Gradually, Li Guanqi's earlier anxiety faded. Calming his mind, he began to carefully contemplate and comprehend his power.
As time flowed by, his control and application of his power grew increasingly effortless.
One year later.
In the dead-silent void, an earth-shattering roar abruptly erupted!
Hundreds of incomparably condensed sword beams burst forth in an instant.
The intricate sword beams traced profound trajectories through midair, converging toward a single point.
Boom! Boom! Rumble!
Deafening rumbles echoed as the entire void seemed to tremble faintly.
Li Guanqi's long hair fluttered in the wind. The spiritual sword condensed from immortal primal energy in his hand looked almost tangible.
The aftershocks of the erupting sword light gradually dissipated, and the sky full of lightning finally faded away.
Looking at the glowing ground, which bore not even a single crack, Li Guanqi furrowed his brows slightly.
"Even an attack this powerful can't break it open?"
Over the course of this year, he had cultivated diligently with a tranquil mind, finally gaining complete mastery over his power.
Now, he finally understood why Ascension Realm cultivators were so transcendent.
Beneath power capable of destroying heaven and earth, all else was illusory.
Back then, his ability to slay Gu Xici had truly been thanks to the sword spirit's power.
Had he tried to confront an Ascension Realm cultivator back then on his own, it would have been nothing short of a fool's dream.
Back then, against someone like King Xuan, he had only been able to look on from afar.
Not to mention that only now, having stepped into the Ascension Realm, did he finally realize just how terrifying cultivators of this realm were.
With a lifespan of a boundless hundred thousand years, it was no exaggeration to say they lived as long as heaven and earth.
Wasn't the reason Mahayana Realm cultivators were held in such high esteem precisely because of their long lifespan of twenty thousand years?
Now that he possessed a hundred-thousand-year lifespan, his perception of the passage of time had dulled significantly by comparison.
The physical body transcended mortal flesh, hard as steel and impervious to blade or spear.
As for the law power of Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators, in the eyes of an Ascension Realm cultivator, it was nothing more than a joke.
For the Ascension cultivators' law power had long transcended fundamental rules and laws.
Instead, built upon the foundation of the original Five Elements laws through their personal insights, it stood transcendent and independent.
With a flip of their hand, an Ascension Realm cultivator could suppress the law power of a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator!
Their comprehension of space also far exceeded that of ordinary people.
The physical body and law power of the Ascension Realm could fully sustain a cultivator as they crossed realms to roam through the void of the stars.
This was the most crucial part.
This was also why Ascension Realm cultivators were so rare.
Ordinary cultivators who reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm had long since ascended.
In fact, ordinary cultivators in other Spirit Realms would choose to ascend to the Immortal Realm after breaking through to the Mahayana Realm, receiving the baptism of the Immortal Realm.
With Li Guanqi's current cultivation realm and strength, if he were in certain weaker Spirit Realms with poorer resources, he could already be counted as a Realm Lord-level powerhouse.
The Ascension Realm...
A transcendent body capable of walking in the void of the stars and traveling across realms.
Law power forming its own school, absolutely suppressing the laws of Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
A lifespan of a hundred thousand years, with strength sufficient to obliterate an entire continent with a turn of the palm.
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Li Guanqi withdrew his gaze and slowly crouched down.
Reaching out to touch the spiritual glow of the ground, he closed his eyes and sensed that the space itself was trembling faintly.
His terrifying divine sense surged out like ocean waves.
A moment later, Li Guanqi slowly opened his eyes with knitted brows.
A bitter smile appeared on his face.
Looking up at the space where he had stayed for a year, a gleam of realization surfaced in his eyes.
"So... the space here is merely a projection of consciousness.
"It isn't real space.
"No wonder no attack, no matter how powerful, could break it."
Looking down at his palm, he circulated the primal energy within his body.
"Yet the comprehension and mastery are real.
"It's somewhat similar to the Hundred Champions Illusion Realm from back then—even dying here wouldn't be true death."
The corners of Li Guanqi's mouth curved upward slightly.
"Still, its effect of 'a hundred years in an instant' is truly astonishing..."
Taking a deep breath, Li Guanqi's gaze grew resolute.
"Since I have such an opportunity, I might as well cultivate the Dao here for a hundred years.
"I'll use these hundred years to build up all the foundation and comprehension I lack!"
Having figured this out, Li Guanqi stopped fretting over anything and began to cultivate whole-heartedly.
Entering secluded cultivation and enlightenment, thunder seemed to surge within Li Guanqi's mind.
He needed to make his own Dao clearer.
He repeatedly refined his comprehension of the Tribulation Transcendence laws and his strength.
Time slipped away as Li Guanqi undertook his longest seclusion yet.
Ten years.
This period of secluded cultivation took Li Guanqi a full ten years!
When Li Guanqi awoke, his face was covered in a finger-length beard, looking rather disheveled.
At the moment he woke, a distinct daze lingered in his eyes.
It took two full breaths for clarity to gradually return to his gaze.
This seclusion had yielded rich rewards.
He thoroughly integrated all the power and realm of Tribulation Transcendence, and became even more steadfast in his path of laws.
That path was to conform to the essence of lightning: destruction and judgment.
Aside from that, the law of lightning's countless shifting variations within a single breath was also something he wanted to grasp, yet it always felt just out of reach.
He felt that if he could fully master that fleeting instantaneous power, his strength would ascend to another level.
His previous rudimentary understanding had merely been showing weakness to the enemy and then detonating compressed lightning power in an instant.
It was not the ethereal, ever-changing nature of lightning itself.
Upon waking, Li Guanqi felt a sudden craving for wine, but within this space of consciousness, he had no way to access the contents of his storage ring.
Shaking his head with some regret, he stood up and shaved his beard, looking noticeably more refreshed.
With a flicker of his body, he crossed tens of millions of zhang. The corners of Li Guanqi's mouth curved slightly as he murmured softly,
"Movement techniques should match oneself best. In that case, I might as well create my own movement technique."
Walking across the boundless earth, Li Guanqi slowly closed his eyes.
Lightning power surged around him as a dense pressure slowly expanded!
This pressure held a little less violence than before, but gained a sense of steady composure and depth.
Time flew like a weaver's shuttle. Li Guanqi's figure flashed and sped through the space.
Just like lightning, the afterimages he left along his path took a full breath to disperse.
And within that single breath, there were as many as twenty-two afterimages trailing behind him.
Yet Li Guanqi still seemed unsatisfied. Frowning slightly, he kept his eyes closed, immersed in his own world.
This time, Li Guanqi's seclusion lasted even longer, his mind fully submerged in this precious expanse of time.
Twenty years.
For twenty whole years. Then, taking a single step, his figure transformed without warning into dozens of lightning bolts radiating in all directions.
Then his figure halted, dozens of lightning silhouettes converging upon him in immediate succession—covering a distance of fifty thousand zhang in a single breath!
When Li Guanqi opened his eyes, the confusion and daze in his gaze lasted even longer, taking three full breaths.
Exhaling a long breath, he murmured softly,
"Let it be called... Thunder Shadow Flash Step..."
Looking up and gazing around, he could no longer remember how long he had been in seclusion.
He only felt that he had remained in this space for a very, very long time.
A hint of restlessness could not help but stir within his heart.
Chapter 1470