bookandnovel Chapter 214: Power Soars! Lu Zhen And Han Li
Chapter 214: Power Soars! Lu Zhen And Han Li
Chapter 214: Soaring Strength! Lu Zhen and Han Li
In the mysterious space,
Han Li stood tall, emitting a terrifying aura that extended for billions of miles. With every movement, he exuded an unparalleled divine might, and his Dao permeated the heavens and earth, like an invincible ruler of the nine heavens and ten earths.
"So powerful!"
Han Li savored the strength he gained after breaking through the Universal Truth Realm and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Now, he was hundreds of times stronger than before, capable of annihilating his former self with a flick of his finger.
This breakthrough in the Universal Truth Realm marked a significant advancement for the All-Encompassing Martial Dao. He leaped from the Martial Dao True Essence to the Martial Dao True Pill and Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, reaching the True Spirit stage.
Due to the fusion of two ancient immortal lights, Han Li's Martial Dao True Pill and Martial Dao Primordial Spirit broke through their limits and entered unknown territories. The foundations of these two realms were solidified, allowing him to make a breakthrough in the cultivation of his True Spirit, breaking through the limits and entering the unknown territory as well.
Generally speaking, the Martial Dao True Pill is the highest king-grade, the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit is the highest emperor-grade, and the True Spirit is the highest divine-grade. These are unattainable realms, representing the strongest foundations.
At least, that's what the Infinite Yuan Kun Domain believed.
In the ancient records of countless epochs in the Infinite Yuan Kun Domain, there has never been a powerful individual who could break through the limits, let alone break through the limits of three major realms in one go.
What benefits breaking through the limits could bring, Han Li couldn't say for sure. He only knew that his origin had become much stronger, and his combat power had greatly increased.
Now, Han Li's overall strength had greatly skyrocketed, encompassing his Primordial Spirit, mana, divine sense, physical body, and many other aspects.
Although he was only at the first level of the Universal Truth Realm, Han Li's mana was already comparable to that of a Saint in the Holy Abyss Realm. According to the data displayed on his personal panel, his mana reserves were comparable to those of a Saint in the third level of the Holy Abyss Realm.
This surprised Han Li. He had broken through a major realm this time, and the All-Encompassing Martial Dao had also crossed several stages. Yet, he was only on par with the third level of the Holy Abyss Realm.
After understanding the situation, Han Li realized that the gap between the Holy Abyss Realm and the Universal Truth Realm was even greater than he had imagined. The further one progressed, the greater the disparity, even between small realms.
To become a Saint in the Holy Abyss Realm, one needed to open the Heavenly Abyss. One of the functions of the Heavenly Abyss was to contain a Saint's mana. When breaking through, the True Essence transformed into mana, improving in quality and increasing in quantity by at least ten times, varying from person to person.
Afterward, the mana of each small realm would multiply, resulting in a greater increase compared to the previous realm. The key was that the base number became larger, leading to an increasingly larger gap.
When Han Li broke through the Universal Truth Realm, his Primordial Spirit also broke free from the shackles of tens of millions of zhang, soaring to a height of fifty million zhang, comparable to the fifth level of the Holy Abyss Realm.
With such a tremendous increase in his Primordial Spirit, Han Li's divine sense also improved, reaching the level of the fifth level of the Holy Abyss Realm, with a maximum coverage range of five hundred million li.
It should be noted that the Profound Domain is vast and expansive, with an area of only about five hundred million li. In other words, Han Li could cover the entire Profound Domain with his divine sense if he wished.
In comparison, Han Li's physical body, strength, and defense had only improved slightly. The All-Encompassing Martial Dao had advanced by several stages, and breaking through the Universal Truth Realm had brought about significant improvements, reaching the peak of the Universal Truth Realm.
After all, the body refining martial technique he cultivated was only the Heaven Grade Superior Yellow Tyrant Body. Once he obtained a divine-grade body refining martial technique or acquired a physique, he would be able to reach the realm of the Holy Abyss Realm.
Before the breakthrough, Han Li's speed was already the fastest in the Holy Abyss Realm. Now, it had increased significantly, comparable to the fourth level of the Holy Abyss Realm. In a single breath, he could traverse four hundred million li of void.
In addition, Han Li's combat power had also greatly increased. On one hand, his mana, strength, and speed had improved significantly, allowing him to unleash stronger power with the same martial techniques. On the other hand, it was also due to the All-Encompassing Martial Dao.
Han Li originally thought that reaching the True Spirit stage of the All-Encompassing Martial Dao could enhance the power of martial techniques by seven grades. Unexpectedly, it was only six grades.
The reason for this was that the True Spirit did not fall within the scope of the Martial Dao. The True Spirit was a special existence, born from the fusion of the Martial Dao, physical body, Primordial Spirit, and True Essence.
From the Empty Void Realm, where he comprehended the embryonic form of the Martial Dao, to the Divine Origin Realm, where he cultivated the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, and now in the Universal Truth Realm, he was still cultivating the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, not the True Spirit.
In the Primordial Spirit stage of martial arts, it includes the Divine Origin Realm, Universal Truth Realm, Holy Abyss Realm, and even the quasi-emperor domain and Heavenly Sovereign Realm. The Primordial Spirit of martial arts will become stronger and is one of the important sources of a cultivator's strength.
However, Han Li is also very satisfied. The ultimate martial arts is powerful, and he has not reached the limit yet. It can enhance the power of martial techniques by six grades. However, from now on, it will be like this for a long time. He doesn't know if he can continue to improve before becoming an immortal.
With a thought, Han Li opened his martial arts panel, which contains all the martial arts he has mastered and quantifies his combat power by comparing it to the combat power of ordinary cultivators at each realm. He can see at which step his current combat power has reached.
[Martial Arts Panel]
Divine Middle Grade: Ten Thousand Sword Technique (Holy Abyss Realm Sixth Heaven)
Divine Lower Grade: Five Elements Divine Fist, Heaven-Shattering Fist (Holy Abyss Realm Fifth Heaven)
Heaven Grade Peak: Demon-Slaying Great Seal, Geng Metal Sword Technique, Broken Universe Spear Execution (Holy Abyss Realm Fourth Heaven)
Heaven Grade High Grade: Four Phenomena Town-World Fist, Flat Heaven Blade Scripture (Holy Abyss Realm Third Heaven)
Seeing the information on the panel, Han Li's pupils contracted. How could it be so strong?
Then Han Li realized that this was normal. The power of these martial arts has been enhanced by six grades, and the highest is comparable to emperor-grade top-grade martial arts.
If it weren't for the limitations of his mana and physical body, he might still be able to continue improving.
"It seems that there won't be much improvement in combat power for a long time in the future." Han Li sighed lightly and closed the martial arts panel.
The gap in the Holy Abyss Realm is huge. He needs to improve several small realms in the Universal Truth Realm to increase his mana reserves by one small realm and raise his combat power.
Now Han Li's Primordial Spirit is fifty million zhang high, completely transformed into pure yang, comparable to the Holy Abyss Realm Fifth Heaven. He no longer has the shackles of realms. As long as his cultivation is sufficient, he can directly advance to the peak of the Universal Truth Realm.
Han Li estimates that he will need much less cultivation during this period. After all, he no longer has the shackles of realms, and breakthroughs will be much easier.
After doing all this, Han Li converged his aura, retracted the Heaven-Covering Formation, and let Zi Yi and Shi Qi retract their powers. He returned to the peak of the Chengdao Peak.
However, in the short time he disappeared, no one knew that he had already broken through to the Universal Truth Realm and his combat power was comparable to the Holy Abyss Realm's saint.
"Now I'm even more confident." Thinking of the possible arrival of the Phoenix Moon Empress and the envoy of the Primordial Beginning Empress, a smile appeared on Han Li's face, and even a hint of anticipation.
With his current combat power and multiple imperial treasures, he should be able to handle it, right?
"Hoo~" Han Li exhaled, feeling refreshed. His strength has become stronger, and even his mentality has improved.
With the breakthrough to the Universal Truth Realm, his lifespan has also greatly increased. Before the breakthrough, Han Li had a lifespan of 9,822 years, but after the breakthrough, it directly soared to 14,822 years.
After thinking about it, Han Li asked the system to find out how many years of cultivation he would need to break through the realm in the Universal Truth Realm. The system quickly gave an answer.
As Han Li had expected, the Universal Truth Realm is a process of cultivating the Primordial Spirit and transforming it into pure yang. His Primordial Spirit is already too strong and completely pure yang, eliminating the bottleneck of realms.
He now has a first-grade aptitude, with a progress of 28%, far from reaching the level of becoming an immortal. He also doesn't have any special physique, so the cultivation required is not low.
Originally, he would have needed countless cultivation to break through from the first heaven of the Universal Truth Realm to the peak of the Universal Truth Realm. Now, the amount of cultivation required has been reduced by about half, making Han Li extremely happy.
This way, he can save a lot of effort and can quickly improve his realm.
Several days later,
A young Taoist priest arrived at Chengsheng Mountain. He had an ordinary appearance, with his hands tucked into his sleeves and a sword sheath on his back, but no sword inside.
This young Taoist priest was none other than Lu Zhen, one of the three palm teachers from the White Jade Capital in the Dao Domain.
"So this is Chengsheng Mountain? It doesn't seem as spiritually barren as the rumors suggest," Lu Zhen said casually, standing on the ninth heaven without concealing his presence. His majestic divine sense covered Chengsheng Mountain as he investigated it.
By using his divine sense to explore Chengsheng Mountain, he would be discovered. Lu Zhen didn't intend to hide, deliberately doing so as a test.
He wanted to find out whether Han Li had obtained a great opportunity and risen rapidly, or if he was truly the reincarnation of a powerful saint as the rumors claimed.
At the same time, Lu Zhen remained vigilant, constantly communicating with the spirit of the quasi-emperor's weapon. If anything unexpected happened, the quasi-emperor's weapon would instantly revive.
Lu Zhen had come to recruit Han Li into the White Jade Capital on the orders of the Dao Sovereign. He also wanted to investigate Han Li's background and determine the attitude of the White Jade Capital towards him.
Last time at Dangyang Mountain, he had been careless and was suppressed by a mysterious expert from the Universal Truth Realm, suffering a slap for no reason.
This time, Lu Zhen had learned his lesson. He had obtained a quasi-emperor's weapon from his master, and it was a top-notch one at that.
With this quasi-emperor's weapon accompanying him, he could go anywhere in the Primordial Spirit region. Even if that mysterious expert from the Universal Truth Realm reappeared, the fully revived quasi-emperor's weapon could withstand the emperor's formation for a period of time, enough for the Dao Sovereign of the White Jade Capital to provide support.
"But it's still not as good as the strongholds of those Divine Origin Realm forces," Lu Zhen judged.
The spiritual energy of Chengsheng Mountain was much denser than what was reported in the intelligence, but that was normal. After all, it was the stronghold of a True Martial Realm Martial King.
He discovered that Chengsheng Mountain had many high-grade spirit gathering formations that could greatly enhance its spiritual energy. Moreover, Han Li had obtained a large amount of cultivation resources from the Great Qian Dynasty, including spiritual veins that could also enhance the spiritual energy of Chengsheng Mountain.
Lu Zhen shook his head slightly and looked towards the bustling Han Mansion. He found that the cultivators inside had low cultivation levels, with the exception of Han Li, the strongest being at the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
There were quite a few Soul Refining Realm cultivators, but there were only a few Grandmasters at the Empty Void Realm and Myriad Manifestations Realm, as recorded in the intelligence, who were Han Li's wives.
Looking at a certain peak of Chengsheng Mountain, Lu Zhen sighed, "He really knows how to procreate."
According to the intelligence, Han Li not only had hundreds of beautiful wives and concubines, but also had thousands of descendants.
With a rough scan of his divine sense, Lu Zhen found that most of them were in Chengsheng Mountain, although their cultivation levels were generally not high.
After another investigation, Lu Zhen communicated with the spirit of the quasi-emperor's weapon and urged it to explore Chengsheng Mountain.
In the past, Lu Zhen would not have been so cautious, but after suffering a loss last time and with recent turbulence in the Primordial Spirit region, it was better to be safe than sorry.
"No problem." Soon, the voice of the weapon's spirit entered Lu Zhen's sea of consciousness.
Lu Zhen raised an eyebrow. "No problem" meant that there were no major issues, but were there minor issues?
However, Lu Zhen quickly let go of his concerns. Minor issues were not a big deal and wouldn't cause any harm. If Han Li truly was the reincarnation of a powerful saint, it wouldn't be convincing without some minor issues.
"Tsk, he finally arrived."
As Lu Zhen's thoughts turned, he saw Han Li flying out of Chengsheng Mountain towards the sky where he was.
Han Li maintained his cultivation at the peak of the True Martial Realm's sixth level as he flew towards Lu Zhen, deliberately showing a serious expression on his face, concealing any flaws from anyone's observation.
Lü Zhen's arrival was sudden. When he entered the Profound Domain, he directly concealed his aura with a quasi-emperor weapon, hoping to catch Han Li off guard and achieve the best effect.
However, Lü Zhen didn't know that the moment he entered the Profound Domain, he was completely exposed in Han Li's eyes, even if he used a quasi-emperor weapon to conceal himself.
Since choosing this plan, Han Li had been prepared. He had the partial power of the Void Clock in Ziyi's recovery, constantly covering the entire Profound Domain, deliberately investigating to see which forces would come and who would come.
For this reason, Han Li also revived several emperor weapons from the Chengsheng Mountain, including the Heaven-Covering Formation, to conceal the heavenly secrets and also to cover up the weather of the Chengsheng Mountain.
Sensitive individuals like Long Yue, Xueyue Qing, and Ling Qingshuang temporarily entered the Time Tower to cultivate inside, to prevent any accidents.
The emperor-grade lower-grade dragon veins of the Chengsheng Mountain, as well as all the important divine medicines, divine weapons, divine formations, and so on, as well as the cultivation and aptitude of his wives, concubines, and descendants, were all concealed by the power of several emperor weapons and temporarily sealed.
If the envoys from the Sacred Land were to come and inspect, they would not find anything at all, unless they used immortal weapons, but that was completely impossible. Han Li only appeared as a True Martial Realm, even if he were a reincarnation of a powerful saint, it wouldn't be worth it.
The envoy sent by the Baiyu Jing was San Zhangjiao Lü Zhen, which surprised Han Li quite a bit. It gave him face.
The quasi-emperor weapon on Lü Zhen's body had long been detected by Han Li's emperor weapon, but he was completely unaware of it. All he saw was the most ordinary side of the Chengsheng Mountain.
"Lü Zhangjiao, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
The first words Han Li said when he arrived at the Sky Dome had a tone of dissatisfaction.
He was currently playing the role of a reincarnation of a powerful being, and Lü Zhen was recklessly investigating his lair. If he didn't show some temper, it would be even easier to expose himself.
"I think it's fine."
Lü Zhen narrowed his eyes, releasing the aura of the Divine Origin Realm, pressing down towards Han Li.
"Hmph!"
Han Li snorted coldly, releasing the aura of the peak of the True Martial Realm's sixth stage without reservation. He even used a secret technique to temporarily increase his combat power to the later stage of the True Martial Realm, resisting Lü Zhen's aura.
Then, Han Li pretended to be unable to bear it, continuously retreating several steps, and then forcefully stabilized himself. He frowned and looked at Lü Zhen, saying, "What does Lü Zhangjiao intend to do?"
"Don't be agitated, Daoist Han."
Lü Zhen smiled, retracting his aura, and said, "I've heard that Daoist Han has an extraordinary background. I am delighted to meet you and would like to have a conversation with you."
"Unfortunately, Daoist Han has not yet recovered his past strength, otherwise, I would be able to appreciate the unparalleled elegance of a saint."
Han Li raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "It seems that Lü Zhangjiao has misunderstood me. I am not a reincarnation of a saint."
"Is that so?" Lü Zhen smiled and did not continue to inquire.
Han Li is quite interesting. From his words, it seems that he may be a reincarnation of a powerful being in the Universal Truth Realm, but Han Li did not explicitly say so.
"Lü Zhangjiao, I understand the purpose of your visit. I want to ask, where are the people from the Divine Weapon Pavilion?" Han Li exhaled and said.
"Before coming to the Chengsheng Mountain, I made a friendly visit to the Sword Domain and had a conversation with the envoy from the Divine Weapon Pavilion. He said he had some temporary matters and couldn't come." Lü Zhen said casually.
PS: Something unexpected happened today, and I'm not in a good state, plus writer's block. This part about cultivation will be delayed.
One sentence, I'll make it up tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)