Chapter 1664 My Desire to Break Through to Mahayana (1)

"Boy, if you know what's good for you, hand over the Kunyuan Zhen Sui and all your treasures! Under my power and authority, not even a half-step Mahayana cultivator has ever survived a single breath!" The Mighty Venerable exuded a chilling aura.

Facing the combined attack of three Mahayana cultivators who had manifested branches of the solidified Great Dao authority, Zhang Xuan showed no fear.

"Three slightly successful forks in the road dare to swagger before my Great Way?" Zhang Xuan shook his head slightly.

The next moment, he stopped suppressing his aura!

"boom--!!!"

A Daoist aura far more vast and powerful than the combined might of the three Mahayana cultivators soared into the sky!

Behind him was not a solid branch, but a majestic and imposing phantom of a giant tree that commanded all laws!

The moment this ethereal tree of the Great Dao's rules and authority appeared, the entire sealed void trembled violently!

The tree has three main trunks.

One was filled with demonic energy, and the other was a true magical form that stood tall and imposing.

One is the Golden Crow patrolling the sky, its dark golden divine flames burning across the eight wastelands.

Furthermore, a newly acquired illusory image of the Chaos Emperor Jiang hovered, its spatial and temporal rhythms obscure and unclear.

Thirteen side branches swayed and shone, and countless fine leaves rustled!

Although this Great Dao Tree was still ethereal and not fully solidified, its essential position of governing all laws instantly suppressed the single authority branches of the three Venerable Giant Force!

"What...what is this?!"

"The Tree of the Great Dao?! Impossible! He's only at the half-step Mahayana stage!"

"It's ethereal... but why is its pressure so terrifying?! It's comparable to the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm!"

The arrogance on their faces was replaced by boundless horror!

They could clearly feel that their own solid, powerful branches, which they were so proud of, were trembling slightly in front of this ethereal giant tree!

Zhang Xuan released his spiritual pressure without reservation at this moment. The strength of his foundation and the breadth of his Daoist essence far exceeded the imagination of the three of them!

"Now, it's my turn."

Zhang Xuan's icy voice was like a death knell tolling.

"True Demon Body - Shatter the Void!"

Zhang Xuan merged his physical body with the true magic, took a step, and appeared directly in front of the Mighty Venerable, throwing a simple punch!

This punch contained the ultimate suppression of true demonic power, spatial compression, and causal tribulation lightning!

"Do not!!!"

"Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"

"I'm willing to pay any price!"

In three desperate screams—

"Crack!"

The main trunk of a Mahayana branch was struck by a karmic tribulation lightning bolt, causing its Daoist aura to dim instantly and cracks to appear.

Another Mahayana star branch authority was torn apart by the power of space, and he was hit hard, his whole body weakened.

"puff--!"

The Mighty Venerable suffered the most, as he took the brunt of Zhang Xuan's punch, which combined multiple powers.

The bronze giant axe, a treasure of unparalleled spiritual power, was shattered into pieces!

His chest collapsed, and he flew backward, smashing countless star fragments.

The battle began suddenly and ended even more quickly.

The three early-stage Mahayana cultivators, who had manifested solid branches of the Great Dao's authority, were utterly helpless against Zhang Xuan's ethereal yet supremely powerful Great Dao Tree, like clay chickens and earthen dogs!

Zhang Xuan floated in the air, and the ethereal Great Dao Tree behind him slowly disappeared.

He looked down at the three Mahayana practitioners who had lost their ability to resist and whose foundations had been damaged.

His eyes were indifferent.

"Now, we can talk about the price you'll pay for your lives."

Half an hour later, the boundless void returned to calm.

Zhang Xuan's figure had already disappeared.

The three Mahayana practitioners were fortunate enough to survive, but the branches of their Great Dao authority were severely damaged. Without tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation and top-tier natural treasures, it would be difficult to recover.

Their accumulated treasures became Zhang Xuan's spoils of war.

In addition to a massive amount of elemental stones, there are also various seventh- and eighth-tier natural treasures.

Zhang Xuandu was extremely surprised by the immense wealth of the Mahayana cultivators.

Even more precious is the remnant weapon, the Life-Slaying Blade, which appeared at the auction and can sever cause and effect, among the many spoils of war.

Unexpectedly, it was these same people who bought the broken blade.

Now these remnants of the army have become Zhang Xuan's spoils of war.

The harvest was far more abundant than expected.

Zhang Xuan had considered simply ending those three Mahayana practitioners.

However, although his ethereal Great Dao Tree possessed a high level of authority and great power, it could not last for too long given his current realm and cultivation.

Moreover, although the three Mahayana practitioners were severely injured, who knows if they have any tricks up their sleeves or hidden cards?

It's more worthwhile to extort the cultivation resources.

“Gravity side branch… Kun Yuan Zhen Sui…” Zhang Xuan looked inward at the towering, ethereal tree of the Great Dao rules and authority, “As long as I can turn this side branch from ethereal to real, I can truly advance to the Great Ascension stage!”

He knew that his path was inextricably linked to the Immortal Gourd Realm.

For ordinary cultivators to advance to the Mahayana stage, all they need to do is find a safe and secluded place and prepare a rare Dao source item to refine.

But he is different; his inner world is intertwined with the origin of the Immortal Gourd Realm.

The strength of the Immortal Gourd Realm directly affects his success or failure in advancing and his potential.

"I must ensure that the Immortal Gourd Realm advances in sync with me!" Zhang Xuan made up his mind. "If I succeed, I can give back to the Immortal Gourd Realm and propel it to a higher level; and if the Immortal Gourd Realm can accumulate more resources and enhance its origin before my breakthrough, it can also increase the success rate of turning the gravity branch authority from the illusory into the real! This is a way of complementing each other and helping each other!"

A grand plan quickly took shape in his mind.

What he needs to do is not simply to retreat into seclusion and break through, but to ensure that the upgrade of the Immortal Gourd Realm and his personal breakthrough occur simultaneously.

A key element of the plan lies in the spiritual veins.

Although the Immortal Gourd Realm now possesses a sixth-grade low-level spiritual vein, generating five thousand acres of sixth-grade spiritual fields, its foundation is already quite substantial. However, it is still insufficient to support his breakthrough to the Mahayana stage and to propel the world itself to advancement.

Although the broken seventh-order spiritual vein of the Shattered Heavenly City can only function as a mid-grade sixth-order spiritual vein at present, its essential status is extremely high. If it can be integrated into the Immortal Gourd Realm, it will greatly nourish the origin of this realm and may even trigger a qualitative change in the spiritual veins of the Immortal Gourd Realm.

Without hesitation, Zhang Xuan took a step forward, the laws of space flowed, and his figure appeared in the Shattered Heavenly City.

He did not conceal his immense aura, which was already far beyond that of a typical peak-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, despite being only half a step into the Mahayana realm.

Ancestor Rongxiao sensed his arrival almost instantly. In a flash, he appeared in front of him, his face filled with an even more enthusiastic smile than before.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, it's only been less than a thousand years, yet you've advanced so quickly—truly a rare feat!"

As Ancestor Rongxiao sensed the pressure emanating from Zhang Xuan, who was at the half-step Mahayana level, his resolve to cling tightly to this powerful figure only strengthened.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and, without any formalities, went straight to the point: "Fellow Daoist Rongxiao, I have come here today to discuss a major matter concerning our paths to enlightenment and the future of the Shattered Heavenly City."

Ancestor Rongxiao's expression turned solemn: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please speak. I am all ears."

"I wish to advance to the Mahayana stage."

Zhang Xuan's tone was calm, yet it resonated like thunder in the ears of Ancestor Rongxiao.

Ancestor Rongxiao's pupils shrank suddenly, his heart filled with shock.

This fellow Daoist Zhang is not even five thousand years old yet, but I didn't expect him to be planning to advance to the Mahayana stage now.

A Mahayana practitioner who is less than five thousand years old? That's too astonishing.

Having a truly wonderful son-in-law is great!