Forge your destiny into a sword, slash your soul and ascend to immortality

Chapter 354 Situ Promoted to Ninth Pillar
Since Jing Qian successfully advanced to the [Transcendence] level, he has been refining his [Sumeru Heavenly River].

This magical secret realm is not only the key to supporting his cultivation, but also a useful supplement to the growth of the [Sumeru] dimension itself.

The growth of the [heretical concept] requires a continuous nourishment from the Daoist principles of emptiness.

This requires Jingqian to draw upon the knowledge from beyond the heavens little by little over a long period of cultivation.

This is a process that every transcendent being must go through.

Jing Qian has accumulated a huge advantage over other transcendent cultivators by building his own [Sumeru Heavenly River] system.

After all, he doesn't need to rely on other [totems] to advance, so he doesn't need to be exploited by the big shots, nor does he need to use the Dao essence he absorbs to support others.

On that ten-colored rainbow bridge, each [Totem] was using its monopoly on the opportunity for advancement to exploit the cultivators under its command.

All the Daoist wisdom that you have painstakingly acquired through your efforts must first be offered as tribute before the remainder can be used for your own cultivation.

Each [Totem Saint] applies varying degrees of pressure, extracting different proportions of the Daoist essence from the void.

Those who are ruthless enough, such as the Buddha and the demons, can plunder more than 70% of the Daoist essence of their subordinates.

This also makes the powerful cultivators in the [Infinite Hell] and [Bodhi] inherently inferior.

Both their cultivation level and combat strength are clearly lacking.

This is also the fundamental reason why the [Infinite Hell] expeditionary force, with several times the number of troops, could be defeated by the [Yanfu Dao] sect.

Even the lowest extraction rate, the [Heavenly Rank], still requires at least 10% of the Dao essence to be extracted.

This is incomparable to Jingqian's complete achievement of independent control!
Jingqian stands apart from the system jointly created by the various [Totem Saints], forming its own unique style.

His [Sumeru Heavenly River] holds a crucial position!
This applies not only to his own cultivation, but also to the entire Great Abyss!

The successive advancements of [Thunder] and [Heaven Slayer] not only swept away their decadence of ten thousand years, but also opened up a new path for them.

This also means that the Great Abyss, which has been besieged by other totems for so many years, has finally found a new way out.

The ability to consistently produce Transcendent cultivators is the foundation for the Great Ruins Realm's enduring prosperity.

Besides needing enough powerful cultivators to protect the realm.

The cultivators who have transcended worldly concerns continuously draw upon the Daoist essence from the void, which is extremely beneficial to the growth of their realm.

This is the core of matters concerning fortune, primordial energy, and the changes of cause and effect.

Therefore, the advancement of the three Venerables of Pure Yang Heaven to Transcendence is a significant breakthrough for the Great Abyss itself.

This will undoubtedly have a profound impact!

Moreover, Jing Qian has already made new plans and is currently summoning the third [Transcendence] to join his [Sumeru Heavenly River] system.

Between the [Sumeru] dimension and the [Great Abyss], this mysterious celestial river stretches across the void, its source ancient and its course long.

Jing Qian sat cross-legged at the source of the Milky Way in the [Sumeru] dimension, his hands forming a mudra, his body radiating Daoist energy that resonated with the entire Milky Way.

"rise!"

With a soft shout, the Milky Way began to rise and fall rhythmically.

With each surge of the tide, the Daoist rhyme of the void permeates the river; with each ebb of the tide, the refined Daoist rhyme is fed back to Jing Qian himself.

Both his physical form and the "heretical image" received tremendous benefits during this process.

A significant portion of the void Daoist energy in this river originates from the two powerful swords high above.

That is the heretical path of "Transcendence" of "Thunder" and "Heaven-Slaying".

Beside their respective heretical paths, a new [heretical path] is taking shape.

The form of the condensing "Outer Path" is constantly changing, sometimes forming a sword, sometimes a dragon, but in the end, it only condenses into an ordinary sword pellet.

The sword pellet hovered above the Milky Way, seemingly simple and unadorned, yet it subtly influenced the flow of the entire Milky Way.

Jing Qian stared at the sword pellet, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Return to simplicity, for the greatest truths are the simplest."

"Senior Situ, you truly deserve the position of [Seasonal Term]."

He personally witnessed the ascension process of three [Transcendent] level masters.

The cultivation level of this third [Transcendence] is far superior.

At this stage, Jing Qian's [Sumeru Heavenly River] can only accommodate three [Transcendent] beings.

After [Thunder] and [Heavenly Punishment], his first thought was of [Situ Yizhong], who was cultivating in the [Great Abyss Heavenly River].

This statue of Xuanyuanzi is an old acquaintance of Leiming and Zhutian.

His cultivation and combat strength are even superior to these two [Chunyangzi].

Jing Qian had dealt with [Situ Yizhong] before and held this bigwig in high regard.

Therefore, he handed this opportunity to the other party almost immediately.

As for [Situ Yizhong], even though he is already a top [Transcendence] seed in [Dayuan] and has already received the [Seasonal] inheritance of [Shixu Zunsheng].

However, he still failed to make a breakthrough in the "three powers and four hidden aspects".

He was certainly not without a chance, but [Situ Yizhong] was a disciple of [Xuanyuan] and a successor of the great power of [Bi'an], and he himself had extremely high aspirations.

In his eyes, of the many organizations known as the "Three Powers and Four Hidden Ones," he looked down on the others, only the "Heavenly Rank" was worth pursuing.

However, breaking through to the top level of the [Heavenly Realm] requires a great deal of luck.

[Situ Yizhong] has already tried his best, even managing to take on [Nine Dragon Cauldron Universe] in the [Old Days] stage.

However, he has only played three placement matches, and is still a long way from breaking through the [Heavenly Rank] assessment.

Moreover, after entering the [Heavenly Realm], he will need to play more ranked matches to accumulate [Victory Points] and exchange them for a spot to advance to [Transcendence], which is a very difficult task in itself.

Therefore, the difficulty of advancing to the next level is extremely high, not much better than that of advancing to the next level, such as ...

When the Xia Shui Dao system built by Jing Qian, with the inheritance of the Shi Xu Zun Sheng and the rule of the Xia Yang Zhi Zhu, was presented to him.

Without the slightest hesitation, he joined in.

Given Situ Yizhong's strength, advancing to the Transcendent realm is a piece of cake; there's absolutely no possibility of failure.

Following [Thunder] and [Heaven-Slaying], he successfully became one of the three heroes of [Xia Shuidao].

As a result, Jing Qian gained a third, even more powerful tool.

Within his own system, there are three incredibly powerful sword cultivators who have transcended the limitations of their previous abilities.

Despite their small number of people, their actual combat strength is absolutely at its maximum!

Three beings of "Transcendence" are responsible for accumulating Daoist essence to support Jing Qian's cultivation. His accumulation of "Transcendence" will undoubtedly be further accelerated.

He was only at the Transcendental Realm, and his speed of digesting the Daoist principles was not fast.

If the three [Transcendence] beings were allowed to absorb all of them, he simply couldn't handle it.

Therefore, after strictly controlling the upper limit of Daoist essence absorption, Jing Qian's absorption rate from the three [Thunder] members was far lower than that of any other [Totem Venerable Saint]. It was even lower than that of the [Heavenly Rank]!
This is also a huge boon for the three [transcendent beings].

Moreover, as the [Sumeru Heavenly River] system continues to expand, more and more cultivators will join in.

Before Jing Qian is promoted to [Totem], he will not exploit him too much.

This gave the Transcendent One within the entire Xia Shui Dao system a significant advantage in the cultivation process.

This also reached a consensus among the three [Transcendence] beings.

That is, to accumulate resources as quickly as possible, promote the advancement of [Sumeru Heavenly River], so as to attract more [Transcendence] to share the burden of resource consumption.

In this process, Jing Qian undoubtedly benefited the most!
At this moment, strange ripples appeared at the source of the Milky Way. Jing Qian's body was already extremely full, about to be burst by the vast primordial energy.

His "heretical imagery" is constantly evolving, and the human forms he manifests are becoming increasingly lifelike.

However, for Jing Qian, this also brought new pressure.

After he achieved success in his cultivation of the Pangu Body and obtained valuable Victory Points in the Heavenly Ladder.

He then used the power of the [Heavenly Ladder] spiritual treasure to begin utilizing the [Victory Point] to contain a portion of the [Sumeru] dimension within his own dantian.

For Jing Qian, this was also an extremely important form of practice, and it could bring him tremendous benefits.

But when the three [Transcendence] complete their advancement and begin to pour their primordial energy into him and the [Sumeru Heavenly River], that will be the time to achieve this.

The foundation of the [Sumeru] dimension has also begun to soar.

Putting aside the changes in power, Jing Qian was shocked to discover that the capacity of his dantian was completely unable to keep up with the pace.

At this moment, what Jing Qian is containing in his dantian is not just the [Sumeru] dimension.

The Sumeru River and the three Transcendent beings are also adding to the essence and burden of the Sumeru dimension.

"Not good."

Jing Qian muttered to himself, feeling the tearing sensation coming from the barrier in his dantian.

Even with the immense power of the Pangu Body, it would be difficult to withstand such a violent impact.

He dared not delay, abandoning the ongoing encirclement and suppression by the [Yanfu Dao], and promptly escaped into the [Heavenly Steps].

At present, the other [Yanfuzi] are still continuing to slaughter the great demons of [Infinite Hell], and it will be difficult to completely determine the winner in a short time.

No one knows exactly how many great things Jing Qian accomplished during this process.

For Jing Qian, these things are no longer important!
After completing the construction of the [Sumeru Heavenly River] and advancing to [Transcendence], the next stage of cultivation is the focus.

He was sitting cross-legged in the most secluded quiet room of the [Heavenly Steps], his Daoist aura surging like boiling water.

The immense Daoist aura continuously infused by the three transcendent beings actually triggered such a large reaction in the [Sumeru] dimension, which was beyond his expectations.

Jing Qian dared not delay and quickly activated the divine power of the [Heavenly Rank], beginning to consume his remaining [Victory Points] to enhance his fusion with the [Sumeru] dimension.

With the help of the divine power of the [Heavenly Steps], Jing Qian's chaotic Daoist energy instantly calmed down.

The immense power of victory transformed into golden light, constructing a profound bridge between him and the [Sumeru] dimension.

“Wonderful!”

This [Heavenly Rank] is a [Totem]-level [Innate Spiritual Treasure], which can be described as omnipotent.

Jing Qian's minor problem was easily resolved in an instant.

His Pangu Body was perfectly reinforced by the power of the Celestial Rank, making his ability to support the Sumeru dimension even smoother and more perfect.

This made Jing Qian feel a significant reduction in pressure!
The overall capacity of the [Sumeru] dimension has also increased slightly, reaching 7%.

After achieving the advancement to "Transcendence," Jing Qian's horizons broadened considerably, and he gained a deeper understanding of "Victory Points."

The origin of this "Heavenly Ladder," a "Primordial Spiritual Treasure," is unknown.

Its ability to possess power at the [Totem] level also means that it controls an extremely powerful Dao essence.

In Jing Qian's perception, he clearly sensed that the essence of this [Heavenly Ladder] was aligned with the innate [Order] Great Dao.

This order is not a simple arrangement of rules, but the fundamental law that sustains the operation of all the heavens and myriad realms.

Relying on this power, the Heavenly Ladder can easily organize Jing Qian's chaotic cultivation system.

To optimize his various flaws and eliminate potential problems in his cultivation.

This is the essence of power that he could not fully comprehend before advancing to the [Transcendence] level.

As for Jing Qian, if he wants to continue to promote the rapid improvement of the [Sumeru Heavenly River], then...

We must accelerate our ability to accommodate the [Sumeru] dimension!

Otherwise, each additional Transcendent being would significantly increase the foundation of the Sumeru dimension, thus bringing him even greater pressure.

In other words, Jingqian's need for [victory points] is much more urgent than before.

He has been the eleventh pillar for quite some years.

As the gatekeeper of the [Pillar], he shattered the advancement dreams of all the [Heavenly Rank] members with a single [Immortal Slaying Sword Light].

All members were firmly held under the [pillar], unable to advance an inch.

Over the years, he has had his fill of killing and has even earned a great deal of prestige.

In reality, the number of victory points he extracted from the many [Heavenly Rank] members during this process was also continuously decreasing.

Originally, this was not an urgent matter.

But now, he is being forced by the [Sumeru Heavenly River] system to accumulate as many [Victory Points] as possible in order to optimize himself by taking advantage of the [Ladder] rewards.

These enemies, who are not even considered pillars, are completely unreliable.

Jing Qian realized that it was time for him to seriously play a few exhilarating ranked matches.

Above him, in the [Heavenly Rank], there are ten [Pillars], each an absolute powerhouse with a fully developed combat system.

Aside from having some dealings with the tenth pillar, Xuanjia, Jingqian had no other dealings with others.

The other nine pillars, however, were completely unknown to them.

He has now successfully advanced to the [Transcendence] rank, and his improvement in strength is extremely obvious.

As long as he continues to advance and defeats the [Pillars] ranked higher than him, he can receive extremely generous [Victory Points] rewards.

He's already itching to get started and ready for a good fight.

In terms of the quality of opponents, the pillars of the [Ascending Heaven Rank] are undoubtedly unparalleled in the entire void.

With high expectations in mind, Jing Qian issued a challenge to the ninth pillar atop the Xuanjia.

At this moment, he was already at the peak of his fighting spirit!

(End of this chapter)