709: Chapter 709 Half-Step Invincible

Biyou City.

Liu Mansion.

After some absurdity in the Joyous Union Sect, Liu Xuan hurriedly returned to the Liu Mansion via the Teleportation Array.

There was no other way; his internal grotto-heaven world and the wither-thrive life-death cauldron were both here, so completing his Breakthrough here would yield the greatest benefits.

In the Nascent Soul Realm, magic power is merely an appearance; the core is the comprehension of Law. The grotto-heaven world within Liu Xuan is the embodiment of his comprehension of Law.

The yin fiend Formation beneath the Biyou Pool lacked the ten thousand soul banner and the avici karmic fire mirror, so the yin fiend Qi was much thinner, barely maintained only by the power of the Formation.

However, the nine heavens thunder source bead was still there, the Thunder Pool Array was still running steadily, and the Foundation of Biyou City remained.

At the center of the Thunder Pool, Liu Xuan sat cross-legged. Countless thunder plasmas roamed around his body, and the Spiritual Qi of the water vein converged on him frantically.

"The Rank of the Biyou City Spiritual Vein is still a bit too low. This time, advancing to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, if I can master the life-force absorbing power of the wither-thrive life-death cauldron, I might be able to move the whole thing to the East Sea."

As a retreat in the Southern Border, Biyou City had the top-grade Rank 5 Spirit Treasure, the nine heavens thunder source bead, which was enough to hold the fort; there was no need for the wither-thrive life-death cauldron to remain here.

Putting aside distracting thoughts, a huge phantom of a book burning with Bright Yang flames manifested beneath Liu Xuan, and a rich amount of Bright Yang magic power and blood demon power merged into the vortex of gathering Spiritual Qi.

The insufficient Rank of the Spiritual Vein was not a problem; the remaining Essence Blood of Old Ancestor Hehuan could easily make up for it.

Liu Xuan's aura grew slowly. The auras of the two true Divine Beasts, the True Dragon and the Kunpeng, became increasingly thick under the nourishment of the Peak Soul Transformation Essence Blood of Old Ancestor Hehuan.

At the same time, a phantom of a world manifested in front of him, and a small cyan tripod overlapped with the world phantom. Countless illusory roots extended to the surroundings and pierced into the Void Realm, disappearing without a trace.

"Buzz~"

As Liu Xuan's cultivation improved, it drove the entire internal grotto-heaven world to expand frantically, from a diameter of one thousand meters to three thousand meters, and it was still expanding; it was expected that the limit before Soul Transformation would be a diameter of ten thousand meters.

A diameter of ten thousand meters was not considered large; even the storage space attached to the genealogy had over ten thousand meters.

But unlike a purely empty storage space, the grotto-heaven world contained a complete set of world Laws, and the two were essentially worlds apart.

Suddenly!

An Origin core was born in the grotto-heaven world. The many messy Laws that Liu Xuan had comprehended used this core as a link to connect and fit with each other. A mysterious Epiphany of clear sky and bright earth emerged in Liu Xuan's Divine Soul.

His Divine Soul surged during the Epiphany, and the surging Divine Soul triggered the Low Grade Rank 5 Talisman and Low Grade Rank 5 Alchemy Legacy that had settled deep in his Sea of Consciousness.

An Epiphany within an Epiphany!

Too many things were instilled into Liu Xuan's Divine Soul at once, causing him to fall into a dazed state, losing all perception of the outside world for the first time.

Three days and three nights passed before the strange phenomena around Liu Xuan slowly disappeared. He slowly stood up from his cross-legged position and stretched, as if he had had a good sleep.

"Late Nascent Soul Stage!"

Liu Xuan clenched his palm and muttered to himself: "I wonder if I can fight a Soul Transformation Early Stage Dao Monarch with just magic power, without relying on external objects?"

Liu Xuan compared himself with the former Daoist Lord Lihuo. Without relying on high-grade Spirit Treasures, without relying on large Formations, and without the help of others' joint attacks, just relying on his own Divine Ability and magic power, he should have no problem fighting a Soul Transformation Early Stage Dao Monarch, but it would also be difficult to seriously injure or kill the opponent.

"Not bad!"

"In this world, besides me, who else can fight a Soul Transformation Dao Monarch with Nascent Soul cultivation?"

Back then, Peach Blossom became world-famous for resisting a few moves from the Dharma Idol Clone of Demon Saint Xuanyu with the Star Array and the Earth Vein Grand Array; this was the norm.

Liu Xuan spread his palm, and a point of white light squeezed out from the Void Realm. The surrounding Laws of heaven and earth began to retreat, and the white light formed a hazy, mysterious, and indescribable sphere.

"Buzz~"

A cyan mysterious light flashed on the upper part of the sphere, and its outline could be seen in the haziness.

"The cultivation has advanced to the Late Nascent Soul Stage. Sure enough, my control over the grotto-heaven world and the wither-thrive life-death cauldron is stronger!"

"At this time, if I combine with Jiang Xingwan, use the blessing of the Joyous Union Sect Formation, and then sacrifice the grotto-heaven world and the wither-thrive life-death cauldron, can I be invincible in the world?"

"If no Immortal descends, or the Dao Court does not dispatch billions of Cultivators to form a battle array, and then the Lord of the Dao Court leads many Dao Monarchs to besiege, it should be no problem."

"Don't be too proud. Let's just say—half-step invincible!"

"There is always someone better, and there is always a heaven beyond heaven. Who can claim to be invincible, and who dares to say they are undefeated? Being cautious is never bad. The truly invincible always harbor a heart that fears defeat."

After sighing aimlessly for a while, Liu Xuan began to do serious work. His Divine Soul sank into the grotto-heaven world, and then he used his control over the grotto-heaven world to integrate his Divine Soul into the wither-thrive life-death cauldron.

"There's a chance!"

Liu Xuan was overjoyed. Although he felt that driving the wither-thrive life-death cauldron with his Divine Soul was still like moving a huge rock, at least it was not as immovable as before.

He found that he could not directly control the wither-thrive life-death cauldron to devour the life force of a designated target yet, but he could already control its switch.

Besides that, he could also use the grotto-heaven world to drive it and use it to smash people, like a brick...

"After all, it is a Rank 6 Immortal Artifact. Even if it is used as a brick to smash people, the power should not be low, right?"

It was not convenient to test its power of smashing people temporarily, so Liu Xuan planned to turn off its automatic devouring of the Southern Border's heaven and earth life force first.

The wither-thrive life-death cauldron automatically devoured the life force of the Southern Border's heaven and earth. Although this could increase its Foundation, obtain more life force for cultivating Spirit Medicine, and the Black and White Life-Death Qi that could forcibly deprive others of their Lifespan, it was also the root cause of the world's turmoil.

Liu Xuan planned to turn it off for a month to see. If he could make the Dao Court give up the idea of starting a war, then it would not be a loss.

Nowadays, the Liu Family possessed two territories, the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect and the East Sea Joyous Union Sect. As long as the war did not continue to expand, it was completely enough to develop to invincibility.

He did not need much; as long as he could develop steadily for a hundred years, the Dao Court would not be a threat. As long as he could develop steadily for a thousand years, even an Immortal descending to the Lower Realm would not be able to do anything!

"If the Dao Court still does not stop the war after the Spiritual Qi anomaly in the Southern Border stops, then I will turn it on again!"

After making up his mind, Liu Xuan exerted all his strength to urge the wither-thrive life-death cauldron. The roots that extended from the tripod and pierced into the depths of the Void Realm retracted one by one.

"Done!"

"Next, it depends on the reaction of the Dao Court and the Beast Taming Sect. I hope they won't let me down!"

Liu Xuan opened his mouth to take the grotto-heaven world into his body, and then teleported to the flower garden that Peach Blossom carefully cared for above the water surface.

Peach Blossom guarded the Southern Border alone, and Liu Xuan felt deeply indebted to her. Today was a great joy, and the couple should celebrate.

...

Central Plains.

Bureau of Astronomy.

The Cultivator responsible for observing the stars and staring at the Spiritual Qi anomaly in the Southern Border rubbed his eyes. After confirming that he had not misread, he exclaimed: "The Spiritual Qi anomaly in the Southern Border has disappeared!!"

"Really? Let me see."

The exclamation soon attracted the attention of all the Cultivators in the Bureau of Astronomy, and they stepped forward to observe one after another.

The news soon alarmed the Supervisor who was at the Soul Transformation Dao Monarch Realm, and then it spread rapidly, reaching the ears of that Lord of the Dao Court.