Chapter 1180: Chapter 736: Surprise (Part 2)

The spiritual qi here is so abundant, it must nourish various spiritual objects.

Gao Xuan has spent decades cultivating in the Earth Immortal Realm, always in seclusion. This time, he has the opportunity to gather some spiritual objects as much as possible.

Although Gao Xuan does not care much for external objects, in a place like the Primordial Celestial Realm, he must make use of the resources available in this realm.

If there are suitable spiritual objects, they can save a lot of cultivation time. Further more, the spiritual qi in the Primordial Celestial Realm is a hundred times stronger than in the Cyan Celestial Realm. The spiritual objects here will surely be more useful.

Hongyi Sword, Celestial Dragon Eye, Jun Heaven Wheel, Celestial Sound Daoist Hat, all have great potential for enhancement.

Even the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw, which is refined into an Earth Artifact, has space for improvement.

Speaking of which, being able to manipulate the Golden Ape King this time also relies on the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw.

With this Earth Artifact, he can directly suppress the Golden Ape King from the law level, treating the Golden Ape King as if he is mere clay to be molded. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Without the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw, Gao Xuan would find it easy to kill the Golden Ape King, but a bit difficult to manipulate him casually.

It was indeed by refining the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw into an Earth Artifact that he suppressed Ao Dongcheng’s Celestial Mandate Curse.

Using the Earth Artifact-level divine object Celestial Mandate Mirror to trigger the Celestial Mandate Curse is not easily endured.

When Gao Xuan ascended, he could still feign composure and recite poetry about severing the celestial mandate.

In reality, the Celestial Mandate Curse was always on him. After refining the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw into an Earth Artifact, he could barely suppress the Celestial Mandate Curse.

However, this Celestial Mandate Curse is exceptionally enigmatic, subtly combined with the changeless fate, influencing Gao Xuan’s fortune in obscurity.

The longer the Celestial Mandate Curse remains, the more troublesome it becomes.

Gao Xuan has considered committing suicide once to rid himself of the celestial mandate; with the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada’s Nine Revolutions Undying, dying once could naturally evolve to a stronger state.

The problem is that the Celestial Mandate Curse is locked on his destiny, and it might not be so easily solved.

Nine Revolutions Undying offers only nine chances of rebirth; although it seems a lot, in the Immortal Realm, an unguarded moment could cost one’s life. Nine chances of rebirth are not many and must not be wasted.

Gao Xuan is eager to achieve Earth Immortal status to quickly rid himself of the Celestial Mandate Curse.

This thing is fraught with danger, and one never knows when it might attract a stronger dragon race.

The dragon race, these creatures, are combative and lustful, particularly protective of their kin, with considerable internal unity.

Although the dragon race may seem weak in the Cyan Celestial Realm, they are one of the strongest races in the Immortal Realm; some even reach Celestial Immortal level.

According to dragon race legends, the ancestor of all dragons was born innately and is a powerful being of the Daluo Golden Immortal level.

Of course, dragon race legends also have many absurd aspects. There are also sayings that all worlds were created by the dragon race.

Gao Xuan has inspected many dragon race memories and is quite familiar with the dragon race’s situation. He has also mastered many dragon race secret techniques.

Unfortunately, these secret techniques, though powerful, require True Dragon bloodline to cultivate. Even though he has the Celestial Dragon Eye, he finds it difficult to cultivate these secret techniques.

Precisely because his mind harbors various secret techniques, after decades of diligent cultivation, Gao Xuan has selected two paths that are most likely to achieve Earth Immortal status.

One is to pursue the Sword Dao.

He has already accomplished much in swordsmanship, having created the Water Heaven Sword, which works exceptionally well with the Hongyi Sword.

By relying on swordsmanship, he has defeated countless powerful enemies.

In the Cyan Celestial Realm, he slew Aoba, acquiring a wisp of Cyan Leaf Sword Spirit, greatly enhancing his swordsmanship.

It is also due to the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique that Gao Xuan has become aware of his own shortcomings in the Sword Dao.

After decades of seclusion, Gao Xuan has further comprehended the Cyan Leaf Sword Technique. This small step of comprehension led him to make a big advancement in the Sword Dao. Yet, he is still one layer away from creating his own Earth Immortal-level Sword Dao.

This layer could be a piece of paper or a mountain.

Gao Xuan does not know when he will be able to break through; he has no assurance in this regard.

In other words, he cannot establish an accurate schedule. Many aspects depend on luck.

If he could achieve Dao through the sword and reach Earth Immortal status, he would leap into the forefront of Earth Immortals, becoming one of the top Earth Immortals.

However, time is a bit pressing, and Gao Xuan does not want to rely on luck. He always excludes luck as a factor in his endeavors because it is too unstable.

The other path is to use the Celestial Dragon Eye as the core to condense the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor.

The Shenxiao Thunder Emperor does not truly exist but is a purely visualized divine aspect. Essentially, it is the ultimate personification of the imagination of thunder.

The Three Ancestors of Taoism, the Four Celestial Emperors, the Three Buddhas of Buddhism are all top Daluo Golden Immortals, reputedly mastering all methods.

Power such as thunder naturally falls under their mastery. However, their powers are comparable, so none dare to claim themselves as the progenitor of thunder skills.

Forces like the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, stars, and others are likewise strong. Visualized images are mostly imaginatively created.

Gao Xuan’s talent in thunder skills is actually mediocre, yet he killed many of the dragon race, the Celestial Dragon Eye absorbed numerous essence blood and divine souls of the dragon race, vastly increasing power.

The Blood Evil Thunder Dragon Pearl divided into blood evil and thunder forces. This enabled Gao Xuan to learn the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder.

This thunder skill is extraordinary and can be considered a top-tier secret technique in the Immortal Realm. Even Celestial Immortal level experts might not withstand the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder released by a similarly ranked expert.

Ao Dongcheng easily releases the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder, but it relies on the foundation of the Nine-Revolutions Thunder Dragon Pearl and the Celestial Dragon Pearl. Without these two divine artifacts, even under threat of death, he couldn’t unleash the Blood River Celestial Killing Divine Thunder.

After Gao Xuan mastered this thunder skill, he advanced considerably in thunder skills, teaching himself by analogy.

Moreover, he holds the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor Painting, which allows direct visualization of the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor.

Over these decades, Gao Xuan has spent half his time cultivating the Sword Dao, and the other half delving into thunder skills.