So, what exactly was Peach Blossoms doing at the time, to the point of being driven to madness?
Fan Wubing wanted to ask more, but Peach Blossoms only remembered this much. It seems that as it grew, the events of the past became clearer. He had a feeling that this Eternal Night Snow Mountain might hold some ancient secrets.
The wait was finally over.
As the Zhoutian shifted, the enormous snow mountain that was upside down began to slowly turn back around.
Eternal Night Snow Mountain is enormous. Although called a "snow mountain," it is actually a mountain range spanning over ten thousand miles. Such a vast region being inverted can only be manipulated by the mighty power of Zhoutian.
Fan Wubing, while feeling the great power of Zhoutian, also sensed the energy currents caused by the mountainâs inversion. The energy near the mountain was being continuously squeezed outward, creating waves of energy currents. Cultivators with lower cultivation levels could barely maintain their footing in these waves and had to use every technique they knew.
Fan Wubing was different.
The surging energy waves were an excellent cultivation resource for him.
With "Blood Calamity Death Immortal Skill," "Swallowing Stars and Chewing the Moon," and "Heart Furnace," the three major cultivation techniques provided a solid foundation for his path in the Cultivation Realm.
However, until now, Fan Wubing never had the chance to fully release and absorb energy.
Either the energy in the environment wasnât dense enough and got exhausted with a single absorption, or in places where the energy was dense enough, they were usually controlled by various forces, making the energy whirlpools formed by full absorption too noticeable.
Now, itâs different.
The energy waves caused by the mountainâs inversion were dense enough, and the commotion was already significant, so even if he formed an energy whirlpool with full absorption, it wouldnât draw attention.
So, he adjusted his foundation and began full absorption.
He maximized all his enhancements. He even used the Seven Luminaries Rain Control Skill, leaving the people around bewildered as the once sunny sky suddenly turned to rain.
The waves of energy swept across, immediately engulfed like encountering a giant vortex on the high seas.
[+50 billion points]
[+50 billion points]
According to Fan Wubingâs perception, Luo Qingyao was currently at Second-Layer Integration. Because she was a Sword Cultivator and possessed a Pure Sword Body, her blood energy strength was around 50 billion. Generally, a Second-Layer Integration would have around 30 billion blood.
So, calculating it, each absorption increased his blood bar by one Luo Qingyao.
Due to the Dao Marriage Shackles, Luo Qingyao could sense Fan Wubingâs life status anytime, anywhere.
Thus, in her perception, her senior brotherâs life energy was exploding and climbing at a terrifying speed.
Facing Fan Wubingâs intense life energy gave her enormous psychological pressure.
Of course, she knew her senior brother wouldnât harm her, but... itâs like a caterpillar crawling to a personâs foot. Even if the person wonât harm the caterpillar, it would instinctively feel afraid and want to flee.
Moreover, this person was continually becoming more gigantic.
Luo Qingyao felt her own life energy, then compared it with her senior brotherâs, and immediately felt as if crying in the rain. All her accumulation couldnât match even one of her senior brotherâs absorptions.
The inversion process of the Eternal Night Snow Mountain lasted for half a day.
Fan Wubing completed a total of six hundred and forty-two absorptions. Towards the end, as the energy waves calmed down, he correspondingly reduced his absorption strength.
In total, he added 2,100 trillion to his blood bar.
The current total blood volume reached [42.72 trillion points].
Since he incorporated the blood bar into his Dao, Fan Wubing no longer pondered what kind of cultivation stage his blood volume corresponded to.
Because the Mahayana and Little Vehicle stages no longer had clear "formats" like Integration and below.
The so-called "formats" meant your energy intensity defined your stage.
However, thereâs no such thing as Little Vehicle first layer or Mahayana first layer in the current Cultivation Realm.
The contemporary realm divisions in the Cultivation Realm are like completing homework.
The difficulty gradually increases, with Integration essentially completing the homework, Little Vehicle being the process of filling in the gaps, and Mahayana being the submission of homework to the "teacher" of the Immortal Dao to see if itâs accepted.
If accepted, then itâs the Immortal Dao Mahayana; if not, then you continue to fill gaps.
The Mahayana must face the ultimate test from the Heavenly Dao, the heavenly tribulation.
Thatâs what the Tribulation Crossing Realm is about.
The Tribulation Crossing Realm is divided into First-Tier and Second-Tier Tribulation Immortals, but these arenât divisions of cultivation level, but rather how many heavenly tribulations have been crossed.
One tribulation is a First-Tier, and two is a Second-Tier. The intensity of heavenly tribulations increases layer by layer until the Tribulation Immortal ascends or is completely obliterated by the tribulation.
Therefore, some Mahayana cultivators avoid crossing tribulations unless absolutely necessary.
Fan Wubingâs current stage, generally speaking, should consider stepping into Little Vehicle, to fill in his cultivation path gaps.
But in truth, he felt at a loss and didnât know how to proceed with the "filling in gaps" process.
Perhaps his cultivation path was too short...
Previously, he stayed at the Peak of Nascent Soul for two years to search for direction and remove mental distractions.
And now, he has been at the Peak of Integration for over half a year. Whatâs troubling him isnât mental distractions or direction, but not knowing how to go about filling in the gaps.
Could there be no gaps? So thereâs nothing to fill?
He felt it surely wasnât that simple.
But if he had to cite a gap, the only thing he could think of was the once every five years Ying Huoâs predation.