by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Lei Long, lend me ninety percent of your energy, and send ten percent to devour the lightning runes.”
After saying that, Long Chen raised Evilmoon. Lightning surged along Evilmoon as he slashed it toward a tribulation beast. The divine power of Lei Long and Evilmoon combined.
The tribulation beast was blown apart into divine lightning runes and then devoured by Lei Long. Before Lei Long was even finished devouring those runes, Long Chen had moved onto the second. With Lei Long and Evilmoon working together, it was easy for them to kill the tribulation beasts.
“Brothers, hurry up. Time’s almost up.” Long Chen saw that the tribulation clouds were growing sparse. By this time, any further attacks against them would be useless. He had exhausted all the power of this tribulation.
If it was just one person undergoing tribulation, then there would have been little chance for even the five-colored tribulation lightning to appear. The reason the tribulation had so much energy was because there were over ten thousand Dragonblood warriors undergoing tribulation together.
All the energy had now been forced out by Long Chen, and the energy of the heavens was fading. It could not punish Long Chen.
The lightning drakes frantically devoured as much as they could. Sometimes, the tribulation beasts would be half-devoured and still charge toward Long Chen while the lightning drakes moved on. It was easy for Long Chen to kill those stragglers.
Only half of the tribulation beasts had been slain, but the tribulation was already starting to fade. The tribulation beasts began to return to heaven and earth.
Suddenly, a silver claw stretched out of the channel, and a silver ripple spread, blowing apart those tribulation beasts.
A large mouth then came out of the channel and devoured those lightning runes. The silver drake king had come.
“Long Chen, how could you not call me!” The silver drake had attacked through the channel and taken the lightning runes. The channel that Long Chen had made this time was too small to fit it through though.
“What the, why did you come?” Long Chen was startled.
“Long Chen, you had best give me an explanation!” raged the silver drake king. It was speaking spiritually, so others couldn’t hear.
“How could I possibly call you over something so tiny? This kind of snack shouldn’t interest you. That’s why I only invited your little brothers, and I’ll invite you for the real feast later. Didn’t you notice that this isn’t even my own tribulation, it’s the tribulation of my brothers. Only once I break through will there be a real feast. Hehe, to tell the truth, I’m a bit worried that your stomach isn’t big enough,” said Long Chen.
“Are you telling the truth?” questioned the silver drake king.
“I disdain lying.” Long Chen frowned.
“Cough, then it was my mistake. Now it’s a bit awkward,” said the silver drake.
“It really is a bit awkward. This little bit is barely enough food to get stuck between your teeth, but it’s a good piece of meat to your brothers. As the boss, you can’t be selfish,” said Long Chen.
“Then what do I do?” The silver drake king didn’t know what to do now. It would be a blow if it admitted it was stealing food from its brothers.
“Fine, I’ll help you. However, you have to help me when I need it too.” Long Chen didn’t give the drake king a chance to reply before announcing, “How dangerous! Just now, the divine lightning beasts were about to fade away, but fortunately your king came to capture them in time. Quick, go back. Your dragon king is going to share the divine energy with you. Due to the dragon king attacking, the channel is about to reach its limit. I really envy you for having such a good boss.” Long Chen seemed to sigh emotionally, giving a thumbs-up.
His words were very brilliant. The drakes naturally had no idea if they were true or false. They immediately became grateful to the drake king.
“Many thanks.” The drake king expressed its thanks to Long Chen before leaving as well. His conning ability was unrivaled and had given it face.
The tribulation disappeared and the lightning channel faded. All the energy of the tribulation had been spent, and the Dragonblood Legion’s people had absorbed as much as they could for a perfect advancement.
Quite a few corpses were floating on the surface of the sea now that the tribulation was over. Those corpses belonged to the sea demons that had been near. Due to the Dragonblood Legion’s tribulation descending suddenly, some of the weaker ones hadn’t had time to flee.
“Let’s go.” Long Chen waved his hand, and everyone went over to the spatial channel that Yue Xihan had already summoned.
They returned to the Skyscraping World. All of them were excited enough to shout. Most Life Star experts only had astral spaces around a hundred miles wide at the start. Even rank nine Celestials would only have around three hundred miles.
The astral space contained one’s world energy, but usually those below rank nine Celestials were not qualified to actually use their world energy.
That was why the Dragonblood warriors were able to easily slay Life Star experts while in the Soul Transformation realm. Those Life Star experts were usually only around the level of rank seven or eight Celestials.
Those experts had not managed to catch the great era, and their cultivation bases had reached their limits. So those Life Star experts were not able to compare to today’s heavenly geniuses.
As for the Empyreans who were called heavenly geniuses, their astral spaces would normally be around three thousand miles. Only at that level was it possible to bring out the full potential of the world energy in their astral spaces.
In the Yin Yang World, the army of Life Star Empyreans that had charged over was so powerful because they were able to control a bit of their world energy. However, since they had only recently advanced, they could only control a bit of it. This was why Huo Lieyun was so terrifying in comparison. His realm had already stabilized at the first Heavenstage of Life Star, allowing him to control his world energy. If Long Chen hadn’t obtained the azure dragon reverse scale, he would have been crushed.
No one knew how large Huo Lieyun’s astral space was, but right now, even the weakest healing warrior had reached an astral space of thirty thousand miles.
The Dragonblood warriors had all achieved astral spaces over a hundred thousand miles, with some reaching one hundred and fifty thousand miles. As for Gu Yang and the captains, they had astral spaces three hundred thousand miles wide.
However, one person was so monstrous that their astral space was almost one million miles wide. That was Yue Xiaoqian. When that news spread, the original devil race was overjoyed.
Gu Yang and the others were a bit upset by this immense difference, but Yue Xihan explained that it was due to the special cultivation technique of the original devil race. It had nothing to do with talent.
The one to benefit the most from this tribulation was Yue Xiaoqian. She even had a deeper understanding of the Profound Spirit Dao Scripture after experiencing this tribulation. Many areas that she hadn’t understood were now clear to her.
Long Chen told everyone not to care too much about the size of their astral spaces. That was just a portion of the power of the Life Star realm. There was something even more important, which was awakening their manifestations.
Only upon reaching the Life Star realm was it possible to awaken their manifestations. However, that would require comprehension and luck.
The tribulation had ended, so Yue Xihan found a secluded place for them to enter seclusion. They had to stabilize their realm first.
Long Chen also didn’t laze around. He went to the ancestral land of the original devil race and took out a mountain of medicinal pills.
Opening his mouth, he activated the divine ability Swallow the Heavens, Devour the Earth. Those pills were like a flood entering his stomach.
Runes lit up on his stomach, forming a foundation. This was the divine ability of the dark evil dragon race.
Huo Lon
g had been refining pills constantly, giving Long Chen a giant stockpile. Now, it was time to use it.
“Let’s see what Heavenstage I can reach now.”
Rumbling sounds rang out within Long Chen’s stomach, like a volcano was erupting. Endless energy flowed through him.
Chapter 1941 Twelfth Heavenstage of Soul Transformation
Long Chen’s stomach was like a bottomless abyss. Runes flowed within his stomach, transforming the medicinal pills into immense spurts of energy.
Millions of medicinal pills were transformed into streams of energy that spread throughout Long Chen’s meridians.
“After absorbing the azure dragon essence blood, even the Swallow the Heavens, Devour the Earth divine ability has strengthened.” Long Chen was pleasantly surprised by this effect. The transformation of the azure dragon essence blood went far beyond just his physical body.
“Long Chen, I find that my dark evil dragon race’s divine ability matches you perfectly. You should consider devouring other lifeforms like the dark evil dragon race. That would allow you to get stronger even faster than devouring medicinal pills.” Evilmoon couldn’t help interjecting.
The devouring divine ability that Long Chen was displaying was even more effective than it was in the dark evil dragon race. If Long Chen was willing to devour other experts to get stronger, he would have even better prospects. Having such a powerful divine ability used on just medicinal pills was a waste.
“That’s alright, thank you.”
Long Chen directly rejected the idea. After all, he wasn’t a Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow. He couldn’t rely on eating people to live.
Long Chen’s spiritual yuan suddenly began to roil. He felt like a furnace growing hotter and hotter.
“So quick?!” Long Chen was startled. It had been less than fifteen minutes, but he felt himself be on the verge of breaking through.
BOOM!
Long Chen’s aura fiercely surged as he advanced to the tenth Heavenstage of Soul Transformation.
BOOM!
An incense stick’s worth of time later, he advanced to the eleventh Heavenstage.
“Too fast!” Long Chen was excited but also stunned. This kind of rapid advancement felt refreshing.
An hour later, he once more advanced, reaching the twelfth Heavenstage.
As his aura broke through, it began to grow stronger and spread out of his control. The void rumbled and the ancestral altar shook.
“I’ve already reached the great circle.” Long Chen pushed himself to keep going. He wanted to advance to just before the thirteenth Heavenstage, the point where he would be right before breaking through to Life Star.
The void rumbled as Long Chen’s aura grew more and more violent.
“The last three Heavenstages of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art are always the strongest. I can’t even control my own power.” Long Chen’s gaze was sharp. He actually had an urge to become the ruler of this world.
It was like he was to be the ruler that all others would have to look up to. Anyone who defied him would be mercilessly annihilated.
His killing intent also surged out of his control. One scene after another appeared in his head. People cursing him, people slandering him, people framing him, people hunting him, all those scenes floated through his mind. He suddenly let out a howl, his killing intent erupting. His head became murky.
After an unknown amount of time, Long Chen woke up. The back of his head hurt, and when he touched it, he found an egg-sized lump.
“Evilmoon, did you hit me?” demanded Long Chen angrily.
“You needed to calm down. Just now, you were almost bedeviled,” said Evilmoon. It truly had been forced to attack Long Chen just now. Due to how long it had been with Long Chen, it was able to strike Long Chen before he could sense it.
“The Nine Star Hegemon Body Art is too domineering. It doesn’t allow anyone to betray its will. I’ve suppressed it for so long that now it’s erupting.” Long Chen was grave. Thinking of everything that had happened just now, he felt uneasy.
“You’re too weak, but there’s no way around it. You have things holding you back, so being unfettered is impossible for you. You always have to think of others, while true experts are not tied down by such things. Continuously suppressing it won’t work. The longer you suppress it, the harder it will be to control when it erupts. You have to learn how to release this pressure and find your own domineering side. Otherwise, you will sooner or later be consumed,” said Evilmoon.
Long Chen nodded. Everything he had was given to him by the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, but as his cultivation base grew higher, he felt uneasier as if the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art was gradually taking control of his mind.
He was forced to resist the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, and that was not a good thing. Evilmoon was correct when it said that this kind of resistance was not a solution. He had to find some way to release it.
Long Chen lightly punched the air. As he did so, his spiritual yuan burst forth, unleashing a giant fist-image.
“Hehe, the energy follows the will. There’s no need for me to circulate my spiritual yuan in advance. The great circle of the twelfth Heavenstage is truly powerful.” Long Chen smiled. This feeling of being filled with strength was delightful.
However, at the same time, he felt an urge to roar at the heavens. That urge was suppressed. He needed to stabilize his realm, or this power would cause his mental realm to become violent.
“Congratulations. You’re just one step from advancing to Life Star.” At this moment, Yue Xihan walked over gracefully.
“Aunt Han.” Long Chen hastily bowed.
In front of others, he would call Yue Xihan the race leader as an expression of her status. But in private, he called her aunt Han. After all, she was Yue Xiaoqian’s mother and his future mother-in-law. First calling her aunt then mother was definitely right.
As for Yue Xiaoqian’s father, Long Chen had always been stifling that curiosity. He had never seen Yue Xiaoqian or anyone else raise this question, so he wasn’t in a good position to ask. He had no idea what his future father-in-law was like.
“Your aura can easily harm other people’s souls like this. You should rest for a few days until you can control it better,” said Yue Xihan.
Perhaps Long Chen didn’t sense it, but Yue Xihan clearly felt a sharp domineering air coming from Long Chen that was attempting to invade her soul. If weaker experts were present, they might be injured just by his aura.
This was the aura of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, wild and domineering, not differentiating between friend and foe. Any disciples below the Life Star realm wouldn’t even dare to get close.
Long Chen nodded. That was what he was planning. He had to first stabilize his realm before anything else.
“Aunt Han, how is business going on the Martial Heaven Continent?” asked Long Chen.
Long Chen had been sending over more and more Heavenly Dao Fruits ever since the Immemorial Path, allowing more and more of the original devil race’s disciples to walk on the continent without being found. They had started several businesses.
To increase the profits, Long Chen had even proposed creating a black market business.
Yue Xihan smiled. It was because of the Heavenly Dao Fruits that the original devil race finally had a chance to gather resources on the Martial Heaven Continent. The Skyscraping World was lacking in many resources, and they had been barely holding on before. They hadn’t even had the ability to open channels to the outside world.
Long Chen’s arrival had completely changed the original devil race’s fate. They were now conducting business on the continent, buying the resources that they couldn’t obtain from the Skyscraping World, which greatly increased the cultivation speed of their disciples. Even geniuses would be crippled without resources. That was the power of money.
“The business was doing very well before. We accumulated a great deal of wealth, and by working together with the Huayun Sect, we gaine
d many resources. However, close to half a year ago, we received pressure from various areas. Our black market business has become more difficult to conduct, with greater danger. We encounter violent customers, and our profits are shrinking,” sighed Yue Xihan.
“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” Long Chen was startled. Seeing her expression, he said, “Were you embarrassed? We’re a family, so that’s hurtful.”
In truth, Yue Xihan felt that such a minor matter wasn’t worth troubling Long Chen over. They should have been able to resolve this issue on their own, but there was no effect despite their best efforts.
After pondering for a moment, Long Chen said, “Half a year ago would be around when the various large powers began to secretly collude. They temporarily put aside their own enmities, so naturally the black market will become less efficient. That’s the time when Pill Valley made agreements with those sects and when the plan for the Yin Yang World started. Just what kind of trump cards does Pill Valley have to make all those opposing powers join together against the Martial Heaven Alliance?”
Long Chen frowned. Pill Valley’s announcement this time was clearly a bit rushed. There had to be something. The leaders of the large powers wouldn’t join hands without certain benefits and assurances. They wouldn’t attack an enormous existence like the Martial Heaven Alliance for nothing.
Long Chen also thought of the words Luo Tianji said right before dying. He had barely gotten out that there was something behind Pill Valley before being killed. Just what was behind Pill Valley? Long Chen smelled danger.
Chapter 1942 Exploring the Foreign World
Seeing Long Chen in thought, Yue Xihan smiled and shook her head. “After being isolated from the continent for so long, we’re not skilled in this kind of scheming.”
Yue Xihan felt helpless in the face of Long Chen’s suspicions. After all, the original devil race was united and didn’t rely on dirty schemes. Compared to the Martial Heaven Continent’s experts, they were much purer.
