101: The Taoist soldiers broke through the hundred and made rapid progress

The reason why it was said that entering the Tong Qiao Realm requires comprehending True Intent, and even all cultivation after the Tong Qiao Realm must be linked to comprehending the True Intent of Heaven and Earth, lies in this.

When Lu Chen opened his 'Ancestral Aperture' and perceived his Divine Soul, he understood everything.

What is called comprehending the True Intent of Heaven and Earth is actually strengthening and protecting the Divine Soul.

The five streams of light swirling above his Divine Soul were all the True Intents he had comprehended. The most vibrant yellow light was the Earth Element True Intent, already at the Peak of the fourth layer. The smallest white light was the Sword Intent, only at the second layer.

Normally, cultivators just entering the Tong Qiao Realm have extremely weak Divine Souls, which are illusory and ethereal. But Lu Chen was different; he had comprehended True Intent long ago. Although he had not opened his Ancestral Aperture or perceived his Divine Soul, his Divine Soul had still been bolstered and strengthened by the True Intent, making it exceptionally solid.

'The Divine Soul will transform into a Yin God and even a Yang God in the future. So, the more and higher the True Intent I comprehend, the stronger my Divine Soul will be, and will I be much stronger than cultivators of the same Realm after achieving Yin God and Yang God?' Lu Chen felt a faint anticipation, looking forward to the glory after achieving Yin God and even Yang God in the future.

However, he quickly composed himself, began to stabilize his Realm, and simultaneously shifted his attention to the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

This was also a part of his strength.

Over the past three days, his Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin had successively nurtured four Five Elements Dao Soldiers. Among them, one was nurtured from a Red Dragon Descendant and could transform into a Red Dragon, and it seemed even stronger than the original Red Dragon Descendant.

So, when traveling underground in the future, would he no longer need to step on a Dao Soldier, but instead could...

Ride a Dragon!

This point was very good.

Furthermore, the physical bodies of the Red Dragon Descendant and several other Ancient Demon Clan monsters were nearly depleted. The remaining Peak Xuan Fa Realm Monster Corpses, however, could still be combined with some other Xuan Fa Realm Monster Corpses to nurture a Five Elements Dao Soldier.

In addition, the monsters he hunted in Night Courtyard Mountain and Qingkong Demon Mountain were also being used to upgrade ten Golden Armor Dao Soldiers. The six Golden Armor Dao Soldiers nurtured from the six Dao Infant Realm Monster Corpses given to him by the Third Elder were almost complete, likely finishing today.

Counting it all, he could gain another sixteen Five Elements Dao Soldiers. Added to the seven Five Elements Dao Soldiers already completed, that made twenty-three.

As for the remaining Xuan Fa Realm Monster Corpses, Lu Chen did not plan to continue using them to upgrade Golden Armor Dao Soldiers.

Because he had already entered Penetrating Aperture, his Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin could nurture twenty more Dao Soldiers.

Yes, upon entering Penetrating Aperture, the number of Dao Soldiers that could be nurtured would increase to twenty.

Throughout the early, middle, and Late Stages of Penetrating Aperture, Lu Chen could nurture sixty more Dao Soldiers. Adding the existing forty-five Dao Soldiers, the number of Dao Soldiers in his Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin would directly exceed a hundred, reaching an astonishing one hundred and five.

If Lu Chen were to break through into the Xuan Fa Realm, then the number twenty should double again, allowing him to nurture forty more Dao Soldiers.

Throughout the early, middle, and Late Stages of the entire Xuan Fa Realm, that would be one hundred and twenty Dao Soldiers.

Oh right, if the twenty Dao Infant Realm monsters from the Third Elder's bet arrive, Lu Chen plans to stack them all onto the Five Elements Dao Soldier nurtured from the Red Dragon Descendant. Lu Chen has a strong certainty that he can nurture a Divine Travel Dao Soldier comparable to the Yin Spirit Realm.

Because that Dao Soldier is very special, it is already approaching the threshold of a Divine Travel Dao Soldier. It might even not require twenty Dao Infant Realm Monster Corpses to be stacked into a Divine Travel Dao Soldier.

By then, even if he encounters a Yin Spirit Realm cultivator, Lu Chen will not fear.

It's just that I don't know if this Divine Travel Dao Soldier can defeat the Third Elder?

Lu Chen estimated it was unlikely. The Third Elder is very cunning and hides very deeply. He is likely no longer in the Yin Spirit Realm but has stepped into the Yang Spirit Realm.

Lu Chen had already suspected this since he learned that the Third Elder suffered a Dao injury three hundred years ago, was said to not live much longer, yet has stubbornly lasted until now and is still full of vigor.

Believing that the Third Elder truly won't live much longer is less believable than believing that Lu Chen can gain eternal life!

Anyway, both are equally unreliable.

Perhaps another two hours passed, and the remaining sixteen Golden Armor Dao Soldiers successively upgraded into Five Elements Dao Soldiers. The surging feedback power entered his body, causing Lu Chen's Body Refinement cultivation to continuously approach the Dao Infant Realm.

'Soon, soon!' Lu Chen had an extremely clear understanding. As soon as that Red Dragon Dao Soldier achieved Divine Travel Dao Soldier, it would be the time for his Body Refinement cultivation to enter Dao Embryo.

However, before that, his True Intent comprehension also needed to keep up, otherwise his Body Refinement cultivation still wouldn't advance.

Entering the Dao Embryo Realm requires a minimum of fifth-layer True Intent comprehension. Currently, Lu Chen's most deeply comprehended Earth Element True Intent is only at the Peak of the fourth layer.

He didn't know if comprehending multiple True Intents could offset the gap, and there was no need to try.

Because of these Five Elements Dao Soldiers, Lu Chen's speed of comprehending True Intent would be very, very fast. Especially since he also had heavenly materials and earthly treasures like tongming flower, which could temporarily boost the comprehension of mysteries.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen selected the twenty strongest Xuan Fa Realm Monster Corpses from his Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin and began to nurture the newly added twenty Dao Soldiers. He wasn't in a hurry to consider subsequent promotions and decided to increase the quantity first.

After doing all this, Lu Chen took a deep breath and took out a petal of tongming flower from his Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

'For my current cultivation in the Early Stage of Penetrating Aperture, one petal of tongming flower might be a bit too much!' After thinking, Lu Chen only pinched off a fingernail-sized piece from this petal of tongming flower and quickly put it into his mouth.

The tongming flower melted instantly upon entering his mouth, ultimately transforming into a surging and vast miraculous power that rapidly spread throughout his body.

"Boom!"

Like a mountain flood breaking through a dam, or a spring thunderclap exploding in the darkness, at this moment, Lu Chen felt as if there was an endless surge of miraculous power rushing within his body. At the same time, his Divine Soul seemed to have been baptized, his Spiritual Platform becoming pure and spotless, and his thoughts instantly accelerated to a height he had never experienced before.

It was as if any profound mystery could be unraveled by him in an instant.

'This opportunity must not be missed.' Seizing the moment the tongming flower dissolved, Lu Chen instantly circulated the Mixed Origin Undying Scripture and began cultivating the Penetrating Aperture Realm, refining the surging medicinal power into his own spiritual energy, and then assaulting the second aperture, the third aperture, the fourth aperture...

Aperture after aperture, under this surging and vast medicinal power, the so-called barrier between major apertures was rendered useless.

Especially since Lu Chen's Physical Body was robust, there was no need to slowly and cautiously probe. He directly used the surging medicinal power to forcefully forge a path, breaking through apertures and Realms with astonishing speed.

His Qi Refinement cultivation was rapidly increasing, breaking through ten apertures, twenty apertures, thirty apertures...

One hundred apertures!

Promotion, Penetrating Aperture Middle Stage.

But this medicinal power still hadn't dissipated. The miraculous properties of the tongming flower, which could help one achieve Yang God, surpassed Lu Chen's imagination.

Furthermore, while breaking through Realms, Lu Chen could even allocate the vast majority of his attention to merge with the Five Elements Dao Soldiers and comprehend True Intent.

While his cultivation soared, his comprehension of True Intent was also increasing at an extremely fast pace.

Normally, merging into the Dao Soldiers and comprehending their control power was already very, very fast. But with the aid of the tongming flower, this speed was elevated by another layer, two layers, or even more than ten layers.

Too fast, too fast, astonishingly fast.

In just under a quarter of an hour, Lu Chen comprehended the Wood Element True Intent.

At this point, the Five Elements were complete. With the mutual generation of the Five Elements and their mutual verification, the speed of comprehension increased another layer...