Chapter 427

When the Seven Kill Token touched the gate of the Seven Kill Palace, it turned into a stream of starlight that wrapped around Xu Jin's entire body, allowing Xu Jin to pass directly into the Seven Kill Palace.

The moment he passed through, before Xu Jin could react, starlight appeared continuously before him.

【Congratulations on obtaining the Seven Kill Token and entering the Seven Kill Palace; you have successfully passed the fifth trial. From this moment on, you will be qualified to become this Tianyang Zhenjun's named disciple.】

【Go before this Tianyang Zhenjun's star position, perform the grand ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows, and you can become this Tianyang Zhenjun's named disciple and obtain this Tianyang Zhenjun's enlightenment inheritance from his youth.】

The starlight dissipated, and before Xu Jin, a star-lit avenue appeared, leading directly to a great hall inside the Seven Kill Palace.

Xu Jin landed and looked in all directions; neither his vision nor the sensing of his Bright Era Star Emblem discovered the nine people who had entered earlier.

While surprised, Xu Jin stepped onto this star-lit avenue.

At the end of the star-lit avenue was a great hall with an ancient style, with three characters written on it: Seven Kill Hall.

Looking from the outside, the hall was plain and unremarkable, but the moment Xu Jin stepped in, the starlight changed instantly, as if he had stepped into another space, with countless stars appearing overhead and the star vault like an ocean.

In the ocean-like star vault, a tall figure stepped on the stars, standing above the star vault, with an extraordinary aura.

Xu Jin looked at it and found it somewhat familiar, and then he remembered.

It was somewhat similar to the phantom of the Seven Kill Tianyang Zhenjun in his youth that he had defeated in the Seven Kill Secret Realm earlier.

This should be the star position of the Seven Kill Tianyang Zhenjun.

There was no prayer mat, so Xu Jin chose a position, knelt down, and respectfully performed three bows and nine kowtows.

As the ceremony concluded, a streak of starlight projected from the figure of the Seven Kill Tianyang Zhenjun in the star vault and fell into Xu Jin's mind.

In an instant, countless pieces of information surged into Xu Jin's mind, and finally, they turned into an inheritance.

"Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Art"

Xu Jin read it through carefully, but no great surprise appeared on his face.

This Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Art spoke of how a sixth-tier Cloud Tower Realm cultivator could pray to stars and guide constellations to reflect and build a Zhai Xing Lou above the stars.

Then, one could borrow the power of the Heaven-Earth stars.

Whether cultivating or fighting an enemy, one could borrow it.

This was a complete inheritance.

But the reason Xu Jin had no surprise was that this inheritance was not much different from what Xu Jin already knew; it was just a little better and more complete.

Because it concerned Xu Jin's growth and his future cultivation path, the Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao had long ago chatted with Xu Jin about it.

Especially the crucial seventh tier.

Because Xu Jin himself was very curious, the Grand Master had told Xu Jin about it.

The method for breaking through to the seventh tier in Da Chen's National Dao Academy was obtained from the Lord Lingji Star Palace, and the method for breaking through to the seventh tier in the Lord Lingji Star Palace was called the Lord Lingji Prayer Star Art.

It was very similar to this inheritance.

It was just that many places had been simplified, making it easier to get started.

So there was no surprise.

Moreover, this inheritance was currently just pure theory; it was very difficult to get started on one's own.

According to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao, when Xu Jin's cultivation base reached the late sixth tier, the National Dao Academy possessed the Lord Lingji Prayer Star Pearl bestowed by the Lord Lingji Star Palace back then, which could allow one to directly observe the Great Dao until one learned it.

However, learning it did not mean one could break through.

Learning it only meant one could understand and use this extremely abstract Lord Lingji Prayer Star Art.

But conversely, it gave Xu Jin a sense of anticipation.

Just by becoming a named disciple of the Seven Kill Tianyang Zhenjun, he had obtained an inheritance similar to that in the Lord Lingji Star Palace.

Then, going a step further, would he obtain a higher-level inheritance?

There was completely such a possibility.

The next instant, the starlight overhead changed again, the star vault disappeared, and the field of vision before him suddenly opened up.

In the center of the field of vision was a star-lit stone tablet.

Xu Jin had amazing eyesight, and he saw the large characters at the very top of this stone tablet.

【Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Tablet】

At the same time, Xu Jin also discovered other people who had passed the trial around this stone tablet.

At this very moment, the other people who had passed the trial were all sitting cross-legged around this stone tablet, already beginning to comprehend it.

Ju Xuan was also there!

The moment he saw Xu Jin appear, Ju Xuan, who still had bloodstains on the corners of his mouth, bared his teeth at Xu Jin in a smile, full of cruelty.

At the same instant, the eight current-era human elites who had killed their way in reacted differently.

The Academy Head Dong Zhao was naturally the happiest.

Previously, he had been worried that Xu Jin wouldn't be able to get in, and he was full of guilt.

After all, Xu Jin was the initiator of the great battle to encircle and annihilate Ju Xuan earlier, and it was Xu Jin who had provided the eight Seven Kill Tokens.

Without Xu Jin, the people present would probably have been locked in endless internal strife.

At that time, it would be hard to say how many people could have gotten in.

Fortunately, Xu Jin had actually gotten in.

Hou Ziang, Du Wei, Abatai, Yuxi, Zhang Lin, and Ye Feng were all looking at Xu Jin with surprise, their eyes full of strangeness.

It was too unbelievable.

It was certain that after they entered, the two seventh-tier experts from the Sumeru Palace would definitely try their best to annihilate this Qi Qi Tian Sheng before them and slay him to obtain the Seven Kill Token.

They had originally thought that the last one to enter should be one of the seventh-tier experts from the Sumeru Palace.

But they didn't expect that the one to enter would be Qi Qi Tian Sheng.

Song Shoujie, the Marquis of Luoshui, was also extremely surprised and directly sent a voice transmission to Xu Jin, "Eh, not bad, I didn't expect you to get in; I thought you wouldn't be able to! How did you deal with those two disciples from the Sumeru Palace?"

This was also the point that Song Shoujie found extremely strange.

It shouldn't be possible!

"How else? Naturally, I killed them!"

Xu Jin replied to Song Shoujie, the Marquis of Luoshui, in a huff, and then found a direction quite close to the stone tablet to sit down.

Song Shoujie, the Marquis of Luoshui, was shocked, "This? How did you manage that?"

"Secret!"

Xu Jin only replied with two words to Song Shoujie and was too lazy to communicate further.

To be honest, when he first cooperated with Song Shoujie, Xu Jin's impression of this person was not bad.

He knew when to advance and retreat, could cooperate with the overall situation, and could communicate normally, without the arrogance of those ordinary geniuses and seventh-tier experts.

However, when this guy threw him away as an abandoned pawn, Xu Jin permanently placed this person in the category of absolutely untrustworthy.

Although, looking at the situation at the time, Song Shoujie bringing Dong Zhao in and throwing Xu Jin away as an abandoned pawn was the decision that best fit the situation and interests at the time, no matter who looked at it.

The higher-level overall situation was just like that!

However, Xu Jin, as that abandoned pawn, was extremely unhappy! In fact, it was a typical case of thinking Xu Jin had no value and could be sacrificed.

Damn it, this Seven Kill Token of Song Shoujie's was also given by Xu Jin.

Although he wouldn't go so far as to kill him for revenge, it didn't prevent Xu Jin from not giving him a good look!

As things stood, Xu Jin was also qualified not to give him a good look!

Seeing Xu Jin being so rude, Song Shoujie's expression suddenly turned cold.

If the situation at that time happened a hundred more times, he would still do the same thing.

This was the intuition cultivated by a commander of the Star River Battlefield after many years of fighting; under those circumstances, that was the only choice that maximized interests.

In this matter, there was no right or wrong, only imperial interests!

However, Song Shoujie's inner attitude toward Xu Jin still had subtle changes.

Obtaining eight Seven Kill Tokens together with Dong Zhao earlier already showed he had extraordinary qualities.

At this time, charging into the Seven Kill Palace under the siege of two seventh-tier experts made him even more extraordinary.

The seventh-tier elites from other sides also had their own thoughts.

But the one thing they unified on was that they all became cautious, and even developed a sense of wariness and defense, toward this fifth-tier, third-layer Qi Qi Tian Sheng of Da Chen.

The reason was very simple: if he could charge into the Seven Kill Palace under the siege of two seventh-tier experts from the Sumeru Palace, then similarly, he could charge into the Seven Kill Palace under the full-force siege of any two seventh-tier experts among them.

This ability was truly extraordinary.

It was worth paying attention to!

【The Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Tablet will exist for one day for you all to comprehend! One day later, the sixth trial of the Seven Kill Secret Realm will be opened.】

【Inside the Seven Kill Palace, blades and weapons are forbidden. Outside the Seven Kill Palace, there are no taboos.】

The moment the two streaks of starlight appeared one after another, Xu Jin already understood the reason why everyone before him was living in peace.

Otherwise, Ju Xuan would definitely have started a massacre.

However, Xu Jin seriously doubted how much of Ju Xuan's strength remained.

But very quickly, Xu Jin discovered that Ju Xuan was not comprehending the star tablet, but was constantly swallowing elixirs to heal his injuries.

A bit of a pity.

After one day passed, Ju Xuan's injuries would definitely be able to recover by more than half.

However, the damage to his Great Dao Zhai Xing Lou and the injuries to his primordial spirit would not heal so quickly.

His strength should drop by several levels.

It was just that, one day later, would the current-era human elites present still be able to cooperate sincerely to encircle and annihilate Ju Xuan again?

Xu Jin highly doubted it.

Especially since one day later, the Divine Dao True Meaning would appear.

The next instant, Xu Jin abandoned all distracting thoughts, his mind sank into the Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Tablet, and in an instant, Xu Jin's mind was pulled into another light and shadow.

This light and shadow, like a teacher, directly took Xu Jin's mind to begin experiencing this Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Art, from beginning to cast the star art in his body, then sensing the heavenly stars, and then using the prayer star technique recorded in the Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Art to establish a connection with the target star, guide down the star origin, and establish a fixed connection.

This process was the process of breaking through to the seventh tier.

Besides this, there was also the method of choosing stars.

When breaking through to the seventh tier, the chosen natal star was also extremely important, directly determining the upper limit of the final strength.

Of course, the difficulty varied.

The first time, Xu Jin was still a bit confused; the third time, he already understood a little; the seventh time, he was already slightly familiar.

After the fifteenth time, Xu Jin had basically mastered this Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Art.

Moreover, he also understood the profound mysteries within it.

After breaking through to the seventh tier and establishing a connection with the natal star, one could guide at most thirty percent of the natal star's power to strengthen oneself.

This was the enlightenment obtained during the comprehension process.

Thirty percent, it didn't feel like much.

Xu Jin originally wanted to compare it with the effect of the Lord Lingji Prayer Star Art passed on to him by the Grand Master, but he couldn't compare it.

Because the Grand Master only said it generally, but didn't say the specific effect.

Xu Jin scanned the area and found that except for Ju Xuan, everyone else was comprehending this star tablet, each one of them focused and obsessed, as if intoxicated.

Xu Jin immediately frowned.

The people present, except for Dong Zhao, were all seventh-tier experts.

It stood to reason that these seventh-tier experts had already broken through to the seventh tier and had long had prayer star techniques.

Why would they be so obsessed?

Normally speaking, having already cultivated it, re-cultivating it would be quite troublesome.

Then there was only one reason: the method recorded on this star tablet before them was more brilliant.

"Academy Head, how much of the natal star's power can our National Dao Academy's Bright Era Prayer Star Art ultimately mobilize to strengthen oneself? Is this Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Art more brilliant?" Xu Jin asked via voice transmission.

Originally, asking Song Shoujie would be the most appropriate, but Xu Jin had already started to hate this person, so he contacted the Academy Head directly.

Dong Zhao's cultivation base had reached the sixth tier, so he should have long ago started preparing for the breakthrough to the seventh tier.

"It is indeed more brilliant! In the inheritance of the star tablet before us, one can mobilize at most thirty percent of the natal star's power to strengthen oneself, while our National Dao Academy's Bright Era Prayer Star Art starts at twenty percent and will not exceed twenty-five percent at most.

And more crucially, the probability of successfully breaking through to the seventh tier each time the Bright Era Prayer Star Art establishes a connection with the natal star is only twenty percent.

But this Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Art is as high as thirty percent!

And I feel that these two methods seem to be from the same source.

The Bright Era Prayer Star Art we obtained is very similar to it, but it is not complete," Dong Zhao transmitted.

Xu Jin nodded.

No wonder!

These seventh-tier experts before him were all top-tier geniuses of various factions, and what they obtained must be the true inheritance. Seeing them studying it one by one as if intoxicated, they must have had a great harvest!

At the moment, Xu Jin sank his mind again, continuing to comprehend the star tablet before him, striving to master it thoroughly.

In the future, when Xu Jin's cultivation base reached the peak of the sixth tier, ninth layer, and he had made all kinds of preparations, he could break through to the seventh tier in one go!

Time passed quickly during the quiet contemplation and comprehension.

After Xu Jin finished comprehending this Prayer Star Five-Element Ritual Star Tablet for the thirtieth time, his mind suddenly fell out of the star tablet.

The moment he opened his eyes, Xu Jin discovered that everyone had already opened their eyes.

It turned out that the time was up.

Not far away, Ju Xuan also slowly opened his eyes, his aura still fluctuating incessantly.

His injuries had recovered somewhat, but he was still far from a complete recovery.

The next instant, the star tablet before them disappeared, and starlight appeared before each of them.

【Comprehension ended; after one hundred breaths, you will enter the sixth trial of the Seven Kill Secret Realm】

【Seven Kill Sixth Trial: Snatch!】

Everyone became alert instantly, ready to go, because the most important Divine Dao True Meaning was about to appear.

(End of chapter)