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Chapter 176 Advancement of the Three-Life Eye

Jing Qian's consciousness landed on this strange dial, and he felt an infinite, wondrous, and surging sensation within it.

He was in a daze, completely disoriented, unable to find his bearings. The ever-changing mystical phenomena were the turbulent currents of time, swirling within his consciousness, causing him to sink into a state of intoxication from which he could not extricate himself.

During this process, a life-or-death test fell upon him.

Jing Qian's cultivation level was too low. He was able to ascend to the [Clock of Time] entirely by luck. He had exploited a bug, and his own level was simply not high enough to support this position.

The power of time is terrifying. Without sufficient strength to anchor one's own existence, being swept away by the turbulent currents of time on this bell, even if one obtains the Nine-Character Life Stele on the Mountain of Immortal Qi, will surely lead to death!
Jing Qian has wasted over 50,000 years of his lifespan, courting death!
When he appeared on the Clock of Time, occupying the last segment, between 59 and 60 minutes, the only empty mark, the entire clock was now completely filled with numerous wondrous and unparalleled auras.

At this very moment, all those beings in good condition are, in their own way, peering at the sixtieth square on the dial, awaiting the changes within.

Those gazes were filled with anticipation and murderous intent!
Behind each mark stands a being of the first rank. In all the heavens and myriad realms, there are a total of fifty-nine great cultivators with such qualifications.

Whether or not one can ascend the "Clock of Time" is the biggest difference between a first-rank official and a second-rank official.

When a second-rank cultivator of the Nine-Character Life Stele continues to accumulate magical power and increase combat strength until they break through to the Golden Immortal Spiritual Qi and condense Immortal Qi in their body, they can advance to the first-rank level, undergoing a qualitative change in their cultivation.

However, whether one can accumulate enough insights into the Great Dao of Time to break through the barrier of time and ascend the [Clock of Time] is the fundamental factor that determines whether one can advance to the Zhengyi rank.

The spaces on the Clock are limited, first come, first served.

However, in reality, although the number of beings of the first rank is significantly greater than that of beings of the true first rank, the number of beings that can actually break through the barrier of time and descend here is not as fast as the rate at which beings of the true first rank fall in rank.

Therefore, it is not an easy thing for the clock of time to be perfectly aligned in each cycle.

Jing Qian's appearance just filled the sixtieth vacancy. If he can withstand the erosion of time and establish a firm foundation, it will be of vital importance to this cycle!
At the critical moment when he was fighting for his life, most people were paying attention to his changes.

But his breath was rapidly deteriorating!

Within the [Virtual Realm], Jing Qian was in a state of utter bewilderment.

The change in his lifespan completely shattered his understanding, leaving him in an extremely awkward situation.

Encountering opportunities beyond his capabilities too early brought about extremely severe backlash!

A tremendous calamity suddenly descended upon him. Even though he was the Pure Yang Master and had long been prepared for calamities, this one was so treacherous that it was not something he could easily overcome!

However, when faced with life and death, he would never give up the struggle or resign himself to death!

Even if it costs him everything, he has to fight for a way to survive!
Within his life-stele space, the [Sumeru Great Dao Stele] was fully activated, displaying its divine power.

A thick beam of divine light from the Source of Wisdom shone forth from the sea of ​​consciousness and landed on the Three Lives Three Worlds Immortal Eye between the eyebrows.

In an instant, this powerful [spiritual energy] was stimulated, and its aura suddenly changed, with boundless Daoist meaning beginning to emanate.

With the power of the Three Lives Eye, he barely withstood the onslaught from the Clock of Time, gaining a brief respite.

However, this is only temporary!
Even with the first-rank [Three Lives Eye], Jing Qian could only be temporarily protected by the activation of [Source of Wisdom]!

To truly gain a foothold, he must develop his own unique first-grade power!
He poured all his remaining lifespan into the [Sculpture of Wisdom] without reservation, in order to unleash the potential of the [Three Lives Eye].

At this crucial juncture, he must go all out and do the impossible to refine the [Three Lives Eye] to the highest rank!
This was his only lifeline!
Jing Qian went all out, burning his remaining 66,000 years of lifespan. The resulting [Sculpt of Wisdom Source] was like divine light descending from the heavens, rapidly enhancing the essence of the [Three Lives Eye]!

a thousand years……

Twenty thousand years...

Thirty thousand years...

Jing Qian's pressure gradually reached its limit, and as his lifespan burned away, he suddenly realized that 60,000 years was simply not enough!
To advance the [Three Lives Eye] to the first rank, the divine eye must be burned to produce the Time Dao attribute.

He needs to live longer!

As his lifespan burned away, he suddenly opened his eyes in the [Void Realm], waking up from his meditation.

The "Three Lives Eye" between the eyebrows is in a strange state, as if it can glimpse the past and the future.

He is desperately searching for any chance of survival!
The divine eye surveyed the [Tower District], where many [Spirit Officials] were hiding within the towers, quietly cultivating.

Jing Qian quickly assessed how many people he needed to kill to earn enough lifespan to advance his [Three Lives Eye]!

However, after some deduction, he was shocked to discover that although these human cultivators were numerous, they were not so easy to kill.

Not to mention that these great cultivators occupy the advantageous position of the tower, if he were to slaughter the Empress's people in front of her, it would undoubtedly be another way of courting death.

There's only one way left to survive!

Jing Qian no longer hesitated and began to fight with all his might!

He ripped open a void wormhole, leading directly to the Ghost Palace within the Great Black Heaven.

Without further hesitation, a dazzling sword light slashed towards the main hall.

"Boom!"

The sound of the main hall being struck echoed for miles, causing it to shake violently and nearly damaging its foundation.

Sensing Jing Qian's determination to die, the black and white snakes dared not disobey and contributed all of their accumulated [Ghost King Immortal Qi].

There are as many as thirty-six!
Jing Qian retrieved the Immortal Qi from the Dark Heaven, grabbed the Good Corn directly in front of him, and then poured all the Immortal Qi into its body.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed [Good Corn] by the waist and delivered a powerful whip kick, sending him flying.

Through a series of coincidences, he, who had been temporarily elevated to the [First Grade] level [Outer Path Moon], successfully ascended to the [Chronicle of Time].

After the "Good Corn" appeared here, it immediately became a sitting duck for the "Chronicle of Time," and was eroded by the endless flow of time, teetering on the brink of collapse.

Fortunately, there was enough [Immortal Qi] to sustain it temporarily.

With it shielding him from the attack, Jing Qian was finally able to temporarily escape all interference from the [Time Clock].

Without further hesitation, he flashed out of the [Void Realm], stood on the top floor of his own [Tower of Babel], opened the blue crystal door in front of him, and with a wave of spatial power, plunged inside.

Jing Qian actually rushed into the [Insect Hive Universe]!
Rather than passively waiting to die, it's better to take the initiative.

Currently, only within the [Insect Nest Universe] can he harvest enough lifespan to refine the [Three Lives Eye]!
This is his only chance to survive!
The [Insect Hive Universe] is not a traditional stellar realm, but a vast expanse of flesh and blood that stretches across the void and continues to spread and grow.

Countless insect demons are born and perish within this aggregation of flesh and blood, sacrificing their lives for the growth of the insect hive. Under the control of a first-rank [Insect Queen], these insect demons form a stable and powerful community, pursuing all their own interests through the growth of their species.

They have no concept of individual value and never care about the advancement of individual cultivation.

Even a second-rate antagonist would be willing to sacrifice himself to maximize the benefits for the community.

The continuous spread of this [Insect Hive Universe] is a terrifying natural disaster for all surrounding realms.

The endless stream of insect demons is the culprit behind the destruction of realms and domains.

This desolate wasteland is a forbidden zone for all living beings.

On this day, a slender figure pierced through the barrier of space and descended upon this place.

As soon as Jing Qian appeared, he immediately concealed himself in the [Sumeru] dimension. Then, with a flash of invisible sword light, he slashed out of the void dimension and killed a nearby insect demon with a single sword strike.

A lifespan of seventeen years is handed over!

His face was cold and stern, and he was giving it his all without holding back. This was not a simple hunt, but a desperate struggle for survival in the face of death!
With the Three-Life Eyes surveying the Insect Nest Universe, Jing Qian's ability revealed that all he could see were fleshy insect nests, stretching endlessly.

Countless insect demons, large and small, are mingling within the flesh-and-blood insect nest, contributing their strength to its growth through the unique cultivation methods of the insect demon race.

Jing Qian ventured into perilous territory without fear, embarking on the most unrestrained slaughter since he began his cultivation!
He leaped into the light and hovered within the [Sumeru] dimension, each pause corresponding to the location of a worm demon in the mortal world.

By striking the sword through the void, the sword's power remains undiminished, further minimizing the risk.

He was like a shadow of slaughter, leaving no trace of his existence, washing over the flesh and blood of the insect nest, capturing and killing all the insect demons within.

His rapidly depleting lifespan finally began to stop declining and start to recover.

After such a long delay, he has less than ten thousand years of lifespan left.

At this moment, his killing speed and the consumption of [Source of Wisdom] reached a tight balance.

He dared not stop wielding his sword to kill the insect demons, nor did he dare stop the spiritual light of the Source of Wisdom illuminating the Eye of Three Lives.

If either of these two steps fails, he faces the threat of death.

At this moment, whoever stands in Jing Qian's way will face his most ferocious attacks!

In two days, Jing Qian killed three thousand insect demons at the [Earthly Fiend] level and above, including twenty-four second-grade [Wordless Stele] demons and countless low-level insect demons.

A total of 192,000 years of lifespan were seized, and the killing efficiency was more than 100 times that of the tower guards.

Despite such an immense lifespan, the [Three Lives Three Worlds Immortal Spirit Eye] still hasn't reached the first-grade level.

However, within that [Insect Demon Universe], there are powerful insect demons guarding the realm.

Jing Qian's arrogant and almost insane killings naturally provoked the strongest backlash.

Although the [Insect Demon Universe] is in an infinitely unfolding state, if viewed from above, its realms are layered upon each other, just like a rose of flesh and blood.

Even though Jing Qian was committing a frenzied killing, he did not go beyond the area of ​​a single flower petal.

Guarding this petal is a first-rank insect demon, the Flower Bone Butterfly.

Despite its beautiful name, it is a terrifying demonic butterfly with a body length exceeding a thousand feet and wings composed of countless corpses.

When it was awakened from its slumber by Jing Qian's frenzied slaughter, it flew from its nest to the high heavens in a flash.

The Flower Bone Butterfly blots out the sky, emitting a series of low, terrifying roars.

As it flapped its wings, boundless clouds of blood poison swept across thousands of miles above them, enveloping the entire petal of flesh and blood.

When the Flower Bone Butterfly conquers the realm, a single flap of its wings unleashes the divine might of a poisonous cloud that slaughters across the realm.

But at this very moment, under the cover of the poisonous cloud, the insect demons were still dying in droves, and the enemy had not left a single trace.

Jing Qian knew that a formidable enemy was at hand, but he dared not stop for the slightest.

If he stops even for a moment, his lifespan will be depleted, and the invasion from the [Time Clock] will be enough to cause the situation he is struggling to maintain to collapse.

Moreover, [Good Corn] is doing its best to take the fall for him, and its [Immortal Qi] quantity is also limited, so it simply cannot withstand the attack for too long.

He could only do his best to frantically squeeze out his own potential.

【Flower Bone Butterfly】is a genuine first-rank Great Insect Demon, and among the twelve 【Moon Gods】 under the 【Insect Mother】, she is also one of the top six powerful Great Demons.

Reaching this level means you have completely completed the cultivation of the second-grade Void Realm.

Their mastery of spatial power is on a completely different level.

Relying on the strange power of the [Sumeru] dimension, Jing Qian launched sneak attacks everywhere, making him almost invincible.

However, it revealed a clear flaw in front of the Flower Bone Butterfly.

Following the guidance of its own spatial cultivation, the great demon sensed the terrifying sword energy hidden beneath the power of [Sumeru].

Naturally, they also learned the enemy's location!
Without hesitation, it flapped its wings and immediately unleashed a torrent of powerful immortal energy, shaking the void as it attacked a void rift from which sword energy had just been unleashed.

Jing Qian's deeply hidden [Sumeru] dimension was finally breached by the enemy!
With her profound cultivation in the void, the Flower Bone Butterfly successfully tore open the nearly closed void rift.

A massive spatial wormhole was clearly visible.

Its magical power exploded to its limit, and it frantically burrowed into the wormhole.

It had already sensed clearly that the cultivator who was assassinating them was definitely not at the first rank!
Just when it thought it had succeeded, a monkey hair emerged from the wormhole.

It was just a single, light, fine hair, almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

But the Flower Bone Butterfly felt a powerful celestial energy emanating from the monkey hair.

Immediately, the monkey's fur underwent a wild transformation, revealing a strange monkey head with a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth.

As soon as the monkey's incarnation appeared, it roared, grabbed a thick black iron rod, swung it around, and struck the old butterfly squarely on the forehead.

(I'll be adding 10,000 words tomorrow if it gets recommended!)
(End of this chapter)