Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Back at Tingtao Villa, Wang Chen's Sumeru Ring now contained a sum of Spirit Stones that would astonish any ordinary cultivator.

His "Spirit Stone crisis" was completely resolved.

Truth be told, ever since his Breakthrough Mansion, not having enough Spirit Stones in his pocket made Wang Chen feel like his Dao heart was unsteady.

Now he could settle down and fully focus on attacking the seventh tier of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method!

Wang Chen had acquired the final three tiers of the secrets of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method from Monk Wuxiang some time ago.

His Cultivation Level had long since reached the peak of the sixth tier, only a step away from kicking open the door to higher levels.

The simplest method was to directly allocate Heavenly Merit points.

But Wang Chen had been holding back from breaking through.

Firstly, the timing was not quite right; he was in the Western Celestial Buddha Domain previously and could not predict the consequences that would arise from it.

After all, there were too many monks from the Buddhist Sect there.

After returning, Wang Chen had invested his time and energy into the refining process of his Lifebound Magic Treasure.

Therefore, only now had he made up his mind.

He entered a state of seclusion once more.

This time, Wang Chen secluded himself in the quiet room for an entire month.

He repeatedly cleansed his body with the power of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra, slowly removing the accumulated impurities within and tuning his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to their optimal state.

Then he began the true breakthrough.

The process was incredibly lengthy.

Wang Chen's Vajra Invulnerability was akin to a layer of shell, incredibly hard and extremely thick, which protected him while also imposing significant constraints.

It was like the shedding of a crab's shell; if the shell was too thick, it might lead to failure.

Although this analogy wasn't quite fitting, the situation was more or less the same.

The difficulty of ascending from the sixth to the seventh tier of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method far surpassed the promotions of the first six tiers, so much so that Wang Chen once wanted to give up his persistence in breaking through and solve it by directly adding points.

But in the end, he resisted the temptation to take shortcuts.

Such a difficult breakthrough was precisely a tempering of his own being.

It helped him undergo a complete transformation!

Wang Chen's breakthrough lasted for seven days.

During this process, his physical strength, Mana, and Soul Power were severely depleted, almost to the point of running dry.

But Wang Chen also saw the light of victory!

Inside the quiet room, he took a deep breath, and all the joints in his body cracked simultaneously with explosive sounds.

At this moment, Wang Chen was completely naked; his body was much larger than usual, his muscles bulged and his veins stood out, his skin a reddish hue, resembling a boiled shrimp.

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"Open!"

Wang Chen suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled, his shout resonating like thunder.

Instantly, the Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect surfaced on his back, a Qi Energy forged through a thousand hammers and pure to the extreme, was born within his body, in the blink of an eye circulating through his viscera and passing through every limb and bone!

Crack!

Accompanied by an extremely crisp cracking sound, an invisible membrane was shattered in an instant.

Wang Chen's previously somewhat dim eyes suddenly burst out with divine light!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

His body forcibly stretched nearly a foot taller, then violently contracted back, his skin color changing from bright red to dark golden bronze.

The next moment, Wang Chen's skin and muscles trembled and expanded, his body gradually returning to its original form.

His skin regained its fairness.

"Ha!"

He abruptly exhaled a hot and turbid breath, and the Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect behind him swelled up, rapidly rising to nearly the height of the ceiling, casting an imposing figure.

At this moment, Wang Chen's aura reached its peak.

[Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method·Experience +1]

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[Physique +5]

It was a success!

The information that popped up in his field of vision told Wang Chen that he had entirely relied on his own effort to break through the great realm of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method—his Vajra Invulnerability Body had advanced to an Undying Body!

The seventh-tier Undying Body, within the Buddhist Sect, belonged to the status of a Zen Master.

Equivalent to the Golden Core.

That is to say, from this moment, Wang Chen's physique had reached the tier of Golden Core!

His attributes directly increased by 5 points, totaling 26 points, on par with his Divine Soul!

Wang Chen subconsciously clenched his fists, feeling an unprecedented sense of strength; nothing seemed capable of destroying him.

Of course, this was just an illusion produced by the breakthrough of a higher-level realm.

But such a feeling, which Wang Chen hadn't experienced for a long time, showed how significant the impact of the seventh-layer breakthrough of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method was.

With such a formidable physique, his chances of "smuggling" into the Upper Realm had increased significantly.

The problem was that so far, Wang Chen still hadn't found the Ferryman.

Take it slow.

He closed his eyes, sat down, and stabilized the boiling Qi-Blood inside his body, consolidating the realm he had just advanced to.

With each inhalation and exhalation, days passed by.

Three days later, Wang Chen emerged from his seclusion.

Before the retreat, Wang Chen, with his tall and sturdy physique, looked more like a martial cultivator skilled in close combat.

Now, while his height hadn't changed, his build wasn't as robust as before, his skin had become much fairer, completely lacking the previous formidable aura.

The Spiritual Light was subtle and his aura deeply hidden; even those whose cultivation level was much higher than Wang Chen's couldn't see through his depth!

Wang Chen's "immortal flavor" had grown more pronounced.

Just as Wang Chen stepped out of the quiet room, a Flying Talisman whizzed over, hovering in front of him.

Wang Chen reached out and grasped it; his Divine Sense swept over it and instantly understood the contents.

After a moment of thought, he went to the outer courtyard and soared into the sky on a beam of Sword Light.

Moments later, he descended on Boat Leaf Peak.

Wang Chen flicked a speck of Spiritual Light towards the majestic Taoist Palace ahead.

He only waited a few moments before the tightly closed doors of the Taoist Palace burst open on both sides.

Wang Chen stepped inside and met Cao Hongzhi in the grand hall.

"Big Senior Brother, you wanted to see me?"

Cao Hongzhi's eyes brightened at the sight of Wang Chen, "Junior Brother, you've had another breakthrough?"

With his cultivation at the peak of Purple Mansion, how could he fail to notice the changes in Wang Chen's appearance and temperament!

Wang Chen gave a slight smile, "This seclusion was indeed fruitful."

Looking at the spirited young junior brother, Cao Hongzhi felt quite envious.

Limited by his own talent, without hope of Core Formation, and lacking the courage to bet everything on one throw, he could imagine his feelings as he watched Wang Chen, who had not been a disciple for long, steadily catching up to him.

But Cao Hongzhi was not an ordinary person, and he immediately suppressed these thoughts, "Congratulations, Junior Brother."

After a pause, he continued, "The reason I asked you to come here is to discuss a matter with you."

"Please take a seat, I'll summon Junior Sister Sulan over to talk."

Junior Sister Sulan?

A thought struck Wang Chen.

He and Cao Hongzhi were not the only disciples under True Person Long River; there were many other senior brothers and sisters out on their respective journeys.

Wang Chen had never met them since he joined.

The "Junior Sister Sulan" that Cao Hongzhi mentioned was undoubtedly one of them!

Indeed, after Cao Hongzhi sent the Talisman Message, he began to share the identity and origins of this fellow disciple with Wang Chen.

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Here's the second update.

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