Chapter 228: 5th Life: Nirvana Rebirth, Innate Spirit!
Taiyue Mountain Range.
Valley of Ten Thousand Insects.
It's the time of year when the sun is at its most intense.
The scorching sunlight penetrates the layers of leaves into the mountains, dispersing the poison mist that shrouds the sky over the valley year-round.
It is also at this time.
The Ant Race army, which had been waiting outside the valley for a long time, immediately launched an attack!
Amidst a rustling sound.
The mutant Mountain-shaking Demon Ants, larger than rats, took the lead without hesitation and stepped into the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects.
These Mountain-shaking Demon Ants are massive, covered with a thick layer of armor.
Their defense is solid enough to withstand the bites of most small poisonous insects.
Needless to say.
They also have the genes and bloodlines of poison ants and Sawtooth Ants.
Their sharp mandibles are like scythes, capable of easily cutting steel plates in two!
Behind the Mountain-shaking Demon Ants, there are countless Fire Spirit Ants in a dense swarm.
Though these Fire Spirit Ants are not as powerful as the former, they have strength in numbers.
A vast black mass, their sheer numbers can overwhelm many high-tier poisonous insects.
Immediately after.
On Lu Yuan's command.
The ant army swept through the entire Valley of Ten Thousand Insects.
Whether it was scorpions, mountain leeches, or small poisonous creatures like toads.
Or centipedes several feet long and ghost-faced spiders as large as millstones, all became food for the Ant Race.
After all, despite these poisonous insects being highly poisonous, they were of little use against the vast numbers of the Ant Race.
Moreover, all ants of the race are fearless, undeterred by pain, faithfully carrying out Lu Yuan's orders even if the casualties are severe, without retreating a single step!
Additionally, with Lu Yuan, the Carefree Realm Ant Emperor, overseeing the operation, the entire battle was practically a massacre.
A few hours later.
As dusk approached, the sky gradually darkened.
The Valley of Ten Thousand Insects, once teeming with countless poisonous insects and snakes, was now littered with corpses and remnants.
The entire valley, inside and out, was thoroughly cleaned by the ant army!
The surviving Mountain-shaking Demon Ants and Fire Spirit Ants were busy transporting the wounded and the food back to the ant nest.
Although Lu Yuan lost more than thirty million ants this time, the harvest was equally substantial.
The corpses of various poisonous insects alone were enough to feed the Ant Race for more than a month.
Besides that.
Lu Yuan also collected a large amount of Spirit Medicine and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
These spirit medicines have aged for a long time, making them precious in value.
Simply presenting one to the outside world would cause countless cultivators to scramble for it.
If Lu Yuan could absorb and refine these spirit medicines.
His power could not only advance further, but he might also seize this opportunity to step into the Fourth Realm in one fell swoop!
According to the cultivation realm of this world.
A strong person in the Carefree Realm has undergone a significant change in the level of life and can subsist on mist and dew, traveling ten thousand miles a day.
Such beings have transcended all things.
With every move, they can unleash powers to move mountains and overturn seas.
And the Fourth Realm is also known as the Nirvana Realm.
Because in this realm, cultivators can break through the shackles of bloodlines and talents to achieve the sublimation and transcendence of life levels.
It would not be an overstatement to call it rebirth and fate-changing Nirvana.
And for Lu Yuan.
The most crucial point of the Fourth Realm is that.
Nirvana Realm demon beasts can remodel themselves and transform into human form!
This also means.
As long as he steps into the Nirvana Realm, he can shed his ant form, regain human shape, and seek out a mate with a more robust bloodline.
"The Human Race, as the spirit of all things, has endless geniuses and saintesses in each sect."
"A saintess with unrivaled talent could surpass hundreds of ant queens!"
"If I could marry several saintesses or immortal fairies, my power would undoubtedly grow faster."
Lu Yuan's eyes gleamed with ambition, eager to step into the Nirvana Realm immediately.
Next.
He delegated all Ant Race affairs to several offspring to manage.
He himself then began a new cycle of cultivation.
Not stepping out until he reaches Nirvana!
...
Time flies like an arrow, and the years pass swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, two years had gone by.
Deep in the Taiyue Mountain Range.
A Fire Spirit Ant Emperor as thick as an arm lay atop a small hill.
His whole body was fiery red, his limbs trembling, seemingly enduring some unbearable pain.
Only to see the unparalleled medicinal power within him nearly overflowing, having exceeded the limits of what he could bear, on the verge of losing control at any moment.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion.
Lu Yuan's six legs burst apart, turning to powder and dissipating into the air.
The out-of-control medicinal power rampaged within Lu Yuan like a flood bursting through a dam, blasting his abdomen, torso, and even his head into the air.
In the end.
All that remained was an extremely weak strand of his golden divine soul, like a flickering candle in the wind, hovering in mid-air, seemingly about to extinguish at any moment.
Nirvana and fate-alteration.
These four words sound simple, but achieving them is as challenging as ascending to heaven.
To transform from a mundane ant to an Innate Spirit.
The trials and dangers to be endured are perhaps only understood by Lu Yuan himself.
The whole process is practically a life-and-death struggle; a slight misstep would lead to the annihilation of spirit and soul!
Yet Lu Yuan never uttered a word from start to finish, silently enduring all the pain and transformation.
He tried his best to activate his divine soul and attempt to connect with the Power of Heaven and Earth.
However, in the face of the vast heavens and earth, his power was simply too insignificant; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't induce a trace of the Power of Heaven and Earth to descend.
Moreover, the Ant Race's limitations are too low, with inherent flaws from birth.
Some beings of the Divine Race favored by Heaven, with extraordinarily powerful bloodlines, resonate with the grand path at birth.
And what chance does an insignificant ant like Lu Yuan have to receive Heaven's favor?