Above the Great Dao

Chen Shi immediately asked Shao Jing to collect Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and let Situ Wen arrange the altar.

He set up the altar in Qianyang Mountain. When the first set of Seven Treasures was gathered, Chen Shi had Situ Wen sit on the altar and asked Chen Tang to facilitate communication with the heavens and earth.

Situ Wen sacrificed the Seven Treasures to reach the Outer Heaven, and Chen Shi once again took the opportunity of the flight of his Divine Embryo to the Outer Heaven to sense the Outer Heaven True God.

"Swish——"

A divine light like a long rainbow descended from the sky, enveloping the altar. The intense light shocked the entire Qianyang Mountain.

The Seven Treasures that Shao Jing had purchased this time were of slightly lesser quality than those from Yu Tiancheng, and the duration of the Divine Descent was somewhat shorter. However, the Divine Descent was still a great success. When Situ Wen's Divine Embryo returned to his Physical Body, it inadvertently led him to step into the Void Refinement Realm!

Situ Wen floated in the air, enlightening himself for several days. It coincided with rainy days, and amidst the lightning and thunder, magnificent buildings appeared in the sky, so grand that the thunders couldn't touch him.

Only on the third day did Situ Wen slowly descend from the air.

The encounters of Yu Tiancheng and Situ Wen nearly caused a commotion in Red Mountain Hall, with everyone eager to cultivate to the Divinity Transformation Realm and achieve Divine Descent with Chen Shi's help to save several years of hard cultivation!

In Qianyang Mountain, divine lights occasionally burst forth, piercing through the sky.

Zhuge Jian, Hu Feifei, and others successively cultivated to the Void Refinement Realm. Even those who hadn't reached the Void Refinement Realm achieved Great Success in the Divine Descent Realm. With a few months of honing, they could thoroughly comprehend the enlightenments from the Outer Heaven True God's descent and naturally breakthrough to the Void Refinement Realm!

Yang Bi had been busy consolidating the Thirteen Families' forces in the underworld, building a Netherworld System for the Ten Halls of Yama. Once he was finally done, he sought out a Yang family member and asked, "What has the top scorer Chen been doing these days?"

That Yang family member recounted how Chen Shi helped them breakthrough and cultivate to the Divine Descent Realm.

Yang Bi was greatly shocked, muttering to himself, "Is that even possible?"

His heart filled with an overwhelming sense of urgency, he thought to himself, "I can't allow myself to be distracted any longer! Otherwise, Chen Shi might reach the Unification Realm before me!"

He calmed himself, returned to the Upper Realm, and focused on cultivating, determined to break through in one go!

Chen Shi used the Outer Heaven True God as his Primordial Spirit, comprehending the heavens and earth, gaining profound insights into Daoist Skill.

On this day, after helping the tenth cultivator breakthrough to the Void Refinement Realm, he involuntarily fell into Enlightenment during his comprehension.

This was his first Enlightenment, quietly sitting on the altar.

This comprehension showed no abnormalities until the fifth day when Chen Shi suddenly sensed that his Physical Body seemed to become boundless like a Golden Core.

The barrier between his body and the heavens and earth seemed to have disappeared!

This was Shattering Void.

He comprehended this world, feeling as if the heavens and earth were a part of his body.

This was the sign of Great Perfection in the Void Refinement Realm!

He had no Divine Embryo, couldn't cultivate to the Divine Descent Realm, nor enter the Void Refinement Realm, yet he showed signs of Great Perfection in the Void Refinement Realm!

"I can breakthrough even without a Divine Embryo!"

Chen Shi was delighted, but suddenly, an extremely yin and evil energy surged towards him!

This yin and evil energy were part of the heavens and earth. Normally, he could use the Physical Body to resist Evil Qi, but now that he had broken the barrier between his body and the heavens and earth, shattering the void, this protective barrier was gone!

"Yang Bi was right; there may be disasters on the old cultivation path!"

He awoke from Enlightenment, his forehead soaked with cold sweat, trying to refine this extremely yin and evil energy.

He had Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi from Huaxia Divine Continent in his small temple, which also had the effect of refining Evil Qi. But after refining this evil energy, Chen Shi sensed more evil energy surging in, entering his body!

He continued refining, but even after refining, new evil energy kept surging in!

This evil energy wasn't strong and didn't have much effect on him, but over time, it would accumulate and eventually turn him into an Evil Spirit-like being!

If he continued cultivating now, he'd likely be on the path to becoming an Evil Spirit!

"The True King might be right."

Chen Shi silently thought, "This piece of heaven and earth might indeed have a big problem!"

Qianyang Mountain, Yuanlou Village.

In the morning, the villagers rose early; some were going to work in the fields, a few hunters planned to venture into the mountains as a team, and others packed animal hides, intending to sell them in Xinxiang County before nightfall, hoping to return to the village before dusk.

Xinxiang County had a new County Magistrate, surnamed Hu, who was a woman and much better than the previous magistrate. She replaced a large number of officials, reduced exploitation, and one could fetch four to five times more money by selling mountain goods in the county than before.

At this time, the villagers suddenly noticed a stone house had somehow appeared outside the village.

The stone house wasn't big, appearing to have only two or three rooms, and the roof was laden with thick snow.

But Qianyang Mountain had a climate of perpetual spring and summer, so how could there be snow?

The door opened, and a young man, spirited and vigorous, walked straight through the village.

He came to the front of the village's dry mother, an old tree with a canopy spanning several acres, lush and green.

"Qing Yang!"

The young man called out, "Come out!"

From the tree hole, Qing Yang lazily emerged, looking at the young man in amazement, "Old Du, is that really you? How have you become so young?"

The young man was indeed Du Yiran, hearing this, he proudly smiled and said, "I was never that old to begin with, and after taking the ginseng grass fruit given by Little Ten, I've become even younger. At least put some clothes on!"