Chapter 525: Chapter 320: At Wit’s End

Outside the Tianshu Great Array, Xu Yang concealed himself in the void, activating the Admiring Eye of Heaven to observe the Ten Directions Mystery.

The appearance of Celestial Immortal Fruits in this world and the battle for the Five Elements Immortal Mansion had reached an extreme state. Even Mahayana True Immortals, who were initially content with merely watching, had entered the fray and were fighting fiercely. They would undoubtedly be unable to spare any effort elsewhere for a short period.

As a result, the void of Void Cave Heaven had become a vacancy.

Was the Void Spirit Monarch lurking within?

Was the true Five Elements Immortal Root hidden there?

A single investigation would reveal all!

Xu Yang didn’t waste any words and directly navigated through the void towards the Tianshu Great Array.

With the Void Spirit Spirit Crystals obtained from the East Lai Great Gathering, along with the assets of two Integration Great Power cultivators, Li Cangwu and Old Ghost Jiang, Xu Yang successfully re-refined the “Void Stele,” elevating it from an exceptional spiritual treasure to a low-grade immortal artifact. He used it as the core to reassemble the “Broken War God” mecha, achieving a power at the level of hundreds of millions of Immortal Spirits.

The Immortal Spirit Mech Armor specialized in void traversal. Xu Yang wasn’t certain about other aspects, but in mastering the power of the void, he was second to none in comparison to Grand Cultivators of the same void aspect, even surpassing those with Integration Great Power.

After all, aside from the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, Xu Yang also possessed skill characteristics.

Since returning to the present world, more than fifty years had passed, and coupled with the years spent in dreams, the development of the Daoist and Divine Martial paths had spanned over seven thousand years. Throughout this prolonged period, how many skill characteristics did he unlock?

Not many, because, during those seven thousand years, he mainly focused on two things: comprehending the Broken Void and studying both Martial Path and Immortal Path, integrating and cultivating both.

These two matters, if categorized using the skills section of the attribute panel, would fall under cultivating immortality and training in martial arts.

Therefore, in terms of skill characteristics, the results from the past seven thousand years were not abundant, consisting only of the following three.

Broken Void!

War God’s Atlas!

Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation!

These three characteristics are self-explanatory.

Broken Void enhances the effect of “Broken Void,” further empowering the True Martial God of War, enabling it to break through the void boundaries, not only increasing combat power but also offering unique advantages when breaking through arrays.

War God’s Atlas augments the effect of the “War God’s Atlas,” including cultivation efficiency, the comprehension of mysteries, and the might of martial arts techniques. It was with the help of this characteristic and the integration with the void that Xu Yang developed martial arts techniques like the “War God’s Immortal Body,” “Heavenly Demon Divine Martial Seven Limits,” and the “Dual Polarity Qi Qiankun Skill.”

The “Heavenly Demon Divine Martial Seven Limits” developed by Xu Yang were even more perfect than the original ones Leng Aotian conceived, capable of breaking through the mysteries of life and death, reversing the innate origins, and stepping into a realm comparable to the Immortal Path Union, proving the effectiveness of the “War God’s Atlas” characteristic.

As for Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation…

As he had previously anticipated, simultaneously following the paths of both Immortal and Martial methods, while greatly potential and advantageous, also came with many difficulties and dangers. Not only was the progression slow, but a single misstep could also risk devastating consequences, such as demonic cultivation backfires, or even the demise of one’s Dao.

Due to the immense risks associated with this practice, neither in the World of Dao and Law nor in the Divine Martial World did Xu Yang introduce the “Immortal Martial” field at the Wandao School.

Daoist Li Liuxian, Shenwu Xu Qingyang, and the Yang God Kong Xuan—the three avatars—all continued their cultivation in the Immortal Path to avoid accidents, preserving the main battle strength to counter the invasion from the two great Demon Realms.

Ultimately, the Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation practice was left to Daoist Li Liuxian in the World of Dao and Law, using the method of Yang God incarnation to seize the bodies of death-row prisoners and serve as guinea pigs for experimental attempts, which led to extremely slow cultivation progress.

However, even at a glacial pace, the seven thousand years of persevering efforts paid off. To this day, the Immortal Martial path had been broadly explored. Although the cultivation speed remained sluggish compared to the single pursuit of either Martial or Immortal Paths, its advantage was in the formidable combat power it bestowed. And before the Sixth Rank boundary, there was no risk of cultivation deviation.

This was how the Immortal Martial practice functioned for ordinary people.

For Xu Yang, however, thanks to the “Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation” skill characteristic, the efficiency of the Immortal Martial practice significantly improved for him. Although it still couldn’t match the pace of solely cultivating Martial or Immortal Paths, it was no longer painfully slow. Moreover, the risks of practicing errors leading to cultivation deviation or foundation damage were greatly reduced.

Now, the “Xu Qingyang” from the Divine Martial World had begun cultivating the Immortal Martial arts and was attempting to integrate the Martial Path’s Heavenly Tribulation with the Immortal Path Union, aiming to develop a carefree, risk-free Immortal Martial Seventh Realm method.

These were the achievements of the two lives in the Divine Martial and Daoist methods over seventy centuries in dreams.

Now, with these three new characteristics, along with the previously accumulated skills and the Immortal Spirit-grade “Broken War God” mech armor, Xu Yang could practically do as he pleased in the vast world—as long as he did not confront head-on the Mahayana True Immortals from the various Sacred Places.

This Tianshu Great Array before him was no exception.

If it was the “Cycle of Heaven Constellation, Dipper Star Master” Great Array of the Big Dipper Immortal Sect, Xu Yang would have some reservations, but a mere small-scale “Little Dipper” Tianshu Great Array, merely Sixth Rank, how could it obstruct his path.

Unless…

Xu Yang traversed the void with ease, as if the boundaries of the Great Array were non-existent, without causing the slightest ripple, and entered the Void Spirit Cave Heaven.

Revisiting the familiar grounds of Void Spirit Cave Heaven, Xu Yang remained silent, immediately activating his mech armor. The massive reserve of Spirit Stones stored within it vaporized, transforming into an enormous surge of mana, which drove countless magic artifacts as he commenced a search through the void.

Thirty years ago, at the time of Breaking the Realm, he had done something similar, but it led to nothing; he had found no trace of the Void Spirit Monarch.

But that was then, and this is now. Thirty years ago, his understanding of the Dao of the Void could not compare to his present knowledge. Not to mention he now had an Immortal Spirit-grade “Broken War God” mech armor at his disposal, with control over the Power of the Void far surpassing that of the Five Elements-based White Jade Capital.

Therefore…