Chapter 1209 837: Complete Giant Heaven Opening

Zhang Chen, who mastered the Authority of Wood Element, could sense that the Peach Tree of Immortality had spirituality, but its spirituality seemed flawed.

The soul of the Peach Tree was immense, but it only had instinctual awareness and lacked any self-consciousness.

"Come to think of it, the Peach Tree of Immortality is on the same level as the Quasi-Ti Saint and Zhenyuanzi in novels, considered an Innate Divine, with an immense soul. It's not surprising, but unfortunately, it encountered the Queen Mother of the West, who kept suppressing its spirituality, preventing it from developing self-awareness. So, no matter how immense its soul is or how astonishing its spirituality, it has no chance of transforming," Zhang Chen thought with some regret. The Peach Tree of Immortality had already developed a soul, and even if that soul was blank, it was not something he could shake.

This is the foundation of a top Demon God; how could a small figure who hasn't achieved Great Success in the Immortal Dao hope to shake it?

After wandering around the Peach Garden, Zhang Chen found that aside from eating the Peaches of Immortality, he couldn't do anything else.

"It makes sense. To refine the Innate Spirit Root, unless it is when the Innate Spirit Root has just started to root and sprout, before it developed spirituality, how could anyone have had the chance to refine it back when the heavens and earth were just being opened? By the time the Innate Spirit Root grew, the Demon Gods should have already transformed, and by then, the opportunity to refine the Innate Spirit Root was lost. Otherwise, the Queen Mother of the West would have already refined the Peach Tree. Why would it be my turn? The reason I could refine the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and the Tree of Life was that I gained an advantage in that era. After those two spirit plants were destroyed, I once again spurred them to sprout and root..." Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of understanding.

"Both the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and the Tree of Life could not be contained by that era, so what about the Peach Tree of Immortality? The Peach Tree of Immortality should have no reason to be spared either, right? If I can obtain a peach pit in that era, once it sprouts, would I have the chance to refine the Peach Tree of Immortality as an avatar?" Zhang Chen pondered frantically.

The probability is high, but how could the peach pit be preserved?

A myriad of thoughts churned in Zhang Chen's mind before he finally came up with a strategy. The peach pit of the Peach of Immortality is inconspicuous to begin with, so carrying it with him would not invite criticism. Once he left the Peach Garden and returned to the alchemy room, he could swallow the peach pit into the Ba Snake Space, and it would be done.

"Now, I need to think of a way to gain the Technique of Giant Heaven Opening. With infinite Peaches of Immortality supplied, achieving Great Success with this technique is just a matter of time." Countless thoughts swirled in Zhang Chen's mind, and quickly he came up with a plan. He would openly ask the Queen Mother of the West for it.

Once my Causality Cultivation Technique reaches Perfection, the moment of truth will arrive. Whether I live or die is yet to be determined, so why worry now?

Moreover, Zhang Chen had a perfect excuse in his heart: The overwhelming medicinal power of the Peaches of Immortality overwhelms his body's capacity, so he needs the Giant Heaven Opening Technique to strengthen his physique. It shouldn't be a problem, right?

It's simply the perfect excuse!

The Queen Mother of the West is eager for my Causality Cultivation Technique to succeed smoothly, and she wouldn't be stingy if this technique aids it.

While munching on a Peach of Immortality, Zhang Chen used Divine Techniques to reach the edge of the grand array, looking at the Innate Grand Array. He spoke to the void, "Senior, I need to leave. Please open the convenient door for me."

Sure enough, as his words fell, the Innate Grand Array opened a passage once again. Zhang Chen flew towards the altar and landed beneath it, saying, "The humble one requests an audience with the Queen Mother of the West."

"Aren't you supposed to be in seclusion in the Peach Garden? Why have you come out?" The voice of the Queen Mother of the West came from high atop the platform.

"After cultivating in the Peach Garden, I discovered a flaw—that the strength of my physical body is insufficient. The power of the peaches is too overwhelming, and consuming too many could harm my body. I humbly request that Your Majesty grant me the subsequent cultivation techniques of the Giant Heaven Opening to help me refine the peaches faster," Zhang Chen directly expressed his request to the Queen Mother of the West.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's request, the Queen Mother of the West pondered for a moment before saying, "Lady Biyun!"

"Your Majesty!" A green light came from afar, transforming into Lady Biyun on the altar, bowing respectfully to the Queen Mother of the West.

"Take out the complete Cultivation Technique of the Giant Heaven Opening and give it to Jia Shiba for cultivation," the Queen Mother of the West instructed.

Upon hearing this, Lady Biyun bowed respectfully and descended from the altar, standing beside Zhang Chen with a worried look. "You are very bold to make such a request of the Queen Mother of the West."

Zhang Chen gave a bitter smile and said, "I wish I didn't have to do this! But my physical body simply cannot support a massive consumption of Peaches of Immortality. I can't consume them in large quantities, and fifty years from now will be a death sentence if I don't act. Things have reached this point, and all I can do is gamble my life! We've come to this juncture, is there anything I can't sacrifice?"

He was speaking to Lady Biyun, but also addressing the Queen Mother of the West.

He believed that the Queen Mother of the West could hear his words.

Lady Biyun said no more and instead led Zhang Chen all the way to the Scripture Pavilion, then validated his token and retrieved the complete Golden Book, handing it to Zhang Chen.

The complete Golden Book was marked with the full thirty-six levels of breathing techniques, and contained the entire Giant Heaven Opening Mantra. After Zhang Chen took the Golden Book, he glanced at Lady Biyun and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, Lady Biyun spoke, "The more you ask from the Queen Mother of the West, when the fifty-year deadline comes, if you cannot fulfill her requests, the price you pay will be even greater. Are you truly prepared for that?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's footsteps paused; he turned to look at Lady Biyun, "If this retreat doesn't succeed, I'll die as a martyr. By the way, I need to go to the alchemy room to get some elixirs to assist my cultivation."

With those words, Zhang Chen proceeded all the way to the Alchemy Hall, where he went directly beneath the Alchemy Furnace and placed three peach seeds into the Ascension Pool within the Ba Snake Space.

The three peach seeds were three-thousand-year peach seed, six-thousand-year peach seed, and nine-thousand-year peach seed. After collecting the seeds, Zhang Chen took some elixirs, then swiftly left the Alchemy Hall and entered the Peach Garden once again for cultivation.

Zhang Chen made his way to the Peach Courtyard, opened the Giant Heaven Opening Mantra and compared it with his Powerful Warrior Moving Mountain Mantra, and indeed found commonalities. He didn't rush to cultivate but memorized the entire Golden Book in his mind before pondering in secret, "Although the Giant Heaven Opening Mantra I cultivate in this space cannot be taken back, it can still provide some assistance, allowing me to become familiar with the cultivation of Giant Heaven Opening in advance."

After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Chen started silently running the mantra for practice. The Giant Heaven Opening mantra was different from the Powerful Warrior Moving Mountain mantra. The Powerful Warrior Moving Mountain was a magical divine technique, bound by Zhang Chen's Immortal Dao realm, while Giant Heaven Opening was a Fundamental Technique, a cultivation path from start to finish, not quite an Immortal Dao mantra, but a physical cultivation mantra, akin to Body Ascension, yet not quite the same.

Zhang Chen utilized the Peaches of Immortality to convert into points while wielding their power to practice the Giant Heaven Opening, occasionally using experience points to improve his Causal Transition Technique by one level.

It proved that cultivating in the Peach Garden was indeed swift for Zhang Chen; with a constant supply of Peaches of Immortality, his practice advanced rapidly, and his body changed from large to small, eventually returning to normal size, even his skin color shifted from golden yellow to a normal human hue.

Time flew by, and the Peach Tree continued to decrease; however, there were so many Peaches of Immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, that even if Zhang Chen kept eating them, he couldn't finish the hundreds of miles of peach groves on his own.

Thus, Zhang Chen abandoned the six-thousand-year peaches and focused solely on eating the nine-thousand-year peaches. His body exhaled an abundant fragrance, and under the immense medicinal power, his Primordial Spirit underwent some subtle changes, seemingly evolving toward an innate form.

While eating the Peaches of Immortality, Zhang Chen pondered the Queen Mother of the West: "The Queen Mother of the West is a powerful being at the Primordial Level, her longevity is as vast as heaven, cultivation boundless, the Peaches of Immortality are merely a novelty to her. It seems I've made the right move. But how should I claim the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit? The Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit holds great importance for me; if I ever truly fall out with the Queen Mother of the West... I might as well accept death; with or without the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, it won't make a difference, as it cannot sway the Queen Mother of the West, the difference in cultivation between the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit and the Queen Mother of the West is immense."

The more Zhang Chen pondered, the more he realized the vast gap between the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit and the Queen Mother of the West. Were it not for her need for alchemy, it's likely she wouldn't bother keeping the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit.

Time flew swiftly, Zhang Chen's cultivation advanced rapidly; by the end of the first year, he had successfully cultivated three patterns, and by the second year, he completed two more patterns. However, in subsequent cultivation, the practice of the Giant Heaven Opening Technique began to slow down, even with abundant resources, time was needed for accumulation, and breaking through Giant Heaven Opening remained as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Another ten years passed before Zhang Chen managed to breakthrough another pattern; during this decade, how many Peaches of Immortality did Zhang Chen consume? Such an immense amount of resources, yet they merely aided him in breaking through one level.

As for using points to breakthrough? Zhang Chen couldn't bear to; he planned to use points for breakthrough after returning to the real world. Points are extremely precious, used for emergencies.

At this point, Zhang Chen didn't dare to use points for Giant Heaven Opening breakthrough; he felt the Queen Mother of the West's gaze constantly monitoring him. If he were to directly add points, skipping the cultivation process, he feared it wouldn't escape the Queen Mother of the West's watchful eyes.

Furthermore, Zhang Chen even reduced directly adding points to his Causal Transition Technique and opted instead to use the powerful medicinal properties of Peaches of Immortality for breakthrough, minimizing any strangeness about him, especially since there was also a Daluo Immortal watching him in the Peach Courtyard. He dared not be careless.