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Chapter 504 Tenth Level of Qi Refining, Ascending to Immortality

Three items dropped in the mortal realm.

The first item was the peerless demon-slaying sword, but this time, what appeared before Xiao Jie was the fully unsealed, complete version.

【Demon-Slaying Sword (One-Handed Sword/Grade 8 Divine Weapon)】

Attack: 108 slashes, 98 thrusts.

Equipment requirements: Immortal Realm/Mortal Realm.

Equipment Effect 1: Demon-Slaying Sword Soul. This sword contains a sword soul, which can deal 100% enhanced damage when attacking demons, monsters, and ghosts. When the wielder gains the sword soul's approval, they can summon the sword soul to interact and learn the exclusive sword techniques mastered by the sword soul.

Equipment Effect 2: Demon-Slaying Sword Qi.

Each time a demon is slain, the runes on the sword's spine will absorb its remnants (up to 99). Consuming these remnants activates [Demon-Slaying Sword Qi], which deals an additional "Spirituality x10" damage.

Equipment Effect 3: Spirit Awakening Sword Seal (Fully Unsealed). The seal once set by the immortals makes this sword appear ordinary. It can only be unsealed if the corresponding conditions are met. Each unsealed layer reduces the equipment requirements of this weapon.

Item Description: This is the treasured sword used by the Demon-Slaying Immortal Lin Xuance when he descended to the mortal realm to exorcise demons. The hilt is inscribed with the cloud-shaped characters, "Use killing to stop killing, use demons to slay demons." Legend has it that Lin Xuance used this sword to slay countless demons and evil spirits, and before returning to the celestial realm, he left it in the mortal world, where only those with the right destiny can wield it.

The second item was a piece of clothing, a very worn-out coarse linen garment, which was the same one worn by the True Man of the Mortal World.

[The Ascended's Robe (Cloth Robe/Ninth-Rank Divine Artifact)]

Body defense: 60.

Spirit +10.

Spirituality +10.

Equipment requirement: Spirit 80.

Equipment Effect 1: Meditation. When you enter a meditative state, your Comprehension attribute is doubled, and your mana regeneration speed is increased by 300%.

Equipment Effect 2: Rising Clouds. Activation: Protects oneself with the power of purple clouds, increasing magic resistance by 300 points for 30 minutes.

Equipment Effect 3: Ascension. Activation: Uses a LV5 Wind Riding Technique on the wearer, allowing them to float in the air. Lasts 30 minutes.

Item Description: The robe worn by the True Immortal Hongchen when he ascended to immortality. Although his ascension failed and he ultimately perished, during his brief period of immortality, he still gained powerful immortal energy beyond the mortal realm. This old hemp robe thus became imbued with immortal energy, transcending the mundane and acquiring wondrous power.

The third item was a golden inner core.

The Golden Core (Inner Core/First-Grade Spiritual Object) of the Mortal World Immortal
Usage: Can be used to refine elixirs or magical artifacts.

Item Description: A golden inner core radiating dazzling golden light, containing pure and powerful innate spiritual energy.

Looking at the three dropped items, Xiao Jie marveled at their attributes, but a sense of doubt also arose in his heart.

These two artifacts are undoubtedly the strongest equipment Xiao Jie has ever seen, but why is their quality blue?

Logically speaking, with white, green, blue, purple, and orange, this artifact should be even higher than the legendary ones, so a new color should appear. However, it turns out to be the same color as the excellent-level blue equipment.

And that golden pill was only of green quality.

That's a bit strange.

However, this attribute is really strong. In the past, Xiao Jie would probably have been overjoyed. But now, thinking of his teammates being wiped out and only himself surviving, he couldn't help but sigh. No matter how good the drop was, it couldn't bring him joy.

(It doesn't matter. Once I ascend to immortality, this will all be fine. I can just revive them then.)
Xiao Jie comforted himself and picked up the three treasures one by one. Without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a Storm Thunder Eagle and flew towards the direction of the Heavenly Waterfall Cave.

Although Master Hongchen said that it was impossible for him to ascend in his current state, he had to give it a try since he was already here. What if he succeeded?

Meanwhile, the wails of the dead cannon fodder players could still be heard from time to time in YY, and those who had run away earlier also began to inquire about the battle situation.

It was noisy and chaotic.

Xiao Jie paid no attention to it. He turned off the team channel and only kept the teammates in the team channel.

At this moment, all he could think about was quickly advancing his Qi Refining Technique to the tenth level, to try and achieve the effect of ascending to immortality. If he succeeded, everything would be perfect.

Without any obstacles, Xiao Jie easily arrived at the Heavenly Waterfall Cave in Konglao Mountain. He flew into the cave and landed in the huge sinkhole of the Heavenly Waterfall Cave.

After transforming back into human form, Xiao Jie first summoned the giant orange cat. He needed more help to search the cave.

Unexpectedly——

[System notification: Your pet has escaped for unknown reasons.]

Dry!
I can't believe even my baby is gone. This coward... all he did was run into a celestial being.

At this point, Xiao Jie was numb to the problem, having lost so many teammates. He thought to himself, "Let's just run away."

Using the avatar technique, they summoned their own clones, and the two searched the cave together to confirm that there was no danger.

Xiao Jie then had his clone guard the cave entrance, and took out the Mortal Golden Pill to begin refining it.

The golden core and the demon core were indeed completely different. The spiritual energy refined from the golden core was extremely pure, radiating a pure light, and its color was very similar to that of the spiritual energy in the blessed land, only much thicker and more abundant. In contrast, the spiritual energy refined from the demon cores and dragon pearls had some strange colors that were hard to describe, which seemed to symbolize that they contained demonic power of different attributes.

In the past, I didn't have a choice, and I didn't think that much about it.

As he continued to absorb spiritual energy, Xiao Jie finally broke through to the final level of his Qi Refining Technique.

System notification: Your Ancient Qi Cultivation Technique level has increased, and you have successfully unlocked the tenth realm—the Ascension Realm. Legendary trait [Ascension to Immortality] has been unlocked.

It's a success! Now, we'll see if it can ascend to heaven.

Logically, since the skill was given, it should allow ascension.

Xiao Jie opened the skill list and, sure enough, found a new legendary trait.

Trait 10: Ascension to Immortality – Rising with the clouds, departing from the mortal world, ascending to the Jade Palace to attain eternal immortality. (Click to view details)

The next effect is to ascend to immortality, transcending the mortal world and achieving the power of an immortal being.

The description was very appealing to Xiao Jie; at least on the surface, it seemed to have no problems.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jie clicked the mouse on the icon for ascending to immortality.

In an instant, the spiritual energy within his body surged wildly, and the dissipated spiritual energy formed a huge vortex around his body, constantly rotating, surging into his body and then surging out again, like a torrent constantly washing over his physical body. The powerful force made Xiao Jie slowly float up.

This surging and vast spiritual energy was transforming his physical body and purifying his primordial spirit. His five-element robes and long hair danced wildly with the spiritual energy, making him look like a Super Saiyan transforming.

There's hope! Xiao Jie felt a surge of anticipation. However, the next second, his body beneath the robe reacted strangely, as if countless worms were writhing wildly inside him, causing his entire body to convulse.

Its body kept expanding and twisting, sometimes bulging out, sometimes sinking in. Oh no!

Xiao Jie understood that it wasn't some kind of worm, but rather the flesh and blood within his body undergoing changes. His body was a demonic spirit body completely transformed by demonic power, no longer human, but a special form that he himself couldn't understand, capable of transforming into different demonic beasts according to his will.

Clearly, this power is the complete opposite of the power to ascend to immortality.

Stimulated by the power of ascension, the demonic power within him began to fight against it.

With a tearing sound, a giant wing grew from his back; with a tearing sound, one hand transformed into a giant wolf claw; with a tearing sound, another hand transformed into a tiger claw.

Xiao Jie's game character struggled in the air, constantly changing shape.

The limbs are changing, the body is changing, and the mind is changing too.

The person resembled a cobbled-together bio-monster, with each part constantly changing shape.

It still didn't work! Xiao Jie sighed inwardly. Although he had expected this result, he still couldn't help but feel disappointed at the moment of failure.

He dared not continue any longer; if he kept changing like this, he feared he might truly turn into a monster.

He could only release the skill icon, and the vortex of spiritual energy gradually dissipated. The dissipated spiritual energy was once again absorbed into his body, and the twisted body that had become a terrifying monster gradually recovered, eventually returning to its human form.

[System notification: Your ascension has failed, and your Qi Refining level has decreased.]

[System notification: Your 'Enlightenment' state has been triggered; you have gained an 'insight'!]

Xiao Jie hurriedly checked his spiritual energy value. This failed ascension had cost him more than a thousand spiritual energy, and his Qi Refining level had dropped back to the ninth level—90%.

This isn't a big problem. He can kill a few more monsters and reach the tenth level again. In fact, Xiao Jie already has quite a few demon cores in his bag that he can refine.

However, there was no clue as to the problem of the failed ascension, and it was clear that ascension could not be successful until this problem was solved.

To Xiao Jie's surprise and delight, this sudden realization came as a pleasant surprise.

[Words of Enlightenment: You have successfully mastered the ability to transform into a fierce tiger and a true dragon, thus gaining a deeper understanding of the Tiger Roar Skill and the Dragon Chant Skill. During your ascension, the essence of the Mountain Lord and the True Dragon within your body resonated, and your Tiger Roar Skill and Dragon Chant Skill were thus merged, thereby comprehending the peerless internal skill [Tiger Roar and Dragon Chant Divine Skill].]

Xiao Jie was speechless. He had already switched to the magic system, but he never expected to unexpectedly master a peerless divine skill.

But it's better than nothing, right?

Tiger Roar and Dragon Cry Divine Skill (Internal Skill/Peerless Divine Skill)

Basic effect: Each level of skill increases your maximum internal energy value by 300 points.

Skill Effect 1: Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry. Each level of skill increases the power of your roar-type skills by 30% and the speed of your internal energy recovery by 30%.

Skill Effect 2: Dragon Soars and Tiger Leaps. Each level of skill increases your Agility and Strength by 5 points each, and also increases the effectiveness of your Lightness Skill by 10%.

Internal Skill Introduction: This miraculous skill is achieved by integrating the power of the dragon and tiger into the internal energy cultivation method. It possesses the might of a tiger's roar and the force of a dragon's cry; this is a peerless skill combining external kingship and internal sainthood.

This internal skill is indeed powerful. Since it is a fusion of two max-level internal skills, Xiao Jie directly obtained the max-level Tiger Roar and Dragon Chant Divine Skill, and his internal energy value limit increased by more than a thousand.

After activating the skill, strength and agility increase by 50 points, and there are multiple effects such as lightness skill, roar, and energy recovery. This is even more powerful than the Tiger Roar Skill and Dragon Chant Skill combined.

Not bad, consider it a consolation prize.

After switching his cultivation technique to the Tiger Roar and Dragon Cry Divine Skill, Xiao Jie immediately began to think again about how to become an immortal.

While thinking, he said in YY: "Sorry everyone, as expected, I can't ascend. I just tested this ascension to immortality function, thinking that maybe it would work, but I almost turned into a monster..."

Deidara said, "Alright, that 'Red Dust' wasn't lying after all. What do we do now?"

Bai Ze said, "Don't worry, there should always be a way. There might be clues to becoming an immortal left in this Heavenly Waterfall Cave. Why don't you look for it again?"

Xiao Jie, however, felt that the possibility was unlikely. If there really was a shortcut to becoming an immortal, the True Man of the Mortal World would not have been trapped in this place for tens of thousands of years.

But he did not refuse and immediately began searching.

However, while they found many rare and precious materials in the cave, and the stone carvings left by the ancient Qi cultivators were still there, they found no clues whatsoever about becoming an immortal.

After going around in circles, Xiao Jie returned to the sinkhole.

Looking at the avatars of everyone in YY, Xiao Jie felt a pang of guilt.

Instead, his teammates started to comfort him.

"If you can't find it, that's fine. Just keep trying your best. We believe you'll succeed sooner or later." A teammate's voice came through YY. It was Wentian Wuji.

“That’s right. The reason we’re willing to risk our lives to support you is because we believe in your strength,” chivalrous peerless chivalrous ...

"Brother Feng, you can definitely do it!" I said with great certainty.

"Brother Suifeng, I'm waiting for you to save me. To be honest, I'm really curious about what death tastes like." Haomie's voice was quite calm, yet tinged with a hint of disappointment.

"Brother Feng, you must become an immortal! Remember to compile a guide on how to become an immortal so that we can experience the taste of immortality after we are resurrected." Bai Ze was clearly in a good mood, and his tone even carried a hint of teasing.

"Definitely!" Xiao Jie said solemnly.

"Then I can go in peace. I still have to make my final arrangements," the Drunken Sword Immortal said sullenly.

"I had everything arranged long ago, it's just a matter of one phone call."

"Brother Suifeng—I believe you can do it."

“Remember, you’re not just carrying one person on your back…” Ye Luo said finally.

One by one, people left their final words of encouragement before disappearing from the YY channel.

Until the last one disappears.

Xiao Jie stared at the completely darkened channel avatars and fell silent for a moment.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps made Xiao Jie's expression change slightly.

"Someone's coming—it's the one who ran away earlier," the clone guarding the cave entrance warned.

Strangely enough, this clone's tone and manner of speaking were exactly the same as Xiao Jie's, giving the strange feeling of being impersonated when communicating with him.

But it really is very useful.

As soon as Xiao Jie turned around, he saw a thief cautiously walking in from the other side of the cave.

(End of this chapter)