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    Chapter 422 The Mighty Jing Kui! Meet the True God (Please Subscribe)

    Though Jiang Yuan True God had made a vow with Li Yuan before, he only thought, “Let’s try it. I won’t be at a loss anyway.”

    He hadn’t actually expected Li Yuan to become a Divine God.

    After all, becoming a Divine God was too difficult.

    What if he awakened eight-star veins? Many Divine God disciples were eight-star veins, but only a small number could eventually become Divine Gods.

    Therefore, after bringing Li Yuan back to the Yuan King’s Capital, Jiang Yuan True God gave Li Yuan an opportunity… not directly bestowing treasures.

    He was also observing Li Yuan.

    In Jiang Yuan True God’s eyes, if Li Yuan truly could become a Divine God, then with the opportunity he gave, he should be able to rise quickly in the Yuan King’s Capital, even in the Starry Sky Ancient City.

    Without becoming the strongest genius of his time in the Awakening Star Continent, how could he talk about becoming a Divine God?

    But Jiang Yuan True God had not expected that in just a few days, Li Yuan had already caused such a stir.

    “They’re both eight-star Flying Heavenly veins.”

    “It seems, he’s really stronger than I was at his age.” Jiang Yuan True God smiled faintly.

    Back then, before he obtained the inheritance of An Chi Divine God, he had awakened seven-star veins as a Source Warrior, and later, after obtaining the Divine God inheritance, he broke through again, awakening eight-star veins!

    “I should prepare some real benefits for him.”

    “Perhaps, this Xu Yuan might have a slight chance to awaken nine-star veins in the semi-divine realm.” Jiang Yuan True God thought to himself.

    From eight-star veins to nine-star veins, the difficulty was terrifying. In the Awakening Star Continent, almost every generation had semi-divine eight-star veins, but in hundreds of millions of years, the number of nine-star veins born was few and far between.

    At least, Jiang Yuan True God hadn’t been able to do it back then.

    “However,”

    “Being too dazzling may not be a good thing either.” Jiang Yuan True God’s eyes suddenly turned cold: “I’m afraid that when the news spreads, many people will have sinister intentions.”

    Having traversed the Awakening Star Continent for tens of thousands of years, Jiang Yuan True God had many enemies, and many of them were terrifying.

    Thinking about this,

    Jiang Yuan True God’s mind moved, and soon, a gust of wind blew past, followed by a swirling wind condensing into a blurred figure.

    “Your Majesty.” The blurred figure said respectfully.

    “Mo Ying, I’m giving you a task. From now on…” Jiang Yuan True God quickly explained his requirements.

    “Should we tell him?” The blurred figure said.

    “No need, just act secretly.” Jiang Yuan True God shook his head: “If nothing happens, he doesn’t need to notice.”

    “Yes.” The blurred figure turned into a gust of wind again and disappeared into the hall.

    The Yuan King’s Capital, the Awakening Star Mountain, spanned hundreds of kilometers.

    There were many top-level experts stationed within, but the total number wasn’t large. They weren’t like many Divine families that reproduced crazily, so the interior was quite spacious, with mountains stretching endlessly, inhabited by many rare and exotic beasts.

    One inconspicuous peak.

    There was an ancient wooden house in the mountains.

    “Whoosh!”

    A young man in black robes stood in the void, dozens of meters high. He was holding a long sword in his hand, and the long sword trembled violently, followed by countless twisted lightning bolts that resembled serpents erupting from his body, countless lightning bolts bursting forth, covering the sky and earth, densely packed.

    In an instant, with him as the core, it was as if he were a lightning source, emitting an incredibly terrifying pressure.

    What was even more astonishing was that the countless lightning serpents danced about, yet they did not harm the surrounding rocks and trees in the slightest. After wildly swirling around, they quickly converged into one.

    Countless fine electric rays intertwined on the sword, interweaving with each other, perfectly blending with the long sword.

    “Thousands of Lightning, Blinding.”

    “This technique has become even more perfect.” Jing Kui pondered silently. This was a Divine God’s supreme art he was cultivating.

    “Unfortunately,”

    “Although my swordsmanship has made significant progress, after fusing with the spatial laws, its power has almost reached the ultimate essence of a illusion god’s technique.” Jing Kui thought thoughtfully: “But it’s still a little short of breaking through the Thunder Laws to eight-stage high level.”

    He was only a semi-divine.

    But he possessed a terrifying talent in Thunder Laws, already reaching eight-stage mid-level… Once he progressed further, once he ignited the Divine Fire in the future, his strength would further increase based on the Divine Fire’s evolution. He might be able to condense the Divine Heart in a very short time.

    Condensing the Divine Heart meant becoming a True God!

    But this step was also like an insurmountable chasm, one that had been blocking his path for many years.

    “Hopefully, I can break through before the Battle of the Ancestral Realm.” Jing Kui pondered: “Then, defeating those fellows from Evergreen Ancient City and Sky Serpent Ancient City should be a breeze.”

    As the top genius of Awakening Star Ancient City, even Divine Gods placed great importance on him, personally speaking with him.

    He naturally knew the intelligence of his main opponents, and each one was very difficult to deal with.

    Suddenly,

    “Hmm?” A hint of strangeness flashed in Jing Kui’s eyes.

    He had just received information transmitted by Dong Lin Phantom God.

    “Jiang Shan and Xu Yuan both passed the Nine Sounds Realm?” Jing Kui showed a hint of doubt: “Is the Nine Sounds Realm that easy? Or has Xu Yuan’s spiritual will broken through?”

    He had been in the Yuan King’s Capital for more than half a month, specifically for the Nine Sounds Realm, which was quite famous.

    But he had already seen both Jiang Shan and Xu Yuan.

    “It doesn’t matter,”

    “Even if the Nine Sounds Realm is not up to par… the improvement in my swordsmanship is still good.” Jing Kui felt very calm in his heart.

    Having cultivated for hundreds of years, traveling through various vast lands, he had seen a lot.

    “Well, I won’t wait then. I’ll try it too.”

    Thinking about this, Jing Kui turned into a stream of light and quickly flew out of the Awakening Star Mountain, passing through layers of clouds, towards the Nine Sounds Tower.

    Inside the Nine Sounds Tower, the Nine Sounds Realm was still open.

    It was just that as time passed, the number of challengers decreased, especially since most of the most dazzling ones had already passed. The level of excitement had dropped considerably.

    The millions of viewers were still mostly discussing Xu Yuan and Jiang Shan, because it was rare for a single generation to have two outstanding geniuses who passed the Nine Sounds Realm.

    Of course, at this moment, there were also quite a few people looking up at the ninth floor of the Nine Sounds Tower, where a purple light spot was located.

    Another person had reached the ninth floor!

    “It’s Wu Bei Hong.”

    “Second on the Semi-Divine Ranking! It is said that his strength is no less than Jiang Shan’s. They are equals, but Jiang Shan is of royal lineage, so he is ranked first.”

    “If Jiang Shan can pass the ninth floor, can Wu Bei Hong do it?”

    “It’s hard to say. After all, the Nine Sounds Realm tests spiritual will, not absolute strength.” Countless viewers discussed among themselves.

    Especially those semi-divines with stronger strength, who clearly knew that Wu Bei Hong and Jiang Shan were practically rivals, each refusing to acknowledge the other.

    Suddenly,

    “Boom!” The purple light spot on the ninth floor disappeared, and then a figure in golden armor flew out from the eighth floor’s exit. It was Wu Bei Hong.

    “He failed?”

    “Too bad!”

    “As expected, passing the Nine Sounds Realm is still difficult. Xu Yuan is just an exception.” Countless viewers exchanged messages with each other.

    Huff!

    Wu Bei Hong, who had flown out of the Nine Sounds Tower, had a sullen expression: “Damn it! How could this ninth floor be so difficult? Those endless illusions… how could that bastard Jiang Shan pass?”

    Although Xu Yuan had passed, Wu Bei Hong was not happy about it, but he could reluctantly accept it, after all, there was no enmity between them.

    But Jiang Shan had passed? It made him feel even worse than eating shit.

    Whoosh!

    A black streak of light suddenly flew past Wu Bei Hong, towards the Nine Sounds Tower, with its speed not diminishing at all.

    And it didn’t even try to avoid him.

    Wu Bei Hong was already in a bad mood, and seeing this, he felt even worse. He glanced at the figure in black robes flying towards him, and coldly snorted: “Don’t you know how to get out of the way? Scram!”

    “Tell me to scram?”

    The figure in black robes, who hadn’t paid any attention to Wu Bei Hong at all, was stunned for a moment, then a strange smile appeared on his face: “It’s been a long time since I heard a semi-divine dare to tell me to scram.”

    The next moment,

    Buzz~ A terrifying spiritual fluctuation suddenly burst forth, pressing down on Wu Bei Hong in layers.

    “Boom!” It was like a heavy hammer. This terrifying spiritual shock almost stunned Wu Bei Hong, his spiritual consciousness trembling frantically.

    “No good, this semi-divine… where did he come from?” Wu Bei Hong barely maintained his consciousness, but his heart was already in turmoil.

    You must know that although his spiritual will had not yet broken through to the illusion god level, it was already considered the peak of a semi-divine. An ordinary illusion god’s spiritual shock would at most cause a little suppression on him, how could it be so terrifying?

    Ssh~

    A terrifying lightning serpent suddenly pierced the sky, attacking Wu Bei Hong.

    “No good.” Wu Bei Hong’s face changed drastically. He felt a fatal threat and did not hesitate to use the Ninefold Tempering Art, his body rapidly expanding, followed by his two palms striking out violently.

    The other party’s attack erupted too quickly, a spiritual attack combined with a physical attack, almost in one go.

    “Bang!” The terrifying clash collided, the lightning serpent withdrew instantly, but Wu Bei Hong’s palms were torn open with countless tiny wounds, and his entire body flew backward with a bang.

    “Didn’t use the Tempering Star Art.”

    “One move, and he knocked me flying? This kind of strength is definitely close to mid-level illusion god.” Wu Bei Hong was terrified in his heart: “Once he uses the Tempering Star Art, how strong will he be?”

    He didn’t believe that the other party wouldn’t use the Tempering Star Art.

    In an instant, Wu Bei Hong realized that he had met a tough nut to crack. This inconspicuous figure in black robes was probably a top genius from a major force who was traveling around the Yuan King’s Capital.

    “Considering we are both under the Ancient City, I’ll just give you a lesson.”

    “Next time, watch your mouth.” A calm voice rang in Wu Bei Hong’s mind.

    And the figure in black robes had already flown into the Nine Sounds Tower.

    “Both under the Ancient City? Is he a top semi-divine from Awakening Star Ancient City?” Wu Bei Hong’s eyes flickered.

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

    More than ten figures flew over, they were Wu Bei Hong’s group of semi-divine friends, their faces were full of shock.

    “Bei Hong, who is that?”

    “He’s so strong?” Wu Bei Hong’s group of semi-divine friends had seen everything clearly, although the exchange between them was fast, Wu Bei Hong had been completely defeated.

    Wu Bei Hong’s face was sullen, if it had been another semi-divine who had done this, he would probably have directly contacted his family’s Guardian Legion and sent them to kill them.

    But thinking about what the other party had said, and the other party’s audacity to act so recklessly, Wu Bei Hong still suppressed the urge in his heart, and almost spat out two words from between his teeth: “Go back.”

    “Who is that?”

    “Did they fight?”

    “Wu Bei Hong actually lost? Who is that semi-divine? I didn’t see him use the Tempering Star Art.” The countless viewers were in an uproar, filled with shock.

    Wu Bei Hong’s fame may not be as great as Jiang Shan’s, but he was still a renowned figure, known as having illusion god-level combat strength.

    “Quick, look, that mysterious semi-divine has already passed the fourth floor.”

    “Fifth floor!!”

    “So fast.”

    “He’s already on the sixth floor.” This scene further stunned countless spectators.

    Less than ten seconds, from the first floor to directly pass the sixth floor?

    And the speed of that purple light was practically unaffected, after just one minute, it flew up from the ninth floor’s exit.

    The entire Nine Sounds Tower also once again emitted a dazzling light.

    He had cleared the tower.

    “Oh my god! What have I seen?”

    “How long has it been? He’s already cleared the entire Nine Sounds Tower?” The millions of viewers who were slightly downcast before suddenly boiled over.

    The shock this mysterious semi-divine brought them was no less than Li Yuan clearing the Nine Sounds Tower.

    After all, although Li Yuan had cleared it while still at the Flying Heavenly level, it seemed from the surface that he had spent a lot of time.

    The amount of time this mysterious semi-divine had spent was enough to prove that the Nine Sounds Tower was far from his limit.

    Huff!

    “This Nine Sounds Tower is indeed quite mysterious, if only I could get the complete secret art.” Jing Kui’s figure flashed and then passed through the sky, his peripheral vision glancing at the high void.

    With his strength, he could sense that a large group of beings with powerful auras were gathered there.

    But he didn’t care at all.

    “Hmm, I’ll pay a visit to Nine Sounds True God.” A thought crossed Jing Kui’s mind.

    In the high void, the dozens of illusion gods were all in shock.

    Whether it was defeating Wu Bei Hong with a casual move, or clearing the Nine Sounds Tower at such an incredible speed, the strength that Jing Kui had shown was beyond their imagination.

    “Dong Lin, is this the Ancient City genius you mentioned?” Sha Xi Phantom God curiously asked.

    “Yes.” Dong Lin Phantom God nodded with a smile.

    Just now, when Jing Kui and Wu Bei Hong fought, it was technically against the laws of Yuan Nation. It was only because he spoke that this group of illusion gods present tacitly allowed everything to happen.

    Otherwise,

    Even if Jing Kui’s strength was unparalleled, he wouldn’t be able to get the upper hand against a group of illusion gods. After all, there was more than one peak-level illusion god among them.

    “Who is he?” One illusion god couldn’t help but ask.

    “It’s not something I can tell you.” Dong Lin Phantom God shook his head: “I have already reported it to His Majesty and Black Abyss True God… I can only tell you that he is the Ancient City Holy Son.”

    Holy Son?

    The group of illusion gods present gasped in surprise.

    The requirements for Awakening Star Ancient City to recruit prospective members were high, but because the recruitment scope spanned the entire Awakening Star Continent… the total number of members was still quite large.

    But there were very few who were qualified to be called Holy Sons, all representing the top geniuses of the younger generation of Awakening Star Ancient City.

    It could be said that anyone who was given the title of Holy Son, as long as they didn’t die, their future was almost destined to become a True God.

    “I didn’t expect there to be a Holy Son traveling around the continent, and he came all the way to our Yuan King’s Capital.” Sha Xi Phantom God sighed: “Wu Bei Hong is already one of the top geniuses in our Yuan Nation… compared to the Holy Son of Awakening Star Ancient City, he is indeed much weaker.”

    In the Divine Fire Palace, within the mansion’s quiet room.

    Li Yuan, whose will had undergone a transformation, had returned to the mansion and resumed his cultivation.

    “Strong will.”

    “It allows me to walk a steadier path of cultivation, making my mind unshakable, but wanting to become stronger, and ultimately becoming a Divine God, relying on will alone is not enough.” Li Yuan felt very calm in his heart.

    He was continuing to ponder the 《Realm Cloud Spear》, wisps of spear shadows appearing around his body.

    “Hmm?”

    Li Yuan suddenly received a message from Sha Xi Phantom God. The content was not complicated, and he quickly finished reading it.

    “Wu Bei Hong didn’t pass the Nine Sounds Tower? That’s normal.”

    “But the mysterious semi-divine Holy Son from Awakening Star Ancient City, without using the Tempering Star Art, actually defeated Wu Bei Hong in one move?” Li Yuan was shocked in his heart: “And he cleared the Nine Sounds Tower in one minute?”

    “Is it that Jing Kui, the one I met when I first went to the Nine Sounds Tower?”

    Even with his will already transformed to level 54, Li Yuan knew that if it were him, even if he put in his all, he wouldn’t be able to clear the Nine Sounds Tower so quickly… enough to prove how terrifying the other party’s spiritual will was.

    The key was the strength displayed.

    “Jiang Shan said that he and Wu Bei Hong both have perfect seven-stage law comprehension, their techniques are already at the illusion god level, and they can break through at any time.” Li Yuan pondered silently: “And relying on powerful Star Arts, their foundations have reached the illusion god level… their overall strength can be compared to early-stage illusion gods.”

    In terms of strength,

    Jiang Shan and Wu Bei Hong were both superior to Fang Hai from the Flying Star Battle.

    “But Jiang Shan himself believes he doesn’t have the confidence to even make it to the top one thousand before the Battle of the Ancestral Realm.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “If this mysterious semi-divine is really Jing Kui… if he uses the Tempering Star Art, his strength among mid-level illusion god powerhouses, I’m afraid, would be considered stronger.”

    “Is this the strength of the Holy Son of Starry Sky Ancient City?”

    Mid-level illusion god strength was a very broad spectrum, with a large difference between the lower and upper limits.

    “Even the Eastern Alliance Master, who is so powerful and invincible, during the Flying Star Battle a few years ago, only barely reached peak-level illusion god strength.” Li Yuan sighed.

    Phantom gods surpass semi-divines in all aspects.

    Therefore, even a semi-divine who awakens eight-star veins, using the Ninefold Tempering Art, could at most reach close to mid-level illusion god in terms of strength foundation… wanting to fight beyond their level would naturally be extremely difficult.

    “That being said,”

    “If I take this mysterious semi-divine as a benchmark, if I want to win the Ancestral Realm Token in the Ancestral Realm Battle more than ten years from now.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “I need to at least have strength close to peak-level illusion god.”

    In such a short period of time, wanting to have such strength, to say there was no pressure was naturally false.

    “Well,”

    “At least it makes me fully understand the approximate strength of the top semi-divines on the Awakening Star Continent.” Li Yuan calmed his mind and continued to deduce the profound mysteries of the spear technique.

    No matter how high one’s law talent was,

    One still had to accumulate and comprehend through day after day of cultivation, to welcome the day of qualitative change and breakthrough.

    Jing Kui’s burst of strength did indeed shock many people, and because he didn’t reveal his identity, it caused a lot of speculation among many unaware illusion god powerhouses in Yuan Nation.

    At the same time, due to Li Yuan and Jing Kui’s consecutive actions, news about this Nine Sounds Realm was spreading at an astonishing speed.

    However,

    All of this had no immediate impact on Li Yuan. Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

    At the same time as the Nine Sounds Realm closed again, Li Yuan also received a message from Sha Xi Phantom God.

    It was time to go and see Nine Sounds True God.

    “I’m going out for a while.” Li Yuan flew out of the quiet room and told Ren Qing.

    “Yes, Master.” Ren Qing was incredibly respectful, and then she continued: “Master, many Divine families have come to visit these past few days… the gifts alone have exceeded three thousand cubic blocks of Divine Crystals.”

    She was truly filled with shock.

    In the past few days, she and the other servants in the mansion had also learned about Li Yuan’s feats in the Nine Sounds Tower.

    Just from the sheer number of Divine families who came to visit, one could see how much it meant. There were even quite a few Royal families among them.

    It made Ren Qing even more grateful that she had come to serve under Li Yuan.

    “Hmm.” Li Yuan casually took over the storage treasure. Inside, there was also a list, as well as a large number of Divine Crystals.

    “There are indeed quite a few Divine families who came to visit.”

    “The gifts are clearly much heavier than before.” Li Yuan thought to himself. He also understood that these Divine families were not expecting to form a close relationship with him just because of these gifts.

    They were just trying to “get their faces known.”

    After all, judging by the common sense, he was most likely to become a True God in the future, and perhaps he would even inherit the position of Yuan Nation’s Sovereign…

    That’s right, the succession of a Divine Nation’s royal family was not always about war.

    In many powerful Divine Nations, when the original Sovereign was close to the end of their lifespan, they would often abdicate voluntarily and choose a suitable successor… The successor would not necessarily be their own bloodline descendants.

    Take the Yuan King’s Capital for example. Historically, it had always been the Divine King’s Capital, but before, it was not Yuan Nation.

    If a Divine Nation’s bloodline descendants could give birth to a True God, then they would naturally have the hope to continue the lineage for generations.

    It’s just that,

    Looking across the entire Awakening Star Continent, except for a few extremely powerful families, most Divine families were lucky if they could continuously produce illusion gods… wanting to continuously produce True Gods? Extremely difficult!

    And Yuan Nation, as the core Divine Nation under the command of Awakening Star Ancient City, ordinary True Gods were not qualified to inherit the throne.

    “I guess, quite a few people have speculated that I will inherit the Divine Nation in the future.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “After all, there hasn’t even been a single True God born among Jiang Yuan True God’s descendants, let alone peak-level True Gods.”

    “It’s a pity,”

    “I’ll be leaving when I’m a semi-divine.”

    For these gifts, except for a few that were too large, Li Yuan basically accepted them all. Now, the total value of the gifts he had received was almost five thousand cubic blocks of Divine Crystals.

    Whoosh! Li Yuan arrived in the clouds of the void. Sha Xi Phantom God and Thousand Illusions Phantom God were already waiting there.

    Besides the two illusion gods, Jiang Shan was also there.

    “Greetings to the two Phantom Gods.” Li Yuan respectfully bowed.

    According to his knowledge, just in terms of status, among the thousands of illusion gods in the entire Yuan King’s Capital, Dong Lin Phantom God was probably the highest, after all, he represented Awakening Star Ancient City.

    “Don’t be so polite. In a few months, when we see each other again, maybe I’ll be the one bowing to you.” Dong Lin Phantom God said with a smile. He was very aware of Li Yuan’s terrifying talent.

    “Let me introduce you to…” Dong Lin Phantom God was about to speak.

    “I’ll say it myself.” The young man in black robes smiled faintly: “Brother Xu Yuan, we have met. I didn’t tell you my specific identity last time. I am a prospective member of Awakening Star Ancient City.”

    “Hmm, Brother Jing Kui is indeed formidable, I admire you.” Li Yuan said.

    The others present were secretly surprised. Jing Kui and Xu Yuan had met before? This made them think even more.

    “Jiang Shan, I have seen you before, but you probably don’t remember me.” Jing Kui looked at Jiang Shan and said lightly: “You may not be as good as Xu Yuan, but when you join Awakening Star Ancient City, ranking among the top thousand on the Ancient City’s Semi-Divine Ranking should not be a problem.”

    Jiang Shan smiled helplessly.

    He could see that Jing Kui saw Li Yuan as someone who would be at the same level as himself in the future.

    As for him? He probably wasn’t even worth looking at.

    “Alright, you three have all gotten to know each other, so come with me.” Thousand Illusions Phantom God smiled faintly: “The True God is waiting for you.”

    Whoosh!

    Thousand Illusions Phantom God waved his hand, and an invisible force enveloped Li Yuan, Jiang Shan, and Jing Kui, quickly passing through the clouds and flying towards the higher void.

    The very high-level areas of the Capital were all restricted, even illusion gods couldn’t trespass.

    But Thousand Illusions Phantom God clearly had permission to access some areas.

    Soon, the four of them had passed through layers of clouds and arrived in front of a vast void mountain range.

    Looking from afar, there were pavilions, terraces, and various exotic birds and beasts, with a rich aura of Source Power filling the air.

    It was like a fairyland.

    “This is the ‘Nine Sounds Divine Mountain’, the dwelling place of my master, Nine Sounds True God.” Thousand Illusions Phantom God said with a smile: “According to my master’s instructions, the three of you will enter separately, Xu Yuan, you go first.”

    “Yes.” Xu Yuan nodded, directly flying towards the towering mountain peak suspended in the void, quickly approaching.

    Suddenly, the space shifted, and the blurry images became clear. A pavilion by a waterfall appeared in sight.

    In the pavilion, two figures stood with ethereal auras.

    “Your Majesty?” Li Yuan’s eyes flashed with surprise. One of the figures was Jiang Yuan True God.

    “Come over here.” Jiang Yuan True God saw Li Yuan, a smile appeared on his face.

    ——

    ps: There will be another chapter later, but it will probably be very late, so brothers, you can read it tomorrow morning.

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