54: Chapter 54 Breakthrough to Immortal King
Cao Yang muttered in his heart, "System, help me break through to the Immortal King Realm."
"Ding, host please take note, beginning to use cultivation base to break through the Realm."
As the System's voice rang out, Cao Yang's Realm began to break through as time passed:
Profound Immortal Peak
Golden Immortal Early Stage
Golden Immortal Middle Stage
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Immortal Lord Early Stage
Immortal Lord Middle Stage
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Immortal Lord Peak
Immortal King Early Stage
By the time he broke through to Immortal King, ten days had passed. During this period, great changes had occurred for both Cao Yang and the Southwest Immortal Desert.
Strangely, Cao Yang did not enter a profound state like he did during his last Breakthrough; he clearly felt the passage of time in the outside world.
As pure Immortal Qi from the mysterious void poured into his body, Cao Yang felt his bones and flesh being constantly washed. Some mysterious harmful particles were carried away, while some even more profound existences slowly began to grow.
Four days later, Cao Yang broke through to the Golden Immortal Early Stage. He understood what had happened before; at that time, immortality was being born, which is exactly what "Immortal Golden Immortal" refers to.
At the same time, Cao Yang also felt the changes in his true spirit and Inner World. The Inner World was now filled with the aura of various newly born Laws, with the Laws manifesting outwardly.
The women in the Small World were all greatly shocked and benefited immensely, especially Fu Xiaoya.
Before entering the Immortal Realm, Cao Yang had already placed the Huangqing Small World into his Inner World to provide an extra layer of protection for the women, ensuring they would be safe even if something happened to him.
Cao Yang hadn't even had time to properly feel the changes in himself before the Heavenly Tribulation appeared.
Rumble...
Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky above the outskirts of the Giant Stone Forest. Dark clouds gathered continuously, and in a fraction of a second, tribulation clouds covered the sky for a hundred thousand miles with Cao Yang as the center.
Almost all living creatures within the range of the tribulation clouds were unable to move at all. Even someone like Hu Li, the City Lord of Black City and a powerful Profound Immortal Peak expert, could only move slowly.
Only Xu Xinyue and her companion, as well as a general wearing black armor standing in the air eighty thousand miles away—Golden Immortal Zheng Wei—could still move freely.
Soon, a bolt of black lightning as thick as a barrel struck toward Cao Yang under the Barrier. Just as Cao Yang was about to act, the lightning in mid-air suddenly vanished.
Not only that, but the tribulation clouds in the sky were also slowly dispersing.
Cao Yang looked up at the sky, somewhat puzzled. Was the Lightning Tribulation afraid of him?
However, his Realm continued to break through. Two more days passed quickly, and he reached the Immortal Lord Early Stage. The Lightning Tribulation in the sky gathered again, but this time the range of the tribulation clouds expanded to a million miles, alarming many Immortal Lord level experts.
But just like two days ago, after the tribulation clouds finished gathering, they dispersed before any lightning could strike.
Cao Yang had a vague guess in his heart.
Five days later.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, Cao Yang's Realm broke through once again. He successfully stepped into the level of an Immortal King!
Cao Yang had finally achieved this significant leap!
In the sky, dark clouds loomed and lightning flashed as if celebrating for him. However, unlike before, the range of the tribulation clouds actually covered a staggering ten million miles!
The Immortal Lord closest to Cao Yang, sensing the pressure of the tribulation clouds, fled the range at maximum speed.
Those below the Immortal Lord level, though unable to move their bodies, suffered no harm and were simply imprisoned in place.
The Barrier Cao Yang had originally set up had long since shattered. At this moment, he slowly rose into the sky. Behind him, a golden sun was slowly growing larger and brighter.
When Cao Yang rose to a height of one million miles above the ground, that sun had become as massive as a small star, illuminating an area of two million miles.
From a distance, the tribulation cloud looked like a massive black great world, and in its center was a golden Small World nearly one-third its size.
This scene was both beautiful and magnificent, leaving people in awe!
Within those black tribulation clouds, warriors wearing golden armor and possessing terrifying auras were constantly forming. Holding war spears, they attacked Cao Yang in neat groups of ten.
Cao Yang was fearless. He struck out palm prints in succession. Each palm carried a terrifying aura, directly shattering the spears in the warriors' hands and then smashing the warriors themselves into pieces.
Thousands of warriors were turned into nothingness under Cao Yang's three palms, vanishing high in the sky.
Cao Yang struck a total of five palms, each using only ten percent of his strength, and two of them even missed.
Although these golden-armored warriors had terrifying auras, in Cao Yang's perception, they were still very weak compared to him.
However, the Heavenly Tribulation had not ended. Immediately after, an old man wearing purple-gold armor appeared, leading a cavalry troop charging toward Cao Yang.
This time, Cao Yang only struck once, using thirty percent of his strength. This palm was incredibly powerful, directly smashing the old man and the troop behind him into fragments, and the Heavenly Tribulation then dissipated.
Afterward, the gathered Heavenly Tribulation in the sky gradually dispersed. Then, a golden beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping Cao Yang.
Cao Yang instantly felt as if he were immersed in a divine spring, his whole body extremely comfortable. This feeling was very pleasant.
After Cao Yang finished absorbing it, he felt that his cultivation base had increased slightly.
Cao Yang looked a hundred billion miles away, where two Immortal Kings were looking toward him. Cao Yang also glanced at them, gave a mysterious smile, and flew downward.
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Hundreds of millions of miles away from the King of the Southwest's Mansion, the Lord of the Southwest Immortal Desert, Immortal King Tianwu, and a dozen or so of his Immortal Lord subordinates stood high in the sky, looking toward the horizon.
Standing side-by-side with Immortal King Tianwu was a handsome man wearing black immortal robes with two horns on his head.
A smug smile appeared on the black-robed man's face. He looked at Immortal King Tianwu and said with a hint of mockery in his tone, "Brother Wu, I wonder which of your subordinates has broken through to Immortal King? Truly worth celebrating!"
Immortal King Tianwu's face darkened, and he responded with a cold snort, "Aren't all my elite subordinates right here? Brother Zhenjiao knows this full well, so why mock me?"
The black-robed man laughed loudly, his laughter filled with mockery. "Hahaha, I thought it was a subordinate Brother Wu had been secretly cultivating. How could I possibly mock you, Brother Wu?"
Immortal King Tianwu frowned, a flicker of dissatisfaction crossing his eyes, but he suppressed his anger and answered calmly, "Brother Zhenjiao, stop joking about this. Since it has already happened, we must find a way to deal with it."
The black-robed man stopped smiling and asked seriously, "Then Brother Wu, do you have any plans?"
After a moment of thought, Immortal King Tianwu said slowly, "What else can I plan? I'll try to recruit him first. If I can recruit an Immortal King as an enforcer, it wouldn't be bad. At most, I'll just share some resources with him."
However, the black-robed man shook his head in concern. "But Brother Wu, Immortal Kings are so arrogant. Even an Immortal King at the Peak stage would find it difficult to recruit another Immortal King as a subordinate."
Immortal King Tianwu's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, seemingly lost in deep thought, and he didn't speak for a long time.
"Moreover, the Southwest Immortal Desert is originally a resource-poor place. It's not easy to gain a foothold here. It's truly hard to imagine how that Immortal King managed to break through to this Realm."
Seeing Immortal King Tianwu remain silent for a long time, Immortal King Zhenjiao spoke up seemingly nonchalantly.
"He absolutely cannot be an outsider who was a half-step Immortal King. This is my territory; I know the situation here all too well," Immortal King Tianwu responded coldly.
"Brother Wu, then I'll be blunt. If you can agree to the conditions I proposed earlier and pay me an additional 1.5 billion Top-grade Immortal Crystal, I am willing to help you solve this trouble. I believe that with our combined strength, dealing with someone who has just broken through to become an Immortal King should be no problem." Zhenjiao finally revealed his true intention.
Immortal King Tianwu was silent for a moment before nodding slightly. "Fine. If he is obstinate, then I will have to ask for Brother Zhenjiao's help."
In his heart, Immortal King Tianwu was unwilling to make an enemy of someone who was also in the Immortal King Realm, but the reality forced him to make such a decision. After all, the resources of the Southwest Immortal Desert were limited, and it was impossible to support two Immortal Kings at the same time. Furthermore, if this newly risen Immortal King was unwilling to submit to him, then one mountain could not hold two tigers, and a conflict would inevitably break out between the two sides.
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