The Eternal World

The path of cultivation was long and endless. Once one sat there, one could not feel the blossoming of the flower. It was cold and lonely, with no one knowing. One day, one would wake up from a long journey and realize that the world had been living for a thousand years …

This was the passage of time for cultivators.

Even though it was said that for cultivators on Zhang Chao's level, meditating for a thousand years was fundamentally impossible, if he wasn't damaged, his lifespan wouldn't even reach two hundred years.

However, two years had passed by the time he exited the secret chamber.

Zhang Chao, twenty years old.

He had gained a lot in the past two years.

Even though his cultivation didn't continue to rise.

However, the situation in his body had already been completely stabilized by him, and he was now a real cultivator of the seventh level of transformational stage.

And in other ways, he had made progress.

For example, he had completely organized the storage ring that the little lion had left for him. There were many battle skills that were useful to him and he had completely comprehended them. There were also many magic treasures that had been categorized by him.

In the forging room, he was willing to spend his 30,000 contribution points without restraint in exchange for countless forging materials. This would allow his forging level to rise to a whole new level.

Although he had yet to refine the Heaven-grade Dharma treasure, but forging a high-grade Earth-grade treasure was no problem for him anymore. It could even be said that his success rate was extremely high.

Furthermore, the Heaven Collapsing Sword that had been gifted to him for the literary selection had also been repaired and refined by him, and was only a step away from becoming a Heaven-grade Dharma treasure once again.

In short, his condition had reached its peak after two years of cultivation.

"The reason why I'm still unable to refine a Heaven-grade Dharma treasure, should be related to my cultivation. After all, my cultivation is not high enough, and the elemental energy used to refine the treasure is not strong enough …" Zhang Chao summarized his own situation and understood the situation in his body like the back of his hand.

Furthermore, he had already mastered the 'Divine Bestowal Spell' in the past two years. It was just that he still lacked the experience to apply it in actual combat.

"Senior brother Zhang Chao, I never thought that you had actually closed up for two years, looks like your cultivation has improved again!" Liu Er went forward and greeted him with flattery.

"It's alright. Has anything special happened in the past two years?" Zhang Chao nodded and asked.

"No, it's very peaceful. Although there are still some demon activities here and there, they are all small-scale. It's more than enough for the other students to train themselves!" Liu Er thought for a while and said, "But basically, everyone is in closed door training to prepare for the Sky Dragon Martial Arts Practice in a few months!"

"Mm, that's good. There are only a few more months left. I won't continue my closed door cultivation!" Zhang Chao had already planned this beforehand, when he came out of his residence, he directly went to Elder Wang Dake's place.

Previously, he had promised Wang Dake that he would scout out the Thousand Worms Abyss once again and get something from the sixth floor. Although he had agreed at that time that he would go there after he had reached the Peak Essence Transformation Stage, Zhang Chao's cultivation would not be able to break through any further.

As for High-grade heaven-step magic treasure s, Zhang Chao had them too.

There were a lot of treasures inside the storage bag that the little lion had left for him. There were also two pieces of high-grade Heaven-ranked flying beasts, but they were basically damaged, and they were too old for him to repair, so even if they were repaired, Zhang Chao did not think of them as suitable for his use. Instead, he decided to keep them to eat.

But eating was eating, he definitely could not do it now!

Right now, his body was completely saturated. Only by breaking through his limits once more could he continue to improve!

After seeing Wang Dake, Zhang Chao stated his purpose for coming.

"Oh? Are you sure that we need to go to the Thousand Worms Abyss? " Wang Dake sized Zhang Chao up for a few moments, then pinched his fingers and calculated. He stroked his beard and said: "Although the seventh level of transformational stage is much stronger than ordinary students of the same level, but according to this old man's calculations, you cannot be certain!"

"Not sure?" Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows.

"Mm. After all, the sixth floor is extraordinary. It's extremely dangerous, way beyond my imagination. Are you sure you want to go there now?" Wang Dake did not speak further, and asked once again.

"Of course!" Zhang Chao nodded his head, he had a premonition that, if he were to be in the Thousand Worms Abyss, he would definitely benefit greatly from this.

"Alright, then I won't stop you. According to my calculations, there should be a type of bug in the sixth level of the Thousand Worms Abyss, called Purple Clouds Worm. It's extremely rare, go and capture ten of them for me. Wang Dake said.

"Purple Cloud Insects?" Zhang Chao was startled. He knew that this kind of worm was one of the demonic beasts, but it was only in its infancy stage. Its entire body emitted a purple luster, and was poisonous like the light of dawn.

So what Wang Dake wanted was this kind of insect?

However, Zhang Chao would naturally not ask about the usage of such things. After agreeing to it, he bade farewell to Wang Dake and prepared to leave.

Initially, he had even wanted to pay a visit to Yuan Zongyi, Jiang Nan, Leng Feiyun and the others. However, once he asked around, he found out that Yuan Zongyi was in closed door cultivation and that both Jiang Nan and Leng Feiyun were not in the academy, they seemed to be on a special mission.

Qiao Ruixue, Dongfang Qiuxin and others who had followed him and compared to him, were also in closed door cultivation, and did not want to waste any time.

After greeting the deacon at the side hall, Zhang Chao did not tell anyone else. Instead, he left the Academy alone and went straight into the Ten Thousand Worms Abyss.

If he continued to explore the Abyss of Ten Thousand Worms, it would be hard for him not to feel nervous in his heart.

After all, last time in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Worms, he had a slim chance of survival that had left a shadow in his heart.

However, today was not the past. The current him had made many preparations, and regardless of cultivation, vision, or experience, they were all things that could not be compared to a few years ago.

They didn't say anything along the way.

Zhang Chao once again arrived at the entrance to the Thousand Worms Abyss.

This place was the same as before, a huge, pitch-black mouth. The Qi inside of the mouth was swirling, making it impossible to see the bottom.

"Phew, the Abyss of Ten Thousand Worms, I'm back!" Zhang Chao stood at the entrance and hesitated for a moment, then used his spirit energy to protect his body and jumped down.

Inside the Thousand Worms Abyss, after the battle three years ago, the insecticidal man was killed.

But Zhang Chao himself, after him, had also been to this place before. He had also swallowed the half crippled Mr. Ouyang whose life force was incredibly strong and yet not yet dead.

However, after he entered the first layer of the Thousand Worms Abyss, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

The huge bugs were no longer there.

Furthermore, the number of small insects here was much smaller compared to three years ago. Furthermore, they were no longer as wild and aggressive.

The place where he landed was at the edge of a wormhole.

If he had been standing there three years ago, the poisonous bugs in the wormhole would have used it to bite him. However, it was as if those bugs did not see him, and they did not move at all as they continued to squirm in the wormhole.

"En, this place is much safer now!" Zhang Chao's expression changed, he did not waste anymore time, and quickly went to look for the next entrance.

The entrance to the second floor was still filled with spider webs, but most of them were dilapidated. The large spiders guarding this place had long since disappeared, or were killed in the battle three years ago. Their corpses were either eaten by small insects, or after the death of insecticidal man, they no longer had the power to control them, so they obediently returned to the third floor.

In the second floor, when the small sized beasts saw that Zhang Chao had arrived, they all scattered and fled.

After all, Zhang Chao's body was permeated with tyrannical spirit energy. In order to not fight with too many beasts on the way, he chose to release his pressure, scaring any magical beast with a bit of intelligence, and made them not dare to provoke him.

When he went back to visit, Zhang Chao's heart was filled with emotions.

He was not in a hurry to go down. Instead, he found the place where the last battle had taken place all those years ago.

In this place, other than the sand and stones that had long been soaked in blood and had lost their color, there were only a few traces of the battle left.

In this sort of place, corpses were not something that would be left behind. Those were the food of insects and magical beasts, and there were even some that liked to chew on bones. Even bones would not be left behind.

However, the most eye-catching thing was still a crater that led directly to the third floor.

This huge pit was something that Zhang Chao had forcefully blown up after using "Treadmill".

After jumping down from the hole, they naturally arrived at the third floor.

"Hmm?" The instant he landed on the ground, he saw a corner of his tattered clothes hanging on a stone spike.

"Mr. Ouyang's clothes …" He held the piece of cloth in his hand as he circulated the "Divine Calculation of the Heavens and the Earth" swiftly in his mind. Coupled with the surrounding terrain and the traces left behind, he vaguely deduced what had happened.

At that time, Mr. Ouyang was killed here, but he did not die immediately. Perhaps it was because of the half piece of priceless crystal, but he survived.

However, this kind of survival was fleeting and extremely short.

Not long after, Qiao Ruiyun arrived.

From the battle trails around, it could be seen that Mr. Ouyang and Qiao Ruiyun had gone through a battle.

But in the end, it was the broken Mr. Ouyang that was unable to turn the situation around. In the end, it was Qiao Ruiyun who devoured it and took away the half piece of the priceless crystal.

"Qiao Ruiyun, where are you now? If I ever meet you again, I will definitely take your life, and won't let you continue to commit evil! " Zhang Chao sighed, and muttered.

The third level of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Insects was the paradise for the big bugs.

Poisonous insects like giant spiders, giant scorpions, and centipedes that he had seen before could be seen everywhere.

However, without the insecticidal man's control, they were not that wild and aggressive.

Each big bug controlled an area and divided it into its own territory. If there were other creatures invading their territory, it would trigger their attack. Otherwise, if they weren't starving to death, these guys seemed to prefer to sleep in seclusion.

Zhang Chao advanced on the third floor, searching for a way down.

Along the way, he chanced upon a large spider's territory.

As if accidentally touching a corner of a spider's web, a gigantic spider whose entire body had turned white released waves of roars, quickly pouncing towards Zhang Chao.

"This one is about the same size as the one from three years ago, right?" Looking at the spider, Zhang Chao's heart was at peace. He showed no signs of being afraid, and with just a casual raise of his hand, his spirit energy directly pierced through the spider's abdomen!

The spider rolled to the ground, struggling nonstop.

"Whether or not you can survive will depend on your own good fortune!" Zhang Chao did not kill all of them. Instead, he walked past the spider and continued walking forward.

At least, there was nothing in the entire third floor that could threaten him.

Whether it was the giant spider or the giant scorpion that he had previously painstakingly killed with all his might, it had all been destroyed in a single strike in front of him.

They walked all the way to the fourth floor.

This was a place that Yuan Zongyi did not even want to come to.

In actuality, it wasn't that Yuan Zongyi didn't have the ability to come back then, it was just that this level was too troublesome.

This place was filled with aggressive magical beasts.

A group of hungry wolf-like demonic beasts had already set their sights on Zhang Chao the moment he set foot in this place. Moreover, they gathered hundreds of them, and quickly pounced towards him …