Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“Whatever. I should try building naturally on the divine rune instead.”
Long Chen took a deep breath. He spent an hour to make sure his heart was as calm as possible before he once more summoned the divine rune.
This divine rune was like fertile soil. As long as he had a suitable seed, it would easily grow. Having this divine rune saved him a great deal of effort when it came to creating his own magical art.
Despite that, it was still incredibly difficult. This divine rune was like the foundation of a skyscraper. Although the foundation was amazing, building a skyscraper was still very difficult.
The most difficult thing was that if his building didn’t match the foundation in the end, it would immediately explode.
With the divine rune as the foundation, his greatest advantage was that his magical art wouldn’t crumble in the middle of it. Success or failure would only be shown when it was fully built.
However, where there were advantages, there were also disadvantages. If he didn’t have this foundation, he would know if he failed right at the start. He could immediately give up and start again, which would save him time.
Bang!
BANG!
BOOM!
“Fuck!”
Explosive sounds rang out in the room along with Long Chen’s cursing. After failing another hundred times, even Long Chen was going crazy.
There were some magical arts that he felt should definitely work in theory, but when they finally reached the final point, the divine rune formed a rejection toward them and collapsed.
“I refuse to believe this crap! I can definitely find an equilibrium.”
Long Chen’s stubborn character flared. For now, he gave up on this kind of testing. Based on his understanding of the divine rune, he began to test how to stabilize the core of the magical art while still allowing all the divine rune’s power to circulate throughout the magical art evenly. He wanted to make the divine rune and the magical art one entity that could not be separated and would not have any expulsion toward each other.
Long Chen wrote down nineteen plans at once. This time, he confidently started his experiments. The result? All nineteen failed.
“Fuck off!”
Long Chen destroyed a stone stool in rage. He felt like he was going crazy. In theory, it clearly worked, but when he actually tried it, it refused to balance itself. It was like after creating a water channel, a hole would suddenly appear when he poured water into it, and then the whole thing would explode. What infuriated Long Chen the most was that he wasn’t even able to find the holes.
Long Chen lay on the ground, looking at the roof of the room. There were dozens of pearls embedded into the ceiling, forming a lotus-flower pattern. Their light was warm and comforting.
Long Chen suddenly sat up and raised a hand. The flame rune reappeared in his hand, and a lotus flower grew out of it. It had eight petals, each with a straight vein leading to the center. At the center was the core of the divine rune in the form of stamens.
Looking at the flame lotus, his eyes began to shine. He increased its power.
BOOM!
The entire room exploded, and Long Chen hacked up blood. His arm had been turned to pulp.
This room had been built according to the standards of Life Star experts, but even it was unable to endure the force of the explosion.
Long Chen ignored his injuries. His arm instantly recovered, and he summoned the flame rune again. The flame lotus was reborn.
A halo of fire appeared around the edge of the lotus, protecting it. As Long Chen circulated the divine rune, the fire halo began to spin faster and faster. As it spun, the petals grew brighter, and the flower stamens had small whirlpools appear within them. The fire halo absorbed energy from the divine rune, sending it to the petals, which sent it to the stamens. The whirlpools inside the stamens then sent the energy to the divine rune below, forming an endless cycle. The flame lotus bloomed with light.
“Hahaha, finally, success!”
Long Chen roared with laughter. Just now, he had grasped a spark of inspiration that allowed him to succeed with just one more failure.
“I’ll call you the World Annihilation Flame Lotus!” Long Chen was incredibly excited. This was a magical art unique to him. He had finally succeeded.
Just as he shouted the name of the World Annihilation Flame Lotus, the Eastern Xuan Region as a whole shook. Seven-colored clouds filled the sky, dyeing the world in all its colors. Countless experts looked up in a panic.
Everyone went out to take a look. Some people thought that the end of the world had come.
“Don’t panic! These seven-colored clouds are an auspicious sign. It’s a good thing!” shouted some experts to relax others.
The entire Eastern Xuan Region was thrown into chaos. No one had ever seen such a manifestation. They activated photographic jades, but they were shocked to find that their photographic jades were unable to see the seven-colored clouds.
Within the Xuantian Dao Sect, all the disciples were looking up in shock. The world had transformed into the colors of the rainbow. This kind of phenomenon was shocking.
“Everyone, don’t panic. Based on the records, there are three conditions that can bring about the appearance of seven-colored clouds. The first is that our world’s qi flow has reached a pinnacle, and so the heavens bestow an auspicious sign. The second is that a priceless treasure has appeared, one overflowing with karmic luck that brings about the appearance of seven-colored clouds. The third… isn’t too possible.” Li Tianxuan’s voice rang out in the sky, allaying people’s fears.
“What is the third possibility? Disciple wishes to know.” An Empyrean bowed respectfully.
“The third possibility is that someone managed to create a magical art capable of shaking heaven and earth. When that expert bestows a name to that magical art, if it obtains the recognition of heaven and earth, seven-colored clouds will appear as a confirmation of its existence and name. However, after the dark era, with the inheritance of the immortal era essentially severed, creating a magical art that can match the perfect divine arts of the immortal era is essentially impossible. So everyone should simply wait calmly. We’ll wait for news from the other regions to see if this auspicious sign descended there as well,” said Li Tianxuan.
However, Li Tianxuan had just said this when the clouds suddenly scattered. The world returned to its normal appearance. Li Tianxuan was stunned.
“You hit your own face by saying this. You just said that the third possibility wasn’t very likely, but the clouds already vanished. If the continent had truly been restored to its peak or a priceless treasure had appeared, the auspicious clouds wouldn’t have appeared for such a short time,” said the old patriarch who was facing Li Tianxuan in the Xuantian Tower.
Li Tianxuan reddened slightly. Suddenly, Li Tianxuan looked at a jade plate on his waist. “The western, southern, northern, and central regions didn’t have the seven-colored clouds appear. Only the Eastern Xuan Region had this manifestation. Did some peerless expert in the Eastern Xuan Region really give birth to such a shocking technique?”
“You don’t need to be curious. This peerless expert is from our Xuantian Dao Sect.”
Just at this moment, the Xuantian Tower’s voice rang out, stunning Li Tianxuan and the patriarch.
“Long Chen?” exclaimed Li Tianxuan and the patriarch.
“Yes. He just created a technique. Its power is definitely amazing. However, according to reason, it shouldn’t have reached the level of gaining heaven and earth’s approval. I don’t know why it managed to summon the seven-colored clouds.” The Xuantian Tower’s voice contained confusion as well.
“So it was him. Then there will be a good show to watch. A magical art created by Long Chen that was capable of forcing heaven and earth of giving it their approval. I look forward to seeing it.”
Li Tianxuan’s eyes began to shine, and he looked in the direction of Crouching Dragon Mountain. Being able to bear witness to the
rise of a Heaven-Defier was also a kind of unrivaled honor.
Chapter 1678 Working Hard at Excavating
Looking at the flame lotus in his hand, Long Chen was so emotional that he almost cried. He really had succeeded.
This World Annihilation Flame Lotus was probably even a bit stronger than Star Fall. It absolutely delighted him.
Right now, he had only created the embryonic form of the World Annihilation Flame Lotus. It would only continue to get stronger, and it would be easier to develop it.
What Long Chen wanted to do was merge Star Fall into the World Annihilation Flame Lotus. There were eight petals. He wanted to see if he could condense eight Star Falls on the petals. As for the stamens in the center, for now he didn’t dare to touch them.
Those stamens were the core of this magical art. If he merged Star Fall with it, it would definitely have immense power. However, the core was the bridge connecting the energy. If there was a problem there, it would cause the entire thing to explode.
Furthermore, there were one hundred and eight of those stamens, all connected. In other words, if he wanted to add Star Fall there, he would have to condense one hundred and eight Star Falls to maintain the equilibrium.
What kind of joke was that? If any of those one hundred and eight Star Falls exploded, Long Chen would be deader than dead.
With his previous experience, Long Chen no longer dared to keep experimenting inside. He left the room and reappeared above ground. He found that Crouching Dragon Mountain was silent, and everyone was in their own private cultivation rooms.
Regretfully, the blood essence stone and blood soul stone were useless on him, or he’d also use them to get stronger. He stealthily left Crouching Dragon Mountain. Saying goodbye to one of the guards, he left the Xuantian Dao Sect.
The current Xuantian Dao Sect was no longer the old Xuantian Dao Sect. If he wanted to leave, he had to use one of the four gates. The rest of it was covered in a barrier that didn’t allow people to come or go. If someone tried to force their way in, it would activate the killing formation. The formation was connected to the Xuantian Tower, so its power was enough to instantly kill a Life Star expert holding a quasi divine item.
The Xuantian Dao Sect was now like one solid iron piece. Outsiders couldn’t possibly sneak their way in. As for the spies inside, if Li Tianxuan didn’t give them a chance, they wouldn’t be able to bring out any useful information either.
Upon leaving the Xuantian Dao Sect, Long Chen found a desolate place far away. He began to test his World Annihilation Flame Lotus while consuming pills like his life depended on it.
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As Long Chen was experimenting with the World Annihilation Flame Lotus, powerful undercurrents were surging within the continent. The atmosphere was growing tense and strange.
First of all, Long Chen had gone to the Jade Lake Sacred Land and annihilated the Southern Xuan Region’s elite disciples. That had included tens of thousands of experts and dozens of Empyreans.
The name of the Eastern Xuan Region’s demon king shook the continent once more. However, this time, countless voices rang out from the other regions. Those voices were of condemnation.
Their goal was to force the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance, Qu Jianying, to stop protecting Long Chen. It was because Qu Jianying was protecting Long Chen that he could so fearlessly and recklessly kill others.
Although the Martial Heaven Alliance testified that Long Chen was a victim, that this was all Shen Bijun’s trap, that Long Chen had been forced to act in self-defense, that didn’t quell their rage. In their view, Long Chen had massacred tens of thousands to save five women. What was so valuable about their lives that other people’s lives were nothing?
Just as those voices of condemnation were like an unceasing tide, news came from the Illusive Music Immortal Palace. They refused to admit that Shen Bijun had set a trap to frame Long Chen. Instead, the palace master herself said that this was a matter between a young man and woman, a result of falling out of love and into hatred.
Just look at Long Chen’s wild character and how many women he had beside him. If it hadn’t been Long Chen who had taken the initiative to provoke or tease Shen Bijun, there was no way Shen Bijun would have gone so crazy as to do something so wrong.
That was why the palace master said that while she admitted that Shen Bijun had been in the wrong, not all the wrong lay with the Illusive Music Immortal Palace. At the very least, Long Chen and Shen Bijun should share the responsibility equally.
The palace master even went further, saying that since Shen Bijun had made a mistake resulting in harming the Southern Xuan Region, the Illusive Music Immortal Palace would block the Devil Abyss’s eruption in the Southern Xuan Region, even if they had to fight to their last disciple.
The Illusive Music Immortal Palace’s actions were greatly supported by the rest of the continent. People loudly shouted, “Look, the Illusive Music Immortal Palace has accepted their responsibility. Shen Bijun is already dead. Then shouldn’t Long Chen be killed as well as an apology to all those fallen disciples?”
Qu Jianying had been furious when she went to the Illusive Music Immortal Palace, but she left even more infuriated. She hadn’t expected the Illusive Music Immortal Palace to be so shameless as to split their responsibility with Long Chen equally.
However, what infuriated her the most was the sudden announcement of the ancient family alliance. They said they were no longer allied with the Martial Heaven Alliance, and they would no longer interfere in the battle between the Righteous and Corrupt paths.
The reason they gave was that as long as the demon king Long Chen didn’t die, they would never be able to work together with the Martial Heaven Alliance since they couldn’t accept being allied with someone who would stab their ally in the back.
On the third day after the ancient family alliance announced they were breaking ties with the Martial Heaven Continent, there were quite a few Righteous sects who faced a blood bath from the Corrupt path. Some sects were directly destroyed.
The Righteous path’s sects were thrown into chaos. They presented a joint petition, begging Qu Jianying to kill the black sheep Long Chen to quell everyone’s anger and save the continent’s peace and lives.
Instead of placing this debt on the Corrupt path, they placed it on Long Chen. As long as Long Chen wasn’t here, these things wouldn’t have happened. Some had already forgotten just how many of the Righteous path’s sects had been massacred even before Long Chen was born.
At the same time, Pill Valley, the ancient races, Xuan Beasts, and even the Bloodkill Hall came out in support of the ancient family alliance’s actions. They pointed everyone’s anger at Qu Jianying and Long Chen.
Some people even began to wildly fabricate false information, saying that Shen Bijun and Long Chen had long since known each other and that their relationship was complicated. It was Long Chen who had thrown Shen Bijun’s heart into chaos, causing her to act so crazy.
As people used their imagination to come up with the best stories to stoke people’s rage, Shen Bijun actually transformed into the victim, while Long Chen became an irredeemable devil.
Under this much pressure, anyone else would have caved, but Qu Jianying stubbornly resisted. She even announced that Long Chen hadn’t done anything wrong, and that if anyone dared to touch him, she would personally take their head.
As the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance, she was resolute and upright in character. She didn’t surrender to pressure. It was because of this character that she had been elected as the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance.
With Qu Jianying stubbornly protecting Long Chen but all the various large powers adding more pressure, the sects belonging to the Martial Heaven Alliance began to sway. Some of them began considering whether they should elect a new leader.
The Eastern Xuan Region and Southern Xuan Region’s experts were especially tempted to elect a new leader. Their hatred for Long Chen was especially deep.
/> However, even in those regions, those sects were but a fraction of the total. Even in the Southern Xuan Region, they didn’t number a quarter of all the sects.
Qu Jianying had led the Martial Heaven Alliance for so many years. She had always been fair and just and had countless supporters.
Before taking her post, she had been exceptionally amazing in the battles between the Righteous and Corrupt paths. After taking her post, she led the Righteous path to strike back, destroying countless strongholds of the Corrupt path and forcing them to hide in their minor worlds.
The young people had already forgotten about these things, but the older generation still remembered her heroism. Qu Jianying’s heroism had moved an entire generation of people.
She had her own worshippers, and those people were either the leaders of their own sects or top Elders with the greatest authority in their sects. So even as the pressure grew, these people didn’t sway.
In the Northern, Western, and Central Xuan Regions, the shouting was the most intense, but they were actually the most stable. It was only the people of the ancient family alliance who were shouting for her replacement. However, just that was unable to shake Qu Jianying’s position.
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Bang! The ground split open, and a cloaked man popped out.
He had a five-colored bow on his back and an iron pick resting on his shoulder. He was covered in dust and emitting an air of death. He was like a zombie who had crawled out of a tomb.
As for the place he had just popped out of, it was actually a giant tomb that had already collapsed. As for the man, he was patting the dust off his body as if he had just finished a day of hard work. He had a relaxed smile.
“Mo Nian, you’re completely intolerable! Why are you constantly digging up tombs?! Are you not afraid of facing divine retribution?!” There were thousands of experts surrounding the tomb. The one shouting was a Life Star expert. This tomb clearly belonged to his family.
The man lifted back his hood, revealing a portion of his face. It was a handsome face that still had a bit of baby fat. On its own, it was a nice and friendly face, but when that mischievous glint in his eyes was added, he no longer seemed like such a good person.