Chapter 187 - Li Ju Part One

Sixty Years later Ah Chun finally adjusted herself to the pressure weighing down on her since she stepped foot onto the second platform. She could already feel the extreme changes in her physique since she had been undergoing this body tempering. She really could not believe that it has taken her over one hundred years just to make it to the second platform. She really understood why The archaic voice said it would take hundreds or thousands of years before she completed the tests.

In front of her was another stone tablet. But when Ah Chun read the words on the tablet Her eyes widen and a smile appeared on her face. "Those that cultivate the stars must open the hidden paths within the body." One simple sentence and Ah Chun already knew what it meant.

Ah Chun lifted her head and looked up into the blackness of space around her as she asked: "How many do I need to open to pass this trial? The Spiritual Qi here is barely enough to open even one more meridian and even then it would take quite a bit of time." 

An archaic laugh sounded out from the abyss. "It seems after gaining acknowledgment from the Star Monument has given you much information. You may proceed..."

Another set of stairs appeared as Ah Chun once again continued her decent. On the other side, Ning Shen was slowly still making his way down the second set of stairs. Ning Shen, unfortunately, did not have a special bloodline like Ah Chun that would allow him to adjust to the pressure faster. This made each step down harder and harder for him. There had been many times where he even coughed up mouthfuls of blood due to internal injuries he was sustaining. If it was not for Ah Chun giving him many healing pills he would need to take longer on each step. But no matter how hurt Ning Shen got he continued to push on and gritted his teeth and stepped onto the next step.

Hundreds of years passed and Ah Chun finally made it to the third platform. To her surprise, the third platform did not hit her with an extreme amount of pressure. She stood firmly as she waited to see what was about to happen. But she was given a start when a misty figure appeared in front of her before slowly forming a corporeal body. 

"To think you made it here so quickly. Hmm... Yes, it must be due to your bloodlines." The figure spoke in the same archaic voice as Ah Chun had heard during her test.

Ah Chun seeing this man, Ah Chun gave him a smile before cupping her hands and giving a bow." Greetings senior, or should I say Deity of Slaughter, Li Ju."

"Haha! Little on you sure are interesting so young but so knowledgeable." Li Ju let out a laugh as he sat down on the platform and pulled out a flask and two cups. "Let's drink and talk while we wait for that little lad to make his way here. I have to hand it to him. He is holding on well and is very smart, it only took him three years to understand the meaning behind the words of the second platform. It should only take him another few hundred years before he reaches this point. Until then let's have a chat." 

Li Ju quickly poured some cups of wine and handed one to Ah Chun. "Senior, I have to ask why do you pretend to be dead even though you are not?"

"Haha! So you noticed. I guess I couldn't keep it from someone as smart as you little lass. It is true that I did beat that poison. When I created this mystic realm I was on the verge of death. I thought my life was going to come to an end. So I used my very soul to create this trial. I wanted to train the one to inherit my legacy by tempering them to be able to handle the next stage of their cultivation. Without this tempering your body will collapse under the pressure of your own cultivation base. Once you enter the fourth stage of Qi Universe, only then will you understand." Li Ju explained.

"I see. Senior, I have been stuck at the peak of stage three for two hundred years now and am not able to break through is there a reason for that?" Ah Chun asked. She had been trying over and over to break through to the fourth stage of Qi Universe with no luck. She had no idea what was stopping her.

"Oh, that's easy. From stage four of Qi Universe and every stage after that, you will need to open a new meridian. That was the true meaning behind the words of the second test. Once you open your first meridian, only then will you understand what it means to go against heavens will. For us cultivators that cultivate on the lower plane, we are forced to abide by a set of rules imposed on the lower plane. This is what we call heavens will. The highest realm one can reach under this set of rules if you cultivate based on the rules set by the heavens is the Primordial God realm. But those old fogies have no idea that there are realms way beyond that of the Primordial God realm. Once you step into the Celestial realm and surpass heavens will. Will your true path of cultivation really start. Right now you are just a baby in the eyes of the stars. There are beings out there that have been around since the creation of all existence. They don't even need to think to extinguish all life on thousands of worlds. They are existences that even I can't comprehend." Li Ju shook his head as he down another cup of wine.

Ah Chun was dumbfounded. She had reached the pinnacle in her past life and did not even realize it. She had always thought that there was another realm beyond but was never even able to touch it! Now she knew why! What amazed her, even more, were these beings that were so profound that they could destroy thousands of worlds without thinking!

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