Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit

"Rest assured, Alliance Hierarch, we will expedite this task."

The Tornado Demon King nodded in agreement.

In the past, this Demon King and Chen Jichuan had some discord. However, after hunting Evil Gods, not only did his cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but his combat strength also skyrocketed.

Now, he had long since been convinced by Chen Jichuan's abilities, wholeheartedly loyal, with the sole hope of one day ruling over the Barbaric Lands.

"Alliance Hierarch, please take care."

The Fuling Demon King and Shuiqing Demon King also responded to Chen Jichuan.

They were already accustomed to this Alliance Hierarch's habit of disappearing for stretches at a time, often being untraceable for more than half the year.

"Hmm."

"You all be careful as well. Now disperse."

These were all veteran demons. Chen Jichuan didn't need to say much beyond waving his hand, signaling the three demon kings to go their separate ways.

After a moment, he too emerged from his cave, employing the "Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique" for travel, blending seamlessly into the mountains and valleys of the Barbaric Lands, difficult to detect.

Along the way, he even had the leisure to bring up the "Immortal Record" interface for review—

Name: Chen Jichuan [Sixth Iteration]

Age: 380 (205/1000)

Immortal-order: 2

Immortal Position: None

Level: 22

Cultivation:

Immortal Dao: Enlightenment Second Realm;

Life Dao: Soul Refining First Realm;

Xing Dao: Soul Condensing First Realm;

Talents: Creation·Insight; Creation·Derivation; Creation·Enlightenment

Cultivation Techniques:

"Sword Map"（Side Door Level）Twenty-second Layer;

"Five Forms Eight Techniques Fist"（Side Door Level）Twenty-first Layer;

"Taiyin Refining Body Technique"（Side Door Level）Twenty-first Layer;

"Primordial Skill"（Refined Level）Third Layer;

Magics:

Low-level: omitted

Middle-stage: omitted

High-level: Dutian Rakshasa Chaos Yin Yang Nine Netherworld Reincarnation Life and Death Treasure Method (Third Realm), Corpse Refining Technique (Third Realm), …, omitted

Super-level: Mystical Gate Skill, Daluo Heavenly Sleeve (Fourth Realm), Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method (Fourth Realm), Seven Elements Relieving Calamity Ruyi Tiangang Splitting Light Sword Technique (Third Realm), Three-in-One Indestructible Golden Light Body Protection Technique (Third Realm), Blood Light Refraction Taiyin Divine Mirror Technique (Third Realm), Five Thunders True Skill (Third Realm), Daluo Heavenly Fire (Third Realm), Innate One Qi Demon-locking Bone-shrinking Great Method (Third Realm), Heaven Mending Seal (Second Realm), Nine Doubts Skill (Second Realm), Najia Divination Method (Second Realm), Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique (Second Realm), All Heavens Walking (First Realm), Illusion Realm (First Realm)

Magical Treasures: Flame God Banner, Sixfold Golden Lotus, Peach Blossom Seven Evil Soul-destroying Net, Peach Blossom Flying Swords (forty-nine), Jinxiu Net, Doom Nails, Yuan Yin Gourd, …, omitted

Skills: Alchemy (Second-order); Artifact Refining (Second-order)

Immortal Salary: 200

Source Power: 1,365,100

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With a quick calculation.

Chen Jichuan had been in the Central Continent World for 362 years, ascended to the Second-order for 180 years, and entered the Earth Cave Barbaric Lands for 150 years.

Even excluding offline time, he had lived 187 years in this life.

These years, especially the 150 years spent in the Barbaric Lands, were marked by his unrelenting hunting of Evil Gods. From the divine bodies of the Evil Gods, he refined 'True God Pills,' using them to derive his spells and techniques.

The divine power of just five Evil Gods in the Holy Realm Second Layer Heaven was enough for him to evolve a single high-level technique into a super-level technique.

Chen Jichuan hunted Evil Gods one after another, deriving techniques one after another—

Three-in-One Indestructible Golden Light Body Protection Technique!

Blood Light Refraction Taiyin Divine Mirror Technique!

Seven Elements Relieving Calamity Ruyi Tiangang Splitting Light Sword Technique!

Five Thunders True Skill!

Innate One Qi Demon-locking Bone-shrinking Great Method!

Nine Doubts Skill!

Najia Divination Method!

Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique!

Mystical Gate Skill!

Nine high-level techniques consecutively evolved into super-level ones.

Added to these were the three absolute techniques — Daluo Heavenly Sleeve, Heaven Mending Seal, and Daluo Heavenly Fire — obtained from the Heaven Mending Sect, and the two super-level techniques — All Heavens Walking and Illusion Realm — gained through insight into the Fuling Demon King. Along with his initial derivation of "Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method," Chen Jichuan had by now mastered a total of fifteen super-level techniques.

It's worth noting that the Heaven Mending Sect, after countless generations, had only accumulated nine super-level techniques.

Chen Jichuan, alone, had already surpassed that by far.

Not only so.

When he had enough super-level techniques, and they were sufficient for use, Chen Jichuan used the hundreds of True God Pills he had refined afterward to focus solely on evolving the "Sword Map."

This technique, acquired from reality, was originally of refined level and had been previously upgraded by Chen Jichuan to side door level.

In the Slaughter Ring Sea, it had been upgraded once more, but unfortunately, the gap between side door level and true sect level was too vast. A single enhancement at side door level hadn't achieved the breakthrough.

Over this period, Chen Jichuan exerted great effort, consuming a vast amount of True God Pills, implementing six more successive enhancements.

Each enhancement added greater sophistication to the "Sword Map," yet it still had not reached true sect level.

[Cultivation Technique: Sword Map]

[Level: Side Door Level]

[Derivations: Seven times]

[Description: The ultimate skill of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, capable of cultivation to the Mahayana Realm. This technique offers two paths: one is the "Mute Sword Qi," which is concealed and refined within the body, released in battle to unleash earth-shattering power, known as "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques." The other is the "Ten Thousand Sword Map," a method of dividing Sword Qi. One becomes two, two become three, and three multiply into myriad forms. When mastered, the user commands 108,000 strands of Sword Qi, weaving them into a "Sword Map," annihilating any enemy into dust.]

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"The 'Sword Map' enhanced seven times, in terms of refinement, should rank among the very best in the vast ocean of side door level techniques."

Chen Jichuan, with his profound practice in this technique, felt this most deeply.

Compared to earlier iterations, the current version, refined through seven enhancements, yielded purer mana, sharper and more condensed Sword Qi. This was one factor enabling him, at the Second Realm of Enlightenment, to suppress and outmatch beings like the Holy Realm Fifth Layer Heaven Fire God "Zhude."

"My ability to span realms in combat is attributed first to superior cultivation techniques."

"Second is the exceptional ranking and mastery of my magics."

The likes of the Tornado Demon King used True God Pills to elevate their cultivation levels.

Chen Jichuan, on the other hand, utilized True God Pills to derive magics and techniques further.

While others employed "Divinity" or "Mystic God Pills" to improve particular skills with marginal enhancements, Chen Jichuan wielded his "Enlightenment" method.

By the 30th year of his time in the Barbaric Lands, when his previously injured Primordial Qi had fully recovered, Chen Jichuan was able to cultivate freely, employing "Enlightenment" on various techniques.

Over the following 120 years.

Chen Jichuan remained "online" for 60 years, on average performing "Enlightenment" once per year without damaging his foundational vitality.

A single application of "Enlightenment" was equivalent to a century of painstaking cultivation or comprehension.

Over 120 years, Chen Jichuan executed 60 applications — equivalent to 6,000 years of cultivation. A Second-order True Person rarely has more than a millennium of lifespan!

"Enlightenment."

Augmented by "Mystic God Pills," Chen Jichuan now had two super-level magics at the Fourth Realm "Refining Essence" stage, and six super-level magics at the Third Realm "Body Fusion" stage.

Third Realm and Fourth Realm super-level techniques possessed unimaginable profundity.

For instance, "Daluo Heavenly Sleeve," when fully unleashed at the Fourth Realm, could even suppress, bind, and capture the self-destruction of a Holy Realm Fifth Layer Heaven Evil God.

A jaw-dropping feat.

In fact, even attaining just the Third Realm "Body Fusion" stage of any super-level technique endowed remarkable power. Across the Slaughter Ring Sea, Second-order True Persons with even a single Third Realm super-level magic were exceedingly rare.

Looking back.

Chen Jichuan had once invested 15 applications of "Enlightenment," equivalent to 1,500 years of rigorous cultivation, to bring "Daluo Heavenly Sleeve" to the Third Realm.

By his estimation, even a top-tier genius would need 400-500 years to reach this level.

Yet Chen Jichuan now commanded six super-level techniques at the Third Realm and two at the Fourth Realm.

Looking across the ages, no one in the Slaughter Ring Sea could compare.

"A side door level cultivation technique refined through seven enhancements."

"Eight super-level techniques with unparalleled mastery."

"Even though I am only at the Second Realm of Enlightenment, I can suppress or even slay Fifth Layer Heaven Demon Kings, Evil Gods, and cultivators!"

"Killing three levels above my current realm — effortless!"

Chen Jichuan, glancing at the "Immortal Record" interface and organizing his thoughts, smiled.

Low in cultivation yet extraordinarily powerful, it was a deceptively advantageous condition for him.

Furthermore.

His simultaneous cultivation of three disciplines gave him profound reserves and an unshakable foundation, another edge he held over others.

"Immortal Dao at Enlightenment Second Realm."

"Life Dao at Soul Refining First Realm."

"Xing Dao at Soul Condensing First Realm."

Chen Jichuan traversed mountain ranges, utilizing geomagnetic forces to move effortlessly, conserving energy and remaining inconspicuous. Moreover, this technique allowed for light meditation during transit.

Chen Jichuan wasn't reckless enough to fully immerse himself in cultivation while traveling, but he did combine it with his "Immortal Record" to reevaluate and refine his understanding of himself.

"The Three Treasures of human spirit, Essence Qi, and Divine Soul are inherently intertwined."

"As Immortal Dao and Life Dao successively advance, my Divine Soul continuously nourishes."

"Over the years, Xing Dao enlightenment has sparked occasional insights. My inner clarity remains illuminated, a telltale mark of entering the 'Soul Condensing Realm.' From here, I must build the Spirit Platform step by step and consolidate the three souls."

The Second-order Xing Dao Realm, also known as the "Spirit Platform Realm," required nine Spirit Platforms to bridge heaven and earth. These platforms facilitated the condensation of human, earth, and heavenly souls respectively, leading to higher states of transformation.

Currently, Chen Jichuan was far from consolidating all three souls. He needed to first construct three Spirit Platforms to condense the human soul, another three for the earth soul, and finally, with the completion of all nine platforms, refine the heavenly soul to achieve perfection.

Each step of the process was daunting.

"Constructing the Spirit Platform is no easy task, and condensing the three souls is even harder. However, now that my internal clarity remains constantly illuminated, I have achieved the ability to wander the soul during daylight, immune to the sun's harsh rays."

Hence.

The initial phase of the Soul Condensing Realm was often referred to as the "Day Wandering" Stage.

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As Chen Jichuan continued on his journey, he simultaneously reflected on and examined the distinctions between Immortal Dao, Life Dao, and Xing Dao.

Life thrives in movement.

Cultivation flourishes in contemplation.

Immersed in this philosophical musings, while his outer life appeared austere, the inner joy he derived from cultivation was something ordinary people could never understand.

The happiness of a cultivator eluded mundane comprehension.

"Cultivation under the Life Dao and Xing Dao follows natural progression."

"But in this lifetime, my focus is the Immortal Dao — my primary endeavors must be dedicated to it."

Now at the Enlightenment Realm and progressing to its second stage, Chen Jichuan had already opened the "left" and "right" 'Eye Acupoints.' The next step was to open the third 'Ear Acupoint.'

As the leader of the Wuling Mountain Alliance and with the Tornado Demon King and others under his command hunting Evil Gods, Chen Jichuan's wealth was substantial. Even without relying on "True God Pills" to increase his mana, he had a near-limitless supply of Pills to aid in cultivation. His mana had been steadily increasing.

Some seven or eight years prior, despite having only recently advanced to the second stage of Enlightenment, Chen Jichuan had already reached its peak.

All that remained was the opening of the third Acupoint to achieve a breakthrough state. However, after years of pondering, he had yet to unravel the mystery of the "Ear Acupoint." Such matters could neither be sought externally nor taken lightly — they required perseverance and preparation.

He found joy in this process.

Cultivation was a source of delight.

Every problem solved, every breakthrough achieved, brought both progress and immense satisfaction.

These unresolved riddles of cultivation ensured that, even journeying alone, Chen Jichuan never found himself bored.

Setting off from the northern "First Meteorite Rift Valley," traveling southward, he relied on the "Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique" to navigate the perilous early stretches. When he reached less dangerous regions beyond the "Hunting Zone," where mid- to high-level Demon Kings and Evil Gods were rarities, he switched to the "Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method."

RUMBLE!

With a single flap of his wings, he swept through the skies.

The Second-stage "Taiyin Primordial Magnetic Stealth Technique," designed mainly for concealing life energy, wasn't even remotely comparable to the "Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method" in terms of speed.

However, the latter, while incredibly swift, came with a marked disadvantage—

Its movements created too much commotion.

In treacherous regions, Chen Jichuan dared not travel so ostentatiously.

It was only as he approached areas under the control of the Seven Immortal Sects that Chen Jichuan allowed himself such boldness.

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