521: An unexpected development!

[Immediately following that!]

[You begin your second attempt; the Chaos Qi goes out of control after circulating three cycles through the circuit.]

[Third attempt, five cycles.]

[Fourth attempt, seven cycles.]

[...]

[The ninth year!]

[You are already able to keep the Chaos Qi circulating stably for thirty-six cycles within the circuit.]

[But this is still not enough. To truly execute the Chaos Space-Splitting Slash, you need to circulate it for seventy-two cycles and condense all the power into a single slash at the final moment.]

[You continue to Cultivate.]

[Time slips through your fingers.]

[Your aura becomes increasingly profound, with Chaos Qi faintly circulating around your body.]

[That aura feels as if it could tear everything apart.]

[The tenth year!]

[On this day, you attempt to execute the Chaos Space-Splitting Slash once more.]

[The Chaos Qi circulates frantically within your body—one cycle, two cycles, three cycles...]

[Thirty-six cycles!]

[Fifty cycles!]

[Sixty cycles!]

[Seventy cycles!]

[Seventy-two cycles!]

[You suddenly snap your eyes open and grasp at the Void Realm with your right hand.]

[A pitch-black crack appears out of thin air; it is the trace of space being torn apart!]

[The Chaos Qi condenses into a slash, taking shape in your hand.]

[That slash appears an eerie grayish-black, as if it could devour all light.]

["Success!"]

[You whisper to yourself, a flash of excitement in your eyes.]

[The power of this Divine Ability far exceeds your imagination. With your current strength in the Immortal Lord Realm, even a powerhouse in the Immortal King Realm would have to be wary.]

[But you soon discover a problem.]

[With your current cultivation, executing the Chaos Space-Splitting Slash just once exhausts all the Chaos Qi in your body, and it takes three days to recover.]

[You frown.]

[This restriction is too great.]

[True combat changes in an instant; if you can only use the Divine Ability once, you might fall into a passive position at a critical moment.]

["It seems I still need to continue raising my cultivation."]

[You take a deep breath, preparing to continue your secluded meditation.]

[Just then—]

[You are shocked to find that over these ten years, your Realm has unknowingly reached the Great Perfection of the Immortal Lord Triple Heaven.]

[At this moment, you are only a step away from a Breakthrough to the Immortal Lord Fourth Realm.]

[After the Immortal Lord Realm, every three heavens is a threshold.]

[The gap between the Immortal Lord Triple Heaven and the Immortal Lord Fourth Realm seems like just one small Realm, but the difference in this small Realm is even greater than the difference between the First Heaven and the Triple Heaven.]

["It seems I can directly charge toward the Fourth Heaven!"]

[Thinking of this, you quickly begin preparations to break through to the Immortal Lord Fourth Realm.]

[However, when you organize your resources, you discover that they are now almost completely exhausted.]

[The remaining scattered resources are simply not enough to support your cultivation.]

[You are well aware that the resources used during this seclusion were not only those given to you by the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor but also the resources brought out from the previous simulation.]

[Yet, such a vast amount of resources was entirely consumed by you within these ten years.]

[Helpless, you have no choice but to step out of the secret chamber.]

[As soon as you enter the great hall, you see the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor sitting in the main seat.]

[His expression is somewhat gloomy, and his brow betrays exhaustion.]

["Senior."]

[You bow to the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor looks up at you, and a flash of surprise immediately crosses his eyes.]

["In ten years, you have already reached the Great Perfection of the Immortal Lord Triple Heaven?"]

[If he didn't know you had the Chaos Body, this speed wouldn't be considered slow, but it wouldn't be considered fast either.]

[But that scenario assumes your Physique is unknown.]

[Now that he knows you have the Chaos Body, everything is different.]

[The Sacred Body Immortal Emperor's tone carries a hint of gratification.]

["It was just luck."]

["However, now that my resources are exhausted, attempting to charge toward the Fourth Heaven might..."]

[Before you can finish, the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor waves his hand.]

["Do not worry about resources."]

[As he speaks, the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor takes out a Storage Ring.]

["This is what I have seized from those small-scale Eerie Clan forces over the past ten years."]

[You take the ring and send your Divine Sense into it.]

[Instantly, you gasp.]

[The ring is filled with various cultivation resources.]

[The quantity of these resources is more than enough for you to Cultivate until the Immortal Lord Fifth Realm.]

[You look up at the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor.]

[Your eyes are filled with gratitude.]

["Take them and use them."]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's voice sounds tired.]

["The current situation is not optimistic; you must increase your strength as quickly as possible."]

[Your heart sinks.]

["Senior, did the other Immortal Emperors not agree?"]

[You ask tentatively.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor remains silent for a moment before slowly speaking.]

["Among the Six Great Immortal Emperors, only the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong agrees with my approach."]

["The others are Conservatives; they believe my ideas will bring a devastating blow to the Vast Immortal Domain."]

[Hearing this, your face does not show much emotion.]

[You had known this outcome long ago.]

[Of the Six Great Immortal Emperors, only two stand on the same front.]

[You know very well what this implies.]

["Senior, there is no need to rush at this time."]

["These current resources are enough for me to Cultivate for a long time. For now, we only need to ensure that the three Eerie Immortal Emperors within the Immortal Domain do not cause any major disturbances."]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor nods upon hearing this.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor tells you that he has discussed the matter of the Eerie Immortal Emperors with the others.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor tells you that in their eyes, the Eerie Immortal Emperors in the Vast Immortal Domain must not be touched; once touched, it will lead to very serious consequences.]

[Clearly, the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor does not agree with such a conclusion.]

[However, he is also helpless.]

[With his strength alone, he is completely unable to oppose the Eerie Immortal Emperors.]

[Even with the help of the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong, it cannot be done.]

["Sigh!"]

["Rest assured, Young Friend. Although these Eerie Immortal Emperors control over fifty percent of the resources in the Vast Immortal Domain, there is still the remainder."]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor tells you that other branches of the Eerie Clan control twenty percent of the resources in the Vast Immortal Domain.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor tells you that the remaining thirty percent is jointly controlled by the Human Race and the Yao Race of the Star Radiance Mountain Range.]

[After hearing the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's words, you quickly understand his meaning.]

[The Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor plans to take action against those Eerie Clan forces that do not have an Eerie Immortal Emperor as a backer.]

[After a brief exchange, you leave the great hall.]

[After leaving, you do not immediately go into secluded cultivation.]

[You live within the Sacred Heaven Sect for half a year.]

[Only after half a year do you begin your seclusion again!]

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