Chapter 428: Threat! Three-Month Term Expires

When fighting the Star Cicada Void God, Li Yuan was heavily injured, with even both his arms exploding.

But in the state of the "Myriad Things Divine Body," his Source Force strength was comparable to a Demigod, and his vitality was extremely powerful. As time passed, the limb injuries recovered rapidly.

By the time he arrived at the Nine Sounds Pavilion, he had already recovered as before.

Only his Source Force consumption was huge, requiring a long time to refine the Source Force of heaven and earth to make it his own.

Above the clouds and mist of the Nine Sounds Pavilion was another building, the "Divine Sounds Pavilion." Under normal circumstances, only gods were qualified to come here.

Like Jiang Shan, although he possessed Void God combat strength, he couldn't come here.

But the True God Nine Sounds had specifically ordered that Li Yuan could come here, just that he couldn't bring others.

Outside the Divine Sounds Pavilion.

"Young Master Xu Yuan." The Thousand Illusions Void God, dressed in purple, greeted him with a smile.

As a follower of the True God Nine Sounds, she knew from the True God Nine Sounds' orders that Li Yuan's status in the True God Nine Sounds' heart was extremely high, so she naturally didn't dare to be negligent.

"Thousand Illusions Void God." Li Yuan also nodded slightly.

"Please, this way." The Thousand Illusions Void God smiled: "The treasures you require, I have basically prepared them all."

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded.

Just at this moment.

"Pavilion Master! Pavilion Master!" A stream of light broke through the clouds and mist, and a burly man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist came running over.

He was just about to speak when he saw Li Yuan on the side, his eyes widening: "Xu Yuan? You're here?"

Li Yuan couldn't help but reveal a smile.

"How are you addressing him? Call him Young Master Xu Yuan." The Thousand Illusions Void God frowned.

"Yes!" The burly man responded hurriedly, then said respectfully: "Young Master Xu Yuan, this humble one pays his respects."

"No matter." Li Yuan said.

"What is the matter?" The Thousand Illusions Void God frowned and asked. She knew that if there were no urgent matter, the other party wouldn't suddenly come to disturb her.

The burly man looked at Li Yuan, then looked at the Thousand Illusions Void God, appearing to be transmitting a message.

Only a second later, the Thousand Illusions Void God's expression changed again. With a wave of her hand, the burly man retreated rapidly.

"Young Master Xu Yuan, did you just encounter an assassination by a god?" The Thousand Illusions Void God couldn't help but ask: "My subordinate said that someone saw with their own eyes that you blocked an attack from a law secret treasure... revealing monstrous strength."

"I did indeed encounter an assassination just now." Li Yuan nodded. Seeing that the news spread so fast, he wasn't surprised.

The Nine Sounds Pavilion could do business on such a large scale; its news channels were naturally astonishing.

"A Heaven-Flying rank, able to block a law secret treasure on their own, is simply frightening. A law secret treasure can achieve absolute annihilation when facing the vast majority of Demigods." The Thousand Illusions Void God sighed: "Many peak Demigod powerhouses might not even be able to block it."

After receiving the news, the Thousand Illusions Void God was indeed somewhat surprised.

On the other hand, she knew that Li Yuan and the True God Nine Sounds should have a good relationship. The more remarkable Li Yuan was, the better it would naturally be for the entire Nine Sounds Pavilion in the future.

"You flatter me."

Li Yuan shook his head: "I also only blocked a portion of the power, and then a Void God arrived to annihilate the law secret treasure... otherwise, I fear I would have died."

Li Yuan had self-awareness. In the few months since entering the Awakening Star Continent, although his spear technique had broken through, his foundation had a huge disadvantage compared to other peak Demigod powerhouses. This was insurmountable.

In terms of head-on combat strength, he was now not much different from most peak Demigod powerhouses.

However, his greatest advantage was his soul will; in this aspect, he far surpassed peak Demigod powerhouses.

In today's battle, if it had been another peak Demigod powerhouse, they might have been annihilated by soul attack directly.

"Haha, no need to be humble."

"A Void God assassination, and they even used a law secret treasure... You are only at the Heaven-Flying rank; being able to survive is enough to be proud of." The Thousand Illusions Void God smiled: "If I hadn't witnessed your feat of passing through the Realm of Nine Sounds, I fear I wouldn't even believe this news."

Li Yuan smiled and didn't argue further.

Soon, the Thousand Illusions Void God led Li Yuan into a quiet room in the Divine Sounds Pavilion.

"Young Master Xu Yuan."

"These are the many treasures you entrusted me to purchase. Most of them have been bought, but there are also a few treasures for which there is no news for the time being." The Thousand Illusions Void God said: "You can check them now."

The Thousand Illusions Void God waved her hand and handed several storage treasures to Li Yuan.

"Mm." Li Yuan didn't dare to be careless. With a thought, he had already taken the several storage treasures into the Ancient God Palace.

"Sister, check them carefully." Li Yuan transmitted.

Although Li Yuan knew the data of the required treasures, he hadn't seen too many treasures in reality after all... In terms of appraising treasures, Senior Gu You was naturally more formidable.

After a while.

"Basically, there are no mistakes." Senior Gu You transmitted: "All the treasures required to cultivate the 'Myriad Things Divine Body' and 'Earth Star Pulse True Explanation' to the fourth rank have been collected."

"But the treasures required to cultivate 'Heaven and Earth River' and 'Heavenly Wind Star Pulse True Explanation' to the fourth rank have only been collected for the most part, and about twenty percent are still missing."

"The treasures required to cultivate 'Myriad Shadows Void' to the third rank are sufficient, but the treasures for the fourth rank are still about thirty percent short. This is the specific list..." Senior Gu You sent a list directly to Li Yuan.

On the list, the various missing treasures were marked, as well as the approximate prices of the purchased treasures in the Divine Domain.

This allowed Li Yuan to have a clear idea in his heart.

"Can do."

"Thousand Illusions Void God, these treasures are all what I require." Li Yuan smiled: "Please name a total price, I want them all."

Previously, Li Yuan had already left a deposit of 3000 Divine Crystals.

"Haha, good, Young Master Xu Yuan is indeed generous." The Thousand Illusions Void God smiled: "I won't ask for a high price either; just give me another 1000 Divine Crystals and that will be enough."

"4000 Divine Crystals?" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Thousand Illusions Void God, you should charge the normal price. There is no need to intentionally give me a discount. If it were always like this, how could your Nine Sounds Pavilion continue to operate?"

Li Yuan knew very well that for a nine-fold star technique, from the third rank to the fourth rank extreme, if one used various treasures to speed up the process, it would range from several hundred Divine Crystals to several thousand Divine Crystals.

Treasures required for auxiliary cultivation star techniques like "Earth Star Pulse True Explanation" were fewer.

And like "Myriad Things Divine Body," from the third rank to the fourth rank extreme, Li Yuan estimated it would take nearly two thousand Divine Crystals.

These five nine-fold star techniques.

Even if some treasures for three of the star techniques were still missing... adding them all up, the value far exceeded four thousand Divine Crystals.

"How about this."

"Thousand Illusions Void God, let's make it 5000 Divine Crystals." Li Yuan thought for a moment and said: "I will keep this favor in my heart."

"But you also have costs for acquiring many treasures... I at least cannot let you lose money, otherwise, next time I wouldn't even want to let you help me seek treasures."

Whoosh! Li Yuan flipped his palm and handed over a storage treasure containing two thousand Divine Crystals, which flew toward the Thousand Illusions Void God.

Seeing that Li Yuan was serious, the Thousand Illusions Void God smiled helplessly and accepted the two thousand Divine Crystals.

The two chatted for a while longer, and then Li Yuan took his leave.

Standing on the pavilion, the Thousand Illusions Void God watched Li Yuan enter the clouds and mist, sighing inwardly: "It is truly difficult to make this Young Master Xu Yuan owe a favor."

As a peak Void God powerhouse, she didn't care about one or two thousand Divine Crystals. If possible, she would even be willing to give them all to Li Yuan for free.

But clearly, Li Yuan didn't want to owe her too big a favor.

"A Heaven-Flying rank can erupt with the limit strength of a Demigod." The Thousand Illusions Void God pondered secretly: "Could it be that Xu Yuan's comprehension of laws has already reached the level of the eighth-stage 'Law Will'?"

"Regardless."

"My Yuan Kingdom has indeed produced an incredible genius." The Thousand Illusions Void God thought secretly: "It's just that a Void God spared no effort to assassinate Li Yuan... I don't know which True God is behind it."

"I fear it is an enemy of the Kingdom Lord."

Without a doubt.

Being able to drive a powerful Void God to assassinate with their life, the mastermind must be extraordinary...

Above the Royal Capital of the Yuan Kingdom, inside the Imperial Palace.

"Demigod limit strength?"

The True God Jiang Yuan looked at the intelligence and battle footage transmitted by the Shadow Demon Void God: "And, facing a soul attack from a peak Void God without any influence?"

"This little junior brother of mine is indeed much more formidable than I expected." The True God Jiang Yuan thought secretly.

What kind of existence was he? Looking across the entire Awakening Star Continent, no True God dared to say they were stronger than him.

Even the Heavenly Gods treated him with great courtesy, and almost all of them believed he was the most promising person to become a Heavenly God next on the Awakening Star Continent.

His vision was extremely high, and his ambition was also extremely great; he was unwilling to be trapped in this world.

"All strength has a reason."

"Although Xu Yuan is an eight-star pulse, he is ultimately at the Heaven-Flying rank, and his spear technique is only at the initial Void God level... True God artifact? No! At most, he uses a top-tier Void God artifact." The True God Jiang Yuan analyzed rapidly: "Either he has a very special secret treasure to protect his body, allowing him to face a law secret treasure without dying."

"Or, his star techniques are exceptionally powerful, stronger than normal eight-star pulses. He should have cultivated more than one nine-fold star technique."

After the True God Jiang Yuan deduced slightly, he didn't delve deeper, but instead became certain of some conjectures in his heart.

"Nine-fold star techniques, it is not easy to find ones that fit. If he can cultivate several, he is indeed worthy of being a peerless genius from the Chaos Divine Court." The True God Jiang Yuan pondered.

Immediately.

A trace of killing intent flashed in the True God Jiang Yuan's eyes again: "Hmph! To actually dare to come to my lair to assassinate? Truly bold!"

Whoosh!

With a thought, the True God Jiang Yuan had already left the Divine Palace, and seconds later, he arrived at the place where the battle had erupted.

A mess.

A massive deep pit with a diameter of over ten kilometers. The previously neat streets and prosperous shops had all turned into nothingness... If it hadn't been for the suppression of the array covering the Royal Capital, the range of destruction would have far exceeded the current one.

"Freeze!"

"Reverse! Sense!" The True God Jiang Yuan stood in the void. Even though there were many Royal Capital guards protecting the scene nearby, no one could perceive his existence.

The two were as if they were in different spatial layers.

Whoosh— An invisible fluctuation shrouded this area, and the True God Jiang Yuan's eyes became hazy, his vision changing completely... In his eyes, the surrounding scene was changing rapidly.

As if time were flowing backward.

Time regression!

Of course, only the True God Jiang Yuan could see this scene; the Demigods nearby didn't perceive it in the slightest.

This technique was extremely difficult to cast. Either one was a True God with extremely high comprehension of spatial laws, or one had to become a Heavenly God to cast it... and at most, it could only regress to the recent period of time.

The further back one wanted to regress and investigate, the higher the difficulty.

Like the True God Jiang Yuan, he could at most regress to events within a day or two in a small area... and this was still under the condition that no other powerhouses were interfering with the spatial fluctuations.

If there were powerhouses deliberately disrupting spatial fluctuations, the regression technique would be even more difficult.

However.

Li Yuan, the Shadow Demon Void God, and the Star Cicada Void God fought fiercely, but it only caused slight ripples in space, which naturally couldn't affect the True God Jiang Yuan casting this technique.

"Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh—" Accompanied by the casting of the technique, the True God Jiang Yuan understood the cause and effect of this battle more and more clearly.

This was much clearer than simple footage.

"This Void God, his strength should be at the peak of the Void God level." The True God Jiang Yuan's eyes were cold: "The laws he excels in are..."

Whoosh—

In front of the True God Jiang Yuan appeared ten fist-sized fiery red crystal spheres. Following that, the aura of these spheres changed constantly, and finally, they all stabilized... If Li Yuan or the Shadow Demon Void God were here, they would definitely be shocked to find that the soul aura emitted by the Void God they encountered was exactly the same as the aura emitted by these ten spheres.

Simulating soul aura!!

Appearance could be changed, attire could be changed, and even combat weapons and moves could be changed... but soul aura could almost never be changed.

The True God Jiang Yuan wanted to investigate the mastermind; first, he had to find out who the assassin was.

Not long after.

A woman dressed in light, soft purple gauze that seemed like clouds and mist appeared: "Kingdom Lord."

"Nine Sounds, I need you to help me do one thing." The True God Jiang Yuan pointed to the ten crystal spheres and said: "Find out who the owner of this soul aura is! First investigate the Void Gods under the eight True Gods, including the True God Black Blade and True God Yue Chi... investigate them in order."

The True God Jiang Yuan had many enemies, but hatred also had degrees.

Logically, if there were no life-and-death enmity, it wouldn't go so far as to directly assassinate a junior like Li Yuan.

"This is the soul aura of the assassin who assassinated Xu Yuan. Didn't the assassin die?" The True God Nine Sounds was surprised.

She already knew Li Yuan had been assassinated.

"No need to ask more, just go and investigate. Use the intelligence network of the Ancient Awakening City. I will have people arrange it. The faster, the better." The True God Jiang Yuan said.

"Yes." The True God Nine Sounds nodded.

She knew the True God Jiang Yuan's emphasis on Li Yuan. Now that Li Yuan had nearly died, the True God Jiang Yuan was absolutely furious.

East Sea, Black Blade Island.

In the majestic palace at the highest point of the Imperial City, the True God Black Blade sat on a high throne.

Around his throne, countless black mists were spreading. If one looked closely, they weren't mist at all, but countless tiny black blades, dense and fluttering like mist.

Suddenly.

"Mm?" The True God Black Blade opened his eyes, a trace of solemnity flashing in them: "Star Cicada's soul lamp has extinguished?"

The Void Gods under his command had all lit soul lamps. Unless there were extremely special circumstances, there was basically only one possibility for a soul lamp to extinguish—death.

"Star Cicada went to assassinate Xu Yuan. Calculating the time, he should have made his move." The True God Black Blade had a trace of expectation in his heart: "I specifically bestowed upon him a spatial secret treasure. A Heaven-Flying rank, I think he should be able to annihilate him."

"If the annihilation is successful, it can be considered as eliminating a great disaster."

Thinking of this.

The True God Black Blade immediately sent a message, wanting to know the result of the assassination through the intelligence network of the East Nether Sacred Land.

Although the news of Li Yuan encountering an assassination spread in a very short time, the distance from the Eastern Region to the East Sea was extremely far, and the analysis and transmission of intelligence naturally took time.

A full half-day later.

The True God Black Blade received a message from the Sacred Land's intelligence network: "The peerless genius of the Yuan Kingdom in the Eastern Region, 'Xu Yuan,' encountered a Void God assassination. Li Yuan suspectedly erupted with the limit strength of a Demigod and survived... The assassin died on the spot, and the identity of the assassin has not yet been investigated."

Inside the palace.

"Trash!" The True God Black Blade was suddenly furious: "Completely trash. A peak Void God couldn't even kill a Heaven-Flying rank!! Absolute trash."

The angry roar echoed in the majestic Divine Palace, causing the few Void Gods in the palace to feel cold in their hearts.

This news made the True God Black Blade's mood extremely bad.

It was one thing that the assassination failed.

The strength Li Yuan revealed made him feel even more irritable.

"According to Xu Yuan's life story that can be investigated in the Yuan Kingdom, he is less than forty years old? And can be this formidable?" The True God Black Blade felt it was tricky, his eyes flickering: "If he is allowed to cultivate normally, I fear in one or two thousand years, he could cultivate to the peak True God level."

"Or even another Jiang Yuan."

"Can't kill him."

"Such a monster, and having encountered this wave of assassination, he will definitely be heavily protected next, until he joins the Starry Sky Ancient City..." The True God Black Blade shook his head. He had already given up the idea of assassinating him again.

The difficulty was too high.

The first wave of assassination was one thing; if he assassinated him again, I fear the Starry Sky Ancient City wouldn't let it go.

"Hmph!"

"That idiot Jiang Yuan must be investigating like crazy now." The True God Black Blade's mouth revealed disdain: "Investigate then. Star Cicada hasn't made a move for nearly a thousand years. I don't believe you can find out."

"Even if you really find out, so what?"

Yes! Xu Yuan was a threat.

"But as long as he doesn't become a Heavenly God, he can't threaten me." The True God Black Blade didn't care at all.

"Even if he eventually becomes a Heavenly God, at worst I will hide in the endless starry sky. It will be difficult for him to find me."

Time passed, and the news about this battle was also spreading rapidly, even spreading out of the Yuan Kingdom's range, and other major forces were also collecting this intelligence.

After all, a peak Void God powerhouse had died because of it.

The person assassinated was also Xu Yuan, who had just become famous.

The most important point was the strength Li Yuan revealed. Looking across the entire Awakening Star Continent, it was extremely rare among the Heaven-Flying rank.

"At the Heaven-Flying rank, he has such strength, and is so young. His future is destined to be terrifying."

"No wonder he was assassinated. Who wants him to grow up?"

"If he grows up safely, he will at least be a peak True God, and even have a slight hope of becoming a Heavenly God." Many major forces truly began to pay attention to Li Yuan, constantly collecting intelligence on him.

Illusion Truth Marquis Mansion.

"So formidable?" The palace-dressed woman, "Illusion Truth Marquis," was shocked by it, and then a trace of luck arose: "Haha, it was good to retreat back then. My son was still decisive enough, smart enough."

Sometimes, kneeling quickly might not be a bad thing.

Some intelligence news about Li Yuan even spread directly to the Ancient Awakening City, triggering many debates.

But these didn't affect Li Yuan.

Or rather, it was the True God Jiang Yuan's secret protection that made it impossible for some interested people to get in touch with Li Yuan again.

Divine Fire Palace, inside the quiet room of the mansion.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan let out a long breath, revealing a trace of a smile: "Six days, finally cultivated 'Myriad Shadows Void' to the third rank extreme."

"Sure enough, the higher the comprehension of laws, the faster the cultivation of star techniques."

On the first day Li Yuan returned to the mansion from the Nine Sounds Pavilion, he used some treasures he had already prepared to start washing away all the third-rank star marks belonging to "Nine Shadows Clone" in his star pulses.

Then, he started cultivating "Myriad Shadows Void" from scratch.

If it had been when Li Yuan first became a Heaven-Flying rank, this whole set would have taken Li Yuan several months... but now his realm was frighteningly high, his soul will was stronger, and his sensing of life stars was much clearer.

In the end, washing away the star marks and cultivating the new star technique took a total of about eight days.

At this point.

The five star techniques Li Yuan cultivated were all nine-fold star techniques.

There were no more shortcomings.

"Normal seven-star pulse powerhouses generally awaken two to three nine-fold star pulses and can cultivate three nine-fold star techniques." Li Yuan thought secretly: "Among the three star techniques they cultivate, there is usually one auxiliary cultivation star technique used to comprehend the mysteries of laws faster... the rest can be used to cultivate combat nine-fold star techniques."

Like the god Gu Ju, the only nine-fold star technique specifically used for combat was "Myriad Things Divine Body."

And eight-star pulse powerhouses can normally awaken three or four nine-fold star pulses.

"This is also the reason why domain-type nine-fold star techniques and escape-type nine-fold star techniques are rare." Li Yuan thought secretly.

Few people cultivate them, so naturally, fewer powerful star techniques are researched.

Super powerhouses' first choice for cultivating nine-fold star techniques is divine body-type star techniques, followed by auxiliary cultivation star techniques.

Like domains, escape techniques, etc., they are usually seven-fold star techniques combined with magic treasures, which are naturally far inferior to the power of nine-fold star techniques.

"Swish!"

"Swish! Swish!" With a thought from Li Yuan, dozens of shadow clones appeared silently in the quiet room.

Each shadow clone's aura was real, and ordinary Demigods couldn't distinguish the true from the false.

"'Myriad Shadows Void' is indeed a big step stronger than 'Nine Shadows Clone'." Li Yuan sighed secretly: "In the future, if it can be cultivated to the fourth rank extreme, the gap will only be greater."

"Now."

"I control three combat nine-fold star techniques. Once I cross into the Demigod rank, I can cultivate another star technique." Li Yuan revealed a smile: "At that time, I will be able to further narrow the foundation gap with Void Gods."

The benefits of powerful star pulses were constantly becoming prominent.

"Continue cultivating." Li Yuan closed his eyes gently and pondered his spear technique.

There were only two days left until the time to go to the Starry Sky Ancient City.

Two days passed in a flash.

"Xu Yuan, come to the Divine Fire Palace main hall quickly, prepare to set off." Li Yuan received a message from the Void God Shaxi.

"Finally going to the Starry Sky Ancient City?" Li Yuan stood up, a trace of expectation in his eyes.

The Starry Sky Ancient City was the cultivation holy land of this world, with Heavenly Gods sitting in it for generations.

Although it couldn't catch up with the top major forces in the Divine Domain, it was definitely comparable to powerful forces like the Heavenly Snake Clan.

Li Yuan was naturally filled with expectation.

After giving Ren Qing a few instructions.

Whoosh! Li Yuan flew into the sky, left the mansion, and quickly arrived at a palace in the center of the Divine Fire Palace.

When he entered the main hall, nearly twenty figures had already gathered, some were Heaven-Flying rank, and some were Demigods.

Many of them were people Li Yuan knew, like Jiang Shan, Jiang Xuan, Baili Teng, etc.

But there were more people Li Yuan didn't know.

"Xu Yuan is here."

"He is Xu Yuan? He doesn't look special." Many people were observing Xu Yuan secretly. Even if they hadn't seen Li Yuan before, they had heard many rumors in these few months.

Naturally, a group of people took the initiative to clear a path, defaulting that Li Yuan should stand at the very front.

"Xu Yuan, come to my side." Jiang Shan, standing at the very front, smiled.

"Mm." Li Yuan wasn't polite either. As the number one on the Heaven-Flying list, he had this qualification.

"Brother Xu." Jiang Xuan was somewhat excited.

Time passed, and people like Wu Beihong arrived one after another. Finally, when the number of people in the Divine Palace reached twenty-five.

Hum— An invisible fluctuation swept past, and the Void God Shaxi had already appeared at the highest point of the main hall.

His gaze swept over every figure in the hall, lingering slightly on Li Yuan for a moment, before saying:

"People are all here, set off!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 429 =====