Wu Shattered Star River

“My physical body has strengthened so much… it's probably increased more than tenfold since the last time?”

On the Heavenly Stairs, Jiang Han had been in seclusion for another two months. During these two months, he had been absorbing the misty spiritual energy emanating from the black hole.

He burned over a hundred sticks of Soul-Soothing Incense, and the Heavenly Beast Cauldron had been constantly operating, converting a few balls of white energy every three days, continuously enhancing Jiang Han's physical body.

Today, the invisible pressure enveloping Jiang Han's body had weakened several times over, so he stopped his comprehension and prepared to rest for two days.

He sensed his physical body and discovered that it had grown very rapidly, which surprised him secretly.

He had previously condensed the Thunder Saint Body, and his physical body had always been strong. With his previous physical body, ordinary Initial Dao Realm attacks couldn't break his defense.

Now, the strength of his physical body was estimated to be such that even if a peak Initial Dao Realm expert stood still and bombarded him, they wouldn't be able to break his defense, right? It would be difficult for an ordinary Dao Harmonization Realm expert to kill him with one move, right?

“I wonder to what extent this physical body can ultimately grow?”

Although he was very tired, Jiang Han was extremely excited inside.

Although becoming stronger physically seemed useless, as Dao Harmonization Realm experts generally relied on Dao techniques for defense, when the physical body was strong to a certain extent, it was also extremely terrifying.

It was like an immortal or a god, possessing an immortal body or a divine body. Even if millions of troops bombarded them while they stood still, they wouldn't be able to break their golden bodies, right?

Jiang Han sensed for a long time before finally lying down on the stone steps, satisfied, and falling into a deep sleep.

This time, he slept for three days. After waking up, he ate some spiritual fruit, chatted with Little Fish below, and then began to climb upwards.

This time, he climbed forty stone steps in one go, standing on the 460th stone step.

He could actually climb further, but he didn't continue because the pressure was too strong higher up, and climbing a few more steps wouldn't make much of a difference.

Two more words appeared on the stone tablet above: Immortal Mark!

First forge an immortal body, then condense an immortal mark!

As Jiang Han expected, the last two words were indeed Immortal Mark, but it made him even more frustrated.

The meaning of this stone tablet was that if one wanted to go to the Upper Realm, one had to first forge an immortal body and also condense an immortal mark, otherwise one couldn't go up at all?

Jiang Han had heard of the Immortal Mark, which was a symbol of immortals. Without an immortal mark, one was not an immortal, and without a godhead, one was not a god.

That is to say, if one wanted to go to the Upper Realm, one had to ascend to immortality?

This made Jiang Han feel very absurd. Who in this world could become an immortal and be conferred a deity? For more than a million years, no one had ever heard of it; the strongest level was only someone like Huang Xiao.

Yan Qin also said that the passage connecting to the Upper Realm had been destroyed, and the spiritual energy of the Upper Realm could not be灌溉down, so this realm was relatively sparse in spiritual energy. Furthermore, the Great Dao laws of this realm were not complete, so the strong in this realm could not become immortals and be conferred deities.

Historically, no strong person had ever been conferred a deity and ascended to immortality, so why could he?

If he couldn't be conferred a deity and ascend to immortality, then he couldn't enter this black hole and couldn't go to the Upper Realm.

“Whatever…”

Jiang Han wasn't too interested in going to the Upper Realm. He would be satisfied if this realm could be pacified and the Desolate and Underworld races could be suppressed.

Although Jiang Hen Shui might have encountered big trouble in the Upper Realm, Jiang Hen Shui's battle strength was so strong that if he couldn't solve it himself, what could he and Yan Qin do up there?

Even if his battle strength was comparable to Huang Xiao, he would still be a small shrimp in the Upper Realm, right? He would be slapped to death by a strong person in minutes.

“Hmm…”

Thinking of this, Jiang Han's gaze turned to Little Fish below.

Little Fish had heard her mother's call and wanted to enter this black hole to find her mother? That meant her mother was a god or immortal from the Upper Realm? Moreover, she was probably a very powerful existence, otherwise how could she summon Little Fish in the Upper Realm?

He couldn't enter the Immortal Gate and couldn't go to the Upper Realm. He wondered if Little Fish could enter?

Although Little Fish didn't have battle strength, she was very strange and possessed many strange abilities. Perhaps taking her up the Heavenly Stairs would allow them to enter the black hole, ascend to the Immortal Gate, and step into the Upper Realm?

“Work hard!”

Jiang Han's gaze turned to the black hole not far away, and his eyes became fiery.

He had already comprehended a lot of divine intent, and now he was only thirty-nine stone steps away from the top of the Heavenly Stairs. If he continued at the previous pace, then in two months he would be able to reach the top of the Heavenly Stairs, and the black hole would be within reach?

Full of anticipation, he lit the Soul-Soothing Incense again and continued his seclusion.

Perhaps because he was closer to the black hole, not only was the divine intent clearer, but the speed of comprehension also increased.

The efficiency of drawing in the misty spiritual energy from the cave entrance also increased. Previously, he could only draw in a trace. Now, he could draw in two traces, so the speed of his physical body's improvement was even faster.

A month later, the pressure enveloping Jiang Han's body weakened once again.

He stopped cultivating and immediately went to investigate his physical body. After investigating several times, he was overjoyed inside. His physical body had strengthened another four or five times.

Now, he didn't even know how strong his physical body was. Was it possible that even ordinary Dao Harmonization Realm experts would have difficulty killing him?

“It hasn't transformed yet? I wonder if it can transform?”

Jiang Han was secretly surprised. His physical body had grown so much. Logically speaking, there should have been some changes, right? Just like when he transformed into the Thunder Saint Body before, there had been a substantial change.

But now, his physical body had only strengthened, and there weren't many other changes.

He rested for a day and chose to continue climbing upwards. The higher he climbed, the closer he was to the black hole, the clearer the divine intent, the easier it was to draw in the misty spiritual energy, and the faster his physical body would improve.

He slowly climbed upwards. This time, he clearly felt that something was different, because the higher he went, the greater the increase in pressure.

He climbed a dozen stone steps and already felt like he couldn't hold on. He gritted his teeth and continued to climb upwards. Finally, he successfully climbed another twenty stone steps, reaching the 480th stone step.

Having reached here, he couldn't even straighten his waist and could only lie on the stone steps.

He sensed for a moment. The divine intent was much clearer, and the misty spiritual energy wasn't far away. It seemed within reach.

He tried hard to raise his head, looked at the stone tablet, and swept his gaze across it, his face full of astonishment.

Because this time, the stone tablet didn't add just one word, but twelve words at once: Achieve Immortality and Attain Dao, Slay Gods and Suppress Demons, Heavenly Court Bestowal.

Putting it all together, it was: The Immortal Path is Long and Arduous, Seek Upwards and Downwards, First Forge an Immortal Body, Then Condense an Immortal Mark, Achieve Immortality and Attain Dao, Slay Gods and Suppress Demons, Heavenly Court Bestowal.

This line of words gave Jiang Han the feeling that it was pointing out a path, a path to immortality.

First work hard to cultivate, comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, constantly explore, then forge an immortal body, condense an immortal mark, and in this way one can achieve immortality and attain Dao? Then, after going to the Upper Realm, one must slay gods and suppress demons, establish meritorious service, and then one can obtain the Heavenly Court's bestowal?

Yan Qin said that she used to be a minor immortal official in the Heavenly Court? Would that count as having received the Heavenly Court's bestowal?

Jiang Han didn't know. Yan Qin hadn't told her many things about the Upper Realm. Jiang Han hadn't told Yan Qin the words that Jiang Hen Shui had chatted with him about in Ghost City either.

The main thing was that Jiang Hen Shui didn't say anything specific, but instead revealed information that he was now trapped and in great danger.

Jiang Han didn't want Yan Qin to worry, and he was also afraid that if she knew his father was in trouble, Yan Qin would try to find a way to go to the Upper Realm at all costs.

Yan Qin's battle strength was estimated to only be at the bottom in the Upper Realm. Anxious to save her husband, Jiang Han was afraid that something would happen to her.

“Heavenly Court Bestowal?”

Jiang Han chuckled, feeling that this stone tablet was more like drawing a pie in the sky for the warriors of the Lower Realm? Letting the warriors of the Lower Realm cultivate desperately, risking their lives to fight, and ultimately obtain a position in the Heavenly Court?

Jiang Han wasn't too interested in this. He even had some resistance to the Upper Realm in his heart. Not to mention whether he could go up, even if he could, he would consider whether or not to go…

“I won’t think about it. I’ll continue to comprehend!”

After a moment, Jiang Han shook his head, deciding to climb to the top of the stone steps first.