This time, he was really travelling blindly.
A month later, the Flying Cloud Planet was still far from reach, and he had completely no idea where it even was.
Ling Han sighed repeatedly. He had not relaxed throughout this month, and added with the two months that he had travelled previously, the majority of his time was spent comprehending Dao underneath the Reincarnation Tree to accumulate comprehension and form the fifth Mountain River. Now, his comprehension was already very deep, but on the matter of finding the Flying Cloud Planet, he seemed to have slipped into a dead end.
Another half a month later, his comprehension was already adequate. After all, Notionless Saint was by his side to supply consultation, and he also had the support of the Demonic Power Source.
He… was about to break through!
Not to Sun Moon Tier, but the pinnacle of Mountain River Tier.
Was it fast?
Not in the slightest!
It should be known that Ling Han possessed the Reincarnation Tree, and from the moment they left the large galactic tomb, he had already comprehended over 100 years’ worth. If he could still manage to comprehend the secrets of forming the fifth Mountain River with this, he could not possibly do so in the future.
Ling Han put away the Cloud Piercing Shuttle, and stood proudly in the galaxy.
Hong, long, long . The heavenly tribulation arrived as expected. This was a power that was most omnipotent. Nothing could possibly prevent the arrival of the tribulation.
Ling Han sighed. Only a year had passed, and he would have to experience a hell-like torture again.
Godly bones, shatter!
He took the initiative to shatter his Godly bones to let them be tempered under the heavenly tribulation.
Level Four and Level Five Godly metal appeared to only have the gap of a single level, but even a nine-star genius at the peak stage of Mountain River Tier would not be able to match a Sun Moon Tier cultivator that had just broken through. Similarly, there existed a massive gulf between Level Four and Level Five Godly metal.
Previously, Ling Han’s physique could only be considered in between Level Four and Level Five Godly metal, and only after experience another tempering like such would he be able to reach the level of Mountain River Tier.
He nodded internally. If he did not cultivate to the pinnacle of all five major tiers, his physique would not be able to reach the strongest level in existence.
Just thinking of that was too frightening. Even if he was weak, even the Saint King could do nothing against him.
However, the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll had not been his creation, so even if he was the second person to cultivate this cultivate, what about the first?
That elite must have died, which was why the Black Tower had been searching for a new master.
The creator must have cultivated the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll to the pinnacle, yet he had still died. This meant… that the pinnacle of the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll was not the pinnacle of cultivation, which was why it could be shattered by a stronger power.
Ling Han gathered his scattered thoughts. He was still very far away from the peak of cultivation, so there was still no need for him to consider such matters as of yet.
All the Godly bones in his body were shattered. The smaller the particles they had shattered into, the more complete the tempering from the heavenly tribulation would be. There would definitely still be a difference for two masses of Level Five Godly metal, just like how the low extreme could still be categorized into early stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak stage.
If he was going to this, he would do his best, or he would not do it at all.
Hong, long, long . Thunder rang out loudly in the void. The Regulations of heaven and earth in the galaxy were very weak, and even Mountain River Tier cultivators were capable of flight. Furthermore, the space was very easily destroyed. With the havoc wreaked by lightning bolts as long as 30,000 meters, this place seemed to have become an incredibly bright sea of lightning.
Even Ling Han felt that the tribulation this time round was out of the ordinary, and was much more powerful compared to the times before.
The fifth Mountain River, the true pinnacle, was not allowed by the heavens!
After half a day.
The heavenly tribulation disappeared, and peace resumed. Meanwhile, Ling Han was standing quietly, and learning through experience.
Unlike previously, his power had not soared. Instead… a door had been opened to him, allowing him to further improve his power, spiking it up to the height of seven, eight, nine, or even 10 stars.
But how many stars he could actually reach would depend on his natural talent and comprehension abilities—on how far he could cultivate the fifth Mountain River.
In the distance, a weak light flickered, and he saw a starship heading straight for him.
Subconsciously, Ling Han thought of hiding in the Black Tower, but he immediately realized that this was not that attacker from before, but rather his savior!
Most probably, the commotion caused by the heavenly tribulation previously had been too large, and thus attracted this starship, which purposely turned around to see what was going on.
Great, great, now he finally didn’t have to run around madly in the galaxy any further.
Ling Han cracked a grin. Good news really followed one after another.
He drew out a Change Appearance Pill, which he then consumed.
Chapter 1132 - Majestic Heaven Sect
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The starship arrived near Ling Han, but did not stop. It merely slowed down.
When the starship was started, it would expend the largest number of True Origin Stones. Thus, even if they were willing to allow Ling Han to come aboard, there was completely no need for them to deliberately stop the starship. They merely had to slow down.
Ling Han shot over. The starship did not stretch out its defenses, but this was very normal. With no danger anywhere, what was the point of pulling out the defense shield? It would be a complete waste of True Origin Stones.
He landed on the deck, and there were already three men waiting for him there.
“How may I address you?” one man asked. He was an elite of Sun Moon Tier, his aura powerful, forming a suppression in terms of pure level. At first, he was very cautious, but when he sensed that Ling Han’s aura was only of Mountain River Tier, he immediately relaxed.
Ling Han clasped his fists together in greeting, and said, “My name is Han Lin. Previously, I encountered galactic pirates and managed to fortunately escape. However, now that I have lost my starship, I am unable to progress to my destination. Thankfully, you all came across me and saved me.”
Since that assaulter thought he had succeeded, why shouldn’t he temporarily keep his identity secret, and gain an environment in which he could be allowed to peacefully grow?
“So it is young friend Han.” The man nodded. Though he was not sure of the authenticity of Ling Han’s words, if he claimed that he had been purposely waiting for them here, and laid a trap or something, he was not about to believe that. After all, the galaxy was too massive, so who would be able to grasp the ship route of another?
“Where are you heading to, young friend?” he asked again.
“Flying Cloud Planet,” Ling Han replied.
The man couldn’t help but smile, and said, “Then it is really coincidental. We are also heading to the Flying Cloud Planet, so we shall bring you along with us, young friend.”
“Many thanks!” Ling Han quickly said. In this Immortal Realm, where power meant everything, it was actually very rare for an elite to be amicable to others.
The man waved him off, and had one of his subordinates bring Ling Han below deck to rest.
Ling Han exchanged conventional greetings with that person, and found out that this was the tradeship of the Mo Clan. That large man previously was named Mo Gu, and was a core person of th
e Mo Clan.
The Mo Clan was based on the Southern Plentiful Planet, but because it was dealing in the intergalactic trading of goods, they also had a branch on various major planets and in major Majestic Empires, which caused the standing of the Mo Clan to be very extraordinary—if the Southern Plentiful Majestic Empire wanted to harm them, all they had to do was switch location, and begin turning their new home into a new base.
On this trip, they were delivering a large amount of goods to the Flying Cloud Planet. It was really a coincidence; they had only veered off their initial flight route to take a look because Ling Han’s heavenly tribulation had attracted them.
Ling Han made a note of this favor secretly in his heart. When they lent him a helping hand, they might not have thought of asking him to repay the favor, but if he was really ungrateful, then he was really not a man.
He had indeed veered far off from the flight route from the Joint Peace Planet to the Flying Cloud Planet. However, his luck was not too bad, as he was not too far away from the Flying Cloud Planet. Thus, they merely had to travel for about another seven days, and the starship would be able to land on the Flying Cloud Planet.
Naturally, it was impossible that Mo Gu, as an elite of Sun Moon Tier, would take note of a “minor character” like Ling Han. In the following seven days, he had not paid Ling Han a visit, and only when the starship landed, and they disembarked, did Ling Han finally see him again. He once again expressed his thanks to the latter.
Ling Han bought a map in the city, and, according to the map, realized that he was not far off from the Majestic Heaven Sect.
There were actually only two Majestic Empires on the Flying Cloud Planet: the Four Seas Majestic Empire and the Great Heaven Majestic Empire. Furthermore, the territories of these two Majestic Empires added together were not as large as the territory occupied by the Majestic Heaven Sect.
There was nothing to be done. Though Venerable Trinity had clearly expressed that they had no interest in taking over the world, it was a fact that the Majestic Heaven Sect had occupied such an expansive territory. How could the two Majestic Empires dare to attack them for the purpose of obtaining more territory?
On the other hand, it was already quite good that the Majestic Empires were allowed to exist. Moreover, if the territory of an Eternal River Tier elite was even smaller than Heavenly Body Tier, how could it be acceptable?
Thus, the current situation was something that all sides could accept and were satisfied with.
Ling Han was presently in the Great Heaven Majestic Empire, and there was about a month’s journey from here to the gates of the Majestic Heaven Sect, the Heavenly Wind Mountain. And this was taking into account the speed of the Cloud Piercing Shuttle. If it was him using his own legs to travel, that would take half a year at least.
“Let’s set out!”
Ling Han took out the Cloud Piercing Shuttle, and set off towards the Majestic Heaven Sect.
Seven days later, he had entered into the territory of the Majestic Heaven Sect, but it was only after another 20-odd days that he finally arrived at the mountain gates of the Majestic Heaven Sect.
Hiss, no wonder it was called the Majestic Heaven Sect!
In front of him, there was a mountain peak so high that it towered into the clouds. Even if he activated the Eye of Truth, he could not see the peak. It was probably tens of thousands of meters tall, at least.
This was the main peak of the Heavenly Wind Mountains, Cloud Piercing Peak.
Aside from the main peak, there were seven other subsidiary peaks. Similarly, they were extremely tall, but they were appropriately located, so there was not a single mountain peak that was as tall as another.
Now that he had arrived here, he could not travel around with the Cloud Piercing Shuttle as he liked. Ling Han steered the Cloud Piercing Shuttle into a descent, and put it away. Then, he began to travel on foot.
This was an important territory of the Majestic Heaven Sect, and there were a great many places where no entry was allowed, and where various restrictions were set up. There were also disciples of the sect responsible for regular patrols.
Ling Han was not here to swindle or cheat, so he had absolutely no intention of using the Black Tower to enter into forbidden territory. Instead, he travelled along the main path, and arrived at the foot of a subsidiary peak.
After he made some queries, he found out that outsiders usually were not allowed to trespass into the main peak and seven subsidiary peaks. However, it was a different case in these few days. There were a few seeded disciples in the sect that were currently recruiting followers, which had attracted a great many people to come and apply for the position.
Previously, it had already been explained. Only seeded disciples were qualified to recruit followers, and if one became a follower, aside from being unable to gain any resources for cultivation, there was actually no difference in their treatment and the treatment of official disciples. They could even listen from the sidelines when the seeded disciple was being taught by Venerable Trinity!
How massive was that kind of lure?
Discounting those who did not manage to enter into the Majestic Heaven Sect, even inside the Majestic Heaven Sect itself, there were a great many ordinary disciples that strived with their all to become the followers of some seeded disciples.
Moreover, it was definite that every seed would definitely become a supreme elite—they would be an existence at the consummate level of Sun Moon Tier at least, since the barrier to the Heavenly Body Tier was really too hard to breach. However, wasn’t the consummate level of Sun Moon Tier awesome enough?
If they could rely on their help and stay by the side of such elites, it would be of extremely great help to their future development.
In short, the foot of one of the subsidiary peaks, White Cloud Peak, was currently packed with people. They all longed to become the followers of one of the seeds.
Every seed could only possess three followers at most. Naturally, that was not enough to satisfy the masses, and it was something that they would be fighting desperately over.
“Stand aside, stand aside!” A commotion was heard from behind them. Four men were clearing the path, and behind them, there was a gloomy-looking young man. His vitality was strong, so he was indeed very young, but his cultivation level had shockingly reached the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier, which was very astonishing.
“Who is this? Being so arrogant and overbearing, could it be a key disciple?” someone nearby asked.
“You don’t even know who he is?”
“Why should I know him?”
“Hehe, he is Zhang Tong, Lord Yang Hao’s follower.”
“What, Yang Hao!? You mean that super genius who had used a mere 600 years to reach Sun Moon Tier, that Lord Yang Hao!?”
“Of course!”
“Hiss… Still, however awesome, it is Lord Yang, so what does it have to do with him?”
“You don’t know, right? Zhang Tong had once been a key disciple of the Majestic Heaven Sect, and purposely surrendered this identity to follow Lord Yang! At the time, many people said he was dumb, but what about now? There are even some seeded prodigies that wish to follow Lord Yang; unfortunately, Lord Yang is completely disdainful of them!”
“What, is it real?”
As they spoke, those four people in charge of clearing the path had walked to stand behind Ling Han. The others had all obediently allowed them to pass, which made Ling Han appear very prominent.
Chapter 1133 - An Arrogant Follower
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“Brat, didn’t you hear us tell you to get lost?” The four men humphed coldly.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “You’re quite pompous for people with weak abilities.”
“What!?” One man walked forward. “Do you have any idea who my young master is?”
“Oh, who is it?” Ling Han asked, smiling. He really couldn’t care less.
“Zhang Tong, Young Master Tong!” this man declared proudly as if he himself was that Zhang Tong.
Ling Han gave an ‘oh’, and continued, “So going by that logic, you are the lapdog of a lapdog, the so-called second dog?”
“You, you, you…” The man pointed furiously at Ling Han. “Are you tired of living?”
“Oh, so this is how the Majestic Heaven Sect treats guests?” Ling Han asked.
“Wrong, we are not the disciples of the Majestic Heaven Sect, and thus have no need to be restricted by the rules of the sect,” this man said sinisterly. Then, he snapped his fingers. “Brothers, let us give this guy a profound lesson.”
“Hehehe!” The other three men stepped out, each staring at Ling Han like they were hungry wolves that had caught sight of a little rabbit.
After Ling Han had formed his fifth Mountain River Tier, his aura became reserved. His whole person became as profoundly deep as the ocean, and it was very difficult to distinguish exactly how strong he was. Furthermore, it had already been a month ago since he had broken through to the pinnacle of Mountain River Tier. Presently, his power had advanced to seven stars!
Seven stars of power above the peak of Mountain River Tier… what kind of notion was that?
He took a look at Zhang Tong, and asked, “These dogs of yours are barking madly, and you are not planning to take them to heel?”
“Beat all the teeth out of his mouth!” Zhang Tong commanded icily, his expression changing.
At first, he had not cared about Ling Han. So what if they had beaten this kind of minor character? He could not even bother to give him a second look. So what if he was arrogant? As a follower of Lord Yang Hao, why couldn’t he be arrogant? It had to be known that Venerable Trinity had the intention to take Yang Hao as a personal disciple!
If Yang Hao actually became the personal disciple of an elite of the Eternal River Tier, so what if he decided to do as he liked in the Majestic Heaven Sect?
“Hehehehe!” The four lapdogs all laughed coldly. Zhang Tong himself was an overbearing person, and they were used to acting arrogant by his side. They had absolutely no idea what the word ‘reserved’ meant.
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