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

Gu An withdrew his Divine Thought and then sat cross-legged on the spot, summoning his Attribute Panel.

"First, enhance the physique!"

The last enhancement had cost two hundred billion years of lifespan to succeed. How many billion years of lifespan would this time require?

If it was too much, Gu An would have to give up a comprehensive enhancement and focus on improving his Cultivation Level first.

Let's start with one hundred billion years of lifespan!

Invest!

Gu An's gaze fixed on the Mixed Element Golden Body in the Attribute Panel, silently making his decision.

Series of prompts started to appear, and he was already prepared for failure.

It wasn't exactly failure, however, since it wasn't a Tribulation Crossing. Even without enhancement, the evolution of lifespan would still strengthen his physique.

Thinking this, Gu An felt quite relaxed.

After all the prompts had appeared, the Mixed Element Golden Body did not advance.

He continued to invest another hundred billion years of lifespan, watching the prompts quickly reappear.

Still, there was no success in advancing.

The third hundred billion years of lifespan was invested!

After all the prompts had settled, Gu An could only continue to invest another hundred billion years of lifespan.

He started to feel the pressure, realizing that at this stage, a full-range enhancement seemed out of reach with just sixty billion years of lifespan.

Fortunately, on the fourth investment of a hundred billion years of lifespan, success was achieved, and the Mixed Element Golden Body advanced to the Primordial Chaos Body!

As the successful prompts appeared, the Lifespan Barrier began to take effect, voraciously devouring the Tao Spiritual Energy from the void.

The majestic Tao Spiritual Energy surged into Gu An's body, causing his long hair to flutter.

Gu An looked at the Lifespan Barrier, observing the changes in the consumed lifespan numbers.

Very quickly!

Thankfully, he had ample lifespan!

After watching for a while, Gu An closed his eyes, immersing himself in the transformation of the Primordial Chaos Body.

The void of the Silent Destruction Domain began to erupt, with terrifying figures surging in the darkness and vast Divine Thoughts sweeping through the void. The influence of the Lifespan Barrier continued to expand, not in a circular spread but by causing the void to be stripped of Tao Spiritual Energy.

The desolate continent where Gu An was located was just one of the affected areas. Although powerful presences flew over him, none had yet noticed the anomaly on this continent.

After an Ancient Hour had passed, Gu An finally completed his transformation into the Primordial Chaos Body.

During the transformation, he was not only absorbing Tao Spiritual Energy but also absorbing the Power of Dao. The Primordial Chaos Body had an affinity with all Tao Rules, allowing him from now on to comprehend any Tao much more easily.

At the same time, he awakened the power of Ji.

The power of Ji was not a transformation of Spiritual Energy but was a power of his own will, possessing an unfathomable capacity for metamorphosis and possessing unimaginable offensive might.

After completing the sensation and understanding, Gu An felt he could wreak havoc everywhere purely with the power of Ji.

It was indeed a physique that could only be forged with four hundred billion years of lifespan!

And even before this, the Mixed Element Golden Body had also been built over many years of accumulated lifespan.

Gu An recalled his previous physiques, ranging from low to high, as Five Elements Treasure Body, Innate Taoist Body, Mystic Holy Body, Primordial Karmic Body, Tai Chu Hun Yuan Body, Primordial Ultimate Body, Mixed Element Body, Mixed Element Golden Body, and Primordial Chaos Body.

Before the Five Elements Treasure Body, he had spent a great deal of lifespan enhancing his Spirit Root.

In the Great Heavenly Spirit Land, a Treasure Body was already a first-class physique of the current age. Zhu Xi's Tai Chu Swallowing Yuan Body was roughly equivalent to the Primordial Karmic Body, which was the most powerful physique Gu An had ever seen.

Of course, it was only in this era that Gu An had seen many powerful physiques within the Lifespan Samsara.

Next up was the enhancement of Cultivation Techniques, Ultimate Skills, and Divine Skills!

First came the Great Tao Unlimited Skill!

Gu An spent over three billion years of lifespan to elevate the Great Tao Unlimited Skill to the Tao Great Freedom Wishing Scripture!

Then came the half an hour of legacy phase, where the Life Span Barrier had plunged the Silent Destruction Domain into chaos, with even some races fleeing.

After inheriting the Cultivation Techniques, Gu An continued his lifespan evolution.

The Great Thousand Follow Heart Void Skill ascended from the Great Thousand Xuan Void Skill, consuming nearly three billion years of lifespan.

The Xuanhuang Eternal Dao Step ascended from the Eternal Measuring Heaven Dao Step, taking three hundred and fifty million years of lifespan.

The Heavenly Purple Micro Saint Dao Body ascended from the Formless and Invisible Freedom Body, costing four billion years of lifespan.

Time swiftly passed.

The anomalies in the Silent Destruction Domain had already affected the Great Heavenly Spirit Land. Both the Immortal Dynasty and Holy Court dispatched Great Cultivators to defend it. The Heavenly Demons within the Great Heavenly Spirit Land had not completely dissipated, and now there was terrifying turbulence coming from beyond, alarming the cultivators from both sides.

However, with the presence of Sword Venerable Fudao, they were not entirely hopeless.

"What's going on? Could there be an existence more terrifying than the Heavenly Demons?"

"I'm not sure, maybe it's related to that voice from yesterday."

"Don't be afraid. Despite the many terrifying aurae, if you feel carefully, they dare not approach the Great Heavenly Spirit Land." Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire

"Exactly, Sword Venerable Fudao is an existence that transcends the Nine Heavens of the Immortal Path. Have you ever heard of such an existence in the Silent Destruction Domain before?"

Monks from the Holy Court and Immortal Spirits from the Immortal Dynasty discussed among themselves. Mentioning Sword Venerable Fudao excited them, especially when comparing him to the powerful beings from beyond, which filled them with pride.

Their guesses weren't wrong. Those terrifying aurae from the Silent Destruction Domain indeed dared not come close to the Great Heavenly Spirit Land. Many great powers secretly watched the battle between Gu An and the Annihilation God Emperor. When Gu An annihilated the Annihilation God Emperor with one move, they retreated very quickly and have yet to calm their emotions to this day.

More and more Great Cultivators and Great Demons flew out from the Great Heavenly Spirit Land, gathering above the Heavenly Dao Light Layer, readied for battle.

While they discussed the anomalies from the beyond, they inevitably brought up Sword Venerable Fudao.

Some even proposed that Sword Venerable Fudao should become the common lord of the world so that the Holy Court and Immortal Dynasty need not compete anymore, and many agreed with this suggestion.

Gu An, who was being discussed, had just finished inheriting the memory of the Heavenly Purple Micro Saint Dao Body. This was a Body Refinement Cultivation Technique, not a physique, and it still retained the trait of preventing deduction by others, while also awakening a Divine Skill.

Gu An did not delve into the newly understood Divine Skill for the time being. He looked at his Attribute Panel and saw he had forty-one billion years of lifespan remaining.

The consumption of lifespan by the Life Span Barrier was also a significant number not to be overlooked.

Gu An hesitated for a moment and decided to directly invest in Cultivation Level!

To avoid the risk of breakthrough failure!

Good practice, one billion years at a time!

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for twenty million years, and with the Great Accomplishment of Tao Great Freedom Wishing Scripture, you forcibly attempted to break through to the Luotian Zizai Immortal Realm. You began Tribulation Crossing but could not endure the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation, and the crossing failed.]

[You practiced Qi Absorption Cultivation for forty million years, and with Tao Great Freedom Wishing Scripture, you forcibly attempted to break through to the Luotian Zizai Immortal Realm. You began Tribulation Crossing but could not endure the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation, and the crossing failed.]

...

Twenty million years for one Tribulation Crossing?

Good grief!

Gu An was shocked; the last time he broke through, it was only five million years per Tribulation Crossing.

Is Luotian Zizai Immortal that tyrannical?

And this was after Gu An had already enhanced his physique and Cultivation Techniques.

Fortunately, he had kept forty-one billion years of lifespan, or else he truly might not have been confident in a successful breakthrough!