443: Breakthroughs in succession, eleventh level of celestial being

Gu Liangyuan snorted coldly and immediately made a choice.

(The second choice might be written in an extra chapter.)

Having made his choice, Gu Liangyuan recollected himself.

Looking around, he found the surroundings in ruins, with heavy casualties among Disciples and Elders.

After a careful perception, Gu Liangyuan finally understood that it was because his Physical Body had just Broken Through, and the overflowing Qi and blood had inadvertently caused damage to the surroundings.

As his thoughts turned, the Time Dao Fruit descended into place.

Under the urging of Time Law, everything around them returned to how it was a minute ago.

The Elders and Disciples who had died were thus resurrected.

Feeling the emptiness in his Dantian, Gu Liangyuan understood the limitations of this temporal regression.

Time and space could be reversed, but it depended on the Cultivator's Realm and their importance to the world.

The highest Realm of the dead and injured was only Soul Transformation Cultivators, so Gu Liangyuan could only restore them by expending his magic power.

However, if a Loose Immortal died, or someone with great Karma, Gu Liangyuan, with his current Realm and the incomplete Dao Fruit, would absolutely not be able to do it.

But Gu Liangyuan felt that as the Dao Fruits were gathered and his Realm increased, he would also be able to travel freely through the long river of time and space.

“Every Dao Fruit has Supreme wondrous uses.”

“Now that my Realm has reached this point, once this matter is finished, it’s time to find a moment to let all the Dao Fruits in my Sea of Consciousness mature.”

Having made up his mind, Gu Liangyuan’s figure flickered, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

When he reappeared, he was already inside a small Sect.

This Sect was named Luwu Sect, skilled in beast taming, and worshipped the Divine Beast Luwu as their Grandmaster.

The Sect was built on a small hilltop, with only a few scattered buildings.

Gu Liangyuan’s Immortal Sense spread out, discerning all the details of this Sect.

The highest Realm in Luwu Sect was the Grand Elder, who was in a state of living death, slumbering in the back mountain, with a Void Refinement Realm.

The current Sect Master was only at Nascent Soul Peak.

There were nearly three hundred Disciples and Elders in the Sect, most of whom were at Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm.

And the kunlun mirror fragment Gu Liangyuan was looking for was on the person of a Core Formation Realm Elder.

Gu Liangyuan's probing technique swept over him, finding him unremarkable.

This kunlun mirror fragment was merely tossed into his storage ring as miscellaneous items, and he was unaware of its Divine Artifact properties.

Gu Liangyuan flicked his sleeve, activating the Law of Space, and stealthily retrieved the kunlun mirror fragment from the person's spatial ring.

He casually found an uninhabited cave, summoned the Jiazi Sword Formation for protection, then took out the fragment and carefully observed it with his Immortal Sense.

“What a pity, only one last piece is missing.”

After Gu Liangyuan said this, he reached out and grabbed a damaged Time Dao Fruit, taking it out.

After combining this Dao Fruit with the Dao Fruit Gu Liangyuan already possessed, he found that there was still about one-fifth of the area that was empty.

“The last fragment will only appear eight hundred years later; by then, the yellow flowers would have already wilted.”

“Yaochi Sacred Ground, kunlun mirror, prophecy…”

“There is vaguely a hidden hand behind this; I suppose only by obtaining the kunlun mirror can I clarify the truth behind it.”

Thinking that there were still eight hundred years, Gu Liangyuan felt somewhat disheartened.

After assembling the kunlun mirror fragments, Gu Liangyuan left the cave and returned to Yaochi.

With his Immortal Sense spread out, Gu Liangyuan detected a familiar aura.

He was not unfamiliar with this person; it was Song Zhenyun.

Seeing Song Zhenyun, Gu Liangyuan frowned:

“Why did you actually come?”

“It's best to find another Formation Great Grandmaster; I'm afraid I'll delay your affairs.”

Although Gu Liangyuan spoke politely, the doubt in his eyes was undisguised.

Song Zhenyun snorted coldly, no longer arguing with Gu Liangyuan, and simply said:

“Give me the Formation diagram!”

At this moment, he had already realized that he had fallen into a trap.

He recalled carefully and found that Gu Liangyuan's provocation method was not clever, but it was as if Gu Liangyuan could probe his inner thoughts, using it just right, which made him fall for it.

But since he had already come down, it was too late to say anything else.

Song Zhenyun decided to see it through and help Gu Liangyuan set up the Great Formation.

Gu Liangyuan showed no embarrassment at his scheme being discovered, and instead handed over the Formation diagram.

Song Zhenyun initially looked at the Hunyuan Formation Diagram indifferently, but the more he looked, the more obvious the look of obsession on his face became.

After a long while, he slapped his thigh:

“Wonderful! Wonderful!”

“This Formation is truly worthy of being an Ancient Immortal Formation; it is extremely ingenious.”

“With this Formation in hand, even an Immortal Emperor would find it difficult to break through for a while.”

Gu Liangyuan interrupted Song Zhenyun's exclamations:

“Time is pressing, just tell me if you can set it up or not.”

This time, Song Zhenyun did not answer as readily as before, but hesitated for a moment before nodding solemnly:

“Yes, but it will take at least five months.”

“Five months, huh…”

“Alright, during this period, all Formation Masters of the Kong Sang Realm are at your disposal; just make it as fast as possible.”

And so, Song Zhenyun took the Hunyuan Formation and began to study it with the group of Formation Masters he had brought.

Gu Liangyuan smiled, suddenly feeling a familiar sensation surge through him.

Heavenly Immortal, Third Layer, complete!

Another Disciple had Broken Through.

Gu Liangyuan knew from his past experiences with Breakthroughs that his Disciples had similar talents, and he knew that he would continue to Break Through in the coming days.

He decided to stay on Forget-Love Peak and cultivate in the Void Tower after this round of Breakthroughs was completed.

Sure enough, two days later, Gu Liangyuan Broke Through again.

Heavenly Immortal, Fourth Layer, complete!

On the third day, he Broke Through two Realms consecutively, reaching Heavenly Immortal, Sixth Layer.

On the fourth day, he Broke Through another Realm, Heavenly Immortal, Fifth Layer.

On the fifth day, the sixth day…

Thirteen days passed, and except for Qianqiu, who had just Broken Through, the remaining eight Disciples, including the Innate Dao Body, all Broke Through their Realms.

Gu Liangyuan also directly reached Heavenly Immortal, Eleventh Layer as a result.

Only two more layers until he could enter the True Immortal ranks!

Buzz!

Just as Gu Liangyuan's Realm Breakthrough stopped, a surging force of Qi and blood suddenly filled his entire body, and his Physical Body power advanced another step!

Gu Liangyuan carefully perceived and only then realized that it was the eight hundred human immortal pills taking effect; eight hundred Human Immortals, even if it was only one percent of their strength returned, it was still comparable to the full power of eight Human Immortals, which caused Gu Liangyuan's Physical Body to advance as a result.

He was getting closer to his Physical Body returning to its true form.

“The confidence brought by the improvement of one's own strength is indeed incomparable to the number of trump cards one possesses.”

“Although I clearly know that a Heavenly Immortal Late Stage Realm is useless against the Four Great Immortal Emperors, for some reason, I feel that my confidence is becoming more and more abundant.”

“Once this matter is settled, I should properly comprehend the Dao Fruits in my mind.”

With this thought, Gu Liangyuan's mind moved, and he arrived at the Lingzhi Garden in the back mountain.

At this time, the Lingzhi Garden was protected by several layers of Formations.

However, Li Daoyou, who guarded the Lingzhi Garden, was nowhere to be seen.

Gu Liangyuan was not surprised by this.

In fact, it was he who had told Li Daoyou, Wu Jiangtao, and Song Rentou, the first group of people who followed him, to go cultivate in the Void Tower.

Regardless of their talent and strength, they were veterans after all.

They had witnessed the rise of Forget-Love Peak, and Gu Liangyuan still had feelings for them.

So, whenever there were cultivation resources and conditions, Gu Liangyuan would think of them first.

The last time Gu Liangyuan went to the Void Tower, he saw Song Rentou.

It must be said that the Void Tower was simply a Divine Artifact for Song Rentou.

Among these Elders, Song Rentou was the fastest in Realm advancement.

After cultivating to Soul Transformation Peak, he immediately used the Heavenly Stellar Array to exhaust all his Lifespan, and then successfully Broke Through.

When he cultivated to Void Refinement Peak, he repeated the process.

Now, Song Rentou had been in for less than two months, but he had already Broken Through two Realms consecutively, reaching the Body Integration Realm.

Others were stuck at major Realms, finding it difficult to Break Through, but Song Rentou had no such worries at all.

Gu Liangyuan estimated that if this pace continued, when everyone came out of seclusion, Song Rentou's Realm would probably be the highest.