Chapter 497 - 260: A Thousand-Year Separation, A Sudden Breakthrough
This way, his subsequent cultivation as a Tier Ten Life could also reach the absolute limit!
You could say,
every step Wang Xiao took now was a hundred, even a thousand, times more difficult than it was for others.
However, if he succeeded in his cultivation, the benefits and the increase in his power would also be a hundred or a thousand times greater than anyone else’s.
"Master, you’re back!"
Pei Shiqi looked at Wang Xiao, her eyes filled with delighted surprise.
Ever since the great war on Earth ended and the Mutant Beast crisis was resolved, she had seen Wang Xiao less and less.
However,
she also knew that cultivation grew more difficult the further one progressed.
Wang Xiao couldn’t possibly stay at the Martial Arts Hall all the time.
Even she was having thoughts of heading into the starry sky to seek her own breakthrough.
Wang Xiao nodded slightly.
"How has the Martial Arts Hall been? Has anything happened?"
Pei Shiqi said,
"Nothing’s wrong. It’s just that people often ask when you, Master, will give another lecture on the Dao."
Wang Xiao nodded slightly.
"Alright. Go and spread the word. I will be giving a lecture from two o’clock this afternoon until two o’clock tomorrow afternoon!"
Although he needed to focus on his own cultivation, sparing a single day was no great matter.
If Earth wanted to develop and grow stronger, it couldn’t rely on his strength alone.
He had received so many of Earth’s resources; naturally, he needed to give back.
"Yes," Pei Shiqi replied with a nod.
She knew that once the news of her master’s lecture got out, it would cause a global sensation.
Ever since the great war on Earth,
her master’s popularity had far surpassed that of the previous Tier Nine Life forms.
It was no exaggeration to call him the number one person on Earth.
Wang Xiao thought for a moment, then said,
"Also, get ready. I will have Elder Gu take you to the Great Dao Relics. There, you can comprehend the various Great Daos much more quickly!"
He knew that even if he hadn’t brought it up, Pei Shiqi’s strength already qualified her to enter the Great Dao Relics.
He was simply moving the timeline up a bit for her.
"Yes, Master!"
Pei Shiqi’s beautiful eyes lit up.
She was not the same person she used to be and had naturally heard of the famous Great Dao Relics.
She knew that inside, as long as one hunted those Great Dao Creatures, there was a chance to comprehend the corresponding Great Dao Rules.
It was an absolute Blessed Land for Evolvers like her at the Limit Breaking Level!
After all—
an ordinary Evolver at the Limit Breaking Level, wanting to comprehend a Great Dao Rule and condense a Dao Fruit, would probably need hundreds or thousands of years.
And an Evolver at the Limit Breaking Level only had a lifespan of ten thousand years at most.
They simply couldn’t afford such a time commitment.
"Mm, cultivate well. The road ahead is still long."
Wang Xiao nodded slightly.
He didn’t chat much more with Pei Shiqi and turned to go back to his room.
Over the next day, the news of Wang Xiao’s public lecture quickly spread across the globe.
Almost every Evolver with the right connections traveled from all over the country, hoping to hear Wang Xiao lecture in person!
Furthermore, Wang Xiao’s entire lecture was broadcast throughout the nation via official channels!
The streets of Dachang City were practically deserted.
Wang Xiao had already broken through to the Tier Ten Life realm once before.
Although his main body was still at the Tier Eight Life realm, in terms of insight and comprehension, he could be called second to none beneath the starry sky!
Therefore,
even when he spoke of simple Cultivation Techniques, he could explain them with profound simplicity.
This allowed Evolvers of all stages to benefit immensely!
「One day later.」
The lecture ended.
Wang Xiao met with his friends—Ji Wuchang, Qin Mengyun, and the others—for a while.
However,
they just ate and chatted idly, not discussing cultivation much at all.
After all—
Wang Xiao’s current realm had already surpassed Ji Wuchang and the others by too much.
In the past, Ji Wuchang and the others could still exchange some cultivation insights with Wang Xiao.
Now, even the strongest among them, Ji Wuchang, couldn’t hope to catch up to Wang Xiao.
Discussing cultivation any further would have just been pointless.
「The next day.」
After meeting with Ji Wuchang and the others again, Wang Xiao found Gu Tiandu and had him take Pei Shiqi to the Great Dao Relics to cultivate.
As for Wang Xiao himself, he went directly to the Daoist Lord Realm where Xu Muying was.
He was also quite curious about how much time had passed in the Daoist Lord Realm during his absence.
The ratio of time flow between the Daoist Lord Realm and the Real World was:
for every day that passed in the Real World, five years passed in the Daoist Lord Realm!
Right now, almost a year had passed in the Real World.
That meant nearly 1,500 years must have passed in the Daoist Lord Realm.
Fortunately, Xu Muying had already broken through to Tier Seven Life and was advancing towards Tier Eight Life.
A thousand years was nothing to a being at her level.
Soon, Wang Xiao arrived in a courtyard in Fengdu City, located within the Daoist Lord Realm.
This was exactly the place where Xu Muying cultivated.
’Not here?!’
Wang Xiao swept out his Divine Thought but found no trace of Xu Muying.
His Divine Thought spread out again, extending over hundreds of light-years of starry sky, almost covering an entire star system.
Unfortunately, he still didn’t find Xu Muying.
’Did something happen?!’
Wang Xiao’s brow twitched slightly.
He wasn’t too worried, though.
He could sense that the thread of Cause and Effect between him and Xu Muying was still intact, which meant she was still alive.
And, she hadn’t encountered any life-threatening danger.
’She left me a letter.’
Suddenly, Wang Xiao’s gaze shifted. With a wave of his hand,
a letter formed from Xu Muying’s Divine Thought landed in his hand.
Xu Muying’s voice came from inside it.
"The Broken Monk, Daoist Lord of Primordial Void, and others discovered a mysterious place in the starry sky and invited me to explore it. My cultivation has reached a bottleneck, so I agreed."
"This trip will likely take a hundred years. If you return while I’m gone, don’t miss me, and don’t worry."
"..."
As Wang Xiao listened to Xu Muying’s message, his eyes flickered.
This letter was left five hundred years ago.
It also marked the general direction and location of this mysterious place.
The distance from here was probably several thousand light-years.
Wang Xiao had no intention of heading to the mysterious place mentioned in Xu Muying’s letter.
He had his own path to walk, and Xu Muying had hers!
Xu Muying had always been her own person. There was no need for him to interfere excessively.
Calming his mind,
Wang Xiao took out the Chaos Cyan Lotus Seed and began his push for the Tier Nine Life realm!
He had already completed the first step to becoming a Tier Nine Life: Mysterious Condensation Patterns.
The remaining steps were Rune Heaven and Earth and Starry Sky Resonance.
With the help of the Chaos Cyan Lotus, it shouldn’t take much time to break through!
And just like that,
three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
The Rune Heaven and Earth inside Wang Xiao’s body suddenly surged.
In an instant,
the starry sky seemed to answer its call, erupting in a furious resonance.
No less than ten billion Space Layers vibrated wildly.
At this moment,
Wang Xiao could clearly perceive the changes in the starry sky.
Every single Space Layer within it was completely under his control and could be activated by him at any time.
He could even create permanent spatial rifts in the starry sky!
’With the help of the Chaos Cyan Lotus Seed, I’ve finally pushed the Starry Sky Resonance to its absolute limit!’
Wang Xiao let out a breath of relief.
He had refined and absorbed all of the yellow, green, and cyan lotus seeds, causing the number of Rule Runes within his Rune Heaven and Earth to reach the absolute limit of 129,600!
This was the absolute limit for the number of Rule Runes!
Afterward,
by relying on his ultimate Rune Heaven and Earth, Wang Xiao also gained control over the ultimate limit of ten billion Space Layers.
Even the slightest imperfection would have rendered it incomplete.
’There are still the last three lotus seeds—blue, gold, and purple. These seem to be related to the Ultimate Sublimation needed to break through to the Tier Ten Life realm.’
A glint appeared in Wang Xiao’s eyes.
Without the slightest pause, after breaking through to the Tier Nine Life realm, he immediately began his push toward Tier Ten!
After all—
although three hundred years had passed in the Daoist Lord Realm, only two months had passed in the Real World.
This bit of time,
he could afford to be gone for this long without arousing suspicion.
’Thousand Transformations, Two Realms Without Interval, Primordial Chaos of Creation...’
Wang Xiao activated the power of the Rune Heaven and Earth within him, causing one billion Space Layers to resonate continuously.
Infinite power suffused his body, causing every cell within him to transform!
Thousand Transformations was the first step of this complete metamorphosis.
Once he reached this realm,
Wang Xiao would be able to transform into anything in existence, no longer bound to his individual form!
This was also the prerequisite for breaking through to Two Realms Without Interval.
This bout of cultivation lasted for another five hundred years!
Relying on the boost from One Qi Transformed into the Three Pristine Ones and his own foundation built to the absolute limit,
he finally took the first step toward the Tier Ten Life realm: Thousand Transformations.