Terran Guardian - Chapter 3747

Chapter 3723 A Drop of Blood Can Suppress the Peak of an Immortal Emperor

At this moment,

within the Xuan-rank Immortal Mansion

, a terrifying aura, like an ancient divine mountain, suppressed everything. The space itself groaned in pain, as if it could not withstand the pressure.

The vast Immortal Mansion’s restrictions also trembled slightly.

The overwhelming power of the blood qi was like a divine sun illuminating the sky, its supremely strong and yang power causing even the most powerful evil spirits to retreat.

If one looked closely, one could even see a towering figure, as majestic as a mountain, being born within the blood qi. This figure seemed capable of supporting heaven and earth, its ancient and savage aura raging and pressing down.

When Shen Changqing opened his eyes, all the strange phenomena dissipated.

He looked inward at himself.

He saw that the blood around him was like golden mercury, each drop containing boundless divine power. Shen Changqing flicked his finger, and a drop of blood fell, instantly transforming into an avatar.

The aura of this avatar was terrifying, clearly at the peak of the Immortal Emperor level.

Seeing this…

A smile appeared on Shen Changqing’s face: “A single drop of blood can rival the peak of an Immortal Emperor—this is the power after achieving physical sainthood!”

Compared to before his breakthrough, his current power has increased dramatically.

Physical sainthood means

that one’s physical strength alone is enough to rival a half-saint.

Previously, Shen Changqing had one foot in the half-saint realm, seemingly not much different from his current state, but in reality, the difference was worlds apart. A

half-step physical saint is no different from an ant before a true physical saint.

Now that he has broken through, if only physical strength is considered, Shen Changqing is absolutely confident that he can easily suppress his pre-breakthrough self.

The premise is:

without relying on the indestructible body of the weapon spirit. After all

, Shen Changqing cultivates the indestructible body of weapon forging, using his physical body to bear a half-step second-grade innate imperial weapon. If purely considering defensive power, even ordinary half-saints would find it difficult to threaten him.

Although physical sainthood grants power comparable to a half-saint, destroying a half-step second-grade innate imperial weapon is still not so easy.

Without the indestructible spirit of the artifact, the advantages of physical sainthood are obvious.

Of course,

even with the indestructible spirit of the artifact

, the changes brought about by his current step into physical sainthood are still significant.

More importantly,

the indestructible spirit of the artifact has an upper limit.

Judging from the indestructible spirit of the artifact he has obtained so far, it can only support a third-grade innate imperial weapon at most.

Furthermore,

refining artifacts into the body

at most inherits the defensive power of the treasure.

Simply put, it’s just a vulnerable body, how can it be compared to true physical sainthood?

“With my current strength, even if my immortal power is depleted after activating the Soul-Destroying Sword, I can still contend with a half-saint with my physical strength. My survivability has increased by more than just one level.

I just wonder if I can contend with a third-tribulation half-saint if I go all out now—”

Shen Changqing pondered.

Besides,

the biggest advantage of physical sainthood now

is the increase in lifespan.

A lifespan ten times that of an Immortal Emperor would drive other Immortal Emperors mad.

But for Shen Changqing, this advantage was negligible.

Even though he had repeatedly used the Seven Profound Divine Tower to cultivate, significantly depleting his lifespan, compared to the billions of years of lifespan of an ordinary Immortal Emperor, he had only used one-tenth.

In the next great tribulation,

Shen Changqing was absolutely confident of achieving immortality.

Therefore,

lifespan was insignificant to him.

Then,

with a thought, Shen Changqing swallowed the blood again.

Physical sainthood!

Every drop of blood was precious and could not be wasted.

Otherwise,

it would take a great deal of effort to condense it back later. To   take

this step, Shen Changqing had invested hundreds of millions of high-grade immortal stones, including the essence blood of a Jade Marrow King and an ancient god.   As beings of the Primordial God Clan with innate bloodlines, their essence and blood were extremely pure, far more valuable than the essence and blood of many Second Tribulation or even Third Tribulation Half-Saints.   Such essence and blood of the Primordial God Clan could not be measured by ordinary immortal stones.   In Shen Changqing’s view, even a hundred billion high-grade immortal stones might not be enough to compare.   This demonstrates   just how much cultivation resources are needed to achieve physical sainthood.   Therefore,   one’s own blood cannot be easily lost.   Subsequently,   Shen Changqing stepped into the Seven Profound Divine Tower to deduce his opponent once more.   As usual,   his first opponent was still an Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint.   The moment Li Chenyuan appeared, Shen Changqing didn’t even have time to react before his chest was pierced by sword energy, instantly killing him.   The so-called power of physical sainthood was meaningless before an Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint.   Following   that were Seventh Tribulation Half-Saints!   Sixth Tribulation Half-Saints!   Fifth Tribulation Half-Saints!   Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints!   …   The results of each battle were roughly the same as before.   This outcome was somewhat within Shen Changqing’s expectations.   No matter how strong one’s physical body becomes after achieving sainthood, it’s still only a first-stage half-saint. It’s impossible to drastically increase one’s strength in one fell swoop.   However, with the appearance of a third-stage half-saint, Shen Changqing managed to put up a fight, lasting from an hour to an hour and a half.   Then, with the appearance of a second-stage half-saint,   Shen Changqing was able to easily win.   After this battle,   he understood the changes in strength after achieving physical sainthood.   ”My current strength hasn’t reached the level to break through to the third-stage half-saint, but I already have few rivals among second-stage half-saints.   If my physical body can advance further and reach a level comparable to a second-stage half-saint, then I might have a chance to fight a third-stage half-saint.”

However, if one’s cultivation level doesn’t break through, their inherent advantages will only diminish over time.

To contend with a Fourth Tribulation Half-Saint, while still at the Immortal Emperor realm, one would need at least a Fourth Tribulation level physical body! “

Shen Changqing pondered to himself.

Even so, he was quite satisfied.

After all, before his cultivation broke through to the Half-Saint Realm, making a slight breakthrough in strength, which was already difficult to improve, would have a different meaning.

If the opportunity were given to other Immortal Emperors, Shen Changqing believed that no one would refuse.

It’s just that

stepping into the First Tribulation Half-Saint Realm was already so difficult, and continuing to hone it to the Second Tribulation Half-Saint level would only be more difficult.

The resources required for each subsequent step of cultivation were estimated to be astronomical.

But in any case, since he had already taken the first step, Shen Changqing had no reason to give up.

In the following time,

Shen Changqing silently consolidated himself to familiarize himself with the changes after his physical body became a Saint.

Ten years in the outside world.

A thousand years in the first layer of space.

After the thousand-year seclusion ended, Shen Changqing once again walked out of the Seven Profound Divine Tower and went to the Tongtian Pavilion.

Du Changshou, upon hearing the news, immediately came to meet him.

Shen Changqing asked, “I wonder how many rare and precious materials Steward Du has collected during this time?” “

Treasures of nature are scarce these days, and there are many cultivators in need of them. I have tried my best to collect them over the years, but so far I have only collected about 30 million high-grade immortal stones worth of treasures of nature.” Du

Changshou smiled wryly.

Natural treasures are born of the workings of heaven and earth, incomparable to ordinary immortal medicines.

The latter can be mass-produced if the means are sufficient.

But the former’s creation is difficult to replicate; the process of nurturing them is either extremely costly or relies on a stroke of luck.

Therefore,

the quantity of natural treasures is destined to be far less than that of immortal medicines.

Originally,

with the resources of Tongtian Pavilion, even a branch could possess a considerable amount of natural treasures.

However, Shen Changqing has acquired hundreds of millions of high-grade immortal stones worth of natural treasures over the years, greatly impacting Tongtian Pavilion’s inventory.

To be precise,

the inventory of ninth-grade natural treasures is limited.

Furthermore, Tongtian Pavilion has more than just Shen Changqing as a client.

Thus,

a sharp decrease in the quantity of natural treasures is inevitable.

Hearing this

, Shen Changqing didn’t insist further. Instead, he flicked his sleeve, and a storage ring landed in front of Du Changshou.

“Thirty million it is. As for the rest, the collection of ninth-grade heavenly treasures can be put on hold for now.”

“No problem!”

Du Changshou didn’t ask too many questions. Some things shouldn’t be asked; it’s professional ethics.

Soon,

Shen Changqing left Tongtian Pavilion with thirty million high-grade immortal stones worth of heavenly treasures.

After returning to his immortal abode, he continued to refine pools of water using these heavenly treasures, then entered the pools to cultivate.

Compared to before his breakthrough, now that his physical body had become a saint, Shen Changqing’s speed in refining heavenly treasures was more than ten times faster.

A pool of water

was enough to burst the energy of many immortal emperors.

At this moment, it was all devoured by Shen Changqing.

His physical body was like a bottomless abyss; no matter how many heavenly treasures there were, it was difficult to truly fill his body.

But after the last bit of energy was refined, Shen Changqing opened his eyes, a hint of helplessness on his face.

“As expected!” “

After breaking through to the Half-Saint Realm, ninth-tier heavenly treasures are of little use. Thirty million high-grade immortal stones weren’t even enough to shake his blood and qi.

At this rate, even collecting trillions of ninth-tier heavenly treasures wouldn’t be enough to truly break through to the Second Tribulation Half-Saint Realm!”

Shen Changqing had suspected this outcome before, which was why he had Du Changshou stop collecting ninth-tier heavenly treasures.

Now, he was personally trying to verify his suspicions.

In short,

those thirty million high-grade immortal stones were a waste.

But there was no other way.

If the quantity of heavenly treasures was too small, even refining them wouldn’t reveal much. Only

by spending thirty million high-grade immortal stones could one truly know if they were useful.

Judging from the current situation, Shen Changqing estimated that to continue improving his physical body, he either needed to obtain other Half-Saint essence blood or collect tenth-tier heavenly treasures. The   latter

was self-evident.

Saint-level rare and precious materials are extremely scarce and expensive, beyond my current means.

As for semi-saint blood essence—

ordinary semi-saint blood essence is of little use to me.

Even for a nine-tribulation semi-saint, it’s essentially the same.

Only the blood essence of a semi-saint with innate bloodlines, like that of the ancient gods, can truly be effective.

Collecting blood essence at this level is equally difficult.

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