Book 5: Chapter 104: Ma.s.sive Increase in Cultivation
Meow!
Just at this moment, a cat’s cry came from the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance, attracting everyone’s gaze.
“A cat’s cry? That d.a.m.n cat is out?” The Supreme Genesis’s expression changed.
“Amitābha!” The Future Buddha’s expression changed as well.
Boom!
Surging black water suddenly burst the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance open, revealing a gigantic cat’s head.
Rattle!
When the cat’s head moved, it immediately made the eighteen chains that Long Zhanguo pulled on clatter and crash together.
“Meow! An immortal firmament?” The black cat suddenly glared, and an intense baleful aura rushed out.
“Huh?” Long Zhanguo’s expression turned cold, and a murderous intent appeared.
s.h.i.+ng!
Sima Zongheng, Long Shenwu, and others drew their weapons as they looked coldly at the black cat in the sky.
The black cat’s figure flashed as it rushed out of the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance.
Bang!
When the black cat landed on the plaza, it shrank to just over three meters tall and coldly surveyed the surroundings.
When it saw the ten thousand sages’ corpses on the ground, its eyes lit up.
“Meow! Well killed! These vile people were good-for-nothings! Ptooey! I even wanted to eat them up! Killing them like that let them off lightly! Humph!” the black cat snorted coldly.
Then, the black cat turned its head and looked coldly at Long Zhanguo.
“Another immortal firmament? Are you s.n.a.t.c.hing the Human Path Secret Realm? Are you challenging Six Paths? Hahahaha! Retribution! Retribution! Six Paths, this world still has not acknowledged you. Hahahaha!” the black cat cried out excitedly.
The black cat’s laughter had Long Zhanguo narrowing his eyes. Based on the black cat’s tone, it seems to have a grudge against Six Paths?
The black cat looked around the surroundings. It saw Gu Hai. However, it swept its gaze past him in a flash without comment.
“Meow! The day you s.n.a.t.c.h away the Human Path Secret Realm will be the day Six Paths appears. Do your best. I won’t go on this crazy ride with you. Meow!” Then, the black cat turned to leave.
However, just as the black cat was about to leave, it narrowed its eyes, suddenly spotting Purple Subtlety and Longevity in the crowd.
“Oh? It’s you two gluttons? Indeed, you are not dead! Meow!” The black cat appeared joyful when it saw the two.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity exchanged looks of confusion.
“Purple Subtlety, do you know it?” Longevity asked out of curiosity.
Purple Subtlety shook his head. “I don’t know it. I thought you did!”
“Meow! Hahahahaha! I’m not the only one! You are all back! Hahahaha!” The black cat guffawed but did not say anything more to Purple Subtlety and Longevity. Instead, its figure flashed and rushed off into the distance.
Boom!
The black cat reached Lifespan Beiming’s barrier of black clouds in the blink of an eye.
Bang!
When the black cat extended its paw and clawed, the impenetrable barrier, which the Supreme Genesis failed to break, suddenly had a huge hole ripped open in it.
“What?” Lifespan Beiming’s expression changed.
“Halt!” Long Shenying glared, wanting to rush over.
“Don’t chase it!” Long Zhanguo said coldly.
Bang!
The black cat’s figure flashed as it leaped out.
“All who fight against Six Paths are lunatics. I will not accompany you. Meow!” The black cat’s figure flashed, disappearing into the distance.
“The barrier ripped open?” Joy appeared on the Supreme Genesis’s face. Then, his figure flashed.
Buzz!fre??????v?l.???
The rip in the barrier closed in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
The Supreme Genesis crashed into the barrier; he did not go through.
“It mended?” The Supreme Genesis’s expression changed.
“Supreme Genesis, are you testing our patience?” Long Zhanguo asked with cold eyes.
The Supreme Genesis’s expression turned stiff.
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After the black cat crossed the lifespan ritual array’s barrier, it rushed into the distance.
“Meow! Indeed, all who can obtain an immortal firmament are lunatics. How can Six Paths not be wary of you? You only just obtained an early-grade immortal firmament, and you already want to fight Six Paths? Meow! I had better leave quickly before trouble finds me. I just got out; it would be bad if I got locked up again.” The black cat looked at Heavenly Yin City’s barrier as it shot into the distance.
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In Heavenly Yin City, the Supreme Genesis settled down again. He returned to his previous location, not daring to say anything.
“Your Holy Eminence, that earlier black cat…,” Lifespan Beiming said with a worried expression.
“It’s not a problem. It won’t report this to Six Paths. Even if it did, we are prepared,” Long Zhanguo said coldly.
“Yes!” Lifespan Beiming nodded.
Rattle!
The Human Path Secret Realm continued heading towards Long Zhanguo’s immortal firmament. His eyes filled with antic.i.p.ation.
At this moment, several people s.h.i.+fted their gazes to Purple Subtlety and Longevity.
The Azure Emperor, in particular, slowly made his way over to the two heaven-grade brushes.
“Do the two of you remember me?” the Azure Emperor suddenly asked.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity raised their eyebrows as they looked at the Azure Emperor.
“The two of you were previously in the Yan Heavenly Dynasty. Have you forgotten me?” the Azure Emperor said with a smile.
“Ah! It’s you!” Purple Subtlety’s expression changed.
“Azure Emperor!” Longevity’s face sank.
“It looks like you two still remember me,” the Azure Emperor said with a smile.
“What do you want?” Purple Subtlety asked, frowning.
“Nothing. I was just wondering if you two would like to return and see the Black Emperor,” the Azure Emperor replied with a smile.
“Black Emperor? That old fogey? Isn’t he dead?” Longevity’s face sank.
“He is dead. However, his grave and coffin are still around. I was the one who collected his corpse. The two of you should know why he died. Don’t you want to go and see him?” the Azure Emperor said after taking a deep breath.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity immediately frowned heavily.
“It has been three thousand years. I know. You were trapped for three thousand years, so you begrudge the Black Emperor for that. However, you should also understand that you managed to survive until now because you were protecting the underground palace. Think about how the Black Emperor treated you. Now…,” the Azure Emperor sighed softly.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity lowered their heads, entering deep thought.
“Purple Subtlety, Longevity, didn’t you say that you would go to the Han Royal Dynasty with me?” Ensnaring Performance reminded coldly as he glared at the Azure Emperor.
Although Ensnaring Performance did not get along with Purple Subtlety and Longevity, he understood how much Gu Hai valued the two. Naturally, he did not want the Azure Emperor to take them away.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity were put in somewhat of a spot.
After some silence, Purple Subtlety said, “After this matter is over, I would like to make offerings to the old fogey.”
“I would like to as well,” Longevity said with a frown.
“If you two do not think it beneath you, you can go back with me,” the Azure Emperor said with a smile.
Purple Subtlety and Longevity nodded.
Ensnaring Performance wanted to continue persuading the two. However, their minds were set, and they would not listen.
The Azure Emperor smiled faintly.
As the Azure Emperor looked at Purple Subtlety and Longevity, some marvel flashed in his eyes.
The Black Emperor had deeply valued Purple Subtlety and Longevity. At that time, the Azure Emperor found this strange but did not think much of it. After three thousand years, he had nearly forgotten about them. This was especially since the two’s figures had undergone ma.s.sive changes.
However, Gu Hai thought highly of the two, which made the Azure Emperor think highly of them as well. Furthermore, their performance in the Ten Thousand Sages Convention had only raised their value in his eyes.
The two had also shocked that black cat earlier. What reason did the Azure Emperor have to look down on them? Naturally, he wanted to bring them away as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the two were rather cooperative.
On the other side, Emperor Kong narrowed his eyes slightly at Gu Hai. “Oh? Gu Hai’s cultivation is still soaring?”
The aura around Gu Hai rippled continuously.
Driving the Worldly Sorrowful Endowment, he coital cultivated with Chen Xianer, Bing Ji, and the Grand Mohist simultaneously.
Bing Ji’s nascent soul was in Gu Hai’s water deity palace, hugging Gu Hai’s water deity. The two exchanged energy, immediately forming a black hole that absorbed the water-attributed energy of the ice mountain.
The huge ice mountain in the water deity palace shrank slowly while the two’s cultivations increased ma.s.sively.
Boom!
Gu Hai’s water deity suddenly reached the fourth layer.
In the earth deity palace, Gu Hai formed a nascent embryo. The Grand Mohist’s nascent soul accompanied it, exchanging energy with it. Surging earth-attributed energy poured into the two’s bodies.
Buzz!
The two’s cultivations soared.
Gu Hai’s earth nascent embryo grew rapidly.
With the Worldly Sorrowful Endowment, the Renewing Soil, the Grand Mohist’s nascent soul, and even Gu Hai’s mental state, Gu Hai’s earth nascent embryo flourished.
Earth nascent soul’s first layer.
Earth nascent soul’s second layer.
Earth nascent soul’s third layer.
Earth nascent soul’s fourth layer.
The earth nascent soul grew precipitately.
The same thing happened in the metal deity palace.
The Immortal Slaying Calabash’s vine emanated ferocious metal-attributed energy, expediting the growth of the metal nascent embryo as Gu Hai coital cultivated with Chen Xianer.
Metal nascent soul’s first layer.
Metal nascent soul’s second layer.
Metal nascent soul’s third layer.
Metal nascent soul’s fourth layer.
The metal nascent soul also grew stronger rapidly.
However, as Gu Hai’s spiritual souls and physical souls were separated and his spiritual souls were unconscious, the nascent souls were in a daze.
With the Worldly Sorrowful Endowment, the fire nascent soul was the fire deity. Naturally, the water nascent soul would be the water deity, the metal nascent soul would be the metal deity, and the earth nascent soul would be the earth deity. Correspondingly, Bing Ji’s nascent soul would be the water deity queen, Chen Xianer’s nascent soul would be the metal deity queen, and the Grand Mohist’s nascent soul would be the earth deity queen.
Gu Hai’s cultivation grew ma.s.sively.
As everyone waited patiently, ten days pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye. Now, the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance had already made contact with Long Zhanguo’s immortal firmament; they looked like they would merge in the next moment.
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In the Human Path Secret Realm:
Gu Hai, Chen Xianer, Bing Ji, and the Grand Mohist had intertwined with each other and coital cultivated for six days and six nights in the bubble that the black cat blew out. During this coital cultivation session, the four had absorbed two-thirds of the remaining mortal soul fragments in the Human Path Secret Realm.
The four’s soul bodies turned blue and translucent.
The four were vaguely aware of what they had been doing, but the black cat’s aphrodisiac was too potent. They remained intoxicated, unwilling to wake up.
However, they had already been in the Human Path Secret Realm for ten days.
When the eleventh day arrived, the divine light b.a.l.l.s in their bodies gave off a white light and a loud sound.
“Ten days are up. Return!” A loud voice rang out.
Bang!
The black cat’s bubble burst. The soul bodies of the Gu Hai, Bing Ji, and the Grand Mohist turned into beams of lights that shot towards the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance. Gu Hai held on to Chen Xianer firmly, refusing to let go.
Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+
The four soul bodies flew through the Human Path Secret Realm’s entrance and immediately rushed to the bodies of Gu Hai, Bing Ji, and the Grand Mohist.
Buzz!
The three’s spiritual souls had returned.
Boom!
Just at this moment, a thunderous sound rang out. Long Zhanguo’s immortal firmament had absorbed the Human Path Secret Realm.
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