Chapter 910: Chapter 632: The Generosity of Achilles (Monthly Ticket at the Start of the Month)
"The Undying Body is already so powerful—it’s hard to even imagine how invincible the Immortal Body would be!"
Lu Chenzhou murmured.
"The so-called Blood Rebirth doesn’t actually mean you need a drop of whole blood to be reborn. What the Dragon Emperor refers to as ’blood’ is actually [cells]. The tens of trillions of cells in the human body collectively form my formless blood-mist body. The blood mist is boundless, permeating heaven and earth. As long as the trillions of cells aren’t all destroyed in an instant, even if a single cell remains active, I can resurrect.
Because after reaching the Undying Realm, the soul has already merged with millions of cells. One cell is one world—it is one me.
The soul exists simultaneously in trillions of cells.
This is: Omnipresence!
Of course, cells are not the smallest unit of the physical body. If you use the Fifth Realm of Physical Body theory to compare with Tianxia’s scientific theories, the Undying Realm corresponds to the cellular field, while the Immortal Realm corresponds to the molecular field. According to the Great Wilderness Universe View, the basic Yin Yang Five Elements elements are born from chaos, and the Yin Yang Five Elements combine and mutate into all sorts of more mysterious and complex energies, like wind and thunder, light and dark, shadow, and so on.
According to the Star Universe View, earth, fire, wind, and water are born from chaos, and they in turn evolve into all things.
All in all, they are pretty much the same.
These make up all things in the universe—energy particles wandering between heaven and earth, similar to molecules, the smallest relatively stable and independently existing units that retain the properties of a substance. Legendary Great Power (Demigod) experts are said to be able to disintegrate their bodies into dust particles with Dao Annihilation, which is essentially molecularization. The attack just now from the Wangliang Ancestor proved this as well.
If one can reach the Immortal Realm, they can ignore Dao Annihilation. Even if the world is destroyed, I remain immortal. To kill an Immortal Realm being is extremely difficult! Because the methods of some ordinary divine beings are also Dao Annihilation—which is not a dimensional strike to the Immortal Realm."
Having understood this, Lu Chenzhou’s mind became gradually clearer regarding the path of the physical body ahead.
Immortality!
As long as he became immortal, even if the gods stepped out from the Forbidden Zone, he would not fear ordinary divine beings.
Perhaps he still couldn’t defeat the opponent.
But neither could they kill him.
[Void: Sixth Rank (22%) → Sixth Rank (56%)]
"The Martial Arts Tree has reached sixty million zhang now. After Void Dao’s Sixth Rank, it can still soar ahead in one breath. As expected of the Eight Realms—a great leap forward. But Achilles, such an existence, surely has a clone, right? Even I, after a hundred years of cultivation, have raised a clone."
Lu Chenzhou suddenly thought.
Most likely, Achilles wasn’t utterly dead.
Of course, he didn’t care.
"Even if there’s a clone, it’s nothing to fear. Once my Causality Dao advances further, I’ll cross the realms and hunt it down, exterminating every last clone."
In his mind, the Martial Arts Tree kept sending prompts.
[You have comprehended the Secret Technique "Shadow Puppet"]
[You have comprehended the Secret Technique "Shadow Teleportation"]
[You have comprehended the Secret Technique...]
[You have seized the Divine Skill "Shadow God Descent"]
[Dao Divine Power·Shadow God Descent (Shadow)]
[Quality: Lower Grade·Twenty-seven Patterns]
[Level: Top Level (Seventh Realm)]
[Divine Skill Introduction: Shadow System Divine Skill. Consumes Shadow Blood to summon the power of the Shadow Kill Clan Ancestor, Wangliang, for temporary possession, greatly increasing Cultivation and Shadow Dao level, and temporarily grants use of one of the Ancestor’s usual Great Divine Powers.]
[Note: Without Shadow God Blood, one may use Ancestor’s remains as casting material.]
"So it’s this one?"
Lu Chenzhou’s eyes lit up with joy.
It was with this Divine Skill that Achilles, at his desperate moment, transformed into the Ancestor and, in three strikes, instantly killed Emperor Shitian. Shadow God Descent is similar to Devouring Heaven and Earth, temporarily doubling one’s power—immensely effective.
"This is my first time acquiring a Twenty-seven Pattern Divine Skill. Thunder Dragon Nine Kills is twenty-four patterns, Vertical Earth Mysterious Light is twenty-one patterns—their quality can’t compare to this one."
Note, even Eternal Immortal comprehends only Twenty-seven Pattern Divine Skills. Of course, this doesn’t mean Achilles’ comprehension is strong or his talent surpasses Eternal Immortal; it simply means his bloodline is very pure, essentially relying on the shade of the Ancestor’s legacy, rather than his own prowess.
"Not bad, another Divine Skill to use as a trump card. And I have plenty of casting materials."
Lu Chenzhou produced a severed finger in his hand; he had steadily absorbed a great deal of Dao Essence from it. What remained was perfect for casting this Divine Skill.
Next, Lu Chenzhou stored away Achilles’ charred corpse, smiling, "This is also a treasure. I’ll extract the Achilles Ancestor bloodline and use it both as casting material for Divine Skills and as research material for "Six Nine Profound Skill", and strive to incorporate the Wangliang Ancestor’s transformation technique as well. If I can transform into the Wangliang Ancestor and wield the Shadow God Blade, it should unleash the Supreme Treasure’s power to the fullest."
With that thought—
Lu Chenzhou grabbed the Shadow God Blade and the storage device dropped from Achilles’ body, beaming with joy.
"Heh, what a massive haul."
This place is not safe for a long stay; refining an Incomplete Treasure is extremely difficult, just look at the Shattering Star Hammer. He could only set it aside for now, leave first, and look for a place to break through to Eight Realms.
...
Aurora Palace.
The Tianxia powerhouses all breathed a long sigh of relief as they gazed at the white-robed figure tearing through the skies above the Ruins Sea in the distance.
"Looks like the Military Leader won."
"Achilles actually fled in panic."
"And that second-step Heavenly Gu Daoist too—tsk tsk, frightened off by a Seventh Realm. If word spreads to the Three Thousand Worlds, they’ll lose all face."
"That’s not quite right. If you lose to an average Seventh Realm, it’s embarrassing, but to lose to the Military Leader is perfectly normal. Once he becomes a Great Power, if the guy survives, he can even brag that he’s one of the few Eighth Realms across the Three Thousand Worlds who escaped from the Military Leader."
"Hahaha, quite true."
"Defeating an Eighth Realm is easy—making them stay is hard. Either way, Achilles shouldn’t dare harass us anymore. Once the Military Leader reaches Eight Realms, we’ll go kill him!"
"The Military Leader is invincible now."
"Undying and immortal—the ultimate dream of countless physical body cultivators. The Military Leader has actually achieved it."
The Alcohol King sighed with emotion.
He too followed the path of physical body cultivation, yet had not touched the Undying Realm, only gotten infinitely close.
For the disciples of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, the minimum requirement for the Undying Realm is the Seventh Realm. In reality, even among those who manage it at the Seventh Realm, not many do. Most only reach the Undying Realm at the Eighth Realm, then approach the Undying at the threshold of the Ninth Realm, and finally, after accumulating for a while post-Nine Realms, attain Immortality. This is the typical progression.
The Military Leader’s case? Truly unprecedented.
Buzz! Lu Chenzhou returned to the Aurora Palace.
A crowd immediately rushed to surround him.
"Military Leader, what’s the situation?"
Prince Northern Guardian asked.
"Achilles’ true body is dead, but it’s uncertain if he has any clones left," Lu Chenzhou said.
Silence.
The Tianxia powerhouses were rendered dumbstruck.
Yaochi Immortal hesitantly said, "Dead?"
"Yes, dead."
Lu Chenzhou replied calmly, taking out an imposing demonic body with two horns on its head. Achilles, in life, was always shrouded in shadow; no one had ever seen his true visage.
But even dead, this demonic body’s terrifying residual evil aura still made everyone present feel as though they’d fallen into the abyss.
This was the biological instinctive fear of death.
"Such terrifying pressure."
"The legendary King of the Shadow Kill Clan... he destroyed dozens of worlds, took killing as pleasure, the strongest assassin among the Three Thousand Worlds—and now he’s dead?"
"Feels like a dream."
To the countless masses, Achilles himself was a legend. In many worlds, Achilles was the Demon God, the God of Killing, the God of Assassins—even a totem of faith for some civilizations.
"Disciple, do you have Third Step strength?"
Wang Changming wondered—the Undying Realm is truly this fierce?
Lu Chenzhou shook his head and smiled, saying:
"Don’t know, never fought one before, but I’m probably not a match. The Third Step at least grasps one Eighth Rank Dao, and all are thousands-of-years-old monsters with clouds of Incomplete Treasures and powerful Secret Treasures. My hard power is far below them. But with the Undying Body, there’s nothing they can do to me either."
On this matter, Lu Chenzhou was very confident—unless someone wields full Demigod powers or has profound mastery of the Causality Dao.
A Third Step expert...
Lu Chenzhou had only seen the Kunxu Ancestor.
All he could say was: unfathomable.
He even felt as though the other party was a Great Power himself, high and exalted, overlooking all sentient beings.
Of course, someone like Kunxu Ancestor is the top of the Third Step, likely Eighth Rank Dao Perfection, just a step away from becoming a Great Power. Maybe most ordinary Third Step aren’t that strong.
"Indeed, the Third Step is too distant, but now that you can kill Achilles, once you break through to Eight Realms you’ll be very close to the Third Step,"
said Yaochi Immortal.
"Yes, after all the Military Leader is at the Seventh Realm Limit, though his qi-blood nears the Eighth Realm—but the quality is still lacking," Hui Kong Abbot laughed.
"The Dao is crucial. I was able to kill Achilles—Undying Realm is just one aspect. In fact, I was using Illusion Realm Dao to constantly disrupt Achilles’ judgment from the start of the fight. Plus, I feigned weakness so Achilles underestimated me, giving me a chance. Otherwise, if he’d only wanted to escape, I couldn’t have stopped him. Everyone, don’t imitate me—when meeting an Eighth Realm, escape is the best strategy."
Lu Chenzhou explained.
He could kill Achilles only because he had the right timing, position, and support. Don’t forget, they’d lost an Emperor Shitian in this battle—even if it was just an avatar.
In their hearts, everyone thought:
Learn from you?
Military Leader, you really think too highly of us.
"Military Leader, where are we going now?"
Yaochi Immortal smiled broadly. After cultivating for over four centuries, she had been surpassed by a young man under a hundred, but felt only comfort—no resentment or envy.
This is the future pillar of Tianxia.
"Return to Mystic Sky."
From the fragments of Achilles’ memories, Lu Chenzhou learned that all the Shadow Kill Clan leaders had already left the Shadow Killing Realm and were hiding on the Mystic Sky Continent.
To pull out weeds, you must dig up the roots.
First he’ll annihilate these leaders—then, once he breaks through to Eight Realms, he’ll level the Shadow Killing Realm.
The entire Shadow Kill Clan had become followers of Evil Gods—not one left worth sparing, nor any innocents among them.
...
Tianxia.
"Achilles is dead?"
Recuperating, Emperor Shitian couldn’t hide his joy, mixed with a bit of disbelief.
He had only expected to rely on the Undying Body to force Achilles to retreat, never to actually kill him.
He, the Priest, Eternal Immortal—he pondered and realized that among the Eighth Realms he knew, no one had managed this.
Perhaps the Dragon King could.
"This kid—he hasn’t even broken through to Eight Realms and has already surpassed me. Keep going, child."
To Emperor Shitian—
Lu Chenzhou was far too young. These young ones were still the juniors he needed to look after.
But now, this child could turn around and protect these old-timers like them instead.
From the moment they set out on the Three Thousand Realms expedition, they had blazed a trail through danger—wasn’t it all for this very day?
He thought of his own child.
"Di Jialou, you just watch and learn."