Chapter 957

In the quiet room, Gu Chen sat cross-legged, his skin faintly emitting light, making him look like a golden god.

The light continued to spread until it was as if a sun was hidden in the dark room. Suddenly, a crackling sound came from his body.

In the next moment, his skin was scorched, and even his hair was burned clean. He looked like a charred corpse, extremely frightening!

However, his eyes were very calm, as if he didn't feel the burning pain all over his body at all. The seal in his hand changed.

Hum —

A fresh wind rose within his body, and Gu Chen's scorched skin quickly fell off, replaced by new skin. His flesh became shiny again, and his hair grew back.

When he returned to his original state, he furrowed his brows.

"What's wrong with this Eternal Light Rebirth Secret Technique? I can't even reach the basic level."

Now that he had successfully infiltrated the Underworld and obtained the qualifications to go to the Divine Realm Conference, Gu Chen settled down and wanted to further increase his strength before the conference.

He knew very well that the scale and level of the cultivators involved in the conference were far beyond his imagination. He had to do his best to grasp every bit of strength in order to have a higher chance of rescuing his father.

And now, there were less than three months until the Divine Realm Conference. The only way to greatly increase his strength was to cultivate the fifth layer of the Secret Technique!

Because he had absorbed the core of the Wilderness God Star, Gu Chen had condensed the Star Core Scroll's ultimate Eternal Star Body in advance. His body hid an incomparably large amount of Source Energy.

According to the divine might of the Eternal Star Body described in the Nature of the Heavenly Stars, if Gu Chen could truly grasp this power, he would have more capital to challenge the various major powers at the Divine Realm Conference.

However, although his body had improved, his cultivation realm hadn't kept up. Only by cultivating the fourth and fifth layer of the Secret Technique to great success would he truly have the Eternal Star Body.

With the help of the Heavenvoid Cauldron, Gu Chen had now cultivated the fourth layer of the Secret Technique, Eternal Light Rebirth, to perfection.

He already possessed the Inextinguishable Stellar Body. Logically speaking, he had already set up the framework. All that was left was this last Secret Technique. It should have been much easier to cultivate.

However, when he abandoned all his worldly affairs and began to cultivate the Eternal Light Life Secret Technique in seclusion, he realized that reality was completely different from what he had imagined. He was actually stuck at the entry level!

According to the description of the Nature of the Sky Technique, the key point of the Eternal Light Life Secret Technique was to turn oneself into a "body of light", and the light source was the Star Core Fire condensed by the Level Four Secret Technique.

Using the Astral Core Flame as the source, Xiao Chen could ignite every single cell in his body and unleash his lifeforce, allowing him to bring out the might of the Astral Body, and his strength would soar.

As for Gu Chen, he had already condensed the Inextinguishable Stellar Body. If he could ignite his entire body, it was highly likely that he would be able to achieve great mastery of this mystic technique and display the various divine might of the Inextinguishable Stellar Body.

However, when he tried to cultivate according to the introduction of the secret technique, he discovered that he was stuck at the entry level. Every time he activated the Star Core Flame and ignited his entire body from his dantian, he found it extremely difficult to control it.

Just like just now, although he had successfully made his body glow, it was not the state described in the secret technique.

According to the secret technique, when one cultivated the Eternal Light Life Secret Technique, their flesh, skin, and hair would glow. It was as if their entire body was condensed from pure light, and it was extremely magical.

Gu Chen had only formed the form just now, and the internal cultivation of his body was a complete mess.

Even so, he had not been able to control it just now. Too much energy had dissipated from the Star Core Flame, and his entire body had been charred.

If he did not have a huge vitality, just that moment alone would have been enough to seriously injure him, and he would not dare to cultivate again for a few months.

The progress of the secret technique was not going according to plan. Gu Chen fell into deep thought, trying hard to figure out what exactly had gone wrong.

He felt that something was amiss. According to the previous cultivation situation, if it had been someone else who cultivated this secret technique step by step, there was a 45% chance that he would have died.

Was it because the cultivation of the Eternal Light Life Secret Technique was so harsh, and there was only a slim chance that he would survive? Or was there something wrong with him?

"That's not right. One of the main reasons I failed was because my Star Core Flame was too powerful. A normal cultivator would not encounter a situation like mine!"

Gu Chen quickly understood the crux of the matter.

His Star Core Flame was formed by borrowing the power of the Heavenvoid Cauldron, which had absorbed the flames of countless stars from the universe.

A normal cultivator of the secret technique would not have such a fortuitous encounter.

In other words, the strength of his Star Core Flame had exceeded the standard of the secret technique. As a result, the difficulty of his cultivation had increased imperceptibly!

"It's not just the Star Core Flame. The source energy in my body is too vast, and it has greatly increased the difficulty of using the Eternal Light Life Secret Technique to ignite my entire body."

The more Gu Chen thought about it, the more his brows furrowed. He realized that he had dug a hole for himself.

His body and the Star Core Flame were abnormally powerful, and it had greatly increased the difficulty of cultivating the Fifth Heaven Secret Technique. If he was unlucky, he might even be stuck at this bottleneck forever!

This was the disadvantage of cultivating above one's cultivation level. There was always a reason for cultivating a secret technique. If one broke the rules, it would be easy to suffer the consequences!

"Damn it, there's only so much time left, and I just had to encounter this kind of situation."

Gu Chen's eyes darkened, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

The Divine Realm Conference was too important to him. It was extremely likely that it was his last chance to save his father. After the conference ended, he couldn't guarantee what the Man with a Bamboo Hat would do.

He was obviously brewing a huge conspiracy, but he was still stuck at a mere bottleneck!

He wanted to find someone to dispel his doubts, but apart from him, no one else had cultivated the Heavenly Stellar Technique.

Even if there was, his current situation was extremely abnormal!

Gu Chen's thoughts ran wild. As his thoughts ran wild, he discovered that his body was burning with evil fire, and he was showing signs of cultivation deviation.

Bang!

At the crucial moment, Gu Chen slapped himself heavily on the forehead, causing his head to bleed and his face to be covered in blood. Only then did he regain his calm.

"The more urgent the time, the more I need to keep my composure. If I lose to myself, who will I be able to save?"

Gu Chen murmured. His eyes became determined again, and he began cultivating again!

In the following days, he repeatedly cultivated the Eternal Light Life Mystic Technique and kept encountering the phenomenon of 'self-immolation'.

This process was like breaking down and then rebuilding. In the constant rebirth and enduring the burning pain, he was getting closer and closer to understanding and mastering this mystic technique.

Time passed by slowly. One day, someone knocked on the door of Gu Chen's meditation room.

"That Ye Fei sent a message. He's ready to leave for the Divine Realm Conference."

Penglai Island Master's voice sounded outside the door.

Gu Chen opened his eyes slowly, and there were faint flames burning in his pupils. He looked calm and spirited as if there was an explosive power hidden in his eyes.

For more than two months, he had tried to cultivate the Eternal Light Life Mystic Technique with an almost crazy and paranoid attitude, but he still couldn't get started.