Chapter 357: Nine Yellow Dragons! Liu Bing Breaks Through

"A divine artifact to guard the soul?" Li Yuan's eyes lit up. A heavy treasure!

Ordinary Void Divine Artifacts, such as blades, spears, or swords, could be exchanged for one for just over a dozen divine crystals if they were cheap.

But for a divine artifact that guards the soul, the materials are extremely difficult to find; they are hard to nurture in the normal heavens and earth.

According to the Divine Domain data given by Venerable Qiu Bing, refining soul-type divine artifacts is difficult for two reasons: first, the materials are hard to find, and second, the refining techniques have extremely high requirements. This also causes such treasures to have an extremely high value.

Soul-type Void Divine Artifacts are worth at least several hundred divine crystals, and up to a thousand divine crystals.

"In my father's projections, his personal disciple should only have had hope of passing the third trial after entering the Heaven-Flying Realm and cultivating for several more decades." The young girl sighed, "He certainly wouldn't have expected that you would be able to pass it easily shortly after breaking through."

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile.

"But you accumulated a deep enough foundation during the Source Martial Artist stage." Senior Gu You said, "The power that the Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform can unleash is mainly related to your own soul and will."

"Soul and will?" Li Yuan was thoughtful.

"If you only had the spiritual power and willpower of a Heaven-Flying peak," Senior Gu You said, "then this Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform could only unleash a tiny fraction of its power, only allowing you to not fear soul attacks from the opponent when facing most demigods."

Li Yuan was thoughtful.

It is like a large hammer; in the hands of an ordinary person versus a master of hammer techniques, the power is certainly completely different.

"But your current soul is nearly as strong as a Void God's."

"Your will is likely comparable to a demigod peak." Senior Gu You said, "Then, once you refine the Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform, it will be enough for you to easily resist soul attacks from ordinary Void Gods."

"In the early stages of cultivation, most people do not study the soul deeply, and their own souls are not strong enough, making it difficult to shake the combination of an enemy's physical body and soul." Senior Gu You said, "In the mortal realm, demigods generally cannot achieve soul-annihilation of Heaven-Flying martial artists."

Li Yuan nodded, feeling deeply moved.

With his demigod-peak soul and cultivation of numerous secret arts, he couldn't even achieve soul-annihilation of a Heaven-Flying peak martial artist.

"But the further one goes, especially after becoming a god, gods have powerful souls and long lifespans, and they have enough time to study the soul, so there are more and more powerhouses who are good at soul attacks." Senior Gu You said, "Like Heavenly Gods, soul-annihilating True Gods is very easy."

"Even among beings of the same rank, some super-beings who are good at soul attacks have the hope of annihilating their enemies."

"For example, there is a famous Heavenly God in the Divine Domain named 'Brother Lu Ming', who is the contemporary City Lord of an ancient starry sky city, 'Luoxingcheng'." Senior Gu You had a trace of reminiscence in her eyes: "Back then, my father personally saw Heavenly God Brother Lu Ming make a move, using the ancient starry sky city's inheritance divine artifact, the 'Luoxing Bow', to soul-annihilate a Heavenly God from hundreds of millions of miles away across the void."

Li Yuan held his breath as he listened.

Heavenly God Brother Lu Ming? Ancient starry sky city? Soul-annihilating a Heavenly God?

It sounded truly formidable!

"Contemporary City Lord?" Li Yuan was curious.

"In the Divine Domain, there are many ancient starry sky cities, and each ancient starry sky city has a long inheritance and a deep foundation." Senior Gu You smiled, "Heavenly Gods can only live for three hundred thousand years... naturally, every period of time, there will be a change of City Lord."

"This Heavenly God Brother Lu Ming, his path to rising was also extremely bumpy... He likes to make friends with heroes from all sides, and in the future, if you go to the Divine Domain, you will have a chance to meet him." Senior Gu You said.

Li Yuan silently noted it down.

The Divine Domain is vast, and some things in the Divine Domain are still a bit distant for him.

"In short."

"The further you go, the more you must value soul defense." Senior Gu You said, "This Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform is one of the most important treasures my father left for you."

"After all."

"My father only had one True Divine Artifact of the soul defense type back then, but he used it himself and did not put it in the Ancient God Palace." Senior Gu You said.

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Back then, the True Phoenix God fled with treasures after nirvana, and the Deity Deity Deity Gu Ju God had not yet fallen, so naturally, he would not leave his personal heavy treasures in the Ancient God Palace... The Ancient God Palace was just a backup plan left by the Deity Deity Deity Gu Ju God.

"This Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform, you should slowly nurture and refine it yourself." Senior Gu You said, "Put it away first."

"Yes." Li Yuan's mind moved, and an invisible wave of soul power directly hooked the nearly illusory lotus platform into his own heart world.

He quickly branded it with a spiritual mark, and the recognition of the master was successful.

Whoosh!

Most of his soul consciousness gathered into a physical form, sitting cross-legged on the lotus platform.

"If in the past, my soul consciousness was like a refugee on a plain, resisting enemy attacks only by relying on myself." Li Yuan secretly thought, "Now with this Thousand-Heart Lotus Platform, it is as if a large number of soldiers have entered a fortress, and the defense naturally skyrockets."

No wonder Senior Gu You valued it so much.

"The second divine artifact is a divine artifact battle armor." Senior Gu You waved her hand again, and a light flashed across the void once more, slowly falling down, and finally flew to land in front of Li Yuan.

This was a complete set of black battle armor that could perfectly cover the whole body, emitting a powerful aura; just by floating there, it gave people a feeling of being unshakable.

Heavy as a mountain!

"This battle armor?" Li Yuan's eyes lit up. Although he had never seen a divine artifact, there were similar descriptions in the Divine Domain data, and even some patterns... but Li Yuan had an illusion that this divine artifact battle armor should be different from those ordinary divine artifact battle armors worth ten or twenty crystals.

"Noticed it?" Senior Gu You smiled, "Refine it first, and when the refining is successful, you will know."

"Mm."

Li Yuan's mind moved, and his source power surged into the battle armor, attempting to recognize the master, but immediately encountered a powerful resistance.

"Void Divine Artifacts normally require a demigod mid-tier to refine." Senior Gu You said, "This battle armor is an Earth-type divine artifact, and your insights into the Earth path are not yet high... it will probably take some time."

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded.

According to common sense, a normal successor should have already entered the threshold of the Earth Law when passing the third trial... He was only able to pass easily by relying on his super-strong star techniques.

Just like that, time passed.

A full hour later, Li Yuan suppressed the battle armor's spirituality with his powerful soul, and also used the 'Myriad Things Divine Body' to increase his source power, only then barely managing to recognize the master.

Boom!

A large amount of information contained in the battle armor immediately surged toward Li Yuan like a tide; it was all about this battle armor.

"Nine Dragon Profound Armor? This! What a formidable divine artifact!" A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he thoroughly understood the formidable aspects of this divine artifact.

The Nine Dragon Profound Armor, if judged only by the battle armor's own defensive power, is only at the fifth-rank medium grade level, which is a very ordinary level among Void Divine Artifacts.

But its special feature lies in the surface of the battle armor, which contains nine 'Huang Long Souls'.

The Huang Long is an Earth-type divine beast in the Divine Domain, and is on the same level as the True Phoenix and the Heavenly Snake.

The nine Huang Long souls of the Nine Dragon Profound Armor actually only contain a portion of the Huang Long bloodline; they are the 'souls' of nine demigods that the weapon refiner extracted and fused into the battle armor.

"Activate!" Li Yuan's mind moved, and instantly the Nine Dragon Profound Armor covered his whole body.

Roar~ Roar~ Roar~

The nine Huang Long phantoms roared, extending out from the battle armor like nine mighty long rivers, instantly galloping within hundreds of meters around Li Yuan... This was still the result of Li Yuan's restraint; if fully erupted, the attack range of the nine Yellow Dragons would be over ten kilometers.

The nine Yellow Dragons are dispersed and can attack numerous targets.

If they attack together, the power is even stronger.

"This is almost a domain secret art." Li Yuan couldn't help but say.

The key is that the nine Yellow Dragons of this Nine Dragon Profound Armor can perfectly combine with Li Yuan's domain star technique 'Heaven and Earth River', and the nine Yellow Dragons swim and attack within it, doubling the power.

"Such a battle armor is worth at least 500 divine crystals." Li Yuan couldn't help but say.

"My father left behind several Void Divine Artifact battle armors." Senior Gu You smiled, "Each has its own merits. I saw that you cultivated a domain star technique, so I thought this Nine Dragon Profound Armor could perfectly fit you. The combination of the Huang Long and the star technique domain is enough to give you an extra layer of life-saving means outside of the battle armor's defense."

Li Yuan understood.

According to the rules, although Senior Gu You couldn't give him a larger quantity of divine artifacts, she could choose the divine artifacts most suitable for him.

Clatter~

Senior Gu You waved her hand again, and a black crystal appeared in her palm, the size of a fist, emitting a rather eerie aura.

Li Yuan held his breath; he felt a fatal threat from the black crystal.

"This is that one life-saving secret treasure capable of annihilating 99% of demigods." Senior Gu You said, "But remember, before you enter the threshold of the Earth Law, it is best not to use it."

"Why?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"This type of secret treasure is one-time use, and the interior is extremely unstable; it is easy to hurt oneself while hurting the enemy. Your source power is not strong enough, and if your law insights are not high enough, it is very difficult to control it perfectly." Senior Gu You said solemnly, "However, once controlled, even a Void God would have to be injured if they were careless when facing it."

Li Yuan understood immediately.

This killing secret treasure, if it could be perfectly manipulated and erupted, according to common sense, a demigod would definitely die... The so-called 99% probability is probably because it is afraid of encountering an invincible demigod like the Alliance Leader.

"Good, put them all away." Senior Gu You looked at Li Yuan: "When you were a Source Martial Artist, you generally stayed within the civilization, and the enemies you encountered were mostly not strong; when you become a demigod, your own strength will be strong enough, and looking at the mortal realm, there will be very, very few things that can threaten your life... Only in the Heaven-Flying stage, where your strength is not strong, yet you have the ability to truly start roaming various dangerous places, is it easy to encounter powerful demigods, or even Void Gods."

"Soul defense secret treasures, material defense divine artifacts, killing secret treasures... these are all used to save your life."

"There is also the Ancient God Palace, which can also save your life at critical moments."

"I just hope you can successfully pass this stage." Senior Gu You sighed.

Li Yuan felt a warmth in his heart.

Senior Gu You, indeed, has always been thinking for him.

"Alright, go." Senior Gu You said, "When you want to go to the Nine-Leaf World, or when you have to fight a life-and-death battle with a demigod, send me a message again."

"Good."

Obtaining the divine artifacts and secret treasures, plus another 100 divine crystals, put Li Yuan in a great mood.

In the entire Seven-Star Civilization, nothing worth Li Yuan's action happened.

Therefore, he still followed his routine, cultivating in the Seven-Star Mountain.

In the blink of an eye, several more months passed, and it was June 2051.

Inside the Heavenly Snake Hall.

"Xiao Bing, congratulations on your breakthrough." Li Yuan's spiritual sense phantom looked at Liu Bing, whose life aura was significantly stronger, and smiled: "Just over a month after breaking through, you've reached level 33."

More than half a year after Li Yuan entered the Heaven-Flying Realm, Liu Bing finally broke through.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 358 =====