Chapter 1046 - The World’s First Eleven-Leaf Cultivator

“What’s crazy?” Yu Shangrong asked.

Su Heng said, “You’re trying to form a Thousand Realms Whirling avatar and activate a Birth Chart in this environment? You don’t even have a Birth Palace! How are you going to form a Thousand Realms Whirling avatar and activate a Birth Chart?!”

Yu Shangrong calmly replied, “There are many untrodden paths in this world. If you don’t try, how will you know?”

Su Heng did not think much of Yu Shangrong’s words at all. “Preposterous. You’re seeking death!”

Yu Shangrong said, “Isn’t it good for you if I die?”

“I prefer to kill you with my own hands…” Su Heng really could not accept that he, a Thousand Realms Whirling cultivator, could not kill a Ten-leaf Hundred Tribulations Insight cultivator. To him, this was a great humiliation.

“You thought you missed out on an opportunity, but in fact, you dodged a calamity,” Yu Shangrong said indifferently.

Su Heng scoffed. “You’re not confident; you’re just conceited. Cultivation is the result of many experts’ trials and errors in ancient times. Through countless failures, they came to many conclusions. Indeed, there are many cultivation paths in the world, but how can you be sure you’ll succeed. I know, I know; you’re going to say how will I know if I don’t try…”

Su Heng continued to say, “Your understanding of cultivation is too shallow. This ice is capable of creating a natural Birth Trial.”

“Birth Trial?” Yu Shangrong was puzzled. He was cultivating a path that no one had ever cultivated before. From the moment he severed his lotus, he was destined to be different from others.

Seeing Yu Shangrong’s ignorance, Su Heng’s voice took on a tone of superiority as he spoke, “Once one has activated six Birth Charts, one would have to go through a Birth Trial. This is also a test for the six Birth Charts. After passing the Birth Trial, the power of the six Birth Charts will merge and create new abilities. The abilities depend on one’s luck. In short, the Birth Trial is actually the process of the six Birth Charts merging and the creation of new abilities.”

Su Heng continued to say, “To go through the Birth Trial, one needs to be in incredibly harsh environments such as extremely cold land, hot land, windy land, and so on. The process is incredibly painful. The best place is naturally the harshest place. Some people even went to the Unknown Land in search of the harshest environment. Unfortunately, they never returned. That’s right; the Black Water Mystic Cave is one of the best places to go through a Birth Trial. After the tempering in the harsh environment, one’s Dantian’s sea of Qi will grow stronger, allowing the Birth Charts to merge. Many cultivators are unable to pass the first Birth Trial and have no choice but to give up. Since you’ve been to the black lotus domain, you should have noticed that there aren’t many who have more than six Birth Charts.”

Yu Shangrong said calmly, “No wonder the people of the red lotus domain would rather cross the Endless Ocean than to go through the Black Water Mystic Cave.

“There are many powerful sea beasts in the Black Water Mystic Cave… As long as we keep quiet, we should be able to guarantee our safety. There’s no light here so humans are unwilling to come here. What you’re doing now is akin to committing suicide. If you form the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar at this time, it’ll attract the sea beasts, and you’ll definitely die. Moreover, you only have ten leaves. If you try to form the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar in this harsh environment, you’ll definitely freeze your avatar.”

When Su Heng saw Yu Shangrong had no intention of heeding his advice, he raised his voice as he said through voice transmission, “Stop! I said stop!”

Due to the lack of Primal Qi, the sound technique was muffled by the ice and did not bother Yu Shangrong.

“Madman! You’re a madman!” Su Heng could not understand Yu Shangrong at all.

Meanwhile, Yu Shangrong remained unmoved. Instead, he slowly mobilized the Primal Qi in his Dantian’s sea of Qi and channeled it into his avatar after he merged with his avatar. At this time, he looked as though he was plated with a layer of gold.

Buzz!

The sound of energy resonating rang in the air.

Perhaps, Yu Shangrong had absorbed many life hearts, he stored quite a large amount of Primal Qi. He did not even need the Primal Qi from the surroundings.

Yu Shangrong had a strange feeling prior to this. It was as though his avatar had eaten its fill and had reached a bottleneck. He did not know what would happen if he broke through the bottleneck. However, his intuition told him if he kept cultivating like this, he would be able to break through the bottleneck. He wondered if he would be able to form the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar after breaking through the bottleneck?

Yu Shangrong did not heed Su Heng’s advice; he was determined. He had only one path to take now. As for whether Su Heng lived or died, it had nothing to do with him. In fact, it would be even better if he attracted the sea beasts. He could use them to free himself from this ice block.

Yu Shangrong continued to circulate the Primal Qi in his Dantian’s sea of Qi and channeled it into his avatar before he returned it back to his Dantian’s sea of Qi through his avatar.

The energies from the seven life hearts Yu Shangrong had absorbed played an important part at this moment. Without the rich Primal Qi and vitality energy, he would not be able to withstand the harsh environment.

…

Time continued to pass.

Neither Yu Shangrong nor Su Heng knew how much time had passed. It felt as though 100 years had passed.

Yu Shangrong was unaware that during this time, his master would use the power of sight to check on him. However, his master only vaguely saw a golden light.

Li Xiaomo, the Guardian of the Evil Sky Pavilion, Ye Tianxin, and the others even went to Heavenly Moat to search for Yu Shangrong for a long time. They even mobilized the cultivators from the golden lotus domain to help with the search. Alas, they did not find anything.

The abyss was too deep. If they were not careful, they would lose their way as well. Everyone searched carefully; no one dared to act recklessly.

Ye Tianxin informed Si Wuya about this matter, and Si Wuya suggested that all the cultivators bring enough talismans. However, they encountered sea beasts and had no choice but to retreat.

Nevertheless, the Evil Sky Pavilion did not stop searching.

Similarly, Yu Shangrong did not stop cultivating.

Su Heng shouted for a long time before he finally gave up. Instead, he slowly mobilized the Primal Qi in his Dantian’s sea of Qi to condense them into an energy sphere to break the ice block.

This continued for countless days and nights.

The duo gradually grew physically and mentally exhausted.

At some point…

Buzz!

Su Heng, who had lost all sense of time, heard a noise. When he looked at Yu Shangrong, he saw a golden halo falling from Yu Shangrong’s head to his feet. He asked curiously, “You… What are you doing? The halo can’t break the ice. It’s useless…”

After observing for a moment, Su Heng’s eyes widened in realization. “You… You…” He began to laugh, unable to finish his words. After a while, he said, “You… you’re using the method to sprout leaves to form the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar?”

After saying that, Su Heng laughed again as though he had just seen the funniest joke in the world. As a Thousand Realms Whirling cultivator with five Birth Charts, even he found the cold uncomfortable. His Dantian’s sea of Qi felt as though it was filled with ice water.

Yu Shangrong naturally felt the same way, but his degree of discomfort was much higher compared to Su Heng. After all, he only had the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar. His avatar and Dantian’s sea of Qi’s resistance to the cold were inferior to Su Heng.

Thousand Realms Whirling cultivators who had activated their Birth Chart would have more or less have resistance to cold and heat. Then there were those like Lu Zhou who was especially resistant to heat due to the special skill he obtained from the life heart of the fierce beast in the Sky Wheel Rift Valley.

Yu Shangrong had absorbed seven life hearts, but none of them could help him resist the cold. It was the will of the heavens, and he could only rely on his willpower to endure it.

Buzz!

Golden halos continued to fall one after another.

In fact, Yu Shangrong had no idea why he was doing this. However, his instincts drove him to do it.

At this moment, Yu Shangrong’s black hair and eyebrows were already frosted white. His lips and teeth were frozen as well. Only the streaks of golden energy and his willpower helped him to stay alive.

Su Heng sighed and said, “It’s unfortunate I can’t kill you with my own hands. Have a peaceful passing…” His instincts as a Thousand Realms Whirling cultivator told him Yu Shangrong was not going to survive. He could sense the weakness of Yu Shangrong’s aura, and Yu Shangrong’s vitality energy’s fluctuation was growing faint as well. In the end, the harsh environment of the freezing Black Water Mystic Cave was not a place a Hundred Tribulations Insight cultivator could endure.

Clack!

A different sound from before rang in the air at this moment.

‘Huh?’ Su Heng felt his heart thump.

This was the sound of cracks appearing on the ice block.

Su Heng was overjoyed!

“Even the heavens… Even the heavens are helping me!” Su Heng’s efforts were rewarded. All his Primal Qi in his Dantian’s sea of Qi surged out at this moment, forming an energy saber that pierced the cracks.

Primal Qi from outside began to surge in crazily.

Boom!

Su Heng spread his arms.

A black Thousand Realms Whirling avatar appeared and increased in size, breaking the ice block.

Su Heng hovered above the black water after he freed himself. He looked at Yu Shangrong who seemed like he was on the verge of freezing to death and said, “I’ll send you to your death.”

Yu Shangrong opened his eyes abruptly. Similarly, the ice shattered as he revealed a faint smile on his face. “You’re wrong.”

“Huh?”

Buzz!

A golden avatar appeared in front of Su Heng. To be precise, it was a pure golden avatar. A golden halo hung at the back of the avatar, and ten leaves revolved around the halo.

No. Su Heng rubbed his eyes before he counted the leaves carefully and found the number was not right.

“Eleven leaves?!”