"Rumble... The
massive Ten Thousand Dragon Nest collapsed to the horror of the crowd, scattering into a pile of ruins.
"Long Chen, Guo Ran, you will meet a terrible end. Unless you kill me, sooner or later I will make you wish you were dead." Zhao Ritian's piercing roar echoed from the forging platform, his voice filled with endless venom.
Now he had become Guo Ran's mining tool, suppressed by the runes on the forging platform, unable even to resist.
He obediently absorbed the immortal gold for Guo Ran, and when his power reached a certain level, Guo Ran began cutting his flesh to extract the immortal gold.
Guo Ran was afraid that Zhao Ritian would recover too much strength and eventually break the seal and escape, so he didn't absorb enough and began cutting flesh with great caution, giving Zhao Ritian no chance at all.
Zhao Ritian's hatred for Guo Ran was beyond words. In recent days, Zhao Ritian had used up all the words he had cursed in his life, even inventing many new terms, yet still couldn't dispel the hatred in his heart.
Guo Ran was used to being scolded and didn't take it seriously at all. He struck his hammer wildly, retrieved the immortal gold from Zhao Ritian's body, and left with Long Chen.
Meanwhile, the number of ferocious beasts on the valley passage was decreasing, and finally, everyone reached the end of the passage and saw a massive altar.
All the ferocious beasts had already been slaughtered, so there was no point left here. Long Chen directly destroyed the altar, completely cutting off the teleportation route from this otherworld.
After Long Chen destroyed both fierce lands, he prepared to lead his army to seize Scorpion Canyon as well, but was stopped by Ling Xi.
Lingxi told Long Chen that Scorpion Canyon would become the only training ground in the Star Domain Divine Realm and should not be destroyed.
Moreover, among the three great dangerous zones, Scorpion Canyon is the weakest. Leaving one Fierce Zone for the Luoling Clan as a trial ground, and since Scorpio Canyon poses no threat to the Luoling Clan's safety, it is left intact.
Only then did Long Chen give up attacking Scorpion Canyon and lead everyone back to the mother tree, finding that everyone had climbed onto the canopy and began their secluded cultivation.
The Thunder Dragon and Fire Dragon had completed their seclusion. The flames and thunder here could only restore their strength, but couldn't break through. Absorbing too much was pointless, so they returned to Long Chen's body.
Long Chen was also planning to go into seclusion. Now that the Moon Melting Star Furnace and Demon Moon Furnace had both refined a large number of advanced pills, Long Chen could break through the barrier.
"Boss, don't go into seclusion. If you do, I won't dare go out mining alone. If I run into Feng Fei or Ye Ming, I'll lose my armor and won't be able to outrun them.
And who knows if Zhao Ritian can ask Feng Fei for help? You come protect me, or I really don't dare to go out. Guo Ran said.
Although within the range covered by the power of the mother tree, Guo Ran could teleport back quickly, if he encountered a terrifying expert like Feng Fei and sealed off the space, Guo Ran would be finished.
So even though Zhao Ritian was in his hands and hadn't really made him effective yet, Guo Ran was already itching to go out, but he didn't dare go out alone.
"Alright then, I'll go with you. You mine, I cultivate—no one gets in the way." Long Chen thought that his improvement was all by taking pills, so it didn't matter where he ate.
Long Chen and Guo Ran teleported out directly. According to Ling Xi, there were more than a dozen massive mineral veins in the Star Domain Divine Realm.
But these veins are too large. Even someone like Zhao Ritian, who can directly withdraw cash, it would take at least a few hundred years to mine these veins.
Lingxi pointed out the four largest and purest mineral veins, and Long Chen and Guo Ran were directly transported into a stretch of golden mountain range.
"Wow, the Immortal Gold Ore World is exposed on the surface, and the ore purity is surprisingly high." Guo Ran shouted excitedly, and without another word, took out the forging table and started working.
It must be said, Zhao Ritian's power was truly terrifying. The ore within ten thousand miles rapidly dimmed, and in less than half a day, most of the immortal gold within these ores was drained.
Then Guo Ran gave him a round of warnings. Amid Zhao Ritian's screams and curses, countless immortal gold was spat out. Guo Ran sorted and put it away, then continued mining, unwilling to stop for even a moment.
Within tens of millions of miles here, all is immortal gold mines, and they are precious mixed gold ores. Hundreds of kinds of immortal gold are converged together, which is extremely rare.
Guo Ran liked this kind of place—the more materials he had, the more powerful armor and weapons he could forge.
Guo Ran was busy, and Long Chen wasn't idle either. While keeping an eye on Guo Ran's situation, he began devouring the Advancement Pill.
The fourth step of the Tongming Realm is the peak of the Tongming Realm, which is the Nine Heavens of Tongming. However, since Long Chen cultivates the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique, each realm has thirteen heavens.
For others, this was the end of the Tongming Realm, but for Long Chen, it wasn't—he still had three heavens to go.
Moreover, there were no hints about the Three Heavens. Long Chen himself didn't know how to ascend to the Third Heaven. He only knew that if he wanted to continue, he had to keep taking pills.
Back then, when he advanced to the fourth step of Tongming, he relied on the power of the Life and Death Spring, but now he must rely entirely on the power of pills.
During this period, the Rongyue Star Refining Furnace and the Demon Moon Furnace had been frantically refining pills, and the pills in the chaotic space had piled up like mountains.
Long Chen looked at those pills, and before even taking them, he felt his stomach churn violently, with a nauseous urge to vomit.
"Whoosh."
Long Chen took a deep breath, and a rumbling sound rang out in his abdomen. He began to activate the Dark Evil Dragon Clan's Devouring Heaven and Earth divine skill. In this state, Long Chen's belly seemed like a devouring space, capable of devouring anything.
"Damn it, let's go for it."
Long Chen reached out and grabbed a basket, filled with pills—both spirit and demon pills, all top-grade giant pills. Long Chen opened his mouth wide, and the pills surged into his body like a flood.
"Rumble... Those
giant pills entered Long Chen's belly and exploded with a thunderous roar, like volcanic eruptions, endless energy assaulting Long Chen's body.
Long Chen had been fully on guard, ready to face the impact, but the force wasn't as terrifying as he had imagined. He didn't feel uncomfortable, only a burning sensation in his stomach.
"You've already condensed a six-star battle body, and your physical strength has been greatly enhanced. These pills can no longer harm you, so you can take them without worry." Longgu Xie Yue said.
"I see,"
Long Chen thought, immediately starting to devour frantically. In the past, after consuming a portion, Long Chen would need to rest for a while to digest the medicinal power.
But this time was different. Long Chen didn't need to rest at all; the medicinal power surged wildly into his body, and Long Chen could fully withstand it.
Long Chen could clearly feel that after the medicinal effects merged into his body, he began to slowly converge toward the five stars: Fengfu, Yuheng, Siming, Gongqi, and Shenguan.
"This ..."
Long Chen was stunned. He was devouring an advanced pill, so how could his power be surging toward the Five Stars? Could it be that the latter three heavens of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique are related to the Five Stars?
As Long Chen continued to devour pills, the five stars trembled, and the divine ring behind him appeared on its own. Within the five stars, faint black and white forces were passing through—it was the power of life and death passing through the five stars.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
But no matter how the power of life and death pierced through those five stars, it could never form a cycle, because one star was interfering with them—the sixth star—the Nether Gate.
"It's over."
Seeing this, Long Chen broke out in a sweat, and even Dragonbone Xie Yue fell silent, saying nothing.
"I think I got the order wrong." Long Chen's voice trembled slightly.
"I want to comfort you, but we're all smart people." Dragonbone Xie Yue sighed.
Only now did Long Chen realize that the path through which the power of life and death ran through formed a pentagram pattern, perfectly matching the five-star battle body design.
But now things were different. When Long Chen summoned the Six-Star Battle Body, the Mingmen Star was lit, and the pentagram inside the divine ring turned into a hexagon.
Therefore, the power of life and death trying to pierce through the pentagram is completely out of place with the five stars, and the Mingmen Star trembles, interfering with its power, making it impossible to fuse.
Long Chen's back was soaked through. He thought of a terrifying possibility: within the Tongming Realm, it was impossible to activate the Sixth Star. In this way, he wouldn't know how to proceed for the final step of the Tongming Realm.
Could it be that the peerless Nine-Star Overlord Body technique was just ruined by him like that? For the first time in his life, Long Chen was so terrified. If he were destroyed, there would be no place for him in this world. All his passionate brothers and confidantes would be killed by the enemy. Thinking of this, Long Chen's hands trembled.
In the distance, Guo Ran was still frantically tapping Zhao Ritian, completely unaware of Long Chen's situation.
Long Chen's mind was blank, his palms drenched in sweat. Behind him, within the divine ring, the power of life and death was still struggling to move along the pentagram pattern, but it was all in vain—there was simply nowhere to attach their power.
"Sssss..."
The power of life and death revolved tirelessly within the divine ring, circling within the pentagram pattern and making strange sounds. At this moment, Long Chen felt his heart stop beating.
He felt as if fate had played a huge joke on him; Long Chen could even sense the mockery of fate.
The cruelest thing in the world is giving you endless hope, then making you despair. When the path of cultivation is cut off, all dreams turn to dust, and he doesn't even have the qualification to uncover his origins.
Long Chen clenched his fists, teeth grinding loudly, his long hair standing on end. He was furious—why would the Nine-Star Overlord be playing such a joke on him?
Why hadn't the Dan Emperor told him all this in his memories? With such a major cultivation taboo, why are there no hints?
"Long Chen, calm down. Maybe there's another way." Seeing Long Chen's anger surging and black energy flashing in his eyes again, Dragon Bone Xie Yue hurriedly shouted.
"Calm down?" My hell calming down. Since I made a mistake, I'll go all the way! "
Long Chen suddenly shouted, and the power of life and death within the divine ring behind him exploded with a thunderous roar.