Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing let out a long breath, looking at the ordinary jade steps above, feeling his scalp tingle.

The heavy pressure falling from the sky was several times stronger than the previous hundred steps.

His mana had long been exhausted, and he was only relying on his physical body to endure. However, strangely enough, without the reliance on mana, resisting the pressure purely with his physical body actually felt a little easier, but the pain in his body was greatly increased.

He gritted his teeth, raised his right foot, and stepped onto the jade step above.

In an instant, the scene changed again, and he returned to the Qi Refining Realm. However, he seemed to have become a different person, decisive and intelligent, with rapid and vigorous progress in his cultivation, even faster than Wu Yuankui.

In just over a hundred years, he entered the Core Formation Realm.

At the age of three hundred, he had the opportunity to enter a large spiritual cave to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. This time, the same question appeared again.

However, having experienced it once, this question was naturally not a problem. But this time, he failed to break through and died from Qi Deviation.

Fortunately, when he woke up, he was still on the jade steps.

This made him understand that the test of these hundred jade steps was actually about his true self.

Anyone who can stick to their true self can continuously climb the jade steps. If one cannot stick to their true self, they will be completely defeated.

Sure enough, the subsequent illusions were varied. There were times when he experienced ten reincarnations before finally breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. There were also times when he died young, his soul entered a beast's body, and he became a demon beast, transforming all the way.

There were also times when he was possessed by a cultivator, progressing from a mortal to the Nascent Soul stage.

Even more bizarrely, there was a time when he exchanged souls with Wu Yuankui. With Wu Yuankui's body, he advanced triumphantly, finally entering the Nascent Soul stage and the Demon Extinction Abyss.

This time was the most dangerous, because he was unwilling to occupy Senior Brother Yuankui's body, let alone steal his opportunities and glory. He hesitated, almost doubting and denying himself.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, he held onto his thoughts, because he knew that Wu Yuankui was unique, and Zhang Yuanjing was also unique. Neither of them could steal the other's path of cultivation.

After many dangerous experiences, he finally crossed the six hundredth step and walked onto a flat ground cast in bluestone.

Ahead, there was a stone path leading to a pavilion. On one side of the stone path, there were still dozens of jade steps leading straight into the clouds above.

He hesitated for a moment and walked towards the pavilion. After walking about thirty feet, the plaque in front of the pavilion gradually became clear, with four characters written on it: "Knowing the Way Back."

After walking another ten feet, a stone tablet appeared in front of the building, with several lines of words written on it: "There is no way forward, why not return? Cultivators of Immortals, Immortals cannot be heard. Cultivators of Truth, Truth cannot be kept. Insisting on something will lead to losing something. Following nature is in accordance with the Dao of Heaven. Forcing it will eventually lead to heavenly condemnation. Life is like a passing traveler, how can it last forever? The Dao of Heaven is like this, it cannot be violated. Return, return, why not return!"

Below this passage, there was another line of small characters: From here, you can leave the Spirit Pot Battlefield and take care of yourself.

Take care of yourself? This means that by leaving from here, one can save their life and not be controlled by Xie Tianwei.

Zhang Yuanjing's eyes scanned back and forth between the stone tablet and the pavilion. Finally, he sighed and turned to walk towards the jade steps.

Now that he had clarified his heart and true self, how could he give up halfway, preventing his thoughts from being expressed and ruining his foundation?

Without hesitation, he stepped onto the six hundred and first jade step.

"Boom!"

A huge force surged, pressing his legs and making him fall to the ground.

He supported himself on the jade steps with both hands, desperately trying to get up, but he couldn't lift himself even an inch.

The huge force continued to increase, pressing him to his knees, even flattening his back. His whole body was in severe pain, his bones creaking, and some were even broken.

It was no longer an evil spirit, no longer a heart demon, but purely suppressing people with force. If he couldn't hold on, he would be crushed to pieces, with no room for maneuver.

He lay prostrate on the ground, and not daring to cross two jade steps, he almost curled up together. In this state, let alone climbing the jade steps, it was quite difficult to even protect himself.

"Puff, puff, puff—"

A series of explosions sounded on his body, and a dozen blood holes burst open, blood flowing all over his body.

In a trance, Zhang Yuanjing remembered the miserable state after taking the Golden Scale Fruit. At that time, he couldn't bear the pain and passed out.

Later, when he recalled this matter, he often found it strange why he could still activate his mana and complete the marrow washing and bone refinement after he passed out. However, after thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he attributed it to luck.

But now, he didn't dare to entrust his life to luck. There was no luck here, everything was controlled by the Myriad Realms Pot.

He silently endured, suppressing the pain. If this huge force continued to increase, he didn't believe Xie Tianwei could withstand it.

Even if Xie Tianwei could get the care of the Myriad Realms Pot, how did Hu Tiancong get up there? Although Hu Tiancong was at the Great Perfection of the Core Formation Realm, his physical body might not be much stronger than his.

He firmly believed that he was no worse than Hu Tiancong. In the Foundation Establishment Realm, he had taken the Golden Scale Fruit, the Transformation Pill, and the Wudong Grass. He had always cultivated earth-based techniques, especially the Thick Earth Transformation Technique, which had its own vitality and could strengthen the body. His physical body was far stronger than that of ordinary Core Formation cultivators.

The power falling from the sky was still increasing, but the rate of increase was decreasing.

However, even so, it was unbearable for him.

More blood holes burst open, and his whole body became a bloody mess.

A voice said temptingly, "If you can't bear it, go down and go to the gate of returning from the lost path."

He ignored it and persevered bitterly.

A voice said threateningly, "If you are obsessed, you will surely die, and your bones will not be left!"

He curled up even tighter, tensing all his strength on his spine and arms, maintaining his body from falling.

A voice persuaded, "You have already passed the heart demon test of entering the Nascent Soul stage, and you have experienced how to break through to become a True Person. If you go back now, you will have no regrets. In the future, as long as your cultivation level goes up, you can naturally step into the Nascent Soul stage, why throw your life here."

He sneered, twitching his wound, and couldn't help but gasp for air, the corners of his mouth twitching constantly. However, his body showed no signs of moving.

The voice was a little angry: "Since you are looking for death, then I will fulfill you!"

The huge force in the sky suddenly increased, squeezing Zhang Yuanjing into a ball. Not only were the original blood holes torn even larger, but more wounds burst open on his body.

He was losing more and more blood, his vitality was greatly damaged, and his face was extremely pale.

His consciousness was a little blurry, but his obsession was like a bright lamp, always emitting a scorching light, shining in his sea of consciousness, maintaining a glimmer of clarity that would not be extinguished.

After a long time, the pressure in the sky finally began to weaken. Even if it was only a very slight bit, it greatly reduced Zhang Yuanjing's pressure and allowed him to catch his breath.

At this time, his body had already adapted to the pressure of the huge force in the sky. When this force weakened, his body suddenly generated some new strength. So, he supported himself with both hands, straightened his spine, and exerted a little force, moving to the next jade step.

The huge force in the sky fluctuated slightly, seeming to increase a little. Zhang Yuanjing lay prone and did not move, waiting for it to return to calm before moving up another level.

At the six hundred and seventy-eighth jade step, he finally entered the clouds.