Cultivation (Jiang Chen) - Dragon-Marked War God

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The distance between Heavenly Core and Combat Soul was a large chasm, it was very difficult to step over this chasm. This chasm was like a natural barrier that had blocked numerous heroes and brilliant young men. Many Heavenly Core warriors couldn’t step over this chasm their whole life, not to mention the higher level which was the King of Combat, the true man reigning supreme from above.
(Ch 447) “It’s normal that you guys don’t know about it, after all, there are too little Combat King warriors in the Eastern Continent. Without reaching the Combat King realm, you’ll never understand how terrifying a Combat King is. Furthermore, after reaching this realm, the classifications for each stage will change as well. After a Combat Soul warrior breaks through to the Combat King realm, the gap between each stage will be extremely tremendous. There is a huge gap between an Early Combat King warrior and a Late Combat King warrior. It has something to do with how well a Combat King warrior can control the Spatial Power. In order to shorten the gap between this huge difference, each Combat King stage is further divided into three smaller stages. With this, the Combat King realm is divided from First Grade to Ninth Grade.”
“First Grade to Third Grade belongs to the early stage, Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade belongs to the middle stage, and Seventh Grade to the Ninth Grade belongs to the late stage. This is the classifications of the Combat King realm. The cultivation realm starts from the Qi realm, Qi Sea realm, Mortal Core realm, Heavenly Core realm, and then to the Divine Core realm. These five realms are the five elementary realms. Breaking through to the Combat Soul realm is considered breaking through the elementary realms; forming a Combat Soul. Once a person becomes a Combat King and comprehends the Spatial Laws, his field of vision and comprehension ability will increase. Therefore, the classifications of the realm will be different as well.”

Ignoring the two guards outside, Jiang Chen began inspecting his body.He immediately felt excited upon sensing the large amounts of medicine in his body that his father had given him since he was a child.
“This body’s father knows how to feed good medicine to his son, but he doesn’t know that his son’s body can’t absorb them.All the pills were stored in this body, and sooner or later something bad would’ve happened.But for me, this body is awesome!”
Jiang Chen sat there with a smile on his face.He used to be the greatest Saint;for him to absorb the pills stored within this body was a piece of cake.
“These two guards outside even fed me a cleansing medicine.Although it is weak, for this body, the benefits are huge!All the stored medicine in this body will be absorbed by me now!”
After searching his memories for a while, Jiang Chen remembered a skill that could gather the strength from pills and began using it.
As Jiang Chen began using the skill, all the strength from the pills stored in his body began to move all over it.His body started absorbing the strength from the pills!
The pills started refining his body, his bones, his blood, his skin…Everything was being refined!At the same time, the cleansing pills had also taken effect, helping Jiang Chen get rid of the impurities in his body.
All the pills he had consumed during the last 10 years were just too strong.His body literally became a treasure.It was such a waste!It’s no wonder there were people who wanted to harm him.
“And just like that, all the pills stored within this body are being refined by me.”
He said with a low voice and smirk on his face.The huge amount of pills were continuously refining his body, making it stronger, and turning into Yuan power.
Level up!He reached the second level of the Qi Jing realm!
In just an hour, Jiang Chen broke through the barrier, reaching the second level of the Qi Jing Realm!
Level 3.Level 4.Level 5.Jiang Cheng continued to break through the barriers, reaching the fifth level of the Qi Jing Realm!All within one day!
There were simply too many pills stored within his body.Even though he had reached the fifth level of the Qi Jing Realm, he had only used half of the pills stored within his body.
Inside the room, Jiang Chen was still sitting with his legs crossed, feeling the pleasant sensation of leveling up.Everyone in the Saint Origin universe were martial arts practitioners.Once a person reaches the ninth level of the Qi Jing Realm, they would be able to form a Qi Hai in their Dantian, reaching the Qi Hai realm.After that came the Mortal Core Realm, the Heavenly Core Realm, and the Divine Core realm.People called these realms the 5 foundation levels.
After reaching the fifth level of the Qi Jing Realm, Jiang Cheng did not stop.He kept on refining the energy from the pills, even though the speed of leveling up decreased significantly.
2 days later, Jiang Chen finally used all the stored pills within his body and reached the peak of the eighth level, just one step away from the ninth level.

Returning to his room, Jiang Chen shut the door and sat down cross-legged on his bed.
On the path of cultivation, the most important thing was what kind of skill was used.The higher the level of the skill used, the higher your achievements would be later on.
Once being the greatest Saint, Jiang Chen had collected numerous skills.If he were to show just one skill, then all the people in the Fragrant Sky city would fight for it.
In the Saint Origin universe, skills were classified into 4 categories:Mortal, Earth, Heaven, and Saint.Jiang Chen knew 3 skills in the Saint category, each one of them couldn’t even be measured.Even the skills from the most ancient clans in Divine Continent couldn’t compare with these 3 skills.
However, Jiang Chen decided not to cultivate these 3 skills.Even when practicing in his previous life he had given them up.
This was because he had another skill, the Dragon Transformation skill!
Jiang Chen obtained this skill in some ancient ruin during his previous life.The mighty Dragon Transformation skill was inherited from ancient times.
According to Jiang Chen’s estimation, this skill’s potential was way beyond the Saint category, reaching a level which even he does not know about.
There was one strict condition if one wished to cultivate this skill, and that was one must start from the beginning.When Jiang Chen obtained this skill in his previous life, he was already a Saint.Even with his strong will, he did not dare to give up all his cultivation in order to practice a new skill from the beginning.
In his previous life, this had been his biggest regret–not being able to cultivate this skill.But since he had now been reborn, he would use this opportunity to practice this skill.
He was only in the Qi Jing realm now and had yet to form his Qi Sea and Mortal Core.He was at a good point to cultivate with the Dragon Transformation skill.
Jiang Chen had memorized the scripts of the Dragon Transformation skill, and with a single thought mentally, those miraculous scripts started appearing in his mind.
This mighty skill was very powerful.According to the scripts, after cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill, one could merge with any kind of blood in this world.It was possible to merge with thousands of blood types, and just these benefits alone had blown his mind.
Those who cultivated the Dragon Transformation skill would form a Dragon Mark inside their Dantian. A Dragon Mark would increase the user’s strength by 10, 000 Jin, and the maximum number of Dragon Marks that could be formed was 108, 000.
Even more, according to the script, once all 108, 000 Dragon Marks were formed, one would be able to break through the Dragon Gate and become a Dragon.
One Dragon Mark would increase a person’s strength by 10, 000 pounds, and it was hard to imagine just how powerful one would be if all 108, 000 Dragon Marks were combined.Even Jiang Chen, who was once the strongest Saint, felt a little scared when thinking about this. If he ever ended up reaching this level, then he could easily destroy the entire world with one strike.
‘The Dragon Transformation skill will also strengthen one’s body, those who cultivate this skill will get their body trained in the most effective way. This body of mine has been fed with so many different pills, and although the pills have been absorbed by my body, it’s still too weak. I’m not sure if it can withstand the impact of cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill.’
Jiang Chen thought to himself as he started cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill slowly.
As he started cultivating, he could feel the Yuan power within his body flowing around.
‘Small seven, big seven, form into a whirlpool of impact, impurities will be discarded.’
This was what was written within the Dragon Transformation script.Under Jiang Chen’s control, he created two regions within his body, one region had his Yuan power flow clockwise 7 times, and the other region had his Yuan power flow counter clockwise 7 times.
Once he did that, Jiang Cheng submerged in a cultivation state where his body became like a machine, working at a frightening pace without pause.
Two separate flows of Yuan power impacted into each other, forming into a whirlpool within his Dantian as the whirlpool spread around Jiang Chen’s whole body.
Jiang Chen started to violently vomit blood from his mouth because of the impact, accompanied by a tearing pain in his body. The color of his blood was black, the result of the impurities within his body now being discarded.
‘The Dragon Transformation skill is really powerful. This is only the first step, and it brought me so much pain. But, it was all worth it. The results were extraordinary, this black mark signifies that the impurities within my body have been discarded. Let’s continue.’
Thanks to his will that he obtained as the once greatest Saint, he had more experience than anyone else when it came to cultivation.
‘Keep calm, focus is the key, when the power reaches the max, that’s when the Dragon Transformation begins…’
The Dragon Transformation script was flowing through his mind. Because of the cultivation, his body was currently withstanding great pain. But, for Jiang Chen, this level of pain meant nothing.
4 hours later!
A clear cracking sound could be heard within Jiang Chen’s body. The whirlpools of Yuan power in his Dantian rushed into every part of his body, allowing him to break through to the 9th level of the Qi Jing realm.
(Ch 341) At the same time, at the bottom of the magma pool, Jiang Chen had completely transformed. After two days, the entire Magma’s Heart had been completely absorbed by him, and the benefits it brought was enormous!
Explosive sounds could be heard from Jiang Chen’s body. There were countless blood red dragons flying around his body. Within his Qi Sea, he had now formed 4,500 Dragon Marks! The Magma’s Heart had given Jiang Chen 1,500 new Dragon Marks, and not only did that make him become a Late Divine Core warrior, it had also stabilized his cultivation at the Peak Late Divine Core realm, just one step away from the Combat Soul realm!
In order to break through from the Divine Core realm into the Combat Soul realm, Jiang Chen would need a total of 5,000 Dragon Marks. That meant, Jiang Chen was only 500 Dragon Marks away from the Combat Soul realm. However, obtaining another 500 Dragon Marks was no easy task.
Jiang Chen clenched his fist tightly, causing it to produce cracking sounds. After breaking through, he felt like his body possessed endless amounts of strength. Just how strong was he now that he had 4,500 Dragon Marks? Only Jiang Chen himself knew.

Jiang Chen had reached the peak of the Qi Jing realm, and he was only one step away from forming his Qi Sea in his Dantian and thus reaching the Qi Hai realm. What he needed was an opportunity. He had used all of his powers in the fight today, and he had also used the Single Solar finger which consumed all of his power. This was what permitted him to break through the bottleneck, finally allowing him to reach the Qi Hai level.
Qi Jing was a foundation level that every single warrior needed to go through. Qi Jing allowed warriors to sense and understand the Qi power in this world, and absorb that Qi power into their bodies to create Yuan power to cultivate with.
However, the Yuan within a Qi Jing warrior was not concentrated. It was scattered throughout the body. When a warrior reached the ninth Qi Jing level, he could attempt to form a Qi Sea within their Dantian. Once the Qi Sea was formed, all of the Yuan power within the body will gather and concentrate in their Qi Sea.
Jiang Chen sat on a big, green rock with his legs crossed. The blood colored Dragon Mark within his Dantian was vibrating, making the Yuan power in his body restless.
“It is time. Qi Sea, open up right now!”
Jiang Chen’s eyes brightened as he shouted, and the Dragon More started vibrating even more than before. It unleashed waves of red light which were actually his Qi and blood.
His Dantian started buzzing; because of the vibration of the Dragon Mark, his strong Yuan power had become like snakes, bashing around in his Dantian.
The Yuan power and the Dragon Mark were like tools working in synchronization within his Dantian. Soon, they opened a crack in his Dantian.
When the crack appeared, the Yuan power immediately rushed through it. The Dragon Mark, like the general who was leading millions of troops, led all of the Yuan power through the crack forcefully.
Slowly the crack widened, and an empty space opened up.
Streams of Yuan power formed an invisible typhoon, sucking in all of the surrounding Qi.
It didn’t take long before all the Qi in the surroundings was absorbed by Jiang Chen.
“It is far from enough to form the Qi Sea, I still need the mortal restoration pill.”
Jiang Chen took 3 mortal restoration pills out and ate them, and with the help of his Dragon Transformation skill, the pure energy of the mortal restoration pills started rushing towards his Dantian.
The cultivation and development at the Qi Hai realm determined the potential success of a warrior, and Jiang Chen desired nothing but the best foundation.
Following the consumption of the mortal restoration pills, another bloody red Dragon Mark started forming slowly within Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, this was his second Dragon Mark.
The energy from the 3 mortal restoration pills were consumed fast, but Jiang Chen had a feeling that his Qi Sea was like an unrepentant and unsolvable bottomless chasm.
“A normal warrior only needs to depend on the Qi in the atmosphere to form their Qi Sea, and even those geniuses with great potential will just need 1 or 2 mortal restoration pills. I have used 3 pills, but it is still far from enough… Looks like this Dragon Transformation skill is really powerful… This is good news for me, as the more it consumes, the better my potential will be.”
Jiang Chen said to himself as he grabbed another 3 mortal restoration pills. Luckily he had prepared a lot of pills before this; if he hadn’t, then he would be in a lot of trouble.
The more Qi consumed, the greater the potential. But this really made Jiang Chen speechless because if this was the amount of Qi he needed to consume while only trying to break through to the Qi Hai realm, it was hard to imagine how much Qi he will need to consume in the future when forming his Mortal Core, Heavenly Core and Divine Core. How much Qi and pills will he need? Cultivating with the Dragon Transformation skill was like burning money; the greater his potential was, the more money he will have to spend.
In just an hour Jiang Chen had consumed 10 mortal restoration pills before he finally broke through. The Qi in the atmosphere had returned to normal.
Jiang Chen opened his eyes.
Inside Jiang Chen’s Dantian was a bright Qi Sea, and within the sea of Qi, his Yuan power flowed like water in the river. Two vividly blood red Dragon Marks floated in the middle of his Qi Sea, and next to the two Dragon Marks was a faded third Dragon Mark.
With a single thought, all the Yuan power in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea flowed into the Dragon Marks fluidly, and with another thought, the Yuan power flowed out from them and was circulated into every part of his body.
“The third Dragon Mark is 50% done, this is much more than I had expected… Right now I have the strength of 25,000 Jin.”
Jiang Chen smiled, his strength and Yuan power were now equal to a normal High Qi Hai warrior. Although it still can’t compare with the absolute peak experts like Jiang Zhen Hai and Mu Rong Zhan, if he combined all of his skills, then even if they cooperated together, they couldn’t defeat Jiang Chen.
Not only was the Dragon Mark concentrating his Qi and blood, the cultivation of the Dragon Transformation skill will also help Jiang Chen enhance his body. If he reached the maximum level of cultivation, Jiang Chen’s body will be as formidable as a real dragon.
“Wait. I can use Divine Sense?”
Jiang Chen was surprised, he discovered that he could use Divine Sense. With a thought, an invisible force was unleashed from his mind, scanning the whole compound. With this invisible mind force he can have complete control of everything, even the grass and flowers around him.
“A normal warrior unlocks his Divine Sense when he forms his Mortal Core, only then can he use his Divine Sense. I never expected that I would unlock my Divine Sense just as I formed my Qi Sea… The Dragon Transformation skill is truly remarkable.”
Jiang Chen was surprised. As the once greatest Saint in the world, no one was more experienced in cultivation than him. It must be because of the Dragon Transformation skill that he could use his Divine Sense at the Qi Hai level.
The more Jiang Chen thought about it, the more he felt that the Dragon Transformation skill was an extraordinary skill. This skill was an invincible skill inherited from an ancient era, no ordinary skill can compare with it.

Jiang Chen shut the door leading to the courtyard and walked into a room, shutting the door of that room as well.He never bothered taking a look at the room’s decorations.Instead, he took out the jade box straight away.
He opened the jade box impatiently.A milky white colored pill appeared in front of him, the healing fragrance permeating the surrounding air.The pill looked transparent, and it didn’t have any impurities.
“This is indeed a pill with 100%effectiveness.”
Jiang Chen praised the pill before sitting down with his legs crossed.He threw the Soul Refining Pill into his mouth and swallowed it.
The energy of the Soul Refining Pill started spreading in Jiang Chen’s body.The pure medication turned into many streams and entered Jiang Chen’s soul.
The moment the pleasant feeling entered Jiang Chen’s body, he couldn’t stop shivering.
Jiang Chen’s wounded soul was like a dried up pond, and the medication energy coming from the Soul Refining Pill was like a reservoir of crystal clear water.The dried up pond finally encountered some rain.This was the best thing that could had happened to Jiang Chen.
A buzzing sound could be heard from Jiang Chen’s body.Under the control of the Dragon Transformation skill, the energy was being dissolved and absorbed bit by bit.The severely wounded soul was recovering with great speed.
The Soul Refining Pill brought to Jiang Chen was not only good for healing his soul.It was an Earth rank pill that special energies as well.Those special energies flew into Jiang Chen’s Dantian and his Qi Sea under the control of the Dragon Transformation skill, making the third Dragon Mark in his Dantian more vivid.
Jiang Chen shut of all his sense and concentrated fully on the recovery of his soul.The process of healing a soul as simple, even with the help of the Soul Refining Pill, one wouldn’t be able to complete it in a short period of time.
Jiang Chen who had shut all his senses finally opened his eyes.
Soul power was unleashed from his body like endless waves, causing a strong invisible whirlpool in the room.Jiang Chen had completely absorbed the Soul Refining Pill, and not only was his soul fully healed, it was also more powerful than before!
“My soul power has reached the mid stage of the Mortal Core realm, three times more powerful than it was before.Besides this, the third Dragon Mark has been completely formed.”
Jiang Chen was very surprised.The greater his soul power was, the easier it would be for him to concoct pills.Of course, normal people wouldn’t use their soul power to fight their enemies, because once the soul was wounded, it would be very difficult to heal it.But, Jiang Chen’s soul power could be used to scare people during a critical moment.If he hadn’t used his soul power to scare off Lee Shan Yue, then the Jiang family would have been destroyed by now.
“My soul has recovered perfectly, and my abilities have been strengthened as well.Now is the right time to consume the Pure-Yang fruit and break through to the mid Qi Hai realm.
The metal needed to be struck while it was hot.Jiang Chen took out the Pure-Yang fruit and swallowed it immediately.
When dawn arrived, Jiang Chen had almost completely absorbed all the energy in the Pure-Yang fruit, and some of the energy that he hadn’t absorbed had been stored inside his body.At this point in time, the fourth Dragon Mark had been completely formed, and the fifth Dragon Mark could vaguely be seen.
Jiang Chen took out a few mortal rank restoration pills and swallowed them.A bang audibly reverberated from his body, almost as if there was a dragon swimming inside.By using the Pure-Yang fruit, Jiang Chen was now a Mid Qi Hai warrior.

(Ch 56) He immediately sat down with his legs crossed and swallowed the golden blood.
Once the blood entered his body, a truly mighty pure Yang energy immediately spread around. The Dragon Marks in his Dantian were jumping with excitement. The bloodline of a Dragon Horse was the strongest bloodline in this world; it was truly fierce. This was exactly what the Dragon Transformation skill needed.
Jiang Chen hurriedly started circulating the Dragon Transformation skill to begin absorbing the Dragon Horse blood. The energy contained within the blood was not strong to Jiang Chen, but the bloodline contained within the blood could evolve the Dragon Transformation skill from its roots.
(Ch 57) The Dragon Horse’s blood was absorbed by Jiang Chen with the help of the Dragon Transformation skill bit by bit. After the golden blood was absorbed, the Dragon Transformation’s circulation speed had become significantly faster than it was previously. The surrounding natural energies could also be absorbed remarkably faster than before. The six Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea were vibrating as the golden blood was sent into every single part of Jiang Chen’s body.
A buzzing sound resonated out from Jiang Chen’s body. His expression was calm, and his eyes were closed. A golden aura covered his body, making him look like a holy being.
Within the cave, Jiang Chen’s energy was getting stronger and stronger. The Dragon Horse blood had been completely absorbed by him, and the Dragon Transformation skill had gone through a huge transformation. His circulation speed had been doubled, which meant that his cultivation speed would be twice as fast.
At the same time, after absorbing the bloodline within the Dragon Horse’s blood, not only did his Dragon Transformation skill transform from its roots, Jiang Chen’s qi and blood became much stronger as well. On his head, there was a figure of a dragon made from his qi and blood.
Jiang Chen’s Dantian produced a buzzing sound, and the faded seventh Dragon Mark was instantly condensed. At the same time, the eight Dragon Mark appeared right after the seventh.
Being able to form two Dragon Marks in such short amount of time was not because of the energies in Big Yellow’s blood, it was due to the Dragon Transformation skill’s transformation. The Dragon Marks now had a much more solid foundation.
Soon, the eighth Dragon Mark was completely condensed. Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea had gone through a complete change. He opened his eyes and hurriedly ate some Mortal Restoration Pills.
Many layers of energy waves were emitting from the cave. At this moment, Jiang Chen had broken through to the Late Qi Hai realm. His energy hadn’t stopped growing. The transformation of the Dragon Transformation skill had brought huge benefits to Jiang Chen, and it was not something that could be compared with absorbing a powerful Demon Soul. In his Qi Sea, the ninth Dragon Mark had fully condensed, and the tenth Dragon Mark was also fully condensed.
Incredible amounts of powerful energy was being unleashed from Jiang Chen’s body, causing the cave to shake like there was an earthquake. Ten Dragon Marks were enough for Jiang Chen to step into the Late Qi Hai realm, just one step away from reaching the peak of the realm. His combat abilities had become several times stronger than before. Ten Dragon Marks gave him 100,000 Jin of force. This was something that had never happened before, something unbelievable.

Jiang Chen was focused on absorbing the Blood Winged Hawk’s Demon’s Soul.
After spending half an hour, Jiang Chen had adjusted his form to perfection. The ten Dragon Marks in his Qi Sea were vibrating nonstop. On top of his head was a floating blood red shadow of a Dragon. His blood and qi was so powerful that after obtaining blood from Big Yellow, he could briefly unleash the Dragon form.
Jiang Chen opened his mouth wide and swallowed the blood red Demon’s Soul floating in front of him. Immediately, two red lights appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes. The energy caused ripples to appear in the air.
Buzz……
When the Demon’s Soul entered Jiang Chen’s body, his body started producing a buzzing sound, and his Yuan energy started vibrating as well. Jiang Chen began circulating the Dragon Transformation skill to the best of his abilities, absorbing the Demon’s Soul bit by bit.
“Such powerful energy! If I can completely absorb the energy contained within this Demon’s Soul, and thus absorb the Blood Winged Hawk’s bloodline into my own body, my strength will at least double! In addition, I’ll reach the Early Mortal Core realm!”
Jiang Chen’s face was filled with joy. A Late Mortal Core’s Demon’s Soul was the perfect essence for him to absorb at this moment.
Under the Dragon Transformation skill’s control, the blood red Dragon Marks acted like tiny genuine Dragons. They curved their bodies and entangled the blood red Demon’s Soul.
Jiang Chen’s experiences could not be compared with anyone else’s. His control with the Dragon Transformation skill could guarantee that the energy in the Demon’s Soul would release slowly, allowing him to absorb it bit by bit and make sure that the energy wasn’t being released too swiftly or at a pace his body couldn’t withstand. No energy would be wasted this way.
Time passed. Jiang Chen had fallen into a trance.
After that, tornadoes appeared above the Yan family grounds. All the surrounding natural energies were instantly sucked in, and within that blood red pillar, a tiny golden light suddenly emerged. Slowly, the golden light increasingly strengthened before finally forming into a golden core the size of a fist.
After the Mortal Core was formed, it flew back into the room. At the same time, an even stronger energy shot up into the sky, blowing up the entire room. A young man in a white robe suddenly flew up into the sky. Behind his back, a pair of blood red wings flapped.

(Ch 102) Jiang Chen entered a room and started closed door cultivation in order to absorb the Earth Fruit. Yan Chen Yu and Big Yellow were both standing guard in the courtyard, protecting Jiang Chen from any disturbance.
Jiang Chen sat with his legs crossed and took the Earth Fruit out from his storage ring. The fist sized Earth Fruit was emitting some yellow light, and intense energy was overflowing from it.
(Ch 103) The Earth Fruit was formed by absorbing Earth essence. It was a rare natural treasure. The fruit in Jiang Chen’s hand was only about one thousand years old, so the Earth essence contained within wasn’t much. Nevertheless, the purity of the energy was not something that could be underestimated.
Such a natural treasure was just right for the current Jiang Chen. With this Earth Fruit, he could without a doubt break through to the Mid Mortal Core realm.
Jiang Chen circulated the Dragon Transformation skill. The Yuan energy within his Qi Sea was producing a buzzing sound. Twenty-five Dragon Marks were swimming around within his Qi Sea like real dragons, forming a whirlpool.
Only after the Dragon Transformation skill was circulating at its maximum speed did Jiang Chen swallow the Earth Fruit.
The powerful energy contained within the Earth Fruit instantly erupted and started rushing into all limbs and bones within Jiang Chen’s body.
Jiang Chen’s face was full of excitement. The way he was absorbing the Earth Fruit, if it was seen by someone else, that person would be shocked speechless. The energy contained within a thousand years old Earth Fruit couldn’t be immediately absorbed by a Mortal Core warrior. Even if the Little Devil King or Li Wu Shuang obtained this Earth Fruit, in order to absorb it, they would need to do it bit by bit. Swallowing the entire thing straight away like Jiang Chen did was just crazy.
Jiang Chen did this for a reason. The sudden intense surge of energy contained within the Earth Fruit could only be controlled by an ultimate skill like the Dragon Transformation skill.
When the Dragon Transformation skill circulated at its maximum speed, all the Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s body started vibrating violently. There was even a faint sound like that of a roaring dragon coming out of Jiang Chen’s body. Above his head, qi shaped like a dragon was floating around. His black hair was waving without wind, he looked like an ancient demon beast that was about to awaken.
Guided by the control of the Dragon Transformation skill, the energy within the Earth Fruit entered Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea and started forming into new Dragon Marks.
Jiang Chen first absorbed the Big Yellow’s Dragon Horse blood. Then, he absorbed the Blood Winged Hawk’s Demon Soul, and then he got his thoughts smoothened during the Qi Province competition. Right now, with the help of the Earth Fruit, it could be said that he had a rich accumulation, and was ready to break through.
In just a single hour, five new Dragon Marks appeared within Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea. Including the previous 25, the total number of Dragon Marks was 30. When the 30th Dragon Mark was completely condensed, Jiang Chen’s energy became restless.
Jiang Chen immediately became thrilled. He grabbed a huge pile of Mortal Restoration Pills from his storage ring and absorbed them straight away. When cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill, every single breakthrough would require the support of a huge amount of energy, and this was the reason why Jiang Chen’s need for Restoration Pills was much higher than anybody else’s.
Powerful jets of air rushed out from Jiang Chen’s body. If it wasn’t for Jiang Chen purposely controlling these, the room would have been destroyed by the them. Even with this, the energy from him breaking through was very intense. The natural energies within the air above the courtyard were instantly emptied.
Only after absorbing 1000 Mortal Restoration Pills, did Jiang Chen managed to completely stabilize his cultivation at the Mid Mortal Core realm. Such a huge consumption of Mortal Restoration Pills was not something an ordinary cultivator could afford. If he was going to break through to the Late Mortal Core realm, the amount he would need to consume would be even greater. He would at least need 3000 pills.
The Yuan energy within his Qi Sea was vibrating. The blood red Dragon Marks were rolling around, and powerful qi hovered around Jiang Chen. After the 30th Dragon Mark had been condensed, the whole process was still far from over. He had only used about 30% of the massive amount of energy stored within the Earth Fruit.
Jiang Chen circulated the Dragon Transformation skill at its maximum speed. New Dragon Marks continued forming within his Qi Sea. One mark, two marks, three marks, and it did not stop until next morning. A total of 10 Dragon Marks had been completely condensed. Only now was all the energy from the Earth Fruit consumed.
Right now, within Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, 40 Dragon Marks were hovering around his Mortal Core. They all resembled real and lively dragons, it was very mystical.
As for Jiang Chen’s cultivation level, not only had he broken through to the Mid Mortal Core realm and stabilized it, there were even signs that he was about to break through to the Late Mortal Core realm soon.
40 Dragon Marks, that was a force of 400,000 Jin. A Mid Mortal Core warrior possessing this kind of force was just unbelievable.
“According to the Dragon Transformation skill, if I want to reach the Late Mortal Core realm, I will need to form a total of 60 Dragon Marks. Now, I have managed to form 40 of them. The distance to the Late Mortal Core realm is not far away.”
Jiang Chen’s sharp vision kept blinking. The increase in strength that 40 Dragon Marks had provided him was unimaginable. He could only describe it with the word ‘powerful’.
“With my current strength and ability, I can kill any Mortal Core warrior in just a second. If I were to face Li Wu Shuang as I am now, I would be able to kill him with just a single slap, and I wouldn’t need to engage in a long fight. Now, even ordinary Early Heavenly Core warriors will not be my match. If I can use the Axe of Thunder, then I’ll be able to kill any Early Heavenly Core warrior with ease.”
With an imposing manner, Jiang Chen was unleashing an aura of confidence from every part of his body. Fighting a Heavenly Core warrior while just being a Mid Mortal Core warrior, this was just insane. The gap between the Mortal Core realm and the Heavenly Core realm was not small. Those who had reached the Heavenly Core realm had the ability to control the Yuan energy within the natural environment.
However, Jiang Chen was an unusual being, a complete monster. Cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill, together with his experience and the methods of a Saint, he couldn’t be judged by normal standards.
The increase in his cultivation level had also made Jiang Chen’s combat skill’s power up. With his current level, if he attacked with the Six Solar Fingers, he would be able to use Three Solar Fingers, and the Sonic Hawk Cry’s power had also increased by a lot.

(Ch 120) Jiang Chen opened his mouth and swallowed the demon soul.
The massive energy contained within the demon soul exploded in Jiang Chen’s body and swept across every single limb and bone in his body. Jiang Chen didn’t dare neglect its energy, and he immediately started circulating the Dragon Transformation skill in order to absorb all the energy.
As time passed by, new Dragon Marks kept forming in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea.
Inside the cave, Yuan energy was boiling around Jiang Chen, literally making it seem like he was in middle of a storm which might explode at any moment.
Right now, Jiang Chen needed to absorb the Bloody Combat Wolf’s demon soul bit by bit. This kind of demon soul, which contained a special bloodline, was the most difficult to absorb. Not only did Jiang Chen want to absorb the energy within, he also wanted to inherit the Bloody Combat Wolf’s Wolf King bloodline, and he wanted to form new Dragon Marks to increase his combat strength. The effectiveness of absorbing a special bloodline was always better than absorbing the energy alone.
It took much time to inherit the bloodline. After spending a night, Jiang Chen had only been able to form 5 new Dragon Marks. But he was very close to having a total of 60 Dragon Marks, which was so close to reaching the Late Mortal Core realm.
It has been a few hours since Jiang Chen started absorbing the Bloody Combat Wolf’s demon soul. He had absorbed all the energy contained within, and the Bloody Combat Wolf’s bloodline had completely merged with his as well.
Around noon. An intense buzzing sound sounded out from within Jiang Chen’s body, strong energy ripples hovered around his body, and the natural Yuan energies within the valley had turned into whirlpools, making all energy crazily flow into Jiang Chen’s body.
Jiang Chen’s energy was getting stronger and stronger, the natural energies within a few miles radius had been completely depleted, amazing blood colored Dragon Marks were flying and hovering around him, as if they were real.
Right at this moment, there were sixty Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, and he was approaching the borderline of the Late Mortal Core realm. Jiang Chen grabbed a huge amount of Mortal Restoration Pills from his storage ring, and without checking how many there were, he swallowed everything.
Finally, after his energy reached its absolute peak, Jiang Chen’s cultivation realm stabled down at the Late Mortal Core realm. The impact and aid from the Bloody Combat Wolf’s bloodline was much stronger than the energy itself, and it had given Jiang Chen benefits beyond comparison.
Now, Jiang Chen had completely condensed a total of 60 Dragon Marks. However, after he broke through to the Late Mortal Core realm, the progress had yet to stop. With help from the bloodline, Jiang Chen managed to form another five Dragon Marks, making him possess a total of 65 Dragon Marks.
Jiang Chen clenched his fist so tightly that it made a cracking sound. His eyes were glowing, he had a feeling that his strength was limitless.
“65 Dragon Marks, it feels so good to be this powerful! If I were to meet Li Wu Ling again in this form, I could kill him with just a single slap.”
Jiang Chen was very confident now. The strength of these 65 Dragon Marks had given him the ability to fight with a Mid Heavenly Core warrior. The genius type of Mid Heavenly Core warriors, that is. The ordinary Mid Heavenly Core warriors weren’t Jiang Chen’s match any longer.
If one were to take all of Jiang Chen’s abilities into consideration, it doesn’t matter whether it was a genius Mid Heavenly Core warrior or an ordinary one, none of them would have any advantages over Jiang Chen. Just the poison and Nine Phantom Wolves alone were enough to cause them headaches.

Jiang Chen walked into his room and shut the door behind him, then he sat down on a cushion with his legs crossed. Big Yellow went to sleep, but in fact, he was about to break through to the next realm. If nothing wrong happened, once Big Yellow woke up, he would reach the Heavenly Core realm.
The cushion Jiang Chen sat on was connected directly to the underground energy vein. The energy vein’s barrier had been broken a little, and that meant Jiang Chen could use the cushion to absorb as much energy as he wanted.
Having a matured energy vein was the same as having a huge treasure, and Jiang Chen was now occupying it alone. The speed in which you could cultivate by using the energy vein was extremely fast, and now, he already had 96 Dragon Marks, and he just needed another four to reach the Heavenly Core realm.
Jiang Chen had no issue using the essence of the energy vein to form another 4 Dragon Marks. Since he came to Redsun Town, he had fought two battles with the Blood Devils, and both times he had killed every single one of them. The third time, the Blood Devils might send even stronger forces. Having been defeated in two battles, there was no doubt that there would be a Late Heavenly Core Blood Devil in the third one. With Jiang Chen’s current cultivation level and combat strength, he could kill Mid Heavenly Core Blood Devils with ease, but he would have a difficult time fighting Late Heavenly Core Blood Devils.
Therefore, Jiang Chen had to break through to the Heavenly Core realm as soon as he could. As long as he broke through to the Early Heavenly Core realm, he would be able to kill those Late Heavenly Core Blood Devils, and he would have the strength to fight Lord Blood Moon.
“Unlock the seal, I’ll absorb all I can now.”
Jiang Chen unlocked the seal, and underneath the control of the formation, a huge amount of energy started rushing into Jiang Chen’s body like a tsunami.
Because of the powerful impact of energy, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but let out a pleased sigh. He hurriedly started circulating the Dragon Transformation skill and started converting the energy into the purest energy, then he had it all flow into his Qi Sea.
Within his Qi Sea, the blood colored Dragon Marks started flowing out from his Mortal Core and started swimming around as if they were real dragons, it looked miraculous and magnificent. At the same time, some Dragon Marks turned into shadowy figured and hovered around Jiang Chen’s body, making him look like a Dragon Emperor.
The impact of the energy was intense, and a buzzing sounded out from within Jiang Chen’s body. Followed by the appearance of the buzzing sound, a 97th Dragon Mark started condensing.
A complete and mature energy vein was incredibly powerful, the benefits of its pure energies were much greater than that of those demon souls and devil cores. When Jiang Chen absorbed the energy essence, not only would it help him form new Dragon Marks and increase his cultivation, it would also help strengthen his body. With the help of the Dragon Transformation skill, his body became stronger and stronger.
The buzzing sound seemed to never end, and Jiang Chen was surrounded by flying dragon shadows. Two hours later, he had finally formed a total of 100 Dragon Marks. At this moment, a deep and subtle dragon roar sounded out from within his body, making Jiang Chen look like an ancient beast that was about to awaken.
The Dragon Transformation skill was too powerful, and it would be even more powerful in the future. Sooner or later, Jiang Chen would transform into a real dragon and soar through the skies.
“Finally, I have managed to form 100 Dragon Marks! Haha, it’s time for me to break through to the Heavenly Core realm!”
Jiang Chen was laughing out loudly. If it was some ordinary peak Mortal Core warrior that wanted to break through to the Heavenly Core realm, there would be no way for them to do it, even with the sufficient energy. Because, in order to do so, that person would need to learn how to control the natural energies. From the Mortal Core realm to the Heavenly Core realm, it was a huge bottleneck for all cultivators.
But this bottleneck didn’t exist for Jiang Chen, he had the cultivation experience of a Saint. All bottlenecks were nothing but jokes to him. Because he cultivated the Dragon Transformation skill, what he needed was only energy. As long as he had sufficient energy, he would be able to break through all the way, there simply was no bottleneck for him.
Jiang Chen took out a huge amount of Mortal Restoration Pills and put them into his mouth, he absorbed them like it was something worthless.
Jiang Chen raised his head up and let out a loud roar, like a dragon that had just awakened, howling to notify everyone of his presence. Everyone in Redsun Town could hear this loud roar, and they could feel sky piercing energy coming out from Jiang Chen’s mansion, and a mighty pressure spread across the entire town, shocking everybody.
The golden colored Mortal Core in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea forcefully pulsed. It was surrounded by numerous blood colored Dragon Marks, and the Mortal Core kept changing. Right now, it had grown to twice its previous size, and it had become more rounded and shiny.
Right at this moment, the Mortal Core had evolved into a Heavenly Core.
Jiang Chen casually waved both his hands, and in an instant, the surrounding natural Yuan energies flowed into his body like a tsunami. Lifted by the natural Yuan energies, Jiang Chen’s body slowly floated upwards, but this time, he didn’t use his blood wings to fly, he instead did it by controlling the natural Yuan energies.
Jiang Chen let out a happy laugh. He had finally broken through to the Heavenly Core realm, and once again he had gotten back the feeling of controlling the natural Yuan energies. A dragon figure formed by his qi and blood was flying around above his head while portraying a pure yang energy.
The successful forming of 100 Dragon Marks had given Jiang Chen’s combat strength an incredible boost. He had no idea how much strength he had gained right now, a Mortal Core and a Heavenly Core, they were completely different and couldn’t be compared at all.
Jiang Chen clenched his fist tightly, making a cracking sound from his fingers joints, and his eyes were glowing with confidence. With his current combat strength, he could easily defeat any ordinary Late Heavenly Core warriors.
“I’ve finally broken through to the Heavenly Core realm, but it gets tougher and tougher to cultivate the Dragon Transformation skill… According to the scripture, from the Early realm to the Mid realm, I will need a total of 200 Dragon Marks, and if I want to reach the Late Heavenly Core realm, the number would double again, a total of 400 Dragon Marks… This is giving me a headache…”
Jiang Chen let out a long sigh. Although the Dragon Transformation skill was really strong, it was really tough to cultivate as well. Let alone the far future, just by looking at the current situation, if he wanted to break through to the Mid Heavenly Core realm, he would need to form another 100 Dragon Marks, and that would require a massive amount of energy.
But soon after, a determined expression emerged on his face, “By cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill, I’ve begun walking down a path destined to be filled with killing and slaughter. The road to 100,000 Dragon Marks, I’ll kill all who dares get in my way.”
Settling down his energy, Jiang Chen didn’t leave his room straightaway, but continued sitting on the cushion and absorbing energy. It was now late at night, and those Blood Devils weren’t here yet, and it looked like they wouldn’t come either.
Before Jiang Chen came here, he had eaten the Five Elemental Pill in the Black Sect, strengthening and stabilizing his foundation, and in a short period of time, he wouldn’t have to worry about problems arising when breaking through. Therefore, Jiang Chen was going to utilize the energy vein and continued forming new Dragon Marks, and make his cultivation base at the Early Heavenly Core realm completely stabilize.
Time flew by, and soon, one day had passed. In one day, Jiang Chen had formed another 8 new Dragon Marks, making it a total of 108 Dragon Marks in his Qi Sea. His combat strength had increased yet again.

(Ch 161) The fury that came from Jiang Chen’s source had activated an inherent quality of the Dragon Transformation skill, causing it to start circulating restlessly. In an instant, Jiang Chen’s body began resonating with it. This was a rare situation that changed even the characteristics of the Dragon Transformation skill. With its self-circulation, it began forming new Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea.
One, two, five, ten… In an instant, 20 new Dragon Marks formed in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, making it a total of 170 Dragon Marks. Followed by the constant burning of Jiang Chen’s fury, new Dragon Marks continuously formed.
Jiang Chen had entered a state of fury, he didn’t even notice his newly formed Dragon Marks. There was only one thing on his mind right now, killing Fan Kun.
(Ch 162) The anger of a dragon was enough to overturn seas and rivers, bring devastation to the world, and make all living beings perish. Jiang Chen’s fury increased with every passing second, and both his eyes had become blood red. With every step he took, his energy became stronger. Within his Qi Sea, new Dragon Marks kept forming. One hundred and eighty, one hundred and ninety, two hundred!
Jiang Chen looked towards the skies and let out a loud roar. Endless cracking sounded out from his body; it was like countless stars were exploding. At the same time, numerous Dragon Marks emerged from his body and hovered around Jiang Chen. The scene looked amazing and mighty.
The vast energy was trembling, the entire Black Sect was shaking because of the powerful force. Right now, with the Dragon Transformation skill evolving to a stronger level, Jiang Chen had broken through to another realm, he had reached the Mid Heavenly Core realm.
The energy ripples unleashed from Jiang Chen’s body was like a tsunami, wave after wave, rising higher and higher. Jiang Chen’s energy was increasing in an exponential manner.
Within his body, countless Mortal Restoration Pills were burning like they were something worthless. In an instant, he had consumed more than 50,000 of them, and there were still new Dragon Marks forming. Two hundred and ten, two hundred and twenty… this was a really rare encounter.
Jiang Chen’s anger had activated the true meaning of the Dragon Transformation skill. With the help of it, Jiang Chen was experiencing a truly amazing transformation.
The Dragon Transformation skill, its true meaning was to transform one into a dragon. A dragon was a Divine Beast, the king of all beasts, an almighty existence. The dragon’s fury could burn anything underneath the heavens, the pride of a dragon couldn’t be stepped on, and once it was provoked, it would send devastation in the direction of anyone who provoked it.
Jiang Chen’s current motives and anger had matched the true meaning of a dragon. In other words, Jiang Chen had now received approval from the Dragon Transformation skill. This transformation would bring him incredible advantages.
Besides, Jiang Chen had to kill Fan Kun today no matter what, because if he failed to do so, he would suffer backlash from the Dragon Transformation skill, and for the rest of his life, he would never be able to gain its approval anymore.
This was a mighty skill, only those who possessed the mightiest auras could cultivate with it; only those who possessed to courage to kill anyone who got in his way could cultivate with it.
The reverse scale of a dragon, those who touched it would be killed. Right now, Jiang Chen was like a dragon, and his reverse scaled had been brutally ripped apart by someone. He had to kill the person who ripped his reverse scale off, only by killing that person would he be a perfect match for the Dragon Transformation skill.

The restless situation didn’t bother Jiang Chen who was in secluded cultivation at all. For him, nothing was more important than absorbing the golden egg. He had now absorbed half of it, and that had allowed him to form another 70 Dragon Marks. He now had a total of 370 Dragon Marks, and he was close to having 400
Although there was still 50% left of the golden egg remaining, the more Jiang Chen’s cultivation advanced, the more difficult it would be for Dragon Marks to form. The energy required to form a new Dragon Mark would become bigger. But still, this golden egg was more than enough for Jiang Chen to break through to the Late Heavenly Core realm.
Time passed, and soon, another day had gone by, and the night had come.
Jiang Chen who had been sitting quietly in his room for two days suddenly opened up his eyes. Two bright beams shot out from his eyes, and the energy that he unintentionally unleashed from his body shook the entire room.
Within the room, Jiang Chen had completely absorbed the golden egg. He was in the middle of breaking through to the Late Heavenly Core realm. He shouted with a deep voice and retrieved a huge amount of Mortal Restoration Pills from his storage ring, then he just ate it all like it was something worthless.
The energy from this massive amount of Mortal Restoration Pills was absorbed by the Dragon Transformation skill, and was turned in streams of energies which rocked and flowed into Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea with great speed.
At this moment, the Heavenly Core residing within the Qi Sea begun transforming. The fist-sized golden colored Heavenly Core began producing a buzzing sound and started trembling violently. Countless blood red Dragon Marks forcefully penetrated into it, and made its size double.
Jiang Chen’s energy was extremely powerful, it was a foundation that no one could ever understand. He looked like an ancient demon beast, extremely formidable.
Right now, Jiang Chen had successfully broken through to the Late Heavenly Core realm, and he had a total of 400 Dragon Marks. However, due to the golden egg’s energy not being completely depleted, Jiang Chen didn’t stop cultivating. He also needed to stabilize the energy within his body and make his cultivation stand firmly at the Late Heavenly Core realm.
After spending the entire night, Jiang Chen had finally absorbed the entire golden egg, giving him a total of 410 Dragon Marks, as well as completely stabilizing his cultivation base at the Late Heavenly Core realm.

(Ch 236) Clicking sounds kept sounding out from Jiang Chen’s bone and flesh, and the aura of the blood qi dragon above his head became stronger and stronger. At the same time, his energy became stronger and stronger with each passing second.
One hour, one and a half hours, two hours, two and a half hours.
Time just slipped away, but Jiang Chen still hadn’t opened his eyes. However, the crystal clear clicking sound coming from his body was sounding out more rapidly.
“Damn it, we only have half an hour left, if this guy doesn’t break through soon, all our efforts will have gone to waste.”
Big Yellow became worried. The Spiraling Defense Mechanism could only last for three hours, and now, there was only half an hour left. If Jiang Chen still couldn’t break through in this half hour, they would lose the chance to get out from this place, and all their hard efforts would go to waste. Once they missed this opportunity, they would have to wait another year before they had the chance to leave this place.
Big Yellow knew that Jiang Chen would definitely break through to the Divine Core realm within this last half hour, because Jiang Chen wanted to leave this place more than anyone else. There were only ten days before the opening of the doorway, and they still had no news about the Earth Devil. Jiang Chen still had many things to do, and although it looked like he was in secluded cultivation, he knew everything better than anyone else.
Right as Big Yellow’s words left his mouth, an enormous aura was unleashed from Jiang Chen’s body like a raging tsunami.
(Ch 237) The aura was getting stronger and stronger, Jiang Chen was completely covered in a golden light, which made him shine like a brilliant sun, forcing people to take they eyes away from him. In the end, even Wu Jiu was shocked by him.
At this moment, the Heavenly Core in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea had completely transformed. Numerous mystical patterns appeared on it, and it was covered by countless blood red Dragon Marks. It looked like a myriad of stars surrounding the moon.
Eight hundred Dragon Marks had been completely formed, Jiang Chen had broken through to the Divine Core realm, reaching a higher realm and altitude. Besides this, Jiang Chen’s potential had once again been stimulated, and his foundation was much more solid and richer now. Therefore, Jiang Chen didn’t exit his secluded cultivation, but instead began absorbing a huge amount of demon souls.
Big Yellow said with a smile. With his experience, he could easily understand Jiang Chen’s current condition. After breaking through to the Divine Core realm, 800 Dragon Marks could no longer satisfy Jiang Chen. At this moment, Jiang Chen was absorbing huge amounts of energies and forming new Dragon Marks, increasing his combat strength.
Jiang Chen had 800 Dragon Marks right now, and an Early Divine Core. If he wanted to break through to the Mid Divine Core realm, he would need to double his amount of Dragon Marks, a total of 1600 Dragon Marks. Only then would he be able to break through to the Mid Divine Core realm.
Jiang Chen had a huge amount of demon souls and devil souls, as well as a lot of crystal cores. However, although the quantity was huge, Jiang Chen’s demand was massive at the same time. Cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill required consumed enormous amounts of energies, and as Jiang Chen’s cultivation advanced, the required energy to form new Dragon Marks would be more and more. Now, forming a new Dragon Mark would require ten times the energy compared to before.
“Let’s not worry about that now. After all, my foundation is extremely strong and solid now, I can temporarily absorb a large amount of souls to form new dragon marks.”
Jiang Chen thought to himself. After that, without hesitation, he began transforming all the demon souls, devil souls and crystal cores in the purest energy with the help of the Dragon Transformation skill and absorbing it.
In just 20 minutes, Jiang Chen had utilized the massive amount of energies and formed another 200 Dragon Marks, which gave him a total of 1000 Dragon Marks. But, these newly formed Dragon Marks had consumed a lot of energies, and he had used up nearly half of his demon and devil souls. The rest of them could at most give him another 200 Dragon Marks, and he would need a lot more in order to break through to the Mid Divine Core realm.
“The level of souls I have are too low, most of them are Early Divine Core souls and Heavenly Core souls, some of them are Mid Divine Core souls, and there are only 2 Late Divine Core souls. With my current condition, those Heavenly Core souls are worthless to me. Looks like I’ll need to find more mid and Late Divine Core souls. Although this method allows me to quickly increase my strength, I’ll have to be careful. Two hundred new Dragon Marks are actually quite a lot, and I’ll need to take some time to settle them down.”
Jiang Chen thought to himself. This method of levelling up was extremely brutal, and even Jiang Chen himself dared not use it without restrictions. After breaking through, he definitely needed to take some time to digest the energy properly and stabilize his cultivation.
Jiang Chen instantly stood up from where he stood, the combat strength of 1,000 Dragon Marks had separated him from those rookies who had just broken through to the Early Divine Core realm. With his current combat strength, not only Mid Divine Core warriors, he could even kill Late Divine Core warriors with a single strike. A peak Divine Core warrior like Daoist Black was no match for Jiang Chen at all.

Jiang Chen found a rundown cave and sat down with both legs crossed. With a flip of his palm, the Flood Dragon’s blood essence appeared in his palm. It was emitting a blood red light.
“The Flood Dragon’s blood essence, although inferior to a true dragon’s blood essence, it can still make my Dragon Transformation skill evolve. With this blood essence, I’ll be able to break through to the Mid Divine Core realm, and my foundation will stabilize. I also won’t have to worry about any problems in the near future.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he immediately swallowed the blood essence.
A massive amount of energy erupted from the Flood Dragon’s blood essence. It flowed into every single part of Jiang Chen’s body. No one could really withstand the sudden impact from this violent energy, only Jiang Chen who had an extremely strong body could resist it.
As if having sensed the dragon bloodline contained within the blood essence, the Dragon Transformation skill automatically started circulating. Blood red dragon marks flew out from Jiang Chen’s Divine Core and started swimming around within his body.
Each Dragon Mark looked like a real dragon. The Dragon Marks devoured the energy contained within the blood essence, bit by bit, and used the energy to form new Dragon Marks. This energy wasn’t the most important element, the strength of the bloodline was the most important thing right now.
Following the continuous absorbing of the Flood Dragon’s blood essence, Jiang Chen could clearly feel the Dragon Transformation skill experiencing constant change. The Dragon Transformation skill was an incomparably abstruse skill. Even though Jiang Chen had cultivated it for such a long time, he still hadn’t completely mastered it. What only he knew was, when he reached the skill’s peak, he would have 108,000 Dragon Marks, then he would be able to transform into a dragon and soar through to the heavens. But, he didn’t know how many tiers there were in this skill. If there really were different tiers you could cultivate the Dragon Transformation skill to, the Dragon Transformation skill would level up into another tier upon absorbing the Flood Dragon’s blood essence.
Jiang Chen suddenly moaned. The evolution of the skill brought forth an extremely delighting feeling. He could clearly feel the tremendous transformation inside his body.
His bones were producing cracking sounds, and his blood was rumbling. All his viscera violently pulsating, and every single piece of his was experiencing the highest possible degree of tempering. This caused his body to become even stronger.
A blood red shadowy dragon was swirling around above Jiang Chen’s head. It was the source of his qi and blood, and it had become incredibly strong now.
“Transform!”
Jiang Chen suppressed the excitement within his heart. As his foundation rose, as it got stronger and stronger, new Dragon Marks were also forming within his body. With every new Dragon Mark formed, his powerful combat strength would also rise. The total number of Dragon Marks represented Jiang Chen’s true strength.
One hundred Dragon Marks, two hundred, three hundred…
An hour later, a deep, yet subtle explosive sound could be heard from the cave. Han Yan and Big Yellow could both clearly feel an extremely strong aura leaking out from the cave. Because of this powerful aura, all flowers, plants and trees started violently shaking.
At this moment, Jiang Chen’s dark hair was fluttering, even though there was no wind, and the white robe on his body was also fluttering. Blood red Dragon Marks hovered around his entire body. Each of them looked like a real dragon, and they all carried a powerful force.
1,600 Dragon Marks! That’s right, after Jiang Chen absorbed the Flood Dragon’s blood essence, the Dragon Transformation skill had changed fundamentally, and under the impact of this change, Jiang Chen managed to form another 500 Dragon Marks, giving him a total of 1600 Dragon Marks, which was the requirement for him to break through to the Mid Divine Core realm. In other words, Jiang Chen was now a Mid Divine Core warrior.
Yuan energy was violently vibrating outside Jiang Chen’s body. After breaking through to the Mid Divine Core realm, Jiang Chen’s confidence reached the peak. With his current combat strength, it would be impossible for him to find any match under the Combat Soul realm, and if he met Nanbei Chao again, he believed he could beat him to death.

Not only was he staying at the warmest place, it was also the place where the pressure was the greatest. Within this magma pool, the high temperature wasn’t the only threat, even more frightening than the temperature was the pressure coming from the heavy magma. It carried an intense temperature that was more than enough to kill any living beings in an instant. Under such tremendous pressure, only Jiang Chen who had a strong body tempered by the Dragon Transformation Skill could stay for a long time. The two Mid Combat Soul warriors, Wu Cong and Wu Lang couldn’t do it at all.
Firmly believing that he wouldn’t be disturbed at this spot, Jiang Chen finally felt relieved. With his legs crossed, Jiang Chen sat down on the bottom of the magma pools. Countless fiery dragons were flying around his body, and on top of his head, the Magma’s Heart was rotating by itself.
“Magma’s Heart, I’m going to absorb you right now. Where I land within the Late Divine Core realm is all up to you.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes shone brightly. Under the Dragon Transformation skill’s circulation, the Magma’s Heart started slowly melting. It turned into fiery red beams and entered Jiang Chen’s body from the top of his head.
Right when the Magma’s Heart entered Jiang Chen’s body, a heat wave suddenly exploded out from within his body. It was very sudden, and very powerful! If it was any other person, his internal organs might have already been burned to crisps.
But since Jiang Chen had quite a few different flames within his body, as well as the mighty True Dragon Flame, he had a certain degree of immunity toward all flames, and it was also the reason why after the Magma’s Heart entered his body, all its scorching energy was immediately absorbed by the Dragon Transformation skill.
Right after the Magma’s Heart was absorbed, buzzing sounds immediately started sounding out from Jiang Chen’s body. It was the sound that only appeared whenever new Dragon Marks were formed. The Magma’s Heart carried the essence of the entire magma pool, and the energy it contained was extremely powerful. It made Jiang Chen feel like yelling out because of the pleasant feeling it gave him.
“What a powerful energy! 3,200 Dragon Marks, I’m going to break through!”
Jiang Chen was really excited. Only two minutes had passed by, and he was about to break through to the Late Divine Core realm. The required 3,200 Dragon Marks had all been fully formed, and with that, the Divine Core floating in his Qi Sea started violently trembling. Jiang Chen knew he needed an enormous amount of energy when breaking through, so he dared not hesitate. He immediately retrieved an enormous amount of Mortal Restoration Pills and swallowed them all like they held absolutely no value. Right at this moment, he had once again become a bottomless hole, and this hole could only be filled by an enormous amount of energy.
“My breakthrough is going to cause powerful fluctuations. If that Wu Cong finds out where I am, he will definitely come to stop me."
Jiang Chen’s expression became serious. Without hesitating, he unleashed numerous mystical defense mechanisms, then he fused them together, turning them into a formations. After that, he placed the formations around him, perfectly hiding his aura so that no one could discover him.
If this formation was created outside the magma pool, anyone would easily be able to find it with their Divine Sense. However, the magma pool’s harsh environment prevent anyone from using their Divine Sense. Therefore, Jiang Chen was safe here.
At the bottom of the magma pool, Jiang Chen’s cultivation had completely stabilized at the Late Divine Core realm. But, new Dragon Marks were still constantly forming. Only a small part of the Magma’s Heart had been used.
“I’ve broken through to the Late Divine Core Realm, an in order to break through to the Combat Soul Realm, I will need a total of 5,000 Dragon Marks. The Magma’s Heart is enough to make me reach the Peak Late Divine Core Realm.”
Jiang Chen was surprised by this. Previously, the amount of Dragon Marks required to break through to the next stage/realm was always the double of the previous, but this time, he only needed another 1,800 Dragon Marks in order to break through to the Combat Soul Realm. This also meant he only needed a total of 5,000 Dragon Marks.
Jiang Chen had no idea what the requirement to break through to the late stage of the Dragon Transformation skill was. What he knew was that in order to reach the peak stage of the Dragon Transformation skill, he would need 100,000 Dragon Marks. As for the requirements between that, he only found out whenever he broke through to another stage/realm.
Just like now, he just broke through to the Late Divine Core realm, and he immediately found out how many Dragon Marks he needed in order to break through to the Early Combat Soul Realm.
Of course, the Dragon Transformation skill was a supreme skill! The further Jiang Chen’s cultivation progressed, the more difficult it became for him to break through to the next stage and realm. Each new Dragon Mark also contained more energy than the previously formed Dragon Mark, so it also required more energy to form. Jiang Chen didn’t really care about the pattern, all he cared about was breaking through to the next stage.
(Ch 341) At the same time, at the bottom of the magma pool, Jiang Chen had completely transformed. After two days, the entire Magma’s Heart had been completely absorbed by him, and the benefits it brought was enormous!
Explosive sounds could be heard from Jiang Chen’s body. There were countless blood red dragons flying around his body. Within his Qi Sea, he had now formed 4,500 Dragon Marks! The Magma’s Heart had given Jiang Chen 1,500 new Dragon Marks, and not only did that make him become a Late Divine Core warrior, it had also stabilized his cultivation at the Peak Late Divine Core realm, just one step away from the Combat Soul realm!
In order to break through from the Divine Core realm into the Combat Soul realm, Jiang Chen would need a total of 5,000 Dragon Marks. That meant, Jiang Chen was only 500 Dragon Marks away from the Combat Soul realm. However, obtaining another 500 Dragon Marks was no easy task.
Crack…
Jiang Chen clenched his fist tightly, causing it to produce cracking sounds. After breaking through, he felt like his body possessed endless amounts of strength. Just how strong was he now that he had 4,500 Dragon Marks? Only Jiang Chen himself knew.

Jiang Chen explained.

(Ch 404) Jiang Chen burst into laughter. He simply stood right beside Yunzhong He as the horrifying Thunder Dragon crashed into them and transformed into a curtain formed entirely from lightning and thunder, instantly flooding both of them.
A miserable shriek sounded out from the deadly thunder curtain, causing the hairs of all those who heard it to stand up. Within a split second, many people could see two pieces of a corpse falling from the thunderous curtain. The two pieces were completely burnt, but people were still able to see that they belonged to Yunzhong He.
After that, the thunderous curtain disappeared, and a white-clothed youngster was revealed. Although he was slightly staggering, he was still in high spirits. He wasn’t even hurt after passing through the first tribulation.
The Heavenly Tribulation was a well-directed phenomenon. Those who faced it had proved to possess heavenly-defying talent, meaning that they had the potential to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation successfully. However, for any other living beings who weren’t targeted by the Heavenly Tribulation, it was a deadly phenomenon. Take Yunzhong He for example, when the Heavenly Tribulation struck him, his source tribulation was immediately stimulated, and he simply had no way to withstand the mighty power of the Heavenly Pressure. Therefore he was sliced in half by the thunder.
(Ch 405) Jiang Chen said in a cold manner. His body flashed, and he charged toward Baoshan Xiong was flying away as fast as he could. Although Baoshan Xiong was a Late Combat Soul warrior, Jiang Chen was already infinitely close to the Combat Soul realm. With his incredible abilities, Baoshan Xiong was no match for him at all, much less in terms of speed.
The second Thunder Dragon collided with Baoshan Xiong whom Jiang Chen had already caught up to. It instantly exploded into a lightning-like web, flooding both Jiang Chen and Baoshan Xiong.
This time, the lightning lasted longer than it did during the first tribulation, and it only disappeared slowly after a few minutes. The youngster was revealed once again, and right now, Jiang Chen’s aura had clearly become a bit weaker, and his dark hair was in a chaotic state as well. His clothes weren’t as clean as they had previously been either. He had obviously suffered some injuries from the second tribulation bolt.
However, these injuries weren’t threatening to him. The Dragon Transformation skill gave him a natural regeneration ability, so the injuries he suffered didn’t mean much.
Both tribulation bolts failed to make this heaven-defying existence perish. This immediately angered the Heavenly Tribulation. Without any delay, the third tribulation bolt appeared; an even larger Thunder Dragon was formed.
With the combination of the Nine Phantom Wolves and Dimensional Shift skills, Jiang Chen easily caught up to Heixin Fu in the blink of an eye. When Heixin Fu turned around, he immediately saw the gigantic Thunder Dragon descending toward him from the skies.
Right now, within the lightning sea, blood had started flowing down from Jiang Chen’s lip. That’s the reason why he didn’t chase after Tieyi Ying. He knew how powerful the third tribulation bolt was, and after killing Heixin Fu with it, he would have to resist it using all his strength.
Jiang Chen pointed his head toward the sky and let out a dragon’s roar while the lightning continuously hammered against his body. When the lightning entered his body, all the Dragon Marks in his Qi Sea started experiencing a transformation at their very source.
After some time, the Divine Core in his Qi Sea cracked. Following that, a palm-sized blood-red dragon appeared above his head. When Jiang Chen raised his head up to look at this tiny dragon, he immediately felt a perfect intimacy with it, as if this tiny dragon was a part of his body.
“So, this is my Combat Soul?”
A look of astonishment emerged in Jiang Chen’s eyes. Under normal circumstances, a human’s Combat Soul was like a tiny human representing that person’s very source. In his past life, his Combat Soul was a tiny Jiang Chen. Now, his Combat Soul was a tiny dragon. However, since Jiang Chen knew about the uniqueness of the skill he cultivated, he wasn’t too surprised upon seeing this tiny dragon.
Right now, together with his Combat Soul, Jiang Chen was experiencing a root transformation within the lightning sea.
With a thought, the tiny blood-red dragon instantly entered his body from the top of his head and sat down firmly within his Qi Sea.
At the same time, Jiang Chen’s body started transforming from within. New Dragon Marks started forming. This was a transformation that happened from his very source, and the growth rate he obtained was unimaginable.
The thunder’s force made Jiang Chen’s body stronger. Each and every single cell within his body was restlessly trembling; they were hungrily absorbing the thunder’s force and tempering his body. With that, Jiang Chen’s foundation got stronger with every minute passing, and new Dragon Marks were continuously forming.
Soon, over 1,000 new Dragon Marks had formed. Jiang Chen now had a total of 6,000 Dragon Marks in his body! Such a huge improvement was not something that Jiang Chen expected.
Even with all that, the thunder had yet to stop bringing him benefits. New Dragon Marks were continuously forming, and right now, Jiang Chen only wished for the Heavenly Tribulation to last longer. The longer it lasted, the better it was for him.
All living beings were scared off Heavenly Tribulation. Therefore, it was incredibly rare to find someone like Jiang Chen, who wished for Heavenly Tribulation to last longer.
“After having my body tempered by the thunder’s force, my foundation has become much stronger. I can just take this opportunity to absorb these three demon souls. With that, I can increase my cultivation to a peak level.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. He then flipped his palm, causing three demon souls to appear.
(Ch 406) These three demon souls were no ordinary demon souls, they all came from Late Combat Soul demons. They could bring Jiang Chen an incredible improvement to his cultivation. Together with the thunder’s force, if Jiang Chen completely absorbed all three of them, he might be able to form another 1,000 Dragon Marks, and once the Heavenly Tribulation came to an end, Jiang Chen would have a total of 7,000 Dragon Marks in his body.
Since his foundation was very powerful at the moment, Jiang Chen wasn’t worried that his foundation would receive negative side effects from absorbing these demon souls. Therefore, without hesitating, he immediately absorbed all three demon souls.
With a flip of his palm, an azure-colored flame resembling a lotus immediately showed up on his fingertip. This flame was filled with a pure Yang aura, and one could hear the sound of thunder within, causing it to look incredibly mysterious.
“The purest Heavenly Thunder Flame underneath the heavens, it is the flame that belongs to Heaven and Earth, and it’s a grade above the True Dragon Flame. I now possess both the True Dragon Flame and the Heavenly Thunder Flame. Once they’ve both merged, a new flame more powerful than any flame underneath the heavens will be born. There is nothing this flame can’t burn, and it will be the greatest weapon against those evil things.”
A faint smile emerged on Jiang Chen’s face. He obtained the Heavenly Thunder Flame while facing his Heavenly Tribulation just now; this was his greatest gain. It would bring him unimaginable benefits in terms of battle, pill concoction, and forging of combat weapons.
“After passing the Minor Three Tribulations, I obtained an unprecedented transformation. I now have a total of 7,000 Dragon Marks in my body, and my cultivation has stabilized at the Early Combat Soul realm. However, in order to break through to the Mid Combat Soul realm, I’ll need at least 10,000 Dragon Marks. That’s a 3,000 Dragon Mark gap. It looks like I need to work harder. Luckily, my foundation is incredibly strong now, so I can just cultivate as fast as I can without having to worry about any negative side effects.”
Jiang Chen thought to himself. Although he had gained the complete acceptance of the Dragon Transformation skill and was able to control this amazing skill completely, he would still need to break through to a new stage before he could know what the requirement for breaking through to the next stage would be.
For example, right after he broke through to the Early Combat Soul realm, he immediately knew how many Dragon Marks he would need in order to break through to the Mid Combat Soul realm. He would need a total of 10,000 Dragon Marks.
“Seven thousand Dragon Marks, and my body has also been tempered by the Heavenly Thunder. With my current combat strength, almost no one in the Combat Soul realm can defeat me. Only those real Combat King warriors can surpass me.”

(Ch 441) The Third Emperor was feeling gloomy. He had never seen someone fight this crazily before. Jiang Chen was fighting as if his life was worthless; as if he was actually a crazy person. Although the Third Emperor had the strength of someone half a step away from the Combat King realm, and Jiang Chen was no match for him; the more the Third Emperor fought, the more nerve-wracking this fight became for him. He was able to inflict injuries upon Jiang Chen every time they exchanged attacks, but he was unable to kill Jiang Chen.
As for Jiang Chen, he was currently in a very mystical smite. His body was extremely powerful as a result of cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill, and after having his body further tempered by the Heavenly Tribulation, his body had been further tempered to an unimaginable level. Therefore, the injuries he had suffered were purely superficial.
Little to the Third Emperor’s knowledge, Jiang Chen was actually not fighting right now. He was using the pressure to squeeze out his potential; using it to stimulate the transformation of the Dragon Transformation skill.
Right at this moment, the Dragon Transformation skill was circulated at great speed. It was circulating as if it would never stop. Each time Jiang Chen unleashed an attack, new Dragon Marks would form in his body. In just a very short amount of time, he had had managed to form another 500 Dragon Marks in his body. These Dragon Marks were formed from stimulating his potential, and their quality was much greater than those formed from absorbing demon souls. Forming Dragon Marks with this kind of method, no matter how many Dragon Marks he formed, Jiang Chen’s foundation wouldn’t be affected at all.
After experiencing the first transformation of the Dragon Transformation skill, Jiang Chen had gained some precious experiences. He knew how frightening the Dragon Transformation was when it transformed, and it would bring him unimaginable benefits. Putting aside the fact that he might obtain some new innate true dragon skills, just the Dragon Marks he obtained were of incredibly good benefit to his cultivation.
This time, the Dragon Transformation skill was on the verge of transforming for the second time. Of course, Jiang Chen wouldn’t let go of such a rare opportunity. Since the Nine Stars Killing Formation was concentrating the combat strength of all these people into one person, giving him the strength of a half step Combat King warrior, Jiang Chen would definitely maximize his gains.
Little to the Third Emperor and the other men’s knowledge, not only were their attacks not injuring Jiang Chen, they were actually pushing Jiang Chen to a higher level.
“Haha, give me more…!”
Jiang Chen was laughing out loudly as he attacked with all his ability. He even had the Firethorn Combat Armor covering his body, and both his hands covered with blood red dragon scales. After that, he simply unleashed the True Dragon Palm toward the Third Emperor. Although Jiang Chen wanted to use the pressure from this intense battle to stimulate the Dragon Transformation skill, he had to fight with all his strength as well. If not, he might suffer some severe injuries.
Furthermore, using his combat skills under such intense pressure was also a way to train himself.
Jiang Chen once again coughed out a mouthful of blood after being hit by the Overturning Heaven Seal. However, it didn’t change his expression, it only made him seem crazier.
“Haha… let’s keep fighting!”
Jiang Chen’s laughter appeared similar to the roaring thunder of the Ninth Heavens. His black hair was dancing in the wind, and fresh blood was flowing down from his lips. His eyes were glowing with scorching heat, and his hands were fully covered with dragon scales, and his nails had turned into extremely frightening razor sharp dragon claws. At this moment, Jiang Chen seemed like a lunatic, an unparalleled lunatic. All that was left in his eyes was fighting spirit, a fighting spirit that was constantly rising toward the heavens, turning into a steaming flame that drove him forward.
Roar!
A dragon’s cry emerged from Jiang Chen’s mouth. Following the continuously transforming Dragon Transformation skill, as well as the constant increment of Dragon Marks in his body, Jiang Chen’s dragon cry had started resembling the genuine might of a dragon.
Jiang Chen continued unleashing attacks. Every time he attacked, he would be knocked back by the Third Emperor’s powerful counterattack, and he would be injured each time and forced to cough out some blood. However, it was as if he would never run out of blood, as if his combat strength would stay at his peak for all eternity. His entire body shone with a scorching hot light, causing him to look like a blazing sun that would never dim.
Right now, Jiang Chen had a total of 9,000 Dragon Marks in his body, only 1,000 away from the 10,000 mark. Jiang Chen was getting closer and closer to the Mid Combat Soul realm with each minute passing by.
Jiang Chen’s face was filled with excitement. Currently, he only wished that the Third Emperor would not stop attacking, and let the Nine Stars Killing Formation keep running like this. With that, he would have the possibility of breaking through to the Mid Combat Soul realm. No, not possibility, he would certainly break through to the middle stage.
Within the Nine Stars Killing Formation, Jiang Chen was getting crazier and crazier, while the expressions of the Third Emperor and the others were getting uglier and uglier. Jiang Chen’s ferociousness was terrifying to them. The more the Third Emperor fought, the more scared he became.
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. He was on the very brink of going berserk, and the Dragon Transformation skill’s circulation doubled once again. The number of Dragon Marks in his body were increasing like crazy. Nine thousand four hundred, nine thousand six hundred, nine thousand seven hundred, nine thousand nine hundred…
Roar!
Jiang Chen raised his head and let out a thunderous roar toward the sky. It seemed like he had gone completely berserk. Countless golden beams shot out from his body, causing him to look like a bright sun as he dazzled with endless radiance.
The Heavenly Saint Sword and the golden spear collided once again. The two combat weapons were equally matched, however, to no one’s surprise, Jiang Chen was knocked back once again. And this time, he even spat out three mouthfuls of blood. The injury he got this time was much worse than the injuries he received the previous times.
This situation caused the eyes of the Third Emperor and the others to light up, as if they had just seen a new hope.
On the other side, after suffering from this heavy blow, the Dragon Transformation’s circulation speed had reached a maximum. One hundred new Dragon Marks were instantly formed. Right now, the total number of Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s body had finally reached 10,000.
Boom!
Energy burst out from Jiang Chen’s body like a tsunami toward the sky. At this moment, Jiang Chen’s aura was constantly surging like the violent waves of a raging storm, and he was constantly taking out large amounts of Earth Restoration Pills and throwing them into his own mouth, as if they were worth nothing.
The Third Emperor and the others were completely stunned. Jiang Chen had actually broken through to the Mid Combat Soul realm in front of them.
Jiang Chen’s bones started producing cracking sounds, and all the injuries he had suffered from the battle just now had fully recovered in this instant; no traces of any injuries left behind. Jiang Chen’s aura became like a huge pillar capable of supporting the heavens as it shot into the thick clouds above his head. Now, with the 10,000 Dragon Marks in his body, Jiang Chen had truly broken through to the Mid Combat Soul realm.
The only blemish in this otherwise perfect moment was that the Dragon Transformation skill still hadn’t completed its second transformation. However, Jiang Chen who had successfully broken through to the Mid Combat Soul realm could no longer feel any pressure from the Third Emperor. In his eyes, all these existences in front of him were too weak.
Right now, Jiang Chen was capable of fighting an ordinary Combat King warrior. This was how frightening the Dragon Transformation skill was.

(Ch 455) Not only was Jiang Chen not scared, he was actually excited, because he could feel some pressure coming this Old Emperor. The Old Emperor was a peak First Grade Combat King, not someone the Imperial Emperor could compare with. The reason why Jiang Chen’s Dragon Transformation skill had yet to successfully evolve for the second time was because he hadn’t received enough pressure. Today, with the help of the Old Emperor’s pressure, the Dragon Transformation skill would definitely arouse his potential, causing him to grow even stronger.
Jiang Chen aggressively roared out. An energy wave soared out from the top of his head; his black hair and white clothes were violently fluttering in the wind. At the same time, a layer of golden armor with sharp thorns appeared on top of his skin. He once again initiated an attack, and charged toward the Old Emperor. After the first attack, the Dragon Transformation skill had started circulating by itself, causing Jiang Chen’s face to be covered with excited. This was exactly what he wanted.
(Ch 457) Currently, it was just like when he fought the Third Emperor and the others. Jiang Chen had fallen into a unique state. Under the Old Emperor’s pressure, the Dragon Transformation skill had started circulating at high speed, and it was approaching the brink of evolution. With such stimulation, new Dragon Marks had started forming in Jiang Chen’s body, and with every new Dragon Mark formed, Jiang Chen’s combat strength would increase even further. Conversely, the Old Emperor was constantly using up his energy, and if the situation kept going like this, Jiang Chen would naturally have no need to fear the Old Emperor.
(Ch 458) On the other side, the fight between Jiang Chen and the Old Emperor had reached its climax. Jiang Chen was attack as if he had gone berserk. Although only a short amount of time had passed, another 1,500 Dragon Marks had formed in Jiang Chen’s body. Including the previous 10,000 Dragon Marks, he now had a total of 11,500 Dragon Marks. As long as he reached 15,000 Dragon Marks, Jiang Chen would be able to break through to the Late Combat Soul realm.
Jiang Chen was supressing the newly formed Dragon Marks continuously as he fought. As the Dragon Transformation skill was on the brink of evolving, he wanted to borrow the pressure from the Old Emperor to stimulate his potential to a maximum level. Jiang Chen knew that there was a Second Grade Combat King warrior hidden behind the Martial Saint Dynasty, so he knew he had to grab onto every single opportunity that could make him progress further.
(Ch 459) he Old Emperor was furious as he unleashed the Overturning Heavens Seal toward Jiang Chen, only to see it destroyed by Jiang Chen’s Nine Murdering Flood Dragons. Jiang Chen had formed another one thousand Dragon Marked, giving him a total of 12,500 Dragon Marks. He was making progress by leaps and bounds.
A grin emerged on Jiang Chen’s face. Right at this moment, his combat strength allowed him to fight the Old Emperor without being at a disadvantage. If he fought with all his strength, he was confident that he could inflict a deadly injury upon the Old Emperor.
(Ch 461) Jiang Chen had currently placed himself in an isolated and hidden secret room. His eyes were tightly shut, and a loud rumbling sound was sounding from his body and his aura gradually became stronger.
He had gained something significant in today’s war. The Dragon Transformation skill was on the brink of transforming; a second evolution of the skill! After he killed the Imperial Emperor, it was as if Jiang Chen had fulfilled a requirement; accomplished his goal, and his mind had suddenly opened up! That was actually what had pushed Dragon Transformation skill to its current state.
Now, Jiang Chen was in the middle of having his Dragon Transformation skill transform; evolve to the next level! New Dragon Marks were constantly forming in his body. According to Jiang Chen’s estimation, he would break through to the Late Combat Soul realm immediately after the second evolution. Not only that, a new True Dragon Skill would awaken!
(Ch 462) Jiang Chen who had everyone’s hopes pinned onto him had reached a critical moment. The Dragon Transformation skill’s second transformation had brought him unimaginable benefits. Currently, he had a total of 14,000 Dragon Marks in his body, and as long as he could form another thousand Dragon Marks, he would be able to break through to the Late Combat Soul realm.
Judging from the current situation, there would be no problems with him forming another 1,000 Dragon Marks.
Late at night, a buzzing sound could suddenly be heard from the Black Sect’s secret room. A golden light fully covered the surface of Jiang Chen, and his energy was like that of a barbarian beast awakening. Blood red dragon scales had emerged on his palm, and were blinking with light.
A crystal clear cracking sound sounded from Jiang Chen’s body. At this very moment, the Dragon Transformation skill had successfully transformed for the second time; completed its second evolution! A message that seemed to come from the ancient times suddenly flowed into Jiang Chen’s mind like spring water, and soon merged with his consciousness, becoming one with it. A powerful True Dragon Skill had awoken!
"Azure Dragon's Five Steps."
Jiang Chen’s eyes suddenly opened up, and an ancient dragon like power was emitted from his body.
(Ch 463) Currently, as the Dragon Transformation skill’s second transformation had finally been completed, Jiang Chen had gained a huge leap in his cultivation base. Not only had he broken through to the Late Combat Soul realm, he now had a total of 16,000 Dragon Marks. According to the Dragon Transformation skill, as long as he could form another 4,000 Dragon Marks, he would be able to break through to the Combat King realm and start utilizing Spatial Power.
What made Jiang Chen so formidable was not only that. After the Dragon Transformation skill’s second transformation, he had learned another powerful True Dragon Skill. As all True Dragon Skills were from the ancient era, and were all innate skills that could on be used by dragons, it was impossible for them to be used by anyone else in the Saint Origin realm, and that made them even more powerful and frightening.
During the Dragon Transformation skill’s first transformation, the True Dragon Palm and True Dragon Flame had awakened. The True Dragon Palm had proved to be an incredibly mighty skill in all the previous battles. This time, the newly awakened Azure Dragon’s Five Steps was even stronger skill.
“This Azure Dragon’s Five Steps is indeed a supreme skill of the True Dragons. Each step carries a massive force, and every step is twice as strong as its previous step, giving it the ability to easily shatter space. This incredible strength is truly beyond my imagination. Second Grade Combat King; I can’t wait to meet you.”

“We can’t delay any longer, I need to break through to the Combat King realm right now.”
With a flip of his palm, two First Grade Demon King demon souls appeared in his hand. Currently, he only needed another 600 Dragon Marks to break through to the First Grade Combat King realm. However, the closer he got, the more difficult it would be for him to form new Dragon Marks. If he had one Second Grade Demon King demon soul now, he would certainly break through to the Combat King realm. However, with two First Grade Demon King demon souls, he was a bit uncertain.
However, Jiang Chen never did something he was uncertain about. As he had robbed a few Pirate Lords, he had found many natural resources amongst his loot, which he could use at this moment. Not only this, he had also found two First Grade Demon King demon souls from what he had received from the Second Grade Combat King. Together with the original two Jiang Chen had, he now had four First Grade Demon King demon souls, and that combined with so many natural resources, he would have no problems breaking through to the Combat King realm.
After that, Jiang Chen sat down with his legs crossed. In a very short amount of time, he entered a state of cultivating, then swallowed all four demon souls in one. He began circulating the Dragon Transformation skill; absorbing them.
Jiang Chen was only re-cultivating the path he had already mapped out in his previous life, so there were no bottlenecks for him whatsoever. As long as the Dragon Marks and energy in his body reached the required level, he would be able to break through straightaway. This also applied to when he was breaking through to the Combat King realm; there were no obstacles.
An hour later, Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes. An extremely powerful aura was emitted from his body, and cracking sounds could be heard from around his body. It was the sound produced by spatial energy.
There was a huge bottleneck when breaking through to the Combat King realm, as one was required to comprehend the Spatial Laws. No matter how talented a person was, he would require at least a few days to comprehend the Spatial Laws and break through. However, it had only taken this guy one hour to do it. This really pissed him off.
Jiang Chen didn’t say anything. He was carefully feeling the energy within his body. His Qi Sea had transformed into a large space, and he was capable of storing many objects in there.
Within his Qi Sea, a tiny golden dragon was happily flying around. It was Jiang Chen’s combat soul. It was surrounded by countless blood-red Dragon Marks. There were 20,100 Dragon Marks. That’s right, not only had Jiang Chen successfully broken through to the Combat King realm, he had even formed 100 additional Dragon Marks.
After reaching the Combat King realm, Jiang Chen found out how many Dragon Marks he would need to break through to future levels. He needed 2,000 new Dragon Marks to break through to each grade. The First Grade Combat King realm needed 20,000 Dragon Marks; Second Grade Combat King required 22,000 Dragon Marks; Third Grade Combat King needed 24,000 Dragon Marks…
Not only that, he now knew the requirements for breaking through to the realms above that. Ninth Grade Combat King, Combat Emperor, Minor Saint, Great Saint; it had all become clear and precise to him. The road to 100,000 Dragon Marks was opened up completely for Jiang Chen; he could see his future path bright and clear.
No doubt, a clear and precise structure was very important for Jiang Chen. By knowing the amount of Dragon Marks needed for each future stage and realm, Jiang Chen could prepare properly.
Also, after Jiang Chen broke through to the Combat King realm, he could feel a Heavenly Tribulation attracted as well, just like when he broke through to the Combat Soul realm. But this time, it would be much stronger than the previous one. If Jiang Chen’s estimation was correct, it should be an Intermediate Six Tribulation.
However, there were good news as well. Different from the previous Heavenly Tribulation, Jiang Chen could control the timing of when this Heavenly Tribulation came. It could come whenever Jiang Chen wished for it to come, as long as he didn’t break through to the Second Grade Combat King realm.
For Jiang Chen, this was no doubt a tremendous hidden weapon; a card hidden up his sleeve that could save his life. He had yet to forget how powerful the first Heavenly Tribulation he went through was, as it had instantly killed the guardian of the Demon King Palace. This time, it would be even more devastating, and perhaps it would be more than enough to kill many Combat Kings who had a higher cultivation than himself.
“I’ll keep this devastating weapon a secret. When the time comes, I’ll put it to good use.”
A smile emerged on Jiang Chen’s face. There was no way he would call the Heavenly Tribulation now, as it would be a huge waste. He would rather wait for when he encountered some powerful enemies. At that point of time, calling the Heavenly Tribulation would be a really joyful moment.

Right at this very moment when the Demon King’s head exploded, Jiang Chen quickly grabbed its demon soul, swallowed it and began absorbing. A Fourth Grade Demon King’s demon soul was more than enough for him to break through to the Second Grade Combat King realm.
With the help of the purest lightning energy, as well as the mystical Dragon Transformation skill, the demon soul was absorbed in an instant. The combination of the True Dragon Flame and the Lightning Flame had removed every impurity within the demon soul, leaving behind only the purest energy, which was absorbed by Jiang Chen.
Even though he was facing his Heavenly Tribulation, a tremendous transformation was still taking place within Jiang Chen’s body. New Dragon Marks had started forming. The Fourth Grade Demon King’s demon soul had brought him another 2,000 Dragon Marks, making it so that he now possessed a total of 22,100 Dragon Marks. Thus, he had broken through to the Second Grade Combat King realm.
Breaking through like this was undoubtedly something incredibly frightening, as he simply seized another’s energy and made it his own. Jiang Chen only broken through to the First Grade Combat King realm a few days ago, and he had now broken through to the Second Grade Demon King realm. This speed was incredibly terrifying, and it others heard about it, they would simply not believe it to be true.
Not only that, if Jiang Chen absorbed all the demon souls within this Freezing Hell Jail, he would be able to break through to the Third Grade Combat King realm. At that point of time, he would become someone even more frightening. If it was in the past, Jiang Chen wouldn’t have dared to use such a method in such a short period of time. After all, seizing another’s energy and making it his own found make his foundation unstable. Under normal circumstances, whenever Jiang Chen absorbed a demon soul and broke through to the next level, he would find a method to stabilize his cultivation base for a period of time. When his foundation once again became stable, he would continue using such a method. However, as he was in top shape right now, and since he was absorbing lightning energy into his body; tempering it, which further strengthened his foundation, he had no worries about his foundation becoming unstable.

(Ch 531) After Jiang Chen’s soul awakened, aside from the Great Soul Derivation skill, the most crucial Dragon Transformation skill started working by itself as well. Not only that, the Nine Solar Lightning-Dragon Pill that had been accumulated in his body had started taking effect.
Buzzing sounds could be heard from Jiang Chen’s body. Previously, he had nearly lost all the blood in his body, but now, following the circulation of the Dragon Transformation skill, treads of crimson blood essence started appearing in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea. The Dragon Transformation skill was indeed a miraculous skill, it was as if it wasn’t just a skill by itself, but a rare sentient treasure.
This tiny tread of blood essence came from the Dragon Transformation skill. Although it was an incorporeal skill, not only was it able to teach True Dragon skills to Jiang Chen, it was able to provide him blood essence. This was really mystical.
Following the appearance of this blood essence, a powerful energy instantly burst out from it. Soon after, this tread of blood essence began swimming around in Jiang Chen’s body, while the Dragon Transformation skill continued circulating at top speed. Jiang Chen’s misfortune had become a blessing in disguise, because his Dragon Transformation skill had once again begun to evolve.
Like real dragons, the Dragon Marks in his Qi Sea roared out at the same time. Wherever the blood essence passed, the blood in Jiang Chen’s body would be replaced. New blood was being generated at a steady pace, while the injuries within his body were recovering at incredible speed. All the shattered internal organs had also started regenerating by themselves.
The tremendous energy leaking out from Jiang Chen’s body nearly brought down the roof of the palace. Countless incorporeal, blood red shadows of dragons could be seen lingering around Jiang Chen’s body, as if they were protecting their master.
Jiang Chen was still lying on the palace’s ground. More and more shadow dragons appeared over his body. A tremendous change was happening inside his body. All his internal organs were constantly being regenerated, while all his injuries were being healed at an incredible speed.
The Dragon Transformation skill had once again transformed. It had changed every single drop of blood inside Jiang Chen’s body, making him full of vitality once again. Not only that, following the transformation of the Dragon Transformation skill, another message appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind.
【Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal】，it was another powerful True Dragon Skill!
(Ch 532) Every time the Dragon Transformation skill transformed, it would always bring Jiang Chen a powerful True Dragon combat skill. The first time, it brought the True Dragon Palm and True Dragon Flame. The second time, it was the Azure Dragon’s Five Steps, and currently, the third time, the Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal, and each skill was stronger than the previous. The Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal could be considered a supreme True Dragon combat skill, because the transformation Jiang Chen experienced this time was completely different from the previous two times. This time, he could considered to have been completely reborn. The blood essence that came from the Dragon Transformation skill had once again modified his body, as it exchanged every single drop of blood in his body, making his physique even more monstrous.
After cultivating the Dragon Transformation skill for such a long time, Jiang Chen had truly began to understand this divine skill, and had gained complete acceptance from the skill itself. It was a skill that came with its own sentience; mysterious and unpredictable. Even Jiang Chen himself couldn’t predict what the future development of the Dragon Transformation skill would be, and he couldn’t imagine what realm he would be able to reach with the Dragon Transformation skill. However, there was one thing he was certain of, and that was whenever the Dragon Transformation skill transformed, its circulation would become much faster, and it would eventually bring more benefits to Jiang Chen. Each evolution would make the engagement between it and Jiang Chen more perfect. Just like this time, blood essence had come straight out of the skill itself. This was something unprecedented, and it could be considered a miracle.
The Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal, as its name implied, this powerful combat skill was related to the five elements. The Five Elements Combat Dragon seal was comprised of five combat skills; the Golden Dragon Seal, Azure Dragon Seal, Water Dragon Seal, Fire Dragon Seal, and the Earth Dragon Seal.
Each seal was interconnected with the Five Elements, and the mutual promotion and restraint between the five elements made the strength of this combat skill unstoppable, so much stronger than the True Dragon Palm. As for the actual strength of this combat skill, it would be directly affected by the five elements that Jiang Chen found, meaning that this combat skill wasn’t easy to master. The Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal was different from the True Dragon Palm and Azure Dragon’s Five Steps. The True Dragon Palm and Azure Dragon’s Five Steps were both printed directly into Jiang Chen’s mind, and he was able to use them straightaway, and they would become more powerful following the strength of his cultivation base. However, this wasn’t the case for the Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal. Jiang Chen was only provided the cultivation method of this combat skill, so he had to work on his own to cultivate this skill.
During the next few days, Jiang Chen had yet to awaken. However, his aura was becoming stronger and stronger, while the dragon shadows lingering around his body became denser. Dragon roars had been echoing throughout the Greenlotus Mountain, as if countless dragons from the ancient era had really descended onto this tiny mountain.
Jiang Chen’s transformation was becoming more and more obvious, and it had been going on for more than a whole month, but he had yet to show any signs of waking up. However, his vitality had become extremely vigorous; his body was brimming with energy, and all his internal organs had completely recovered. His eyebrows seemed like a pair of razor sharp sword, and even though he was lying there quietly, he was portraying an imposing imagine, making all those who looked at him feel like bowing their heads.
During the following days, some transformations started happening on Jiang Chen’s body once again. Numerous blood red scales emerged on his chest, then his arms, and then his legs. Eventually, many blood red scales could be seen on Jiang Chen’s body. These scales were glowing with a blood-like glaze, and they looked mystical and sturdy. However, what really shocked the old monk and Tyrant was that these scales weren’t something like an armor, or something formed by his Yuan energy, they had truly grown from inside Jiang Chen’s body, as if they were all connected to Jiang Chen’s flash and blood.
Jiang Chen had gone through a huge transformation. When the dragon scales growing on his body reached a certain number, they stopped growing further. These dragon scales didn’t fully cover his body, there weren’t any scales from his neck to the top of his head, and they were absent from some other parts of his body as well. This was because Jiang Chen’s cultivation had yet to reach the required level. Since the beginning, it could be said that he had to form 100,000 Dragon Marks in order to hit the peak, and only then could he transform into a dragon and soar through the heavens.
One hundred thousand marks! Currently, Jiang Chen only had slightly over 22,000 Dragon Marks. There was still a long way to go before reaching the goal. Furthermore, the more Jiang Chen came to understand the Dragon Transformation skill, the more he felt the unusual ability of this skill. He had a feeling that even if he finally formed 100,000 Dragon Marks, he would still be far from reaching the peak of the Dragon Transformation skill. The skill was far more mystical than he could ever have imagined, and it seemed that the secret hidden in this skill was not a common one either.
While everyone in the Xuan Region were talking about Jiang Chen, the man was still in deep sleep in the remote Western Region. Within the palace on Greenlotus Mountain, the dragon shadows hovering around Jiang Chen’s body had disappeared, and the dragon scales on his body had also disappeared. The entire palace had returned to its original peace. Quietly motionlessly, Jiang Chen was still lying on the ground. He looked just like any ordinary human. He had yet to awaken, but his vitality had become extremely vigorous.
(Ch 533) Jiang Chen was currently digesting what he was given this time. Currently, the energy inside his body was in a mess. The lightning energy accumulated in his body from the Heavenly Tribulation, the brand new energy brought by the evolution of the Dragon Transformation skill, the energy that came from the Nine Solar Lightning-Dragon Pills, it would take some time for Jiang Chen to completely digest all these energies.
Jiang Chen who was located at the remote Western Region suddenly opened his eyes. He moved and sat straight up. His eyes were as dazzling as the brightest stars, and two bright beams shot out like the sharpest blade, instantly ripping apart space.
Jiang Chen didn’t pay any attention to his surroundings. He threw his head back and roared into the sky. The roar sounded like a heaven-shaking dragon’s cry, shaking the minds of all those who heard it. After that, an extremely powerful energy surged within Jiang Chen’s body and shot out in all directions.
What Jiang Chen wanted to do now was break through to the next realm. The Dragon Transformation skill had given him a new life. Such a transformation had brought him tremendous benefits. At this point of time, the energy accumulated within his body had completely erupted, and was pushing its way crazily like numerous wild beasts inside his body. Jiang Chen had to settle these raging energies as soon as possible.
The Dragon Transformation skill was circulating at top speed, and it was twice as fast as it was before the third transformation. Under the Dragon Transformation skill’s high-speed circulation, those energies started turning into countless new Dragon Marks. In just a couple of minutes, 1,900 brand new Dragon Marks had formed. Together with the original Dragon Marks in his body, he now had a total of 24,000 Dragon Marks in his body, and that the amount required for him to break through to the Third Grade Combat King realm.
At the same time, the huge amount of Mortal and Earth Yuan Pills started burning like they cost nothing, as Jiang Chen had started absorbing them straightaway.
The energy inside his Qi Sea was rolling around like the fiercest tsunami, and new Dragon Marks were continuously forming. In just ten minutes, another 2,000 Dragon Marks were formed. Jiang Chen suddenly let out a shout, causing the remaining Yuan energy pills inside his Qi Sea to start burning crazily. Throughout the path of cultivation, every single breakthrough would be supported by a large amount of energy pills. Just like Tyrant had said, it was much more difficult to break through to the Fourth Grade Combat King realm, as the amount of energy required was much greater compared to the amount needed to break through to the Third Grade Combat King realm from the Second Grade.
Countless energy pills were being consumed, as Jiang Chen was like a bottomless hole. His Qi Sea was at least ten times bigger than that of cultivators the same level as him. If Tyrant and the old monk knew about his frightening rate of consumption, they would definitely be shocked. Jiang Chen was simply the king of consumption; a genuine bottomless hole. No cultivator could withstand the horrifying consumption of his.
Jiang Chen’s aura began rising to new heights as he broke through to the Fourth Grade Combat King realm. He was now many times stronger than before.
However, it had yet to end. After Jiang Chen broke through to the Fourth Grade Combat King realm, his aura didn’t stop rising. The remaining energy was still being used to form new Dragon Marks. Jiang Chen had also absorbed all those demon souls he obtained in the Freezing Hell Jail. However, at his current level, absorbing those low-grade demon souls could no longer bring him good results.
Half an hour later, Jiang Chen’s aura finally came to a stop; reaching the peak of the Fourth Grade Combat King realm. He now had a total of 27,500 Dragon Marks in his body, and only needed 500 more to break through to the Fifth Grade Combat King realm.

A faint smile was brought upon Jiang Chen’s face. Without hesitating, he crushed the devil soul of an Eighth Grade Devil King, and at the same time, the True Dragon Flame and True Lightning Flame burst out from his palm, incinerating all impurities and devilish energy in an instant. After that, he absorbed every single bit of pure energy that remained in the devil soul.
New Dragon Marks began forming, and soon after, five hundred new Dragon Marks were completely formed. Jiang Chen took a huge amount of Heavenly Yuan Pills from out from his Qi Sea and absorbed them. In just a few minutes, he had broken through to the Fifth Grade Combat King realm.
The energy contained within an Eighth Great Devil King’s devil soul couldn’t be compare with what came from a Seventh Grade Devil King’s devil soul. A single Eighth Grade devil soul had brought him another 1,500 Dragon Marks, causing the total number of Dragon Marks in his body to reach a whopping 29,000! As long as he formed another 1,000 Dragon Marks, he would be able to break through to the Sixth Grade Combat King realm.
Jiang Chen currently had a lot of devil souls, and if he absorbed them all, he would be able to break through to the Sixth Grade Combat King realm. However, Jiang Chen chose not to do so. After the recent disaster, he had broken through many levels in one go, so if he used this method to forcefully increase his cultivation even further, it might bring negative effects to his foundation. Therefore, Jiang Chen planned to stabilize his cultivation at the Fifth Grade Combat King realm completely before breaking through to the Sixth Grade Combat King realm.

Jiang Chen sat down, crossing his legs, he lowered his head to take a closer look at the Saint’s bone. His palm was holding it tight. It was like this was the most precious thing in the whole world, it was really out of the ordinary. Even if he was asked to trade this with one of a kind Holy weapon, he would refuse it without hesitation.
“This piece of finger bone was left without damage. When I died last time, it's not only a finger bone of mine that was left undisturbed here. My body had passed through the Nine Yang Xuan Gong’s training, every part of my body was like treasure at that time. If there were any remains, I am afraid that most of them had been taken away by the major powers in this Pure Land. Humph! If this is the case, I will claim back all the things I have lost, sooner or later, I will take them back one by one.”
Jiang Chen’s looked very surprised. He thought that he was supposed to retrieve the treasure he left many years ago, but he didn’t expect to find a single Saint bone. He believed that his remaining Saint bones weren’t gonna be only this piece of a finger bone. If there are any other left, they had already been grabbed away by the major powers of this Pure Land.
Those things belonged to him. He swore to take them back. He didn’t care about the power of the major powers in this Pure Land. When he was reigning his territory on the Pure Land, the ancestors of the Big Eight Major Families had to pay homage to him.
What he achieved in his previous life was something he wanted to achieve in this life as well.
Jiang Chen focused back on his current task, he began his refinery of the finger bone. Beams of golden radiances shot out of his left hand, it had engulfed the finger bone entirely, making the bone vibrate stronger. There was a positive feeling in him at this time. The finger bone moved towards Jiang Chen’s left hand’s index finger arranging itself to fit with Jiang Chen’s bone exactly by itself. Finally, it turned into a light that entered into Jiang Chen’s index finger, instantaneously, his finger swelled more than an inch.
A pure but also a tyrannical energy rushed out of the Saint’s bone into Jiang Chen’s body immediately, he couldn’t stand to make a voice. After that, the surfaces of his body were engulfed in a golden light, dragon shadows were flashing from it. It was very godly.
Sounds of dislocating bones were produced. To be specific, the golden light released by his left index finger had covered his left palm completely like a big cocoon.
The process of fusing a Saint’s bone completely with one’s body was very torturing and unbearable, but Jiang Chen could not feel any signs of pain. This was like an enjoyment to him. The fusion would be followed by a transformation.
The Saint bone contained some energy originally. These energy wasn’t as powerful as the others, but for a Combat King, this energy was well beyond powerful. Jiang Chen was able to absorb this energy without any rejections because the energy in the Saint bone belonged to him originally, so he could absorb it directly.
In the meantime of fusing the finger bone, all the Dragon Marks in his DanTian, which was the area under his chest, was condensing one by one, the speed of condensation was getting faster. His body already had more than twenty nine thousands of Dragon Marks even at his Fifth Grade Combat King. After the fusion with this Saint’s bone, his grade would rise unprecedentedly to next level or levels.
Although the Saint’s bone would not have any rejections with Jiang Chen’s body, the complete fusion would still need days to finish. But, according to Jiang Chen’s estimation, eight days of time would be sufficient enough.
For the following seven days, Big Yellow had become Jiang Chen’s protector. Jiang Chen’s Qi was stronger than the previous day, and in day seven, a surge of power blasted out from Jiang Chen’s body.
A refreshing sound came from Jiang Chen’s body, that wasn’t the sound of the bone, it was the sound of leveling up. Large amounts of Tian Yuan pills were consumed. His grade had reached the Sixth Grade Combat King within seconds. That surge of power didn’t stop moving forward. It was irresistible. It continued to push his power up to the Seventh Grade Combat King in three minutes time, then it stopped after that.
(Ch 583) Jiang Chen, with an irresistible force, had made a breakthrough and achieved Seventh Grade Combat King. The number of Dragon Marks inside him increased from twenty nine thousand to thirty three thousand instantly. This meant that the bone had helped him condense and gather four thousands new Dragon Marks, pushing his grade to the Seventh Grade Combat King.
Jiang Chen was very satisfied with his present condition. After this fusion, his power of stance had improved so much. It was also because of his powerful stance that required him to consume exactly one million of Heaven Rank Restoration Pills. This number was undoubtedly scary, it was even scarier than Jiang Chen’s.
“I obtained ten million Heaven Rank Restoration Pills from the Sky Floor to use during my training until I get to First Grade Combat Emperor. But looking at the present situation, it is not enough at all!”
Jiang Chen shook his head. He realised that while he was developing his Dragon-mould tactics, the consumption of Heaven Rank Restoration Pills was too much. This was an abnormal stage where upgrading from the Fifth Grade Combat King to Seventh Grade Combat King would need one million of the pills. People would not believe their ears when this news was spread out in public.
In the stages of training, the consumption of energy for every level would be more than the previous level. That was why getting into Seventh Grade Combat King would need this much of consumption. The consumption for the grades after that such as Eighth Grade Combat King, Ninth Grade Combat King and First Grade Combat Emperor were even hard to imagine. It was hard to estimate the usage of Heaven Rank Restoration Pills in those levels and how much more are used in every subsequent level. Thus, the remaining nine million Heaven Rank Restoration Pills were obviously not sufficient.
The fusion of the finger bone and Jiang Chen’s index finger’s bone was successful. There wasn’t a slightest discomfort as if Jiang Chen finally found his long lost belongings. The thing that pleased Jiang Chen the most wasn’t the matter of his improvement in level, but the magic of Saint contained in the finger bone was untouched and complete.
When a cultivator had reached the realm of Saint, he had successfully become a true Saint. The force inside his body would transform into the magic of Saint. This realm had left the category of humans, moving to another higher level. Therefore, the distinction between the magic of Saint and the Force is impossible to think of.
The magic of Saint was the life and origins of all Saints, it was the essence of everything. If a Saint was killed, the magic of Saint would disappear. However, there was a contingency method that could preserve a small percentage of magic. That would then become a treasure. Jiang Chen’s finger bone had the magic of Saint that was kept in it for many years. This was no doubt a miracle, but it was also Jiang Chen’s good luck.

(Ch 593) Jiang Chen moved two steps forward nearer to the crystal stone. He had the True Dragon Fire and Lightning True Fire plus Dragon Transformation Art that acted as his shield against the frost and coldness emitted by the Pure Water. He exerted the True Dragon Big Palm to get the crystal stone over. He had to be extra careful as the drop of liquid was very heavy.
“I can’t break the crystal stone, I have to extract the Pure Water directly to begin my cultivation.”
Jiang Chen sat down with both legs crossed. He gave out a holy light which penetrated into the crystal stone, slowly extracting the essence of the Pure Water. The five elements were connected to each other in the aspect of ‘mutual ignition and mutual restraint’. The Heavenly Earth Pure Water and Lightning True Fire were mutually restraining each other, very hard to integrate. If Jiang Chen hadn’t acquired the Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal, he wouldn’t dare make such audacious decision. The skill was a Divine Combat Technique. It was the same as Energy Technique, but able to undergo a complete fusion of the five elements without experiencing any rejections of attributes, this was the scariest part of the Combat Dragon Seal.
Tiny lines of Pure Water turned into gas, entering into Jiang Chen’s body.
At this moment, a thick layer of solid ice formed on the surface of Jiang Chen’s body, turning him into an ice statue. He breathed cold air. As expected, the Heavenly Earth Pure Water was potent. Its coldness and frost could go beyond a person’s ability to withstand the coldness. It could freeze all the internal organs and frostbit them. The frost would lock a person’s Yuan Force and eliminate the chances of survival, which would cause a person to die.
Jiang Chen didn’t want to make a mistake. He focused on revolving the Cerulean Dragon Seal Art, attempting to cultivate the Heavenly Earth Pure Water step by step.
The process of cultivating the Pure Water was the same as the process of cultivating the Cerulean Dragon Seal. It couldn’t be done overnight, a longer time was needed even if Jiang Chen used Dragon Transformation Art, at least two days were needed to complete the cultivation.
Jiang Chen stopped after he had absorbed half of the Pure Water. The amount was sufficient for him and any amount more than that would be deemed as excess and wasted. His body was injured by the potent effect of Pure Water which wasn’t a good news to him.
In these two days, the outer layer of solid ice became thicker, becoming an icy cocoon. Eventually, Jiang Chen was fully wrapped by it, showing the shape of a small hill. His life and breathing couldn’t be sensed from the outside.
Two days later.
Cracking sounds could be heard. Lines after lines of cracks started to appear on the surface of the solid ice, then more and more cracks formed until a strong Qi escaped from it. The emergence of such power had shaken the entire Freezing Hell Jail.
Suddenly, there was a blasting sound. The icy surface crumbled as soon as the sound was heard, fragments of broken ice flew in all directions. Jiang Chen’s dark hair danced on itself even if there was no wind. There was an active Cerulean Dragon Seal rotating continuously in front of his palm, emitting the sound of a Cerulean Dragon.
Jiang Chen shouted. He activated the Cerulean Dragon Seal. The seal turned into a giant dragon which was a few hundred feet tall, its body shone with blue light, as though water was rippling in the beach. The Cerulean Dragon’s rage caused it to thrust in a direction insanely, smashing the newly-built Freezing Hell Jail’s inner and then the outer surface. The spatial zone collapsed in an instant when it lost all its support.
The successful cultivation of Cerulean Dragon Seal enhanced the Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal, and also the power of Fire Dragon Seal. The Five Dragon Seals in the Five Elements Combat Dragon Seal were interrelated. If any of the Dragon Seal undergoes a transformation or metamorphosis during cultivation, it would further enhance the other Dragon Seals.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen’s Dantian started to vibrate. The impact from the Pure Water, and the transformation of Cerulean Dragon Seal boosted Jiang Chen’s pool of energy. Dragon Marks were forming, within a few minutes, two thousand dragon marks were formed out of the condensation. Jiang Chen had entered into the Eighth Grade Combat King, then stopped at the middle of the grade which was not very far away from the Ninth Grade.
Lines of reddish dragon marks appeared all over Jiang Chen’s body, dragon roars were heard, brightening him up like a divine being. It was as if he was an ancestor of dragons, an incarnation of dragons who had just arrived at his destination.
The Dragon Marks in Jiang Chen’s body had reached thirty-five thousands after becoming an Eighth Grade Combat King, which increased the space in his Dantian. Shadows of dragons danced in his Dantian, bursting with an unconquerable Qi and aura to its surroundings.
“Finally, I have reached the Eighth Grade. My combat power now allows me to kill a First Grade Combat Emperor with a smack without the help of the Saint Bone. I can also fight with a Second Grade Combat Emperor now.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes reflected brilliant light. He was absolutely pleased with his current condition and grade. The potent impact of Pure Water had been very strong, it was able to push Jiang Chen’s grade by one, allowing him to reach the Eighth Grade.

Jiang Chen said in a plain tone. Now, he had only two ways to defeat Hu Song. One was to muster the force of the Saint Bone, emptying out all its power to fight him but it would cost a vast amount of his energy. The crucial point was that there were too many people here, more than a few hundred pairs of eyes. When today’s battle ended, everything that happened during the fight would be conveyed to Nebula Sect. His Saint Bone was his secret, he didn’t want to expose it in front of everyone, no one should know about it.
It seemed that only the second way will work for him. He would refine all the devil and devil souls in his Dantian, which would push his grade to the Ninth Grade Combat King. This would allow him to defeat Hu Song easily. But, this kind of advancement would bring some detrimental effects to his foundation.
“In my hand, there are two devil leader souls which will be exchanged to two Emperor Pills. One for Ling Er and the other one for me. This makes the advancement to the Ninth Grade worth it. It is because it’s an Emperor Pill, not only can it advance my grade further to the Combat Emperor realm it can also offset all the negative effects created by the advancement using devil souls.”
Jiang Chen went into a monologue. Emperor Pills were very valuable to him. Even a large sect like the Nebula Sect wouldn’t simply give it to anyone else. People normally needed it when they had successfully reached the Ninth Grade Combat King and it would push their grade to the Combat Emperor realm. If the pill was used in any level before Ninth Grade, it would be deemed wasteful. If Jiang Chen used the Emperor Pill while he was a Eighth Grade Combat King, it would increase his pool of energy and push his level to the Ninth Grade. And, He would still need a period of time to step into the Combat Emperor realm. He was now having a life and death battle with Hu Song, he had no other alternatives other than to push his grade to the Ninth Grade by refining the devil souls. Once he was done with this obstacle, he would obtain the Emperor Pill and continue his advancement to transcend the Combat King realm.
Jiang Chen wasn’t an indecisive guy, he is a guy with conviction. He would get what he wanted once the goal was set. He adjusted the spaces in his Dantian. All the devil souls flew out together and started refining them. During the conversion of energy of the Dragon Transformation Art, the souls crumbled into nothing and turned into an enormous amount of intangible energy that penetrated into his limbs and bones.
Jiang Chen had stored a lot of souls, especially during the extermination of those Ninth Grade devils. His consumption of energy while advancing to the Ninth Grade Combat King was great but the amount of souls was enough to satisfy the need. He left the two devil souls of the Devil Emperor aside as they were the items used to exchange for Emperor Pills.
Everyone beside the battlefield were witnessing the event. Jiang Chen was undergoing the same process as Hu Song. His Qi was rising continuously. Inside his body, new dragon marks started to form with great speed. It was hard to imagine the speed of formation with so much energy pumping into his body.
Very soon, a thousand dragon marks were formed. Before, Jiang Chen had thirty five thousand dragon marks, now it increased to thirty six thousand dragon marks at the Ninth Grade Combat King. Also, Heaven Rank Restoration Pills were something that couldn’t be lacked in the process of advancement. Thus, a lot of the pills were swallowed by him as if they were free.
A formidable aura rushed out of Jiang Chen’s body, and he immediately reached the Ninth Grade Combat King. The change stunned everyone again, this was another miracle created.

(Ch 642) Now that Big Yellow went to sleep, Jiang Chen didn’t want to waste any more time, and took out the Emperor Pill to refine it.
“With this pill, I can finally push my grade to the Combat Emperor realm. The White Tiger’s demon aura in Nebula Kidd’s body is too great. If it isn’t for its the aid, I won’t be able to step into the Combat Emperor realm even with this pill given my pool of energy. Furthermore, both will enhance my foundation of energy. It is undeniably perfect.”
Jiang Chen revealed a small smile. The matter of the Brilliant Mirror had brought him something unexpectedly good. His pool of energy wouldn’t sustain for long. He wouldn’t attempt to advance further into Combat Emperor realm if he didn’t acquire the White Tiger’s devil arua, even with the aid of the Emperor Pill.
The Emperor Pill was precious, and rare as the production of it was very difficult. It was very generous of Nebula Sect to offer three Emperor Pills as rewards. However, there was a limit for this pill: it was restricted to only Combat Kings, it had no effects on Combat Emperors.
Jiang Chen was now a peak Ninth Grade Combat King, allowing him maximize the effects of the pill. With the effect of the pill, he could easily condense one thousand dragon marks without a problem.
Without hesitation, Jiang Chen directly swallowed the Emperor Pill, and started casting the Dragon Transformation Art to refine it.
He didn’t rush the process of his advancement. Anyway, he had a suitable place for refining, and no one would dare to come over and disturb him after the incident at the Martial Art Arena.
The Emperor Pill was strengthening his pool of energy. Stepping into the Combat Emperor realm would also allow him to have the same amount of pool of energy of Combat Emperors.
Two days had already passed, Jiang Chen was still refining in seclusion, while Big Yellow was still in the bed. In the inner sect, the disciples had been conversing about Jiang Chen beating up the chief steward amongst themselves. This was also happening in the other departments of the sect, making the entire sect informed about the major incident. Most of the core disciples were told that Jiang Chen had a monstrous talent, they wanted to see his prowess in person. Some even declared to have a battle with Jiang Chen, to teach him a lesson. It was the core sect after all, there were numerous geniuses in it, and you can’t find one who wasn’t proud and arrogant about themselves.
(Ch 643) It was the third day of Jiang Chen’s refining. His body had now fully absorbed the effects of the entire pill. Dragon marks were forming in his body one by one. A layer of golden light wrapped his entire body with its radiance, making him look absolutely mystical.
“Now is the time to advance into the Combat Emperor realm.”
Jiang Chen opened his eyes wide, then released two streams of brilliant light, and the spatial zone around him trembled. A vast amount of Heaven Rank Restoration Pills were consumed like being burned. The purest energy was absorbed by Jiang Chen. Advancing from Ninth Grade Combat King to the First Grade Combat Emperor required a huge amount of Heaven Rank Restoration Pills to replenish his lost energy. Only Jiang Chen could bear such a huge rate of consumption. Anyone who witnessed this would be shocked.
Very quickly, forty thousand dragon marks were fully condensed. The effect of the Emperor Pill was enough to let Jiang Chen advance from the Combat King realm to the Combat Emperor realm. At this moment, his body was covered with a blood red dragon scale that seemed frightening and godly.
At the same time, a disastrous Qi descended from nowhere. That was the Qi of tribulation. Jiang Chen already expected it. When he was still in the combat soul level, the tribulation Qi had already accompanied him. It advanced from a Third Minor tribulation to Sixth Minor tribulation. This tribulation Qi for the Emperor realm would probably be a Ninth Major tribulation.
Jiang Chen muttered his excitement, seeing such great a circumstance. His Dragon Transformation Art was too scary, he was destined to exist as a being who defies the heavens. On this future path, he would encounter more tribulation than the previous, but it was enormously beneficial to him.
If he didn’t die in the tribulation, he would undergo transformation. Every tribulation brought him great transformation, it was like being rinsed by the thunderbolt, making his body become stronger, and more powerful,
After the advancement, Jiang Chen still didn’t left his place and continued his cultivation in seclusion. It was like he had touched something, giving him the reason to keep on pushing himself to continue. He continued to cast the Dragon Transformation Art. After a few times of transformation of the skill, its speed became so fast that no ordinary skill could match it.
Accompanied with the continuous Dragon Transformation Art, Jiang Chen heard an ancient dragon roar from a deep part of his soul again. That was the roar of the dragon ancestor which shook people’s soul.
Jiang Chen was attracted by the roar. He could feel an explicable familiarity from the sound. At this point, he could feel that the Dragon Transformation Art was racing as fast as the blood in his veins, and was completely combined as one unit. Gradually, he saw a silhouette in his soul, it was a man, no, it was a dragon, not really, but it should be a man and a dragon.
The image became clearer but not perfect yet. The head was a man and the body was a dragon. Jiang Chen could see it clearly. That face was his, it was carrying a blood red dragon scale with a blood red eyes, very terrifying and his entire body was full of blood red dragon scales. He was three meters long, both of his hands became dragon claws which was razor-sharp.
Jiang Chen tried to solidify the image. It wasn’t an easy task, but he still tried very hard. He was very clear in his heart that if he could completely congeal this image it would bring so much benefits, it might start another transformation of the Dragon Transformation Art.
Hu Lai noisily walked to the big door of the compound and raised his leg to kick it. Was this even called knocking? This unintelligent brawny man was obviously using Man Hong to help him take revenge.
The big wooden door was broken into smaller parts after the strong kick. Jiang Chen was not supposed to be interrupted when he’s cultivating, but the sudden disturbance caused the image to disappear completely. It would be impossible to find it again.
Jiang Chen opened his eyes which released a strong murderous aura, even the spatial zone discharged a spark. Boundless fury rushed out of his body, the force pushed everything around it, even the pillars of the compound was lifted.
Jiang Chen was enraged, he had never been enraged as such before. He knew how precious and invaluable the state he was in just now, it was the same as Tyrant’s enlightenment which could only be met by chance. Moreover, this chance was probably for his Dragon Transformation Art to undergo another transformation that would bring him countless advantages. He would finish the dragon transformation, and he would become a half human and half dragon. His combat strength would increase by ten times, while his physique would be as hard as steel in that state.
He was totally immersed in the state. He would only need half an hour more to complete the congealment but because of Hu Lai,, he had been deliberately awakened from the enlightenment.
“I don’t care who it is, but I will make you pay a very high price for that.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes turned crimson, totally filled with fury. There was no way that he could remain calm about it as enlightenment can only be met by chance. Once he failed to achieve the enlightenment, he would not be sure if he can enter it next time. He didn’t know how long it would take for the next transformation of the Dragon Transformation Art.

(Ch 655) Jiang Chen looked up and saw the lightning condense as red as blood. In a mere moment, it became a lightning dragon that was fierce and had emotionless eyes. This was the Heavenly Tribulation, an intense heavenly force. Lightning dragons represented a punishment from the heavens. It had always emerged to punish all heaven defying beings.
The eyes of the lightning dragon locked onto Jiang Chen as if it was alive. The power of this lightning was far greater than the previous six.
From afar, Tyrant, Big Yellow, and Sot Old Man’s faces changed again. They could feel that this seventh Heavenly Tribulation was ten times stronger than the sixth.
While facing the seventh tribulation, Jiang Chen chose to give up all of his defences, and instead used his blood and flesh to endure it.
“What’s he doing? This heavenly tribulation is so much stronger than the previous one, but he isn’t defending at all?”
Sot Old Man’s face turned shocked. He didn’t know why Jiang Chen wanted to act in such a way, but he knew that this was way too dangerous.
“He wants to use his physique to handle the heavenly tribulation so that he can use the lightning strike to toughen his flesh and also absorb the force of the lightning into his body. This would enhance his physique to a scary extent. He does this so that the potential inside him can be activated, pushing his grade further.”
The thunderclap in the sea of lightning rolled in the air continuously for a minute before it stopped. A slightly blurry image of Jiang Chen was revealed from within the light. His face looked flustered, many parts of his shirt were torn, his hair was messy, and his face was pale. There were also some blood flowing at the side of his mouth and his Qi wasn’t smooth anymore.
Jiang Chen’s pupil had become reddish as he gripped his Heavenly Saint Sword and it became a dragon-like sword. He raised it up towards the sky, pointing at the lightning dragon.
Another heaven and earth-shaking rumble occured. The isolated field below them had been left in ruins. There were newly-created pits and thick smoke everywhere. This time, the sea of lightning was ten miles in radius. Continuous cracking sounds could be heard from within.
Jiang Chen slowly climbed out of the hole. Currently, he had lost all of his composure. There was black smoke rising up from his head. His face was so dark, it looked as if he had been smoked. His attire was a hideous mess which was totally embarrassing.
However, Jiang Chen still stood on his feet, similar to his previous posture. He slightly pushed his lips upwards as he looked up again at the last Heavenly Tribulation, and pointed at it with his middle finger facing downwards.
\*Hong Long\*
The ninth tribulation finally descended. This was the most powerful tribulation of all the nine cycles. The power of this tribulation was the combination of all the previous eight.
“Haha…Come on!”
Jiang Chen laughed freely. The tip of his long sword was pointing at the thick thunderclouds. A ninth cycle Heavenly Tribulation? He didn’t fear it. The blood in his body was circulating as quick as it could, and the potential strength in his body was being activated continuously. Once he survived this nine-cycles tribulation, he would advance to the Second Grade Combat Emperor for certain.
Jiang Chen was well aware of his current condition. He took out a Nine Solar Lightning-Dragon pill and swallowed it. The effect wasn’t as good as the first time he took it, but it would still help a lot for his current injuries.
\*Roar\*
Jiang Chen had successfully provoked the lightning dragon every time he had defied it. This was the ninth Heavenly Tribulation. Not only was the body of the lightning dragon was very long, solid, and condensed, but its body was carrying great power, incomparable to the previous eight tribulations. It was truly quivering to one’s soul.
The lightning dragon stuck out its giant head and glared at Jiang Chen with its cold and cruel eyes.
At the next moment, the lightning dragon moved like the previous ones. As it dived down, the air around it turned into a sea of lightning, and Jiang Chen was at its core.
The sea of flashes of lightning remained for two minutes before it stopped. Jiang Chen fell once more from the sky, hitting the ground really hard.
The nine-cycled tribulation was over. The ninth tribulation still shook their guts. As soon as it ended, the dark clouds above the sky vanished. This big piece of wilderness was as if it had been through the end of the world, it was completely in ruins.
At this point, Jiang Chen’s eyes were closed. There was blood all over his body like a bloody man but they could still feel his pulse, it hadn’t stopped, but he had fainted due to his injuries.
What surprised them the most was that they could see Jiang Chen’s wounds were recovering in front of their very own eyes. This was the recovery technique of the Dragon Transformation Art. It was way too powerful that it couldn’t be compared to neither godly pills nor to an ordinary man.
(Ch 656) Ten thousand miles away from the scene, there was a secluded valley that was surrounded by mountains, including wet and dark caves. A few silhouettes appeared suddenly. After a moment of checking the geographical area, they entered one of the caves.
Although the cave was a little wet, it was still considered clean and wide. There was a large green rock, which was a suitable object to place Jiang Chen on.
Jiang Chen was lying motionless but there were tremendous changes happening in his body. The Nine Cycles Major Tribulation had brought him endless advantageous changes, igniting the hidden potential strength inside of him. The Dragon Transformation Art was still circulating, the stored lightning force was continuously toughening Jiang Chen’s bones and muscles. Every muscle cell was able to obtain a very good activation. It was imaginable that when Jiang Chen awoke, his physique would be enhanced to an insane level. After he had advanced to the Second Grade Combat Emperor, he might be able to send a Fourth Grade Combat Emperor to hell with just a punch.
The Dragon Transformation Art was a terrifying technique, it even had very high recovery ability. As the power of lightning was exerted on his muscles, his injuries were being repaired by the technique. Those ignited potential powers would only explode from his body when his wounds were completely healed. At that time, the dragon marks would condense rapidly and push his grade to the Second Grade Combat Emperor.
Despite the fact that Jiang Chen seemed very weak and looked seriously injured, his body was still vigorous, which was countless times better than the time he was at the Western Continent. His bursting vitality was related to the Nine Solar Lightning-Dragon pill.
The pill was just too powerful, it was a Saint pill. Even if he had swallowed more than one, which meant that the second pill didn’t have as much of an effect, it was still very helpful to his current condition.
Jiang Chen didn’t make a mistake in his predictions. He anticipated that he would become like what he had now become after confronting the Nine Cycles Major Tribulation, therefore, he swallowed a pill earlier. Or else, the time need for his recovery would double.
(Ch 657) Jiang Chen was lying in his original position, there was golden light drifting around the surface of his body at random times.
There was a buzzing sound in the cave. The golden light around Jiang Chen’s body became stronger. His condition had improved so much that his pitiful face disappeared and the expression of fortitude returned to his face.
On the ninth day which was a day before the opening of the Death Mountain, the sleeping Jiang Chen finally had some response. The golden cocoon outside his body broke and crumbled. The originally lying Jiang Chen had sat up but he hadn’t opened his eyes yet. Powerful waves of Qi were rushing out of his body that shook the entire mountain above them.
At this point, Jiang Chen had fully recovered. A small movement of his body created small lightning sparks. The Nine Cycles Heavenly Tribulation had toughened his body to an unimaginable strength and his physique wasn’t the only thing that was enhanced tremendously.
In Jiang Chen’s body, dragon marks started to condense. The way that he advanced his level was the same as the advancement in Combat King. For every level he advanced, it required two thousands dragon marks. Within a few minutes, two thousands dragon marks were completely formed.
Jiang Chen was as still as a mountain while gathering large amounts of Heavenly Rank Restoration pills to help him in the advancement. Every advancement of his was a large project that could make anyone stick out their tongue in shock.
His aura became stronger. If it wasn’t Jiang Chen who controlled the power, the whole mountain would have collapsed.
“Second Grade Combat Emperor.”
Tyrant and Sot Old Man’s eyes glittered. As they had felt Jiang Chen’s dramatic change of Qi, their faces revealed a pleasantly surprised look.
Later on, the two thousands dragon marks weren’t the limit. After Jiang Chen had reached the Second Grade Combat Emperor, the dragon marks still continued to condense.
(Ch 658) There was a layer of Qi rippling all over Jiang Chen’s body. His Qi was increasing consistently. Tyrant and Big Yellow didn’t show any tremendous changes in their facial expression as they knew how crazy their friend was, but Sot Old man was freaked out. After Jiang Chen had reached the Second Grade Combat Emperor, the excess Qi was pumping out of his body, which gave a certain pressure to this Fifth Grade Combat Emperor.
In other words, Jiang Chen, who had achieved the Second Grade Combat Emperor, was probably stronger than a Fifth Grade Combat Emperor in terms of combat strength.
After the Nine Cycles Major Tribulation, Jiang Chen’s potential power had been ignited. He had acquired a great benefit. The dragon marks in his body didn’t stop increasing until it condensed another thousand more dragon marks after the advancement..
From the beginning until now, Jiang Chen had accumulated forty three thousand dragon marks in his body. He had reached the middle state of Second Grade Combat Emperor with an extra thousand dragon marks, which had strengthened his combat skill by many times. With his current combat ability, he was able to defeat a Fifth Grade Combat King and was capable to fight a Sixth Grade. If he used his Saint Bone power, he could have taken a Sixth Grade Combat Emperor’s life. These were all due to the Dragon Transformation Art.
However, Jiang Chen still felt a little disappointed as the Dragon Transformation Art failed to undergo a new transformation. A surge of anger raced from his back while thinking those who caused this to happen.
The Dragon Transformation Art had reached this stage. Jiang Chen recalled when he first cultivated the art. The description of the art stated clearly that there would be dramatic changes on the art once his body accumulated a hundred thousand of dragon marks.
Now, he had gathered more than forty thousand dragon marks, the art became more mysterious than before. Those True Dragon Combat Techniques, the blood talisman in the Inferno Hell, the dragon blood essence and the dragon roar from his deep soul had indicated as what the description had told Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen felt that even if he had condensed a hundred thousands of dragon marks, it definitely wasn’t the maximum potential of the Dragon Transformation Art and it wasn’t the end yet.
Of course, he himself didn’t know what the final point of the technique was. He had to continue to discover and unlock the mysteries during the process of his cultivation. Nonetheless, there was one thing he was certain about, cultivating this art wouldn’t bring any disadvantages to his body, but instead it allowed him to go further in his cultivation path, making him stronger.
Forty three thousand dragon marks were in his body now, it gave him excess confidence in the expedition into the Death Mountain. As for the metamorphosis of the Dragon Transformation Art, he had to wait for it. It was the same as Tyrant’s enlightenment that came naturally by chance, not by effort or deliberation.

(Ch 682) “The earth is one of the five elements, it is also one of the basics for a cultivator. This pure soil is a divine item of heavens and earth. Anyone who gets this pure soil will obtain boundless benefits. If I were to absorb this pure soil, my Earth Dragon Seal will be completed. Amongst the five elements, I have completed fire, water, and earth. I am only left with wood and gold, but I only need half of the pure soil to cultivate my Earth Dragon Seal. We’ll divide it into half, and I’ll start refining it here in this small spatial zone.”
Jiang Chen said. The power of the pure soil was very great so he didn’t need all of it. Half of the soil had enough Soul Qi to cultivate his Earth Dragon Seal, the other half should be given to Big Yellow as today’s discovery of the soil was all due to Big Yellow’s contribution. If it wasn’t for his super sharp sense for treasures, they wouldn’t be able to find the pure soil.
Jiang Chen took a step and came before the small spatial zone. He grabbed the remaining half of the pure soil; he felt as if the item weighed thousands of pounds.
Jiang Chen sat with his legs crossed, tuning to his optimum condition. The pure soil was in both of his palms, he started refining it bit by bit. Currently, he was at the peak of the Second Grade Combat Emperor, and after he finished refining, he could push his level of grade to the peak of the Third Grade Combat Emperor. In addition to the metamorphosis of the Earth Dragon Seal, he had confidence that he would be able advance further to the Fourth Grade.
(Ch 683) Inside the Death Mountain. In a small and narrow spatial zone, Jiang Chen and Big Yellow were still in their meditative state. Their body were shining with a golden light which made them seem very divine. Their Qis’ were continuously increasing. The power of the pure soil was too strong. Earth was one of five elements. After Jiang Chen and Big Yellow were done refining - not only would their grade advance - their physiques and Yuan Force would also be enhanced, providing enormous benefits.
Two clear sounds were suddenly produced from Jiang Chen and Big Yellow’s body. That was the sound of advancement. At this moment, Jiang Chen had successfully condensed a thousand dragon marks and had reached the Third Grade Combat Emperor. Big Yellow on the other hand, had pushed his grade to the Fourth Grade Demon Emperor.
Each of them advanced one level of grade, but their Qi didn’t stop increasing there and they hadn’t awoken yet. The benefits that were brought by the pure soil weren’t only these.
Big Yellow’s Dragon-Horse bloodline became more vigorous. The speed of his refining increased. It seemed that it would only take one or two hours to completely refine the entire half of the pure soil. At that time, he would surely reach the Fifth Grade Demon Emperor.
At the same time that Jiang Chen was refining the pure soil, the Earth Dragon Seal of the five elements circulated automatically. A heavy and large Soul Qi coursed through Jiang Chen’s veins and finally to his Qi Sea. Dragon marks were continuing to form without slowing down.
One hundred, two hundred, three hundred……one thousand……
An hour later, Jiang Chen finally completed refining the pure soil. His Earth Dragon Seal was completed. The surge of energy from the Earth Dragon Seal’s bursting power accelerated the formation of dragon marks upto forty six thousand before it stopped abruptly. Jiang Chen successfully advance to the Fourth Grade Combat Emperor. He had advanced two levels this time, from the Second Grade to the Fourth Grade. The amplification of the refining had brought unexpected results to him.
A wave of Qi rushed out of Jiang Chen’s body, crumbling the soil below him. The crumbling force trembled the entire land, as if there was an earthquake happening.
Big Yellow drilled his way out of the ground. By the time he came out, a world-shaking rumbling sound occurred underground. Then, the land where the herb garden was at shook. An Earth Dragon that was about forty meters large drilled out of the land and spiralled up to the sky, and an explosion happened. That was an indescribable explosive force that totally blew the entire herb garden away. Smoke filled the atmosphere and flares of fire were seen.
After that, a white silhouette flew from below. His pupils were glowing and his black hair was dancing in the breeze like a peerless lord that looked down on all the living creatures.
He just stood there, the superior Qi that his body was releasing made him look like he was a natural born lord. A large whirlpool was formed above his head that was roughly three hundred meters wide. Outside his body, a shadowy blood-red dragon was dancing and circling around him. Both of his hands were full of dragon scales, it’s truly a magnificent sight.

Jiang Chen’s battle with the dark soul had finally reached an end. The current Jiang Chen was bursting with powerful Qi. Although the dark soul opposite to him was still howling hoarsely, the sound wasn’t as resounding as before. It had reached its limit, it was using its final strength to defend itself.
All of a sudden, a powerful energy erupted from Jiang Chen’s body. The dragon marks inside his body had already reached forty seven thousand nine hundred, a hundred more was all he needed to become a Fifth Grade Combat Emperor. Once he had edified this dark soul, he would immediately push his grade to the Fifth Grade Combat Emperor.
Suddenly, Jiang Chen stood up and bellowed. His eyes had become golden, his black hair was fluttering in the air like a descendant of a peerless war god.
The dark soul couldn’t withstand it anymore. It let out its final wail and completely gave in. At this moment, The Edifying Light infiltrated its last line of defense and destroyed all of its evil willpower. With a swoosh, the light flew out of the dark soul’s body and landed on Jiang Chen’s.
As the dark soul was edified, Jiang Chen instantly became a Fifth Grade Combat Emperor. A domineering Qi was unleashed. This powerful feeling gave Jiang Chen the urge to roar at the sky for hours.
His Qi was retracted. He strode to the dark soul and yelled at the forty-meter tall dark soul. “Kneel down!”
From the ghostly fire of its eyes, it seemed like it was stunned for a moment. Then, with a puff, it prostrated before Jiang Chen while its body was trembling. A powerful Minor Saint dark soul was completely edified and became Jiang Chen’s servant. A command from Jiang Chen could send it to death without even a speck of disobedience.
Seeing this result, Jiang Chen laughed loudly while facing the sky. The big dude should be the biggest reward that he had obtained in the Death Mountain besides the Pure Soil. With his Fifth Grade Combat Emperor power, and a First Grade Minor Saint dark soul beside him as a trump card, he could deal with many kinds of problems.

(Ch 720) On their journey to the Green Fluorescent City, Jiang Chen straight away absorbed the demon soul of the male lion. The demon soul of Ninth Grade Demon Emperor, as expected, wasn’t able to push his grade to the Sixth Grade Combat Emperor. Nonetheless, this was a Ninth Grade Demon Emperor’s soul after all, the pool of energy inside of it was huge. It had helped Jiang Chen in condensing a thousand five hundred dragon marks, making a total of forty nine thousand five hundred dragon marks now. He only needed five hundred more dragon marks to breakthrough to the Sixth Grade Combat Emperor.
“The advancement of the dragon transformation art becomes harder and harder. Every advancement requires huge amount of energy. A Ninth Grade Demon Emperor only allowed him to condense one thousand five hundred dragon marks. I haven’t reached the sixth grade yet. However, it has enhanced my combat strength by a notch. My current combat strength is sufficient enough to handle any Ninth Grade Combat Emperor. I just need one more Ninth Grade Demon Soul to hit the Sixth Grade Combat Emperor. When that time comes, none of the Ninth Grade Combat Emperors will be my opponent.”
Jiang Chen said to himself silently. Although his strength was raised by another notch, a worry weighed heavily in Jiang Chen’s mind due to the increasing difficulties of dragon transformation art. Every advancement of grade would require a very huge amount of energy. This indicated that Jiang Chen’s road of cultivation would become more difficult with every step he took.
(Ch 721) The roar of the male lion had drawn Jiang Chen’s attention. He saw a sturdy and robust male lion in the manor. It was unexpectedly similar to the lion he met during the day. It was also a powerful Ninth Grade Demon Emperor.
Jiang Chen didn’t have the slightest fear after seeing this male lion. Instead, his face revealed delight. So, it turned out to be that there were twins of the male lion. It looked like Jiang Chen didn’t have to worry for his advancement to the sixth grade anymore.
Jiang Chen said as Ah Da rushed out instantly. Its terrifying sharp claw pierced through the male lion’s skull, causing it to die immediately. He raised his Heavenly Saint Sword, picking out the demon soul of the male lion. Without saying another word, he swallowed and absorbed it on the spot and kept Ah Da back into the spatial ring.
Not long after these two men and the dog left, a powerful Qi surged out of Jiang Chen’s body. He swallowed massive amount of Heaven Rank Restoration pills. After another round of absorbing the demon soul, his level of grade was pushed to the Sixth Grade Combat Emperor.

(Ch 744) Dan King led the way out of the hall and, naturally, Jiang Chen followed suit. Very quickly, they had come to the center of the herb garden. In the garden, there’s a tree that had the height of an ordinary human. Its trunk had many bends and curves, like a dragon, which looked very divine.
Jiang Chen’s gaze had fallen on this divine tree. Due to the vigorous Qi that was released from it, the herbs around it were robust. Even the flowers and grass had shown vigorous vital force.
The divine tree was a symbol of life. It was imaginable that after getting its essence, his power of regeneration would reach a terrifying extent. The rate of regeneration of Dragon Transformation Art itself was already very fast, and thus, the effect would be unimaginable after adding the essence of the divine tree.
(Ch 745) Since Dan King had already told him to do so, he naturally wouldn’t delay it any longer. His hand clawed, causing Yuan Force to shoot out from his palm, akin to a tidal wave. The dragon shaped Yuan Force enveloped the entire Mulberry Divine Tree. The Mulberry Divine Tree trembled intensely, as if it had sensed that an external force wanted to absorb its essence.
“Wood Dragon Seal, calm down.”
Jiang Chen softly clamored. He silently casted the Wood Dragon Seal. Suddenly, the Mulberry Divine Tree stopped trembling, as if it had received some kind of order, letting Jiang Chen extract its essence freely.
The essence of the Mulberry Divine Tree was exuberant. With the help of the Wood Dragon Seal, it only took over ten minutes to absorb half of its essence. The Mulberry Divine Tree that was left with half of its essence didn’t seemed to be as vigorous as it was before. It appeared to be weaker, its trunk had already bent downwards slightly. Its vital force foundation, however, still remained. Hence, the lost essence would slowly grow back, but it would certainly need some time.
“Alright, half of the essence is just perfect. Any extra will result in wastage. My Wood Dragon Seal will undergo a metamorphosis immediately, instantly pushing my strength to the Seventh Grade.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes sparkled. Without delay, under the circulation of the Dragon Transformation Art, the powerful essence of the divine tree was rapidly absorbed again. At the same time, a world-shaking change was happening on the Wood Dragon Seal.
Jiang Chen’s body produced a buzzing sound. A shapeless energy had blown his robe until it fluttered. The Qi that was unleashed by a Sixth Grade Combat Emperor Jiang Chen was actually greater than a powerful Ninth Grade Combat Emperor.
Jiang Chen straightaway sat down with his leg crossed, concentrating on forming the Wood Dragon Seal and pushing his grade to Seventh Grade Combat Emperor. Since everyone present were his relatives, Jiang Chen could calmly refine the essence and advance his grade.
After half an hour's time, Jiang Chen had finally absorbed all the essence of the divine tree. At this time, the Wood Dragon Seal had completely transformed. Jiang Chen had the sudden impulse to wave his hands, causing a magical seal to appear. A green dragon let out an ear-trembling roar was summoned by him.
The green dragon was akin to a real one. It was roughly forty meters large. It roared out continuously, moving around above the herb garden, which made it seemed very divine.
“A very powerful Green Dragon Seal. The attack power of this green dragon is very high. It can even kill a Ninth Grade Combat Emperor. Besides its powerful attacking power, it also consist an exuberant energy. It is the energy that represents life.”
Someone exclaimed.
Under Jiang Chen’s control, the green dragon didn’t attempt to destroy anything but bursted above the herb garden, turning into a green rain that fell onto the garden. This green rain was like the rain of life of the heavens and earth. Anyone could smell it.
“Awesome! This is a miracle. I can smell the true Qi of life. The green rain represents the source of life and has a very powerful regenerative power. Dan King, young master was able to amplify the effect of the divine tree.”
“That’s right. If Dan King County can always get such a rainfall, the heaven and earth Yuan Force will be many times stronger than it is now. Young master is truly a miracle. After absorbing the essence of the Mulberry Divine Tree, he didn’t just consume the essence but has projected the regenerative effects of the essence instead. Who would believe it without seeing it with their own eyes?”
The green rain fell and landed on the herbs. Those vigorous herbs showed some kind of pleasant response as if they had obtained some kind of great nourishment. All the herbs, flowers and grasses swayed. In the blink of an eye, their lengths increased rapidly. Even the half withered Mulberry Divine Tree had returned to its normal condition after the nourishment.
After Jiang Chen had absorbed the essence of the divine tree, his Wood Dragon Seal not only acted as a combat technique, but it also consisted regenerative and healing power. It was imaginable that any ordinary injuries could be healed by Jiang Chen’s wood energy. It was more effective than any herbs and elixirs. As for Dan King and the elders who could concoct pills, they knew it very well in their hearts. Because of this, they felt even more amazed by this young man’s ability.
At the same time, a buzzing noise was created again from Jiang Chen’s body. His Qi began to tremble intensely, his Qi was continuously climbing.
At this moment, dragon marks were starting to form in his body. Blood-red dragon marks had occupied his dantian. It increased to fifty one thousand dragon marks and then to fifty two thousand dragon marks.
The Seventh Grade Combat Emperor’s barrier was immediately broken through. That advancement came from the massive energy of the Wood Dragon Seal. Jiang Chen’s Qi didn’t just stop there, after reaching the Seventh Grade Combat Emperor. It still continued to rise, it only stopped after a few minutes. There were already fifty three thousand dragon marks in his body. Not only had he achieved the Seventh Grade Combat Emperor, but he had also reached the peak of it. He would only need to condense a thousand more dragon marks to reach the Eighth Grade Combat Emperor.

He simply found a spot and sat down cross-legged without any delay. He refined all of the Ninth Grade Devil Emperors devil souls in one shot.
Dragon marks started to condense. In an hour’s time, all the refined devil souls had been completely absorbed along its tremendous energy.
Five hundred dragon marks were condensed. Jiang Chen’s Qi rose and pushed him to the Eighth Grade Combat Emperor. The energy still continued to rise until it condense a hundred more dragon marks.
It finally stopped after advancing. As for the Minor Saint devil soul, he wasn’t in a hurry to refine it. It would be very difficult to advance from the Eighth Grade to the Ninth Grade. The energy required for the advancement would be unimaginably greater.
Furthermore, Jiang Chen was using such a rapid method of advancement. He would have to spend some time resting to stabilize his foundation before another advancement.
For the following time, he used the dragon transformation art to solidify his cultivation grade. Once his foundation had reached the desired level, he could begin his next advancement, pushing his cultivation to the Ninth Grade Combat Emperor.

Jiang Chen wasn’t concerned about what place this was, he just sat down cross-legged carelessly, E Sha would be guarding him while cultivating.
He then kick-started the dragon transformation art and started to refine and absorb the devil souls. Roughly ten minutes later, the two devil souls were completely refined and absorbed. Currently, the number of dragon marks had already reached fifty-five thousand and nine hundred, but it hadn’t reached the mark of the next level yet. There’s a hundred more to go.
In the following time, both of them went past every corner of the zone like specters in search of prey. An hour passed and E Sha found one Second Grade Minor Devil Saint. It then brought the devil soul back to Jiang Chen after killing it.
Jiang Chen, in turn, hastily refined the new devil soul and absorbed the energy within.
The mark for the Ninth Grade Combat Emperor was hit. Countless of Heaven Rank Restoration pills were consumed as if they were unlimited. At this moment, he had made a breakthrough to the ninth grade. Fifty six thousand dragon marks was the Ninth Grade Combat Emperor’s mark but the dragon marks in his body had exceeded that amount by two hundred.
‘This is great! Finally, I have reached the Ninth Grade Combat Emperor. But, the energy required to step into Minor Saint realm would be so much greater. The next mark will be sixty thousand dragon marks, I would need to condense roughly four thousand more dragon marks. If I continue to depend on this method of advancing, the devil souls of Minor Devil Saint would affect my foundation greatly.

After killing the white tiger, Jiang Chen immediately flew to the west side of the formation where the position of the gold element was located. He sat on the spot after swallowing the tiger’s demon soul. Then, massive soul power of gold element rushed out of his body. In a few blinks, the incomplete Five Elemental Tisura Formation had reached completion. Five different colors of energy wave shone upon Nebula Sect, covering the sect with a layer of shield, protecting the people from within.
Nan Bei Chao’s fury soared to the sky. He looked like a peerless emperor. Both of his eyes had turned gold as he stared at Jiang Chen. Now, he understood Jiang Chen’s plan: he was using the demon soul of the white tiger to advance to Minor Saint realm.
Jiang Chen was sitting cross-legged as he slowly refined and absorbed the demon soul of the white tiger. This was a demon soul of a Fifth Grade Minor Demon Saint divine beast. The energy within was massive and unimaginable. However, the energy wasn’t the main thing that Jiang Chen was after. He needed the original bloodline of the white tiger that was within the demon soul. As for the rest of the demon soul, he could leave it to Big Yellow. Jiang Chen just needed the bloodline of the white tiger to cultivate the gold dragon seal, and thus, completing the five element combat dragon seal that would straightaway push his cultivation to the First Grade Minor Saint.
The dragon transformation art was circulated at maximum speed along with the gold dragon seal. The bloodline of the white tiger was slowly absorbed and a large amount of soul power of the gold element were condensing in his body.
Approximately fifteen minutes later, he had absorbed all the bloodline contained within the white tiger’s demon soul.
A deep rumbling sound came out of Jiang Chen’s body. A very powerful wave of Qi rushed out of his body. The last element had been fully condensed, completing the five elements. Five different Qi of the five different elements were unleashed from his body.
Sixty thousand dragon marks were formed. At this moment, Jiang Chen had finally stepped into the realm of Minor Saints! Although he was merely at the first grade of the Minor Saint realm, there was a tremendous change on him. It had brought unimaginable advantage to him after completing the cultivation of the five elements. It would absolutely not be as simple as just advancing to the first grade of Minor Saint realm.
(Ch 770) Sixty thousand dragon marks had been formed. He had stepped into the Minor Saint realm. But, his advancement hadn’t ended yet. A projection suddenly shot out from his body and formed a gold world that looked entirely independent from the current world.
Successively, five different kinds of projections were shining from his body. There were gold, green, light blue, crimson red and yellowish brown. He couldn’t help but was become ravished with joy.
“Haha! This is my power sphere!” Anyone who reached the Minor Saint realm would be able to ignite a power sphere within him. Usually a person would only be able to ignite a single power sphere but I have five different power spheres that can be combined into one. This is a powerful five elemental sphere. I finally begun to understand the peak form of the five element combat dragon seal. It isn’t like any ordinary type of offensive seal. That’s what makes it so incredible.”
Jiang Chen suddenly burst into laughter. Five elemental sphere was the peak form of the five elements combat dragon seal. In the heavens and the earth, who had a power sphere that consisted of five different elements like him? The five elements were the fundamental and original elements when the heavens and earth had just formed. Now, Jiang Chen possessed the essence of these five elements. It was unimaginable how much this world would be changed by him.
When the five power spheres combined into one, it would surely become exceptional. There were many people in this world that cultivated skills with different properties like fire, ice and the likes. They would all be suppressed heavily by Jiang Chen’s power sphere . Furthermore, the harmonization of the five elements would give Jiang Chen’s power sphere an inexhaustible vitality.
Jiang Chen was overjoyed with this unexpected achievement. This is totally a heaven defying power sphere. A single attack would be equivalent to the attack coming from five different power spheres.
“Forces of five elements, fuse together!”
Jiang Chen shouted. The five different elements combined into one, single projection. The essence of the five elements had already been completely refined and absorbed by him. Thus, he could wield it with a single command.
The five elemental sphere had completely combined, causing a gale to surround him. One could sense five different energies from the power sphere. There were sharp golden waves that could cut through anything like a keen sword, billowing green air that contained boundless vitality, icy tidal torrent that could freeze anything, dazzling and scorching flames that could incinerate even the heavens and earth, and the yellowish brown sand that looked like a mountain.
This was the power of the five elements, everyone who felt it would be stifled.
The gale around him howled loudly. Now that the essences of the five elements had been completely condensed, it brought him a lot of benefits. New dragon marks started to form again until it reached a thousand. In order words, Jiang Chen wasn’t just a mere First Grade Minor Saint, he had reached the peak of it!
After keeping his power sphere, two beams of lights that was as sharp as sword shot out of his eyes, cutting through the void in front. He stood up and the Qi of the heaven and earth changed as if it could feel the descent of a peerless king. His body illuminated a dazzling light that stung people’s eyes, as if he was a god that couldn’t be peered directly.
He could also feel the Qi of the heavenly tribulation at this exact moment. Ever since he stepped into the Combat Soul realm, he would always encounter a powerful tribulation whenever he reached a new realm. In fact, he had already grown quite accustomed to it and he knew the way to control it. As long as he didn’t advance to Second Grade Minor Saint, the tribulation would strike him whenever he commanded.
Jiang Chen made a step and appeared above the sky. Suddenly, his body started to tremble intensely. The five elemental spheres had ignited the metamorphosis of the dragon transformation art. He turned incredibly excited because he knew that the metamorphosis would bring a tremendous amount of benefits
In his deepest soul, the image of the half human and half dragon resurfaced. It was similar to the image he saw during his enlightenment last time. It had finally reappeared!
A droplet of dragon blood essence materialized in his deepest soul and blended with his vital organs and bones.
He couldn’t help but let out a heaven shaking roar. His Dragon Transformation Art undergo a new transformation, allowing him to acquire the human-dragon form skill . His body started to transform. Blood red dragon scales started to appear on the surface of his skin.
Cracking of bones was heard. His arm had become very thick and strong. His palm had turned into a realm dragon claw which could tear anything apart with a single claw. His body size had grown a fold larger. Two blood red dragon wings popped out of his back. When it flapped, it produced a clanking sound. It could improve Jiang Chen’s speed and was also be used as a weapon. One attack could sever a Third Grade Minor Saint at the waist.
Jiang Chen transformed into a blood-red dragon, only his face remained the same. He felt that his combat strength had improved by at least ten times and could simply tear anything apart according to his will.
The moment he reached the Minor Saint realm, he was powerful enough to kill a Fourth Grade Minor Saint. And after transforming into a dragon, his combat strength increased, he would have no problems finishing a Fifth Grade Minor Saint. It was very hard for one to imagine that there was such a powerful transformation. Also, the power of the true dragon combat technique such as the true dragon palm and azure dragon’s five steps would be enormously enhanced when he’s in dragon form.

In truth, everyone who faced the Tribulation of the Devil Dragon would be trapped in such an illusory world with another evil self that always had the advantage in battle.
In the final moment, Jiang Chen understood the meaning between life and death, and used the suicide method to get out of the illusory world, destroying his evil self and break the Tribulation of the Devil Dragon in the process. This was a very bold decision but he succeeded anyway.
This tribulation had given Jiang Chen lots of benefits. As he had defeated the devil aura of the tribulation, there wouldn’t be anything else that could affect his soul anymore. Moreover, he had deciphered the true meaning of life-and-death which had brought a great change to him spiritually. Although this change couldn’t be seen yet, this would act as a reminder when he faced something bigger in the future. One should know that there was no end in one’s cultivation path. There were tons of concepts that one had to understand and decipher.
Suddenly, a buzzing sound came out from Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea. Countless of dragon marks and Yuan Force rolled like a tidal wave. After the tribulation, part of his potential was unlocked. New dragon marks were starting to form, pushing his grade towards the Second Grade Minor Saint.
There were sixty one thousand dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea currently. When another thousand was condensed, he would be able to reach the second grade of Minor Saint realm. Now, according to the current scenario, he should have no problem in condensing two thousand dragon marks. In other words, after reaching Second Grade Minor Saint, he would be able to continue the advancement until the peak of Second Grade Minor Saint.
(Ch 785) he number of dragon marks were increasing, which was aligned to Jiang Chen’s anticipation. The lightning tribulation helped condensed two thousands new dragon marks, pushing beyond the early Second Grade Minor Saint to the peak.
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but reveal a smirk when he felt the immense power inside him. Presently, he could kill any Fifth Grade Minor Saint with ease. If he transformed, he could crush a sixth grade. His strength would allow him to fight an ordinary Seventh Grade equally after the transformation. Of course, he would need to advance to the third grade in order to kill a seventh grade.

Early in the morning the next day, a brilliant sword light pierced through the sky, the air above Nebula Sect rippled, creating a colorful reflection. The Heavenly Saint Sword released an overbearing wave of energy, it had become more divine and powerful than before. This was the fourth fragment of the sword. There were three more pieces left. Once the seven fragments were gathered, the sword would return to its originally glorious state.
The fragment had brought Jiang Chen a tremendous amount benefits. Two thousand more dragon marks were formed because of the advancement of the sword. The total dragon marks in his body had reached sixty five thousand, pushing his grade to the peak of the Third Grade Minor Saint.

(Ch 839) Jiang Chen was moving the dark spirits, demon souls and devil souls in his Qi Sea, slowly refining them for absorption. He was going to deal with Desolate Ning soon to retrieve his finger bone back. Desolate Ning was a genius of his family, a powerful Seventh Grade Minor Saint. He would absolutely not be an easy opponent even for a normal or a transformed Jiang Chen, as he was merely a Third Grade Minor Saint. Furthermore, if he transformed into a dragon, he would attract the attention of the people of the Dark Generation, ultimately exposing his true identity.
Thus, Jiang Chen had no choice but to use an extreme way to enhance his cultivation to Fourth Grade Minor Saint. The amount of dark spirit he collected from killing those princes was enough for him to reach the Fourth Grade Minor Saint. The reason that he didn’t attempt this advancement technique was because it could easily affect his foundation.
In spite of that, he still needed to quickly boost up his cultivation in order to defeat Desolate Ning. If he refined the new finger bone, it would be able to make up for the loss that he would make from the advancement.
The souls inside Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea started to ripple. Due to the control of his willpower, the people from the outside would not be able to find out that he was trying to advance his cultivation. Every dark spirit was quickly refined under the circulation of the dragon transformation art. Blood-red dragon marks started to condense in his Qi Sea.
(Ch 840) “I am advancing to the Fourth Grade Minor Saint.”
Jiang Chen spoke, he then closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Dan King rolled his eyes. He had utmost respect for Jiang Chen’s advancement method. One should know that this was the advancement within the Minor Saint realm. Every advancement would be extremely difficult. In other words, every Minor Saint would reach a bottleneck in every grade. But, it seemed like this bottleneck didn’t exist in Jiang Chen’s case. After a series of contemplation, Dan King found out that it only made sense for a monstrous genius like him. There were some matters beneath the heavens that couldn’t be explained using common sense. Jiang Chen’s existence itself was a miracle.
Jiang Chen casted the five elemental sphere to encompass his entire body. In which case, no one would be able to detect his advancement, even if he was scanned by the divine sense of the other geniuses.
His killings of Minor Saints in the Dark Mulberry City, mostly the princes of the rich families, had gotten him a lot of dark spirit. Although none of them were above Eighth Grade Minor Saint, the total energy of these dark spirits was enough for him to advance to a Fourth Grade Minor Saint.
As Jiang Chen’s cultivation continued to rise, his dragon transformation art would only become more terrifyingly powerful. Under the circulation of his dragon transformation art, each of the dark spirit was refined and absorbed one after another. The dark element within the spirit was refined by dragon transformation art into the purest energy for him to absorb.
From the start until the end, it took roughly ten minutes. An even stronger energy spilled out from Jiang Chen’s body, but it was quickly pulled back. That was the excess Qi that burst out from his body after his advancement. If he released this Qi out, it would be powerful enough to demolish the entire auction compound.

Jiang Chen was sitting on a large hassock cross-legged. Moments later, he adjusted his condition to the perfect state before taking out the Saint Bone.
The Saint Bone was letting out buzzing sound, as though it was responding to its master. Then it trembled intensely. That was the feeling when two things were connected. The bone had belonged to him, was a part of himself. No one other than him would be able to refine it.
Although Desolate Ning could fuse the Saint Bone into his own bone with the help of experts of Desolate Family, it was merely a fusion instead of a completion. As such, it only could enhance the power of his finger strike.
With the circulation of the dragon transformation art, the finger bone integrated with Jiang Chen’s right finger at quickest speed, smoothly and without pain. This was mainly due to the blood type connection Jiang Chen had with the finger bone.
The stimulation of the Saint Bone was equivalent to the stimulation of the Heavenly Saint Sword. These stimulation could quicken the circulation of dragon transformation art and also igniting Jiang Chen’s inner potential strength. Jiang Chen’s pool of energy was improving under the stimulation of the Saint Bone. New dragon marks started to form rapidly.
Currently there were sixty seven thousand dragon marks There was only a thousand more to achieve the Fifth Grade Minor Saint. One thousand dragon marks was condensed very quickly due to the stimulation of the finger bone. His Qi started to roll inside of him. That was the indication of Fifth Grade Minor Saint advancement. Sixty eight thousand dragon marks were the threshold of Fifth Grade Minor Saint.
Jiang Chen could feel the changes in his body strongly. The requirement of energy for every advancement was enormous. This time, Jiang Chen straightaway refined the high grade True Meta Stones to use the pure energy in it for his advancement. After a number of True Meta Stones were refined and absorbed, his cultivation grade had risen to a new level.
The consumption of high grade True Meta Stones allowed him to feel the terrifying energy of his dragon transformation art. His thirst for the stones would be greater than before as the time went on. As such, he must make sure that his trip to Void Triangular Domain was beneficial, he must ensure that he would obtain as many high grade True Meta Stones as possible.
After breaking through the Fifth Grade Minor Saint, the number of dragon marks didn’t stop condensing until another thousand dragon marks were produced. At the present moment, Jiang Chen’s body had already reached sixty nine thousand dragon marks. It was only a thousand more dragon marks to go to reach Sixth Grade Minor Saint. It’s safe to say that the cultivation grade of Fifth Grade Minor Saint had been fortified. And, his pool of energy had enhanced drastically and his foundation had become stronger because part of his potential strength was ignited.
As Jiang Chen moved his body, sounds of cracking were heard. Every inch of his bone released a powerful energy wave. His current Qi could only be described by the word ‘mighty’. More importantly, his right forefinger and left forefinger were radiating golden light and exuding strong Qi of Saint. If he used his Profound Nine Solar Energy, the damage inflicted would be a lot greater than before.
“Good. Not only have I advanced to Fifth Grade Minor Saint, but also allowed the use of the strength of my finger bone in my human-dragon form. The combination of two finger bones makes the finger strike useable even when I am a human dragon. When I have transformed into a human-dragon, not only my combat strength will increase by tenfold, my finger strike will also improve – more powerful than the tenfold increment of combat strength. This is perfect.”
Jiang Chen exposed a smirk at the corner of his mouth. He felt very confident and satisfied at his current condition. After transforming into a human-dragon, he could kill any ordinary Ninth Grade Minor Saint instantly. Only those who were peak Ninth Grade Minor Saint could engage in a battle with him.

(Ch 860) “What should we do now?”
Big Yellow asked.
“Do you still remember the fragment of the Heavenly Saint Sword that I obtained in the auction? As long as I integrated it with my sword, my cultivation would certainly advance to the Sixth Grade Minor Saint. At that time, Nan Bei Chao would no longer be my opponent. We will now go and extract those ore mines. In the process of extracting, I will also integrate the fragment.”
(Ch 861) Jiang Chen didn’t waste any time. Under Big Yellow’s lead, they proceeded to the next ore mine. On the way, he was still integrating the fragment into the Heavenly Saint Sword. The number of dragon marks in his Qi Sea were increasing continuously. Currently, he already had sixty nine thousand dragon marks. He only needed one thousand more to reach seventy thousand, and break through to the Sixth Grade Minor Saint.
It was only an hour but Jiang Chen had already extracted thirty three ore mines. This would be the resources for Jiang Chen’s future cultivation.
Jiang Chen’s eyes glinted with excitement and enthusiasm. The gains in this trip was truly rewarding. Not only did he obtained a tremendous amount of dark spirits, but also the fragment of his Heavenly Saint Sword and solved his worries of resources for his future advancements.
The fragment of the sword was a crucial item to him. If he hadn’t come to Void Triangular Domain, he wouldn’t be able to obtain this fragment. Now, he has already obtained five fragments of the Heavenly Saint Sword. There were two more left, but it was just like before, he didn’t have any information or clues about the whereabouts of those two fragments.
“Don’t worry. I have already completed the integration of the fragment and the Heavenly Saint Sword. My current cultivation is already a Sixth Grade Minor Saint now. It would be more than enough to handle Nan Bei Chao.”
Jiang Chen was full of confidence. In the process of extracting the ore mines, he had completed the integration of the fragment into the Heavenly Saint Sword. This allowed him to condense one thousand dragon marks. Now, he had already accumulate more than seventy thousand dragon marks, which had broken through the barrier of the Sixth Grade Minor Saint.
Even if Jiang Chen had just advanced to the Sixth Grade Minor Saint, it was already enough to deal with Nan Bei Chao. In fact, his combat strength had reached to the point where no cultivators below the Great Saint realm could fight him, except for those Sky Ranking geniuses who were only half a step away from the Great Saint realm.

Jiang Chen sat down cross-legged and started to refine the blood talisman that seemingly belonged to his.
As the blood talisman entered Jiang Chen’s body, it trembled intensely. Seconds after he circulated the dragon transformation art, rays of blood-red light illuminated and rushed to Jiang Chen’s limbs and bones. He was amazed that these blood-red light were helping him greatly. It enhanced the True Dragon bloodline in his body. He felt like the seventy thousand dragon marks had all become true dragons during the enhancement.
As the blood-red light increased, the condensation of dragon marks began in his body. The changes in the blood talisman had initiated the condensation of dragon marks.
“Good, I was unable to refine the blood talisman back in Purgatory because I haven’t got the True Dragon bloodline yet. Now, it’s different. I can fully refine this blood talisman, obtain great benefits and push my cultivation to the Seventh Grade Minor Saint. At that time, anyone under the Great Saint realm would not be my opponent.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes sparkled as this was a great encounter. The advancement of one grade wasn’t the most important thing. It was the function of this blood talisman that was important. He could already feel the extraordinary features from the blood talisman. There were lots of secrets hidden in the talisman. He would explore them slowly when he had the time.
After a short period of time, the blood talisman was fully integrated in Jiang Chen’s body. When Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea returned to its calm state, two thousand dragon marks had been formed, making a total of seventy two thousand dragon marks, he broke through another level in cultivation – Seventh Grade Minor Saint. With so many high grade True Meta Stones, he didn’t need to worry about the consumption during his advancement.

Jiang Chen refined the devil soul through circulating the dragon transformation art. Through using the flames True Dragon Fire and True Thunderfire the devil Qi within the soul was purified very quickly, leaving only the purest energy within.
\*Weng\* \*Weng\*
A massive amount of energy was slowly refined by Jiang Chen. One by one, dragon marks began to form. The speed of formation was very fast. It took only a minute to condense a thousand new dragon marks.
The earth devil beast’s eyes were staring at Jiang Chen’s body, astonished by his continuously rising Qi. The beast was considered a being that could trample the world but it had never seen such monstrous human, a human not only had great combat power, but could also advance in such a casual way.
The energy within the devil soul of a First Grade Great Saint was too tremendous. The number of dragon marks were increasing. Soon, a thousand dragon marks were condensed. The previous number of dragon marks was 72, 000 but now it had reached 74, 000. A large bulk of high grade True Meta Stones was refined and a wave of monstrous Qi burst out of his body like raging waves, pushing his grade directly to the eighth grade.
The energy of the devil soul wasn’t exhausted yet after the break through. New dragon marks were still gathering in his Qi Sea.
The present Jiang Chen wasn’t like before. Not only had he advanced to Eighth Grade Minor Saint, he had also condensed another thousand dragon marks within this very short period of time, making a total of 75, 000 dragon marks and pushing his cultivation grade to the peak of his grade. His current power was enough to deal with ordinary Second Grade Great Saint.

he intention of the blood talisman was very mysterious. Even though he had guessed that they were likely brought here deliberately by the blood talisman, he had no clue what was the connection between this place and the blood talisman.
At this moment, the blood talisman that led them here rushed towards the altar. Jiang Chen could feel the excitement from it as it rose towards the altar. That excitement wasn’t from meeting the other blood talisman but because of the corpse-made altar.
The two blood talismans converged and emitted countless blood-red light that wrapped the entire sacrificial altar. The two blood talismans rotated in high speed, trying to merge together, but it seemed something was missing, disrupting the merger.
“I know now. I am the factor that prevents them from merging. One of the blood talismans has already been refined by me and the energy within has also been absorbed by me which means my blood was already connected to it. As for the other blood talisman, I haven’t refined it. Thus, as soon as I refine that blood talisman, both blood talismans will be able to merge completely, and then all the problems will resolved.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. In fact, he was a little excited in his heart. He had already anticipated that the combination of the two blood talismans would bring him unexpectedly great results. Currently, the sacrificial altar had made the other blood talisman more mysterious and he knew that this mystery was related to his prediction. So, as long as he refined the other blood talisman, he would be able to know the secret in the mystery as to why would the blood talisman come to such a place?
Jiang Chen gestured with his hands, signaling the blood talisman. The two blood talismans immediately flew away from the altar and towards him. Jiang Chen caught them by his hand and immediately felt a cordial feeling. Last time in the Inferno Hell, it was impossible for him to control it, but with his current cultivation strength, it did not show any resistance, especially the blood talisman that he refined in the Suspended Tower.
Jiang Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, integrating two blood talismans into his body and his dragon transformation art began to circulate frenziedly. At the moment, the blood talisman danced wildly as if it could sense the presence of the dragon transformation art. Then, it saw an image of a dragon flickering in the blood talisman. The dragon was roaring overbearingly at the sky.
The blood talisman seemed to contain the blood of an ancestral dragon. Traces of energy flowed out and diffused into Jiang Chen’s limbs and bones, and at the same time, new dragon marks began to form under the circulation of dragon transformation art.
This was the stimulation in the bloodline, which was very beneficial to Jiang Chen. Almost a minute later, a thousand dragon marks had been condensed, making a total of 76 000 dragon marks in his body, and this amount was exactly the threshold to advance to the Ninth Grade Minor Saint.
A powerful Qi shot out of his body. Crazy amount of high grade True Meta Stones were being refined and absorbed. Soon, Jiang Chen’s cultivation grade had reached Ninth Grade Minor Saint and his combat strength had improved tremendously.
However, after reaching the Ninth Grade Minor Saint, the number of dragon marks didn’t stop increasing. Another one thousand dragon marks were condensed very quick, making the total dragon marks 77 000.
Nevertheless, the advancement from Minor Saint realm to Great Saint realm wasn’t easy. The normal advancement for every grade in Minor Saint realm was 2 000 dragon marks, but advancing to the Great Saint realm required 4 000 dragon marks. In other words, Jiang Chen must hit the threshold of 80 000 dragon marks in order to advance to Great Saint realm. As such, it was impossible to think of using the blood talisman to break through into the Great Saint realm.
The blood talisman was completely refined. The two blood talismans then merged together. It was the most intimate fusion. After that, the speed of circulation of dragon transformation art increased by a few times. This circumstance truly had stirred up Jiang Chen’s excitement.
“Haha! I didn’t expect that the fusion of the two blood talismans could prompt the dragon transformation art into a metamorphosis again. The feeling is really great! I just don’t know what great combat technique this metamorphosis will bring me.” Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laughed. This was a situation which was out of his expectation and it had given him the biggest surprise. One should know that every metamorphosis of the dragon transformation art would bring Jiang Chen unimaginable benefits. At the very least, he would acquire some kind of great combat dragon seals.
In the first metamorphosis of the dragon transformation art, Jiang Chen had acquired True Dragon Palm and True Dragon Fire. In the second metamorphosis, he had acquired Azure Dragon Five Steps. In the third metamorphosis, he acquired the Five Elemental Combat Dragon Seal. He was full of anticipation of what he would acquire in the fourth metamorphosis.
Moreover, the metamorphosis would also bring tremendous benefits to his cultivation grade. For instance if Jiang Chen could condense another two thousand dragon marks after the metamorphosis, the total of dragon marks in his body would reach 79 000 and he would reach the peak of Ninth Grade Minor Saint.
At the same time, a message appeared out of nowhere in his mind: The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. It is the Supreme Divine Weapon of true dragon. Once this ninety-nine storey Ancestral Dragon Pagoda is successfully condensed, it can initiate apocalypse and scorn the universe…
This was about the legend of a Supreme Divine Weapon and the ways to condense it. Before Jiang Chen could comprehend it thoroughly, the two blood talismans rushed out of his body.
Numerous beams of blood-red lights were emitted from the blood talismans. Every beam of light was incomparably dazzling. The blood talisman disappeared as the rays of light increased, as though it had turned completely into one of the rays of blood-red light. Then, a blood-red ancient pagoda appeared, or one should see it as an embryonic ancient pagoda, it was an illusory image.
And even if it was illusory, it gave people an enormous feeling of shock. The top of the ancient pagoda went straight into the sky. The ancient and noble Qi that was exuded from the pagoda aroused people’s impulse to worship it.
“My god, what’s this tower? Although it is only an illusory image, it is more honourable than the Suspended Tower. Furthermore, this ancient pagoda gives people a feeling of everlasting that is greater than the sky, it is as though it is above all the laws and principles of nature.”
The spectacle sent him an extreme degree of shock.
“Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.” Jiang Chen murmured.
He knew that the fusion of the two blood talismans had formed the embryonic form of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. This time, the metamorphosis of the dragon transformation art had given him the method to condense this pagoda. In other words, he would have to condense every floor of this pagoda in the course of his future cultivation.
“According to the secret of Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, there is only one way to condense this out. That method is by absorbing energy. Absorb any kind of energy that can be absorbed. There is virtually nothing in the Heaven and Earth that the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda can’t absorb. In which case, I have found the purpose of this pile of bodies.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes sparkled. He used his mind to will the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda up to the altar above the pile of corpses. Then, a blood-red light pillar permeated from above. The countless amount of energy from the bodies were being sucked by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
Afterwards, all the corpses collapsed and turned into energy. Even though the bodies were dead for a very long time, the energy inside them were unimaginable and vast, especially when these energies were from the corpses of so many Great Saints.
In just a few blinks, the several meter tall corpses were all absorbed by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
A loud rumble was heard from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. The last floor of the pagoda was starting to materialize, but this amount of energy only allowed it to condense half of the first floor. The half-materialized first floor was covered with a blood-red wall. The surface of the walls was carved with stands of blood-red dragon marks that illuminated a dazzling light. The ancient Qi coming from it sent an enormous pressure to anyone nearby.

Jiang Chen’s dragon transformation skill had been circulated to its fullest. In the blink of an eye, another one hundred dragon marks were formed. There’s only a hundred more dragon marks left to reach the First Grade Great Saint, but time was his biggest problem now.
At this moment, Jiang Chen’s eyes became brighter than the stars. His expression hardened as he raced against time. The remaining number of dragon marks had been fully condensed. Vast amount of True Meta Stones were consumed extravagantly, and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was trying its best to absorb the magma to restore itself.
Broke though!
The Great Saint realm was finally broken through. His Qi rushed out his body like a wild storm and great waves.
(Ch 933) Today, the Bin Family chose to eliminate Jiang Chen. So if Jiang Chen grew very strong one day, he would seek revenge on them. Given the advantage they had, they might as well combine with the other three major families to get rid of this potential problem eternally.
Presently, Jiang Chen was absolutely not putting these experts in his eyes anymore. Although his current strength wasn’t enough to defeat Fifth Grade Great Saints, he was certainly not afraid of them. He was now focusing all his concentration on the heart of blaze. It was truly amazing because it had helped him condense another thousand dragon marks in this brief moment, making the total 81, 000 dragon marks. He would only need a thousand more to advance to Second Grade Great Saint.

The immortal Qi entered the whirlpool, and then flowed into Jiang Chen’s body.
His body fluctuated and for an instant, he felt incomparably comfortable. His dragon transformation skill circulated at high speed. His bones were producing cracking sounds. The immortal Qi was rushing towards his four limbs, channelling all the energy to all over his body. New dragon marks started to form in his Qi Sea.
A wave burst out of Jiang Chen’s body. His Qi had instantly broken into another level. Five hundred dragon marks were formed in this brief instant, pushing his cultivation to the Second Grade Great Saint. An astounding amount of high grade True Meta Stones were consumed. Two brilliant lights glowed from his eyes. His cultivation grade now brought him to another terrifying extent.
(Ch 958) Jiang Chen was the one who absorbed most of the immortal Qi. His body had the capacity to accommodate hundreds of rivers. Despite it being his first time absorbing the immortal Qi, the profit that he gained was unimaginable. The ablutions of the immortal Qi would not only help him condense 500 dragon marks, pushing his cultivation to Second Grade Great Saint, because the number of new dragon marks was still increasing. At this rate, it would at least allow him to form another 1,000 dragon marks and stabilize his cultivation base, making a total of 83,000 dragon marks.

“Dammit! This Ancestral Dragon Pagoda is a real vampire. It consumed so much of my energy when I just used it to travel in the spatial zone. I can’t imagine how tremendous the consumption will be when the ninth or tenth floor is condensed.”
Jiang Chen sighed. His foundation was already considered very strong. His Qi Sea was filled with dragon marks and his Yuan Force was as vast as an ocean. He wouldn’t face any shortages of Yuan Force even if he used his most powerful True Dragon Combat Technique.
Presently, only the third floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had been condensed but it had used half of his Yuan Force. How Appalling!
“But the harvest is great this time. This Heavenly Saint Sword fragment is enough for me to make another advancement. Also, I found the location of Ancestor Greenlotus and known about Desolate Palace’s hidden agenda. Now, the most important thing for me is to increase my cultivation. Once I advanced to the Third Grade Great Saint, I have to find ways to return to the Pure Land and hand over this Sarira to Tyrant,” muttered Jiang Chen. Without delaying any longer, he began refining the sword fragment.
To Jiang Chen, it was extremely simple and effortless, as it was part of his natal weapon—Heavenly Saint Sword. In less than ten minutes, he had completely merged it to the Heavenly Saint Sword.
The Heavenly Saint Sword let out a harsh howl. It became even more powerful after the sixth fragment was fused. As long as the last piece of the fragment was found and fused, the Heavenly Saint Sword would return to its peak state and become the Saint Weapon of the Greatest Saint.
Under the stimulation of the fusion, his cultivation improved once again. Another 2, 000 dragon marks were formed, making a total of 85, 000 in his body and it had fully stabilized his foundation.
Bursts of powerful force spilled out of his body, he could feel the power inside. He couldn’t help but reveal a trace of a smile. The feeling of power could always make any cultivator feel obsessed.
With his current ability, he could kill a Seventh Grade Great Saint if he transformed. He could eliminate those powerful Sixth Grade Great Saint geniuses even without his half-dragon form, let alone killing those Fifth Grade Great Saints.

(Ch 992) The instant Desolate Changfeng intruded, Jiang Chen who was in seclusion, attempting to break through the Fourth Grade Great Saint opened his eyes abruptly. Strong fury shot out of his eyes. He had reached the boundary of Fourth Grade Great Saint. Only one more step and he would have had a complete breakthrough.
It was imaginable how angry he was right now when he was interrupted at such a time. Only fifty more dragon marks to achieve the break through. If he refined another higher grade devil soul, he would instantly break through.
(Ch 994) “What?!” Desolate Changfeng exclaimed.
When he raised his head, he found that the pill had already fallen in Jiang Chen’s hands. Beside Jiang Chen was a big yellow dog baring its teeth.
“Desolate Changfeng, I said that you can’t consume this pill, was I right? I haven’t taken a pill infused with Immortal Qi before. I wonder how it will taste like,” said Jiang Chen. Then, he swallowed the Immortal Yang Pill immediately before Desolate Changfeng.
A mouthful of blood was forced out of Desolate Changfeng’s mouth. He stumbled under his feet, and almost flopped down on the ground. He was so angry that he felt he was about to die.
Desolate Changfeng’s eyes blazed. His emotion at this moment had gone wild. That was his trump card. That was the precious pill that he wasn’t willing to consume. Today, he originally planned to swallow it and break through his current cultivation base and kill Jiang Chen, unfortunately, he had overlooked that dog’s existence.
Now, it seemed like everything turned out ‘sour’. His pill was swallowed by his enemy before him. The overwhelming emotion that he was feeling right now was harsher than death.
A powerful wave burst out of Jiang Chen’s body. Not only did he swallow the Immortal Yang Pill in front of Desolate Changfeng, but also advanced to the next grade.
“Well, sure enough, this Immortal Yang Pill is really good. It helped me condensed over a thousand dragon marks making a total of 87 000, only a thousand more to reach the Fifth Grade Great Saint. My cultivation has already reached the peak of Fourth Grade Great Saint. Haha! Big Yellow, well done!”

Jiang Chen who was underneath them ignored their battle. He was very interested in Sang Ba’s corpse. Since Sang Ba had devoured Narang Yu and Gu Shuangtan earlier, he would return the favour by using the same method. The shapeless Ancestral Dragon Pagoda opened and swallowed Sang Ba in an instant.
The essence and energy inside Sang Ba’s body was comparable to a powerful peak Seventh Grade Great Saint expert. Plus, Sang Ba’s physique consisted of overwhelming talent and potential. After Sang Ba’s corpse was completely refined, the 4th level was fully condensed and 30 percent of the 5th level was formed.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had 99 levels, and the condensation of the next level was always harder than the previous. Jiang Chen could clearly feel that the current level of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was a lot stronger than before, whether it was in the aspect of firmness or the other.
Refining Sang Ba not only helped Jiang Chen condense a portion of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, but also brought a great deal of benefits to him. One hundred more dragon marks had been condensed, enhancing his combat strength further. With his present cultivation, he could easily kill any Seventh Grade Great Saint and it wouldn’t be impossible for him to kill an Eighth Grade Great Saint in his half-dragon form.
In a few minutes’ time, a strong wave of Qi surged out of Jiang Chen’s body. The effect of the two Immortal Pills were too strong. It helped Jiang Chen condensed 900 dragon marks in this short period of time, hitting the total of 88,000 dragon marks and thus, breaking into the Fifth Grade Great Saint.

Jiang Chen requested for some energy from the devils to absorb.
“However, you guys don’t have to worry too much. Human Immortals usually won’t interfere in these kind of matters because the barrier of Saint Origin World can’t stand their power. So, we only have to deal those twelve guardians. Time is running out. I must advance to the Sixth Grade Great Saint now. only then would it be possible for me to fight them in my half-dragon form. Ah Yan, can you ask the half-step Devil Immortals to take out some energy treasures of the Devil Race for me to absorb?”
Said Jiang Chen.
Han Yan appeared next to a half-step Devil Immortal and requested what Jiang Chen asked.
“Your Highness. Our race has a top-grade Devil Element. It is full of energy and pure devil essence.”
The half-step Devil Immortal didn’t dare show any signs of neglect. He turned his palm, a black Devil Element appeared. It was the size of a palm, but the energy that was emitted from it trembled the void around.
Han Yan took the top-grade Devil Element, turned and handed it to Jiang Chen. “Little Chen, take a look at this treasure. Does it allow you to advance to the Sixth Grade straightaway?”
“Great, this is a good piece of treasure. After refining it, not only would I be able to advance to the Sixth Grade Great Saint, I will also reach the peak of Sixth Grade Great Saint, which is enough to deal with those twelve guardians.”
Delight and surprise was revealed in his eyes. One should know that the gap between an Eighth Grade and Ninth Grade Great Saint was too great. Even if Jiang Chen advanced to the Sixth Grade Great Saint, he probably wouldn’t stand a chance against those twelve guardians, but if he could reach the peak of Sixth Grade Great Saint, it would certainly give him enough combat power to fight them.
As time was running out, he immediately took the Devil Element from Han Yan and started to refine it. Subsequently, his cultivation base began to rise and new dragon marks began to form in his body.
“Ah Yan, I have to do this on the way back to Gu Palace. Otherwise, we will be late. Now, order the devil experts with Seventh Grade and above cultivation to follow us there. They will become our powerful army.”
Said Jiang Chen.
A while later, under the lead of Han Yan, hundreds of devils rushed out of the Devil World towards the Gu Family. They had to use the spatial passageway of the Gu Family to enter Gu Palace.
After so many years of recuperation, the devil forces had grown strong. Its force was powerful enough to strike any of the eight major palaces. Therefore, this force would provide a huge help to Gu Palace.
By the time they arrived at the Gu Family, Jiang Chen had already advanced to the Sixth Grade Great Saint. The dragon marks in his body had exceeded 90 000. However, the energy of the Dark Element has not yet been depleted. New dragon marks was still forming incessantly in his body.
As a matter of fact, despite hitting the peak Sixth Grade Great Saint, he wouldn’t be able to change the situation unless he advanced into the Seventh Grade Great Saint, the twelve guardians were no doubt very powerful.
However, it was too late for that now. He had to reach Gu Palace as quickly as possible with his group of devil army to increase the overall strength of their forces. It would already be too late if Gu and Demon Palace were forced to sign the contract or be annihilated.

(Ch 1031) In the Saint Cliff, Jiang Chen had completed the fusing of the last fragment with the fastest speed. It only took him half a day’s time.
The Heavenly Saint Sword uttered a pleasant howl as it hovered above Jiang Chen’s head, emitting unusual colors of radiance. The surface of the sword sparkled with the images of dragons, while the hilt turned into a blood-red dragon head that looked very lifelike. After all, the fragments had already been fused into the sword, it now seemed as if it contained a soul. Anyone who saw the Qi of this sword could undoubtedly tell that it was an impeccably treasured sword.
(Ch 1032) As the Heavenly Saint Sword returned to its peak state, Jiang Chen began to receive the benefits from it; the potential strength inside of him was stimulated. The number of new dragon marks in his Qi Sea was increasing rapidly. Very quickly, 500 dragon marks were formed, making a total of 92 000 dragon marks in his body. It was without a doubt the number of dragon marks required to advance to the Seventh Grade Great Saint.
An incomparably violent Qi blasted out from his body all of a sudden. The seventh grade of the Great Saint realm itself was a difficult hurdle. If the Great Saint realm was divided into three portions, the seventh grade would be the late stage of the realm. Despite this being just the beginning of the late stage of the realm, it was many folds stronger than that of the sixth grade no doubt.
But then again, advancing to the seventh grade wasn’t the end of the improvement. The completion of Heavenly Saint Sword had brought him more benefits than the mere 500 dragon marks. New dragon marks were forming inside his Qi Sea incessantly. It seemed like it wouldn’t be a problem for him to hit the peak of the seventh Grade Great Saint.
A day’s time passed very quickly. Jiang Chen’s cultivation base had hit the peak of the Seventh Grade Great Saint, just like what he had expected. The total dragon marks in his body had reached 93 500, 500 more to break through to the next level.

Jiang Chen was aggrieved to see Big Yellow in such condition laying there, motionless like a dead man. It was such a pity that Big Yellow couldn’t hear him shouting for his name mournfully. In this instant, Jiang Chen felt as if his heart was about to be torn apart. This was the second time Big Yellow had defended him with his own life, and he knew that Big Yellow did not even hesitate or think twice before doing so.
The seven-story Ancestral Dragon Pagoda buzzed as it hovered in front of Jiang Chen. The dragon transformation skill was circulated to its maximum. Tremendous fury spread across every part of his limbs and organs. The pagoda began to absorb the corpses of the half-step Human Immortals.
This had been Jiang Chen’s plan all along. He kept all those corpses from the beginning just in case something bad happened, however, it was a very dangerous and frenzied method. Some said that men were required to take any risks when it came to a life-or-death situation, and this was exactly what Jiang Chen was trying to do.
Crackling sound was heard, as though lightning was running inside his body. His tyrannical Qi continued to rise and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda began to circulate frantically. The Eighth Level started to form gradually as large amount of blood essence was absorbed, giving Jiang Chen numerous benefits; his cultivation was rushing madly towards the Eighth Grade Great Saint.
His Qi and blood turned chaotic as his Qi continued to rise rapidly. His eyes turned blood-red, like two pools of blood. The chaotic Qi was starting to erode his mind, throwing him into a state of madness.
Finally, Jiang Chen sent out a dragon’s roar at the sky. He had advanced to the Eighth Grade Great Saint, but the turbulent Qi was still rising, the half-step Human Immortal corpses were still being consumed and absorbed by the pagoda. His temperament started to turn brutal and his mind was now filled with only one thing, slaughtering. If it wasn’t for the Edifying Light inside his body, he was afraid that he would have completely lost his mind.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda buzzed again the moment Jiang Chen advanced to the Eighth Grade Great Saint. The Eight Level had been completely condensed and the Ninth Level was beginning to form.
Jiang Chen utilized the ability of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda to forcefully advance his cultivation base. At this point in time, the only way to quickly advance was to refine those half-step Human Immoral corpses. That was why he had kept those corpses in the first place.
However, this had turned him into a tyrannical and frenzied beast, a beast that thirsted for blood.
(Ch 1041) Jiang Chen’s blood was becoming more turbulent inside. Dragon marks were incessantly forming in his body, reaching a total of 95 000, a thousand more before hitting the Ninth Grade Great Saint. His combat power was also rising constantly. The blood-red Qi on top of his head suddenly turned into a column of light that had the shadow of a dragon within. It was a dragon of brutality, a dragon of massacre that didn’t have a single emotion in its eyes.
A violent roar came out from Jiang Chen that shook the land and the sky. The bloodthirsty aura began to spread across the battlefield.
Every blow that landed on Jiang Chen’s body caused him to spurt out blood, but his Qi didn’t even drop the slightest bit. He soared incessantly, while his injuries were healed instantly after the blow.
After advancing to the Eighth Grade Great Saint, he was no longer comparable to his previous self. His body’s recovery and the firmness of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was increased by many folds. Therefore, it would be extremely difficult for Big Guardian to kill his prey.
The current Jiang Chen looked very terrifying. It wasn’t because he looked completely fine after receiving the continuous blows of Big Guardian, it was because he currently looked like a complete stranger, he literally looked like a bloodthirsty, ferocious beast. Everyone in Gu Palace was worried sick for him, they could somewhat imagine what the consequences that bloodthirsty Jiang Chen would cause.
Just then, the Qi inside Jiang Chen’s body burst out suddenly, as though it had been compressed for a long time. The energy from the burst was unimaginably powerful. At this time, he had finally refined all of those half-step Human Immortal corpses, the Ninth Level of Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had been fully condensed. He was now at the peak of Eighth Grade Great Saint, one step left to advance to the ninth grade.
However, the price Jiang Chen had to pay was too great. He was in a state of complete brutality and bloodthirst. If it wasn’t for the Edifying Light, he would have lost his mind entirely.

(Ch 1046) “Alright. I will impart the Immortal Mark into your body now. Then, refine it while I remove the brutal Qi in your body. Those five old men have agreed not to observe us using their divine sense. Once we succeed, they are certainly going to regret their decision,” said Ancestor Greenlotus.
The next thing that would happen would solely depend on Jiang Chen’s luck.
Humph! If I can refine the Immortal Mark, I will never give them the chance to ascend to the Immortal World!
Jiang Chen let out a cold humph. How could he be so kind, letting these five old men leave the Mortal World? If he succeeded, he would make them stay and kill them.
Ancestor Greenlotus casted the Great Compassion Mantra non-stop into Jiang Chen’s body. With the shine of the Buddha Light, the internal condition of Jiang Chen’s body was changing constantly—the brutal Qi inside his body was reduced sharply. Upon seeing what’s happening, the five ancestors looked delighted that they had picked the right person to help.
A white column of light shot out from Ancestor Greenlotus’ palm. Because his palm was placed on top of Jiang Chen’s head, none of the five ancestors noticed it.
This white column of light was no doubt the Immortal Mark. Jiang Chen’s body began to tremble as soon as it entered his body
Jiang Chen circulated the dragon transformation skill madly to completely encompass the Immortal Mark, it gave him the feeling as if he was going to ascend to the Immortal World. However, the Immortal Mark was something that belonged to the Immortal World and represented its law. Therefore, it would be difficult for one to actually refine it.
However, Jiang Chen didn’t give up. He is not a man who would easily accept defeat. Plus, this was his last chance. He couldn’t fail no matter what, otherwise, he and the rest of them would face a tragic end.
The Immortal Mark is a superior existence. So only a greater existence can suppress it. My dragon transformation skill is definitely many times greater than the Immortal Mark. Suppress it!
Jiang Chen bellowed. He had an incomparable confidence in his dragon transformation skill.
Suddenly, a deep dragon roar was heard from his innermost soul. That was the roar of an ancient dragon that only he could hear. In his innermost soul, he saw an illusion of an ancient dragon that looked so real and rushed out towards him. The dragon was filled with the aura of divinity. It looked as if it was the only everlasting and unique existence in the Heavens. And, this was the second time that he had witnessed an ancient dragon inside his soul.
The dragon opened its mouth wide and swallowed the Immortal Mark.
It then disappeared after subduing the Immortal Mark. Immortal Mark now was integrated completely with the Qi of his soul. Infinite Immortal Qi was now flowing in all directions inside his body, spreading to all of his limbs and bones.
(Ch 1047) The nourishment of the Immortal Mark stimulated Jiang Chen to let out a long roar. In this instant, he was refining the thing that signified the highest law of the Immortal World—Immortal Mark.
If it was completely refined and integrated into his body, he would get boundless benefits.
In the five ancestors’ point of view, the outburst of Qi from Jiang Chen’s body was merely because Ancestor Greenlotus was forcing the brutal Qi out of his body. So they didn’t suspect that it was something else.
During the purification, they had to admit that Ancestor Greenlotus was a very capable monk. He was worthy of being called the most powerful eminent monk of Buddha Sect.
While the Immortal Mark was being refined, new dragon marks were forming in Jiang Chen’s body. His Qi was soaring rapidly. As there was a huge gap getting from Eighth Grade Great Saint to Ninth Grade Great Saint, it was very difficult for one to advance. However with his strong foundation and the help of the Immortal Mark, it would not be special for him to push his level to the ninth grade. Besides, he had once achieved the peak of Ninth Grade Great Saint in his past life and had never been stuck in any bottlenecks in his previous cultivation path.
“Jiang Chen, don’t panic. Suppress the energy in your body and don’t break through the Ninth Grade Great Saint first.”
Ancestor Greenlotus spoke in his mind.
“I understand.” Jiang Chen replied.
He knew how dangerous their current circumstance was. With five extremely powerful Human Immortals, and especially the First Ancestor who had reached the peak of early-stage Human Immortal, he could imagine what would happen if he became careless in the slightest. Experts like them could immediately advance to the middle-stage of Human Immortal if they had entered the Immortal World and used the resources there.
In order to deal with these five ancestors, merely advancing to the Ninth Grade Great Saint certainly wasn’t enough. He must, with the help the of the Immortal Mark, reach the peak of the ninth grade. That way, killing early-stage Human Immortals would be a piece of cake.
If he advanced to the ninth grade now, it would arouse the notice of the five ancestors, and he would then be stopped by them. Thus, he needed to press down the energy in his body until the Immortal Mark was fully refined.
By that time, his counterattack would be unrivalled; he would turn the defeat into victory, and the history of Saint Origin World would have to be rewritten.
Buzzing sounds rang as tremendous changes were taking place in his body. The benefits that he had received from the Immortal Mark was endless. At the same time, he was using the Edifying Light along with Ancestor Greenlotus’ Great Compassion Mantra to eliminate the brutal Qi left in his body. It would take at most another minute to get his body entire cleansed.
A minute later, all the brutal Qi in his body was cleared, but to buy him more time to completely refine the Immortal Mark, he acted as if still he was insane to give the five ancestors the impression that he was still in the state of bloodlust.
With the rate the refinement was going, it would take half an hour before its completion; but, to the five Human Immortal old ancestors, 30 minutes wasn’t anything at all. Adding the fact that they were very interested in the secrets of Jiang Chen, they would still wait patiently even if it took three days’ time. Once Ancestor Greenlotus cleared all the bloodlust off his head, their task would be accomplished.
The tremor of his body intensified, not because of the brutal Qi but the Immortal Mark that had brought him too much of energy. The accumulated energy inside his body would burst unless he allowed himself to break through to the Ninth Grade Great Saint now.
The dragon transformation skill had become scarier. The time taken for it to refine the Immortal Mark was shorter than what he expected—it took only 20 minutes.
The moment the Immortal Mark was fully refined, a vast stream of energy surged out of his body and swept through the cage like a storm.
He let out a dragon roar once more. The infinite energy was turning into new dragon marks, pushing the number to 96,000!
This number marked the Ninth Grade Great Saint; but his advancement did not stop yet. In a few blinks, several hundred dragon marks were formed due to the abundant energy.
According to the description of the dragon transformation skill, hitting 100,000 dragon marks would allow the dragon to ascend. At his current grade, he needed 4,000 more dragon marks to break through into the Human Immortal realm.
He had a feeling that 100,000 dragon marks was not the limit of the dragon transformation skill. It might be just the starting point as he strongly believed that there would be numerous levels beyond the Mortal realm.
In another blink, a total of 1,000 dragon marks were formed.
First Ancestor’s expression darkened. It all happened so quickly and sudden; they were completely caught off guard.
Unfortunately, Jiang Chen had reached as many as 99,000 dragon marks, signifying that he reached the peak Ninth Grade Great Saint; leaving him with only a step away from the Human Immortal realm.
“Greenlotus, get in quick!”
He roared at Ancestor Greenlotus. Immediately, Greenlotus rushed into the pagoda.
\*Hong Long…\*
The instant Ancestor Greenlotus entered the pagoda, violent energy exploded, tearing the rods of the cage open. At this moment, the number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had reached the scary number of 99,500, leaving him another 500 more to break through to the Human Immortal realm.

In the past three days, Jiang Chen had secluded himself in a separated spatial zone. Now that the matters in Saint Origin World had been taken care of, what was left for him to do was to focus on his cultivation. Currently, with the number of dragon marks getting much closer to a hundred thousand, three days was definitely enough for him to advance.
Jiang Chen had put all his concentration on the dragon transformation skill. He looked incredibly divine with the phantom of a blood-red ancient dragon kept swirling around his body as if it was going to evolve into a real dragon any time.
Jiang Chen had reached a remarkable state where the dragon transformation skill was going to hit its peak. Strands of dragon marks began to condense automatically while his Qi Sea was expanding twofold its original size. Inside his Qi Sea, incessant dragon roars reverberated as though countless of dragons were lingering in there. It was absolutely unimaginable that he could create such a spectacular scene.
As the total number of dragon marks was approaching the 100,000 mark, he had gotten deeper understanding dragon transformation skill. He began to realize that the profundity of this skill was greater than what he could ever imagine.
“The dragon transformation skill is really a unique and peerless technique. When I first came in contact with this skill, I thought that 100,000 dragon marks was its limit. But now, it appears that I was badly mistaken. It is merely its early-stage. There is still a very long way to go before touching the true peak of the skill. Anyway, the stronger the skill becomes, the more beneficial it will be for me. My combat power will be even more terrifying after ascending to the Immortal World.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes shimmered. His confidence in dragon transformation skill had increased further.
After reaching 100, 000 dragon marks, he was going to turn into the true dragon form. Though his origin was still human, he possessed the True Dragon Bloodline. Plus, this was just the first step in the path of the dragon transformation skill.
“Reaching 100,000 will make me break through into the early-stage Human Immortal and the dragon transformation skill will undergo another round of metamorphosis, bringing me greater benefits such as pushing my level to mid-stage Human Immortal. If I’m not mistaken, the Immortal Tribulation will also provide another boost to my cultivation base, pushing myself further to the late-stage Human Immortal. If I really have reached that level, I no longer need to act passively when I’m in the Immortal World.”
A smile of confidence was seen at the corner of his mouth. This was the experience he had gathered along the way of his cultivation path. There was no doubt that the metamorphosis and the energy of the tribulation would let him advance by two grades.
Also, this would be a miracle if Jiang Chen reached the Immortal World with the cultivation base of late-stage Human Immortal, because it would definitely be harder to make an advancement after reaching the Human Immortal realm. It would surely shock numerous people after learning that he could leapfrog two levels.
Three days passed like a flash. Today, an ear-splitting roar burst out of his body. At this time, he had condensed a total of 100,000 dragon marks.
“Haha! It transforms into a dragon and ascend to the sky when 100,000 dragon marks is reached!”
Jiang Chen burst into laughter. At this moment, he could feel countless of noble dragon Qi spewing out of his body. His bones started to change and the blood inside his body glowed brilliantly.
Currently, Jiang Chen had fallen into another profound state. With the help of the Immortal Mark, he could allow the dragon transformation skill to undergo metamorphosis first, pushing his cultivation base to the mid-stage Human Immortal, before he initiated the tribulation.
While he was absorbing the benefits of the metamorphosis, a message that said ‘The Advancement of Dragon Transformation Skill’ came pouring into his mind.
“Every advancement will require fifty thousand of dragon marks…”
He rolled his eyes in astonishment and disbelief after the message. It was ridiculous to condense 50,000 dragon marks before breaking through into another level, because in the Great Saint realm, each advancement took only two thousand dragon marks. He could imagine how many dragon marks would be accumulated inside his Qi Sea when he had reached the peak of dragon transformation skill.
“But this is something acceptable as the gap between an Immortal and a Mortal is far too wide. It’s like the difference between Heaven and Earth. And every level in the Immortal realm is a giant leap. Judging from the benefits I will be receiving from the metamorphosis, it won’t be a problem for me to form another fifty thousand dragon marks,” said Jiang Chen.
The size of his Qi Sea had grown a hundred times bigger than before, making it look like an ocean of dragon marks and bloodline, while new dragon marks were forming like crazy.
110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140 000 to 150 000 dragon marks!
The whole process took only a few minutes. And now, Jiang Chen’s cultivation base had broken through the mid-stage Human Immortal, reaching an unreachable level.
“It’s a pity that my true-dragon form doesn’t increase my combat strength more than ten times.”
He couldn’t help but sigh as the half-dragon form and true-dragon form gave the same level of strength. Nevertheless, with the tenfold combat strength, it was enough for him to eliminate an opponent one level higher than him.
There were quite a few secret techniques that could temporarily improve one’s strength, but they consisted of harmful consequences, and none of these techniques that could boost one’s strength by tenfold without any setbacks. It was considered rare and scary when one could boost the strength by three fold.
Therefore, it was a miracle that Jiang Chen was able to enhance his combat strength by tenfold without suffering any kind of side effects.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda buzzed when it reached the twelfth level of condensation. It was an unsophisticated pagoda with ancient talisman marks visible on its surface. It was also unimaginably solid and could be used as a peerless defense shield.
Heavenly Saint Sword, which had become the Immortal Weapon, and Ancestral Dragon Pagoda formed the perfect combination of offense and defense.

Jiang Chen was undergoing a unique kind of advancement under the lightning. Both his Heavenly Saint Sword and Ancestral Dragon Pagoda were being enhanced, particularly the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda which could devour massive amount of lightning and convert it into its own energy. It seemed like the Twelfth Level of the pagoda would be fully condensed the moment the tribulation ended.
Also, with the help of the tribulation, his cultivation was soaring unceasingly. The dragon marks in his body were condensing madly.
From 160 000, 170 000, 180 000, 190 000 until 200 000 dragon marks!
It lasted for 20 minutes and the total number of dragon marks in his body had reached the 200,000, pushing his cultivation to the late-stage Human Immortal. With this kind of power, he could resolve almost any danger that he would encounter.

In the field, Jiang Chen was standing as composed as before, looking at Huang Haoran with interest. He had already completely refined the soul imprint in his body last night, pushing his level to the half-step Earth Immortal realm. With his current strength, he could easily kill any intermediate Earth Immortal and also late Earth Immortal with a full-fledged attack. With his dragon transformation, he could even fight a half-step Heaven Immortal expert. No matter how powerful Huang Haoran was, his combat strength would only be equivalent to a half-step Heaven Immortal. So naturally, Jiang Chen wouldn’t put him in his eyes.

Jiang Chen’s divine sense twitched all of a sudden when it noticed a pale glowing crystal at the corner of the spatial ring. It was the size of a fist and emitted traces of demonic Qi.
“It’s actually an early Heaven Immortal demon soul. This is really an unexpected harvest. Ouyang He surely didn’t put this soul into his eyes and had probably casted this soul aside. However, a Heaven Immortal realm demon soul will be of great use to me. With how solid my foundation is now, it’s the perfect time to utilize this demon soul to advance my cultivation. I think there won’t be any problem to advance my cultivation now to early Earth Immortal realm.”
Jiang Chen was pleasantly surprised. A Heaven Immortal realm demon soul was useless to Ouyang He, but it was truly precious to Jiang Chen. After refining this demon soul, he would surely advance to the true Earth Immortal realm and would no longer be a half-step Earth Immortal.
Without hesitation, he retrieved the demon soul from the spatial ring and started to refine it in his room. Of all the things that Ouyang He had given him, the demon soul was the thing that he needed the most. Once he advanced to the early Earth Immortal realm, his combat strength would become much stronger.
Under the circulation of the dragon transformation art, the demon soul was refined at a high speed. To him, refining a demon soul was extremely an easy matter. The Heaven Immortal realm demon soul had energy that was beyond any ordinary Earth Immortal realm demon soul. Even though this amount of energy was negligible to Ouyang He, it was surging inside Jiang Chen’s body like waves.
Every expert should act according to one’s ability. When one reached a certain level, one should do what was supposed to be done at that level to advance further. Given Jiang Chen’s present condition, he wouldn’t dare refine a Golden Immortal realm or Divine Immortal realm demon soul. As for an early Heaven Immortal realm demon soul, it suited him well.
After the advancement of his dragon transformation art, every following advancement required 50 000 dragon marks. Now that his body had a total of 250 000 dragon marks, he needed to have 300 000 dragon marks to advance to the early Earth Immortal realm.
As the dragon transformation art was being circulated, the demon soul was continuously being refined while the number of dragon marks kept soaring inside his Qi Sea. One thousand, two thousand……
Jiang Chen’s way of advancement had always been terrifying. No one could possibly accept this kind of advancement. After only one hour, the demon soul was already fully refined and 70 000 dragon marks had been condensed, making a total of 320 000 dragon marks. His current cultivation base had already advanced to the early Earth Immortal realm. With 20 000 extra dragon marks, it made his combat strength even stronger. Now, he only needed 30 000 more to hit the mid Earth Immortal realm.
An incomparably powerful Qi wave rushed out of his body. His current strength was many folds greater than before.
“My cultivation base has already reached the early Earth Immortal realm. I can kill any late Earth Immortal expert with ease now. With my full effort, I can even kill any half-step Heaven Immortal. If I transform, I could probably also kill an early Heaven Immortal expert.

The thirteenth level of the pagoda was about to be completed soon, leaving only one more step. He had also gained huge benefits from the pagoda. Twenty thousand of dragon marks had been condensed within these past two days, making a total of around 350 000 dragon marks and pushing his cultivation to the mid Earth Immortal realm.

(Ch 1144) In the room, Jiang Chen had already taken out the Regenerative Lotus. For a moment, the entire room was filled with a strong medicinal Qi of the divine herb. Under the impact of the Qi, the three of them felt an indescribable feeling of being refreshed.
They had to admit that the medical power of the lotus was too strong. If it wasn’t for the formation of Big Yellow, they were afraid that the entire sky of Cloudmist City would be drifting with this Qi. At that time, they would surely be in real trouble.
“This toy is really a treasure. One leaf is enough to improve one’s physique. Even a bonehead will turn into a genius after consuming one leaf of the lotus. And the root of the lotus is also a precious treasure. But of course, the most precious of all is the heart of the lotus which has the ability to regenerate. Legend has it that the lotus heart can even bring back the dead.”
Big Yellow’s mouth kept on praising the heart of the lotus which drew the contemptuous looks of Jiang Chen and Han Yan.
“The lotus heart is for Ah Yan, don’t even think about it.”
Without giving Big Yellow a chance, Jiang Chen immediately plucked the lotus heart from the plant and gave it to Han Yan. It resembled a Sarira. There was a liquid moving unceasingly inside of it. This unparalleled divine herb really was astounding.
(Ch 1145) Jiang Chen and Big Yellow took five leaves each and started their refinement.
As soon as the leaves entered Jiang Chen’s body, he felt an extremely strong wave of energy rushing into his Qi Sea. That energy was combined with the medicinal power. It was pure and intense. He then quickly circulated the dragon transformation skill to convert them into new dragon marks. The medicinal energy on the other hand had been channelled to his four limbs and viscera. He could feel that it was quenching all the needs of his cells, a perfect nourishment to his body.
“Such powerful medicinal energy. It’s worthy of being called the unparalleled divine herb. These five lotus leaves are enough to push my cultivation to the peak of late Earth Immortal realm. Additionally, my physical endurance will also be enhanced.”
Jiang Chen was delighted. It sure was worthwhile to take such a risk. Obtaining such a divine herb had always been a dream for any cultivator.
On the other hand, a layer of golden light was formed on Big Yellow’s body. Apparently, some changes began to take place inside of his body after consuming the leaves.
(Ch 1146) Jiang Chen and Big Yellow had already gone out of their seclusion. They had already completed the refinement of the five lotus leaves and their cultivation has increased by leaps and bounds.
The number of dragon marks inside Jiang Chen’s body had already reached 440 000, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the late Earth Immortal realm, leaving him ten thousand more dragon marks from the half-step Heaven Immortal realm.
Because of the great benefits that they have gotten from the lotus leaves, not only had his foundation become firmly established, his physique had also been greatly enhanced. With his present combat strength, he could easily kill a mid Heaven Immortal expert even without using his dragon-form.
Even after that, there were still plenty of medicinal energy left in Jiang Chen and Big Yellow’s body. They didn’t refine all the remaining lotus leaves, not because they didn’t want to, but because they had already gotten sufficient energy from it and any further refinement would be considered wasteful.
The Regenerative Lotus was an unparalleled herb that couldn’t be sought after but can also be chanced upon. There were a total of eighteen lotus leaves. Jiang Chen and Big Yellow had refined ten leaves, Ah Da and Ah Er were given one leaf each and there were still six leaves left in Jiang Chen’s possession.

(Ch 1168) Five minutes had passed and Jiang Chen was still stuck in the intense battle. Currently, Jiang Chen had already fallen into some kind of ecstasy. To him, battling these dummies weren’t a torture anymore, but a kind of enjoyment and a rare chance of cultivation, pushing his current condition to a higher state.
Since his potential was ignited, he had yet to notice the relentless movement in his Qi Sea. New dragon marks began to condense under the circulation of the dragon transformation skill.
Jiang Chen was petrified, then realized that the battle was already over, but he still hadn’t gotten the sense of fulfilment from the battle.
“Ten minutes has passed?”
Jiang Chen shook his head, feeling reluctant. As he was about to leave the palace, he suddenly found out that two thousand new dragon marks had been formed inside his Qi Sea.
“Two thousand dragon marks have been formed. I never thought these dummies could bring me such tremendous benefits. Originally, I needed ten thousand dragon marks to reach the half-step Heaven Immortal realm. Now, I only need 8000 more. My potential hasn’t been fully ignited yet and I haven’t used my dragon-form. This is a rare opportunity. If I walk out like this, the loss will be great. If I transformed into my dragon-form and fight these dummies, they will readjust their strength to match mine, which means it’s going to increase the intensity of the battle and enhance my physique even further.”
Jiang Chen was pleased and decided not to leave the array for now. This fearsome Iron Dummy Array had become the best place for him to cultivate. If this intense battle continued, he would certainly reach the half-step Heaven Immortal realm. Therefore, he would never forgive himself if he missed this chance of advancement.
“Again. Dragon transformation.”
Jiang Chen spun and turned into his dragon-form. His combat strength instantly rose by ten times. Li Zhong had told him that he would have only ten seconds to leave the array before the dummies started attacking again. He had decided to stay in the array and fight the dummies once more.
(Ch 1170) Jiang Chen’s blood and Qi continued to stir, falling into a state of frenzy. He didn’t locked on the position of those dummies and block their attacks. Sometimes, he would let the dummies’ knuckle to pound on his body, causing his dragon scale to bleed.
But these injuries didn’t seem to bother him at all. He had immersed himself in the fast-paced battle. The potential inside his body was incessantly being stimulated and new dragon marks were forming non-stop.
After exactly an hour, Jiang Chen had achieved his objective. His Qi Sea started to stir. Three thousand dragon marks were fully condensed. Adding the previous seven thousand, it made the total of ten thousand. Therefore, the total number of dragon marks inside his Qi Sea was 450 000.
450 000 dragon marks was the requirement to reach the half-step Heaven Immortal realm. The instant he made the advancement, he regained his senses and recovered from his frenzied state. Tremendous amount of Immortal Meta Stones were consumed extravagantly. Then, he took a deep breath.

(Ch 1215) Jiang Chen was standing like a light cloud in the sky with a composed face. Immediately, he swallowed the demon soul, and under the circulation of his dragon transformation skill, the demon soul was very quickly turned into pure energy and absorbed into his body.
For him, the demon soul of an early Divine Immortal was a great boost to his cultivation. New dragon marks started forming continuously the moment it entered his body.
One thousand, two thousand… in a few minutes, 35000 dragon marks had been formed in his Qi Sea, pushing the number of dragon marks to 485 000.
This was the advantage of refining a Divine Immortal demon soul. Now, he was only 15000 away from 500 000 dragon marks. As long as he took down another demonic beast and refined its demon soul, he would have no problem reaching the early Heaven Immortal realm. At that time, he could take down that lascivious dude.
(Ch 1216) Without hesitation, he swallowed the demon soul immediately.
Dragon roars sounded from Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea. New dragon marks began to form one by one. Once he advanced to the early Heaven Immortal realm, he would become capable of battling against Lascivious Young Master.
At this moment, half of Jiang Chen’s plan had basically been realised. What followed next would be in Jiang Chen’s complete control.
It only took a brief moment for him to fully condense 15 000 dragon marks. In the aspect of advancement, the further he advanced, the harder it was for him to condense dragon marks and the more energy needed. That explained why the first demon soul was able to help him condense 35 000 dragon marks whereas the second demon soul only helped him form 15 000 dragon marks.
So this is the Heaven Immortal realm? It feels good, but this advancement has created an impact on my foundation. Fortunately, I will be able to recover it quickly, but I must not use such method of advancement anymore within this period of time.
Jiang Chen muttered in his heart. If it wasn’t for getting rid of Lascivious Young Master, perhaps he wouldn’t have chosen such a way of advancement. In the path of cultivation, the most important thing was the foundation. Once the foundation was affected, it would be bad for the cultivator.

(Ch 1225) Jiang Chen laughed with delight and flashed out of the cave. He grabbed the devil’s corpse with his huge hand and summoned the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. When the pagoda sensed the bloody scent, it automatically devoured it. The size of the corpse was 30 meters large, but instantly, it was sucked dry and turned into dust as the wind blew, dissipating in the air.
After absorbing this huge energy, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda immediately let out a rumble. The fifteenth level was condensing at such a speed that anyone could see it with their naked eyes. The energy that was contained in a late Divine Immortal demonic devil was massive.
As the fithteenth level of the pagoda was condensed, great things were happening inside Jiang Chen’s body – new dragon marks started to form.
That was the energy channeled by the pagoda. It was the purest energy. Unlike the energy from refining a demon soul, this energy dealt no harm to his foundation.
Soon, the fifteen level of the pagoda was fully condensed, but the energy obtained had yet to be used up. It continued until a quarter of the sixteenth level was formed. Currently, 10000 new dragon marks had been formed inside his body, increasing his combat strength once more.
A buzzing sound was heard from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. After the fifteenth level was formed, the radiance of the pagoda became richer and the dragon marks became clearer. It exuded an ancient and wild Qi that made people afraid of looking at it directly.
The body of the pagoda became stronger and its defensive strength was enhanced. This aroused Jiang Chen’s eagerness to see it evolve rapidly. The more the levels of the pagoda were condensed, the greater the aid that it could provide to him. He believed that as the pagoda continued to level up, something magical would happen. This was what he anticipated the most.
“My foundation has almost fully recovered. After refining some of the spiritual spring and soul essence, it won’t be a problem for me to advance to the mid Heaven Immortal realm.”
On his way, he began to refine the soul essence along with the spiritual spring. Due to this being the soul essence of an early Golden Immortal realm, he couldn’t fully refine it a single time. To achieve the next level, he needed to refine it slowly. He would then keep whatever’s left after the refinement, because that might be useful to him in the future.
New dragon marks were forming again in his Qi Sea. Surging energy was channeled to all of his body parts like waves after waves. What he felt was really refreshing and intoxicating.
“The spiritual spring is definitely a good stuff. It can’t be compared with the spiritual spring in the Mortal World. My body has benefited greatly. I will leave the rest of the spring to the others. I’m sure that they’ll get more benefits compared to me when they refine this spiritual spring.”
Said Jiang Chen. The Spiritual spring was a natural resource that was scarce and rare, but it wasn’t good enough for his super abnormal body. If this was used on someone like Yan Qingcheng, it would surely bring her boundless benefits, unlocking the hidden potential in her body.
(Ch 1226) Jiang Chen didn’t have a very high goal at the moment. It would be enough as long as he could advance to the mid Heaven Immortal realm. In this trip to the Evil Clan, he had hoped to edify a late Divine Immortal demonic devil. With his present combat strength, it would be a problem for him to fight a mid Divine Immortal opponent, but if his opponent was a demonic devil, it would give him greater advantage. Whether it was the Edifying Light or the True Thunderfire or True Dragon Flame, each one of these skills was the greatest natural enemy of the demonic devils. And, with the Great Divination Art, he could suppress the demonic devil more. If he could edify one late Divine Immortal demonic devil, he would be able to bring peace and safety to Fragrant Sky City because one late Divine Immortal demonic devil was capable of moving across the outer region of the Evil Abyss unhindered.
Because he had only two days of time and he had some delay at the valley, he felt compelled to travel at his maximum speed.
Buzzing sound rang constantly in his Qi Sea, as waves were rolling inside of him. New dragon marks were being created non-stop and his energy level was soaring.
One thousand, three thousand, five thousand dragon marks!…
The number dragon marks increased rapidly. In just a few minutes, it reached the total of 550 000 dragon marks, the exact number for breaking through to the mid Heaven Immortal realm. The bones all over his body produced cracking sound. Another metamorphosis took place in him.
“Breaking through to the mid Heaven Immortal realm is truly satisfying, but I can’t refine the Golden Immortal soul essence completely now as my body won’t be able to bear it and it may cause problems in my foundation.”
In the path of cultivation, it was important to take a gradual and orderly approach. Although the dragon transformation skill was a very abnormal technique and its advancement speed was faster than any cultivator, he would never venture further because of greed. He would only make that decision after measuring his own condition.
Just like now, after the total reached 550 000 dragon marks, he continued to condense another 10 000 dragon marks so that his foundation would be fortified.
The advancement only consumed a fifth of the soul essence. He kept the remaining portion. A Golden Immortal cultivator was an expert who had already comprehended the profound meaning of Great Luo. As such, the degree of energy contained inside its soul essence was incomparable.
“This soul essence is really a good stuff. It seem this trip is truly rewarding. The demon soul of the demonic devil is more powerful than other demonic beasts and if I can get plenty of them, the benefits I’ll get will be unimaginable.”

The sky above Yi Mo City was filled with earth-shattering roars and intense clashes. A large number of demonic devils were constantly emerging, but they were also disappearing like clouds being swept away by a gale, because Jiang Chen was unnoticeably using the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda and sucking all of the leftovers in battle. However, the pagoda was like a bottomless hole. After the seventeenth level was fully condensed, the eighteenth level immediately began to form. Tremendous amount of energy had been channelled from the pagoda into Jiang Chen’s body, stimulating the formation of new dragon marks in his Qi Sea.
In Dark Yang City, Tyrant used the same methods as Jiang Chen – edifying a large number of demonic devils, he then commanded the edified devils to kill their own kind. The reason he displayed such a skill was also for the Evil Lord to see. Since the Evil Lord had opened two passageways, he would definitely pay close attention to Dark Yang City as well.
After a great number of demonic devils died, Tyrant collected and kept all of their corpses. He knew that these corpses would bring Jiang Chen some benefits, so he would never waste it.
Suddenly, the passageways in Yi Mo City and Dark Yang City were closed. The demonic devils of the Evil Clan stopped appearing. It was only a matter of time before all the remaining devils were gotten rid of by Jiang Chen and Tyrant. At this time, the number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had already reached 600 000 which was precisely the mark of breaking through to the late Heaven Immortal realm.
(Ch 1260) iang Chen wasted no time with Tyrant. Immediately, he summoned the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. A giant invisible portal wrapped around the mountainous pile of bodies, and in just a few blinks, all of the bodies disappeared and were completely absorbed by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
A buzzing sound started to echo from the pagoda and into the void for around 15 minutes before it came to a halt. The nineteenth level of the pagoda had already been completed and half of the twentieth level had been condensed. Meanwhile, the number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had reached 630 000; only 20 000 more dragon marks to advance to the half-step Divine Immortal realm.

(Ch 1271) The huge number of ravens was akin to boundless benefits. They kept on coming like an endless flow of water. Despite their number, they were no big deal to Jiang Chen. All of the black corpse ravens that got close to him were incinerated by both the True Dragon Flame and True Thunderfire, and was then sucked into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda before any of them could resurrect.
As a matter of fact, under the incineration of the flames, the corpse and death Qi around was reducing constantly, which greatly affected the condition that the ravens need to resurrect.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda buzzed unceasingly. The twentieth level began to brighten up. Although these ravens weren’t very strong, there were too many of them – thousands – providing the Pagoda a sufficient amount of energy.
In fact, the Pagoda wasn’t the only one that benefited, Jiang Chen himself had also benefited from it. As the pagoda was constantly absorbing energy, new dragon marks were forming in his Qi Sea one after another.
Jiang Chen had 630 000 dragon marks, only 20 000 more dragon marks were needed before he advanced to the half-step Divine Immortal realm. He estimated that the deeper he went, the more powerful the black corpse ravens would be. He wouldn’t even be surprised if he encountered Divine Immortal ravens. If this continued at this rate, he would make another advancement and the twenty-first level of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda would be fully formed.
To Jiang Chen, this was greatly in his favor. It was like all these benefits were left specifically for him as no one else would be able to benefit from any of these undead creatures.
Jiang Chen moved another dozen miles ahead. They were afraid that he had already killed a few thousands of the ravens by now. The twentieth level of the pagoda was agitated. Inside Jiang Chen’s body, 10 000 dragon marks had been condensed, leaving only 10 000 more before breaking through to the half-step Divine Immortal realm.
(Ch 1273) Hundreds of black corpse ravens were wiped out by Jiang Chen in a matter of minutes. After obtaining the energy of these ravens, the twenty-first level of the pagoda began to shine and new dragon marks were forming in Jiang Chen’s body.
(Ch 1274) After killing many ravens, all the cornered disciples were freed and quickly joined Jiang Chen’s group.
At this point, there wasn’t much left to go in the path ahead. The number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had already reached the peak of late Heaven Immortal realm, leaving him only one last step before advancing to the half-step Divine Immortal realm. Once he reached this level, his combat strength would be enhanced again, making him strong enough to fight a mighty half-step Golden Immortal expert.
Jiang Chen killed the last batch of black corpse ravens and led a huge bunch of people out of this seemingly endless passageway. Currently, the twenty-first level of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had already been fully condensed. The number of dragon marks in his body had already reached 650 000. After refining a massive amount of Immortal Meta Stones, he successfully broke through to the half-step Divine Immortal realm.

(Ch 1294) A violent suction burst out from the doorway of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. Tremendous scorching energy was being absorbed by the pagoda. The twenty-second level of the pagoda began to glow brilliantly after receiving the massive amount of energy. The pagoda only absorbed the energy in the magma, instead of the hot liquid rock.
As for Jiang Chen, he was interested only in the heart. He swept around with his divine sense,but found no trace of the fire dragon. This was something that he had already anticipated. The fire dragon had already developed its own intelligence and was extremely cunning. Additionally, it was the heart of the magma, which made it a part of the magma. So it was virtually impossible to locate it in this ocean of magma.
The fire dragon would lose its calm as the energy was being absorbed by the pagoda. By that time, it would definitely show up and Jiang Chen had full confidence that he could capture and then refine it.
Due to a great deal of energy being absorbed by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, it caused the ocean of magma to churn more intensely. Layers of magma waves roared violently. Half an hour passed like a blink. During this period, a third of the energy in the magma had already been absorbed by the pagoda. The twenty-second level had already been fully condensed. Jiang Chen had gotten tremendous benefits from it. The number of his dragon marks was increasing continuously.
A huge blood-red dragon claw emerged, fully containing the fire dragon inside. It struggled to resist. As the fire dragon was merely the heart of the magma, it didn’t have a very powerful attacking strength. Although it could manipulate the magma to attack, it still couldn’t make a scratch on Jiang Chen, making it lose the biggest and only advantage that it had.
Jiang Chen pulled the fire dragon closer to him and launched the Fire Dragon Seal. The Fire Dragon Seal turned into a fiery dragon that opened its huge mouth and devoured the fire dragon, then returned to Jiang Chen’s body.
A violent energy exploded from his body. The energy was so tremendous that only an abnormal being like Jiang Chen could withstand it. If he was replaced by an ordinary person, his body would have burst into pieces under such a terrible impact.
The dragon transformation skill!
It was necessary for him to circulate the dragon transformation skill at this time. The heart of the magma was then gradually being refined by Jiang Chen. Huge amount of dragon marks were condensed incessantly, enhancing Jiang Chen’s strength.
The heart of magma must not be devoured by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, or else it would only become the pagoda’s nourishment and Jiang Chen could only obtain a portion of the benefits. If he refined the heart of magma directly, the surge of pure energy would allow him to advance to the early Divine Immortal realm or even to the peak of early Divine Immortal realm.
The ocean continued to churn. After the heart of magma was gotten by Jiang Chen, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda’s absorption speed increased. At this rate, it wouldn’t take long for the pagoda to fully absorb all the energy in the magma.
(Ch 1295) Jiang Chen and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda were absorbing massive amount of benefits and experiencing major changes. To Jiang Chen, all of these benefits were like an enormous treasure. This was what they called great fortune and luck.
One thousand, two thousand……ten thousand……
The energy in the heart was extraordinary, and with the help of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, the number of new dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea started to accumulate in thousands. Such a speed couldn’t just be described as ‘terrifying’.
In other words, Jiang Chen’s cultivation base would surely improve by leaps and bounds without worrying about his foundation.
Soon, 50 000 dragon marks had already been fully condensed. By this time, the total number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had already reached 700 000, the precise mark for early Divine Immortal realm.
The dragon marks inside his body became restless. A large number of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined and absorbed. In a matter of blinks, Jiang Chen’s cultivation had broken through to the early Divine Immortal realm. With his current combat strength, he wouldn’t need the Heavenly Dragon Combat Halberd anymore to kill geniuses like Diao Yong.
700 000 dragon marks was definitely still far from reaching the peak of the realm. By now, only a portion of the heart was refined. New dragon marks continued to form inside his body. From his estimate, even if these benefits weren’t enough to push his cultivation to the intermediate Divine Immortal realm, it would be more than enough for him to reach the peak of the early Divine Immortal realm. By that time, he would be pretty close to the intermediate Divine Immortal realm and could easily make an advancement.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was like an abyss. Half of the twenty-third level had already been formed.
At last, the last bit of the energy in the magma had been absorbed into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.

(Ch 1307) In the face of Yun Canglan and Huangfu Zhan’s joint attack, Jiang Chen wouldn’t stand a chance. Even if he used the Heavenly Dragon Combat Halberd, there was no absolute certainty, which left him only with one option – run. But now, the situation had changed. He had gotten an unexpected help from the Immortal Execution Order. Under the rush of such energy, it wouldn’t be a problem for Jiang Chen to advance to the peak of intermediate Divine Immortal realm. By that time, he would even turn defeat into victory.
The energy in his Qi Sea was overflowing. The energy within the Immortal Execution Order was too strong, even stronger than the energy within the heart of magma. Jiang Chen circulated the dragon transformation skill to the maximum. Tremendous amount of energy was being refined at crazy speed. The space in his Qi Sea was getting bigger and bigger as countless of dragon marks were dancing back and forth, letting out dragon roars.
New dragon marks were constantly being condensed out. His Qi continued to climb. The injuries that he suffered wasn’t a big deal to him. His peak condition was restored almost instantly with the wood spiritual energy.
(Ch 1308) Jiang Chen had no other choice than to hide in the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. The moment he advanced, he would return to the outside world and begin a massacre to win back his own dignity and rebuild his dominance. He knew that whether it was the dragon transformation skill or the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, they had a certain spirit in them. If he chose to retreat every time, he was afraid that it would stir up doubts in these two existences which would be detrimental to his path of cultivation.
Ten thousand dragon marks had been condensed out. The number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had already reached 750,000. Enormous amount of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined, pushing his cultivation to the intermediate Divine Immortal realm. At this level, he had enough strength to reverse the situation around by defeating Yun Canglan and Huangfu Zhan, but it was still somewhat difficult for him to kill them. However, Jiang Chen’s advancement hadn’t stopped. The scary energy in the Immortal Execution Order was far from exhaustion. As long as Jiang Chen condensed another 40,000 dragon marks and reach the peak of the intermediate Divine Immortal realm, killing Yun Canglan and Hangfu Zhan would be as effortless as blowing dust.
Even after advancing to the intermediate Divine Immortal realm, the energy in his Qi Sea was still churning like tidal waves. Under the circulation of the dragon transformation skill, massive amount of energy began to form dragon marks. Every newly-formed dragon marks pushed Jiang Chen towards another level, enhancing his combat strength.
In the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, Jiang Chen’s Qi had already climbed to its peak height. He had used up all the energy in the Immortal Execution Order to condense another 40,000 dragon marks. Adding the 750,000, the total of dragon marks in his body reached 790 000, leaving only 10,000 more to reach the late Divine Immortal realm. His current state had already stopped at the peak of the intermediate Divine Immortal realm. The Qi that was exuded from his dragon form could already shake people’s soul. His blood-red dragon eyes gave people the feeling as if they had fallen into the pits of hell.
A surge of formidable Qi rushed out of his body. As the saying goes: the stronger you are, the more confident you will become. Self-confidence was something Jiang Chen had never lacked. At this moment, his confidence was at its peak. He casually adjusted his condition and walked out of the pagoda through the door.

On another battlefield, after Jiang Chen killed the two intermediate Golden Immortal demonic devils, the twenty-fifth level of the pagoda was starting to be condensed. Every level of the pagoda required a massive energy, but the energy in these battlefields was just too abundant and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda sucked in all of those energy like a huge stomach.
Once again, Jiang Chen received tremendous benefits. The number of dragon marks began to climb, reaching over 800 000.
800 000 dragon marks was the number required for a late Divine Immortal. In other words, as soon as the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda reached the twenty-fifth level, Jiang Chen’s cultivation would also advance to the late Divine Immortal realm. His dragon body would surely be enhanced tremendously.
Each time his cultivation improve, it would also enhance his combat strength by a great deal, which made him thirst for battle. Although he had just advanced to the late Divine Immortal realm, his present combat strength was already equal to a late Golden Immortal expert. Of course, there was still a big gap between a Golden and Divine Immortal, so it would still be difficult if he fought a powerful Golden Immortal opponent.
Jiang Chen’s eyes glittered. To him, the Evil Abyss was like a blessed paradise. He could do whatever he wanted here. The demonic devils were destined to be his nourishment. Eventually, they would all be absorbed by the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
Every corpse of the enemy was absorbed by the pagoda. The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was truly thirsty for anything. This absorption of the pagoda would surely accumulate boundless energy.

(Ch 1341) After absorbing Mo Ying’s essence of blood and Qi, the twenty-eighth level was fully condensed out, allowing Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea to form another 10 000 dragon marks. After all, Mo Ying was too powerful. Once he was exterminated, one would obtain endless benefits.
(Ch 1342) With a wave, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda left his body, flew upwards and suspended in the sky. The terrifying doors were opened, sucking away all the demonic devil corpses from the battlefield. Currently, the pagoda had already condensed the twenty-eight level. After this battle, it wouldn’t seem to be a problem for it to condense the twenty-ninth or even the thirtieth level fully.
Jiang Chen didn’t join the battle. As the saying goes, sometimes, one needed time to cultivate. He took out the Evil Origin from his body to refine it.
“I currently already have 830 000 dragon marks, but advancing from late Divine Immortal to the half-step Golden Immortal would be a difficult hurdle. But now that the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was absorbing energy endlessly, and with this bead of Evil Origin, there shouldn’t be a problem for me to rush to the half-step Golden Immortal realm.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes glittered. Once he became a half-step Golden Immortal, his combat strength would reach a terrifying level once more.
After the Evil Origin entered Jiang Chen’s body, it immediately turned agitated. The strong Evil Qi was spreading to his limbs, wanting to control Jiang Chen’s thought by fully corroding it, but in the face of the dragon transformation skill, these Evil Qi couldn’t make an impact at all.
When the suppressive effect of the dragon transformation skill and True Thunderfire affected the Evil Origin, all the Evil Qi inside was immediately cleared, leaving only the pure energy for Jiang Chen to absorb.
As the Evil Origin was being refined, the number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea began to increase. While he was refining the Evil Origin, he had recovered to his peak condition. With a flutter of his dragon wings, he flew towards the battlefield and shot out the Edifying Light, edifying a large number of demonic devils.
Jiang Chen’s Qi began to stir. After the Evil Origin was fully refined, the dragon marks in his Qi Sea finally reached over 850 000, succeeding in advancing to the half-step Golden Immortal realm. Large amount of Immortal Meta Stones were consumed.
Meanwhile, the twenty-ninth level of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had already been fully condensed. Adding the fact the Evil Origin had already been refined, the dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body reached 860 000, and could already be considered to have laid a solid foundation at the realm of half-step Golden Immortal. With his current strength, he could easily kill any late Golden Immortal. Of course, he was still far from enough to confront a half-step Immortal King. After all, there was an unsurpassable gap between the Golden Immortal and Immortal King realm. They weren’t on the same level at all.

(Ch 1366) The thirtieth level of the pagoda began to stir. After continuously absorbing tremendous amount of blood and Qi essence, the thirtieth level of the pagoda was fully condensed. However, it didn’t stop there. It continued to rush toward thirty-first level. As long as there was enough energy, the pagoda wouldn’t stop growing.
Jiang Chen had obtained humungous benefits from the condensation of the thirtieth level. The dragon marks in his Qi Sea had already reached 870 000. As long as the dragon marks hit 900 000, he would break through to the early Golden Immortal realm.
(Ch 1367) Jiang Chen made some calculations using the Great Divination Art. He calculated that Yang Bufan would face danger in the altar, but it also wouldn’t be easy for Crazy Devil to kill Yang Bufan.
However, it still wasn’t a good thing to be trapped inside. The longer one stayed inside, the more dangerous the situation would become. So it was all on Jiang Chen now. The dragon marks in his Qi Sea had already reached 880 000, leaving only 20 000 to go. Once he advanced to the early Golden Immortal realm, he would be capable enough to fight Crazy Devil.
(Ch 1368) The half-step Immortal King demonic devil had brought an unimaginable energy to the pagoda. The thirty-first level of the pagoda had been fully condensed in an instant and the thirty-second level was starting to condense. At the same time, 15 000 dragon marks had been formed in his Qi Sea, giving him a total of 895 000 dragon marks, leaving him 5 000 more before hitting the early Golden Immortal mark.
(Ch 1369) The demonic chief was enveloped by the pagoda’s Qi. In an instant, all of his blood and Qi essence were absorbed, becoming the nutrients of the pagoda.
In was only a dozen of breaths before the thirty-second level of the pagoda was fully condensed. And in order to break through to the early Golden Immortal realm, he extracted the devil soul and refined it completely. The energy in his Qi Sea surged crazily.
(Ch 1370) There was too much energy. It was bursting inside his body. Every new line of dragon marks was like a real ancient dragon, knocking back and forth in his Qi Sea formidably. Currently, Jiang Chen was only 5000 dragon marks away from the Golden Immortal realm. The condensation of the thirty-second level and the absorption of the half-step Immortal King devil soul was enough for him to advance to the early Golden Immortal realm.
The frenzied dragon roared earth-shatteringly, shaking the entire battlefield. Jiang Chen turned into a true dragon, just like an ancient dragon that was about to be born into this world. Humongous number of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined. With that much of energy, not only did his cultivation base advanced to the early Golden Immortal realm, but his Qi Sea had also formed another 10 000 dragon marks, making a total of 910 000 dragon marks in his body.

(Ch 1376) After they entered the spatial zone, they felt a strange feeling that they couldn’t put into words.
“Temporal Law. This is the Temporal Law. Dammit! This is freaking awesome! This level contained the Temporal Law. The time here is at least 30 times slower compared to outside.” Big Yellow got excited all of a sudden.
(Ch 1378) At this moment, inside the thirty-third level of the pagoda was full of variegated colors. Time continued to flow rapidly here. Jiang Chen and the others had gone into seclusion to fortify their own cultivation base.
Jiang Chen opened his eyes abruptly. Two rays of blade-sharp light shot out of his eyes, trembling the void around, it was like this mere expression could slash the spatial zone apart.
“Good. My cultivation base is fully fortified now and my foundation has become incomparably solid. Sure enough, my month long seclusion isn’t in vain. I can now use the devil soul of Crazy Devil to break through to the intermediate Golden Immortal realm. I suppose there won’t be any problems for an Immortal King devil soul to help form 40 000 dragon marks and break through to the intermediate Golden Immortal realm.”
Jiang Chen spoke to himself, then took out the devil soul. Back when he killed Crazy Devil, he intentionally kept the devil soul aside so that he could use it today.
Every advancement Jiang Chen made required humungous support of energy. The number of dragon marks in his body was already 910 000. In order to advance to intermediate Golden Immortal realm, he needed 40 000 more. The devil soul of Crazy Devil seemed good enough.
The True Dragon Flame and True Thunderfire appeared in front of the devil soul, then penetrated into it. These two flames were the nemesis of demonic devils. They could purify all the devil essence inside, allowing Jiang Chen to absorb the purest energy.
Jiang Chen opened his mouth, and straightaway swallowed the devil soul. Enormous amount of energy exploded in Jiang Chen’s body like waves, rushing to every part of his Qi Sea.
Under the circulation of the dragon transformation skill, this magnificent energy began to be rapidly refined, turning into new dragon marks.
Inside Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea was a complete and grand scene of hundreds of thousands of dragon marks converging. There were more than 900 000 thousand of them. Every dragon mark seemed like a true dragon, extraordinarily divine.
Ever since the true metamorphosis happened on the dragon transformation skill, refinement had become incomparably simple and fast. In just half an hour of time, the Immortal King devil soul was completely refined.
His Qi Sea began to stir violently. 950 000 dragon marks rippled and turned into a spectacular scene that looked like an ocean of true dragons.
This was the most critical moment of breaking through to the intermediate Golden Immortal realm. Jiang Chen tossed all of the Immortal Meta Stones he had kept into his Qi Sea.
These Immortal Meta Stones were the huge fortune left behind by Ouyang He. The value of this wealth was shocking. It had helped Jiang Chen saved lots of trouble. At least, he had never worried about Immortal Meta Stones along the way.
But the fact remained that Jiang Chen was a stomach king. The consumption of energy in every advancement was just too great. No one would be able to bear such a frightening consumption.
Today, by advancing to the intermediate Golden Immortal realm, all of the Immortal Meta Stones had been used up, not even a single residue was left.

After drinking two bowls in a row, Jiang Chen, too, felt invigorated. The dragon marks in his body began to form. The pure energy in the Fire Qilin’s blood was indescribably great. Not only could it improve one’s cultivation base, it could also strengthen one’s foundation and physique.
Very quickly, 10 000 dragon marks had been condensed in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, causing the number of dragon marks in his body to reach 960 000. His current combat strength had also been improved.
“The Saint Blood of Qilin is really a good thing, but to me, the blood essence of origin will be much better. One should know that the bloodline of the Fire Qilin lies in its blood essence of origin. If I could absorb its blood essence of origin, the benefits that I get will be boundless. Perhaps I will even obtain the innate ability of the Fire Qilin.” Jiang Chen said.
As the bloodline continued to be refined, Jiang Chen’s Divine Dragon Bloodline had also been stimulated to a certain extent, stirring up the potential inside of him once more. Such a stimulating growth was the most ideal condition, because it was an integral advancement that didn’t have an impact on his foundation.
Number of dragon marks continued to soar. In two days, 35 000 new dragon marks were formed, making a total of 995 000 dragon marks, only 5 000 more to hit the total of 1 000 000 dragon marks.
Also, 1 000 000 dragon marks was precisely the number needed to break through to the late Golden Immortal realm. The boost supplied by the Fire Qilin’s bloodline hadn’t ended yet. It wouldn’t be a problem for Jiang Chen to condense another 5 000 dragon marks. That was to say, after absorbing the bloodline of the Fire Qilin, Jiang Chen’s cultivation base would advance to another level, reaching the late Golden Immortal realm.
Finally, the energy of the bloodline was exhausted. Five thousand dragon marks had been fully condensed. It was neither more nor less, it stopped at 1 000 000 dragon marks exactly.
1 000 000 dragon marks definitely was a magnificent amount. Massive Immortal Meta Stones were refined by Jiang Chen extravagantly, supplying him with the necessary energy to break through to the late Golden Immortal realm.

(Ch 1452) Because the one who was standing in the battlefield was Jiang Chen instead of someone else, Yang Bufan was certain that this rare herb wouldn’t go to waste.
As a matter of fact, it wasn’t Jiang Chen’s first time advancing in the midst of a fight. So it could be said that he was already pretty familiar with it. As for the wounds on his body, it would heal soon with the help of his wood spiritual Qi.
As for the Snow-Jade King Ginseng, it could be refined rapidly under the circulation of his dragon transformation skill.
“This Snow-Jade King Ginseng is a rare Venerable Treasure. If I refine it now, I will immediately advance to half-step Immortal King realm, or even to the peak of half-step Immortal King realm. However, it’s better to take it one step at a time. First, I will have to stabilize at the half-step Immortal King realm before attempting any further advancement. Its medicinal power is too great anyway. I won’t be able to fully refine it in one shot. It’s good to have its remaining medicinal energy stored in my body.”
Jiang Chen felt a little shaken by the powerful Qi emitted by the spiritual herb. He was touched by the fact that Yang Bufan was willing to gift such a rare treasure to him.
The medicinal energy of the Snow-Jade King Ginseng seeped into Jiang Chen’s body, to all parts of his limbs, giving him a soul lifting sensation. The ocean-like energy kept on impacting in his body, even making him feel a tearing feeling.
If he was replaced by another person, he was afraid that the person wouldn’t be able to withstand such a powerful impact. That person’s body might just explode and die. Jiang Chen on the other hand had an incredibly solid physique that could bear the massive impact.
Without neglect, the dragon transformation skill was frenziedly circulated. Under the lead of the dragon transformation skill, countless medicinal power began to turn into its purest form and entered Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea. New streaks of dragon marks were instantly condensed out one after another.
Mighty Qi rushed out of Jiang Chen’s body like tidal waves. Everyone’s mouth was left hanging open because they discovered that all the injuries he suffered in the previous fight against Fu Wei were already healed. Not just that, his strength was also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In this short amount of time, 10 000 dragon marks had been condensed in his Qi Sea.
His Qi Sea produced a buzzing sound. A horrifying energy rolled continuously like tidal waves. Streak by streak, new dragon marks were being produced at lighting speed. The scene was startling. Just the time used for one attack, another 10 000 dragon marks were formed in his body. Previously, he had a million dragon marks in total. Now, he already had 1,020,000 dragon marks. He would only need 30,000 more to hit 1,050,000, which was the mark to break through to the half-step Immortal King realm.
(Ch 1453-1) The number of dragon marks continued to climb. During the time when Jiang Chen took that attack, another 10 000 dragon marks was condensed in Jiang Chen’s body, reaching the total of 1 030 000, only needing 20 000 more to reach the half-step Immortal King realm.
The Snow-Jade King Ginseng also had healing property. When this combined with the wood spiritual Qi, the recovery of Jiang Chen’s injuries had become incomparably simple.
(Ch 1453-2) The battle sword howled and slashed at Jiang Chen once more. Currently, inside Jiang Chen’s body, the condensation of dragon marks had already reached 40 000, boosting his power even more.
A crisp sound rang out of Jiang Chen’s body. The others were familiar with this sound. That was the sound of breaking through the bottleneck. That was to say, Jiang Chen’s cultivation base had already reached the half-step Immortal King realm.
That was right. The dragon marks inside Jiang Chen’s body has reached a total of 1 050 000. A tremendous amount of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined by him. His cultivation base was instantly boosted to the half-step Immortal King realm. The energy of the Snow-Jade King Ginseng was just too great and was worthy of being called a Venerable Grade Spiritual Herb. Only half of it had been used for his advancement to the half-step Immortal King realm.
The other half of the energy was forcefully suppressed by Jiang Chen and stored in his body for future refinement. Half-step Immortal King realm was already enough to deal with his current opponent.

The moment the Holy Flame Emperor Pill entered his body, the medicinal force rushed to all parts of his body like a tide.
The energy was hot, and as massive and boundless as the ocean. Despite Jiang Chen’s extraordinary qualities, he couldn’t help letting out sounds under the rush of such energy.
The current number of dragon marks in his Qi Sea was 1 098 000, only two thousand more to reach the Immortal King realm. Presently, under the circulation of the dragon transformation skill, new dragon marks in his Qi Sea began to condense rapidly. In the blink of an eye, two thousand dragon marks were fully condensed.
“Too fast.”
Jiang Chen was ecstatic, then hastily took out a large number of Immortal Meta Stones. These stones had been prepared for a long time, and was in large quantity. At least, it would have no problem aiding him to break through to the Immortal King realm.
The effect of the Holy Flame Emperor Pill was incredibly great. Apart from its enormous medicinal force and energy, it could also stimulate one’s potential and strengthen one’s physique. Jiang Chen’s physique was originally very strong. Now that his physique had been washed by the Holy Flame Emperor Pill, his physique became even stronger.
In order words, he wouldn’t have any problems relying on this Holy Flame Emperor Pill to advance. It wouldn’t affect his foundation, as such, he would just boldly proceed with this advancement.
A huge momentum suddenly burst out of his body. This was the sign of advancing to the Immortal King realm. If the courtyard wasn’t sealed by Jiang Chen, such a momentum would surely shake the entire Genius Prefecture.
Two rays of brilliant light shot out of his eyes as the aura of an Immortal King radiated out from his body. Advancing from the half-step Immortal King realm to the true Immortal King realm was a kind of sublime. No one could tell how much Jiang Chen’s strength had improved after the advancement.
The dragon marks in his body has already reached 1 100 000. His cultivation base had been fully stabilized in the early Immortal King realm very quickly, but the energy and medicinal force of the Holy Flame Emperor Pill was still very abundant, plus there was still the suppressed energy of the Snow-Jade King Ginseng. All of them were unleashed in his body at once. The degree of such power was unimaginable.
Therefore, after advancing to Immortal King realm, the condensation of dragon marks in his body didn’t stop, but became even faster.
In just a matter of a few blinks, one thousand more were condensed, then two thousand, three thousand……thirty thousand……
In just several minutes, 30 000 dragon marks had already been condensed in his Qi Sea, but it still didn’t show any signs of stopping. However, at this point, Jiang Chen already felt that his Qi Sea had expanded a little. He wasn’t a greedy person, so he had to deliberately stop this advancement. As for those remaining medicinal force, it was perfectly stored in his body and limbs, so that it could be extracted at any time.
Jiang Chen exhaled. His Qi began to stabilize. Currently, the number of dragon marks in his body has already reached 1 130 000. His cultivation base was fully fortified. He still lacked 20 000 dragon marks more to reach the intermediate Immortal King realm. This would be his next objective.

(Ch 1565) This time, the seclusion wasn’t short. Six months’ time was only six days in the outer world. It was afraid that the Golden Horizon would start to get lively when Jiang Chen got out from the pagoda. Some major incident will surely happen at that time.
As for these six days, anything that happened in Golden Horizon had nothing to do with him. His focus was to fortify his cultivation base and then advance to the intermediate Immortal King realm with the help of the Blood Dragon Fruit.
Two months later, the remaining medicinal energy in Jiang Chen’s body had been fully cleared. The number of dragon marks in his body had increased by 9 000, which made a total of 1 140 000, leaving only 1 000 more to reach the intermediate Immortal King realm.
But this one thousand dragon marks wasn’t a problem to Jiang Chen. His present condition and foundation was as stable as a huge mountain. He could advance to intermediate Immortal King realm at any time.
He opened his eyes and took out the Blood Dragon Fruit. According to his estimation, this fruit could help him condense at least 30 000 dragon marks. At that time, his cultivation base would stabilize at the peak of intermediate Immortal King realm.
Jiang Chen yelled. A very strong suction force acted on the Blood Dragon Fruit. The fruit turned into a blood-red light and was then swallowed by Jiang Chen. It was afraid that only he and Big Yellow could use such a wild way of refining.
Almost at the same moment that the Blood Dragon Fruit entered his body, the surging energy produced rumbled inside his body. Waves of energy were rushing in all directions inside Jiang Chen’s body. One thousand dragon marks were fully condensed in the blink of an eye.
“Intermediate Immortal King realm, break it!” Jiang Chen shouted.
(Ch 1566) Every advancement of Jiang Chen would grant him a terrifying improvement in combat strength. By advancing to intermediate Immortal King realm, he could kill geniuses like Ling Du, albeit using his full power. With such powerful strength, he could almost run wild in all places of Golden Horizon.
Violent buzzing sound was heard from his body, as though the ocean of energy was wreaking havoc in his body. At this moment, Jiang Chen’s body was like a complete world. A world that could contain everything. Even the energy in the Fire Dragon Fruit couldn’t hurt the flesh of Jiang Chen. This was the great advantage of having the true dragon body.
Each advancement of Jiang Chen required a huge consumption of Immortal Meta Stones. The Immortal Meta Stones were the essential energy of the Heavens and Earth, the necessary support for every cultivator during advancement. Jiang Chen’s consumption of Immortal Meta Stones was surely horrifying, it was over a few hundred folds compared to his peers.
But now, he wasn’t afraid of exhaustion. Yang Yu had rewarded him with 1 000 000 Emperor Grade Immortal Meta Stones. Such a massive fortune was sufficient for Jiang Chen until he breaks through to the Immortal Emperor realm. At least, he wouldn’t have to worry about shortage of Immortal Meta Stones for the time being.
Very quickly, Jiang Chen’s cultivation base stabilized at the intermediate Immortal King realm. The powerful Qi had been withdrawn into his body. But to him, this was only the beginning and was far from the end. The immense energy of the Blood Dragon Fruit hadn’t even been refined yet.
Another two months passed in just a matter of a few blinks. The energy of the Blood Dragon Fruit had already been completely refined. Just like Jiang Chen had expected at first, the Blood Dragon Fruit really helped him condense another 30 000 dragon marks, reaching a total of 1 180 000, only 20 000 dragon marks more to hit the late Immortal King realm.
As a matter of fact, this wasn’t the only power of the Blood Dragon Fruit. In order to balance the energy of the fruit, a portion of the fruit was absorbed by the Ancestral Dragon pagoda. Currently, the thirty-seventh level was almost complete, lacking only a bit.
The ninety-ninth level was the pinnacle of Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. This would be an incredibly long process. As the pagoda was a supreme treasure of a true dragon, Jiang Chen had to do whatever it took to condense all the levels of the pagoda. Once it was fully condensed, it would have abilities that would bring him inconceivable benefits.
His cultivation base had already stabilized. He would use the remaining two months’ time for seclusion as well. His Qi Sea was like an ocean. His physique was like a mountain. This time, he wanted to fortify everything he had. Once he got out from the pagoda, he was going to venture into various adventures in the Golden Horizon fearlessly.
The present Jiang Chen was as stable as a huge mountain. His current state was completely different from the state before he entered seclusion. Some intrinsic changes had happened inside of him. His strength was totally fortified. Although it wasn’t at the highest peak of the intermediate Immortal King realm, his combat strength was much more stronger compared to when he just stepped into the intermediate Immortal King realm.

(Ch 1593) More importantly, Jiang Chen would benefit greatly from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. He was only ten thousand dragon marks away from the late Immortal King realm. If he was lucky enough, the energy absorbed from these evil creatures would be enough for him to advance to the late Immortal King realm.
(Ch 1594) After absorbing the blood qi and essence of the half-step Immortal Emperor evil creatures, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was restored to its peak condition. Next, it would be the time for the pagoda to continue its advancement.
Jiang Chen’s killing intent soared up to the sky. He now had the desire to break through to the late Immortal King realm. Despite killing so many half-step Immortal Emperor evil creatures a while ago, he had gotten no benefit out of it, but now, the pagoda had already been fully restored. Every evil creature he killed next would allow him to obtain a portion of the pure energy that would then be converted into dragon marks. There were still a dozen powerful evil creatures ahead. All of them were of early Immortal Emperor realm. There was also an intermediate Immortal Emperor amongst them.
Putting the other things aside, an intermediate Immortal Emperor evil creature alone was sufficient for the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda to condense one level. The remaining early Immortal Emperor evil creatures would at least be sufficient for him to condense another level. The thirty-seventh level of the pagoda was about to be fully condensed. If all these evil creatures were killed, Jiang Chen estimated that not only the thirty-eighth level of the pagoda would be fully condensed. Half of the thirty-ninth level would also be condensed out.
The continuous advancement of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was one of the most important goals of Jiang Chen. The pagoda was very useful. He had been anticipating the day when all ninety-nine levels of the pagoda were condensed. He wondered how terrifying it would be when the time came.
he thirty-seventh level of the pagoda let out a buzzing sound and glittering light. The thirty-seventh level was about to be condensed. Now that the pagoda had gotten a huge amount of energy, the condensation of the thirty-seventh level was completed straightaway. Jiang Chen had also absorbed pure energy from the pagoda. He circulated the dragon transformation skill and converted them into dragon marks.
As the number of dragon marks continue to increase, his combat strength improved as well. Under such a situation, it was imaginable that these evil creatures would only be killed by him. Even a powerful intermediate Immortal Emperor evil creature would be deeply restrained by Jiang Chen. Plus, this domain was his world, allowing him to move in unimaginable speed.
After obtaining an enormous amount of energy, Jiang Chen’s current combat strength was even more terrifying than before. In the face of this last evil creature, Jiang Chen withdrew the Eternal Immortal Wind and held the Heavenly Saint Sword that was crackling with flames.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda began to absorb the blood qi and essence of the evil creature greedily. The pagoda was like a bottomless pit that couldn’t be filled up. Very quickly, the thirty-eighth level of the pagoda was fully condensed. The continuous advancement of the pagoda had boundlessly benefited Jiang Chen. Not only had he gotten tremendous benefits, but also managed to condense a huge number of dragon marks. More importantly, the higher the level of the pagoda, the stronger it becomes. It would be harder for Nanbei Chao to break the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda now.
Soon, the last bit of energy from the great evil creature was absorbed by the pagoda. Half of the thirty-ninth level had been condensed out.
(Ch 1595) The battlefield was soon restored to its usual peace. After obtaining such a massive amount of benefits, not only had the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda recovered from being damaged, it had also succeeded in condensing two levels. Furthermore, more than half of the thirty-ninth level was also condensed. These wasn’t the end because Jiang Chen had also gained a huge benefit from the pagoda. The number of dragon marks in his body had increased by 10 000.
Counting the previous total of 1 190 000 dragon marks, the current total of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body has already reached 1 200 000 dragon marks, which was the precise threshold for advancing to the late Immortal King realm. That was to say, the current Jiang Chen was about to break through to the late Immortal King realm. Once he made the breakthrough, his combat strength would definitely improve tremendously again. At that time, it would be even harder for the people in the Golden Horizon to kill him. Even if he encountered Nanbei Chao, although he still might not be an opponent of Nanbei Chao, he wouldn’t be hunted down so badly like last time.
There was a buzzing sound in Jiang Chen’s body. Huge qi waves rolled like a tide. A great number of Emperor Grade Immortal Meta Stones were absorbed extravagantly by Jiang Chen. Very quickly, all of his dragon marks had fully stabilized. His cultivation base has finally reached the late Immortal King realm. His combat strength was now many folds greater than before.

Wu Ningzhu knew the importance of this fire to Jiang Chen. Currently, Jiang Chen already had three types of flames, namely: True Dragon Fire, True Thunderfire and Qilin Saint Fire. If he could incorporate the Golden Crow’s Fire of Sun into his list of fire, the enhancement would be beyond imagination.
At that time, he would possess four types of flames. Each flame was an unparalleled treasure that people would risk their lives for, especially to those alchemists. Most of them couldn’t even acquire any one of these flames in their lifetime. Jiang Chen, on the other hand, had obtained four of them. Such luck was absolutely heaven-defying.
Jiang Chen nodded, and swallowed the Fire of Sun in one gulp. There was nothing more important than improving his cultivation base now. Today’s battle made him understand the gap between his strength and the others. There were too many geniuses in the Immortal World, and many of them were endowed with monstrous talent, especially Nanbei Cao, the fated enemy he would have a life-or-death battle with someday, he’s still not a match for Nanbei Chao presently. As such, improvement was the crucial element in his path. Only then could he narrow the gap between him and Nanbei Chao.
The instant the Fire of Sun entered his mouth, powerful energy of flame was spurted out from his body. Owing to Jiang Chen’s incredible physique, he was able to bear this kind of powerful impact, even inside his body. The dragon transformation skill was circulating rapidly. The essence of the Fire of Sun began to be absorbed by him and the number of dragon marks in his Qi Sea was rising.
At first, the Fire of Sun clashed violently with the other three types of fire, but the situation quickly recovered under the adjustment of the dragon transformation skill. Not only they did stop clashing around, they began to merged together at a rapid speed.
In his Qi Sea, the number of dragon marks was condensing unceasingly. The number of dragon marks in his body has reached 1 240 000, leaving him only 10 000 more to hit the mark of the half-step Immortal Emperor realm. The blessing of the Fire of Sun was enough to condense another 50 000 dragon marks in his body within a short period of time, allowing him to advance a realm higher, pushing his cultivation base to the peak of the half-step Immortal Emperor realm.
Very soon, an incredible energy surged out from Jiang Chen’s body and his qi began to rise continuously. An immense amount of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined by him.
After reaching the half-step Immortal Emperor realm, his qi didn’t show any signs of stopping, heading persistently towards the pinnacle of the half-step Immortal Emperor realm.
(Ch 1648) Presently, his body had condensed 50 000 dragon marks, reaching a total of 1 290 000 – the peak of half-step Immortal Emperor realm. Leaving him only a step away to reach the next realm. Jiang Chen’s current combat strength was incomparable back then. To put it bluntly, he had the strength to even kill late Immortal Emperor geniuses.

In order to improve his cultivation, he has to move past the bottleneck he is experiencing. He knows that to do so, his dragon transformation skill has to evolve.
(Ch 1697) “The time has finally come. I have been killing incessantly and I have even destroyed Corpse Yin Sect last night. The dragon transformation skill will surely evolve once more. The Dao of Slaughter has been incorporated into my body. Once the dragon transformation skill evolves, my cultivation base will rise to the peak of early Immortal Emperor realm.”
Jiang Chen’s face was full of anticipation. He had waited for this day for far too long. It was impossible for him to deny his excitement. The thing that delighted him the most during the course of cultivating the dragon transformation skill was probably every time the skill evolved.
With a flash, he entered the thirty-third level of the pagoda. He was afraid that this evolution would take a long time as it was vastly different from all the previous evolution. This time, he had comprehended the Dao of Slaughter, which was the most subtle and abstruse thing to achieve. Based on his estimation, he would need at least two months for this seclusion, and two months in the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was only two days outside.
In the thirty-third level, Jiang Chen kept the Sun Divine Feather and circulated the dragon transformation skill to the limit. The Ancestral Dragon of Slaughter was spiraling continuously in the void. Jiang Chen’s soul seemed to have merged with the will of the Ancestral Dragon. He sat there cross-legged, dragon scales began to surface on his body.
(Ch 1698) A month had passed in the pagoda. The dragon transformation skill had successfully evolved. The Ancestral Dragon of Slaughter inside of him vanished and turned into a dragon seal branded in the depths of his soul.
“Slaughter Dragon Seal. It’s another powerful combat technique.”
Jiang Chen was pleased. Every time the dragon transformation skill evolve, he would gain tremendous benefits. The Slaughter Dragon Seal consisted of endless killing intent and the will of the Ancestral Dragon of Slaughter. Each attack was like a furious storm, and the substantial killing intent within it was enough to kill the opponent. One could already feel its horror just by thinking about it.
The energy in Jiang Chen’s body let out a buzzing sound. His body began to tremble violently. Jiang Chen was completely thrilled by the changes. The Dao of Slaughter and the evolution of the dragon transformation skill had brought him enormous benefits. And now, his cultivation base was going to make a breakthrough, advancing from the peak of half-step Immortal Emperor realm to the true Immortal Emperor realm. He had been waiting for this moment for far too long.
New dragon marks began to form in his Qi Sea, pushing the total number of dragon marks to 1,300,000 in an instant. Although his cultivation base had stepped into the Immortal Emperor realm, the advancement didn’t show any signs of stopping. The improvement that was caused by the evolution of the dragon transformation skill was far greater than this. New dragon marks were still forming. All the energy that had been accumulated inside of him erupted at once. His cultivation base would certainly reach the peak of early Immortal Emperor realm before stopping.
In his opinion, advancement had always been a very rapid process. Soon, the number of dragon marks in his body reached 1,340,000. As expected, the advancement stopped at the peak of early Immortal Emperor realm, only needing 10 000 more to break through to the intermediate Immortal Emperor realm.

(Ch 1803) Jiang Chen frowned, feeling reluctant to go, but there was no other way. He had lost the best chance of killing Nanbei Chao. This wouldn’t have been the outcome if he stopped Nanbei Chao from entering the remains. However, Nanbei Chao was just too astute. He gave Jiang Chen no chance of stopping him by rushing into the remains right before the entrance was about to vanish.
Just as Jiang Chen was about to depart, his eyes sparkled.
“Eternal Immortal Wind,” Jiang Chen muttered.
“This bastard is using the Eternal Immortal Wind to find the hidden qi essence of the Great Sovereign. I also know this technique, and its essence is the same as Nanbei Chao’s. So, it should be able to obtain the recognition of the qi essence. Although the way I do it won’t be as easy as how Nanbei Chao did it, I could still locate some qi essence with the Great Divination Art. As my current cultivation base is at the peak of early Immortal Emperor realm, I’ll surely breakthrough right after absorbing some of the qi essence.”
Jiang Chen naturally wouldn’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It seemed like the battle with Nanbei Chao just now had given him some insight. At least, it taught him how to extract the qi essence of the Great Sovereign in the spatial zone.
Without further ado, he cast out the Eternal Immortal Wind. The stormy waves then entered into the deep layers of the void just like Nanbei Chao’s.
(Ch 1804) After the qi essence entered his body, it was immediately engulfed by the dragon transformation skill. If Jiang Chen was an ordinary expert, like what Nanbei Chao had said, he would naturally find it extremely difficult to refine and absorb the qi essence of a Great Sovereign, and would’ve required lots of time. But Jiang Chen was different. His dragon transformation skill was able to absorb all kinds of energy in the Heavens and Earth. The qi essence of a Great Sovereign wasn’t an exception.
His Qi Sea churned all of a sudden. New dragon marks were forming inside.
Jiang Chen was overjoyed, privately admitting that this qi essence was truly an invaluable treasure.
Nanbei Chao couldn’t help feeling astounded as what Jiang Chen did had transcended common sense and natural law.
What was natural law, then? It was the conformance to thousands of principles in the world. The qi essence of a Great Sovereign was naturally a good thing, but it had its own master and attribute of its own. Under the sky, there was only Nanbei Chao who had such attribute. Therefore, there was no other person in the world that could absorb this qi essence directly.
An ordinary cultivator would need to spend huge amount of effort in refining the qi essence until it had the same attribute as the cultivator. This was the conformance to the natural law, but what Jiang Chen did had completely exceeded the natural law.
Then again, the dragon transformation skill itself was a heaven-defying cultivation, or it should be said that it had transcended the scope of the natural law, making it the most supreme existence. As such, the natural law of the world didn’t apply to Jiang Chen.
The dragon transformation skill allowed him to absorb all kinds of energy in the Heavens and Earth, including the qi essence of a Great Sovereign. So there was no difference in his attribute and Nanbei Chao’s during the absorption process.
Wild waves were surging out of their bodies like tides. Nanbei Chao put all of his focus on breaking through to half-step Immortal Venerable realm while Jiang Chen’s cultivation base was heading towards the intermediate Immortal Emperor realm.
The number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body was rising constantly. Very quickly, it had reached 1 350 000, the threshold of intermediate Immortal Emperor realm.
With a deafening dragon roar and stormy qi waves, Jiang Chen reached the intermediate Immortal Emperor realm.
(Ch 1805) Jiang Chen didn’t walk out from the interior of the turbulent space. Instead, he soared like a dragon within it, appearing at different places every now and then. Wherever he emerged, he cast out the Eternal Immortal Wind to absorb some of the qi essence he could find. He knew very well that Nanbei Chao himself was also doing the same thing – continuously seizing the qi essence from the spatial zone.
Given Nanbei Chao’s speed, it would take him less than half a day to empty out the qi essence that was left by his past self. As Jiang Chen also had this kind of ability, he naturally wouldn’t let Nanbei Chao succeed in extracting them all. Disregarding the treasures that were hidden in the remains, what he needed to do now was to stop Nanbei Chao from seizing all the resources.
He had to admit that the interior of the spatial zone was really pretty vast. Although all the qi essence were scattered randomly, there were many places without any of it. But due to Nanbei Chao moving at an incredible speed, and being the reincarnation of Great Sovereign Batian, he knew better than anyone where the qi essence was the densest.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen could was also locate the qi essence with the Great Divination Art.
With a twist of his body, he headed towards a different direction. Nanbei Chao’s present objective was obvious—to absorb all the qi essence that was in the spatial zone—and Jiang Chen had to compete with him; every minute counted.
Under the guidance of the Great Divination Art, Jiang Chen soon found a spot that had a thick qi essence. The Eternal Immortal Wind was cast out like a cyclone, extracting all the qi essence, bringing them back to him. The dragon transformation skill was circulated and the qi essence was immediately absorbed.
He would spare no effort to find and absorb the qi essence to improve his cultivation base as there was nothing more important than enhancing his strength, especially in this place where Nanbei Chao was present. He estimated that the qi essence that he had absorbed would be able to advance his cultivation base to the peak of intermediate Immortal Emperor realm. As for the excess, he would bring them back for his friends.
Putting everything else aside, if these qi essences were brought back to Great Qian Empire, it would definitely improve the overall strength of the empire.
Very quickly, 10 000 new dragon marks were formed in his body. This type of qi essence was incomparable. It was very pure. Not only would it not affect his foundation, but it would stabilize it instead.
In other words, he could absorb as much of the qi essence as he could, but since he was merely an Immortal Emperor, there was a limit to the amount he could absorb.
He began to feel grateful that he had acquired the Great Divination Art. Without this art, even with the Eternal Immortal Wind, it was virtually impossible for him to locate the places where the qi essence was thickest.
On the other side, Jiang Chen was still gathering the qi essence unceasingly. The number of dragon marks in his body was also soaring continuously – 10 000, 20 000, 30 000, 40 000.
In just a few hours, 40 000 new dragon marks were formed. The total number of dragon marks in his body has already reached the terrifying amount – 1 390 000, leaving only 10 000 more to reach the late Immortal Emperor realm.
His present cultivation base was at the peak of intermediate Immortal Emperor realm. His current strength was so much greater compared to the time when he had just advanced to the intermediate Immortal Emperor realm. He was now powerful enough to fight any ordinary intermediate Immortal Venerable expert.
This was the terror of the dragon transformation skill. Under the dragon form, he would be ever victorious.
“The qi essence in my body has already reached the limit. I’ll store the remaining qi essence for others. Currently, there aren’t many qi essences left in here and the rest of them are too scattered to be found. I’ll gather a few more before venturing into other places in search of other benefits.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes sparkled. Nanbei Chao’s existence had pressured him to act swiftly and efficiently.

(Ch 1813) Without a second thought, he stowed the Taijitu and zoomed towards the direction where the summoning force came from like a soaring dragon, vanishing out of sight.
At this moment, in the deepest layer of the spatial zone was an independent space, surrounded by spatial barriers that separated the inside from the external environment. It was very well concealed, and impossible for ordinary people to find.
It was full of unimaginable fiery heat. Even a late Immortal Emperor wouldn’t be able to withstand such temperature. Fiery red current was lingering in the air. Any cultivator with a weak cultivation base would instantly evaporate. No remains would be left behind. It was truly terrifying.
There was a vast sea of magma ahead floating in the sky like a magma mountain. The qi emitted from it was stifling.
At the centre of the magma ocean stood an ancient fiery red altar which made people avert their eyes.
(Ch 1814) The floating sea of magma had become extremely violent due to the collision of the Immortal Burying Coffin and combat sword. It was a very ancient magma and wasn’t as hot originally. Owing to Great Sovereign Batian having refined it and used some great means to control this independent space, the temperature of the magma became extraordinarily high, so high that even average Immortal Venerables couldn’t stay here for long. Even a mighty peak intermediate Immortal Venerable wouldn’t dare to venture into the interior of the magma.
The fiery-red ancient altar was engraved with dense and complex patterns. They were the talisman of the Great Sovereign. No one could tell how long the altar had existed. It was full of the taste of vicissitudes, but the aura of nobility it emitted was stronger.
The throne on it looked even more high and mighty. It was made of pure gold, carved with dragon heads on its sides. On the throne sat a majestic man whose eyes were tightly shut, blonde unkempt hair, and wore a golden robe. Despite his lack of motion, his qi of dominance was distinct.
The coffin, sword, throne, corpse, Nanbei Chao, ocean of magma and ancient altar weren’t the only things in the space. A few dozen meters above the altar hovered a fist-sized crystal that was surrounded by countless fiery light.
The cold light emitted from the crystal constantly collided with the fiery light, producing crackling sounds. The fact that it hadn’t been melted under such temperature indicated the extraordinary nature of the crystal.
“F\*\*\*! Here’s the true treasure vault of the entire spatial zone. Even the Immortal Burying Coffin is here. The sword that connected with the coffin seems to be the legendary natal weapon of Great Sovereign Batian, the Monarch Sword.”
Jiang Chen was glad that the coffin had summoned him, or else, even with his Great Divination Art, it would take him ages to find this place. Although the environment here was harsh, it didn’t have an effect on him as his body contained four types of supreme flames.
“My Goodness! Is that the legendary Nine Yin Profound Heart of Empress Nine Yin? I heard that Empress Nine Yin was born with the nine yin meridians and had condensed the Nine Yin Profound Heart after that. That year, the intense battle between Empress Nine Yin and Great Sovereign Batian caused both of them to fall. This has to be the Nine Yin Profound Heart. I finally understand why the Immortal Burying Coffin had come here. It had come for the Nine Yin Profound Heart, but is hindered by the Monarch Sword.”
Jiang Chen was still staring unblinkingly at the floating heart from a far distance while listening distinctly to what those experts were saying. His piercing eyes could also discern that the coffin had come for the Nine Yin Profound Heart. Due to the one lying in the coffin being the corpse of Empress Nine Yin, she had certainly come today to get it back. She had left behind the heart that year when she fought against Great Sovereign Batian.
“Empress Nine Yin must be the previous self of Xiao Yu as I have felt a sense of familiarity from her. If I’m not mistaken, she’s Xiao Yu. She must have integrated with the body of the Empress, and she only needed the Nine Yin Profound Heart to completely awaken.”
“I must stop Nanbei Chao and seize the Nine Yin Profound Heart.” Jiang Chen clenched his teeth. He had to venture into the magma despite the dangers and difficulties as there was no other way.
(Ch 1817) In the vortex, Jiang Chen indeed felt the threat of death for an instant. The mighty seal had almost ripped apart the void around, turning the space into hell. No living being could possibly survive here. Unfortunately, the seal wasn’t able to destroy the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
Not just that, during the attack, the immense pressure of the Great Sovereign of the seal had stimulated the God nature of the pagoda, causing it to circulate on its own. Then, the doors of the pagoda opened wide and began absorbing the magma frenziedly like a black hole.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen suddenly burst into laughter. He knew that the pagoda could absorb anything, but because this was something left by Great Sovereign Batian, he had doubts in taking that action, fearing that it would cause damage to the pagoda. Unexpectedly, the pagoda had been activated by the seal and began to absorb the energy of magma on its own.
(Ch 1818) This was an unexpected joy. Despite knowing that the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda could devour many kinds of energy, Jiang Chen never thought of absorbing the entire magma ocean because he knew his own limitations.
Currently, the pagoda’s mouth was absorbing the magma madly, just like how a blue whale sucked in sea water.
The energy was too great. The forty-seventh level of the pagoda rumbled and was fully formed in just a matter of seconds, which then led to the condensation of the forty-eighth level.
According to the past actions of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, it absolutely wouldn’t stop once it started absorbing something. It wouldn’t take long for all the magma here to be fully absorbed. Those people outside the magma would surely be even more astonished when that happened.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda devoured countless amount of magma in the ocean, turning them into the purest energy before absorbing it entirely. The forty-eighth level was being condensed at a rapid speed. Jiang Chen estimated that if all of the magma was sucked clean, the condensation would surely reach the level fifty, which would benefit him tremendously. He wouldn’t have a problem at all in breaking through to late the Immortal Emperor realm.
The roars incessantly lingered on. The devouring speed of the pagoda was just too fast. The energy in the ocean of magma was vanishing in an alarming rate. Jiang Chen’s laughter continued to reverberate from the centre of the whirlpool. There was no reason for him to feel unhappy. Not only had he succeeded in recovering the Nine Yin Profound Heart, but also ruined this ancient spatial zone that was left by Great Sovereign Batian. It was akin to killing two birds with one stone.
(Ch 1819) Jiang Chen was frenziedly absorbing the energy of the magma using the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. Now that he had encountered such a rare opportunity, Jiang Chen definitely wouldn’t let it go.
A large number of Immortal Meta Stones were being consumed by him. Luckily, he had gotten a mass amount of resources from Yu Family. Or else, he would’ve been in trouble this time.
“The amount of energy I need to consume while advancing to late Immortal Emperor realm is too significant. The remaining stones won’t be sufficient to support my breakthrough to half-step Immortal Venerable realm. I must find ways to obtain more Immortal Meta Stones after getting out of here.”
Jiang Chen muttered. The dragon transformation skill was like a bottomless hole, a cultivation that required massive consumption, however Jiang Chen had always been mentally prepared for it, and it wasn’t hard to get those Immortal Meta Stones.
He needed to accumulate an enormous amount of Venerable Grade Immortal Meta Stones after advancing because the higher his cultivation realm, the more Immortal Meta Stones he needed.
As tremendous Immortal Meta Stones were being refined and absorbed, the barrier to the late Immortal Emperor realm broke with a clatter. The number of dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body reached 1 400 000. The space in his Qi Sea was expanded to its maximum, looking like a boundless ocean densely filled with the images of dragons; roars of dragons rolled. Each dragon mark was soaring freely like a true dragon. The whole scene seemed extremely magnificent.
1 400 000 dragon marks was the threshold of late Immortal Emperor realm. At this moment, Jiang Chen had successfully advanced to this realm, and the condensation of the forty-ninth level of the pagoda was almost completed.
Furthermore, this definitely wasn’t the limit. As the energy absorbed from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was the purest kind, constant absorption wouldn’t cause any problem, and it could even strengthen his foundation. At this rate, the number of dragon marks in his body would surely reach around 1420 000 when all the magma was sucked clean, and then the fiftieth level of the pagoda would be formed.
Soon, the ocean had been reduced by more than half. Numerous seals crumbled on its own after losing the support of the magma. As these seals were crafted out using the magma, they couldn’t remain intact as soon as the support of the magma was gone.
The roars reverberated unceasingly. The things that Jiang Chen did were always earth-shattering. The door of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was growing bigger and bigger and the absorption speed was getting faster and faster. It was apparent that the pagoda would leave nothing behind for Nanbei Chao.
The dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea were still rising. The forty-ninth level of the pagoda was already completed. The doors of the fiftieth level were opened.
Jiang Chen knew that the secret of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was divided into three stages. The first stage would be unlocked at the thirty-third level. The second would be at the sixty-sixth level and the final stage would be revealed at the ninety-ninth level. When the thirty-third level of the pagoda was fully condensed, it had given Jiang Chen a huge surprise – the temporal rule of thirty-times. It was an excellent place for cultivation.
He now looked forward to the secret lying in the sixtieth level. He estimated that the benefits there must be greater than the first stage.
Soon, all of the magma were absorbed by the pagoda. Just as what he had expected, the fiftieth level of the pagoda was completed and the dragon marks in his Qi Sea exceeded 1 420 000, making his cultivation base of late Immortal Emperor realm stabilized.

(Ch 1879) Jiang Chen’s eyes were blazing. These three human devils were akin to nourishment to him. They were all intermediate Immortal Venerable human devils that had devil souls formed in their bodies. If he absorbed these three devil souls, his cultivation base would certainly advance to the half-step Immortal Venerable realm.
(Ch 1880) The human devil uttered a miserable wail as his head fell from his body. A devil soul emerged and was grabbed by Jiang Chen.
He then devoured the half-step Immortal Venerable devil soul without hesitation. He hadn’t used such method for a long time to improve his cultivation because it would severely affect his foundation, but since the current foundation of his cultivation base had already become extremely stable, his foundation wouldn’t be affected at all even if he relied solely on these three devil souls to advance to half-step Immortal Venerable.
The last sword light shot forward, killing the last human devil. None of them was able to escape from Jiang Chen’s grip. All three devil souls were devoured by Jiang Chen. Under the refinement of the dragon transformation skill, the devil souls were rapidly digested and turned into his nourishment.
New dragon marks began to form and immediately flew around in his vast and ocean-like Qi Sea.
(Ch 1881) This was war and reality. There wasn’t victory or defeat, only life or death. He didn’t have the slightest pity for the enemies because he knew very well that if he were to die in the hands of the three human devils, Yun Tianshuang certainly wouldn’t let the soldiers of Great Qian Empire go.
He didn’t have to make any move except standing here because his presence radiated a kind of pressure that suppresed the spirits of every soldier of Great Cloud Empire, and increase the morale of the army of Great Qian Empire.
However this didn’t mean he was idle. His qi was still rising towards the half-step Immortal Venerable realm. When the number of dragon marks was about to hit 1.45 million to break through to the next realm, he suddenly realised that he didn’t have sufficient Immortal Meta Stones.
“Jiu Wangye, King Fan, give me all your Immortal Meta Stones now!”
Jiang Chen’s divine sense reached Jiu Wangye and King Fan’s ears in an instant. Although stunned, they immediately understood why Jiang Chen needed those stones, and each of them hurled up one storage ring without hesitation at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen hastily opened the rings and discovered mountainous Venerable Grade Immortal Meta Stones in it, which relieved him.
“These Immortal Meta Stones are enough.”
Jiang Chen wiped the cold sweat off his face. He had truly made a mistake this time. Fortunately, he had rich experts like Jiu Wangye and King Fan this time. If he were with someone else, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to get enough Immortal Meta Stones.
The Immortal Meta Stones given by the two were even enough to help him break through to the Immortal Venerable realm.
\*Hong Long Long……\*
The Qi Sea of Jiang Chen was rolling like a thunderstorm. The cultivation realm was broken through with the large supply of Immortal Meta Stones.
At this moment, the number of dragon marks in his body reached 1 450 000, the threshold to break through to the next realm. The process of advancing from the Immortal Emperor realm to half-step Immortal Venerable realm was extremely difficult due to the bottleneck that existed between the two realms, but Jiang Chen’s dragon transformation skill allowed him to leap over this barrier fluently.
His white robe was fluttering freely as he stood leisurely in the sky, wearing an indistinct smile, and looking relatively delighted. This had been one of his purposes in coming here. Now that he had killed the three human devils and had advanced to the half-step Immortal Venerable realm, he would be able to provide greater help to Nangong Wentian when he arrived at Fengchi Immortal Domain.

Jiang Chen was astounded by Yang Junlong’s power and how he easily killed a Fourth Grade Great Sovereign. He wouldn’t have believed this if he didn’t see this with his own eyes. The battle between Great Sovereigns was too unimaginable.
“Whoever tries to block my path will die!”
Yang Junlong bellowed. Someone like him had his own temper. Once he decided to attack, he wouldn’t let his opponent live. This was the dignity of a Great Sovereign. It couldn’t be violated.
How could Jiang Chen miss such a good opportunity? Even though he was in the midst of crisis, he still wouldn’t forget about his progress. As soon as the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign was killed, he ripped open the door of the pagoda to absorb the enormous amount of blood and qi essence frantically.
It was already considered not bad if he could absorb half of them. After all, it was a Fourth Grade Great Sovereign.
With immense energy pouring into the pagoda, the fifty-eighth level of the pagoda was fully condensed. Not only that, but half of the fifty-ninth level was also beginning to form. Jiang Chen himself had also benefited tremendously. 10 000 dragon marks were created in the blink of an eye, pushing the total number of dragon marks in his body to 1 500 000, and his cultivation base to early Immortal Venerable realm.
Strong waves of wind escaped Jiang Chen’s body. A large amount of Immortal Meta Stones were consumed extravagantly. At last, he had reached the Venerable realm.
However, the energy from the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign wasn’t exhausted yet.
(Ch 1912) However, instead of absorbing the remaining energy, Jiang Chen integrated it into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, allowing the full formation of the fifty-ninth level.
“What a terrifying energy! Unfortunately, I can only absorb half of it. I wonder what the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda will become if all the energy is absorbed, but I can’t absorb too much of it as it will have a certain impact on my disposition. Early Immortal Venerable realm is just the right level.”
Jiang Chen’s face was brimming with excitement. He didn’t expect his cultivation base to advance to the Immortal Venerable realm in this rescue mission.
Given his current strength, he was powerful enough to fight a mighty half-step Sovereign in his dragon-form. No one below the Great Sovereign realm would be a threat to him. Of course, he was still far from being capable to deal with a Great Sovereign as it was a whole new level. It was already considered not bad if he could fight a Great Sovereign with a cultivation base of only late Immortal Venerable realm. After all, Sovereign realm wasn’t the same as the other cultivation realms and couldn’t be easily overcome.

(Ch 1932) “Little Chen, the main effect of this pill is to help experts break through to half-step Sovereign realm. A peak Immortal Venerable will take this pill to advance to half-step Sovereign realm. It has an eighty percent chance of success. If you find the perfect moment, your advancement is basically 100 percent. That brat took out the pill because he had found the right time, but unfortunately, he had met Master Dog…Ka…Ka…”
(Ch 1933) Jiang Chen stared at the Longyang Pill in his hand with a contemplating look. When Li Song felt that Jiang Chen would certainly return the pill to him, Jiang Chen tossed the pill into his mouth and swallowed it.
After the Longyang Pill entered Jiang Chen’s body, rich medicinal energy exploded inside his body and rushed towards his limbs and bones like tides. Even with his composure, he couldn’t help being surprised by the immense energy.
Immediately, he circulated the dragon transformation skill, began guiding the energy towards his Qi Sea and refining it at a frantic rate.
One thousand new dragon marks were formed, then two thousand…ten thousand…twenty thousand.
The speed of the formation of dragon marks was just too fast. That refreshed feeling of comfort made Jiang Chen want to let out a loud shout.
The number of dragon marks was increasing exponentially. In just a matter of minutes, the total number of dragon marks in his Qi Sea had already reached 1 550 000, which was exactly the number that he needed to break through to intermediate Immortal Venerable realm.
Then, there was a boom. It was the sound of breakthrough. A vast amount of Immortal Meta Stones were being refined by Jiang Chen. Instantly, his cultivation base reached intermediate Immortal Venerable realm.
Even so, the medicinal energy of the Longyang Pill still hadn’t been exhausted until an extra 10 000 dragon marks had been added into his Qi Sea.
“1 560 000 dragon marks. This is truly a pill that allows one to break through to half-step Sovereign realm. Its effect is extraordinary. Not only have I advanced one level, but also the foundation of my cultivation base remains stabilized and unaffected and became even stronger than before. It’s a perfect pill.”

In a flash, Jiang Chen appeared in the thirty-third floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. This was always the best place for achieving advancement in cultivation. Big Yellow habitually undertook the role as a protector.
After settling the love issues with the first generation saintess and bidding farewell to his previous woman, the cheerful Big Yellow appeared once again. From today onwards, Dragon Sun Demon Sovereign would never exist again.
Within the thirty-third floor, Jiang Chen did not waste a single second. He took out the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood and consumed it straight away. To him, having the support of the *dragon transformation skill,* there’s nothing in the world that he could not refine.
Jiang Chen attained the intermediate Immortal Venerable realm not long ago. Within his body, there were already 1.56 million dragon marks. Normally, advancing into the late Immortal Venerable realm in a short period of time would be extremely difficult. After all, Jiang Chen’s inner strength was too vigorous. Each advancement in cultivation level would cost a great deal of energy.
Besides, a continuous advancement in cultivation level would affect his inner strength, causing his foundation to be unstable. In fact, it was what he’s concerned about the most. However, having the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood as an aid for advancement made things different. The blood was a genuine divine item. It could help him breakthrough to the late Immortal Venerable realm without his inner strength being affected.
After swallowing the drop of the divine blood, a tremendous power abruptly spread throughout all his limbs and bones. Perhaps, this kind of barbarous refining method could only be performed by Jiang Chen. For ordinary people, including all half-step sovereigns, they wouldn’t dare directly consume the whole drop of blood of the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird. It was because the violent burst of power was not something that can be easily endured.
Other than containing a great amount of power, the Vermilion Bird Divine Blood also contained the Divine Flame of the Vermilion Bird. Not everyone would be able to absorb this kind of Supreme Flame. However, for Jiang Chen, it was not a problem at all. His physical body was strong, making him able to endure almost anything, regardless of the intensity of the power that entered his body. Besides, nothing would have been better than the Divine Flame of the Vermilion Bird. Currently, Jiang Chen already possessed four types of Supreme Flames within his body. In other words, his body had a great immunity towards flames.
The *dragon transformation skill* began to rotate aggressively. The power within the divine blood was rapidly assimilated by Jiang Chen. Countless new dragon marks were formed in his Qi Sea.
One thousand strips, two thousand, three thousand thousand… Twenty thousand strips…
The speed was incredible. In just a few minutes, forty thousand strips of dragon marks were formed, making a total of 1.6 million dragon marks inside his body. The number of dragon marks was just about the amount needed for advancing into the late Immortal Venerable realm.
Jiang Chen’s eyes brightened. A large number of Immortal Meta Stones were crazily refined as his cultivation level was rising towards the late Immortal Venerable Realm.
That was the sound of breaking through the bottleneck of his cultivation realm. At this moment, Jiang Chen’s cultivation level successfully reached the late Immortal Venerable realm. Within his Qi Sea, the 1.6 million dragon marks were like innumerable black dragons raging and spiraling in a circle, turning his entire Qi Sea into a sea of dragons. It was an unusually magnificent sight. If anyone could see the condition within Jiang Chen’s Qi Sea, they would definitely be shocked with their mouth agape.
After successfully advancing, the dragon marks did not cease to increase.
“This blood truly deserves to be considered as a divine blood. At first, I thought a drop of the Vermilion Bird was only enough for me to attain the late Immortal Venerable Realm. However, I didn’t expect that it actually contained the essence of the Divine Vermilion Bird. It is multiple times more beneficial compared to an ordinary divine blood. According to the current situation, I am able to at least form another thirty thousand dragon marks, making me immediately attain the peak of late Immortal Venerable realm in one go.
“Come! Let’s advance crazily!”
Jiang Chen bellowed within his heart. Due to the effect of the Vermilion Bird Divine Blood, the number of new dragon marks began to crazily surge once more.
This time, Jiang Chen did not need to be in a rush as he had enough time for his advancement. It took him an hour to completely assimilate the power of the divine blood.
After that, things happened as Jiang Chen expected. The number of dragon marks within his body had increased to 1.63 million. He was now only twenty thousand dragon marks away from attaining the half-step Sovereign realm. That is to say, his cultivation level had already arrived at the peak of the late Immortal Venerable Realm.
Firecracker sounds were continuously emitted from within his body. This was the sound of the massive amount of power within his body. Now, he was just like a vessel overflowing with energy. Even if he casually released his power, it would flow out continuously like the vast sea
“Late Immortal Venerable realm… With my current power, it would not be hard for me to kill a First Grade Great Sovereign realm. If I am in my dragon form, I suppose I could even kill a Second Grade Great Sovereign.”
(Ch 1994) The incomer seemed to be only 25 or 26 years old and domineering, wearing a white robe and an indistinct smile on his extradinarily handsome face. Who could he be if he wasn’t Jiang Chen? (I don't think he is this old.)

(Ch 2010) “It’s Jiang Chen. Oh my god! His grew stronger in just half an hour’s time. ”
“Half-step Sovereign! Jiang Chen has reached the half-step Sovereign realm! Isn’t this just too monstrous?!”

(Ch 2025) In Jiang Chen’s perspective, the demons here were the perfect nourishment. A First Grade Sovereign demon could directly contribute to the formation of half of the fifty-eight floor of the pagoda. Not only that, ten thousand of dragon marks were also formed on Jiang Chen’s body and the number had now reached 1.66 million. It was one step nearer to become a real Sovereign Lord.
Jiang Chen only needed to forge forty thousand more, then he would become a real Sovereign Lord.
(Ch 2026) Following the indication of the talisman, the Ancient Desolate Elephant Bloodline was left in the valley. Jiang Chen did not care too much, simply absorbing all of the dark killing intent into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda and helping the pagoda to upgrade its level. If the bloodline was hidden within the dark killing intent and was directly absorbed by the pagoda, that would be the best because it would save Jiang Chen a lot of effort and time.
Of course, Jiang Chen would realize at the earliest possible moment if the bloodline was really absorbed into the pagoda.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen immediately opened the entrance of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. The entrance turned into a black hole with the size of around thousands of square feet. A dreadful devouring strength was spewed out from the pagoda. A massive influx of dark killing intent that moved restlessly originally surged forwards to the pagoda suddenly.
Madly absorbing the dark killing intent was actually a deadly method. Perhaps Jiang Chen was the only one who would dare to do something like this in the entire Immortal World.
Such a scene was too grand. If somebody were to witness this scene, they might be panic-stricken, or even get scared out of their wits.
It was an incomparably extensive process to absorb all the dark killing intent within the valley. However, with the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, the process did not take up too much time.
According to Jiang Chen’s estimation, it would only take around twenty minutes to completely absorb all the dark killing intent here with the pagoda’s speed of absorption. The fifty-ninth floor of the pagoda was almost completely formed up while the energy conversion of the dark killing intent was taking place inside. Jiang Chen himself could also gain greater benefits from this.
While madly devouring the dark killing intent, sounds of rolling thunder came out from the pagoda.
Twenty minutes later, all of the dark killing intent within the valley was completely absorbed into the pagoda for cultivation. All of the dark killing intent turned into pure energy.
Exactly like what Jiang Chen had expected. The fifty-eighth floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was fully formed, and even the fifty-ninth floor was formed as well. Next, it would directly hit the sixtieth floor.
It was not far from the second transformation of the pagoda to happen. During the first transformation, when the thirtieth floor was fully formed up, Jiang Chen gained a time space. The time space provided an excellent cultivation place for him with its power of altering the speed of time.
According to the information from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, once the sixty-sixth floor was formed up, the pagoda would experience a second transformation that would bring greater benefits to Jiang Chen.
He had been looking forward to the benefits provided by this sixty-sixth floor.
“Awesome. The fifty-ninth floor of the pagoda has been completely formed. The pure energy I’ve absorbed from the pagoda has also helped me form up another twenty thousand dragon marks more that will further strengthen my combat strength. I am just one step away from becoming a Sovereign Lord. Once the Ancient Desolate Elephant is found, I will think of a way to advance to Sovereign realm in this miniature world.”
(Ch 2029) The Third Grade Barbarian Sovereign, that was deemed to be a rare unrivalled prodigy in the Barbarian World, which took an important mission to infiltrate the Fengchi Immortal Court, hoping to retrieve the bloodline of the Desolate Ancient Elephant that would result in the rise of the Barbarian World, had never thought that he would die pitifully in such a place and at the hands of a half-step Great Sovereign.
After killing the Third Grade Barbarian Sovereign, Jiang Chen didn’t hesitate and opened up the gateway of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda immediately. A violent devouring force burst out from the pagoda and the body of the barbarian sovereign was instantly swallowed.
In the instant when the Third Grade Barbarian Sovereign was absorbed, the sixtieth floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda rocked profusely.
The energy held within the powerful Third Grade Barbarian Sovereign was extremely terrifying as if it was a vast ocean. In just a minute, the sixtieth floor was completed.
Next, the 61st floor.
Other than that, the number of dragon marks within Jiang Chen’s body started to increase. These pure energies came from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, and he could directly absorbed it without a shred of side effect.
(Ch 2030) A thousand, two thousand…. Five thousand, six thousand….
The number of dragon marks kept increasing. Jiang Chen’s body was like a big furnace, converting the boundless energy into dragon marks.
Truthfully, the energy provided by a Third Grade Barbaric Sovereign was tremendous, giving Jiang Chen unimaginable benefit.
After five minutes, the 60th floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was completely formed and the 61st floor was half-way formedOnly then did the energy taken from the barbaric sovereign was depleted, the benefits gained wasn’t just on the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, Jiang Chen’s body had also gained tremendous benefit.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda gave Jiang Chen a great boost, giving him 20,000 dragon marks, having a total of 1.7 million dragon marks housed in his body. This amount was enough for him to break through to the Great Sovereign realm.
At this moment, Jiang Chen’s qi sea experienced a massive change, the dragon marks became heavenly dragons that roared and circled the skies, causing a certain type of resonance that changes the energy within Jiang Chen.
He could feel a tinge of law energy.
It was the energy of the Great Sovereign’s Law, an unparalleled law which had formed on top of his skull.
This was a type of metamorphosis, a metamorphosis in substance.
“Finally breaking through to the Great Sovereign Realm! I’ve waited for this moment for a long time!”
Jiang Chen’s eyes shot out brilliant rays of light. This moment was extremely important and sacred for him as the Great Sovereign Law started to form. However, Jiang Chen wasn’t planning on breaking through to the Great Sovereign Realm here. He raised his palm and retrieved the floating Ancient Elephant bloodline.
He didn’t want to breakthrough here because this space was man-made, and it would block the Heavenly Dao, which could cause problems in his process of breaking through.
In the instant when he retrieved the bloodline, the space started to rock profusely as if it had lost its support. Terrifying cracks appeared from the void, signalling the collapse of the space.
Jiang Chen foresaw this situation, his figure flashed and entered a giant crack in the void. With the help of the Great Void Technique, there’s no place under the Heavens and Earth that he dare not to go, he could easily walk out in one piece even if he entered a crack in the space.
The moment Jiang Chen left, the space immediately exploded, and was completely destroyed.
The space did not have its support anymore after the bloodline of the Ancient Elephant was taken.
Jiang Chen’s figure once again appeared on top of the sky of a mountain valley.
A single Great Sovereign’s Law shot through the skies from his head and stirred the clouds.
Qi waves tumbled, that single law was getting stronger and stronger, it then became as thick as an arm in the blink of an eye.
But that was just the beginning.
Jiang Chen crossed his leg and meditated, innumerable Immortal Meta Stone was absorbed crazily into his body like it was a free buffet, luckily he had saved up enough for him to even break through to the Second Grade Great Sovereign realm.
The colour of the Heavens and Earth changed, that single Great Sovereign Law was now a thick golden pillar, nearly lighting up the whole Miniature Fengchi World.
With Jiang Chen’s Great Sovereign Law continuously materialising and thickening, it got brighter and brighter, with countless runes with the shape of a dragon appearing on top of it.
What confused Jiang Chen was…  his Great Sovereign Law still stayed at just one.
“I understand now, as the saying goes ‘the great Dao returns to one’, the other Great Sovereigns cultivate the law, increasing their numbers. But I only have one law, by continuously increasing its energy and grade, I fulfilled the Dao of the Heavens and Earth. ”
Jiang Chen was extremely excited, as the one Great Sovereign Law he had was akin to countless laws for others.
For Jiang Chen, the cultivation level of a Great Sovereign was no longer measured by the number of Great Sovereign Law.

(Ch 2033) The heavenly tribulation was the representation of heavenly strength, so it only happened when there’s an unparalleled expert advancing to the Great Sovereign realm. The journey of cultivation itself was something heaven-defying. Great Sovereigns even represented the peak level between the heavens and earth. People with some talents would possibly trigger heavenly tribulation. The greater the talent one had, the more dreadful the heavenly tribulation he could trigger.
Just like what Jiang Chen was facing right now. After advancing, he reached the unification of the Heavenly Dao that never existed before in the past hundred thousand years, causing the incomparably dreadful Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation to descend.
Thousands of lightning dragons pounced upon Jiang Chen, enshrouding him instantaneously. The Miniature Fengchi World turned into a sea of thunder and lightning, becoming a world of dragons. The endless heavenly strength was extremely dreadful. Even though they could only see it on the screen, the people of the Immortal Court could still sense the palpitations from the miniature world.
Jiang Chen stretched out his arms, bathing in the midst of the sea of lightning, like enjoying a bath of spring breeze. Infinite thunder and lightning were beating on his body but they did not hurt him at all.
Jiang Chen also made a dragon roar. He shook his body and turned into a real blood dragon. The blood dragon was around 350 meters long and it was hovering around with the thousands of dragons in the sky. He did not show any signs of being uncomfortable.
Jiang Chen absorbed the dreadful strength of thunder and lightning unceasingly. The potential within his body was once again stimulated, thus more and more dragon marks were formed inside his body.
Every tribulation was a transformation for Jiang Chen, helping him reach the next cultivation realm. Although this was the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation, Jiang Chen felt no fear at all.
Every time he dealt the tribulation, Jiang Chen would not forget to let the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda gain great benefits. This heaven-defying weapon could probably devour all the energy in the heavens and earth. As long as Jiang Chen was willing, the pagoda could absorb the whole Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation.
Of course, it’s impossible for Jiang Chen to release the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda right now. Every heaven tribulation was a rare opportunity. He must prioritize his own gains before letting the benefits go to the pagoda.
As Jiang Chen was absorbing the strength of the tribulation unceasingly, the Heavenly Saint Sword appeared. This battle sword had been crushing with Jiang Chen, but now he wanted to let it have its final transformation with the help of the lightning tribulation.
The Heavenly Saint Sword was a like a dragon, floating around Jiang Chen. It absorbed the strength of lightning cheerfully while refining itself.
Very soon, the first lightning tribulation was over. Jiang Chen transformed into a dragon and his body shone out bloody radiance. The dreadful first stage of the lightning tribulation did not leave any wounds on Jiang Chen’s body.
Thunderclap rolled as Jiang Chen bathed in the sea of thunder. He looked the same as when he dealt with the first stage of the tribulation. It was relaxing for him, as if the sea of lightning was a spring breeze sweeping along his face.
At the moment, the Heavenly Saint Sword had some obvious changes. The battle sword was like coming into life and kept absorbing the lightning dragons into its inner part. The sword was experiencing great changes.
Jiang Chen wanted to transform himself and the Heavenly Saint Sword at the same time with the aid of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation.
(Ch 2034) Jiang Chen started struggling for a bit at this moment. By this time, there were wounds on his body and his dragon scales started being stripped off.
However, his imposing manner increased continuously and his Great Sovereign Law was ever-lasting and became the one and only between the heavens and earth. It had never disappear despite the endless dreadful lightning tribulations. Nothing could shake the Great Sovereign Law.
Jiang Chen’s dragon body had already suffered great damage under the sea of lightning. His blood was flowing non-stop and it looked extremely brutal.
The seventh heavenly tribulation was much more dreadful compared to the last.
Although everyone thought this was the most dangerous moment and was worried for Jiang Chen, he was actually in ecstasy because the number of dragon marks in his body had already reached 1.75 million. This also meant that he was going to advance to Second Grade Sovereign Lord.
At this very moment, a sharp dragon roar resounded from the sea of lightning. Everyone saw that there was a man dressed in white clothes coming out the moment the seventh heavenly tribulation was over. Who else could he be but Jiang Chen.
There was no wound at all on Jiang Chen’s body. His imposing manner reached its peak. A blood dragon was circling around him, dancing back and forth while sword Qi filled the air.
Jiang Chen advanced to the Second Grade Great Sovereign realm with the aid of the heavenly tribulation.
The eighth heavenly tribulation began to emerge. There were three more heavenly tribulations of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation.
Jiang Chen raised his head and looked at the sky and a smile surfaced on the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Chen did not show any signs of fear at all even though he was facing the last three heavenly tribulations that could destroy everything.
“The remaining job will be passed to the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.”
Jiang Chen said to himself. Following his will in mind, the pagoda immediately opened up an enormous entrance. He and the Heavenly Dragon Sword had already gained great benefits from this tribulation, thus, of course, he could not neglect the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
(Ch 2035) From the previous heavenly tribulations, Jiang Chen had gained unprecedented benefits, which were the advent of Heavenly Dragon Sword and his advancement to the Second Grade Great Sovereign realm. The remaining three stages of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation would fall on the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda.
The last three stages would surely be extremely terrifying. If Jiang Chen dealt with the tribulations with his own flesh, he would be severely injured even if he survived.
it’s impossible for Jiang Chen not to use the formidable Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. Moreover, once the pagoda absorbed the last three stages of the lightning tribulation, he could also gain great benefits from it.
Not only that, according to his estimation, the last three stages could directly help the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda form the sixty-sixth floor. In this case, the secret of the sixty-sixth floor would be revealed. That would definitely bring unimaginable advantages to Jiang Chen.
When the eighth heavenly tribulation descended, the energy brought by each of the lightning dragon was much stronger and more brutal than before. Under such powerful impact, the color of the heavens and earth changed completely once again.
Despite the thunderbolts, Jiang Chen still carried a faint smile on his face, and his imposing manner was rising constantly. The number of dragon marks in his Qi Sea also began increasing unceasingly.
In his estimation, the last three stages of the lightning tribulation could add thirty thousand dragon marks. By that time, the number of his dragon marks would have reached 1,78 millions and he would be one step away from reaching the Third Grade Great Sovereign realm.
After absorbing such a formidable energy from the heavenly tribulation, there were strong rumbles erupting inside the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. In a short time, the sixty-second floor was completed and immediately followed by the sixty-third floor.
Once the thunder energy of the eighth lightening tribulation was completely absorbed, the sixty-third floor was also completed and the number of dragon marks on Jiang Chen’s body increased by ten thousand.
Another strong rumble erupted. The ninth stage of the heavenly tribulation descended and it was much stronger compared to the eighth.
However, everything remained the same as before. All the lightning dragons were absorbed by the black hole. It seemed like the black hole could absorb everything under the heavens and earth. Innumerous people shuddered in horror as they watched the scene. If they did not see this with their own eyes, they would definitely not believe it.
As soon as the ninth stage of the heavenly tribulations ended, the sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth floors were also successfully condensed. Another ten thousand dragon marks were formed on Jiang Chen’s body.
Then, it would be the most dreadful heavenly tribulation, the tenth stage of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation.
This was the last tribulation, so it would be undeniably the most dreadful one. The energy it contained would be almost the total of the past stages of the tribulation.
However, based on Jiang Chen’s calculation, it would be awesome if the sixty-sixth floor would be completed at this time. Although the last stage of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation was dreadful, building up the later floors of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was not an easy task. The sixty-sixth floor was particularly crucial and required a vast amount of energy to be condensed.
Inside his heart, Jiang Chen already felt very grateful because he was fortunate enough to go into Miniature Fengchi World and encounter the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation. Or else, it would be harder than ascending the heaven to complete the formation of the sixty-sixth floor with his own effort. How could he find such an enormous energy to complete the formation.
Perhaps only the last stage of the Heavenly Dragon Great Tribulation could complete the sixty-sixth floor of the pagoda.
Thunderclaps rolled and dragon roars shook the sky. The last thousand of lightning dragons poured down in torrents, containing the energy that intended to destroy everything.
Countless eyes were staring at what was happening. They could not believe that Jiang Chen’s secret magic weapon had been continuously absorbing the last two stages of the tribulation. It’s unbelievable if the pagoda was really able to absorb the final stage of the tribulation.
However, there was nothing impossible for Jiang Chen, the miracle maker.
The last thousand dragons poured down and everything remained the same as before. Despite their destructive momentum, they still could not cause any harm to Jiang Chen. That enormous black hole was like an opening of the heavens and earth that could withstand all energy in the world.
Without any accident, all of the dragons were devoured into the black hole.
Jiang Chen could sense that the rampaging thunder energy was wreaking havoc insanely inside the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. The sixty-sixth floor brightened up in a flash.
Just like what he had estimated, the sixty-sixth floor of the pagoda completely brightened up after absorbing all the energy contained in the final stage of the tribulation. And at this moment, there was an ancient gate appearing at the sixty-sixth floor. There must be an extremely precious thing behind the gate.
(Ch 2036) Among other things, killing a Fifth Grade Great Sovereign was now just a piece of cake to Jiang Chen now that he became a Second Grade Great Sovereign. The entire Immortal Court could not pose any threat to him. It was also definitely impossible for Star Sovereign to kill him now.

(Ch 2061) There was an enclosed space on the ninth floor. Jiang Chen sat upright on a huge cushion, adjusting himself to his ideal posture.
The intense Golden Qi filled out the entire space. The Golden Qi was so thick that one would immediately feel soothed and relaxed after inhaling it. It was a sense of indescribable comfortability.
However, no matter how much Golden Qi was there, it did not bring much benefits to Jiang Chen. Even if he stayed here and inhaled all of the Qi unceasingly for two days, he could only condense around two thousand dragon marks on his body. That was surely not enough for him to advance to the Third Grade Great Sovereign realm.
The number of dragon marks on Jiang Chen’s body was 1.78 million and he needed another twenty thousand dragon marks to reach the Third Grade Great Sovereign realm.
According to Jin Chixiao, there should an inheritance of the purest bloodline in this place as the pagoda was the symbol of the Golden Clan. This bloodline was much purer compared to the bloodline of most Golden Clan people.
It’s known that the Golden Clan was the descendant of the Golden Crow, but none of them possessed the complete Golden Crow Bloodline. Some of them might be only somewhat relevant to the Golden Crow Bloodline. The reason they were called Golden Clan was because the bloodline within their body was called Golden bloodline, instead of Golden Crow Bloodline.
Even the bloodline of Golden Sovereign and Empress Xiao Yao Qin was not the complete Golden Crow bloodline. Their bloodline merely contained a purer Golden Crow bloodline compared to others.
The only one in the Golden Clan who had a formidably pure bloodline was Gold Feather Fan. This fact was revealed by how Jiang Chen obtained the Fire of Sun through the Sun Divine Feather.
Therefore, if Jiang Chen wanted to advance to Third Grade Great Sovereign, not only does he need to absorb all the Golden Qi here, but also absorb the inherited bloodline within the Qi, and only then could he advance to Third Grade Great Sovereign realm within two or three days. Or else, it was impossible for him to advance.
Casting out his Soul Refining Technique, Jiang Chen’s imposing manner flooded every corner of the Golden Pagoda vigorously. Massive amount of Golden Qi was absorbed into Jiang Chen’s body, and the Qi was quickly refined by his dragon transformation skill.
Jiang Chen stopped using his spiritual strength and frowned.
There was no sign of progress within the three hours. He was sure that if he used the same way to absorb the Qi, there would be no difference.
Since this method was not working, he decided to find another way.
Jiang Chen took out the Sun Divine Feather, casting out the Fire of Sun. These two things were relevant to the inherited bloodline. Who knew, perhaps they would work.
As soon as the Fire of Sun and Sun Divine Feather appeared, the Golden Qi in the entire space became restless. Jiang Chen casted out his spiritual strength once again and he immediately noticed the invisible bloodline energy. He became excited as this method seemed practical.
The bloodline energy began flowing into Jian Chen’s body. It was the strength of origin, that’s why it directly blended into his origin without any delay. Soon, the bloodline energy was turned into pure energy with the help of the dragon transformation skill, condensing new dragon marks on him body.
The concentration of bloodline in Jiang Chen’s body was high, so it was effortless for him to absorb any kind of bloodline.
The sound of buzzing came out from his Qi sea and more and more dragon marks were formed inside his body. In an instant, he had condensed ten thousand dragons marks.
Jiang Chen had been scratching his head for a solution for two hours, but he couldn’t come up with any idea.
Suddenly, there was something beating up in the bottom of his Qi sea and drew his attention. He noticed that it was the Immortal Mark that had been in silence for a long time, but was beating slowly right now.
Holding the attitude of giving it a try, Jiang Chen casted out the Immortal Mark.
The moment the Immortal Mark was released, the entire Golden Pagoda was shaking fiercely. All of the Golden Qi from the first to the ninth floor was in restless motion, buzzing loudly. It felt like a storm was brewing inside the pagoda.
There was an illusory Golden Crow Divine Bird coming out from the top of the Golden Pagoda. The divine spirit appeared from the Golden Pagoda. It was the representation of the Golden Clan, it was the symbol totem.
(Ch 2062) At the peak of the Golden Pagoda, Jiang Chen caught the illusory Divine Bird. Under the dragon transformation skill, the bloodline energy was being refined quickly and absorbed into his body.
In his Qi sea, thousands and hundreds of dragons were roaring, while new dragon marks were being condensed in his body. In an instant, hundreds and thousands of dragon marks were completely condensed.
Everyone heard a sound of ka cha. That was the sound of someone breaking through a cultivation realm. In other words, at this particular moment, Jiang Chen’s cultivation realm has advanced to Third Grade Great Sovereign from Second Grade Great Sovereign.
Above the sky, Jiang Chen was absorbing the bloodline energy unceasingly. Even though his cultivation realm had already reached the Third Grade Great Sovereign, the bloodline energy was still being refined and absorbed in his body unceasingly. It contributed another thirty thousand dragon marks to Jiang Chen within just a few minutes. This meant that the number of dragon marks on his body has already reached 1.83 million. He was only one step away from advancing to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign.

(Ch 2083) The Sixth Grade Barbarian Sovereign gave out a blood-curdling scream as he was cleaved into half without any strength to counterattack.
No one would understand how terrifying Jiang Chen was without fighting him. Particularly to the Barbarian Race, if they hadn’t fought against Jiang Chen face-to-face, they would never know how strong the constraints he had towards the Barbarian Race.
The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was ripped open into a slit and devoured the Sixth Grade Barbarian Sovereign. Jiang Chen absorbed the energy that was immediately turned to an enormous qi essence, and after which, he condensed even more dragon marks on his body.
From Jiang Chen’s estimation, he would advance to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign if he managed to absorb and refine the qi essence of all the Sixth Grade Great Sovereigns today. The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda could also condense its sixty-eighth floor.
(Ch 2084) Looking at the battlefield, Jiang Chen’s mouth curved into a slight smile. Heaven Sovereign and the others did not join in the remaining battles, giving the others a chance to increase their experience in fighting against the barbarians.
Whereas for Jiang Chen, his top priority at the moment was to break through to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign realm.
“Ah Nan, give me a large amount of Sovereign Grade Immortal Meta Stones that the Immortal Court could give, quickly!” Jiang Chen said towards Nangong Wentian.
The sixty-eighth floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda has already been condensed. The dragon marks in his body has already reached 1.85 million, he’s on the verge of breaking through to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign realm. But the Immortal Meta Stones that he had kept was almost exhausted. He needed a large amount of them in order to break through to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign realm.
“Alright.”
Heaven Sovereign then grabbed into the void and accessed the space on the other side, and after taking out a large amount of Immortal Meta Stones, he delivered it straight to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen then took it without restraint, refining the whole bunch of Immortal Meta Stones as if it doesn’t have a cost. Then, a loud bang was heard from the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. At this moment, Jiang Chen’s cultivation broke through to the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign realm, and the amount of dragon marks on his body is 1.86 million.
After reaching the Fourth Grade Great Sovereign realm, Jiang Chen’s combat strength has reached a new height. He could now kill a Seventh Grade Barbarian Sovereign in one shot and could go toe-to-toe with an Eighth Grade Great Sovereign, and could probably kill an Eighth Grade if he used the Golden Feather Fan.
In other words, it was impossible for the Barbarian Race to cause fundamental damage to the Immortal World with Jiang Chen’s existence.

In an instant, two Seventh Grade Barbarian Sovereigns tragically died in the hands of Dragon Shisan and Big Yellow. They couldn’t even withstand a single attack from them, truly a pitiful death.
In the sky, a black gateway appeared and the corpses of the Seventh Grade Barbarian Sovereigns were sucked into it.
Dragon Shisan and Big Yellow were not surprised by this at all. They knew that Jiang Chen had used the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda to absorb those two Seventh Grade Barbarian Sovereigns.
With Jiang Chen’s current strength, if he managed to absorb those two Seventh Grade Barbarian Sovereigns and Wuke Tianxiang, he’ll certainly reach the Fifth Grade Great Sovereign realm.
The seventieth floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was completely condensed after absorbing Wuke Tianxiang, and the dragon marks in Jiang Chen’s body had reached 1.91 million. The requirement for the Fifth Grade Great Sovereign realm was only 1.90 million. After that, Jiang Chen absorbed and refined a large amount of Sovereign Grade immortal meta stones to solidify his foundation.
After reaching the Fifth Grade Great Sovereign realm, Jiang Chen’s strength had become much more terrifying. He could now easily kill off an Eighth Grade Barbarian Sovereign.

The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda could absorb anything. Even though these evil spirits only contained a meagre amount of energy, their number was enough to cover the quality of the energy. A hundred thousand evil spirits, there are even those who were comparable to Seventh and Eighth GradeBarbarian Sovereigns. If these spirits were to be absorbed and refined… Jiang Chen was sure that he could break through to the Sixth Grade Great Sovereign realm just from the energy he received. He could easily kill Wuke Manjun with a snap of a finger the moment he reached the Sixth Grade Great Sovereign realm.
In mere minutes, every spirit was ‘harvested’ by Jiang Chen. At this moment, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda unceasingly rumbled. The 72nd floor was completed and the dragon marks on Jiang Chen’s body has already reached 1.95 million. He was ready to breakthrough to the Sixth Grade Great Sovereign realm.
A mad dragon roared. Jiang Chen changed into his draconic body and his energy became wild. The strength of a Sixth Grade Great Sovereign could be described as Heaven-splitting and Earth-shattering.

All of the black clouds were blown away, even the black airwaves had disappeared. No matter how strong the barbarian qi was, it could not overshadow the light of Heavenly Dao.
The light of Heavenly Dao fell on every individual of the Immortal World. At this particular moment, everyone was baptised by the light of Heavenly Dao.
Jiang Chen transformed into a real dragon. Under the baptism of the light of Heavenly Dao, the Qi Sea in his body was rolling fiercely and the number of dragon marks was increasing. In an instant, the number reached two million and his cultivation realm advanced to Seventh Grade Great Sovereign.
This situation had uplifted Jiang Chen. Before this, he was worried about how to advance to the Seventh Grade Great Sovereign realm. Unexpectedly, he obtained the baptism of the light of Heavenly Dao. There was no better way of advancing one’s cultivation realm than this.

Within the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, Jiang Chen’s expression was serious. With the divine sparks in his hand, the energy they emitted was enough to make him suffocate. This time, the 75th floor of the pagoda should be opened and he could advance to the Eighth Grade Immortal Sovereign realm.
Since Jiang Chen’s body was connected with the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, as long as the pagoda absorbs the energy from the divine spark, the dragon marks on his body will automatically increase. As the pagoda violently devours the divine spark, Jiang Chen sat down in a lotus position and meditated. The dragon marks within his body increased at a tremendous rate.
A thousand, two thousand, three thousand…. Five thousand, twenty thousand! It finally stopped at 2.083 million!
2.085 million dragon mark was needed to advance to the Eighth Grade Great Sovereign realm. Jiang Chen’s strength has now reached the level of Peak Eighth Grade Great Sovereign realm.

(Ch 2122) Heavenly Tribulation! The current Jiang Chen has already reached the peak of the Eighth Grade Immortal Sovereign, the Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign was just a step away and this was the best time for him to do so. The prestige of the Heavenly Tribulation was much stronger compared to the Three Thousand Flames Dragon Seal. This would become the Myriad Divine Soul Lock Great Formation nightmare!
“Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, it’s time to unleash your full strength! So many divine sparks from Divine Kings and Heavenly Gods, this should be enough to fill your stomach right?!”
Jiang Chen wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth and murmured.
Thousands of divine sparks were instantly collected by Jiang Chen, and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda unleashed a powerful suction force like it was in a joyful mood. It instantly devoured all the divine sparks, making it blossom in radiant splendour. Jiang Chen too took this opportunity to prepare to break through to the Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign realm!
(Ch 2123) At the same time, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda absorbed all the divine sparks. The pagoda lit up brilliantly, and the number of dragon marks on Jiang Chen’s body rapidly increased. At this moment, the skies of the Divine Tomb was covered with thunder clouds.
Everyone had their eyes wide open as the Heavenly Lightning roared. The Supreme Lightning instantly struck. Jiang Chen then held the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda in his hand and pointed towards the sky!
The Lightning Tribulation struck. Countless divine souls had no chance to defend themselves against it, no matter how far they ran, the divine souls within a thousand li radius around the area showed extreme fear. They did not dare to take it head-on, yet no matter how hard and far they ran, they couldn’t run away from the Supreme Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
The Heavenly Lightning was a heaven-defying energy. The Supreme Heavenly Lightning Tribulation was the tribulation for those that are going to ascend to the True God realm. These Mid-Void God divine souls stood no chance against it, not even those True God divine souls could get away with their lives.
The Heavenly Lightning had complete dominance against divine souls, giving them little chance to resist. Just like wood and fire.
Blood-curdling screams could be heard everywhere, lightning flares could be seen under the Myriad Valley Mountain. Thousands of divine souls perished under this strike, only their lifeless divine sparks were left behind.
At this moment, Jiang Chen never expected that there were two Hierarch grade divine souls hiding in the dark that didn’t have the chance to act and died under the Supreme Heavenly Lightning Tribulation. These two divine souls have reached the level of the Peak Late Void God realm. However, they too did not have what it takes to withstand the Supreme Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, not even the chance to run away.
If it wasn’t for Jiang Chen possessing the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda. He too, would be unable to run away from such fate. This Supreme Heavenly Lightning Tribulation had completely surpassed his expectations. A Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign will certainly perish under it! Those Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereigns hiding inside the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda were all scared shitless. Jiang Chen’s scheme to kill thousands of divine soul was truly terrifying!
Heavenly Lightning Descends, Ten Thousand Souls Perished.
(Ch 2124) Jiang Chen looked as far as he could, the whole thousand li radius of the Myriad Valley Mountain was littered with 100,000 divine sparks. The scene was explosive, there were even hundreds of divine sparks from Divine Kings. It was a jackpot. Most importantly, there was an accidental reward, which was the two Hierarch divine sparks.
Jiang Chen too had reverted back to his human form. His strength has already climbed towards the next level, the Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign Realm! Unrivalled supremacy!
It would’ve taken much longer for him to reach this stage if this was in the Immortal World because there’s no pressure and motivation for him to reach it with such speed. However, the events he had caused in this area will surely reach the ears of many divine souls. He hoped that they won’t seek trouble with him anymore.
The present Jiang Chen now had the ambition to fight for the highest seat in the Heavens. If there were another two hundred God King divine souls who will come for him now, they will all perish right there and then, and he doesn’t even need the help of the Lightning Tribulation to do so.
Jiang Chen shook his body, he gripped both of his fists tightly, the 2.197 million dragon marks shone brightly with golden brilliance.
The Peak Early Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign realm. This was the result before absorbing those 100,000 divine sparks. The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was bound to level up once more after those divine sparks were absorbed.

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