Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant
Chapter 574 - 295: Mahayana Carefree Travel (Long - ) (Part 3)
He crossed the sea with incredible speed.
He spent five years exploring, searching for a suitable place to break through.
The Southern Sea was vast, but anywhere within thousands of miles of the coast was easily discovered. He continued exploring toward the edges. In the sixth year, he delved into a region frequently hit by tsunamis, where many eerie auras lingered, so there were rarely any people around.
Upon entering the Harmony Stage, one requires a "Grotto Heaven" to attempt a breakthrough, as only there can one find enough Dao Power. However, Li An broke this limitation; wherever time flows, that is his Grotto Heaven.
After confirming the safety of the sea region, Li An settled on a reef to adjust his state.
In the second year, he began his charge toward the Mahayana Stage!
Boom!
On the vast, cloudless sea surface, a clap of thunder suddenly echoed, and heavenly thunder rolled in.
Li An officially started Crossing the Tribulation.
This Thunder Tribulation was far more terrifying than the Harmony Stage, forming weapons from thick bolts of lightning!
The lightning was like a spear, swift and fierce, descending rapidly. At first glance, it seemed to pin down and pierce through Li An’s Primordial Spirit, but Li An activated the Life Seed to absorb the power of the lightning.
The thunder was like a hammer, with boundless power, heavy and crushing, making Li An tremble all over, his primordial spirit numb, and nearly passing out, yet he gritted his teeth and held on...
While crossing the tribulation, Li An furiously absorbed the power of time from the heavens and earth.
A bizarre scene unfolded: the seagulls flying in the sky suddenly had their wings shrink, their hard feathers turning into soft yellow down... The adult seagulls turned into chicks, letting out immature chirps before falling into the sea.
In the water, a small mischievous shark charged over, about to swallow the seagull but suddenly froze, unable to move, its dorsal fin quickly vanished, and its sharp teeth disappeared...
Everything from the birds in the sky to the fish in the water, algae, and seaweed on the reefs underwent a transformation, returning to their original states as if they never had life!
A large amount of time power was extracted by Li An!
In the surrounding area of millions of miles, countless creatures experienced this change.
Many powerful Spirit Beasts sensed the great terror and hurriedly fled...
In the sea, a beast tide was directly triggered!
...
The tribulation directly lasted for a whole month.
A month later, on the sky, Heavenly Dao finally receded, no longer paying attention to this place.
On the reef, Li An’s Primordial Spirit tightly gripped a Thunderbolt Flying Sword, motionless.
He neither absorbed this Thunderbolt Flying Sword nor allowed it to escape.
With all his might.
After Heavenly Dao receded, Li An finally summoned the Immortal Coffin and stored the thunderbolt-shaped thunder inside.
"Got another one!"
His Primordial Spirit returned to his body, and Li An suddenly opened his eyes.
This was already the fourth thunderbolt!
The first three were in the Harmony Stage, and this one belonged to the Mahayana Stage.
By now, Li An had officially become a Mahayana Stage powerhouse.
The Mahayana Stage, in all ancient texts, was also called "Carefree Travel." Its biggest characteristic was that the Primordial Spirit reached an unprecedented strength, finally able to leave the body, harmonize with the Dao, traverse the Dao in a single thought, and conquer great enemies in dreams...
Moreover, his lifespan had reached twenty thousand years!
From time immemorial, no Tribulation Crossing Stage had been this long-lived.
It could be said that Li An’s lifespan now... is second only to an Immortal.
For some short-lived immortals, like Corpse Dissolving Immortals, they might be just about equal with Li An...
Li An’s whole body emitted a pure, flawless holy light, nurtured to perfection by the heavenly thunder, like a work of art.
His aura was unprecedentedly powerful. With a single movement of his Primordial Spirit, he harmonized with the surrounding Great Dao, perceiving everything in the world!
Without moving his body, a flash of light passed between Li An’s brows, and his Primordial Spirit ripped through the void, appearing several million miles away at a small path where many sea crocodiles were mating and laying eggs on the mudflats. His Primordial Spirit struck with a ray of spiritual power, killing a pair of mating Sea Spirit Crocodiles on the spot with a flick, bringing the two crocodile corpses back through the void to Li An’s physical location in the blink of an eye.
With his Primordial Spirit returned, Li An stretched his body, stood up leisurely, cleaned the two crocodiles, snapped his fingers to start a fire, and roasted the crocodile meat to a fragrant golden brown.
During the long years on Nanfu Island, Li An frequently ate seafood, so he had prepared many seasonings in his storage bag to sprinkle on the meat, filling the air with a tantalizing aroma as he enjoyed a feast.
After finishing the two crocodiles, Li An didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he entered his Immortal Coffin.
"Madam, thank you for accompanying me through these many years."
Chen Ning had been trapped in his Immortal Coffin for a thousand years, tormented by Li An to the point of numbness.
"Who are you... why..."
She knew her end was near. She didn’t care about death, but she hated...
She didn’t know whose hands she had fallen into...
She always felt this person, must be someone she knew...
"Me?"
Li An smiled slightly and said, "I am..."
Chen Ning stared at Li An. Before Li An could speak, a beam of light slashed from between his eyebrows. Chen Ning let out a piercing scream as her Spirit Platform was breached on the spot, and her Primordial Spirit was directly extracted by Li An.
"Madam, how could I ever tell you who I am?"
"You’d better die in confusion――"
Li An completely refined her Primordial Spirit!