured too many treasures. This meant his tribulation would be thousands of times greater than that of the ordinary people. If Liu Wuxie could not withstand it, he would perish like the Heretic God.

When Lingqiong Jing had opened the immortal path to send over his power, boundless immortal energy had flooded into the four astral domains. This had led to the emergence of experts across the astral domains, whose cultivation soared after absorbing immortal energy.

In just ten-odd days, batches of experts appeared throughout the four astral domains, including the Heavenly Dao Society, the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and the Liu Clan.

A scroll appeared in the Outer Astral Spacetime, resembling a river of stars. For the time being, no one had discovered this painting.

If Liu Wuxie had been here, he would surely have recognized it as the long-lost Sacred Astral River Scroll, forged by an immortal venerable and containing a world of its own. It had fallen into the four astral domains when the immortal path opened in the past.

The Sacred Astral River Scroll had never appeared throughout the years, but Liu Wuxie’s battle with Lingqiong Jing had caused the immortal path to crack slightly. The Sacred Astral River Scroll had likely appeared after sensing the celestial realm’s aura.

Cracking sounds echoed from the desolate world as a vast number of laws began overlapping with immortal runes. Liu Wuxie’s current immortal runes had grown to one million.

He believed that once he broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, his immortal runes would exceed one million. This meant his tribulation would also become dozens of times more severe than that faced by ordinary cultivators.

Then again, Liu Wuxie had no way to back out after reaching this point. He could only brace himself and move forward. As long as he made it through the tribulation, he would receive the acknowledgment of heaven and earth, and he would never have to face tribulation again in the future.

Rumbling sounds echoed as thunderclouds gathered above the lesser realm.

Hua Feiyu appeared a hundred meters away from Liu Wuxie with his brows locked. He quietly watched, concern flickering in his eyes. The thick thunderclouds looked as though they could crush the entire lesser realm.

This was also why Liu Wuxie had evacuated everyone from the lesser realm beforehand. Once the realm began to collapse, anyone who failed to escape in time would be crushed to death by the spatial currents.

Hua Feiyu, however, did not have to worry about that as an immortal.

“Such heavy thunderclouds! It’s at least fifty times stronger than what I faced during my breakthrough,” Hua Feiyu murmured, clenching his fists as nervousness rose within him for his disciple.

The arrival of the thunderclouds meant Liu Wuxie’s aura had reached its peak. Even if he tried to cultivate further, it would have no effect.

Lightning flashed within the thunderclouds as a lightning serpent emerged, illuminating the entire lesser realm. The moment the lightning serpent exploded, the entire lesser realm began trembling violently, as though it would collapse at any moment.

Even so, cracks began appearing on the surrounding buildings as the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect trembled. Many people instantly turned to look at the lesser realm, unable to comprehend what had happened.

“What is that? I can feel the heaven and earth shaking!”

That was not an earthquake. If it had been an earthquake, the tremor would have come from underground. But they had seen heaven and earth tremble earlier, which felt simply unbelievable.

Only one month remained until the immortals returned, and Liu Wuxie had to seize whatever time he had to complete his breakthrough. Then again, the breakthrough to the Immortal Realm could not be accomplished overnight.

The thunderclouds began thickening in the sky as more lightning serpents appeared, each capable of tearing through an immortal’s body. After all, the lightning did not originate from the mortal realm, but from the celestial realm.

Anyone who wanted to reach the Immortal Realm had to receive the celestial realm’s acknowledgment. The moment someone broke through in cultivation, the celestial realm would send down an attraction force.

Because Hua Feiyu had broken through inside the lesser realm, he had severed a portion of his connection with heaven and earth. In the final moment, the Radiant Mirror had helped him sever the remaining attraction force, allowing him to remain in the mortal realm.

Liu Wuxie’s body began pulsing as his unity with heaven and earth reached a higher level, absorbing energy from the surroundings.

“So, the life-and-death tribulation is finally coming.” Liu Wuxie snapped his eyes open without showing any concern. Instead, a hint of madness burned in his eyes.

Anyone else in his place wouldn’t have even dared to move beneath the thunderclouds. But Liu Wuxie wore a faint smile instead. He planned to use this tribulation to temper his physique, which had already reached unity with heaven and earth, to push it toward perfection.

“Come! Let me see if your tribulation is stronger, or my physique is stronger!” Liu Wuxie yelled, openly provoking the heavens.

Shortly after Liu Wuxie’s provocation, the thunderclouds began roaring restlessly as the lightning serpents increased their speed.

This brought a wry smile to Hua Feiyu’s face as he stood in the distance. He recalled how cautious he had been during his own breakthrough.

With a loud explosion, the first thunderbolt descended from the sky and struck Liu Wuxie. There was no way to dodge the thunderbolt. If he could not withstand the tribulation, he would not receive the celestial realm’s recognition, much less advance into an immortal.

A charred smell began drifting from Liu Wuxie’s body, but his physique stood firm under the impact.

“Come again!” Liu Wuxie roared. He discovered that his physique had become even more refined under the thunderbolt’s tempering. This was especially true for his cells and internal organs, which seemed to have been empowered by some mysterious energy.

The tribulation contained not only the power of destruction, but also the power of vitality. This was the mystery of tribulation.

Many people assumed tribulation was terrifying, but that was not entirely the case. Although it was frightening, it also carried many benefits. Most people used their strength to resist its power during their breakthrough, neglecting the vitality it carried.

The Desolate Devouring Art continued circulating, drawing faint vitality from the tribulation. These energies came from the celestial realm, and once they entered the desolate world, they would allow his cultivation to rise.

Provoked by Liu Wuxie’s actions, the tribulation began releasing sounds of destruction from deep within the thunderclouds.

Life and death always went hand in hand. Since life existed, death had to exist as well.

After the vitality entered Liu Wuxie’s body, his injuries began healing rapidly.

Hua Feiyu’s eyes twitched as he watched. Back when he had faced the first thunderbolt, it had nearly torn through his body. He had to consume a large number of pills before his flesh could recover, yet Liu Wuxie’s ability to heal was unimaginable.