177: Chapter 177 Shock

In the desolate depths of the mountains.

At this moment.

Nangong Qing circled around Ji Yebai, constantly pacing.

Her gaze sized him up from head to toe.

Like a curious cat.

"Sigh, if you want to ask something, just ask!"

Ji Yebai let out a soft sigh and said speechlessly.

Having a gaze like a cat's constantly sizing you up was truly uncomfortable.

If anyone else dared to scrutinize him like this, he would have kicked them away long ago.

But with the person in front of him, he really couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Hehe!"

Nangong Qing suddenly burst into laughter, her eyes squinting into slits. She looked incredibly amiable, completely lacking her previous Fairy-like temperament.

"Just what Realm are you in now!?"

Ji Yebai glanced at her, a trace of daze appearing in his eyes.

A long time ago, when she was still a little girl, she seemed to follow behind him just like this.

Time really flies!

Seeing Ji Yebai remain silent, Nangong Qing grew anxious: "Hurry up and say it!"

Ji Yebai snapped back to his senses and gave her an annoyed look: "Nirvana Realm!"

"Nirvana Realm?!"

Nangong Qing was stunned. Her beautiful brows furrowed as she looked up at Ji Yebai and asked: "What Realm is that!?"

"Above Life and Death is Nirvana!"

Ji Yebai glanced at her, paused, and then added: "I came up with the name for this Realm!"

Nangong Qing was dumbfounded.

A moment later, her eyes suddenly widened.

"You... you..."

Her very Soul was trembling.

She understood what Ji Yebai meant.

But precisely because she understood, she was so shocked.

At her current Realm, she was one hundred percent certain that the Life and Death Realm was the peak of planetary life.

Further Breakthroughs would only lead to ascension as a Stellar Lifeform.

And Ji Yebai's meaning now was that he had already surpassed the Life and Death Realm!!!

Then...

"Law!?"

"Saint-tier!?"

Nangong Qing stared blankly at Ji Yebai, murmuring under her breath.

Ji Yebai nodded.

"The Nirvana Realm is indeed equivalent to the Life and Death Realm!"

"However, the path of Martial Dao is different from the general cultivation path of Cosmic Civilizations. Therefore, I named the new Realm on the Martial Dao path 'Nirvana'!"

"Nirvana Rebirth, transcending the mundane to enter Sainthood!"

As his voice fell.

The scene suddenly became silent.

Nangong Qing stared blankly at Ji Yebai.

Monstrous waves surged in her heart.

It was true!

She had imagined Ji Yebai's strength would be great.

But she never imagined it would be this powerful.

Nirvana Realm!

A Nirvana Realm equivalent to the Saint-tier.

Saint-tier!

That was the Saint-tier!

The Saint-tier that the entire Blue Star Civilization had been desperately searching for.

Even Bai Zhu, who was far ahead of everyone else, was desperately searching for the Saint-tier, and had not even seen the path ahead until today.

Nangong Qing was dazed.

It has been three hundred years since the Great Migration.

The top-tier Innate experts of back then had either ascended to the Life and Death Realm or fallen.

These Martial Artists who had ascended to the Life and Death Realm would gather once in a while.

Not for anything else, but to discuss and exchange ideas.

All for the sake of the path ahead.

The cultivation method for the Life and Death Realm was the Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path that Bai Zhu had puzzled out.

But even though the Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path was created by Bai Zhu, not a single person had cultivated it to the end yet.

The end of the Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path was envisioned as entering the Transformation Stage.

But the path beyond that, the future path of Martial Dao, had not been figured out by anyone as of now.

Even Bai Zhu was the same.

The method to become a Saint was incredibly difficult.

The path to Sainthood was fraught with danger.

But now.

Her unassuming brother-in-Law had actually become a Saint!?

How could this not shock her?

"How... how did you become a Saint!?"

"You found the method to Breakthrough!?"

Nangong Qing grabbed Ji Yebai and asked urgently.

Seeing her urgent look, Ji Yebai smiled helplessly.

Then he reached out and gently tapped her forehead.

Nangong Qing was slightly startled, and immediately after, a large amount of profound knowledge flooded into her Sea of Consciousness.

It was a scripture.

A scripture sufficient to shock the world.

The "Nirvana Heart Sutra".

Nangong Qing sensed the scripture that had been transmitted into her mind.

At this moment, her mind was lost within the scripture.

There were no words to describe Nangong Qing's current feelings.

Upon initial observation of the scripture, she had already grasped the logic within.

But precisely because she understood the basics, Nangong Qing was even more shocked.

Merging Divine Radiance, energy, and Divine Sense into the flesh, and following a certain secret technique to form Light-based Cells.

Then merging the power of Law into those Light-based Cells.

Then using the Nirvana Heart Fire to incinerate the old body, and using the power of Nirvana to integrate the Law into the Light-based Cells.

With that, one would step into the new Realm in one fell swoop.

"Nirvana Realm!?"

"This really is the Nirvana Realm!!!"

Nangong Qing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

She had to marvel at the ingenious ideas in this Cultivation Technique.

But she also truly broke into a cold sweat for Ji Yebai.

Every turn of the Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path for the Life and Death Realm involved the spirit and Soul; a single failure meant either severe injury or death, which was already dangerous enough.

But this Nirvana Heart Sutra was even more perilous.

Incinerating the old body and being reborn from the flames.

Rebirth meant ascending to the Saint-tier, while failure meant only death.

"Nirvana..."

At this moment, Nangong Qing's mood suddenly became somewhat low.

Although she saw the path ahead, she also saw a bloody one.

This path was either life or death, with no exceptions.

At this moment, even Nangong Qing couldn't help but feel dejected.

The path of Martial Dao was becoming harder and harder.

Ji Yebai watched the changes in Nangong Qing's expression, his gaze full of calm.

The path of cultivation was inherently difficult.

Especially after reaching the Nirvana Realm, he realized even more how strong the current Realm was.

To put it bluntly， Prepare something for Ji Yebai， He could destroy this planet.。

The gap between the Life and Death Realm and the Nirvana Realm was already immeasurable.

Even Cosmic Civilizations simply used Planetary Lifeform and Cosmic Lifeform to describe it.

Planetary Lifeform and Cosmic Lifeform seem to be separated by only one Rank.

But if you think about it carefully, it's like the difference between intelligence and high intelligence.

The Blue Star in the Solar System took billions of years to give birth to life, but even in such a long time, only one instance of high intelligence was born—humanity.

This gap required a leap of billions of years in the natural world.

This shows how vast the chasm between these different life stages truly is.

Now that there was a way for someone to cross this Rank chasm, forget about it being a matter of life and death; even if there were only a one-in-a-thousand, one-in-a-ten-thousand, or even a one-in-a-billion chance, it would be enough to make lives pursue it one after another.

"Alright, don't overthink it!"

Ji Yebai let out a soft sigh and said: "Reaching the Nirvana Realm is inherently difficult; having a path at all is already a stroke of immense luck!"

"Besides, I will continue to optimize it later. Maybe one day I'll figure out a safe Breakthrough method!"

Nangong Qing nodded silently.

But she knew that was impossible.

The Cosmic Union covers countless civilizations and has ruled the Universe for so many years, with various cultivation methods constantly being born and dying out.

But even so, becoming a Saint remains a daunting hurdle.

The success rate of becoming a Saint is still less than one in ten thousand.

"Sigh!"

Nangong Qing let out a soft sigh and snapped back to her senses.

She felt she was being a bit obsessive.

Being able to have a path was already lucky enough.

Tens of millions of civilizations in the Cosmic Union couldn't even find a single path.

The Blue Star Civilization's cultivation history was only a little over three hundred years since the Spiritual Qi Recovery.

Three hundred years—they hadn't even spent a third of the Cosmic Union's novice protection period.

If other civilizations knew that the Blue Star Civilization had its own path to Sainthood in just three hundred years, it would probably cause a huge sensation.

Taking a deep breath, Nangong Qing stopped dwelling on it.

Seeing this, Ji Yebai smiled faintly.

Then, holding the light sphere in one hand, he gestured with the other, picking up the unconscious Asma and turning to leave.

Nangong Qing looked back at the collapsed valley.

Three nearby mountains had collapsed, completely changing the previous landscape.

With a wave of her hand, a burst of Clear Jade True Essence gushed out, and several words suddenly appeared on a distant boulder.

Nangong Qing took a look and then followed closely behind Ji Yebai as he left.

Time passed slowly.

An hour later.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

One flying car after another arrived rapidly.

Then, without waiting for the cars to come to a complete stop, several figures jumped out and stood in the air.

The leader had a longsword strapped to his back, his cultivation surging; he was actually a Life and Death Realm expert.

He was precisely Gu Daoyi, the expert stationed at the Security Bureau.

He wasn't the only one.

Tian Lin, the Director of the Security Bureau, and experts from other departments had all arrived.

At this moment.

Everyone was shocked by the scene before them.

Three entire mountains had collapsed.

But that wasn't what caught their attention.

Everyone present was at least in the Innate Realm, and their sensitivity to auras far exceeded that of ordinary people.

They could clearly feel the terrifying aura lingering among the collapsed mountains.

That aura made them tremble just by sensing it.

"This aura... it's that Molog!"

Monstrous waves surged in Gu Daoyi's heart.

Currently, the hundred or so Life and Death Realm experts of the Blue Star Civilization had basically all participated in the battle back then.

Because of this, they had a deep understanding of Molog's terror.

"It is indeed Molog's aura, but..."

As Gu Daoyi spoke, he hesitated.

He felt two other auras.

One belonged to Asma; he had encountered it before and remembered it.

The other was actually Nangong Qing's!

He had been too nervous just now, and with Molog's aura being the strongest, he had momentarily overlooked it.

"Over there!"

Gu Daoyi turned his head.

His vision was sufficient for him to easily find the characters left by Nangong Qing.

"Let's go!"

Gu Daoyi took the lead and flew forward, with the people from the Security Bureau following one after another.

Soon.

A line of text appeared before their eyes.