Stronger by Killing

Chapter 641 -341: Chasing Heaven

There were some changes to the system page, but mainly only two changes. The first is that experience points have been removed, leaving only the origin value; the second is the change in cultivation.

The Extraordinary Third Realm corresponds to the Nascent Soul Third Realm Great Sect Leader, which has already reached the peak of cultivation. The next realm is the Immortal Realm, requiring only origin value, and no martial arts or magic from the cultivation dao.

Gu Zhan also received the system’s notes,

The Immortal Realm is a very mystical realm; once reaching this realm, one transcends mortal nature, fully sublimated into a different life level. The beings at this level have their every action drawn by the power of rules and the insights of heaven and earth,

Thus, in battle, beings at this realm have detached from magic or martial arts of primitive skills, competing in the understanding of realms and control over rules. Naturally, upon reaching this realm, there is no longer a need to rely on cultivation techniques, but on the beings themselves.

Gu Zhan meticulously read through the system prompts several times, ensuring there were no errors or omissions, before putting away the system.

At the moment of putting away the system,

Gu Zhan’s whole body shuddered,

A sudden inexplicable terror descended, as if it were a gaze, a kind of endlessly ancient and unfathomable aloofness overlooking.

At that instant,

Gu Zhan felt a chill all over, like thorns on his back.

However, this feeling was transient,

As if it were an illusion, it disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it had never appeared.

But,

Gu Zhan could be certain that the terror just now was definitely not an illusion. Such a terrifying feeling, he hadn’t experienced for many years,

This was a kind of fear,

Such fear was like animals in the jungle encountering a tiger; even if the tiger only glances, those ordinary small animals will feel a shiver from the depths of their soul,

A natural fear,

Even animals that have never seen a tiger would instinctively feel fear upon encountering one for the first time.

Gu Zhan felt exactly that just now,

In that instant, he, a Martial Emperor, surprisingly reacted with fear rather than opposition.

This feeling was difficult for Gu Zhan to accept,

He had started his career as an ordinary person without martial arts and worked his way up step by step to where he was now, encountering many opponents far beyond his abilities, yet had never experienced what just happened,

Although he did not want to admit it,

He could not deny that at that instant, he reacted with only fear, instinctively without any thought of how to respond,

But, what shocked him the most was not even coming face-to-face with the enemy or opponent. He didn’t even know what just happened,

Was it oppression? Aura? A glance? Or did the other already make a move?

“What exactly was that just now?”

Gu Zhan quickly regained his calm, standing quietly amidst the chaotic snow, slightly squinting his eyes, suddenly lifting his head, his eyes filled with golden light, breaking through layer upon layer of fog, gazing into the void,

A divine light soared into the sky, carrying a boundless killing intent and an impression of the heavens collapsing. He would shatter all illusions and pursue relentlessly.

…

At this time,

In the Celestial Secret Immortal Dynasty far in the North Sea, within a grand chamber of a giant city named Divine Talisman City, an elderly man in secluded retreat suddenly opened his eyes, and in the next instant appeared outside a cloud-reaching tower.

This elderly man was none other than the most renowned Talisman Master Yan Qingshan in the current cultivation realm, and Sect Leader of the Talisman Sect, one of the Four Major Side Sects.

This tower was the Celestial Secret Tower of the Talisman Sect, the central place of the Talisman Sect. Today, the Celestial Secret Immortal Dynasty among the Four Immortal Dynasties derives its name from this; the Celestial Secret Tower is grand, towering cloud-high.

Yan Qingshan flew into the middle of the tower, landing on a terrace, slightly lifting his head and furrowing his brow.

The biting wind wavered, Yan Qingshan’s white hair flew.

Just then, several streams of light flew in swiftly, appearing beside Yan Qingshan, revealing their true forms. They were all the highest echelons of the Talisman Sect, ensuring its status at the peak of the cultivation realm with guaranteed battle power, five Nascent Soul Third Realm Sect Leader level cultivators.

An old woman with a slightly stooped figure walked over to Yan Qingshan with a cane, murmuring: “Sect Leader, what just happened that caused that… to suddenly turn its gaze into the human world?”

Yan Qingshan furrowed his brows, his fingers continually calculating, and said: “Strange indeed, not within the other three sects; then where did a fellow of the Kouxian Sect suddenly emerge from?”

With Yan Qingshan’s words, the others were greatly shocked.

Though they were all Sect Leader level cultivators of the cultivation realm and Nascent Soul Third Realm super experts, having reached the pinnacle of cultivation, it did not mean they were cultivators of the Kouxian Sect.

The so-called Kouxian Sect entails having reached the extreme pinnacle beyond the Nascent Soul Third Realm, achieving an ultimate realm — not just in cultivation, but in consciousness, soul, and other aspects reaching an ultimate level, qualifying to touch the threshold of the Immortal Realm; this state is known as the Kouxian Sect.

The Talisman Sect, as the pinnacle existence within the cultivation realm and one of the Four Major Side Sects, hosts a total of six Nascent Soul Third Realm Great Sect Leader level experts, yet only Sect Leader Yan Qingshan has reached the qualification of the Kouxian Sect.

“How is that possible?” The old woman was incredulous: “The Three Major Ancestral Veins have perished. Now in the human world, other than the Four Major Side Sects, what kind of force could reach the Kouxian Sect? Was there a mistake?”

“No mistakes,” Yan Qingshan shook his head slightly: “If it weren’t for someone having reached the Kouxian Sect, then that presence in the sky…”

Yan Qingshan stopped here, his expression somewhat awkward, eyes filled with intense dread, pondering for quite a while, he spoke: “Only when a Kouxian Sect cultivator emerges would ‘it’ be interested; otherwise, how could the human world be worth ‘its’ glance?”

The old woman asked: “But who else could reach the Kouxian Sect? Could it be there are hidden masters who escaped the cataclysm a millennium ago?”

“It’s possible,” Yan Qingshan said: “Back then, the cataclysm led the Three Major Ancestral Veins to perish as a sacrifice to respond to the calamity, buying time for the human world and allowing some masters to seize a fleeting opportunity to survive; it’s possible some…”

Yan Qingshan suddenly paused, swiftly lifted his head, a hint of shock in his eyes, a pale face, exclaimed: “How… how could it be that someone dared to chase ‘it’?”

The old woman exclaimed in shock: “Sect Leader, what are you saying?”

Yan Qingshan swallowed hard, saying: “Just now, the fellow who drew ‘its’ gaze, dared to chase ‘it’… Could there truly be such fearless individuals in this world? How… how… could there be heaven!”