Chapter 355: Strength Transformation! Seventh Stage!

On the light screen projection listed by Elder Yun, every star art had a detailed introduction.

For example, which law avenue it belonged to, how high the life level requirement was to cultivate to the limit of each stage, which treasures needed to be exchanged, how much value the required treasures had... It was incomparably detailed.

"The Alliance Leader's so-called Star Art Heaven and Earth actually has five ninth-level star arts." Li Yuan felt shocked in his heart: "Seventh-level star arts exceed one hundred."

You must know, even Venerable Qiu Bing, who had the Heavenly Snake Clan inheritance, only left him four ninth-level star arts... Of course, perhaps it was because Venerable Qiu Bing didn't leave them all; after all, he was only Liu Bing's partner.

However, this was enough to explain the depth of the Alliance Leader's foundation.

Looking at the entire dimensional domain.

The foundations of forces like the Immortal Ruins Civilization, the Red Sun Civilization, etc., were probably far inferior.

At this moment, Li Yuan also vaguely understood why the outside world only spread that the Alliance Leader and other Seven Star Civilization Demigods only cultivated to seventh-level star arts.

An innocent man is not guilty, but his treasure makes him a criminal.

"The Alliance Leader's 'Void Gold God Body' is an advancement of the seventh-level star art 'Myriad Gold God Body'; the Alliance Leader belongs to the Gold path... He should have obtained a powerful inheritance belonging to the Gold path." Li Yuan thought to himself: "Just the secrets of our Seven Star Civilization exposed now make various civilizations covet... If other civilizations knew we had so many ninth-level star arts, I fear they would be even crazier."

"More than a hundred years ago, the Alliance Leader killed dozens of Demigods of the Wan Mo Civilization, deterring various parties." Li Yuan thought to himself: "But his strength should be far inferior to today's."

With the Alliance Leader's talent and potential, not having made a move for more than a hundred years.

What level has he reached? This is a mystery. 【355-

"What exactly did the Alliance Leader obtain from the Nine Mountains World? Were the many treasures and top-tier Star Arts that appeared before me obtained over a hundred years ago, or were they collected gradually over the last few decades?" Li Yuan gave rise to many conjectures.

The stronger one's own strength becomes, the more one can feel the power of the Alliance Leader.

He is progressing, and like Principal Fang Da and the Alliance Leader, they are also growing rapidly.

"These five Nine-Layer Star Arts."

"Three are of the Gold lineage, one is of the Earth lineage, and one is of the Wood lineage," Li Yuan pondered. "I have no talent for the Gold or Wood lineages, so there is no need to force it."

No one is a polymath.

The Great Dao of Laws is vast and unfathomable; normal powerhouses only choose one path to comprehend and advance along.

Even Li Yuan, with his heaven-defying Star Pulse talent, only walks the two Great Dao of Laws: Earth and Wind.

A powerhouse is someone who strives to make their strong points even stronger.

Li Yuan's choice was obvious.

Moreover, this Nine-Layer Star Art happened to make up for Li Yuan's shortcomings and was relatively compatible with his direction of comprehending the Intent of Earth.

One must know that Li Yuan's strongest ultimate move has always been 'Shadow Domain', using a domain to fight in coordination with his clones.

As for Seven-Layer Star Arts? Li Yuan had not considered them. Between the two Great True God inheritances, the number of Seven-Layer Star Arts already added up to quite a lot; there was no need to inherit them in this Star Art realm... If he was going to choose, he would choose a Nine-Layer Star Art.

"Old Yun," Li Yuan said, "I have made my choice: the Nine-Layer Star Art, 'Heaven and Earth River'."

"Very well," Old Yun was not surprised by Li Yuan's choice.

He knew Li Yuan's background; he certainly did not lack ordinary Star Arts... Only a Nine-Layer Star Art had sufficient appeal.

Whoosh!

Old Yun waved his hand, and a heritage crystal emitting a strange light flew out from the depths of the cavern.

It flew directly in front of Li Yuan.

"Place your hand on the crystal and feel it silently," Old Yun said.

"Yes," Li Yuan nodded, reached out, and placed his palm downward on the crystal.

Immediately, the crystal shone brilliantly, transmitting a massive amount of information that surged crazily into Li Yuan's mind.

With the strength of Li Yuan's soul, he finished receiving it in just a moment.

"Truly a formidable technique."

"So, with the profundity of the Intent of Earth, one can actually condense Star Marks like this and then integrate them into the Star Pulses," Li Yuan exclaimed inwardly. "Heaven and Earth are the river, and one's self is like a dragon, traversing between Heaven and Earth."

The three Nine-Layer Star Arts he had cultivated before, like 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body', were biased toward excavating the potential of the divine body, while the other two auxiliary ones were mainly for improving Law compatibility... none were directly used for combat.

But 'Heaven and Earth River' was different; it was a true combat secret technique, with the purpose of forming a super-strong domain to battle enemies.

To achieve success in cultivation, one must condense sufficiently strong Star Marks, and the requirements for Li Yuan's realm in the Earth lineage were extremely high.

"If I can cultivate it to the Third-Rank limit."

"Whether in frontal combat or group battles, my combat power will skyrocket," Li Yuan thought heatedly. "Once I cultivate 'Ten Thousand Shadows Void' in the future..."

As for the other Nine-Layer Star Art, 'Heavenly God Feather'? This was an escape-type Star Art, and Li Yuan was not particularly anxious about it.

"Even if I cultivate 'Heavenly God Feather', my flight speed will be far inferior to Xiao Bing's; she is naturally the darling of the Wind lineage," Li Yuan thought to himself. "With Xiao Bing and me working together, I can fully handle frontal combat, while Xiao Bing is better at auxiliary containment and escaping."

Super powerhouses, such as Heavenly Gods, might be very proficient in every aspect.

But when one is weak, one must have a focus.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan gently opened his eyes.

"The inheritance is complete," Old Yun said. "The treasures needed to cultivate 'Heaven and Earth River' to the Third-Rank limit will be delivered together with the other treasures you purchased."

"Thank you, Old Yun," Li Yuan said.

Having seen so much, Li Yuan also roughly understood that to cultivate a Nine-Layer Star Art to the Third-Rank limit, the required treasures ranged from 10 to 40 Fang of Divine Crystals.

Like body-refining Star Arts, they often require the most treasures.

And to cultivate 'Heaven and Earth River' to the Third-Rank limit requires approximately 25 Fang of Divine Crystals worth of treasures.

That is 2.5 million Seven-Star Points.

It can be said that this congratulatory gift from the Alliance Leader is already quite substantial.

"If you want to thank someone, thank the Alliance Leader," the white-robed old man laughed. "The cost to cultivate a Nine-Layer Star Art to the Third-Rank limit is not too exaggerated, and the required treasures are not many... but once you step into the Demigod realm, wanting to cultivate it to the Fourth-Rank limit will be much harder."

"Like body-refining Nine-Layer Star Arts, it will probably cost thousands of Fang of Divine Crystals by then," the white-robed old man sighed. "And even if you have that much wealth, you won't be able to exchange it for some rare treasures in the mortal domain."

Li Yuan was speechless.

Cultivating 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body' to the Fourth-Rank limit? That is something he doesn't even dare to think about right now.

According to the classics left behind by Venerable Qiu Bing, many powerhouses in the Divine Domain are very poor... weapon secret treasures, cultivating Star Arts, purchasing opportunities to comprehend the profundity of Laws, raising spirit beasts, purchasing Yuan Force weapons, etc.

All of these require spending huge amounts of wealth.

"I'll save up slowly," Li Yuan muttered to himself. "At worst, I'll wait until I become a Demigod."

Becoming a Demigod is still very far away for Li Yuan.

Nowadays, Li Yuan hasn't even comprehended the Intent of Earth to the Sixth-Stage perfection... he doesn't even have enough to step into the threshold of a Demigod.

Emerging from the cavern.

"Alliance Leader, I have already received the inheritance," Li Yuan said respectfully.

"Are there any other questions?" Dongfang Ji asked.

"Alliance Leader, when can I head to the Nine-Leaf World?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

At the Flying Heaven realm, one can head to the Nine-Leaf World.

"No rush!"

"To break through the Nine-Leaf World, you need at least the combat power of a mid-stage Demigod, which is 42-level combat power," Dongfang Ji said. "It is not difficult for you; I estimate that if you cultivate for a few more years and wait until your skill realm is higher, it will be enough... but the stronger your strength, the greater your certainty."

"Like your principal, Fang Da, who has 42-level strength and has reached a bottleneck, I allowed him to go and attempt the final stage," Dongfang Ji said.

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Level 40 and Level 41 are generally considered early-stage Demigods.

Level 42 to Level 44 are generally considered mid-stage Demigods; one must step into the threshold of the Laws (Seventh-Stage initial) in one Great Dao of Laws for the Yuan Force to be cultivated to Level 42.

From Level 45 onwards, it is the peak Demigod level; one must have Law comprehension reach the Seventh-Stage mid-tier for the Yuan Force to be cultivated to Level 45.

"I have a sense of when you will go to attempt the Nine-Leaf World," Dongfang Ji smiled. "When your strength is sufficient, I will notify you."

"Yes," Li Yuan said.

Li Yuan returned to Mount Qixing along the passage.

"Li Yuan, the news of your breakthrough to Flying Heaven is still confidential," Duanmu Hong laughed. "The high echelon of our Martial Hall will certainly not leak it, but you must be careful yourself; no one can guarantee that there are no alien spies on our Mount Qixing."

"Understood," Li Yuan said. "Sorry for the trouble, Mountain Master."

"No need to call me Mountain Master anymore," Duanmu Hong smiled. "You are not my disciple, and I have never guided your cultivation; Mountain Master is just a position... In terms of strength, you were not inferior to me before the breakthrough, and now you are certainly far superior, so just call me Duanmu, or call me by my full name."

"Alright," Li Yuan did not insist further.

The circle of powerhouses has its own fixed rules... unless there is a clear master-disciple heritage, or a relatively close relationship during the growth process.

For example, Fang Da; even though he has stepped down as the principal of Kunlun Martial University, Li Yuan has always called him Principal in his heart.

Like Li Yang, he has always been the Dean in Li Yuan's heart.

If there is no such close relationship, the titles among powerhouses mostly change as their strength changes.

Inside the quiet room of the palace.

"Time to continue deep cultivation."

Li Yuan thought to himself, "I am now invincible among the Flying Heaven realm... but my future enemies are destined not to be Flying Heaven powerhouses, but alien Demigods."

"I improved from Level 30 to Level 37, but only my basic strength improved; other aspects are still no different from when I was a Yuan Martial Artist," Li Yuan pondered silently. "It still needs time to accumulate."

Before the breakthrough, Li Yuan's frontal combat power was comparable to a Level 36 Star Lord, relying on his powerful soul attacks to sweep through numerous Tier-Two Star Realms, but facing alien Demigods... after being approached by them, Li Yuan didn't dare to take a single move and would directly use secret treasures.

Because, in close-quarters combat, the Li Yuan of that time could have been killed in one move by the full-burst Demigod Xu Yan.

A Level 40 Demigod is dozens of times stronger in foundation than a Level 35 Flying Heaven Martial Artist; if one adds the gap in Law comprehension, Star Arts, etc... the strength of a Level 40 Demigod is hundreds or even thousands of times that of a Level 35 Flying Heaven Martial Artist.

"Now that I have broken through, the improvement in foundation alone has made my frontal combat power a hundred times stronger, leaping to the threshold of a Demigod," Li Yuan thought to himself. "Once the Star Art cultivation is completed, my strength will skyrocket again, and I should be able to pass the test left by the deity Gu Ju."

"But this is far from enough," Li Yuan's ambition is great.

"The biggest gap between me and the Principal is Law comprehension," Li Yuan is very clear about this. "The Principal has cultivated for decades longer than me and stepped into the Seventh-Stage level long ago, especially after transforming into a Demigod-level soul; his Law of Water has likely reached the Seventh-Stage mid-tier."

"And me."

"Wind and Earth are only at the Sixth-Stage high-tier; even if the Intents are fused, they are not yet at the Seventh-Stage," Li Yuan thought to himself.

In terms of cultivation speed, he is much faster than the Principal.

But the Principal's cultivation time is far longer than his own.

Time has amazing magic.

"Work hard."

"Now that I have stepped into Flying Heaven, my body foundation is stronger, allowing me to sense the profundity of Heaven and Earth more clearly," Li Yuan's heart is full of anticipation. "Give me some more time, and I will strive to make both Wind and Earth step into the Law level; that will be the time when I can truly traverse the four directions and fear no Demigod."

From awakening the Heart Divine Palace in his second year of high school to today, Li Yuan has only cultivated for nine years in total.

Next.

Once he cultivates 'Heavenly Wind Star Pulse True Explanation' and 'Earth Star Pulse True Explanation' to the Third-Rank limit... Li Yuan's speed of comprehending the profundity of Heaven and Earth will increase by a large margin.

If he has another ten years, Li Yuan believes that even if he doesn't break through to become a Demigod, his strength should be expected to rival a peak Demigod.

Five days later, Li Yuan received a notification from Old Yun.

The various treasures needed for the few Star Arts he was cultivating had all arrived.

He didn't arrange for anyone to deliver them, but instead had Li Yuan come to the Alliance Leader's place to receive them personally... it was not appropriate to have Flying Heaven Martial Artists escort treasures worth millions of Seven-Star Points.

Arriving at that mysterious space again, he counted all the treasures.

After confirming they were correct.

Li Yuan took them back to the Mount Qixing palace and officially began his first deep cultivation after becoming a Flying Heaven Martial Artist.

... Ancient God Palace, inside the Divine Crystal Room.

"Cultivate 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body' first," Li Yuan thought to himself. "With a strong body, cultivating other Star Arts will be much easier."

Clatter~

Li Yuan waved his hand, and dense arrays of various rare treasures suddenly appeared in the surrounding void, all emitting rich Yuan Force auras.

With Earth-type treasures as the main focus, and rare treasures of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and other categories as supplements.

"Refine."

"Absorb." Li Yuan's heart moved, and his powerful soul strength, in coordination with his Star Pulses, directly operated the relevant techniques of 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body'.

Boom!

Li Yuan's body generated a monstrous attractive force, beginning to crazily absorb the essence contained in the rare treasures all around.

However, how could these treasures, which were mainly Fourth-Rank, resist Li Yuan's absorption and refining?

Rapidly, the Five Elements essence continuously merged into Li Yuan's limbs and bones, making Li Yuan's body even stronger.

At the same time, with the help of the essence power of these rare objects, Li Yuan's mental consciousness also began to continuously engrave Third-Rank Ten Thousand Things Star Marks on his Star Pulses.

It was not considered difficult.

"In terms of Intent comprehension, I am still a bit strained to bring 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body' to the Third-Rank limit."

"Fortunately!"

"My body and soul are strong enough," Li Yuan thought to himself.

If he hadn't had the three Yuan Force infusions, and was only at Level 32 or 33, he probably wouldn't have been able to cultivate it successfully.

But at Level 37, it was completely enough.

Like many Level 35 powerhouses, even if they luckily awakened a Nine-Layer Star Pulse, if their body wasn't strong enough, it would be very difficult to cultivate a Nine-Layer body-refining Star Art to the limit.

Star Pulses and Star Arts complement each other.

Time passed, and after more than half a month, Li Yuan finally cultivated 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body' thoroughly to the Third-Rank limit.

Hum~ Hum~ Hum~

Li Yuan's heart moved, and his body instantly grew to ten meters tall; his divine body bloomed with dazzling light, emitting a vast and endless aura.

Such a tyrannical aura would definitely make any Flying Heaven Martial Artist choke.

Gradually, the light retracted, but the life aura Li Yuan emitted was even more terrifying, having completely adapted to this powerful strength.

"Third-Rank limit 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body', a Level 27 body-refining Star Art," Li Yuan had light in his eyes. "It lives up to being a Nine-Layer body-refining art."

Boom!

Li Yuan slammed his palms together, and the air was instantly compressed sharply, erupting with a terrifying roaring sound, as if a great explosion of Heaven and Earth had occurred... fortunately, the Divine Crystal Room was solid enough.

"One slap."

"Many Level 40 Demigods, even if they cultivate body-refining Star Arts, find it hard to cultivate to the Fourth-Rank limit... in terms of strength, they should all be inferior to me now," Li Yuan grinned.

"If a Level 40 Demigod who hasn't cultivated a body-refining Star Art dares to confront me head-on, I'm afraid they would be slapped to death by me in one go," Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Moreover!

He is only at Level 37.1 now; when he cultivates to Level 38.9, his basic strength will only be more terrifying... by then, killing an early-stage Demigod will be easy.

And this is only after cultivating one supreme Star Art.

What if there were more?

"For the vast majority of Flying Heaven Martial Artists, killing a Demigod is a legend," Li Yuan's heart was very calm.

But for Li Yuan, if he couldn't kill a Demigod, that would be the joke.

After successfully cultivating 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body'.

Li Yuan spent nearly another month cultivating 'Heavenly Wind Star Pulse True Explanation' and 'Earth Star Pulse True Explanation' to the Third-Rank limit one after another.

For these two auxiliary Star Arts, wanting to cultivate to the perfection level requires extremely high body requirements... but for Li Yuan, who has already cultivated a Nine-Layer body-refining art, it was easy.

"Sure enough!"

"Just as expected, these two auxiliary Nine-Layer Star Arts reaching the Third-Rank limit have caused my compatibility with the Earth and Wind profundity fluctuations between Heaven and Earth to skyrocket by another large margin," Li Yuan had light in his eyes.

Only when cultivating the fourth Nine-Layer Star Art, 'Heaven and Earth River', did Li Yuan truly encounter a dilemma.

When cultivating to the First-Rank limit and Second-Rank limit, it was very easy.

Until cultivating the Third-Rank.

"Condensing the Third-Rank 'Heaven and Earth River Star Mark' is too difficult," Li Yuan frowned. "Is it that my comprehension of the Intent of Earth is still not high enough?"

'Heaven and Earth River' is more biased toward combat technique, and its requirements for Intent comprehension are higher than 'Ten Thousand Things Divine Body'.

"I can only spend more time."

"On one hand, I will strive to step into the Intent of Earth as soon as possible," Li Yuan was not anxious. "Anyway, I have already cultivated this Star Art to Level 19, so it can exert a certain effect during combat."

Many Flying Heaven Martial Artists take many years to cultivate Six-Layer Star Arts or Seven-Layer Star Arts.

Let alone a Nine-Layer Star Art? Li Yuan has a lot of patience.

Not long after.

Li Yuan very easily cultivated his other Seven-Layer Star Art, 'Nine Shadows Clone', to the Third-Rank limit.

The Nine-Layer Star Art 'Ten Thousand Shadows Void' lacks key treasures and cannot be cultivated for the time being, but Li Yuan cannot leave it vacant.

Although 'Nine Shadows Clone' cannot catch up to 'Ten Thousand Shadows Void', as a Seven-Layer Star Art, it can also greatly improve Li Yuan's strength.

Time flowed like water; after cultivating multiple Star Arts to the Third-Rank limit, Li Yuan was still cultivating diligently.

On one hand, he continued to ponder the Third-Rank Star Marks of 'Heaven and Earth River'... engraving Star Marks for over a hundred thousand life stars is a massive project, mainly because Li Yuan's Intent comprehension is not high enough.

On the other hand.

Li Yuan used the Thousand Illusions Array Map, the Myriad Phenomena Star Map, Venerable Qiu Bing's heritage imprint, and other aids to continuously comprehend and ponder the Intent of Wind and the Intent of Earth.

He continuously tried to integrate the profundity of the two Great Intents into his own spear technique.

In the blink of an eye, it was March 2051.

On Mount Qixing, the four seasons are like spring, but the vast land below has already been covered by ice and snow.

In front of the palace.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in front of the palace, facing the thousand-zhang void, overlooking the icy and snowy world, feeling the wisps of mysterious fluctuations between Heaven and Earth.

Hum~ Hum~

Streams of earthy yellow airflow were born out of thin air, surrounding him; the airflow was condensed to the extreme, emitting a terrifying aura.

A thousand meters away.

"How long has Li Yuan been like this?" Tantai Feng couldn't help but say. "When I came to see him a few days ago, he was already like this, right?"

"It's already been half a month," Lin Lanyue said. "However, no one can get close."

"Can't get close?" Tantai Feng was puzzled.

"Tantai, you'll know if you try," Tian Dazhuang, who was on the side, revealed a playful smile. "But remember not to use Star Arts, don't be too reckless... lest you get hurt or disturb Li Yuan, which wouldn't be good."

"Since you said so, I'd like to try," Tantai Feng couldn't help but say; his figure moved, and he flew out hundreds of meters.

He approached the circles of earthy yellow airflow surrounding Li Yuan.

However, he had just approached the five-hundred-meter range.

Clatter~

Those wisps of earthy yellow airflow, as if they had life perception, instantly surged and rushed toward Tantai Feng.

"Not good." Tantai Feng's expression changed; feeling the threat, he retreated violently, and at the same time, his heart moved, and his battle suit covered his whole body.

Boom!

The airflow was like a dragon, violent and peerless, striking Tantai Feng like lightning, causing Tantai Feng to be blasted directly backward for over a hundred meters, knocking down rows of large trees.

Immediately, he flew up from the jungle in a sorry state and landed in front of the crowd.

"This is too exaggerated, right?" Tantai Feng couldn't help but say. "This was just formed by him drawing on the power of Heaven and Earth? How is the power so great?"

"I don't know," Tian Dazhuang sighed. "This should be a kind of unconscious counterattack during Li Yuan's cultivation process... if he were to burst out with full force, I suspect that ordinary Flying Heaven Martial Artists would be directly crushed to death by these airflows."

The group of Mount Qixing members around couldn't help but nod.

The scene of Li Yuan's deep cultivation has become a recent sight on Mount Qixing, attracting many members to observe.

Of course, with Li Yuan's aura retracted, people like Tian Dazhuang and Tantai Feng couldn't sense that Li Yuan had already achieved Flying Heaven.

As for Intent comprehension?

The outside world had long recognized that Li Yuan's Intent comprehension had reached the Demigod level... although the power of Heaven and Earth he was drawing on now was strong, these Mount Qixing members also felt it was a matter of course.

Suddenly.

"Li Yuan has woken up," someone said in a low voice, pointing into the distance.

Everyone couldn't help but look over.

They saw Li Yuan, who had been closing his eyes and cultivating in front of the palace as if he were asleep, suddenly raise his hand slightly and wave it outward with one hand, just like a painter splashing ink.

Unrestrained and free!

But the streams of earthy yellow airflow that had been surrounding his body, following this wave of Li Yuan's hand, instantly retracted from a radius of several hundred meters and condensed in front of him to form a ray of light, which then shot out.

It was just like a casual stab from a gunman.

"Whoosh!" The light pierced through the long sky, directly leaving a stream of light tens of kilometers long in the void... brilliant and dazzling, lingering for a long time.

"This!"

"This should be tens of kilometers long, right?"

"With a casual wave, he drew on the power of Heaven and Earth to affect tens of kilometers?" The group of Mount Qixing members who had originally come to watch the fun were all stunned and shocked.

"Seventh-Stage level."

Standing in an inconspicuous corner, Alicia heard an exclamation in her mind: "The profundity of this move has definitely reached the Seventh-Stage level."

(End of this chapter)