Su Yun saw Lu Changsheng meditating at the summit of Yuntai Peak, in front of him lay nine divine swords of Emperor Soldier tier, ranging from top-grade to lower-grade Emperor Soldiers.
Lu Changsheng divided his True Qi into nine strands, controlling the nine Emperor Soldier Immortal Swords, forming an invincible killing formation.
The Qi Sea of Yuntai Peak surged, generating its own Sword Qi, dark clouds densely gathered, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and a fierce and malevolent aura spread out from the peak, extending in all directions.
“Such a formidable Sword Array. If he were manipulating nine Dao Artifacts instead of Emperor Soldiers, the power would be enough to destroy heavens and earth.”
As the current Family Head of the Ancient Su Clan and possessing the cultivation of the Divine King Realm with keen insight, Su Yun recognized that Lu Changsheng was practicing an unparalleled Sword Array.
Although her cultivation was far above that of Lu Changsheng, Su Yun dared not underestimate him.
Lu Changsheng was recognized in the Immortal Realm as a monstrous genius of the young generation, second only to the son of the Heavenly Emperor, Ku.
“Big sister, my master is impressive, isn’t he?”
Seeing her big sister astonished, Su Xiaoqi felt quite proud.
“Xiaoqi, your fellow disciples are all monstrous geniuses. You must cultivate diligently or you’ll fall behind the others. It just so happens I’m living in seclusion on Yuntai Peak and can personally guide your cultivation. You possess the ‘Body of Nothingness’, the most promising talent of our Su Clan’s younger generation. If it weren’t for your impulsive departure from the family before, the Ancestors would certainly have groomed you as the successor. I will definitely not let you slack off.”
During her seclusion, Su Yun decided to guide her little sister, Su Xiaoqi, in her cultivation.
“…”
Su Xiaoqi smiled helplessly; with her big sister supervising, it seemed she had no choice but to engage in rigorous cultivation for the coming period.
The Ancient Su Family Ancestors, like Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, were all trapped in a Mysterious Cave Heaven deep within the Void, leaving only the generation of Su Yun and Su Xiaoqi to attempt the rescue of the Ancestors.
With the cultivation of Su Yun and Su Xiaoqi, it was not possible.
After five hundred thousand years, seeking help from powers related to the Su Clan, Su Yun found it impossible to rescue the Ancestors.
“Big sister, then how can we rescue the Ancestors?”
“The place that entraps the Ancestors is too perilous, even those in the Divine King Realm would find it hard to escape. Aside from our Su Clan’s sworn followers, who are indebted to us, no one dares to venture into that place. We can only take things one step at a time. The worst-case scenario is that we cannot rescue the Ancestors, and we will have to rely on our own power to rebuild the Su Clan.”
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Su Yun sighed.
Hundreds of Su Clan Ancestors were trapped in the Deep Void, among them were Divine King Realm powerhouses and even Ancient Great Powers, none of whom could escape, making Su Yun even more powerless.
With the Su Clan Ancestors trapped, Su Yun’s authority was not enough to mobilize resources related to the Su Clan, making the hope of rescuing the Ancestors even more remote.
With Su Yun’s guidance, Su Xiaoqi’s cultivation speed significantly improved.
Su Xiaoqi’s unique constitution, the “Body of Nothingness,” a special trait of the Ancient Su Family, was something even her master, Lu Changsheng, didn’t know how to exploit.
Su Yun could do it though.
“The God-level fifth-grade Sword Array ‘Eternal Sorrow’, consists of ten layers. I’ve only cultivated up to the third layer, able to control nine Emperor Soldier-grade longswords, but at the tenth layer, one could control nine Dao Artifacts. Even ordinary Divine King Realm powerhouses would fall if they were caught in this Sword Array.”
Lu Changsheng manipulated the Sword Array according to the variations in the “Eternal Sorrow” cultivation technique.
This God-level Sword Array possessed tremendous power; a single execution of the Array could even annihilate an entire Sect, from top to bottom.
“Eternal Sorrow” was one of the Sect-Defending Skills of “Heavenly Sect”, an ancient super Sword Cultivator Sect. Once cultivated to the highest realm, controlling nine Dao Artifact Flying Swords, one person could face a group of Divine King Realm experts.
Lu Changsheng pondered over the third layer of “Eternal Sorrow”, then engaged in Body Tempering, cultivating the “Eternal Indestructible Art”.
“Eternal Indestructible Art” also consisted of ten layers, each Body Tempering layer requiring the consumption of countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, enduring excruciating pain, and also risking the possibility of falling.
The higher the level, the greater the risk of perishing.
Cultivating the “Eternal Indestructible Art” was like going against the heavens.
Once refined to Great Perfection, the flesh became immortal.
Like Xu Jing, who excavated a Female Sword Immortal from the Sword Tomb, even if her Three Souls and Seven Spirits were wiped out, her flesh remained intact.
If one’s spirit could also become immortal, that would be everlasting life.
Lu Changsheng cultivated the third layer of the “Eternal Indestructible Art”, using Qilin Blood, Phoenix Fruit, Hongmeng Purple Ginseng King and other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures as materials for Body Tempering, pounding and refining his flesh.
His body was torn apart by the medicinal power, then continuously regenerated, undergoing Rebirth.
Blue veins stood out on Lu Changsheng’s forehead as he endured immense suffering.
This cultivation technique truly was bizarre; to achieve an immortal body, one had to risk the possibility of falling.
It took Lu Changsheng three months to emerge from the Body Tempering Pool.
Upon reaching the third layer of “Eternal Indestructible Art”, Lu Changsheng’s body emitted a faint golden glow, his physical toughness comparable to a ninth-grade Dao Artifact.
Even if he took a direct hit from a ninth-grade Dao Artifact, Lu Changsheng would not perish.
“According to the ‘Eternal Indestructible Art’, reaching the third layer means the body’s toughness is equivalent to a ninth-grade Dao Artifact. Reaching the fourth layer equates to an eighth-grade Dao Artifact. By the same token, the tenth layer of ‘Eternal Indestructible Art’ means the body’s toughness is comparable to a second-grade Dao Artifact, just shy of a first-grade Dao Artifact. But cultivating to the tenth layer is a matter of life and death, with very slim chances of survival.”
Lu Changsheng could feel the strength of the “Eternal Indestructible Art”.
The tenth layer of “Eternal Indestructible Art” allowed one to clash barehanded with a second-grade Dao Artifact.
(“Eternal Indestructible Art”, as a God-level Body Tempering technique, was only rated as a sixth-grade God-level cultivation technique, not because it was weak but precisely because it was excessively defiant to the natural order, with the cultivator having a high risk of perishing, hence it only garnered a sixth-grade rating.)