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

As the prompt for a successful fusion appeared, a vast flood of memory crazily burrowed into Gu An's mind, plunging his consciousness deep within.

Earth Spirit Energy rose and surged, transforming the ground into a sea of Qi, with five-colored Spiritual Energy enveloping his body like a tornado.

The Spiritual Energy from the entire island began to gravitate towards him, causing the forests to sway and the creatures on the island to be disturbed, fleeing in panic.

Gu An immersed himself in the cultivation memories, oblivious to his surroundings.

An Ancient Hour later.

He slowly opened his eyes, and through the Life Span Barrier, he saw the forest shaking violently, storm clouds rolling in the sky, and it felt as if he had gone from morning to evening in an instant.

He savored the profundities of the Five Elements Taoist Skill, his heart filled with joy.

The Sorcery of Five Elements is indeed powerful!

The Five Elements can form heaven and earth. Although heaven and earth contain more than just the Five Elements, they are the most fundamental. The Five Elements evolve into heaven and earth, and from heaven and earth, more attributes and rules are derived.

Through Life Span Evolution, Gu An had mastered the Five Elements Taoist Skill. It was difficult to clearly explain the myriad nuances of the skill in a short time.

He once again brought up his Attribute Panel, investing five hundred thousand years of Life Span to evolve his Five Elements Treasure Body.

One notification after another popped up crazily before his eyes.

Until he saw a certain notification, a smile appeared on his face.

[You have comprehended the natural ways of heaven and earth for three hundred and fifty thousand years, and you have acquired the True Meaning of Heaven and Earth to temper your flesh. Your root bone has transformed, and your Five Elements Treasure Body has advanced to the Innate Taoist Body.]

The following one hundred and fifty thousand years were all for enhancing the Innate Taoist Body, which did not undergo another advancement.

With Earth Spirit Energy flowing into him once again, Gu An decided to continue investing Life Span, to at least allow his Physique to transform once more.

He invested ten thousand years at a time.

After three hundred and seventy thousand years, his Innate Taoist Body successfully evolved into the Mystic Holy Body.

The influx of Earth Spirit Energy into his body quickened, immersing him entirely in an indescribably wonderful state.

Just then, a powerful Divine Sense swept past the island!

Nirvana Realm!

Gu An inwardly felt a surge of alarm; indeed, there were beings of the Immortal Path Realm hidden overseas!

His continent was but a tiny corner of the vast world.

Gu An was not flustered at all, with the Life Span Barrier in place, it would be impossible for the other party to detect him.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, that Divine Sense disappeared.

However, in the time following, Divine Senses swept over this sea area one after another.

The Life Span Barrier began to draw Spiritual Energy from even more distant parts of the sea, causing waves to rise and fall vigorously, stirred by the Sea Demons.

It was high noon by the time Gu An completely transformed into the Mystic Holy Body. The whole world appeared completely renewed to his senses; he could not only feel many more invisible forces, but his bodily Qi-Blood had also greatly strengthened.

With his own physical strength, he felt he could easily crush a cultivator of the Mahayana Realm!

He opened his eyes and saw that the Life Span Barrier had consumed nearly two hundred thousand years of his Life Span just in the morning.

Sensing more and more Divine Senses sweeping across this sea area, Gu An was forced to stop.

Just now, he even felt a Divine Sense that startled him, indicating the other party's realm was likely the same as his or even higher.

The ocean is indeed unfathomable!

He worried if he continued today, he would attract even more terrifying old monsters.

He decided to find a new location to continue his efforts.

Gu An maintained the Life Span Barrier while staring at the Attribute Panel, contemplating what to enhance next.

His Cultivation Technique could be raised another level, and he could choose between Divine Skills and Ultimate Skills. There was no need to enhance too many combat techniques at once.

Many of the Divine Skills, Spells, and Ultimate Skills he had mastered were already of a very high level, each of them uniquely rare in the world.

Only in the evening did Gu An finally leave the island, swiftly moving eastward.

After taking five hundred steps with the Limitless Freedom Step, he finally stopped. This time, the island he arrived at was small, devoid of demons, and populated only by creatures without sentient spirit.

Gu An activated the Life Span Barrier and sat down before bringing up the Attribute Panel.

He invested two hundred thousand years of Life Span into the Five Elements Taoist Skill.

However, this attempt did not advance the Five Elements Taoist Skill, so he invested another two hundred thousand years of Life Span, still failing.

With a determined heart, Gu An invested three hundred thousand years of Life Span, and finally, the Five Elements Taoist Skill evolved and advanced to the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill.

Mastery Realm!

A total investment of seven hundred thousand years of Life Span!

Additionally, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill also awakened a Divine Skill named Universe in the Palm, which can bring all things in the world into one's palm. How much one can hold depends on the level of one's Mana.

Gu An looked at his remaining Life Span, which was over seven million seven hundred thousand years, still sufficient for his purposes.

Nature's Spiritual Energy began to flood into his body wildly, and his mind was once again occupied by the inherited memories.

An Ancient Hour later, he finally opened his eyes.

It was already dark.

Without the time to reflect on the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill, he looked back at the Attribute Panel.

The Primordial Ruyi Skill must be upgraded; it was the foundation of Gu An's existence, allowing him to remain undetectable even by higher realms.

Another five hundred thousand years of Life Span invested!

Gu An, without realizing it, had become more generous.

Notification after notification crazily popped up before his eyes until at last the Primordial Ruyi Skill advanced to the All Things Form and Energy Art.

The All Things Form and Energy Art not only enhanced his ability to conceal his aura but also allowed him to change it, to blend in with all things, meaning that if Gu An encountered demons, he could manifest Demon Energy, and in the presence of evil creatures, he could manifest Demonic Qi, all without being detected.

At the same time, the All Things Form and Energy Art awakened a Divine Skill called the Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth!

This was a transformative Divine Skill, endlessly miraculous!

As the Earth Spirit Energy dispersed, it began to surge toward Gu An once more, with the sea within tens of thousands of miles once again raising ferocious waves, its scope swiftly expanding.

This time, it wasn't only Divine Senses sweeping across the island, but cultivators were also seen flying through the sky.

Gu An's arrival broke the silence of the ocean!

He could no longer manage that much!

Another Ancient Hour later, Gu An opened his eyes and saw that he had less than seven million two hundred thousand years of life left, he suddenly felt that ten million years of life was not that long after all.

He could not afford to improve other divine skills, what if there was not enough for a breakthrough?

The higher the realm, the more life is consumed, especially in the Immortal Path Realm. Even without anything to reference, Gu An could guess that breaking through the Realm of the Immortal Path would take far more than decades or centuries.

He slapped his face and began to pray silently in his heart.

He first invested one million years of his life span into his cultivation level!

[Because you are re-cultivating your technique, you begin to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill from the Energy Cultivation Realm]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for one year, your cultivation level recovers to the Foundation Establishment Realm]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for three years, your cultivation level recovers to the Core Formation Realm]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for five years, your cultivation level recovers to the Nascent Soul Realm]

…

[You cultivate and absorb energy for five hundred years, your cultivation level recovers to the Mahayana Realm]

…

[You cultivate and absorb energy for five thousand years, with the great accomplishment of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill, you forcibly assault the Loose Immortal Realm, begin Tribulation Crossing, but you don't endure through the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation of the heavenly way, and the Tribulation Crossing fails]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for ten thousand years, with the great accomplishment of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill, you forcibly assault the Loose Immortal Realm, begin Tribulation Crossing, but you don't endure through the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation of the heavenly way, and the Tribulation Crossing fails]

…

Seeing the need to recultivate, Gu An's expression instantly stiffened, but fortunately, he started to assault the second realm of the Immortal Path with just five thousand years.

The combination of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill and the Mystic Holy Body was terrifying!

Keep in mind that evolution of life span consumes more life than real cultivation!

The reason for the greater consumption is due to the need for more life to evolve through the cultivating process and to quickly transform Spiritual Energy into his cultivation level. This compression of time naturally results in additional life consumption.

Gu An developed infinite confidence in his current aptitude and foundation.

A Tribulation Crossing every five thousand years?

A mere trifle!

Failure, failure, failure…

Gu An remained indifferent to the continuous stream of failure notifications appearing in front of him. After all, he still had plenty of life.

While his cultivation speed increased, Tribulation Crossing was another matter. Gu An had long been prepared to fail many times.

One million years of life was enough for him to fail two hundred times!

He couldn't be that unlucky, right?

But as Gu An watched, his expression really did darken.

What on earth was the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation?

Why was it so outrageous?

Gu An thought of the lightning tribulations he had crossed before; he found no related records in the Book Collection Pavilion. Everyone else went through various Minor Heavenly Tribulations, but every tribulation that came to him sounded terrifying.

He suspected it was related to his physique and cultivation technique.

Enhancing the physique and cultivation technique could speed up cultivation, but it also increased the difficulty of Tribulation Crossing.

Immortal Cultivation truly goes against the heavens!

However, during the evolution of cultivation, he relied solely on himself to cross the tribulation without the help of any external objects. Failure didn't matter, as long as he could break through, spending even more life was worth it!

One million years of life wasted in vain.

But it couldn't exactly be said that way, as at least his mana evolved from the Wood Attribute Dharma Power of the Primordial Earth Immortal Skill to the Five Elements Dharma Power of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill.

Just with this change alone, he became several times more powerful than before.

As Gu An was comforting himself, Earth Spirit Energy surged into him once more, and this time, his thoughts were not disturbed, so he continued to invest life into evolutionary cultivation.

Here goes another million years!

Failure!

Failure!

Failure!

Gu An looked serious, imagining the perilous scenes of failing Tribulation Crossing.

Poor evolving self.

[You cultivate and absorb energy for four hundred fifty thousand years, with the great accomplishment of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill, you forcibly assault the Loose Immortal Realm, begin Tribulation Crossing, you endure through the Five Mysteries Heavenly Tribulation, the Tribulation Crossing succeeds, and your cultivation level breaks through to the first layer of the Loose Immortal Realm]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for four hundred fifty thousand three hundred years, your cultivation level breaks through to the second layer of the Loose Immortal Realm]

…

[You cultivate and absorb energy for five hundred thousand years, your cultivation level breaks through to the ninth layer of the Loose Immortal Realm]

[You cultivate and absorb energy for five hundred sixty thousand years, with the great accomplishment of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill, you forcibly assault the Wandering Immortal Realm, begin Tribulation Crossing, but you don't endure through the Yin Yang Mystical Yellow Five Emperors Tribulation, and the Tribulation Crossing fails]

…

And the failures began again relentlessly!

But seeing his cultivation level reach the ninth layer of the Loose Immortal Realm brought a smile to his face.

The difficulty of cultivation in the Loose Immortal Realm was certainly higher than in the Nirvana Realm, but the life spent by Gu An did not increase. Noteworthy, it took him five thousand years of life to advance from the seventh to the eighth layer in the Nirvana Realm.

To move from the first to the second layer of the Loose Immortal Realm only took three thousand years of life, attesting to the power of the Mystic Holy Body and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill!

However, upon reaching the higher realms, the required life still increased, which was normal, and Gu An could accept that.

As all the notifications ended, Gu An still hadn't endured through that damned Yin Yang Mystical Yellow Five Emperors Tribulation!

Looking at the remaining five million years of life, Gu An found it hard to remain calm.