Chapter 923: Breakthrough (Second update, requesting everything)

Time passed slowly, and soon, a week had gone by.

In the Dangkang Necklace Space, Li Zhangsheng opened his eyes. During this period, he had initially digested the memories of the Treasure King, which had brought him significant gains; his experience, knowledge, and perspective had all improved greatly.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng felt he was no worse than a Double-Character King, and perhaps even better.

There was no helping it; who else could have obtained such a vast amount of "inheritance" like him, directly making up for the gap in their foundation? Even if he were to rapidly advance to a King or even a Double-Character King, he would not suffer from being top-heavy.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng's artifact refining standard had improved once more. Although the margin was small, even the slightest progress was precious at his level; who knew, perhaps one day he would break through to become an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

Apart from digesting the Treasure King's memories, Li Zhangsheng had also been continuously absorbing and refining Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits every day, and now, it had finally reached its end.

Li Zhangsheng took out the final Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruit. This star fruit was quite unique, shimmering with purple radiance, echoing the Ziwei Dixing in the sky.

That's right, this Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruit represented the Ziwei Dixing.

The Ziwei Dixing could be said to be the most noble existence among the stars of the heavens, equivalent to an emperor in the secular world, commanding all the stars in the world, including the Sun and the Moon.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng consumed the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruit and began to digest the power contained within it.

A rich purple star power began to emerge within his body. It possessed all the qualities inherent to an emperor, and at the same time, compared to other star fruits, the difficulty coefficient of refining this one was significantly higher.

Li Zhangsheng sat on the Eight-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, exerting his utmost to circulate the techniques from the "General Outline of the Heavenly Stars," faintly resonating with the Ziwei Dixing in the sky. Because he had not opened the Ziwei Dixing, the star power drawn down was significantly weaker.

Under this "internal and external assault," Li Zhangsheng's expression remained unchanged. Due to the Eight-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, combined with his exceptionally powerful physical body, even though the star power of the Ziwei Dixing contained greater destructive force, it still could not bring him any pain.

In Li Zhangsheng's Consciousness Sea, the moon in the third layer of the starry sky had long since become full, and at this moment, it was shining in tandem with the moons of the other two layers, joining forces to refine the star power of the Ziwei Dixing.

Soon, a quarter of an hour passed, and Li Zhangsheng finally digested the star power of the Ziwei Dixing.

However, Li Zhangsheng did not immediately open his eyes but remained immersed, because after absorbing 365 Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits, his Consciousness Sea had suddenly undergone an unpredictable change.

In these three layers of the Consciousness Sea, there existed a dazzling array of 365 stars condensed from Mental Power.

At this time, these Mental Power stars all released brilliant starlight; their positions began to shift slightly, and they connected with one another.

At the same time, the Ziwei Dixing located in the center shone brightly, as if it were commanding the stars.

Looking at the stars in his Consciousness Sea, Li Zhangsheng could feel a pure star power. This star power was different from the star power he had absorbed; it was even more pure and condensed.

Just by looking at it, Li Zhangsheng analyzed that this was the essence within the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits. During the process of absorbing the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits, this essence had been absorbed by the stars, but because the quantity of star power was too small and it was usually hidden within the Mental Power stars, it had not been noticed by Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng watched silently, without any intention to intervene.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but the 365 Mental Power stars finished connecting, and then, under Li Zhangsheng's surprised gaze, a light screen composed of special star power emerged, wrapping the entire Consciousness Sea.

In the span of a few breaths, the 365 Mental Power stars simultaneously released tiny rays of light, all shooting toward the Soul Light Sphere.

The Soul Barrier did not resist and was instantly penetrated by these special star powers, and immediately after, these rays of light fell into the Soul Light Sphere.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng's Soul Light Sphere began to change, starting to emit starlight; it was more condensed and pure than before, and it was even attached to a layer of extremely special star power.

This star power possessed all the properties of the 365 heavenly stars and seemed capable of defending against attacks targeting the soul.

Li Zhangsheng did not know the content of this change either; even if he searched the Treasure King's memories, there was no record of this aspect.

This was also unavoidable; after all, the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruit Tree originally belonged to a top-tier spiritual plant, but he had forcibly upgraded it into a top-tier spiritual plant, and consequently, the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits cultivated were also different from the original ones.

However, what was certain was that these were all positive changes.

After testing for a while, Li Zhangsheng discovered that both the star power in the Soul Light Sphere and the Star Light Membrane wrapping the Consciousness Sea could defend against mental attacks and could also be used to defend against external demons.

The so-called external demons referred to things like heavenly demons; they had no physical form and could act directly upon the soul of a living being, though they rarely appeared in this world.

After this change, Li Zhangsheng's soul had gained another layer of defense; not only that, but this time, even the Consciousness Sea was protected.

After observing, Li Zhangsheng, acting while the iron was hot, began to prepare to advance to a King.

To advance to a King, one needed to satisfy the following three conditions.

One, condense the third full moon.

Two, possess six Demon Beast-level demon pets.

Three, possess a top-tier Advanced Demon Taming Art.

Of course, even if the breakthrough conditions were met, there was still a probability of failure.

Once a breakthrough failed, it would trigger a violent tremor in the Consciousness Sea, and one would need to wait for a period of time before attempting to break through again.

The success rate of advancing to a King was mainly linked to the quantity and quality of the Demon Beast-level demon pets.

Among Li Zhangsheng's official demon pets, although there were only seven Demon Beast-level demon pets, their quality was excellent; they were all of Half-Step Epic or Epic quality, and most were Demi-God Beasts.

Possessing a group of such high-quality demon pets, Li Zhangsheng's probability of failing to advance to a King could be described as negligible.

While Li Zhangsheng was attempting to break through, Ning Bizhen sat opposite him, also attempting to break through.

Although the quality and quantity of her Demon Beast-level demon pets were not as good as Li Zhangsheng's, they were far superior to other Pseudo-Kings on the verge of breaking through.

Like Li Zhangsheng, Ning Bizhen, who had also absorbed 365 Great Zhou Heavenly Star Fruits, saw her Consciousness Sea undergo the same changes.

Under the guidance of Mental Power, the 365 heavenly stars flickered slightly, casting down rays of starlight. These rays of starlight merged into a huge pillar of starlight on the way, instantly submerging the two of them, reflecting them within the brilliant starlight.

(End of this chapter)