dkrc Chapter 1957 Immortality is not merely personal longevity; the realm Bai Xuan entered called "G
Chapter 1957 Immortality is not merely personal longevity; the realm Bai Xuan entered called "G
Chapter 1957 Immortality is not merely personal longevity; the realm Bai Xuan entered called "God".
As Chen Changsheng broke through, the life energy that naturally dissipated during the breakthrough spread throughout the entire capital.
Inside the courtyard house, in the central courtyard.
The trunk of that ancient cypress tree grew thicker and more gnarled at a speed visible to the naked eye, its bark gleaming like jade, its pine needles a vibrant green, with a faint shimmering light, as if it had traversed hundreds of years of growth in an instant.
In the corners of the walls, between the bricks, and between the tiles, countless tender green shoots broke through the soil and grew wildly.
Peonies, orchids, winter plum blossoms, lotus flowers—flowers from different seasons, defying the laws of nature, bloom all at once in this place!
The ripples of life energy spread outwards, influencing a range far beyond imagination.
In the streets and alleys of the capital, in parks and green spaces, on the balconies and windowsills of every household; the branches and leaves of the roadside trees are stretching out at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming more lush and verdant.
Plants in the flower bed that have finished blooming sprout new branches and buds, blooming in a second spring or even out of season.
The pothos and spider plants in my house are growing like crazy, the succulents have gotten bigger, and even the flowers that were about to wither in the vase have stood up again and are looking radiant.
The entire city seemed to be embraced by the most intense vitality of spring in just a few breaths, lush with greenery, blooming with hundreds of flowers, and filled with the refreshing fragrance of plants.
Those who live in this city feel it more directly.
Whether it's busy office workers, elderly people exercising in the park, children studying in school, or patients in the hospital, at this moment, everyone feels a gentle yet powerful warm current flowing through their bodies and permeating their hearts.
This is not just about feeling comfortable.
On an invisible level, in the dimension of life, all living beings touched by this ripple of life energy have their "life essence," the height that determines lifespan, elevated under this force.
Although this effect was far from enough to grant ordinary people immortality, it was true that the lifespan of almost everyone in the capital city was extended slightly at that moment.
It could be a day, a month, a year, or even longer.
Because of individual differences and pre-existing conditions, the life energy they carry is also different, but this "gift" is real.
In the darkness, countless people seemed to hear a satisfied sigh coming from their own bodies.
Chen Changsheng slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes remained clear, yet they seemed to reflect the trajectory of all things growing and the tranquility of time flowing by.
He felt a tremendous change within himself and clearly perceived the impact of the life energy he unintentionally emitted on the city.
He didn't do it intentionally; it was just the radiation from the sublimation of his life essence when he broke through; just like the rising sun, which naturally brings light and warmth.
He looked down at the flowers blooming in the courtyard out of season, their vibrant colors bursting forth, feeling the rich, almost palpable vitality in the air, and the joyful "ripples" of life emanating from all corners of the city.
"Longevity is not just about the longevity of an individual."
Chen Changsheng sighed.
Whether a person's longevity is a blessing or a curse is hard to say.
Witnessing the spring flowers and autumn moon, summer rain and winter snow, the cycle repeats itself, while the people around us change like a revolving lantern, familiar faces gradually grow old and turn to dust, and familiar memories are also blurred by the passage of time.
The feeling of being situated in the ever-flowing river of time, yet only able to be a lonely reef on the shore, is the deepest loneliness and curse for the immortal.
But thankfully, this is an era of cultivation.
The revival of spiritual energy broke the shackles of fate that had bound mortals for centuries.
Cultivation is no longer a legendary and ethereal concept, but a practical and feasible path.
Although those who can reach the summit and enjoy a long lifespan are still extremely rare, countless people have been able to prolong their lives and improve their health through cultivation.
Family, friends, and lovers are no longer destined to be together for only a few decades.
Perhaps it still cannot last as long as his near-eternal life, but staying together for hundreds of years, or even longer, is not a difficult thing.
"And what is even more fortunate is that my friends all possess talents and temperaments that would make heaven and earth take notice."
Chen Changsheng's lips unconsciously curved upwards into a smile.
Qin Tian, Huo Yu, Chen Bing, Ye Feng, Ning Guang.
They may not possess supernatural abilities like "immortality" that are almost conceptual, but their respective paths all point to the strength and sublimation of life.
With their talents, breaking through to a higher level of life and thus gaining a long lifespan would be an extremely simple matter.
While it can't compare to his ability of "immortality," it at least means he doesn't have to worry about facing familiar tombstones alone over the long years.
Moreover, he himself is not merely passively subject to the passage of time.
The concepts of "giving" and "taking away" imply that he was not powerless over the length of "life".
He could grant immortality to anyone he wanted.
Although limited by the rules, the "first priority" is worth the rules making concessions for.
"This is truly something to be delighted about."
Chen Changsheng said softly, a smile slowly blooming on his peaceful face, warm and sincere.
The radiant glow of life in the sky gradually faded, and the miracle of the rampant growth of plants slowly subsided, leaving behind an imperial capital that was more vibrant and had fresher air than ever before.
Chen Changsheng concealed all his aura and reverted to his gentle and ordinary appearance as a young man.
He walked to the ancient cypress tree, reached out and stroked the rough bark, feeling the vibrant life force within it, and a smile appeared on his face.
The seventh in the first sequence completes the leap in life level.
Three days later, at the Spiritual Energy Bureau of Hangzhou, in the cultivation room.
Huo Yu's pores seemed to transform into countless tiny vortexes, frantically devouring the spiritual energy constantly surging into the air.
These spiritual energies transformed into spiritual power within her body, propelling her aura towards a certain critical point.
"boom!"
The power that had been building up to its limit finally erupted!
In the void behind her, intensely fiery golden-red flames erupted and rapidly condensed and took shape.
In an instant, ancient and majestic roars, such as the dragon's roar, the phoenix's cry, the qilin's roar, and the golden crow's cry, echoed in the cultivation room.
On the left, flames condensed into a five-clawed dragon, its scales fully revealed, its whiskers flying, and it was entwined with a fiery current that scorched through space; on the right, a phoenix spread its wings, each tail feather flowing with the luster of molten gold and iron.
Ahead, a Qilin treads on fiery clouds, while behind, a Bifang stands alone, its feet blazing in the sky. Countless smaller phantoms of fire crows, fire snakes, and fire horses float and sink within the flames.
The entire training room seemed to have transformed into a mural of fire-type gods and demons, or a projection of a boiling fiery kingdom in the real world.
These fiery phantoms swirled, pounced, and howled around the fire feathers, each movement unleashing a terrifying firestorm.
"Open it for me!"
Huo Yu suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils transforming into two swirling vortexes of golden-red flames. A clear, impatient shout echoed throughout the training room.
Actively guiding the vast spiritual power within his body, which was already boiling like volcanic magma, and mixing it with the power of the thousands of fire beast phantoms behind him, he launched an attack on that indestructible yet cracked bottleneck!
"Qin Tian! Xuan Qing! Chen Bing! Zhang Daolong! Li Shan! Wang Ming! Chen Changsheng!"
"I thought there were only four, but there were actually seven!"
"Seven people! They all got ahead of me?! And it's only been a few days?"
"Are they all born in the Year of the Rabbit or on some kind of drug?"
"Curl! Curl it up tightly!"
Although he had long known that none of these guys were easy to deal with and that a breakthrough was only a matter of time, the series of strange celestial phenomena still made Huo Yu very angry.
She had originally estimated that it would take her about a month to break through, but she thought that by working hard in her cultivation, she could shorten that month to half a month, which would be very fast.
It's impossible for anyone to be faster than her.
As a result, Wang Ming and Li Shanjiu broke through, and even Chen Changsheng broke through after the two of them.
I didn't even give her half a month.
It made her mentally unstable.
But perhaps because of her mental breakdown, her cultivation speed actually increased afterward, and she managed to speed up the remaining time to today.
Honestly, sometimes you don't know how much potential you have until you push yourself.
What normally takes a month to break through was shortened to less than half a month.
She underestimated the limits of spiritual power she could withstand.
In the past, my cultivation methods were too conservative.
Fortunately, Ye Feng and Ning Guang haven't made a move yet, so she's not the one at the bottom.
If even the two of them slipped away to the front without a sound, Huo Yu felt he might go crazy.
After all, falling behind is tolerable, but becoming last place is absolutely unacceptable.
Of course, there are also Lin Kai, Kun Hu, Shi Luo, and the others. They haven't broken through yet, but they belong to the first tier in the later stages, while Huo Yu is the first tier in the early stages.
If a comparison is to be made, it should be made with the first sequence from the previous period.
Boom!!!
It was as if hundreds of volcanoes were erupting simultaneously inside her.
Inside the cultivation room, the thousands of fiery divine beast phantoms let out a deafening roar, and then converged madly towards the central fire feather with a world-destroying force.
Her body instantly became transparent, with endless golden-red flames inside flowing and roaring like a galaxy. Every inch of her flesh, bones, meridians, and even her soul was being frantically burned and reshaped by this extreme fire.
Pain is enough to make an ordinary person instantly lose their soul, but Huo Yu tasted the sense of control that comes from the infinite increase of power!
"Crack!"
A clear shattering sound rang out inside the body. Under the impact of all the will and obsession gathered, the bottleneck was suddenly shattered.
"Buzz!"
A slender line of fire, condensed to its extreme and indescribably white, shot out from between her brows and into the sky above Hangzhou.
A blinding white light suddenly pierced the clear daylight over Hangzhou.
The white light did not flash by, but persisted, like a pillar of flame connecting heaven and earth, radiating terrifying heat that caused the temperature of the entire city to rise sharply.
The clouds in the sky were instantly evaporated or ignited, turning into a sky full of rolling fire clouds!
Fire-type ability users throughout the city sensed this, and their inner abilities became uncontrollably active and boiling, as if they were paying homage to their king.
But this strange phenomenon lasted only a few seconds before the towering pillar of fire suddenly shrank back, and the fiery clouds in the sky were swallowed up by an invisible giant mouth, rolled back, and disappeared into the ground, returning to the trembling cultivation room.
"Phew, thank goodness I collected it quickly."
Huo Yu looked up at the dome, the very spot where the towering pillar of fire had burst forth from. Now, only the faint reddish traces of the Spirit-Suppressing Alloy remained.
"These guys made such a commotion, don't they know how to tone it down? Do they think ordinary people are made of iron?"
Just as the strange phenomenon first appeared—a blazing white pillar of light piercing the sky, fiery clouds burning the heavens, and the temperature in the entire city of Hangzhou suddenly rising—Huo Yu keenly sensed the drastic change in the external environment.
Almost the instant the phenomenon took shape, her will forcefully intervened, forcibly pulling back the vast celestial phenomenon, along with the terrifying heat it emitted, like a giant whale sucking in water.
This prevented Hangzhou from becoming a sweltering oven.
It was only now that Huo Yu realized that the strange phenomenon could be brought back.
So those guys deliberately let the strange phenomenon last so long.
Showing off, huh?
But never mind, now is not the time to criticize them.
"Finally, I've broken through! Hehe, this feels really good!"
She stretched her body, her joints making a slight popping sound, and she felt an unprecedented sense of power throughout her body.
"But this increase is a bit too big. The spiritual power has increased by more than thirty times, right?"
"It even feels like it's enough to cover most of China?"
Huo Yu closed his eyes and focused his mind, carefully sensing the new power within his body, and couldn't help but gasp in amazement.
She tried to extend her perception outwards: mountains and rivers, cities and villages, the presence of living beings, energy fluctuations. Countless pieces of information flooded into her consciousness, but were quickly processed and distinguished.
It even felt as clear as if I were seeing it with my own eyes.
She knew that a breakthrough in the first sequence would be a qualitative leap, but personally experiencing such earth-shattering changes still exceeded her most optimistic expectations.
His total spiritual power increased dozens of times, his quality underwent a transformation, his range of perception expanded dozens of times, and his control over flames deepened to an almost "instinctive" level.
If she were to fight her former self again now, she could probably kill countless versions of herself with a single thought.
"No wonder first-order talents encounter such a solid bottleneck at this level."
"In a novel, this would be at least a breakthrough from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, right? Maybe even higher? After all, even the Nascent Soul stage doesn't seem to be this extreme."
She shook her head, dismissing these somewhat imprecise comparisons.
Reality is not fiction, but the leap in life level and surge in power brought about by the breakthrough did give her the illusion of "reaching the sky in one step".
She hadn't experienced this kind of dramatic improvement in strength in a short period of time in a long time.
"However, even so, we haven't reached that level yet."
Huo Yu's smile faded slightly, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.
That realm is called "God".
The first to step into that realm, or rather, the one who has always stood in that realm, only to extend that realm to an immeasurable extent, was Bai Xuan.