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

Chapter 566: Chapter 561: Breakthrough to Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm Perfection

Hidden Spirit Palace, after Gu An picked the medicinal herbs, he looked towards Chen Luo and Xu Ling who were cultivating in the distance, who were now at the Loose Immortal Realm, a long process from Loose Immortal Realm to Wandering Immortal Realm, even disciples within the Daoist Field of the Beginningless were pushing through the Loose Immortal Realm.

After so many years, Chen Chuan had not encountered another mysterious cause and effect attack, and Gu An was wondering whether or not to let Chen Luo and Xu Ling go.

Not everyone enjoyed staying in one place to tirelessly cultivate.

Deep Sea Dragon Carp came to Gu An’s side, still dressed in white. Although his features still carried the soft beauty of a woman, compared to ten thousand years ago, he carried a more distinct presence, making it clear he was not a female demon.

“Master, do you need me to call them?” Deep Sea Dragon Carp asked respectfully, he was also at the Loose Immortal Realm, but his minor realm far surpassed both Chen Luo and Xu Ling.

Compared to the two, Deep Sea Dragon Carp’s heart was simple, he just wanted to cultivate.

…

Initially, to enter the Hidden Spirit Palace, he had endured countless hardships, and he still remembered them, so he had no desire to leave.

“No need, what Magical Treasure do you want?”

Gu An asked while stretching his muscles.

Magical Treasure?

Deep Sea Dragon Carp’s eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, and said, “I want a large flag, preferably one that could control the ocean.”

Although he was already aware of the existence beyond the celestial boundary, his heart was still with the ocean.

As he read more books, he also began to form a goal, which was to dominate the ocean.

He wanted all creatures in the ocean to worship him as their lord.

After hearing his request, Gu An just nodded slightly without saying much.

Refining ten Dao Treasures had not made him feel tired, because in this process, he was also comprehending the Great Dao, and looking back, it still felt wonderful.

Thus, he decided to continue crafting Dao Treasures, of course, not everyone could receive his Dao Treasures, like Chen Luo and Xu Ling.

Gu An saving them had already been in consideration of Chen Chuan’s face.

As his realm continued to rise, Gu An naturally became more emotionally stable, making it even harder for someone to truly find a place in his heart and garner his concern than reaching the heavens.

He was inherently someone who kept old loyalties.

“Go and cultivate, I’ll be leaving soon.”

Seeing Deep Sea Dragon Carp standing by not willing to leave, Gu An spoke to send him away.

He continued to stand there, admiring sections of the Medicine Garden in the Hidden Spirit Palace, while he activated the Lifespan Breakthrough function.

[You have initiated the Lifespan Breakthrough function, based on your current realm, you have been offered the following breakthrough locations]

[One, Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens]

[Two, Ascending to Yellow Heaven]

[Three, Taiwei Earth Core]

[Four, Netherworld Deep Sea]

[Five, Desperate Celestial Tomb]

[Six, Path of the Great Dao]

[Seven, Asura Abyss]

[Eight, Misty Immortal Court]

[Nine, Ling Mountain]

Many of these places had appeared before, this time Gu An directly ruled out Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens.

He carefully pondered these names, and he was very interested in Ling Mountain.

In Huaxia mythology, Ling Mountain was the Buddhist Sect’s dojo; now that Celestial Court had appeared, he was not sure if this Ling Mountain was the same as the one in the mythology.

Despite his curiosity, Gu An did not want to go to Ling Mountain.

He vaguely felt that the waters of Ling Mountain were very deep, other places looked very expansive, while Ling Mountain seemed like just one mountain, even though the lifespan breakthrough transfer locations are temporarily safe, he did not want to risk it.

For him, the bigger the better for breakthrough locations, so even if anomalies were created, no one would intrude into the Life Span Barrier.

Thinking it over, Gu An decided to go to the Desperate Celestial Tomb.

There should be no powerful beings in the tomb, or if there were, they would be sealed.

Also, for some reason, seeing the Desperate Celestial Tomb, Gu An felt a connection to this place.

[Transporting to Desperate Celestial Tomb will consume 10,000,000,000 years of lifespan, do you wish to continue?]

Continue!

The thought had just arisen when an unusual state that he had not felt in a long time enveloped Gu An, he closed his eyes, losing all senses.

After a while.

Gu An felt his feet touch the ground, he immediately initiated the Life Span Barrier, and then opened his eyes.

What entered his eyes were a series of ruined palaces, and ancient stone pillars towering into the clouds, the ground undulating unevenly, no flowers or grass in sight, only yellow soil and rocks, with the far-off dust swirling into the sky, making the end of the scene indistinct.

Vast and desolate, this was Gu An’s first impression.

The Dao Spiritual Qi here was very dense, even denser than in the Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens, but the aura of the Dao here was not as abundant, with the Path of Cause and Effect being particularly outstanding.

This was actually good for Gu An, even though he had begun to explore other Paths of the Dao, the Path of Cause and Effect was still his main focus.

Looking around, Gu An did not feel the presence of any living beings.

The Desperate Celestial Tomb was bigger than he had anticipated, endless to his Heart Eye’s sight. He was curious whether the whole world was inside the Celestial Tomb, or if this place was hiding it?

He sat down on the spot and pulled up his Attribute Panel to check.

[Name: Gu An]

[Life Span: 20,587/338,542,709,068]

[Physique: Primordial Reincarnation Undying Body]

[Cultivation Level: Balancing Heaven Golden Immortal Realm Perfection]

…

Over 330 billion years of life span!

This time, he would surely succeed in breaking through!

Gu An was filled with confidence, the last time he broke through, each Crossing the Tribulation had to wait a hundred million years. Now that he had improved in all aspects, the waiting time needed for Crossing the Tribulation should not increase by many times.

He immediately invested ten billion years of life span into his cultivation level.

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for two hundred million years, you forcefully assaulted the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm using your Great Achievement with the Daoist Dominator Skill, started Crossing the Tribulation, but you did not endure the three thousand Golden Immortal Breaking Dao Tribulations, Crossing the Tribulation failed]

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for four hundred million years, you forcefully assaulted the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm using your Great Achievement with the Daoist Dominator Skill, started Crossing the Tribulation, but you did not endure the three thousand Golden Immortal Breaking Dao Tribulations, Crossing the Tribulation failed]

…

It was indeed the Taiqing Golden Immortal!

Once every two hundred million years for a Crossing the Tribulation, not bad.

In reality, a failed Tribulation could mean severe injuries or even annihilation, being able to restore cultivation level and condition within two hundred million years at this level was rare.

Quickly, the ten billion years of life span were exhausted, all efforts ending in failure.

Gu An was not panicked at all, this was just the beginning.

Another ten billion years of life span!

One notification after another popped up, but Gu An’s attention was drawn to a huge palace in the distance.

That massive palace was over a million miles away from him. Compared to the surrounding structures, it was exceptionally magnificent, the gates alone were over ten thousand zhang high.

For a moment earlier, Gu An felt a faint and eerie presence from that palace that disappeared quickly, as if it was his imagination.

It seemed that this Desperate Celestial Tomb hid secrets.

After all the prompts on his panel disappeared, Gu An continued to invest ten billion years of life span.

Failure!

Invest again!

Failure!

Invest again!

Finally, success!

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for five billion nine hundred million years, you forcefully assaulted the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm using your Great Achievement with the Daoist Dominator Skill, started Crossing the Tribulation, you endured the three thousand Golden Immortal Breaking Dao Tribulations, Crossing the Tribulation succeeded, your Cultivation Level broke through to the Early Stage of Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm]

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for one hundred billion years, your cultivation level improved]

A massive amount of Dao Spiritual Qi immediately surged towards Gu An, he didn’t stop but continued to invest life span.

The life span required to move from the Early Stage to the Mid Stage of the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm far exceeded his imagination, costing him two hundred billion years of life span!

That was truly frightening!

However, thinking of the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird who was only in the Early Stage of Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm despite being over two hundred billion years old, he felt more at ease.

After all, this was the Taiqing Golden Immortal, a realm unimaginable to the beings of the Celestial Spirit Great World.

He continued to invest life span until his Cultivation Level reached the Perfection of Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm, from Early Stage to Perfection, he had spent nearly a hundred billion years of life span altogether.

And he still had over one point eight billion years of life span left!

Meanwhile, anomalies began to appear in the Desperate Celestial Tomb, Dao Spiritual Qi surged from all directions, forming devastating tornadoes, and runes appeared intermittently in the sky, akin to thunder, oppressively intense.

Gu An turned his gaze back to the distant huge palace.

That trace of eerie presence he had caught earlier reappeared, his eyes intently focused on that half-open giant door, behind which was darkness, ominously severe.

After a while, as Gu An basked in the luminance of the Great Dao, he squinted because he saw a figure walking out from that door.

The figure was as large as an ordinary person, seeming minuscule like dust within the doorway.

From its shape, it seemed to be a person?