Chapter 791: Chapter 515: From Beginner to Entering Dao
Canghai Dragon Control Technique!
The wolf-headed White Dragon commanded all waters, transforming into an endless rain of spear shadows, woven into a curtain of spears.
The curtain clashed with the deer head.
The deer head shattered, and the White Dragon also collapsed inch by inch; at that moment, a figure seized the opportunity, vanished into the Void, and disappeared.
"Phew..."
Lu Chenzhou panted heavily.
It wasn’t from exhaustion.
But from tension.
Though Yaochi Immortal was holding the enemy head-on, to snatch one away in front of three Demon Venerables was no easy feat; ultimately, his realm was just too low.
At this level of combat, if it weren’t for the two Spiritual Weapons he possessed, he shouldn’t even have participated at all—nothing short of courting death.
"You, you dare capture me?!"
Lightning Demon Venerable, at this moment bound up, raged furiously.
"Fox Woman, kindly kill it."
"No problem, young master."
The Lightning Demon Venerable’s body trembled.
It stared arrogantly at Lu Chenzhou.
"Damn it, bullying me for lacking a physical body—if I were in my prime, how could a junior like you have succeeded? Just you wait, one day I shall be resurrected by the Divine!"
The long whip kept tightening.
The Lightning Demon Venerable’s divine soul was torn to shreds.
Tens of thousands of rays of light shot toward Ruins Sea.
The long whip coiled, capturing the very soul source.
"Young master, for you."
"Thanks."
"I’ve expended too much energy and will need at least a year or so of rest. Second Lady, you must protect the young master."
The Fox Woman’s eyes were weary.
Her figure grew even more faint.
The long whip landed in Lu Chenzhou’s palm.
Second Lady said, "Master, no worries. I have some strength left—enough for one more shot. Let Xuanqiu rest."
Lu Chenzhou temporarily sealed the soul within a vessel.
The Lighting Order surfaced, and he sent a message:
[Fairy, I’m done. Let’s withdraw.]
[The Lightning Demon Venerable is dead?]
[Dead.]
[Go!]
...
Thick smoke roiled, dust blanketed the sky.
The Corpse Palace had already become ruins.
Mountain Forest Demon Venerable and Devouring Country Demon Venerable, their towering thousand-zhang demonic forms, stood upon the earth, watching the blue-robed figure recede into the distance.
"Big brother, we’re just letting her get away like this?"
"No choice. If she wants to go, we can’t stop her; if not for her fear I’d summon the Divine’s avatar, I feel she might have slaughtered us before leaving. She’s monstrously strong."
"Damn it, third brother is dead."
"Once the Law of the Stars has fully taken hold of this universe, the rules of this world will be ours to decide. By then, all the dead Demon Venerables can be resurrected. The Demon Saint is coming—what they’re doing is but a futile struggle."
...
Yaochi Immortal, sweat swirling like mist.
She gazed at Lu Chenzhou, emerging from the Void.
"Not bad—decisive enough."
"Thank you, Fairy."
"No need for thanks. You remember, don’t you? I owed you a favor—consider it repaid today. All right then?"
Yaochi Immortal closed her eyes to regulate her breath.
Lu Chenzhou smiled and said,
"All right."
Back when he wandered to Kunlun, summoned Zhang Ancestor’s Dao Essence to manifest, and obtained the Life and Death One Qi Technique, gifting it to Kunlun Martial Arts University, Yaochi Immortal had promised him a favor owed.
"You’ve mastered the Life and Death One Qi Technique?"
"Yes, already at perfection."
"How does it fare?"
"Not bad at all."
"Oh."
After some time.
Yaochi Immortal opened her eyes.
"Let’s go."
...
Three Suns Secret Realm.
The Immortal’s gaze was tinged with both hope and anxiety.
"You two, how did it go?"
Lu Chenzhou cupped his hands and smiled: "Senior, I need a closed chamber for secluded cultivation for some time—whether I succeed or fail, it all rests on this. If I pass the trial, I’ll claim control of the Aurora Palace. Is that all right on your end, Senior?"
The Immortal’s eyes shone: "If fellow Daoist truly can command Aurora Palace, we’ll bear no complaints—just gift us a set of the secret techniques created by our ancestor and we’ll be content."
After all this time, they had already figured it out.
No matter how good a treasure, it’s useless if you can’t get it.
Preserving the fire seed of civilization always comes first.
...
"Fellow Daoist Lu, here is the secluded chamber of our Three Suns Palace elders. The spiritual energy within is ten times that outside."
Wu Yun offered up her own chamber.
"Thank you." Lu Chenzhou entered, checked for issues, then retrieved the Lightning Demon Venerable’s soul. The Martial Arts Tree rustled as it absorbed its Dao Essence.
Filament-like lightning, flickering on and off.
"This is my first time absorbing a Heavenly Realm soul. The effects shouldn’t be inferior to an Evil God clone, right? Although the Demon Race’s quality is mediocre, their realm is enough to compensate."
The Martial Arts Tree was visibly growing.
Every so often, it would lengthen another ten zhang; Lightning Dao proficiency was surging upwards, like riding a rocket.
First Rank to Third Rank—fast as lightning.
But Third Rank to Entering Dao was a true threshold.
While Lightning Dao shot up, Chaos Dao rose in tandem, though its increase was nowhere near as exaggerated.
Brought by the Dao Essence were countless fragments of memory from the Lightning Demon Venerable, many quite useful, yet far too massive and jumbled to sort through easily.
Spiritual World.
Within was a tangle of colorful, tangled streams—a ball of information flows. These were all the memory shards accumulated from absorbing various souls, which he piled here for storage.
Inner Scenery Land.
The stars and moon hung high; it was deep night.
Lu Chenzhou’s whole body bathed in lightning, eyes closed in thought.
The Artifact Spirits were long since used to the sight.
"Master’s Lightning Dao is advancing rapidly."
"Such a terrifying learning gift."
"Even a Great Power could scarcely compare."
"Stunning comprehension, truly."
...
In the blink of an eye—
Three days passed.
Anxiety grew stronger and stronger.
The disciples of Three Suns Palace watched the elder’s cave anxiously.
"Heard Senior Lu is studying Lightning Dao."
"Can last-minute cramming really work? Any Dao, to get from beginner to Entering Dao, takes decades—even centuries. Even someone of Great Power-level, it’d take three to five years, no? We’re out of time..."
"Let’s try reviving the dead horse—without support from the Xia Realm or Aurora Palace, we simply can’t weather this tribulation. Rather than wait for death, we may as well gamble."
The Grandmasters of Da Xia too felt uncertain.
"Only Fourth Rank Lightning Dao has a chance of success?"
"Never heard of Lu Heavenly King comprehending this Dao. Learning it now, is it too late? Even with his talent, he’d need another year or two to be ready."
The Immortal said nothing, just waited.
She could feel inside Lu Chenzhou’s retreat, the Lightning Dao Essence was almost tangible—his progress astonishing.
"Maybe...there’s hope."
Though it was unbelievable,
It was happening right before their eyes—this boy really could be that superhuman constitution spoken of by the ancestor, a once-in-a-million-years wonder even in the Great Wilderness: the Heavenly Dao Saint Body!
Enlightenment came as easy as eating or drinking.
Talent beyond the human limit.
No martial art he could not instantly master.
Yaochi Immortal closed her eyes in meditation.
She too practiced a secret art of spiritual power—in Da Xia Martial Dao, to break through the eighth, one’s spiritual cultivation cannot fall behind.
...
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
With the efforts of the elders and disciples of Three Suns Palace, more than half the realm’s population had gathered in the capital city.
The Qi of the masses gathered in the heavens.
At the same time—
Around Lu Chenzhou’s cave abode—
Lightning flashed wildly in the void.
Inside the chamber, he opened his eyes,
Lightning crackled in the empty room; his pupils shone blue-violet.
[Lightning Dao: Fourth Rank (29%)]
[Chaos Dao: Fourth Rank (30%)]
"The Dao Essence contained in Demon Venerable is indeed potent—shot my Lightning Dao up to be second only to Chaos Dao."
Lu Chenzhou stood up; with only a thought, his form virtualized, myriad lightning laws intertwining, he truly became a bolt of lightning, piercing through the chamber and emerging into the secret realm.
Whoosh! A flicker of electric light, invisible to the naked eye and hundreds of times the speed of sound, traversed the world. Lu Chenzhou, experiencing it all from the perspective of lightning, mused, "My speed is several times before; below the Heavenly Realm, I’m already faster than the top ten of the Heavenly Person List. Every field has its master."
Having his fill, the electric-light Lu Chenzhou shot toward Aurora Palace—he would challenge the Light Chaser again.
...
"Succeeded?"
The eyes of the Three Suns Immortal shone intensely bright.
The world brimmed with thick Lightning Dao Essence.
That bolt just now was Lu Chenzhou.
...
Yaochi Immortal gazed at Aurora Palace. "In less than half a month, starting from scratch, he comprehended Lightning Dao all the way to Entering Dao. If Dragon King knew, what would he think?"
...
The ordinary disciples and Xia Realm Grandmasters hadn’t even noticed Lu Chenzhou emerge—he was simply too fast.
It was beyond their perception.
...
Aurora Palace.
Lu Chenzhou swept through the earlier trials like a hot knife through butter.
Soon, he arrived at the final test once more.
The Light Chaser, formed by glorious light, solidified its shape.
[Trial begins.]
Buzz! The Light Chaser transformed into radiance, shooting toward the depths of the cosmos. Lu Chenzhou became lightning, quickly giving pursuit.
"This time, I’m definitely catching you!"
Meteors streamed by in frantic retreat. Soon, Lu Chenzhou was within a few dozen li of the Light Chaser; he conjured the Spiritual Handprint, grasping toward it across the void.
The Light Chaser gave a humanlike sneer.
Its entire form shimmered, shifting from white to blue, body ablaze, fleeing at even greater speed.
Its speed doubled again.
"?"
Lu Chenzhou’s face darkened.
This Light Chaser was hiding its true strength!
There’s even a second phase!
"Kun transforms into Peng!"
Vast Heaven and Earth Power surged in, flooding that blue-violet lightning, constantly fueling it; elevated qi-blood flared, dyeing the lightning blood-red.
Blood-colored lightning versus blue radiance.
Soon, Lu Chenzhou closed in even further.
"The Kun Character Technique’s duration is limited. If I can’t catch it during this window, I’ll only fall further and further behind."
The fierce chase played out among the stars.
After a time, he closed to within a hundred li again.
The Spiritual Handprint was at the ready.
Fifty li, forty, thirty...
"Capture!"
Palm striking out, he locked on to the Light Chaser from afar.
The Light Chaser, too, seemed anxious.
Its glory turned to gold.
Its speed climbed stealthily once more.
"A third phase? Even an average Heavenly Realm expert might not catch up to this Light Chaser!"
The distance began to stretch again.
"If I could close the gap just a little more, I could use the [Realm Divinity’s Nation] Law Realm to instantly teleport beside it."
Lu Chenzhou silently calculated the distance.
He’d tried every long-range tactic he could imagine—all either too slow, or range too short.
"If I use [Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike], maybe I’d catch it, but it’s unlikely to hit—and such an attack would surely affect my movement, lengthening the gap."
The Light Chaser drifted farther and farther away.
The Kun Character Technique’s duration was nearly up.
Lu Chenzhou’s heart became as still as water.
"Let’s try this move."
The blood-colored lightning exploded with a roar, transforming into a crimson divine bird wreathed in lightning, chasing after the light.