Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

The current ninth-order Heavenly Mechanics Methods requires a Nine Tribulations True Immortal to engage in arduous cultivation, firstly mastering the creation mechanics to the ninth tier, then, using the mindset of forging Extreme Imperial Weapons, craft a Lifebound Immortal Treasure. It's not necessary to achieve the tenth tier or the limit of Imperial Arms, a ninth-order Immortal Treasure will suffice, but it must become a personal essential, serving as a Second Primordial Spirit or utilizable as an External Incarnation.

Such an Immortal Treasure, serving as the core, in conjunction with the Nine Tribulations creation methodology, and trillion Spiritual Treasures, can be assembled into a ninth-order True Immortal Mech, exerting a formidable power comparable to that of an Extreme Imperial Weapon.

This is the result of the ninth-order creation process; a True Immortal Mech is equivalent to a contemporary Taixuan, a True Immortal Saint Master within Central Region Divine Land, capable of wielding the power of Heavenly Mechanics Methods and Mech Armor Power to unleash the Extreme Divine Power.

Heavenly Mechanics Methods, seizing the creation of the heavens, this kind of Mana Point has always been able to fight across tiers, but the farther one progresses, the more difficult it becomes to cross tiers. Now, exhausting all efforts, one can only surmount half a tier, reaching a half-step Earth Immortal, the level of Extreme Imperial Weapons.

For this purpose, one must spend a vast amount of time, energy, and a multitude of resources. After all, those Extreme Imperial Weapons are precious Heavy Weapons that tenth-order Earth Immortals have painstakingly refined over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. How could your Mecha, which is emulating their path, be easily accomplished?

Taking Xu Yang as an example, his newly created Nine Rituals Heavenly Venerate is centered around the Lifebound Immortal Treasure "Xuanyuan," integrating two types of eighth-order Mecha, "Five Elements Immortal Venerable" and "True Law Heavenly Punishment."

Note the two types, not two units; how could Xu Yang have only built two Mechas over the years?

This time, he fused all inventory of Five Elements Immortal Venerable and True Law Heavenly Punishment Mecha in his Territory World. There are dozens in total, and the number of various components had long exceeded trillions. Among them are the Innate Five Directions Banner, Spiritual Rhinoceros Divine Sword, Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber, and other top-quality Immortal Artifacts, plus Xuanyuan, which he refined with great effort. The resources spent on this True Immortal Mech are enormous, rivaling the Extreme Imperial Weapon of an Earth Immortal.

He is the Master of Ten Thousand Paths, possessing Skills Characteristics and owns All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds. He can obtain sustenance through methods of farming and breeding, allowing him to directly construct a ninth-order True Immortal Mech at the moment of Creation achievement.

For an ordinary True Immortal wishing to attain this result, it would take tens of thousands of years just to practice the ninth-order Creation, and collecting materials and forging the Mecha would consume hundreds of thousands of years more. Without a million years of strenuous effort, do not even dream of refining the True Immortal Mech.

Moreover, limited by the Lifebound Immortal Treasure, this True Immortal Mech is unique and unreplicable. A True Immortal can only refine and control one, and cannot, as before, form a torrent of steel and a sea of Mecha.

The consumption is vast, and the restrictions are substantial!

But this still does not negate the value of the ninth-order Creation.

After all, for the eighth-order Immortal Gods who are eternally immortal, the most precious and cheapest thing is time.

Not to mention others, just look at reality. According to the memories of that grey-clothed Old Ape, in the Upper Realm of Taixuan, there are many True Immortals whose potential has been exhausted and who have no hope of breaking through. They have been in the True Immortal Realm for millions or even tens of millions of years, some even given up cultivation, indulging in pleasures, without waiting for death.

For such True Immortals, isn't this ninth-order Heavenly Mechanics Methods an alternative path of Enlightenment, an endeavor worth exerting their fullest for?

Further, in the Central Region Divine Land, those powers that are neither Immortal Gates nor Imperial Dynasties, do they not yearn for a True Immortal Mech that can rival an Extreme Imperial Weapon and withstand the Dark Chaos?

This is the value of the ninth-order Creation; despite the necessity to invest significant energy and time, consuming countless materials and resources, it remains well worth the price, especially for those True Immortals who cannot break through.

The path to becoming an Earth Immortal is far too arduous and massive. For most Cultivators, the True Immortal Realm is the end and the limit. With potential exhausted, having no hope of breaking through, if there were an alternative path of Enlightenment presented before them, it is believed that most True Immortals would go insane for it.

This is still about others. As for Xu Yang, who is equipped with External Assistance, the combat power that this True Immortal Mech can exert is far more than merely that of an Extreme Imperial Weapon. Apart from those peaks wielding the Greatest Emperors, it is probably enough to suppress ordinary Earth Immortals.

In other words, he now possesses Earth Immortal combat power, genuine Earth Immortal combat power.

But this is still not enough!

Although Xu Yang has always been fighting above his tier over the years, it was because he had no choice. Those with lower Cultivation levels dare not trouble him, and only those with higher Cultivation levels have a little confidence to be his opponents, resulting in him never having the opportunity to bully the weaker.

But lack of opportunity does not mean he does not wish to. It's not about bullying the weak; fighting equally matched battles is also desirable.

Therefore, merely breaking through in creation is not enough. Next, he must utilize the Mystic Yellow Power and aim to achieve Earth Immortal status through "money consumption."

What about the Peak of Saint Dao, perfect achievement?

No time left. The present incarnation and other world's incarnations can wait, but the situation in the Mystic Yellow Realm is already unstable, and the Blue Star Realm is also affected, so he must swiftly attain Earth Immortal status, strike at the Demon Abyss, constrain the Desire Realm, and alleviate pressure on the Blue Star Realm, even pulling the rug from under it.

After all, in the Mystic Yellow Realm, there is a group of Heavenly Immortals and a powerful existence capable of contending with Boxun. They don't need him to carry the burden. Since it's just an incarnation, it doesn't have to be perfect; he can always reincarnate and cultivate anew if necessary.

The real world and other worlds, however, are different. Without support, he must pursue perfection, achieve the foundation of Heaven Reaching, and suppress and contend with all sides.

Thus...

Hundreds of years later, in the Territory World, Ten Thousand Dao Heavenly Palace.

Xu Yang was sitting alone in the hall, his expression serene, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Advanced Task completed!"

"Experience is sufficient, reputation is sufficient, resources are sufficient!"

"Do you want to upgrade the Lord level and corresponding rank?"

"Your Lord level has been upgraded to the tenth order..."

"Your Lord level has been upgraded to level 101..."

"Congratulations on completing the achievement—Earth Immortal Dao Fruit!"

"Your territory's rank has been upgraded to the tenth order..."

"You have obtained..."

A series of prompt sounds rang out, but Xu Yang had no time to pay attention to them, as he once again immersed himself in the marvelous realm where the principles of the world and the laws manifest, entering the state of Enlightenment once more.

First secure your seat, then buy the ticket; this was also a reason for Xu Yang to choose a breakthrough.

Although this avatar cannot strive for perfection, pursuing the peak of the Saint Dao, it does not prevent him from first securing a seat then buying the ticket, stepping into the Earth Immortal Realm and using this realm's cultivation to help his main body and other avatars comprehend, experience, and deduce the Peak Dao Fruit.

To use an analogy that is easier for ordinary people to understand, it's like going to university before taking the college entrance exam, using the resources of the university to improve high school knowledge, and ultimately achieving the "top scorer of the college entrance exam."

Although some university students may not be as good as high school students, this is just a metaphor; stepping into the Earth Immortal Realm and then comprehending the Peak Dao Fruit indeed has more advantages than a True Immortal deducing it, only that ordinary people can't utilize it.

But Xu Yang is no ordinary person—the Incarnations of All Realms allow him to fully utilize this double advantage.

Besides...

"Earth Immortal?"

"Not an Earth Immortal!"

"Heavenly God and Earthly Spirit, fruit position conferred!"

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Yang opened his eyes, awakening from that wondrous realm of principle, with a somewhat subtle expression.

He had completed the upgrade, breaking through to the tenth order, and was clearly a Lord of the Earth Immortal rank now.

But this Earth Immortal is not the traditional sense of Earth Immortal in other worlds, but the unique Earth Immortal of the Mystic Yellow Realm.

Heavenly God and Earthly Spirit Skill!

This skill can perform conferment, adding the "Heavenly God and Earthly Spirit" position, even untrained mortals, as long as the conferment is sufficient, can leap to become a True Immortal or True God, even an Earth Immortal or Heavenly Immortal.

But this type of conferment... it has a feeling of an "external assistance." Although it is just as powerful, it does not belong to oneself.

This feeling was not obvious in the previous levels, because Xu Yang already possessed the fruit of a Ninth-rank True Immortal, and he has already mastered those principles, not feeling alienated.

Now it's different, the Earth Immortal has not yet matured, yet he has made a breakthrough with money consumption, on the surface through data laws, but in reality through Divine Position Conferment, creating a noticeable barrier between him and this Earth Immortal Fruit, although he can still use its power, there is a floating sense of it possibly being taken back at any time.

This is also a feature of the Heavenly God and Earthly Spirit Skill; the Heavenly Emperor's supreme authority, except for those who become Immortals on their own, a single decree can, regardless of the Ancestor of Tao or Buddha Ancestor, Heavenly Immortal or Heavenly God, cause them to fall into the mortal world.

Luckily, this has little effect on Xu Yang. What he wants is to secure a seat and then buy the ticket, using the identity of an Earth Immortal to deduce the peak of Saint Dao. Now, although this conferred Earth Immortal Fruit Position has some distance, it does not have much effect when used, nor does it hinder Enlightenment; even if it is taken back later, that is a matter for later.

For now...

"The Dao Fruit is complete, from stillness sparks thought, it is time to walk about!"

Xu Yang smiled, stood up, and stepped out, the next moment he passed through the grand hall and arrived inside the Sky-reaching Tower.

Sky-reaching Tower, the tenth level!