Starting With 100 Million Lives-Chapter 654 Brother is Upgrading

After returning, Jiang Cheng stayed in the Quiet Chamber refining the Speed's Profound Pattern for more than a month.

When the Speed's Profound Pattern was cultivated to the Fifth Layer, the Azure Dragon pattern on the Profound Pattern could already detach from the Profound Essence and act on its own.

This gave Cang Ling an alternative 'activity carrier'.

Although this carrier looked like a two-dimensional paper dragon...

And when the Profound Pattern reached the Sixth Layer, this former Empress could already wield a part of the Power of Speed.

But because Brother Cheng's Profound Power Realm was low, and the power of his Profound Essence was too weak, this power was also very feeble.

When the Seventh Layer was finally achieved, an image of the Heart of Speed from the Immortal Realm unexpectedly appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind.

That image was not an illusion, but actually existed.

Although the duration was brief, it established a subtle connection between him and the world on the other side.

In addition to this, his Speed's Profound Pattern itself also underwent a strange evolution.

His understanding of the Power of Speed had reached an unprecedented level, and the Speed's Profound Pattern gradually faded into the Profound Essence, eventually disappearing without a trace.

As if it had never appeared at all.

He suddenly had a profound insight that he no longer needed to mobilize the Speed's Profound Pattern, as it had already merged with him.

Compared to everyone else in the Profound Realm, he skipped the step of mobilizing the Profound Pattern.

Every action he took already automatically carried the effect of the Speed's Profound Pattern, as if it were part of his own blood.

Seamlessly integrated, without any obstacles at all.

Do not underestimate this one step; the impact it brought was profound.

It not only meant that he could activate the Power of Speed a few times more flexibly and swiftly than others.

It also meant that in the future, he could use the power of all the Profound Patterns at once.

You know, he could have 1000 Profound Patterns.

However, the amount of Secret Void Holy Sand required was also enormous.

One Profound Pattern advancing to the Seventh Layer was equivalent to the cost of five or six Profound Patterns advancing to the Sixth Layer.

For him, that was a massive amount of Merit, and the journey was long and arduous.

After reaching the Seventh Layer, the originally 'two-dimensional' Azure Dragon pattern also advanced by one dimension, becoming vivid and lifelike.

The mini version of the little dragon was adorably cute.

The Azure Dragon flew around him swiftly a few times, then sighed softly: "I haven't flown in hundreds of billions of years, it's really nostalgic!"

Hearing such an ancient sigh coming from the adorable dragon appearance, Brother Cheng felt a strong sense of incongruity.

But he finally confirmed that this was Cang Ling's temporary body.

"Have you now recovered?"

The little adorable dragon shook its head: "No, I still have to wait to retrieve my body from the Immortal Realm, this carrier can only be considered a temporary shell."

"Sigh..."

"Why are you disappointed?"

"I thought I finally got to see the appearance of one of the top five beauties of the Immortal Realm."

Cang Ling almost speechless, is that your aspiration?

"You better quickly enhance your Profound Essence Level, or else I can't borrow much power right now."

"Soon, soon, just 15 more Profound Patterns to go."

Time flew, and three months later, Jiang Cheng finally advanced the last Profound Pattern to the Sixth Layer.

Then, he summoned Li Hanyu.

After passing on the Ultimate Level Profound Art, the other girls all returned to their palace.

Only Li Hanyu did not return.

With strength reaching the Celestial Profound Realm, by Divine Hall's standards, she would originally be promoted to Palace Master.

But she still stayed in the Wise Palace, always following Brother Cheng, acting as the diligent Personal Guard.

Even after kissing about eight hundred times, their relationship seemed unchanged from before.

"You go tell the Palace Masters, let them know that I'm going to ascend to the upper layer tomorrow."

"Ascend to the upper layer?"

Li Hanyu looked him up and down, then said blankly: "You're only at the Extreme Profound First Layer."

The implication was clear, you're far from the level required for ascension.

The Xuan Race People require at least the Earth Profound Realm to ascend.

Brother Cheng was still two Great Realms away from the Profound Grotto and Mingxuan, judging by his speed of not advancing a Small Realm in over ten years, it might take tens of billions of years to ascend.

Assuming he even could advance.

Currently, throughout the Profound Realm, many people already doubted that this Purple Gold's Profound Pattern could advance at all.

Mentioning him, the evaluations were polarized.

Some believed he was an unparalleled genius, otherwise, the Divine Hall wouldn't keep valuing him, maintaining the status of a Great Sage.

The high-ranking officials of the Divine Hall were not fools.

Others deemed him a fraud.

Thinking the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern might be the worst of all Profound Patterns.

Fortunately, Brother Cheng was always in the Wise Palace, and didn't hear these discussions.

Otherwise, with his temperament, he might not have been able to resist upgrading to salvage his image and prestige long ago.

"Don't worry, tomorrow I'll be at the Earth Profound Realm, just notify the Palace Masters."

Though Li Hanyu didn't believe it, considering the Ultimate Level Profound Art he taught her, and the most incredible Talent Enhancement, she couldn't help but have a slight confidence in him.

"Alright!"

After leaving the Wise Palace, she headed straight for the main hall to find the Great Hall Master and others.

"The Great Sage said he will ascend tomorrow, letting you be prepared."

"He's ascending? Has he reached the Earth Profound Realm?"

Bai Luozhen was incredibly surprised, and the other Palace Masters also exclaimed in amazement.

"Isn't he just at the Extreme Profound First Layer?"

"Could he have been hiding his power all along?"

"That's impossible, below the Celestial Profound Realm, he couldn't hide his Realm from us."

The Water Spirit Hall Master couldn't help but ask: "Hanyu, you're with him all the time, what's the real situation?"

Li Hanyu answered truthfully: "He's still at the Extreme Profound First Layer, there's been no change."

All the Palace Masters were instantly amused.

"This Great Sage, really young people love to joke."

"Indeed, still telling us to prepare, how could he suddenly cross three Great Realms and rise 29 Small Realms overnight without advancing for more than a decade?"

"Is he joking with us deliberately?"

"Should we play along with him tomorrow?"

"Hahaha, that's doable!"

Everyone was exceptionally fond of Sage Jiang.

Honestly, even if he remained at the Extreme Profound First Layer forever, the Hall Masters wouldn't look down on him, they'd still respect him as a Great Sage.

Bai Luozhen also shook her head, smiling bitterly.

"Seems this youngster needs some mindset guidance; not advancing for so many years might have driven him crazy."

"Indeed, indeed, we can't ignore psychological issues in this aspect."

"Let's encourage him well tomorrow, help him relax his mindset."

"Right, as long as the Great Sage is fine, everything is fine!"

While they chatted and laughed, they didn't know Brother Cheng had already taken out the eagerly prepared Profound Origin Fruit, and started devouring it.

His Realm broke through to the Extreme Profound Second Layer after consuming the third Seventh-grade Profound Origin Fruit.

And after devouring thousands of Profound Origin Fruits, he had already broken through to the Profound Grotto First Layer.

The whole process took only a short ten minutes.

This speed of upgrading was sheer madness.