Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 258 - Impact of Ten Steps
Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Impact of Ten Steps
Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Impact of Ten Steps
Shi Hao returned to his residence and continued to live a reclusive life.
Another day passed, and he progressed to the middle-late stage of the ninth step. Then, on the following day, he advanced to the late stage of the ninth step, with only a few Purple Cloud Ginsengs left.
They should be enough to take him to the peak of the ninth step.
In the afternoon, he made a trip to the Hall of Elixirs and received the urgently produced Identity Token.
A three-star Pill Master now.
Shi Hao smiled. Pill Masters held a distinguished status. As long as one didn’t commit heinous acts like murdering entire families or violating people’s wives and daughters, that Identity Token would earn a measure of face on the Eastern Fire Continent.
Of course, if one went to the Western Wind Continent or South Wood Continent, a three-star Pill Master wouldn’t be very impressive there, as the levels of martial arts and Alchemy Dao were much higher.
Another day went by, and after practicing the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture, the Purple Cloud Ginseng had become completely shriveled, devoid of any energy essence.
However, Shi Hao had successfully reached the peak of the ninth step.
He ventured into the mountains once again, searching for Ferocious Beast Blood to battle.
Seven days later, he felt that his vitality had reached the peak.
He could now attempt the tenth step!
He sat down cross-legged and began breaking through his limits.
Boom, the first wave of the assault ended swiftly in failure. Nine Golden Threads resonated with each other, amplifying the effect, and the binding on the Soul Seed Puppet reached an extreme level.
Barely maintaining it was possible, which was why Shi Hao could progress to the peak of the ninth step, but breaking through was a far cry from possible.
Cultivation was contrary to the natural order, and breaking through limits was even more so, an absolute impossibility.
In tens of thousands of years, how many people had managed to break their limits?
Even for supreme beings like Yuan Chengmie, Shi Hao hadn’t found anyone in his memories who had broken through their limits.
Neither Breaking the Extreme nor Soul Nurturing nor the Other Shore had managed it.
It seemed like an iron law of heaven and earth that nobody could break.
But Shi Hao didn’t believe in this superstition, and he had indeed successfully broken the limit of Breaking the Extreme.
Soul Nurturing would be the same!
He continued to assault the barrier in waves, believing that even a dam of ten thousand feet would one day be breached.
If a water droplet could wear through stone, nothing was impossible.
…
Not far away, Su Manman was sitting on a branch of a big tree, her lotus feet gently swaying.
Hum, a gray human face suddenly appeared again.
“Little girl, have you considered it? Become my disciple!” the face shamelessly urged once more.
“Go away, I don’t have time for you!” Su Manman flicked her hand dismissively, clearly impatient.
The face followed her gaze and sneered, “Just the ninth step of Soul Nurturing―Eh!”
It wore an expression of surprise, “This kid isn’t attempting the Other Shore?”
It stopped talking, staring at Shi Hao. After a while, it involuntarily gasped, “This kid is actually charging toward the tenth step!”
Even without a real face, the shock was evident.
“Legend has it, breaking through any realm’s limit allows one to dominate their peers and reign as a king or an emperor!”
“As far as I know, a young man from the Five Thunder Sect broke through the limit on the Other Shore, reaching the Ten Islands, and instantly became a disciple of cultivation of the Five Thunder Sect. He later swept across the Eight Desolations, almost invincible!”
“In such a dilapidated place, there’s actually such a genius?”
“What is this place exactly? Allow me to deduce—”
Slap!
Su Manman slapped across, “Annoying, get lost!”
The face tried to say something more but was slapped away, disappearing in no time. However, in the last instant, its eyes bulged as if it had discovered something astonishing, filled with shock.
“This guy!” Su Manman watched Shi Hao with concern showing on her pretty face. “Attempting to break a limit is no laughing matter. Even in my family, when Ancestor severed his path to cultivate anew, he couldn’t and didn’t dare to attempt breaking a limit.”
“Once we fail, we will suffer the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, and death will be the only path left!”
“Why do I have to fall for such a troublesome guy?”
“Pah, pah, pah, who fell for him!”
Su Manman felt a mix of annoyance and confusion, truly wanting to walk away, yet seeing Shi Hao’s expression of pain growing, she couldn’t help but worry immensely.
…
Shi Hao was in excruciating pain.
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He was trying to forcibly break the constraints of nine Golden Threads to achieve the tenth step, but in the universe, nine is the ultimate number, the greatest of them all.
What is meant by ‘ultimate’?
Ultimate, limit, it means unbreakable, unsurpassable.
Human strength is limited, how could one possibly contend with the powers of the universe?
After hundreds of attempts to break through, Shi Hao was completely exhausted and the reverberating impacts had greatly shaken his Soul Sea, affecting his whole body, causing blood to seep from his entire being.
You should know, his physical body was astonishingly resilient, and now to actually bleed from skin lacerations shows how terrifying the impacts were.
This won’t work, these attempts to break through are definitely bound to fail.
Shi Hao desperately thought of a strategy and realized that his attempts to break the limit seemed to have angered the universe. Endless elements gathered around him, almost taking on a solid form.
You could see flames, frost, thunder, and so on, all taking the form of blades, swords, axes, and spears, as if once solidified, they would slash, stab, and chop at him.
The majesty of the universe must not be offended!
If this has been the martial arts path established for a long time, it means these are the lines set by the universe, never allowing for transgression.
Even just an attempt to transgress is to be against the universe, and that is absolutely unacceptable.
So, now the backlash is coming.
In that case!
Shi Hao steeled his heart and thought, let it come!
He channeled the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture, plundering the Power of Heaven and Earth, channeling it into his body.
Boom!
The Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture was incredibly powerful, forcefully contending with the universe, turning the nearly solid blades, swords, axes, and spears back into a faint state; correspondingly, terrifying energy surged into his body.
Now, Shi Hao had reached the very end of the realm’s boundary, with nowhere further to progress, meaning this energy could not be absorbed, and it rampaged chaotically within him.
Spit!
Shi Hao suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, feeling as though his body would explode.
But in the next instant, he immediately channeled the wild energy towards his Soul Sea, with a calm resolve.
Fight fire with fire!
The Soul Seed Puppet maneuvered, gathering all the incoming energy together, turning it into a Sky Halberd, and slashing towards himself.
Clang!
The Sky Halberd hit the Golden Thread, causing it to flash with a brilliant light, and you could see that a notch appeared on the Golden Thread.
But the Golden Thread possessed an incredible healing power and immediately began to mend itself, and with this one strike depleting it, the Power of Heaven and Earth Shi Hao had extracted dissipated completely.
Moreover, having taken such a heavy blow from the Sky Halberd, the Soul Seed Puppet also suffered severe damage, with a crack appearing on its body.
Fortunately, it was condensed from the soul and not physical; otherwise, the blow would have been enough to finish Shi Hao right there.
Once more!
Shi Hao activated the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture again, this time prepared, directing the energy straight to the Soul Sea.
Slash!
Boom, the Sky Halberd appeared once more, delivering the second blow.
Spit, Shi Hao spat out blood again, deepening the crack on the Soul Seed Puppet’s body.
