The Immortal Wife Is Like A Cloud

Chapter 826: Great Sage Realm, Sixth Level  

As time passed, the individual teams gradually converged along an invisible trajectory.  

At this moment, atop a mountain suffused with dense spiritual energy within the Divine Source Secret Realm, Zhen Bufan, clad in his usual black robe, had just absorbed a wisp of divine source. He glanced in the direction of Su Jingzhen and his group, a fiery hatred flashing across his face.  

“Last time, even with twenty teams, we were unable to destroy you. Instead, my forces were completely annihilated, which only enhanced your reputation. That was indeed my miscalculation,” Zhen Bufan muttered bitterly, his voice dripping with malice.  

“This time, you will have no such chance.”  

In just one day, Zhen Bufan had managed to gather over thirty teams.  

While most of these teams were inconspicuous, they were more than enough cannon fodder. On average, each team had at least one Tribulation Realm cultivator.  

Those who had reached the Tribulation Realm were undoubtedly exceptional, possessing formidable comprehension abilities. 

If provided with a powerful joint battle formation and given sufficient training, they might even pose a threat to the Qiu Yaoyao and Jian Ling cultivators in her group.  

What’s more, Zhen Bufan had already reached out to two fellow late-stage Celestial Being Realm cultivators whose power was comparable to his own.  

Even if Jian Ling had reached the Great Perfection Realm, they believed that their combined strength as several late-stage Celestial Being Realm cultivators would be enough to fight her.  

Zhen Bufan clearly understood that only one team between his and Qiu Yaoyao’s group would leave the Divine Source Secret Realm alive.  

If Qiu Yaoyao and her group of four survived, Zhen Bufan feared that his Dao heart would collapse entirely, making life itself meaningless.  

Sometimes, the line between love and hate was razor thin. A single unfulfilled desire could halt one’s cultivation forever.  

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Under the intertwined glow of moonlight and starlight, Su Jingzhen and his group of five rested atop a treeless, rocky hill.  

Bathed in starlight, they each sat cross-legged on large stones, absorbing the divine source they had recently gathered.  

Their divine source Marks continued to grow, but like Su Jingzhen earlier, they merely absorbed the essence into their bodies without fully refining it. It was all a race against time.  

The vastness of the Divine Source Secret Realm and the sheer abundance of scattered low-grade divine source made it imperative to act quickly.  

Thanks to the current absence of teams daring to challenge them directly, they could absorb the divine source with relative peace of mind.  

Feeling his strength grow, Su Jingzhen couldn’t help but marvel. A secret realm like this, it was practically like having a cheat code!  

He wondered aloud to himself, “Will I really break through to the Celestial Immortal Realm within these two months?”  

His thoughts drifted to the awe-inspiring power of the ancient demon king displayed in the Divine Kingdom. What had once seemed unattainable now felt tantalizingly close.  

All of this had happened in less than a year since the system’s awakening.  

While immersed in such thoughts, Su Jingzhen fully refined the accumulated divine source within him.  

However, it was not quite enough to push him to the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm.  

Still, he was just a hair’s breadth away.  

The divine source they had collected that day was of the lowest quality – scattered and ordinary. Its energy content paled in comparison to the single wisp he had obtained from slaying a divine beast in the dense forest earlier.  

Through repeated experience, Su Jingzhen had roughly categorized the divine source in the secret realm:  

The highest grade divine source, which was contained in powerful divine beasts that possessed tremendous combat power.  

Mid-grade divine source, which was found in divine source valleys or deep pits, often guarded by auspicious beasts or spiritual fish that were imbued with sentience and capable of transformation.  

And the lowest grade Ordinary divine source that exists as irregular energy clusters scattered throughout mountains and valleys.  

For Su Jingzhen, the lowest level divine source had diminishing returns. To break through a minor realm, he might need to absorb at least twenty clusters.  

However, for someone like Xuening, who was at a lower level of cultivation, the effects were more pronounced.  

Thus, most of the scattered divine source they had collected that day had been allocated to Yan Xia and Xuening, while Jian Ling took the smallest share because she hadn’t put in much effort during their hunt.  

After finishing his cultivation session, Su Jingzhen stood up and gazed at the star-filled sky. He found the night landscape of the Divine Source Secret Realm unexpectedly enchanting.  

Subconsciously, his eyes scanned the surrounding hills. Unlike the previous night, there were no streaks of light streaking across the sky.  

Everything seemed peaceful, as if time itself had stopped.  

Su Jingzhen stood on a large, flat rock.

He began practicing a cultivation technique he hadn’t touched in a long time – the Python Scale Power.

In recent days, the limited time he had for cultivation was mostly devoted to training with the Creation Heaven Scripture.

For him, Python Scale Power was indeed a relatively low-level technique.

Yet, at this moment, he couldn’t help but begin practicing it. A sense of clarity and comfort surged through his entire body.

With the extremely dense spiritual energy of the Divine Source Secret Realm surrounding him, his blood energy coursed through his meridians like a giant python,

It was constantly surging and gradually becoming stronger.

After several rounds of the technique, he suddenly had a moment of insight. His blood energy surged past a threshold, and naturally, he ascended to the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm!

At this moment, Su Jingzhen’s entire being could be summed up in one word: ecstatic!

The power gained through cultivation points was undoubtedly delightful, but the power earned through his own efforts felt far more solid and dependable.

From her spot in the observation square, a white-clad woman couldn’t help but pause when she saw him practicing Python Scale Power atop the boulder.

The corners of her lips curled into a faint, satisfied smile.

“Doesn’t he already have the Creation Heaven Scripture? It’s considered to be one of the most powerful body refining techniques. 

Why would he practice the Python Scales Power? Is he intentionally showing off for me?”

…

Under the moonlight, Su Jingzhen didn’t stop. After finishing practicing the Python Scales Power, he sat cross-legged and began cultivating with the Creation Heaven Scripture once again.

However, even as dawn broke on the eastern horizon, he still hadn’t progressed from the sixth to the seventh level of the Great Sage Realm.

At that moment, a line of golden text once again appeared before his eyes.

The daily fixed cultivation points had arrived as usual.

[Daily Fixed Points: Shuang Jiang: 15, Zhang Xiu: 4, Feng Qingya: 18, Luo Yuebai: 18, Dantai Xuening: 28, Qiu Yaoyao: 27]

[Remaining Points Available: 10,569]

The feeling of gaining over a hundred points every morning left Su Jingzhen deeply captivated.

It was also the third day of their Four Waters Martial Arts Competition.

The first two days had been incredibly fruitful, and all five members of their team were eagerly awaiting the third day.

Meanwhile, under Zhen Bufan’s organization, the number of teams willing to join forces to ambush them had already grown to fifty.

But for Zhen Bufan, that was still not enough!