Chapter 905: Chapter 628: Pure White Sun, Divine Spear’s Birth
"Not yet at the Breakthrough Eighth, yet you have nine million Qi-Blood—what will it be like once you do break through? I fear that as soon as you ascend, you’ll be able to rival Second Step powerhouses, becoming number one in Tianxia."
Emperor Shitian couldn’t help but laugh.
"Although my Qi-Blood count is close to the threshold of the Eight Realms, in terms of quality I’m still far from the True Eighth Realm. Once I shake off Achilles and that Heavenly Gu Daoist’s pursuit, I plan to find a safe place to go into seclusion."
Lu Chenzhou said.
Emperor Shitian said:
"Good! What Tianxia lacks most now is Eighth Realm combat power. Our true enemy was never the Divine Alliance; at most the Divine Alliance is a mere appetizer. The real formidable foe is the myriad gods of the Forbidden Zone!
That’s why every Da Xia powerhouse who breaks through to the Eighth Realm hardly dares to slack off in the least, but instead charges forward toward Great Power. Once you break through, we should be able to launch a large-scale counterattack on the Divine Alliance. If we can defeat the Divine Alliance, Tianxia’s human civilization will become, without dispute, the strongest civilization among the Three Thousand Worlds, bringing an end to the meaningless infighting, uniting against the Forbidden Zone. That would become only natural.
Now, the Three Thousand Realms each fight on their own, but fundamentally, this is because there is no strong, leading civilization as a beacon—there is a lack of an iron-blooded, tough hand."
The Kunxu Ancestor is very strong.
But he is like a lone cloud or wild crane, and hasn’t cultivated a cohesive, powerful civilization of his own.
Emperor Shitian believes that, in this era, only Tianxia Civilization is qualified to shoulder this role.
"You have increased your Qi-Blood by more than two million in just a month. Hurry and solidify your Realm, lest you suffer backlash in the heat of battle. I’ll try to hold them off a few more days."
Emperor Shitian said.
"Thank you, Senior."
"It’s thanks to your Aurora Palace and Eighth Rank Array, or else even I alone would not have managed until now. I heard that the Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor’s [Sun Chasing Palace] is also a powerful Ninth Rank palace-type treasure. Since your cultivation involves the Speed Extreme Dao, go visit the Heavenly Pool World when you have time, and see if you can obtain the Dragon Emperor’s Inheritance."
Emperor Shitian said.
"I will. My Speed Extreme Dao’s inheritance is itself incomplete; I need to pass Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor’s test to complete it." Lu Chenzhou said.
He returned to his secret chamber and continued cultivation.
"My Qi-Blood and spiritual power have reached their limit—next, I’ll devote myself wholly to cultivating the Great Dao, and simultaneously refine the [Mystic Sky Thunder Realm]. The forging of a Supreme Long Spear must also be put on the agenda. Currently, among Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapons, I only have [Purple Thunder Armor] usable. I can’t always fight barehanded, unable to bring out the might of [Nine Tribulation Lotus]."
Lu Chenzhou set his gaze on the Five Elements Tribulation Scripture: "This cultivation technique also needs to be cultivated. After reaching Perfection, the Innate Pure Yang True Fire it spawns is an essential item for smelting and purifying ores and refining medicines. Only after refining all the materials, can I begin forging the blood-refined Divine Weapon. Take it one step at a time."
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Within the Ruins Sea.
The Heavenly Gu Daoist and Achilles had already pursued Aurora Palace for two months: one was a Second Step, one excelled at Shadows—both their tunneling speeds were not slow, but the Aurora Palace, with firepower at full force and burning black slaves and High Grade Primordial Stones without care, dashed forward at full speed. For these two powerhouses to catch up in a short time, it was rather difficult.
"Achilles, you’re of the Shadow Kill Clan; don’t you have some Secret Technique for explosive speed?"
The Heavenly Gu Daoist asked.
"Of course I have hidden cards, but as a descendant of Gu Diao, surely you have more means than this?"
Achilles sneered coldly.
Both harbored their own schemes.
Achilles claimed he only wanted the Wangliang Finger Bone, but he was also curious what treasure of Lu Chenzhou the Heavenly Gu Daoist had his eye on—so much so that he’d betray the Forbidden Zone just to pursue Lu Chenzhou, unwilling to let go.
Not to mention a treasure like Aurora Palace, which he coveted greatly as well. If he used up all his hidden cards now, even if they took down Lu Chenzhou, faced with a Second Step being, he could end up with nothing but loss in both lives and treasure.
The Heavenly Gu Daoist hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:
"Delay brings change. At this rate, other Tianxia powerhouses or the allied army could arrive to reinforce at any moment! The two of us shall each swear a Great Dao Oath—after the matter is done, I only want Lu Chenzhou’s body and soul. Everything from his Storage Bag—including the Aurora Palace and Emperor Shitian’s spoils, all Seventh Realm prisoners from Tianxia—will be yours. Is that acceptable?"
Achilles calculated inwardly.
"Only the body and soul? Does this boy’s body have some special trait? What does Heaven Gu know?"
"Stop hesitating!"
The Heavenly Gu Daoist urged.
Achilles suppressed his curiosity.
"Fine! Then we make the Great Dao Oath!"
The Great Dao Oath is unbreakable; only Third Step powerhouses can barely resist and, after breaking the oath, survive; but even then, their future is ruined. Only a Great Power can, at relatively small cost, free themselves from the binding of the Great Dao Oath.
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[Five Elements Tribulation Scripture: Perfection]
[Divine Ability: Pure Yang True Fire]
[Quality: Low Grade Divine Power·Nine Patterns]
[Level: Peak Seventh Realm]
[Introduction: Nurture within oneself an Innate Pure Yang True Fire, utmost Yang and upright, restraining all that is evil and yin. The Pure Yang True Fire can burn away most negative things through constant burning, purify materials, and slowly refine the body, increasing physical strength slightly.]
"Phew, done. These Seventh Rank secret techniques are truly no challenge; thus, the Divine Ability born is average in quality. Still, as an auxiliary Divine Power, it’s good enough.
In the Great Wilderness, only the weakest gutter Seventh Realms fight with Pure Yang True Fire—normal folk use it for artifact forging and alchemy."
Lu Chenzhou raised his fingertip.
A wisp of pure white flame popped out with a soft sound. As his True Gang poured in, the fire grew more intense, forming a great ball of fire. He sensed the energy level within, and couldn’t help his brow twitching.
"This... actually seems quite powerful. Why does everyone say Pure Yang True Fire is no good?"
He harbored doubts in his heart.
This fireball in his hand held ten billion Cauldron Level worth of power; if an ordinary Peak Seventh Realm took it head-on, they would surely die. And he had only injected a portion of True Gang. With another thought, he poured in more True Gang, and the pure white fireball grew in the wind until it filled the entire chamber, like a pure white sun.
"Just with one-ninth True Gang, I already have 1.5 billion Cauldron might; it can threaten ordinary Eighth Realms, and the flame’s temperature is also close to ten million degrees."
Lu Chenzhou looked at the melting chamber walls. This was crafted of Eighth Rank Sajin Stone, extremely resistant to high temperature and impacts, able to withstand the temperature outside a star’s core.
"If I inject half my True Gang into the fire, its power could exceed even the Thunder Dragon Nine Kills and Nine Tribulation Lotus moves under the Ancient Thunder Dragon Transformation. Still, though powerful, it consumes too much True Gang and its energy use efficiency is low, so it can only be used as a trump card."
Simply put,
Pure Yang True Fire isn’t actually weak; it’s just that the energy quality and quantity of most Seventh Realm beings in the Great Wilderness is too low, so they can’t witness its true might.
But Lu Chenzhou is different.
His [Cosmic True Gang] is multiple times higher, in both quality and quantity, than other cultivators of the same realm.
A divine ability only fit for artifact forging in others’ hands, for him turns into a nuclear weapon.
"I’ll call this move [Pure White Sun]. If I meet a truly invincible foe, I’ll simply fire off a sun self-detonation and use the chance to escape."
After studying the Pure Yang True Fire, Lu Chenzhou waved his hand, and over a dozen Seventh Rank-level Miracle Divine Irons appeared before him, including the Red Lotus Demon Venerable’s eggshell.
For Eighth Rank, he had two types.
Both were contributed by Lei and Qiu.
"Still not enough. If I want to forge a Divine Weapon, it must start at the level of an Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapon. To forge Eighth Rank, the materials must be at least 60% Eighth Rank Divine Iron, and the higher the ratio, the better."
The Pure Yang True Fire turned into a great cauldron in the void, sucking all materials inside and beginning the smelting process.
"I’ll first make a quasi-Eighth Rank spear for now. I’ll recast it in the future if I get better materials."
Thus, Lu Chenzhou stabilized his Qi-Blood while simultaneously working on multiple dimensions to improve his strength.
Enlightenment of Dao, artifact refining, cultivation technique deduction...
A month passed like this. Gradually, the form of a great spear was being nurtured within the Pure Yang Furnace.
The great spear was about 3.6 meters long, mainly because Lu Chenzhou’s ordinary form was only 1.9 meters—this was most suited to his human combat skills. But Supreme Divine Weapons usually have magical properties such as changing size at will, so length is not important—if he wished, it could be ten thousand meters long. That wouldn’t necessarily improve his fighting power.
It’s not the size of the weapon that matters—if your skill is high enough, you can use little to move much, and merge the weapon’s use with the transformation of heaven and earth, unleashing might that can destroy heaven and earth.
The spear weighed about 13.5 million tons, quite heavy even among Spiritual Weapons—the main reason was that after Qiu Kuangyi died, the density of the source stone formed was extremely high.
This spear, smashed down, needed no fancy tricks; the sheer weight alone would make the enemy suffer. Of course, compared to the Shattering Star Hammer, this great spear isn’t heavy. Basically, a Fifth Rank Peak Power Extreme Dao expert could easily wield it—that’s using pure physical strength. Using True Gang, you wouldn’t even need Power Extreme Dao physically strong cultivators to swing it, but that wouldn’t be practical.
After all, True Gang is precious—it’s reserved for divine skills, domains, and trump cards. If you use True Gang just to swing an ordinary strike with a weapon, you might as well not use a weapon at all.
Lu Chenzhou took out the Shattering Star Hammer for a comparison.
"I thought I could handle this hammer easily with my Sixth Rank Power Extreme Dao, but it’s still a bit much. Is this not a quasi-Supreme Treasure, but actually a Supreme Treasure?"
Lately, he’d spent his spare time studying the Shattering Star Hammer. He discovered a high-level Yuan Magnetic Array embedded in the hammer, giving a strong anti-gravity effect to make it "light as a feather." After asking an Array Great Adept, he learned it could reduce weight by up to a millionfold.
So, the hammer’s real weight might be far more than it appears. He imagined the densest celestial bodies he’s ever heard of were neutron stars from star evolution—a ping-pong-ball-sized amount weighs more than a giant mountain. He suspected the hammer was made with some kind of Black Star Wonder material.
In short, the hammer’s owner was probably some Great Power. But there were only twenty or so Great Powers in the Great Wilderness—he searched all the records but couldn’t find a match.
He’d also asked Mister Turtle.
The eldest senior brother didn’t know either.
Because it’s a new-born Divine Weapon embryo, this great spear had no magic yet; its only merits were toughness and sharpness. Though just a quasi-Eighth Rank, after Lu Chenzhou tested it fully, he found that with his full strength, it could even pierce the Purple Thunder Armor—a piece of Eighth Rank leather armor. Good enough.
"Let’s still call it Tiger Spirit."
The spear’s Artifact Spirit was still that of the former Tiger Soul Spear. Lu Chenzhou was sentimental, so he retained the old name.
After bestowing the true name, Lu Chenzhou pricked a drop of his own heart’s essence blood and merged it into the Divine Spear.
Brilliant light flashed. A blurry, tiger-headed and chubby little boy apparition slowly awoke inside the Divine Spear.
"Tiger Spirit, Tiger Spirit..."