Top enlightenment at 100 years old Chapter 651 - 633: Breaking Through to True Immortal, Farewell to the Lost Dao Vessel (Part 2)

Time flowed onward, with moments drifting away ceaselessly.

About half a year afterward.

Suddenly, a burst of mighty immortal power exploded from Ji Haoyuan’s body.

His eyes gradually opened, a faint smile curling at the edge of his lips.

"I’ve achieved the Immortal Transformation Fifth Layer Heaven.

One more step ahead, and my immortal power will fully transform, allowing me to step into the true immortal stage, the True Immortal realm."

With those words spoken, Ji Haoyuan pressed on with his cultivation.

Yet, right as he resumed his practice, roughly another half year passed.

Deep within his mind, a badly damaged Flying Ship silently drifting through the void suddenly materialized.

This vision jolted Ji Haoyuan abruptly from his cultivation trance.

Disbelief lingered in his gaze, and he murmured involuntarily.

"How is this possible?

Why does it show up during my cultivation?

I’m supposed to be in the Lower Realm now.

If memory serves, I already used the Celestial Tribulation Saber to sever all calamity energy from myself, breaking every link to that object.

But now..."

A sense of unease gripped Ji Haoyuan’s heart.

He couldn’t fathom why the fabled forbidden artifact, the Lost Vessel, had emerged unbidden in his consciousness.

What could this signify?

Without warning, a dark cloud loomed over Ji Haoyuan’s mind.

Luckily.

When he attempted to resume cultivating, the Lost Vessel’s image failed to return.

Thus, another full year elapsed.

The cave abode where Ji Haoyuan sat in meditation abruptly brimmed with radiant immortal light.

A thick Dao aura nearly solidified, making flowers bloom wildly and golden lotuses sprout across the Daoist Field Spirit Peak.

This spectacle granted every cultivator there a wash of primal rules.

Instinctively, they slipped into an oddly profound state.

Their grasp of diverse laws appeared to rise inexplicably by a whole level.

Unknowingly, their eyes shifted toward Ji Haoyuan’s secluded spot, hearts surging with uncontainable thrill.

"Has Nanhua already..."

Whoosh!

Simultaneously, Ji Haoyuan’s form flashed out from the cave residence.

For now, he barely acknowledged the onlookers, striding forth to instantly arrive beyond the Central Earth Divine Continent.

This stemmed from his detection of Celestial Tribulation aura.

A flicker of astonishment stirred in his heart.

From his knowledge, typical Immortal Transformation immortals didn’t provoke Celestial Tribulation upon hitting the Immortal Transformation Sixth Layer Heaven.

Yet here, something extraordinary was unfolding.

Does it connect to the techniques I’m practicing?

No one knew better than him: his cultivated arts had surpassed any orthodox path, blending countless scriptures and wholly reforged by his own hand.

In such conditions...

Boom!

Before Ji Haoyuan could ponder further, a scarlet lightning bolt crashed down from above.

Inside the blood-red bolt, a blazing silhouette seemed to loom.

He clutched a crimson banner.

A light flick sent an infinite sea of flames tumbling with the lightning.

That was Samadhi True Fire, fierce enough to burn a True Immortal.

Though fearless, Ji Haoyuan sensed irregularity.

For this Celestial Tribulation’s ferocity surpassed his expectations.

Bang!

Golden divine flames wrapped his form as he launched a punch straight at the falling crimson lightning and Samadhi True Fire.

Heavens and earth quaked in that moment.

The flame-wreathed punch grew faintly subdued beneath the Celestial Tribulation.

Indeed!

His eyes sharpened.

He resolved to unleash his full might.

His hands flashed into a lightning seal.

A roar thundered.

Golden bolts, blazing like colossal suns, rocketed skyward.

Nearby space fractured apart.

The devastating lightning that could slay a True Immortal, along with the Samadhi True Fire, dissolved before Ji Haoyuan’s golden barrage.

Still, the sky’s tribulation clouds lingered.

In a flash, thunder palaces ascended, seeking to crush Ji Haoyuan.

A Thunder Giant throned at their heart.

His colossal frame.

Each eye gleamed like a star, radiating crushing pressure.

"Hmph!"

Ji Haoyuan merely scoffed.

Instantly, his body ballooned outward.

In moments, he towered like an immense peak.

Five-colored divine radiance poured from his frame.

A vast sun spun lazily in his grasp.

As he lifted it against the oncoming palaces.

Deafening blasts resounded across heaven and earth once more.

Time and space cracked in that clash.

Myriad warped temporal waves rippled outward endlessly.

Yet in the end, the grand, terrifying thunder palaces shattered under Ji Haoyuan’s assault.

Thereafter.

Numerous grueling tribulations rained from the heavens.

Including Nether River waters from the Nine Hells, lifeless black winds from the Abyss, and rule-infused divine thunder from the Nine Heavens.

They targeted only this "anomaly" unfit for the ordinary world—Ji Haoyuan.

But with his present foundation, nothing short of a Starry Sky celestial could endanger him within True Immortal bounds.

Thus.

After another half-day.

The tribulation clouds at last grudgingly scattered.

Replaced by boundless multicolored auspicious clouds.

Divine radiance showered from within.

Immersed in it, Ji Haoyuan felt his cultivation surge ahead swiftly.

In a breath, he had solidified the Immortal Transformation Sixth Layer Heaven.

Several hours passed.

Soon, Ji Haoyuan sensed his realm nearing the Immortal Transformation Seventh Layer Heaven’s edge.

A little steady cultivation would propel him to the Immortal Transformation Seventh Layer Heaven, or True Immortal Seventh Layer Heaven.

As he prepared to depart for the Ten Thousand Laws Sacred Land, a peripheral glimpse caught something amiss.

A tattered, crumbling Flying Ship hovered silently in the air.

Lost Vessel!

The term flashed in Ji Haoyuan’s thoughts.

It sent a chill racing down his spine.

What in the world is happening?

Why does the Lost Vessel appear here without warning?

Shouldn’t it be in the Upper Realm?

Why manifest now?

Remembering the vision in his mind during that cultivation session.

Ji Haoyuan suspected he’d been tagged by it.

His face darkened severely.

The breakthrough’s elation evaporated entirely.

He refrained from rash actions.

For Wei Tian’s siblings had warned: against forbidden entities, stay still if their intents are unknown.

Avoid clever schemes to engage it.

That invites calamity.

Still, as time marched on.

Ji Haoyuan increasingly felt wrongness.

The Lost Vessel lingered without retreat.

Instead, the gap between them shrank gradually.

Crucially, this nearing wasn’t spatial but rooted in his consciousness, spiritually.

What is this truly?

Does it seek to draw me aboard?

A deep terror suddenly engulfed Ji Haoyuan.