Eternal Life Chapter 40

The Demon G.o.d’s Altar

Suddenly breaking through to the ninth level of the Mortal Realm, ‘Connected with Spirit’, Fang Han could feel that he had risen another level.

Not only his body, but also his spirit, both had become unprecedentedly clear and transparent. His body had been reborn once again, like a snake shedding its skin, seemingly reformed.

The earth and heavens were in his mind’s ocean!

His spirit was unceasingly becoming larger!

Fang Han felt as if he had gained spiritual will powerful enough to destroy countless people. At the center of his mind’s ocean, appeared another seed of invincibility. The ‘Divine Gate’ in his mind was seemingly slightly cracked open.

The ‘Connected with Spirit’ level was the level where one’s physical power had reached a bottleneck, thus stimulating the spirit’s expansion.

Now that Fang Han had arrived at the ‘Connected with Spirit’ level in one fell swoop, his spirit’s sensitivity had sharply increased. Counting a thousand steps in any direction around him, any gust of wind or movement of gra.s.s, even the slightest movement of a centipede, the crawling of a spider, could be sensed in his mind.

No movement was able to escape Fang Han’s eyes and ears.

This was the ‘Connected with Spirit’ level, to have a spirit sense that was able to communicate with one’s spirit! One’s senses become keen without comparison.

This level was another bottleneck of the Mortal Realm.

In training one’s flesh and body, the first bottleneck was at the fifth level, ‘G.o.dly Strength’. The next bottleneck, the ninth level, was even more of a bottleneck, because it was the important level where one’s flesh turned into spirit. Only by breaking through the ‘Connected with Spirit’ level could one possibly hope for entering the Divine Realm.

Fang Han felt as if his body had become transparent, seemingly able to see his bones and organs very clearly just with a circulation of his spirit.

At the ninth level, one could clearly observe the insides of their body!

Their bones would turn as clear as crystal!

[TL: I a.s.sume it seems that way, but that info is omitted]

Thus was the characteristic of the ninth level as described in “The World.”

‘Immortal Crane Pecking Snake’!

Fang Han suddenly struck out with his sword into seemingly thin air. However, at this time, a Yasha appeared, jumping right into the sword. The sword pierced through its eyes to the brain, and it fell to the ground, dead.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Han stabbed again and again, fast as a flying locust, facing East and striking West, facing South and striking North. Those Yasha seemed to be headless flies as they all jumped into Fang Han’s sword.

Suddenly, as Fang Han’s sword pierced through thin air like a dancing crane, the dragon spirit wagged its tail, and suddenly shot out, leaving its shadow everywhere around him. One Yasha after another suddenly gained holes in their eyes and fell directly to the ground, dead.

“Human!”

The final remaining Yasha growled as it too fell to the ground. Fang Han, pulling out his sword, was astonished to find that it had broken in two!

The sword that pierced through the Yasha’s eye had gotten stuck in its skull. Thus, when it was pulled out so quickly, it broke.

Fang Han’s original strength was already much greater than that of an ordinary pract.i.tioner of the eight realm, in fact it was comparable to a ‘G.o.dly Transformation’ pract.i.tioner. The absorption of the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ into his bones had forcefully given him powerful foundation.

At this time, Fang Qing Xue suddenly glided down to his side. She had flown up into the sky during the fight, observing quietly from the darkness above.

“You were actually able to kill twelve Yasha and make a breakthrough into the ‘Connected with Spirit’ level at the same time.”

Observing Fang Han kill twelve Yasha and breakthrough at the same time, her heart was slightly shocked. However, after seeing Fang Han kill so many Demonic Beasts since the day they entered the ‘Underground Abyss’ and training him in martial arts, she had already come to understand that Fang Han was a very high quality individual. He had an extraordinary apt.i.tude for training, one that surpa.s.sed all of the Fang Clan’s disciples.

He was a genius.

He was someone with the possibility of entering the ‘Divine Realm’.

If he’s able to breakthrough into the ‘Divine Realm’ and become a true disciple, then in the future he will be of use to me. I will have an ally within the true disciples.

That was the first thought within her heart.

However, it was no wonder that she had these thoughts as otherwise Fang Han would have eaten the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ for free. If even this small of a payment wasn’t given for a pellet refined by a Devil Emperor, then the ‘Yellow Springs Emperor’ might as well have killed himself.

“Senior sister disciple, although I entered the ‘Connected with Spirit’ Realm, my magic sword has broken. If I don’t have a weapon and we encounter more Yasha, then there might be consequences.”

Fang Han was slightly scared that this first lady might have been able to see through something, and thus hurriedly spoke out.

“That’s nothing.” Fang Qing Xue grasped out with her hand, and the two broken pieces of metal floated into the air. A strand of crackling purple lightning hit the metal, immediately melting the two pieces of steel into a liquid ma.s.s of metal. The metal reformed into an intact sword. A straight, sharp blade with strands of purple lightning flowing through it.

“Your broken sword has been re-forged by me. By concentrating my ‘Purple Yin Lightning Knife’ into it, I’ve made it that a single cut will immediately cause electric qi to erupt from it. This will melt even steel, and will injure any ‘Flying Yasha’ we encounter.”

Unfortunately, it isn’t a ling’qi, thought Fang Han, grasping the newly re-forged sword.

Flying swords were considered ling’qi because they contained a magic array within. This array’s power was completely independent of the user, and didn’t require consuming the user’s energy. In such critical moments such as fights, conserving energy was of the utmost importance.

As for the sword refined by Fang Qing Xue, although it was much sharper than the original sword, a lot st.u.r.dier than before, it still couldn’t fly around and behead enemies. Rather, it still required him to move in order to kill.

Fang Qing Xue naturally didn’t know what Fang Han was thinking about, and continued striding forward, her eyes looking in front of her. “You should walk in front and open up the path. However, as we get closer to the ‘Demon G.o.d’s Altar’, there will be more and more Yasha. Remember, the ‘Connected with Spirit’ level isn’t really considered that much. Even reaching the ‘G.o.dly Transformation’ level can’t be considered much. Only by breaking through into the ‘Divine Realm’ and leaving the world of ordinary people can you ascend into the skies. I will once again say what I said earlier, if you breakthrough into the ‘Divine Realm’, I will give Qing Wei to you.

Who cares about the younger one, engagement or not, I don’t care. As for the sister, that’s more like it, thought Fang Han. Of course, while thinking to himself, he made sure to not express anything on the surface.

Ah, my courage is getting ever so greater. I’m even brave enough to have these kinds of thoughts. Subsequently, Fang Han mused over his thoughts.

One needed to understand, just four months ago, he was still but a humble servant.

Ha! Can this be considered courage? Sooner or later you will become a Devil Emperor, and you only have this bit of prospects? However, this powerful woman who will achieve much, who shows promise to enter the ‘Longevity Realm’ and become an Immortal. If you can perhaps convince her to marry herself to you and become your concubine, it is a good choice.
Suddenly, from the depths of his spirit, the dragon, Yan, spoke.

Shut up! Right now I’m just going to focus on training and raising my strength. I will try to quickly breakthrough into the ‘Divine Realm’. I will not think about anything else. Becoming a Devil Emperor is still very far away, I might not become one. However, as long as I focus on cultivating, there will always be a way to break through the clouds into the sky. Currently training with Fang Qing Xue, while dangerous, is also an opportunity is it not?

Fang Han’s heart was tranquil as he replied to Yan.

Okay, to have this mentality puts me more at east. What lies in front of you is very dangerous, I feel the qi of the Demon G.o.d as well as many, many powerful experts. This time you must be very careful replied Yan after a short moment of silence.

The Demon G.o.d’s qi.

As he walked, he contemplated Yan’s words. Suddenly, numerous strands of light s.h.i.+mmered up in front of him. An enormous statue and altar could be seen about ten li from him. It emitted blood red light, illuminating all.

All he could see in front of him was a flat field of the ‘Underground Abyss’.

Except atop the field, there were hundred thousands of Yasha, as organized as an army.

And there were also ‘Flying Yasha’ flying around in the sky.