Li Xuanxiao followed Long Hui into his Immortal Cave. Under Long Hui's vigilant gaze, Li Xuanxiao looked around, roughly grasping the necessary configurations inside the Immortal Cave. Immediately after, he opened his own Immortal Cave not far from Long Hui's.
Stepping into the Immortal Cave, Li Xuanxiao's Storage Ring flashed with light. Three million Spirit Crystals appeared, covering the ground. Li Xuanxiao summoned the System and used its Recycle function to exchange all three million Spirit Crystals for Demon value Points. At this point, his Demon value Points reached 199.25 million!
With all preparations complete, Li Xuanxiao sat cross-legged on the ground and began this advancement. Because the energy form of Luck was quite different from those before it, Li Xuanxiao could not determine if cultivating multiple Cultivation Techniques simultaneously would still yield benefits. Therefore, Li Xuanxiao decided to temporarily deduce one Cultivation Technique first to test the waters.
He summoned the System panel, selected the deduction target, and began deducing a Heaven Realm Cultivation Technique!
As the System panel continuously refreshed, the Demon value Points drastically decreased. Soon, the notification for successful deduction appeared before his eyes.
[Deduction Successful!]
[Current Demon value Points: 175.25 million]
Deducing a Heaven Realm Cultivation Technique to the Void Realm consumed a total of 24 million Demon value Points. Li Xuanxiao secretly gasped; a single deduction for a Heaven Realm grade actually required 3 million Demon value Points!
If he hadn't possessed considerable wealth right now, he truly couldn't have afforded it!
Li Xuanxiao immediately opened the System panel:
[Host: Li Xuanxiao]
[Realm: Heaven Realm Eighth Layer]
[Cultivation Techniques:
Void - Primordial Void Refining Art (Not Initiated)
Heaven - Profound Grotto-Awakening Art (Major Achievement), Heavenly Dharma of Myriad Forms (Minor Achievement)]
[Martial Arts:
Heaven - Whirlwind Slaughter Blade (Minor Achievement), Steps of Unbound Freedom (Minor Achievement), Absolute Shadow Void Slash (Minor Achievement)]
[Buddhist Dharma:
Heaven - Boundless Zen Charm (Minor Achievement), Immaculate Pure Land (Minor Achievement), Vairocana's Seven Radiances (Minor Achievement)]
[Demon value Points: 175.25 million]
Looking at the panel, Li Xuanxiao was somewhat stunned.
What was going on? Starting from the Heaven Realm, the deduction directly covered the original Cultivation Technique and Martial Arts?
He had originally planned to recycle the old Cultivation Techniques to recover some resources. Shaking his head, Li Xuanxiao stopped overthinking and directly poured the Demon value Points into the new Void Realm Cultivation Technique!
[Consuming 40 million Demon value Points, Primordial Void Refining Art has achieved first glimpse!]
Hiss—
Li Xuanxiao sucked in a cold breath. Just initiating the Void Realm Cultivation Technique required 40 million Demon value Points! If he wanted to continue raising it further, how much would it cost!?
What terrifying consumption!
He thought he was quite wealthy, but now it seemed he was still a pauper!
As Li Xuanxiao sighed, he felt a profound and mysterious change occurring within his body and mind. The True Qi he had painstakingly cultivated before dissipated like morning mist, finally disappearing completely and returning to nature.
Li Xuanxiao secretly marveled; such an incredibly profound change was truly hard to imagine. If he hadn't previously understood the concept of Luck, Li Xuanxiao would definitely have thought he was suffering from Qi Deviation!
He had actually cultivated away all his True Qi. But now he knew this was a normal iteration. True Qi would be completely phased out in the Void Realm. Taking its place would be an entirely new form of power!
Its name was... Luck!
This power was unlike anything gained from previous cultivation!
It was not like True Qi, which Martial Artists could absorb and store. It was formless and intangible, it had neither beginning nor end, permeating every corner of the world, containing the supreme Laws of Heaven and Earth. It flowed naturally, like the breath of the Heavenly Dao, elusive and unpredictable.
Li Xuanxiao could only follow the flow of this power, guiding it with his mind, controlling it to a limited extent. Under the baptism of Luck, Li Xuanxiao's body gradually became ethereal and faint, as if the fetters of the mortal world were gradually receding. He was no longer confined to the mortal body of flesh and blood, but was marching toward that mysterious and unfathomable Realm of the Great Dao. Every breath seemed to synchronize with the pulse of the natural world, and every heartbeat resonated with the movement of the stars.
Li Xuanxiao devoted himself completely, immersed in the process of becoming closer and merging with Heaven and Earth. This profound process lasted for nearly a month!
When everything settled, Li Xuanxiao slowly opened his eyes, which held a depth and tranquility never seen before. For this past month, his body, mind, and spirit had been immersed in this mysterious transformation. Now that the transformation was complete, he felt a slight sense of loss.
"This advancement actually took a whole month!"
Li Xuanxiao murmured softly, then stood up and began to adapt to his completely transformed self. He habitually circulated his True Qi, only to find his body completely empty. He immediately felt a sense of hollowness... Li Xuanxiao suspected that the reason the Realm was called the Void Realm must be related to this feeling after advancing!
If the judgment criteria were based on tangible energy forms like True Qi or True Qi,
He currently seemed almost like an ordinary person who had never Cultivated Martial Arts. But Li Xuanxiao knew he was completely different now!
"Luck..."
He whispered the word, and Li Xuanxiao followed his instinct and took a step. As one step was taken, his figure became indistinct and uncertain, incredibly mysterious. It seemed as if Heaven and Earth were helping Li Xuanxiao shift and move!
It was the ground moving to accommodate Li Xuanxiao, rather than Li Xuanxiao moving himself.
"What a strange feeling..."
Li Xuanxiao was both surprised and delighted. He immediately leaped out of the Immortal Cave and began moving wildly in the open space outside. His figure was illusory, and his speed was astonishing. It was faintly faster and more agile than when he fully executed 'Steps of Unbound Freedom' before!
Li Xuanxiao couldn't help but sigh. This was right after he had just finished advancing!
He hadn't even fully adapted or found his optimal state yet. If he found his state, stepping casually would probably be stronger than a Heaven Realm Martial Artist fully unleashing their Movement Technique!
The leap from the Heaven Realm to the Void Realm was truly a world-shattering improvement!
Of course, Li Xuanxiao knew clearly that the main reason for such a change was the difference in energy form. Luck, compared to True Qi, was essentially a dimensional strike!
Li Xuanxiao vaguely suspected that the so-called True Qi, True Qi, and other tangible energy forms were just lower-dimensional versions of Luck!
"Tsk! If movement speed has improved this much, then in terms of attack..."
Li Xuanxiao's hands suddenly itched with eagerness. He drew his Crane Mist Blade and casually unleashed a blade light. The blade light flashed, no longer condensed from True Qi!
Instead, it was the formless aura he had always envied—Luck!
It was less that Luck condensed into a blade light, and more that Luck transformed into the appearance of a blade light, instantly possessing all the characteristics of a blade light. All these changes happened in an instant, at the thought of Li Xuanxiao. The formless blade light was incredibly fast; even though it was casually unleashed, its speed was far beyond what True Qi could achieve!
After striking the open ground, this section of the mountain instantly trembled, causing part of the mountainside to collapse, kicking up dust everywhere. The Restrictions on many nearby Immortal Caves were activated!
The Ancient Martial Mystic Court Disciples inside the Immortal Caves flew out one after another, their expressions filled with shock and uncertainty. This mountain area was designated for C-Rank and D-Rank Disciples to build their Immortal Caves. The Martial Artists here were basically all at the Heaven Realm level. The massive disturbance Li Xuanxiao caused was clearly not something a Heaven Realm Martial Artist could achieve!
And among the cluster of Immortal Caves, the closest one belonged to Long Hui...