Two thousand years ago, a strand of sword light flashed across the nine heavens, tearing through the sky.
The world recovered, and martial arts began to revive.
Two thousand years later...
Time flies, day and night.
Seven days later, in the courtyard where Lin Xuan lived at the Leizhou Sky Patrol Office.
Boom... Buzz...
Lin Xuan was sitting cross-legged, his aura as deep as an abyss, bursting forth with astonishing power. As his divine radiance shone, it seemed as if wind and thunder trembled, and endless laws surrounded him, evolving into a vast starry world behind him.
"call……"
Exhaling a breath of stale air, Lin Xuan, who had kept his eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened them wide. His pupils shone with golden light, like a roaring dragon, or a ribbon stretching across the sky.
"The Great Luo Limit is just one step away from becoming a Saint. As for the so-called Quasi-Saint... it turns out, it was just a misconception..."
Lin Xuan muttered to himself, and with a thought, he immediately opened the attribute panel.
[Host: Lin Xuan]
[Cultivation Level: Limit of Great Luo Golden Immortal]
[Talent: Ancient Sacred Body, Blade Soul]
[Cultivation Technique: Ten Directions Dao Scripture (Eleventh Level, 99%)]
[Martial Arts: Ten Directions Martial Arts (Saint-level, 12%)]
[Skills: Alchemy (Immortal Alchemist, 99%), Formation (Immortal Formation Master, 99%), Weapon Forging (Immortal Weapon Master, 99%)]
[Supernatural Powers: Summoning Wind and Rain (Superior), Divine Eyes (Superior), Condensing Stars (Superior), Sealing (Superior), Supreme Divine Radiance (Superior), Manifesting Heaven and Earth (Superior), Shifting Forms (Superior), Crimson Moon Burning the Sky (Great Supernatural Power), Overturning Rivers and Seas (Great Supernatural Power)...]
[Unique Items: Earth Spirit Fire (Low-grade Innate), Mountain and River Cauldron (Fragment) (Low-grade Innate), Fire Spirit Pearl (High-grade Innate)...]
[Rule: Ten Directions (99%)]
[Luck Points: 0]
...
Lin Xuan glanced at his attribute panel, a faint smile gradually appearing on his face. His cultivation had reached the limit of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he had comprehended 99% of the Ten Laws, and his alchemy, weapon crafting, and formation techniques had all reached the limit of the Immortal Formation Master.
This is the result of his seven days of work and the consumption of nearly 5 billion units of luck.
The Great Luo Limit is only one step away from the Saint Realm.
As for the so-called quasi-saints that were previously speculated about, Lin Xuan only realized at this moment that it was a misconception.
The so-called Quasi-Saint, strictly speaking, does not exist in this realm. Before the ancient times, such a realm division was not known. The five realms of the Immortal Realm are: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal.
After surpassing the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, one progresses from Immortal to Saint, entering the Saint realm. There is no distinction between the Quasi-Saint realm and the previous one.
Until the ancient times, some martial arts experts, after overcoming the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, possessed strength far exceeding that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, yet they did not attain sainthood. Therefore, this stage was called Quasi-Saint. In reality, Quasi-Saint is often just a generalization about a group of pitiful individuals who have overcome at least one of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man.
The reason they are pitiful is that most of them have actually cut off their path to sainthood.
I will never be able to attain sainthood in this lifetime.
In the path of martial arts, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal has a lifespan limit; the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man is the lifespan limit for a Great Luo Golden Immortal. However, there are always some people who, for various reasons, overcome the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, and their lifespan is greatly extended. They receive blessings from heaven and earth, and their strength increases greatly, far surpassing that of ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortals at their peak.
But little do they know that these people have already exhausted their potential.
If a martial artist wants to prove their Dao and become a saint, they must cross the threshold before their lifespan ends. If they fail to cross it before their lifespan ends, they will completely exhaust their potential after experiencing the Five Signs of Decay.
Even if, in the end, for some reason, one successfully overcomes the five signs of decay and has their lifespan extended.
However, the depleted potential can never be replenished, so one can never attain sainthood or touch the true Dao in one's lifetime.
Therefore, although the Quasi-Saints and Great Powers seem to be high above and of noble status, they are actually just a group of pitiful creatures who have cut off the path to sainthood and are destined to be unable to attain sainthood.
Unless one possesses great perseverance and a stroke of good fortune, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
Throughout history, there have been countless quasi-saints, but how many have actually crossed that threshold and attained sainthood? The chances are extremely slim.
Lin Xuan was completely unaware of this information before; even the Heavenly Patrol Bureau's Scripture Pavilion lacked corresponding records. He only knew this because of the system; after his cultivation reached the limit of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the system instilled this information in him.
Otherwise, he would also know nothing.
“My cultivation has now reached the limit of the Great Luo realm, and I am only one step away from becoming a Saint. But this last step is not so easy to cross.”
Lin Xuan muttered to himself, "My talent is not bad, but if I were to rely solely on myself to comprehend the Dao, I don't know how many years it would take."
Ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years? It's probably more than that.
But what I lack most right now is time.
Luck... The only way is to use the system to utilize luck to achieve ultimate enlightenment, helping me break through my limits faster and successfully attain sainthood.
However, the nearly five billion units of luck I had previously accumulated were only enough to barely reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal limit. The amount of luck I would need to prove myself and become a saint would probably be more than the total amount of luck required to go from the Physical Body Realm to the Great Luo Golden Immortal limit.
Such immense fortune can only be obtained by slaying the Jie Clan…
In the blink of an eye, numerous thoughts flashed through Lin Xuan's mind.
His eyes grew increasingly determined, and a detailed plan gradually formed in his mind.
"Um……"
Suddenly, with a thought, Lin Xuan's pupils narrowed slightly, and a broad smile appeared on his face.
Someone is coming.
This was truly like a pillow delivered to someone who was about to fall asleep. He was still thinking about how to kill more members of the Jie clan when, unexpectedly, someone came to his doorstep.
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