Chapter 75: This is how a Mighty Expert in the Shentong Realm feels.
The Path of Cultivation is divided into six major realms: Gathering Spirit, Body Refining, Guiyi, Huashen, Shentong, and Heavenly Punishment. Each realm is further divided into nine layers. Since the Heavenly Punishment Realm is not yet accessible, strictly speaking, the Shentong Realm represents the pinnacle of existence. In a small country like the Xihui Dynasty, even a slight disturbance would cause a major upheaval in both the immortal and mortal realms.
Qi Huang was now attempting to break through to this realm. Although it was only her spiritual sense, it was not to be underestimated. Once successful, her strength would soar, and she would be able to walk sideways in the Xihui Dynasty even if she stopped acting.
Qi Huang peeled the twelve Ghost Tomatoes one by one, letting all the dark juice flow into a large bowl. By the end, the bowl was almost overflowing.
Qi Huang picked up the Tongming Comb, coated it with some juice, and then gently combed her jet-black long hair forward. Each stroke increased the toughness of her long hair and strengthened her spiritual sense.
At the same time, in Qi Huang’s Sea of Consciousness, the faint mist that had been filling the horizon began to recede, revealing more of the sea. She felt as if a veil had been lifted from her eyes, and her thoughts became clearer.
Time passed slowly, and Qi Huang continued to comb her hair unhurriedly, her movements gentle and serene like water. Femininity emanated from her unconsciously. Anyone who saw her would think she was simply grooming herself and would never associate it with cultivation.
However, as absurd as it was, her spiritual sense was about to reach the Shentong Realm through combing her hair.
The Ghost Tomato juice in the bowl continued to decrease. When it was almost empty, the area visible in Qi Huang’s Sea of Consciousness increased countless times. Her mind cleared from its “haze” again, and she seemed to have an epiphany, as if she understood something, yet didn’t quite!
Of course, whether she understood or not was not important. The important thing was that her spiritual sense had broken through to the Shentong Realm at that moment, becoming more than a hundred times stronger than before.
Qi Huang released her spiritual sense. The solidified feeling was like an extension of her limbs, and she was confident she could move a small mountain.
“Too strong! I wonder if there are any stages left for me to act in the Xihui Dynasty!”
Qi Huang began to worry. She wasn’t thinking this out of arrogance and ignorance; it was the reality.
The Path of Cultivation became increasingly difficult as one progressed, so even a small difference in level resulted in a world of difference in strength, let alone a major realm.
If she couldn’t defeat a cultivator in the Guiyi Realm with just her spiritual sense before, then after reaching the Shentong Realm, she could definitely suppress any expert in the Huashen Realm.
There were no more than two-digit figures of experts in the Huashen Realm in the Xihui Dynasty, let alone Mighty Experts in the Shentong Realm. If she were unlucky, she might not even encounter one in her lifetime, and thus, there would be no stage for her to act on.
“How many Mighty Experts are there in the Shentong Realm in the Xihui Dynasty?”
Qi Huang recalled for a moment, only two or three names appeared in her mind. Other than that, there were none.
“Now that my spiritual sense has reached the Shentong Realm, I truly have the strength to crush experts in the Huashen Realm. Do I still need to be wary of my main body? Why don’t I just go and confess?”
Qi Huang suddenly had the idea of confronting her main body directly, after all, even if the main body had reached the Huashen Realm during this closed-door cultivation, she could still defeat it.
“Then I’ll provoke her, say I’m a crude man, not your clone, and not only have I seen all of you, but I’ve also imprisoned your Spiritual Wisdom in the Sea of Consciousness. Come bite me if you dare!”
Qi Huang started to fantasize, and a triumphant smile unconsciously appeared on her face.novelupdates.com
“Wait! She still has that damned Fierce Weapon List! If I can’t kill her instantly, I’ll be killed instantly.”
However, Qi Huang quickly realized her mistake and, sweating profusely, abandoned this suicidal thought.
Calming herself, Qi Huang began to test her current strength. She first released her spiritual sense and found that her exploration range had reached two Li, ten times stronger than before.
Then, she placed a standard exquisite iron long sword of the HongHua Sect on the table and released a strand of hair to stab it at high speed!
Without any sound, the long hair silently pierced through the exquisite iron sword.
Qi Huang pulled casually, and the long hair cut through the iron sword like slicing tofu, dividing it into two pieces effortlessly.
Qi Huang suppressed her excitement and took out a leftover piece of Blue Scale Stone, placing it on the table to continue her experiment.
Qi Huang knew that this material was much harder than ordinary steel. She took a deep breath and released another strand of hair to stab it at high speed, without much hope.
“Swish!”
This time, due to the resistance, a piercing sound was finally made, but Qi Huang’s hair still managed to pierce through the Blue Scale Stone.
“Oh my god! Too strong! Too strong!”
Qi Huang trembled with excitement. She knew that her long hair before couldn’t even pierce through slightly thicker armor. Just by advancing one major realm, her strength had increase countless times. If she wasn’t saving this as a trump card, she wouldn’t even need a weapon.
Qi Huang wanted to find the limit of her hair. She looked around and finally her gaze fell on the sword in the corner. This was the hardest object in the room. Although it was also forged from Blue Scale Stone, it had been tempered countless times, without any impurities.
Qi Huang wanted to continue her experiment, but after hesitating for a long time, she couldn’t bear to do it, so she finally gave up.
Next, Qi Huang squeezed out the juice from the remaining four Ghost Tomatoes and planted the total sixteen Ghost Tomato seeds in the greenhouse again. She knew that breaking through again would not be a matter of a dozen or twenty seeds, so she could not waste a single moment.
Qi Huang planted the seeds and then carefully tended to them. She didn’t look like a powerful expert whose spiritual sense had reached the Shentong Realm at all; instead, she looked like a village girl.
A few days later, a vast spiritual sense leaked from Cheng Hongling’s room, exerting pressure that made everyone within a hundred Zhang feel a palpitation. Birds scattered like frightened geese, and snakes, insects, rats, and ants all prostrated on the ground, unable to move.
Qi Huang smiled. She was all too familiar with this spiritual pressure. Her main body must have entered the Huashen Realm.
As expected, after a moment, Cheng Hongling’s feet left the ground, and she floated out of the room, looking like Chang’e flying to the moon with her stunning beauty and graceful figure.
“This feeling… is this the Huashen Realm?”
Cheng Hongling seemed to have discovered a new world. She took a breath of the air belonging to a “Huashen Realm” expert and then looked down upon everything: “Who says a phoenix can’t fly out of a mouse’s nest? At the next Evergreen Convention, I will let the Immortal Alliance know that quality cannot be compensated by quantity!”
“Good, good, good! So cool! I like it!”
Qi Huang was mesmerized and couldn’t help but clap her hands.
“Are you mocking me?”
Cheng Hongling slowly landed, her delicate eyebrows furrowed.
“No, no, no, I’m sincere! I feel honored to have such a powerful main body!”
Qi Huang explained, sweating profusely.
“Very good! Since that’s the case, you can grow vegetables however you want from now on! Anyway, your elder sister has now reached the Huashen Realm and doesn’t need you to act anymore.”
Cheng Hongling said confidently.
“Are you sure?”
Qi Huang asked in disbelief.
“Yes, absolutely, and definitely! Your acting is too bad! I really don’t want to watch it anymore!”
Cheng Hongling’s fair forehead showed dark lines.
“My acting is still bad? If it were bad, I wouldn’t have fooled so many people!”
Qi Huang retorted indignantly.
“That’s because they were too stupid. You’ll eventually be exposed when you meet someone smart.”
Cheng Hongling said through gritted teeth.
“Alright then! Thank you for your generosity, elder sister. Call me anytime if you need me to act! My fee is very low.”
Qi Huang immediately sagged.
“Impossible! Don’t even think about acting for free!”
Cheng Hongling said without hesitation.
“That’s not necessarily true!”
Qi Huang said with a half-smile. In this cultivation world, the strongest was the Heavenly Punishment Realm. The mere Huashen Realm was nothing. It could at most show off its power in this small territory of the Xihui Dynasty. If she encountered an unparalleled expert, she might have to return to her old business.
