Chapter 834: The Difficulty of Cultivation

"Kill!"

Both were strong experts with Golden Core level combat power. One had attained the Dao during the Investiture of the Gods period, gone through tens of thousands of years, campaigned in multiple small thousand worlds, and engaged in thousands of years of slaughter to reach his current realm.

The other had awakened the bloodline of the ancient Elephant tribe, with surging physical blood and qi, slaughtering enemies.

As the two fought, in just an instant, the aftermath completely ravaged the Liu family manor.

Fortunately, the people in the Liu family manor had already been transferred out; otherwise, in just a few breaths, those inside would likely have been minced to pieces.

However, even so, Liu Bang and his group, who had fled, were all looking at the Liu family with lingering fear.

At this moment, although he already had the descent of the Emperor Star, he had not yet fully awakened; his spirit was still his own spirit, and his physical body had not yet transformed.

He could only be considered a mortal, and feeling that terrifying power not far away, his legs were trembling.

"Red Emperor, quickly follow us and leave this place first."

With Taibai Jinxing blocking Li Xin on that side, the remaining few only wanted to take Liu Bang away from here and escape the Great Qin's pursuit.

The Great Qin had arrived too quickly; they had never thought that Liu Bang would be discovered by the Great Qin before he had even awakened.

They had not made any preparations at all.

So now, they could only flee in a very wretched state.

Fortunately, they had Taibai Jinxing's company this time; otherwise, they would likely have been in real danger.

No one had expected that the Great Qin would directly dispatch an expert with Golden Core combat power.

And this Li Xin actually also had Golden Core combat power; the Heavenly Court had somewhat underestimated the Great Qin's foundation.

It was likely that the Great Qin also had quite a few strong experts.

If they really underestimated them, they would very likely suffer losses in the future.

"After going back, we must remind His Majesty to be careful of the Great Qin."

Thinking about it, perhaps that Great Emperor Gouchen had underestimated the Great Qin, resulting in his blood spilling across the starry sky, becoming the first expert to die miserably in the great calamity.

Although he had reached the Golden Core realm, even if he died, he could still reincarnate and recover very quickly.

But to experience a lifetime and want to recover the cultivation of the previous life was not so simple; the resources required were also quite substantial.

It was fortunate that Leizhenzi was a third-generation direct disciple of the Chan Sect; if it were another loose cultivator, it would likely be very difficult to recover the cultivation of the previous life.

After all, as time passed, the spiritual energy in the world was becoming lower and lower.

Just take the Nine Provinces, for example; the true spiritual roots of heaven and earth, not to mention innate spiritual roots, even acquired spiritual roots were becoming fewer and fewer.

The other three continents were all the same.

True heavenly treasures were also becoming fewer and fewer.

There was no help for this; the Earth Immortal World was not the Primordial World. The Primordial World had Mount Buzhou and the membrane of heaven and earth, which could swallow and spit out the chaotic energy from outside the world and convert it into innate spiritual energy.

But the Earth Immortal World was merely a small thousand world refined by the Sages.

It did not have the capabilities of the great Primordial World.

The spiritual energy of the Earth Immortal World actually just came from the Heavenly Realm.

It was just that the Heavenly Realm did not have inexhaustible spiritual energy either.

There were fewer and fewer cultivators in the Earth Immortal World; only true major sects had the ability to cultivate disciples because they had blessed lands and grotto-heavens, had sufficient spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and even innate spiritual energy.

Innate spiritual energy, especially the innate five elements energy—these innate things were of great help to Golden Core cultivators.

Without the innate five elements energy, Golden Core cultivators could not refine the five qi in their chests, could not advance to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, let alone reach the Great Luo realm through the three flowers of essence, qi, and spirit later on.

So now, it could be said that the Golden Core realm was almost the end of the road.

For what followed, unless one joined those major sects, there would be no opportunity. For example, joining the Heavenly Court; the Heavenly Court had places to arrange for you to refine the five qi in your chest.

However, being able to cultivate to the Golden Core realm already meant achieving an immortal and indestructible existence, with a lifespan equal to that of heaven and earth.

As for the Great Luo realm, that was the limit of immortals, and it was almost rarely seen.

After the Investiture of the Gods, there was perhaps only one person who truly reached the Great Luo realm, and that was Yang Jian, the first among the third-generation disciples of the Chan Sect.

The reason Yang Jian was able to reach this realm could not be separated from his status. First, he was the first among the third-generation disciples of the Chan Sect and was himself a direct disciple of the Chan Sect.

Secondly, he was also the Jade Emperor's nephew.

Don't look at the fact that his relationship with the Jade Emperor usually didn't seem very good, and he mostly listened to the Heavenly Court but didn't obey its summons, but the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother treated him very well.

As for cultivation resources, he had everything he could ever want.

It was precisely because of this that his cultivation could improve so quickly, almost reaching the Great Luo realm.

Of course, he was also the most talented among the third-generation disciples of the Chan Sect, even surpassing those few among the second generation by a few points.

After all, cultivating to the Great Luo realm in just a few tens of thousands of years was rare even among those ancient great supernatural beings.

Apart from a few innate divines who were born as Golden Immortals and then reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in tens of thousands of years, even among the ancient ten thousand races, there were not many who could compare to Yang Jian in terms of cultivation speed.

Therefore, Yang Jian's status in the Heavenly Court was very different.

His official position in the Heavenly Court might not be high, but his power and status were very significant.

For example, the Great Marshal Tianpeng, who commanded the one hundred thousand Heavenly River troops, had to lower his head in front of Yang Jian.

It was a pity that this god, Yang Jian, did not like the Heavenly Court. If he had descended to the mortal world this time, they would definitely have been even safer.

A Heavenly General who was protecting Liu Bang thought to himself, but immediately cast this thought aside.

That god was not someone to be trifled with, and his temper was even worse.

Very few people in the Heavenly Court dared to offend him.

Even the Jade Emperor, when encountering matters, could only appease him.

However, that person's combat power was indeed terrifying, even more formidable than several of the Heavenly Court's War Gods.

Especially in conquering small thousand worlds, that person was extremely decisive in slaughter.

If he were asked to come to the Great Qin, he would definitely be unwilling.

After all, that person was also of human origin. Although he had this half-human, half-god bloodline, the other party seemed to be closer to his own human bloodline.

This time, the contention between the Heavenly Court and the Great Qin was nothing less than a contention between the human race and the immortals and gods, a struggle for the luck of the human race.

It would be strange if that person could participate.

Shaking his head, he looked at the battle in the distance.

Taibai Jinxing's combat power was already extremely powerful, but that Qin general was even more terrifying, seemingly not at all weaker than Taibai Jinxing.

"Run quickly!"

"This immortal, please take my father and the others away together."

Although Liu Bang was a mortal and had not yet fully awakened the soul of the Red Emperor, having experienced this terrifying scene, although he was trembling with fear, his speech was still normal.

He could still consider his father.

"Red Emperor, rest assured."

This Star Official did not refuse; regardless of whether the Red Emperor had awakened or not, this status of his could not be changed no matter what.

If the Red Emperor awakened in the future and knew that he had not protected his father in this lifetime, he would likely have many complaints.

That was the Red Emperor, also an Emperor Lord; even if placed in the Heavenly Court, he was at least a first-rank divine official, who knew how many times higher than him.

Therefore, the Star Official quickly conjured a cloud, enveloped the crowd, and took Liu Bang and his group, fleeing rapidly into the distance. ===== CHAPTER 835 =====