If I become a saint, a celestial official will summon me to raise horses.

Chapter 136 Breakthrough to the Ninth Level of Nirvana Realm!
Gu An did not use his divine sense to investigate the Xuanxin Realm cultivators in the library. Divine sense cannot be used to investigate lifespan, so it would be meaningless. If the other party had cultivated some kind of extraordinary skill and could detect the spying of a high-level cultivator, it would only cause trouble.

After returning to Xuan Valley, Gu An went upstairs and took out the map scroll and the book given to him by Xu Lu.

This book is called "Records of the World," and it records the general situation of various places. You can find information about all the boundaries on the map in this book.

Gu An carefully observed the area, searching for a suitable place to break through.

Looking at the map, the Nine Dynasties only occupy one-tenth of the continent. The area outside is full of demons and monsters. The names of various mountains and rivers are frightening, such as Demon Shadow Peak, Demon Bone Mountain Range, Human Head Ghost Forest, Fallen Immortal River, and so on.

After much deliberation, Gu An decided to go to the land of demons to break through his cultivation level.

A land teeming with demons and monsters, yet brimming with spiritual energy.

Moreover, since ancient times, there has been no danger at sea in the land of demons.

This map is the best proof, after all, the Supreme Elder has traveled the entire continent.

As night fell, Gu An quietly set off, heading east, slightly north.

Holding a map, he swiftly traversed the darkness with the Boundless Free Step, and soon he left the Taicang Dynasty.

In less than twenty steps, Gu An stepped out of the Nine Dynasties Land and into the Land of Demons.

He sensed an increase in the demonic, evil, and ghostly auras in the world, and that evil spirits were everywhere within his spiritual consciousness.

Looking around, the earth and mountains were shrouded in thick fog, and the mountains resembled giant demons, appearing and disappearing, eerily terrifying.

Gu An sensed the presence of living beings, almost all of whom were demons.

He could occasionally catch glimpses of cultivators. In the dead of night, those cultivators would hide and set up formations to conceal themselves.

Less than half an hour later.

Gu An arrived at Tianhuang Mountain, a colossal mountain towering tens of thousands of feet high and stretching for tens of thousands of miles. According to the Records of Heaven and Earth, in ancient times, a phoenix descended upon this mountain and gave birth to offspring, hence the name Tianhuang Mountain.

Tianhuang Mountain was occupied by monsters. When the author of Tianxia Dilu passed through this place, he was attacked by a powerful monster comparable to the Integration Realm.

Perhaps the spiritual energy of Tianhuang Mountain is not the most abundant, but it is certainly not a place that cannot be visited.

Gu An's divine sense covered the entire Tianhuang Mountain, sensing three Nascent Soul Realm demons, more than a million demons, and countless un-spirited demons.

There are so many demons on this one mountain alone, no wonder it has caused a calamity of demons.

Gu An landed in a forest halfway up the mountain. He sat down under a tree and activated his lifespan barrier.

Following his gaze, the woods were sparse, the eerie mist surged, and the weeds on the ground were blown by the night wind like waves, which was extremely terrifying.

Gu An looked at it for a while, then looked away and brought up the attribute panel.

Looking at his lifespan of 2.38 million years, Gu An felt a pang of heartache.

Who knows how many times we'll fail this time, and it'll probably take several years of effort to achieve this breakthrough.

But he has to keep spending money; staying alive is the most important thing!
Let's start with a lifespan of 100,000 years to calm our nerves!

With a thought, Gu An immediately focused his lifespan on his cultivation.

You have dedicated 100,000 years of your lifespan to the evolutionary cultivation of your spiritual power.

[You cultivated your inner energy for four thousand years, and with your profound mastery of the Innate Immortal Technique, you forcefully attempted to break through to the Nirvana Realm and began your tribulation. However, you failed to withstand the Innate Five Elements Divine Thunder Tribulation.]

[You cultivated your inner energy for eight thousand years, and with your profound mastery of the Innate Immortal Technique, you forcefully attempted to break through to the Nirvana Realm and began your tribulation. However, you failed to withstand the Innate Five Elements Divine Thunder Tribulation.]

……

Good guy!
A tribulation occurs once every four thousand years?
No wonder the Nirvana Realm is the first and most difficult hurdle in the Nine Tribulations of Immortality!
A series of notifications popped up quickly, but Gu An's expression remained unchanged.

A lifespan of 100,000 years has gone down the drain!
Another 100,000 years!
The evolutionary training begins again!
Gu An raised an eyebrow slightly.

All failed!

Continue for another 100,000 years!
Gu An refused to believe in superstitions, and as the third hundred thousand years began, his expression gradually turned ugly.

All failed!

Gu An's face darkened instantly, and he began investing in the fourth hundred thousand years.

The repeated failure prompts jolted his mind, but thankfully he succeeded this time. Seeing the success notification, the gloom in his heart vanished, and a smile bloomed on his face.

[You cultivated your inner energy for 74,000 years. With your profound mastery of the Innate Immortal Technique, you forcefully attempted to break through to the Nirvana Realm and began your tribulation. You survived the Innate Five Elements Divine Thunder Tribulation and successfully transcended the tribulation, breaking through to the first level of the Nirvana Realm.]

[You have cultivated your Qi for 77,000 years, and your cultivation level has risen to the second level of the Nirvana Realm.]

[You have cultivated your Qi for 80,000 years, and your cultivation level has risen to the third level of the Nirvana Realm.]

[You have cultivated your Qi for 83,000 years, and your cultivation level has risen to the fourth level of the Nirvana Realm.]

……

[You have cultivated your inner energy for 98,000 years, and your cultivation level has risen to the eighth level of the Nirvana Realm.]

Eighth level of Nirvana Realm!
It took Gu An five thousand years of his lifespan to go from the seventh to the eighth level of the Nirvana Realm. Gu An immediately invested another four thousand years of his lifespan and successfully reached the ninth level of the Nirvana Realm!

There was no way around it; Gu An was no longer used to seeing numbers other than nine appear in minor realms.

After reaching the ninth level of Nirvana, he could then focus on accumulating lifespan.

boom!
The earth's spiritual energy surged up and entered Gu An's body, instantly shattering his robes. He raised an eyebrow slightly and continued to endure the violent spiritual energy tempering.

Unlike his previous breakthroughs, this time, Gu An felt pain.

Nirvana is a transformation of both body and soul, so some pain is understandable. At the same time, memories of the Nirvana realm flooded into his mind.

As Gu An began to devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy of the entire Tianhuang Mountain began to sink. Moreover, this phenomenon was extremely strong and sudden, startling all the demons.

The howling wind raged across Tianhuang Mountain, and the sounds of roaring and howling echoed throughout the land, deafening and terrifying.

……

The mountains of Beihai, late at night.

In the mountains and forests, a dozen or so disciples of the Tai Xuan Sect sat around a campfire. Zhen Qin turned her head to look at the Xuanmiao Zhenren sitting under a tree not far away. After thinking for a moment, she got up and walked over.

"Senior, is it really not necessary to form an array?" Zhen Qin asked cautiously.

They were all disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall. While on a mission at the border of the Taicang Dynasty, they were attacked by demonic cultivators from the Ephemeral Flower Sect. They were all captured in a magical artifact and then taken to the North Sea Mountains. Fortunately, they were rescued by the Mysterious Immortal; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Master Xuanmiao closed his eyes and calmly said, "It's alright. If any demonic cultivators from the Ephemeral Flower Sect attack, we can just kill them."

After experiencing the Yellow Springs Fox Demon incident, he developed an intense hatred for the Ephemeral Flower Sect.

He believed that the Yellow Spring Fox Demon came from the Ephemeral Flower Sect, otherwise why would she have taken the Ephemeral Flower Poison before, and why would she have told him that the Ephemeral Flower Sect was about to attack? It was obvious that she was plotting against him.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Qin hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

Isn't this using them as bait?
Although she was confused, she held back her confusion.

With their Foundation Establishment cultivation, it would be difficult for them to establish themselves in the North Sea Mountains. They would have to rely on the protection of True Person Xuanmiao. However, True Person Xuanmiao was not a member of the Tai Xuan Sect and had no obligation to protect them. At this moment, she could not offend him.

Zhen Qin turned around and returned to the place where she had been meditating to continue meditating.

Other disciples of the Enforcement Hall began to whisper among themselves, discussing the Ephemeral Flower Sect.

The world is in chaos. The trouble caused by the Ephemeral Flower Sect this time far exceeds that before. The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall feel the pressure and are afraid of dying in this calamity.

"Don't worry, this area is protected by mountain gods. Once I recover from my injuries, I will send you back to the Taicang Dynasty."

The voice of the Mysterious Immortal rang out, drawing the attention of all the disciples.

A male disciple asked curiously, "Mountain God? What mountain god?"

The Mysterious Immortal replied, "Naturally, they are immortals and gods of the mountains. As for where they are, I will not tell you."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, wondering if the mysterious Master Xuanmiao's injury was to his head.

Even Zhen Qin thought that Master Xuanmiao had something wrong with his head.

For a moment, the mountains and forests fell silent.

……

Mount Tianhuang trembled like a raging wave, the earth shook slightly, spiritual mist sank down, and demonic mist rose up. At first glance, it seemed as if dragon shadows were churning everywhere, a magnificent sight.

Gu An, naked, sat cross-legged under a tree. After an hour of meditation, he finally broke through to the Nirvana Realm!

Upon reaching the Nirvana Realm, spiritual power transforms into magical power, and the primordial spirit undergoes a metamorphosis!
Gu An's Xuanxin is already covered with runes, and it is about to hatch its own unique divine power.

He already had an idea: to create supernatural powers using his own cultivation techniques.

His absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth did not slow down; it continued. It would still take some time before he reached the ninth level of the Nirvana Realm.

He opened his eyes and frowned.

A monster is flying towards the mountain forest where he is, currently a hundred miles away. If this monster does not change direction, it may very well break into his lifespan barrier.

"I hope God will protect you. If you break in, even if we have no grudge against each other, you will die."

Gu An silently thought about it, then closed his eyes.

He disliked indiscriminate killing of innocents, including demons. He felt that if any creature that had developed sentience was slaughtered indiscriminately, it would accumulate negative karma for him.

However, he will not show mercy if any living creature threatens him.

Time continues to pass.

Another hour passed.

Gu An's cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Nirvana Realm. The raging winds in the world began to weaken, not because his speed of absorbing spiritual energy had slowed down, but because the spiritual energy of Tianhuang Mountain was almost completely drained. Now the life-sustaining barrier was drawing spiritual energy from even more distant areas.

Miles away.

On the hillside, a red figure is moving forward.

The eerie mist in the sky dissipated, revealing the bright moon. Under the moonlight, a woman in red was moving forward. Her hair was disheveled, she was barefoot, and she walked with faltering steps, as if she were about to collapse at any moment.

Her long hair was a mess, with some strands stuck to her face with blood, making it impossible to see anything but her bright, large eyes.

Her eyes were downcast, and she looked very weak.

"I can't give up... I'll rest in the mountains ahead..."

The woman in red muttered to herself, her vision already blurring.

She staggered forward, taking a full half hour to cover several miles. When she entered the woods, she collapsed into a patch of grass and could not stand up again.

She was less than a hundred feet away from Gu An's lifespan barrier.

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