Open up and break into another world

Where is he?

Gu Ao was instantly dumbfounded.

The trapped formation was perfectly intact, and the secret chamber's door was tightly closed!

However, the fake Xiao Shengtian, who had been standing here just a moment ago, vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye!

"How is this possible!"

Gu Ao's mental power frantically swept through the secret chamber.

However, no matter how he searched, he could only find that the secret chamber was empty!

Gu Ao even mobilized the power of his Intent, sweeping through every corner of the secret chamber; but still, he gained nothing.

This made Gu Ao even more bewildered.

Gu Ao had seen many clever methods of concealment.

But in this closed secret chamber, Gu Ao believed that even a Dao Lord-level expert could not hide from him!

"Could it be… that he used some special method to leave this place already?"

Gu Ao was nothing but dumbfounded.

……

Of course, Xu Ming was still right where he was.

At this moment, Xu Ming was in a state of "Absolute Stealth," watching Gu Ao foolishly use various methods to search wildly, and couldn't help but chuckle inwardly: "'Absolute Stealth,' which cannot be detected by any means, would be a joke if a mere Spirit Peak Realm cultivator like you could discover it!"

"However…"

Xu Ming couldn't help but fall into thought.

"To be honest, I really can't do anything to him in a head-on collision!"

If the opponent was just an ordinary Spirit Peak Realm cultivator, then Xu Ming could use the Water and Fire Intents, activate various cheats, and cast "Rejuvenation Art," and naturally wouldn't fear a head-on battle.

But the opponent possessed a Puppet Demon Body, which could almost ignore all attacks at the Spirit Realm stage, making him invincible—this left Xu Ming helpless.

"Using only the Fire Intent, I can't even break through his skin! If that's the case…" Xu Ming quickly calculated in his mind, "Even if I use all nine Intents, I may not be able to pose any fatal threat to him!"

Moreover, Xu Ming couldn't possibly expose that he controlled nine Intents; otherwise, once it spread, who knows what trouble it would cause!

What if some Heaven-Opening Almighty became interested in him… that would be fun!

After thinking it over, Xu Ming had to admit that with his current strength, he couldn't defeat Gu Ao no matter what, let alone kill him!

Unless…

"Unless my strength can be greatly improved!—But, I've already used up all the Dao Demon Essence, and using more is ineffective; relying solely on the 'Enlightenment' cheat, I can hardly improve my Intent much in a short time."

"Since that's the case…"

Xu Ming pondered.

"It's time to improve my cultivation…"

Xu Ming hadn't paid attention to his cultivation for a long time.

During this time, Xu Ming's energy had been almost entirely focused on improving his realm.

And the power of Intent was indeed much stronger than the power of cultivation.

A mid-stage Core Formation Realm warrior directly fighting against a Spirit Peak Realm cultivator—this kind of thing probably only happens when using cheats!

"However… it's time to break through to the Spirit Realm!"

After careful consideration, Xu Ming felt that the time to break through to the Spirit Realm was ripe!

First of all, Xu Ming's strength had temporarily reached a bottleneck.

Of course, this bottleneck didn't mean that Xu Ming's strength had stopped improving, but rather—Xu Ming's upgrade speed was originally a thousand or ten thousand times faster than ordinary geniuses; now, it had suddenly plummeted to ten or a hundred times faster than ordinary geniuses! This made Xu Ming feel very unaccustomed, even unacceptable, as if he had fallen into a bottleneck…

Well, that's the case!

Secondly, Xu Ming had accumulated more than two million Tier 4 cheat points, so he didn't have to worry about not having enough cheat points to use after entering the Spirit Realm.

So…

Isn't it just the Spirit Realm?

If I say break through, then I'll break through!

"Little Cheat, I want to forcefully level up!" Xu Ming was now rich and powerful, and what he lacked the least was cheat points.

"The host's current cultivation is at the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm. Forcefully leveling up to the late-stage of the Core Formation Realm requires 600,000 Tier 3 cheat points!"

"Don't mention cheat points to me, just level me up!"

"Forceful leveling up is in progress…"

Xu Ming immediately felt that his entire body, skin, flesh, bones, Xuan Qi… were all rapidly undergoing transformation.

The golden core in the center of his dantian was also becoming more and more solid; obviously, the power contained within was not what it used to be.

Of course, this bit of power in his physical body was still insignificant compared to the power of Intent.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ming had already stepped into the late-stage of the Core Formation Realm!

"Continue to forcefully level up!"

"Forcefully leveling up from the late-stage of the Core Formation Realm to the peak of the Core Formation Realm requires 1.5 million Tier 3 cheat points!"

"Forcefully leveling up from the peak of the Core Formation Realm to the Half-Step Spirit Realm requires 5 million Tier 3 cheat points!"

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ is ⊥ at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ release!

"Forcefully leveling up from the Half-Step Spirit Realm to the Spirit Realm requires 18 million Tier 3 cheat points!"

Xu Ming's answer to Little Cheat's every upgrade was the same—don't mention cheat points to me, just level me up!!!

However, Xu Ming was also slightly surprised: "I didn't expect that the cheat points consumed by forcefully leveling up would skyrocket so quickly; I used to think that a few million Tier 3 cheat points would be enough to reach the Spirit Realm! Fortunately… I have a lot of cheat points!"

Xu Ming's cultivation rapidly improved to the limit of the Core Formation Realm.

A golden core, perfectly complete to the extreme!

At this time, he was only one step away from the Spirit Realm—to break the core and transform it into a Spirit Sea.

"Break!"

With Xu Ming's current realm, controlling this bit of change in his body was simply as easy as turning his hand!

The golden core broke!

The incomparably pure power compressed within the golden core flowed out along the cracks on the surface of the golden core, quickly filling the entire dantian.

Even the golden shell of the golden core began to melt.

The Spirit Sea quickly formed!

Xu Ming first controlled a wisp of Fire Intent, tentatively entering the dantian Spirit Sea.

Whoosh!

As soon as this wisp of Intent entered the Spirit Sea, it quickly condensed into spirit sand!

Only now could Xu Ming be considered a true "Spirit Sand Realm"!

Before, although Xu Ming had comprehended four thousand wisps of various Intents, he didn't have a single grain of spirit sand.

Xu Ming could clearly feel that after this wisp of scorching Intent gathered into spirit sand, its power had increased by several folds!

"Continue!"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh…

Wisps of Fire Intent continuously entered the Spirit Sea.

Grains of spirit sand formed one after another.

The spirit sand continued to increase.

Three Sand Realm…

Ten Sand Realm…

Thirty Sand Realm…

Fifty Sand Realm…

Ninety Sand Realm…

When the number of Fire Spirit Sand in the Spirit Sea reached one hundred grains; these spirit sand naturally gathered into a small rock.

Xu Ming immediately understood: "Spirit Rock Realm!"

And at the same time that this small rock of Intent gathered and formed, Xu Ming suddenly showed a look of shock and realization.

"What? It's actually like this…"

"No wonder… no wonder!"