Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

The moment these cultivators set foot into the desolate mountain, a terrifying Great Saint Dao Rhythm descended with overwhelming force. None of the cultivators could react in time, their bodies violently exploded, flesh and blood spraying everywhere.

This scene.

Caused Shangguan Yu's expression to change.

Then,

A chill flashed in his eyes.

"Continue!"

Just then,

A loose cultivator shouted angrily, "This desolate mountain possesses the Great Saint Dao Rhythm and is fundamentally impervious to approach. Could it be that the Saint Family simply regards human life as worthless?"

Right after this person finished speaking, a monstrous force descended upon him. Shangguan Yu struck with a palm, ruthlessly executing the cultivator on the spot.

Afterward,

He looked around coldly, his features twisted ferociously.

"How dare you ants insult the Saint Family, you still may find a slim chance of survival upon entering the desolate mountain, but if you refuse, your death is certain right now!"

"I'll give you three breaths to consider!"

Shangguan Yu's words made the other loose cultivators' faces turn ugly, but looking around at the Shangguan Family's powerful cultivators, and considering Shangguan Yu's strength, these loose cultivators could only swallow their humiliation and steel themselves to blaze through the desolate mountain.

There was no choice.

They were far too weak compared to the Shangguan Family.

Not to mention others, Shangguan Yu alone was more than enough to wipe them out completely.

On the contrary,

Entering the desolate mountain, there was at least a thread of survival.

As the Shangguan Family forced the loose cultivators into the desolate mountain, cultivators from other powers did the same, many loose cultivators now regretting coming here to join in the commotion; otherwise, they wouldn't have ended up in such a dire situation.

Inside the desolate mountain,

Gu Yang watched the scene of the various forces using loose cultivators to scout the way, his expression cold and detached.

"To think of using the lives of ordinary cultivators to erode the Dao Rhythm of the desolate mountain is truly naive. The Great Saint Dao Rhythm cannot simply be erased by some Divine Transformation Realm cultivators!"

Even if the Great Saint Dao Rhythm of the desolate mountain was already extremely weak, such remnant rhythms were still unequivocally beyond the reach of mere cultivators of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Moreover,

The Dao Rhythm of the desolate mountain was further suppressed by the Divine Phoenix Tower; such a Great Saint Treasure, even if Gu Yang couldn't harness much of its divine might, was sufficient to suppress everything.

Therefore,

Gu Yang wasn't the least bit worried about their chances to advance through the desolate mountain.

As he watched one loose cultivator after another being crushed by the Dao Rhythm and dying from body explosions, he sat cross-legged, silently meditating and cultivating the Dao Rhythm of this place.

For Gu Yang, the Dao Rhythm here was extremely powerful and yet abstruse; gaining even the slightest insight could greatly advance his strength.

More importantly,

Inside the Great Saint Secret Realm, he had also obtained some elixirs and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures which he hadn't had the time to consume earlier; now he could digest them together, striving for a breakthrough in strength before the end of the Great Saint Secret Realm.

...

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"Reward 500 Upgrade Points!"

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...

"Grandmaster Perfection!"

"It seems this trip to the Great Saint Secret Realm was indeed worthwhile!"

Gu Qingfeng, upon witnessing Gu Yang's breakthrough, a faint smile appeared on his face.

When Gu Yang entered the Great Saint Secret Realm, he was merely at the Grandmaster Initial Stage. In less than a month, his cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, stepping directly into Grandmaster Perfection.

If he could advance one more step, he could enter the Divine Transformation Realm.

Moreover,

Gu Yang's Heavenly Blade True Intent had broken through directly to level thirteen.

That was the very limit of the Grandmaster True Intent.

If the thirteenth-level True Intent could breakthrough again, it would form a domain.

Now,

Gu Qingfeng clearly understood,

Even in the Ancient Desolate World, the number of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators who truly mastered a domain was extremely limited; any such cultivator who controlled a domain was a powerhouse at this level.

Right now,

Gu Yang was only one step away from forming a domain.

If he had been in the Nine States, it would have taken him over ten years of arduous training to break through to this realm; it would be downright impossible without it.

But now,

In less than a month,

He had saved the ten years of hard work ordinarily required.

"Yang'er has broken through. It's time for my breakthrough as well!"

Gu Qingfeng glanced at his attribute panel. With a mere thought, he directly broke through to the Dao Palace Realm Sixth Level.

Now, Gu Qingfeng was accustomed to the surge in cultivation that came with a realm advancement, so he suppressed this influx quite easily.

He turned his attention to the Dao Palace Primordial Spirit, which had now grown to forty-nine inches.

Forty-nine inches of Primordial Spirit,

Wasn't the limit of the Dao Palace Realm Sixth Level.

Merely because the Small Success level of the Ancient Heavenly Blade could only elevate the Primordial Spirit to this point.

However,

In Gu Qingfeng's view, this was already sufficient.

Now having broken through to the Dao Palace Realm Sixth Level, when it came to strength, he was not just twice as strong as when he was at the Fourth Level of the same realm.

With that thought,

Gu Qingfeng directed his Divine Thought outside Xing'an County, 'viewing' the cultivators of the outside world. He also wanted to use these cultivators to test the level of his strength after his breakthrough.