Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

The veins on his forehead suddenly bulged.

Agonizing pain! Searing heat!

But Gu Yun didn’t even let out a muffled groan.

His eyes, laced with threads of lightning, glinted with a will as hard as bedrock!

He had even experienced being smashed to pieces, reduced to a pulp of flesh and blood.

’This?’

’Just this much pain?’

’What does it even count for?’

With astonishing willpower, Gu Yun endured the excruciatingly high temperature, a searing pain like lava flowing through his body.

He then activated the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision, beginning a Circulation of Heaven and Earth. He mobilized the ocean-like True Yuan within him, using it like a tidal current to continuously channel the immense medicinal power of the Lingxiao Body Tempering Pill to every muscle and bone in his body!

The extreme heat coursed through him, making his entire body look like charcoal scorched by fire.

His whole body glowed an intense red.

The terrifying temperature seemed to warp the very space around him.

At the same time, terrifying Thunder Arcs erupted around him, tearing through the void. They radiated a brilliant light that illuminated every corner of the cave dwelling!

Gu Yun’s aura surged higher and higher.

An invisible yet terrifying Momentum emanated from him.

It was as if it was enough to make anyone bow down in submission!

...

At the same time,

in the Profound Celestial Sect,

atop a colossal mountain peak that pierced the heavens, wisps of ethereal clouds swirled.

Upon it stood a grand hall, brimming with an immortal air—majestic, imposing, and brilliantly splendid.

Inside this resplendent and ethereal grand hall,

several figures stood, each wreathed in a misty glow and exuding an incomparably terrifying aura of Heaven and Earth Dao Rhythm.

"Sect Leader,"

"The situation over in Central Earth... doesn’t seem good."

"Should we go?"

a figure in white robes with sharp eyebrows and star-like eyes, whose Dao Rhythm was peerless and Sword Intent soared to the heavens, spoke to the imposing, middle-aged man seated on the main throne above.

The dignified middle-aged man on the throne, whose Dao Rhythm was terrifying to the extreme, pondered for a moment before speaking:

"Those fellows..."

"The people of Central Earth will hold them off."

"We need not concern ourselves for now."

"Didn’t that fellow Xuantian go to Central Earth?"

"Perhaps he’ll get involved."

His grand, heavy voice, suffused with Dao Rhythm, echoed throughout the resplendent and ethereal hall.

Upon hearing this, the figures present all nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

"Sect Leader, those old monsters from the Sea Race in the Chaotic Star Sea are stirring again. The Star Palace is struggling to suppress them and has asked our Sect for reinforcements. Should we send someone?"

A figure in a blue Daoist Robe with his white hair pinned up by a crown, exuding a terrifying Dao Rhythm, addressed the imposing man on the throne.

"In that case, Junior Brother, you will make a trip to the Chaotic Star Sea."

"The great calamity is approaching, and the situation is turbulent."

"Furthermore, those people from beyond our world are eyeing us like hungry tigers."

"But our only recourse is to improve our own strength. That is the one constant with which we can face any change!"

"Besides, isn’t the Inner Sect Grand Competition coming up in a few days?"

"Increase the rewards."

"We need the disciples to mature as quickly as possible."

"They must become the pillars of the Sect!"

The imposing man’s grand and heavy voice, filled with a terrifying Dao Rhythm, fell and echoed through the hall.

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

With a respectful cry, the figures in the hall, wreathed in a misty glow,

transformed one after another into streaks of rainbow light, vanishing thousands of miles in an instant.

...

Gu Yun, of course, knew nothing of this.

He was still wholeheartedly focused on refining the Elixir,

increasing his strength and preparing for the Inner Sect Grand Competition to the best of his ability.

Time flew by like an arrow,

and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

「On this day,」

Gu Yun’s eyes snapped open. A flash of lightning vanished as quickly as it appeared, and in that instant, a peal of thunder roared through his cave dwelling.

Like a monstrous tsunami, it stirred up massive waves in the void, causing the entire space of the cave to tremble violently.

’The progress is immense!’

Gu Yun felt the vast, ocean-like True Yuan inside him and his incomparably tyrannical Physique, and a sense of satisfaction appeared on his face.

In these two months,

he had downed all of the Lingxiao Body Tempering Pills and True Spirit Cloud Pills. His True Essence Cultivation broke through directly to the True Martial Realm Eighth Layer Peak, and his Physique became exceedingly powerful.

At this moment, he felt like he could shatter the heavens with a single punch!

He had to admit, the illusion of power that came with increased strength was truly addictive.

Gu Yun shook his head gently at the thought.

He then calmed his mind and continued to consolidate his newfound strength within the cave dwelling.

...

Another half a month went by.

「On this day,」

DONG, DONG... DONG!!!

Nine melodious, colossal chimes traveled over an unknown number of miles,

spreading to every corner of the Profound Celestial Sect’s territory, which spanned hundreds of thousands of miles.

Anywhere within the bounds of the Profound Celestial Sect’s domain,

one could hear the sound of these nine grand and vast bells!

In a daze, it was as if one could see a magnificent scene: a giant bronze bell amidst white clouds and high mountains, its vibrations shaking heaven and earth.

The soul of every person who heard the sound felt as if it had been cleansed, becoming clear and enlightened, leaving them refreshed and invigorated.

’This is... a Dao Artifact!’

The sound of a Dao Artifact.

It seemed to envelop the hundreds of thousands of miles of the Profound Celestial Sect’s territory. The divine sound was vast, piercing the soul and permeating the heavens and earth.

All who heard the Divine Power of the Dao Artifact were inevitably stunned by the phenomenon.

At the same time, some disciples immediately sat down cross-legged to comprehend the Dao Rhythm in the sound and enhance their Spiritual Sense.

「Meanwhile,」

on Flame Fire Dao Peak, beneath the molten lava,

an incredibly scorching temperature seemed to twist and distort space itself.

A figure clad in a Fiery Red Battle Robe, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, opened his eyes. They glinted with a fiery light, as if holding a sun that could scorch the sky to ashes.

He exuded an extremely terrifying Momentum!

"It’s finally here!"

Shen Kai opened his sun-like eyes, which were filled with an unprecedented will to fight.

He had waited for this day for far too long.

’This time, I will surely be one of the most brilliant contestants!’

「Elsewhere,」

on Water Dao Peak,

nestled among overlapping mountain ranges, was a precipitous peak that soared into the clouds.

A waterfall, like a celestial river, cascaded down a thousand zhang, carrying an unstoppable force of millions of jun. It crashed down from the Nine Heavens with a thunderous roar that shook the clouds!

The impact from the colossal, river-like waterfall would probably shatter even the hardest of boulders!

And right now, at the center of the impact zone where the celestial waterfall crashed down,

a powerful, bare-chested man stood upon the surface of the pool. His muscles were knotted, his face resolute, and he stood like an indestructible reef, bearing the immense force of the millions-of-jun celestial river crashing down upon him!

Suddenly,

the robust young man’s eyes snapped open, a fiercely sharp glint flashing within them.

He then swung a hand-chop upwards. A razor-sharp Sword Intent tore through the sky like an otherworldly meteor streaking against the current, cutting through the heavy celestial river.

It directly split the three-thousand-zhang waterfall in two before viciously striking the massive peak above.

BAM!

A terrifying wave of Sword Qi sliced the peak clean in half.

It then completely collapsed!

Letting out a tremendous roar that shook the Nine Heavens.

At the same time,

the lingering Sword Intent kept the cascading celestial river split in two,

unable to merge back together!

It automatically fell to two sides!

"This time,

I, Xiahou Yuan, will be the one to reach the top!"

A vast Momentum surged forth, like dark clouds obscuring the daylight.

Xiahou Yuan’s eyes shone with unprecedented confidence!

And at this moment,

on Celestial Thunder Dao Peak,

inside a cave dwelling with exceptionally dense Spiritual Qi,

Gu Yun, seated on a meditation cushion, also opened his deep eyes.

A bolt of lightning streaked through them, flashing with a brilliant light that seemed to completely shatter the void!

The grand and powerful True Yuan in his body pulsed for a moment.

The surrounding void instantly roared like a charging tsunami!

"So... it’s finally here!"

Even Gu Yun couldn’t help but reveal a fiery battle intent.

His current Cultivation had reached the absolute limit he could achieve before the Grand Competition.

’The Inner Sect Grand Competition, eh?’

’I wonder,’

’how many of them are worth a fight?’

Gu Yun slowly rose from his meditation cushion.

He walked out of his cave dwelling.

He looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, his gaze piercing toward the firmament beyond.

A sharp glint suddenly flashed across his eyes,

shining with an unprecedented sharpness!

The next instant, Gu Yun moved.

His entire figure transformed into a streak of lightning and shot toward the horizon!