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"Senior Brother, are you aware that the Desolate Demon Secret Realm, one of the three great secret realms of the Taisu Holy Land, will open in a month?"
Chu Xiu, holding a teacup, shook his head.
He had been busy cultivating recently and hadn't paid attention to other matters.
However, he had heard of the Desolate Demon Secret Realm.
It was formed from the small world within a Quasi-Demon Emperor.
Legend has it that a hundred thousand years ago, the Quasi-Demon Emperor of the demon race, the Divine Crow, somehow offended Emperor Taisu.
On that day, Emperor Taisu sat cross-legged at the peak of Taisu Peak, raised her delicate hand, and from an infinite distance, struck down the Divine Crow Quasi-Demon Emperor in the Demon Emperor City with a single blow.
But that wasn't all. The domineering Emperor Taisu also casually seized the small world within him.
After the Quasi-Emperor's death, the small world naturally began to collapse.
Emperor Taisu used great divine abilities to set up ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine seals and restrictions to prevent its collapse.
Thus, it became the Desolate Demon Secret Realm of the Taisu Holy Land today.
Because of these restrictions, cultivators entering the Desolate Demon Secret Realm will have their realms suppressed, with the highest being able to maintain the peak of the Divine Bridge Realm.
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Even if you are a Saint King Overlord, you will still be suppressed upon entering.
The supreme methods of the Great Emperor are just that overbearing and unreasonable.
"The Desolate Demon Secret Realm is full of opportunities, but the number of entries is limited."
Chu Xiaoran continued, "There are a total of 2,000 slots, 300 for the Wheel Sea Realm, and 1,700 for the Divine Bridge Realm."
"To obtain a slot, it's simple; you just need to climb the Taisu Tower."
The top 300 before the Wheel Sea Monument can qualify, and the top 1,700 before the Divine Bridge Monument can qualify.
"Senior Brother Chu Xiu, with your strong physique and extraordinary sword skills, you rarely have opponents among your peers. If you climb the Taisu Tower, you're sure to enter the top 300."
"And Xiaoran wants to ask for a favor..."
Half a moment later.
Chu Xiu stepped onto a flying boat and flew away from Treasure Gathering Peak.
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Outside the sleeping quarters of the Peak Lord Hall at Cloudmist Peak.
A few female inner disciples serving the Peak Lord whispered among themselves, holding trays.
"I don't know what's gotten into the Peak Lord lately, suddenly loving mortal food."
"Yes, yes, and she likes sour things..."
"Have you noticed? The Peak Lord's complexion has been so good lately, as radiant as a celestial flower."
"Yes, yes, could it be that mortal food can..."
Their voices gradually faded away.
Inside the sleeping quarters.
The person half-lying on the jade couch had a graceful and slender figure with snow-white skin.
She twirled a bright red plum between her fingers, her eyelids twitching.
Her red lips pursed slightly, letting out a cold snort.
It seems I've been too lenient with these girls.
They don't even know what reverence is.
They dare to mock me now.
She placed the luscious plum into her mouth, her long eyebrows furrowing.
Thinking of that annoying face of the rebellious disciple.
Qi Mengdie felt a wave of frustration.
She didn't know how long these days of being pushed around would last.
"Recently, my body has been acting strange."
"Could it be that I'm ill?"
Fairy Mengdie was quite troubled, her delicate body rising from the jade couch.
Barefoot, she walked gracefully to the bookshelf.
She raised her hand to open a hidden compartment.
From it, she took out a straw doll.
The doll bore an eighty percent resemblance to Chu Xiu.
Qi Mengdie bit her lip, picked up a silver needle, and viciously stabbed it into the doll's lower body.
After doing all this, the Peak Lord's nearly collapsing Dao heart calmed down considerably.
A hint of satisfaction flashed in her beautiful eyes as she placed the straw doll back in the hidden compartment.
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Chu Xiu: ...
Seeing this scene.
"Damn, this crazy woman, she really needs to be dealt with."
Calming his mind, Chu Xiu sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
"System, open my personal status panel."
[Host]: Chu Xiu
[Realm]: Wheel Sea, Fourth Layer
[Special Constitution]: Archaic Sacred Body
[Aptitude]: 917 "Heaven Grade," 31 times cultivation speed.
[Sword Intent]: Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent
[Cultivation Method]: Scripture of the Dao—Foundation Forging Chapter.
[Breakthrough Point]: 642
[Luck Value]: -18 "Black," killing a Great Fortunate One can absorb their luck for personal use.
[Comprehensive Combat Strength Evaluation]: 25 times the combat strength of ordinary peers.
"Start exchanging breakthrough points!"
[Ding, consumed 200,000 second-tier Vital Energy Pills, gained 10 million breakthrough points]
[Ding, consumed 10,000 fourth-tier True Essence Pills, gained 5 million breakthrough points]
[Jie jie... Please choose one of the following options for a breakthrough]
[Cultivation Technique] [Sword Intent] [Sword Art "Max Level"] [Movement Technique "Max Level"]
"Cultivation Technique~"
Chu Xiu decided to enhance his cultivation base first.
Cultivation base is the foundation of everything.
[Detected that the host possesses the Archaic Sacred Body, cultivating the Scripture of the Dao, Foundation Establishment at the tenth layer, Ultimate Ascension, breakthrough difficulty greatly increased, requires accelerating one small cycle per year, estimated annual consumption of 1,000 breakthrough points]
[First year, you went into seclusion at the cave dwelling on Cloudmist Peak, attempting a breakthrough. Due to your connection with Master X, your aptitude greatly improved, and you easily broke through to the Wheel Sea, Fifth Layer]
[Second year, you went into seclusion at the cave dwelling on Cloudmist Peak, attempting a breakthrough. Due to your connection with Master X, your aptitude greatly improved, and you easily broke through to the Wheel Sea, Sixth Layer]
[Third year, you went into seclusion at the cave dwelling on Cloudmist Peak, attempting a breakthrough. Due to your connection with Master X, your aptitude greatly improved, and you easily broke through to the Wheel Sea, Seventh Layer]
[Fifth year, you went into seclusion at the cave dwelling on Cloudmist Peak, attempting a breakthrough. Due to your connection with Master X, your aptitude greatly improved, and you easily broke through to the Wheel Sea, Ninth Layer]
[Sixth year, you continued attempting a breakthrough, feeling a sense of enlightenment, touching the threshold of the Ultimate Ascension of the Wheel Sea, you stopped cultivating, deciding to attempt a breakthrough to the Ultimate Ascension of the Wheel Sea Realm]
[This breakthrough consumed a total of 6,000 breakthrough points]
[Remaining breakthrough points: 14,994,000 breakthrough points]
Boom~
Countless Dao insights surged into his mind.
The vital energy of heaven and earth around the cave dwelling, like a flood finding an outlet, surged into Chu Xiu's body, completing a major cycle before merging into the golden Wheel Sea.
His thick black hair fluttered without wind, and his aura soared.
After reaching the Wheel Sea, Ninth Layer.
Chu Xiu's Wheel Sea expanded madly, 45 times, 50 times, 55 times, 70 times, 80 times, 99 times the size of an ordinary Wheel Sea, Ninth Layer...
It stopped abruptly at 99 times.
As if some invisible rule forcibly stopped it, not allowing his Wheel Sea to expand further.
Chu Xiu looked inward.
The Wheel Sea had undergone a transformation.
The golden lake was vast, like an ocean...
However, the golden seawater in the ocean was slightly lacking.
Chu Xiu opened his eyes, realizing he could no longer absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth.
It turned out that his previous five consecutive advancements had almost instantly drained all the vital energy within a radius of several miles, forming a vacuum of vital energy.
Such a terrifying scene, if seen by outsiders, would surely leave them utterly shocked.
After all, this was the Taisu Holy Land, where the vital energy of heaven and earth was abundant.
Not to mention the cave dwelling of a true disciple on Cloudmist Peak, where the concentration of vital energy was one or two times denser than that of a personal disciple.
Even so, it was still not enough for Chu Xiu to absorb, which showed just how much his Wheel Sea could consume.
Chu Xiu took out tens of thousands of high-grade Essence Stones from his storage pouch, piling them around him.
He operated the Scripture of the Dao, absorbing the vast amount of vital energy contained within to replenish the Origin Force in his Wheel Sea.
"System, what are the conditions for the Ultimate Ascension breakthrough of the Wheel Sea, Tenth Layer?"