According to the experience summarized in the jade slip, when the forbidden realm reaches a certain level, perhaps due to unseen obstacles or restrictions of the rules, a level similar to a "heavenly tribulation" will begin to appear.
The calamities differ for each of the three major areas.
Among them, the barrier in the realm of physical taboos is the most intuitive. Each breakthrough after reaching a certain level involves the complete decomposition and recombination of the physical body, an incredible change in genes, and is completely detached from existing biological knowledge.
Decomposition equals death, recombination equals rebirth, so the forbidden realm of the physical body is called the "gate of life and death," implying that one must be put in a life-or-death situation to survive.
The principle is roughly the same as using the Ancestral Dragon's Thunder to temper the body and the Jade Pool Immortal Water to restore vitality before sinking, but the "life and death barrier" is more dangerous and harder to control. It is almost equivalent to a real death and resurrection, much like the legendary Nirvana.
Shen Qian possessed a body with ten orifices and was backed by the "Calamity Buddha," making him exceptionally gifted. However, precisely because of this, finding a balance between life and death became even more difficult for him.
To give an example, based on Wu Jun's experience and Jiang Huan's speculation, the "Sea of the Dead" could help Shen Qian break through the first physical barrier of life and death. However, Shen Qian specifically led the "Old Days" team to open the seal of the B-level "door" and went to the world called "Abyss of Death," but... they failed.
The power of the "Sea of the Dead" was no longer enough to completely corrode his body. If the power of the Ancestral Dragon's Thunder were added, it would be too much. The Jade Pool Immortal Water could not keep up with the speed of recovery, which would only lead to his true death before sinking.
Therefore, Shenqian's cultivation in terms of physical taboos has been stalled.
The elemental energy is also stuck.
The later stages of the Forbidden Realm of Yuan Power are called the "Hundred Refinement Pass," which symbolizes being tempered into steel through trials.
The essence of breaking through taboos in Yuan Power is to continuously compress it, making it increasingly pure, and the accumulation of quantitative changes triggers one qualitative change after another.
Therefore, the breakthrough of Yuan Power is also the area that consumes the most time before sinking in. Now, no matter how much sinking in has solidified and tempered Yuan Power, it seems that it has already transformed to the extreme and is difficult to go further.
According to the records on the jade slip, the only person who broke through the "Hundred Refinements Barrier" in succession was Jiang Ye, and his method was completely unusable before Shen Qian.
Oh, right... Jiang Ye is the real name of the Prince of Jiangling.
The reason why the Prince of Jiangling was able to refine his own Yuan Power through his superb weapon-refining skills was because he was the only Heavenly Mandate Great Weapon Refiner.
The only useful thing was that it provided Shen Qian with some scattered ideas. He might be able to break this deadlock through alchemy, but Shen Qian hasn't found a good solution yet.
Of the three major areas, the progress in the field of mental power is particularly encouraging.
The main reason lies in the "Great Dao Patterns" that Shen Qian collected, coupled with his smooth sailing in the field of spiritual power, so there were no major setbacks.
Shen Qian has now broken through the first "Form and Intent Barrier," but in order to maintain balance, he has to suspend his spiritual cultivation and wait for his physical body and Yuan Power to catch up.
Rumble!
Amidst his chaotic thoughts before sinking, the military aircraft began to pierce through the clouds and slowly descended towards Jingcheng Second Airport below.
"Ah, how did Jingcheng become like this?"
At this moment, Jiang Xuan, who was sitting next to her, exclaimed in surprise.
He leaned forward to look, and his gaze also sharpened.
The first thing that catches the eye is a vast expanse of scorched earth, covered with irregular pits, ruins, and large patches of reddish-brown grime that have not yet been cleaned up—a truly shocking sight.
This area begins to extend from a dozen kilometers outside Jingcheng, and continues for several kilometers inward from the original West Gate, occupying almost a quarter of the original Jingcheng area.
The western city walls and gates had long since collapsed, with only a new cordon and isolation zone erected on the edge of the scorched earth, where a large number of military personnel were stationed.
Before sinking, I had learned a lot about the situation from the reports sent to the major war zones, but seeing it with my own eyes still made me sigh.
For the past three or four months, human warriors have been constantly clearing away the threats behind the "door," but the creatures behind the "door" have not given up.
To date, nearly 150 "gates" have been fully opened. The major war zones have focused their efforts on dealing with the threats of B-level and C-level "gates." However, it is undeniable that even if the extraordinary creatures of the D-level "gates" were to swarm out, it would still be a catastrophic disaster for ordinary towns.
Not to mention that not every B-level and C-level "gate" is completely eliminated by the human race. From time to time, some unexpected and powerful creatures enter the Earth, causing a lot of damage.
In four months, more than half of the cities in China have been attacked, and five Class C cities have been completely destroyed.
Even today, a large number of unidentified creatures still roam the restricted area, and the military's mobile forces are working day and night to hunt them down, suffering heavy losses.
The number of military personnel killed or wounded in the Ninth Company alone exceeded one thousand, and this was the elite force of the Lu Shu Camp. One can imagine the situation of the local garrison.
What worries all the high-level martial artists the most is that, apart from a few scattered A-level "doors", there are currently seventeen more A-level or higher "doors" that have been discovered, and right now, these "doors" are all completely silent.
This is also why most kings and nobles simply couldn't spare the time; they had to keep an eye on these most threatening "doors."
Some experts predict that once the A-level "gates" are opened on a large scale, the human race will face the greatest disaster since the revival of spiritual energy, and the current overall situation in which the human race has the upper hand will collapse in an instant.
According to information obtained before the sinking, the Royal Council is already considering a complete contraction of the defense line, concentrating all residents of cities below level B in the regional capital. However, how to resettle them remains a major issue, so it has not yet been officially decided.
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