172: Achieving Sainthood

Ancient Time Land!

Xu Qing had been Cultivating here for a year.

During this year, after using up the 500,000 resources he exchanged, Xu Qing's Primordial Spirit successfully transformed into a sacred soul as he wished.

Once a being condenses a sacred soul, it can comprehend and manipulate the power of Origin. The power controlled by just one sacred soul can crush any existence below the Saint Realm.

He did not stop there. He spent nearly a million family points worth of resources to temper his sacred soul.

After enduring countless pains of tempering, his sacred soul received an all-around enhancement.

At this moment, the sacred soul within his Sea of Consciousness was like a Supreme existence, radiating astonishing pressure, with a silver halo blooming behind it.

If a Saint were to see this, they would be greatly surprised, because Xu Qing's sacred soul had actually reached the level of a silver sacred soul wheel.

Generally speaking, the strength of a sacred soul depends on the soul wheel behind it. Most Saints below the Saint King Realm have white sacred soul wheels, while those below the Saint Monarch Realm have silver. Above silver, there are also purple, gold, and purple-gold.

Among the six Saint Realms, a point in the Cultivation of the Saint Monarch Realm is to temper the sacred soul. Only by reaching the purple sacred soul wheel can a Saint Monarch expert allow their sacred soul to split into billions.

It's just a pity that Xu Qing, limited by resources and his own Physical Body, could only stop at the silver sacred soul wheel Realm.

It's worth mentioning that when a being in the Supreme God Emperor Realm has both its Physical Body and Primordial Spirit reach the Saint Realm, the Heavenly Dao will sense it and send down a Lightning Tribulation, forcing the being to Breakthrough and become a Saint.

This is also a trap set by the Heavenly Dao when a being in the Supreme God Emperor Realm breaks through to the Saint Realm. Once a being chooses to undergo the Lightning Tribulation, it loses the qualification to inherit the position of heaven and earth, and can only become an Origin Saint bound by the Heavenly Dao.

Although its Battle Intent is stronger than other Origin Saints, it also means it must experience the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

However, beings who generally choose the path of a Heavenly Dao Saint all have secret arts to sever their connection with the Heavenly Dao, waiting to condense immeasurable power before choosing to suppress the Heavenly Dao.

Xu Qing did not need a secret art; under the System's intervention, it helped him block the Heavenly Dao's perception.

After his sacred soul condensed, he then used Profound Yellow Ancient Qi to temper his Physical Body.

The Eight Nine Arcane Art operated at full speed. As soon as the Profound Yellow Ancient Qi entered his body, his limbs and bones felt as if they were being cut by countless sharp swords, causing immense pain.

Just circulating it for one cycle, Xu Qing was drenched in sweat, his face pale.

But he still gritted his teeth and persevered. What was a little physical pain if he wanted to achieve greater accomplishments?

The Dao of Body Refining lies in the skin, flesh, bones, Meridians, bone marrow, blood, and internal organs.

If any of these areas have a flaw, it will create a defect in the Physical Body, a weakness, leading to an imperfect Physical Body.

Originally, under the tempering of the Eight Nine Arcane Art, Xu Qing's Physical Body had reached its limit, but now with the Profound Yellow Ancient Qi, this limit was broken.

Time flowed slowly, and unknowingly, another three years passed.

In just three short years, Xu Qing seemed to have lived through tens of millions of years, breaking through his limits again and again. Finally, after absorbing forty-nine wisps of Profound Yellow Ancient Qi, Xu Qing finally achieved the body of a Supreme Saint.

Although he didn't know how strong it was, through a series of tests, he found that with his current Physical Body strength alone, he could crush Saint King experts.

This could be seen from how he crushed the rune giant. Now, with the upgrade of the Family residence, the Ancient Time Land could also unleash Saint Monarch-level power.

He had just fought the rune giant. From Saint to Saint King Middle Stage, he could crush them. Saint King Late Stage was a bit difficult, but he could win. As for Saint King Perfection, that was quite challenging.

It should be known that the giants condensed by the Ancient Time Land are all existences comparable to Physical Body becoming Saint, so their strength is naturally not weak.

Another three months passed, and Xu Qing successfully derived immeasurable power, a power sufficient to suppress the Heavenly Dao. At this step, many Martial Artists would choose to Breakthrough. This was the moment countless Martial Artists dreamed of.

Once the Heavenly Dao is successfully suppressed, one can condense the position of heaven and earth, and from then on, there will be no Five Declines of Heaven and Man, no Heavenly Dao constraints, and one can roam freely in the world.

However, Xu Qing was not satisfied with this. He wanted to achieve the Saint Realm through both paths simultaneously, accomplishing a feat that no one before him had achieved.

However, becoming a Saint through Law is very difficult for others, but for Xu Qing, who controls the Supreme Dao of Chaos, the Ten Great Supreme Daos, and thousands of upper, middle, and lower-tier Daos, it is extremely simple.

Because for a Martial Artist who controls one of the Four Great Supreme Daos or one of the Ten Great Supreme Daos, he already possesses the qualification to walk the path of a Heavenly Dao Saint.

These fourteen Great Daos are the strongest Great Daos of all time; the words "Supreme" and "Supreme" are enough to explain everything.

A Martial Artist only needs to control one of these fourteen Great Daos, communicate with the Heavenly Dao, and initiate the Saint-proving battle.

If victorious, one can achieve the Heavenly Dao Saint. If defeated, one's body and Dao will perish.

If one dares not fight, then one should honestly comprehend the power of Origin, overcome the Great Tribulation of the Saint Dao, and achieve an Origin Saint.

"Then let's go!"

"Today, I, Xu Qing, shall prove my Saint status!"

Xu Qing's eyes were sharp, and a surging Battle Intent shot into the sky.

He then left the Ancient Time Land and reappeared outside Cloud Mist Mountain.

He is a being of the Eternal Continent, and initiating a Saint-proving battle can only be done on the Eternal Continent.

The Ancient Time Land is something from the depths of Chaos, incompatible with the Eternal Heavenly Dao, and Cloud Mist Mountain is his own residence, so he naturally had to cherish it.

Rumble, rumble!

Outside the Xuanluo Upper Domain, countless tribulation clouds emerged without warning, appearing in the Void Realm, instantly covering a region of thousands of miles.

Within the tribulation clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared, ghosts wailed and gods howled, countless terrifying bolts of lightning surged continuously, and darkness and light alternated at this moment, as if it were the end of the world.

It looked incredibly terrifying.

"What's going on? How did the sky suddenly change?"

"Ghosts wailing and gods howling, lightning flashing and thunder roaring, this clearly means it's intolerable to heaven. Could it be that some peerless fiend is about to be born?"

In the Xuanluo Upper Domain, countless beings who witnessed this scene became terrified.

"This... This is the Great Tribulation of the Saint Dao? How can it be so terrifying?"

"First, a Saint Eyes Wielder appeared in the Five Great Domains, and now a peerless fiend is undergoing such a terrifying Great Tribulation of the Saint Dao? Could it be that these Five Great Domains are some kind of blessed land?"

At this moment, countless powerful existences, seeing this scene, couldn't help but change their expressions.

These people were all powerful individuals from other regions attracted by the news of the Sacred Eye's emergence, and they came with their own respective purposes.

However, most of them came to befriend the Xu Family.

Everyone knew that the Xu Family would soar to greatness. Even if this Family was not even a Holy Land, relying on the Sacred Eye Owner, the Xu Family would receive the protection of Cangwu Academy and, by virtue of this, become a powerful force surpassing Holy Lands and even Imperial Families.

And now was the time for them to befriend the Xu Family. Although adding flowers to embroidery is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, it is better than doing nothing at all.

It's just a pity that the Xuanhuang Hall is now closed to outsiders, and they dare not force their way in, so they could only settle down nearby.

"Interesting! Such an existence can emerge from this region. If he overcomes this tribulation, he can be invited to the academy!"

At this time, on the border of the Zhengyang Holy Domain, a Blue Robe figure looked at the Heavenly Tribulation in the distance, and then prepared to go to the Xuanhuang Hall located in the Zhengyuan Holy Domain.

He had rushed non-stop to bring the Sacred Eye Owner back. Even with his Cultivation, it took him a month and a half. Having just arrived today, he immediately prepared to go to the Xuanhuang Hall.

According to intelligence, the Sacred Eye Owner belonged to the Xu Family. However, the Xu Family was very mysterious, almost unknown to anyone except those in the Xuanhuang Hall.

Just as he was leaving, he felt a certain rhythm and looked in disbelief towards the direction of the Great Tribulation of the Saint Dao in the distance.

"Saint-proving Tribulation!"

"I never thought this old man would encounter such a grand spectacle!"

The Blue Robe elder couldn't help but stroke his beard and laugh, then stepped out, covering billions of miles in a single stride, only stopping when he arrived at the Xuanluo Upper Domain.