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Chapter 223 Thirty-Five Years and Seven Days

In this world of one person, as infrastructure development progressed, time finally began to flow forward significantly.

The ascension day on the ninth day of the ninth month passed smoothly. With Guan Yi's intervention, 16 of the original 36 thieves successfully mastered extraordinary skills, exactly twice as many as the original eight extraordinary skills.

After each person mastered a unique skill, they explained their understanding in detail to Guan Yi. Therefore, in addition to the six unique skills he directly mastered through the plan, Guan Yi also learned the principles and details of the other unique skills and could gradually comprehend them.

Besides these 16 people, the others did not come away empty-handed either. With the blessing of the pure energy, many of them overcame the difficulties in their cultivation that had previously troubled them, and their cultivation made great progress.

On September 10th, everyone gathered again in He Weiren Cave, drinking wine and eating meat.

After a hearty meal and drinks, Zhang Huaiyi, slightly tipsy, approached Guan Yi first and said, "Brother Zhuge, we almost made a terrible mistake this time. It was thanks to your timely appearance and guidance that we were able to comprehend the legacy left by the Master Ziyang. I am deeply grateful. This cup of wine is for you, and for everyone else. The journey through the martial world is long, but we will meet again someday. I must take my leave now!"

Guan Yi shook his head, raised his wine cup to clink with his, and said, "We each take what we need. What you have all realized is also a secret to me. Although I know the truth about the path to immortality, 'I will follow what my heart desires, even if I die nine times.' If one day Guan Yi can truly attain immortality, I will have to rely on your help."

He raised his wine glass to the crowd from afar and said loudly, "The matter here is over, and you may all make yourselves at home. But I must remind you all of one more thing: a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. If you don't want to cause trouble, it's best to keep your mouth shut."

If anyone gets into trouble because of the magic they've mastered, they can come to the Zhuge family to find me. I'll probably be spending most of my time in Zhuge Village for the next ten years or so.

"Thank you, Clan Chief Zhuge."

Although a few people initially had reservations about Guan Yi 'imprisoning' them here, their resentment dissipated long after they learned the truth about the place and realized how uncontrollable things would have become without Guan Yi's intervention.

They said goodbye to Guan Yi one by one, then to the others, and left the place. Not two minutes later, Zhang Huaiyi poked his head out of the cave again.

"Wugensheng! You fiend, if you don't lead the way, how are we supposed to get down the mountain?!"

Clearly, Zhang Huaiyi still had some things he wanted to discuss privately with Wugensheng, but Guan Yi saw through it but didn't expose him, watching the group disappear from sight.

Only Tian Xiaodie remained by his side, and she said somewhat awkwardly, "Uncle Thirteen, shall we go too?"

"Ah, let's go."

……

For a period of time afterward, the world of supernatural beings was still somewhat chaotic due to 'strange skills'.

With so many people, there are many mouths. When a secret is known by three people, it is no longer a secret, let alone when it is known by a total of thirty-six people.

With Guan Yi's involvement, the thirty-six people were no longer counted as the thirty-six thieves because of their acquaintance with Wu Gensheng. After all, no one dared to include Guan Yi in the ranks of thieves. However, their covetousness for the extraordinary skills still caused a lot of disputes in the world of supernatural beings.

In particular, Gu Qiting, Feng Tianyang, and Duanmu Ying, who did not have deep backgrounds, had all been in danger due to the covetousness of outsiders and had nowhere to stay. They could only come to Guan Yi for help. Guan Yi also let them stay at Zhuge's house for a while and helped them 'mediate'.

The one who stayed with the Zhuge family the longest was Wei Shufen, a sorcerer from Miao territory.

On one hand, she wanted to ask Guan Yi to help her find her childhood sweetheart. On the other hand, the first extraordinary skill that Guan Yi chose to learn independently was exactly what she had come to understand—the return of all spirits to their source!
This is a unique Gu technique. Instead of refining and exorcising Gu, it uses itself as the Gu to refine itself, achieving an effect where a higher level of spiritual soul takes over the physical body.

Ordinary Gu refining involves controlling external objects. But this Wanling Guizang (Returning to the Source of All Spirits) seeks within, refining one's own nature and destiny, allowing one's nature, that is, one's soul and consciousness, to more thoroughly control and even reshape one's destiny, that is, to reshape everything about this physical body.

Does it look familiar?
That's right, this is the reverse rebirth triple!

Transforming primordial Qi, returning to the primordial body, harmonizing the conflict between the two elements of nature and destiny, and transforming the shackles of life form. The practice of this extraordinary skill can change the unbalanced state in Guan Yi's body, where the cultivation of nature is stronger than the cultivation of destiny, into a balance, drawing an 'equal sign' bridge between nature and destiny.

Moreover, Guan Yin deduced that this was a godsend for him to solve the dilemma facing his Shinigami world—the incompatibility between the Hollows' innate ability to devour, the chaotic spiritual structure, and the Shinigami's orderly use of spiritual power.

Three years of intensive study, two years of practical application.

After the five-year infrastructure construction period ended, Guan Yi immediately activated the seventh phase of infrastructure construction.

This time, he invited Zuo Ruotong to the Zhuge family, and the two discussed and researched together. They finally succeeded in developing the fourth level of Reverse Life, whose wonders surpassed most extraordinary techniques. This allowed Guan Yi to obtain a body close to the Dao, greatly increasing his cultivation. Zuo Ruotong then passed away with a smile.

These two phases of infrastructure construction, along with ten years of cultivation under one person, allowed Guan Yi, who had returned to the world of Bleach, to successfully transform from a Hollow back into a Bleach.

Moreover, after being able to perfectly switch between the Hollow and Death states, Guan Yi discovered that he could also make his spirit possess some Hollow characteristics while maintaining the ordered structure of his spiritual particles.

His chest can freely open and close a void, allowing him to undergo 'faceless invisibility', and it is a complete invisibility that greatly increases spiritual pressure.

He can create a hybrid state between Hollow and Death, and arbitrarily 'adjust the proportions'.

The spiritual states that can be driven by 30% Shinigami and 70% Hollow are completely different from those that can be driven by 70% Shinigami and 30% Hollow. Through fine-tuning, Kaneki has gained new insights into the application of Kido and Cero.

He then activated the infrastructure for the eighth and ninth phases. Over the next ten years, the extraordinary skills he had meticulously developed were transformed into the Tongtian Lu (a magical talisman).

The Tongtian Lu is a unique skill that allows one to draw talismans in the void, overturning the traditional talisman system. It uses primordial Qi as ink and fingertips as brushes to outline runes in the void, mobilizing the power of heaven and earth.

While it cannot be said to be entirely the same as the mysteries of ghostly words, it does share some similarities, and it also has commonalities with the spells learned by sorcerers.

Guan Yi has integrated the three, and his mastery of the Ghost Path has reached a new level. He has even been able to further improve the three Limit Binding Techniques he used in the previous battle against Barragan!
Subsequently, during the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth phases of infrastructure construction, over a period of fifteen years, Guan Yi focused on only one thing each time.

Enhance your sexual cultivation!

Beyond the many techniques, it elevates the most fundamental spiritual pressure in the Bleach world!
He cultivated the Samadhi True Fire, and used the taboo of Samadhi True Fire cultivation—burning his own soul—to rapidly improve his sexual cultivation.

I vividly remember that decades ago, when the old clan chief, Zhuge Yue's grandfather Zhuge Wen, passed on the Samadhi True Fire to Guan Yi, he concealed the method of refining the soul, fearing that Guan Yi would be greedy for merit and ruin his future.

Now Guan Yi has long since become the patriarch of the Zhuge family. With all his elders gone, he is one of the most senior members of the Zhuge family. Only Zhuge Yue can worry about him and mutter a few words.

As a result, Guan Yi burned himself every day, practically teetering on the edge of his soul's annihilation, and naturally made rapid progress.

In 1979, when the twelfth phase of infrastructure construction was nearing completion, Guan Yi suddenly felt that he had touched a certain limit, and that his level of power seemed to have reached a certain peak.

At 78 years old, Zhuge Yi knew that he was only half a step away from attaining enlightenment and ascending to immortality.

……

[With the completion of the 12th phase of infrastructure construction, 100 billion yen can be spent to begin the 13th five-year infrastructure construction phase.]

[Wealth: 3598.7 billion]

His consciousness flowed back to the world of Bleach. Although he still had enough wealth to start the first phase of infrastructure construction, Guan Yi didn't continue. He knew that, apart from the wave of successful ascension, the world of Under One Person's ability to enhance his spiritual pressure had probably reached its limit.

Further training and progress can only be carried out in the world of Bleach.

"After two rounds of infrastructure development, totaling 140 years, I've finally reached the cultivation level of life essence, just one step away from ascension. No wonder there are only a handful of recorded ascensionists throughout China's five thousand years of history."

It's tough, but it's enough.

Guan Yi clenched his fist slightly, estimating the spiritual pressure within his body, which was about four times stronger than during his previous battle with Barragan!
"You... what's wrong with you?! What are you?!" Inside his body, Grimmjow was completely stunned.

He had no idea about Guan Yi's thirty-five-year plan; he could only see the 'one day' Guan Yi spent practicing during each infrastructure construction break.

Therefore, in his eyes, Guan Yi had fused the power of the Shinigami and Hollow in two days, advanced in the Kido in two days, and then increased his spiritual pressure fourfold in three days.

Anyone would be stupid in that situation!
Guan Yi looked inside his body and chuckled, "You've had enough of being inside me, haven't you? It's about time I made you a new body, Grimmjow."

(End of this chapter)