The First Immortal of Destiny

[You consumed 100 Destiny Points, attempting to elevate your Vitality to a new level, but it failed.]

[You consumed 100 Destiny Points, attempting to elevate your Vitality to a new level, but it failed.]

And so it continued.

The promotion of Destiny was like an all-consuming furnace. Destiny Points were the firewood, continuously added and repeatedly reduced to nothingness. In only a short while, thousands of Destiny Points were consumed, yielding only repeated failure notifications!

Shen Mo had long grown accustomed to this; not a ripple of emotion showed in his eyes.

Whether it was a Basic Destiny or a Special Destiny, the higher its quality, the more Destiny Points each promotion attempt would consume, and the greater the difficulty of success would become.

Continue!

Shen Mo had no intention of stopping. His stockpile of Destiny Points was substantial enough. As long as his luck wasn’t outrageously bad, he would eventually be able to upgrade it to Orange quality.

Soon, another hundred Destiny Points were invested, vanishing instantly.

Eleventh time!

Twelfth time!

Thirteenth time!

...

Fifteenth time!

Twentieth time!

...

Twenty-sixth time!

Suddenly, Shen Mo shuddered violently. Astonishing sounds emanated from his body!

There was the sound of howling winds—that was his breathing. The sound of a raging river—his blood boiling within him. The sound of tsunamis and thunder—his organs thrumming with power. The sound of mountains collapsing and the earth shifting—his bones and sinews strengthening...

[You consumed 100 Destiny Points and successfully elevated your Vitality to a new level.]

[Congratulations, the Host’s Basic Destiny, Vitality, has advanced from ’Divine Fetus’ to ’Ancient Holy Body’.]

The feedback from the panel appeared before Shen Mo’s eyes.

Success!

This promotion had cost Shen Mo a total of 2,600 Destiny Points. Despite the great expense, the gains were immense.

Shen Mo felt his body undergo a radical transformation. From the inside out—his bone marrow, organs, flesh and blood, even his skin and hair—everything became sturdier, surging with vigorous and terrifying vitality!

He immediately left his Jade Cave, executed the Fairyland sword style, opened the Sword Zone, and summoned the Evil-eating Sky Centipede.

Then, he sealed the True Yuan within his Dantian, deactivated the [Indestructible Body] Destiny, and, relying solely on his physical body, began to fight the peak Class IV demonic beast!

BOOM!

RUMBLE!

The close-quarters battle between the two behemoths shattered several jade peaks and gouged deep abysses into the ground. The turbulence even stirred the breath of Primal Spirit within the Vacuous Realm.

After a round of testing, Shen Mo confirmed that his physical strength was now no less than that of the Evil-eating Centipede, a peak Class IV demonic beast.

His body, as tough as a spiritual-level magic artifact, was nearly indestructible. His surging blood energy allowed him to fight tirelessly, and his abundant vitality enabled rapid repair of any damage to his Dao Body.

Once he equipped [Indestructible Body], his physical strength would ascend another level, allowing him to pin even the Evil-eating Centipede to the ground and thrash it. In the future, should he again encounter the longevity flesh Evil Spirit from the Jade Flower Sect ruins and be unable to use his True Yuan, he could still wield the Demon Slaying Sword and Taiyi Sword to mince the fleshy monstrosity!

BANG!

Shen Mo seized the Evil-eating Centipede’s ferocious mandibles with both hands, flipped it onto its back, and smashed it into a jade mountain peak, shattering it.

Before the Spirit Pet could rise, Shen Mo waved his hand, unleashing a swathe of Fairyland sword light, and recalled it into the Sword Zone.

The Evil-eating Sky Centipede’s cultivation Realm was equivalent to the peak of the Golden Core Realm. However, it was not a cultivator with an unblemished Dao Body. Its venom glands and fangs were saturated with extreme toxins. Releasing it from the Sword Zone for short periods posed no problem, but a prolonged stay in the Vacuous Realm would inevitably pollute the pure Spiritual Qi there.

Just as he put away the Evil-eating Centipede, Shen Mo felt something and looked up at the sky.

Previously, the climate in the Vacuous Realm was like eternal spring, consistently fair with rare instances of storms. Now, however, the sky had abruptly changed!

Unlike the phenomenon during his ’Talent’ Destiny upgrade, the gathering clouds were now stained crimson as if by blood, exuding an ominous, sanguine glow.

Within the blood-red clouds, there was no thunder or lightning, yet a vast, gory tableau of a battlefield was vaguely discernible.

Terrifying figures, like gods or demons, battled fiercely. Their identities and origins were unknown. The flames of war scorched the heavens, and banners billowed across the Nine Heavens. Amidst mournful dirges and battle cries, blood formed oceans, and corpses piled into mountains.

Shen Mo could feel it. He sensed that if he were to upgrade his Basic Destiny ’Vitality’ again, to the Gold quality [Saint Body], he would be forcibly dragged into this blood-soaked killing field to fight these Demon God-like figures to the death!

Just like the tribulation omen that descended from the heavens during my ’Talent’ upgrade, this Demonic Killing Field is another warning to me from Heaven and Earth!

It seems that it’s not just Talent; upgrading Vitality or any other Basic Destiny to Gold quality is not tolerated by Heaven and Earth. They all require enduring a series of terrifying tribulations...

If my strength is insufficient, I will perish in the tribulation of heaven and earth!

At that point, I fear not even the [Rebirth from the Residual Body] Skill could save me. I would be truly, utterly eradicated—soul extinguished, Dao obliterated.

Drawing on his previous experience, Shen Mo, though still feeling immense pressure and apprehension, was not overly afraid. Instead, a fervent battle intent ignited within his chest. He almost wished he could achieve the Heavenly Monarch Realm right now and charge into those blood clouds to battle those Demon God-like figures!

At this moment, two Divine Senses swept over, one after the other. They belonged to Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei, the two Golden Core Realm Patriarchs cultivating in the Vacuous Realm.

The newly promoted Supreme Elder Yuan Jing was busy with the Riverside Sect’s affairs on Chong’a Mountain and was not present.

”Junior Brother Shen, what did you do to cause such commotion?”

”This phenomenon of blood clouds and demonic figures exudes an aura of slaughter and foreboding; it seems to be an omen of some catastrophe. It’s making us restless and uneasy, unable to enter meditative concentration. We fear that a moment’s carelessness could lead to utter annihilation!”

”Could it be that you are about to advance to the Divine Bridge Realm? Is this one of your enlightenment tribulations?”

The two Patriarchs inquired, their voices tinged with trepidation.

Even though this heavenly tribulation omen was not directed at them, it still filled them with dread. They couldn’t even focus on their cultivation and hurriedly sought out Shen Mo for an explanation.

As the phenomenon of the Demonic Killing Field tribulation slowly dissipated, Shen Mo concocted an excuse about ’achieving a breakthrough in a certain cultivation method, thereby triggering a celestial phenomenon.’ After pacifying Patriarchs Yuan and Zhou, he retreated back into his Jade Cave.

Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei had just breathed a sigh of relief when they suddenly sensed the breath of Primal Spirit within the Vacuous Realm beginning to converge frantically towards Shen Mo’s cave mansion once more.

”Is... Junior Brother Shen truly attempting a breakthrough this time?” one of them wondered.

They both gasped.

”No wonder he was in such a hurry to set up the Mountain Protection Array!” one exclaimed. ”He only entered the late-stage of the Golden Core Realm a little over ten years ago, and today he’s already aiming for the Peak Realm. At this rate, it probably won’t be long before he can ascend to an even higher Dao Realm!”

”Such Talent, such comprehension... it’s truly enviable,” the other added. ”Perhaps Junior Brother Shen could genuinely become the first Divine Bridge Realm Heavenly Monarch in the history of our Riverside Sect.”