Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 692 - 688: The Path of the Celestial Immortal

After the arrival of the Heaven-Reaching, although it initially shocked Lu Ren, the rest was mostly surprise. What Heaven-Reaching wanted was obvious, even without much thought. He dared to leap out from the Journey to the West World after reaching the Celestial Immortal Extreme Realm in an unimaginably long age without any progress.

To go further, in his own world, he couldn't advance any more, so he naturally looked beyond his domain, and Lu Ren was the perfect opportunity.

As for Lu Ren, having Heaven-Reaching come along was purely a pleasant surprise for Alexander's Lu Ren.

However, it was indeed unexpected for Lu Ren that it took this long for a fight to break out since, by Heaven-Reaching's dominating and unyielding nature, he'd managed to stay calm for so long, which was beyond Lu Ren's imagination. According to his personality, Lu Ren wouldn't have believed that he wouldn't go for a fight.

He somewhat underestimated these guys.

"Seems like you knew about this all along."

Sun Wukong, carrying the Golden Cudgel, watched as Heaven-Reaching and the Jade Emperor clashed, while not only this, some ancients hidden on Hantu were openly and secretly observing everything.

Originally, when Hantu was about to be in chaos, it coincided with the return of the Celestial Palace and the re-fall of Ling Mountain, with the rise of the Huaxia Human Race. Lu Ren, with his extremely fierce combat power, suppressed everything. The battle with the Celestial Emperor and the Tathagata made everyone aware.

The current Human Race saw the rise of a great power who coagulated the Human's fortune, breaking through encirclements on his own, confronting the Celestial Palace and Ling Mountain.

Under such a tri-legged sovereignty, those ancients with varying intentions calmed down. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Even the Queen Mother of the West, now hidden among the Huaxia Human Race, seemed indifferent to world affairs.

Lu Ren's eyes gleamed, with a broad grin: "That Heaven-Reaching coming over is indeed a pleasant surprise, as the pressure on me alone was quite huge. Having a Celestial Venerable to share the burden really lightens the load."

This Sun Wukong called the Victorious Fighting Buddha had a strange expression: "You must have racked your brains to get us over here, probably for this reason too?"

Lu Ren patted Sun Wukong on the shoulder and sighed: "You all possess supreme talents. If you can achieve Celestial Immortal within a hundred years, you're bound to be pivotal figures.

Moreover, as the rules are replaced in this world, the tides of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi are again gradually reaching their peak. If you break all shackles, preparing for transcendence, there's a great chance."

Sun Wukong retorted irritably: "Achieve Celestial Immortal in a hundred years? What do you take us for? Achieving a Celestial Venerable is no easy feat, from the beginning of time till now, in my world, those who attain Celestial Venerable Level could be counted on two hands."

Lu Ren was speechless: "The path of the Tao is difficult, fraught with challenges, only through courage and progress can one break through."

Sun Wukong shook his head: "You're too optimistic. The Heaven-Reaching Sect Leader experienced over a dozen Primordial Assemblies and endured four calamities before stepping into the Celestial Venerable with the aid of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords. Wanting to do it in a hundred years…"

He gradually had a peculiar expression: "I truly didn't expect you to achieve the Tao in less than five hundred years, truly…"

Looking at the Heaven-Reaching and Jade Emperor's intense battle, glancing at the Tathagata sneaking peeks from the void, he cheerily responded: "People's constitutions are different, they cannot be compared."

Sun Wukong snorted, said nothing more, focusing all his attention on the fight between Jade Emperor and Heaven-Reaching. Battle at the Celestial Venerable level is rarely seen, and if something could be comprehended from it, it'd be great.

As for Lu Ren, after watching a few more moments, he no longer paid much attention. In the end, who wins is hard to predict, as both the Jade Emperor and Heaven-Reaching aren't fools. The high probability is a draw.

Even though Heaven-Reaching's Immortal Slaying Sword Array is said to be only breakable by four saints, the Jade Emperor is no pushover either. Celestial Emperor Taoism Fruit manifests itself, allowing for ultimate sublimation, returning to the Peak of Celestial Immortal, wielding extremely terrifying combat power.

In this situation, with the Jade Emperor's scheming, it's unlikely he'd find himself in a perilous predicament. Even if Heaven-Reaching goes all out, the Jade Emperor wouldn't allow himself to fall into such a situation.

Later, Sun Wukong turned and asked: "Can you, at the Celestial Venerable level, get involved in this battle?"

Hearing this, Lu Ren's face showed a hint of a smile: "If I hadn't been to your Journey to the West World, I'd really be struggling alone, but now…"

With the Circulation Body God Fist at his side, if he went all out, he could definitely take the Jade Emperor or the Tathagata down with him.

This is why he leisurely stood before the Ascension Platform watching; the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata didn't make a move against him.

It's both a probe and a confirmation of the threat he poses.

The effect was evident, as Lu Ren achieved what he anticipated.

He just needed to deduce the Witchcraft Path's Celestial Immortal path himself, and he'd fear nothing else.

Upon hearing Lu Ren's words, Sun Wukong made no further comments. Being born as a Spiritual Stone Monkey, he could naturally sense the strands of awe-inspiring Qi emanating from Lu Ren.

"It seems there's at least a hundred years left to prepare."

Lu Ren pondered deeply but didn't become too complacent, vividly remembering when Shakyamuni descended, causing global calamity with the initial tribulations.

Once confirming Heaven-Reaching and the Jade Emperor's fight wouldn't result in either's death, Lu Ren paid no further attention. He reinforced the defensive Array Marks at the Huaxia Human Race's borders and returned to Lingming Mountain, preparing to use Destiny Points to break through the Witchcraft Path's shackles, achieving the Celestial Immortal Path.

Now, with more than ten Destiny Points, although eighty percent of his Skill Points were invested in the Circulation Body God Fist, Lu Ren had no regrets.

Having brought with him nearly half the Cultivation System essence from the Journey to the West World, coupled with the Heaven-Covering Technique, he was exceedingly rich in resources.

For the deduction of the next Realm of the Witchcraft Path, Lu Ren had no doubts, it required continuous experimentation to find the optimal solution.

As he predicted, Heaven-Reaching and the Jade Emperor ended their fight without deadly casualties, and incredibly tacitly retreated, leaving only a plowed wasteland, while the Ascension Platform continued being constructed.

It seemed as if all Hantu had settled into peace, with Lu Ren overseeing, Huaxia People's attention was no longer confined to Hantu. Though there were endless treasures on this vast land, half their focus shifted to the sea of stars.

The great age of exploration truly began, with countless spacecraft, official and private, commencing the search into the depths of the starry sky, exploring everything.

Lu Ren was fully supportive of this, even hoping these Starships could cross galaxy distances, colonize and take root in the nearby River Systems.

(May everyone have a better new year, everything goes your way!)