Chapter 422

Although Jiang Yuan True God had made a law oath with Li Yuan before, Jiang Yuan True God was only holding the idea of "try it, it doesn't hurt anyway."

He actually didn't think Li Yuan would definitely become a Heavenly God.

After all, becoming a Heavenly God was too difficult.

What if he awakened the Eight-Star Pulse? Most of the Heavenly God's personal disciples were Eight-Star Pulse, but only a few eventually became Heavenly Gods.

Therefore, after bringing Li Yuan back to the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital, Jiang Yuan True God gave Li Yuan an opportunity... rather than directly bestowing treasures.

He was also observing Li Yuan.

In Jiang Yuan True God's view, if Li Yuan could really become a Heavenly God, then by virtue of the opportunity he gave, he should be able to rise rapidly in the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital and even the Starry Sky Ancient City.

If he didn't become the strongest genius of the same era on the Juexing Continent, how could he talk about becoming a Heavenly God?

But Jiang Yuan True God didn't expect that in just a few days, Li Yuan would cause such a big stir.

"Also an Eight-Star Pulse at the Heaven-Flying level."

"It seems he is really going to be more powerful than I was when I was young," Jiang Yuan True God showed a smile.

Back then, before he received the Anchi Heavenly God's inheritance, he awakened the Seven-Star Pulse as a Source Martial Artist, and later, after receiving the Heavenly God's inheritance, he broke through again and awakened the Eight-Star Pulse!

"Should prepare some real benefits for him."

"Perhaps, this Xu Yuan has a slight hope of awakening the Nine-Star Pulse as a Demigod," Jiang Yuan True God thought secretly.

From Eight-Star Pulse to Nine-Star Pulse, the difficulty was terrifyingly high. On the Juexing Continent, Eight-Star Pulse Demigods were born almost every generation, but in hundreds of millions of years, the Nine-Star Pulse born were few and far between.

At least, Jiang Yuan True God couldn't do it back then.

"However."

"Being too dazzling may not be a good thing," Jiang Yuan True God's eyes suddenly turned cold: "I'm afraid that once the news spreads, many people will have ulterior motives."

Having roamed the Juexing Continent for over ten thousand years, Jiang Yuan True God had many enemies, and many of them were terrifying.

Thinking of this.

Jiang Yuan True God's heart moved. Not long after, a wind blew, and immediately after, the strong wind condensed into a blurred figure.

"Nation Lord." The blurred figure bowed respectfully.

"Magic Shadow, I have a task for you. Next..." Jiang Yuan True God quickly explained his requirements.

"Should I tell him?" the blurred figure asked.

"No need, just act in secret," Jiang Yuan True God shook his head: "If nothing happens, there is no need for him to notice."

"Yes." The blurred figure turned into a wind again and disappeared into the palace hall.

Yuan Nation Royal Capital, Juexing Shenshan, occupying hundreds of kilometers.

There were many top-tier powerhouses stationed inside, but the total number was not large. Unlike many God-families that bred crazily, the interior was quite empty, with continuous mountain ranges, and many rare beasts lived there.

One inconspicuous mountain peak.

Outside a simple wooden house in the mountains.

"Clatter!"

A young man in black robes stood in the void tens of meters high, holding a long sword. The long sword shook suddenly, and immediately after, countless twisted lightning bolts like long snakes erupted from his body, countless lightning bolts exploding, covering the sky and earth densely.

In an instant, with him as the core, it was as if he were the source of lightning, radiating immensely terrifying pressure.

And what was shocking was that the countless electric snakes wandered, yet did not damage the giant rocks and trees in the four directions in the slightest, and after wandering crazily, they quickly gathered into one.

Countless tiny electric rays intersected on the sword body, intertwining with each other, perfectly combining with the long sword.

"Thousand Lightning Vast."

"This move is becoming more and more perfect," Jing Kui pondered silently. This was a Heavenly God's unique skill he was cultivating.

"It's just a pity."

"Although the sword technique has made no small progress, after fusing with space laws, the power is close to the ultimate profound move of a Void God," Jing Kui thought thoughtfully: "But it is still a bit short of the lightning law breaking through to the eighth-stage high-tier."

He was only a Demigod.

But he possessed terrifying talent in lightning laws and had already reached the eighth-stage mid-tier level... Once he continued to progress, once he ignited the God Fire, his strength would be further enhanced by the God Fire's evolution, and he would likely condense his God Heart in a very short time.

Condensing the God Heart meant becoming a True God!

But this step was also like a natural chasm, having blocked him for many years.

"Hopefully, I can break through before the Battle of the Ancestral Realm," Jing Kui thought thoughtfully: "Then, defeating those guys from Changqing Ancient City and Tianshe Ancient City should be very easy."

As a top genius of the Juexing Ancient City of the current generation, even the Heavenly God valued him highly and spoke with him personally.

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

Suddenly.

"Hmm?" A flash of strange color crossed Jing Kui's eyes.

He had just received intelligence passed on by Donglin Void God.

"Jiang Shan, Xu Yuan, both rushed past the Nine Sounds Realm?" Jing Kui showed a trace of doubt: "Is the difficulty of this Nine Sounds Realm so low? Or did Xu Yuan's soul willpower break through?"

He had been in the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital for more than half a month, just for the Nine Sounds Realm, which was quite famous.

But whether it was Jiang Shan or Xu Yuan, he had already seen them.

"Doesn't matter."

"Even if the Nine Sounds Realm doesn't live up to its name... the progress in sword technique is also not bad," Jing Kui was very indifferent in his heart.

Having cultivated for hundreds of years and traveled to all parts of the vast land, he had seen enough.

"Hmm, then I won't wait. I'll go try it too."

Thinking of this, Jing Kui turned into a stream of light and quickly flew out of the range of Juexing Shenshan, passing through layers of clouds and mist, flying toward the direction of the Nine Sounds Tower.

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

It was just that as time passed, there were fewer and fewer pagoda challengers, especially since most of the most dazzling ones had already passed, and the level of excitement had dropped quite a bit.

And the subject of discussion for millions of viewers was mostly still Xu Yuan and Jiang Shan. After all, it was very rare for two peerless geniuses who rushed past the Nine Sounds Realm to appear in one session.

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

Someone else had rushed to the ninth level!

"It's Wu Beihong."

"Number two on the Demigod Ranking! It is said that his strength is not inferior to Jiang Shan's. The two are evenly matched, but Jiang Shan is Imperial Clan, so he is ranked first."

"Jiang Shan can pass the ninth level; can Wu Beihong pass?"

"Hard to say. The Nine Sounds Realm tests soul willpower, not absolute strength," countless viewers discussed.

Especially some Demigods with stronger strength knew clearly that Wu Beihong and Jiang Shan were almost at daggers drawn, and neither was convinced by the other.

Suddenly.

"Boom—!" The purple light spot located on the ninth level dissipated, and immediately after, a golden-armored figure flew out from the eighth-level exit. It was none other than Wu Beihong.

"Failed?"

"A pity!"

"Sure enough, wanting to pass the Nine Sounds Realm is still difficult. Xu Yuan is just an exception," countless viewers communicated with each other.

Whoosh!

Wu Beihong, who flew out of the Nine Sounds Pagoda, had a gloomy expression: "Damn it! How could this ninth level be so difficult? Those layers of illusions are like endless... How could that bastard Jiang Shan pass?"

Xu Yuan passing, Wu Beihong was unhappy in his heart, but he could barely accept it, after all, there was no grudge between them.

But Jiang Shan passing? It was more uncomfortable than if he had eaten shit himself.

Swoosh!

A black stream of light suddenly flew past Wu Beihong, flying toward the Nine Sounds Pagoda, and its speed did not decrease in the slightest.

There was also no intention of yielding.

Wu Beihong was already unhappy in his heart, and seeing this, he became even more unhappy. He glanced at the black-robed figure flying toward him and scolded coldly: "Don't know how to yield? Get out!"

"Told me to get out?"

The black-robed figure, who didn't care about Wu Beihong at all, was stunned for a moment, and immediately after, showed a trace of an inexplicable smile: "It's been a long time since I heard a Demigod dare to tell me to get out."

The next instant.

Hum— A terrifying soul fluctuation suddenly erupted, crushing toward Wu Beihong layer by layer.

"Boom!" Like a heavy hammer, this terrifying soul impact almost stunned Wu Beihong, and his soul consciousness was trembling crazily.

"Not good, this Demigod? Where did he come from?" Wu Beihong barely maintained his consciousness, but his heart had already set off a stormy sea.

It must be known that although his soul willpower had not broken through to the Void God level, it could be called the peak of Demigods. The soul impact of ordinary Void Gods would at most cause him a little suppression; how could it be so terrifying?

Sizzle—

A terrifying electric snake had suddenly pierced the sky, attacking Wu Beihong.

"Not good." Wu Beihong's expression changed drastically. He felt a fatal threat and, without hesitation, performed the Nine-Fold Body Refining Technique. His body expanded rapidly, and immediately after, his palms slammed out violently.

The other party's attack erupted too fast. The soul attack combined with the material attack was almost done in one go.

"Bang—"

The terrifying collision occurred. The electric snake retracted upon contact, but Wu Beihong's palms had already been torn with countless tiny wounds, and he himself was sent flying backward violently.

"Did not perform the Body Refining Star Technique."

"Sent me flying with one move? This kind of strength is definitely close to a Void God mid-stage." Wu Beihong was shocked in his heart: "Once he performs the Body Refining Star Technique, how strong will this guy be?"

He didn't believe the other party wouldn't perform the Body Refining Star Technique.

Instantly, Wu Beihong understood that he had kicked an iron plate. This inconspicuous black-robed young man was likely a top genius from some major faction traveling in the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital.

"Since we are both under the Ancient City, I'll just give you a little lesson."

"Next time, keep your mouth clean," a cold voice rang out in Wu Beihong's mind.

And that black-robed figure had already flown into the Nine Sounds Pagoda.

"Both under the Ancient City? Is he a top Demigod from Juexing Ancient City?" Wu Beihong's eyes flickered.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

More than a dozen figures flew over. They were Wu Beihong's Demigod friends, and their faces were also filled with shock.

"Beihong, who is that?"

"Is he that strong?" Wu Beihong's Demigod friends saw it clearly. Although the two clashed quickly, Wu Beihong was almost miserably defeated.

Wu Beihong's expression was gloomy to the extreme. If it were any other Demigod who did this, he would probably have sent a message to the family guard legion and killed him directly.

But thinking of what the other party said, and the other party's unscrupulous attack, Wu Beihong still suppressed the impulse in his heart, almost spitting out two words from between his teeth: "Go back."

"That is?"

"Did they clash?"

"Wu Beihong actually lost? Who is that Demigod? I didn't even see him perform the Body Refining Star Technique." The countless viewers were even more in an uproar, filled with shock.

Although Wu Beihong's fame was not as great as Jiang Shan's, he was still famous and known for possessing Void God combat power.

"Look, that mysterious Demigod has already passed the fourth level."

"Fifth level!!"

"So fast."

"Already the sixth level." This scene made countless viewers dumbfounded.

Less than ten seconds, rushing past the sixth level directly from the first level?

And the speed of that purple light was almost unaffected, and only a minute later, it flew into the sky from the ninth-level exit.

The entire Nine Sounds Tower once again erupted with dazzling light.

Passed.

"Heavens! What did I see?"

"How long has it been, and he rushed past the complete Nine Sounds Pagoda?" The millions of viewers, who were slightly dull before, were suddenly boiling.

The shock this mysterious Demigod brought them was no less than Li Yuan rushing past the Nine Sounds Pagoda.

After all, although Li Yuan rushed past as a Heaven-Flying level cultivator, from the surface, it still took a very long time.

And the time consumed by this mysterious Demigod was enough to prove that the Nine Sounds Pagoda was far from his limit.

Whoosh!

"This Nine Sounds Pagoda is indeed quite profound. If I could get the complete secret technique, that would be great." Jing Kui's figure flashed and cut through the sky. He glanced at the high void with his peripheral vision.

With his strength, he could sense a large group of existences radiating powerful auras gathered there.

But he didn't care at all.

"Hmm, then I'll pay a visit to the Nine Sounds True God." A thought flashed through Jing Kui's heart.

In the high void, the dozens of Void Gods were all in shock.

Whether it was defeating Wu Beihong with a casual move or rushing past the Nine Sounds Pagoda at an astonishing speed, the strength Jing Kui displayed exceeded their imagination.

"Donglin, is this the Ancient City genius you mentioned?" Shaxi Void God asked curiously.

"Yes." Donglin Void God nodded with a smile.

Just now, Jing Kui and Wu Beihong clashed. Logically, it violated the Yuan Nation's laws, but because he spoke, the group of Void Gods present tacitly allowed everything.

Otherwise.

Even if Jing Kui's strength was heaven-defying, facing a group of Void Gods, he wouldn't be able to get any advantage. Among this group of Void Gods, there were more than one peak Void God existence.

"Who is he?" a Void God couldn't help but ask.

"Cannot say." Donglin Void God shook his head: "I have already reported to the Nation Lord and the Black Abyss True God... I can only tell you that he is an Ancient City Holy Son."

Holy Son?

A group of Void Gods present gasped.

Juexing Ancient City recruited reserve members. Although the requirements were high, because the recruitment scope was the entire Juexing Continent... the total number was not small.

But those qualified to be respectfully called Holy Son were very few, all representing the top geniuses of the younger generation of Juexing Ancient City.

It could be said that anyone who obtained the title of Holy Son, as long as they didn't fall, was almost destined to become a True God in the future.

"I didn't expect that a Holy Son would travel the continent and rush to our Yuan Nation's Royal Capital," Shaxi Void God sighed secretly: "Wu Beihong is already a top genius of our Yuan Nation... compared to the Holy Son of Juexing Ancient City, he is indeed much weaker."

God Fire Palace, inside a quiet room of the mansion.

Li Yuan, whose willpower had transformed, had already restarted his cultivation after returning to the mansion.

"Willpower is strong."

"It can make my cultivation path go more steadily, and my heart more unshakable, but wanting to make my strength stronger, and even eventually become a Heavenly God, willpower alone is not enough," Li Yuan was very calm in his heart.

He was continuing to ponder the "Boundary Cloud Spear," and strands of spear shadows appeared around him.

"Hmm?"

Li Yuan suddenly received a message from Shaxi Void God. The content was not complicated, and he read it very quickly.

"Wu Beihong didn't pass the Nine Sounds Pagoda? Normal."

"But, the mysterious Demigod Holy Son from Juexing Ancient City, without performing the Body Refining Star Technique, actually defeated Wu Beihong with one move?" Li Yuan was secretly shocked: "And rushed past the Nine Sounds Pagoda in one minute?"

"Is it that Jing Kui I met when I went to the Nine Sounds Tower for the first time?"

Even if his willpower had transformed to level 54, Li Yuan asked himself, if it were him, he couldn't do it so fast even if he went all out... which was enough to show the terror of the other party's soul willpower.

The key was the strength displayed.

"Jiang Shan said that he and Wu Beihong both had law comprehension at the seventh-stage perfection level, and the profoundness of their moves had reached the Void God level, and they could break through at any time," Li Yuan pondered silently: "And by virtue of powerful star techniques, their foundation reached the Void God level... their comprehensive strength could rival Void God initial-stage."

In terms of strength.

Jiang Shan and Wu Beihong both surpassed Fang Hai from the Flying Star Battle.

"But Jiang Shan felt that he didn't even have the confidence to rush into the top 1,000 of the Battle of the Ancestral Realm," Li Yuan thought secretly. "If this mysterious Demigod is truly Jing Kui... if he performs the Body Refining Star Technique again, his strength among Void God mid-stage powerhouses would likely be considered quite strong."

"Is this the strength of a Starry Sky Ancient City Holy Son?"

Void God mid-stage strength was very broad, and the difference between the lower limit and upper limit was quite large.

"Even Alliance Leader Dongfang, who was so strong and peerless, only barely had Void God peak strength during the Flying Star Battle a few years ago," Li Yuan sighed secretly.

Void Gods transcend Demigods in all aspects.

Therefore, even a peerless Demigod who awakened the Eight-Star Pulse, performing the Nine-Fold Body Refining Technique, would at most approach Void God mid-stage in terms of power foundation... wanting to fight across levels was extremely difficult.

"In this way."

"If I take this mysterious Demigod as a benchmark, if I want to seize the Ancestral Realm Order in the Battle of the Ancestral Realm more than ten years later," Li Yuan thought secretly: "I must at least have strength close to Void God peak."

In such a short time, wanting to have that kind of strength, saying there was no pressure would naturally be a lie.

"Good."

"At least it lets me completely understand the approximate strength of top Demigods on the Juexing Continent," Li Yuan calmed his heart and continued to deduce the profoundness of the spear technique.

No matter how high the law talent.

One must accumulate day by day, and through day-after-day cultivation and comprehension, can one welcome the day of qualitative explosion.

Jing Kui's eruption indeed shocked many people, and because he didn't expose his identity, it aroused the speculation of many Void God powerhouses in the Yuan Nation who didn't know the truth.

At the same time, because Li Yuan and Jing Kui took action one after another, the news about this Nine Sounds Realm was also spreading at an astonishing speed.

However.

All of this had no great impact on Li Yuan for the time being, and two days passed in a flash.

At the same time the Nine Sounds Realm closed again, Li Yuan also received a message from Shaxi Void God.

It was time to see the Nine Sounds True God.

"I'm going out for a while," Li Yuan flew out of the quiet room and instructed Ren Qing.

"Yes, Master," Ren Qing was immensely respectful, and added: "Master, in these few days, many God-families have come to visit again... just the many gifts sent have already exceeded three thousand God Crystals."

She was indeed filled with shock in her heart.

A few days had passed, and she and the other servants in the mansion all knew about Li Yuan's deeds in the Nine Sounds Tower.

Just from the more God-families coming to visit, one could glimpse a thing or two, among which there were even many Prince's families.

This also made Ren Qing feel more and more that being able to come under Li Yuan's command was a great blessing.

"Hmm." Li Yuan took the storage treasure casually. Inside was a list and a large amount of God Crystals.

"The God-families coming to visit are indeed many."

"The gifts are also clearly much heavier than before," Li Yuan thought secretly. He also knew clearly in his heart that these God-families didn't count on being able to befriend him with this gift.

It was just to "get a familiar face."

After all, if one inferred according to common sense, he would likely become a True God in the future, and perhaps he would take over the position of the Yuan Nation's Nation Lord...

That's right. The change of the Imperial Clan of a God Kingdom sometimes was not war.

Many powerful God Kingdoms, when the original Nation Lord approached the limit of his lifespan, would often take the initiative to abdicate and choose a suitable successor... the successor would not necessarily be his own blood descendant.

Like the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital, it had always been the Royal Capital of the God Kingdom in history, but it was not the Yuan Nation before.

A God Kingdom, if a True God could be born among the blood descendants, naturally there was hope to pass it down forever.

It's just.

Looking at the entire Juexing Continent, except for a very small number of powerful families, it was good enough for most God-families to continuously give birth to Void Gods... wanting to continuously give birth to True Gods? Extremely difficult!

And the Yuan Nation, as the core God Kingdom under Juexing Ancient City, ordinary True Gods were not qualified to take over.

"I estimate that many Gods guess I will take over the God Kingdom in the future," Li Yuan thought secretly. "After all, among Jiang Yuan True God's descendants, not even a True God has been born yet, let alone a True God peak powerhouse."

"A pity."

"I will be leaving as a Demigod."

For these gifts, except for a very small number with too large an amount, Li Yuan basically accepted all of them. Now, the total value of the gifts received was close to five thousand God Crystals.

Swoosh! Li Yuan arrived in the void clouds and mist. Shaxi Void God and Qianhuan Void God were already waiting here.

Besides the two Void Gods, Jiang Shan had also come.

"Seen the two Void Gods," Li Yuan bowed respectfully.

"Wait a moment, someone else is coming," Shaxi Void God laughed.

Someone else? Li Yuan and Jiang Shan looked at each other, both having their own guesses in their hearts.

As they expected, not long after, two figures cut through the clouds and descended.

One of them was none other than Jing Kui, whom Li Yuan had met once.

"Xu Yuan, let me introduce you. This is 'Donglin Void God' from Juexing Shenshan," Shaxi Void God said.

"Donglin Void God." Li Yuan bowed respectfully.

As far as he knew, just in terms of status, among the thousands of Void Gods in the Yuan Nation's Royal Capital, Donglin Void God was likely the highest, after all, he represented Juexing Ancient City.

"No need to be polite. Wait a few months, and when we meet again, perhaps I will have to bow to you," Donglin Void God laughed. He knew Li Yuan's terrifying talent very well.

"Let me introduce you, this is..." Donglin Void God was about to speak.

"I'll say it myself," the young man in black robes smiled: "Brother Xu Yuan, we have met before. I didn't tell you my specific identity last time. I am a reserve member of Juexing Ancient City."

"Hmm, Brother Jing Kui is indeed powerful. Admirable," Li Yuan said.

The others beside them couldn't help but be surprised. Jing Kui and Xu Yuan had met? This made them have some guesses in their hearts again.

"Jiang Shan, I have seen you before. Perhaps you don't have an impression," Jing Kui looked at Jiang Shan and said faintly: "Although you are not as good as Xu Yuan, once you join Juexing Ancient City, ranking in the top 1,000 of the Ancient City Demigod Ranking should not be a problem."

Jiang Shan smiled helplessly.

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

As for himself? He probably didn't look up to him at all.

"Good. Since the three of you are already familiar, follow me," Qianhuan Void God smiled: "The True God is already waiting for you."

Swoosh!

Qianhuan Void God waved his hand, and an invisible force wrapped around Li Yuan, Jiang Shan, and Jing Kui, quickly cutting through the clouds and flying toward the higher void.

The extremely high-level areas of the Royal Capital had many restrictions, and even Void Gods could not trespass.

But Qianhuan Void God clearly possessed the permission for a part of the area.

Not long after, the four of them passed through layers of clouds and arrived in front of a quite vast void mountain range.

Looking from afar, there were pavilions and towers, various rare birds and beasts, and the rich source power aura rushed toward them.

Like a fairyland.

"This is 'Nine Sounds Shenshan,' which is also the residence of my master, Nine Sounds True God," Qianhuan Void God smiled: "According to the master's instructions, the three of you will enter separately. Xu Yuan, you enter first."

"Yes." Xu Yuan nodded and flew straight toward the massive mountain peak suspended in the void in the distance, quickly approaching.

Suddenly, the space changed, and many blurred scenes became clear. A pavilion by a waterfall appeared in his line of sight.

In the pavilion, two ethereal figures were standing.

"Nation Lord?" A flash of surprise crossed Li Yuan's eyes. One of the figures was none other than Jiang Yuan True God.

"Come over here," Jiang Yuan True God saw Li Yuan and showed a smile on his face.

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PS: There will be another chapter later, but it is estimated to be very late. Brothers, read it tomorrow morning.

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