Chapter 90: Ascending to the Life-Seizing Realm

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Yang Qi finally ascended to the "Life-Seizing Realm."

At this moment, he finally felt the complexity of the primordial energy in the universe, the perilous and unpredictable nature of the world. In the depths of the high sky, countless vortexes of air currents could crush steel into powder.

A powerful force erupted from his body.

With just a slight breath, he could see moonlight condensing into cool primordial energy, entering his body and becoming part of his life essence.

At the same time, a spiritual energy from the universe entered his body with his breath, continuously purifying the impurities within.

At every moment, his body remained spotlessly clean inside and out.

He even knew that he could now maintain his life without relying on elixirs, food, or any other sustenance, completely absorbing the essence of the universe and the essence of the sun and moon.

This was the realm of the "Life-Seizing Realm," where one no longer relies on earthly sustenance.

Completely "absorbing energy to seize life."

Energy is life, and life is energy.

Seizing the essence of the universe to sustain oneself is one of the miraculous aspects of the "Life-Seizing Realm." This means that even if Yang Qi were confined in a desolate place, without food or drink for decades or even a century, he would not die.

He could completely sustain himself by seizing the essence of the universe.

At the moment of his ascension to the Life-Seizing Realm, his true energy underwent a tremendous transformation. He felt that in the complex primordial energy of the universe, there were countless void energies, and his true energy could explore and absorb them.

This was the level of penetrating insight, where one gains a subtle understanding of space and time.

Space and time are ancient concepts. However, experts in the Life-Seizing Realm cannot yet correctly understand the entire space and time, let alone master them.

Inside the Ocean Heart Ring, there was actually a small space. However, it did not count as space and time, which must possess the transformation of time and the compression of space to be considered as such.

Even though Yang Qi had ascended to the "Life-Seizing Realm," he still lacked the ability to create space, making it impossible to refine the Ocean Heart Ring.

He still needed to continue his cultivation.

"Moonlight Essence!"

He let out a long cry, and instantly, the moonlight on the sea condensed into a series of moonlight rings around his body, forming undulating light bands.

He manipulated the moonlight to its utmost.

"Churning the Sea, Crystal Palace!"

Yang Qi pressed down toward the sea surface.

Instantly, countless seawaters condensed into ice, seemingly frozen, but without any coldness. This was not an ice technique but a powerful energy technique that compressed and refined the seawater into crystal-like structures.

Rumbling!

Yang Qi's hands waved continuously, and his true energy spread out in waves, condensing on the sea surface.

The condensed seawater rose and formed a palace on the sea surface. This palace was entirely made of seawater but was as hard as steel, and during the process of rising and condensing, it produced the sound of metal being compressed.

In a moment, a palace a thousand steps wide formed on the sea surface. Inside the palace, tables, chairs, and beds were all made of condensed seawater, exquisitely beautiful.

This was Yang Qi's masterpiece, using his true energy to create a crystal palace.

Only he, having reached the Life-Seizing Realm, could perform such condensation and transformation.

If it were Chu Tiange, he would not be able to achieve this. Just the act of infinitely condensing seawater into crystal would consume a large amount of true energy.

To form such a vast and magnificent palace on the sea surface, it would require the combined efforts of ten experts in the Life-Seizing Realm, and even then, they could not maintain it for more than ten breaths.

But now, Yang Qi, with ease, formed a palace on the sea surface. A crystal palace floated uncertainly, remaining condensed for half an hour without dispersing. With a casual gesture, the seawater not only formed the palace but also rose to form crystal trees.

More astonishingly, under the influence of Yang Qi's true energy, some seawater transformed into crystal tigers, crystal elephants, crystal human figures... walking around in the palace, almost as if they had been given life.

This was a realm that Chu Tiange could only look up to in awe.

Yang Qi's ascension to the Life-Seizing Realm was much more difficult than for others.

However, once he ascended, his strength could easily surpass all others, making him an outstanding expert in the Life-Seizing Realm.

If Yang Qi were to fully display his strength now, even experts who had seized life three or four times would find it difficult to defeat him.

The Life-Seizing Realm has nine stages.

Each stage of life-seizing is extremely perilous. Once successful, not only does one's strength greatly increase, but one's lifespan also extends. If all nine stages of life-seizing were successfully completed, one would live for three thousand years, invincible in life-seizing, and finally step into the Legendary Realm, becoming a true "Legend."

Chu Tiange was at the first stage of life-seizing. If he could advance to the second stage, his strength would more than double, and he could easily defeat the former Yang Qi.

But now, Yang Qi, having ascended to the Life-Seizing Realm, could easily defeat experts who had seized life twice or even three times.

This was the special nature of "Divine-Level Qi Techniques."

Qi techniques that only deities could cultivate were extraordinary. Cultivating them was extremely difficult, but once one successfully broke through to a new realm, the benefits were like divine blessings, overwhelming others, making one almost a representative of the gods on earth.

"Crystal Palace, a paradise on earth. Unfortunately, this beautiful scene will not last long. I still need to work hard to strengthen my true energy. If I could infinitely transform the entire sea into a crystal palace, that would be the power of a deity. I am still far from that."

Yang Qi sighed deeply, and his true energy slowly withdrew. In an instant, the crystal palace, crystal trees, crystal tigers, dragons, cranes, elephants, and even human-shaped crystals all collapsed, turning back into seawater and rolling into the ocean. The exquisite scene that had just unfolded disappeared, like a dream.

The crystal palace was entirely dependent on Yang Qi's true energy. Now that he had withdrawn his true energy, the palace naturally collapsed.

However, being able to achieve this was already a rare feat among the experts of the Fertile Continent.

Fortunately, Yang Qi was not arrogant or complacent. He felt that he still had shortcomings. The academy was full of strong experts, and even the crown prince had already reached the Legendary Realm, far surpassing him.

This small amount of strength was not worth boasting about.

"Should I now go and become an elite student?"

Yang Qi retracted his true energy and sat on the sea surface, thinking. The seawater beneath him had transformed into solid crystal, supporting his body.

At the Qi Technique Seventh Level, one could "walk on water," let alone a supreme expert in the Life-Seizing Realm.

He was considering whether, after ascending to the Life-Seizing Realm, he should immediately report to the academy to become an elite student, rising to a higher status and gaining abundant resources.

This was something he should do, but he was afraid of exposing the fact that he possessed a divine-level qi technique.

Becoming an elite student was no small matter. Many experts from the academy would come to inspect and verify. Under the scrutiny of so many experts, Yang Qi had no confidence in hiding his strength.

Although the "Divine Elephant Sealing Evil Technique" had the ability to conceal, Yang Qi's current strength was too powerful and needed to be sealed. Otherwise, any expert could sense the overwhelming power emanating from him.

"Fine, I cannot expose my strength for now. I will wait until I can seal my true energy and present myself as a normal expert in the Life-Seizing Realm before becoming an elite student. The saying 'a tree that stands out is easily broken by the wind' is an eternal truth. Especially with Yun Haiyan having the support of the crown prince. His attention on me is not a good thing."

After thinking for a long time, Yang Qi stood up.

He knew that as his realm improved, various powerful abilities within the "Divine Elephant Sealing Evil Technique" would gradually manifest. As long as he carefully studied, there would definitely be a technique to seal his powerful life force.

At this moment, he could not resist observing the golden figure in the depths of his third eye, in that otherworldly space.

The golden figure had finally changed, brought about by his ascension to the Life-Seizing Realm.

Now that Yang Qi had ascended to the "Life-Seizing Realm," his soul, consciousness, and perception had all increased tenfold, allowing him to see the golden figure's appearance, form, and even the patterns on its body more clearly.

The golden figure's body was covered in layers of light, forming armor-like clothing. It looked small but, upon closer inspection, was incredibly tall, reaching into the clouds.

Countless characters flickered on the golden figure's body, forming various cultivation techniques.

Yang Qi did not recognize any of these characters, but he could clearly understand their meanings, which were all cultivation techniques of the Divine Elephant Sealing Evil Technique.

Initially, when he was struck by lightning, it activated the golden figure in his third eye, transmitting cultivation techniques. However, those techniques were incomplete, only covering the cultivation before the Life-Seizing Realm.

Now that he had ascended to the Life-Seizing Realm, more cultivation techniques had appeared on the golden figure.

However, some of the characters were still blurry, and Yang Qi could not see them clearly. He knew that his cultivation was still shallow and needed to further improve his realm to see them clearly.

Fortunately, the cultivation techniques for experts in the Life-Seizing Realm had already appeared. Yang Qi immediately saw the four characters "Demon God Seal," which were ancient, desolate, and had twisted, grand strokes, different from modern characters, but he still understood their meaning.

In addition to these, the unclear characters faintly read "Gate of Hell."

This was a form of the Divine Elephant Sealing Evil Technique. By manifesting the Gate of Hell, one could summon powerful demon gods from the depths of the otherworldly space, even extracting their power to suppress everything.

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