My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 853 Overclocking, Jealousy, Primal Slaughter (Three Chapters Combined)

Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu
It is the Gu worm recorded in the first fragment of the Minghuan Gu Scripture refined by Shen Changchuan.

Its existence is like an external organ for cultivators.
Not only can it accelerate the cultivation and advancement of cultivators, allowing the holder to achieve a doubling of cultivation speed,

It can also be overclocked to allow users to improve their strength in a short period of time!

these years,

The reason Shen Changchuan was able to raise his cultivation to the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage in such a short time, despite the scarcity of resources, is because...

The Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, which doubles the cultivation speed, has many benefits.

As for the use of the overclocking state, which allows one's cultivation level to surge and improve rapidly in a short period of time, it enabled Shen Changchuan to win many key battles and defeat many powerful enemies during his growth process.

This thing,
It has always been one of Shen Changchuan's most important trump cards!

It's just a pity that

As Shen Changchuan's cultivation level improved, the presence of the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu became increasingly less noticeable.

One reason is that after one's cultivation level has improved, the increase in cultivation speed brought by the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu is no longer noticeable.

For example, I have now reached the peak of the ninth level of the Out-of-Body stage.

Unless one completes the ultimate leap from the Out-of-Body Realm to the Divine Travel Realm,
Otherwise, one could say that one's cultivation level has reached a point where there is no further progress.

In this situation, whether the cultivation speed increases or decreases is no longer meaningful.

Because he is already facing a bottleneck, whether it's two times, three times, four times, or ten times, it's meaningless if he can't take a step forward.

Secondly,

Shen Changchuan hadn't really used the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu's ability to rapidly increase cultivation level through overload in a short period of time.

The reason for this is the same as the reason for the former.
That was the limit of his ability to reach the Out-of-Body Realm.

The limit of the Out-of-Body Realm is the peak of the ninth level of Out-of-Body Realm.

The next step after this level is the realm of spiritual travel.

If one wants to forcibly elevate their strength to the next level when they are at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, there is only one goal: the Divine Travel Realm!

To use a secret technique at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage to temporarily boost one's cultivation level.

There will only be two outcomes.
Either they are unable to cross the insurmountable barrier between the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm and the Divine Travel Realm, remaining at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, and their surging magical power eventually recedes and dissipates, causing the enhancement effect of the secret technique to disappear.

Alternatively, one could rely on the power of secret techniques to cross that insurmountable barrier in one fell swoop, thereby temporarily entering the realm of divine travel and mastering the splendor of a higher level!

Of these two results,
The probability of the first outcome is over 99%.

The second possibility is less than one percent!

Why is this so?
The reason is that,

The leap from the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm to the Divine Travel Realm is not so simple at all!

The Realm of Spirits
It is a perfect transformation and advancement of the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit at the same time!
And those secret techniques that dramatically increase cultivation level

Most of the boosts are to Qi, which is a temporary increase in magical power.

Most cultivators, when using secret techniques to improve their cultivation level, simply use these techniques to temporarily increase the quantity and quality of their internal magical power, allowing them to briefly master more powerful magical power and thus reach the next level of cultivation ahead of time.

However, this does not apply to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!

Because cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage can use secret techniques to temporarily boost their magical power, but their physical body and soul do not receive a corresponding boost at the same time.
That would prevent the temporary condensation and transformation of essence, energy, and spirit from being completed.
As a result,
The surge in magical power will eventually dissipate quickly due to the lack of a support, and the user will soon fall back to the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage after the secret technique ends.

It is precisely because of this,
When Shen Changchuan's cultivation reached the mid-stage of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm...

When facing an enemy, he rarely uses the overclocked state of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu anymore.

that time,
Using the overclocked state of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, he was able to raise his cultivation to the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

However, he can only advance to the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm, and is completely powerless to touch the next level. Even if his astral power exceeds that level, he will eventually regress to the limit of the ninth level peak.

The peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm is only one or two minor levels away from the middle level of the ninth level.

This kind of level of improvement,
The price, however, is a significant decrease in one's control over their own magical power.

It's simply not worth the effort.

And so,

During this period, Shen Changchuan had never used this trump card when facing the enemy.

all of these,
Until recently, the opportunity for change finally arrived!
"In order to further master the cultivation of the Yi Wood Nirvana Divine Light, I have never stopped cultivating the advanced version of the Yi Wood Undying Scripture these days. In addition, the physical enhancement brought by cultivating the basic version of the Yi Wood Undying Scripture over the years has made my body barely qualified to be compared with the level of the first-stage Divine Travel Realm."

"Furthermore, not long ago, I consumed the Enlightenment Tea, which further refined and strengthened my soul. Some cultivators who have just entered the Divine Travel Realm may not be able to compare with me in terms of soul!"

"Now, by using the overclocked state of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, my mana has surged to the Divine Travel Realm level, making up for the last weakness. My essence, qi, and spirit have all reached the Divine Travel Realm level. Under the influence of the surged mana, the three powers temporarily underwent a transformation, thus allowing me to master the power of the Divine Travel Realm."

When his aura leaped to the Divine Ascension Realm level under the overclocking effect of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, Shen Changchuan was overjoyed and also had a sudden realization, understanding the origin of his current Divine Ascension Realm power.

Actually,
before this,

Shen Changchuan also tried overclocking several times to see if he could break through that barrier and master the power of the Divine Travel Realm with his Out-of-Body Realm body.

Unfortunately, previous attempts...
Ultimately, all attempts ended in failure, and Shen Changchuan vaguely felt that something was missing.

Until this moment,

Faced with such a terrifying move from Zuo Jiuyin, and under the immense pressure of almost facing death, he sensed something and actually crossed that insurmountable threshold in one fell swoop!
This was an unexpected coincidence.
Or is it a natural progression resulting from one's cultivation and enlightenment?
Or perhaps it's a combination of both?
Shen Changchuan didn't know, and he was too lazy to think about it.

All he needs to know is that with this successful experience, mastering the power of the Divine Travel Realm in the overclocked state should not be a problem in the future!

"I can't believe it actually worked!"

"That's perfect, we can wait for the right opportunity to use that move."

A glint flashed in Shen Changchuan's eyes, and a profound meaning flowed through the depths of his pupils.

He certainly wouldn't gamble his life entirely on whether the overclocked state of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu would allow him to surpass his level and master the power of the Divine Travel Realm.

Actually,
Shen Changchuan had long been prepared to use another trump card to deal with Zuo Jiuyin's move.

The Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu Poisoning was successfully completed.

It was merely an experiment he made on a whim, inspired by a sudden inspiration.

I just didn't expect it to succeed.

However, now that the overclocking of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu has been successfully completed...

This allowed him to unexpectedly gain the power of spirit travel.
Then,

Let's save that trump card for now; it might become a finishing move at the right time later!

Feeling the vast and immense power of the divine realm, as if all things in heaven and earth were under one's control.

Thoughts raced through Shen Changchuan's mind.
A general idea quickly came to mind.

at this time,

In the center of the desolate city,
On the battlefield.

Zuo Jiuyin became serious after being injured by Shen Changchuan's sword strike, which was infused with true intent. He then unleashed a deadly move that defeated the combined attack of the Shen family patriarch and the Supreme Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect.
Then Shen Changchuan suddenly erupted,
Under the overloaded operation of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu, its energy broke through to the Divine Travel Realm level.
It's a long story,
But in reality, it happened in the blink of an eye.

When Shen Changchuan's aura, at the Divine Realm level, swept across like a tsunami, it was deafening.
Zuo Jiuyin's deadly move, Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart, had not yet landed in the sky!

"That was truly a terrifying attack!"

"Even if I temporarily enter the Divine Realm, the opponent's attacks can still affect my essence, energy, and spirit!"

Fortunately, the effect has been greatly reduced.

Shen Changchuan looked up, gazing at the sky, at the pale world that seemed to have fallen into the underworld, and at the ghostly hands falling from the sky like a storm. A glint flashed in his eyes.

just,

Although he had temporarily entered the Divine Travel Realm, which greatly reduced the impact on his body, mana, and soul.

But at this moment, Shen Changchuan showed no joy whatsoever.

Instead, the atmosphere remained extremely solemn.

With the temporary blessing of the divine realm, his eyesight became even sharper.

This allowed him to clearly see that the pale ghost hands falling from the sky were not ordinary creations of magical power, but rather carried a strange, sinister, and inexplicable power!

boom! ! !
In the blink of an eye,

Shen Changchuan's hands moved swiftly.

Fingers forming a sword,

A three-foot-long sword beam, radiating a brilliant, verdant color, gathered at his fingertips.

Without the slightest hesitation,
Shen Changchuan waved his hand towards the sky.
The sword blade drew a dazzling arc in mid-air, eventually transforming into an overwhelming sword aura that soared into the sky!

The sword's momentum soared to the heavens.

The green, sharp light surged forth like a torrent, piercing through the void and slashing towards the cold, pale sky!

At that moment, the whole world seemed to hear a clear sword cry.

A vibrant, emerald-green light illuminated the world in that instant!
After entering the Divine Travel Realm level

Shen Changchuan's casual wave of his hand
The power is increased by almost ten or even a hundred times!

Even if this sword strike carries no true intent and contains no spatial power whatsoever,
But its destructive power,

They are all no less powerful than a full-force attack from a cultivator at the second or third level of the Divine Travel Realm!

The sword light, like a rainbow, slashed towards the countless ghostly hands that filled the sky with the fierce power of a Divine Realm expert.

however,
The scene that I had imagined—those pale, nameless ghostly hands being easily shredded by the sword's edge—did not materialize.

On the contrary,

When the dazzling, sky-piercing sword light struck the countless pale ghost hands falling from the sky, it seemed to sink into a muddy swamp, being enveloped by the layers of those grayish-white ghost hands!

Accompanied by a layer of dark, murky light that rose around it, like putrid water seeping from the deepest hell, the power of the sword light was gradually eroded and devoured!
In the blink of an eye, the vast sword light dissipated, but the ghostly hand still pressed down heavily, as if even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had been polluted by it, turning into a deathly gray-black.

"Ha, a mere trick! How could you possibly comprehend my Myriad Souls Devouring Heart Technique?!"

In mid-air, Zuo Jiuyin, whose face was slightly pale, sneered upon seeing this.

to be frank,
Just now, when Shen Changchuan suddenly unleashed power at the Divine Ascension Realm level,
He was completely startled!

He thought that kid had already advanced to the Divine Travel Realm, but had been hiding his cultivation, wanting to play dumb and wait to give him a big surprise when he wasn't paying attention.

Fortunately, he wasn't some naive young man.

It was soon discovered that,
The aura of the little devil, which was at the Divine Realm level, was very unstable. It was not the perfect and complete essence, energy, and spirit of a true Divine Realm cultivator. Instead, it was constantly releasing a violent aura.

This doesn't seem like some kind of charlatan pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

Instead, it seemed as if the other party had used some secret technique to forcibly raise their cultivation to the Divine Travel Realm level!
to be frank,
The moment I understood,

Zuo Jiuyin was somewhat surprised and shocked.

Even he, despite having stayed in the Heavenly Demon Sect, had never seen any secret techniques or methods that could cause a cultivator at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage to experience a surge in strength and enter the Divine Travel Realm in a short period of time!

This is simply unbelievable!

But now it truly and vividly appeared before him!

"Perhaps this is what a prodigy who surpasses all others of his era looks like!"

"Able to defy common sense and do things that others wouldn't even dare to imagine!"

Consider that Shen Changchuan simultaneously possesses the true power of the Profound Core Realm and the power of space.

It seems not impossible for someone to possess a secret technique that could dramatically increase their cultivation level to the Divine Travel Realm.

Zuo Jiuyin could be considered barely acceptable.

But at the same time,
A dark mix of jealousy, resentment, and pride welled up within him.

"The secret technique that allows one to temporarily master the power of the Divine Travel Realm is indeed extraordinary, but so what?"

"How could you possibly deal with my Myriad Souls Devouring Heart Technique just because you've barely mastered the power of the Divine Travel Realm!"

Zuo Jiuyin's mind flashed back to the scene where he had previously defeated the Shen family patriarch and the Supreme Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, who were part of the righteous alliance of the Southern Tian Region, with a single move.

A hint of arrogance involuntarily appeared on their faces.

this trick,
It was his trump card, which he had mastered after paying a huge price and going through countless hardships!
These ghostly hands are not simply objects formed from the power of some kind of underworld magic.
It also contains a trace of the malevolent energy of the Netherworld!
This malevolent aura from the Nine Netherworlds is extremely ferocious, capable of easily devouring and eroding spiritual energy and magical power, assimilating them into its own power!
Thinking back to the price paid to refine that wisp of Netherworld malevolent energy, the countless hardships and dangers encountered, and the near-devouring by its backlash—all these scenes evoke memories of the struggle.

Even now, Zuo Jiuyin still couldn't help but feel a lingering sense of fear.

If it weren't for good luck

He was probably dead back then!

However, it was precisely that adventure that gave him this terrifying trump card!
This is also the source of his confidence in looking down on other cultivators of the same realm!

Let alone the peak of the third level of the Nascent Soul stage,
Under the threat of that malevolent aura from the Nine Netherworlds,
Even a cultivator at the fourth level of the Divine Travel Realm could be severely injured or killed if struck by such a blow!
Also because of this,

When Shen Changchuan unleashed the aura of the Divine Ascension Realm,

Zuo Jiuyin was startled at first.
But then he came to his senses.

A cold smile appeared on his face.
as predicted,

When Shen Changchuan condensed his magical sword, pierced through the void, and slashed at the pale ghost hands falling from the sky, the imposing sword light was swallowed up in the next moment, and it didn't even play a significant role in hindering the attack!

Seeing this scene,
Zuo Jiuyin felt relieved, his eyes still carrying a hint of mockery and an indescribable sense of pleasure!

"So what if they're a genius, one in a thousand years? In the end, they'll still die at my hands, Zuo Jiuyin!"

"If you have someone to blame, blame yourself for insisting on stepping forward and courting death!"

Zuo Jiuyin's eyes gazed down at Shen Changchuan, who was about to be engulfed by countless pale ghostly hands.

A ferocious look of pleasure appeared on his face!

however,
next moment,
Zuo Jiuyin was stunned!

Shen Changchuan's figure was indeed "submerged" by the sudden, violent rain of pale ghost hands.

Contrary to expectations, the opponent was not corroded and devoured by the pale ghost hand containing the malevolent energy of the Netherworld, thus dying and disappearing.

in contrast,

Those terrifying, ferocious pale ghost hands, when they touched within three inches of Shen Changchuan's body, seemed to encounter a membrane that could never be crossed, and were directly slid away!
Hundreds, even thousands, of pale, ghostly hands exuding a terrifying aura.

In the end, none of them were able to touch Shen Changchuan's body!

"what?!"

In a flash,

Zuo Jiuyin's pupils widened, and his confident expression vanished, replaced by disbelief!
"Sure enough!"

Shen Changchuan, who was inside layers of spatial mirrors, suddenly understood.

In fact, he was already mentally prepared that his unleashed sword strike at the peak of the Divine Realm had no effect whatsoever.

Not to mention that he had already foreseen the sinister nature of those pale, ghostly hands,

Even the combined forces of the Shen family patriarch and the Ancient Sword Sect's supreme patriarch, both at the peak of the third level of the Divine Ascension Realm, were easily defeated by this single move.
It's all predictable.
Such a deadly move cannot be resisted by ordinary means!

His sword strike,
It was just a test.

To test the strength of the other party.

Shen Changchuan did not believe that by relying on the overclocked state of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu and quickly mastering the power of the early stage of the Divine Travel Realm, he would have the possibility of directly confronting the ultimate killing moves of Zuo Jiuyin.

Although that probing sword was almost instantly "devoured" by the countless pale ghost hands.

But that sword strike did indeed achieve its purpose.

This confirmed some of Shen Changchuan's suspicions.

"Using the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu to forcibly enter the Divine Travel level in its overclocked state will cause a surge in power, but it will also bring a significant decrease in control over mana."

"As for second-tier, top-tier second-tier spells, they are basically of little use to cultivators in the Divine Travel Realm."

"Therefore, I have never relied on the power of the Divine Realm that I temporarily acquired!"

"This is my true reliance!"

Shen Changchuan's gaze was calm, and his body was surrounded by ripples of spatial power.
His presence at this moment,

It was as if they had squeezed into a narrow crevice in space.

The surface of one's own body,
Between it and the outer void, there is a spatial barrier formed by layers of spatial power!
Those pale, ghostly hands were truly terrifying.
Its corrosiveness is such that even a mid-stage Divine Travel Realm cultivator might not be able to withstand it.

But unfortunately,
What they encountered was spatial power that only those at the Profound Core Realm level could master!
Pale, ghostly hands, carrying a cold, ferocious, and eerie aura, swept past Shen Changchuan like a torrent.

But from then until the end,
They couldn't even break through that tiny distance!
To the naked eye,
Perhaps it was only a gap of less than an inch.

But for those pale ghost hands, it was like a world away, impossible to cross!

"If I were still only at the Nascent Soul stage, without sufficient magical power or a strong enough divine soul, I probably wouldn't be able to unleash the power of space to this extent and keep these strange, pale ghost hands out!"

"But now, I am in the Divine Travel Realm!"

"Even if it's a temporary advancement to the Divine Realm using a secret technique, it's still a Divine Realm!"

"Just as a knife has different uses in a child's hands than in an adult's, being at the Divine Ascension level allows me to exert a more profound and powerful influence on spatial forces!"

"This is the real reliance I had when I used the secret technique to enter the Divine Travel Realm!"

While pondering,

A surge of spatial energy rippled around him.
Shen Changchuan's figure suddenly blurred.
next moment,
He vanished from the spot like a ghost, leaving behind only a shattered mirror, like a lingering image crushed by a ghostly hand!
"not good!"

Seeing this scene,
Zuo Jiuyin had no time to be shocked that Shen Changchuan had dodged his deadly move.

He swung his hand back and unleashed a gigantic black palm formed from ghostly flames, striking towards the empty void behind him!

Along the way, layers of space were shattered one after another!

But at this moment,
Suddenly, dazzling sword beams appeared in the previously empty void behind them!

The sword light flashed like lightning, splitting into countless forms in an instant. Each sword contained the power to cut through space, slicing through the void layer by layer. Even the pitch-black giant hand formed from the ghostly flames of the underworld was torn to pieces!

But at this moment,
Zuo Jiuyin no longer had the time or energy to pay attention to the state of his palm strike.
In an instant,
His figure also vanished suddenly.

scoff!

In the void, two bolts of lightning, one black and one gold, instantly tore through hundreds of feet of sky, colliding and intersecting.
Its speed was so fast that those standing far away watching the battle could only catch a glimpse of it in their corneas, and then only the afterimage and the sound of explosions remained on the battlefield!
Boom boom boom! ! !
At this moment,
Shen Changchuan and Zuo Jiuyin have both disappeared!

In the void,

A series of terrifying collisions and explosions erupted, plowing through the entire sky in the blink of an eye, and piercing through the originally pitch-black, thick, and mountain-like dark clouds in the sky!

At this moment, both of them abandoned all kinds of complicated magical attacks.
Instead, they engaged in the most primal and purest clash and battle!

They were so fast,

It was beyond what anyone present could possibly see.
At this moment, within the desolate city, there were hundreds of thousands of cultivators from both the righteous and demonic sides.
All that could be seen was a black lightning bolt and a golden lightning bolt constantly clashing and intersecting in the sky.
The aftershocks of the battle unleashed a terrifying and boundless storm, accompanied by deafening roars that swept across the entire world!
(End of this chapter)