However, even though he had collected all of the cultivation technique manuals from the Three Sects, he was still a ways off from reaching the High Immortal realm.
"I can't wait any longer …"
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
As his cultivation rose, the number of cultivation technique manuals he had was bound to dwindle. After all, he could not possibly give up on cultivating the Heaven's Path Divine Art.
There were no Ancient Sage Heaven's Path Divine Art on the Master Teacher Continent.
If he did not cultivate as soon as possible, he would not be able to deal with the danger that he was about to face.
"Let's begin!"
Without any hesitation, Zhang Xuan uncorked the jade bottle and swallowed the Breakthrough Pill.
Hong long!
A powerful surge of energy coursed through his body in the blink of an eye. In an instant, he felt as if he was on fire.
Focusing his mind, Zhang Xuan controlled his zhenqi and charged straight for the tightly shut gates of the High Immortal realm.
The Heaven's Path Divine Art was like the key to opening the gates. As long as he had it, he would be able to open them easily. However, he did not have it yet.
As long as he had sufficient strength, he would be able to become a High Immortal too.
Weng!
With a deafening explosion, blood spurted from Zhang Xuan's mouth and nose.
"How sturdy!"
Zhang Xuan's face darkened.
He had thought that with his cultivation and strength, he would be able to push for a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm easily. Who could have thought that the gates would be so sturdy? Even when he used his full strength, he was still unable to budge it in the slightest?
"You … are trying to push for a breakthrough with brute force?"
Kui Xiao and the others were stunned by Zhang Xuan's actions.
The High Immortal realm was the most difficult cultivation realm to reach on the Forsaken Continent. Countless experts had put in a lot of effort, but they had never succeeded. Yet, Zhang Xuan was trying to push for a breakthrough without any technique at all.
How could he possibly do that?
"Do you have any pinnacle Immortal Pills?"
Zhang Xuan asked. After pushing for a few more times, he realized that the effects were not too great.
He needed a higher tier pinnacle Immortal Pill to push for a breakthrough. If he wanted to succeed, he would need a higher tier pinnacle Immortal Pill.
"I have two," Pavilion Master Kui Xiao said as he took out a jade bottle.
There were not many pinnacle Immortal Pills on the Forsaken Continent.
"I'll borrow it for the time being. I'll return it to you once we reach the Sea of Exiled Stars!"
Knowing that he would have to possess sufficient strength in order to succeed, Zhang Xuan didn't stand on ceremony. He grabbed the jade bottle and swallowed the two pills simultaneously.
"…"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
At his level, it would take him at least three days to assimilate a Pinnacle Immortal Pill. Yet, the other party, a mere Heavenly Immortal pinnacle cultivator, swallowed two of them at once. Was he not afraid of the danger?
"Everyone, focus …"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao gritted his teeth and walked up to Zhang Xuan.
It was extremely dangerous to charge at a High Immortal like that, so someone had to stand guard. Otherwise, if something were to go wrong, the slightest mistake could lead to cultivation deviation.
The First Elder, Elder Hong Wu, and the others quickly gathered around Zhang Xuan.
This young man was the hope of the Seven Star Pavilion. If he were to achieve a breakthrough, even Sect Leader Zhang Xuan and Sect Leader Zheng Yang would be no match for him. Thus, there was no one who would turn him down.
Boom!
The energy from the two Pinnacle Immortal Pills burst forth within Zhang Xuan's body, rampaging through his meridians.
If the Breakthrough Pill was just a river, it had already morphed into a tidal wave that surged toward the High Immortal realm.
Boom boom boom!
Blood flowed from Zhang Xuan's mouth and nose, as if he was suffering a heavy blow. Even after several attempts, he was still unable to break through the High Immortal realm. On the other hand, he had already sustained severe injuries, and he was on the verge of collapsing.
He took out a jade bottle and drank the water from the gourd to recover a little. Gritting his teeth, a vicious glint flashed across his eyes.
Hu!
A few more jade bottles materialized in the air.
As soon as they appeared, they emanated a powerful aura.
They were the blood essence of Heavenly High Immortal-tier warriors of the Hall of Gods!
He had collected quite a few of them before he killed them and forged the Soulless Metal Humanoid. The blood essence harnessed the strength of a Heavenly High Immortal, so it was not much inferior to a Pinnacle Immortal Pill.
Peng!
The jade bottle exploded, and the blood essence turned into a mist that flowed through Zhang Xuan's acupoints and into his body.
In an instant, Zhang Xuan's skin turned crimson, and his body began to shrivel up. It was as if he was not the one absorbing the other party's blood essence but the other party's.
"Humph!"
Zhang Xuan's eyebrows shot up as he drove the True Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art within his body. Suppressing the excruciating pain of his body being torn apart, he controlled the High Immortal Qi in his body and charged toward the High Immortal realm once more.
Jiya!
The High Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art began to tremble, seemingly on the verge of collapse.
"It's good that it's shaking …"
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement as he continued pushing forward.
The High Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art was far more fearsome than he had thought.
Had it been any other cultivation realm, he would have been able to overcome the High Immortal realm with ease. However, despite trying to break through the High Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art multiple times, he was still unable to do so.
"If you fail the first time, it'll be difficult for you to achieve a breakthrough in the future.
Let's work together! "Pavilion Master Kui Xiao bellowed.
With a wave of his hand, a surge of pure zhenqi flowed through his arm and into Zhang Xuan's body.
Achieving a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm was similar to achieving a breakthrough to Ancient Sage. If one failed the first time, the difficulty of the second attempt would increase.
Considering how Zhang Xuan had tried to achieve a breakthrough several times in a row, it would be nigh impossible for him to succeed once his zhenqi stabilized.
Thus, even if they had to work together, they had to help him achieve a breakthrough!
The First Elder and the others also hurriedly rushed forward.
Tzzzzz!
As soon as their zhenqi entered Zhang Xuan's body, it was immediately devoured by the energy in the surroundings, forming an even greater torrent.
"Thank you!"
Not expecting everyone to be willing to sacrifice their cultivation to help him achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage, Zhang Xuan clenched his fists tightly as he channeled the energy into the High Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Geji! Geji!
With the help of the other experts, Zhang Xuan's High Immortal realm began to waver.
However, the energies within his body were simply too impure. As if a porcelain vase, his body was slowly reaching its limit, and it was on the verge of shattering.
Zhang Xuan drank several bottles of water before continuing his breakthrough.
Boom!
Some time later, Zhang Xuan felt as if his head was about to explode. A powerful surge of energy flowed from his glabella into his body, causing his aura to surge.
The High Immortal realm Heaven's Path Divine Art had finally opened!
With the help of the Breakthrough Pill, High Immortal blood essence, Basic Immortal Pills, and Kui Xiao and the others, he finally managed to open the High Immortal realm Heaven's Path!
Gugugugu!
The zhenqi in his body began to boil as if water had turned into steam. It was a qualitative leap forward.
It was purer and stronger than before.
Under the nourishment of the pure zhenqi, he swiftly recovered from his injuries. At the same time, his soul and physical body grew stronger as well.
"What pure zhenqi!"
As the zhenqi flowed through his body, Zhang Xuan felt his entire body brimming with energy.
As expected of the most difficult realm to achieve a breakthrough in the Azure, it was indeed far stronger than the True Immortal realm.
Since he did not have any Basic Immortal Pills, he could only continue consuming the High Immortal blood essence. Only after consuming more than ten bottles of water essence did his zhenqi finally stabilize.
Even though he had managed to achieve a breakthrough to High Immortal realm primary stage, without the corresponding Heaven's Path Divine Art, he would not be able to cultivate any further.
Even so, his fighting prowess was still formidable.
If the Heavenly High Immortal who had assaulted him in Biyuan City had appeared once more, he would have been able to kill that Heavenly High Immortal with just the ladle.
He could not tell how powerful the ladle was after Little Chick hatched, but the fact that it was able to kill a Heavenly High Immortal with a single strike meant that it was definitely not weaker than the Tongshang Sword.
"It's fortunate that I succeeded!"
Barely after Zhang Xuan stabilized his cultivation, he heard Pavilion Master Kui Xiao's anxious voice.
Raising his head, he saw the elders who had helped him earlier. Their faces were pale, and they were on the verge of running out of energy.
"Thank you, Pavilion Master Kui and the elders!"
Zhang Xuan bowed deeply.
If not for their generosity in helping him push for a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm, he might have still been at Heavenly True Immortal realm at this moment.
Zhang Xuan passed a bottle of bathwater to each of them and said, "Hurry up and drink it. It should be of some help to you."
Even though they had expended too much of their energy, Little Chick's bathwater was extremely miraculous. Since it was able to heal even the Seven Star Immortal Herb, it should be of some use to them as well.
Without any hesitation, the crowd gulped down the bathwater, and their pale faces swiftly recovered.
Even though they were still in a weakened state, the internal injuries caused by the rapid depletion of their zhenqi had already healed completely.
"This medicine …"
The effects of the medicine had far surpassed any recovery medicine that they knew of.
"This is a recovery medicine that I specially concocted. You can consume it regardless of whether you're in danger or injured!"
Zhang Xuan took out a few more bottles and passed one to each of them.
In order to help him, they had been willing to expend their zhenqi without any hesitation.
After successfully achieving a breakthrough, Zhang Xuan sat down to reinforce his cultivation. The others also swallowed all kinds of recovery medicine to replenish their energy.
Three days later, all of them had fully recovered. At the same time, Zhang Xuan had also reinforced his Heavenly High Immortal realm cultivation.
"Is there no heavenly tribulation for a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm?"
Seeing that everyone had recovered, Zhang Xuan asked with a perplexed look on his face.
On the Master Teacher Continent, anyone who achieved a breakthrough to Saint 8-dan would attract the lightning tribulation. Why did it not happen here?
"The Forsaken Continent is a land abandoned by the gods. Even though the gods are no longer around, they're still extremely powerful. High Immortals are still unable to come into contact with the laws of the world, lest they draw the jealousy of the world. Unless … they're trying to become a god! "
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao said.
"Become a god?"
"Since we've been exiled from the Forsaken Continent, it goes without saying that we aren't qualified to become a god. If we were to attempt a breakthrough, we would incur the wrath of the Hall of Gods and the wrath of the world, resulting in the descent of countless calamities. The lightning tribulation is only the simplest of them all. There are also heavenly flames and heavenly might.
"That's why the strongest beings on the Forsaken Continent are the Semi-Divinities. The Semi-Divinities are nothing more than fake gods, and they're still a far cry from becoming a god. Furthermore, even the Semi-Divinities require the help of the Hall of Gods in order to achieve a breakthrough. It's impossible for one to do so with one's talent alone! "
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