Chapter 1308
Chapter 1308:
Xiao Chen felt a pang in his heart. He quickly reached out and grasped Leng Yue's body. However, it slowly turned into motes of light and gradually disappeared.
Leng Yue revealed a faint smile. She used her other hand to caress Xiao Chen's face and said, "Don't make such wild guesses. The matters between you and me can never simply be explained by favors. No matter whether you are the Kunlun Realm's Azure Dragon King or I'm a Demon Monarch, in my heart, you will forever be that frivolous youth who pulled me behind you."
Right after Leng Yue said that, her body disappeared completely into the air. This clone died for the sake of rescuing Xiao Chen.
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At this moment, in a cold and gorgeous palace in the Deep Abyss Demonic World:
Wearing luxurious yellow robes, Leng Yue sat on a throne with her eyes shut, exuding a cold but noble air. Many figures stood on both sides of the throne. Without exception, these were all handsome men with strong auras. There were people from the human race, the Fiend Race, the Deity Race, Demons, and many other races.
These were all Leng Yue's Heart Slaves, all slaves to her alone.
When the clone died, the Leng Yue sitting on the throne opened her eyes. All her Heart Slaves knelt down and shouted respectfully, "Master!"
Leng Yue did not even bother looking at them. She extended her hand and sent out a beam of light that coalesced into a handsome white-clad youth with a saber hanging at his waist.
Of all the many handsome and beautiful men in the world, this Demon Monarch Leng Yue will fall only for you.
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The thing that happened in Xiao Chen's illusion had also happened in reality.
True and false, false and true. Xiao Chen found it difficult to differentiate the two. No wonder the Heart Demon managed to grasp his weakness.
He closed his eyes and looked at his dantian. The purple lightning whirlpool there had at least doubled in size. Then, he suddenly opened his eyes and finally understood what had happened.
In the illusion, whenever he wanted to check on the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation's eighth layer, various things would distract him, preventing him from checking on it.
This was because Xiao Chen himself did not know what the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation's eighth layer was like. Naturally, the Heart Demon could not recreate it in the illusion.
Now, seeing the whirlpool formed by the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation's eighth layer and the sea of consciousness that had expanded by four or five times, Xiao Chen was finally sure that he was back in the real world.
After a while, Xiao Chen laughed loudly. Indeed, Leng Yue had not changed. He, Xiao Chen, had not made a misjudgment.
There was an indescribable carefreeness in the laughter. It was like a knot had come undone in his heart, and his breadth of mind had broadened considerably.
After this laughter, Xiao Chen suddenly felt hunger pangs coming from all over his body, not just from the whirlpool at his dantian but also his sea of consciousness and Yuanying.
Xiao Chen had not felt this kind of hunger for a very long time already, ever since he reached Consummation quasi-Emperor and stopped progressing.
Unfortunately, this was the Sky Dome Realm and not the Kunlun Realm. Otherwise, he would be like a fish in the sea, carefree, free, and comfortable.
Xiao Chen's face lit up in joy. The progress that he had anticipated had finally come.
He sat down cross-legged and held an Essence Stone in each hand, frantically absorbing the energy in them.
After the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation refined the Spiritual Energy in the Essence Stones, it split the Spiritual Energy into two streams. One went to the sea of consciousness, strengthening his Magic Energy. The other flowed to the Azure Dragon Yuanying, strengthening his Immortal Cultivation.
In a mere hour, Xiao Chen completely drained two Essence Stones, turning them into ordinary rocks to be tossed aside. However, his body was not satisfied yet.
He cast these rocks aside and took out another two Essence Stones to cultivate with. Right now, he urgently required these cultivation resources, so he did not restrain himself.
Time crept by. After three full days, the hunger from his body no longer felt as pressing.
The flowing Magic Energy already occupied half of Xiao Chen's vast sea of consciousness, the amount more than double of when his Purple Thunder Divine Incantation was at the seventh layer. Furthermore, it was even purer.
Xiao Chen wondered how strong his Magic Energy would be when his sea of consciousness was completely filled.
However, this was not the greatest change, which was to his Azure Dragon Yuanying. The Azure Dragon Yuanying in his dantian gave him the feeling it was undergoing a marked qualitative improvement.
However, the price was shockingly high as well. In the past three days, Xiao Chen had drained a large portion of the twenty thousand Essence Stones he carried with him.
Xiao Chen sighed softly, "If this were the Kunlun Realm, I would be able to use the abundant Spiritual Energy of the Kunlun Realm, saving me at least five thousand Essence Stones."
Although he said that, he did not feel any regrets. There were too many uncertainties in the Kunlun Realm. He might not have been able to clear his tribulation so smoothly there.
"Xiao Chen, you cleared your Heart Tribulation?"
Ao Jiao, who had been asleep for three days, woke up, feeling somewhat confused.
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "I cleared it. It's been hard on you."
Ao Jiao smiled in embarrassment. "How could it be hard on me? I'm ashamed to say that I actually fell asleep. Darn it!"
Xiao Chen understood. Ao Jiao probably did not fall asleep on her own. This had to have been Leng Yue's doing.
"Come, let's return to Qingyun Peak."
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Xiao Chen lived a peaceful life in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion. Aside from cultivating, he would wander around.
Occasionally, he would meet with some old friends from the past in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion.
During these peaceful days, Xiao Chen slowly mediated on the Taiji Dao, the Saber Domain, and the Major Magic Skill Dharmic World.
Sometimes, when he quieted himself down, he vaguely sensed that the Emperor's bridge crossing the great chasm was already mostly completed.
As he stood on the bridge and looked at the other side, he saw that the heavy fog surrounding the Emperor's Door had already thinned significantly.
Xiao Chen's Great Tribulation of wind and fire approached. Fortunately, he was still in the Sky Dome Realm. While he cultivated, he even heard the sound of surging winds and raging fire.
Under such circumstances, he stopped his cultivation of Primordial Energy and Law Energy, lest he accidentally trigger his Great Tribulation of wind and fire without any warning.
Xiao Chen focused on the cultivation of Magic Energy, continuously tempering and refining it, making his Magic Energy even purer.
Now, he could already maintain Dharmic World, a Major Magic Skill, for three seconds.
These three seconds should not be underestimated. A Dharmic World of three seconds was already sufficient for Xiao Chen to do a lot of things. By using it at a critical moment, he could instantly change the world, turning the situation around.
He already achieved the foundations of the Taiji Dao's fast-slow and stillness-movement mysteries. This Taiji Dao was like a new set of large doors, opening up a brand-new world to him.
The practice of the Fish Dragon Art gradually approached a favorable state, allowing him to move in flashes. He nearly succeeded in blending it with the Taiji Dao.
The cultivation of the Saber Domain advanced into a whole new area—an unprecedented comprehension in the Kunlun Realm. Now, Xiao Chen already cultivated three of that sunlike mote of light in his sea of consciousness.
He did not know what exactly it was. He only knew that if he touched it, it should unleash tremendous might as horrifying as the sun exploding.
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In the blink of an eye, it had already been a year since Xiao Chen arrived at the Sky Dome Realm from the Kunlun Realm.
On this particular day, Yue Chenxi, Gong Yangyu, and Xuanyuan Zhantian met up and arrived at Qingyun Peak, where Xiao Chen was.
"Are you all leaving already?" Xiao Chen asked.
The three nodded. They were different from Xiao Chen. Right now, he could not raise his cultivation any higher. What he currently cultivated was his mind and Magic Energy. Furthermore, these three were in their golden age. They needed to adventure and find great fortuitous encounters to raise their cultivation; they could not remain in the Sky Dome Realm for too long.
Spending most of the year in the Sky Dome Realm was already very long. In the Kunlun Realm, half a year would be enough for them to improve by one cultivation grade.
"Right now, the Sky Dome Realm appears peaceful on the surface. However, in reality, there were many undercurrents hidden, which will erupt one day," Yue Chenxi said worriedly.
When this matter was mentioned, Xuanyuan Zhantian felt sorrowful. He nodded and said, "Indeed. My father told me that the Sky Dome Realm would undergo a great change, and great chaos would arrive. Right now, this is just the calm before the storm."
From the moment Feng Ziyi tried to snatch the Sky Dome Heart, Xiao Chen already expected that the Sky Dome Realm would undergo great change in the future.
He knew more than these three people. He had heard from Ying Yue that the chaos ten thousand years ago resulted in the last Tianwu Emperor and the Azure Emperor falling at the same time. That started in the Sky Dome Realm.
With such worry, even if the three left, they would not be at ease. Xiao Chen said, "How about this: bring your families to my Xiao Clan. I laid down a formation that can block a Martial Emperor. Even if great chaos arrives, they can hold out for a while, giving us time to rescue them."
"That is a good plan!"
The faces of Yue Chenxi and the others lit up in joy. What they worried the most about when returning to the Kunlun Realm was their family. With Xiao Chen's word, it meant that there was hope.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly. Then, he recalled something and said, "There are a few people of my Xiao Clan with pretty good talents. I'm going to have to trouble you to bring them to the Kunlun Realm. If you have time, please help me to take care of them."
"Don't worry. Just leave this small matter to us."
Xiao Chen watched the three leave excitedly with a pensive look on his calm face.
The encounter in the Sky Dome Immortal Realm made him feel restless. Something must have happened in the Kunlun Realm. Otherwise, the three Holy Masters would not have been so bold as to send people to the Sky Dome Realm to cause trouble for him.
"Everyone says that great chaos will arrive. How chaotic will it be exactly?" Xiao Chen said, swishing the tea in the teacup he held.
Just at this moment, he frowned slightly as he picked up a faint fluctuation. He immediately looked into the distance.
At the edge of his vision were the Ancient Desolate Land and Hidden Dragon Lake, where the first Tianwu Emperor's grave was.
Speaking of which, it was rather strange. Back then, when Xiao Chen laid the formation to seal the first Tianwu Emperor's grave, while the formation was rather powerful in the Sky Dome Realm, it should not be able to block a quasi-Emperor.
However, even after so many years, no one had touched the first Tianwu Emperor's grave.
Many people should be very interested in such a character. However, the formation that Xiao Chen left behind remained intact all this time.
Xiao Chen had laid the formation, and the formation flag used was his Secret Treasure. He would be able to feel any changes immediately, even if it was just wind rustling the grass.
Back then, he had not expected the formation to be able to block everyone. His intent was to rush over if someone touched it.
However, no one had dared to touch the formation. Was it due to the deterrence of his reputation?
Xiao Chen felt that the possibility of this was low. If anything, it was more likely due to Chu Chaoyun. This person probably held a high position in the Deep Abyss Demonic World. Perhaps he left some instructions; hence, the Demons did not dare to touch it. As for the people of the Sky Dome Realm, they were giving him face by not touching it.
However, today, there suddenly were some fluctuations. Someone was touching the formation Xiao Chen left behind.
"Strange."
Xiao Chen stood up and casually tore open space, rushing to the Ancient Desolate Land.
The Ancient Desolate Land had been the Tianwu Dynasty's capital ten thousand years ago, the center of the entire Sky Dome Realm. After the dynasty fell, it was no longer as bustling as before. After a long time, this place had turned into a large, endless lake.