Chapter 569: First Candidate! Taiying (6k)

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~ As Li Yuan climbed the steps one by one, the invisible force enveloping his whole body gradually became stronger.

Strands of purple light shone down from higher up the high mountain and fell on Li Yuan's body.

"This purple light is targeting the divine body?" Li Yuan noticed the special nature of the purple light, which vaguely permeated to the life origin and pressed on the divine body.

It was as if an ordinary person had been moving bricks for a long time, and their muscles would be sore and swollen.

At this moment, under the action of the purple light, Li Yuan noticed that his divine body had also produced a trace of fatigue.

Hum~ An invisible force pressed on Li Yuan's soul, causing him to bear increasingly strong pressure.

"What kind of means did this high mountain use?" Li Yuan was both shocked and curious.

Although he was under a certain amount of pressure, what was Li Yuan's strength now? His divine body was already top-tier among Heavenly Gods.

As for soul pressure? After the divine body transformed, in these few days, up to now, Li Yuan's soul will had been constantly becoming powerful under the nourishment of the divine body.

Climb!

Step onto higher steps.

Even though the dual pressure on the divine body and soul was becoming stronger and stronger, and the purple light was becoming more and more conspicuous, Li Yuan's speed did not slow down in the slightest...

Li Yuan couldn't fly, but his walking speed was also very fast. Not long after, he had already climbed tens of thousands of kilometers.

"The soul pressure is becoming stronger and stronger? Is it starting to change?"

"Are illusions coming out? I want to see how strong the soul means left by God Emperor Heart Dream for the True God realm are, and whether they can block me?" Li Yuan's will was like a long spear, sharp and boundless, simply fearless.

Li Yuan had always been like this. Whatever he sought in his heart, he would be unshakable and determined to do.

In the hundreds of years in the Lingmu Universe, for his own pursuit, and also to save the Ten Thousand Divine Palace, his heart and soul will had been constantly transforming.

"What the heart seeks."

"The journey of life, driven by seven emotions and six desires."

"In this life, I don't seek to have no regrets in my heart, I only seek to have no regrets." Li Yuan had long understood what he sought.

Understanding his true heart made his will extremely powerful.

Combined with his super-strong soul origin, it was simply impossible for ordinary illusions and soul pressure to shake him.

Silently.

Li Yuan walked higher and higher. The height from the ground had already exceeded thirty thousand kilometers, which also meant that he had already walked one-third of the way.

Even if he didn't succeed this time, he would still get a gift.

But Li Yuan was still very calm: "Not even halfway there, it's not worth being proud of at all."

On the vast land far away, the giant purple beast had been paying attention to Li Yuan.

"So easily, he passed one-third?" The giant purple beast was a bit surprised. "He just became a True God. Can he really pass two-thirds in one go?"

One had to know that most of the previous thirty-five candidates only passed one-third, and those who could walk two-thirds were few and far between... Yes, Li Yuan's talent was indeed extremely high.

But this trial was not only a test of divine body and law comprehension... it was also a test of soul will.

"A strong divine body will make his soul extremely strong, but he just broke through not long ago, and his soul should not have grown to the extreme."

"But will is not something that can be nurtured just by having a strong divine body," the giant purple beast was very clear about this. "A little fellow who has cultivated for hundreds of years seems to have a will that can rival those Heavenly Gods who have cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years."

The giant purple beast had a high vision and had been paying attention to Li Yuan.

Like life aura and soul strength, they could be seen... Only a person's will was unfathomable and would not be revealed.

Time passed.

Li Yuan's forward speed did not slow down in the slightest... In the blink of an eye, the distance from the ground had exceeded fifty thousand kilometers.

The journey was already halfway through!

"Can he really walk two-thirds directly?" The giant purple beast's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise.

Previous candidates.

Like the two Ten-Star Vein strong practitioners, they both cultivated for thousands of years and exhausted all means to barely walk to a height of about seventy thousand kilometers from the ground... Confirming that there was no hope of taking charge of the Ancient Universe Realm, they broke through to become Heavenly Gods.

It could be said.

Before this, no True God could reach the top... Therefore, the giant purple beast was very clear about the difficulty of reaching the top.

"The soul will is so strong."

"His divine body is even more unique in the universe, unmatched by anyone... As long as he cultivates for a period of time, the probability of success will be ninety-nine percent," the giant purple beast felt a trace of anticipation in its heart. "Once he succeeds, I will also have hope of gaining freedom."

As the Holy Spirit of the universe.

The giant purple beast understood that the Ancient Universe Realm was a great gift prepared by God Emperor Heart Dream for the 'candidates'.

But for over ten billion years, no candidate had ever been able to truly take charge of the Ancient Universe Realm, so it, this Holy Spirit of the universe, could only be trapped in the Ancient Universe Realm and had no hope of coming into contact with the outside world.

"The height is already sixty thousand kilometers."

"Li Yuan's speed has also slowed down." The giant purple beast kept staring, sensing Li Yuan's height.

Clearly, walking to now, the pressure Li Yuan was bearing had also gradually approached his limit.

On the mountainside.

Here, it was completely obscured by clouds and mist. Li Yuan's divine sense could not be mobilized, and even spatial fluctuations were completely suppressed. He could only see a thousand kilometers ahead and behind with the 'Heavenly Nether Eye'.

His eyes were incomparably firm, and he was like a divine spear exuding a sharp aura, resisting the soul pressure and illusion invasion like a tide.

It was as if.

A group of Heavenly Gods were using soul attacks on him at the same time.

"My soul has already grown to level 77, and it is still constantly transforming," Li Yuan muttered to himself. "Those Ten-Star Vein True Gods who cultivated for thousands of years before, just in terms of soul will, were not necessarily stronger than me."

"But my divine body is actually unable to withstand the pressure brought by this purple light... This kind of pressure is not only targeting the divine body, but also targeting the Divine Heart and the life origin..." Li Yuan noticed something wrong.

As a True God, the life origin is the 'Divine Heart'.

Reaching the True God realm, parts like the head, heart, arms, etc., being destroyed is not a problem, and divine power can be recovered quickly... Even if the body is completely annihilated, as long as the Divine Heart is there, it can be recovered quickly.

It is simply an immortal body!

Only the Divine Heart is different. Once the Divine Heart is destroyed, the Divine Heart world will also collapse, and that is true falling.

"The divine body I condensed is comparable to Divine Monarchs, but the solidity of my Divine Heart is far inferior to the 'Divine Grid' of Divine Monarchs," Li Yuan was very clear about this point.

The Divine Heart transforms into a Divine Grid.

In essence, it is a kind of power bestowed by heaven and earth after completely mastering a Great Dao law, making the Divine Grid incomparably solid... This is why the Divine Grid of Heavenly Gods can evolve into an 'inner world'.

Like the core of a God King, it is still a Divine Grid, but it is nurtured by the complete laws of space, and its might is naturally extraordinary.

"Resist!"

"Try my best to walk to a higher place." Li Yuan continued to move forward silently, trying his best to resist the invisible pressure.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~ More purple light gathered on Li Yuan's body.

It even made Li Yuan produce a 'sense of pain'. This pain did not originate from the soul, nor from the divine body, but from the life origin... It was as if his life origin was about to be crushed and dissipated.

"In the inheritance of God King Life, it was mentioned that the 'Life Dao' he opened up can directly deprive many strong practitioners of their 'Life Mark', which can be called 'Life Deprivation'. This is a special means beyond soul attacks and material attacks," a thought flashed in Li Yuan's heart. "Is the pressure of this purple light a similar means?"

This kind of life deprivation.

It does not target the divine body and soul, but it can make people die completely and silently.

It is a kind of 'Eternal Dao' might beyond heaven and earth.

Time passed.

The further he walked, Li Yuan's soul will could still persist, but his divine body could no longer withstand it, and his whole person was already swaying... A sense of fatigue, surging like the ocean, constantly surged into his heart.

Until a certain moment.

It was as if he had truly reached Li Yuan's limit, or perhaps it was a kind of protection for the trial.

Hum~

Li Yuan finally couldn't hold on. His eyes even went black subconsciously, as if he were dizzy, and he fell forward with a boom...

When he woke up again.

"Me?" Li Yuan's consciousness recovered, only to be shocked to find that he was already standing in front of the towering high mountain again.

The previous sense of divine body fatigue had disappeared without a trace.

"Failed?"

"Didn't reach the top?" Li Yuan muttered to himself about the last stage of climbing the mountain. His consciousness was completely devoted to resisting that sense of fatigue, and he didn't remember how high he had walked at all.

Suddenly.

"Li Yuan, congratulations." A voice with a smile sounded. The giant purple beast had already flown to Li Yuan's side: "You successfully passed two-thirds?"

"It's a pity I didn't reach the top," Li Yuan shook his head. He still had some longing in his heart.

"Haha, reach the top?"

"You are already powerful enough. The place where you failed last time was a full eighty-six thousand kilometers high from the ground," the giant purple beast laughed. "You just became a True God not long ago, and you have already far surpassed the previous thirty-five candidates."

Li Yuan nodded, very calm.

"You are not excited at all." The giant purple beast said.

"My divine body is so strong, surpassing them is what I should do." Li Yuan shook his head.

This was not Li Yuan being arrogant, but he thought it should be like this in his heart.

"Mm, your soul will is indeed strong," the giant purple beast sighed sincerely. "Your divine body just transformed not long ago. After continuing to nourish the soul, it will be very easy to reach the Heavenly God extreme. You should be able to withstand the strongest might of the purple mountain's soul pressure and illusion invasion."

"However."

"What is truly difficult for you is the life origin pressure," the giant purple beast laughed. "Your failure was also in this aspect."

"Correct." Li Yuan nodded. When he failed, his soul will could still resist completely.

But his life origin couldn't withstand it.

"Your Divine Heart is strong, but just in terms of resistance to the purple mountain, it is only slightly stronger than the previous two Ten-Star Vein candidates," the giant purple beast said. "It didn't truly unleash the potential of the perfect Ten-Star Vein."

"Please give me some pointers, Holy Spirit." Li Yuan asked quickly.

Since the Holy Spirit said so, it would definitely not be aimless.

"Their law comprehension is higher than yours, and although their Divine Heart world still transformed into an inner world, after restructuring, it has become stronger," the giant purple beast said bluntly. "The stronger the Divine Heart world, the more powerful your life origin naturally is, and only then will you have hope of reaching the top."

"Restructure the Divine Heart world? Make the Divine Heart world stronger?" Li Yuan had already understood a path he was going to take next in his heart.

Only by making the life origin strong.

Would there be hope of reaching the top of this purple mountain, and also be able to completely take charge of the Ancient Universe Realm.

"Holy Spirit."

"God Emperor Heart Dream, why must he require candidates to take charge of the 'Ancient Universe Realm' when they are in the True God realm?" Li Yuan had some doubts in his heart. "Is the Heavenly God realm not okay?"

In Li Yuan's view, if the previous candidates could accept the trial when they were in the Heavenly God realm, I'm afraid most of them would have hope of reaching the top. The foundation is different, and the ability to resist is completely different.

"I don't know either."

"I only act according to the Master's orders," the giant purple beast shook its head. "I only know one thing: the Master refined the 'Ancient Universe Realm', although it utilized treasures left behind by God Emperor Supreme Hong Ying, it was somewhat opportunistic... But looking across the entire Divine Domain, I'm afraid the Master is the only one among God Emperors who could do this step."

"Even God Emperor Chaos, God Emperor Starry Sky, God Emperor Abyss... I'm afraid they couldn't refine it," the giant purple beast said solemnly. "The Ancient Universe Realm, even for God Emperors, is a supreme treasure with great use."

"Great use for God Emperors?" Li Yuan was slightly startled.

He had originally thought that the Ancient Universe Realm should have very little use for God Emperors.

Hearing it this way, it seemed that was not the case.

"A micro-universe is much more precious than you imagine," the giant purple beast said proudly. "If it can be perfectly mastered, the might it can unleash is unimaginable... This is the most precious gift the Master left for the candidates."

Li Yuan listened. His vision among Heavenly Gods was considered very high, but when it came to the God King and God Emperor levels, he knew very little.

"In short."

"If possible, don't rush to become a Heavenly God. Try to take charge of the Ancient Universe Realm," the giant purple beast said. "Although with your potential, even without the Ancient Universe Realm, you have the possibility of traversing the universe in the future... But with the help of the Ancient Universe Realm, your path will be smoother."

"Being a Heavenly God a few hundred or thousand years later has a negligible impact on you."

God Kings have a lifespan of ten million years.

If spending an extra thousand years can get a supreme treasure, it is absolutely very worthwhile.

"Thank you for your guidance, Holy Spirit." Li Yuan said.

"Fine."

The giant purple beast said: "Since you walked two-thirds of the way, I will give you two gifts according to the rules."

"The first gift, I can give you 50 trillion divine crystals, or Dao treasures or Heavenly Divine Artifacts not exceeding this value," the giant purple beast said. "Think about it, what do you need?"

In the Chaos Divine Court, for Heavenly Gods, one divine crystal is basically equivalent to one Heart Dream Coin.

50 trillion divine crystals is a huge amount of wealth for most people.

But Li Yuan was very calm. He had several treasures in his hands that were worth more than 50 trillion divine crystals.

"Holy Spirit."

"I don't lack ordinary Heavenly Divine Artifacts," Li Yuan said. "But right now, I need to cultivate multiple perfect Star Arts to the seventh rank. Can you provide the treasures that will allow me to cultivate 'Law of Heaven and Earth' to the seventh rank?"

Regardless of any strong practitioner, the importance of body-refining Star Arts is usually the first.

It is the one that improves head-on combat power the most.

"Cultivating 'Law of Heaven and Earth', from the sixth rank to the seventh rank? The materials needed are all very special," the giant purple beast pondered for a moment. "Among the massive amount of rare materials born in the Ancient Universe Realm over the long years, I can gather the treasures you need to cultivate Star Arts... But the total value of the rare treasures you need is far more than 50 trillion divine crystals."

"If the gap is not large, it doesn't matter. But if the gap is too large, I must abide by the rules left by the Master," the giant purple beast said. "You have to compensate for the price difference."

It really wanted to help Li Yuan.

But as the Holy Spirit of the universe, the giant purple beast could not violate the orders of the 'Master of the Ancient Universe Realm'.

The giant purple beast said: "You still need about 30 trillion divine crystals."

"Still need 30 trillion divine crystals?" Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Whether it is perfect Star Arts or Nine-Fold Star Arts, any one of them, wanting to quickly cultivate from the sixth rank to the seventh-rank extreme, requires a massive amount of rare treasures.

"Law of Heaven and Earth" belongs to the one with a very high cost, totaling 80 trillion divine crystals worth of treasures.

Basically, it can be comparable to a high-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact.

This is also the reason why many Heavenly Gods would rather spend a massive amount of time slowly cultivating Star Arts.

Li Yuan was unwilling to spend time slowly.

"These treasures, Holy Spirit, what do you think?" Li Yuan took out the many gains after entering the Ancient Domain.

Mainly the Heavenly Divine Artifacts obtained from killing True God Jiuying.

"Far from enough." The giant purple beast shook its head. "These are all low-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts, and they are only worth a few hundred billion divine crystals in total."

Li Yuan really couldn't take out any other treasures.

Either they were what he needed himself, or their value was too low.

He pondered for a moment.

Li Yuan gritted his teeth and flipped his palm to take out a fire-red irregular stone: "Holy Spirit, what do you think of this treasure?"

The giant purple beast glanced at it, its eyes brightening: "Soul-type Dao treasure? It seems to be incomplete. Somewhat interesting."

What Li Yuan took out was the Dream Realm Stone.

It had some use for most Heavenly Gods.

It was just that, now that Li Yuan had broken through to the True God realm, his soul will would become stronger and stronger, and the role of the Dream Realm Stone would become smaller and smaller.

Although the Dream Realm Stone had fought with him for a long time, Li Yuan was quite reluctant to part with it, but on the road of strong practitioners, one must discard what should be discarded.

"Fine."

"Give me these Heavenly Divine Artifacts of yours, and this soul-type Dao treasure. It's barely enough. I'll try to see if I can re-refine this incomplete Dao treasure and add some materials to make it a high-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact," the giant purple beast laughed. "In the long years, one must always do something to pass the time."

As the Holy Spirit of the universe, it was born knowing everything, but its law comprehension could not be improved, and its lifespan was nearly infinite.

Therefore, in the long years, auxiliary means like alchemy and weapon refining were also constantly improving.

"Wait a moment, and I will bring all the rare treasures you need to cultivate 'Law of Heaven and Earth' to you." The giant purple beast said.

"Good." Li Yuan nodded.

"This is the first gift," the giant purple beast said. "For the second treasure, you can choose any Heavenly Divine Artifact you need... for example, battle armor, divine spear, city artifact, domain-type artifact, etc... None of them will disappoint you."

"At the very least, before you become a Heavenly God, they will all be of great use to you," the giant purple beast said.

Li Yuan fell into deep thought.

Being able to make the Holy Spirit say this, the value of the second gift was definitely far beyond the first gift.

The value was so high that it was probably not inferior to the Cloud Light Realm City or the Black Light Realm Tower.

"According to reason, the source body should be the same as the main body, and all kinds of artifacts should be prepared in two copies to unleash the strongest combat power," Li Yuan thought to himself. "But the other main body is best to stay in the Juexing Imperial Palace... My main body possesses the God King weapon and the source seed, so I must try my best to improve my ability to protect my life."

"Battle armor? When I return to the Divine Domain, I can take Sister Senior Gu You to retrieve the Ten Thousand Dragon Divine Armor."

"And material defense, I already have the Cloud Light Realm City." Li Yuan kept pondering.

Half an hour later.

"Holy Spirit, I want an artifact specifically for guarding the soul," Li Yuan said solemnly.

Even though his own soul will was already extremely strong, Li Yuan was very clear that caution was the parent of safety.

Survival was the first priority!

If some hostile God Kings secretly attacked him with soul attacks, then he must find a way to withstand it.

"Guard the soul?" The giant purple beast nodded. "Fine, in my treasure vault, there is one that is very suitable for you."

"Follow me."

The giant purple beast soared into the sky, also carrying Li Yuan and rapidly moving away from this vast land.

The speed kept soaring.

After flying for a long time, space changed, and they arrived at a towering divine palace.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The palace gates opened directly, and two items flew out from within.

"This storage treasure contains the treasures that will help you cultivate Star Arts," the giant purple beast took one of the Cave Heaven Treasures and threw it toward Li Yuan.

Following that, it solemnly took the other treasure and handed it to Li Yuan: "This is the soul-guarding artifact you need."

"Soul defense artifact?" Li Yuan stared at the water-drop-shaped crystal in the giant purple beast's palm.

It was nearly transparent.

It exuded a faint silver light.

Li Yuan reached out and took the silver water-drop crystal, and immediately felt a chill, followed by a shocking soul pressure permeating his divine body.

"So strong." Li Yuan's eyes brightened. With his strength, he could easily withstand this pressure and quickly imprint his life mark.

In an instant.

"Whoosh~" The nearly transparent water-drop-shaped soul artifact silently merged into his Divine Heart world.

On the surface of Li Yuan's soul origin, a hazy silver color actually appeared.

It completely wrapped Li Yuan's soul origin, just like a soul battle armor.

"Taiying?" Li Yuan muttered to himself. He had already obtained all the information about this soul defense artifact from the artifact origin.

"This soul artifact is very precious," the giant purple beast said. "Its value is not inferior to a top-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact. With its protection, plus your own strong soul will, even those Divine Monarchs who are extremely good at soul attacks will find it impossible to destroy your soul. Those who can slightly influence your strength should be very few."

"Even a God King's soul attack can be significantly weakened by it."

"Thank you, Holy Spirit." Li Yuan also understood the preciousness of 'Taiying'. Among all his treasures, it was probably second only to the source seed and the God King weapon.

It was completely comparable to the Seven-Colored Realm Sea.

"Go."

"I will take you to see those Heavenly Gods of the Ancient Universe Realm," the giant purple beast said. "Next, they will obey your orders."

The giant purple beast carried Li Yuan and rapidly flew out of the Sovereign Hall.

Ancient Domain, Outer Region.

Inside a dangerous place called 'Le Mo Sea', the occupied area was extremely vast.

Heavenly God Xuanyang and Heavenly God Mist were leading a large group of Heavenly Gods to investigate within the 'Le Mo Sea'.

"That outsider Heavenly God has been hiding here for more than two years, and we haven't found him?" Heavenly God Xuanyang's expression was gloomy. "We finally encountered him last time, but he slipped away again."

Many ordinary Heavenly Gods looked at each other, not daring to say anything more.

"Xuanyang, don't blame them. That Heavenly God has powerful strength and a strong divine body, so it's hard to find him," the gray-robed old man 'Heavenly God Mist' said in a low voice. "The main thing is that the Le Mo Sea is too vast."

"I don't believe it."

"If we can't find him in two years, then we'll look for twenty years, two hundred years," Heavenly God Xuanyang gritted his teeth.

Suddenly.

"Hmm?" The expressions of the many Heavenly Gods present changed slightly. Their incarnations placed in the Hundred Races Divine Palace all received a message from the 'Holy Spirit' at the same time.

"The successor of the great Sovereign is about to descend, and we are ordered to return to the Hundred Races Divine Palace immediately?" Heavenly God Xuanyang and Heavenly God Mist looked at each other.

Where did the Sovereign's successor come from?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 570 =====