Chapter 498: Chapter 504: So High! (Fourth Update)
“Impossible, this can’t be!”
Senior Brother Lu seemed to have gone mad, his mind apparently shocked, as he stared hideously at the two berserk snakes thrown back by Yang Zhen.
Boom——!
Sure enough, a practitioner at the Mahayana Phase was indeed strong. Despite facing such terrifying berserk snakes, Senior Brother Lu still unleashed a surge of energy. His hands swiped once more to summon another pair of berserk snakes that charged towards the Taiji diagram from both directions, looking exceptionally horrifying.
Everyone instinctively closed their eyes as a tremor that shook heaven and earth came forth. They hastily raised their hands to block this terrifying outburst of power and the terrifyingly imposing aura it emitted.
Numerous people were thrown about by the shockwave, yet they quickly opened their eyes, staring in shock at the scene before them.
Nothing was there. Everything around them, all the black puppets, had completely vanished without a trace. Even the boulders had turned into fine powder. Alongside them, the figure of Senior Brother Lu also disappeared.
“Senior Brother Lu!”
The disciples of the Heavenly Snow Holy Domain cried out in unison and started to search around. The blood of the puppets was dark green and exuded a putrid smell. The entire site was void of any traces of bright red blood, suggesting that there could only be two outcomes for Senior Brother Lu.
Either he was completely obliterated and disappeared into thin air, turning into fine powder.
Or he was still alive and unharmed. But if he was unharmed, where did he go?
The disciples of the Heavenly Snow Holy Domain had no more time for Yang Zhen as they were all busy searching for Senior Brother Lu. Even Ji Yourong was taken aback and joined in the search.
“Oh boy, things are becoming a bit more intense. Where did that Lu disappear to? Kid, did you obliterate him… Kid, what are you doing?”
The Cheap Cat widened its eyes, paying no more heed to those looking for Senior Brother Lu. Instead, it watched Yang Zhen with a face full of puzzlement.
“What…What is Yang Zhen doing?”
“I don’t know, it seems he is still in enlightenment but how is this possible? How can someone always be in enlightenment?”
“But isn’t Yang Zhen always in enlightenment? What kind of talent is this? Is Yang Zhen a monster?”
In the midst of the chatting crowd, Yang Zhen closed his eyes and slowly began practicing his Taiji.
Yang Zhen had learned Taiji before. When he was a kid and had nothing to do, he was often dragged by his grandfather to practice Yang-style Taiji. Even though he hadn’t practiced for a long time and had forgotten most of it, the moment he saw the two berserk snakes conjured up by Senior Brother Lu, something suddenly surged up from the depths of his memory, reminding him of Taiji, a martial art known to every household on the Azure Planet.
However, the Taiji executed by Yang Zhen now was utterly different from before. Mysterious waves of aura surged out from his body. In his hands, yin and yang were like two lively fish, reverberating in the world. Yang Zhen himself seemed to meld with heaven and earth as he rhythmically danced to their fetal breathing.
“Hea…Heaven and Man are one!” the Cheap Cat’s eyes were wider than a cow’s, its face showing utter disbelief.
Every practitioner in the cultivation world understood one principle: while it’s easy to increase one’s cultivation, advancing one’s realm is difficult. Not every Tribulation Crossing Period Practitioner can step into the Celestial Being Realm, just as not every Golden Core Stage Practitioner can step into the Transcendent Realm.
In the cultivation world, there were four known realms:
After the Nascent Stage, Foundation Establishment Period, Minor Mahayana Phase, comes the Transcendent Realm of the Golden Core Stage.
After the Nascent Soul Stage, Void Cultivation Stage, Divine Travel Stage, comes the Celestial Being Realm of the Tribulation Crossing Period.
After the Mahayana Phase, Divine Transformation Stage, Circulation Phase, comes the Saint Realm of the Celestial Phase.
After the Great Saint Period, Void Stage, Mount Sumeru Stage, comes the Great Emperor Realm of the Law Following Stage.
Each realm offered deeper comprehension of the profound truth of heaven and earth. Once one entered any of the four realms, they’d become practically unbeatable at their level.
In other words, if a practitioner in the Tribulation Crossing Period were to enter the Celestial Being Realm, they would be practically invincible in the Tribulation Crossing Period.
But Yang Zhen was different from others. Even without entering the Celestial Being Realm, he could fight with the strong ones of the Mahayana Phase. Moreover, he had even killed one at the Divine Transformation Stage under fortunate circumstances.
This freak of nature, who now, by means of something called Taiji, had entered the Celestial Being Realm, naturally caused a lot of commotion among people.
After hearing Cheap Cat’s words, everyone was greatly shocked. Even Ji Yourong, who was still looking for Senior Brother Lu, was utterly shaken, looking at Yang Zhen in disbelief.
Ji Yourong and Senior Brother Lu were both strong practitioners in the Mahayana Phase, but neither of them was able to enter the Celestial Being Realm during the Tribulation Crossing Period. Even after advancing their cultivation to the Mahayana Phase, they still didn’t comprehend what the Celestial Being Realm was like.
What no one knew was that Ji Yourong had come alone to the Mobei Abyss to enter the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice, hoping to understand heaven and Earth through the infinite Black Puppets, and attempt to break through to the Celestial Being Realm.
However, Ji Yourong had not found any opportunity to break through to the Celestial Being Realm yet, but he had witnessed a breakthrough to the Celestial Being Realm.
“Could it be that the opportunity to break through to the Celestial Being Realm is to comprehend the Yin and Yang energies?” Ji Yourong muttered to himself, seemingly forgetting about Senior Brother Lu.
Senior Brother Lu was, after all, a strong practitioner at the Mahayana Phase. The Taiji figure Yang Zhen had just coalesced, though terrifying, could not instantly kill a strong practitioner at the Mahayana Phase. At most, it could cause severe injuries and possibly get swallowed by the Black Puppets.
Seeing the Yin and Yang energies in Yang Zhen’s hands becoming richer, Ji Yourong suddenly froze, shook his head and said, “No, the opportunity is not the Yin and Yang energies. If it was, Senior Brother Lu wouldn’t have been completely clueless. But if it’s not the Yin and Yang energies, then what is it?”
Ji Yourong’s eyes flashed a moment of confusion, as he stared blankly at Yang Zhen and sighed, “What kind of existence is the Celestial Being Realm?”
No one knew what kind of existence the Celestial Being Realm was. Even the elders in the Heavenly Snow Holy Domain who had entered the Celestial Being Realm could not articulate what the Celestial Being Realm felt like.
Just like not every practitioner in the Tribulation Crossing Period could enter the Celestial Being Realm, each one who did enter the Celestial Being Realm perceived the ultimate truth of heaven and Earth differently.
The atmosphere of heaven and Earth in front of Ji Yourong was just Yang Zhen’s own Celestial Being Realm!
Cheap Cat was as shocked as Ji Yourong, murmuring, “Damn it, hanging out with this kid, I always see unthinkable things happening. The Celestial Being Realm, once he enters it, his cultivation will probably soar. Once he becomes enlightened, then… then who can stop him?”
At this point, Cheap Cat’s eyes lit up with excitement, “Whoa, this is so cool! If people find out about Yang Zhen’s breakthrough, won’t others lose their will to live?”
Hum——!
A certain aura between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by Yang Zhen. A mysterious aura emerged one after another, forming a beautiful and resplendent color in front of Yang Zhen, and within the dazzling colors, permeated a mysterious aura.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The humming of Heaven and Earth Fetal Breathing came, as if Yang Zhen’s heartbeats. At this moment, every movement of Yang Zhen’s was filled with endless truth, as if his movements were meant to be this way, and it seemed that every movement of Yang Zhen’s was in harmony with the Great Dao.
“Impossible, it’s impossible. The Celestial Being Realm, how could it be the Celestial Being Realm? What kind of virtue and ability do you have to enter the Celestial Being Realm?”
An incredulous voice came, as Senior Brother Lu struggled to crawl out of the black puppet crowd, his face covered in dust, looking like a lunatic, his eyes flashing with a doubting-life expression.
“Guess?”
Yang Zhen stood still, radiating a mysterious aura. He was standing still, yet seemed as if he was non-existent, blending with the entire heaven and earth.
Senior Brother Lu stood in place with a blank face, his eyes flashing with uncertainty. However, the ferocious black puppets seemed oblivious and clamored past him.
“Not good, these black puppets, they seem to be escaping!”
Someone suddenly yelled, shocking everyone present. They turned to look in the direction the black puppets came from, their faces immediately changed.
A black puppet emitting a mysterious cyan glow was crouching on a giant rock, silently staring in this direction.