The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 260 - 172: Now, I Am Number 1

This was the borderline between the mist and the Heart Spirit.

It was the critical moment for the evolution of the Promotion Skill.

If one could not find the Promotion Skill here, there was no possibility of congealing a Golden Core.

This was a trial all Foundation Establishment cultivators must endure, but everyone’s trial was different.

Some saw a wide, open road here; others saw a path of thorns.

But no matter what, as long as they could walk through it and go far enough, they would obtain the Promotion Skill.

Along this road, they would meet other figures.

There might be hindrances.

But defeating them would also allow one to proceed further.

Making it easier to obtain the Third Skill.

However, Jiang Man’s position was completely sealed off.

Everything he had experienced was now locking him in.

Leaving him with no way out.

Watching all this, Chen Shi found it hard to breathe, as if a great mountain was pressing down on him.

The world seemed to darken.

Before, he might have been able to help him, but now...

Even an Immortal Spirit would likely be powerless.

"What in the world did you do?" Chen Shi asked subconsciously.

"Not much. Just pulled some all-nighters for my Cultivation and, while I was at it, had the Evil God place a lock," Jiang Man replied with a smile.

"How long have you been staying up?" Chen Shi asked, curious.

"Not long. I just haven’t slept at all since I started my Cultivation," Jiang Man said.

He paused for a moment before correcting himself, "I did sleep twice to get into that ruined temple, but both times, I was cultivating inside it."

Hearing this, Chen Shi was stunned. "You were cultivating in there? You absorbed the mist?"

’So the candlelight was bright because of the person before me.’

It made him wonder if the man was from the Law Enforcement Hall.

’Who would go to such lengths?’

’No wonder his path forward is sealed.’

No one knew what that mist over there truly was.

But nothing good ever came from being tainted by it.

Finally, Chen Shi shook his head and lamented, "Your future is ruined."

Jiang Man strode forward. "How is it ruined? Isn’t it filled with light? If there’s no light, I’ll just make my own."

As his voice fell, Jiang Man walked toward the endless chains.

He felt every seal, felt the weight of the chains.

It was as if an endless darkness was closing in on his heart, as if a great mountain was pressing down.

But he never stopped his advance.

It came back to the same belief.

There were people everywhere who could take his life.

But no one who could lock his heart had yet appeared.

His heart was clear and true, and the mist outside resonated with it.

It wanted to evolve the Promotion Skill for him.

But it was sealed off by the chains.

They were unable to merge.

And as Jiang Man moved forward, countless chains began to launch an Attack.

They sought to bind him.

Seeing the chains fly toward him, Jiang Man tilted his head to dodge.

Then he turned to evade again.

But the number of chains grew.

He had no choice but to reach out, grab one, and crush it in his grip.

BANG!

The chain shattered.

But the chains were innumerable; even when shattered, their numbers did not seem to change.

Jiang Man watched the attacking chains as a crimson sun rose behind him.

Then, its rosy rays shone down.

BOOM!

The light shone out relentlessly, crushing the dark chains.

No matter how many chains there were, Jiang Man didn’t retreat a single step. The light bursting from his body pressed forward unstoppably.

As the number of chains increased, his True Martial Skill finished circulating.

In that moment, his entire body was bathed in golden light, the crimson sun rising behind him.

Wherever the light shone, it shattered all darkness.

It continued until the light shone upon the edge of the mist.

Jiang Man placed a hand on the boundary.

Then, with a BOOM...

The boundary shattered. The mist swarmed in, beginning to swirl into a hurricane with Jiang Man at its center.

It was evolving the Promotion Skill.

But the chains did not give up. They began to follow the mist, winding around him, trying to cover his entire body.

When Chen Shi saw Jiang Man break the chains, he was stunned for a moment. But he soon saw the mist surge toward Jiang Man as the chains completely surrounded him.

In the span of a single breath, he saw Jiang Man become completely covered by the chains.

He stood there like an iron ball.

Chen Shi subconsciously took a step forward.

But he quickly came to his senses.

This was a Promotion Secret Realm.

No one else could stop any of this.

Only the power of an Immortal Spirit could forge a new path.

But...

Jiang Man’s situation was special. Even an Immortal Spirit would be helpless.

Watching the chains grow more solid, Chen Shi’s brow furrowed.

He felt a storm of conflicting emotions.

’I don’t want Jiang Man to succeed.

But I also desperately hope he succeeds.

Perhaps what I really want is for someone to succeed on the path that I once walked.

If he can succeed, it means that I could have succeeded too.

It’s just that I was weak back then, and I failed.’

Unfortunately, Jiang Man was overwhelmed, sealed within the chains.

The darkness, which had been pierced by the rosy light, returned once more.

It threatened to turn this place into a bottomless, inescapable well.

There would be no escape.

Chen Shi lowered his gaze. For some reason, he found it a pity.

The man should have been his opposite; his failure should have been a good thing.

And yet, it was still a pity.

’This is a peerless genius, the likes of which I’ve never seen before.’

BOOM!

Suddenly, a booming sound rang out.

Chen Shi immediately looked up but saw nothing.

BOOM!

BOOM!!

A series of tremendous rumbles echoed out.

Soon, a faint light emerged from within the chains.

The light then grew brighter and brighter.

He then saw a figure within the sphere of chains, practicing a unique skill.

With every single move that landed on the chains, a deafening boom would sound.

His movements weren’t fast, but each one carried a brilliant radiance.

Before he knew it, he noticed a special mist had appeared, blanketing everything.

It seemed to be waiting for something.

BOOM!

CRACK!

A crack appeared on the chains.

It then began to spread without stopping.

In the span of a breath, the chains were covered in cracks.