244: Chapter 243 The Ghost Market: Time for a New Owner!

[Ding! System has detected the host's astonishing willpower; increasing transmission power!]

Boom!

The Late Stage Golden Immortal Bottleneck?

That sturdy threshold that had troubled countless Immortals for tens of thousands of years and caused countless Prodigies to lament was as fragile as a piece of wet toilet paper before this trillion-level torrent of energy.

There was no need for insights or any Opportunity.

Simple, crude, and directly pierced through!

With a soft "pop," it sounded like the most beautiful movement in the world to Lin Feng.

His Aura surged!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for breaking through to the Peak Golden Immortal Realm!]

But it wasn't over yet! This was only the beginning!

The look of madness in Lin Feng's eyes intensified; he could feel a massive void within his body craving to be filled.

"Not enough! I still have money! Keep charging it for me! Don't stop!"

The remaining critical hit points were like burning high-energy fuel, poured once again into the raging fire known as his Realm.

At this moment, the immortal essence within Lin Feng's body began to undergo a qualitative change. The originally golden liquid immortal essence became extremely viscous, turning from gold to a dark hue and even beginning to crystallize. Each tiny crystal seemed to contain the explosive power of a Small World, a manifestation of the Laws.

Under the baptism of this energy, his Physical Body began to evolve in a non-human direction.

His bones turned into translucent glazed gold, naturally inscribed with Great Dao runes; his blood became as heavy as mercury paste, each drop capable of crushing a mountain; his heartbeat was no longer a simple "thump-thump" but sounded like the beating of Heavenly Court war drums, each strike resonating with the surrounding space.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The entire Nether Blood Sea, and even the Ghost Market above it, began to tremble along with the frequency of Lin Feng's heartbeat. Countless Cultivators clutched their chests, discovering in horror that their own heartbeats were being forcibly synchronized.

[Ding! Consumed critical hit points: 50 trillion!]

[Under the accumulation of massive energy, the "Eternal Undying Sutra" has been forcibly deduced to the twelfth layer!]

[Physical Body strength has leaped once again! Congratulations to the host, your Physical Body has surpassed the Top Grade Immortal Artifact level and reached the Low Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure level!]

[Obtained passive trait: [Law Immunity (Elementary)] — Can ignore 30% of Law damage below the Grand Unity level and reduce 10% of Grand Unity level Law damage!]

[Ding! Cultivation has reached the critical point!]

[Congratulations to the host for being promoted to Golden Immortal Great Perfection!]

Boom—!!!!

At that very instant, a brilliant pillar of light erupted with Lin Feng at the center, sweeping across the eight directions and six Realms. This pillar of light shot straight into the Thirty-Third Heaven, even alarming some ancient existences in the Upper Realm.

The blood sea for ten thousand miles around was forcibly pressed down a hundred meters by this Aura, revealing a seabed full of white bones. Under the golden light, those bones actually began to sprout golden lotuses.

Golden lotuses springing from the earth, heavenly flowers falling in profusion! This was the phenomenon of a Great Power attaining the Dao!

After a long time, the light dissipated.

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

At that moment, the world seemed to dim for a second.

There were no longer any emotional fluctuations in his eyes, only two vast starry skies slowly rotating; his left eye was as vibrant as a spring sun, while his right eye was as deathly silent as the eternal Guixu. This was the return to simplicity after reaching the pinnacle of power.

He slowly raised his hand and gently gripped the Void Realm.

"Crack!"

Without using any spiritual power, it was merely the strength of his Physical Body squeezing the air.

The space in his palm shattered like a mirror, revealing the pitch-black void turbulence behind it.

"Is this... Golden Immortal Great Perfection?"

Lin Feng murmured to himself, feeling the power within him that was like a vast ocean. He now had an illusion that as long as he wished, he could punch through this world at any time and even pluck the stars from the sky to kick around like balls.

He opened his attribute panel:

[Host: Lin Feng]

[Realm: Golden Immortal Great Perfection (Half-step Grand Unity, just one step away)]

[Physical Body: Low Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure level (Hardness off the charts, a humanoid weapon)]

[Cultivation Technique: "Myriad Dao Furnace Sutra" (Perfection), "Eternal Undying Sutra" (Twelfth Layer)]

[Balance: 40 trillion]

"Hmm? Why did it stop?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly. He clearly still had a huge sum of four hundred trillion, so why did the System automatically stop deducting the fees?

"System, are you incapable? Keep going! Push me directly to Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"

[Ding! Severe warning to the host!]

[It's not that the System is incapable, but the host's current life level has reached a Bottleneck.]

[Grand Unity Golden Immortal is a Realm of transcendence. The name "Grand Unity" signifies encompassing everything and being eternally free. One must leap out of the Three Realms and no longer be within the Five Elements.]

[To break through to Grand Unity, it is not just an accumulation of energy. The host must have his Divine Soul emerge and travel upstream in the "River of Time" or the "River of the Great Dao," carving his own True Spirit Mark against the washing of billions of years of time, achieving "Past and future, I alone am eternal."]

[Relying solely on energy accumulation cannot break through this barrier. A forced Breakthrough will cause the True Spirit to get lost in the River of Time, turning into a Heavenly Dao Puppet without consciousness.]

After listening to the System's explanation, Lin Feng calmed down.

"Tch, how troublesome."

He curled his lip and set aside the thought of continuing to spend money. Although he was rich, he wasn't stupid. Becoming a Puppet would mean he couldn't enjoy this colorful world anymore.

"True Spirit Mark, right? River of the Great Dao, right? Fine, once I've fought my way through these Nine Heavens and dealt with the scum on my hands, I'll go take a bath in that river or whatever and leave a 'Lin Feng was here' carving while I'm at it."

Although he couldn't directly break through to Grand Unity, Lin Feng wasn't disappointed.

Now, with his Golden Immortal Great Perfection cultivation, combined with a freakish Physical Body comparable to an Acquired Spirit Treasure, and that pile of max-level Divine Abilities...

Even if a Grand Unity Golden Immortal appeared before him, he would dare to knock their teeth out! He even faintly felt that an ordinary Early Stage Grand Unity might not be enough of a match for him.

"Fugui!"

Lin Feng withdrew the terrifying pressure around him, slowly landed, and called out toward the distance.

"Squeak—!!!"

A grey-gold afterimage instantly darted out from the distant ruins; it was none other than Huang Fugui, who had eaten and drunk his fill and was still picking his teeth.

This fellow had swallowed countless Heaven And Earth Treasures and now looked even more extraordinary. A few purple-gold patterns had appeared on its originally smooth fur, two tails swayed behind it, and its entire body emitted a strange Aura that made anyone who looked at it feel like they were about to have bad luck.

"Master! You've finally finished your seclusion! What was that commotion just now? It scared me so much I thought the sky was falling; I almost spat out the half Spirit Gathering Array I just swallowed!"

Huang Fugui patted its round belly and approached with a fawning expression, casually tossing an unknown Top Grade Immortal Pill into its mouth and crunching it like a jellybean.

"The sky won't fall, and even if it does, I'll hold it up for you."

Lin Feng rubbed its head; the texture was excellent, like touching top-tier silk.

"Let's go, it's time to collect some debts."

Lin Feng looked up, his gaze piercing through the heavy mist of the Nether Blood Sea toward the dim dome above, which was the direction of the Tianlan Ghost Market.

His eyes became sharp, like an unsheathed blade.

"The Nether Palace is gone; it's time for this Ghost Market to have a new master."

"I wonder if those old friends outside are getting tired of waiting."