CHAPTER 167: CHAPTER 167: MARTIAL DAO AT THE PROFOUND IMMORTAL LEVEL

After absorbing a trace of Daoist Celestial Immortal Rhyme, his Four Extremes Martial Dao also reached the Immortal Tier Level.

Then, he began to study the Mystic Immortal Rhyme in detail.

Just from the name, one could surmise it was a similar treasure to the Daoist Celestial Immortal Rhyme.

Mystic Immortal Rhyme—an Exotic Treasure containing the profound meaning of Profound Immortal Dao Treasures, capable of elevating a Martial Dao Mark to the Profound Immortal Level!

This...

During this time spent with Mo Chen, Jiang Cheng had gained some understanding of the Immortal Realm.

Normally, after overcoming the Thunder Tribulation, an ascender would start at the First Grade True Immortal Realm upon reaching the Immortal Realm.

After the Ninth Grade True Immortal, comes the First Grade Celestial Immortal.

And above the Celestial Immortal, there is the Profound Immortal.

Previously, the Daoist Celestial Immortal Rhyme he acquired granted him Martial Dao Enlightenment at the True Immortal Level.

This had already broken the limits of the Lower Realm Plane.

Even if a Lower Realm Martial Artist had extraordinary talent, their Martial Dao would only reach the Saint Level.

Because there was simply no way to acquire Immortal Level enlightenment.

But now, while still in the Lower Realm, Jiang Cheng could obtain Martial Dao Enlightenment at the Profound Immortal Level.

If he ascended to the Immortal Realm, he would start as a significant expert.

Looking at the three Martial Daos that had reached the Immortal Level, he decided to use the Mystic Immortal Rhyme on other rivers, aiming for balanced development.

After a long consideration, he chose the Space-Time Martial Dao.

But the system immediately indicated that the foundation was insufficient and enhancements were impossible.

Damn, what kind of foundation is needed to use this Mystic Immortal Rhyme?

It meant that if the river hadn’t reached the Immortal Level, it couldn’t be elevated to the Profound Immortal Level out of thin air.

Reluctantly, he had to elevate the already True Immortal Level Five Elements Martial Dao to the Profound Immortal Level.

The next moment, the Daoist Palace autonomously soared into the void, radiating light as if an immortal had descended!

Nine great Martial Dao rivers hung in the air, the blue river representing the Five Elements swiftly expanded, and the golden vibrant mark inscriptions shone brilliantly, visibly transforming into a platinum hue!

The mark rippled through the river, densely packed and exuding an extremely mysterious aura, giving an inexplicable and surreal feeling, not belonging to this world.

The Profound Immortal Level mark was complete!

In Jiang Cheng’s mind, countless more Martial Dao enlightenment suddenly appeared, all related to the Five Elements.

But compared to last time, this enlightenment was deeper and more mysterious.

A gaze that encompassed millennia, when his consciousness returned, he realized there was a crowd standing in front of him.

No matter if it was experts like Qingsuo, the Three-Eyed Tiger, the Profound Turtle King, or disciples of the Feixian Sect like Lan Ti, Ji Linghan, and Lin Ning, they all stood gaping, forgetting to close their mouths.

Just staring at him, dumbfounded.

"What... is this?"

Qingsuo’s muttering broke the silence.

Of course, she knew it was a Martial Dao river in the Daoist Palace Realm.

As someone Ascending to Saint, she shouldn’t be surprised by a Daoist Palace.

But right now, aside from astonishment, she felt nothing else.

The Four Extremes and Nine Palaces at the Immortal Level were one thing, but what was with that Five Elements Martial Dao?

Why did it look scarier and more exalted than the Immortal Level?

What exactly is this?

It was the cultivator’s instinctual thirst for knowledge in unknown domains, yet there was also a sense telling her this was beyond her exploration.

Too far away...

"Profound Immortal Level Martial Dao Enlightenment!"

"This can’t be!"

The only one recognizing it, Mo Chen, couldn’t help holding his head in despair, his expression collapsed, filled with existential doubt.

He had once reached the Profound Immortal Level in his Martial Dao Realm.

But how many years had it been since he became an immortal, and how much of his life was spent striving for that Profound Immortal Level Martial Dao mark?

More than a billion years, at least.

Yet Jiang Cheng was still in the Lower Realm and already had a Martial Dao mark at that level.

What, Profound Immortal Level?

Legends from the Immortal Realm existed even in the Lower Realm, especially since the Immortal Remnant Race were descendants of immortals.

Everyone knew what the Profound Immortal level concept was.

And so, it was as if the place exploded.

"He hasn’t even ascended, how could this be possible?"

"It’s a miracle, an absolute miracle!"

"Such talent is unparalleled throughout time..."

"With Sect Leader Jiang’s Martial Dao Realm, even without the Void Immortal Realm, he could sooner or later forcibly break through the barriers of the Immortal Realm!"

"Stay calm, the Sect Leader always said he was an immortal, isn’t this normal?"

"Exactly, otherwise, how could he perform immortal techniques."

"Normal, my foot!"

Mo Chen suddenly roared; he was usually accepting of anything, yet this time, he was heavily struck.

Damn, you guys shouldn’t speak nonsense if you don’t understand.

Profound Immortal Level Martial Dao Enlightenment couldn’t be reached without being in the Immortal Realm, without Immortal Yuan Qi, without contact with that level of Martial Dao.

This was something utterly impossible.

Even if one somehow magically acquired a technique of that realm in the Lower Realm, it wouldn’t work.

Could the fate of a Child of the Plane alone achieve this?

He began to doubt for the first time.

Seeing everyone dumbfounded, Brother Cheng felt an urge to show off.

"You need not be amazed; this Sect Leader just had some insights after a bit of recent ascetic cultivation."

Could you still call this a random insight?

If it wasn’t for being the most loyal follower of the Sect Leader, the Personal Grandmaster, a core member of the Child of the Plane, the ultimate auxiliary for Brother Cheng’s showcasing, Mo Chen would have grabbed him by the collar to interrogate him.

Suddenly having direct enlightenment at the Profound Immortal Level?

Why don’t you tell me how you did it?

"With the Sect Leader’s talent, if he can’t become an Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm, I’ll write my name backwards!"

This high evaluation left everyone awestruck.

But Brother Cheng expressed that he found the compliment to be average, nothing new, and Elder Mo needed to try harder.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, he again entered the system interface, busy with the remaining 90 draws.

After these 90 draws, he obtained 7 more threads of Daoist Celestial Immortal Rhyme and 1 more thread of Mystic Immortal Rhyme.

With six more rivers yet to reach the Immortal Level, he naturally elevated them all.

Whoosh!

The Daoist Palace once again autonomously drifted into the void, and the Life and Death Martial Dao river rapidly expanded, its mark leaped from Sect Level to King Level, then to Saint Level, reaching Immortal Level in the blink of an eye.

The sky shone with the golden inscription marks of that river, dazzling as if the Celestial River was inverted.

This...

The crowd was still present.

They witnessed another enhancement.

Although it wasn’t the Profound Immortal Level this time, only the True Immortal Level, it was still shocking enough.

They couldn’t see the system, only the transformation of the Daoist Palace.

"Another upgrade?"

"This, this, this, how could it be so fast?"

"How many realms did it skip?"

"Too terrifying!"

Facing the crowd’s utterly incredulous gazes, Brother Cheng shrugged.

"Happened to gain a bit of insight again."

Goddamn!

Could your words be any more fake?

The previous Profound Immortal Level was the Five Elements Martial Dao, now the Life and Death Martial Dao had risen to the True Immortal Level.

Completely different, separated by vast distances, did he just jump into another realm of insight?

And it only happened in a matter of minutes.

Soon after, another river rapidly transformed to the Immortal Tier, this time it was the Space-Time Martial Dao.

Don’t tell me you happened to have insights again.

Is the Immortal Level so easily reached?

Why aren’t there others in the Lower Realm with it?

Amidst their utterly collapsed state, everyone turned their questioning gaze again to Sect Leader Jiang.

"I just suddenly thought of space-time, insights flowed in, couldn’t help it."

They didn’t even bother to hide it anymore, not even making up other excuses.