Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 177 - 137 - As Long as There Is a Breath, Immortality Ensues (Combined - )_3

Chapter 177: Chapter 137 - As Long as There Is a Breath, Immortality Ensues (Combined Chapter)_3

Yu Hua spoke, "Go ahead, helping her won’t do you any harm, and if she succeeds, the benefits will be immense."

Gu Wen thought of the ’above the Golden Core’ that the two had mentioned not long ago. Without asking more questions, he nodded and said, "Alright."

"Follow me."

Chi Yu Zi grabbed Gu Wen and shot up into the sky, reaching a mountain cliff in a few breaths. With a punch, Chi Yu Zi unleashed extreme power and control as if fire melting ice, forcibly carving out a cave five meters tall and wide in the rock.

The two entered one after the other, Chi Yu Zi casually set up a simple array, and Gu Wen asked, "What exactly do you need me to help you with?"

No sooner had he spoken than Chi Yu Zi unstrapped the Sword Box and tossed it aside, her vestment robe dissolving into specks of starlight that slipped away, leaving her pale skin exposed to the air.

Gu Wen instinctively closed his eyes and turned away, not having caught a glimpse of anything.

A bad hunch formed in his mind, but if it was true, Gu Wen would refuse; after all, no Miracle Method in the world required Dual Cultivation or intimate skin contact as an absolute necessity.

The higher the Magic Skill, the more it emphasizes self-reliance without depending on external things.

Either there was deceit involved, or Chi Yu Zi herself had a mental issue.

"Looking at me won’t cause you to lose a piece of flesh, and besides, I haven’t stripped completely."

Chi Yu Zi’s voice, clear and pleasant like a lone orchid in an empty valley, reached him, along with a symbolically impatient tone and the soft sound of a foot stomp.

Gu Wen turned around, and Chi Yu Zi’s attire had changed to something akin to modern sportswear—short sleeves and shorts, covering the essential parts but still too bold and liberating by this world’s standards of clothing.

He said somewhat speechlessly, "Could you please not surprise me like that again? Next time, I’ll just walk away."

"Have you never seen a woman before? Or are you afraid of breaking your vows? The Sanqing Taoist Sect isn’t a monastery, after all."

Chi Yu Zi rolled her eyes and said, "In my Sword Control Sect, we value purity and freedom from desire, so you don’t have to worry about me harboring any ill intentions."

"I don’t think you look much like someone who values purity and freedom from desire, more like a live cannon."

Gu Wen asked, "So, how do you want me to help you?"

"Quite simple, take your Immortal Sword and pierce it through my five viscera and six bowels."

Chi Yu Zi’s hand gently rested on her bare abdomen, her fingertips tracing over the locations of the viscera and bowels on her pale skin.

Gu Wen frowned slightly and asked, "Could you tell me why?"

The True Sword Dao was about purity taken to the extreme for offense, and the Immortal Sword was about a pure act of severing.

Wounds inflicted by the Immortal Sword were extremely hard to heal; all protective Daoist Skills and treasures were practically null and void before the Immortal Sword. This was only the case when facing the remnants of the Immortal Sword, if one were to face an actual Immortal Sword, there might be no possibility of healing at all.

And Chi Yu Zi had already achieved the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill and had the Immortal Sword sheath to stabilize her Divine Soul. It had been a long time since she fell ill, and it had also been a while since she drank alcohol.

Chi Yu Zi didn’t drink for pleasure; alcohol was just a mental solace.

"To live, to allow this body to keep breathing."

Chi Yu Zi grabbed a fiery red Taoist Sword in her hand, using the sword to cut off her somewhat long hair, as if shedding all vulnerability.

Then she pressed it against her abdomen and pushed it forcefully inward.

Gu Wen, shocked, quickly stepped forward, but then realized that the Taoist Sword couldn’t even penetrate a fraction of an inch into the flesh.

Chi Yu Zi spoke earnestly and seriously, "Only the Immortal Sword can break the body of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core; above the Golden Core is the indestructible Taoist Body. The indestructible Taoist Body requires repeated destruction of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core body, being tempered between life and death."

"Red Dust, I’ve never begged anyone in my life, I’m asking for your help. If I succeed, I’ll owe no personal debts and will repay this favor for a lifetime."

"Alright."

Gu Wen’s eyes shone slightly, saying no more, his right hand conjuring a sword that outshined the snow, its edge luminescent and illuminating the entire cave.

He couldn’t stop anyway.

"The first sword, pierce the lung’s divine depository."

Chi Yu Zi pointed out the location of the divine depository, and Gu Wen didn’t hesitate to thrust his sword in, a streak of fresh blood slowly seeping out.

"The second sword, the liver’s divine depository."

Gu Wen withdrew the sword and thrust it into the pale skin again. Chi Yu Zi swayed slightly, reaching out to grab his arm; her height of about one meter six only came up to Gu Wen’s chest.

"Enough."

"Not yet, the third sword... the kidney’s divine depository."

Chi Yu Zi stumbled backwards and took her stand, pointing out the location of the kidney’s divine depository before another sword thrust.

This sword left her so weak that she lay down on the ground. Gu Wen wanted to argue, but seeing Chi Yu Zi’s calm and determined gaze made it difficult to refuse.

"The fourth sword, the spleen’s divine depository."

"The fifth sword, the heart’s divine depository."

Chi Yu Zi grabbed the Immortal Sword and pressed it to her chest, her hand just holding the remnant of the Immortal Sword already causing her palm to split.

Gu Wen shook his head slightly, "You are already very weak now, can’t the Taoist Body be cultivated gradually?"

Though Chi Yu Zi’s heart breaking wouldn’t lead to death, she was exceedingly weak, and anything could happen.

"This is just the first step, a tiny one."

Chi Yu Zi’s smile showed, her voice a bit hoarse as she said:

"Heaven and earth allow a weak Divine Soul to control a strong body, but won’t permit a shattered Divine Soul to merely survive in the body. Red Dust, you said you wanted to become an Immortal, didn’t you?"

"Stab it, let me show you one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Skills, the Golden Core Skill."

"Gu Wen, stab it."

Yu Hua’s voice reached his ear.

Thrust!

The remnant of the Immortal Sword unobstructedly penetrated Chi Yu Zi’s heart, the girl’s body trembling slightly, a stroke of blood sliding from the corner of her mouth, her pupils gradually dimming and dilating.

Suddenly, a strong heartbeat sounded, yet her heart, clearly pierced, should no longer be beating.

In an instant, a streak of golden light emerged from within the remnant of the Immortal Sword, followed by the Immortal Sword remnants disintegrating bit by bit.

Gu Wen could have maintained it with even greater mana, but he did not. Stepping back, he saw streams of golden light flying out of the wounds in the five viscera and six bowels.

The wounds made by the Immortal Sword began to heal slowly, a force equal to the Immortal Sword’s emanating from within Chi Yu Zi’s body.

[First glimpse of the indestructible Taoist Body embryo: the Fifth Transition Golden Core reduced by ten years of Heavenly Marrow, requiring eighty years of Heavenly Marrow]