Cheng Keqi's forehead was drenched with cold sweat as he became anxious.
"Zongzhuyuan is well aware, and when people are pushed to the edge, they too can come up with quick wits. He said with a forced smile, 'Honorable Lord knows best. I am not skilled in oratory and may not be able to explain it clearly. Instead, let me inscribe it on a jade tablet later for the honorable Lord?'
Meng Zhongqi was taken aback, then quickly came to his senses.
Cheng Keqi still has some level of vigilance, very good, very good.
Although this place is filled with senior elders from Daoist sects and leaders of each peak, how can anyone be sure that there are no spies among them? If someone learns this method and spreads it, it would be a great loss to the Daoist sect.
"Very good. In that case, you can engrave the jade tablet and then give it to Fan Yi." Meng Zhongqi nodded and even praised Cheng Keqi for a moment.
"Yes." Cheng Keqi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
...
Ding Huan placed a thousand spiritual crystals beside him to form a gathering spirit array. The great cosmos technique, Zhou Tianxia, instantly created a faint vortex of spiritual Qi that enveloped Ding Huan.
When Ding Huan practiced the Byeuhé Xian Dao, his great cosmos starry sky was already very complete. Now it's just to perfect his own starry sky.
Ding Huan doesn't know if he will encounter a bottleneck in the future, but his cultivation of the Great Cosmos Technique, from stardust to starry sky, has mostly been without any bottlenecks and never required spirit stones either.
To him, the most important thing is not the elixirs, but the realization and understanding.
As long as one understands it, the limitations of cultivation are all false.
Now for Ding Huan, just like now, as his starry sky realm is complete and he understands the higher-level principles of the Dao, he naturally touches the cultivation barrier of the next realm.
Ding Huan is certain, this is the true Immortal Realm.
Ding Huan's Great Cosmos Technique is an advanced cultivation method. That is to say, as he continues to cultivate and integrate the laws of the Dao from all things in heaven and earth, his Great Cosmos Technique will also continue to grow and always correspond to his latest cultivation level.
In simple words, that means whether Ding Huan integrates a new law of the Dao or realizes a higher-level principle of the Dao.
His Great Cosmos Technique would change with the Zhou Tian cycle.
Being able to achieve this is still due to Ding Huan's concept when he was building his foundation.
He believes that the foundation of Dao he has forged should not be fixed after the foundation has been built.
This would limit the ultimate growth height of whatever kind of Dao foundation he forges.
This is why the Great Cosmos Technique was born.
The foundation of the Great Cosmos Technique is not fixed, but grows along with his cultivation level.
So after cultivating to the Starry Sky realm, Ding Huan doesn't need to continue deducing his own Daoist cultivation method. The Great Cosmos Technique and the Profound Mind Sea Daoistic Universe will continuously make his cultivation method grow.
Ding Huan paused his cultivation when he touched the bottleneck of the true Immortal Realm.
He cannot undergo the tribulation in front of Chang Danyi.
Ding Huan is very clear that his lightning tribulation is somewhat abnormal. If he underwent it in front of Chang Danyi, it might shake Chang Danyi's confidence in undergoing tribulations.
A cultivator's faith is extremely important. It can sometimes be used to measure a cultivator's growth potential.
Chang Danyi has had enough depth of experience surviving in the Void City over these years.
She also practiced for half a year at the springhead of the Spirit Spring in Byeuhé Xian Dao. Not only had she completely transformed her essence into spirit essence, but her understanding of the Dao of Immortals had also reached its peak.
On the seventeenth day of her attempt to break through to the level of Immortal, Chang Danyi faced the Immortal lightning tribulation.
As the first lightning arc fell, Ding Huan knew that Chang Danyi's lightning tribulation was a tier 19.
The tier 19 lightning tribulation is something he has never crossed before. Chang Danyi's foundation is deep, and she has prepared for so many years. The tier 19 lightning tribulation should be fine for her.
As a matter of fact, after the initial chaos, Chang Danyi withstood the lightning arcs and successfully passed nine lightning tribulation arcs, advancing to the level of Immortal.
Only after seeing Chang Danyi stabilize her cultivation did Ding Huan once again operate the Great Cosmos Technique to attempt to breakthrough to the level of Immortal.
It had only been a single Zhou Tian cycle when his lightning tribulation descended.
Just as Chang Danyi had begun to stabilize her cultivation, she saw that Ding Huan was also beginning to undergo his tribulation, and she immediately paid close attention.
However, when she saw Ding Huan's first group of lightning arcs being nine, she almost had a shocked expression.
What is this?
Could it be that Ding Huan's lightning tribulation is all in one wave?
But the power of this lightning arc is much stronger and more fierce than the ones she underwent when she broke through to the level of Immortal.
This shocked Chang Danyi, but fortunately, when she underwent her tribulation, the lightning arcs were not as terrifying.
Otherwise, she would not have been able to pass this first wave of lightning tribulation.
When the second wave of lightning tribulation, with another nine lightning arcs, fell.
Chang Danyi knew she was overthinking it. Ding Huan's lightning tribulation was certainly not nine arcs.
At this moment, she realized dimly that Ding Huan must have been worried that if she saw his lightning tribulation, she might lose her confidence in undergoing the tribulation.
Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental? She had just undergone her tribulation and Ding Huan had started his own?
Wave after wave of lightning arcs fell, and Ding Huan's Profound Mind Sea Daoistic Universe kept expanding within the lightning tribulation.
Ding Huan also felt increasingly grateful that after advancing to the Star River realm, the threat of the lightning tribulation to him had greatly diminished.
He was not afraid of the lightning arcs that broke bones and joints. He just stood there with his physical body to endure them.
If it was a lightning arc that could take his life, he would quickly channel it into the Profound Mind Sea Daoistic Universe through the Great Cosmos Technique.
His Profound Mind Sea Daoistic Universe, which had formed the Starry Sky, became even more vast. Just a few lightning arcs being drawn in would only cause the Star River's waves to surge.
Can it still tear apart his Star River?
When the third wave of eighteen massive lightning arcs enveloped Ding Huan, Chang Danyi dared not watch anymore.
This is not even mentioning the Chuanfeng Bridge that has not yet been advanced to the level of Immortal, let alone a true Immortal. They would also have to bow down in the face of such terrifying thunder strike.
Who the hell is this kind of supreme power being that I have known?
As long as Ding Huan does not perish, once he grows strong, the Fourth Immortal Realm will not be the end of him.
It is said that there are even higher levels of Immortal Realms in the Fifth Immortal Realm, perhaps that is where Ding Huan should go.
Ding Huan's third wave of lightning tribulation was still ongoing when three more waves followed, totaling twenty-seven lightning arcs.
Ding Huan's physical body was finally torn apart, with each lightning arc that struck him feeling like his bones were being split in half.
Bang!
A strike of such intensity, the lightning arcs from this wave, combined with the spiritual Qi from the Great Cosmos Technique and the Starry Sky realm, finally shattered Ding Huan's cultivation barrier.
At this moment, the spiritual Qi from the Immortal crystals around Ding Huan was instantly stripped away, transforming into a stream of spiritual Qi that was absorbed by Ding Huan.
Ding Huan's spirit essence was wildly accumulating, and the Profound Mind Sea Daoistic Universe in his Profound Mind Sea once again grew.
The Dantian Star Field turned crazily under the impact of spirit essence, and his breath was booming and majestic.
Ding Huan again threw out five thousand Immortal crystals, the dense spiritual essence enveloping his entire body.
Immortal level one, Immortal level two...
After the lightning arcs ended, Ding Huan had already reached the peak of level two in the Immortal Realm.
After more than ten days, Ding Huan cleaned himself up, changed into a set of clothes and put away the extra Immortal crystals.
This time, he used nearly five thousand Immortal crystals for the tribulation.
Except for the Immortal crystals given to Chang Danyi, he had three thousand more.
It's time to go back to Byeuhé Xian Dao to consolidate the Immortal crystals.
"Congratulations, Brother Ding." Chang Danyi heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing Ding Huan successfully pass the Immortal lightning tribulation.
This lightning tribulation is quite terrifying.
"Congratulations as well! Let's go back to the sect and continue our cultivation." Ding Huan was in a great mood.
"Brother Ding, there are no signs of people in the Fourth Immortal Realm. Can we find a spring of spiritual Qi out here in the wilderness?" Chang Danyi couldn't help but ask.
Ding Huan naturally understood Chang Danyi's meaning. If they could find a spring of spiritual Qi outside the sect, it would mean they could cultivate freely outside the sect.
Ding Huan shook his head: "I've already searched for them, but there are no springheads of spiritual Qi.
Ding Huan had performed divination as soon as he came out, and indeed, he couldn't divine the location of any spiritual springheads outside the sect.
This is quite strange, but that is the truth.
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Ding Huan and Chang Danyi, upon returning to the exterior of Byeuhé Xian Dao, saw a huge sign standing at the entrance of the Immortal Gate.
Heartfelt congratulations to Byeuhé Xian Dao for its rise to the 8363rd position in the rankings of ascending Immortal Gate.
Ding Huan was also moved by the fact that just a spring of spiritual Qi had enabled Byeuhé Xian Dao, which was not qualified for the rankings, to make it to the 8363rd position.
It seems that the spring of spiritual Qi he was looking for was quite remarkable.
If he were to stay in Byeuhé Xian Dao for over ten years, Byeuhé Xian Dao would definitely be able to make it into the top ten.
Ding Huan and Chang Danyi were not allowed to get close to the Immortal Gate Hall and the various Immortal Peaks, and even if they went to Cheng Keqiu's place, they had to detour.
Chang Danyi sighed, "Whether it's in the world of cultivators or in the Immortal Realm, there is no change at all. The benefits in the world of cultivators are for a select few, and it's still the same here in the Immortal Realm."
"You spent so much effort to find a spring of spiritual Qi, but you have no right to use it. Now even when we walk, we have to detour around those who use the spiritual Qi from the spring of spiritual Qi."
Ding Huan was silent, as in any place, only by becoming strong can one protect their own things.
Otherwise, you work hard for others, creating immense value while only receiving some paltry benefits, and yet others still feel that it's a favor being done to you.
Ding Huan and Chang Danyi had not yet reached Cheng Keqiu's temporary residence when they were called over by him.
Cheng Keqiu had obviously received a very generous reward, and his residence had been moved to a peak of the Immortal Gate.
Even though it is a multi-cave peak, living here means you have done very well and are part of the Immortal Gate's own people.
"Ding Huan, you're back." Cheng Keqiu was extremely enthusiastic.
"Greetings, Master Cheng." Ding Huan saw that Cheng Keqiu was wearing an official attendant's uniform, realizing that he had become a formal disciple of the sect and even an official attendant.
A cultivator at the Immortal Bridge level becoming an attendant shows how generous the rewards for discovering a spring of spiritual Qi are at Byeuhé Xian Dao.
"Ding Huan, it's good that you're back. Now there is an important matter that requires you to do something."
After Cheng Keqiu finished speaking, he also took out twenty Immortal crystals and handed them to Ding Huan and Chang Danyi respectively: "This is a reward for you two."
Ding Huan naturally would not be modest; even a small thing is better than nothing.
Seeing Ding Huan accept the Immortal crystals, Cheng Keqiu's smile became even wider: "Ding Huan, you need to write down the process and details of finding the spring of spiritual Qi. The Sect Master needs this information to give you greater rewards."
