Chapter 661: Chapter 658: Becoming a Saint
In the Mortal World, people stared at the scene in the sky, utterly shocked.
Of course, not everyone could see this scene. Only Cultivators within ten thousand miles and the Great Saint Realm Cultivators of the Southern Continent could witness it.
They had never imagined that a mere human Cultivator could actually step upon the heavens and slay a god.
It was like a mortal ant defying the heavens to strike down an immortal. No one would believe it even if they were told.
High in the void above the Moonlight Forest, the air was now filled with seven-colored lightning.
The Eighth Level of Thunder Tribulation shattered all conventions and was boundlessly terrifying.
The ten Saint Law Enforcers from the Mortal World didn’t dare approach Jiang Jichen, fearing they would be tainted by the karmic consequences.
"Jiang Jichen is currently undergoing his Thunder Tribulation. As long as he isn’t dead, he’s protected by the seven-colored lightning. We can’t do anything to him. We can only wait for him to finish the tribulation and then strike him down!"
"Indeed. Even if he succeeds in breaking through, he’ll only be at the Saint First Realm. Killing him will be as easy as slicing a vegetable!"
"What about the Celestial God Dharma Image?"
"It’s doomed. Why worry about it? As long as we can kill Jiang Jichen, we can atone for any mistakes."
The ten Saint Law Enforcers, ranging from the Second to the Fifth Layer of the Saint Realm, conferred and decided to wait until after Jiang Jichen’s tribulation to make their move.
The Celestial God Dharma Image was roaring incessantly, its physical body battered and broken by the bombardment of the seven-colored lightning.
Jiang Jichen, however, was in a profound and mysterious state, neither dead nor alive!
The third cycle of the Demon Phoenix Technique—a heart of no regrets, a will that never fades, an eternal intent—seemed to describe this exact peculiar state.
Jiang Jichen could feel the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation reaching its end. An endless aura of the Seven-Color Holy Dao surged into his body along with the lightning.
The first Spirit Vein of his Spirit Infant gradually solidified, growing stronger.
Meanwhile, the Celestial God Dharma Image was still desperately channeling its power to resist the Seven-Color Holy Dao Thunder Tribulation.
"Haha... Jiang Jichen, the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation is about to end! This god has survived it, which means the one who dies will be you!"
The Celestial God Dharma Image’s enormous body was now riddled with holes.
But it was still not dead!
Although the power of the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation did increase with the target’s Realm, there were still limits!
It wouldn’t increase indefinitely.
Though the Holy Dao Thunder Tribulation Jiang Jichen was undergoing was formidable, the Celestial God Dharma Image’s Realm was far, far too high.
This disparity was fundamentally insurmountable.
Therefore, it was still impossible to expect the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation to completely annihilate it.
The fact that it could cripple the Celestial God Dharma Image, reducing its combat power to less than one ten-thousandth of its original strength, was already a heaven-defying feat.
Of course, if Jiang Jichen were undergoing a Celestial God Tribulation, the Celestial God Dharma Image would have died upon contact, without even a chance to struggle.
At this moment, the Celestial God Dharma Image saw that the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation was at its end and about to recede.
And it had endured. Though it only had one ten-thousandth of its power left, killing a mere Saint First Realm Jiang Jichen was still as easy as flipping its palm.
In the void above, Jiang Jichen was dripping blood, his physical body a ruined mess, but his gaze was as bright as the light of the stars.
"Ten thousand bolts of lightning, enter my body and forge my Sacred Body!"
"Solidify my Spirit Veins, I shall become a Saint!"
"Break through!"
Jiang Jichen suddenly roared, his black hair dancing wildly, his form like that of a Divine Demon.
He spread his arms, welcoming the endless seven-colored lightning. In an instant, it all converged on him, completely submerging him at its center.
Ten thousand bolts entered his body, tempering his Sacred Body, solidifying his Spirit Veins, and assaulting the gates of the Saint Realm.
At this moment, Jiang Jichen was actually attempting to break through to two different Saint-level Realms at the same time.
The Body Cultivation Holy Body Realm, and the Spirit Cultivation Saint Realm!
It was too insane, too reckless!
Right now, Jiang Jichen had transformed into a scorching, boundless ball of seven-colored electricity, with endless streams of seven-colored lightning coursing over his body.
He seemed to have become the sole focus of heaven and earth.
The world fell silent. Everyone held their breath, staring intently at that single point of scorching, seven-colored light between heaven and earth.
Could Jiang Jichen possibly succeed?
This thought arose in the minds of everyone watching.
As for Jiang Jichen, he could feel his physical body about to shatter and return to the Dao;
Even his Spiritual Sense was growing faint, as if about to dissipate.
These were signs of a failed breakthrough!
In truth, a heaven-defying breakthrough like Jiang Jichen’s was simply too difficult. In endless ages, no one had ever succeeded.
And this was him—someone who had walked a path that surpassed the Extreme Realm every step of the way.
His physical body, soul, and will... all of it had broken taboos and surpassed the Extreme Realm.
Furthermore, he cultivated a Heaven-defying Technique, which was the only reason he had been able to hold on until now.
Had it been anyone else, they would have likely turned to ash the moment the tribulation began.
How could they have possibly lasted until the very end as he had?
But even for someone like him, despite having lasted to the end, he was still just a hair’s breadth away from failure.
Once he failed, he would be turned to dust.
The path of cultivation was just this brutal!
"The cycle of life and death, no regrets in my cultivation, I shall not be extinguished!"
"Demon Phoenix Technique, third cycle, let life force reappear!"
And yet, on the very precipice of death and destruction, a jolt ran through Jiang Jichen’s heart as he abruptly succeeded in activating the third cycle of the Demon Phoenix Technique.
Life force reappeared; he would not be extinguished.
"ROAR!"
Jiang Jichen floated in the void above and let out a furious roar.
His black hair whipped about as his body unfurled, as if an ancient Divine Demon had returned.
His once-ruined physical body was now repairing itself at a terrifying speed.
The Seven-Color Power of Holy Dao surged into his body like a tide.
Within Jiang Jichen’s body, the Spirit Infant’s first Seven-Colored Spiritual Vein fully solidified, and an aura of Saintly Might began to emanate from him.
Not only that, but the terrifying barrier to the Holy Body Realm was shattered by the seven-colored lightning, and the formidable Power of the Holy Body surged through his entire frame.
With this, Jiang Jichen had successfully broken through to both the Holy Body Realm and the Saint Realm.
A Saint in a single day, a journey of ten thousand miles lies ahead!
Jiang Jichen threw his head back and let out a long cry that shook the clouds for ten thousand miles.
"I have entered the Saint Realm. Now I can slay a Celestial God!"
In the void, the Seven-Color Thunder Tribulation had already dissipated. Jiang Jichen floated in mid-air, making his wild declaration.
"Overestimating your own strength. An ant trying to shake a tree. How laughable!"
The battered Celestial God Dharma Image stared coldly at Jiang Jichen, its gaze like one looking down upon a world of ants.
It had not left. It wanted to personally slaughter Jiang Jichen to avenge its earlier humiliation.
Even with only one ten-thousandth of its power remaining, it was still fully confident it could slay an ant who had just entered the Saint First Realm.
The ten Saint Law Enforcers also closed in for the kill, but Jiang Jichen ignored them completely.
Instead, he raised his Holy Sword and flashed toward the Celestial God Dharma Image, which had only one ten-thousandth of its power left.
Jiang Jichen’s Step Technique now carried an incomparably profound rule. He took a single step and appeared a thousand meters away, moving at an ultimate speed.
He faced the Celestial God Dharma Image and swung his sword!
In that instant, it was as if heaven and earth had suddenly frozen still.
Even the Celestial God Dharma Image was suppressed by a kind of Space-Time Rule and found itself unable to move.
If it were at full strength, this minuscule power of the Space-Time Rule wouldn’t have been enough to even tickle it.
But now, it affected it, causing a slight, momentary pause.
That sliver of a pause was enough for Jiang Jichen’s sword to streak across the Celestial God Dharma Image’s neck.
PSSSH!
A wave of blood surged into the sky, dyeing the horizon a brilliant crimson, like a fire-lit cloud.
A massive, mountain-sized head flew high into the air!