Chapter 800: Rising Two Levels in One Go

The auction of just one copy of the “Primordial Dao Explanation” lasted for over three months without ending.
It wasn’t because Su Che and the others were inefficient—it was because each of the five veteran Immortal Emperors bid increasingly higher, with the quantities of various items being utterly unimaginable.
To put it simply, the five Eighth Heaven Immortal Emperors fully displayed their personal spaces, allowing Su Che to choose from the treasures within. It would take a very long time to tally everything.
The wealth of Immortal Emperors was astonishing, especially those at the Eighth Heaven level.
By now, all five Eighth Heaven Immortal Emperors were willing to go all out—spending all their wealth plus tens of thousands of units of spiritual energy to secure the Primordial Dao Explanation.
“Fifty thousand units of spiritual energy!” Emperor Diqiu bid again.
“Fifty-five thousand!” Guangzhong refused to back down.
“Sixty thousand!” Emperor Leilong also showed no weakness.
Offering sixty thousand units of spiritual energy meant this Immortal Emperor would have to stay in the Immortal Lord’s Treasury for twenty thousand years, tirelessly producing Emperor Yuan Fruits for Su Che.
Even though it was still one unit of spiritual energy, the quality at the Eighth Heaven level was a hundred times higher than that at the first heaven. The Emperor Yuan Fruits produced could be used even if Su Che reached the level of an Immortal Emperor.
This was certainly a good thing, but while they could afford to wait tens of thousands of years, Su Che didn’t have that much time to waste here.
Over the past three months, the other seven auction halls had completed at least five auctions, yet here, things remained stuck.
Feeling the situation was ripe, Su Che slowly said, “Five Immortal Emperors, continuing to argue and bid like this is really meaningless. How about this?”
“The referee, please speak.”
In fact, the five Immortal Emperors had already been overwhelmed. But since they were determined to get the Primordial Dao Explanation at any cost, they couldn’t give up.
Su Che slowly continued, “The five Immortal Emperors only need to give me 60% of their wealth, and each of you provide ten thousand units of spiritual energy. I’ll then create five exact copies of the Primordial Dao Explanation, one for each of you. What do you say?”
“One copy each? Everyone gets one?”
The five Immortal Emperors exchanged glances before nodding in agreement to this proposal.
In truth, they all knew this was the only feasible solution. Otherwise, fifty thousand units, eighty thousand, one hundred thousand…
An endless bidding war would mean they could never leave the Immortal Lord’s Treasury in their lifetime.
Obviously, that was also impractical.

According to this original Dao explanation, if there is one copy for each person, it can also be understood as five Immortal Emperors simultaneously becoming disciples of the Original Immortal Venerable, thus forming a brotherly relationship among them. That wouldn’t be bad at all. As members of the Original lineage, they could support and care for one another in the future. Working together, they would be able to stand above most immortals in the immortal realm, aside from the great Immortal Venerables. “Then, starting from today, the five of us shall consider ourselves part of the Original lineage,” said Emperor Guangzhong with a smile. “Exactly!” The other four Immortal Emperors nodded in agreement. After countless years of silence, the inheritance of the Original lineage’s Dao would once again flourish in the immortal realm. Su Che smiled silently—next, he would receive countless vast amounts of supplies from these five established Immortal Emperors, all top-quality items from the immortal realm. Of course, these five Immortal Emperors would also have to stay in the treasure vault for at least three thousand years to continuously produce Emperor Yuan Fruits for themselves. A mere small jade slip had brought them so much—Su Che felt he had made a great deal, and similarly, the five Immortal Emperors were also satisfied. For them, material possessions were unimportant; what mattered was the prospect and hope of gaining greater power. Days passed by, and ten years later, the auctions in the Seventh Heaven continued, while those in the Eighth Heaven had completely ended. Aside from this original Dao explanation, Guangzhong and the others had little interest in the so-called treasures. Moreover, even if better treasures appeared, they no longer had the means to purchase them. The first transaction had already drained them dry. With the agreement to pay ten thousand units of spiritual energy, they had to work day and night for three thousand years to obtain that original Dao explanation. Paying first and receiving the goods later was only fair. If, on the other hand, the original Dao explanation were given to them in advance, once these five Immortal Emperors immersed themselves in understanding the true essence of the Dao, they would be in seclusion and unable to focus on producing Emperor Yuan Fruits for Su Che. Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh… Every three months, Guangzhong and the others would infuse 90% of their Immortal Essence into the Spiritual Energy Crystal and hand it over to Su Che, then absorb the crystal to continue their cultivation, repeating this process. Rather than being five Immortal Emperors of the Eighth Heaven, they were more like hardworking cows. They had to be milked like this for three thousand years to gain freedom… The same was true for the other auction halls—having had their personal wealth drained by Su Che and having signed these “milk” agreements, the Immortal Emperors also began continuous cultivation.

Ten thousand units of magical power is considered little; the highest amount is even fifty thousand units, with some people signing such agreements and having to milk here for over ten thousand years before they can return to the immortal realm. It doesn’t matter to them—they really don’t care. Just over ten thousand years is like a few days of part-time work for ordinary people in the mortal world; in the blink of an eye, it’s over. It’s truly nothing significant. After finishing their part-time work, they can get what they want, and these immortal emperors are delighted inside. Inside the seven auction halls, seven substitutes of Su Che are still conducting auctions, while Su Che himself has already started cultivating. But his cultivation isn’t about milking—it’s about drinking milk! In the first ten days, he consumes one Golden Immortal-level Immortal Baby Fruit, and in the next ten days, one First Heaven-level Emperor Yuan Fruit, then again Immortal Baby Fruit, Emperor Yuan Fruit… In this cycle, his cultivation level rises rapidly, soaring into the sky. Before entering the core treasure vault, Su Che had already reached the early stage of Golden Immortal. With this, it would only take seventy years for him to reach the middle stage of Golden Immortal. The original estimate was that even with enough Immortal Baby Fruits, it would take over a hundred years to reach the middle stage of Golden Immortal. The reason for the rapid progress now is, of course, thanks to the more potent Emperor Yuan Fruits. That day, in order to break through the barrier of the middle stage of Golden Immortal, Su Che swallowed two Immortal Baby Fruits and two Third Heaven-level Emperor Yuan Fruits at once. The immortal essence within his body erupted like a volcano, unstoppable. With this power, combined with the soul nature of the Lord of the Immortal Prison, the so-called cultivation barrier was instantly broken through. “With a hundredfold enhancement in the early stage of Golden Immortal, combat power can match that of a Third Heaven immortal emperor. Then, with a hundredfold enhancement in the middle stage of Golden Immortal, it should be roughly on par with a Fourth Heaven immortal emperor, right?” This was just Su Che’s guess; the actual situation still needed to be verified. But Su Che wasn’t in a hurry to verify anything, because he could advance further right away. The Qianyuan Ascension Elixir! This kind of elixir can elevate one level below the Great Luo Golden Immortal. This day was long-awaited by Su Che. Before swallowing the elixir, Su Che found Guangzhong and asked quietly, “Immortal Emperor Guangzhong, I plan to swallow a Qianyuan Ascension Elixir. Are there any taboos or other precautions?” With such an experienced senior right in front of him, it couldn’t hurt to ask humbly for advice. “The Qianyuan Ascension Elixir was created by the Supreme Immortal of the Beginning. It’s one of the top elixirs in the immortal realm and extremely rare…”

Guangzhong nodded and said, “Such an elixir must never be taken a second time. Other than that, there are no other taboos. However, if it is combined with some elixir that enhances the power of the immortal essence, or if I use my own power to accelerate its effects, the results will be even better.”
“I understand.”
Su Che gave a slight bow. “I have many elixirs that enhance the power of the immortal essence. Thank you, Emperor Guangzhong.”
Returning to his cultivation hall, Su Che swallowed the Qianyuan Ascension Elixir and also ate a Diyuan Fruit from the Third Heaven.
Are there any elixirs that enhance the power of the immortal essence better than the Diyuan Fruit?
“Yes!”
Lao He laughedhehehely. “The Immortal Lord Fruit!”
“Get lost!” Su Che cursed in his heart.
“Impossible?” Lao He pursed his lips. “Next, you should start planning to take on those Immortal Lords.”
The powerful effects of the elixir began to take hold, causing Su Che’s mental consciousness to become blurred, yet his spiritual core remained quite stable. This showed that the Qianyuan Ascension Elixir had a gentle effect, and the process of ascension did not cause suffering.
The Primordial Immortal Lord who created this elixir was one of the three great Immortal Lords, alongside the Primordial Immortal Lord and the Holy Mother Immortal Lord. In fact, these three were the first ancient demons to submit to the Heavenly Dao.
Qian represents heaven, and Yuan represents origin—so Qianyuan signifies the beginning of the Heavenly Dao.
It was because these three Immortal Lords witnessed the birth, growth, and refinement of the Heavenly Dao that they were able to understand Qianyuan to some extent and create such a highly effective top-tier elixir.
In just one month, Su Che regained his clarity. When he opened his eyes, he found himself already at the later stage of the Golden Immortal realm.
He had risen by one cultivation level without any negative effects…
Before entering the Origin Demon Realm, he was only at the middle stage of the Mysterious Immortal realm. In the blink of an eye, he had reached the later stage of the Golden Immortal realm—it felt like a dream, making Su Che feel it was unreal.
Is this real?
It’s too fast, absolutely too fast!
As a result, the improvement in the strength of his spiritual core could no longer keep up with the pace of his cultivation in terms of immortal essence.
Previously, since trillions of intelligent beings in the Immortal Prison were cultivating the Path of Shadows, Su Che had an endless supply of pure soul energy to use to strengthen his spiritual core, so its improvement had always far surpassed that of his immortal essence cultivation. This time, due to the abundance of Immortal Infant Fruits and Diyuan Fruits, the situation had reversed.
“I can’t eat the Immortal Infant Fruits and Diyuan Fruits for now. If the strength of my spiritual core can’t keep up, it will lead to instability in my cultivation level. It seems I’ll have to pause this rapid cultivation for a while.”

Su Che thought to himself that he wouldn’t be able to eat as recklessly as this for at least three hundred years. Nothing should be done to excess; improving one’s strength too rapidly wasn’t necessarily a good thing in some cases. That’s exactly how he felt now—like a child suddenly given great power, tripping over everything while walking and even crushing a cup just by drinking from it, utterly unaccustomed to it all. “Master, if we calculate, you’ve been out for hundreds of years now. It’s time to return to Haoyuan Tian Shi,” Old Hei reminded him. “Yes.” Su Che nodded inwardly: “It’s possible that Grandma Gu is already waiting for me in Tian Shi. I promised her something, and I must keep my word.”