Published at 1st of September 2025 7:59 am

Chapter 1509: Normally Abnormal (2)

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Before long, Su Yu's body shook as he completed his fifth transformation. A powerful burst of aura rippled out around him. Not far away, Xing Yue snorted.

Su Yu chuckled and said, "My apologies. I don't have the ability to seal my yang acupoint myself. As I grow, my yang acupoint will absorb more energy. Please forgive me for now, Lord. I'll think of a way to solve this issue."

With the fifth transformation complete, Su Yu had grown even stronger than before. He could already reach the strength of thirteen million acupoints without the yang acupoint. The boost provided by the yang acupoint had weakened somewhat, but it was still impressive. It was capable of pushing his strength to twenty million acupoints.

Su Yu was sure that he could probably kill some of the weaker Invincibles now with his physical strength alone. Of course, that would only be applicable when his yang acupoint was open. But physical strength alone wouldn't be enough in many situations.

Nevertheless, it signified that he was already strong enough to protect himself. Thus, he had to start focusing on dealing with his yang acupoint. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before he drained Xing Yue to death.

Su Yu couldn't make an accurate judgment on Xing Yue's strength, but he was sure He Tu was stronger. Xing Yue was not a seventh-degree Eternal. She was most likely stuck at around the fifth or sixth degree. And with the same cultivation level, a living being would be stronger than a death spirit.

Thus, Su Yu had a feeling Xing Yue was probably not even as strong as Xia Longwu combat wise. And Xia Longwu was a brand-new Invincible.

After completing the fifth transformation, Su Yu did not hesitate to toss a skylotus petal into the pond. Yun Chen reached out to stop that action, but he stopped after giving it some thought.

But inwardly, he was greatly shocked. What a crazy kid. That was the nine-leaf skylotus. An incredibly rare and valuable treasure. Why was the kid squandering it away like this?

The nine-leaf skylotus had some relationship with the power of time and space. The moment it dropped into the pond, Su Yu's vision blurred as an indistinct River of Time appeared before him.

Using all his strength, Su Yu ripped space apart to fully reveal the River of Time. He had already surpassed a majority of ninth-stage Sunmoons in terms of physical strength. Thus, he was now capable of this action as well.

The skylotus was capable of helping one fuse with more tri-life bodies and strengthen one's existing tri-life bodies. However, Su Yu was not interested in tri-life bodies.

He had a feeling he could even get himself some tri-life bodies as a mere Cloudbreach. But he also knew that there were too many weaknesses to this path. Thus, he had zero interest in walking that path. He would rather walk his own path.

The River of Time trembled due to Su Yu's weak control over it. However, he couldn't be bothered to focus on accuracy. Protected by the power of the skylotus, he felt as though he had returned to a moment earlier when he consumed Invincible blood essence to fight Invincibles.

Facing the rising wave, he stopped and dove down. Sure enough, he saw himself killing an Invincible.

He wasted no time and grabbed that version of him and dragged his past out. Under the protection of the skylotus, he started returning to the present. During the return trip, his past continued leaking in strength, but he did not seem to mind.

As far as he was concerned, this was external strength. Losing some wouldn't matter much. Finally, he returned to the present. With a rumble, a silhouette fused into his body. A burst of power erupted from within his body. His flesh started falling apart before recovering.

Again and again, his body broke apart. All 360 of his acupoints shone brightly. With his past, he completed his sixth transformation. The power of Old Zhou's blood pushed him forward, allowing him to further progress even after the breakthrough. He took another skylotus petal out without any hesitation.

Since he had three petals, he naturally had to make use of them. He hoped that the blood and petals would be enough to push him to the ninth transformation. If everything went smoothly, he could jump straight to the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm directly.

Then, he could fuse his acupoints and step into the Sunmoon Realm.

***

"Freak."

That was the only feeling Yun Chen had.

"If he wanted to, he could have advanced all the way to the Pseudo Invincible Realm right now..."

At that, Lan Tian looked at Yun Chen like he was looking at a fool and said, "Only a dumbass will do that. He would be forced to walk the path of the three bodies. He would miss out on a lot of opportunities to further strengthen himself. For what? To become a Pseudo Invincible? It's not like he has never killed Pseudo Invincibles before. Pseudo Invincibles or Invincibles, trash will remain trash. Cultivation levels are pointless. Strength is the only thing that matters."

Yes. If Su Yu wanted, he could have advanced all the way into the Pseudo Invincible Realm by capturing his past body with a carrier treasure. But that would only make him a slightly above average Pseudo Invincible. He would cease being a freak.

His source qi would stop transforming. He would need to prepare for his dao affirmation. He would be reduced to a normal Pseudo Invincible. That was a realm many dreamed of reaching. But it was nothing for Su Yu. The thought of climbing straight to that realm had never crossed his mind even if he had enough carrier treasures to do so.

Not far away, Xing Yue was starting to tremble from the sheer amount of death qi Su Yu was absorbing from her. However, she could still sneer with disdain as she said, "Pseudo Invincible Realm? The path of three bodies?"

"I don't have all my memories, but I know that the path of three bodies is wrong. A true expert of the ancient past will not cultivate something like this. An expert is different from a piece of trash."

Yun Chen glanced at her and said, "Everyone knows this. This isn't anything new. We are not completely clueless about the ancient past. The path of three bodies has a lot of weaknesses. It is a dangerous path. But you don't know that before the collapse of the ancient assembly, a certain heavenly law was left behind. All who walk a different path shall be destroyed by the laws. Thus, the path of three bodies is the sole viable path in the current Myriad Realms. How did you think we produce so many new age Eternals? With a weaker path, advancement is easier."

Xing Yue did not deign to say anything.

Suddenly, Su Yu opened his eyes and said, "Senior Yun Chen, do you mean that the path of three bodies is obligatory in the current Myriad Realms?"

"Yes." Yun Chen nodded. After a long pause, he continued, "Of course, you are free to walk your own path. Perhaps when the time arrives for you to affirm your dao, not even the heavenly laws can harm you anymore."

That was all Yun Chen had to say. Just because he couldn't do those things did not mean that Su Yu couldn't. Of course, it would be an extremely dangerous choice to make. Then again, when had Su Yu ever chosen the safe path?

Su Yu did not ask more. Once again, he ripped space apart and allowed a River of Time to spill out. He did not bother to chase the future. The past was real, while the future was ethereal. He grabbed another past body and fused it with his body. Instead of forming a tri-life body, he was merely borrowing the power of the past. He was using the power of his past to strengthen his present source qi.

Su Yu's aura surged even more as he completed his seventh transformation. Old Zhou's blood continued pushing him forward. With one remaining petal, he could complete his eighth transformation without much issue. As for his ninth transformation...he couldn't be sure. But he wouldn't be too far from it even if he couldn't quite reach it yet.

With the addition of the third petal into the pond, Su Yu entered the River of Time yet again. Meanwhile, Bai Feng and the others were completing their transformations in the bathtub as well.

This was the easiest body forging they had ever experienced. After all, they had all been supplied with more treasures than they needed. Since cultivation was much cheaper for them, these treasures were enough to push them a big step forward. Even their source qi transformations were feeling incredibly simple.

From a second-stage Cloudbreach, Bai Feng was starting to approach the seventh stage. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and sighed, "I am going to surpass you soon, kid. Do you know how much better I am now?"

As far as he was concerned, strength did not matter. He only cared about the cultivation level here. Yes. He had recently changed his mind. So what if his combat strength was weak? He had surpassed the kid in cultivation level.

Su Yu didn't even deign to entertain his teacher's childish words. He could crush his teacher with only one finger even if his teacher was already a ninth-stage Mountainsea. But there was no need to say that. He decided to let his teacher feel good for a bit. After all, he was worried that his teacher would turn into a lunatic like Lan Tian due to pressure.

***

After about half an hour, Su Yu's aura surged again. With a rumble, a powerful burst of source qi rippled out. The expressions of both Yun Chen and Lan Tian changed. The eight transformation!

"Hmph!"

Xing Yue trembled again as her death qi started dispersing. Noticing that, Su Yu hurriedly stopped. Then, he started feeding his yang acupoint with his own energy. Thus, more than half of the energy that was supposed to push him to his ninth transformation was absorbed by the yang acupoint.

Su Yu had opted to stop before the ninth transformation. At this point, he had gained the strength of forty-four million acupoints. That was his strength excluding his yang acupoint.

Xing Yue could no longer sustain his absorption. If he continued absorbing, she would die. When Su Yu leaped out of the dry pond, he landed on the ground, causing the entire area to shake.

With her death qi in disorder, Xing Yue glared at Su Yu and said, "Do you think this is enough to kill me? What a joke. Stop overestimating yourself, Su Yu!"

"You're right, Lord."

Su Yu merely gave a perfunctory answer. He was certain that if he continued, Xing Yue would die. There was no need for him to rush his ninth transformation. It would be completed sooner or later.

He had to first focus on looking for the yin aperture to serve as the counterpoint of his yang acupoint. That would grant him the ability to shut it down at any time. Only then should he complete his ninth transformation. In his current state, he could easily kill Xing Yue accidentally during combat or advancement.

Xing Yue had contributed greatly to his victory this time. He was petty, but he would always remember his favors as well. He had gained enough strength to easily kill Xing Yue. He only needed to start absorbing death qi before throwing a bunch of punches at her. That would probably be enough. After all, his yang acupoint was too strong.

He could also feel that his cultivation was starting to grow unstable. He had grown too strong. The balance between his body and willpower was off. Thus, his control over his strength was also off. He needed some time to readjust himself.

After giving it some thought, Su Yu looked at Yun Chen and asked, "Senior Yun, in terms of physical strength alone, what is the level of an Eternal?"

"Physical strength alone?" Yun Chen thought about it and answered, "A tri-life body Invincible who has advanced on a physical path will reach roughly thirty million acupoints in strength. But alone, each body will be around twenty million acupoints in strength."

That was why the elite Pseudo Invincibles could kill Invincibles. They only needed to force the Invincibles out of their merged state and these Invincibles would weaken significantly.

Su Yu nodded and said, "Is someone like that a first-degree Eternal?"

"No. A second-degree Eternal." Yun Chen explained, "Actual first-degree Eternals are very rare. Generally, only those who have achieved dao affirmation in minor realms will stop at that level. Such Invincibles will only have the strength of around twenty million acupoints. For the most part, one can reach the second or third degree directly after dao affirmation so long as the advancement isn't done in a minor realm."

In short, first-degree Eternals were both trashy and rare.

"So one can improve by around ten million acupoints per degree?"

"It depends, but in general, that's correct."

So would third-degree Eternals have forty million acupoints in strength? In terms of physical strength alone, Su Yu was already comparable to a third-degree Eternal. Then again, the main advantage of Invincibles involved their control over time and space.

Even so, Su Yu still had a feeling that he was freakishly strong. If he could catch an Invincible by surprise, he could totally punch that Invincible to death.

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