Chapter 536: Heaven-Ascending Pill, Frenzied Cultivation

Chapter 536 -351: Heaven-Ascending Pill, Frenzied Cultivation

‘Who would have thought this was a way to increase one’s strength? It’s just too dangerous! Good thing I’m home,’ Ling Xiao thought.

Taking a Heaven-Ascending Pill required a minimum of seven days in seclusion, but it could take as long as half a year, depending on one’s constitution and luck. Although the process of having one’s meridians reformed and body reconstructed was excruciating, the amount of pain varied. Some would suffer more, others less.

Ling Xiao thought, ‘Having my whole family take the Heaven-Ascending Pill… I wonder if it was the right decision. What if…’ At that moment, Ling Xiao suddenly found he didn’t dare to think further. But this only strengthened his conviction: ‘My premonitions are never wrong!’

Something was definitely going to happen. It was better than letting his family live through a massive war, afraid to take a single step outside the Shushan Sword Sect for their entire lives. He would rather take this gamble. If it succeeded, then even if he ascended to the Holy Sanctuary or faced some powerful enemy in the future… no one would ever be able to use his family to threaten him again! And if anyone was foolish enough to try, they would face devastating punishment.

A cold smile touched Ling Xiao’s lips as he imagined this scenario.

Power. He was gradually learning to use power to ensure the safety of everyone around him. Ling Xiao’s true wish wasn’t just to protect them, but for them to possess a fearsome power of their own!

Even if they failed, it would just be a matter of reincarnation. Ling Xiao had already branded the Elixirs with his spiritual imprint. ‘With my mark on them, I can find them again, even at the ends of the earth!’

Although that would require him to possess formidable power himself. Only upon reaching the Mahayana Stage could one’s Spiritual Power cover an entire planet, and only by becoming an Immortal could it extend into the cosmos!

In short, the stronger one became, the more one could perceive and control.

So, Ling Xiao took a Heaven-Ascending Pill from his ring and gazed at it with a smile. Once everyone else had finished their seclusion, he, too, would take one of these Elixirs. As a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, Ling Xiao had no idea what realm he might reach by consuming a Heaven-Ascending Pill.

Because no one had ever been as crazy as him. He had already reached the Nascent Soul Stage, possessing a nearly endless lifespan from a mortal’s perspective. Coupled with the planet’s incredibly abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, reaching the Tribulation Crossing Stage was merely a matter of time.

So, why take the risk?

The destructive energy of the Heaven-Ascending Pill was no empty threat.

Although there were no recorded cases, Ling Xiao had no doubt about the warnings. It was said that even a Tribulation Crossing Stage Cultivator could die from taking it!

The Tribulation Crossing Stage! Surviving the Celestial Tribulation meant reaching the Mahayana Stage—becoming a Quasi-Immortal!

An Elixir that could kill even someone at the Tribulation Crossing Stage… what chance did a mere Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator like Ling Xiao have?

This was the most miraculous aspect of the Heaven-Ascending Pill: its effect was virtually the same on both ordinary people and Cultivators.

That was why it was known as a Divine Pill, and not a Poison Pill.

As Ling Xiao was lost in thought, his eyes suddenly narrowed and focused on a point in the void. He had just precisely detected a faint fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

That’s right—it wasn’t Inner Strength, nor was it True Qi. It was a genuine fluctuation of Spiritual Power!

Ling Xiao was startled. He wondered, ‘Could this be what I’ve been worrying about all along?’

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in the sky above the Shushan Sword Sect. The voice was placid, yet it carried an irresistible authority.

“Is Sect Leader Lingxiao present?”

Ling Xiao’s expression relaxed slightly. The visitor at least couldn’t see through the Mist Array, nor had they pinpointed his location. He, on the other hand, had sensed their Spiritual Power.

‘In that case…’ A smile crept into Ling Xiao’s eyes. ‘…they aren’t that strong!’

‘At least, it’s not what I was worried about.’ With that thought, his body flickered and vanished from the spot.