I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

In the Sea of Shifting Sands, Lu Xin quickly returned to the mysterious valley where he had previously obtained the True Yang Profound Fiend.

The heatwave persisted.

He stood at the entrance of the cave, gazing at the dark abyss that seemed to devour anyone who dared approach. The lingering feeling of unease from his past experience no longer surfaced.

Perhaps it was due to his current elevated cultivation level.

Without hesitation, he went directly to the magma pool.

Even with his Divine Sense as a late-stage Transformation God cultivator, he still couldn't detect anything unusual. It was as if it were just an ordinary place.

Without delving further, he left and headed towards the next location marked on the mysterious map.

According to the map, with this valley as the starting point and the Underground Maze City as the destination, there were a total of four red dots in between.

At his current speed, he quickly flew over tens of thousands of miles and arrived at the location of the second red dot.

This was a forest of earthen mounds, with a rather peculiar landscape, resembling bamboo shoots emerging after the rain.

The area wasn't large, only a few dozen miles in radius. He quickly scanned the area inside and out with his Divine Sense.

He found neither danger nor opportunity.

There were a few demonic beasts, but they posed no threat to him. The highest level was only Level Five, which he could crush with a single breath.

Furthermore, he discovered traces of human or demon activity, suggesting that someone had already beaten him to any good fortune.

If I obtain it, it is my luck; if I lose it, it is my fate.

There was no need for regret, so he continued to the next location.

...

The second location was a tall, black mountain peak.

As soon as Lu Xin stepped onto it, a sense of pressure immediately arose, and it seemed to increase the closer he got to the summit.

He personally witnessed a Level Five demonic beast, a Wind-Chasing Eagle, being crushed into a mist of blood as soon as it flew into the mountain's range.

"Interesting."

Lu Xin became intrigued. Instead of rushing in, he used his Divine Sense to thoroughly scan the black mountain, not even neglecting the interior.

He didn't discover any danger. Perhaps due to the immense gravity of the mountain, no living creatures existed.

Only then did he confidently step in again. He soon felt a force enveloping him, constantly squeezing his body.

It actually gave him a slight body-tempering effect.

Unfortunately, Lu Xin only felt the distinct sensation of being squeezed when he first stepped in. After that, it returned to normal.

He understood that this was because his body-tempering realm was too high.

So, he began walking towards the summit.

As the altitude increased, the pressure grew stronger, but it was still ordinary for Lu Xin.

He soon reached the halfway point.

Lu Xin sensed that the squeezing intensity here had reached the limit that his Golden Body's Third Transformation could withstand. Any higher, and he would probably need the Fourth Transformation to resist it.

Therefore, he didn't delay and increased his speed.

He quickly walked another half of the distance, reaching the limit that the Fourth Transformation could withstand. Taking another step would require the Fifth Transformation realm to endure.

He stopped.

Now transformed into a golden man, with golden light emanating from his eyes, he solemnly looked ahead, finally taking a deep breath and taking a step forward.

"Rumble!"

It felt as if he had suddenly been transported to the bottom of a sea tens of thousands of miles deep. A heavy pressure, like boundless seawater, tightly enveloped and squeezed him.

It not only slowed his breathing but also seemed to stop the flow of his blood.

The golden light on his body also quickly dimmed.

Fortunately, he was prepared and quickly activated the Fifth Transformation cultivation method of the 'Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique'.

The previous four transformations tempered the skin, flesh, organs, and bones. This transformation continued to temper the bones, but more deeply, tempering the bone marrow.

In short, tempering the marrow.

After completing this transformation, he would truly be reborn, and even his blood would turn golden.

So, Lu Xin gritted his teeth, endured the immense pain, and walked towards the summit step by step.

At the same time, he didn't forget to focus on observing his surroundings, lest any undetected dangers suddenly descend.

He multitasked in this way.

He took a long stride, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to reach the summit.

He had now become a bloody man. This was because the golden blood produced during the marrow tempering process expelled the excess red blood from his body.

He didn't stop because of this and slowly took a few more steps.

Due to prolonged multitasking,

he was now enduring both physical and mental torment, and his aura had become somewhat weak, but he had to do it.

In unfamiliar places, one must always be vigilant.

Time passed by second by second. Lu Xin, bearing the heavy pressure, finally reached the summit, only to feel the pressure suddenly double, almost causing him to lose his footing.

He quickly stabilized himself and silently endured it.

At this moment, the golden light on his body had completely disappeared, and streams of blood kept gushing out, soon forming a blood scab covering him.

He remained motionless.

In this state, more than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the surface of the blood scab, which had turned black, was suddenly pierced by streams of golden light, which became increasingly dazzling.

Then, the blood scab trembled and suddenly burst open, scattering in all directions, only to be immediately crushed into powder by the gravity.

In its place appeared a golden giant more than ten feet tall (about four meters).

It was Lu Xin.

He was naked, with golden light in his eyes, and a tall figure. With a wave of his hand, he stirred up a whirlwind, and sounds like a great river rushing resounded within his body.

"Is this the Fifth Transformation of the Golden Body?"

Lu Xin was still somewhat unaccustomed to his tall body. The gravity here no longer had any effect on him. He casually stomped his foot.

Several cracks immediately appeared on the summit and quickly spread, and then the entire mountain shook.

The earth trembled and the mountains swayed.

"Oops!"

Lu Xin immediately reacted and used his strength again, leaping up and landing on the ground not far from the mountain.

As a result, the ground cracked again with a bang, and several cracks hundreds of miles long spread out.

The black mountain in front also collapsed with a roar, stirring up dust that blotted out the sky.

He was speechless.

He quickly adapted to this power and soon had a clear understanding of his strength. He could now control it when using it again.

Then, he began to examine his body.

He found himself naked, not only taller but also bigger.

He couldn't help but blush and quickly stopped circulating his energy, shrinking his body back to its original size and taking out a piece of clothing from his storage bag to put on.

"Fortunately, there's no one here."

After putting on his clothes, Lu Xin scanned the area within a radius of 15,000 miles with his Divine Sense, only finding demonic beasts and no people, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterward, he began to calculate how much his strength had increased.

First of all, his Divine Sense. After breaking through to the late stage of the Transformation God realm, his Divine Sense could cover a radius of 12,000 miles.

The completion of the Fifth Transformation of the Golden Body added a range of 3,000 miles.

As far as he knew, the limit of Divine Sense for ordinary Transformation God cultivators was a radius of 10,000 miles.

He had an extra 5,000 miles.

Secondly, his lifespan. He glanced at the panel, and the lifespan column now read:

【Lifespan: 74 / 10150】

He had actually gained an extra 5,000 years of lifespan, reaching 10,150 years.

That was terrifying.

One should know that the upper limit of lifespan for Void Refinement cultivators was only 10,000 years.

"No wonder it's described as a complete rebirth in the 'Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique'!"

Lu Xin felt that his life level had been greatly improved. He quickly forced a drop of blood from his finger, which was golden, like gold.

He suddenly flipped his finger, and the drop of blood immediately fell towards a black stone below.

With a "crack" sound,

the stone shattered into several pieces.

"Could this be the legendary 'a drop of blood weighs a thousand pounds'?"

His pupils contracted slightly.