286: Chapter 286 Heavenly Dao Immortal Realm

Li Daoxuan thought for a moment before saying to the powerful experts around him, "In half a month, I will challenge the Palace Master of the Heavenly Fire Palace!"

As soon as these words were spoken, even the Sword God felt surprised.

He didn't know why Li Daoxuan wanted to challenge the Heavenly God. The Heavenly God's combat power was similar to his own, and he likely wouldn't last long against Li Daoxuan.

A thought occurred to the Sword God: Li Daoxuan wanted to intimidate the major forces of the Immortal Realm.

Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't challenge the two of them, the Peak existences of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Because Li Daoxuan's cultivation was already very high—so high that even he was no longer a match for him.

He had a feeling that in a life-and-death battle, he wouldn't be able to last more than a few breaths against Li Daoxuan.

Before half a month had even passed, news came from the Heavenly Fire Palace that the Heavenly God was in seclusion and could not accept the challenge.

Everyone knew the Heavenly God was afraid and chose seclusion to avoid the fight.

Li Daoxuan looked around and quickly found Zhou Tian's location.

Zhou Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly. "My father admits defeat."

As soon as he said this, the surrounding experts began to whisper. No one expected the famous Heavenly God of the Heavenly Fire Palace to actually admit defeat.

Li Daoxuan shook his head helplessly. He only wanted a great battle with the Palace Master of the Heavenly Fire Palace to hone his combat power and Breakthrough to the Peak of the Immortal Emperor Realm.

But now that no one was willing to fight him, he could only head to the Heavenly Dao Immortal Realm.

The Heavenly Dao Immortal Realm was the largest Secret Realm in the Immortal Realm, guarded by a semi-divine existence, but no one knew what that powerful expert looked like.

Even when the Sword God and the Heavenly God entered, they couldn't clear all the stages.

If they couldn't clear all the stages, they couldn't meet that powerful existence, so that person remained very mysterious.

Li Daoxuan identified the direction and took a step forward, vanishing into space.

The Sword God watched the direction he left and sighed softly, "I hope you can clear the stages and fulfill that person's wish."

"What 'Sword God' nonsense? What 'Heavenly God' nonsense? To dare use such titles without even reaching the semi-divine level... if the people of the Upper Realm found out, they would laugh their heads off."

After saying this, he shook his head and departed.

The surrounding experts of the Immortal Realm couldn't help but look at each other in surprise; no one expected the Sword God to say such things.

However, after saying those words, his Heart-Nature improved significantly, and his cultivation showed signs of a Breakthrough.

Zhou Tian watched his departing back, feeling a strange sense of envy. Perhaps this was the Sword God's state of mind.

His own father, knowing the Sword God had been defeated, didn't even have the heart to challenge Li Daoxuan. He would likely never Breakthrough to the semi-divine Realm in his lifetime.

...

In a somewhat dilapidated space, Li Daoxuan appeared. He reached out toward a giant rock floating in mid-air, and a crack suddenly split across the entire boulder.

Li Daoxuan stepped inside without hesitation, and the crack vanished.

As soon as Li Daoxuan entered, he felt a continuous stream of pressure squeezing toward him from all sides.

At the same time, the tearing force of the space made his spine chill; even his Physical Body, which was at the level of a top-grade immortal artifact, was struggling to hold on.

However, this was very beneficial for improving his physical strength. Before long, he felt his Physical Body improve slightly.

Upon making this discovery, Li Daoxuan stayed there and began to continuously enhance his physical strength.

Time passed slowly as he practiced, and soon, his Physical Body broke through to the semi-divine artifact level.

At this level, the surrounding pressure no longer had much effect on him, and the tearing energy disappeared, leaving him feeling quite comfortable.

Looking at a portal not far away, Li Daoxuan took a step and entered directly.

Once inside, he ignored his surroundings. Sensing no danger, he took out a Medicinal Pill and began to increase his strength.

In the sky above this space, a powerful middle-aged man watched Li Daoxuan begin to raise his cultivation as soon as he entered and nodded with satisfaction.

Having improved his physical cultivation through the external pressure and tearing forces, he had already successfully stabilized his Late Stage Immortal Emperor Realm.

As the Medicinal Pill was continuously absorbed and refined, Li Daoxuan's cultivation increased significantly, and before long, he broke through to the Peak of the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Even at this Realm, he did not stop, because the pill in Li Daoxuan's hand was a Divine Pill. Even if it was only a Low Grade Divine Pill, it was not something an ordinary Immortal Emperor could refine.

Half a month passed, and Li Daoxuan's cultivation had already broken through to the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Although he had only just broken through to the Immortal Venerable Realm, he could already sense the location of the powerful expert here.

However, having just broken through, he needed some time to stabilize. He would seek him out once he was steady.

Another half month passed. When the entire pill was fully absorbed and refined, his cultivation had stabilized at the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Just as he stood up, a voice appeared by his ear.

"Has the newcomer come to brave the Heavenly Dao Immortal Realm?"

Li Daoxuan looked toward the source of the voice and took a step, arriving directly beside the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was momentarily stunned and looked at Li Daoxuan awkwardly.

"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to be so powerful already. In that case, there's no need for you to continue the trials. I wonder what Fellow Daoist requires?"

Li Daoxuan nodded slightly and said, "I need to have a great battle with you to temper this newly attained Realm."

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "With your strength, you are already very powerful and can fully push for a higher Realm. There is no need to come here to amuse yourself with this old man."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "My path is not one of quiet cultivation, but of tempering my Heart-Nature through constant battle. When my state of mind reaches a certain level, I can then collect resources and energy to increase my cultivation."

Hearing Li Daoxuan say he had forged his own path, the middle-aged man asked in surprise, "Your path is battle?"

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "No, it is Devouring. As long as there are enough resources, I can Breakthrough to higher Realms. But what I need are powerful opponents to fight me, thereby tempering my Realm."

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and said, "I have semi-Divine-Grade battle Puppets here. Why don't you give them a try? If you think there are too few, I can increase the number to hundreds or thousands for you."

Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good method. Since no one was his match in a one-on-one fight, he could challenge a group.

"In that case, thank you, Fellow Daoist. I have a Low Grade Divine Artifact here; consider it your payment."

He still had quite a few Low Grade Divine Artifacts in his possession. These items were temporarily of little use to him. He had the Dadao and taixuan swords; although they were only semi-divine artifacts, they were enough for now.

The Great Dao Divine Sword and Taixuan Divine Sword were very powerful; it was just that the Taixuan Divine Sword's foundation was insufficient.

If the Taixuan Divine Sword's foundation were also high, it wouldn't be impossible for it to become a Sacred Artifact in the future.

Suddenly remembering something, he looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Does Your Excellency have any Holy Spirits? If so, I am willing to trade Divine Pills, Divine Artifacts, or even God King Cultivation Techniques for them."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm unwilling to give it to you, but you haven't cleared the ninth stage. I cannot give that item to you."

Li Daoxuan asked, "Then with my current combat power, can I clear the ninth stage?"

Although the middle-aged Daoist didn't want to admit it, he still nodded.

"With your strength, you can definitely pass. However, there are rules here, and even I cannot change them."

Li Daoxuan nodded slightly. "In that case, I'll brave that trial. I hope you can reward me with that item."

Naturally, the middle-aged Daoist wouldn't disagree. As long as Li Daoxuan chose to take the trial, he would have the final say on what the reward would be.

Seeing that the other party agreed, Li Daoxuan plunged directly into the first stage.

But as soon as he stepped in, he found that the rules had changed.

The middle-aged man's voice also entered his mind, causing him to show a bitter smile.

"The rules of the Immortal Realm have changed. The opponents you encounter may be very powerful and require you to take them seriously. The challenge begins."

Ten semi-Divine-Grade experts appeared before Li Daoxuan, charging at him as if they held a deep-seated grudge.

Li Daoxuan was not afraid of them, because his current combat power was similar to theirs, perhaps even a notch higher.

The taixuan sword appeared in his hand, and he charged at them without hesitation.

Swish, swish, swish!

With the Taixuan Divine Sword in hand, even though those semi-divine experts were powerful, they didn't have semi-divine artifacts. The battle was completely one-sided.

Li Daoxuan was like a hot knife through butter, cutting them all down to the ground.

They weren't real people, just Puppets. Even if he killed them, there would be no reason to feel bad.

The middle-aged man performed a hand seal, and the Puppets that had fallen to the ground stood up one after another. Even those that had been hacked into pieces did the same.

Li Daoxuan sighed, "They can actually recover. Truly incredible."

He hadn't expected these things to recover after being smashed. If he could get more of them, wouldn't tempering his Realm be much more convenient in the future?

Thinking of this, he looked toward the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man quickly said, "This is the Law of this Secret Realm. It's no use looking at me; I can't take these things out."

"Don't go getting ideas about these guys. They can't be taken out. Even if you did, they'd just be scrap metal."

Li Daoxuan curled his lip; he naturally knew the other party couldn't produce such things.

The fact that these Puppets could recover was entirely due to the Law here, so he didn't dwell on it.

However, after waiting for a good while, no reward appeared. He looked at the middle-aged man with some confusion and asked, "You're not withholding my reward, are you?"

The middle-aged man shook his head somewhat awkwardly and said, "I just thought you wouldn't care for these things, so I didn't think to give them to you."

"But since you want it, I'll give it to you."

A flash of light passed, and a semi-divine artifact appeared before Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan picked it up happily and said with a chuckle, "Regardless, this is my reward. Holding it just makes me happy."

Although the middle-aged man was helpless, he didn't say much more. As Li Daoxuan said, it was his reward.