Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The body is the foundation of a cultivator. Those with exceptional cultivation talent all possess bodies of utmost purity.

However, once the body is tainted, distracting thoughts and filth will inevitably arise. At that point, cultivation becomes impossible, and one might even fall into the demonic path.

Although Chen Tian possessed the three-race avatars, his true self had always been cultivating against the heavens, so he naturally wouldn't allow his body to be contaminated.

Therefore, Chen Tian wouldn't simply ignore this dense baleful aura.

He closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, emptied his mind, and entered a state of nothingness, devoid of self and heaven.

A gentle breeze blew, seemingly unimpeded by Chen Tian's body, passing through him and continuing onward.

If someone were to observe from the outside, they would discover that Chen Tian's body had become semi-transparent. The setting sun cast its light through Chen Tian's body, illuminating the other side of the mountain.

As if, at this moment, Chen Tian's body had merged with the entire world.

And as Chen Tian's body became increasingly transparent, the scarlet baleful aura surrounding him became more pronounced.

The shocking red color spread like an ink painting, writhing in the wind like dancing demons.

But at this moment, the baleful aura seemed to be suddenly restrained, involuntarily contracting.

The once-ferocious red baleful aura gradually condensed, eventually transforming into a pill-like sphere.

Having gathered all the baleful aura, the sphere was an extreme, almost black, shade of red, hovering silently above Chen Tian's head.

After a while, the red sphere slowly descended, entering Chen Tian's dantian and ultimately merging into the demon race avatar.

While this baleful aura was harmful to cultivators, it was a great tonic for the demon race avatar.

After the demon race avatar devoured the baleful aura, the cracks on its body healed significantly, and it let out a long roar, seemingly very satisfied.

However, the demon race avatar's activity soon subsided, and it, along with the other two race avatars, quietly accepted Chen Tian's spiritual energy for repair.

Observing Chen Tian's body again, the dense red mist was gone, and he exuded a jade-like, warm aura.

After a long while, Chen Tian exhaled and slowly opened his eyes.

Previously, Chen Tian's primary method of improving his cultivation was through consuming pills.

Due to Han Wuming's connections, Chen Tian could freely obtain a large amount of resources and pills from the Ghost Dao Sect, which greatly increased his cultivation speed.

Later, in the Brahma Sect, thanks to Qin Yi, Chen Tian consumed a large number of Profound-grade pills, which finally allowed him to break through to the Transformation Spring Realm.

But only when Chen Tian cultivated to the Transformation Spring Realm did he realize that consuming pills as he had done before was no longer effective.

Even Profound-grade pills only slightly increased his cultivation; there was no significant improvement.

According to Chen Tian's speculation, if he wanted to enter the Condensation Sea Realm, then all pills of Profound-grade and below might be useless. Only the legendary Immortal Pills and Ancient Immortal Pills could have a slight effect.

However, these two types of pills were extremely precious and controlled by the major sects as their treasures. It would be incredibly difficult for Chen Tian to obtain them.

Furthermore, Chen Tian had temporarily lost his three-race avatars. With his current early-stage Transformation Spring Realm cultivation, he didn't want to risk going to those super sects.

Therefore, the idea of stealing Immortal-grade pills was immediately rejected by Chen Tian as soon as it arose.

Since he couldn't improve his cultivation by consuming pills, Chen Tian needed to comprehend the Dao of Heaven and the laws of the universe to help him break through to the Condensation Sea Realm.

In fact, every cultivator, after cultivating to the Transformation Spring Realm, would comprehend a law of the universe unique to them and use this law to further improve their cultivation, thereby stepping into the Condensation Sea Realm.

After all, Condensation Sea cultivators gather springs to form a sea, a sea that embraces all rivers. Cultivators in this realm no longer limit their combat weapons to their own spiritual power but mobilize the power of heaven and earth for their use!

This point was further confirmed from Chen Tian's previous battles against various Condensation Sea Realm cultivators.

He knew that if he wanted to quickly improve his cultivation, he had to comprehend a law of the universe that belonged to him as soon as possible.

Only when heaven and earth work together can they help Chen Tian break through into the Condensation Sea Realm!

Thinking of this, a determined look appeared on Chen Tian's face.

The moon hung high in the sky, and the world was silent. Although Chen Tian was in a desolate mountain, he felt an unprecedented sense of tranquility.

Just as Chen Tian stood up, wanting to leave, a 'ding-dong' sound suddenly traveled into his ears from afar.

"Eh, what's that sound?"

Chen Tian seemed to have discovered something, his brow furrowed, and his figure gradually faded, disappearing from the spot.

About a hundred miles away from this hill, there was a mountain path.

Although this path was not large, it was a key passage in and out of the mountains.

Although there was a wider official road outside, it bypassed these mountains during construction, so traveling on the official road would take several days or even half a month longer.

Some people couldn't wait that long, so they often chose a shortcut, passing through this mountain path.

After all, this path went straight through both ends of the mountain range. Traveling from here, because it was a straight line, would greatly shorten the travel time.

However, although the time was shortened, a new hidden danger appeared.

That was, in this desolate mountain, many evil bandits gathered, occupying the mountains as kings, often robbing passersby. They were also ruthless, not only robbing treasures but also killing travelers and abandoning their corpses in this wilderness for wild animals to devour.

Of course, not everyone would encounter bandits. Only those who were unlucky would run into bandits when they were out searching for wealth.

And tonight, there happened to be an unlucky merchant caravan that ran into bandits out seeking wealth!