The First Immortal of Destiny

The brilliance emanating from Shen Mo’s body overshadowed even the misty starlight radiating from the surrounding stars, instantly illuminating the entire Ascension Altar!

The cultivators who came here to listen were astounded by this phenomenon, casting surprised, indifferent, wistful, envious, or jealous glances at Shen Mo...

"This fellow daoist’s inner light is so dazzling; he must have greatly benefited from Senior Zhu’s teachings. Once he returns to the real world, his cultivation will increase by leaps and bounds, truly enviable!"

"Benefiting is certainly a good thing, but with insights so deep and gains so great, when it comes to settling dream realm coins afterward, he might bleed profusely."

"Compared to the improvement of cultivation, a few dream realm coins are nothing!"

"Speaking of which, this fellow daoist looks unfamiliar; is he a newcomer who recently entered the dream realm?"

"In the dream realm, appearances can change according to our whims. How can we discern whether he’s an elder or a newcomer just by appearance? But I do recognize the handsome youth beside him; it’s Wang San from the Phoenix Continent’s Luofu Mountain Range. He’s always maintained this look. I’ll just ask him afterward!"

"..."

The crowd continued their discussions incessantly, and the Zhu surnamed female cultivator giving the lecture also gazed at Shen Mo with slight astonishment.

To earn enough dream realm coins to buy a cultivation method she fancied from a True Immortal figure, she had lectured at the Ascension Altar dozens of times over the years. Many have benefited from her lectures, but it was the first time she encountered someone whose inner light was so dazzling!

"This person’s talent and comprehension are so outstanding that even if his current realm isn’t high, his future achievements are limitless. If there’s a chance, it would be good to acquaint oneself with him," the Zhu surnamed female cultivator pondered silently, but her lecture continued without pause and even became more profound, infused with many esoteric truths not previously shared at the Ascension Altar.

This made Shen Mo’s inner light even more brilliant, and the other cultivators gradually immersed themselves, leaving only the Zhu surnamed female cultivator’s resounding dao sound echoing across the Ascension Altar!

Time passed unknowingly, and the Zhu surnamed female cultivator completed her lecture.

Shen Mo also awoke from his insights, his inner light dimming slightly, and he cupped his hands toward Wang San beside him: "Fellow Daoist Wang, I’ve greatly benefited from Senior Zhu’s lecture and am eager to return to the real world to cultivate, so I’ll take my leave now!"

"Very well. I wish you fulfillment in your cultivation journey and an early attainment of immortality." Wang San replied with a smile.

Subsequently, Shen Mo bowed respectfully to the Zhu surnamed female cultivator at the center of the Ascension Altar;

Although he would later pay a large sum of dream realm coins, thus clearing any debts, the gratitude for aiding his enlightenment couldn’t be measured by mere money itself. He would remember this kindness!

The Zhu surnamed female cultivator, sensing his gratitude, looked at Shen Mo and nodded with a smile.

In the next moment.

Shen Mo’s figure gradually dimmed and faded away from the dream realm like an ephemeral bubble!

...

Li Mountain Elixir Sect, secret chamber.

Shen Mo’s consciousness withdrew from the dream realm, and he slowly opened his eyes, not leaving the chamber but instead mobilizing Mana to refine the Clear Spirit Qi stored within his Vitality!

This time, by listening to the lecture of the late Formless Realm Zhu surnamed female cultivator, Shen Mo digested, absorbed, and comprehended the teachings, allowing him to suddenly grasp new insights, as if seeing daylight after dispersing fog. The bottleneck in his cultivation was subsequently broken... and now, he prepared to enter a closed-door cultivation to strive for an advancement to the Divine Bridge Peak Realm.

[You have refined the Clear Spirit Qi, with its vast and miraculous power filling your body, gradually transforming into the power of chaotic Yuan, enhancing your Essence and Qi, and increasing your cultivation.]

The current enhancement in cultivation has restored it to the level before encountering the bottleneck, no longer progressing at a snail’s pace.

With a knowing smile, Shen Mo once again calmed his mind and focused entirely on cultivating...

In the region spanning thousands of miles around the Li Mountain Elixir Sect, the nature’s spiritual energy underwent anomalies, as if an infinite abyss had formed at some spot in the sect’s vicinity, causing immense spiritual energy to pour in like oceanic tides, creating a vast yet invisible vortex, reshaping the cloud formations and mists surrounding Dayu Mountain.

At some unknown point, this anomaly suddenly intensified, causing the nature’s spiritual energy to become violently turbulent, shredding even the mists!

A large number of Elixir Sect cultivators were startled out of their cultivation, exiting their cave mansions to gaze in the direction where the spiritual energy was converging, the turbulence being so intense they couldn’t circulate their Mana. Otherwise, they risk losing control of their Mana and True Yuan during cultivation, potentially leading to qi deviation and damage to their Dao Body;

Zhao Lingyin, Flower Fairy Ami, Qian Xiaofeng, and others also exited their temporary mansions, realizing that it was Shen Mo breaking through his current Realm, all with joyful expressions on their faces!

Within the closed-off chamber, Shen Mo had refined all the accumulated Clear Spirit Qi, now only a step away from reaching the Divine Bridge Peak, unlike regular cultivation bottlenecks, each Minor Realm served as a barrier; if not breached, he would fall back into a bottleneck.

However, for Shen Mo, breaking through Minor Realms was easier than overcoming bottleneck periods!

He retrieved several bottles of High-Grade Spirit Pills, meticulously combining them before swallowing them all; even this was insufficient, as he also procured the corpses of the Thousands Insects Evil Corpse Roc and Demon-corrupted True Dragon, enshrouding both with the blood-red silk threads emerging from the Bloody Fiend Pearl, forming sanguine cocoons.

The "Chaotic Yuan and One Qi" technique relentlessly absorbed nature’s spiritual energy and refined the power of Elixir, with the breath of Primal Spirit, dilute Clear Spirit Qi, and surging medicinal properties directly transformed into his own Mana; meanwhile, various harmful Demonic Qi and Turbid Qi were continuously enhancing his organs under the circulation of "South Hua Treasure Body Traversing Difficulty Immortal Scripture".

Moreover, under the "Spirit Devouring" Skill of the "Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body", the primal power in the flesh and blood of two Demon corpses was absorbed as fuel, fiercely burning and propelling his cultivation level upwards; the remnants of the demonic cultivation level imprint and unrefinable will were coughed out and stored in the Sword Zone space, fed to the Evil-eating Centipede!

Under these augmented methods, Shen Mo’s primal Essence and Qi and the power of chaotic Yuan grew increasingly vast and terrifying, consistently challenging the barrier at the Divine Bridge Peak.

"Boom!"

Inside the chamber, a loud bang akin to thunder erupted out of nowhere, accompanied by a monstrous sound from Shen Mo’s Dao Body.

Simultaneously, the air above the Li Mountain Elixir Sect manifested myriad strange visions, with auspicious clouds floating, thousands of swords flying, spring water gushing, celestial maidens singing and dancing, jade trees competing for beauty, auspicious beasts roaming... While those of lower cultivation may consider these mere illusions, those with deeper cultivation clearly sensed these as signs of a Great Cultivator breaking through!

These visions didn’t last long, quickly disappearing, replaced by increasingly tumultuous spiritual energy from all directions, surging towards Shen Mo’s closed chamber.