Hu Niu had told Ling Han some cultivation secrets, for example, the uses of Mountains and Rivers, Suns and Moons, and heavenly bodies. These entities weren’t merely limited to storing power, and they could actually be unleashed to suppress one’s opponent.
In fact, they could even form their own “worlds”.
For example, one could unleash their Mountains and Rivers and trap their opponent within this landscape. Meanwhile, Suns and Moons and heavenly bodies were naturally more powerful.
The overall level of cultivation in this galaxy was far too low, and thus cultivators’ utilization of their own power was also extremely limited. Such situations would never appear in high-level galaxies.
“So, it turns out that I can still raise my battle prowess by a significant amount!” Ling Han murmured to himself.
He suppressed his cultivation level and battled against Ding Ping, Feng Po Yun, and the others. Their cultivation levels were the same, yet Ling Han’s battle prowess instantly increased explosively when he unleashed his Mountains and Rivers to suppress his opponent. This was because unleashing his Mountains and Rivers created a scenario where he was battling in his own “world”. Thus, he could naturally detect all the movements of his opponent. Moreover, he could also use his “world” to continually affect his opponent.
‘Even if hundreds upon thousands of Mountain River Tier cultivators were to attack me at this moment, I would be able to divide and defeat them one by one.
‘In terms of unleashing one’s full potential, this galaxy is still stagnant at a primitive level.
‘However, Venerable Trinity clearly unleashed his Eternal River at that time. He unleashed a silver river that formed a defensive barrier around Yang Hao. He probably learned that secret technique at the Two Realm Battlefield.
‘However, he didn’t teach this secret technique to the disciples of his sect. Perhaps he was planning to teach this secret technique to his true successor only.’
Ling Han wasn’t one to keep his knowledge from others. Although he wasn’t generous enough to teach such a secret technique to everyone, he would definitely teach it to those close to him, such as Feng Po Yun, Mu Rong Qing, Ding Ping, and the others.
Moreover, he would naturally teach it to Hu Feiyun as well. Once she learned it, Empress Luan Xing would have also learned it. As for whether she taught it to others, Ling Han didn’t care at all.
This was simply a technique to fully utilize one’s Mountains and Rivers, Suns and Moons, and heavenly bodies. It wasn’t some unteachable secret.
Several days later, the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire sent a starship to collect cultivators from the empire. Hu Feiyun, Li Weiwei, and the others all boarded the starship to return. Ling Han had initially wanted to kill Zhao Lun as well, yet he had fled quickly and returned to the Joint Peace Planet on a merchant ship.
Meanwhile, Feng Po Yun, Mu Rong Qing, and the others didn’t leave. They wanted to search for the Five Sects alongside Ling Han. They had all come from the small world, so they naturally couldn’t forget the sins of the Five Sects.
Everyone cultivated earnestly. Once they learned of the Five Sects’ location, they would immediately set off for that galaxy. At that time, bloodshed would be inevitable. Thus, the more powerful they were, the better.
Due to the collapse of the Majestic Heaven Sect, the two other forces on the Flying Cloud Planet—the Four Seas Majestic Empire and the Great Heaven Majestic Empire—were finally able to rise. They invaded and conquered the land that had previously belonged to the Majestic Heaven Sect. This naturally led to a series of large-scale battles.
However, these battles had nothing to do with Ling Han. He simply guarded his own plot of land. Meanwhile, he used copious amounts of Level Four Godly metal obtained by the Mo Clan Establishment to raise the level of his Divine Demon Sword.
Before setting off to search for the Five Sects, there were two goals that he had to satisfy—break through to the Sun Moon Tier and evolve the Divine Demon Sword to Level Five Godly metal.
He had already reached the pinnacle level of the Mountain River Tier, yet breaking through to the Sun Moon Tier still wasn’t something that he could in a short amount of time. This required not only the accumulation of comprehension, but also the accumulation of Origin Power.
Advancing from the Mountain River Tier to the Sun Moon Tier was a huge leap. Thus, one needed to accumulate enough comprehension and Origin Power before attempting to break through. Otherwise, they would be sucked dry.
Ling Han also prepared Godly medicines as he completed his accumulation. If his accumulation turned out to be insufficient, he could at least still rely on a large number of Godly medicines to make up for any deficiencies. This would save him from the wretched fate of having his life essence sucked dry.
He was so busy that he had no time to focus on alchemy. He basically sat under the Reincarnation Tree every single day, cultivating the Mountain River Tier to perfection as he explored the great dao of the Sun Moon Tier.
Half a year flew by in the blink of an eye.
To immortals, half a year was truly like the blink of an eye. To Ling Han and the others, however, this was several hundred years of comprehension.
Ling Han was already confident that he could break through to the Sun Moon Tier. At the same time, the Mo Clan also delivered some good news—they had found the location of the Five Sects.
They were on the Cloud Apex Planet, a planet that was located in the Long Light Galaxy. The Cloud Apex Planet was a 200-year flight away from the Flying Cloud Planet.
This was an extremely long distance. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken the Mo Clan so long to find them. In fact, they had only found the Five Sects after contacting merchant after merchant and slowly spreading and expanding their network.
Fortunately, Hu Niu had modified his Cloud Piercing Shuttle and made it many times faster than ordinary starships. She had also installed a star chart, and thus they didn’t need to worry about getting lost.
Their trip would take… around two years.
Very well!
Ling Han began to break through to the Sun Moon Tier.
After seven days, he opened the door to a completely new world. A red sun formed in his Dantian, and heavenly tribulation also rumbled over at this moment.
Ling Han would repeat his agonizing process again—he would shatter his Godly bones and temper them under the tribulation, causing them to become tougher and stronger than before.
Meanwhile, the auctioning of his four drops of Thousand Source True Fluid and the abundant amount of ancient pill recipes had also brought him a great amount of wealth. Not only had he cleared his debt, but he still had a large amount of leftover wealth to spend on Level Four Godly metal. That was exactly what he did next.
Only at this moment did Ling Han feed his Divine Demon Sword the last piece of Level Four Godly metal. His Divine Demon Sword advanced to Level Five.
Human and sword faced heavenly tribulation together.
Boom!
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. This was a terrifying scene. Like always, Ling Han shattered his Godly bones. Meanwhile, a web of cracks appeared on the Divine Demon Sword. However, it didn’t snap. Instead, it continued to expel a large number of metal shreds from its body.
These shreds were slag, useless bits of material. It was as if the Divine Sword had developed a spirit of its own as it actively evolved aiming for a state of perfection.
The rain of lightning eventually enveloped Ling Han and his Divine Demon Sword, its brilliance illuminating the sky and universe.
Chapter 1218 - Fusing with the power of lightning
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Ling Han endured the heavenly tribulation, and tempered himself as he did so to increase his appreciation of the great dao.
The tribulation represented the strongest danger that the Dao of Heaven and Earth could present. If he could appreciate this kind of great dao, his own battl
e prowess would be increased greatly.
Ling Han was comprehending his own dao.
He had already grasped the basics of the Lightning Sword Technique, but this was more in name than in fact. It was only because this sword technique possessed the two traits of quickness and massive destructive ability, which was why he had named it the Lightning Sword Technique.
Only if he could also fuse it with the power of divine lightning would the Lightning Sword Technique not be just a mere name, but also a real entity.
How fast was the divine lightning? What if it could also possess this kind of unique trait?
Though Ling Han had been turned into dust, his divine sense was still firm. Under the tempering of the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll, his spirit was incredibly firm. Even if it was separated from his form and had turned into a ball of light, no matter how the heavenly tribulation attacked, it was not damaged.
The strength of his spirit was actually in the level above the low extreme of the Sun Moon Tier and below the medium extreme. Thus, it was naturally impossible that this power of lightning on the level of the early stage of the Sun Moon Tier would be able to hurt his spirit.
In the midst of the tribulation, he could experience the power of lightning very well, and understand it straight to its essence.
‘Unfortunately, the heavenly tribulation comes too rarely, and won’t last for too long, either,’ Ling Han thought. However, an idea immediately appeared to him. ‘Personally, I would only endure the heavenly tribulation just those few times on my own, but couldn’t I borrow the chance of others to endure the tribulation?
‘If I could control this lightning technique, then whether it is the sword technique or the movement technique, they will be greatly improved.’
Half a day later, all the thunderclouds dispersed. Ling Han channeled a drop of the Indestructible True Fluid, and his body immediately recovered completely. Furthermore, he felt that there was an apparent change in himself.
The Sun Moon Tier.
His power had increased at least a million from before he endured the tribulation!
‘True enough, this is a massive barrier. Once I have crossed over it, I originally could have power surpassing 10 stars, and now, only six stars is left behind.
‘To once more possess power surpassing 10 stars, I will have to cultivate to the pinnacle level of the Sun Moon Tier.’
However, only those who had reached the pinnacle level in the Mountain River Tier could possess six stars of power before Sun Moon Tier. Moreover, he would have to reach the peak stage of the pinnacle level of the Mountain River Tier.
If it was an ordinary Mountain River Tier, the most he would possess would be four stars of power. Only once he had cultivated to the pinnacle level would his power surpass four stars. Based on what he had achieved in the pinnacle level, his power would be in between four to six stars.
‘My present power is capable of matching the late stage of the medium extreme of the Sun Moon Tier. However, this is only in terms of pure power. In terms of the understanding of the Regulations of heaven and earth, I am still in the early stage of the low extreme of the Sun Moon Tier. Thus, even if I had another secret technique, my battle prowess would only be able to surpass six to seven stars.
‘Hence, the public all say that five-star geniuses only existed in legends. Though that is a bit exaggerated, it is also a very logical understanding. That is because there are really too few people who have cultivated to the pinnacle level.
“Huh?!”
Ling Han was startled, and asked, “Small Tower, why is there no change to the Black Tower?”
He had broken through a major tier already, so why did a new level not appear in the Black Tower so that his Five Elements would be complete?
“You have to advance by another tier.” Surprisingly, Small Tower gave him a clear answer this time.
“What!?” Ling Han almost jumped. “I have to reach the Heavenly Body Tier before I can unlock the fifth level? Wouldn’t that mean that by the time I reach the Genesis Tier, I would only be able to unlock the seventh level at most?”
“Wrong. When you reach the Genesis Tier, you will only be able to unlock the sixth level,” Small Tower said with complete seriousness.
Ling Han was stunned. “Then what about the remaining three levels? I will only be able to unlock them when I advance into the Celestial Realm?”
“Mm-hm!” Small Tower waved to and fro. This was its movement for nodding. “So, you have to cultivate as much as possible. When the Black Tower is fully unlocked, I will also be able to recover all my memories.”
Ling Han thought for a moment, and then said, “So, going by that logic, your memories have not been dispersed, but have rather been sealed.”
“Perhaps,” Small Tower said calmly. “Young man, work hard on cultivating! Just think, if you once again break through at the Genesis Tier, you will be able to enter into the Celestial Realm. And in my vague memories, those in the Celestial Realm should live eternally.”
“What!?” Ling Han was astonished. The elites of the Celestial Realm actually possessed unlimited lifespan? Then how powerful was this Celestial Realm?
Elites could continue cultivating for a billion, a hundred billion, a trillion years, and become stronger and stronger!
No wonder such a precious treasure like the Reincarnation Tree existed. Even Genesis Tiers could not wait for twelve trillion years, but the elites of the Celestial Realm could!
“However, you do not have to be discouraged. Though the lifespan of elites in the Celestial Realm is unlimited, there is still the Celestial Decline. If they cannot survive it, they, too, will be killed,” Small Tower said calmly. “An unlimited lifespan does not mean eternal indestructibility.”
Ling Han nodded. The original owner of the Black Tower should’ve been an elite of the Celestial Realm, yet he had still died.
“Young man, race towards the sun!” Small Tower exclaimed.
Ling Han was struck speechless. He discovered that this Tool Spirit displayed the trait of being two-faced more and more frequently.
He returned to the small town. Since he had already endured the heavenly tribulation, and crossed over into the Sun Moon Tier, then he should set out towards the Cloud Apex Planet.
However, Feng Po Yun and the others broke through one after the other, so Ling Han could only delay his plans for a while, waiting for this trend of breaking through to pass before setting out.
Feng Po Yun and Mu Rong Qing had both advanced into the medium extreme of the Mountain River Tier. Helian Tianyun was ahead of them by one cultivation level, and had advanced into the high extreme. Ding Ping’s progress was the most exaggerated—he had reached the consummate level.
If they told anyone about this, it would definitely scare them to death. It had only been a few short years, so how could they have advanced at such a frighteningly rapid pace?
However, to be honest, if they still were not able to attain such shocking advancement pace with Ling Han’s continuous supply of alchemical pills to help them accumulate Origin Power and the Reincarnation Tree to help them in the comprehension of Dao, what right would Feng Po Yun and the others have to call themselves prodigies?
Ling Han did not rest on his laurels, either. When they endured their heavenly tribulation, Ling Han would be by their side, freeloading on their tribulation.
In the eyes of others, this was practically a move to seek death. He could have done anything, yet he chose to freeload off the tribulation of others. But to Ling Han, he did not need to shatter his Godly bones to temper himself. Instead, he merely had to observe the power of the heavenly tribulation, so he naturally did not need to suffer the slightest bit. He merely had to study and observe the proceedings quietly.
After enduring four tribulations, Ling Han secluded himself beneath the Reincarnation Tree for three days. When he opened his eyes again, hiss, there was actually a flash of lightning flickering in them.
“In comparison to the l
ightning technique that I have grasped now, the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven is practically trash.” Ling Han shook his head. After all, the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven was only the lowest-grade cultivation technique of the Immortal Realm, whereas the heavenly tribulation was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao. How could there be any comparison?
‘As my cultivation level becomes higher and higher, the heavenly tribulation that I have to endure will naturally become more and more powerful, and the power of lightning that I can control will also become stronger and stronger.
‘With heaven and earth as my master, and to create my own Dao.’
Ling Han’s gaze was determined. The path that he was about to walk was becoming clearer and clearer.
Since everyone had endured the heavenly tribulation, they could not possibly have a further breakthrough in a short term, so Ling Han decided to set out. However, he had not yet begun his journey when he surprisingly encountered a person who was there to see him off.
It was Empress Luan Xing!
Not her doppelganger, but her true self.
“You are leaving?” she asked. Her exquisite beauty was enshrouded in a Qi of chaos, while her tone was calm, and not the slightest bit of fluctuation could be discerned from her voice.
Since she was as strong as Heavenly Body Tier, she was naturally capable of controlling her own emotions very well.
Ling Han broke out in a smile, and said, “I was going to drop by Joint Peace Planet to bid you farewell on the way. I have not thought that you would come.”
Chapter 1219 - Ancestral grounds of the Nine Snake Tribe
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Empress Luan Xing dispersed the Chaos Qi on her face, and revealed an exquisite beauty that could put the world in chaos—especially that enchanting grace. Even if Hu Niu was not inferior to her in terms of beauty, in terms of bearing, she was not just a little bit weaker.
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