Chapter 845

"A mountain of substandard divine crystals … Ancient civilization pills …" Gu Ding could not help but grin when he saw the things in the ring. "There are piles of Sanguine Demons' blood cores, Wraiths' spirit crystals, and Malevolent Beads condensed in Fiendish Demons' bodies …"

"A single substandard divine crystal contains a thousand times more energy than a source crystal, and its energy quality is much higher than a source crystal. This thing is said to be a high-denomination currency used in the Main Plane. One is equivalent to ten thousand source crystal. Usually, a tenth-rank Heavenly God would use it when they want to break through to Lord Barrier. It's too wasteful to use it normally. It's piled up like a small mountain in this Storage Space. The Heavenly God must have prepared it to break through to Lord Barrier. It's all mine now. "

"It just so happens that I need a lot of energy every time I increase my cultivation level. A substandard divine crystal is the best energy source for me."

Gu Ding took out a handful of substandard divine crystals. Each one was only the size of a thumb and had a crystal clear luster. There was a faint white charm left on the surface.

This charm was the most fundamental reason why the price of a substandard divine crystal was much higher than a source crystal. When the charm entered the user's body and accumulated to a certain extent, there was a certain chance of triggering an epiphany. However, how much one needed to accumulate and whether one could trigger an epiphany depended on one's physique and luck.

Gu Ding placed the substandard divine crystal in his palm and the Devourer in his body began to devour the energy of the substandard divine crystal. Even the faint white charm was swallowed.

With the influx of powerful energy, Gu Ding once again began to break through the gene shackles in his body.

The energy of the substandard divine crystal was truly terrifying. Two gene shackles shattered one after another like a breached dam. The difference was less than two hours. In just one day of closed-door cultivation, Gu Ding had advanced from a first-rank True God to a third-rank. His body's various indexes had improved again.

"I'm a third-rank True God now. My current combat effectiveness should be comparable to an eighth-rank Heavenly God. If I can break through to a middle-rank True God, my combat effectiveness will increase again. Let's see if I can continue to break through! " Gu Ding was not satisfied with just two small rank increases. For other monster geniuses, a small rank increase was relatively easy as long as they had enough resources.

Gu Ding grabbed another handful of substandard divine crystals and began another round of breakthroughs.

Once, twice, thrice …

One day, two days, three days …

One after another, the substandard divine crystals were used up, but Gu Ding failed again and again.

In the Cultivation Tower, three months passed in the blink of an eye. Gu Ding's countless attempts had all failed. The speed at which the genetic shackles were repaired was always faster than the speed at which they were destroyed.

Unknowingly, the Divine Charm in Gu Ding's body seemed to have accumulated to a critical point. All of a sudden, the White Divine Charm that was scattered throughout his body quickly gathered and turned into a white hurricane that swept toward Gu Ding's soul space.

By the time he noticed this, the white hurricane had already taken shape. Before Gu Ding could react, the hurricane had already blown into his soul space.

Gu Ding was drenched in cold sweat as he immersed his consciousness into the Soul Space. He saw the hurricane rising into the sky in the Soul Space and slowly condensing into a white luminous object in the void. It hung in the sky above the Soul Space like a star. The white light scattered in all directions and floated toward the ground of the Soul Space.

At that moment, Gu Ding's mind entered a strange state of emptiness. Everything became crystal clear in his mind. The things that he couldn't figure out in the past became clear in an instant, and all the questions he had in the past were answered in an instant.

"This is an epiphany!" Gu Ding immediately realized what was happening. "I can take this opportunity to improve the martial arts concept that is the most difficult to improve!"

As soon as this idea came to mind, various martial arts concepts suddenly appeared in Gu Ding's mind. Scenes of concepts that he had seen before flashed in his mind one after another, and a trace of enlightenment gradually rose.

Gu Ding closed his eyes tightly and did not dare to miss a single detail. He put all his effort into improving the martial arts concept.

In the Cultivation Tower, time passed day by day, month by month, year by year. Gu Ding kept his eyes closed and was unaware of the passage of time in the outside world.

At the same time, his Martial Dao Realm was also steadily improving.

From the initial small success of the Oblivion Realm to the great success of the Oblivion Realm … the perfect Oblivion Realm … the beginning of the Shattering Void Realm … the small success of the Shattering Void Realm … the great success of the Shattering Void Realm … the perfect Shattering Void Realm.

It only stopped after reaching the perfect Shattering Void Realm.

When he felt the improvement of the martial arts concept stop, Gu Ding slowly opened his eyes. His consciousness once again immersed into his soul space. The white glowing object finally dissipated all its light and completely disappeared from Gu Ding's soul space.

"The effect of this epiphany is really terrifying. I've been sitting here for more than twenty years, and the martial arts concept has improved significantly." Gu Ding looked down at his hands. He could clearly feel the changes in himself. The changes did not come from his body, but from a deeper understanding of martial arts.

With the advancement of the martial arts realm, even if one performed the same move as before, there would be a huge difference in the power and effect of the move.

"Nine and a half days have passed in the outside world. Biggie should be arriving tomorrow. Since there's still half a day left, I'll try to see if my cultivation can continue to break through!" Gu Ding grabbed a handful of Substandard Divine Crystals and began to swallow them madly.

The improvement of the martial arts concept made Gu Ding's attack power more than a notch stronger than before. Coupled with a sufficient supply of energy, Gu Ding began to attack the gene shackles in his body madly again.

After a few attempts, there was a sudden click, and the gene shackles finally began to break.

Gu Ding increased the speed of his attack, and the gene shackles soon collapsed completely.

"I've finally reached fourth-rank. Let's continue to break through!"

Breaking through the bottleneck meant that the subsequent breakthroughs would be much easier. Gu Ding did not hesitate and chose to continue breaking through.

Click! Click!

In the Cultivation Tower. After a few days, the two gene shackles in Gu Ding's body finally broke one after another. At this point, Gu Ding's cultivation level had finally reached sixth-rank True God.

"I've finally reached sixth-rank True God. Back when I was fifth-rank, my combat effectiveness had already reached the level of a tenth-rank Heavenly God. However, according to Neptune, the combat effectiveness of a tenth-rank Heavenly God is actually very different. This is because the tenth-rank Heavenly Gods are divided into seven combat effectiveness ranks: Beginner, Minor Achievement, Great Achievement, Peak, Limit, Minor Achievement, and Great Achievement.

"Neptune also said that the combat effectiveness of a tenth-rank Heavenly God is Rank-7, but not everyone can reach Rank-7. Most people can only reach Rank-3 or Rank-4. In fact, once one reaches Great Achievement of Rank-3 or above, they can choose to elevate to Lord. Of course, whether they succeed or not is another matter. However, most Lords elevate from Rank-3 or Rank-4 combat effectiveness. Only the true geniuses can reach Rank-5. Those who elevate to Lord at Rank-6 are basically the top existences among the Lords. As for Rank-7, that's completely a legendary rank …

"My current combat effectiveness is only equivalent to a tenth-rank Minor Achievement Heavenly God …"