Chapter 929: Chapter 649: One Shot Suppresses the Dragon and Tiger
"I’m going! I haven’t fought in ages; my bones are going to degenerate," the bald giant laughed.
"I’m going too. Although the Three World Venerables have sent their clones, each can still use the power of the Clan’s Sacred Artifact projection. With Second Step combat power, if I team up with the old dragon and use our two Supreme Treasures, we can stand firm against the artifact projections," the Spirit Phoenix Dominator said.
"I’ll go as well. If my Spiritual Embodiment dies, it doesn’t matter. Should any special circumstances arise, I can shield you both," Emperor Shitian said.
Heart Cultivation had that convenience.
His true self had never left Tianxia, but his embodiments had traveled through thousands of mountains and waters.
"Then I’ll guard Mystic Sky with the Alliance Hierarch."
The Hanhai Sect Lord said.
Lu Chenzhou said:
"Let’s proceed like this. You three only need to hold back the Three World Venerables for some time, extend the battle line, and once I recover, I will first assist Mingdao in dealing with the Second Step Demon of my homeland world, then head to the Water Realm."
The next day.
The three Vice Alliance Hierarchs, with Emperor Shitian as the chief commander, led three quasi-Eighth Realm, fifty Seventh Realm, and six hundred Sixth Realm elites, and departed with the Aurora Palace.
...
Time passed.
Months later, in the Water Realm.
The ocean surface was covered with corpses, death qi soared to the sky, countless Sea Clan and Sea Dominating Royal Family members fell in battle.
The expedition to the Flame Bright Realm was meant to be a losing war, the goal of the Wan Shui Venerable Sovereign was to delay the promotion speed of Yan Ming Venerable Sovereign to Third Step, now Lu Chenzhou has already broken through to Eighth Realm, and his task was complete.
He unleashed the power of the Clan’s Sacred Artifact, leading the army to break through the encirclement, setting out with three hundred thousand elites, now only sixty thousand remained besieged in the Water Realm.
Meanwhile, the Realm King and three World Venerables formed a six hundred thousand elite coalition, using the projections of three Clan Sacred Artifacts and arrays to form a tight encirclement.
The disparity in power was vast.
The Sea Dominating Royal Family was completely suppressed, eighty percent of the Water Realm was lost, and the Wan Shui Venerable Sovereign led one newly promoted Eighth Realm, along with Nami, Bodong, and other quasi-Eighth Realm combat power, plus sixty thousand remnants, resisting bitterly inside the Imperial Palace, with exhausted faces.
In the firmament above,
The giant projected faces of the three World Venerables appeared.
Thunder Realm Venerable shook his head and sighed:
"Why do this? Forsaking the Divine Race to cling to vile humans, is this what you want? To gamble the entire clan’s life on currying favor with lowly human newcomers?"
Gale World Venerable looked utterly at a loss.
"When we invited you to join the Divine Alliance, you refused. I thought you’d found some powerful backing, only to find out you pinned hopes on humans."
"The conflict between the Divine Race and Humans is irreconcilable. Humans are ungrateful, insidious, and cunning. You risked your entire clan’s life on an expedition to the Flame Bright, thinking you moved Lu Chenzhou? Little did you realize, in human eyes, there’s only interest. The current Sea Dominating Royal Family is but a dying dog abandoned by him."
Xuanshan Venerable also sneered.
"Can you still laugh? A short-lived species you look down on, grasped a hundred kinds of Dao in a hundred years and advanced to the Eighth Realm. You’ve offended such a dire enemy; there’s no escape from death!"
Wan Shui Venerable Sovereign laughed heartily.
He felt very pleased.
He believed the Mystic Sky Alliance would not sit by and watch them die, that Lu Alliance Hierarch needed to establish authority, also needing a good reputation. If he ignored the plight of the Sea Dominating Royal Family, though legally allowable, it would dismay observing civilizations ethically.
He continued:
"Admit it. We, the Divine Race, are remnants of an old era, backward power. Even Zouyu, Chi Ji God, don’t trust the Divine, unwilling to leave their legacy to us, instead entrusting the fire seed to the Human World. Don’t you see? We’re destined to be abandoned. Our path isn’t resistance to the flow of time but compliance as much as possible."
"Nonsense!"
"You’ve lost your mind with age."
"Terrified by a human, you’ve lost your divine dignity, fallen to be a mortal."
The three World Venerables erupted in fury.
Terror-inducing attacks poured in again.
Wan Shui Venerable Sovereign took it all in.
He transmitted to all Royal warriors:
"Don’t be disheartened. I’ve secretly sent our Sea Dominating Royal Family’s fire seed to Mystic Sky, Kunxu, and many other worlds. The Royal Family will not perish."
In the Water Realm, blood flowed like a river.
In the midst of exhaustion and depletion, a magnificent palace appeared in the Ruins Sea; a giant stood atop, raising a giant axe high, then striking down with force.
A vast slash of ax light descended imposingly, causing the three World Venerables’ expressions to change.
Xuanshan Venerable punched through the ax light.
"Old dragon, you dare attack the Divine Race?"
"I hit the Divine Race!" The bald giant man had a grand Dragon Palace appearing before him, a Divine Dragon roaring with overwhelming force, "All Dragon Clan, activate the Dragons Palace with full power, charge forward! Let’s see if the Dragon Palace is harder, or their line of defense!"
Rumble!
A piece of the void shattered, the splendid Myriad Feather Divine Mountain descended from the sky, twisting the surrounding time and space.
The Spirit Phoenix Dominator stood atop the mountain.
"I advise you three to roll out of the Water Realm immediately, then go to Flame Bright Realm to hug your big brother’s leg; that way, you may delay death for a few more days."
She spoke in a cold, teasing tone.
The Alliance Leader’s Breakthrough Eighth, that was the bottom line.
"You’re all crazy, treating a newly promoted Eighth Realm as a savior. To be honest, Flame Bright Venerable Sovereign has already reached the Third Step, Lu Chenzhou has already been late. It’s you who will die!"
Gale World Venerable laughed in extreme anger.
He was bluffing.
In truth, Yan Ming was still a bit short.
But at this time one could not back down.
"Then let’s fight!"
Emperor Shitian slapped out with his palm, causing the surging waves of the Ruins Sea to shake the world. Behind him, on the Aurora Palace, the Mystic Sky Alliance’s thousands of troops arrayed like Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
"By the order of the Alliance Leader, we have come to the Water Realm to rescue you all; leave the rest to us."
...
In the Flame Bright Great World.
Everyone stared in terror at the silhouette of the red giant sword, its aura shifting and the body twisting.
"Did the Venerable Sovereign succeed?"
"Surely it succeeded."
"Damn the Sea Dominating Royal Family, if it weren’t for their interference, the Venerable Sovereign would’ve been at Third Step long ago."
"The Mystic Sky Alliance truly has good luck."
...
Tianxia.
The news of Lu Chenzhou’s breakthrough has become a common topic over meals in recent years. Breaking through Eighth Realm in a century has made the Dragon King’s century-old record of Breakthrough Seven seem dull; humanity is always progressing.
Rumble.
On this day, a terrifying tribulation suddenly descended upon Yun Meng Lake, and figures stood prepared for battle.
"The Alliance Hierarch’s clone is undergoing a tribulation too."
"The legendary Dao Tribulation is truly terrifying."
In the sky, an illusory world reappeared.
The many rules of the Dao began to gather momentum.
On the lake’s surface, a youth holding a spear stepped on ripples, looking confidently at the Heavenly Tribulation.
With abundant resources from Lu Chenzhou’s true self, the clone’s cultivation had no bottlenecks to speak of.
After spending over five hundred High Grade Primordial Stones, the clone quickly reached the Seventh Realm Limit, triggering the Heavenly Tribulation.
With the true self’s successful precedent, the Dao Tribulation itself posed no difficulty and was safely passed.
After resting for a few days.
The young Lu Chenzhou opened his eyes.
"It’s time to test my current strength."
He drew a circle in the void, the Mixed Cave Gate slowly appeared, and he stepped inside, crossing billions of miles in one step, arriving at an asteroid belt.
On one of the asteroids,
a handsome youth with tiger-like eyes looked over.
"It’s you again."
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.
"You’re in the Eighth Realm now?"
He recalled that the last time they met, this kid was only in the Sixth Realm, just a few decades had passed.
"I’ve come to settle the score for that blow from the past, Dragon and Tiger Great Saint, take my spear!"
The young Lu Chenzhou’s right arm muscles coiled like dragons and snakes, tensed and relaxed, sending the long spear out.
The spear shot out like a dragon, a long rainbow piercing the sun.
Twenty-four Divine Lotuses bloomed in succession.
The starry sky shone as bright as day, a colorful sun glowed in the vacuum, vaporizing the asteroid completely.
With one spear, the asteroid belt was cleared.
The youth held his spear and gazed,
In the void, a golden book continuously flipped its pages, one page bore the image of a tiger-like dragon.
Soon, the Dragon and Tiger Great Saint reformed.
His face was somber, silent.
For years since his awakening, he had regained much of his strength, and now barely possessed Second Step combat power.
But that one spear, he could not block it.
Yet the Great Power Treasure·Myriad Dao Book, which had imprisoned him all along, also saved his life.
He recalled a time when he considered making a deal with the Evil God to eliminate this kid, how ridiculous it was now.
Fortunately, because the Evil God side wasn’t supportive, he never found the Ninth Rank Tiger Clan Essence Blood he needed, so the deal wasn’t made.
Otherwise, he would have been doomed.
Bzzz—
A phantom emerged on the Myriad Dao Book, a dignified face appeared, it was the Wan Ming Lord of the Sea and Mountain Oath.
[I am the Artifact Spirit of the Myriad Dao Book. You have completed the first assessment set by the Wan Ming Lord. If you complete all three assessments, you will directly receive the Myriad Dao Book and the Wan Ming Lord’s inheritance...]
...
Mystic Sky Realm.
"The clone’s full-force strike has the power to heavily injure a Second Step powerhouse. It’s not much weaker than me. In essence, the clone and true self share the same soul and Divine Skills. As long as there is sufficient energy, it’s equivalent to having two true selves, and two lives." Lu Chenzhou murmured, "As for the Wan Ming Lord’s inheritance, once I investigate, I can also let the clone try it. The Myriad Dao Book itself is also a nice Supreme Treasure that can enhance my foundation."
With the clone guarding the Tianxia headquarters.
Before the grand curtain shatters, it is absolutely safe.
He was completely assured.
...
In the blink of an eye, another year passed. The injuries Lu Chenzhou sustained during the Dao Tribulation gradually recovered to their prime, with nearly twenty million Qi-Blood surging like a vast ocean.
"This time my ascension almost skipped the First Step. Once the main Dao advances to the Seventh Rank, and I create the Half-step Great Power Method, it will be the cultivation of the Second Step."
In his mind.
The Martial Arts Tree had already grown over ninety million feet tall, beginning from the Sixth Rank, every Dao advancement was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
"The current situation doesn’t allow time for me to slowly attain Enlightenment of Dao, with the grand curtain on the verge of shattering, and demigods soon to awaken, I still need to hunt Eighth Realm beings."
At this thought.
Lu Chenzhou found Light Daoist.
"Fellow Daoist, let’s go."
Light Daoist felt excited.
"Thank you, Alliance Hierarch!"
"Fellow Daoist Li, please take care of the Mystic Sky during this time." Lu Chenzhou’s departure left the Mystic Sky Realm without Second Step combat power, but with three First Step guardians stationed long-term, except for the Divine Alliance and some Third Step powerhouses, no one dared to come.
The Hanhai Sect Lord laughed:
"Rest assured, Sect Master!"
...
Yuan Cang Realm.
Two figures quietly descended.
"This is my homeland world, the Demon Monsters are still asleep, but they can awaken at any moment."