Paradise of Demonic Gods

by Stayrr

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants. “From now onwards, everything r

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Chapter 527: Feces

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"The tax collection from the western district isn't here yet?"

"Sir, with the sudden increment of ten tax points, most commoners would find it hard to pay the amount!"

"Increasing tax collections is the national policy set by the First Prince. In the past, the reason why our country's tax rate was far too low was so that the people could live stable lives and recover. However, right now, there are great changes within our sights. The Steel Lion Kingdom in the north, the Papal State, and the various tribes in Manjaar are all getting ready for war and are increasing their armaments.

"As the greatest region on the Western Sea's shores, the Great Western Region has an extremely well-developed sea trade, and it's also the region with the strongest trade activities amongst the eight regions. This is all the more the reason why the Great Western Region should take up the responsibility."

In the study, a few members of the Great Western Region's upper echelon and an elderly man with white hair and brows were gathered together for a meeting.

The elderly man with white hair and brows appeared to be quite old, but he still seemed very lively, as if he had gained vigor with age. This elderly man was Benjamin, the person the First Prince had sent over to prepare to take over the position of Great Western Region's Governor.

"Oh, right. Did you guys hear? Manjaar's King Manjaar and his two Divine level subjects have all died."

"What?! Although Manjaar has a tribal structure, the tribe which King Manjaar belongs to had dominated over half of the influences across the ice plains. To think that he has been killed? By who?"

"I don't know. I only know that Manjaar immediately appointed a new King Manjaar. There hasn't been any internal conflict at all."

"There are four great tribes in the ice plains—no, it should be three great tribes now... There are three great tribes and seven great factions across the ice plains... To think that a new King Manjaar has been chosen without any signs of internal conflict?"

"Alright," Benjamin let out a cough and said, "Manjaar is too far away from us. There's no need for us to pay them any heed. Let's move on to discuss the amount of investments for each of the academies. We need to increase the amount of investments to a large extent in this area. That's not all. From now onward, the number of recruited Knights must increase as well.

"We'll also need to be more strict with the management of Conferred Knights now."

Benjamin then continued to discuss various issues with his subordinates. Judging from the content of their discussions, they seemed to have quite a large control over the entire Great Western Region.

Right now, what Benjamin was seated on was Tyrant, who had turned himself into a chair.

'The First Prince's influence is really great. Just by sending two Demigod experts, he managed to take over most of the power in Great Western Region. Everyone submitted just from hearing their names, and the First Prince managed to take over the Great Western Region with great ease. His way of doing things is good... It's very good.'

Tyrant thought, 'But based on what I've seen and heard, as well as what Fang Xingjian said... the Second Prince has reached at least the tenth level of the mystical prints, the Fourth Prince is a representative of the Church of Universal Truth, and as for the Third Prince, I saw him more than once in the Terrene Shrine. That Fifth Prince also has special rumors going on about him.

'None of these five people are to be underestimated. Although things seem to be going well for the First Prince, the other four people probably still have tricks up their sleeves. Before the seventh onslaught comes, there'll definitely be a fierce battle.'

Just as Tyrant was thinking about these, Benjamin, who had white hair and brows and was sitting on him, said, "Oh, right. Where's Asto? Didn't he head to persuade Fang Xingjian to give in? Why isn't he back yet?"

One of the subordinates replied, "I don't know. I didn't see him."

Benjamin frowned and said, "Fang Xingjian is a talent, but it's just that he has a bad character." Benjamin thought, 'To think that Fang Xingjian managed to pick up the Astral Obscurity Sword in battle. He really can be said to be a great talent in sword arts.

'It's just that he is too rash and arrogant. To think that he would attack the base in the Eastern Sand Region directly, and even take away the test subject. A person with such a character will probably be unwilling to submit to others, yet His Highness still wants to subjugate him. Although His Highness is benevolent, chances of Fang Xingjian giving in is probably very low.'

Thinking of this, a hint of killing intent appeared in Benjamin's heart. 'A mere barbarian from uncivilized territory acting so arrogantly after picking up the paths of Knights, paying no regard to the country's laws and regulations. He really is rapacious.

'It's fine if he gives in to Asto this time around. If he doesn't, it's best for the two of us to join forces and get rid of him as soon as possible.'

Under Benjamin, Tyrant thought, 'Fang Xingjian told me to come and teach Benjamin a lesson so that he will step out from the conflicts in the Great Western Region completely. Yet, he doesn't allow me to kill him.'

Thinking of this, waves of greed soared in Tyrant's heart. Ever since he had eaten two Divine level experts consecutively, his craving to engulf the bodies of experts had risen.

According to what Fang Qian had said, Benjamin was at least a Demigod with three tiers of perfection. This made Tyrant develop a great yearning to engulf him.

However, upon thinking of the people backing this guy up, including the First Prince, the Ancient Path of Hell's current Sect Master—the Abyss Lord, and the country's ruler who was the First Prince's father... Thinking of these three Divine level experts, Tyrant suppressed the greed in his heart.

'I better forget about it. Both Fang Xingjian and I are improving at a rapid rate during this period of time. With there being so much gold we can use, along with Fang Xingjian's plan to reveal the first five levels of mystical prints to all of his subordinates, it's better for us not to offend the royal family for now.

'I'll wait for a few months. By then, we will have improved tremendously and I'll have plenty of chances to eat them up.'

Thinking of this, Tyrant eventually decided to act according to his initial plan.

'Hehe, Fang Xingjian didn't place any restrictions on how I can teach you a lesson. You only have your poor luck to blame.'

Tyrant felt extremely proud of his own plan.

At the next moment, the chair transformed, and a tentacle rose from the surface of the chair, darting out toward Benjamin's body.

However, Benjamin was a Demigod with three tiers of perfection, just like Asto. His reaction was very quick, and in the same instant that Tyrant had transformed, Benjamin had already dashed up into the air.

With a loud boom, the roof of the entire luxurious manor was thrown off. Benjamin dashed up over 100 meters into the air, but he was still a step too slow.

It was because Tyrant had not just purely entered his body. Rather, he had seeped into Benjamin's body on the cellular level.

Sensing the changes to the cells in his body, Benjamin instantly condensed his martial will and sent it attacking toward the flesh and blood Tyrant had taken over.

In void space, there seemed to be the sounds of intense clashes and collisions. Tyrant let out an agonizing cry.

'What a terrifying will! This old guy has neither relied on lucky encounters nor heavenly and earthly treasures. Instead, he trained himself up to this level, climbing up one step at a time.'

With just this collision, the flesh and blood which Tyrant had taken over was reduced by 30%.

Although Tyrant had trained up his martial will, he had started off from being a Mage to begin with, so a fight of wills was not what he excelled in.

Benjamin let out a cold snort and was just about to continue sending out willpower impacts when his countenance suddenly changed.

'Hehehehe, although my will is a far cry from yours, you're too indecisive and reserved. If you had abandoned the parts of your body, which I took over, right from the very start...

'Or if you had decided to go all out right from the beginning and changed the battle location, you might still have been able to make it.

'But now, it's too late.'

As thoughts ran through each of their minds, Tyrant, who had taken up a part of Benjamin's stomach walls, made his move. In that instant, the Gates of the Netherworld was opened fully, and the stuff inside gushed in wildly into Benjamin's stomach.

Simultaneously, the auras of 1,440 specialty seeds rose. The physical attributes Tyrant had obtained after engulfing two Divine level experts were unleashed explosively to their full potential, temporarily stopping Benjamin's movements.

When Benjamin sensed the things which were filling up his stomach, his eyes seemed like they were spewing flames and he felt as if he was going crazy.

The things which Tyrant had filled up Benjamin's stomach with was actually feces. Tyrant had taken out the gold stored in the Gates of the Netherworld and replaced them with feces.

Right now, his entire Gates of the Netherworld was filled to the brim with feces. The feces, which was no less than 100 meters in height, width, and length, was filling up Benjamin's stomach.

Benjamin felt like he was going to go crazy. To think that someone would use a dimensional storage equipment to store something like that! Moreover, to use that for attacking! Was this guy an idiot?

Although Benjamin was raging, he had no idea why he could not help but think... After storing something like this into the dimensional storage equipment, would the other party still dare to store things inside it in the future?

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Chapter 528: Magnificent Work

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Benjamin kept on moving his physical body and internal organs, continuing to suppress the feces in his stomach. However,he soon felt that he was no longer able to hang on.

Anything, even feces, if compacted to palm size from its original state, which measured 100 meters in height, width, and length, would have a terrifying dilating force, just like a compressed air blast bomb.

Neither had Benjamin expected that the other party would be so perverse, in terms of both his determination to store feces, as well as the size of his dimensional storage equipment.

Such a compressed bomb was clearly not sufficient to destroy Benjamin's body, which had attained perfection in toughness. However, it was sufficient to shoot out the contents from the only exit while he was still using his physical body to go up against Tyrant.

Bang!

A yellow straight line soared into the air, spewing out from Benjamin's mouth directly. Then, it was as if a flash flood has occurred. The huge yellow waves were sent flying like a fountain, and a heavy rain fell from a height of 100 meters in the air, above the Great Western Region. The entire luxurious manor was instantly covered up.

"Ahhh!"

As Benjamin bellowed furiously, piercing flames burst forth from his body, instantly encompassing it with a high temperature of several hundred thousand degrees celsius. The piercing glow encompassed the entire sky, and he chose to explode his physical body, burning all the filth in the air completely.

Amidst the piercing flames, Benjamin's body was quickly regenerated, and each of his bones, nerves, blood vessels, and muscles grew at rapid speed. As he landed on the ground, his eyes were filled with killing intent.

"Who is that? I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him!"

Benjamin suddenly lowered his head to look at the manor which was completely engulfed. He shouted wildly, "Everyone scram out at once!" Benjamin had wanted to destroy all evidence immediate, burning up the entire manor and the filth in it. However, upon thinking of his subordinates and servants who were all still inside, he could only force himself to hold back.

It took a wait of an entire three minutes for all of the Conferred Knights, Knights, and Knight apprentices to finally get out of the manor.

Then Benjamin let out a maniacal howl and brought up a huge fireball that had a diameter of over 100 meters. The crimson red fireball was like a sun, and he smashed it toward the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the entire manor, together with the ground over ten meters under it, was completely vaporized.

However, while physical items could be burned, that strongly engraved stench would not dissipate so easily. This was especially the case as after the manor was subjected to high heat, an unbearable stench was instantly sent out, covering almost over half of the Great Western City.

On this day, countless people in Great Western City were so put off by the stench that they completely lost their appetites.

In this instant, Benjamin continued to bellow out the words 'burning shame and humiliation' in his heart. He even felt that if he did not settle this issue, he would continue to feel uncomfortable for the rest of his life and that there would always be a knot in his heart. Even the circulation of his martial will would become obscure.

"This is taking it too far! This is simply taking it too far!" The moment Benjamin landed on the ground with a loud boom , the ground within a range of 100 meters shattered. This showed just how furious he was.

Benjamin said furiously, "Go investigate! Go investigate immediately! Go find out immediately who has reached the level of being able to achieve brain regeneration and has a dimensional storage item with a length, width, and height of 100 meters!"

He then headed toward one of his subordinates, only to see the latter unconsciously retreat one step back.

"Hmm?" Seeing the other party's action of backing off, Benjamin's eyes turned bloodshot, and he bellowed furiously, "Why are you backing off?! And what kind of gaze is that?! Do you find me dirty?!"

"No... I didn't..."

Although Benjamin had tried hard to hold it in when he threw out his palm with a loud bang , he still sent his subordinate flying out a distance of several hundred meters. His subordinate's bones were all shattered, and his organs busted. He was left on the verge of death.

A kilometer away, countless pieces of gray flesh slowly started to gather together, once again forming Tyrant's body. He laughed, 'What a violent temperament. Thankfully I'm also able to regenerate my physical body.'

Although Tyrant had yet to reach the level of being able to regenerate his brain with his will like those on the path of Knights, he was already able to make use of the Gray Robed Mages' black magic to regenerate his physical body.

Back when he first encountered Fang Xingjian and battled against him, Tyrant had already regenerated his physical body before. He had even been able to turn himself into a flesh bangle, let alone being able to regenerate his brain.

However, upon thinking of Benjamin's enraged expression, Tyrant chuckled. "Although ordinary people won't be able to react in time, over half of the Conferred Knights in the city can probably see it. Furthermore, everyone can smell the disgusting stench. Let's see if you still have the face to continue staying in the Great Western Region to give command.

'If you can tolerate even this, then I'll change to another method.'

Returning to the training room in the Sacred Land with a light heart, Tyrant saw that Fang Xingjian, Fang Qian, Lilia, Zhou Xingwen, Anderson, as well as Ferdinand and Robert who had been tasked to handle businesses and gather materials, were in the hall. Governor Devitt and Head of Department James, who had recently been dealt a great blow by the First Prince's influences, had also arrived.

Fang Xingjian asked, "How is it?"

Tyrant shrugged and said, "Hehe, he probably won't come to look for our trouble for a while."

However, everyone else's thoughts were no longer on Tyrant. Right now, all of their gazes were being enticed by the gold bars that had almost filled up the entire training room. The gold bars had been brought out by Tyrant from the Gates of the Netherworld before he left.

Ferdinand's eyes were glowing as he stared at those gold bars and shouted, "Xingjian, where did you get so many gold bars?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head with no intention of telling Ferdinand. Instead, he merely asked, "It seems that during this period of time while I was in seclusion, the situation hasn't been too good?"

James sighed and explained the current situation together with Governor Devitt.

Although Fang Xingjian had already heard some of the news from Fang Qian, she was not directly involved and as such probably did not know of many classified secrets.

Ever since the First Prince came out from seclusion, not only had he been changing the people in power and increasing his authority, he had personally led his strongest subordinates, including the Dark Knight, to take lead of the Xingwu Region.

Amongst the eight great regions, the Xingwu Region was basically the region which the Empire had the weakest control over.

It was because there was the Myriad Star Palace and the Full Moon Shrine in the Xingwu Region.

The Astral Ancestor, who was the Palace Lord of the Myriad Star Palace, and the Blue Sacred Moonlight, who was the Full Moon Shrine's leader, were two of the ten Divine level experts in the Empire.

It could be said that in the Xingwu Region, even the government had to pay heed to the tiniest movements of the two great factions. The words of either the Astral Ancestor or the Blue Sacred Moonlight were much more effective than those of anyone else in the Xingwu Region.

After the First Prince came out from seclusion this time around, he had sent his subordinates to various places, trying to swap out the people, who held positions of power throughout the country, with his own subordinates. Simultaneously, he implemented changes to the system for the Regional Academy and the Governor, gathered power in the central government, and increased the country's stock of military arms. He also personally took charge of the Xingwu Region, signalling that he was going to incorporate all the factions throughout the country into his troops. The First Prince would unite the government and people together as one, and there would be no more wild Knights. Right now, his first targets were the two Divine level factions in the Xingwu Region.

The series of magnificent reforms astounded everyone, taking everyone's breath away.

"How is this possible?!" Fang Qian was the first one to say in disbelief, "For the government and the people to come together as one, for there to be no more wild Knights, for there to be no more factions that aren't placed under control... He wants to be both the King as well as the leader of the martial world. How is that possible?

"Just from amongst the ten greatest experts in the Empire, the Myriad Star Palace's Astral Ancestor, the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon's Undying Xia 1 , the Full Moon Shrine's Blue Sacred Moonlight, and the Great River Alliance's Fist Emperor... All of them come from various religious sects, factions, and dojos. How will it be possible for him to suppress everyone just by himself?

"And the Holy Orison is from the Church of Universal Truth... The previous Supreme Chief, Sword Slash of the Secular World from The School of Sword Arts that is under the First Prince, is also one of the ten Divine level experts. How will it be possible...?"

Head of Department James shook his head and said, "Sword Slash of the Secular World has already joined the royal family and will soon be given the title of a Prince by His Majesty. It's currently still absolute classified news that The School of Sword Arts will be absorbed into the Empire's academical system. However, this news will probably be announced to the world within a week."

Hearing this world-shattering news, everyone present felt a bout of dizziness. Zhou Xingwen mumbled, "Magnificent work, it's really a piece of magnificent work. Once the First Prince really achieves this, all the important positions in the world's eight regions, all the Conferred Knights, and all Divine level experts will all be in his control.

"The central government will have gathered all the power in their hands, and no one will be able to go against governmental orders. The royal family will have even gathered all the resources in the world. This will be the most prosperous era since the founding of the country. The First Prince's status and reputation will also have reached a new height like never before."

Just then, Fang Xingjian asked, "What about the Second Prince? Where did he go?"

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Chapter 529: Mystical Prints and the Wang Clan

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"Ever since the world's metamorphosis three months ago, His Highness has started to train in seclusion," Head of Department James said with a sigh. "He has retrieved all of the clones he created with his Thoughts Across A Thousand Li. Right now, even we're unable to contact him."

Fang Xingjian nodded in understanding. The Second Prince was going to give it his all and strive to attain the Divine level. However, due to this, countless of his subordinates had also lost contact with him. Moreover, faced with the First Prince's suppression, they naturally found it harder to hold firm, and thus, the Great Western Region was quickly taken over.

However, Fang Xingjian still had another question. The Second Prince should also be at level ten of the mystical prints. Even if his aptitude was no match for Fang Xingjian's, it would definitely far surpass the First Prince's. How could it be that the Second Prince had yet to attain the Divine level even till now?

Holding back this question in his mind, Fang Xingjian continued to ask, "Robert, how's the gathering of the ingredients?"

"We're still short of a lot of the heavenly and earthly treasures for the specialty seeds, but for the three sets of ingredients required for the mystical prints, we've already gathered the ingredients for the eighth and ninth level. We're still short of some ingredients for the tenth level."

Fang Xingjian nodded in satisfaction. "Give me the ingredients for the eighth and ninth level first. You can take the gold bars here. Just make sure to focus your effort on purchasing ingredients."

Ferdinand spoke up, "We're already doing that. But after the world's metamorphosis, the rate of everyone's improvement is increasing evident. In the future, the competition for ingredients will be increasingly fiercer as well."

"It's fine. From today onward, I'll hand out the fourth and fifth level of the mystical prints to you guys. I'll fork out all the fees required for the ingredients. All of you should cultivate with the fifth level of mystical prints."

From the moment they began talking about mystical prints, Head of Department James and Governor Devitt were all very puzzled about their conversation. Therefore, Zhou Xingwen brought the two of them to the side and started to explain to the two of them.

Right now, Fang Xingjian was very strong. His Five God-Slaying Swords could destroy almost everything, and he was almost unrivalled amongst those below the Divine level. Even if he were to encounter Divine level experts, he would be able to go up against magic prints Warriors and Mages if he activated the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. He might even have a chance against Divine level experts from the path of Knights. With these, there was no need for him to have any fear over increasing his subordinates' abilities through mystical prints.

Fang Xingjian then continued to ask, "Anthony, how are the preparations for the forging of the Divine Remains Equipment?"

Anthony replied, "The members of the Wang Clan are making preparations. They've already sent a team to the academy. However, the Wang Clan's Eldest Young Miss, who is the one leading the project, has returned to the Eastern Sand Region seven days ago. It seems that she has some things to attend to."

"That's fine. Inform me immediately after she comes back. I'll pass the Divine bone to them and let them start forging the Divine Weapon."

Under Fang Xingjian's instructions, everyone started to get busy again. Going on from there, all of them would get the support from the fifth level of mystical prints, and they would all become geniuses amongst geniuses.

Fang Xingjian also felt very curious in regard to how far the support from the mystical prints would take experts like Head of Department James and Governor Devitt who were great talents to begin with.

As for Fang Xingjian himself, he was starting the cultivation for the eighth and ninth level of the mystical prints.

After two days and two nights, Fang Xingjian was covered with countless glimmering fluorescent prints all over his body. These prints exuded hints of mysterious aura and were crazily absorbing the ether particles in the air.

Fang Xingjian could sense endless amounts of information surging into his mind ceaselessly. In that instant, a person's memories started to emerge in his mind, then... a consciousness was produced.

"This is...?"

This was the first time that Fang Xingjian had encountered such a situation. In the past, even if he absorbed other people's personal information, they had merely been memory fragments as well as some martial arts experiences.

Additionally, without the enhancement from mystical prints, other Conferred Knights, would not be able to absorb personal information to give rise to a simple consciousness instantly, just like how Fang Xingjian had done. After receiving some memory fragments, other Conferred Knights tended to absorb a portion which was useful to them, and then crush the rest which were useless. Therefore, it would be very hard for a human character to take form.

Fang Xingjian assessed the consciousness in his mind with great curiosity. Then at next instant, that consciousness turned into a fervent warrior in red armor who was bellowing wildly in Fang Xingjian's consciousness, "I! Mencius! The mightiest warrior in the entire world!"

Looking at Fang Xingjian, Mencius bellowed furiously, "Who are you? Why are you in my mind?"

'He has just taken form, and his mind hasn't cleared up yet?' Fang Xingjian sneered and sent his martial will gushing forth. In the blink of an eye, Mencius was left in a terrible state.

Mencius let out cries of agony, and in the blink of an eye, he started to plead for forgiveness. He was no longer in the valiant state he had been earlier.

"Spare my life! Please spare my life!

"I beg of you, please spare my life!

"What do you want to know? I'll definitely tell you everything that I know!"

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Who on earth are you?"

"I'm called Mencius! I'm the mightiest warrior in the entire world!"

With a boom , Mencius's will was exploded with a tap from Fang Xingjian's sword. Amidst agonizing cries, Mencius' form which had gone through great effort before it became what it was, had now shrunk to be half its size from before. Seeing that Fang Xingjian was still going to attack, Mencius shouted, "I'll talk! I'll talk! I'm really called Mencius! I was a teacher in the Great Western Region's Regional Academy."

After some exchange, Fang Xingjian got to know that Mencius should have been a level 29 expert from 50 years ago. It was a pity that he had died when he was trying to reach the level of brain regeneration.

"There's not much use..." Fang Xingjian looked at Mencius and a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

"Wait... Wait, wait..." Mencius said nervously, "Don't kill me. I'm useful, I'm still useful."

"What use do you have?" Fang Xingjian asked.

Mencius replied, "I was a teacher of the Regional Academy. I know of countless martial techniques, and I can provide you guidance in your cultivation."

With a bang , Mencius' will was exploded once again. Then, followed by a few consecutive sweeps, Mencius's consciousness was completely crushed.

During this process, Fang Xingjian browsed through Mencius's entire memories. However, what the other had was just a portion of the information he had, and the memories were incomplete. Moreover, Mencius was only at the level of a level 29 Conferred Knight, so Fang Xingjian would not be able to take much reference from him.

Fang Xingjian shook his head and continued to attempt cultivating. However, he discovered that the ninth level of mystical prints was much too powerful when paired with the current ether particles density. After every few or ten over minutes, a new consciousness would take form in his mind.

He would just use his martial will to destroy these will directly. Each time he did so, he could sense that his martial will seemed to become stronger. As for their memories, most of them were useless, and only a small portion of them were used by Fang Xingjian to substantiate his sword arts.

After repeated clashes with the wills others, Fang Xingjian's will seemed to become increasingly crystal clear and sturdier.

After one night, Fang Xingjian sensed that his will had gained evident improvements.

"The eighth and ninth level of mystical prints are a great help to the cultivation of the martial will. I wonder what effect the tenth level of mystical prints has."

Just then, Anthony, who was in charge of the matters concerning the forging of the Divine Weapon rushed over to look for Fang Xingjian.

"Sir, the Wang Clan's Eldest Miss seems to be some problems."

In Fang Xingjian's mind, an elderly man shouted, "Hahahaha, hand your body over to me. I'll let your name live in history with eternal glory."

Amidst intense collisions, the elderly man's consciousness was completely crushed. Fang Xingjian sensed his martial will and felt that his sword intent seemed to be sharper than before.

Then he opened his eyes to look at Anthony and the maid behind him while asking, "What's the problem?"

The maid dropped to her knees and cried, "Sir, you must save our Young Miss! After she returned to the main branch in Eastern Sand Region, she was placed in confinement by the two Young Masters. They want her to hand over the clan's secret treasure and give up the position of the clan's head."

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Chapter 530: Mountainous Sea Dynasty

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"Wang Clan's Young Miss has been confined?" Fang Xingjian's brows twitched as he said, "Based on what I know, your clan's Eldest Miss, Wang Xiaoyan, was personally conferred the title of clan head by the previous clan head. Moreover, she has taken charge of the clan for over a year and is also a level 29 expert. Who would be able to confine her and remove her from the position of clan head?"

"As long as there are enough benefits, what can't be done?" That maid let out a bitter laugh and said, "Eldest Miss' elder brother and younger brother are both profligate sons who do nothing but live life as it comes. They have great ambitions but little talent. They don't think about how Young Miss has treated them well. Instead, they spend day and night thinking of replacing her place as clan head.

"But how can they possibly become the clan's head? With the way they indulge in a life of luxury and debauchery, they'll probably end up spending away the clan's wealth in less than a year..."

"Alright, get to the point," Anthony reminded her.

"I apologize. It's just that those two b*stards who help outsiders to go against their own family are too detestable," the maid said with a nodded. "The two of them got into contact with outsiders. They divulged the Wang Clan's greatest secret and then opened the doors to dangerous foes."

"The Wang Clan's greatest secret?" Anthony asked curiously. "As a top notch forging clan, the Wang Clan has forged countless Divine Weapon and even Divine Remains Equipments. What other secrets does the Wang Clan have? Who was brought in?"

"The First Prince has sent his strongest subordinate, the Dark Knight. The Fifth Prince has also made a personal trip there. They both support the Eldest Young Master and the Third Young Master respectively," the maid said with a sigh.

Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed. Putting aside the First Prince, who had strived to attain the Divine level, set up his plans for the entire Empire, and had countless strong subordinates under him, the Fifth Prince was also known to be a genius. It was said that his fist art was one that was bold and powerful, and presses on vigorously. The Fifth Prince was also said to be showing the tendencies of being able to catch up to the First Prince. To think that he had his sights set on the Wang Clan as well?

Anthony asked curiously, "To think that it can attract the attention of both the First Prince and Fifth Prince? What secret is that? And what kind of secret is it for a maid like you to know about it as well?"

"I'm the Eldest Miss' personal maid, and although I'm a maid, we're as close as blood sisters.

"I would like to request for the two of you to not share with others what we've talked about today. Otherwise, there'll be another upheaval in the world," the maid spoke with a grim countenance. "The members of the Wang Clan have established themselves in the Eastern Sand Region for close to 100 years. They're known for their forging abilities, but no one knows that the Wang Clan isn't actually just an ordinary forging clan. They are in fact a royal family who fled from the Western Land's Mountainous Sea Dynasty."

Hearing what the maid said, both Fang Xingjian and Anthony revealed looks of astonishment.

The maid continued, "100 years ago, there were wars and rebel troops everywhere in the Western Land. Just as the Mountainous Sea Dynasty was about to be completely overturned, the King back then picked out two of the most outstanding Princes and sent them escaping to the east and west respectively. The Prince who escaped toward the north came to the Eastern Sand Region in the Empire, settled down, and the Wang Clan became what it is today."

A hint of surprise flashed in both Fang Xingjian's and Anthony's eyes. They had not expected the Wang Clan to have such an amazing history and that they were actually the relicts of the last reign of a dynasty in the Western Land.

Anthony asked, "Seems like when you guys came over, you also brought along a treasure of the Mountainous Sea Dynasty, and that's why the two Princes have set their sights on the Wang Clan?"

The maid smiled bitterly, shaking her head as she said, "That's right. The two Princes who fled back then each took with them the two treasures of the Mountainous Sea Dynasty which had been passed down from the ancient times. One of them is the Heavenly Regal Book, which legend claims that it recorded Heavenly Dao Palace's ten greatest martial arts. The other is the Panwu Heavenly Raiment which had been specially forged for the King after the Mountainous Sea Dynasty had gone through 50 years and gathered countless rare treasures from around the world. It has the ability to split the land and seas, allowing one to have the power to rule the world."

Anthony smiled and said, "Even though the Panwu Heavenly Raiment is said to be able to split the land and seas, and allow one to have the power to rule over the world, didn't the Mountainous Sea Dynasty still end up being annihilated?"

"That was because back then, there hadn't been anyone who could wear the Panwu Heavenly Raiment. It isn't because the Panwu Heavenly Raiment isn't powerful enough," the maid retorted. "It's an item that accumulated the ideas from brainstorming session involving countless experts in the Mountainous Sea Dynasty, and the wealth that was invested in it would be sufficient to build a few thousand Regional Academies. The Panwu Heavenly Raiment's power isn't to be underestimated."

Anthony waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, alright. So, it seems that the item this lineage brought over is that Panwu Heavenly Raiment then?"

The maid said, "It's true that the item that we have is the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, but its power is far too strong. The Prince who brought it here back then didn't have the ability to suppress it or to use it. Therefore, in order to prevent it from being exposed to the world and thereby creating disasters, he hid the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, leaving behind only a treasure map that has been passed down to each generation's clan head."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "Therefore, the First Prince and the Fifth Prince have both set their targets on the Panwu Heavenly Raiment?"

"That's right. The Fifth Prince's fist art is far too powerful, and the Dark Knight is the First Prince's greatest expert. Right now, the only person who can save Young Miss is you, Lord Fang Xingjian!"

"Since the Wang Clan is forging a Divine Weapon for me... Of course, I'll have to protect your safety." Fang Xingjian smiled. "As for the Panwu Heavenly Raiment... I am interested in it as well."

Five hours later, in the Eastern Sand Region's Sunset Fortress.

Although this fortress, which was located on the borders of the Eastern Sand Region, was known as a fortress, it appeared to be about the size of Great Western City. As the only huge city which one would pass by before arriving at the Sand Country, there were countless merchant groups, warriors, soldiers, and mercenaries gathered here.

The Wang Clan was established in a place like this where there was a mix people of from various groups and statuses.

Right now, in a bedroom in the Wang Clan, the Wang Clan's Eldest Miss, Wang Xiaoyan, was seated before the vanity table.

Looking at her reflection in the mirror and seeing her fair complexion, red lips, long beautiful hair that was falling down like a waterfall, and pair of eyes that was like the bright stars, Wang Xiaoyan let out a sigh. Her face was full of worry.

Just then, a maid entered after knocking on the door. She looked at Wang Xiaoyan and said, "Eldest Miss, let us help you to dress and make up. The dinner banquet will be able to start then."

"Scram!

"All of you scram!

"Don't come in here!"

Watching as the servants fled from the room, Wang Xiaoyan let out a bitter laugh. She understood that this would only allow her to delay them for a few minutes.

Thinking of this, she picked up a hair accessory and was about to do her hair.

Just then, a voice rang out behind her, "Do you need help?"

Wang Xiaoyan abruptly turned her head. As she was a level 29 second transition expert, she sent out her Heaven's Perception scanning. She then noticed that Fang Xingjian was standing behind her.

Wang Xiaoyan went on her guard. "Who are you? To be barging into our Wang Clan... Aren't you afraid of death?"

Although Wang Xiaoyan had been to Great Western City before, she had not had a chance to meet Fang Xingjian yet. Therefore, she did not recognize him.

Fang Xingjian spoke calmly, "Fang Xingjian of the Great Western Region. I'm here to help you."

A hint of surprise flashed across Wang Xiaoyan's face. However, in the blink of an eye, the look of astonishment disappeared, leaving behind only bitterness. "It's too late. You aren't able to help me."

"Oh?"

Wang Xiaoyan exhaled and said, "You don't know yet, right? The Dark Knight and the Fifth Prince have already fought it out.

"The Fifth Prince truly kept his skills hidden before this. His talent and great power have surpassed all of our imagination. Even you won't be his match."

When Wang Xiaoyan saw a hint of smirk flash on Fang Xingjian's face, she said, "The Dark Knight has already attained a total of four tiers of perfection in his body's toughness, ether organs, brain regeneration, and specialty seeds. He is just a step away from reaching the Divine level.

"However, it took the Fifth Prince just 17 moves to defeat him. Do you still want to help me?"

With that, she looked straight at Fang Xingjian, as if wanting to see the look of astonishment and difficulty on his face.

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Chapter 531: Meeting

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However, Fang Xingjian was so calm that Wang Xiaoyan felt a little disappointed. Fang Xingjian nodded and said nonchalantly, "The Dark Knight has already achieved four tiers of perfection? It's true that amongst those below the Divine level, his abilities are astounding. If I were to deal with him, a conservative estimate would be that I would need to take three to five moves."

Wang Xiaoyan's mouth twitched as she felt Fang Xingjian was a little too arrogant. She could not help but continue saying, "This time around, in the fight with me over the position of clan head, Eldest Brother brought the Dark Knight, who represents the First Prince's influence. Although the Dark Knight lost to the Fifth Prince, the First Prince has too many experts under him. Moreover, the First Prince has also attained the Divine level. Looking at the overview, the Fifth Prince is probably not his match either.

"My younger brother brought the Fifth Prince with him. Putting aside the fact that the Fifth Prince himself has outstanding talent and abilities, did you know that he has even become sworn brothers with the Great River Alliance's Fist Emperor? The Great River Alliance is the leader of the underworld and has taken charge over the Empire's 72 waterways. They are a top notch faction in terms of both wealth and power. Additionally, their leader, the Fist Emperor, had also taught himself martial arts and managed to attain a breakthrough to the Divine level, thereby becoming one of the ten Divine level experts in the Empire.

"Although he didn't step forward by himself and he is also the weakest out of the three parties, he has just attained a breakthrough, becoming a Demigod with one tier of perfection in his body's toughness.

"I only have myself to blame. For the past year, I've been too focused on the clan's businesses and neglected my cultivation."

After saying these, Wang Xiaoyan sighed once again before taking a long look at Fang Xingjian. Then she said, "Eldest Brother, Younger Brother, Uncle, and myself... If we're to really fight for the position of the clan's head, I can be said to be the weakest of us all.

"Fang Xingjian, right now, even if I have your help, I'll only be slightly better off than my uncle. There's no hope for us to go against the First Prince and the Fifth Prince."

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, "With me around, I'll naturally be able to help you lead the Wang Clan. You only have to do a good job in forging a Divine Remains Equipment for me later."

"It's true that you have great talent. If I were to give you a few more years, you might really be able to achieve this. But now..." Wang Xiaoyan let out a laugh, shook her head, and said, "I don't believe it. I don't believe that you'll be able to defeat the Fifth Prince, and even more so that you'll be able to defeat the First Prince. Have you forgotten that I've just returned from the Great Western Region?

"If it could be said that I still had some anticipation in the past, then right now, I can be said to have thought it through. You people from the Second Prince's faction can't even help yourself now. How can you possibly help me fight for the position of the clan's head?

"This time around, I'm asking for your help only to escape from this place. I'll continue to help you forge your Divine Weapon."

Fang Xingjian spoke with indifference, "Since I said that I want you to become the clan head, you'll have to be the clan head. No one is allowed to object."

Wang Xiaoyan frowned and said, "Fang Xingjian, I've already said that I've given up on the position of Wang Clan's clan head."

Fang Xingjian said coldly, "Do you not understand yet? I said that no one is allowed to object to it, not even you. If I said that you'll be the one, you'll be the one. If I want you to take on the position of clan head, only you will be able to be the clan head. Any other person who becomes the clan head will have to die."

Wang Xiaoyan frowned deeply, and her chest heaved continuously. She was so angry that her countenance had turned pale. "You're a lunatic."

"Alright, you guys will be having a meeting to discuss the transfer of the clan head position, right? I'll make a trip together with you."

Wang Xiaoyan let out a furious snort and punched out. It was if a metal hammer had smashed the air, creating an explosion. Amidst the howls which filled the air, her tender fist brought up strong gales, smashing toward Fang Xingjian like a plunging meteor causing rumbling sounds to ring out in Fang Xingjian's ears. Just the aerial blast alone could kill ordinary people.

Seeing how the beautiful lady before him showed such violence the moment she made a move, Fang Xingjian appeared surprised as well.

However, with his cultivation, he sent his right hand out in a slicing motion, intercepting Wang Xiaoyan's fist. Then his palm moved, as if pushing away the atmosphere, forming a spinning air current. The center of his palm even took on the earlier move and clamped down on Wang Xiaoyan's fist.

Wang Xiaoyan struggled for a moment, only to find out that Fang Xingjian's fist was like a great mountain, preventing her fist from moving.

"Woman, it's no longer up to you now. Come with me."

Fang Xingjian was clearly bent on getting the Wang Clan. This clan, consisting of surviving descendants from a dynasty in the Western Land, not only owned the skills to forge Divine Remains Equipment, but they also held the secrets to the Panwu Heavenly Raiment. Moreover, as a royal family, there would definitely be unique traits to their martial arts legacies. There might even be records of methods to attaining the Divine level. How could Fang Xingjian possibly let go of this chance?

Fang Xingjian's palm, which was grabbing onto Wang Xiaoyan's fist, shook, and a faint wave ran through Wang Xiaoyan's entire body from her fist. It shook off all of her resisting strength. Fang Xingjian then moved his right hand, grabbed onto Wang Xiaoyan's spine, and circulated his sword force. Wang Xiaoyan could only head outside under Fang Xingjian's control.

Right now, in the hall of the Wang Clan's residence, various members of the Wang Clan's upper echelon had already arrived.

The person who took the main seat was a young man with golden hair. He was wearing military clothes and riding boots, and had an extremely arrogant appearance.

The man kept his head up high, using only the corners of his eyes to glance at everyone in the hall. However, there were clearly greed and desire reflected in his eyes, as if he wanted to take over everything in the world. This person was the Empire's Fifth Prince, the person with unrivalled talent, who was said to have started putting in hard work in his cultivation a few years ago after having encountered danger.

Behind the Fifth Prince was a young man with a somber expression. His eyes were closed, and streams of aura coming out from specialty seeds kept on rising and changing. The young man was clearly condensing and training his specialty seeds constantly. This person was the Fifth Prince's personal guard, White.

Seated next to the Fifth Prince was a young man who was about 20-odd years old. It was the Wang Clan's Second Young Master and Wang Xiaoyan's younger brother, Wang Fenghua.

Seated slightly away from them was the Dark Knight, who was dressed in black clothes and armor. Beside him was a lady in purple clothes and hair. She was Li Zi, the lady whom the First Prince had personally led a team to pursue across the northern country's snowy plains. Back then, she had used her attack, Four Seals of World Creation, to go against the First Prince's Overturned Hell.

After the Dark Knight ended up in a disadvantageous situation, Li Zi was also sent here to provide support to the Dark Knight in the fight for the position of the Wang Clan's clan head.

Beside them was a middle-aged man with a somber expression and curly hair. It was the Wang Clan's Eldest Young Master and Wang Xiaoyan's elder brother, Wang Jiexiu.

Slightly further away was the Wang Clan's current strongest expert and Wang Xiaoyan's uncle, Wang Hexuan. He remained seated quietly. As the strongest expert in the Wang Clan, he had always been one of the leaders of the entire Sunset Fortress. His reputation had spread far and wide, and he had gained himself great prestige. Wang Hexuan had devoted great effort into tempering his martial arts, and after becoming a Demigod with one tier of perfection, his ambition to become the Wang Clan's clan head had grown.

Right now, the three people seated here were the three strongest influences who were fighting for the position of the Wang Clan's clan head. The many middle-aged and old men seated behind and next to them were the many members of the Wang Clan's the upper echelon.

The Dark Knight stared at the young man next to the Wang Clan's Second Young Master, Wang Fenghua. When he saw that young man's brazen greed, he frowned.

In fact, the Fifth Prince had looked alike to the First Prince to an extent, and he also seemed to have a little of the domineering aura which the First Prince had.

However, in the eyes of the Dark Knight, if what the First Prince exuded was the assertiveness and bearing of a ruler of the mortal world who would dominate the world... then the aura from this Fifth Prince was closer to that of an evil aura that would engulf the world and take over everything beautiful in the world.

Upon thinking of the fist techniques which the Fifth Prince had displayed, the Dark Knight's frown deepened even further.

Although Li Zi had rushed over, the Dark Knight was still unconfident in winning against the Fifth Prince even if he were to join forces with Li Zi

It was a pity that the First Prince was busy with the plans he had for the world and had sent the experts under him to suppress the various influences. Therefore, the First Prince did not have that many people he could send to help the Dark Knight.

Seeing that the Dark Knight was looking in his direction, the Fifth Prince laughed out loud and said, "Dark Knight, Wang Hexuan, the two of you are the only ones who are fighting against me for the position of Wang Clan's clan head. The others are nothing much and not worth mentioning."

With that, the Fifth Prince straightened his posture, and the smile on his face slowly dissipated. In its place, there was now a vicious, sinister aura which was filled with a strong desire to monopolize. It was as if he wanted to engulf everyone present. The aura also gave the feeling of a presumptuous guest who was here to usurp the leading role.

The Fifth Prince then spoke with a teasing tone, "Today, let's have a good talk about who the position of the clan head will belong to. It's just right that everyone is present, and we can come to a thorough decision on this. It'll save us the trouble of having to fight ceaselessly and thus destroying the Wang Clan's properties."

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Chapter 532: Fierce and Brutal

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Hearing what the Fifth Prince said, the Dark Knight sneered and said, "We aren't the only three parties who are fighting for the position of Wang Clan's clan head. Has Your Highness forgot about Wang Clan's Eldest Miss, Wang Xiaoyan? This lady was asked by Fang Xingjian to forge a Divine Weapon, and she also has someone to back her up."

"Are you talking about Fang Xingjian?" The Fifth Prince smiled and said, "He's but a brat from desolate land. Eldest Brother hasn't had the heart to deal with him. Could it be that he wants me, his younger brother, to do the job?

"Then why doesn't Eldest Brother just step down completely, and also let me take over the matters in the Xingwu Region? Suppressing the various factions in the world, letting the government and the people become one... These aren't things that anyone can do."

Just then, Wang Clan's Eldest Young Master, Wang Jiexiu, who was next to the Dark Knight, spoke up, "The Fifth Prince is really talking big. From what I know, the Second Prince is equipped with great skill and strategy. The Fourth Prince has joined the Church of the Universal Truth and is even more unfathomable. As for the Third Prince, although he doesn't step outside of his place, it's said that he has long become a Demigod and that his strength has soared tremendously over the years. His cultivation is probably above that of Your Highness.

"Although Your Highness has astonishing talent, you entered the scene too late. Even if you wish to achieve something in the future, it'll probably not be easy."

"Hmph, my talent isn't something which you can understand," the Fifth Prince said with a smile, "It's but a matter of time until I attain the Divine level and become the strongest expert in the world. In the entire world, whose talent can be a match for mine?"

"That might not be true," replied Wang Clan's greatest expert, Wang Hexuan. "Right now, the First Prince has already attained the Divine level and the Second Prince has also gone into seclusion to strive to attain the Divine level. A few months ago, there was also Fang Xingjian, the one who created the Rebirth Sword Technique, who also became a Demigod despite having trained for less than two years.

"In the National Academy, there's also Dongfang Ling, who clinched first place in the National Selection at the age of 14. It's said that the Northern Ice Region's Rehlings has also attained two tiers of perfection as well. Their great talents are probably not below Your Highness'.

"Moreover, if Your Highness really were to take control of the Wang Clan, I'm worried that the entire Wang Clan would suffer from the wrath of the First Prince."

"Fang Xingjian? Dongfang Ling? I'll fight it out with them sooner or later, stomp down on their pride thoroughly, and let them know what it means to be a true genius." The Fifth Prince's gaze turned cold as he looked at Wang Hexuan and said slowly, "As for today... do you guys really think that I don't have an ace up my sleeves? My talent and my destiny is beyond all your imagination. Today, I'll let you guys take a look at why I have the confidence to go up against Eldest Brother."

As the Fifth Prince spoke, a phantom image gradually appeared behind his back. It was as if space had shattered and it had come into existence straight from space.

It was a strange wild beast, alike to both a lion and a tiger. It had four eyes, each of them having an emerald green eyeball that was filled with purity, kindness, and curiosity, just like a newborn infant.

There were two small wings on the wild beast's spine which appeared to be very feeble, as if it would not be able to fly at all.

When the wild beast first appeared, everyone was slightly stunned. However, at the next moment, the Dark Knight shot up to his feet abruptly, his eyes filled with disbelief. He stared at the wild beast and said, "This... This is a Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast? The child of the ancient divine beast--Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast? How is that possible? This Divine level ferocious beast should have already become extinct!"

"It's not extinct yet." The Fifth Prince touched the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's neck and said, smiling, "This is a young puppy I had taken in when I was young. It's only in the recent few years, after it has grown, that I discovered that it's actually the young child of a Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast. Right now, its physical body has already surpassed that of a Demigod with four tiers of perfection. It also has the ability to materialize its will into something physical and could be said to be halfway to attaining the Divine level.

"After it has fully matured, it will truly become a Divine level ferocious beast. Its enormous physical strength and its body will be something that even Divine level experts will not be a match for."

After saying these, seeing how everyone was stunned, mouths agape, the Fifth Prince's gaze turned cold as he stared at the greatest expert in the Wang Clan, Wang Hexuan, and said, "Although you're the strongest expert in the Wang Clan, I'll give you a small punishment for being disrespectful to me. I'll show you the dignity and prestige of the royal family.

"Little Black, do it."

The expression of the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast behind the Fifth Prince changed, and its innocent face was suddenly filled with killing intent as it looked at Wang Hexuan.

Wang Hexuan let out a long whistle as the aura of several hundred specialty seeds rose from his entire body. In that instant, countless physical particles exploded and his aura soared tremendously. His muscles and tendons kept moving, as if they were multiple whips lashing out at the air, constantly releasing pitter-patter sounds.

However, Wang Hexuan had barely just managed to cry out and stand up when the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, with a focused gaze, sent invisible martial will exploding directly into Wang Hexuan's body.

How terrifying was the power of this youngling of a Divine level ferocious beast? In but an instant, Wang Hexuan had been blasted upward with an agonised cry, spurting blood from the entire surface of his body.

Immediately after, the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast moved with a flash, one of its claws bringing forth gusts of wind filled with the stench of blood as it reached out for Wang Hexuan.

With a furious bellow, Wang Hexuan put his palms together and then raised them up high. He seemed like a great hammer that could destroy everything as he smashed down toward the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast from the skies.

As the hand hammer came plunging down, the gravity around the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast changed. Its gravity increased by over ten times in but a short moment and the ground under its feet cracked and shattered. It was the Wang Clan's great art, the Mountainous Sea Dynasty's great art—Mountain Shaking Hands.

This powerful move that could twist gravity and destroy a stretch of steel city walls struck onto the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's body. However, the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's physical body was extremely close to being at the Divine level and thus was far too resistant. The Mountain Shaking Hands had only let its body pause for a short moment before it carried on charging forth, grabbing Wang Hexuan's head. Its entire body then collided into Wang Hexuan's body.

With a tremendous rumble , Wang Hexuan spat out a large mouthful of blood. The tendons, flesh, and bones all over his body had turned into a rotting lump. If it not for him having reached perfection in his body's toughness, he would have turned into a rain of blood from the collision.

Seeing that the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast had only needed one move to defeat Wang Hexuan and was still grabbing onto him, everyone stood up in great astonishment.

"Divine beast! To think that it's really a Divine level ferocious beast!"

"How could someone possibly subdue a Divine level ferocious beast?!"

"Although it isn't really a Divine level beast, it's already very close to being one. It even has the ability to materialize its will."

"What kind of destiny does the Fifth Prince have?"

Everyone looked at the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, their eyes filled with blatant greed, jealousy, and fear.

The Fifth Prince laid back on the chair and said with great ease, "How is it? With the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, even if Eldest Brother were to come here personally, I would still stand a chance against him. Second Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Brother won't be a match for me at all. As for those geniuses like Fang Xingjian and Dongfang Ling... They'll just become my subordinates in the future.

"There's nothing that I can't get my hands on if I wish it."

As if to confirm the Fifth Prince's words, the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast pressed down Wang Hexuan with one of its feet as it released a series of wild roars.

However, just as everyone had been scared into submission and were feeling extremely uneasy, two figures entered the hall.

"To think that it's a youngling of a Divine level ferocious beast. Not bad, not bad. It's just nice since I wanted to forge a Divine Remains Equipment. The more ingredients there are, the better. This Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast can just become the nutrients required for my Divine Remains Equipment.

"The excess flesh can be cooked as well. I haven't eaten the flesh of Divine level ferocious beasts before."

Fang Xingjian brought along Wang Xiaoyan with him. Wherever they passed through, the crowd would be forced to make a path for them under the pressure of their sword intents. The two of them walked right up to the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast.

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Chapter 533: Smashing With A Single Stomp

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When the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast saw Fang Xingjian's appearance, its eyes filled with hostility. As a youngling of a Divine level ferocious beast, it was extremely intelligent and could understand the human language. It had heard what Fang Xingjian said about wanting to tear it up to be made into a Divine weapon, as well as food.

Meanwhile, when the Dark Knight saw Fang Xingjian appear, his eyes narrowed and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

The Fifth Prince, who was seated in the main seat, threw a cold glance at Fang Xingjian. He asked with indifference, "Who are you? Who said that you could speak here?" He then looked at Wang Xiaoyan, who was being held by Fang Xingiian, and questioned, "Miss Wang, is this your friend? Has he gone crazy? To think that he would dare to speak such gibberish here."

Wang Xiaoyan's entire body was being controlled by Fang Xingjian, and thus, she was unable to speak at all. Fang Xingjian smiled and said, "Who I am isn't important. But the reason I'm here today is to help Miss Wang to reform the Wang Clan and secure her position as the head of the Wang Clan. Be it the Fifth Prince or the First Prince, you guys are better off going other to wherever else you're supposed to be. You guys can wash your hands off the matters here."

"Hahahaha," the Fifth Prince laughed out loud as he looked at Fang Xingjian like he was looking at an idiot. "Excellent, excellent. How long has it been since someone dared to speak to me in this manner?

"However, now that you've finished your piece, you can now go and die. To be killed after acting with such impudence before me is sufficient to leave your name behind in history. This will teach the others a lesson in the future that not everything can be said.

"White!"

As the Fifth Prince let out a sneer, the young man who was standing behind him opened his eyes. He was covered in an eerie aura like that of a corpse. When the young man opened his eyes, it was as if the entire hall had lit up. Everyone felt a jittery feeling.

"What a powerful killing aura."

"How many people has this guy killed?"

At the next instant, the young man drew out a dagger, that was at his waist, with a flash. Then he darted out to Fang Xingjian's side just like a venomous snake. An eerie, mysterious, and vicious aura came gushing forth, and the dagger brought along a series of afterimages which surrounded Fang Xingjian, piercing toward his vital points.

The moment this young man made his move, his aura from 800 specialty seeds burst forth, and the explosive force from his physical body was, in that instant, sufficient to create explosions in the air and tear the ground apart. Between his movements, the killing aura he exuded seemed material. This young man was clearly a death warrior who had been nurtured for very long.

This was how it was in actuality. This young man, by the name of White, was a guard who had grown up alongside the Fifth Prince since young. He had been the Fifth Prince's personal guard, protecting him all along. White had even received a lot of guidance from the Fifth Prince and had taken various heavenly and earthly treasures which had belonged to the royal family. He had now reached level 29 and would condense specialty seeds day and night, hoping to attain the first tier of perfection.

It could be said that he was the personal guard whom the Fifth Prince trusted the most. White had also secretly gotten rid of many opponents for the Fifth Prince.

The moment he made his move, he sent his killing aura soaring. Ordinary Conferred Knights would have been stunned by this killing aura. In fact, there was this once when he had attempted a sneak attack against a Conferred Knight. After he sent out his killing aura, his opponent had been unable to react in time and had gotten struck in the vital spot by White's dagger. As White's immense strength burst forth with a loud bang , that person's corpse had ended up scattering into pieces.

However, the person White was facing right now was not some ordinary person. It was Fang Xingjian, who had achieved great mastery in sword arts, cultivated a powerful sword intent, as well as attained two tiers of perfection in the areas of his body's toughness and physical particles respectively.

Facing White, who was dashing toward his direction, Fang Xingjian did not throw him a single glance. He only sent out a punch, and it suddenly seemed like there were huge dragons roaring in the air while streams of the atmosphere seemed to materialize into something physical. Before Fang Xingjian's punch landed on White, the roof of the entire building was sent flying.

With just a single punch, he had used the atmosphere to send the roof flying. This caused there to be a state as if the entire world was overturned and was completely shrouded. This was not even the sword technique which Fang Xingjian was best at. It just showed how profound and unfathomable his current martial arts were.

Neither blocking nor dodging, Fang Xingjian allowed his opponent's dagger to freely pierce into his arm. Then his fist and arm swept out, striking White in the chest. With a bang , the latter was smashed into the ground. Then with a loud boom , a large crater was created. A terrifying fist force had shattered his chest completely. As White slowly regenerated his chest, he was temporarily unable to move any further.

Fang Xingjian followed it up with a stomp from his foot, wanting to smash White's head and killing this death warrior completely.

"Not good!"

At almost the same moment when Fang Xingjian made his move, the Fifth Prince already felt that things would not end well. He had not expected to encounter such a great expert so casually. However, Fang Xingjian's movements were truly too fast. By the time the Fifth Prince had reacted, Fang Xingjian's fist had already crashed down and destroyed White's chest. Now, Fang Xingjian seemed to be going to stomp down on White's head.

With a slight tremor, the Fifth Prince was flying in midair. Then, tapping out with the tip of his foot, he was already on the way toward where Fang Xingjian was landing. The tip of the Fifth Prince's foot was like a long saber, darting out repetitively, slicing the air, and releasing light swooshing sounds.

As an expert who had attained four tiers of perfection in the body's toughness, specialty seeds, ether organs, and brain regeneration respectively, each strike the Fifth Prince sent out was like a slash from Superior Divine Weapons. This was especially the case when the kick he performed was the Ancient Path of Hell's Saber Mountain Stance. It was like a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, bringing great torment. Each kick came with several hundred types of forces, and they were able to slice through even an ordinary Superior Divine Weapon.

As long as Fang Xingjian's leg descended, the tip of the Fifth Prince's foot would slice open his leg.

Then, under his astonished gaze, the leg Fang Xingjian was landing on accelerated once again. With a loud boom, Fang Xingjian stomped down onto White's head, which exploded like a smashed watermelon, covering the ground with red and white.

The Fifth Prince's Saber Mountain Stance tapped on Fang Xingjian's leg. However, with a flash of electricity on Fang Xingjian's leg, Fang Xingjian controlled his heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces to the maximum, forcibly resisting this attack.

Their legs came into contact and then parted, each of them taking three steps back. However, there was no way that, White, whose head had been stomped down on, could survive.

The Dark Knight laughed and said, "Fang Xingjian, when we met at the Regional Academy a year ago, you were still as insignificant as an ant. To think that you've already grown to such a level.

"When I heard that the Supreme Chief Heng Tianxiao was defeated by you, I thought that he had been careless and that you might have had some amazing weapon. Now, by the looks of it, it seems you've truly cultivated to become a top notch existence in the world."

Fang Xingjian threw a cold look at the Dark Knight and said, "I'll settle the score I have with the First Prince with you later." Fang Xingjian then turned to look at the Fifth Prince and said nonchalantly, "Since this death warrior dares to launch a sneak attack on me, of course I'll kill him on the spot.

"As for you, on the account that you're the Second Prince's younger brother, I won't pursue the matter of you attacking me. Leave this Divine level ferocious beast behind. You can leave."

Hearing what Fang Xingjian said and seeing White's headless corpse on the ground, the Fifth Prince's glared at Fang Xingjian so hard that his eyes turned bloodshot and his heart filled with fury.

Since when had he ever encountered someone who would dare to act so arrogantly before him? Moreover, White was someone who had grown up with him since young. Although he was a guard in name, they were actually as close as real brothers. For Fang Xingjian to have stomped down on White's head to kill him... that was equivalent to Fang Xingjian having given the Fifth Prince several hundred slaps.

"Fang... Xing... Jian..." The Fifth Prince clenched his teeth and spoke up, calling Fang Xingjian's name one word at a time as his eyes flushed red. He looked just like a black bear that had gone crazy. "You're dead meat. You're not the only one who is going to be dead meat. To think that you dare to kill my brother... No one can remain unscathed after having killed my brother.

"You'll die. Everyone involved with you will die as well. I'll break off their four limbs one by one, dig out their eyes, and torture all of them to their deaths!"

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Chapter 534: Thunder-Permeating

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"You're courting death!"

Fang Xingjian glared and sent his sword intent gushing out wildly, piercing toward the Fifth Prince's head. However, Fang Xingjian then sensed that a gush of black aura was gushing toward him. It was a will that seemed to wish to take over everything, own everything, destroy everything, and shatter everything. This was the Fifth Prince's martial will. The craftiness, brutality, and viciousness in it was unlike that of a human.

However, with his powerful sword intent having reached the level in which he had seen through life and death, Fang Xingjian had already reached a peak amongst those below the Divine level. With this collision of martial wills, the Fifth Prince's martial will shattered bit by bit and retreated back into his brain.

Fang Xingjian was about to give chase while he had the upper hand, but he then he discovered that an invisible gush of will had encompassed the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's entire body. It was the will of that Divine level ferocious beast youngling—the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast.

This Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast had used its own will to protect the Fifth Prince, helping him to fend off Fang Xingjian's martial will.

Fang Xingjian let out a snort. Although his sword intent was powerful, he was unable to easily break through the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's will. Therefore, he took action.

As his legs stomped down fiercely, the ground under his feet exploded. It seemed like there was a magnitude 7 or 8 earthquake running through the ground upon which the entirety of the Wang Clan's residence was built. Countless buildings collapsed, and the ground shattered.

With this outburst, the people from the Wang Clan all fled outside screaming. Although the Dark Knight did not move, he was still forced to put up his Reduced Force Field, throwing off all the fragments from the ruins which had flown toward him.

This force, which Fang Xingjian had exerted through this stomp, brought him before the Fifth Prince as if he had just teleported. A huge palm plunged down from the skies, and it was like the world had collapsed. The palm slammed down fiercely, bringing along a power that could bring about destruction and ruin.

Faced with the explosive pressure from Fang Xingjian's world-shaking palm, the Fifth Prince let out a fierce bellow. He curving one of his hands into a circle while drawing circles with the other. Then the Fifth Prince took a pose which made him seemed as if he had become a revolving ball, retreating in line with the force from Fang Xingjian's palm.

'Hmm? What kind of fist technique is this?'

Fang Xingjian took a step forward, and the ground continued to rupture. He did not let down his guard and continued to give chase, sending out his explosive palm attack again.

Rumbling sounds, which made it seem as if a meteor had descended from the skies, continued to ring out incessantly. Faced with Fang Xingjian's unrelaxed attack, the Fifth Prince's hands were soft and flexible like the flow of water. Many circles of various sizes continued to be created. Not only did they diminish Fang Xingjian's strength, but they even threw off his hits. They flung Fang Xingjian's body directly, causing him to be defenseless.

Just as Fang Xingjian was being flung off by his own power, the Fifth Prince's movements changed from being soft and flexible to being explosive within a short period of time. His right fist instantly became like a big hammer. Accompanied by the movements of the muscles from all over his body while strong gales blew, the Fifth Prince's right fist smashed out, breaking through layers of air. Then it smashed into Fang Xingjian's chest with a loud thud .

Fang Xingjian just felt as if a terrifying tremor was flowing into his chest, as if wanting to create tremors throughout his entire body and shatter everything into pieces.

With this series of exchanges, the Fifth Prince's fist techniques had been a combination of gentleness and power, displaying an unprecedented martial art. What was more terrifying was that being at four tiers of perfection, his attributes were a notch higher than Fang Xingjian's.

Additionally, although the Fifth Prince's martial will was not a match for Fang Xingjian's, he had the protection of the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast.

Coming to a stop after retreating for ten consecutive steps, Fang Xingjian could sense that there was a faint stench of blood coming from his throat. This was due to the tremors injuring his lungs.

However, Fang Xingjian paid it no heed at all. It was because he had yet to even use 10% of his full power.

Fang Xingjian asked curiously, "Great fist technique. What is the name of this fist technique?"

"This is a fist technique that I created myself. It's called Tai Chi," the Fifth Prince sneered. Then he said, "I know that you've already attained perfection in your body's toughness, and your sword arts cultivation is even more amazing. It's easy for me to defeat you, but I'll have some difficulty if I wish to kill you. However, what do you think of this? Little Black..."

Unknowingly, that Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast had appeared behind the Fifth Prince. At the Fifth Prince's call, it placed the Fifth Prince onto its back.

As the Fifth Prince sat on the back of the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, waves of physical strength continuously transformed into the power of martial will, providing reinforcements to the Fifth Prince.

At this moment, the Fifth Prince's entire body was flashing in fluorescent light like he had put on an armor which increased his defense tremendously. He had already integrated the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's strength completely. In other words, the power of the Fifth Prince and his ride were now perfectly merged together. Each of his punches and kicks would have the reinforcement of Divine level martial will.

As the Fifth Prince became one with his ride, he then put out his hand and bellowed, "Spear, come!"

In that instant, a stream of white light cut across the air while accompanied by lightning, flying into the Fifth Prince's hand.

As the spear in his hand continued to emit charges of electricity, its body continued to transit between being in a physical state and existing as light. As expected of the First Prince's number one subordinate, the Dark Knight had an excellent ability to make judgements. He said in astonishment, "Thunder-Permeating Spear, Brionac? This Fifth Prince has really kept his tricks well hidden."

The Thunder-Permeating Spear Brionac was said to be the weapon which the Sun Divine Emperor, who had been the first person to unify all of Miracle World and who had also founded the Sun Dynasty, had carried with him.

It was said that this was a Divine Weapon which the Divine Sun Emperor had forged by condensing the sun's rays. The spear could turn into light and perform attacks. No matter how far the enemy was, it would be able to reach them in an instant, releasing electrifying Divine Sun Rays to kill off the enemy.

"That's right. I found this Thunder-Permeating Spear Brionac in a kitchen. It had been treated as an ordinary poker, and it really can be said to be a divine item that has been covered in dust. Now, it has been triggered by me and can only be used by me. To be able to die at the hands of this weapon which the Divine Sun Emperor had carried with him... Fang Xingjian, you should be proud."

As he spoke, the Fifth Prince rode on his ride. His entire body tore up the atmosphere, turning into a series of afterimages and flying up several thousand meters in the air. Following this, the Thunder-Permeating Spear in his hands turned into a stream of long path of light, directly piercing out toward Fifth Prince across several kilometers.

With a thud , Fang Xingjian only felt an immense surge of force before he was sent flying several ten meters away. Riding on the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, the Fifth Prince immediately moved at the speed of lightning, sending streams of light spears sweeping and thrusting out. Each time he attacked, he would bring up a great spread of electricity and flames.

Fang Xingjian let out a furious bellow and punched out repeatedly. His punches turned into astonishing sword Qis which tore up the sky and collided against the light spears. However, all of them were shattered by the light spears.

The Fifth Prince laughed out loud, "Fang Xingjian, have a good taste of the prowess of this Thunder-Permeating Spear!"

At the next moment, the Thunder-Permeating Spear exploded out with a myriad of afterimages. Each of his spear attacks seemed like it was lashing out and creating explosions in the air within a range of 100 meters. As a series of lightning bolts and fires burst forth explosively, the entire hall in the Wang Clan's residence was crushed into dust in the blink of an eye.

The members of the Wang Clan had no choice but to retreat time and time again, and in another blink of an eye, all of them had retreated out of the Wang Clan's manor.

In the sky, the Fifth Prince's body could be seen bringing along a series of afterimages, dashing to and fro across the air at a speed that was over 100 times the speed of sound. His light spear seemed to stretch out continuously, stirring up the wind and clouds. It brought up a series of tornadoes, sending lightning bolts and flames plunging down incessantly.

The wind and clouds, lightning bolts, as well as the flames, were mixed together, forming a natural disaster which kept on striking the area within several tens of li 1 . A power which could destroy the entire Sunset Fortress was accurately smashing down on the spot where Fang Xingjian was located.

Each time the light spear, which had extended out over several kilometers, swept against the ground, it would create aerial explosions from its lashes, stirring up lightning bolts and flames, and causing crazy tremors in the earth. It was as if even the world was crying out. Everyone from the Wang Clan, as well as the Dark Knight, had long retreated several kilometers away. All the people from the Sunset Fortress were crying out and screaming incessantly as they fled.

With the reinforcement from the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's will, in addition to the terrifying prowess of the Thunder-Permeating Spear, the Fifth Prince currently appeared as if he were a punishing deity from the heavens who dictated divine punishments. As he brought along the power that could destroy everything, he also brought forth turbulent winds, destroying mountains and rivers.

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Chapter 535: Terrible Defeat (Part I)

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Right now, the Fifth Prince's prowess was really too strong. Having the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast as his ride, with the reinforcement from its Divine level will, as well as the Thunder-Permeating Spear in his hands, he was now extremely ferocious. Even if a Divine level expert were to face them, the prince would be able to stand up against them.

If his Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast were to grow stronger and really attain the Divine level, then his own battle prowess would easily be a match for Divine level experts.

'It's fortunate that I made this trip personally. If someone else were to come instead, they would really have to suffer in the Fifth Prince's hands.

'It's true that experts on the path of Knights pose more of a threat to me when compared to Mages and magic prints Warriors.'

Just as Fang Xingjian was thinking of this, the Fifth Prince, who was in the air, bellowed furiously, his aura bursting forth. Even his ride, the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, also released an enormous roar, worthy of a Divine beast. Its vital energy and blood seethed, and its reinforcing Divine level will exuded piercing white light.

"Fang Xingjian, fist arts and spear arts are one and the same. Today, I'll let you have a taste of this technique that I've created with three months of tough training after the world had undergone a metamorphosis.

"Dark Knight, you have a good look as well. I had initially prepared this for Eldest Brother. Today, I'll let you take a look first, save Eldest Brother won't even know how he'll have died."

Hearing that, the Dark Knight's countenance turned grim. However, the sudden outburst of power the Fifth Prince showed was far too terrifying. Even he had no choice but to remain silent.

Seething martial will came gushing forth, wreaking havoc throughout a large part of the Sunset Fortress.

"Take my attack! Mortal World Annihilation!"

In that instant, light burst forth, filling up the entire sky. The Brionac light spear instantly turned into a pillar of light over ten kilometers in length and three-four kilometers in width. Lightning and thunder showed up all around the pillar of light, and a series of tornadoes came into existence as well. It was as if the gods from the heavens had sent down their judgement, announcing the end of the world.

When the aura as if the end of the world was descending and life was coming to an end came plunging down from the skies, the prince's martial will, seemingly made of extreme desperation, had already swept out across the entire Sunset Fortress. It made everyone feel as if their lives were no longer their own.

With a loud rumble , the spear finally came crashing down wildly from the sky. Under the spear, flames and electric currents were seething crazily. It looked as if its terrifying power would lash out on space itself, creating myriad explosions. Before the body of the spear arrived, the gushing air currents had already pressed the entire Wang Clan's residence into flat land.

Under this world-shaking attack, Fang Xingjian was like an ant, standing amongst the ruins. However, he still had no plans of displaying his full power.

Fang Xingjian's bangle underwent a slight change, and then in an instant, encompassed his entire body. At the next moment, the violent power in Tyrant's body flowed throughout all of Fang Xingjian's.

"Damn it, why do we need to merge again?"

"The power from our merger is enough to defeat him with great ease. As for the Five God-Slaying Swords… we'll leave that for the First Prince."

"I'm going to puke. One minute. I can only stand the merger for one minute at most."

"That's more than enough."

In that instant, the aura from a total of over 1,800 specialty seeds burst forth and 2.16 billions worth of physical particles exploded concurrently. Fang Xingjian's hair stood up, exuding piercing light rays.

Between the two of them, one was a Demigod with two tiers of perfection while the other was a Demigod with three tiers of perfection. Their respective strength was definitely not to be underestimated.

What was even more terrifying was that each of them had awakened 1.08 billions worth of physical particles, and Tyrant had also engulfed the physical body of two Divine level experts.

Right now, with the two of them merged together, how terrifying was their prowess?

Absolute power seethed in Fang Xingjian's body and the violent circulation of vital energy and blood seemed to even be able to pierce through iron plates. The ground in the surroundings constantly sank under the pressure of the force, and then shattered.

Facing the Brionac light spear descending from the skies, Fang Xingjian neither moved nor dodged. He stretched his palm into the direction of the light spear and opened his fingers. Streams of light spots started gathering together.

The God-Perishing Palm was instantly activated. A pillar of light similar to the prince's instantly gushed from Fang Xingjian's palm. A terrifying power that could match a nuclear missile with a yield of 50 megatons started stirring, turning into pure corpuscular flow and explosive release.

The light pillar from the God-Perishing Palm not only engulfed the entire Brionac light spear completely, but also broke through the atmospheric layer within a range of 100 li, in a direct strike. It reached several hundred kilometers away into outer space, from above, looking as if a spike of light had grown out from the ground.

Under the terrifying explosion, the entire Sunset Fortress started to sink. Flames, light, and strong gales filled up the sky, the entire world seemingly nearing its doom.

After 20 whole seconds, the light from the God-Perishing Palm gradually dissipated, revealing the Fifth Prince, who was now completely charred black, his flesh in a profoundly battered state. He now looked just like a fugitive.

If for the protection of the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's will, that palm attack would probably have crushed him up so badly that there would be no traces of him left.

However, the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast was not in a good state either. After all, it had not yet matured, to become a Divine level ferocious beast. Right now, it was suffering from serious injuries and about 30% of its body had been turned into dust.

The martial will that had been reinforced on the Fifth Prince was now so weak that it was like a thin layer of film.

The light pillar had just disappeared when an explosion broke out on the ground. Fang Xingjian stepped on air, appearing before the Fifth Prince just like a passing light or a fleeting shadow. He grabbed out with his hand, bringing about a series of explosions in the atmosphere, as he headed for the Fifth Prince's head.

The latter let bellowed furiously and the Thunder-Permeating Spear he was holding started moving intensely like a giant lightning python, lashing out at Fang Xingjian.

However, the Fifth Prince himself was like a spent arrow at the end of its flight right now. Faced with this violent lash, Fang Xingjian struck out a finger and tapped onto the spear. He grabbed the Fifth Prince's Thunder-Permeating Spear for himself, and then, without stopping, grabbed at the Fifth Prince's head.

The Fifth Prince performed Tai Chi once again, creating layers of circular forces to fend off Fang Xingjian. However, the difference in strength between him and Fang Xingjian the latter was far too big. Fang Xingjian punched out unreasonably, activating the violent power in his body. A tear sound rang out as the forces in the air were torn up by Fang Xingjian grabbing the Fifth Prince by the throat.

The moment Fang Xingjian grabbed the Fifth Prince's neck, the immense power in Fang Xingjian's struck out, shaking the Fifth Prince's body until he went numb. His Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast ride yelled with an agonizing cry, as if it had already given up on resisting.

"Do you admit your loss?"

Watching as he was being lifted up like a chicken, the Fifth Prince felt his pride being instantly crushed. Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, the Fifth Prince's face turned flush red. "Fang Xingjian, do you really think that you've won? You've only gotten the upper hand for now!"

"You talk too much." Fang Xingjian punched him directly and the violent force instantly broke several tens of bones in the Fifth Prince's body, causing him so much pain that he could not speak for very long.

The Fifth Prince was furious, the rage in his eyes easily able to set fire to all the lakes and seas in the world.

However, the Fifth Prince was just about to talk again when Fang Xingjian snorted coldly and covered up his mouth. With a boom, he plunged down at rapid speed, smashing into the ground. The ground fluctuated like turbulent waves, sending dust up in the air. The Fifth Prince's mouth was covered up, and his collision with the ground made an enormous crater. He was now in a bloody state and unable to move, let alone speak.

The series of attacks had made the Fifth Prince feel as if everything had been stomped into smithereens, yet he became surprisingly calm.

The next instant, a cold piercing will exploded forth with the words he had wanted to say.

"Fang Xingjian, you're good, you're very good. I had thought that my talent is unrivalled and unprecedented. But to think that you're this powerful. You've truly become my enemy. However, this loss is only for now.

"My life has been too smooth-sailing. The loss I've suffered today has been the best nutrient for my growth. I'll absorb this experience and improve myself to become even stronger. The next time we meet, I'll let you understand what true terror is."

The moment the Fifth Prince unleashed his will explosively, Fang Xingjian had already activated his sword intent, sending it into the Fifth Prince's brain. However, he was not successful.

The Fifth Prince's Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast exuded layers of light, and both the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's and the Fifth Prince's body both turned into an illusory state. Fang Xingjian grabbed out with one of his hands, but it was as if he had grabbed the air. Next, with a flash of light and shadow, the beast and man completely disappeared.

Fang Xingjian's brows arched upward and his gaze swept out several tens of kilometers away in an instant.

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Chapter 536: Terrible Defeat (Part II)

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Fang Xingjian was about to give chase when he felt that the Thunder-Permeating Sword in his hands was shaking wildly, struggling incessantly like a jiao. Fang Xingjian could only tap out with his finger, sending a myriad of white light rays with endless prowess blasting out toward the Fifth Prince, who was now several tens of kilometers away.

At the same time, he exerted force in his palm, sending strong energies exploding. It was as if an air explosive had been crushed. His sword intent swept out at full power before the Thunder-Permeating Spear finally calmed down.

However, by this time, after being engulfed by the path of light, there was no trace left of the Fifth Prince.

Flashing and leaping wildly in the air currents up above, the prince and his mount would travel a distance of several tens of kilometers each time. Most importantly, they teleported consecutively, making it hard for anyone to track them down. It was hard to even tell in which direction they had escaped.

In a spot over 1,000 kilometers away from their initial location, the Fifth Prince and the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast appeared with a flash, tumbling.

The Fifth Prince took great effort to get up to his feet. Looking at the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast which had shrunk to half its original size, looking very weak and keeping its eyes closed, the Fifth Prince felt a great fury burning in his heart. When he saw the the suffering Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, he felt a heart-wrenching pain.

A matured Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast was a Divine level ferocious beast. Not only did it have an extremely strong physical body, able to engulf the world with its martial will, it was also able to move through void space, having the ability to use teleportation.

The Fifth Prince's Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, which was still a youngling, had forcefully unleashed its potential explosively, thus saving its owner and itself. However, it had also ended up weakening its seriously injured body even further. Its abilities had deteriorated to the level it had been at several years before. For the next few years, it would probably not be able to recover to the level at which it had been at before the fight, extremely close to the Divine level.

Furthermore, his Thunder-Permeating Spear had also been snatched away, making him lose all his trump cards meant for dealing against Divine level experts. One could say he had lost terribly.

"Chaos Witch! I know that you're here! Come out!

"Didn't you say that my talent in fist arts is the best in the world? Why? Why is it that even though this Fang Xingjian has cultivated for a shorter period of time than me, he managed to defeat me?"

"Haaa..." The next instant, a sigh rang out from the back of the Fifth Prince's head.

Above the Wang Clan's residence, looking down at the ruins under his feet, Fang Xingjian slightly frowned. However, his frown disappeared the next moment.

"This is fine. I didn't plan on killing him to begin with. It's just a pity that I didn't manage to get the youngling of the Divine level ferocious beast."

After all, Fang Xingjian did not have any deep hatred or feud with the Fifth Prince. Moreover, he still had to deal with the First Prince. If he were to kill the Fifth Prince, he would be subjected to the pressure from the Empire's royal family.

On the other hand, if the Fifth Prince was spared, he would be able to help Fang Xingjian take on some of the attacks from the First Prince.

As Fang Xingjian spoke, Tyrant had already reverted to his bangle shape. Fang Xingjian spoke up again, "Keep this Thunder-Permeating Spear. It can be added to the list of ingredients for forging my Divine Remains Equipment."

Vortexes appeared in the air and the Thunder-Permeating Spear was stored in the Gates to the Netherworld. Then, with a flash, Fang Xingjian returned to the Wang Clan's ruins once again.

The members of the Wang Clan looked at the terrifying man before them, revealing looks of astonishment.

Wang Clan's Eldest Miss, Wang Xiaoyan, looked at Fang Xingjian with an extremely complicated gaze. Earlier on, she would not have thought that Fang Xingjian would be able to defeat the Fifth Prince. But right now, he had crushed the Fifth Prince in an open and overbearing manner, without the slightest of difficulties.

Looking at the young man before them who had overwhelmed the many present experts with his aura, Wang Xiaoyan felt a tremendous gap between them and a great pressure coming from him.

Fang Xingjian looked at the people from the Wang Clan, saying, "From today onward, Wang Xiaoyan shall continue to be the Wang Clan's clan head. I'll kill whoever dares to object." Sword intent swept across the place recklessly, making it hard for anyone to summon their will to resist.

The Dark Knight was about to leave with Li Zi when Fang Xingjian spoke up. "Dark Knight, do you plan on leaving just like this? Last year this time, you were still an ordinary level 29 Conferred Knight. To think that you've already become a Demigod with four tiers of perfection in merely one year!"

"The same can be said for yourself," the Dark Knight replied nonchalantly. "One year ago, you weren't even a Conferred Knight. In but a year, you've already become a Demigod with two tiers of perfection, perfectly capable of defeating a Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast. Although it is a youngling, the rate of your improvement can be considered a great sensation.

"As for myself… the First Prince's plan is to create 36 Divine level experts with the Hell's Map in the future. In comparison to this, attaining four tiers of perfection in a year is nothing."

Fang Xingjian thought, 'What kind of means does the First Prince have? To think that he can let his subordinates improve at such a tremendous speed… Such efficiency is no different from the seventh level of the mystical prints.'

Fang Xingjian then continued saying, 'Dark Knight, since you're here, let's have a spar. Let me see what means that First Prince has, and what means you people from the Ancient Path of Hell have."

Hearing this, the Dark Knight turned to look at Fang Xingjian with an indifferent look. "Fang Xingjian, while it's true that you're strong and that there aren't many people below the Divine level who are your match, this only stands true for people below the Divine level. Do you really plan to continue making an enemy of the First Prince?"

"If I don't deal with the First Prince, will he let me off?" Fang Xingjian looked at the Dark Knight and said coldly, "Or do you think that after having cultivated to this level, I would actually be willing to submit to someone else?"

Seeing that the Dark Knight did not say a word, Fang Xingjian continued, "You're afraid of taking me on? You don't have the First Prince's clone on you? If he's around, I don't mind having a round with him."

This was also a matter that Fang Xingjian had been curious about. The First Prince's 36 Hell's Maps allowed him to form contracts with 36 people and to store a part of himself in these people. However, while striving to attain the Divine level, the First Prince had retrieved all of his clones.

Although the First Prince had already succeeded in attaining the Divine level, when Fang Xingjian was dealing with Swordless Sword Asto and when Tyrant was dealing with Deputy Governor Benjamin, neither of them had encountered the First Prince's clones.

Even when the Dark Knight was dealing with the Fifth Prince, he had just lost directly. The First Prince's clone did not appear.

However, since the Dark Knight still dared to be present today, he had to have something to back him up. Fang Xingiian felt that the chances were very high for the said backing to be the First Prince's clone.

Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, a hint of hesitation flashed on the Dark Knight's face. Just then, streams of black aura exuded from his body, taking the form of a man who was wearing a crown and black and gold clothes, with a bearing of great prestige and dominance. It was as if this person was the center of the universe, the one who controlled the rotation of the sun and the moon, the person who held the reins of the entire universe.

This was one of the First Prince's clones.

"Alright, it's fine to let him know." The First Prince looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "In order to deal with Xingwu Region's Astral Ancestor and Blue Sacred Moonlight, I retrieved all of my clones. The reason I came today was initially to help the Dark Knight to teach my foolish brother a lesson. I hadn't expected that before I had even made any moves, I would witness such a wonderful battle.

"Fang Xingjian, I really admire you. Your sword arts talent is hard to come by. How about it? Do you want to follow me? As long as you're willing to sign the Hell's Map, I'll assure you that you'll be above all others, reporting only to me. Once I've inherited the throne, you'll become the Empire's Imperial Preceptor.

"In the future, if the two of us were to join forces, we would be unstoppable and even capable of ruling the world."

Hearing what the First Prince said, everyone present was astonished. They had not expected that the First Prince would view Fang Xingjian in such high regards. Even the Dark Knight showed a hint of jealousy in his expression.

However, Fang Xingjian sneered, "George, do you think that I'm an idiot? When one reaches our level of cultivation, we're able to move without leaving traces and blades aren't able to harm us. We can do whatever we want, freely, as we wish. Why would I want to sign on your Hell's Map and betray my own will?

"The reason I called you out today is to tell you that with me around in the Great Western Region, you can forget about getting your hands on it. No matter with how many claws you reach out for it, I'll cut all of them off.

"If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

The First Prince smiled coldly and said, "Fang Xingjian, what you want is to have a fight with my clone and to test my power—the power of the Divine level.

"It just happens that I also want to test out your sword arts. If your sword arts cultivation

Is lacking, I'll take this opportunity to suppress you and the Wang Clan together."

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Chapter 537: Battle

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As they spoke, the First Prince's pitch-black clone put his palms together. As he did so, the entire sky turned dark. It was as if the entire world was changing as the First Prince's movements changed.

'What a powerful aura.' Fang Xingjian was taken aback. 'I mustn't let him continue on.'

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian did not give the First Prince the chance to display his full power. He disappeared entirely, sending streams of Infiltrating Void slashing out.

Bang bang bang bang! Sounds of air explosions kept occurring around the First Prince, but they were not able to sway the his clone's body.

Fang Xingjian sent sword slashes down incessantly, but he could only feel that the First Prince's pitch-black clone body was like a legendary Divine Remains Equipment, sturdy and tough yet also soft and flexible. It also contained an aura of darkness, despair, and degradation, as if it was a black hole that was about to be created, absorbing and engulfing everything, and bringing absolute despair to the mortal world. Just like that, it continued to absorb his sword intent.

Tyrant shouted out in astonishment, "That's the Yama Sacred Physique 1

! It's the greatest art of the Ancient Path of Hell! It can turn materialized will into special body structures and is said to be imperishable even in the face of calamities!"

Being able to materialize their wills, Divine level experts could naturally utilize their wills in various ways. Examples of this were Li Shuanghua's Nine Heavenly Windthunder Tribulation which she had comprehended herself, or the Ancient Path of Hell's legendary physique—the Yama Sacred Physique—which had been passed down for generations.

Through the tempering of one's will, the Yama Sacred Physique condensed the materialized will into a special structure, forming an extremely powerful body.

"It's useless, Fang Xingjian. I attained the Divine level after having reached four tiers of perfection. Even if you were to be ten times as powerful as you are now, there's no way that you'll be able to slash through the Yama Sacred Physique which is condensed using my will that is as tough as steel. Today, I'll let you know how great a difference there is between a Divine level and a Demigod!"

As he spoke, black will gushed out wildly from the First Prince's body. It was if dark clouds had covered up the sky, then the black will came down as a huge hand that had an area of several hundreds square meters.

Terrifying power exuded from the huge hand, bringing along with it an aura of despair, terror, blood-thirst, and brutality. The cries and howls of women, men, the elderly, and children seemed to be ringing incessantly in everyone's ears.

Then as the First Prince put his hands together, his will made simple movements, and the entire world was engulfed in darkness like they had been brought from the mortal world to hell.

"Take this! Overturned Hell!"

A gigantic pitch-black palm came down from the skies, pressing down on void space. Countless twisted light rays appeared, then hints of cracks started to form as Fang Xingjian emerged. He had been forced out from the spatial gaps by this palm.

To be able to incessantly stretch and twist space, forcing spatial gaps to reveal themselves through the tremors… how terrifying was this power? Moreover, this attack also came with a will impact of plummeting into hell and the extinction of the mortal world.

Faced with this descending palm, Fang Xingjian's eyes squinted like that of a cat. Streams of cold light flashed in his eyes, and his sword finger moved about, activating the Light Pursuit sword ripples. In that instant, several million sword ripples slashed out, creating explosions in the atmosphere and lashing out at the huge black hand. Endless sparks were created, and the slashes formed large areas of fire clouds in the sky at rapid speed.

However, as the millions upon millions of sword ripples kept slashing out endlessly, the situation was if an ordinary Knight had used a steel sword to knock against a great boulder. Other than creating sparks all over the place, there were no other effects.

'What a sturdy martial will. If my martial will is like wood, and Li Shuanghua's martial will is like a rock… Then the First Prince's martial will that formed the Yama Sacred Physique is just like the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, being at the level of steel.'

Faced with the huge black palm that was gushing out toward him, Fang Xingjian let out a furious bellow and finally performed the fourth sword in the Five God-Slaying Swords—the All-Conquering sword.

In that instant, streams of black lines, containing demolition sword light, cut across the air, and many physical particles had their connection cut off. Wherever the black lines passed by, everything was destroyed and the world shattered.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh . A few sword slashes landed on the huge black palm, but it was not as effective as how the All-Conquering had been in the past, being able to cut through everything.

It was because as Fang Xingjian landed the slashes time and time again, leaving behind countless large and deep cuts on the palm, he could sense that not only were there layers and layers of martial will stacked up, but there was also violent strength that twisted space. The twisted space that was formed made it extremely hard for Fang Xingjian's slashes to pull through.

However, just as he was going to send out a few more hundred sword slashes out at full power to wipe out the huge palm, it suddenly exploded and scattered off in all directions. A world-shaking howl was sent outward everywhere together with seething black energies.

The sky regained its brightness, and everyone felt as if they had just survived a terrible disaster.

Fang Xingjian stood in midair, looking at the spot where the First Prince had initially been. However, the latter had already disappeared.

"Fang Xingjian, as expected of a genius I place high regard in. Your sword arts are already the best amongst all those below the Divine level. But from today onward, I'll truly view you as an enemy. The next time I make my move, I'll be going all out. You better watch out."

By the time his voice dissipated, the First Prince and his two subordinates had already disappeared completely.

"What a move the Overturned Hell is. Even if I slash up his martial will... When he self-detonated the huge palm, it still made me feel tremors in my consciousness with various dark and despair auras infiltrating in. And this was only one of his clones.

"Divine level experts on the path of Knights are truly amazing.

"Moreover, the First Prince's fighting experience far surpasses that of ordinary people. Even though I countered his Overturned Hell, he immediately made his move in retaliation."

Tyrant spoke viciously, "Aren't we killing them? Wiping out one of the First Prince's clone would reduce a hint of his power."

"Now is still not the time to go all out," Fang Xingjian said, shaking his head, "If we go all out now, other people will just take the opportunity and reap the benefits."

The First Prince's actual form still had to go up against the two Divine level experts, the Astral Ancestor and the Blue Sacred Moonlight. This was why he was not willing for there to be more complications to arise, and thus Fang Xingjian and the Fifth Prince had the chance to take advantage of the situation. Moreover, the overwhelming power Fang Xingjian displayed earlier when he had been fighting with the Fifth Prince made the latter even more unwilling to get distracted into having to deal with Fang Xingjian at the moment.

However, at the same time, once the First Prince successfully suppressed the Xingwu Region and went through his spoils of war gained from the two Divine level experts, his abilities would grow at a tremendous rate once again. By then, there would probably be no one in the entire Empire who would be able to suppress him.

Right now, what Fang Xingjian needed to do was continue to get stronger before the First Prince succeeded in this, thus gaining the power to go up against the First Prince. On the other hand, the First Prince also wished to fully devote his attention into suppressing the two Divine level experts. Therefore, both of them appeared to be very restricted. They both had too many enemies. Thus, neither of them were willing to go all out and use overwhelming battle prowess against the other party. They were afraid that the other princes, Divine level experts, and the people from the Terrene Shrine would take advantage of the situation.

'But I've finally managed to probe the First Prince's strength.

'While one might not gain as many additional abilities by attaining the Divine level through the path of Knights as compared to magic prints Warriors and Mages... the great power of one's martial will, which was converted from attaining perfection in the body's toughness, far surpasses that of magic prints Warriors and Mages.

'This is especially the case for those who inherited legacies such as that of the Ancient Path of Hell. The way these people utilized their martial wills is something that irregulars like Li Shuanghua can't compare against.

'If I activate the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, I should be able to exchange blows with the First Prince. And if I add in the Instant sword, I might be able to have the upper hand just by a little. However, there's a time limit on how long I can use the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. Once the First Prince makes it through that time limit, I'll be the one to lose.

'Moreover, I have no idea what other secret arts the Ancient Path of Hell might have.'

Fang Xingjian finally had a better understanding of the First Prince's abilities. He now understood that if he wished to go against the First Prince, he would need to at least first attain five tiers of perfection. Additionally, if he wished to defeat or even kill the First Prince, he would have to strive to attain the Divine level.

One day later, Fang Xingjian stayed in the Wang Clan's study and started browsing through the various manuals which the Wang Clan had brought over from the Western Land. Wang Xiaoyan sat at the side, propping up her head with one hand as she stared at Fang Xingjian. It was as if she wanted to unveil secrets from his face.

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Chapter 538: Nine-Tiered Heavens

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'The cultivators in the Western Land are known as Friars. They are also segregated into level 1 to 30, as well as first transition, second transition, and Divine level.

'At the first tier of the Divine level, the consciousness can be materialized, and the will is one's source of power, capable of interfering in the physical world.

'At the second tier of the Divine level, one's will can be turned into one's flesh. Unless the consciousness is destroyed, the physical body is almost imperishable.

'At the third tier of the Divine level, one's physical strength is built up directly through ether particles. The person would be connected with the entire world's ether particles and have an endless amount of energy. The person would almost never experience a weakening of his power.

'At the fourth tier of the Divine level, one's consciousness can accept futuristic information from ether particles, which may cause one to receive sudden inspirations, as well as sense fortunes and misfortunes.'

Fang Xingjian looked at the secret manual in his hands. It recorded the research the Mountainous Sea Dynasty had with regard to the Divine level. It was a pity that although the Mountainous Sea Dynasty was powerful, they had not experienced any world metamorphosis before and thus only knew about the first four tiers of the Divine level.

As for the words written in the manual, they were closer to the words about the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent that had been engraved on the dragon's scale. The words were also close to the Chinese characters the Earth's Xin Country used.

Western Land, Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, Xin Country… Looking at the words in the manual, Fang Xingjian felt that there seemed to be a series of mysterious connections between them.

However, this was not the time for him to work on unravelling these mysteries. Fang Xingjian placed more of his focus on the contents itself.

'I see... This is how Divine level experts are distinguished? There will be a limit to one's physical strength, but the power of the will can increase limitlessly.'

Fang Xingjian then flipped open another book and sighed, 'Going deeper into ether particles… when one's microscopic view reaches a great extreme, one will be able to sense the many passageways in the world, as well as travel to various unknown time and space. This is the world beyond the heavens.

'Therefore, diabolic energies are transmitted from ether particles. And this is also why the powers of Mages, magic prints Warriors, and Knights are so similar.

'And the way to strive for the Divine level is to gather all of one's power throughout the body, condensing it into a will. The will would dive deep into the ether particles, and break through the world's passageway in the microscopic world, getting out of the world's restrictions.

'It's a pity that the distance of the passageway is far too great. Even a Divine level expert might never be able to pass through it. Only existences like the evil gods from beyond the heavens would be able transmit power across space via the passageway.

'However, after transmitting power into the world's passageway, one would be able to gain the core secrets of countless worlds and obtain a lot of information concerning the third transition.'

Striving for the Divine level was to break through to the world's passageway with endless determination, charging through. The further one charged in, the more the information one would obtain, and the more powerful the job would be for the job transition. The person would also become more powerful after successfully attaining the Divine level.

Fang Xingjian suddenly thought of the legend that claimed there was a world in every speck of sand. He had not expected that the ether particles, which formed everything in this world, would really contain other worlds. As long as one could pass through the world's passageway, one would be able to arrive in the world beyond the heavens.

This was so similar to the legend of there being a world in each speck of sand!

However, it was not easy to pass through the world's passageway. Therefore, one would require an extremely powerful will. The stronger one's will, the further one would be able to travel in the world's passageway. This would mean that he would get more and more information about the job transition, and have an even greater chance in attaining the Divine level.

If the third transition job was not powerful enough, one might end up being stuck at tier one of the Divine level forever.

'Those on the path of Knights can temper their physical strength, turning all their physical strength into will and unleashing a world-shaking explosive strength to break through the world's passage and complete the job transition.

'This is the reason why, despite being similar at the Divine level, Knights are more powerful than magic prints Warriors. However, this isn't absolute either. As long as one's will is strong enough and one gets to know of these information beforehand, magic prints Warriors and Mages can also increase their achievements for the third transition through various secret arts.'

Various pieces of information concerning Divine level experts flashed through Fang Xingjian's mind incessantly. He now had a clear image for his path to attain five tiers of perfection, as well as the Divine level.

'As long as I can attain five tiers of perfection, the power I will get after attaining the Divine level will far surpass that of the First Prince's. However, what if in the area of specialty seeds, I can also attain the 9,270 external specialties aside from the 1,440 internal specialties?

'Moreover, if my forces of heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism can breakthrough past level 29, reaching the level of Divine Remains Equipment… How powerful would my third job be?

'If I can defeat the First Prince and gain the power to lord over an area amongst those in the Divine level experts, I'll have enough confidence to head to the City of Universal Truth in the north to look for my mother's remains.'

Thinking of his mother and that black-clothed man, Fang Xingjian's expression turned slightly gloomy again. If he wished to understand everything, get to know of his mother's secrets, and find out how he had gotten his talent at the cost of having only five years to his lifespan, he would have to find the black-clothed man. Moreover, he must possess great power.

Fang Xingjian went through the records from the Mountainous Sea Dynasty and looked at the various jobs, including Green Lotus Sword Immortal, Xuanpin 1 Old Ancestor, and Nüwa Gladiator. These were third transition jobs unique to the Western Land, filled with the culture and aura of the place.

Fang Xingjian then picked up many other manuals belonging to the Mountainous Sea Dynasty while concurrently scanning through them, strengthening his knowledge and experience.

Wang Xiaoyan, who was at the side, said, "Why, you're still looking at these? Our clan has lost too many of our legacies, and what's left isn't a big deal. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been the case where my uncle was the only one to attain one tier of perfection over the past 100 years. Moreover, he had only succeeded in this thanks to the world's metamorphosis.

"Furthermore, after having seen the treasure map I gave you, don't you want to try out the Panwu Heavenly Raiment? With your talent and abilities, if you can get your hands on the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, it won't be impossible for you to unify and rule over the world in the future. The Panwu Heavenly Raiment is said to have the prowess for one to rule over the world."

Hearing what Wang Xiaoyan said, Fang Xingjian shook his head. "If I were to go get the Panwu Heavenly Raiment now, putting aside the question if I can successfully suppress and use it...

"With how the First and Fifth Prince are both aware that I know of the existence of the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, how could they possibly not pay any heed to my actions? If I were to go get it now, they would definitely try to pull a fast one on me while I look for the Panwu Heavenly Raiment.

"Therefore, before I get my hands on decisive power, I won't try to lay my hands on the Panwu Heavenly Raiment."

"Alright. What you said made sense too," Wang Xiaoyan agreed, resting her head on one of the hands. She looked at Fang Xingjian and asked with a smile, "Then when are we going to head off back to Great Western City? This time around, I'm going to move the entire Wang Clan over and get you to back us up. With that, other people wouldn't dare pay their hands on the Wang Clan."

"That's fine. You guys can take your time to pack up. I'll be staying here for a few more days to browse through these manuals from your clan in order to increase my knowledge of martial arts."

With that, Fang Xingjian returned his focus to the various manuals around him. Although most of the manuals from the Mountainous Sea Dynasty had become badly damaged and incomplete when they fled from the Western Land, there was still a large amount of profound cultivation theories and knowledge, especially concerning the introduction of the first four tiers of the Divine level recorded in what that was left. These were information which Fang Xingjian needed but had not been able to get his hands on.

'Is the cultivation beyond the Divine level to break through the Nine-Tiered Heavens?

'To strive for the Divine level, one must start from a small perspective, breaking through to the world's passageway that is within ether particles. Then from there, one will obtain information relating to the third transition and of the world's profound secrets.

'And after attaining the Divine level, the breakthrough of each tier of the Divine level must be approached from a wider aspect. One must break through the Nine-Tiered Heavens which encompasses the entire world.'

These wide and narrow aspects contained all the profound secrets to the Divine level.

Hidden in ether particles, which were the smallest existences in the world, was the world's passage and the means to attain the Divine level.

Meanwhile, the greatest existence in the world, which was the boundary that encompassed the entire world, hid the profoundness to the cultivation after the Divine level.

The Nine-Tiered Heavens... According to the records of the Mountainous Sea Dynasty's manual, the world was a sphere, the clouds were at the top of the sky, and then the outer space was where the sun was. The outer space was also where the legendary stars existed. Then at the very end of the spread of stars, that was the end and the boundary of the world.

It was fine for the ether particle density in the world to be low during ordinary times, but after the world underwent a metamorphosis, the ether particles across the world had increased incessantly. These ether particles then continued to affect each other, pushing against each other and applying pressure toward the entire outer space until they reached a limit as to how much they could expand out. This was also what the world's boundary was. All the ether particles would eventually be amassed at the world's boundary.

With the spherical world as the core and the end of the world's boundary as the extremity, layers and layers were formed. In the end, there would be a total of nine extremely thick ether particle layers. The closer toward the world's boundary, the more extraordinary the density of ether particles would be.

It was because the ether particle density there far surpassed that of a human's imagination. Under such a high ether particle density, various information and energies were amassed together, forming many strange phenomenons while holding the profound mysteries for each tier of the Divine level.

A breakthrough to the Divine level meant that one had to break through the nine tiers of ether particle layers. With the destruction of each layer of profound mysteries, one would be able to attain a breakthrough to one tier of the Divine level.

The entire process seemed to be depicting a scene of breaking through the world's restrictions, having the human body transcend the world.

However, right now, Fang Xingjian had not even reached the Divine level, so it was useless for him to be reading these. He picked up another manual that was violet and gold in color, appearing to have been created from some kind of unknown material.

It was the martial technique which the founder of the Mountainous Sea Dynasty had cultivated. This was a technique which no one from the Wang Clan had been able to comprehend for the past 100 years—the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way.

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Chapter 539: Lifespan and Destiny

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'People with great lifespans possessed great spirits, and there was nothing they could not achieve.

'People with great destiny possessed great fortune and were unrivalled.'

Fang Xingjian opened up to the first page of the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way, and these two lines were written on it. It wrote about the abstruse relationship between lifespan and destiny, and seemed to contain an extremely profound theory.

He flipped through the pages one by one and discovered that the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way was truly extremely obscure, deep, and profound. This was especially because the cultivation method recorded in it seemed to be the complete opposite of the way Knights cultivated.

Or rather, it could be said that the Friars across the entire Western Land valued one's lifespan over fighting prowess.

The Divine level experts in Miracle World would only have a lifespan of 200 years at most. When viewed together with their endless strength, their lifespans appeared to be too insignificant.

On the other hand, the Friars in the Western Land placed lifespans in higher regard. It was said that the greatest experts amongst them could even life for up to 3,000 years. There was a saying which said that people with long lifespans could achieve anything. It meant that as long as one had a lifespan that was long enough, they would have boundless possibilities.

The Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way explained the concept of lifespan thoroughly. One would be able to refine the power of their lifespans to get stronger, and one could also refine their strength to increase their lifespan.

It meant that after cultivating the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way, one could switch between lifespan and strength interchangeably.

For a example, if a person had a lifespan of 90 years in the future, the person could use the entire of these 90 years to strengthen himself, leaving only one day's worth of his lifespan.

The next day, the same person would be able to convert the power to gain an additional day of lifespan. Through this method, the person would always be left with one day worth of lifespan, with his remaining lifespan being stored up to become a part of his power. The person would be able to gain great power which he did not originally possess.

Moreover, it was said in the legends that when this martial technique was cultivated to the highest level, one would be able to endlessly convert the cultivated power into lifespan. In the end, one would enjoy the same lifespan as the world, having the same shine as the sun and the moon. Additionally, when one possessed endless lifespan, they would then be able to refine endless power.

It could be said that this was a unique and original martial technique which did not belong under Nurturing techniques, Training techniques, Amassing techniques, or Killing techniques.

However, the later part of the manual was overly illogical and vague, thus Fang Xingjian did not really trust what was written. Right now, he was interested in finding out what the outcome would be like if he were to cultivate this martial technique.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian started cultivating the first step of the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way, Lifespan View.

This first step included meditating silently, keeping a peaceful state of mind at an ether density of 100%. The practitioner would then capture information of their own lifespan from the endless information coming from the ether particles which formed up the physical body.

Zooming into the physical body, the muscles and bones would be seen first, followed by the cells, and then the physical particles. This was also the limit of what ordinary second transition experts could reach. In order to progress further to the next stage, one would need ether particles which would form physical particles.

Ether particles were both particles and waves. So, in order to find the information of one's lifespan through the ether particles which form up one's body, one would require unparalleled talent. This was also the reason why no one from the Wang Clan had cultivated the Mountainous Sea's Book of Way for the past over 100 years.

However, when this thing, which no one had succeeded in accomplishing for the past 100 years, was placed before Fang Xingjian, who possessed the world's best sword arts talent and the ninth level of the mystical prints, it became an easy feat.

A wave of information which contained details about his lifespan, destiny, spirit, and fortune flowed out continuously from his body, and lines of mysterious mantras seemed to be floating in the air.

Fang Xingjian felt as if his consciousness was endlessly entering deeper into the microscopic world and the ether particles, flowing in accordance to the instructions of the mantras from the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way. Very soon, Fang Xingjian saw a series of numbers—2 years, 360 days, 14 hours, 25 minutes, 23 seconds.

The numbers continued to shrink incessantly. This was Fang Xingjian's lifespan—less than three years. When the time was up, regardless of how powerful his physical body was or how strong his will was, he would just die.

Fang Xingjian did not understand what this was based on, but this was what he understood from the information in the ether particles.

'So, it's true that, back then, I was left with five years of lifespan?'

After completing the first step—the Lifespan View—Fang Xingjian then started attempting the next step. He wanted to try to see if he could use his power to trade for more lifespan.

Although this could be said to be a conversion between power and lifespan, the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way still had its own specific classifications for power.

Throughout the entire book, the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way was segregated into three tiers.

At the first tier, when one was at the first transition, one's lifespan could be interchangeable with the proficiency of one's techniques.

At the second tier, when one was at the second transition, one's lifespan could be interchangeable with specialty seeds, physical particles, and the the toughness of one's body.

At the third tier, after the cultivator had attained the Divine level, one's lifespan could be directly converted to the power of martial will. It was a pity that this tier of the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way had already been lost by the people from the Wang Clan. Even if Fang Xingjian wished to cultivate it after attaining the Divine level, he would not be able to do it.

This meant that right now, Fang Xingjian could make conversions between his skill mastery, specialty seeds, physical particles, level of body's toughness, and his lifespan.

Out of all these, skill mastery was the one thing which Fang Xingjian cared about the least. It was also the first thing which he chose.

An immensely boundless aura enveloped him, and at the next moment, he felt the information in his consciousness concerning the Ether Divine Art start to burn up.

As the information went up in flames, the numbers on his Stats Window concerning the Ether Divine Art dropped abruptly, changing from level 12 to level 11.

However, when Fang Xingjian looked at his lifespan, there were no increments at all. He frowned and continued in his attempts to convert, sensing his mastery of the Ether Divine Arts plunge at a rapid rate with its level reducing ceaselessly.

Anyway, with his current mastery in sword arts, the Ether Divine Arts was already something he could do without. Therefore, he decided to convert all of his mastery in the Ether Divine Arts into his lifespan.

Boom! A loud explosion seemed to come from the void space, and Fang Xingjian felt that everything in his mind concerning the Ether Divine Arts had completely burned up and disappeared. The Ether Divine Arts no longer existed as a skill on his Stats Window either.

However, when Fang Xingjian looked toward his lifespan yet again, there was still no increment to it at all.

Fang Xingjian exhaled, feeling bitter. As expected, the person who had taken away his lifespan back then had not been a simple character. The method listed in the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way to increase one's lifespan was not effective at all.

Fang Xingjian shook his head and started to experiment the next step, converting his lifespan into power.

He had already attained perfection in the area of physical particles, while mastery of skills was the thing he needed the least at the moment. Furthermore, his body's toughness had already reached level 29, which was the maximum a Conferred Knight could reach.

This meant that the only thing he could convert his lifespan into was specialty seeds.

However, it was a pity that, according to the records in the Book of the Way, in order to instantly condense a complete specialty seed at the price of one's lifespan, it would take over one month's worth of the person's lifespan. It was really not worth it.

All in all, Fang Xingjian was left with less than three years of his life left. He would die just from condensing several tens of specialty seeds.

'But something is better than nothing. I'll just give it a brief attempt. At the very least, it'll give me another option in critical situations.'

By this time, Fang Xingjian was already feeling disappointed in the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way. It was a good martial technique, but it was a pity that this martial technique was useless for him.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian started to circulate the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way. A profound aura of lifespan, time, degeneration, and new life spreaded throughout his entire body. Then he felt as if something was being drawn from void space, gathering in his body, and starting to help him condense specialty seeds.

However, Fang Xingjian stopped just after having condensed one-thousandth of a specialty seed. He was only trying it out, not really planning to use his lifespan to exchange for power.

However, at the next moment, Fang Xingjian's eyes opened abruptly. Three-feet of sword light burst forth from his eyes which were filled with disbelief.

'To think that my lifespan has not reduced in the least?'

What he first felt was not pleasant surprise. Rather, he was dumbstruck with amazement.

This was as if someone had spoken softly next to his ears, "The agreement is for you to die, and it's for you to die three years later. It won't do to have an additional second more or less."

At this moment, Fang Xingjian suddenly understood that the matter concerning his lifespan was no longer something that was just about lifespan and life. Instead, it had been escalated to the degree of the cause and effect of events in his life.

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Chapter 540: Internal and External

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It could be said that even when Fang Xingjian managed to kill Li Shuanghua and even when he engaged in an intense battle against the First Prince... even considering all the difficulties he had encountered and the many enemies he had made... Fang Xingjian had yet to show such a dazed expression.

While Fang Xingjian seemed to be in a daze, Wang Xiaoyan sensed the series of changes to his aura and could not help but ask, "You've managed to pick up the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way? Is that really the case? Have you really learned it?"

Fang Xingjian exhaled slowly, planning to first set aside the matters concerning his lifespan. If he could really freely draw out his lifespan to condense specialty seeds, it would be a good thing, at least for now.

With a flash, Fang Xingjian had already flown out and had gone 1,000 meters high up in the air. He did not wish for the others to witness his following actions.

After rising in the air, Fang Xingjian once again fully circulated the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way. This time around, pitter-patter sounds rang in his mind. Fang Xingjian could sense that something in the void space seemed to be flaring up fiercely, as if a large amount of water had just been added into a pot of boiling oil. As splattering sounds exploded in his body, a terrifying power that was hard to describe and hard to detect suddenly entered Fang Xingjian's body.

With a soft boom a specialty seed instantly condensed on Fang Xingjian's arm. However, this was just the beginning. As the substance in the void space which represented one's lifespan burned increasingly intensely, a series of bang bang bang bang explosive sounds flashed across Fang Xingjian's body. Each sound of explosion represented a specialty seed having been condensed.

Fang Xingjian stayed up in the air just like that, cultivating for one day and one night. As his lifespan continued to burn up wildly, the number of specialty seeds Fang Xingjian had was also rapidly increasing.

His endless hard work in cultivation for the past few months had only allowed him to bring up the number of specialty seeds he had to 402. However, in such a short period of time, through burning his lifespan, the number of specialty seeds he had immediately grew to become 600... 800... 1,000... 1,200...

With a tremendous boom , the aura of a total of 1,440 specialty seeds surged from Fang Xingjian's body. The power, which was like a great gushing river, was seething intensely within him.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian sensed that each bit of his muscle fibre, and each piece of fascia seemed to have the power to crush mountains and seas, as well as to overturn rivers and oceans.

He had attained the third tier of perfection in specialty seeds!

However, everything was not over yet. In the space around Fang Xingjian, streams of aura started to soar. Having completed all the internal specialties, Fang Xingjian once again tried to condense his external specialties.

The internal specialty seeds were inside his body, while the external specialty seeds were condensed in the void space around his body. They did not represent physical abilities, but various special specialties like the Darkness Sword Sense and Unparalleled Sword Intent.

As Fang Xingjian continued burning up the power of his lifespan to condense external specialties, the entire sky was filled with strong tornadoes, roaring thunders and lightning bolts. His entire body curled up, as if some kind of world-astonishing sacred infant was about to be hatched.

Streams and streams of aura started rising around Fang Xingjian as external speciality seeds were being condensed by his lifespan, one after another.

1,000 streams... 2,000 streams... 3,000 streams...

Seven days and seven nights passed by. Fang Xingjian was like an irresistible force with no hints of hesitation. He continued cultivating high up in the air, and the aura of 9,270 external specialty seeds suddenly rose. At this moment, Fang Xingjian had reached double perfection in both his internal and external specialty seeds.

Waves of extremely terrifying physical strength flowed through Fang Xingjian's limbs and he slowly relaxed his curled-up body. He felt great energy surging inside him, as if he was filled with boundless power. His mind was extremely focused and all sorts of magnetism, radiations, and light, as well as various kinds of power were being engulfed by his physical body. All attacks, regardless of whether they were of high or low temperatures, acidic or alkaline... They were no longer able to harm his body in the least.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian truly sensed that his physical strength had reached a new extreme. From there, unless he were to attain a breakthrough to the Divine level, his physical strength would not be able to increase any further, no matter how hard he trained.

Having 1,440 internal specialties, 9,270 external specialties, and 1.08 billion physical particles... Fang Xingjian's physical strength had been unleashed at its maximum.

He casually threw out a punch and sword force gushed forth, pushing the air currents and forming a sword Qi that was several kilometers long and over 1,000 meters wide. It instantly broke through several cloud layers and continued charging into outer space.

This single stream of sword Qi alone could destroy the Sunset Fortress under his feet. This was how powerful Fang Xingjian's physical strength had become.

Tyrant was extremely astonished as well. He thought, 'What a terrifying martial technique! There has been no one in history capable of achieving perfection in both internal and external specialties. This kind of physical strength is far too terrifying. Even a first tier Divine level expert may not have such physical power and the power from their materialized will may not be that terrifying.

'But right now, putting aside the enhancement from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, Fang Xingjian's own physical power is already extremely close to the level of Divine level experts. It's just that he hasn't gotten the ability to materialize his will yet. If it's just a comparison of physical power, he has already surpassed most tier one Divine level experts.

'When he will strive to attain the Divine level in the future, how powerful would the will converted from such a terrifying physical body be?'

Fang Xingjian exhaled and a stream of foggy breath turned into a ray of white light. It swept over the ground into the distance, just like sword light, and with a loud rumble , it blasted a huge crater with an area of several hundred square meters.

Just an exhale, which then had condensed enough to seem like white light and which had then shot out over a distance of more than 1,000 meters, and it already had a prowess like that of an explosive.

How powerful was his exhale? How powerful were the abilities of his internal organs? And how great was his physical strength?

'Excellent. After I've return to Great Western Region and complete the tenth level of the mystical prints, I'll attempt to attain the level of brain regeneration.

'Once I succeed in brain regeneration and achieve four tiers of perfection, most tier one Divine level experts will not be a match for me. I'll then head to obtain the Panwu Heavenly Raiment. I won't need to be worried that people will take the opportunity to catch me off guard.'

While Fang Xingjian was cultivating the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way, spending eight days and eight nights trying to attain perfection in his specialties, Robert's collection of the materials for the mystical prints had already reached the final phase.

Robert 1 came to the door of a training room and when the door opened, two men could be seen floating in midair. Many prints that appeared to be mysterious, strange, and endlessly profound kept flashing on their bodies.

Concurrently, each piece of their flesh seemed to be breaking and regenerating incessantly. Especially their brains, which also suffered the same process.

The two of them were Governor Devitt and Head of Department James, who had been cultivating the five levels of mystical prints over the past few days. With that, they had managed to attain a breakthrough to the level of brain regeneration.

The two of them were rare talents to begin with, but they simply had not came across many fortunate encounters and had not had a sufficient accumulation of experience and power. As such, they had not been able to attain the first tier of perfection.

However, they had several years or even decades worth of experience in the regeneration of their physical bodies. And with the five levels of mystical prints, they instantly attained a breakthrough to the first tier of perfection in their brain regeneration. They had now reached the level of a Demigod.

Head of Department James laughed out loud and said, "Excellent. The prowess of these mystical prints is truly terrifying. I sense that my intelligence, memory, and talent have all undergone a qualitative change. It won't be long before I attain perfection in my body's toughness, becoming a Demigod with two tiers of perfection."

Governor Devitt looked at Robert and asked, "What's wrong, Robert? What matters have brought you over?"

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Chapter 541: Collecting

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Robert did not say anything and just handed over a document. Governor Devitt was stunned for a moment. After scanning through it with his Heaven's Perception, he said with raised brows, "Ways to condense 1,440 specialty seeds? Where did you get this from? Although the Second Prince has the legacies from the royal clan, he isn't able to share them with us due to the restrictions of the regulations. If this document were to be leaked out, it will probably be able to buy an entire Regional Academy."

Looking at the document in his hand, Governor Devitt was slightly agitated as well. He already had up to the fifth level of the mystical prints and the effects of the world's metamorphosis. Now, with the methods to condense 1,440 specialty seeds, he had the confidence to strive toward attaining for the Divine level within a few years time.

Hearing Governor Devitt's question, Robert said while smiling, "This is what Xingjian has collected from various factions in the Great Western Region."

Head of Department James said, smiling, "He really has it all planned out. But for you to be giving this to us directly, you probably have something to ask of us?"

Robert said, "That's right. There's one more thing that I'll have to trouble the two of you with."

James said, "Oh? What is it about? If we can help, we'll definitely help." The assistance from the mystical prints had really made him and Devitt feel exhilarated. This was especially the case for James, whose lifespan was almost up. However, with the help of mystical prints, he might be able to succeed in reaching the Divine level and live for many more years. As such, he owed Fang Xingjian a great debt.

Robert said, "There are still a few crucial items missing from the list of ingredients we're helping Xingjian to collect. These items are in the hands of some powerful people, and although we've offered a high price, they're still unwilling to part with the items.

"These are all very rare ingredients, and they involve quite a number of experts. Lilia, Anderson, and Zhou Xingwen have already set off, but there are still two more places which we have no means to deal with."

Robert had been tasked to help Fang Xingjian collect the ingredients for the tenth level of the mystical prints. However, the ingredients required for this level were far too rare. Some of them were even family heirlooms or treasures of sects. How could the ingredients possibly be brought out so easily?

As such, they would need to pay them a trip personally, making use of both their martial prowess and money.

James smiled, nodding. "I understand. Devitt, let's make a trip down personally."

As Fang Xingjian was in the process of collecting the ingredients for the final level of the mystical prints and the final few rare ingredients had appeared, the experts under Fang Xingjian all made their move. However, their actions had also started to bring about more ripples in the chaotic world.

In Beize Region 1 's Xuanming School.

With a tremendous rumble , a figure crashed into a wall, causing it to collapse and bury the person under the bricks.

In the courtyard, Anderson looked at the over 100 disciples of the Xuanming School, who had surrounded him. Anderson spoke nonchalantly, "As per the agreement, I've defeated the head of your school. Your school's prized Xuanming Treasured Sword is mine now.

"Of course, although I have use for a material in your Xuanming Treasured Sword, I won't take it away just like that."

Saying that, Anderson took out stacks of notes and said, "There's three million gold here. It's enough to buy 30 Xuanming Schools. Take it that I'm buying your Xuanming Treasured Sword."

After Anderson said this, countless disciples turned their gaze toward that three million gold, with a lot of their hostility dissipated.

In an extremely humid forest in the Southern Flame Region.

Lilia moved through the forest like a gust of breeze. Streams of air currents encompassed her body, and she was like a swallow flying freely and darting through the forest at rapid speed. However, not a single speck of dust got onto her body.

Moreover, she was still carrying a huge box on her back which looked as if it weighed several hundred jin. Despite this, her movement was not affected in the least.

Lilia continued on until she arrived at a campsite. The moment she appeared, several tens of warriors came up and surrounded her. A burly looking man whose face was covered in tattoos smiled and said, "What a pretty young lady. Why have you thought of coming to our place?"

Lilia spoke nonchalantly, "Are you the people of the Bloody Claw Tribe? I want the head of the Blood Clamor Beast which you use as sacrificial offerings. Name your price."

After half an hour of explosions, fire, tremors, and astonished cries, the entire Bloody Claw Tribe sunk into a state of chaos. The entire place was filled with broken trees, overturned houses, and crying people.

Lilia walked out directly, carrying a huge bone of a beast. Behind her, an entire box of gold was left on the ground.

Countless warriors from the tribe started snatching the gold, no longer paying any heed to the beast bone which they had previously used as a sacrificial offering.

On the grass plains at the borders of the Beize Region, a myriad of beasts were running amok as countless ferocious beasts fled for their lives in waves while crying out.

Behind them, Governor Devitt stood quietly in midair as several hundred ice dragons chased the countless ferocious beasts.

Meanwhile, Devitt's consciousness continued to receive light and sound waves, as if searching for something.

Finally, his eyes narrowed as he looked toward a leopard that was over ten kilometers away. "I've found you, Transmuting Luiz."

In that instant, several hundred ice dragons pursued that leopard, and thunderous sounds of explosions rang out.

"Luiz, you won't be able to escape. Handover the Crimson Blood Stone which you've stolen."

In a pitch-black and dried-up forest on the white snow plains in the Northern Ice Region.

Above steep cliffs and precipices, two people, one young and one old, were engaged in a battle.

The old man was wearing white clothes and had a slightly arching back, presenting an extremely revered look like that of an immortal. He gave off an elusive and illusory feeling.

The young man, on the other hand, appeared to be energized and valiant, attacking the old man incessantly like a young leopard.

He went in with his attacks from the left and the right, moving about close to the cliffs. His pair of fists were like numerous meteors, cutting across the air with many gleams of light. They formed a meteor shower as they attacked the old man ceaselessly.

However, no matter how fiercely the young man attacked, his attacks were all casually fended off by the old man. After half an hour of attacking and defending, the old man pushed the young man to the side and said, "Alright, let's take a break."

"Phew," the young man exhaled. Then puffs of white air currents immediately appeared next to his mouth. It clearly showed just how low the temperature was at the cliffs and precipices.

The young man said, "Master, when can I go through my second transition? I've stayed at level 19 for the past three years."

The old man shook his head and said, "Have you been provoked by some news?"

"Hehe," the young man scratched his head and said, "Now, everyone across the Empire is saying that there's one sword, one fist, one saber, and one first. The one sword is referring to Fang Xingjian, the one saber is referring to Dongfang Ling, and the one fist is referring to Fifth Prince, Cuité Krieg. They are said to be the three people with the greatest talent, young geniuses who have the greatest possibility of attaining the Divine level.

"They are about the same age as me. I wish to be able to catch up to them soon and have a spar with them."

"I can understand how you're young and hot-blooded" the old man said, "But it's all the more because of this that you must accumulate more strength. There are many Knights who don't understand the theory of how good preparation is the key to success. All of them are in a rush to attain a breakthrough to the second transition without knowing that after the second transition, they would lose their potential. This is especially the case when in this world, there are more temptations and less threats. This will prevent one from being able to focus on training up his will."

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Chapter 542: Sea Demon Shield

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The elderly man pointed to the cliffs before them and said, "It's just like the steep cliffs before us. Right now, you can use it to temper your will. But after you've completed the second transition, you won't die even if you fall off the cliff. What good would it do then?

"Right now, what you must do is to continue to accumulate your strength while you're at level 19, focusing fully on tempering your martial will. Although you're only at level 19 now, you attained perfection in your Heaven's Perception a long time ago, and your martial will isn't weaker than most level 29 Knights.

"What I want is for you to continue accumulating your power. Then after you've completed your second transition, you'll be able to attain a breakthrough to level 29 within a short period of time. After that, you'll continue on the momentum to attain a breakthrough to become a Demigod with two tiers, or even three or four tiers of perfection. This is even more beneficial for your future path of cultivation.

"As for Dongfang Ling, Fang Xingjian, and the Fifth Prince, don't think that they're amazing just because they became Demigods with great ease. Their paths started off easy but were later plagued with difficulties. When one's cultivation reaches their level, it's too hard to temper their martial will then.

"As for you, it'll be tough at first but easy at the later phase. After you've completed the second transition, you'll only take one to two months to be able to fully surpass them."

"Master, is that true?"

"Of course. Don't compare yourself to Fang Xingjian, Dongfang Ling, and the Fifth Prince. There are countless geniuses in history who became Demigods within a short period of time by relying on their talents. Your goal in the future is to at least reach the Divine level and leave your name behind in history."

The elderly man said affirmatively, "In the path of martial arts, one's will is the most important. The more powerful your abilities are, the harder it is to temper your will. As a result, your power will become weaker. The world is full of challenges that can constantly temper your will and help you build an extremely sturdy foundation."

"You've said it well."

Just as the elderly man was preaching to the young man, Head of Department James walked out slowly, looked at the two of them, and said, "In the path of martial arts, one's will is the most important. The more powerful your abilities are, the harder it is to temper your will. What you've said shows your unique and original understanding toward the physical body and the martial will."

The elderly man threw a glance toward James and said nonchalantly, "You've been hiding at the side for long enough. Who are you? Why are you finding trouble with us who are just two insignificant people?"

"You're no insignificant person." James smiled. "Ten years ago, the Ardor Might held control over the river transportation in the entire Northern Ice Region, and their leader, Wang Huan, was known as the Black Dragon King. He was a powerful level 29 warrior.

"However, the Black Dragon King was later defeated by the Fist Emperor, and the Ardor Might was also taken over by the Great River Alliance. The Black Dragon King disappeared completely, but it's said that he keeps himself hidden with a large amount of the wealth belonging to the Ardor Might. It's also said that he's secretly nurturing a disciple, preparing to seek revenge on the Great River Alliance."

The Fist Emperor was one of the top ten Divine level experts in the world, and the Great River Alliance was the faction he had founded, which held complete control over the 72 waterways.

The Fifth Prince had once said that he had become sworn brothers with the Fist Emperor, causing everyone to be greatly astonished.

Upon hearing James' words, the elderly man's eyes were filled with hints of seething killing aura. "Who are you?"

"The Great Western Region's James," James said calmly. "Back then, the Ardor Might possessed medicinal powder ground from the legendary Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines right? Give it to me, and I won't come bother you anymore.

"I know that you're not short of money either, but I'm still willing to fork out one million gold to purchase it."

"If you want the medicinal powder of the Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines, then let's fight it out first."

Violent heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces extended out from the body of the elderly man who was the Black Dragon King, displaying the powers he had as a Demigod with one tier of perfection.

At the next moment, two figures clashed fiercely. The mountains and rivers broke down, and the world shattered. The young man, who was standing by the side, cried out in astonishment as he retreated like he was facing natural disasters.

From the young man's perspective, the place was filled with shattered pieces of mountains, crushed ice and snow, as well as violent gales. It did not seem like a spar between two people. All he saw was merely the descent of endless disasters.

However, at the next instant, a cry was heard from the tempest.

"Where did you get a Divine Remains Equipment?!"

"Hmph, what do you think I've been doing for the past ten years? I expended all my efforts, used whatever the Ardor Might had back then, and combed through the world in order to source for materials. I did all these just for the sake of repairing this Sea Demon Shield.

"Even the Fist Emperor himself won't be able to break through this Sea Demon Shield without putting in some effort. Die!"

When the Black Dragon King was young, he had been just an ordinary fisherman. Then one day, he had accidentally gone down to the bottom of the sea and found a piece of broken Divine Remains Equipment. From it, he comprehended a set of Nurturing technique, Training technique, and Killing technique. It had been only from there that the Black Dragon King, who founded the Ardor Might, came to be.

After founding the Ardor Might, the Black Dragon King had tried whatever he could to repair the Sea Demon Shield. However, before he could succeed in doing this, he had been defeated by the Fist Emperor, wasting all of his efforts.

For the past few years, he had expended all of the wealth he had accumulated, gone around in search of the necessary ingredients, and devoted a lot of effort to this task. Then finally, he had managed to repair the shield.

His goal was to nurture his disciple to become a Demigod with four tiers of perfection, or even to the Divine level. He would then get his disciple to defeat the Fist Emperor on his behalf while using the Sea Demon Shield. After that, they would rebuild the Ardor Might.

There was another deafening sound, and the entire world fell silent. However, the young man felt as if a series of black shadows had flashed past his eyes. It was James' silhouette.

At the next instant, another wave of power encompassed him. Following this, lights and shadows kept on flashing. Then the young man was grabbed by someone who was dashing at a rapid speed.

'Thinking of leaving? I shall seize you and offer you to the First Prince in order to join him. This will be a good way to silence you, in case you leak out news about me.

'Hmph, the First Prince wishes to take in all the factions in the world and will definitely not let the Great River Alliance and the Fist Emperor off. I'll join his camp and wipe out the Great River Alliance completely through the hands of the royal family.'

In the sky, a series of thoughts flashed through rapidly in the Black Dragon King's mind as both he and his disciple were encompassed by a wave of light that was of an ocean blue color. Behind his back, there was a flashing phantom image of a monster that was roaring ceaselessly.

Almost without any hesitation, he turned into a meteor, giving chase after James.

At this time, Fang Xingjian had already returned to the Great Western City.

The moment he arrived, he went to look for Robert, who had been tasked to gather the ingredients for the mystical prints.

"How is it? Are all the ingredients in?"

Robert replied, "Xingjian, I asked for help from Anderson, Lilia, Zhou Xingwen, as well as Lord Devitt and Lord James to help me gather some precious ingredients.

"Other than Lord James, the others have already returned.

"However, even if Lord James brings back the item, we're still short of one more thing."

Fang Xingjian frowned and asked, "Short of one more? What is it?" Fang Xingjian needed the tenth level of the mystical prints to help him strive and reach the level of brain regeneration.

The requirement for one to reach the level of brain regeneration was to have an extremely powerful will that could exist outside one's physical body. It would have to be a will that could still continue to think even after the person was dead.

The second thing was that it required one to have a deep grasp and understanding of the brain.

Fang Xingjian could be considered to have just barely managed to achieve these. However, brain regeneration was a life or death matter. Therefore, he still hoped that he could first get his hands on the tenth level of the mystical prints and then make the attempt to achieve this when he felt more confident.

After all, even if his lifespan would not diminish, if he were to damage his brain in his attempt to achieve brain regeneration and thereby becoming an idiot for his remaining three years in life, he would be better off dead.

Fang Xingjian was very confident and clear that his lifespan of three years would not change. Therefore, he would not die so easily. However, it was still possible for him to be crippled, confined, or sealed. Therefore, he would not do things recklessly.

Robert replied, "We're still short of the Origin Essence Stone."

The Origin Essence Stone was a unique mineral of the legends. It looked just like a ruby, and it possessed the power to store the consciousness of any person.

Fang Xingjian looked at Robert and said, "Is it that it can't be found or that you aren't able to get your hands on it?"

"It is a prized treasure that is capable of storing the human consciousness, allowing it to live even in the absence of a physical body. There's no need for me to explain how valuable it is," Robert said, smiling bitterly. "I can't find one that is without an owner. As for those with an owner, there's one in the City of Universal Truth, and the Imperial Capital should have one as well. There's also the legendary Terrene Shrine... It's said that they have an extremely huge piece of Origin Essence Stone which is the sect's prized possession, and it has amassed the intelligence of all the past leaders in their history.

"As for the other people... They probably did whatever they could to hide it after getting their hands on one. They won't let the news leak even after a few decades or a few centuries."

"We'll carry on later."

Just then, Fang Xingjian stopped Robert and stood up, looking toward the sky. "Someone is coming... Hmm? They're quite fast. Demigod experts?"

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Chapter 543: World Annihilation Tide

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James and the Black Dragon King were in the sky as one person escaped and the other pursued. Both parties were Demigods with one tier of perfection. James' perfection was in his brain regeneration, while for the Black Dragon King, it was his body's toughness. Neither party specialized in strength, and their speeds were about the same during the pursuit.

James unleashed his full power, tapping into the earth's geomagnetic force. He moved at a rapid speed like he was totally unaffected by gravity.

On the other hand, the Black Dragon King seemed like he had truly become the legendary Dragon King. Wherever he passed by, there were raging storms, and as he moved, he was accompanied by strong gales and lightning. As he gave chase, he sent out many violent tornadoes and lightning bolts out toward James.

"Are you able to escape?"

Wind Dragon Roar!

The Black Dragon King reached out his hand, and a tornado started to surround him. Then at the next moment as his fist punched out, the gushing power slashed out toward James at a speed of over 1,000 meters per second.

James let out a cold laughed, turned, and returned a punch. His punch instantly turned into a wave of darkness.

It was majestic… extremely majestic. It was also heavy, extremely heavy.

James' punch was as if a planet had descended from the skies, carrying with it a power that was extremely heavy and immensely majestic. This was the killing move—Meteor Strike—James had comprehended from the Melancholic Monarch's martial arts after having observed the Pantheon Monument for many years.

With the strike of a single punch, there seemed to be no light coming from the sun or the moon. The impact from the punch pressed out toward the Black Dragon King's Phoenix-Dragon Howl.

Bang! Air currents dissipated, and the heavy punching force disappeared as well.

The Black Dragon King asked, "You're finally not fleeing anymore?"

"Flee? This is the Great Western Region. You're the one who should be fleeing," James said, letting out a snort. "I'm only trying to buy your Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines from you. Is there a need for you to chase me all the way from the Beize Region?"

"Who in the world wouldn't want to get their hands on a Divine Remains Weapon?" The Black Dragon King asked. "Now that I've revealed it, will you people not harbor any thoughts about it? And even if that's the case, if this news leaks out, won't I end up becoming the common enemy of everyone in the world? Everyone will come and attempt to snatch my Sea Demon Shield.

"But that's fine. I'll kill you today and bring your corpse with me to join the First Prince."

"The Black Dragon King is truly vicious. However, that Sea Demon Shield of yours is still not enough to kill me." As he spoke, James' fists turned into a myriad of stacking layers of fist shadows, forming an attack toward the Black Dragon King.

Kingly Meteor Punch!

With this attack, the gravity within the area of a 1,000-meter range seemed to become chaotic. Each punch that James launched out carried a violent gravitational wave. Wherever the punches passes by, the thunderstorm which was controlled by the Black Dragon King was crushed. Countless gravitational waves stacked up and merged together, and then finally turning into a surge of avalanching fist force that gushed out toward the Black Dragon King.

Streams of gravitational waves stacked up together, and at this moment, it was like the Black Dragon King was in a space that was 100,000 meters under the sea. However, his expression remained calm as it was just due to the Sea Demon Shield turning into an ocean blue color and encompassing him.

"It's useless. My Sea Demon Shield is a Divine Remains Equipment that was specially used by a Divine level expert to protect himself. It was forged from the endless amounts of water vapor from the sea, and each released drop can drown an entire city. No matter how powerful you are, are you able to bring any impact to an entire ocean?"

Amidst his maniacal laughter, the Black Dragon King charged out toward James' attacks. He did not defend at all and only attacked. Surges of violent power broke out between the two of them, but James' attacks were completely ineffective. As a result, James soon came to be at a disadvantageous position.

Just as James was pushed to a disadvantageous position, a wave of violent sword Qi shot out from the west. A white sword Qi that was over ten kilometers in length and three to four kilometers in width cut across the air like the Milky Way. It split the thunderstorm, that the Black Dragon King was controlling, into two. Then it struck the Black Dragon King's body with a boom .

The ocean blue glow that represented the Sea Demon Shield started to tremble wildly, sending out endless ripples. It was as if it was going to break down at any moment.

The terrifying sword Qi brushed past the Black Dragon King. Then a portion of it shot out into the air, tearing through the clouds, while another portion of it landed on the ground, completely wiping out the peak of a mountain.

It was only after a whole minute passed by that the sword Qi, which was over ten kilometers in length, completely dissipated. The entire sky was completely cleaned out. The thunderstorm disappeared, and sunlight shone down once again.

Looking at the ground that had been heavily scarred by countless sword marks, the Black Dragon King's eyes still had lingering fear in them. If it had not been for the Sea Demon Shield, he would have died from the earlier attack.

He lifted his head to take a look and saw that, unbeknownst to him, Fang Xingjian was already standing next to James. The Black Dragon King asked, "Who are you?"

Fang Xingjian did not pay him any heed. Instead, he just looked at James and asked, "Teacher, are you alright?"

"It's nothing. It's just that I'm old and useless now." James smiled bitterly, waving his hand.

Fang Xingjian smiled. "You've at least managed to lure him here. Leave the rest to me." Fang Xingjian then lifted his head and looked at the Black Dragon King while saying "I'm Fang Xingjian. You're the Black Dragon King, right? My teacher went to look for you to buy the Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines. Why are you chasing and wanting to kill him?"

"You're Fang Xingjian?" The eyes of both the Black Dragon King and his disciple were filled with looks of astonishment. From that powerful attack, the Black Dragon King had even thought that Fang Xingjian was actually the Second Prince.

"You've come at a good time. The two of you can die together." The Black Dragon King sneered and launched out both his fists, performing the Wind Thunder Roar. In that instant, violent gales blew and lightning bolts struck, bringing about a will gushing forth with an impact of howling mountains and seething seas.

A thunderstorm was brought forth once again. This time around, it was even more terrifying than the one before. Dark clouds seemed to be covering the entire Great Western Region at an astonishing speed.

The heavy rain seemed as if it was going to turn the ground under their feet into a vast ocean.

The Killing technique which the Black Dragon King had inherited—the Tsunami Massacre—was one with the concept that everything in the world came from the ocean and would eventually return to the ocean.

Having seen Fang Xingjian's earlier display of prowess, the Black Dragon King did not dare to hold back and went all out the moment he made his move.

"All life in the world originates from the ocean, and the entire world will eventually be swallowed by the ocean in the end. All life will eventually return to the ocean.

"Take this! World Annihilation Tide!"

Endless amounts of water vapor condensed together, turning into a missile made purely out of water and shooting out toward Fang Xingjian.

It was as if water had replaced the air, turning into a water missile. Once it exploded, the water would gush out at a speed of several thousand meters per hour. The shock waves formed from the impact of the water would have a prowess that was over 100 times stronger than any missile.

As if depicting a scene that all lives come from the ocean and would eventually return to the ocean, this attack could pull anyone into the vastness of the ocean.

Moreover, this attack was unleashed at full power, and thus had enough prowess to drown the area within 100 li into a lake.

In fact, the highest level of this move pursued the ability to drown the entire world with a single strike. Using one's heart to replace the heaven's core, it would bring an evolution to the world and engulf the mortal world.

Faced with the Black Dragon King's full-powered strike, Fang Xingjian clenched his fist fiercely, and the air seemed to start trembling. No... the air was not trembling. It was just that Fang Xingjian's action of clenching his fist had caused the space to become twisted, appearing as if the air had trembled.

With 1.08 billion physical particles, 1,440 internal specialty seeds, and 9,270 external specialty seeds...

An unprecedentedly violent physical strength seethed in Fang Xingjian's body to the extent that just the mere action of clenching his fist would cause the space to become twisted.

Then at the next moment, Fang Xingjian took a single step forward, bending his knees slightly. His punches shot out like a furious dragon, fiercely smashing into the World Annihilation Tide which was gushing toward him.

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Chapter 544: Surrender

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At this moment, it was as if the entire world had fallen silent. The light rays around Fang Xingjian's palm seemed to twist as the space twisted. His palm seemed to hold the most terrifying power in the world.

The power from his punch shattered countless physical particles directly, and the physical particles started to decay. The entire world was suddenly seething, and a piercing white light burst forth from the spot where Fang Xingjian's punch had landed.

These were the results of the astonishingly high temperature and pressure which were converted from motion energy after the collision.

The entire water sphere burst at an astonishing speed. It broke through the dark clouds, smashing through the atmosphere and gushing out in all directions.

More than one third of the water was instantly evaporated. One portion of the remaining water was smashed out of the atmospheric layer, while another portion of the water spread out in the sky above the entire Great Western Region where the rain went on for two hours.

Fang Xingjian flicked his wrist, looked at the Black Dragon King who was in a daze, and asked, "What did you say earlier?"

Swoosh! With a loud sound, the Black Dragon King darted out, and his entire mind was completely filled to the brim with Fang Xingjian's terrifying punch.

With a single punch, even space became twisted… With a single punch, physical particles exploded, producing flames and violent gales. What kind of power was this?

Moreover, when this punch was launched out, Fang Xingjian was still able to control the power with great mastery, preventing the Black Dragon King from receiving any damage. Even the water that was pouring down had merely become heavy rain, not causing any damage at all. What kind of amazing control was this?

The scarier thing was that the other party appeared to have casually sent out this punch. It had not been his full power at all.

However, the most terrifying thing was that the person who had launched out this punch was Fang Xingjian! Yet what Fang Xingjian truly excelled in was his sword arts!

'I thought that although Fang Xingjian has a great reputation, he's only a Demigod with two tiers of perfection or at best at three tiers of perfection. However, probably only a Divine level expert would be able to fend off that punch from earlier. What on earth is going on?'

Over 100 specialty seeds rose and exploded, increasing the Black Dragon King's speed to a new extreme. He no longer dared to have any further exchanges with Fang Xingjian.

However, he had only darted out a distance of ten kilometers when a sharp, blinding sword intent that was like the prick of a needle pierced into his mind.

"Stay behind."

As this voice rang out in his mind, an extremely violent power descended from the heaven. The Black Dragon King looked over and saw that everything in his vision had become twisted. All light rays had been forcibly twisted and bent by this gush of power. The entire sky seemed as if it had collapsed.

"Ahhh!"

With a maniacal bellow, another over 100 streams of specialty seeds detonated explosively throughout the Black Dragon King's body. He shone with a strong ocean blue glow, and the defense of the Sea Demon Shield was brought to an extreme in his hands.

Crashing sounds rang out, and many waves of seething sounds continued to be emitted from the surface of his body. The light shield formed from the Sea Demon Shield looked just like a large area of the sea, bringing about countless tsunamis as it surrounded the Black Dragon King.

At the next instant, a palm descended from the sky and slapped out toward the Black Dragon King. Right when the palm pressed down explosively, all the sea water and blue light broke down and disappeared. The air seemed as if it had been compressed into something physical, freezing the Black Dragon King in midair into something that was like an amber.

The palm then slapped down on the Black Dragon King, and the Sea Demon Shield turned into a ocean blue shield, blocking from in front of Fang Xingjian and unleashing great light.

An unbelievable amount of water vapor from the sea had been condensed into this one shield, and as Fang Xingjian's palm slapped down, layers and layers of Waves rippled out. Fang Xingjian felt as if he had slapped his palm down onto the sea. Although the tsunami seethed violently, the sea itself was unaffected.

"What a good shield." Fang Xingjian let out a long whistle. "If you can receive up to another three punches from me, I'll let you off."

The Black Dragon King looked at the Sea Demon Shield, which was trembling violently, with a pale expression. He could sense that after Fang Xingjian punched out earlier, he had lost control of over 10% of the water vapor which had returned to the world. This caused the area within 100 li to be covered in dark clouds, and the dense water vapor could make one choke from just inhaling a single breath.

Although the immensely powerful strike could not break the sea, it could hit the water vapor in it, splashing it into the air and into the cloud layers.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian put his fists together and raised them up high. The auras from the 1,4409,270 specialty seeds throughout his body burst forth violently, and the 1.08 billion physical particles unleashed a great amount of light. Fang Xingjian appeared to be just like a man of fire.

'What is going on? Why are there so many specialty seeds auras?!'

Sensing the situation coming from Fang Xingjian's body, the Black Dragon King was in a complete daze.

At the next moment, a gush of power that was like the explosion of a nuclear missile burst forth from Fang Xingjian's body. Fang Xingjian clenched his fists tightly and smashed them down violently. Everywhere his fists passed by, all the air became compressed, creating friction as they brushed against each other, heated up, and eventually turned into plasma flames.

His two fists were like colorful flames that had burned up. With his two fists as the center, terrifying shock waves, radiations, and burning flames scattered out wildly. These were merely the repercussions produced when his fists travelled in the air.

When Fang Xingjian's fists really smashed down, the Sea Demon Shield let out a piercing scream and sunk crazily. Just like a leaking reservoir, water vapor spread out into the air, covering the entire sky with darkness.

The plasma flames, which had been formed from when Fang Xingjian's fists passed by in the air, unleashed a series of thunder and lightning as they burned in the water vapor.

"What a great feeling!"

Fang Xingjian let out a loud laugh. This was the first time he had unleashed his power with no inhibitions at all after attaining perfection in his specialty seeds and bringing his physical body to great heights.

Only a Divine Remains Equipment like the Sea Demon Shield, which specialized in defense, could allow him to unleash his power without such inhibitions, displaying endless prowess.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian exerted force in his two legs, and the space went through a series of tremors and twists as he dashed up over 10,000 meters into the air. He then raised his fist high up once again, activating all of his muscles. He brought about explosive strong gales, causing the atmosphere to cry out and bringing about a scale 8 tornado.

Fang Xingjian then dashed down fiercely. Everywhere he passed by, the air exploded from his stomps and thunders rumbled incessantly. Just as he was about to punch the Sea Demon Shield, a powerful will came gushing toward him.

"Surrender!!

"I surrender!!!!!"

With a loud boom , Fang Xingjian's fist brushed past the Black Dragon King's body, punching into the air instead. Then the air turned it into a plasma state and into a stream of crimson colored particles, blasting toward the ground.

A large amount of soil was vaporized, and the earth trembled like rippling water. The Black Dragon King looked over with eyes agape, only to find a pitch-black bottomless hole with a diameter of several hundred meters appearing on the ground.

He gulped and said, "I'm willing to offer up my Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines. The only thing I ask in exchange is for Lord Fang Xingjian to spare my life."

"Mmm," Fang Xingjian murmured indifferently.

When the Black Dragon King saw the seemingly unsatisfied gaze in Fang Xingjian's eyes, he let out a sigh, 'Who on earth is this Fang Xingjian? He would be able to forcefully take on Divine level experts with just this terrifying physical body alone.

'To think that I thought that after reinstating the Sea Demon Shield, no one below the Divine level would be a match for me.'

"Let's go. We'll talk after we go back."

After saying this, the light around Fang Xingjian slowly dissipated. His upright-standing hair which was covered in white light also gradually went back to its original state. He slowly restrained the aura that was surging out from his body.

Looking at this scene, the Black Dragon King let out a long breath, and it was only then that he relaxed.

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Chapter 545: Number One in the World

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"Amazing!"

In Hildebrand's mind, the top scholar from the Jade Dynasty 5,000 years ago, Alba, spoke in astonishment, "This Fang Xingjian is really amazing."

"He's not only amazing, he's beyond amazing." The little girl—who claimed that if the man who was the king of the ocean, king of the sky, and king of the sea had been born 500 years later, she would be able to give him a good bashing—also said in astonishment, "For him to be able to train up his physical body to this extent without having reached the Divine level yet... What would he be like if he were to reach the Divine level one day?"

In Hildebrand's mind, the consciousness of many asked, "Grand Duke Alba, Saint Luoluo, is he really so amazing?"

That little girl was called Luoluo, and she was the Church of Universal Truth's Saint from 3,000 years ago.

As for Hildebrand who was under the control of the many consciousness, he had currently arrived at a location that was over 100 kilometers away from Fang Xingjian and the Black Dragon King.

Initially, Hildebrand and the many consciousness had been in the wilderness, searching for other people who had reincarnated. However, the impact from the battle between Fang Xingjian and the Black Dragon King had truly been too great, and thus it had attracted the gazes of the many consciousness. So, they made their way here and chanced upon the scene of Fang Xingjian launching his punches.

Just as the many consciousness were engaged in an intense discussion, Fang Xingjian and the Black Dragon King had already left at a rapid speed.

After the two of them left, another wave of experts rushed over, checked out the situation, and then departed as well.

The entire battle between Fang Xingjian and the Black Dragon King had been too fast. By the time other experts noticed the abnormality and rushed over, they were too late.

Hildebrand had only managed to witness the scene because he happened to be in the area.

However, from the beginning to the end, True Lord Qingshan, who was in a white coat, looked dazedly in the direction Fang Xingjian had disappeared. He did this while not saying a single word.

Noticing this, Grand Duke Alba and Saint Luoluo exchanged glances and asked, "True Lord Qingshan, could it be that you had managed to notice something from earlier?"

True Lord Qingshan abruptly lifted his head. The scene where Fang Xingjian's hair was upright and bursting in light and flames all over kept flashing in his mind. He shouted out loudly, "Saiyan! Super Saiyans are actually real!"

Agitation flashed in his eyes, and it was like they were bursting out with light. However, the many other consciousness could not make sense of what he had said.

Grand Duke Alba asked, "What are Super Saiyans?"

"They are the strongest warriors in the entire universe." When True Lord Qingshan spoke once again, his expression displayed great profoundness. "To think that this Fang Xingjian is actually a Super Saiyan. It's no wonder that he's so amazing. However, Z Fighters of justice, but is more like Broly 1 ."

The others still appeared to be puzzled with truckloads of questions as they watched True Lord Qingshan mumble to himself, "To think he is a Super Saiyan? So, he is actually a Super Saiyan? With how things are, I already understand what the seventh onslaught is going to be."

"Really?" Saint Luoluo asked.

"Mmm, everything probably depends on Fang Xingjian," True Lord Qingshan said. "Based on the records in JUMP 2 , Super Saiyans wander across the universe and have the habit of taking over planets and then selling them.

"They would often send their children to the planets in advance, and when the child grows up, they would take over the planet."

"You're saying..."

"That's right," True Lord Qingshan said. "For the seventh onslaught, we'll probably have to deal with the Saiyans. We must stop Fang Xingjian from taking over the entire planet!"

"Then what should we do?" Grand Duke Alba asked.

"What else?" True Lord Qingshan said seriously, "We must cultivate in a gravity chamber 3 , of course!

"We must gather more reincarnators, build a gravity chamber, and cultivate to gain power that surpasses that of Super Saiyans. We must stop their invasion!"

Elsewhere, Fang Xingjian had already arrived back in the sacred land of the Great Western Region's Regional Academy, bringing the Black Dragon King along with him. When James and the others saw the Black Dragon King following Fang Xingjian in a crestfallen state, they could not understand what had happened.

Fang Xingjian did not explain anything and said instead, "The seventh onslaught is getting closer. The other Princes and Divine level experts will probably be taking greater actions. Various experts will also appear, and in the future, the world will become more and more chaotic.

"Although I'm very powerful, I won't be able to constantly protect all of you. It's just like this time, if the Black Dragon King had not given chase all the way to the Great Western Region, things would have become troublesome.

"Therefore, I'd like to leave a sword intent on each one of you. With that, if anyone of you encounters danger, I'll be able to know immediately and provide timely support. What do you guys think?"

Anthony 4 was the first one to laugh and said, "Of course, this is a good thing. With a strong support like Xingjian, I'm the one who wants to beg you to leave a sword intent on me."

A hint of hesitation flashed in Governor Devitt's eyes. He felt a little uncomfortable with letting an expert leave a stream of martial will in his consciousness.

Moreover, Fang Xingjian had originally been just a student, but now, Fang Xingjian already had a power that surpassed his own. This made him feel uncomfortable.

Beside Devitt, James laughed out loud and walked up, saying, "Come on, Xingjian. There's no end to the path of martial arts, and the capable should be revered as teachers. Although you're younger than all of us, you're much further on this path than us.

"The news of you having defeated the Fifth Prince eight days ago will spread out very soon. By then, amongst the one sword, one saber, and one fist, you'll probably be ranked first. Or rather, amongst those below the Divine level, you'll probably be ranked first."

After all, even the First Prince has assessed you to be the number one in sword arts amongst those below the Divine level."

Fang Xingjian smiled. When the First Prince said that Fang Xingjian was number one in sword arts amongst those below the Divine level, he had not done so with good intentions.

After all, there was no number one in literature, and no number two in martial arts. Being rated as first in sword arts meant that there would only be a path of blood before him. Countless people would view Fang Xingjian as their rival just because of this assessment.

The First Prince could be said to have harbored malicious intent when he said this, wanting to attract enemies for Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian said, "Then I shan't stand on ceremony. Teacher, please don't resist."

"Come on," James said, unperturbed.

Fang Xingjian pressed one of his fingers on James' head, and an extremely fine, sharp, and pure sword intent shot out, penetrating through James' mind like a streak of lightning.

Seeing that James, who was the most senior amongst them, had shown such an attitude, Devitt and the others no longer felt that uncomfortable and took turns to let Fang Xingjian channel in his sword intent into them.

With that, if anything were to happen to any of them, Fang Xingjian would be able to sense it immediately.

"Alright, I'll accompany the Black Dragon King on another trip to get the Nine-Colored Nine-Scented Vines," James said and laughed, patting the Black Dragon King on the shoulder. "Let's go."

Simultaneously, in the desert in the Eastern Sand Region, the Fifth Prince carried the weakened Four-eyed Heavenly Winged Beast and headed toward the east, step by step. The sandstorm was blowing increasingly stronger and he could not help but ask, "How long more am I supposed to walk? You told me that if I keep heading toward the west of the desert, I'll be able to encounter an expert and receive guidance from him. Why has the person not appeared yet?"

A female voice rang out in his mind, "This is the direction from the gods. Do not doubt. Just follow it."

The Fifth Prince continued to walk on for over ten kilometers in a bad mood. Then suddenly, the sandstorm stopped. No, the sandstorm had not actually stopped. The Fifth Prince knew this because when he turned back, he saw that the sandstorm was still occurring in the area one meter behind him. It was him who had entered a domain without any sand or dust.

The Fifth Prince lifted his head and saw a man seated down, cross-legged. The man was wearing white clothes with big words written on the back.

"Number one in the world."

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Chapter 546: Disciple

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Chapter 556 Disciple

At one glance, the words, written with a powerful yet soft and flexible stroke, sent forth a gush of domineering aura. Each and every stroke seemed to contain a feeling of unrivalled and extreme loneliness.

However, what kind of person was the Fifth Prince? Having the world's best talent in fist arts and having grown up in the royal family… The Fifth Prince was a person of great talent who had experienced many things, so how could he be intimidated by these words?

Looking at the words on the person's back, the Fifth Prince sneered, "Number one in the world? What arrogance. Don't tell me that the expert who'll be giving me guidance is this guy?

"Even the previous Pope of the Church of the Universal Truth, who dominated the world for 100 years and was unrivalled without having experienced any defeats, would not dare to claim to be the number one in the world."

"The previous Pope of the Church of the Universal Truth?" Hearing that, the man in white clothes spoke with indifference. "Although he's amazing, without having reached the nine tiers of the ether particle layers, he's but a tier one Divine level expert. How can he possibly dare claim to be number one in the world?"

The Fifth Prince said nonchalantly, "Does that mean that you've already surpassed tier one of the Divine level and have passed through the Nine-Tiered Heavens?"

Hearing that, the man in white clothes smiled and shook his head. "I'm Tian Yi, the number one in the world… How can you possibly imagine what my abilities are like? The path of the Divine level is merely the path that mortals take. I've long given up on it."

"So you're just a lunatic who utters rubbish," the Fifth Prince said, laughing loudly. "But you've humiliated my cultivation path. So, even if you're a lunatic, I can't let you off."

With that, the Fifth Prince carefully placed the Four-Eyed Heavenly-Winged Beast in his arms on the ground. He patted the beast on the head and said, "Have a good rest. I'll get it settled very soon."

The Fifth Prince then clenched his fists. The vital energy and blood throughout his body started seething, and it was as if one could see gushes of breeze moving around his body.

Seeing the Fifth Prince's action, Tian Yi shook his head and sighed, "You're still pursuing the brutal force of your physical body. This is the worst cultivation method. Just from this alone, you'll never be able to reach my level."

"You're saying too much gibberish. Go and die."

As he spoke, the Fifth Prince punched out with a loud bang. Layers of fist force stacked up like many waves merging together. When the force arrived before Tian Yi, it had already turned into a white dragon-shaped force, engulfing Tian Yi entirely.

With a tremendous boom, a great wave of sand was sent up, turning into a sandstorm and gushing toward the east.

However, at the next moment, the Fifth Prince let out an astonished gasp when he saw that his force had not caused any damage in the least.

No, rather than saying that it had not caused any damage, it had actually passed through entirely.

"You..."

"I've long abandoned my physical body," Tian Yi said. "I woke up one day and suddenly realized that my martial will was far too powerful. The tremors I created had caused all the people within a range of 1,000 meters to faint.

"Therefore, I understood that my physical body had become a burden to my spirit. Having a physical body meant that I would feel tired, get hurt, and have all sorts of desires which would corrode my will. Therefore, I decided to forsake my physical body."

As he spoke, he appeared behind the Fifth Prince with a flash, giving the Fifth Prince a fright.

''How fast! I couldn't see him at all?!"

Tian Yi continued to speak, "At the beginning, without the nourishment from the body, it was very tough. It was as if my consciousness would be crushed at any moment. Therefore, I started cultivating..."

"Cultivating? How do you cultivate without a physical body?"

Tian Yi spoke with indifference, "The greatest way to cultivate is to meditate. Everything will happen in the consciousness. I gradually became accustomed to be an existence that's purely a martial will. With this, I won't be affected by any physical attacks, and my speed…"

Tian Yi flashed once again and appeared in the original spot where he had been before. Throughout the entire process, the Fifth Prince could not even tell if Tian Yi had moved at all, let alone being able to see his movements clearly.

"As an existence that's purely a martial will, my speed is already as fast as light. I'm no longer restrained by physical materials."

The Fifth Prince looked at this scene in astonishment. It could be said that throughout the entirety of history, he had not heard before that a person could still continue to exist purely as a martial will after losing their physical body... and that they would even be able to cultivate and get stronger.

At the next moment, Tian Yi once again appeared next to the Fifth Prince. He patted the Fifth Prince on the shoulder, and the latter felt a surreal touch. This showed that although the other party was purely a martial will existence, he was already able to use his martial will to affect the physical world.

It was easy to understand just thinking about it. After a person's physical body died and they continued existing purely as a martial will, they would be tempering their martial will constantly. It could be said that every moment was one of life and death, which would allow the person to endlessly stimulate their potential. How fast would the rate of progress of one's martial will be then?

However, Tian Yi was probably the only one in the entire world who could use this method with the obsessiveness of his Stalwart Eidolon Conviction.

Sensing that Tian Yi had given him a pat, the Fifth Prince unconsciously struck back with a punch. The violent force seethed but had no effect on Tian Yi's consciousness. However, this time around the Fifth Prince had gathered up his fist intent.

A malicious intent—that wanted to engulf the entire world, desiring to takeover and possess everything—attacked toward Tian Yi. However, with a light pat, Tian Yi sent it scattering like he was slapping down on black smoke.

'It's true. His martial will has been condensed into something physical and is, of course, extremely powerful. My will can't be a match for his.'

In an instant, the Fifth Prince's countenance turned grim. Tian Yi could move at light speed, and the Fifth Prince's martial attacks were ineffective on him. Moreover, Tian Yi's will was so powerful that it was a match for Divine level experts.

Even if someone like this could not be said to be the number one in the world, it was true that he had top notch abilities.

And he had offended such a person.

However, looking at the Fifth Prince's grim countenance, Tian Yi shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I don't like to kill. However, it's true that your talent isn't bad. It does make me want to give you some guidance."

"What?!" The Fifth Prince looked at Tian Yi in astonishment.

"I'm too powerful, to the extent that there's no one who's a match for me anymore." Tian Yi sighed, his face wearing an expression of loneliness. "The only one who can defeat me is myself.

"Therefore, in order to find myself some rivals, I'll need to give some guidance to some geniuses, increasing your abilities and then see if there's any chance that you people would be able to challenge me."

Enticed by this opportunity, the Fifth Prince immediately dropped down to a half-kneeling position and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master." The Fifth Prince then lowered his head and added, "But... you won't be wanting me to give up on my physical body as well, right?" He still wanted to possess all the beauties, wealth, and authority in the world. How could he possibly bear to give up on his physical body?

Tian Yi smiled and said, "My job is only to give you some guidance. As for what level you will be able to reach, it'll depend on your choice."

After saying that, Tian Yi entered the Fifth Prince's consciousness with a flash. "Hmmm? As expected, you really have good talent. You'll be able to accept my martial arts."

Soon after, countless gleams of light burst out from the Fifth Prince's eyes. "Control your breathing and focus your concentration. Sense my martial arts carefully and use it to temper your will."

At the next moment, Tian Yi controlled the Fifth Prince's hands and then reached them out toward the Four-eyed Heavenly Winged Beast that was at the side. "This beast isn't bad, and it also has the aptitude to attain the Divine level. I can train it to become stronger and then kill it to make a set of Divine Remains Armor."

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Chapter 547: Discuss

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Fang Xingjian sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at the Thunder-Permeating Spear in his hands.

Under his control, the Thunder-Permeating Spear turned into a white glow, occasionally extending out or shrinking in length, changing in a myriad of ways.

"Interesting… To think that this Thunder-Permeating Spear can convert consciousness into its unique power?"

This Thunder Permeating Spear was a Divine Remains Equipment which he had snatched from the Fifth Prince. It was the weapon which the Divine Sun Emperor, the first person who had unified all of Miracle World and then founded the Sun Dynasty, had carried around with him.

Right now, Fang Xingjian was playing around with this Divine Remains Equipment, saying as he did so, "This Divine Remains Equipment is of level 30. It seems like all Divine Remains Equipment are differentiated by their levels."

"Of course," Fang Qian, who was next to him, said "Divine Remains Equipment can hold a portion of a Divine level expert's power. So, a level 30 Divine Remains Equipment would tend to be able to hold the power of a tier one Divine level expert. It can materialize the will into physical power, but each equipment will have a different effect.

"The Thunder-Permeating Spear, for example, is able to turn into a physical light spear, and produce lightning and flames.

"That Sea Demon Shield should be able to absorb water vapor to use for defense."

"A Divine Remains Equipment of a certain level would possess the power of a Divine level expert of an equivalent level?" Fang Xingjian nodded, saying, "Then it would seem that this weapon of the Divine Sun Emperor isn't that fantastic either."

"As a standalone weapon, it isn't amazing," Tyrant said from beside Fang Xingjian. "But the Divine Sun Emperor was the first person to unify the world. When he was alive, even the Mage Association and the Church of the Universal Truth were unwilling to make war against him. How powerful does this show he was? Moreover, back then, he led humanity and went up against the second onslaught.

"This Thunder-Permeating Spear is but one of his 49 Thunder-Permeating Spears.

"Based on the association's records, back then, the Divine Sun Emperor would always carry these longspears with him. Whenever he came across enemies, with just a casual toss, all 49 longspears would shoot out in turn, and all kinds of enemies would be pierced to death immediately."

"To think that there's a total of 49 of these Thunder-Permeating Spears?" Fang Xingjian was taken by surprise, "How many Divine level experts did he have to kill for these?"

"Hehe… As the person who unified the world, how many Divine level experts do you think he would have had to kill?" Tyrant said, letting out a cold laugh. "The 49 Thunder-Permeating Spears are only made from the remains of tier one Divine level experts. It was said that he had even more amazing Divine Remains Equipment that had been forged from the remains of tier five, tier six, and even tier seven Divine level experts."

Fang Qian asked curiously, "What kind of Divine Remains Equipment were those? They weren't passed down?"

"The Grand Solar Nine Dragons Divine Sword and the Royal Solar Crimson Flames Armor were the one pair of sword and armor that let the Divine Sun Emperor be almost invincible back then." As he said that, Tyrant let out a sigh. "But it's a pity that everyone in this world will have to die one day. It's the same for this great sovereign who achieved great things in his life. Soon after his death, the Sun Dynasty fell apart. That one pair of sword and armor has been lost ever since.

"There are people who say that the sword and armor were taken by the descendants of the Divine Sun Emperor, while others say the sword and armor were hidden by the Princes back then. There are also people who say that the sword and armor were buried into the tomb together with the Divine Sun Emperor."

These secrets were in the Mage Association's records. In this world, probably only the Mage Association and the Church of Universal Truth, both having been religious sects for over ten thousand years, would have such a great understanding of this world's history.

"Alright, these are things that happened too many years ago. Let's not talk about them," Fang Xingjian said. "The reason I've called the two of you today is because I want to ask for your opinion on something."

Although Fang Qian had not appeared for all this time, she was aware of the things which Fang Xingjian had been doing all this time. She asked, "I'm guessing you want the Origin Essence Stone? The Church of the Universal Truth's influence is too great, and you'll still have to head to the City of Universal Truth. It isn't practical.

"As for the royal family, there are the three great Divine level experts, who are namely the First Prince, the Emperor, and the Abyss Lord who is the Ancient Path of Hell's Sect Master. It's impossible for you to get it from them.

"It is with the Terrene Shrine that you might be able to figure something out since you're immune to black magic."

Within a few lines, Fang Qian had listed out Fang Xingjian's plans clearly. This showed her clear understanding of the situation.

Fang Xingjian nodded, looked toward Tyrant, and said, "That's right. From these three parties, I can only choose the Terrene Shrine. Therefore, what I want to know is where on earth the Origin Essence Stone is placed, and what other experts are there in the Terrene Shrine."

Looking at Fang Xingjian's seemingly material gaze, Tyrant let out a sigh and said, "Although I've left the Terrene Shrine, and even if I can accept killing one or two of them, what you're asking is for me to help you get the Origin Essence Stone..."

"I'm not asking you to help me get it. I'm asking you to provide me with some information," Fang Xingjian said. "I'll go collect it myself. You just have to stay in Great Western City to help me oversee matters."

Tyrant spoke up hesitantly, "You don't understand the meaning behind the Origin Essence Stone. It's not easy for Mages to attain the Divine level. Thus, the leaders, experts, Elders, and many others of the Gray Mage lineage would have their consciousness stored in the Origin Essence Stone after their deaths.

"To the people from the Terrene Shrine, the Origin Essence Stone is where they'll stay after their deaths. You should understand how important this thing is to the Terrene Shrine.

"One you attempt to snatch it, they won't let this matter slide until either party perishes. I can't even begin to imagine what kind of crazy things they would do if this were to happen. You should be very clear how amazing the Gray Robed Mages' black magic is."

When Tyrant said the last line, he had looked toward Fang Qian.

Fang Qian frowned and said, "What Tyrant mentioned is also an issue. If you snatch the Origin Essence Stone from them, it'll be as if you're digging up their ancestral graves. It might even be more serious than that.

"Even if the Gray Robed Mages aren't able to do anything to you, once they use black magic without any inhibitions and call out monsters from alternate worlds which even they aren't able to control, the world will probably really be plunged into a state of chaos.

"And it's also in consideration of this that the Empire hasn't annihilated the Gray Robed Mages after so long. The Gray Robed Mages have the means to let their enemies perish together with them."

Fang Xingjian said, "I don't need the entire Origin Essence Stone. The cultivation of the tenth level of the mystical prints requires only one gram of it. I just need to chop off a little piece of it. This won't affect the usage of the Origin Essence Stone, right?"

Tyrant gave it some thought and said, "It won't affect the usage of the stone, and it won't result in the worst possible situation either. However, they'll really be all out to get you, and their ill intent toward you will be above that of the Krieg royal family."

Fang Xingjian said, "There's no other way out. However, if I have the tenth level of the mystical prints, I'll have greater confidence in attaining brain regeneration. Once I attain four tiers of perfection, I will be able to deal with the changes in the situation to come."

Tyrant sighed and said, "Other than the person from the other time who could create clones, there's also a final genius in the Terrene Shrine called the Ghost King..."

Tyrant went on to talk about about the various information concerning the Terrene Shrine.

Fang Xingjian also finally understood this organization which the Gray Robed Mages had created and of the kind of power they possessed.

Tyrant said, "There's at least one Divine level Mage in the Terrene Shrine. However, these are all things based on when I was still with them. Now that so many months have passed since the world's metamorphosis, I don't even know just how powerful the strongest person amongst them has become."

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Chapter 548: Slaves

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Due to being close to the grass plains Steel Lion Kingdom, the borders of the Beize Region would often engage in battle with the Eastern Sand Region over the years.

On the grass plains, a batch of carriages were moving in an unknown direction, and groups of slaves in tattered clothes, who had their hands bound together, were made to follow behind the carriages.

In the sky, Fang Xingjian stood in the spatial gaps, looking down at the groups below his feet.

'There's a total of two Mages. It seems that this is the Gray Robed Mages' slave-capturing team.'

Based on what Tyrant had said, the Terrene Shrine's headquarters was located on the grass plains which was the intersection between the Beize Region and the Steel Lion Kingdom. The two countries were engaged in battles throughout the year, and amidst the chaos, they captured and enslaved many commoners, soldiers, and people who had lost in battles. They also conducted various human experiments.

'The Terrene Shrine's Origin Essence Stone is located in their headquarters and is personally guarded by the Terrene Shrine's current leader, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord.

'The Origin Essence Stone has gathered the will of the Terrene Shrine's generation of experts, amassed countless experiences and secret arts. It can be said that the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord tempers his own will and strengthens his cultivation through the Origin Essence Stone everyday.

'Therefore, in order to snatch away the Origin Essence Stone, I must sneak my way in. Otherwise, if the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord detects my presence, he will hide the Origin Essence Stone, making it hard to find.

'However, the entire Terrene Shrine's headquarters is shrouded in the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord's senses. The Divine level expert's senses are like Li Shuanghua's, capable of detecting a person even if they hide within spatial gaps. Therefore, I'll need to find other methods to enter.'

Just as Fang Xingjian was tailing this slave-capturing team, a young lady in white clothes was standing on a mountain 300 meters away, watching the slave-capturing team.

The young lady had blonde hair and blue eyes. Her pair of big eyes shone like gemstones, and there seemed to be great sadness between her brows. She looked at the slave-capturing team with a sigh and said, "To think that there's such a dark side to the Empire... These human traffickers plunder at the borders everyday, turning great areas of land barren. The people are in a state of destitute. They even bring up wars between the two countries. They are really damned."

"Sally, these people truly deserve to die. Let's move in."

This blonde-haired and blue-eyed young lady was Arbitrator Sally who had previously headed to the Great Western Region to handle the matter concerning the Rebirth Sword Technique. Back then, she had said that she was going to uncover the truth behind the Rebirth Sword Technique. However, it was unknown why she had come here now.

Standing on the left and right behind Sally were two handsome young men who looked at her with loving eyes.

The one who had spoken had blue hair, a height above two meters, and a strong and muscular body.

Hearing what he said, Sally shook her head. "There's a need to be thorough in uprooting evils. Let's follow them first and see where their base is located."

Within the spatial gaps, Fang Xingjian had long walked up next to the three person and frowned. 'These three damned people.'

When he thought of this, he wanted to knock out the three of them. However, he frowned slightly and then stopped his actions. It was because he could clearly see that in the group of carriages in the distance, a Gray Robed Mage had suddenly risen in the air. He was now flying toward Sally and the others.

'Did he notice them?' Fang Xingjian gave it some thought. 'Then I might as well let the three of them get captured. At most, I can save them after I've succeeded.'

Just as Fang Xingjian decided on this plan, he saw mysterious incantations lighting up from the Gray Robed Mage's mouth. At the next moment, as a gray light burst forth, many black passageways opened up in midair. Over ten demons, with horns on their heads and bodies covered in burning flames, walked out.

The Gray Robed Mage let out a sneer and said, "The three of you are the ones who have been intercepting and killing the people from slave-capturing team on the grass plains recently, right?"

"Mage!" Sally's eyes exuded endless killing intent. "Gray Robed Mage? You guys are from the Terrene Shrine? The people from Terrene Shrine are the ones who have been capturing slaves on the grass plains?"

The Gray Robed Mage sneered, saying, "You can go and think about it in hell. Kill them."

At the next moment, the over ten demons that had come from alternate worlds soared into the sky. The black wings on their backs exuded streams of mysterious runes, and they charged out toward Sally and the other two people with violent power.

From Fang Xingjian's estimation, these ten or so demons each had the battle prowess of someone who was above level 20.

Sally had already reached level 28, and the aura of the over 600 specialty seeds soared from throughout her body. Meanwhile, the two young men next to her were also at level 28. The three of them stood together, each of them holding onto a longsword. Advancing and retreating, they quickly wiped out one demon after another.

The light sword in Sally's hand swept out, slicing out the light from the daybreak within a range of 100 meters. Five demons were instantly sliced into two. However, at the next moment, those demons each grew the other half of themselves which they had just lost, turning the five demons into ten.

"What?!" Sally gasped. The light sword in her hand turned into streams of shock waves that moved at the speed of light. However, no matter what kind of injuries the demons were inflicted with, they would recover immediately. If they were chopped into two, they would become two. If they were chopped into ten pieces, they would become ten. If they were smashed into pieces, there would then be several tens of them.

In the blink of an eye, several hundred demons surrounded the three people completely. By this time, the three of them, Sally included, no longer dared to make any more moves. It was because each time they killed a demon, more demons would be created.

"Hahahaha," the Gray Robed Mage laughed. "For you to dare spoil things for our Terrene Shrine... You're really courting death."

Soon after, a monstrous army with over 1,000 demons had completely suppressed and bound Sally and the two young men.

Looking at Sally who had been bound up, the Gray Robed Mage grinned and said, "You're quite pretty..."

He then reached out his hand toward Sally.

The two young man struggled intensely at the side. "Stop it!"

"If you dare to lay your hands on her, we'll definitely kill you!"

The Gray Robed Mage laughed out loud, saying, "Kill me? Then I shall touch her right in front of you now..."

'Scumbag.' Fang Xingjian stayed in the spatial gaps, but when he saw this scene, he sighed. 'If I need to tolerate even things like this and let my soul feel aggrieved, then what meaning is there for me to cultivate sword arts?'

Sensing a lump of furious fire lighting up in his heart, Fang Xingjian showed no signs of hesitation. He activated the Infiltrating Void Sword which instantly exploded in the Gray Robed Mage's body, slashing him up into dust.

In the same moment as when the Gray Robed Mage was killed, a forceful sword intent swept through Sally's and the other two's consciousness, causing them to fall into a daze for an moment. When they regained their senses, Fang Xingjian had already turned into the Gray Robed Mage and appeared before them.

The over 1,000 demons that had been summoned let out furious bellows like they could sense that their summoner had been killed. They were about to fly off in all directions, but all Fang Xingjian did was merely throwing a calm glance toward the over 1,000 demons.

To Sally, the demons were troublesome to deal with. However, Fang Xingjian could see through them very clearly.

It was a kind of monster that was like modeling clay. The monster put up the disguise of being over 1,000 demons, but they were actually just a single modeling clay demon. Sally had sliced them up and seen them multiply. However, they did not really multiply incessantly. It was all just a facade.

With Fang Xingjian's one glance, the over 1,000 demons were wiped out by the Infiltrating Void Sword. They were all turned into dust, and it appeared as if the summonings had been called back.

From afar, another Gray Robed Mage shouted, "Richard! How is it? Is it not settled yet?"

Looking at the trio who were wearing grim expressions, Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "It has been settled. Get the guards to bring them away." At the next moment, a gush of sword intent was channeled into their bodies, temporarily suppressing the trio's control over their physical bodies. It was the equivalent of having their cultivation temporarily crippled.

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Chapter 549: Hurrying on with the Journey

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Sally and the other two threw a fierce look at Fang Xingjian, who remained unfazed. However, after they joined the rest of the group, the eyes of another bald Gray Robed Mage, who was covered in tattoos, gleamed. He laughed and said, "This is such a pretty lass. Richard, I want to have fun with her."

Fang Xingjian frowned and directly replied, "She's mine."

"Hmmm?" The eyes of the bald man covered in tattoos narrowed, as if he had not expected that Richard, whom he would usually bully, to suddenly be so forceful. He smiled as he pat Fang Xingjian on the shoulder, revealing his pure white teeth. Each of his teeth was like a sharp tiger's fang, revealing cold gleams.

"Richard, I said that I want to have fun with her." The bald man covered in tattoos continued, "If you go and say no again, I'll twist off your head and stuff it into your stomach. We'll see how long it will take you to recover."

As he spoke, he did not seem to be worried that the other party would resist. With a snort, he turned and walked toward Sally and the others.

The guards in the surroundings had watched the development coldly. It looked like they did not dare to get involved in the fight between the two Mages.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. The way the Terrene Shrine did things was brutal and vicious, and the internal conflicts between the Mages were even more bloody and cold-blooded than what he had imagined them to be. It seemed that even if he were to pass himself off as one of the Mages, the entire circumstance still would not be a smooth sailing one.

The next moment, his two legs stepped forth like illusions, and he appeared behind the bald Mage with tattoos. He struck the bald man on the head, and at the same time sent his sword intent sweeping, making the bald Mage fall unconscious.

Fang Xingjian coldly commanded, "Carry him into the carriage." He then looked at the the surrounding guards' greedy looks as they ogled Sally just like starving wolves. He sighed and said, "Bring this woman into my carriage."

Hearing his words, the two young men immediately struggled crazily.

"You b*stard! Let go of Madam Sally!"

"You devil! Do you know that you've offended someone whom you shouldn't have? Let go of her immediately! Otherwise, your entire Terrene Shrine will be in trouble!"

Sally's countenance turned pale. The other two young men kept on cursing as they were dragged away. However, from what they had said, it seemed that Sally had some sort of amazing identity, gave her an appearance that suggested she was beautiful, mysterious, and came from a strong background.

Fang Xingjian flashed once again, giving each of the two young men a slap on the face, making them them shut up from dizziness.

Fang Xingjian then said with indifference, "Stuff their mouths with cloth. If they still holler after that, then stuff their mouths full of feces. We'll see then how they're going to continue talking."

Hearing what Fang Xingjian had said, the two young men immediately stopped bellowing. However, their gazes when looking at Fang Xingjian were filled with even more fury than before. They used their consciousness to shout out.

"You demon! Miss Sally's identity is not to be underestimated. If you were to seize her and bring her back with you, you'll be causing great trouble for your Terrene Shrine!"

"That's right! Miss Sally isn't someone you can taint! Let go of her quickly! Otherwise, even the whole of Terrene Shrine, even your leader, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, won't be able to save you!"

Sally's status seemed to be very important to them. However, from their expressions, it seemed that they still held some reservations against the Terrene Shrine, so they would not easily reveal it.

Fang Xingjian could not be bothered with them. He sent out a gush of sword intent which struck them, making them froth and then faint. He then grabbed Sally and went in the horse carriage.

The horse carriage was covered with a layer of rugs made from the hide of ferocious beasts. It felt very soft and warm. There was even incense lit on the table in the horse carriage, overpowering the stench from the various animals on the grass plains. When that fragrance entered one's body, one would even experience a floating feeling, as if one's entire body was extremely comfortable and at ease.

The moment Fang Xingjian entered the horse carriage, he laid down, closed his eyes, and continued cultivating.

Right now, out of the five tiers of perfection, the ether organs were the only thing which he still needed to cultivate. This aspect required all of one's internal organs to be able to digest and absorb ether particles. Until now, Fang Xingjian had only refined his lungs to become ether organs. In this area he had no means of hastening the process and could only modify each of the organs one by one.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian did not waste the slightest bit of time. He was cultivating almost constantly, regardless if he was walking, sitting, or lying down.

Sitting by the side, Sally's long white robe made her look even more beautiful. Her pair of well-embodied tenderness at the level of her chest was hard to conceal even through the long robe.

Putting aside other factors, Sally truly had the beauty of a fairy. It was no wonder that the two Mages and the surrounding slave traders could not help but want to eat her up alive.

It could said that for a lady like herself to have fallen into the hands of the slave-capturing team, it was as if she had been a lamb in a tiger's den. It was very dangerous.

Sally sat for a while and suddenly realized that Fang Xingjian seemed to not be doing anything. After a while, she could finally not hold it in anymore and asked, "You guys are from the Terrene Shrine, right?

"You're capturing those people for human experiments, right?"

"After putting them through long periods of torturing ,you're going to sacrifice them to your god when they're at the point where they are feeling the greatest pain and desperation.

"Don't you people feel guilty in the least?

"You've actually been protecting me all this while, right?

"I trust that you're a good person by nature. If you're willing to give up your wrong ways and turn over a new leaf..."

Fang Xingjian stepped down on Sally's face, kicking her out from the horse carriage. She tumbled off the front door, landing on the ground, covered in dirt.

"If you continue to crap anymore, I'll let all the guys here gang r*pe you."

Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, the guards in the surroundings all smiled, looking at Sally with gazes filled of desire. Now that Sally had been suppressed of her cultivation and was being looked at by so many preying gazes, it was the first time she had felt so helpless and her countenance turned pale.

After returning into the horse carriage, Sally no longer spoke another word. Fang Xingjian was happy with the tranquility, as it allowed him to focus on his cultivation.

After traveling for another day and night, they had passed by four bases, and the number of slaves in the group now exceeded 1,000.

A guard probed into the horse carriage and stared fiercely at Sally's face for a few seconds before saying, "Sir, we've collected all the slaves for this trip. Shall we head back?"

"Let's go." Fang Xingjian did not know what their process was like, but just gave a vague reply.

However, this time around, they had only traveled for one hour when Fang Xingjian abruptly opened his eyes and punched out above his head. In that instant, the entire carriage was smashed and the guards in the surrounding cried out in surprise as they retreated.

An arrow had descended from the skies, shooting out bright light and exuding a seven-colored glow. It was now in his hands as it continued to tremble and struggle.

Fang Xingjian could sense that it contained an explosive power that could blast all material things within a ten meter rage into smithereens.

Several hundred meters away, a young man was standing on the back of a Crimson Fire Dark Thunder Horse, holding onto a seven-colored longbow. He looked like a god who had descended onto the mortal world.

Just as Fang Xingjian had grabbed onto the arrow, the young man drew his bow and set his arrow again, pointing at Fang Xingjian and said, "You demon, release them quickly!"

Sally spoke out in surprise, "General Allen?"

The two young men whose mouths had been stuffed also looked in the direction of the the young man with the seven-colored longbow, their gazes filled with excitement and surprise.

Rainbow Arrow Allen was a hero from the army regiment located at the Empire's borders. He was one of the 12 Heavenly Knights under Prince Philip.

Prince Philip was the uncle of the current King, one of the Empire's ten Divine level experts, and had defended the Empire's northern borders for 20 years. He was a legendary hero.

Rainbow Arrow Allen was one of the experts amongst the 12 Heavenly Knights, a senior Conferred Knight at level 29. He was also one of Sally's suitors and ever since he had found out that Sally had gone missing, he had given chase on his horse throughout the night, finally managing to catch up to the group.

Sally said, "You'd better surrender. General Allen's Rainbow Arrow has a formidable prowess. It holds the attacks of seven different attributes. If not because he was worried that he'd hurt me, you'd have been shot to death."

Allen's appearance caused a commotion to break out amongst the group. Everyone had clearly heard his name before.

The bald man with tattoos, who had earlier been knocked unconscious by Fang Xingjian, had recently woken up. When he saw Allen's appearance, his countenance changed as well. "This guy is very strong. Richard, look at what you've done. When I get back I'll definitely report..."

With a bang, he was once again knocked unconscious with a single slap.

Fang Xingjian looked at the Rainbow Arrow in his hand and said calmly, "If not because I wanted to test the quality of this minor character, he wouldn't even have the chance to attack."

The next moment, Fang Xingjian's palm suddenly disappeared. It had reached such an extreme speed that it was undetectable by the eye.

With the disappearance of his arm, the Rainbow Arrow that Fang Xingjian was holding onto also pierced through General Allen's chest like a bolt of lightning. It pierced through and punctured his lungs, heart, pancreas, stomach, and his two kidneys. The latter fell to the ground, his body turning stiff and immobile. He could only resort to slowly regenerating his body.

Fang Xingjian then clapped, saying, "Seize him and tie him up. If he hollers, then feed him feces. Bring another horse carriage for me."

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Chapter 550: Ambush

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Watching as General Allen, whom she had thought to be her great savior, dealt with so easily, Sally's countenance fell and her emotions were sent in a whirl.

'To think that this demon managed to deal with General Allen so easily... How powerful is he? A Demigod with one tier of perfection? A Demigod with two tiers of perfection? What could his cultivation level possibly be?'

Thinking of how she was about to be brought to the Terrene Shrine's den by a great demon lord like this, a hint of desperation flashed in her eyes.

The two young men once again struggled wildly, anxiously looking at Fang Xingjian.

They started sending streams of information currents into Fang Xingjian's brain.

"Demon! Miss Sally's identity is not simple! Do you really think that you'll be able to get out of the fix you'd put yourself into if you captured her and then brought her back?"

"We'll stay behind. Let go of Miss Sally. Otherwise, a great disaster will occur. Do you still not understand?"

"You'll regret this."

A gush of sword intent penetrated their consciousness, pricking at their brains and causing them great pain. They did not dare to say another word. However, when looking at Fang Xingjian, their gazes were filled with the fury, as if they were saying 'We've already warned you. You're the one who did not know how to treasure the given chance.'

Two hours later, the group entered a stretch of valleys. Fang Xingjian could sense that many strange life forms were hidden in the forests in the valleys. It was clear that they were summoned by the Terrene Shrine from the worlds beyond the heavens in order to guard their base.

'This stretch of valleys is the Terrene Shrine's headquarters?' Fang Xingjian thought. 'Isn't it too simple? If that were the case, why had the royal family not taken any action all this while? Could it be that they really had reservations for the fact that the Terrene Shrine might summon monsters from alternate worlds which could not be controlled, causing all parties to perish together?'

Just as these thoughts were running through Fang Xingjian's mind, a person flew over. It was a bald and muscular man who was also covered in tattoos. This man looked very much alike the bald man with tattoos whom Fang Xingjian had knocked out.

This man descended from the skies riding a griffin, sending a powerful pressure coming down on them. The entire slave capturing team, traffickers and slaves alike, cried out in alarm. The teams of horses used for moving loads also neighed from the fright.

"Richard, how dare you injure my younger brother!"

The bald man covered in tattoos laughed and walked out from the group, saying, "Richard, do you think that I'd let you off just like that?The moment we entered the valley, I had already alerted my elder brother, Xavious, through black magic.

"I don't know when you've started accumulating your power in secret. To think that you now have the ability to defeat Rainbow Arrow! However, you really don't know any better to dare attack me.

"My elder brother has already mastered level 9 black magic..."

A hint of impatience flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes and he said directly, "You talk too much crap. In other words, you want to find trouble with me, right?"

"You!"

The elder brother of the bald man with tattoos, Xavius, held back his younger brother. He then looked at Fang Xingjian and said with a cold smile, "Very good. Richard, I hadn't expected that after gaining experience and toughening up outside, you'd no longer be a useless good-for-nothing. You're even more thick-skinned now, to dare to talk back to me.

"However, you have yet to comprehend the ways this world works.

"Only the strong can act arrogant toward the weak. And amongst those present, I'm clearly the strongest..."

Fang Xingjian could not be bothered to listen to his crap. To him, the abilities of these two baldies were no different. He threw out his palm across space, sending the bald man with tattoos 1 flying out. The man ploughed through many mountain walls as his internal organs were crushed and his muscles were smashed. Soon he lost consciousness.

"It's obvious that you aren't the strongest here." Fang Xingjian shook his head and once again looked at the bald man in tattoos.

The baldie cried out in shock, "You can't..."

"Go down."

With a boom , Fang Xingjian pressed down his palm across space, bringing violent air currents down from the skies, and smashing the baldie into the ground, as if hammering a nail. The baldie became a bloody mess and was now on the verge of death.

Each and every Gray Robed Mage was blood-thirsty and brutal, having killed countless lives. Fang Xingjian did not feel bad at all to treat them in this manner.

Looking at how arrogant and domineering Fang Xingjian was acting, everyone in the group fell silent. No one could imagine that Richard, who had always been compliant toward the other Mages, would go through such a tremendous change.

Fang Xingjian spoke nonchalantly, "What are you guys standing there for? Let's go."

The group continued advancing in silence. However, when they were midway through the valley, the entire valley started to tremor fiercely, as if there was an earthquake.

"Hmm?" A light gleamed in Fang Xingjian's eyes and a hint of surprise flashed in them.

The many mountains which formed the stretch of valleys had actually rise upward like many giant fingers, dashing out into the sky together with the ground below the horse carriages.

As if the entire stretch of valley was a huge hand, and the horse carriages were in the middle of its palm.

As sounds of gasps and cries of agony rang out incessantly, a number of horse carriages dropped toward the ground.

Fang Xingjian sent his longsword sweeping and electromagnetic light rays flashed. The mountains turned into multiple stone pillars, stopping everyone's fall.

"What's going on?" Sally looked at Fang Xingjian in astonishment and asked, "You want to kill us here?"

"Idiot," Fang Xingjian looked toward the dark and gloomy sky, saying, "Someone's coming."

The entire stretch of mountain valley flashed with hints of gray light and an extremely heavy pressure came down from the skies. Everyone felt terror and anxiety, as if some kind of natural enemy was going to appear and eat them up.

Sally and the others were all very tense. With such a horrifying aura charging around, it was clear that some kind of top-notch expert was going to arrive.

Fang Xingjian was seemingly calm. Gray Robed Mages were experts in the modification of the physical body, and they had a thorough and deep understanding of the various structures of the human body.

He had wanted to disguise himself in order to slip into the Terrene Shrine's base, but he had also long been prepared for the situation of being discovered.

moreover, everything depended on one's abilities. With Fang Xingjian's abilities, he had full confidence in his ability to retreat unscathed even if he were to forcibly barge into the Terrene Shrine.

The next moment, Fang Xingjian suddenly lifted his head and looked at the sky, his eyes bursting with streams of sword light.

In the sky, a patch of gray clouds had appeared out of nowhere. The gray clouds formed a gigantic human face that was laughing maniacally, "Fang Xingjian, you've come so far to the grass plains to look for us. How could we possibly not be good hosts to you?"

Fang Xingjian turned back to his original appearance, saying, "Someone from the Terrene Shrine? Which of the ten great Elders are you? Or are you that last mysterious genius, the Ghost King?"

Through his exchanges with Tyrant, Fang Xingjian had already found out that the strongest expert in the Terrene Shrine at the moment was its leader, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord. He was then followed by the ten great Elders, the genius Ghost King, and that Third Prince.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, the dark clouds in the sky laughed out loud. Many voices rang out in the surroundings, including crazy shouts, agonizing cries, and furious bellows. And what was even scarier was that nine streams of gray light pillars had soared into the air, turning into waves of a brutal, blood-thirsty, and primitive aura, meaning to encompass Fang Xingjian.

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Chapter 551: Ghost King

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Fang Xingjian's sword intent also soared into the sky, clashing into the other party's nine light pillars. Simultaneously, gushes of will exuded from the dark clouds.

In that instant, countless exchanges of words were completed.

"Fang Xingjian, do you think that we would take turns to appear before you, letting you defeat us?

"Knowing how amazing you are, how could we possibly give you the chance to grow stronger?

"We discovered you the moment you entered the valley.

"This time around, all ten of us Elders have gathered. Prepare to die!"

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "You guys knew from a long time ago that I was coming?"

"Your subordinates are too useless, making such a racket to look for an Origin Essence Stone. If we're still unaware that you're coming from that, won't we all be as good as dead?

"Moreover, we won't give you another chance to take us down one by one. A genius like yourself is already a great calamity to our Terrene Shrine. Today, we're going to suppress you completely.

"Hahahaha, Fang Xingjian, with how powerful your physical body is, if we modify it into a slave warrior, your name will continue to be widely known throughout the world."

The collision between martial wills was over in an instant, and there seemed to be the sound of rolling thunders ringing out in void space.

It was clear that the Terrene's Shrine information network was not weak at all. That made sense. Since they had black magic which could allow then to undergo various modifications on the human body, they would naturally also have various unordinary information network channels.

When they found out that Fang Xingjian was looking for the Origin Essence Stone, they had been on their guard. So, when Fang Xingjian just entered the valley, they had not inadvertently alerted him, and even when someone went to find trouble for Fang Xingjian, they had not notified the rest either.

It was only now that they suddenly took action. They clearly felt that they were fully prepared.

On the other hand, Fang Xingjian was obviously unwilling to wait for the ten great Elders to complete their ambush. With a dash, he charged out toward the dark clouds in the sky.

As he charged out, tentacles formed from streams of gray energy darted out from void space, curling out toward Fang Xingjian.

However, these were not part of a life form's physical body. They were purely energy tentacles created from black magic. Fang Xingjian, who was immune to black magic, disregarded them completely. He forced his way through with his body, using tremors to turn all the energy tentacles into dust.

Fang Xingjian then followed with a punch, causing the light rays to twist and the space to tremble. The punch turned into an endless mighty force, hitting out toward the dark clouds in the sky.

The human face that was formed from the dark clouds let out a surprised gasp, as if he had not expected Fang Xingjian to be so ferocious. It quickly opened its mouth and let out a series of furious bellows. Streams of plasma came crashing down like a waterfall, turning into a gush of shock waves that wanted to engulf Fang Xingjian.

However, Fang Xingjian neither dodged nor yielded to it and continued to smash over with a punch. The violent power smashed into the plasma shock waves, sending them back and clashing into the dark clouds with a ruble. The big face was smashed, and the dark clouds were dispersed.

As this attack sent the dark clouds scattering, endless agonizing cries rang out immediately. Those dark clouds were not actually dark clouds. They had been formed from a sea of worms, each the size of a fingernail. Fang Xingjian focused his vision and looked over, then he saw that the head of each one of those worms had the shape of a human head. They were emitting various howls, wails, and cries. It was clear that they been created from some kind of evil arts.

Right now, the sea of worms were scattered, and endless feelings of resentment came gushing from them. However, Fang Xingjian sent his sword intent sweeping out and managed to crush them once again.

The sea of worms and the endless aura of resentment were dissipated by Fang Xingjian with a single hit, and a white-haired, thin and bony elderly man was immediately revealed. He was the Terrene Shrine's Grand Elder and the strongest amongst the ten great Elders, the Worm King.

Looking at how ferocious Fang Xingjian appeared, the Worm King was also stunned and taken aback. A series of high speed incantations rang out in void space, and at the next moment, his body dispersed, turning into a myriad of flying bugs. Each of them grew at rapid speed and attacked Fang Xingjian like many flying dragons.

Each of these flying bugs was the size of a cow's head, and they had metal wings and claws which could tear steel plates apart. The venom in their bodies could kill a level 25 Conferred Knight. It could be said to be extremely vicious.

However, when faced with the sea of bugs that were like flying dragons, Fang Xingjian merely launched out another punch. The space was twisted into a spherical shape, and a terrifying power crushed through physical particles. Simultaneously, high temperatures instantly struck the bugs, incinerating them into ashes.

Brutal sword intent soared into the air, crushing the consciousness of the several tens of flying bugs that had fled. The sword intent even contained extremely brutal and violent thoughts with strong killing intent.

"Where's the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord? Where is he? If he's not coming out, do you think that clowns like you guys will be able to ambush me successfully?"

In that instant, violent sword intent ravaged out in all directions while Fang Xingjian stood there in midair, seemingly totally unafraid of the Terrene Shrine's ambush.

Looking at Fang Xingjian who was in the air, the group of people on the ground all wore astonished expressions, including Sally. They were all stunned as they watch him gain an overwhelming victory against the Worm King with a single sword.

Sally thought, 'It's actually Fang Xingjian? What powerful abilities! A power like this... A power like this is even more amazing than what was mentioned in the rumors! Although he was powerful the last time we met, his battle prowess was only about the same as General Allen's. To think that he's so powerful now... How on earth did he achieve this?

'I thought that all the rumors concerning him were just exaggerations, but to think that the rumors made him out to be weaker than what he actually was.'

The two young men with Sally were both stunned as well. They had not expected that a mere Mage from the Terrene Shrine, who had been tasked with capturing slaves, was actually the renowned Fang Xingjian, the top expert amongst the younger generation. He had even managed to defeat and push back the Terrene Shrine's Grand Elder, the Worm King, within just a few moves.

He was just like an earthworm that had transformed into a divine dragon, and the contrast was too astonishing.

However, the battle was not going to end so quickly. The Worm King's voice once again rang out in the air, lingering about in all directions as if he existed in everywhere.

"Hehehehe, Fang Xingjian, of course we're aware of your abilities. How could we not hold you in high regard? This time around, we, the ten Elders, aren't the only one taking action."

As he spoke, the ground trembled, and the entire valley once again underwent a change. The rock stratum below the valley rose up. Then amidst everyone's astonished cries, the rock stratum turned into a giant rock giant and stood up.

The rock giant's height exceeded 500 meters and could be said to be so tall that it reached into the clouds. The group of people on the ground was on its palm. Just one of his palms had an area that was comparable to a small city.

Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed. "You're the last of the geniuses which the Terrene Shrine has been nurturing for the past few years... the extremely mysterious Ghost King who has not appeared before? To think that you had transformed your entire self into the base? It's no wonder that no one knows of you and don't even know what you look like."

The Terrene Shrine's headquarters turned out to be in the Ghost King's body. Usually, most of it would be hidden underground with only a small portion exposed on the surface. It had turned into various mountains, rivers, valleys, and mounds that would move. It was extremely elusive, and no one had been able to find out the Terrene Shrine's headquarters location.

Loud buzzing sounds rang out from the rock giant's body. "That's right, Fang Xingjian. My body has merged with 3,600 types of demonic gods from beyond the heavens. Throughout this entire world—regardless of whether it's in the skies or underground—if one has not attained a breakthrough to the Divine level, not a single human can have a physical body that surpasses mine."

As he spoke, he opened up one of his hands, smashing toward Fang Xingjian like his hand was an island. It was as if the entire sky had collapsed, and darkness came shrouding down.

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Chapter 552: Outburst

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With just a casual attack from the Ghost King, the world went through a huge distortion. The Ghost King truly had the power to move mountains and overturn seas.

Fang Xingjian could imagine that if this Ghost King were to appear on Earth and let out a full outburst of his powers, he would be able to turn the entire Demonic City into ruins within a mere few minutes. He was purely a robot of violence.

"Do it!"

Concurrently, the Worm King's will let out an explosive bellow, ringing out in the minds of the other nine great Elders. In that instant, a total of ten black space-time passageways opened up. An aura, that was boundless and would bring great chaos to an era, shot out from the pitch-black holes.

That aura that felt very ancient as if it came from a long time ago. It seemed even more ancient than all of Earth, and even Miracle World, like it had been through more vicissitudes during its existence.

At the next instant, ten extremely dried up and shriveled huge claws, which were like that of legendary demons, demonic gods, or devils, grabbed out. These claws were all exuding black aura and appeared very bony. It was as if they had been soaked in sulphuric or hydrochloric acid.

When they reached out, they seemed to freeze the entire space. Fang Xingjian felt like the air had turned into something material. Unexpectedly, it did not move in the least even when he unleashed an outburst.

This was the level 11 Gray Robed black magic—Claw of the Abyss Lord. It summoned the legendary death god from the netherworld to attack. It could freeze space and confine the target.

The world's metamorphosis had not only increased the ether particle density, but it had also increased a tremendous amount of diabolic energy. Thus, this allowed the Mages to cast higher level black magic.

The level 11 Gray Robed black magic which was being used now—the Claw of the Abyss Lord—was jointly performed by the ten great Elders. Its prowess was magnified by over ten times.

'Fang Xingjian, after encountering you so many times, how could we not know what you depend on? Casting black magic with diabolic energy directly is ineffective against you, but if we summon life forms to attack, your immunity won't work.' The Worm King smiled coldly in his heart. 'Die.'

However, the fact that Fang Xingjian was immune to black magic was only known amongst the Mages in the upper echelon and not the rest. Otherwise, all the Mages' beliefs would be affected, and people would have doubts over the evil god's will.

In fact, the greater reason why they had to kill Fang Xingjian was also because of his immunity toward black magic.

This was like saying one thing but doing another. The Mages revered the evil gods and held them in great admiration, borrowing their powers. However, if the evil gods had sent down its will and chosen a person who had immunity to black magic, then the Mages would no longer hold them in such great respect.

No one really hoped that the heavens could send down gods to rule over them, let alone the Mages who had been enjoying a sense of superiority all along.

It was just as the ten great Elders had guessed. When the Claw of the Abyss Lord was performed, Fang Xingjian no longer showed signs of immunity. In that instant, his body was grabbed tightly by ten ghostly claws. He felt as if he could not get out of the grasp, and there were even gushes of obscure auras that seemed to want to freeze his entire consciousness and send him into eternal sleep.

However, this was not the end. The Terrene Shrine had yet to go all out.

In the reverse direction of the Ghost King, a series of afterimages cut across the air, dashing out toward Fang Xingjian at an astonishing speed.

It was a person who had golden feathers all over him and a pair of wings on his back that moved at lightning speed. Each time the wings moved fiercely, there would be streams of golden electricity flashing, allowing him to accelerate further.

Moreover, his body emitted auras of great prestige, sharpness, and valiance. He was just like the legendary Divine level beast—the Thunder Bird.

This person was the Empire's Third Prince. He was rumored to be extremely mysteriously and seldom appeared outside. There were even many people from the royal family who could not recognize him.

This Prince, who had been secretly supporting the Terrene Shrine, even had his body modified. He had transplanted the organs and bones of the Divine level ferocious beast—the Thunder Bird—into his own body, thus becoming a god that was half human, half god.

From the moment he appeared to the moment he made his move, he had not spoken a single word. He had not unleashed an outburst of martial will at all, nor was he willing to reveal his identity. He gave off an extremely mysterious feeling.

The Third Prince dashed over, bringing along a terrifying thunderstorm with him. He moved across several tens of kilometers in the blink of an eye, and the electric currents on his body seemed as if they had materialized. They spread out a charred stench as he passed through the air. It was like something had been burned at a scorching temperature.

He was like the lightning hammer that the legendary God of Thunder and Goddess of Lightning 1 held. Seeming to have brought along many lightning bolts with him, the Third Prince transformed into something akin to a thunderstorm and charged out toward Fang Xingjian at an astonishing speed, as if wanting to strike him with all the thunderbolts in the world.

These attacks from the Terrene Shrine were truly world-shaking. First, the ten great Elders joined forces to perform the Claw of the Abyss Lord and confine Fang Xingjian. Next, the Ghost King launched a brutal attack, which weighed several million tons and had an impact that was so overwhelming it seemed to bear the weight of Mount Tai. The Third Prince, from his end, unleashed his half-human, half-god powers. He brought forth destructive lightnings and tempest that were condensed into one point and launched out.

With the attacks coming from all directions, there was probably no one below the Divine level who would be able to withstand them. Even Fang Xingjian seemed to be in an extremely dangerous state.

Regardless of whether it was the ten great Elders, the Ghost King, the Third Prince, or even the people within the slave-capturing team, Sally and the other Knights included, all of them felt that Fang Xingjian was doomed.

The Worm King was already wearing an excited smile. If they could kill Fang Xingjian and obtain his body, then the Terrene Shrine would be able to gain tremendous power.

This was especially when Fang Xingjian held the secret to the immunity to diabolic energy. Even the leader of the Gray Robed Mages—the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord—was greatly tempted by this.

In this dangerous moment, Fang Xingjian finally unleashed an outburst of his power that could allow him to dominate an area and fight against Divine level experts. This was a power which could rank him amongst the top experts in the world.

There seemed to be a rumbling sound ringing out in void space, and the auras of a total of 10,710 specialty seeds burst out from Fang Xingjian's body. Concurrently, an endless glow of light also burst out on the surface of his body. Every single strand of his hair stood up, exuding a blinding white glow.

The intense energy turned into gushes of high temperatures, being discharged like the sun had exploded. Then, finally, a stream of sword intent which had soared up into the sky reached its greatest peak.

"Scram!"

Puchi puchi sounds rang out, and a power which could twist space and bend light rays was unleashed by Fang Xingjian in the most domineering and unreasonable manner. Amidst the heavily twisted space, he forcibly shattered the Claw of the Abyss Lord that was holding him down and got out of the grasp of this level 11 Gray Robed black magic.

Having gotten out from what was holding his body down, Fang Xingjian sent his palm backward, slapping out toward the Ghost King's huge palm that was like a small mountain. The strike from his palm, which was sent out within one-thousandth of a second, held the power of a Terra Ingurgitation.

After having trained for such a long period of time, Fang Xingjian's Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves had long reached level 10. The absorbing power of his Terra Ingurgitation was strong enough to cover a range of ten kilometers. How terrifying was this power? Even 100 Ghost Kings could not compare to him.

"Lie down!"

A thunderous explosion rang out in the Ghost King's consciousness, and the Ghost King felt his body lighten and then become heavy as a violent power gushed forth. The air seemed as if it had turned into a material palm, clashing against his palm.

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Chapter 553: Gigantic Snake

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As Fang Xingjian sent his palm smacking out, the Ghost King only felt that his huge over-500-meter-tall body was just like a baby before this power. The palm he had stretched out earlier shattered into fragments and rained down. It was as if there were many meteors bursting and shooting out.

Simultaneously, his body was pushed out by this gush of power that was undefiable, overpowering, able to even bend space and light rays, and also able to affect the earth. The Ghost King dropped down to the ground like a baby that was given a slap by an adult.

Amidst the world-shakingly loud sounds that rang out, the Ghost King's body crashed into the ground. The damaging prowess from his huge body falling onto the ground was fatal. It seemed as if the shockingly loud exploding sound could be heard several hundred kilometers away.

The even more terrifying thing was that after the Ghost King fell, he continued to shoot out toward the back under the impact from the power of the Terra Ingurgitation. He was pushed for over ten kilometers, leaving behind a long crack in the ground, and having over half of the rocks on his body shattering before he actually came to a stop.

With this single strike, over half of the Ghost King's cultivation was crippled. He had completely lost his battle prowess.

However, after Fang Xingjian struck out with his palm, he did not turn to look at the result. He merely sent another sword sweeping out, unleashing the Light Pursuit sword ripples. Its speed and prowess went through yet another qualitative change, and a myriad of sword ripples slashed out explosively toward the Third Prince's thunderstorm without holding back at all.

Violent sword force instantly tore apart the thunderbolts and even sent the Third Prince—a half-human and half-god existence—flying over 100 kilometers away. With a boom , he smashed through the peak of a mountain and sank several tens of kilometers underground. His flesh was torn up, and he was on the verge of death in a badly beaten state.

Fang Xingjian then swept out again with his sword fingers, and a sword Qi that was several thousand meters long cut across the air, slashing out toward the Ghost King who had plunged down into the ground.

Moving at a miraculous speed, with the entire world seemingly at a standstill, not only did Fang Xingjian slashed off that palm that was the size of a small island, but he had also moved under it with a flash in the motionless world. He put out his right hand and propped the giant palm up with a fierce blow.

With an explosive boom , the violent power was unleashed as Fang Xingjian's right hand came into contact with the massif. The great control he had over his force allowed it to be distributed out evenly. Gushes of power flowed through the entire massif like flowing water, and Fang Xingjian managed to forcibly catch this huge palm above his head.

On the other hand, the Ghost King continued to roll out, turning into shattered stones that spread all over the ground.

"What's the matter?!"

"Didn't we drop down?"

"Where's Fang Xingjian?"

"Fang Xingjian!" As a Conferred Knight, Sally's Heaven's Perception had directly received light and sound waves from the air. Both she and the two young men, who had darted over to her location amidst the chaos, could see clearly that Fang Xingjian was right under the massif they were on. He had lifted up the entire massif up with just one hand.

When Fang Xingjian started fighting earlier, he had already retrieved the sword intent that had been suppressing their bodies so that he could go all out. This also allowed them to see the entire battle situation clearly.

Right now, Rainbow Arrow had also recovered his battle prowess and come over next to Sally. He said in astonishment, "Mountain Shifting? Mountain Shifting? With this kind of power? This kind of force? Just how powerful is Fang Xingjian's physical body? Even amongst tier one Divine level experts, not everyone would be able to secure a solid win against him, let alone people from the younger generation."

Right now, Fang Xingjian was lifting the massif with one of his hand and standing in the air. With a long whistle, he destroyed thousands of cloud layers and spoke out in an intense voice. It was as if a myriad of thunderclaps were ringing out explosively in the air.

"Where's the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord? The reason I'm here today is only because I want to borrow your Origin Essence Stone. I don't need a lot of it, just one gram. If you give me one gram of the Origin Essence Stone, I'll leave right away."

The area within 100 li fell into a state of silence. The Ghost King slowly condensed parts of the mountain in order to recover, while the Third Prince focused his concentration, trying to recover his physical body.

There was no sight of the ten great Elders. It was as if they had all made their escape.

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, "If I don't get the Origin Essence Stone, then I can only wipe out your entire Terrene Shrine, removing it from history."

Now that things had come down to this with him being discovered so early, Fang Xingjian no longer planned on keeping himself hidden. He could only force the other party to abide. Anyway, the Terrene Shrine had a horrible reputation, thus Fang Xingjian would have no burden in the least to be using force against a faction like this.

The Worm King's feeble voice rang out from all directions. Fang Xingjian could sense that the voice was coming from many bugs, that were so small they were hard to be seen by the naked eye. He had no idea where the Worm King's actual body was.

"Fang Xingjian, you're not allowed to even scrape off some powder off the Origin Essence Stone, let alone take one gram of it with you. Don't be too arrogant. This is our Terrene Shrine's headquarters. Do you really think that you can have the upper hand?"

Fang Xingjian let out a cold laugh and punched out. Violent sword force pushed the air, turning into a sword Qi that was several tens of li in length, and it moved out in all directions. The voice-transmitting bugs that had been hiding in the air were all crushed.

"Your leader—the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord—isn't even here. Just with the few of you being so useless... What can you possibly do to me?"

Although Fang Xingjian's words were extremely arrogant, each of his nerves were extremely tensed up. He was constantly on guard against the possible retaliation from the Terrene Shrine.

It was almost at the same moment when Fang Xingjian finished speaking when a sigh rang out from the sky.

"Who said that I'm not here?"

In the first instance when this line was spoken, a wave of gray light encompassed Fang Xingjian's body. It came gushing with an aura that seemed as if it wanted to engulf the world, nurture the world, engulf all living things, and nurture all living things.

Benevolent and brutal, blood-thirsty and pure, kind and evil... Waves of contradicting auras weaved together, giving Fang Xingjian an extremely majestic and mighty feeling. It was as if this was how the world truly was like.

Fang Xingjian could faintly see a gigantic wild beast in the air. It was as if the entire world was on its shoulder.

This was the visualization of the image of the god—the World Annihilation Colossal Beast—that the Gray Robed Mages revered. It was a god that was said in the legends to have carried the entire world on its back.

When this wave of aura came surging forth from the gray light, Fang Xingjian's entire consciousness was almost entirely frozen, causing his power to be completely suppressed.

'The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord? The power of his will is ten times or even a hundred times more powerful than Li Shuanghua's. This is the power of the strongest person amongst the Gray Robed Mages?

'He completely turned the gushes of immense diabolic energy into the power of his own will. After the world's metamorphosis, accompanied by the sudden rise in diabolic energy and how powerful he was to begin with... as well as having accumulated the experience of thousands or ten thousands of years of the Terrene Shrine, his powers have also risen sharply. To think that he's actually able to slightly suppress the power of my physical body?'

However, at the next moment, a sword intent that was sharp and seemed as if it could slash through everything rose in Fang Xingjian's body. It was the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

Tearing sounds rang out as Fang Xingjian broke out from the confinement. However, as he did so, a gigantic black snake that was as majestic as a mountain range slithered out from void space. With strong vital energy and blood which were like tsunamis from the seas, it completely wrapped around Fang Xingjian and the entire massif that was in his hand.

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Chapter 554: Astonishing News

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Level 8 black magic—the Torch Dragon 1 's Offspring!

This was a monster that had been summoned from another world, a descendent of the Torch Dragon. It was a gigantic black snake that was able to encompass the massif with a power vital energy and blood that was like a tsunami. It had been the partner of the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord for many years.

After many years of nurturing and training, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord had raised this huge beast, named Abysm, to become extremely powerful. Although it was only at level 8, this gigantic snake was almost comparable to a huge beast summoned by level 12 black magic.

"What kind of monster is this?!"

Looking at the gigantic snake that could cover up the entire sky and was extremely powerful, seemingly able to easily destroy mountains and tear apart the world with each and every move... Everyone on the massif was in shock.

Fang Xingjian frowned coldly. Although the gigantic snake's physical attributes were not comparable to his, it was enough to fight against him as it was of such a great size.

After all, this was unlike the case of the Ghost King. The Ghost King had too many rocks on his body, and he would need to utilize more strength to move each and every piece of rock. The Ghost King relied on a battle of strength and weight.

On the other hand, each part of the gigantic snake's body consisted of flesh and tendons. Each additional part of its body would give it more strength, thus the greater its mass, the more powerful it was.

At the next moment, the giant snake abruptly opened its countless eyes, each of them looking like pitch-black pearls. If an ordinary person were to take one look at them, the person would enter an eternal dreamland.

A thick black aura was spreading out, while a series of high speed incantations were resounding from void space. The incantations caused the black aura to become increasingly thick and dangerous.

It was obvious that this giant snake and the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord were jointly performing some kind of astonishing black magic.

The Heaven's Volition Sword Intent on Fang Xingjian's body also started to condense together, and the fifth of the God-Slaying Swords was about to be unleashed. Fang Xingjian was not planning on waiting for the other party to slowly unleash his black magic.

'It's a pity that the Terra Ingurgitation has already been used on the Ghost King. There are only less than ten seconds of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent for me to use, and it might be a tough fight to take on both this giant snake and the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord together... Should I leave?'

Fang Xingjian had not expected that the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord would be even more terrifying and powerful than what Tyrant had described.

Simultaneously, the light pillars of the ten greater Elders lit up once again. They clearly wanted to help the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord eradicate Fang Xingjian completely at one go.

The moment the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord made his move, he immediately got the upper hand and suppressed Fang Xingjian's oppressiveness completely.

Just as this world-shaking battle was about to explode at any moment, a white light soared from the south, quickly taking over a large area of the sky. It even dissipated the black auras coming from the giant snake.

A path of light, that was extremely long and several kilometers wide, came from the south, reaching the sky all the way above where the giant snake was. Two figures, one young and one old, walked over and immediately arrived at the scene.

When that elderly man with white hair and beard saw the giant snake, he laughed out loud, releasing endless white light from all over his body. The giant snake seemed as if it had been splashed with acid and bellowed furiously, sending black auras soaring into the air from all over its body. The black auras clashed with the white light, causing countless explosions to splatter and cover the entire sky.

A little bit of the black aura landed on the ground and vaporized a large area of it.

The white-haired old man's martial will swept out toward Fang Xingjian and the giant snake, with his smiling voice ringing out from it. "Old Gray Demon, let's just let this battle slide. The world is in a strange situation now. The First Prince is carrying out with his plans and is probably going to master the Hell's Map to an unprecedented level very soon. He's planning to takeover all of the factions in the world, and your Terrene Shrine will be one of the first few he will deal with. You wouldn't want to be fighting against us now and lose your power for nothing, right?"

After a moment of silence, a voice, that sounded extremely vicious and dangerous like fingernails scratching against a blackboard, appeared in the exchange of wills. "Philip, you want to help Fang Xingjian?"

It turned out that this old man with white hair and beard was the person who had been guarding the northern borders for many years. He was the current King's uncle and one of the Empire's ten Divine level experts—Prince Philip.

Hearing that, Philip said, "Fang Xingjian is one of our Empire's Conferred Knights, so I naturally need to help him. Another reason is that the world will be going through huge changes soon, and the power from each and every individual is extremely precious.

"Moreover, George (the First Prince) is gaining more power. He might have already attained a breakthrough to the second tier of the Divine level and may currently be striving toward attaining the third tier.

"He and Fang Xingjian are sworn enemies. Considering how George has snatched away countless resources and people from your Terrene Shrine, he's your sworn enemy too, right?

"If the two of you continue to fight between yourselves, both of you will probably end up being suppressed by the First Prince in the future. You'll be put through great agony and will never be able to see light again."

After saying this, Philip smiled and presented a piece of world-shaking news, "Additionally, I've received news that the current leader of the Ancient Path of Hell—the Abyss Lord—has already contacted the Mage Association.

"It won't be long before the royal family joins forces with the association to summon a clone of an evil god, kill it, and snatch away its power.

"If they are allowed to succeed, the land of the entire Empire will truly be in the control by the royal family, and there'll no longer be a safe place for us."

Although Philip was a Prince, as one who guarded the borders and held control over a region, he would naturally garner the suspicions and vigilance of the King. So, Philip was not considered to have lived a good life either.

Upon hearing what Philip said, both Fang Xingjian and the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord were in great shock. To summon the clone of an evil god and then kill it to snatch away its power? What kind of domineering and astonishing means was that?

This great venture would only be possible if the Empire's royal family and the Mage Association were to join forces.

With a cold snort, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord's voice rang out, "I have heard of this as well, but I didn't expect it to be true. Since that's the case, Fang Xingjian, I shall let you off today."

The giant snake, Abysm, retreated slowly. Simultaneously, the Third Prince who was heavily injured, had already disappeared without any notice. Meanwhile, the shattered rock body of the Ghost King seemed to have really turned into rocks, no longer having any life in them.

Prince Philip laughed and said, "Xingjian, I'll bring these people with me. You can put that massif down." With that, one of his long sleeves curled up, and a stream of white light turned into many huge hands, carrying away all the people amongst the slave-capturing team.

Fang Xingjian pushed out casually, throwing the massif that was raised above his head onto the ground, causing another earthquake and sending up smoke and dust.

Rainbow Arrow Allen was the first to appear before Prince Philip. He knelt down and said shamefully, "Your subject has failed in his mission and has not managed to protect the Young Miss."

"Grandfather."

Sally and the two young men with her also walked over with their heads lowered, seeming as if they did not dare to meet Philip's gaze.

Philip said coldly, "I'll teach you guys a lesson when we get back."

Sally turned out to be Philip's granddaughter. It was no wonder that she was so strong and was even able to become an arbitrator despite being of such a young age. Fang Xingjian had initially thought that she had been pushed out to become cannon fodder, but looking at the situation now, was it something which Sally herself had wanted to do because of Prince Philip's status? Or was it because someone had incited or encouraged her to do it? However, Fang Xingjian could not be bothered with all the hidden truths. Instead, he looked straight at Prince Philip.

Philip also looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Brother Xingjian, do you have the time to come over and have a talk?"

The young man next to Prince Philip, who had been encompassed in a layer of white light, revealed his face and said, "Xingjian, it's really true that knowing someone by their reputation can't be compared to meeting in person. I'm really envious that Second Brother has an expert like yourself under him. Since it's rare that we get to meet, let's have a good talk."

"Fourth Prince!" Sally, who was standing at the side, covered her mouth and gasped when she saw the Fourth Prince's true appearance.

Fang Xingjian raised his brows. So this was the Fourth Prince who was said to have joined the Church of Universal Truth... Thinking back about it, even Prince Philip's actions gave off the same feeling as those from the Church of Universal Truth. It was no wonder that the two of them were so close.

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Chapter 555: Talk

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Upon hearing the Fourth Prince's invitation, Fang Xingjian nodded. "Then let's have a good talk."

He then disappeared at the same time with the Fourth Prince.

Prince Philip threw a glare toward Sally and said, "You only know how to create trouble. Allen, bring the Young Miss back. Without my instructions, no one is allowed to let her out."

Sally pouted, dissatisfied. However, when faced against her Divine level grandfather, she had no other choice.

Earlier on, when she investigated the injuries concerning the Rebirth Sword Technique, she had already gotten herself involved with a whole bunch of trouble. After all, the people who could stop the Rebirth Sword Technique were all major players in politics or from the various factions. If it had not been because she had Prince Philip backing her up, she would have been killed in some small alley.

Despite this, she had no other choice but to return to the Beize Region. However, she still could not sit still and started to wipe out the various evil influences on the grass plains, including slave traffickers and bandits.

While doing so, she had accidentally encountered the Terrene Shrine's slave-capturing team and gotten caught.

If it had not been for Fang Xingjian, she would have ended up in a bad plight.

Thinking of Fang Xingjian, her expression became even more complicated. This young man, who had just become a Conferred Knight one year ago, was now a great person that even she would have to look up to.

After Philip gave his instructions, he disappeared with a flash, clearly to chase after Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared several tens of thousand meters high up in the air, where both Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince were standing on void space, waiting.

Nodding toward Prince Philip, the Fourth Prince looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Xingjian, although you're not a Divine level expert yet, you've already gained some powers which can allow you to go up against Divine level experts. This is really unthinkable."

"What other matters do you have? Could it be that you want to join forces with me to go up against the First Prince together?" Fang Xingjian asked.

The Fourth Prince smiled. "Eldest Brother's method is to gather all authority and resources in his hands before distributing them. He wants to lead the entire country with a single will.

"If his method succeeds, the Empire might really be brought to an unprecedented height. However, I know that as long as the Church of the Universal Truth is around, they won't allow Eldest Brother to succeed so easily.

"On the other hand, while Second Brother did not seem to have done much, his method is like positive influence and education, slowly changing the entire country's foundation.

"Between the two, I'm naturally more supportive of Second Brother's method."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "But everything depends on power. Right now, the Second Prince has gone into seclusion for his training. If he can't take the last step successfully and attain the Divine level, everything will just be worthless talk. It will be useless, no matter what good policies or thoughts he has."

"This is how it was supposed to be," the Fourth Prince said, looking at Fang Xingjian. "But Eldest Brother made a mistake, while Second Brother made an accurate decision. So, now, Second Brother has you!

"When you were still a Knight, you single-handedly chased after Garcia's Great Warrior for three thousand li with a sword in your hands, all for the sake of your benefactor.

"After you became a Conferred Knight, you've also been providing guidance and support to your subordinates.

"Even when faced with the Terrene Shrine's evil, you have not lowered your head at all and instead dared to take on the Mages directly.

"From the way you've been doing things, as well as with the strength and resolute in your martial will, I can tell that you're a person who would repay kindness and enmity in kind. It's just like your sword arts, preferring to break than bend."

The Fourth Prince sighed and said, "And no one expected that your talent in sword arts would have reached such a level. While you might not be the strongest swordsman in the world yet, you've already become a Demigod within two years, and you learned the Supreme Chief's Astral Obscurity Sword on the spot. Now, you've even single-handedly engaged the Terrene Shrine in an intense battle.

"I dare say that, in the entire world, there's no one whose sword arts talent is a match for yours."

"What on earth do you want to say?" Fang Xingjian asked, his eyes flickering a little. He had not expected that the Fourth Prince of the royal family, the prince who had joined the Church of Universal Truth, would have such a deep understanding of him.

"I would like to work together with you." The Fourth Prince smiled. "I believe that with your character and personality, I probably won't lose out if I work together with you.

"Work together?" Fang Xingjian looked toward Prince Philip and said, "You already have the help of a Divine level expert. Why would you still need my help?"

Philip smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think that I can do things as I wish? The Steel Lion Kingdom in the north has never given up on their wish to take over the south. The Papal State, the Church of Universal Truth, is located to their north. Since they do not dare to offend the Church of Universal Truth, they naturally turned to us.

"I need to be constantly on guard in the Beize Region, unable to relax in the least. Moreover, as a Divine Region expert and a member of the King's extended family 1 , both the King and Abyss Lord have never trusted me. They've constantly had their eyes on me. Therefore, I cannot do things as I wish."

Fang Xingjian asked, "Won't the King and the Abyss Lord have any suspicions between them?"

The system of governance in the Empire was that within the Princes of each generation, one of them would ascend to the throne and become the King of the Empire, while another would lead the Ancient Path of Hell, inheriting the royal family's sect.

Logically, as both parties represented different influences, it was possible for them to end up being wary against each other, regardless of how close they might have been in the past. However, by the looks of things, there were no signs of this happening between the current King and the Abyss Lord.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's question, the Fourth Prince shook his head and said, "The relationship between Father and Uncle isn't that simple. The teamwork between them is flawless, and there are no suspicions between them. Moreover, their powers are so strong that they are unfathomable, and the experience and power they have accumulated are far beyond our imagination.

"And with the world's metamorphosis happening such a long time ago, no one knows how much further they have reached in attaining breakthroughs in their cultivation.

"In fact, before the world's metamorphosis, even the greatest genius could only reach tier one of the Divine level. Therefore, everyone has been gathering experience and power, comprehending the level that they are at. It's only now that the pathway toward what lies beyond the Divine level has opened up, and all Divine level experts will start making tremendous improvements.

"Alright, let's not talk about them anymore. Fang Xingjian, did you know? As the world went through a metamorphosis, various treasures from ancient eras will be awakened once again.

"These were all made and hidden by those Divine level experts so that humans can use them to withstand the onslaughts."

"The treasures of past Divine level experts?" Fang Xingjian was slightly stunned.

"That's right. After each time the world goes through a metamorphosis, it means that the next onslaught will be coming soon. In order to go up against the onslaughts, many intelligent people from the past generations prepared many powerful weapons, martial arts, and resources for their descendents," the Fourth Prince said. "It's a pity that they were still unable to eradicate the ambition in the hearts of the people.

"Even though a huge trial is about to occur, as people get stronger, strong ambition, which they did not have in the past, will grow in their hearts. Not only will it be hard for majority of the factions to remain united amongst themselves, but it will only create more battles than there were originally.

"It can be said many people will die in each onslaught. We must grab a spot for ourselves in this vast and fluctuating era. Other than continuing to get stronger, we must also seek to grab these fortunes left behind by the sages of the past and increase our accumulations of experience and power."

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Chapter 556: Seven Days and Seven Nights

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"It's impossible for the ambitions of the people to disappear. Moreover, without any ambitions, people would no longer have the desire to improve," Fang Xingjian said. Then he nodded and asked, "It seems that you know of the locations to some of the treasures?"

The Fourth Prince smiled. "I'm not afraid to tell you. Although I'm a follower of the Church of Universal Truth, I've also received a portion of the legacy of the ancient Jade Dynasty's Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor. The Hades Vault which the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor left behind has not appeared in the world all this time. However, in the recent few months, I've been feeling it throb. It seems that it is about to appear. This also shows how difficult the seventh onslaught will be.

"I would like to make an agreement with you. I hope that you'll be able to help me get the Senluo Six Heavens Sword from the Hades Vault. This sword is of great importance to me. In return..."

As he spoke, the Fourth Prince sent a section of a mysterious, strange, and ancient sword intent straight into Fang Xingjian's consciousness.

"I know that you're a genius in sword arts. This is the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's Six Heaven-Soaring Swords, a sword technique which removed barriers and set precedence in sword arts. Xingjian, since your sword arts cultivation is extremely high, please provide me with some guidance on it."

The Senluo Six Heavens Sword was clearly the weapon that the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor had carried with him.

In Miracle World, amongst all the weapons in history, that sword would be the one to be held as the most supreme. Amongst generations of experts, there were many who used sword arts. Therefore, amongst the many rulers of the many dynasties since the ancient times, their greatest weapon would tend to be the treasured sword that they carried with them.

An example would be the Grand Solar Nine Dragons Divine Sword which had belonged to the Sun Dynasty's Divine Sun Emperor. Another would be the Senluo Six Heavens Sword which had belonged to the Jade Dynasty's Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor 5,000 years ago.

Since there was a treasured sword, there would naturally be sword techniques as well. The Six Heaven-Soaring Swords which the Fourth Prince sent over to Fang Xingjian was a unique sword technique created by the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor. It specialized in condensing the sword intent, creating shocks to the martial will, and attacking a person's consciousness. This was an unrivalled sword technique.

When the Fourth Prince attacked Fang Xingjian with the sword intent of the Six Heaven-Soaring Swords, Fang Xingjian could immediately feel the consciousness throughout his body start to move. It was as if his consciousness was going to be thrown out of his body under the attack of this gushing sword intent.

What would the result be like for a person's consciousness to be sent flying out?

If an ordinary person's consciousness were to fly out of his body, it would not be long before the person's soul would disintegrate while he entered a vegetative state.

Even the means in which Conferred Knights trained, allowing their consciousness to leave the physical body, would not allow them to do this for an extended period of time.

However, with just one push from this Six Heaven-Soaring Swords' sword intent, it felt as if had the ability to shake one's consciousness out of their body. It was extremely strange, mysterious, and vicious, comparable to the the mysteries and dangers of Hades.

However, being as talented as Fang Xingjian was, with just a tremble, he summoned his sword intent to retaliate.

After integrating what he had learned from countless sword techniques, and then experiencing life and death on Earth, Fang Xingjian had obtained this sword intent from death.

Now that it was activated, waves of deadly aura soared into the air like ink, causing both the Fourth Prince and Philip to seem to be able smell a strong scent of blood and death. It was as if they had been pulled into death entirely.

The moment the two sword intents clashed, there seemed to be pitter-patter sounds of explosions ringing out in void space. Fortunately, the two of them were only having an exchange and had not utilized their full power, thus neither of them were injured.

The Fourth Prince gasped and said, "Death? Loneliness? Emptiness? Is this the sword intent which you had created yourself, Xingjian? What a terrifying sword intent. How on earth did you come up with it?"

"It isn't complete yet," Fang Xingjian said, shaking his head, "But the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's Six Heaven-Soaring Swords is quite interesting. If I'm not mistaken, there are no concrete sword stances to this sword technique. Its approach is in condensing the sword intent and attacking one's consciousness?"

"That's right!" The Fourth Prince looked at Fang Xingjian and spoke with a tone of admiration. "As expected of a rare talent in sword arts. With just one clash, you're able to have a good sense of what my Six Heaven-Soaring Swords is like.

"This sword technique is a technique where one's heart is of paramount importance. The legacy was only a portrait of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor. It does not pursue any concrete stance or moves, and the crux of the sword technique lies in the cultivator's heart.

"When someone below the Divine level performs it, they can slash out a person's consciousness from their physical body, causing their consciousness to enter a state of chaos or even to be completely wiped out.

"For those who have attained the Divine level, they would be able to truly condense their martial will, which is also their sword intent, into a Six Heaven-Soaring Swords. They would be able to kill the consciousness and shake the will of their opponent. The sword technique is extremely powerful.

"This means of condensing the will to form a physical form is like Eldest Brother's Yama Sacred Physique, which he inherited from the Ancient Path of Hell."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "Again!"

It was a rare opportunity for him to encounter another sword technique which was the legacy of a Divine level expert. Fang Xingjian was burning with eagerness. Excitement flashed in his eyes as he immediately started to have an exchange with the Fourth Prince in their sword arts.

Their sword intents continued to cross paths in void space. Each time they clashed intensely, it was as if many explosions had gone off in their minds.

Each time their sword intents collided, it was not just an exchange of their sword theories. It also tempered their martial wills.

However, Fang Xingjian's learning speed was far too terrifying. After a short half an hour, Fang Xingjian was already able to create a simulation of the Six Heaven-Soaring Swords and was pushing back the Fourth Prince, whose face had turned pale.

If it was not because he wanted to learn from the Fourth Prince's sword intent, Fang Xingjian would have long won.

Philip, who was at the side, laughed and said, "Watch out, Xingjian. I'm joining in too."

The moment he spoke, another gush of sword intent soared into the air. This sword intent was yet again different from Fang Xingjian's deathly sword intent and the Fourth Prince's Six Heaven-Soaring Swords.

At the beginning, it was just a hint of light. However, as the sword intent circulated, the hint of light soon developed into a light pillar that penetrated through the sky and the earth, as if it was going to fill up every inch and corner of the world.

This was the unrivalled sword light which had been condensed from the Church of Universal Truth's Universal Truth Longsword. It was filled with an aura of light, justice, and being the one and only.

It was clear that despite being members of the royal family and having also picked up the martial techniques of the Ancient Path of Hell, both the Fourth Prince and Prince Philip each had their own encounters and had created their own paths in martial arts.

Philip sent his sword intent sweeping out, shattering both the Fourth Prince's and Fang Xingjian's sword intents which were moving around in the sky. He forced their sword intents to shrink back into their bodies.

Amidst the interactions and clashes of their sword intent, the three of them were constantly having exchanges in their sword arts, tempering their martial wills. Fang Xingjian could sense that his sword arts, which had been stagnated for very long, was going through an explosive progression once again.

After all, the Fourth Prince had obtained the legacy of a Divine level sword technique, while Prince Philip was a Divine level expert to begin with. An opportunity like this to spar and have exchanges was too rare.

After Fang Xingjian created his Five God-Slaying Swords and his sword arts level had reached a bottleneck, an exchange like this was allowing him to progress once again.

Just like that, seven days and seven nights passed by. A loud boom rang out in void space, and all of their sword intents returned to their bodies.

Philip smiled with satisfaction. He looked at the two young men, who had their eyes closed, and said with a sigh, " Each age brings forth new genius to this noble land, and each will rule their own domain for years to come. 1 I've never come across people with the kind of sword arts talent that the two of you possess. There are no limits to the future prospects both of you will have in your lives."

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Chapter 557: Revenge

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The Fourth Prince was the first to open his eyes. It seemed as if the netherworld itself was in his eyes, and they gave off an unfathomable feeling.

Hearing what Philip said, the Fourth Prince looked toward Fang Xingjian and commented, "Compared to Xingjian, my talent is really nothing."

Fang Xingjian also opened his eyes, and the deathly aura coming from him disappeared with a flash. He looked at the Fourth Prince and asked, "Aren't you afraid that after I pick up this sword technique, I won't help you to get through the Hades Vault?"

The Fourth Prince said, "Then I only have myself to blame for having poor judgement. However, my assessment of people has always been good. In this world, there are people who are treacherous and will keep changing their stances. Then there are people who are vicious and keep their intentions deeply hidden. There are also some people who are open and aboveboard.

"There is nothing superior or inferior between these different characters. However, in order to become a top notch expert and be capable of condensing one's martial will, one must have the determination and will to have no regrets even when experiencing death repeatedly, and to not bend or falter despite facing countless obstacles. One must be able to push forth on the path they choose for themselves.

"I don't think that you have the character of sovereigns, who keep changing their stance and are wary of others. I feel that you have the character of an honorable swordsman. You're a person who makes good of your words, repaying feuds with vengeance and kindness with kindness. I believe that my judgement will not be wrong."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "If the Hades Vault really appears, you can come and look for me anytime. However, if there are any other legacies of sword techniques in there, I must have a share."

The Fourth Prince broke into a satisfied smile. "That's a promise."

Fang Xingjian closed his eyes and continued to sense his sword arts. The sword arts exchange they just had for seven days and seven nights had brought his sword arts to an even higher level. This was especially the case when he had learned the profoundness of the Six Heaven-Soaring Swords and merged it into his Five God-Slaying Swords. Now, in his each and every stance or move, there would be a power that could shake his opponent's consciousness and crush their mind.

Right now, his attributes had become:

Name: Fang Xingjian

Age: 17

Occupation: Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level: 29

Strength: 32621

Agility: 32421

Reaction: 229

Endurance: 210

Flexibility: 209

Ether Synchronization Rate: 100%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves are activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 21 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation, Level 40 Five God-Slaying Swords, White Bone Divine Weapon, Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Internal Specialties: 1,440

External Specialties: 9,270

Waves: Level 10 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method: Level 10 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

The continuous training had allowed his abilities to once again undergo an explosive increase as compared to when he returned to Demonic City.

However, just then, he suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head abruptly toward the direction of the Great Western Region. "To think that you would still dare come and court death?"

At the next moment, he dashed out with a swoosh at a speed that was so fast it could not be seen by the naked eye, rushing toward the Great Western City.

While Fang Xingjian, the Fourth Prince, and Prince Philip had been having their exchange which went on for seven days and seven nights, a series of laughter had filled up the skies in the desert of the Eastern Sand Region. It was as if the laughter was going to shake off all the cloud layers in the sky.

The aura throughout the Fifth Prince's body swelled up, and black demonic aura seemed to have materialized and was burning intensely around him. Crackling sounds rang out as if the many stars in the sky were slowly exploding.

This was his martial will, the martial will which had crumbled under a single attack from Fang Xingjian. Right now, it was extremely strong and condensed, as if it had reached an extreme amongst the people who were below the Divine level.

"Great!

"This is fantastic!

"Master, after receiving the impacts from your martial will for half a month, I've finally managed to condense my martial will into one, removing all impurities. I'm now only one step away from reaching the materialization of my will which can only be done by tier one Divine level experts.

"Moreover, during the past half a month, I've integrated and tempered my fist arts, combining with my martial will. I transformed my Killing technique, Tai Chi, into the Sovereign Fist, thus bringing my fist arts up another notch." The Fifth Prince broke into a confident smile like he was a god from the heavens with everything in his control.

All level 29 experts had their own signature Killing techniques, which were usually created through merging the many Killing techniques they had acquired in the past into one.

Initially, the strongest Killing technique the Fifth Prince had created through the merges was Tai Chi. However, over the past half a month, his training had brought the level of his fist arts up another notch, and he was able to transform the Tai Chi into the Sovereign Fist.

The Fifth Prince contemplated, 'Right now, if I strive to attain the Divine level, I'll probably be able to succeed immediately. However, I won't try to attain it right now. No one in the world, not even my Eldest Brother, is aware of how to attain the perfection in their physical particles, but I am.

'The theories behind the physical particles have similarities to the theories of fusion and fission. In time, I'll be able to comprehend the meaning behind the microscopic world, reaching the unprecedented five tiers of perfection. If I wait till then before I strive to reach the Divine level, I will be invincible.'

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked toward a lump of light next to him. An armor that was pure gold all over and exuded waves of powerful aura was fluctuating in the light. The armor was covered in layers of prints that were like ripples formed in space. An aura that seemed near yet far was gathering on it, as if with just a light touch, it would disappear.

At that moment, Tian Yi's voice rang out from it, "I've already refined your Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast into a Divine Remains Equipment.

"According to what you've said, if this Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast matures, it'll be a tier two Divine level ferocious beast that has the power to transform its will into flesh and blood.

"However, it's a pity that yours has yet to mature, and I can only refine and extract its traits. I can't really let it unleash the power of a tier two Divine level Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast."

As he spoke, the set of armor shot out and wrapped around the Fifth Prince's body as if it had a mind of its own. In the blink of an eye, the pure gold armor went through a change, and the Fifth Prince was shrouded in golden light.

Wearing this Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Armor, it was as if the entire armor was breathing and that it had a heartbeat, like it was alive.

The even more terrifying thing was that as the Fifth Prince activated his martial will, his physical body and the armor gradually merged together. His martial will, changed by the armor, continued to increase his power.

Tian Yi materialized into a light figure and appeared before the Fifth Prince, saying nonchalantly. "With this Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Armor, your martial will will be indestructible, and your physical body immortal."

Sensing that his martial will continued to further strengthen his physical body under the endless effect of the armor, emitting strong waves of power, the Fifth Prince instantly had the feeling that the strength of one's heart spelled the might of one's power.

"Thank you, Master. Over the past half a month, I feel that my power has been raised by over ten times. In less than a year, I'll be able to successfully reach the Divine level." Saying this, the Fifth Prince suddenly broke into a savage expression upon recalling the scene when Fang Xingjian defeated him.

"But before I enter seclusion and strive to attain the Divine level, I still have a small wish that I would need to fulfil, which is to kill that Fang Xingjian. If I don't kill him, I won't be able to appease the fury in my heart, and I won't be able to make a smooth attempt to strive for the Divine level."

Tian Yi frowned, feeling that the name 'Fang Xingjian' seemed to have caused him to feel extremely disgusted, hateful, and even… a little terrified?!

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Chapter 558: Fist Arts

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"Fang Xingjian? That person who defeated you?"

"That's right," the Fifth Prince said viciously. "He is said to be the Empire's number one genius in sword arts in the recent years. Some ignorant people even see him as the number one genius in the world. It's really ridiculous.

"People like Fang Xingjian are only experts amongst Demigods at most. They rely on some minor chance encounters to train up their physical bodies to a powerful level. This was how he was able to defeat me the other time.

"But it's when I encounter people who are strong that I become stronger. After experiencing defeat, I learn from the experience. Moreover, I have now received Master's guidance, and having become one with the armor, I'll be able to crush him with the back of my palm."

Thinking of this, the Fifth Prince was exhilarated. He suddenly looked at Tian Yi with an eeriness in his eyes.

He said, "But that guy has my second brother backing him up, and there's also a bunch of fools in the Great Western City who support him. I don't have the full confidence in handling them if I go alone. Master, can you make a trip there with me? With someone of your power backing me up, things will be settled very easily."

Having received the constant impacts from Tian Yi's martial will and also being trained by him, the Fifth Prince showed an increasing amount of respect to this Master. Although his Master might not be really the number one in the world, the strength of his martial will, as well as the violent and terrifying power it held, was really startling.

If Tian Yi were to agree to support him, with the Fifth Prince current abilities, he had absolute confidence that he would be able to find trouble for Fang Xingjian in the Great Western City.

Tian Yi's frown deepened. He did not know why he felt frustrated whenever he heard the words, 'Fang Xingjian' and 'Great Western City'. However, he could not recall where the frustration came from, thus he could only continue to frown.

'Why do I find it so detestable to hear the name 'Fang Xingjian'?

'This is really strange. I haven't even met this person before.'

He searched through his mind once again, but he still found nothing. So, Tian Yi could only shake his head and give up.

"Alright, I'll go to the Great Western City and take a look at what kind of expert he is to be able to defeat you. If he can perk up my interest, I can also provide him with some guidance. I'll teach him what it means that there's always someone out there who is better."

At the next moment, Tian Yi's figure of light entered the Fifth Prince's body with a flash.

"Let's go. With me backing you up, no one in the world will be able to do anything to you. Your body will be the safest place in the entire world."

In an instant, bringing along a long whistle, the Fifth Prince tore through the cloud layers, soaring 10,000 meters high up in the air. Then, with a slight pause to check his bearings, he flew toward the Great Western City.

Currently, the Fifth Prince's physical body had become one with his armor, and it was an easy feat for him to pierce through the clouds and cut through the skies. In less than ten minutes, he had travelled across the region and appeared above the Great Western Region. He then reduced his speed slightly and appeared above the Great Western Region's Regional Academy.

'Fantastic. Fang Xingjian's base is in this Great Western Region's Regional Academy. I'll first kill his group of subordinates and let him feel pained.'

Thinking of this, the Fifth Prince broke into a savage grin. A fearless and uninhibited martial will soared up into the air. It turned into an overwhelming black demonic aura, gathering behind him.

"The might of a sovereign, the fist of one who dominates. The strong engulfs the world, and there's nothing that he doesn't take, no action that he doesn't do. This is a good opportunity for me to test out my newly acquired Sovereign Fist."

An explosive rumble rang out in the sky. Then as the Fifth Prince launched out his Sovereign Fist toward the direction of the academy, loud explosive sounds burst out incessantly, bang bang bang bang . It was like the fury of a sovereign, with the heavens sending down disasters onto the world. The entire academy was shrouded in a layer of despairing and horrifying aura. It was as if in the wake of this fury of a sovereign, even the world was in fear.

The terrifying fist force was like a five-clawed dragon 1 , plunging down at rapid speed toward the center of the academy. It contained a power so terrifying that one would feel astonished just from looking at it.

However, it was not as if there were no one around in the Regional Academy. At almost the same instant the Fifth Prince punched out, countless streams of aura soared into the sky from the academy. One of them was from Head of Department James. With a long shout, his two fists turned into many meteors, smashing out.

It was the Kingly Meteor Punch again, a fist technique in which each punch held terrifying gravitational waves that could kill all living things in the world.

This time around, when James' Kingly Meteor Punch and the Fifth Prince's Sovereign Fist collided, there was no disparity in terms of their powers. However, waves of terrifying aura which seemed to have the might of a sovereign, wanting to engulf the world as if the entire world revolved around the Fifth Prince, came gushing over. The extremely powerful martial will was so overwhelming that James wanted to either turn and flee or to submit immediately.

This was the terrifying prowess of the Sovereign Fist which the Fifth Prince had created himself. It did not focus of on physical strength but on the martial will.

With a single punch, the prowess of a sovereign, engulfing the entire world and controlling the mortal world, attacked the opponent's mind. In that one punch, as long as the opponent's martial will was not as powerful as the Fifth Prince's, they would either have to submit or to flee. It could even be that in their entire lifetime, they might not be able to break through the layer of pressure on their spirits.

In just an instant, James was pushed back, being badly defeated by the waves of will from the Sovereign Fist. He was unable to summon any will to resist at all.

"Scram!"

At the next instant, the Fifth Prince made use of the opportunity, and the back of his palm came crushing down. It was like a super big rubber ball. No matter how much James punched out, it would just absorb his attacks and then send them back, striking James' body with the combined power of James and the Fifth Prince. James was instantly beaten up, and he fell from the sky, smashing into the ground and destroying countless buildings.

However, while the Fifth Prince was engaged in a fight with James, numerous teachers from the Regional Academy had also charged up into the sky.

The person at the forefront was the leader of the sword arts team, Hoppes, who had in the past invited Fang Xingjian to the Sword Tower to join them in their sword techniques research.

Hoppes slashed out toward the Fifth Prince, sending out a series of sword Qis that tore through the air with an aura which seemed if it was going to tear the world apart. Concurrently, another two teachers, one with a spear while the other with a staff, unleashed waves of explosive power behind the Fifth Prince. They sent out flames and electricity, which then turned into a tornado of fire and thunder, sweeping toward the Fifth Prince.

"To think that a bunch of good-for-nothings like you dare to raise your hands against me. I shall let you see what the world's best fist art is like." Violent martial will, bringing along endless demonic intents, swept across the sky and gushed into the minds of the trio. "Remember, being defeated by this punch of mine will be the glory of your life."

At the next instant, as the Fifth Prince moved, gushes of violent gales blew, and many thunderbolts exploded in his body. Tiny sparks burst forth from each cell of his body, and waves of powerful gravitational waves spread out together with his will.

In this moment, four types of power—namely wind, thunder, earth, and fire—burst out from the Fifth Prince's body. It was as if he was a giant that had engulfed the entire world, and the world was repeatedly being swallowed and thrown out by him.

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