Chapter 973: Chapter 693: Soaring Dragon in the Heavens (Happy May Day)
"Breaking through to the Ninth Realm?" Lu Chenzhou asked.
The formidable enemy his clone had been entangled with for a year was obliterated by a single punch from the Dragon King.
Is this the power of a Martial Artist in the Ninth Realm?
"Achieving Great Power isn’t difficult; you’ll know once you reach this step," the Dragon King smiled.
"Hahaha, you shouldn’t let any other Third Step practitioners hear that," Lu Chenzhou said.
The only ones in this world who dared say achieving Great Power isn’t difficult were the Dragon King and him.
"However, you’re walking the World Dao, so I’m unsure what will happen when you break into the Ninth Realm. You’ll have to explore it yourself. Here are some insights I gained about the Dao and skills during my experience with life and death reincarnation. You can use them for reference... Great Xia Martial Arts, once you open the Ninth Realm on your own, barring any surprises, it’ll be your turn to carry the torch next."
Standing at the forefront of his era, the Dragon King’s eyes shone like stars, and he seemed to see something, just like the Eternal Immortal once did.
"Leave it to me, you can stabilize your Realm first. Over on Mo Luo’s side, I can still hold him off for a while," Lu Chenzhou said.
"No need, delay leads to complications. I’ll go meet Mo Luo." The Dragon King’s figure became ethereal and vanished from the Xia Realm.
He reappeared as a magnificent Grey Dragon, crossing the Ruins Sea, his dragon roar reverberating through the Four Seas.
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With the Dragon King’s breakthrough to the Ninth Realm, the Inner Scenery Land of Tianxia’s Martial Artists and the Martial Arts Peak underwent a transformation.
It rose like a mountain formation, piercing through the Nine Heavens, the Ninth Layer of spiral stairs, already touching the Dao Palace of the heavens above.
The Grey Dragon coiled here, overlooking all living beings from beyond the clouds.
"Is this the limit for cultivators throughout history?" Lu Chenzhou gazed up at the Grey Dragon.
He now stood at the end of the Eighth Layer of spiral stairs, behind him were the Eternal Immortal, Priest, Emperor Shitian, and Yaochi Immortal.
Below them, a hundred and sixty figures of the Seventh Realm looked up at the highest peak.
"The Dragon King has broken through to the Ninth Realm."
"Truly unparalleled, having passed through the life and death of the Dou Ancestor Cave Mansion, too fast."
"The Dragon King’s cultivation has taken less than four Jiazi, right..."
"If not for Senior Lu’s sudden rise, the Dragon King’s record might remain unbroken for millennia."
"The Dragon King broke through Seven in a century, the Military Leader broke through Eight in a century, I reckon the Military Leader will break through Nine in at most three Jiazi."
"Three Jiazi? You underestimate the Military Leader; this beast born for combat grows stronger the more it fights!"
"Senior can finally rest for a while, having battled demigods for over a decade, he’s done so much for civilization."
On this day, the Martial Artists of Tianxia celebrated the Dragon King’s breakthrough to the Ninth Realm worldwide.
The Elder Council solemnly announced this news and declared the Dragon King’s breakthrough day as the "Flying Dragon Festival."
A dragon soaring through the heavens, bringing great fortune to all!
The news spread to the Three Thousand Worlds, members of the Mystic Sky Alliance rejoiced fervently.
"Tianxia truly hides dragons and tigers; I didn’t expect someone to achieve Great Power before Alliance Hierarch Lu."
"The Dragon King also possesses top-tier talent; it’s said he ventured into the life and death reincarnation of the Dou Ancestor Cave, so he’s less known outside than the Alliance Hierarch."
"After the ancient times and endless eons, a Great Power has finally been born among cultivators, it’s no easy feat."
"Hahaha, punching the Forbidden Zone, it’s just around the corner!"
The birth of a Great Power brought unprecedented confidence to the myriad beings of the Great Universe.
This significance is no less than Lu Chenzhou’s challenge against demigods.
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Blue Mountain Buddha Country.
The Ancient Emperor Lanshan and the Red Leaf Ancient Emperor gazed into the distance.
They sensed a Qi Mechanism of Great Power emerging in the Great Universe.
"It seems that soon, Tianxia will birth two Great Powers with the Fire Seed plan of the Chi Ji God progressing better than expected."
"However, this Dragon King leans towards the Body Refinement side; our hope for escape still lies with Lu Chenzhou."
"Soon, Lu Chenzhou’s progress far exceeds our expectations; we will soon be able to reincarnate and cultivate anew."
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"How could this happen? A freshly entered Great Power has not yet stabilized their Realm but can destroy my avatar with one punch?"
Lungo shook his head alone; that punch was too terrifying, he couldn’t react before he died.
"And then there’s Lu Chenzhou, just a clone but can contend tirelessly with my avatar, quite strong. Strange, it’s clearly the Great Destruction Era, Divine Court is gone, why are there so many more demon cultivators being born? The future enterprises of the Stars face many challenges." Lungo worried.
...
"Sigh..."
"Failed again, why is it like this? Why do Tianxia people always have such good luck?"
"Tianxia now has a Great Power, even without the Heavenly Disaster Demon Lord’s emergence, they can stand invincible. As long as they’re in the Xia Realm, with the world’s will supporting them and our restrictions, a Middle Rank Demigod might not be able to defeat the Dragon King and Lu Chenzhou, these two individuals, it’s up to us to act." The gods of the Forbidden Zone sighed.
Failure, delayed but inevitable.
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"Enough, the Destruction Divine Rank, it seems I won’t obtain it."
Even Mo Luo Hall Master lost the initial spirit.
Even with the Divine Prison Realm as a body, after continuous battles, He felt some limits.
Now with the Dragon King’s breakthrough to the Ninth Realm, continuing the fight would only lead to inevitable ends, and if delayed any longer, He might not escape.
With a wave of his hand, the light ring of the Destruction Dao spread outward, annihilating everything in its path; Lu Chenzhou dared not confront it directly, immediately dodging.
"Lu Chenzhou, farewell... forever." Mo Luo Hall Master used the opportunity to slip away.
"Come on, keep fighting." Lu Chenzhou thrust his spear, but it didn’t hit Mo Luo.
"I have to admit, the current trend is indeed in your favor, but fortune turns, let’s see who can have the last laugh." Mo Luo said arrogantly.
The void was calm, and Mo Luo vanished without a trace.
Lu Chenzhou finally breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly regulated his breath after taking the Heavenly Immortal Dew.
He gazed at the origin he had consumed over the years and didn’t care much.
No matter what, devouring two demigod souls was a gain.
If one cultivated step by step, how could the third step be achieved so quickly?
According to this trend, when he transforms all his cultivation methods to the Third Step, he should be able to rival a Middle Rank Demigod.
Among the sealed demigods, he could slay all but a few.
Devouring all these demigods should bring him close to the Ninth Rank.
He calculated that as long as he could kill eight demigods, the profit would be enough to exchange for the Great Power Opportunity of the Red Dust Great Snake.
"You all head back." Lu Chenzhou said, looking at the group.
"Lu Daoyou, aren’t you going back to rest?" Wan Yan Old Ghost asked.
"I’m waiting for the Dragon King, not giving up until Mo Luo is slain." Lu Chenzhou replied.
Mo Luo was an unstable factor and shouldn’t be allowed to grow.
Moreover, he wanted to see if he could save the Great Protector.
"Then we’ll head back, not much we can do here, waiting for good news from the Alliance Hierarch."
"By the way, if any of you have conditions, move to the Xia Realm. You are also thorns in the eyes of the Forbidden Zone Evil God now. The Forbidden Zone can’t deal with me, but it might send demigods after you. It’s not safe in your worlds... In the Xia Realm, my clone will protect you. If you need to return to your worlds for tribulation, inform me, and I can protect the Dao for you." Lu Chenzhou said, the Third Step are potential great powers, not one less.
"Thank you, Daoyou." Wan Yan Old Ghost and others were deeply moved, even tearing up a bit.
Young people today are so kind-hearted, times are improving.
In the past cultivation world, it was all a Dark Forest.
Even tribulations were taken quietly, fearing enemies might cause trouble.
"Alliance Hierarch, you be careful too, even with the Dragon King, don’t let your guard down."
After warning him, everyone quickly withdrew.
Mr. Turtle approached Lu Chenzhou, shedding the Star Undying Armor, then solemnly handed over the Star-fixing Divine Pillar to him.
"According to the teacher’s instructions, your trial is over, wear it."
Lu Chenzhou smiled slightly, accepted the Star-fixing Divine Pillar, and offered the Star Undying Armor to his senior brother.
"Senior brother, I’m not far from an Immortal Body now, no worldly supreme treasure can compare to that, you wear this armor."
"You... Alright, then I won’t hold back." His senior brother put the armor back on, "How will you use this staff?"
"Hehe, it’s perfect for my spear handle, I’ll modify it someday into a Big Spear." Lu Chenzhou laughed.
"Smart, I have to take a nap, hope when I wake up, little junior brother is already a great power." His senior brother yawned and left.
"Little Lu, how about using this sword as a spearhead?" Clam Girl came up behind, smiling.
"This... It seems feasible, are you giving it to me?" Lu Chenzhou asked.
"It’s yours, you can practice the spear skill casually with it, so I can report to our master in the afterlife." Clam Girl said.
"Alright." Lu Chenzhou accepted the Carefree Sword Manual handed by Clam Girl, it had nine layers, directly pointing to the Great Power Realm.
"The nine layers of the Carefree Sword Manual are..." Clam Girl introduced the sword scripture’s content without any emotion, like a game NPC.
Suddenly, brilliant light erupted around Lu Chenzhou, and endless sword qi surged to drape him in a Sword River Cloak.
"Done, on the Seventh Layer, should be enough for you to report?" Lu Chenzhou smiled.
Even if it’s a great power skill, for him now, the Mountain and Sea Chapter is just a glance.
If he truly studied this sword canon, he was confident to quickly reach the Eighth Layer.
But there’s no need, he now had his own path.
"Hehe, enough, enough, I’m leaving too. From now on, you’re an apprentice of the Carefree Sword Immortal, little junior brother—"
Clam Girl’s trailing voice was long, leaving with a smile.
The supreme treasure, the Carefree Sword, was thus given to Lu Chenzhou.
"Old Turtle, wait for me."
Her final mission complete, she was also at ease, planning to take a nap.
Who knows, perhaps upon waking, she would naturally ascend to a True Spirit.
Clam Girl and Mr. Turtle were once exotic beings from the Great Wilderness Wu Water, knowing each other from their humble beginnings.
Later, one was taken by the master of Yuan Mountain, the other found by the Carefree Sword Immortal.
Lu Chenzhou thought that perhaps his senior brother’s long life would not be so lonely.
The Ruins Sea quieted down, he turned over the divine corpses of Vilote and Camilla to the Mountain and Sea Tower in exchange for thirty-five thousand high-grade primordial stones.
He distributed a portion to other team members, keeping the majority for himself.
His current total savings, reaching forty thousand.
He sat in the Ruins Sea, quietly waiting and resting.
Until that day, the Grey Dragon broke through the sky and descended.
"Mo Luo ran away?"
"He can’t escape, I’ll take you to find him."
Lu Chenzhou rose, the Dharma Eye opening, and a golden retriever descended from the void.