CHAPTER 170: CHAPTER 170: ADVANCING TO ASCENDING TO SAINT

"Half and half."

Jiang Cheng was also rather speechless about his current condition.

According to logic, when achieving the Immortal Body, the spiritual power within the body should automatically convert into Immortal Yuan Power.

That signifies the formal shaping of an Immortal.

But because he’s not even close to Ascending to Saint, let alone Saint Tier, and his Domain isn’t formed, his Spiritual Power Realm is far too low.

So, the situation is quite unusual.

Currently, whether it’s his meridians or Sea of Qi within, they’ve all been restructured to Immortal specifications, and even his Divine Soul has features of an Immortal Soul.

Yet, the power he uses is still spiritual power, not Immortal Yuan Power.

And the Divine Soul is the same, still at the early-stage Saint Tier.

Clearly possessing an Immortal Body, but still using spiritual power—it must be said, this is indeed a rarity.

At this moment, other disciples finally arrived.

"Sect Leader, you’re alright, that’s great!"

"Scared me to death."

"The Sect Leader is truly amazing to make it through such a thunder tribulation."

"Yes, yes, I was so scared I nearly peed myself."

"If it was me, I’d be turned to ashes in an instant, there’s no way we could withstand it."

After enjoying a round of compliments, a satisfied Brother Cheng said, "Alright, alright, go cultivate now."

This time, the disciples didn’t complain.

Just now, when the tenth Martial Dao appeared, they all gained significant enlightenment, and truly needed to cultivate.

After everyone dispersed, Jiang Cheng busied himself with counting his previous lottery rewards.

This time, in a 100 draw, he got 22 Xuanji Map fragments.

This led Jiang Cheng to have an uneasy suspicion: just how many fragments does this Ghost Map have?

If it weren’t for each synthesis improving the effect, he would have been in despair.

His transmission and invisibility skills were also raised to Level 5 this time.

This greatly increased the transmission distance and invisibility duration.

Besides these two skills, his Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Talisman Refining techniques also advanced to Level 5.

This is already the level capable of crafting Immortal Pills, Immortal Artifacts, and Immortal Talismans.

With these three crafts, even without much combat power, Brother Cheng could become very popular in the Immortal Realm, easily earning a living wherever he goes.

Because not every Immortal in the Immortal Realm can use Immortal Artifacts and Immortal Pills.

Such a master is welcomed anywhere.

He also received two sets of True Immortal Level cultivation techniques and three sets of True Immortal Level Martial Techniques.

He had not extracted these techniques and skills yet, planning to wait until he reaches Ascending to Saint or Saint Tier.

Extracting at that point, the cultivation techniques and martial skills would be perfect for his realm.

Currently ascending to Ascending to Saint is not difficult for him, as the Divine Soul and Martial Dao Enlightenment surpass it greatly; all he needs is enough pills.

Apart from those intangible rewards, the physical rewards were also plentiful.

He acquired a total of 4 Sacred Artifacts.

And also received 3 lower-grade Magical Treasures.

Finally, there were 25 Immortal Pills and some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, along with Immortal Artifact fragments used as materials.

Without any delay, he began meditating on the spot, taking out Immortal Pills to use.

After the first Immortal Pill entered his body, under the effect of the Celestial Desolation Indestructible Body, it transformed rapidly.

Surging Immortal Yuan Qi washed through his meridians, immense power erupting from the pill.

Jiang Cheng felt no discomfort or pain, just a slight sense of regret.

These Immortal Yuan Qi, after entering his body, were forced to downgrade into spiritual power due to the Daoist Palace realm restriction.

Immortal Yuan Qi is inherently much higher than spiritual power, so disassembling it to spiritual power suggests the substantial force within.

With just one Immortal Pill, his realm skyrocketed from the Fifth Layer to Daoist Palace Ninth Layer.

Then, he consumed another one to start consolidating his domain and advancing towards Ascending to Saint.

The entire breakthrough process was quite smooth, with his Martial Dao realm being too high, facing no bottlenecks.

In the sky, thunder tribulation appeared once more.

But this time it was the Profound Celestial Thunder Tribulation, similar to other Ascending to Saints.

The lightning streaked down like strands of hair, striking his body and sparking dazzling fireworks.

Yet, that was all there was to it.

Brother Cheng already has an Immortal Body, okay?

In the past, the Zixiao Thunder Tribulation during the Saint Tier ascension had to be crossed to have an Immortal Body.

This Profound Celestial Thunder Tribulation was too low for him.

Like trying to attack a rock with a flyswatter—painless and without itch, he barely felt anything.

However, the disciples and people like Qingsuo heard the news and rushed over, afraid something might go wrong again.

Seeing the red clouds in the sky and the continuing descending thunder, everyone was on edge.

The thunder tribulation just passed—how is there a new one already?

Upon arriving at the scene, seeing the Sect Leader’s state, everyone was speechless.

Brother Cheng was just sitting cross-legged there continuing his cultivation, eyes closed, with no intention to resist the thunder tribulation.

Especially those like Qingsuo who ascended before, recalling their past struggles of donning full armor, surrounding themselves with defensive talismans and arrays, and using Magical Treasures for defense.

The state required peak adjustment without any distraction.

Yet this guy, people would think he fell asleep.

The Profound Celestial Thunder Tribulation continued sparsely, making a cursory appearance on him before fading away awkwardly.

Quite embarrassing.

Once the thunder tribulation passed, the Daoist Palace sublimated.

Transforming into a domain, grounded in the nine Martial Daos.

Simultaneously, the tenth Martial Dao quietly embedded itself at the domain’s center.

The moment it formed, the domain began expanding furiously, extending beyond the main peak’s range.

It continued stretching in all directions, encompassing a hundred-thousand-mile Secret Realm, and surprisingly still hadn’t stopped.

"This domain, truly worthy of Sect Leader Jiang!"

"Indeed, my domain spanned three thousand miles, which is already considered large."

"When I ascended to Saint, my domain was merely five hundred miles."

"Nine Immortal Level Martial Daos—the foundation is unimaginable."

Profound Turtle King silently sensed for a while, then shook his head with a bitter smile: "My Holy Sanctuary is only a hundred thousand miles; the Sect Leader’s domain is too vast."

Only when it expanded to a million miles did Jiang Cheng’s domain stop spreading.

Everyone witnessing this scene could only look up in admiration.

Mo Chen sighed: "This Ascending to Saint Domain is already peerless in the world!"

He suddenly felt an odd sensation, that he was witnessing the birth of new history in the Cultivation Realm.

Qingsuo, however, sighed: "It’s just a pity, a domain this vast makes advancing very difficult for him."

Profound Turtle King agreed in a gruff voice: "Indeed, the larger the domain, the more spiritual power is needed for advancement; otherwise, sustaining it is impossible."

"For a million-mile domain, his advancement is ten times harder than my Holy Sanctuary’s advancements!"

Mo Chen didn’t argue with them this time.

Because it was the truth.

Although Jiang Cheng’s enlightenment and realm were so high that he had no bottleneck, the immense accumulation of spiritual power, ten times more than for Saint Tier advancement, was enough to deter anyone.

Even using all twenty thousand Treasure Pills acquired recently might only elevate him from Ascending to Saint First Layer to Ascending to Saint Third or Fourth Layer.

And there are so many realms beyond that?

"With the Sect Leader’s immense fortune, this should all be smoothly resolved in the future, right?"

"Besides, with the Void Immortal Realm about to open, once the Sect Leader enters the Immortal Realm and absorbs Immortal Yuan Qi for cultivation, the speed will increase."

Their discussion left other Feixian Sect disciples quite puzzled.

"Isn’t the Sect Leader already an Immortal?"

"Why does he have to break through the Daoist Palace again?"

"Exactly, are you sure you’re not mistaken?"

Mo Chen was speechless.

Did you really believe he was an Immortal?

Indeed, the Sect Leader possessed some abilities even Immortals found hard to match, but his actual realm was always low, okay?

As a capable Personal Grandmaster, he couldn’t embarrass the Sect Leader.

At this point, Brother Cheng, who had broken through to Ascending to Saint First Layer, opened his eyes.

"You’re overthinking it."