340: Breakthrough, Daluo Peak

"Exchange for a random Great Dao of Time and Space origin supreme treasure, consuming 100 million Attribute Points. Confirm?"

"100 million? And it's random?" Xiao Zhuo frowned slightly, a thought stirring in his mind. "If there's a random option, does that mean there's also a designated exchange?"

"Yes, host!" One's voice immediately rang out. "The host can spend 200 million Attribute Points to customize an exclusive Great Dao of Time and Space origin supreme treasure!"

"List the customizable options," Xiao Zhuo ordered without hesitation.

"Understood, host! The customizable options are as follows:"

Entry One: Control the speed of Time and Space, able to accelerate or decelerate Time and Space. When the host controls the Great Dao of Time and Space, this effect doubles.

Entry Two: Reverse Time and Space, able to reverse the flow of Time and Space within a specific area. When the host controls the Great Dao of Time and Space, this effect doubles.

Entry Three: Roam the Future, able to anchor and travel to a certain time node in the future. When the host controls the Great Dao of Time and Space, this effect doubles.

Entry Four: Borrow Future Strength, able to temporarily borrow the Peak power of the host from a certain time node in the future. When the host controls the Great Dao of Time and Space, this effect doubles.

Entry Five: Borrow Past Strength, able to temporarily borrow the Peak power of the host from a certain time node in the past. When the host controls the Great Dao of Time and Space, this effect doubles... Hundreds of entries, dazzling Xiao Zhuo.

"host, a random origin supreme treasure will automatically come with one to seven ability entries. If you choose customization, you can select three entries yourself and have another one to six entries randomly generated. The host can also choose full customization, but for each additional fixed entry, an extra 50 million Attribute Points must be paid."

One's voice was still gentle and intellectual, but Xiao Zhuo detected the scent of a profiteer within it.

After the System upgrade, One's "profiteer attribute" had completely Awakened.

The allure of a Time and Space supreme treasure was undeniable, especially the entries "Borrow Future Strength" and "Reverse Time and Space," which greatly moved Xiao Zhuo.

Even if he were to control the Great Dao of Time and Space in the future and could cast similar Divine Abilities, the effect of doing it himself would undoubtedly be far inferior to the supreme treasure's enhancement.

What's more, his Great Dao of Time and Space had not yet truly undergone Fusion; currently, only his Great Dao of Space had made a Breakthrough, and his Great Dao of Time could only control the flow rate to a limited extent.

Time and Space are one; only through Fusion and unification can their true great power be manifested.

Even if he were to forcefully merge the Great Dao of Time and Space using the Dao Principle of Freedom, he could at most borrow power from a hundred years in the future, and the cost would be substantial.

The same applied to other Divine Abilities.

He clicked on the detailed description of the entries; the supreme treasure's enhancement was enough to boost the effect tenfold!

If he then added the doubled effect after his future Fusion of the Great Dao of Time and Space... at his current Realm, he could even borrow the Peak power from two thousand years in the future!

How strong would he be then? Could he... crush a Saint?

Of course, the stronger the borrowed power, the more terrifying the backlash.

Forcibly bearing power far beyond one's limits could even lead to the collapse of the Great Dao of Time and Space Foundation, the disintegration of one's Physical Body, and even the danger of falling—this was undoubtedly a trump card ability.

After much deliberation, Xiao Zhuo still suppressed the impulse to exchange immediately.

Although the origin supreme treasure was powerful, its core value lay more in its use for "Severed Corpse" at the Quasi-Saint Realm.

The stronger the supreme treasure, the stronger the Three Corpses manifested.

Even if he chose the overbearing path of proving the Dao with strength, integrating the origin supreme treasure into himself would greatly aid him in condensing a saint position!

That's right!

Proving the Dao with strength did not involve competing for a heaven-and-earth saint position, but rather condensing one's own exclusive saint position.

The Dao-prover's saint position was perfectly integrated with his body, unbound by heaven and earth.

Unlike ordinary Saints who inherited a saint position, once they left their home Realm, the saint position's enhancement would disappear, and their Realm would fall back to Quasi-Saint.

Those who proved the Dao with strength possessed exceptional combat power and could freely roam the myriad worlds!

Dispelling distracting thoughts, Xiao Zhuo's mind stirred, dragging both the "Great Dao of Time" and the "Great Dao of Space" to the panel's deduction button simultaneously—he wanted to merge these two High Grade Great Daos to forge his first supreme Great Dao!

"Fusion of the Great Dao of Time and Space requires 10 million Attribute Points. Confirm?"

"Confirm!"

Ten million Attribute Points instantly evaporated.

"Estimated deduction time: one year."

One's prompt sounded, and a smile touched Xiao Zhuo's lips.

"It seems the panel's deduction efficiency has also greatly improved after the System upgrade!" He was excited.

The difficulty of supreme Great Dao Fusion far exceeded controlling a single Great Dao; he had originally thought it would take a long time, but now it only required one year, which was an unexpected joy!

At the same time, his thoughts also fell upon the "Free and Natural Heavenly Art."

He had long since deduced and perfected it to the sixth stage, raising its grade to saint-grade high-rank, enough to support him in reaching the Great Luo Realm.

Now that the panel had returned, the time for Breakthrough was finally ripe!

The white mist world descended once more.

No, it could no longer be called the "white mist world."

Xiao Zhuo looked around; the original white mist was now coated with a sacred golden glow, with light flowing.

His Divine Sense probed, and he felt that these golden-glowing mists were incredibly profound in nature, as if they could transform into any form of energy at will.

Compared to the white mist before the upgrade, it seemed even more... High Grade.

Xiao Zhuo composed himself and immersed himself in Cultivating the fifth stage of the Free and Natural Heavenly Art.

He was still in the Taiyi Middle Stage for this stage of the Cultivation Technique, far from Perfection.

For the saint-grade high-rank Free and Natural Heavenly Art, adding points on the panel only required ten Attribute Points per year.

With Xiao Zhuo's current wealth, it was enough to support him in secluded Cultivation for tens of millions of years in this golden light space.

A hundred years... a thousand years... five thousand years... The fifth stage reached Perfection, and Xiao Zhuo advanced to Taiyi Peak.

Ten thousand years... his Realm was stable, still at Taiyi Peak.

Thirteen thousand years... accumulation bore fruit, a natural progression! The Great Luo Realm, broken through!

Xiao Zhuo did not stop; he wanted to push through in one go, directly reaching Peak Great Luo!

Twenty thousand years... thirty thousand years... forty thousand years... fifty thousand years... The power required to accumulate in the Great Luo Realm far exceeded that of Taiyi; after fifty thousand years of arduous Cultivation, Xiao Zhuo barely touched the Great Luo Realm Middle Stage.

But he didn't care.

Now he was rich, and the perfect Great Dao he controlled was enough to support him in reaching the Peak.

He focused wholeheartedly, continuing his long Cultivation.

His experience of over a hundred years in the Immortal-Demon Realm made him deeply aware that countless beings capable of easily eradicating him lurked in this Realm.

Not to mention the sixteen Saints hidden without a trace, just Hao Duo, this Quasi-Saint, his true depth was impossible for Xiao Zhuo to fathom.

He knew very well that even after breaking through to Peak Great Luo, he would definitely not be Hao Duo's match.

Unless... the Great Dao of Time and Space Fusion succeeded, a Dao Fruit condensed, and he truly stepped into the Quasi-Saint Realm!

Hao Duo was a Peak Quasi-Saint from a million years ago, which meant he had likely completed at least two Severed Corpses.

Considering that he even had the leisure to bestow a origin supreme treasure upon himself... Xiao Zhuo even suspected that Hao Duo had long since slain all Three Corpses!

It was just unknown whether all Three Corpses had condensed Dao Fruits.

Such a being was only one step away from a saint position.

Xiao Zhuo was confident that if he could form a Dao Fruit solely through the Great Dao of Time and Space, he might be able to contend with him—this was already a huge confidence booster.

Hao Duo was so formidable, yet he still lay dormant in the Demon Realm... just how deep were the waters of this Immortal-Demon Realm?

Were there other terrifying existences comparable to Hao Duo hidden within?

His thoughts drifted involuntarily, but it did not affect the operation of the Free and Natural Heavenly Art.

Attribute Points continued to flow away... seventy thousand years... eighty thousand years... until one hundred sixty-seven thousand three hundred sixty-one years... within the golden light space, time flowed, monotonous and long.

When Xiao Zhuo felt that his Cultivation had reached its current limit, with no further progress possible, he finally stopped Cultivating.

Peak Great Luo, achieved!

At this moment, his combat power was enough to rival and even slay weaker Quasi-Saints!

He was the undisputed number one below Quasi-Saints!

His mind returned to his Physical Body, and Xiao Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes.

Almost simultaneously, outside the Realm-sea star where the dark gold tower ship was moored, Chaos thunderclouds suddenly surged and gathered like a vortex!

A terrifying aura of destruction instantly enveloped the entire Star Domain.

"Heh, that was quite fast!" Xiao Zhuo's lips curled into a brilliant and sharp smile.

He had long calculated the completion time of the System upgrade and had specifically fled the Immortal-Demon Realm to find this remote corner, precisely to make a Breakthrough without disturbance.

Even The Two Little Ones had been sent to participate in the Immortal Realm's millennium-old Prodigy Grand Competition.

He stood up, his black robe rustling in the invisible energy fluctuations.

His figure stood upright like a spear at the bow of the thousand-zhang tower ship, his profound gaze piercing through the Void Realm, directly confronting the Chaos tribulation clouds that enveloped the entire Star Domain!