Chapter 166: Ascending to the Saint Realm

Dongbo Xueying’s body moved, then abruptly vanished into thin air again, reappearing behind one of the outermost Alchemical Lifeforms.

The silver spear instantly pierced the body of the Alchemical Lifeform! Its outer layer obviously couldn’t withstand the assault.

Swish.

He withdrew the spear, his body flickered and vanished once more, reappearing beside another Alchemical Lifeform, delivering another thrust.

One-on-one.

Although the Ultimate Piercing Essence was difficult to handle when surrounded, now by using his body to manifest the Ultimate Piercing, he ensured he always faced only one opponent at a time, naturally defeating these Alchemical Lifeforms in one move. As their bodies were pierced, the dark red glow in their eyes dimmed, and they turned back into motionless statues. This was the rule established by the Xia Clan elders for these Alchemical Lifeforms.

Once the outer layer was pierced, it meant defeat, and the Lifeform would stop fighting.

Therefore—

To win the Hundred Battles Chamber, one must not only withstand the onslaught of being surrounded but also pierce through the outer layer of the Alchemical Lifeforms! Obviously, this tested many aspects of combat ability to an extremely high degree.

Generally, only a peak Sky-Soaring level Transcendent who had mastered a complete Grade 6 Essence could break through their defenses! The difficulty was It’s easy to imagine.

“Break! Break! Break!”

Dongbo Xueying’s figure appeared again and again, the Alchemical Lifeforms unable to surround him, repeatedly being defeated and turning into statues one after another.

“Defeated.”

“It seems we are going to lose.”

“This human Transcendent is just too strong, his attacks are powerful, and he can even teleport during battle.” The Alchemical Lifeforms lost all fighting spirit, and finally, they were all defeated, turning into motionless statues.

Hundred Battles Chamber!

Victory!

Dongbo Xueying grinned. In fact, after the first exchange, he understood that to succeed, he first needed to withstand being surrounded and then break through the defenses. If he used his body to manifest the Ultimate Piercing, he would win easily, so he hadn’t rushed to do so, instead exerting all his spear techniques, hoping to refine his skills through combat.

“Luckily, I spent over a year cultivating,” Dongbo Xueying secretly rejoiced.

Back when he completed the Sky Path task and initially grasped the Prototype of the Ultimate Piercing Essence, he could only use the spear or his fingers to perform piercing moves.

Back then, moves like smashing, chopping, or sweeping couldn’t manifest the Ultimate Piercing, let alone using his body.

If he had entered the Hundred Battles Chamber back then, he would surely have lost!

But over this past year, as his understanding deepened, his mastery became increasingly perfect. Everything could be transformed into an ultimate point, piercing through all. Weapons could become ultimate points, his body could, even falling flowers and leaves could!

Grade 2 Essence, even just the Prototype, was already this terrifying.

“Haha, good, good, excellent!” A loud laughter suddenly echoed within the Hundred Battles Chamber.

Dongbo Xueying turned his head and saw an old man with black hair smiling as he stood there.

“Greetings, Palace Master,” Dongbo Xueying said, recognizing the figure before him as Palace Master Chen. In fact, as soon as Dongbo Xueying entered the Hundred Battles Chamber, the artifact spirit of the Xuehuo Palace immediately informed its master, so Palace Master Chen had been secretly observing the entire battle! Obviously, what he witnessed made him very happy.

“This Grade 2 Essence is indeed powerful, even the Prototype is this impressive, easily piercing through space in battle,” the old man with black hair praised. “When you master the complete Essence in the future, I can’t even imagine! Back then, Changfeng mastered the Grade 3 Spatial Cutting Essence and could rival a Demigod, even defeating the Demigod Fengdong. Once you master it, your power will definitely be even greater! Cultivate diligently, master the complete Essence as soon as possible, and then you can reveal it to the world. For now, you still need to stay low. You successfully passed the Hundred Battles Chamber, so you’ll receive 100,000 Contribution Points, but this news must remain temporarily secret.”

“I understand,” Dongbo Xueying replied.

Although he was already very strong now,

before those world-destroying Demigods, he was still somewhat weak, still relying on the two protective artifacts granted by the Xia Clan to save his life.

This period before mastering the complete Essence was his relatively weaker time, so he needed to be careful.

“Demons, they are also a kind of trial for you,” Palace Master Chen smiled. “Go out and fight hard, you will progress faster in battle! Master the complete Grade 2 Essence as soon as possible. I’m already looking forward to that day with anticipation.”

…

After returning from the Hundred Battles Chamber, Dongbo Xueying returned silently to his residence, just in time for breakfast with his family.

The whole family was together.

Dongbo Xueying was in a particularly good mood. The 100,000 Contribution Points would greatly enhance his power and the strength of Xue Shi Castle.

“Master, Magus Jingqiu has arrived,” a maid came to report.

Mo Yangyu immediately said, “Let Magus Jingqiu come and have breakfast together.”

“Have breakfast together?” Dongbo Xueying was taken aback. Transcendent beings didn’t really need to eat breakfast; he was just enjoying the family atmosphere.

“She’s not an outsider anyway,” Mo Yangyu smiled.

“Right, not an outsider,” Dongbo Lie also smiled happily. During the year they had lived in Xiadu City, they had seen Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu often together, sensing the closeness between them. Mo Yangyu and his wife had even come to see Yu Jingqiu as their future daughter-in-law. Although Yu Jingqiu was three years older than Dongbo Xueying, they were still very satisfied.

Transcendent beings had incredibly long lifespans; a mere three-year age difference was something to be grateful for. Plus, they were from the same province, and deeply in love with each other. Where else could you find such a perfect match?

Soon, Yu Jingqiu arrived.

“Magus Jingqiu, please sit down quickly,” Mo Yangyu hurriedly invited her, although treating her as family, she was still a Transcendent Magus.

“Greetings, Duke, Duchess,” Yu Jingqiu politely replied, then sat beside Dongbo Xueying. She glanced at Dongbo Xueying and secretly transmitted her voice, “How did it go? Did you succeed?”

“Mm, I did,” Dongbo Xueying secretly replied. “But this news must remain secret, don’t spread it. I’m only telling you.”

“A Transcendent under sixty years old winning the Hundred Battles Chamber, such a huge event, yet it’s so quiet. You came back from battle and still quietly had breakfast with your family,” Yu Jingqiu transmitted her voice, a smile on her face, clearly feeling sweet inside as Dongbo Xueying said he had only told her.

Suddenly, Dongbo Xueying spoke up, “Tonight I plan to enter seclusion, maybe for a day or two.”

“Enter seclusion?” Everyone at the table looked puzzled.

“Mm, in a month, I’ll be leaving Xiadu City to return home. There might be demon threats, so I need to breakthrough to the Saint level before that,” Dongbo Xueying explained. Once he broke through to Saint level, it couldn’t be hidden; the aura emitted would be completely different. Dongbo Xueying hadn’t planned to hide it from his family.

“Saint level Transcendent?” His younger brother Qing Shi exclaimed, “Wow, Brother, how long have you been cultivating, already a Saint level Transcendent, so amazing.”

“Senior Xueying will probably be the youngest Saint level Transcendent in the past thousand years,” Yu Jingqiu also said.

This large table of people, besides Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu, included his parents, Uncle Tong’s family, Uncle Zong, and two couples.

The younger brother’s girlfriend was named Dai Ya, also a prominent figure at Changfeng Academy. Because she and her sister Dai Lu were quite beautiful and had already reached the Starflowing level. Beautiful female Magi at the Starflowing level, twin sisters, were quite rare within Changfeng Academy.

The other couple was Dai Lu and her boyfriend Kong Yuanfeng.

Dongbo Qing Shi had a Transcendent older brother and was himself a Silver Moon level Magus. Kong Yuanfeng, who managed to pursue the older sister Dai Lu, was also a prodigy, apprenticed under the Transcendent Magus Ziche Gufeng, and was now also a Silver Moon level Magus. His most notable achievement was his extremely high proficiency and accomplishments in the study of physical bodies and souls. Even the venerable ancestor of the Sikong Clan, Sikong Hong, had publicly stated that in terms of pure research into physical and soul cultivation, Kong Yuanfeng had already surpassed her!

“So amazing,” Dai Lu, Dai Ya, and Kong Yuanfeng were all somewhat stunned.

They were geniuses at Changfeng Academy, but when they came to Xiadu City, there were a large number of Title Knights and Magi.

In the mansion they lived in, who among Dongbo Xueying, Yu Jingqiu, and the junior apprentice Yuan Qing didn’t make them look up in admiration?

Yuan Qing was even younger than them but had already become a Transcendent!

Dongbo Xueying was even more astonishing! Previously, he was already recognized as the top among Sky-Soaring level Transcendents in Xiadu City, possessing power comparable to a Saint level Transcendent. Now, at such a young age, he had already entered the Saint level Transcendent realm. He might even have the potential to reach the Demigod level in the future!

Admiration! Respect!

This was the feeling of his younger brother Qing Shi, the Dai sisters, and Kong Yuanfeng at this moment.

…

That night.

Dongbo Xueying entered a quiet room for seclusion. The fire crystal lamp was lit, and in the vast, quiet room, only Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged alone.

In his hand, he held a piece of Source Stone weighing over a jin, while his mind was immersed in his dantian sea of energy. With a mere thought, the Transcendent battle energy, long nurtured to the extreme and suppressed until now, was easily triggered into transformation… beginning to cross into another higher realm…