Half a year later, a lone boat floated on the immortal sea.
Qin Wentian laid on the boat, staring at the blue sky and white clouds with a dazed look in his eyes.
There was no way to exit this immortal sea. In fact, it was extremely rare for him to encounter other lone boats. From this, one could very well imagine how vast this immortal sea was.
"Could it be that I really have to cultivate in the immortal sea?" Qin Wentian mused silently. Since he couldn't reach the other shore, what if he ignored everything else and continued to cultivate? Would he be able to enter the Sacred Academy?
Before this, the Shadow who was floating above the immortal sea once said that there were different methods to cross the sea. But the different locations of the Sacred Academy were different. Evidently, there was more than one method to reach the Sacred Academy. But even so, he couldn't find a single method. This involuntarily caused Qin Wentian to doubt himself. Could it be that his comprehension abilities were insufficient and he had no way to find a method to cross the sea and enter the Sacred Academy?
At this moment, Qin Wentian suddenly sensed something. He sensed a strange aura and stood up from the boat. After that, he saw a lone boat floating over from afar. A young man with long black hair could be seen on the boat. His demon-like face exuded a faint tyrannical aura. The eyes of this man were extremely deep and there seemed to be a mysterious suction force within them, able to draw the gazes of those who stared at him into it.
"Sir, you are so carefree." That person walked over from afar with his hands clasped behind his back. His cultivation base was at the fourth-level of immortal-foundation and exuded an unfathomable aura as he spoke to Qin Wentian.
"If I can't cross the sea, I can only waste my time. Sir, do you know how to cross the immortal sea?" Qin Wentian calmly asked.
"I have no idea but I'm currently on a path, searching for a method to cross the Dao Sea and enter the other shore. It's just that this path isn't easy and I still have to seek your help." That person continued moving forward. The lone boat gradually got closer to Qin Wentian.
"Oh? How can I help? "Qin Wentian smiled.
"My path of crossing the sea to seek immortality requires killing to pave the way. As such, I need your distinguished self's life to pave the way for me. Perhaps I might be able to cross the immortal sea." That person continued, his voice calm without the slightest fluctuation.
"This path is too evil. I don't even know if I can cross the Immortal Sea. Even if I could, I wouldn't be willing." Qin Wentian responded calmly. There was no anger in their conversation, as if life and death were just a matter of words.
Since Qin Wentian joined the Sacred Academy, he was naturally prepared in his heart. These geniuses from the various immortal realms were all considered heaven's chosen in their respective areas. Their thirst for strength was naturally extremely intense. Hence, Qin Wentian wasn't too surprised when he saw this person taking the lives of others to pave the way for himself to cross the immortal sea.
"Since you're unwilling, then I'll have to come and get it myself." That person spoke again. "Before this, I saw that your immortal foundation is perfect and your astral souls are unparalleled. You should be cultivating a secret art. I can only cripple your immortal foundation first and obtain the secret art before taking your life."
As he spoke, he released his immortal-foundation. In an instant, the phantom of a terrifying devil appeared behind him, its entire body shimmering with a terrifying blood-colored light. The eyes of this devil were as demonic as blood. His eyes also turned demonic to the extreme. At this instant, the space around him changed as astral light flashed. In the air, numerous devils appeared.
"Someone from the Myriad Devil Islands." Qin Wentian spoke in a low voice. When this person released his immortal foundation, it was actually a devil-foundation. Devil qi towered up into the sky as his body expanded explosively, transforming into a baleful god. The lone boat Qin Wentian was on swayed in the wind and rain, as though it was extremely fragile, as though it would be destroyed with a single strike, turning into dust on the immortal sea.
"Sacrificing one's body to seek the dao. Just a single thought can cause one to give up their life in the immortal sea, dying with their dao vanishing." Qin Wentian calmly spoke. His body abruptly turned incomparably resplendent, like the radiance of the sun, incomparably resplendent. His entire body radiated a divine glow as runic light illuminated the sky. God's Hand was activated, giving him an indestructible divine body. Even his fleshly body contained boundless might.
The devilish might from the void gushed over, transforming into blood-red lightning that blasted into the resplendent body of Qin Wentian. However, they were all directly destroyed, unable to injure him in the slightest.
This immortal sea churned with huge waves. The lone boat beneath Qin Wentian's feet moved along with the waves, undulating up and down.
His opponent let out a thunderous roar as the waves towered up into the sky. A terrifying devil king wielding a blood-colored devil spear rushed over, wanting to destroy everything. No one could block it.
Qin Wentian's perfect immortal foundation manifested. This immortal foundation actually transformed into different diagrams, within which, the attribute energy from his demonic astral soul was unleashed to the extreme. In an instant, the shadow of a divine turtle manifested, enveloping his entire body. The indestructible divine turtle transformed into a fearsome defense, and when the devil king rushed over, a thunderous boom rang out, as though it could shatter his immortal foundation.
"BANG!" The Shadow of the divine turtle shattered. But at this moment, Qin Wentian's palm blasted out. That perfect saint-grade immortal foundation of his transformed into a greater demon Zhenhou, exuding a fearsome suppression and destruction attribute energy. Qin Wentian's palm imprint was like the hand of a divinity. When he attacked, numerous Zhenhou could be seen slaughtering everything. The devil might of his opponent towered up into the sky as they frenziedly clashed against each other. In an instant, the waves on the sea transformed into a whirlpool.
Yet another heaven-shaking palm imprint blasted out. This strike contained the destructive might of an ancient halberd. With a muffled sound, the body of his opponent was pierced through. His opponent's eyes gleamed with a terrifying light as he formed a mystical incantation seal, transforming into a blood-colored bolt of lightning that instantly fled. In the depths of the immortal sea, a beam of blood-colored light vanished, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The waves on the sea were still as violent as ever. Qin Wentian stood on the floating boat and stared at the fleeing silhouette. Traces of blood could be seen on the surface of the waves, but the blood soon dissipated and the immortal sea regained its calm, as though nothing had happened at all.
Qin Wentian stared at the immortal sea as he mused. This person killed countless lives in order to find a way to cross the sea. Although Qin Wentian despised such a method, he was still thinking about what method he should use to cross the immortal sea.
"Before I find an answer, let's continue cultivating on the immortal sea." Qin Wentian smiled bitterly. Before this, he thought that if he chose to cultivate on the immortal sea, he might miss out on the chance to enter the Sacred Academy. But now, he discovered that he was too stubborn. The reason why he entered the Sacred Academy was originally for the sake of cultivation. Now that there was no way to cross the immortal sea, why should he seek trouble for himself? Why not just let nature take its course?
As he thought of this, he sat down cross-legged on the boat and closed his eyes in cultivation, allowing the boat to drift freely on the immortal sea, moving with the wind. He had no distractions in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, another year passed. Qin Wentian had already been drifting on the immortal sea for close to two years. He cultivated on the boat, comprehending immortal law energy, causing the might of his immortal foundation to grow stronger and stronger. He could faintly sense that the laws of this immortal sea seemed to be able to harmonize with the energy he cultivated. It was as though the laws of this immortal sea could encompass everything in the world and he could sense any immortal law energy from it.
Today, Qin Wentian opened his eyes. He stood on the boat and stared into the horizons. During this one year, he had no idea if there was anyone passing by him.
"There's someone over there." Qin Wentian saw a golden light flashing in the distance, boundlessly resplendent, radiating out in all directions. Qin Wentian controlled the small boat and moved forward, sailing through the waves and came to a place not far away from the golden light as he stared in that direction.
It was a monk who cultivated in the buddhist path. He was a disciple of a peak buddhist power in the immortal realms. His body was lying on the sea and the boundless golden light radiating from him was none other than his body.
As boundless golden light radiated from him, Qin Wentian discovered that the immortal-foundation energy in his body was gradually dissipating. His physical body was also growing weaker and weaker. However, the golden light radiating from him was incomparably resplendent, merging into the immortal sea and rising up into the air.
Gradually, Qin Wentian discovered that a small boat could be seen floating on the surface of the sea. That was the body of the monk, but it had already lost all signs of life.
"Sacrificing one's body to seek the dao, using one's body as a boat." Qin Wentian's heart trembled. It was rumored that there were people from the buddhist sect who believed that the path to immortality was too slow and too difficult. Life was like the sea of bitterness, filled with suffering and suffering. Life was the sea of bitterness, the body was the boat and the soul was the one controlling the boat, leading to the other shore.
This monk was cultivating in the immortal sea. He actually wanted to use this to seek the dao and reach the other shore?
Just as Qin Wentian was observing, at this moment, a golden light suddenly filled the sky. On the small boat, a Shadow appeared. This was none other than the body of the monk, illusory and ethereal yet radiating boundless golden light. The monk's body floated up from the immortal sea and merged with the Shadow.
Ahead, an ethereal Shadow appeared. It was actually a Sacred Academy.
"This …" Qin Wentian's heart trembled. He only saw the monk taking a step forward and vanishing from the immortal sea. After that, the Shadow of the Sacred Academy gradually faded away, vanishing from sight once more.
Qin Wentian stared at the calm sea ahead, as well as the monk who disappeared. His eyes were filled with a sense of unease.
Just like what he had guessed, the other shore of the immortal sea wasn't the 'other shore'. It wasn't something that could be reached just by traversing through space. One had to carve out their own path to immortality.
The path of others belonged to others. Only by carving out one's own path would one be able to leave the immortal sea and enter the Sacred Academy.
Earlier, that monk used his body as a boat, using his soul to traverse the suffering and finally reached the other shore, stepping into the Sacred Academy. This was his path. To be able to comprehend this path within two years, this monk must be an extraordinary character. Naturally, there might also be a possibility that this was in line with the path he cultivated in. He treated the immortal sea as the sea of bitterness.
Qin Wentian recalled the words of that monk before he entered the immortal sea. The immortal sea was boundless and if one wished to cross it, they had to display their own innate techniques. If there weren't 20,000 people who could cross the immortal sea within a hundred years and enter the Sacred Academy, those who failed would all be sent out of the immortal sea. Before this, Qin Wentian didn't think much of it. But now, he felt that if the people who entered the immortal sea this time around weren't outstanding enough, there might not even be 20,000 people who could cross the immortal sea within a hundred years.
"The monk used his body as a boat to traverse the immortal sea. But where is my path?" Qin Wentian silently asked himself as he continued to drift on the sea.
Not only him, those heaven chosen from the immortal realms who entered the immortal sea were all searching for their own paths. There was also Qing 'er, Namhwang Yunxi, Hua Taixu, Jun Mengchen and the others. All of them were floating on their boats, searching for a path to cross the immortal sea!
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