Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 538: Chapter 61: A Great Surge in Strength

BOOM!

Outside Thunder Flame Mountain,

space suddenly tore open, as if an invisible force had ripped a hole in the void.

Shen Changchuan’s figure stepped out from within, his body emanating a terrifying, heart-pounding aura, as if the very void trembled beneath his feet.

At this moment,

his robes were in tatters, with strip-like fragments scattering in the wind, revealing the skin beneath.

He looked rather disheveled.

These were the marks left behind by the spatial rifts he had brushed against while using the Void Escape Gu to travel down from the mountain peak.

However,

what was truly shocking was that

Shen Changchuan’s skin now had the texture of glazed jade, shimmering with a faint silver and gold luster, as if it were an indestructible divine artifact!

And indeed, that was the truth!

During his spatial travel, the razor-sharp fragments from the spatial rifts had shredded his robes,

but had only left faint white marks on his skin!

Those spatial rift fragments, sharp enough to tear through the defenses of a Divine Travel Realm Cultivator,

had failed to leave a single wound on him!

Even if those spatial rift fragments contained little Power of Space, they could likely break through the defenses of a Divine Travel Realm Cultivator,

but a spatial rift was a spatial rift, after all,

and it was not something an ordinary Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator could withstand. To them, it was still a fatal threat.

And yet,

Shen Changchuan had done it!

The sheer toughness of his body right now

had allowed him to endure the cutting power of spatial rifts completely unscathed!

If word of this were to get out,

it would surely send shockwaves of terror through the masses!

But since this happened in such a remote place, it was destined that no outsiders would ever know!

”Such powerful defense!”

Shen Changchuan stood his ground, raising a hand to gaze at the faint, shimmering gold and silver light flowing across his skin, feeling its indestructible power.

A slight smile crept onto his lips.

The combination of over forty Tier One and Tier Two Body Refining Techniques mastered to Perfection, plus over sixty more at least at Minor Achievement, and, through them, reaching the Entry Level of the Wood Undying Scripture.

All of them stacked on top of each other,

raising his Physique’s toughness to its current, almost unbelievable, level!

’My Physique’s toughness now... it’s probably enough to go head-to-head with a Divine Travel Realm expert!’

Shen Changchuan had witnessed the power of the Divine Travel Realm before.

Two or three years ago,

back when he was still in the Nanyue Territory, he had been ambushed by the old ancestor of the Corpse Refining Sect while on a trip to acquire refining materials for the Void Escape Gu.

That old ancestor of the Corpse Refining Sect was a newly advanced Divine Travel Realm cultivator.

The power he had displayed at the time was so immense that it had nearly driven Shen Changchuan to despair.

The mere release of his aura had rendered Shen Changchuan completely immobile, unable to even retrieve the trump cards hidden deep within his Storage Bag, leaving him to face the descent of death in despair.

It was only thanks to his master protecting him from behind that he didn’t die right then and there.

Comparing his strength to the power displayed by the Corpse Refining Sect’s old ancestor back then,

Shen Changchuan felt that,

with his current physical toughness, while he might not be able to withstand the man’s attacks completely unscathed,

he could at least take twenty blows without dying!

’A Divine Travel Realm expert is someone who is comprehensively powerful in Magical Power, Physique, and Divine Sense. I’m still far from being able to contend with one.’

’But, with my current Physique’s toughness, I can at least withstand several of their attacks!’

’Then I can use the Void Escape Gu to travel through space and escape.’

’In that case, I’m afraid that not even a Divine Travel Realm expert could kill me!’

A glint of excitement flashed in Shen Changchuan’s eyes.

Of course, Shen Changchuan was measuring himself against the strength of the Corpse Refining Sect’s old ancestor.

And that old ancestor had only just recently advanced to the Divine Travel Realm.

Compared to those in the Middle to Late Stage of the Divine Travel Realm, his strength was likely another matter entirely.

But the Divine Travel Realm was still the Divine Travel Realm—a state of existence that surpassed Soul Emergence!

Across the entire Nanyue Territory, a region with hundreds of millions of people, the number of those who had reached the Divine Travel Realm was less than twenty.

The same was true for the entire Tian Nan Domain!

From this, it was clear that

the current Shen Changchuan

had, to a certain extent, already joined the ranks of the top-tier experts!

At least for now,

across the entire Tian Nan Domain and the Nanyue Territory combined, those who could pose a mortal threat to him were few and far between!

Shen Changchuan gazed at his palm, which now had the color of jade,

and for a moment, he was in a daze.

He thought back to his younger years in Dawan Village, growing up weak and living in constant fear.

Until now.

After more than twenty years of struggle,

he was finally qualified to hold his own life in his hands!

’With my current strength, if I were willing to let my journey end here and choose a relatively remote Mortal Realm to live out the rest of my life... I’m afraid there would be no more threats to my life!’

Shen Changchuan sighed with emotion.

This thought,

would have been an unattainable dream for the him of twenty years ago.

Back then, if he’d had such a choice, he would have most likely been more than willing to take it.

But now,

having seen a wider world,

Shen Changchuan’s ambition

could no longer be satisfied by merely ruling a small corner of it.

’Shen Chong, Immortal Sect Daoists, the prodigies of every domain... if even they aspire to the legendary Profound Pill Realm, how could I, Shen Changchuan, fall behind?’

’Higher Realms, grander vistas along the Path of Immortal Cultivation... perhaps one day I can reach the legendary Profound Pill Realm and achieve true, great freedom!’

Shen Changchuan thought to himself.

At this moment,

his heart was filled with confidence.

The legendary Profound Pill Realm was too distant; Shen Changchuan didn’t know if he would ever have the chance to set foot in the Peak Realm of the Southern Great Domain.

But at least,

for the upcoming Divine Travel Realm,

he now had a certain degree of hope!

With his current Cultivation Realm, he could most likely advance to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer within seven years.

Adding to that his powerful Physique, the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu, his Divine Transformation, and other methods,

placing in the top fifty of the Immortal Sect’s grand competition

no longer seemed impossible!

Besides,

even if he failed to make the top fifty and obtain the opportunity to advance to the Divine Travel Realm,

he was still very young.

In the next two or three hundred years, he would have plenty of time to explore the Immortal Cultivation Realm and search for other opportunities to advance to the Divine Travel Realm.

The threshold of the Divine Travel Realm,

for him,

might not be a major problem!

Slightly reining in his Heart Spirit,

Shen Changchuan suppressed the many thoughts in his mind, took a step, and walked briskly away.

Although the benefits he had gained at Thunder Flame Mountain had exceeded his expectations,

that didn’t mean the Enlight Secret Realm here was no longer important.

The plan to fuse the Power of Space to form his Spatial Slash was still very important to Shen Changchuan.

Therefore, in the time to come,

he still needed to continue working hard,

to find that legendary place capable of enhancing one’s Comprehension.