Chapter 417

Divine Fire Palace, inside Li Yuan's mansion.

"Master, Her Highness Jiang Xuan has arrived." A beautiful maid dressed in purple respectfully came forward and said.

"Mm, lead Her Highness Jiang Xuan in." Li Yuan said.

Soon, two other servants led Jiang Xuan into the palace hall, and naturally, servants brought fine wine.

"Brother Xu, I saw quite a few people still waiting outside the door; they seem to be here to visit you." Jiang Xuan smiled slightly: "After yesterday's battle, you have become famous throughout the Royal Capital."

"There are indeed many divine families coming to visit." Li Yuan smiled.

Not long after returning to the Divine Fire Palace, divine families had sent people to visit and brought congratulatory gifts.

Especially after the news of Li Yuan's promotion to 'First on the Heaven-Flying List' spread, even more people came to visit.

A single congratulatory gift was worth at least ten square Divine Crystals.

Except for some gifts of extremely high value that clearly had ulterior motives, which Li Yuan refused, he did not turn away the rest... Li Yuan accepted all comers.

It was rare to see such a good thing where one could obtain many Divine Crystals without any effort.

In less than a day.

Li Yuan had received hundreds of square Divine Crystals just from accepting gifts.

"This is just the beginning; in the next few days, I fear there will be even more people visiting you." Jiang Xuan's eyes shone with brilliance: "Haha, Brother Xu, you'll be receiving gifts until your hands go soft; I fear you won't even remember who sent which."

In the entire Royal Capital, there were over a thousand divine families; even if one-fifth chose to congratulate him, the final value of the gifts would be no small number.

"It's not important to remember who sent gifts." Li Yuan joked: "It's enough to remember who didn't."

Jiang Xuan was dumbfounded and laughed, also saying: "Then it seems I came at the right time today."

"Oh? I was just about to ask you." Li Yuan asked.

"I am also here to send a gift." Jiang Xuan smiled, flipped her palm, and handed a jade bottle flying toward Li Yuan.

"This is?" Li Yuan probed slightly and revealed a trace of surprise: "Awakening Divine Pills, fifty of them?"

One must know, Li Yuan had visited Void God Shaxi two hours ago, and the other party had directly gifted him twenty Awakening Divine Pills.

More? There were none!

Thirty Awakening Divine Pills was the maximum quantity a Heaven-Flying level could obtain from the Divine Fire Palace.

Many members of the Divine Fire Palace had to complete numerous trial missions to obtain so many Awakening Divine Pills.

Buying Awakening Divine Pills?

This item was a prohibited item and was not allowed to be sold.

Li Yuan also understood that ordinary Heaven-Flying Demigods did not have many opportunities to obtain Awakening Divine Pills; once they obtained them, they would likely use them immediately, so how could there be any left over?

But Li Yuan never expected that as soon as Jiang Xuan made a move, it would be fifty Awakening Divine Pills.

"Where did they come from?" Li Yuan asked in confusion.

"After I went back yesterday, my big brother found a way to get them for me and asked me to bring them to you." Jiang Xuan said: "Brother Xu, given your relationship with the Kingdom Lord, even if he gifted hundreds or thousands of Awakening Divine Pills, logically, it shouldn't be difficult for the Kingdom Lord."

Actually, Jiang Xuan had some doubts in her heart; she initially thought Li Yuan belonged to some Holy Land sect, or was even a top genius of the Ancient City of Awakening... but seeing that Li Yuan had never used Awakening Divine Pills, he didn't seem to be a core member of a major force.

But Jiang Xuan could confirm one thing: the Kingdom Lord valued Li Yuan very much.

"I don't want to trouble the Kingdom Lord with such a small matter." Li Yuan smiled: "Having a few dozen more or fewer Awakening Divine Pills doesn't really have much impact on me."

Li Yuan knew very clearly.

True God Jiang Yuan had already helped him a great deal.

Resolving his identity, directly giving him the opportunity to enter the Ancient Starry City, and the one-time protection of the token... these were the most important things.

But the other party was neither a relative nor a friend, and certainly not his nanny; paying so much meant there was something sought in return.

If he asked the other party to help with every little thing.

Why would True God Jiang Yuan believe he could become a Heavenly God?

Not to mention that he had only awakened eight star pulses, and his law talent was not exaggerated to a heaven-defying level.

Like in the history of the Sky Snake race, even many peerless monsters who awakened nine star pulses died on the road to becoming Heavenly Gods.

"Jiang Xuan, I do indeed need these Awakening Divine Pills right now, thank you." Li Yuan said, not standing on ceremony with her.

"No need."

"Speaking of which, Brother Xu, you have helped me more, not just saving me multiple times." Jiang Xuan said: "This time, the Royal Family's spot for the Ancient City of Awakening was also won for me by you, Brother Xu."

"I won it for you?" Li Yuan was stunned.

"Does Brother Xu still remember those Demigod-level fierce beast heads?" Jiang Xuan said.

Li Yuan suddenly realized and smiled: "So you went to the Yuan Demon Blood Cave to compete for the Ancient City of Awakening spot as well."

"Yes."

"Brother Xu, there is one more thing I want to ask." Jiang Xuan couldn't help but say: "Back in the Yuan Demon Blood Cave, can you confirm if Uncle Guo and the others really all fell?"

"I didn't see them fall with my own eyes, but based on some signs, it should be so." Li Yuan said.

Back then, he had watched with his own eyes as the light of the cave that Xu Guo and the others entered dimmed.

"Mm, thank you for telling me, Brother Xu." Jiang Xuan's eyes dimmed, and the last trace of hope in her heart was extinguished.

After seeing Jiang Xuan off.

"Ren Qing." Li Yuan transmitted his voice.

The purple-robed woman immediately flew in and said respectfully: "Master, what are your orders?"

Ren Qing was the mansion's chief steward just assigned to Li Yuan by the Divine Fire Palace, and she was also a Demigod.

"Tell those who want to visit me that I am going into seclusion to cultivate and will not see guests." Li Yuan said: "They can leave their name cards and gifts, and I will record them later."

"Master, is this okay?" Ren Qing couldn't help but say: "The people visiting are all divine families."

"No need to worry; they are not Marquis families, nor are the gods themselves visiting." Li Yuan smiled.

Void Gods who could be enfeoffed as Marquises in the Yuan Kingdom were the formidable figures among Void Gods; Marquis Huan Zhen was one of them.

As for Void God Initial-stage or Void God Mid-stage powerhouses... if these gods visited in person, Li Yuan would naturally treat them with courtesy, but as for their family juniors, Li Yuan really didn't care.

"Yes." Ren Qing said: "By the way, Master, many of the divine families coming to pay respects have conflicts with each other; should we accept the congratulatory gifts they sent?"

In Ren Qing's view, accepting the gifts was in itself a statement.

"Accept them!"

"Accept all of them if they dare to send them." Li Yuan smiled: "But you should also be careful to screen them; return all those worth more than fifty square Divine Crystals."

"Yes." Ren Qing nodded.

She was secretly shocked; she had served as a mansion steward for many Demigod-level geniuses in the Divine Fire Palace... but this was the first time she had seen someone as casual as Li Yuan, who didn't care about the thoughts of those divine families.

"Perhaps, this is what a super genius is like." Ren Qing thought to herself.

How could she know that Li Yuan had long since thought it through; in any case, he would leave the Awakening Continent when he became a Demigod in the future... better to take the benefits first.

Only a fool would pass up a bargain.

"Boom~" The quiet room door slowly closed, and Li Yuan immediately activated the Yuan Force Great Array.

"Seventy Awakening Divine Pills." Li Yuan sat cross-legged, sensing all the Awakening Divine Pills in his storage treasure.

"Let's try."

"See if I can refine them all." Li Yuan thought to himself, feeling a trace of anticipation in his heart: "Using ten Awakening Divine Pills before awakened thousands of life stars... if I use fifty or sixty more at once, I will be one step closer to awakening nine star pulses."

Whoosh!

Taking out one Awakening Divine Pill, Li Yuan, familiar with the process, used his spiritual sense to wrap it in Yuan Force and instantly began attempting to refine it.

"Boom!"

A powerful soul impact instantly erupted from the Awakening Divine Pill, striking toward Li Yuan's soul origin.

"Here it comes again." Li Yuan focused his mind to resist this impact.

In the Fog Mountain Wang Hou's Mansion.

"Commander Mo." Jiang Xuan said in a low voice: "Is everything arranged?"

"As per Your Highness's instructions, the families of Xu Guo and the others have been properly arranged." Commander Mo said respectfully.

"Mm, you may leave first." Jiang Xuan said.

After Commander Mo exited the hall.

"This trip to the Yuan Demon Blood Cave, if I hadn't met Brother Xu, even with Uncle Guo and the others protecting me, I would have died." Jiang Xuan thought silently: "Big brother... seems to have always been making plans and arrangements; he has been hiding things from me regarding Mother."

"Strength."

"If I could have Brother Xu's strength, I fear I could help Big brother share many burdens." Jiang Xuan thought to herself.

Jiang Shan thought Jiang Xuan knew nothing, but Jiang Xuan was not a child; she had long since sensed something, she just hadn't revealed it.

"This time, Brother Xu went to great lengths to win the Ancient City of Awakening spot for me; even if I can't stay in the Ancient Starry City, I must strive to stay for a longer period." Jiang Xuan thought to herself.

The Yuan Kingdom's Ancient City of Awakening trial had only ten Demigod spots, and the Royal Family competed with everyone else.

But the Heaven-Flying level spots were partly given to the Divine Fire Palace, and partly belonged to the Royal Family.

The Royal Family only had five spots each time; it didn't seem like many, but there were far fewer Royal Family members, so the competitive pressure was actually much smaller.

Jiang Xuan's strength was not ranked high in the Divine Fire Palace, but she was already a leader among the Royal Family's Heaven-Flying level, and she was still young.

This Yuan Demon Blood Cave trial was the final trial to decide the spots!

Relying on the large number of Demigod-level fierce beasts gifted by Li Yuan, she won first place in the final Yuan Demon Blood Cave trial in one fell swoop.

"Fight."

"Big brother is preparing for the Ancestral Realm Battle, and I must also work hard." Jiang Xuan thought secretly.

In the next few days, Li Yuan's mansion was indeed lively.

Even though Li Yuan had clearly stated he was in seclusion to cultivate and would not see guests, it could not stop the enthusiasm of many divine families.

Many managers of divine families had already received instructions from their ancestors behind them, stating that Xu Yuan would definitely join the Ancient City of Awakening soon, and he had the potential to become a True God... If he returned to the Yuan Kingdom from the Ancient City of Awakening in the future, he would be a top-tier existence in the Yuan Kingdom.

Now was the best time to build a relationship with him.

Not asking to get close, but at least not to make Xu Yuan disgusted.

The large number of congratulatory gifts made the mansion manager Ren Qing somewhat numb; she had never thought that one day she would be able to obtain treasures worth thousands of square Divine Crystals... she even had a thought.

"Should I just take the treasures and run? With so many Divine Crystals, it would be enough for me to exchange for some precious cultivation resources; perhaps I could cultivate to the Demigod limit." A trace of greed arose in Ren Qing's heart.

However, she quickly gave it up.

"No!"

"Unless I escape the Eastern Domain, the Yuan Kingdom's Black Yuan Guards will definitely be able to catch me." A new thought emerged in Ren Qing's heart: "And now, perhaps this is also an opportunity."

"Listening to Void God Shaxi, Master Xu Yuan is all alone, with no family? No partner or children."

"That is to say, I am currently Master Xu Yuan's closest subordinate; if I can gain his trust, if Master Xu Yuan becomes a Void God or even a True God in the future... I will have even more opportunities for benefits." Ren Qing thought to herself.

She also had a longing to completely shed her slave status and become a Void God.

On the Awakening Continent, there were many legends and stories of one person attaining the Dao and their chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.

In the Yuan Kingdom, there were such cases.

It was said that the extremely low-key 'True God Senior Gou Mu' had helped True God Jiang Yuan when he was a Void God; at that time, True God Jiang Yuan was only at the Heaven-Flying level, and later, when True God Jiang Yuan became a True God, he helped Senior Gou Mu go from a Void God to a True God in return.

After thinking everything through.

Ren Qing became even more diligent in managing the mansion and receiving visits from various families.

Inside the quiet room of the mansion.

Li Yuan naturally didn't know about the change in Ren Qing's thoughts; he had been cultivating with a calm heart, refining the Awakening Divine Pills one after another.

After refining fifty-three Awakening Divine Pills in one breath.

Adding the initial ten, the one he was refining now was already the sixty-fourth Awakening Divine Pill Li Yuan had refined.

"Boom~"

The soul impact originating from the Awakening Divine Pill had jumped to an exaggerated level, crazily striking Li Yuan's soul will.

"Resist!"

"Hold on!" Li Yuan's heart was roaring.

The terrifying soul impact was like a surging river, striking violently; it seemed slow, but it left Li Yuan with nowhere to hide, and he couldn't even use his soul treasures, so he could only resist it head-on.

This kind of impact could shake the soul.

It made Li Yuan unable to even control his body, trembling; the soul pressure he was bearing was simply too great.

In fact, starting from using the sixtieth Awakening Divine Pill, the soul impact had become increasingly astonishing, gradually approaching Li Yuan's limit.

But.

Relying on his powerful will, which was close to that of a Void God, Li Yuan stubbornly held on and refined three more Awakening Divine Pills.

But the sixty-fourth one had clearly exceeded Li Yuan's limit of endurance.

Suddenly.

"Boom~" Li Yuan's soul will could no longer bear it; his mind went blank, intense pain surged into his heart, and he fell down and lay there.

And the moment Li Yuan could no longer resist, that soul impact also instantly vanished without a trace.

After a long time.

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan gradually regained consciousness and sat up again, thinking to himself: "Sure enough, just as recorded in True God Jiang Yuan's intelligence, the soul impact of the Awakening Divine Pill is not a soul attack... it just presses and strikes, at most causing fainting, and will not cause the soul to collapse."

This was also the reason Li Yuan dared to keep attempting his limits.

"The effect of the Awakening Divine Pill is indeed excellent, although I still haven't awakened nine star pulses."

Li Yuan gently closed his eyes, sensing the eight star pulses in his Life Star space: "But after refining them in one breath, I awakened nearly twenty thousand more life stars, actually causing my sixth star pulse to break through to the ninth-layer level."

Li Yuan also looked at a column on the Divine Palace panel:

【Star Pulses: 8 Star Pulses (10th+10th+10th+10th+10th+9th+8th+7th)】

Of the eight star pulses, the first five had already reached the perfect star pulse level, and the last three star pulses, in Li Yuan's constant attempts to awaken them over the years, were also getting closer and closer to the ninth layer.

The quantity of star pulses was important, and the quality was also very important.

Just like having six star pulses, those who could cultivate ninth-layer star techniques and those who could only cultivate seventh-layer star techniques would naturally have vastly different strengths.

The former, if they cultivated body-refining star techniques, would have a combat power so fierce it could rival seven-star-pulse powerhouses.

The latter would be much weaker.

Like many seven-star-pulse and eight-star-pulse powerhouses, why was their law comprehension generally very high? One important reason was that most of them had two or three ninth-layer star pulses, which allowed them to cultivate auxiliary supreme star techniques, making their compatibility with laws reach an astonishing level.

"The quality of my star pulses should be top-tier among eight-star-pulse powerhouses." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Besides the eight awakened star pulses, the number of chaotic ownerless life stars had also reached a new peak.

"Steady progress."

"As long as I haven't reached the limit, I can keep awakening life stars." Li Yuan's eyes shone with light: "Even without spiritual guidance, there is still hope to awaken to nine star pulses."

Spiritual guidance was very important.

But Li Yuan had never placed all his hopes on spiritual guidance.

Just like back then, Li Yuan also desperately attained a Demigod-level soul, and broke through from six star pulses to seven star pulses.

"External opportunities are important."

"But if I blindly rely on spiritual guidance, then ultimately becoming a ten-star-pulse powerhouse will only be a reflection in the mirror." Li Yuan calmed his heart, adjusted his inner self, and began to cultivate the "Boundary Cloud Spear".

In his mind, the scene of Heavenly God An Chi's strike in the Mirror of Laws appeared.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Spear shadows constantly appeared around Li Yuan, all evolving the same move—pierce!

Forward pierce!

"Whether it's the wind or earth laws, or the comprehension of spatial mysteries, if taken separately, I am not at the Void God level." Li Yuan thought to himself: "But the combination of the three has allowed me to comprehend the fourth form of the 'Boundary Cloud Spear', and the mystery of the spear technique has reached the Void God level."

Many Void Gods comprehended a single basic law and only reached the seventh-stage perfect level; just in terms of the profundity of moves, they might not necessarily catch up to Li Yuan.

"Constantly comprehend."

"Comprehending more law mysteries and integrating them into the spear technique will make the spear technique stronger and stronger."

"The founder of the 'Boundary Cloud Spear' used the earth and wind laws as the core, with spatial mysteries as an auxiliary... but I am the exact opposite, with the spatial law as the core." Although Li Yuan was comprehending the "Boundary Cloud Spear".

But as his comprehension deepened, he gradually had his own understanding.

In terms of talent in the spatial path, Li Yuan clearly surpassed the earth and wind laws.

After deducing the spear technique for a long time, the fatigue brought about by refining the Awakening Divine Pills had recovered quite a bit.

"Start cultivating the visualization method." Li Yuan changed his cultivation method again.

Ever since his Yuan Force cultivation reached the limit.

Star pulse cultivation, spear technique comprehension, and will cultivation... these three had become the focus of Li Yuan's cultivation, usually rotated.

In a sense.

Li Yuan had always maintained the habit from his youth, devoting himself entirely to cultivation.

Heart-Spirit World, Heart-Spirit Divine Palace.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan's consciousness gathered, as always, at the Great Sun Jade Platform, and immediately the scene around his consciousness body changed, arriving in the vast starry sky.

That sun-like star was still suspended there.

"Starry Sky Great Sun."

Li Yuan's consciousness body quickly approached the Great Sun; the light emitted by the proud sun contained terrifying power, constantly attempting to press down on Li Yuan.

And after cultivating for so many years, Li Yuan's will had long since grown to the level of a near-Void God; at such a remote distance, these rays of light almost couldn't affect him.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's consciousness body flew closer and closer, finally stopping at a position extremely close to the proud sun.

Here, that huge fireball was like half a universe, endlessly scorching, and one could even clearly see the fire snakes dancing on the fireball... endless scorching light enveloped Li Yuan's consciousness body.

Pain!

Terrifying pain directed at the soul.

"Great Sun Tempering Heart."

"Observing the vastness of the starry sky." This soul-burning pain, which was enough to make many Heaven-Flying martial artists go crazy and collapse, was not enough to make Li Yuan change his expression.

He had already attempted to get close to the proud sun many times.

"Soul transformation will make the will stronger!"

"If the will is strong, it will also make the soul transformation more hopeful." Li Yuan thought silently: "The 'Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra', although incomparably painful, is a supreme method that constantly transforms the soul's will."

No matter how strong the method.

No matter how good the opportunity.

One must also exert all one's strength to grasp it to achieve anything.

Just like many Heavenly God descendants, their cultivation environment from childhood often surpassed that of their predecessors... but their final achievements mostly couldn't catch up to their predecessors.

"Sizzle sizzle~" That terrifying pain and torture were also causing Li Yuan's will to slowly transform.

Although the soul will had reached level 49 for a long time.

Li Yuan firmly believed that as long as he could progress even a tiny bit, even if he endured hellish torture every time, he would be able to welcome the day of thorough transformation as soon as possible.

Time passed.

"Boom~" The invisible light of the proud sun was like a blade, striking and harming Li Yuan's soul time and time again.

Whoosh~

Li Yuan was also operating the "Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra", causing a trace of mysterious power to be transmitted from the vast starry sky behind him, constantly nourishing his soul... only, the fatigue brought about by the will being constantly tortured could only be borne by himself.

Li Yuan's consciousness body was like a rock, motionless.

After a long time.

"It seems that this time I still can't break through; I'll cultivate for a while longer and wait for the next time." Li Yuan's heart was very calm: "Calculating the time, the Nine-Sound Realm is about to open."

"A place opened by a True God-level soul master specifically for recruiting disciples; I hope it can give me some inspiration."

Just at this moment.

"Boom~~"

Silently.

Under the nourishment of the body, under the influence of the law avenue origin.

And even more so after the will reached level 49, under the day-after-day tempering of the "Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra" cultivation.

Li Yuan's will, which had already reached the Demigod limit, suddenly began to transform at this moment, breaking through that crucial bottleneck.

From human to god!

Like a chain reaction, Li Yuan's consciousness body suddenly erupted with rays of brilliant light, like glaze, which also represented that his will had thoroughly stepped into a brand-new level.

Void God level!!

"The heart is like glaze, not shaken by the outside world, persisting in one's own heart, only then can one endure for a long time." Li Yuan suddenly realized in his heart: "Is this the essence of the will at the divine level?"

Whether it was a Yuan martial artist, or a Heaven-Flying martial artist, or even a Demigod powerhouse, although their will was constantly becoming stronger, there was never an essential difference.

In disaster after disaster, they often constantly shook their own hearts, doubting whether their choices were wrong.

It is difficult to hold onto one's original heart!

Only by persisting in one's own heart, persisting in one's own path, and constantly questioning one's heart without slackening, can the will constantly transform, constantly evolve, and finally reach the level of 'heart like glaze'.

"The heart has no good or evil."

"Nor good or bad."

"Some terrifying demon lords, killing countless people, destroying world after world, planet after planet, instead have extremely terrifying wills," Li Yuan felt his will transform and understood this point more and more: "So-called right and wrong are all judged by others."

"And true powerhouses have hearts that cannot be shaken, only persisting in walking their own path."

"Only so."

"Can one not lose oneself in the long years of thousands, or even tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years."

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