His Majesty thought for a while and recommended that Lu Zhen break through in the Realm Of No Return since there were literally no beasts there. Lu Zhen left the following morning but before he left, he told them not to worry about him and not to come to the Realm Of No Return no matter what.
Inside the castle, his Majesty was chatting with his wife, "Husband, why did you permit that human to go to the Realm Of No Return, that realm is comparable to a minor world."
"You also heard him when he made this request, he needed a desolate place that spanned for miles, that's the only place I could think of."
"I think that human has ulterior motives, why don't we use the World Eye artifact to see what he's up to. We should be better safe than sorry." His Majesty had no choice but to agree since he knew that his wife wouldn't give up on this matter. He wondered why his wife hated Lu Zhen so much. A golden eyeball then floated in front of them and inside the eyeball, they could see Lu Zhen wandering about in the Realm Of No Return.
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Lu Zhen walked for a while and finally got to his destination. He stood in front of a cave, the cave was clean inside and mystic plants were growing inside it, it looked like it was previously used by a Guardian Beast and was abundant in Spirit Qi. "Perfect!" Lu Zhen was satisfied with this cave. He entered the cave then sat cross legged on the ground. He first stabilized his breathing and state of mind, took out numerous herbs from his storage ring and started devouring them.
The energy within these plants was nothing to scoff at and Lu Zhen was eating them like he was eating grapes. In order to break through to the Mortal Shedding Realm, one had to cleanse his body using both the Spirit Qi in their dantian and Soul Force at the same time. One mistake and you'd end up dead or crippled, this is why there were few Mortal Shedding Realm cultivators in the Origin World, those in the peak of Soul Purification Realm weren't confident in themselves.
Breaking through to the Mortal Shedding Realm was not easy even for Lu Zhen since he was both a human and beast cultivator. Lu Zhen started with his beast core, his Soul Force absorbed all the energy within the beast core, the core started losing its lustre. It turned into a huge transparent beast core.
After all the in the core was absorbed, Lu Zhen then shifted his attention to his dantian, he absorbed all the Spirit Qi in his dantian and guided it towards his acupoints. He opened all the acupoints in his body and then nourished the body with the beast energy.
Lu Zhen's body started to inflate and grew larger and taller, veins squirmed all over his body like worms. Lu Zhen's skin became dry and cracks became visible to the naked eye. Lu Zhen had been guiding his energy all around his body again and again.
Poof!
Lu Zhen's dried and cracked skin turned into dust, his new skin was soft and smooth like that of a baby, it was very strong and durable. He looked like he had been reborn, he had also became much more handsome, his eyes looked as if they contained stars within them, his hair was still black but it looked more silky smooth then actual silk, his lips were redder than fully ripe strawberries, they looked like the highest grade mystic plant.
Lu Zhen had broken through to the Mortal Shedding Realm but there was still large amounts of beast energy left. He then guided it to his dantian which was unheard of, infact, it didn't even exist. Lu Zhen was carving his own cultivation path. The beast energy then fused with his dantian, there was no issue in the fusion since the dantian was empty. The golden dantian started changing to a deep red colour.
Crack!Crack! Crack!
The clear skies were now filled with crimson clouds that were continuously condensing and expanding at a rapid speed. The pressure these clouds emitted was ten if not a hundred times more terrifying. Crimson lightning could be seen from time to time. "I've been waiting." Lu Zhen muttered to himself. This time, there were no spears to hinder him while he was cultivating. Lu Zhen then stood up and walked towards the light.
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"He succeeded?!" His Majesty watched Lu Zhen's whole process and was astounded by the results. He knew just how difficult it was to fuse both your energy with Soul Force and it was even harder to guide the energy throughout one's body and Lu Zhen had done that in a few hours. It had taken him three months to break through to the Mortal Shedding Realm and Lu Zhen had done it in a few hours. Monster! Lu Zhen was definitely a monster. He and Her Highness watched as Lu Zhen walked out of the cave.
"Wha...wha...what in the world is that?!" he shouted at the top of his lungs but no one knew the answer. The pressure emitted by what he was seeing penetrated through his eye artifact and reached him, the pressure then spread throughout the palace, the kingdom and finally the whole continent. He and everyone with him were clearly looking at it.
Their faces were paler than those of vampires, he knelt on the ground and stopped moving, infact, everyone in the continent did the same no matter who it was. The crimson clouds had already covered the whole continent.
No one dared contend with this power. The artifact then disintegrated into dust and disappeared. Lu Zhen was looking at the sky, to be precise, he was looking at a beast that was hovering in the sky. Its body was made of red scales, it spanned for thousands of meters, it had six claws and six eyes, tree-like horns hung on its head. Its aura was destructive, domineering and unfathomable.
If looks could kill, then Lu Zhen would have died millions of times from its terrifying gaze. The beast in front of Lu Zhen was definitely...the Hexagon!