Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse

The Realm column was continuously rising at an unabated speed, furiously enhancing just like his aura!

[Heavenly Gate Realm • Perfection (20/100)]

[Heavenly Gate Realm • Perfection (50/100)]

[Heavenly Gate Realm • Perfection (80/100)]

In less than ten breaths' time, his realm aura had astonishingly neared the peak of the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm!

He was only a step away from the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm!

Yet, the unending surge of Spiritual Energy in his Qi Sea showed no signs of weakening.

Finally, as the Tao Rhythm stirred around him.

The Spiritual Energy wildly churned within the seclusion room, and Gu Changge's aura directly breached its peak, reaching the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm!

After breaking through to the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, the Spiritual Energy inside him finally started to slow.

Another two breaths later, the Spiritual Energy was completely consumed, and everything within the Qi Sea returned to calm.

At the same time, everyone in the Sword Sect simultaneously looked up.

"Heaven and Earth Anomaly?"

"Looking at the direction… Could it be that the Fourth Saint Son has broken through again?"

"But why does it feel different this time?"

Many disciples of the Sword Sect familiarly watched the scene of Purple Qi coming from the east for 80,000 li.

Numerous True Monarch Realm Elders from the Sword Sect, feeling the terrifying anomaly of heaven and earth, also soared into the sky, trying to get a closer look.

Even the Honorary Supreme True Monarchs opened their eyes in unison at this moment.

They felt a horrifying aura…

Not from an individual, but from between heaven and earth!

Even Lu Xian True Monarch, on the First Saint Son Peak and in the middle of cultivation, opened his eyes in astonishment.

"This monster…"

Lu Xian True Monarch unconsciously murmured.

Back in his cultivation days, his peers and even the older generation of cultivators called him a monster.

But now, compared to Junior Brother Gu, Lu Xian True Monarch truly understood their feelings back then; the feeling and taste of being utterly incomparable!

Only the word "monster" could express the shock in his heart towards Saint Gu.

In just a few breaths, the skies above the Sword Sect were filled with auspicious clouds and frequently blooming Golden Lotuses.

The Auspicious Beast's phantoms had almost materialized.

One could even feel the Dragon Power emanating from the phantoms!

This had already surpassed the usual range of anomalies!

But what truly made those in the True Monarch Realm drop their jaws, were not these Auspicious Beast phantoms.

Rather, it was through the layers of anomalies, seemingly in the Outer Heaven Void, those five astonishing Dharma Forms!

A high tower emanating the Xuanhuang Qi, each floor seemingly independent and constantly rotating, with the partially visible Law chains upon them clashing loudly!

A frost-blue tree emitting a bone-chilling aura, as though even the Outer Heaven Void was freezing, emanating the terrifying Coldness Law!

An Emperor's Seal, further spreading Emperor's Aura, as if anyone who held this seal could become the Human Emperor and command all living beings!

A purple sword shadow, emitting a Law aura capable of severing everything between heaven and earth.

And apart from these four Law manifestations, there was also a Golden Body Dharma resembling almost exactly Gu Changge, indistinguishable at a glance.

Over the Golden Body Dharma, Tribulation Lightning flickered, and with every move there was a destructive power capable of obliterating heaven and earth!

Even the True Monarch Realm eyes remained fixed only on the anomalies above the Sword Sect.

But anyone in True Monarch Realm could already see through the anomalies to the scene in the Outer Heaven Void, finding their mouths agape, unable to imagine that these were the anomalies brought about by a breakthrough?

Even for those confirming their entry into True Monarch Realm, none had ever caused such terrifying anomalies.

Even Ascension Tribulation might not be this startling, right?

Under the shocked gazes of the True Monarch Realm, the Golden Body Dharma slightly opened its eyes, the Xuanhuang Tower directly suspended above its head, emitting a dense Xuanhuang Law, protecting it within.

The tree representing the Coldness Law appeared directly behind him, freezing the entire space around him.

The Human Emperor Seal and the purple sword shadow each fell into his hands.

All things in heaven and earth seemed as if the Dharma Form acted, they would be thoroughly annihilated—even those in True Monarch Realm felt a chill in their hearts while observing the Dharma Form!

Five anomalies, at this moment, merged into one!

Normally, even causing a Dharma Form would only trigger one.

Yet Gu Changge had mastered five forces…

While everyone was captivated, the anomalies in heaven and earth began to dissipate.

The auspicious clouds transformed into Luck Merit, descending towards the direction of Sword Mountain's sacred ground.

Those five Dharma Forms in the Outer Heaven also transformed into faint Law Origins, falling directly into the edge of Sword Mountain's sacred ground.

And at that moment inside Sword Mountain's sacred ground.

Ye Qing from the Land Immortal Realm stared wide-eyed at the scene before him.

Especially witnessing those currents of luck merit and powers of laws entering that grand hall.

It took him a while to come back to his senses.

He murmured softly, "This kid... what kind of monster is he?"

"Even when I broke through to the Land Immortal Realm, it only caused one Dharma form to appear, and it didn't look as powerful as any of his!"

"This must be the breakthrough to the Ninth Grade…"

"And if he breaks through to the Land Immortal Realm, what kind of scene would that be?"

"Ah, I'm almost afraid to think about it."

"I didn't expect to have such a fate to take in such a heaven-defying disciple, and I don't know whether I should be happy or not…"

"The commotion today must have been enough to attract the attention of all the old fogies in the Land Immortal Realm, this kid has too many secrets on him, who knows what troubles might arise."

"When that time comes... I might have to stir my bones and help him smooth out the troubles, ah!"

When Gu Changge opened his eyes, everything had returned to calm.

"It seems... after the breakthrough, I gained a slight mastery of a new law?"

Gu Changge slightly raised his eyebrow but didn't dwell on it too much.

Instead, with a thought, he opened his current panel:

[Host: Gu Changge]

[Root Bone: 1889]

[Comprehension: 1838]

[Cultivation Technique: Emperor Dragon Control Secret, Heavenly Cold Technique, Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Technique, Purple Qi Eastward Technique.]

[Realm: Early Stage Annihilation Realm（22/100）]

[Divine Skills: ...]

[Talent: Transcendence, Protection, Taoist Pupil, Fatian Xiangdi, Hidden Breath, Dragon Flame]

[Attribute Points: two hundred six million three hundred thirty-two...]

"My Root Bone and Comprehension are almost reaching the two-thousand mark."

"Also, I finally broke through to the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, not more than a year should it take to break through to the Sage Realm!"

"The initial three-year period, now looking back, the Ninth Grade surely isn't enough, it should suffice for me to return to the Northern Domain with the Sage Realm!"

Gu Changge looked at his current panel, revealing a satisfied expression.

This one and a half years of seclusion brought significant improvements,

Even more than he had anticipated!

As for Root Bone and Comprehension, there was no rush, just need to exchange some more elixirs for Dongfang Mingyue, and nearly two thousand could be reached!

At the time before the seclusion, considering he was in Sword Sect anyway, he didn't expect that this seclusion would last one and a half years, so he didn't exchange too much beforehand.

Just as he was feeling his exponentially increased power,

He heard another system prompt:

[Daoist Couple: Liu Qingqing (Void Refinement Realm·Perfection), refining Sixth-rank Root Bone Pill (+1), Sixth-rank Comprehension Pill (+1), share immediately?]

Gu Changge didn't think much, and directly shared in his mind.

Immediately his Root Bone and Comprehension increased by one.

But suddenly, he frowned, feeling something was not quite right!

"My wife refining these two pills has already reached five hundred in Root Bone and Comprehension, the talent of a Sacred Body!"

"Wait a moment..."

"The first time I triggered the Heavenly Tribulation, it seems..."

"It was when I reached the talent of a Sacred Body!"

"Damn... I forgot such an important thing!"

Amidst murmuring, Gu Changge suddenly froze.

Because he could refine the Heavenly Tribulation, he never took the tribulations that other cultivators feared seriously, he was actually looking forward to it.

But now that Liu Qingqing also reached the talent of a Sacred Body, isn't there a high possibility that she might also trigger the Heavenly Tribulation?

Her foundation and magic treasures are not as sufficient as his!

Without thinking further, his figure rushed out of the hall directly to the Sword Sect's essential area, Ye Qing looked at him in astonishment.

"You lad, even if you just broke through, there's no need to be this excited..."

Ye Qing had not finished speaking when Gu Changge interrupted, "There's no time, please, Master, take me to the Northern Domain immediately, my wife might be facing her tribulation!"

"Tribulation!?"

Ye Qing was taken aback, although it took a moment for his mind to catch up, not knowing what his wife had done to face a tribulation.

But seeing his urgent look, he did not delay further.

With his strength as a Land Immortal, if he traveled at full speed across the void, it wouldn't take long to reach the Northern Domain!