Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Gu An looked at his more than 25 million years of lifespan and began to take deep breaths.

Ancestors of Huaxia, please bless me!

Gu An directly invested 10 million years of lifespan in one go. He had never been so generous before.

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for sixty thousand years, and with great accomplishment in Primordial Chaos Supreme Holy Skill, you forcibly attempted a breakthrough to the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm, started the tribulation crossing, but failed to endure the Six Paths of Illusion Ultimate Law Tribulation, resulting in failure]

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for one hundred and twenty thousand years, and with great accomplishment in Primordial Chaos Supreme Holy Skill, you forcibly attempted a breakthrough to the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm, started the tribulation crossing, but failed to endure the Six Paths of Illusion Ultimate Law Tribulation, resulting in failure]

...

Sixty thousand years per tribulation crossing!

It was still acceptable, after all, the breakthrough to the Carefree Primordial Immortal Realm required fifty thousand years per tribulation. A higher realm only consumed an additional ten thousand years per attempt, proving that the Primordial Karmic Body and Primordial Chaos Supreme Holy Skill were indeed exerting their power.

Would ten million years of lifespan bring any surprise?

Gu An's mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, and endless prompts frantically appeared before his eyes, more than he had ever seen before.

Failure!

Failure!

Still failure!

Gu An resumed his previous habit of checking the length of the prompt bar, verifying if there were any changes. If not, it meant no success.

Eventually, ten million years of lifespan were wasted.

Breaking through physique and cultivation techniques, even in failure, could at least enhance his understanding of spiritual energy and rules. However, when it came to cultivation level breakthroughs, failure was simply failure.

This ten million years of lifespan was essentially evaporated.

Gu An looked at his remaining more than fifteen million years of lifespan, feeling somewhat panicked.

Ten million years of lifespan, he would need to farm for twenty years to achieve that.

Gu An could only compare it to the ages of those in the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm; they need tens of thousands or even more years to break through a small realm. Why should he feel distressed?

Invest heavily!

Investing heavily would eventually lead to success!

This time, he would not use ten million years again, but invest five million years.

Gu An silently thought, then focused on the cultivation level column, and invested his lifespan.

Failure prompts continued to flood the screen!

In the end, even after spending five million years of lifespan, the breakthrough was unsuccessful.

Another five million years of lifespan!

Gu An's lifespan suddenly dropped to over five million years, making him feel extremely short-lived, as if he might die the next day.

Alas, it was hard to transition from extravagance to frugality!

Gu An sighed inwardly, closing his eyes. Yet even with his eyes shut, he could still see the prompts.

Another failure.

This time, he evaporated twenty million years of lifespan!

This was after enhancing his physique and cultivation techniques. If he had not enhanced them, would he have needed over thirty million years of lifespan to succeed in a breakthrough?

Gu An gritted his teeth and invested another million years of lifespan.

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for seven hundred and thirty thousand years, and with great accomplishment in Primordial Chaos Supreme Holy Skill, you forcibly attempted a breakthrough to the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm, started the tribulation crossing, endured the Six Paths of Illusion Ultimate Law Tribulation, succeeded in the tribulation crossing, and your cultivation level broke through to the first layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm]

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for eight hundred and thirty thousand years, and your cultivation level broke through to the second layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm]

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for nine hundred and thirty thousand years, and your cultivation level broke through to the third layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm]

[You cultivated Qi Absorption for one million years, and your cultivation level increased]

He finally succeeded!

Before the breakthrough, the recovery time after failing the tribulation crossing was shortened, which was somewhat peculiar.

Gu An let out a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face.

After twenty-one million years of lifespan, he finally succeeded in the breakthrough!

Ten thousand years per small realm, Gu An felt it was somewhat small.

He continued to invest his lifespan, raising his realm to the ninth layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm in one go, consuming another one million and thirty thousand years of lifespan!

Reaching the fifth layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm required twenty thousand years for a breakthrough, and from the eighth layer to the ninth layer, it took thirty thousand years of lifespan!

Twenty-two million and thirty thousand years!

Gu An wanted to see how many years it would take for a real Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma to break through a small realm in reality!

If it was less than his, he could accept it, as the cost of lifespan evolution exceeded reality. But it couldn't be much less, or he would find it hard to accept.

However, he did not want to deal with Divine Immortals of Wondrous Dharma for now.

He was not even two hundred years old and did not want to interact with those tens of thousands or even millions of years old monsters.

Hmm, there was a generation gap.

As he thought, he endured the violent surge of Earth Spirit Energy flowing into his body.

This disturbance far exceeded the one caused by the enhancement of physique and cultivation techniques, and the whole heaven and earth was trembling.

Endless Divine Exotic Resentful Ghosts flew out, covering the sky and earth, fleeing everywhere, wailing everywhere, making even Gu An feel annoyed.

But for the sake of the breakthrough, he could only wait in peace.

This disturbance began to radiate to other heavens and earths, as every piece of heaven and earth was connected by rules of power.

In a small piece of heaven and earth.

A figure flew out from the mountains and forests. This was a woman in a purple dress with a small ghost lying on her shoulder, precisely the Second Cave Master of the Seven Stars Spirit Realm.

She frowned tightly, her divine sense spreading, covering the whole minor heaven and earth, failing to find the cause of the calamity.

"Mother, earlier the Spiritual Energy sank in the sea, why is it happening in the Divine Exotic Realm? Is it man-made or some kind of omen?" the small ghost asked cautiously, scanning the surroundings in fear as if some terrible power in the darkness had set its sights on him.

After a long time, the Second Cave Master finally spoke: "I am not sure either, but it is not just the spiritual energy of this heaven and earth that is sinking, it is happening in other heavens and earths as well. This indicates that this anomaly is not directed at us."

The small ghost continued: "I heard that Divine Strange Ghost King Heaven Unpredictable was crushed by Sword Venerable Fudao. Mother, do you think Sword Venerable Fudao infiltrated here?"

The Second Cave Master's face changed slightly and immediately disappeared from the spot.

...

By the seaside.

Heaven Unpredictable stood before a stele, trembling all over with nervousness.

He turned his head toward the stone tablet and asked through gritted teeth: "Realm Master, is it really alright?"

As his words fell, phantom figures appeared out of thin air around the stele, each exuding an aura no weaker than Heaven Unpredictable. There were eight figures in total.

The Nine Divine Exotic Ghost Kings gathered!

Each of their faces was incredibly solemn.

A woman with a human head and a snake body spoke up: "Realm Master, the spiritual energy of all heavens and earths is sinking, unknown forces are siphoning it off, it is impossible to trace."

Her enchanting face frowned, and her eyes were filled with fierce hostility.

Other Divine Exotic Ghost Kings started speaking, all expressing unease.

"Is it possible that it is the transcendental beings from the Bitter Sea Buddha Sect?"

"The Bitter Sea Buddha Sect is manageable, but I fear it might be the doing of the Immortal Path Holy Court..."

"That cannot be, except for those who have transcended the rules of the heavens, who could cause such a commotion?"

"What should we do if they do not follow the rules?"

"Let's wait for the Realm Master's instruction, he surely knows more than we do."

The Divine Exotic Ghost Kings debated and then all looked at the stele.

Blood began to seep out of the stele's surface, and a pale hand reached out from within, its nails sharp like a ghost's claws.

Soon after, a head emerged, sparse white hair hanging down; it was a naked man with black runes crawling all over his bloodless body, squirming like fiendish worms, making one's skin crawl.

The Master of Divine Exotic Realm!

As soon as he appeared, all nine Divine Exotic Ghost Kings knelt halfway down, bowing to him.

The Master of Divine Exotic Realm landed, and black armor covered his body, looking like a myriad of snake scales tightly packed together, even forming a dark red crown with two dragon souls writhing within, seemingly trying to escape their confinement.

He opened his eyes, and there were no pupils, only a blood-red color.

"All of you sit down, I will carefully investigate."

The Master of Divine Exotic Realm said, his tone indifferent.

Upon hearing his words, the Divine Exotic Ghost Kings sighed in relief and sat down one after another.

As soon as they sat, they felt a terrifying divine sense sweep past their ghost bodies, alarming them.

Could it be that the Realm Master had restored his cultivation?

Each of them was at the ninth layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm, with one foot in the Carefree Primordial Immortal Realm. Yet, in front of the divine sense of the Master of Divine Exotic Realm, they felt themselves weak and insignificant.

Elsewhere.

Within the Life Span Barrier.

Gu An opened his eyes and looked toward the skyline, puzzled.

Despite the barrier of lifespan, he still sensed the divine sense of a Carefree Primordial Immortal sweeping over the entire heaven and earth.

That person was not an ordinary Carefree Primordial Immortal!

No wonder so many sects could not do anything about the Sea Breaking Rift.

Achieving the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm meant going beyond heaven. How much more so for a Carefree Primordial Immortal? At least until today, Gu An had not encountered a true Carefree Primordial Immortal.

Gu An calmed down, waiting for his breakthrough.

Endless spiritual energy surged into his body as the mental method of Primordial Chaos Supreme Holy Skill started to operate, continuously impacting higher realms.

He could clearly feel his soul undergoing transformation.

What was a Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma?

Gu An was filled with anticipation.

The cliff beneath his feet trembled violently, even beginning to crack. He was not, however, worried. At worst, he would fall. After all, the Life Span Barrier followed him.

In the meantime, countless Divine Exotic Resentful Ghosts flew around, seemingly patrolling the heaven and earth, occasionally passing over his head.

He really feared a Divine Exotic Resentful Ghost might break in.

If discovered by that Carefree Primordial Immortal, it would be disastrous.

In that case, Gu An could only kill the intruder.

But Gu An always suspected that the other party might have a background.

The Sea Breaking Rift affected countless sea regions and sects, some of which even had array restrictions to prevent Carefree Primordial Immortal's peeping.

Even so, so far only Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals had stepped forward to fight the Divine Exotic Resentful Ghosts of the Sea Breaking Rift, which spoke volumes.

Perhaps there was some force in the dark balancing the Carefree Primordial Immortals, preventing them from interfering.

Gu An pondered as he awaited breakthrough success.

Time ticked by slowly.

After nearly an ancient hour, he finally succeeded!

From the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm to the first layer of the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma Realm!

The surge of spiritual energy into his body soared, and his soul instantly leapt out of his flesh.

The abundant spiritual energy tempered his body, while the power of heaven and earth rules within the energy converged on his soul, putting it in a wondrous state of creation.

The "spiritual" in the Divine Immortal of Wondrous Dharma referred to the soul!

An uninterrupted stream of created memories flooded into Gu An's mind, giving him the feeling of swimming in a vast ocean.

It was an ocean formed by the power of heaven and earth rules!

Creation!

True meaning!

Gu An immersed himself deeply, unable to escape, only feeling his soul was about to break free and be reborn!

His divine sense was transforming as well, witnessing too many illusions!