147: Chapter 147 Merging with Clone, Strength Soars

Time flies, and a century quietly passes by.

During this century, Lu Hu devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, refining all the law treasures he had gathered from the Upper Realm.

Phoenix Blood Regeneration Physique, Wind-Thunder Physique, Light Physique, Dark Night Physique, Yuan Spirit Body...

Using the source of each law treasure, he cultivated seventy-three special physiques.

He then used the Great Avatar Technique to sever these seventy-three physiques and cultivate them into avatars.

Each of the seventy-three avatars possessed a special physique, and every single one had the potential to at least reach the Immortal Realm. They were such geniuses that the resources they required were staggering; the current Continent of Desolation was completely unable to support them all. Standing together atop Tianduan Mountain, their combined auras caused the laws of the entire continent to tremble.

"I must send them to the Upper Realm as soon as possible."

Lu Hu thought to himself; the avatars could not stay here. Only by sending them to the Upper Realm could their value be fully realized.

It was time to depart.

...

After a century of secluded cultivation, the spiritual energy of the Continent of Desolation had skyrocketed several times over. Spiritual rain fell across the land, soaking the mountains, rivers, and seas. Spiritual veins continuously burst from the soil, and even the air was thick with the scent of laws.

Within the borders of the Xuan Kingdom, the national fortune soared into the clouds. A golden dragon of providence resided above the Xuan Capital, breathing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The entire nation was shrouded in a peaceful and powerful light of providence.

The cultivation speed of all immortals increased several times over. The bottlenecks that had plagued them for years were suddenly resolved due to the manifestation of laws and various opportunities. With sudden enlightenment, their realms loosened, and people continuously broke through their shackles.

New faces began to appear among the previously scarce Heavenly Immortals.

Furthermore, various opportunities were brewing throughout the Continent of Desolation. It was clear that the number of Heavenly Immortals was about to experience explosive growth.

This phenomenon was the Continent of Desolation undergoing an upgrade.

This was no accident. Lu Hu had applied the innate breathing earth, which he had obtained from the system's mysterious gift pack, to the Continent of Desolation.

The breathing earth had infinite uses, and the Continent of Desolation was growing every day.

Besides Lu Hu's innate breathing earth accounting for ninety percent of the reason, the upgrade of the Continent of Desolation also relied on the collective efforts of all living beings in the Xuan Kingdom.

As the Xuan Kingdom prospered, the nation-guarding seal forcibly governed the land on behalf of heaven, nourishing the world according to the strength of the providence.

Coupled with Young Ancestor Xuan breaking through to the Immortal Realm by relying on the peak providence of the Xuan Kingdom, the Continent of Desolation was thoroughly stirred. This triggered an eruption and growth of the world's source, beginning the upgrade.

As the world upgraded, it released a massive amount of opportunities, nourishing the local cultivators and creating a golden age of the immortal path for the Continent of Desolation.

After all, Young Ancestor Xuan had already reached the Immortal Realm, but beneath him, the strongest still remained at the Heavenly Immortal level, which is the True Immortal level of the Upper Realm.

There was a gap of an entire Tai Xuan Immortal realm between the two, making the fault line too obvious. The current gestation of numerous opportunities was the world's instinct to bridge this gap, pushing the vacant realms forward and perfecting the combat power system of the entire continent.

"A pity~"

The transformation of the Continent of Desolation was a long process. For it to be able to support his avatars' cultivation, he would have to wait at least ten thousand years for it to develop.

He still had to go to the Upper Realm.

Lu Hu did not linger. After saying a few words to those close to him, he activated the cross-realm teleportation jade and headed for the Upper Realm.

...

In the Upper Realm, having been gone for a century, Lu Hu immediately sensed his avatars scattered throughout the realm, and his mood suddenly turned sour.

Over the century, more than ten of his Demon Immortal Clan avatars in the Upper Realm had fallen. They died in internal demon struggles, battles with other races, or after being selected by Upper Demon Races to follow the Eternal Demon Clan to the lower realms, where their lack of self-awareness made them too dull, leading to their demise.

As for that batch of special physique avatars, seven had unfortunately been exposed.

Having stayed in the Upper Realm for so long and possessing the Demon Immortal Clan physique himself, Lu Hu knew very well how tempting immortal path beings were to the Demon Immortal Clan.

Their natural killing intent made such beings an absolute delicacy.

Being exposed and possessing a special physique made them the finest of delicacies, drawing the frenzied greed of powerful demons.

Of the seven avatars, two were tragically killed by demons.

Three avatars were captured alive by powerful demons and imprisoned in demon forbidden grounds, where their flesh was carved and blood drained at regular intervals.

The remaining two were rescued by surviving native cultivators of the Upper Realm and hidden in extremely secretive places. Lu Hu's connection with these two avatars had become weak and intermittent, threatening to break completely at any moment.

"Sigh~"

Lu Hu sighed. With so many avatars, it wasn't surprising that some were discovered; he had anticipated this.

But even with preparation, Lu Hu still felt some heartache.

With so many avatars, the invested source hadn't been recovered yet. At least five years of effort were gone.

Better focus on other things first.

The avatars were dead; no amount of heartache would bring them back.

Lu Hu began to arrange the seventy-three avatars he had brought this time.

Over the next five years, Lu Hu traveled to various secret locations in the Upper Realm. Relying on his vast information network, he settled each avatar in a cultivation site, setting up concealment arrays and protective restrictions to ensure they could cultivate safely.

Just as he finished these arrangements, Lu Hu's brow furrowed.

Another special physique avatar had been captured.

It was the Fire Spirit Body avatar!

The Fire Demon Clan, ranked in the top twelve of the Thirty-Six Upper Demon Races, had discovered the Fire Spirit Body avatar and dispatched seven Immortals to capture it and bring it back to the Fire Demon Clan's holy land.

According to the news from Lu Hu's Demon Immortal avatar within the Fire Demon Clan, the Fire Demon Clan didn't just want to use the Fire Spirit Body avatar as blood food, they also wanted...

Breeding.

"Fire Demon Clan!"

Lu Hu was enraged.

Being used as blood food was one thing, but now they wanted to use his avatar for breeding.

This was the final straw.

"I'm going to blow you all to hell!"

Lu Hu roared. He immediately set out, summoning all the special physique avatars that could reach him.

The core profound meaning of the Great Avatar Technique was that the avatar's magic power, physique, and source could all be perfectly reclaimed.

There were no obstacles; what was taken back became his own power.

For a hundred years, the physique avatars had been concentrating on their cultivation.

Their talent was incredibly heaven-defying.

The Poison Spirit Body, Gold Spirit Body, Wood Spirit Body, and other physique avatars were all at the Immortal Realm.

Meanwhile, the Creation Physique and God-Slaying Physique avatars had long been at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm. This was only because they didn't dare to cultivate with full force for fear of causing a massive disturbance that would alert the Eternal Demon Clan.

Without those concerns, top-tier physiques like the Creation Physique and Demon Heart Physique would have broken through to the next realm long ago.

But even so, the strength of these top-tier physiques was extremely high, each almost surpassing the Immortal Realm.

Before long, the physique avatars arrived one after another.

Lu Hu extracted half of the magic power and physique source that the avatars had accumulated through their independent cultivation over the years and took them into his own body.

The avatars, having had half their source extracted, were not damaged. They only needed to cultivate diligently to quickly restore their cultivation and continue growing.

And as Lu Hu merged all the magic power and source from the accessible avatars, his cultivation, which hadn't seen a major increase in a century, began to soar.

In an instant, he broke through the Tai Xuan Immortal realm and entered the Immortal Realm.

He didn't stop; his cultivation continued to skyrocket at an exaggerated rate.

Early stage Immortal Realm, middle stage, late stage, Great Perfection...

Boom!

Lu Hu broke through, surpassing the Immortal Realm and entering a new realm.

"This is..."

Lu Hu was surprised to find that after reclaiming the source and magic power of the physique avatars, his body automatically awakened the corresponding special physiques. Moreover, because he had previously severed the same physiques, the physiques awakened this time were purer and more powerful than those of the avatars, with his affinity for the Great Dao maxed out!

"I can still sever them!"

Lu Hu tried to sever a physique source, and he succeeded.

He refined this physique source into an avatar. Aside from its low cultivation, this avatar's talent was completely superior to the previous one. He then severed this strengthened physique source to refine a brand new one.

"Doesn't that mean..."

Lu Hu's eyes widened as if he had discovered a new world.

The Great Avatar Technique had such an effect. Did he even need to nurture the Continent of Desolation to fight the Demon Immortal Clan?

He could be an army of one and just go head-to-head with the Demon Immortal Clan!

"Right, the Fire Demon Clan!"

Lu Hu suppressed the excitement in his heart.

He pushed down his excitement and didn't experiment further with his new discovery.

His avatar was about to be bred by that damned Fire Demon Clan; he had to hurry and rescue it.

The explosion in his strength made Lu Hu very composed.

Dismissing the avatars, he arrived at the Fire Demon Clan in a single step.

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