Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

“Oh?”

Demon Subduing Venerable showed great interest. “How did you accomplish this?”

“I used a clever method, but I’ve never truly fought against a Wuji Realm expert before. I don’t know if I can meet Wuji Realm standards, so I’d like to ask Demon Sovereign to help test me out!”

Su Yuan spoke with utmost seriousness.

“Quite interesting!” Dao Immortal Human Emperor laughed. “Demon Subduing, why don’t you measure Su Yuan’s capabilities!”

Demon Subduing Venerable smiled faintly. “Su Yuan, you need to be prepared. The gap between Wuji Realm and Tai Chi Realm cannot be bridged simply by relying on external forces!”

Su Yuan nodded.

Demon Subduing Venerable waved his hand, and the heavens and earth instantly expanded countless times!

The two of them appeared within a starry expanse.

Meanwhile, Dao Immortal Human Emperor, Nine Nethers Human Emperor, and the others jointly set up an isolation array to prevent the aura of their battle from leaking out and causing unnecessary trouble!

Once the two stood ready.

A mirror appeared in Su Yuan’s hand.

This was the Tear of Eternity!

The moment the mirror fused with his body.

Su Yuan’s aura immediately began to surge explosively, reaching Tai Chi Realm perfection in the span of a breath, then without hesitation breaking through to a higher level!

That was the domain of Wuji Realm!

The spectators were instantly shocked.

“He actually truly elevated to Wuji Realm level! I’ve never heard of any external object that can grant someone Wuji Realm level power!” Flame Emperor looked toward Dao Immortal Human Emperor and inquired, “Immortal Emperor, are you aware of such things?”

Dao Immortal Human Emperor nodded. “On the Chaos Continent, there are indeed a few treasures that can exceptionally grant Wuji Realm strength, but each one is a true chaos wonder, extremely rare in the world! Even Wuji Realm experts crave such treasures. If revealed, they would trigger disasters. You all must seal your lips about this afterward.”

“Understood!” Flame Emperor sighed in admiration. “Looking at that treasure, it belongs to the artifact category, right? If the artifact forging path could create treasures with such effects, it would surely make one famous across the Chaos Continent! Unfortunately, it cannot be done.”

Before Su Yuan even made a move, he heard Flame Emperor’s words and pondered thoughtfully.

Meanwhile, Demon Subduing Venerable examined Su Yuan up and down, finding no flaws in Su Yuan’s disguise—it seemed he had truly reached Wuji Realm, which made him eager to test this.

Demon Subduing Venerable didn’t draw any weapon, instead casually swinging a hand chop.

In that instant.

That hand chop transformed into a universe in Su Yuan’s eyes. Within the universe, all things were born and perished, demonic energy ran rampant, and countless rules and laws intertwined inside, forming a perfect heavenly dao system in an incredibly profound manner, constituting the heavenly dao will of an entire universe!

Su Yuan’s pupils contracted sharply!

He had forcibly reached Wuji Realm level using the Tear of Eternity’s power, but he didn’t possess the Abyss Rule of the Abyss Lord. Even using the Mimicker would be useless at Wuji Realm level.

But Su Yuan still controlled another Eternal Trait—Star Ancestor!

His previous cultivation had limited his utilization of the Star Ancestor.

But now, Wuji Realm power could recharge the Star Ancestor, activating its full might.

Powerful Wuji Realm mana poured into the origin location of the Star Rule within his body, mobilizing the Star Rule. With a wave of his hand, he condensed a thin barrier before himself.

Inside this seemingly ordinary barrier, a starry universe had actually formed!

The Star Rule commanded countless laws and rules, forming a heavenly dao that gathered the entire universe’s power, thus condensing this thin layer of protection!

In truth, Su Yuan didn’t know how to construct this shield;

the Star Ancestor trait’s power simply skipped the intermediate construction process for him, directly forming a protective barrier.

The hand chop collided with the barrier, soundlessly.

Yet inside, an unimaginably intense collision erupted!

Two universes, within a tiny space, burned with their peak power, achieving ultimate sublimation in mere moments!

Under the restraint of Wuji Realm rules, this fierce clash didn’t leak even a trace of aura.

This was a contest between two heavenly daos, a game played at the rule level!

Both sides’ rule attacks sought out the opponent’s weakest points to strike, achieving maximum effect with minimal power!

Su Yuan’s will coordinated the overall situation, leading the heavenly dao rules to organize defense. Standing at an extremely high vantage point, he commanded everything as if playing chess, making countless moves within the span of breaths.

But ultimately, the hand chop shattered the protective barrier. Inside Su Yuan’s barrier shield, it was already riddled with holes, completely breached. His combat experience at Wuji Realm level was essentially zero.

Su Yuan’s expression showed alarm, and he immediately added another barrier layer!

Yet it still couldn’t hold. The hand chop retained a portion of its power, maintaining its form as it continued attacking Su Yuan.

Su Yuan condensed a third protective shield, finally neutralizing the opponent’s hand chop. However, the hand chop still held a slight advantage, leaving behind less than one ten-thousandth of its power remaining.

In this state, the hand chop could no longer maintain its Wuji Realm attack form. Demon Subduing Human Emperor seemed to have relinquished control over the hand chop.

The shattered universe inside the hand chop, lacking rule suppression, immediately unleashed its final remaining trace of power. Like a singularity explosion, it instantly blasted apart a several-light-year-wide area of rule ruins, tearing apart everything within sight!

If any Tai Chi Realm expert fell into this, they would certainly be severely injured by the terrifying explosion, possibly even perishing!

Such was the absurd gap between Wuji Realm and Tai Chi Realm.

As for this final explosion of hand chop power, for Su Yuan who had activated the Tear of Eternity, it naturally caused no harm whatsoever, being completely ignored by him.

However.

Just as Su Yuan disregarded that attack, another hand chop actually flew out from the explosion’s aftermath, instantly shooting toward Su Yuan.

Su Yuan’s pupils contracted sharply. “He actually launched two hand chops just now! One hand chop was hidden inside the other, and it didn’t exist in the current universe but had entered the river of time, concealed in the first hand chop’s past! Now it’s using the cover of the first hand chop’s final residual power explosion to launch this fierce strike!”

Although his eyes could perceive all this, it was already too late to react.

The hand chop solidly struck his body, causing massive damage. A dao wound appeared on his shoulder, furiously destroying his Wuji Realm mana.

In mere moments, the consumed mana was enough to deploy a thousand protective shields!

Moreover, that wound remained on his shoulder, only slowly shrinking with difficulty, continuously interfering with his willpower and mana output!

This single strike alone had placed him at a significant disadvantage.

Demon Sovereign’s strength was truly formidable!

Su Yuan focused his mind and transferred the dao wound on his body into the Tear of Eternity. With this operation, the power he had just consumed was partially restored.