The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 218 - 153: I Report Jiang Man for Colluding with an Evil God

The abyss was bottomless, its endless darkness inspiring fear.

But above the abyss, a brilliant light shot toward the heavens.

It pierced the darkness, casting down its radiance.

Cracks appeared in the oppressive gloom.

The pressure was broken bit by bit, and despair was set ablaze by hope.

Zhuo Bufan turned to his clan sister and said calmly, "The light has appeared. Did you see it, Sister? It’s true I can’t write a new answer, but the one who sits beside me—the first to break through—can lead us in writing a completely new one.

"Just because it has always been so, does that make it right?

"Eras are written by new people.

"The answers of old are also overturned by new people.

"I cannot write it myself, but I can be a part of it."

At this moment, Lin Qingshan stood up. He took a step forward, his voice booming, "Before, staying up all night only brought darkness. But then Jiang Man arrived, and so did the light.

"He has already illuminated the path.

"Our Taiyang will never set, and our path will never be severed.

"If you don’t manage to break out, that’s your own problem."

The next moment, Lin Qingshan shot toward the sky.

Zhuo Bufan did the same. One after another, figures gritted their teeth and charged into the endless darkness.

They tore through the blinding despair.

Although the figures eventually fell one by one, there was no despair in their eyes.

Failure wasn’t because the path was impossible, but because...

They hadn’t stayed up long enough.

"Haha, I’m first this time!" At some point, Wei Beichuan had already surged into the lead.

After him, Zhuo Bufan and Lin Qingshan broke through in succession.

An Rong watched the people ahead, her mouth agape. Finally, she glanced back.

Seeing the people falling one by one, she said with disdain, "A bunch of trash."

Everyone: "..."

Spurred on, two of them gritted their teeth and forced their way up, surpassing An Rong.

"An Rong and Cao Cheng called me trash today. I’ll remember this." After saying that, the person quickly rushed upward.

An Rong: "..."

Up ahead, Cao Cheng said angrily, "What does this have to do with me?"

「Outside.」

An Zhirou looked at the seven-colored auspicious clouds and said, "Are you just going to let them be?"

Yan Yiqiu ignored her.

Instead, she watched quietly, noticing that Ji Hao, who hadn’t been paying much attention before, had now looked up and was focused.

This made her realize it was about to end.

Sure enough, the seven-colored auspicious clouds in the sky suddenly stirred.

It was as if they were struggling in agony.

Immediately after, a faint, indistinct Taiyang rose from within the auspicious clouds.

Then, rays of light broke through the clouds.

Finally, with a BOOM, the auspicious clouds completely dissipated.

As if they had been forcefully shattered.

And as the clouds vanished, the Taiyang and the light also dispersed at once.

An Zhirou’s brow furrowed. She remembered that it wasn’t supposed to disappear like this.

Yan Yiqiu looked at her and said, "Was that different from what you expected?"

An Zhirou fell silent, puzzled.

"Didn’t you just say that ’Unparalleled Celestial Pride’ was too vague? Did you see the Taiyang just now? That’s a specific indicator," Yan Yiqiu said casually.

She wasn’t sure herself; she just wanted to get a dig in.

Meanwhile, Ji Hao, who had been sitting up high, revealed a faint smile. "A total of nine people. Nine out of fifty broke through. You could say they’ve forged a new path."

Then, with a wave of his hand, a giant hand of light caught all those who had been falling into the abyss.

And threw them out.

This prevented them from suffering further harm.

Afterward, a book appeared before Ji Hao. It flipped open on its own to a blank page.

Ji Hao then took up his brush and wrote: Regarding well-type confinement techniques, aside from recovery through rest, there exists the possibility of the subject forcefully breaking free.

Forcefully breaking free has three basic conditions.

First, a powerful, confident, and even inflated heart, which should also be flawless.

Second, a score of ninety-eight on the Ninth Courtyard’s first assessment.

Third, the ability to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection in the Seventh Courtyard relying only on basic resources.

These three conditions are not necessarily related.

The current hypothesis is that breaking a well-type confinement still requires an unshakeable Heart Spirit.

However, a strong Heart Spirit alone should be insufficient. The specific reason cannot be determined.

Alternatively, the required level of Heart Spirit is exceptionally rare throughout history.

Additionally, for Foundation Establishment cultivators, staying up late harms the Heart Spirit, but it also presents a possibility of forcefully breaking free.

Staying up late damages the Heart Spirit, as if leaving mottled marks upon it. The longer one stays up, the more distinct these marks become.

But witnessing someone break through the darkness is also imprinted upon the Heart Spirit, just like those mottled marks.

Unlike the mottled marks, this imprint acts like a light, influencing the Heart Spirit and enabling it to break through the darkness.

Recommendation: Compile a new Visualization Skill into the cultivation methods for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, titled "Eternal Sun."

This would be used to counteract the damage to the Heart Spirit caused by staying up late during the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms.

However, its effect on the Golden Core realm cannot be determined.

Furthermore, the Taiyang Visualization is as follows.

Setting down his brush, Ji Hao placed a hand on the book.

He imprinted the Taiyang Seal that Jiang Man had formed into its pages.

Then he resumed writing: Successful case studies are as follows...

After writing all this, Ji Hao took out an envelope and wrote a letter to his clan.

He felt they should find a heaven-blessed daughter from the Direct Lineage for Jiang Man.

The matter of him marrying into the clan could not be abandoned.

Of course, he also decided to apply for another treasure.

He would use it to confirm his hypothesis.

Naturally, he needed to remain here, growing stronger while keeping a close watch on Jiang Man.

He had to prevent others from succeeding first.

This boy’s light shone too brightly.

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「Central Island.」

In a room, Chen Shi, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly showed a pained expression. It felt as if a giant hand was pounding on his chest.

His eyes shot open, looking as if they were about to bulge out of their sockets, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

PFFT!

Chen Shi’s face turned pale, and his entire body seemed to deflate.

He had used an Immortal Spirit technique to test Jiang Man and the others.

It was equivalent to making them walk his own path to Core Formation.

A path designed to make them despair.

But...

He saw Jiang Man break through the darkness and even leave behind a point of light.

He also saw the people behind him swarming forward in his wake.