Chapter 156: Mana Surge! Upon Entering, I Saw the Tumor Battling Yong

Inside the Ten Directions Five Elements Tower, Ruyi Zi was bound by a series of five‑colored divine chains, and no matter how he roared, it was of no use.

Even self‑detonation would be useless.

A First‑Tier Longevity cultivator's self‑detonation is indeed terrifying; it can explode a cultivator of the same realm to death.

It can even slightly injure a Second‑Tier Longevity immortal body, or cause minor damage to a medium‑grade Dao artifact.

Unfortunately, no amount of explosion can budge a Superior‑grade Dao artifact even a hair, like an ant trying to shake a tree—overreaching.

Chen Zheng would not give Ruyi Zi a chance to self‑detonate; as he sealed him inside the tower, he also expelled a "Refine" character into the tower.

The "Refine" seal was imprinted on Ruyi Zi's forehead, burning him from the inside out with sizzling oil, spewing thick black smoke as if he were a charred squid.

"Ah……"

Ruyi Zi let out a heart‑rending, soul‑splitting scream, like a vengeful ghost's wail, but it abruptly stopped halfway.

Instantly refined!

Although this person is far stronger than the other two Immortals and two Elders, possessing two Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers, he is far inferior to Chen Zheng's six, and cannot withstand the true fire of the "Refine" character.

Even the shattered Nine‑Bend Yellow River Diagram hovering nearby and his Panwu Primordial Spirit exploded instantly, dying beyond death.

Indeed, Ruyi Zi's Yuan Spirit is a Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill–cultivated Panwu Primordial Spirit.

Wan Luo is merely a lackey of Hua Hua Tiandou Du, yet he can receive the first seven levels of the Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill.

As a master of Hua Hua Tiandou Du, Ruyi Zi's ties are closer than Wan Luo's, so he naturally can obtain it.

And it is the full version.

"Ruyi Zi finally did not disappoint me, having cultivated so many divine skills. Especially his Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill, which can perfectly complete my own Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill."

Satisfaction flickered in Chen Zheng's eyes.

Within the Ten Directions Five Elements Tower, the divine‑skill array erupted from Ruyi Zi's Panwu Primordial Spirit surged outward.

Techniques such as Nine‑Palace Divine Movement, Ruyi Spirit‑Transform, Shaking Heaven Divine Palm, Yang‑Yang Mutual Exchange, and so on—seventy‑one divine skills in total.

Ruyi Zi had actually cultivated seventy‑one divine skills, just one short of the sixty‑two Earth Fiends count.

Among all those Chen Zheng has killed, this person is unquestionably the top.

Especially, his Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill is the strongest, a small being who battles heaven and earth, with martial will surging like tide after tide, enough to reduce a fourth‑place Longevity candidate of Wan Lianshan to a fool.

If Chen Zheng absorbs the small being into his life‑seed Golden Core, he can complete his own incomplete Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill, perfecting it within the Shen Tong Mi Jing.

He can also unlock all the remaining undeveloped mana sources.

Only by obtaining the complete Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill does Chen Zheng truly master the Great Origin Technique.

Swish!

Chen Zheng opened his mouth and inhaled; the essences of Ruyi Zi and the Nine‑Bend Yellow River Diagram, together with the seventy‑one clusters of divine skills, all flew out of the tower and he swallowed them in one gulp.

The essences boosted his mana, and the numerous divine skills merged into his life‑seed Golden Core.

At once, after discarding many duplicate skills, the Golden Core contained three hundred seventy‑eight divine skills.

His internal mana also rose considerably, from six to eight Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers.

Simultaneously, with the Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill perfected in the Shen Tong Mi Jing, countless Heavenly Gang Earth Fiend War‑Soul Relics instantly coalesced in Chen Zheng's mind.

There were six hundred forty‑eight of them!

The war‑soul relics were grouped by one hundred eight each, each group forming a mana source, six in total.

Adding Chen Zheng's original three, his mana sources finally reached nine.

The nine great mana sources were all successfully opened!

In an instant, countless arduous efforts were saved, and he no longer needed Prince Yi to gather war‑born qi for him.

"Great!"

Chen Zheng again used the character 'Great' to expand the six newly formed mana sources to their limits, each now able to contain a hundred Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers.

Indeed, after a period of contemplation, his 'Great' character had greatly refined, far surpassing its former state, now capable of enlarging each mana source by thousands of times.

The nine great mana sources can thus hold nine hundred Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers; then, who can withstand his punch?

"These three may be weak, but they are still ancient giants; they must not be wasted."

Chen Zheng reached out and seized the Bronze‑Foot Immortal, Fu Yun Elder, Mei Xu Immortal—who had turned into a sky‑filled blood‑mist and essence—along with the shattered Dao artifacts and Pure Yang Pills from the three, all converging from across heaven and earth into his palm, forming a ball that the true fire of the 'Refine' character burned into liquid essence, flowing into his palm.

His mana surged again, from eight to ten Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers.

Ten Dragon Power!

It should be noted that ordinary Second‑Tier Longevity immortal‑body cultivators wield roughly eight to a few dozen Primordial Celestial Dragon Powers.

Now Chen Zheng has reached Ten Dragon Power, comparable to a novice of the Second‑Tier Longevity realm, and can fully contend with them.

His combat power has taken another great leap forward.

The gains from exterminating the three Immortals and two Elders this time are undeniably substantial.

"Has Hua Hua Tiandou Du ever been here?"

Chen Zheng felt elated, sensing a trace of Panwu Great Strength Divine Skill through the Great Tracking Technique.

He followed the trace across the clouds, stepping ten thousand li per stride, and entered the Great Northern Ocean Sea region.

…

In the Return Ruins of the Great Northern Ocean lies a mysterious space, within which exists a famed cave‑heaven sanctuary known across the three‑thousand great worlds as Taiyuan Immortal Residence, founded by one of the ancient Nine Venerables, the Taiyuan Immortal Venerable.

Later the Taiyuan Immortal Venerable ascended to the Celestial Realm, leaving the Taiyuan Immortal Residence ownerless.

Rumor has it that the Taiyuan Immortal Residence contains endless treasures—precious artifacts, Dao artifacts, immortal pills, everything imaginable.

It even houses celestial weapons.

Throughout ages, countless cultivators have flocked to the Taiyuan Immortal Residence via the Return Ruins passage, seeking its treasures and hoping to obtain the legacy or hoard left by the Taiyuan Immortal Venerable.

After years, the valuable items around the outside of the Taiyuan Immortal Residence have been fully excavated; inside, layers of immortal law seals make it extremely perilous— even ancient giants who fall inside risk being strangled by the seals, and almost no one can enter.

Even if one manages to get in, they become trapped and cannot exit; cultivators can only gaze at the treasure mountain from outside and sigh in vain.

According to legend, ten years ago, the Fire Cloud Fairy of Linglong Blessed Land mistakenly entered the Great Origin Immortal Mansion and could not escape; even the Linglong Immortal Venerable personally intervened but failed to rescue her, leaving her trapped inside the Great Origin Immortal Mansion where she met a tragic end.

With many prior lessons, over time cultivators gradually gave up exploring the Great Origin Immortal Mansion, and few came again.

However, at this moment, someone came to the usually deserted Great Origin Immortal Mansion.

It was Chen Zheng, who had come chasing after Hua Tiandu.

As soon as he arrived, before he could observe his surroundings, he saw Hua Tiandu beating Fang Han.

(End of chapter)