novelhk Chapter 792 Testing the Waters from All Sides! Challenging the Holy Land Families!
Chapter 792 Testing the Waters from All Sides! Challenging the Holy Land Families!
Looking at the primordial divine rune that had been rejected, Chu Yang was momentarily stunned.
How come we just solved the fusion limit, and now a new problem has arisen?
He tried to integrate that primordial divine rune into the brilliant star once more, and carefully sensed the changes in the brilliant star.
A moment later, the divine rune was repelled once again, and Chu Yang figured out the reason.
It's still a matter of the upper limit!
Unlike before, this time it's not the upper limit that the brilliant stars can withstand, but the compatibility limit of the Great Dao runes.
To put it bluntly, the nameless Dao runes can only be used to a maximum of nine.
Having figured this out, Chu Yang didn't try it again.
Nine is the ultimate number of the Dao, which surprised him but also made sense to him.
However, this also means that he can no longer "upgrade" the Brilliant Star by continuously fusing nameless Dao runes.
It seems I'll have to collect other Great Dao runes, or fragments of Great Dao rules, in the future.
But the gains I made at Zhuofeng this time can be considered a good start.
Because the runes of the Great Dao of Nature are derived from the complete Great Dao of Nature, rather than being fragments of the rules of the Great Dao.
At least this one brilliant star already possesses an extremely high growth potential.
Above the sea of suffering, ten ordinary stars surround the brilliant star, subtly reflecting the principles of planets and stars.
As Chu Yang walked out of the main hall, he glanced at Li Ruoyu, who was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, comprehending the legacy of Zhuofeng.
The latter seemed to sense something, suddenly opened his eyes, sat cross-legged, and bowed slightly to him, saying, "Both Zhuofeng and I owe you a debt of karma!"
"But I hope you will not pass on this secret technique to others!"
Chu Yang nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Senior, I'll be leaving now."
Li Ruoyu hesitated for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth, his voice echoing through the Tai Xuan Mountains.
"The successor of Zhuofeng has entered the world; those within Taixuan should not make things difficult for him!"
All the elders of the Tai Xuan Sect were alarmed, and they all looked towards Zhuofeng with inscrutable eyes, mixed with a hint of fear.
Because of Li Ruoyu's move, they knew they couldn't do it.
In other words, this seemingly dull and mediocre old man has already taken a step onto the path of enlightenment!
Li Ruoyu's words were both a reminder and a threat.
With the reappearance of the Zhuofeng lineage, everyone in Taixuan is now watching Chu Yang.
They dared not cause trouble on Zhuofeng Peak, but once Chu Yang left Taixuan Sect, there was no guarantee that someone might harbor evil intentions.
At the summit of Zhuofeng, Chu Yang shook his head and chuckled, saying nothing more.
Even without Li Ruoyu's threat, he wasn't afraid of anyone from the Tai Xuan Sect coming to cause him trouble.
Now he is only one step away from the other shore. Not to mention the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, even the cultivators of the Dao Palace Secret Realm may not be able to threaten him.
If some shameless old bastards really make a move, he can certainly unleash his true spirit.
After descending Zhuofeng Peak, Chu Yang's brows twitched slightly, and he turned to look back up the mountain.
All the flowers, trees, and crows on the mountain were bowing their heads slightly in his direction, as if bidding farewell to the king.
Chu Yang's understanding of the Great Dao of Nature was somewhat different, so his relationship with Zhuo Feng was more like that of "ruler and subject" than "friends".
Withdrawing his gaze, he didn't hesitate any longer and rode away on the rainbow.
After leaving the Tai Xuan Mountains, Chu Yang headed towards the Jin Kingdom.
But before he had gone far, he noticed someone following him from a distance, their purpose unclear.
Narrowing his eyes, Chu Yang guessed that most of these people were not from the Tai Xuan Sect.
They are a prestigious sect, after all; they shouldn't be so shameless.
Moreover, given Li Ruoyu's words, the old guys from all the major peaks will give him some face.
After all, no one would want to offend a powerful figure destined to rise to prominence.
There are only two possibilities if someone is following behind...
Either a young disciple of the Tai Xuan Sect has taken it upon himself to try and seize the inheritance of Zhuofeng.
Or perhaps it's other powerful figures who have heard about this, or independent cultivators, who want a piece of the pie!
Chu Yang ignored him and continued on his way.
On the third day, just as he was about to cross the border of Wei, those who had been following him finally couldn't hold back any longer!
In a somewhat desolate mountain range, Chu Yang stood under a withered tree, looking at the figures on several mountain peaks ahead, a playful smile on his face.
There were four groups in total, and each of them was a cultivator from the Dao Palace Secret Realm!
"If you don't make a move soon, I'm about to lose my patience..."
Chu Yang uttered a seemingly nonsensical remark, causing everyone on the four mountain peaks to frown.
They didn't know that the reason Chu Yang took three days to arrive here was because he deliberately slowed down.
Otherwise, these lowly soldiers and generals, who are generally below the third level of the Dao Palace, would have been left behind long ago unless they relied on spiritual treasures.
Everyone vaguely understood that the young man was deliberately trying to lure them into making a move.
One of them said coldly, "Arrogant!"
"Young Emperor Chu, the Eastern Wilderness Divine Body has not yet been born. Do you really think you are invincible?"
Some people felt that he seemed to have something to rely on and decided to wait and see.
However, Chu Yang's gaze remained fixed on a group of men in black.
In the world of cultivation, murder and theft are commonplace. If you possess a great treasure but lack the ability to protect it, you can only blame yourself.
Therefore, when doing such things, cultivators usually do not conceal their whereabouts.
Unless there are two possibilities...
Either they cherish their reputation, or...
They were hesitant and didn't want to reveal their identity!
Chu Yang felt that this group of men in black, or rather the people behind them, were mostly people who both cherished their reputation and did not want to reveal their identities.
Was it sent by Hua Yunfei?
Chu Yang thought it was very likely.
The two sides were deadlocked for a time, and none of the four groups wanted to make the first move.
Chu Yang collected his thoughts, glanced around at everyone, and said with a faint smile, "Sending a bunch of nobodys, just to probe my weaknesses?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward, and a dense black light surged forth, seemingly trying to create a small world for Zhou Shen, but he failed and ultimately turned into a hazy chaos.
Brilliant stars leaped into his hand, the sound of the Great Dao resounded, and suddenly the barren mountains were rejuvenated, with a touch of green appearing.
The glittering stars also turned emerald green, like a wheel of life.
This scene looked beautiful, but the methods Chu Yang used next were anything but beautiful.
He lifted the Wheel of Life in one hand as if it were a brick, and slammed it mercilessly onto a mountaintop.
On the hilltop, the man who had spoken earlier changed his expression drastically, and the deafening roar of the road filled his ears.
He and the others beside him quickly used their respective methods, took out their weapons, and joined forces to attack.
Among these people, the strongest one was only at the second level of the Dao Palace.
As the Wheel of Life crashed down, those spiritual weapons were shattered.
The group's expressions changed drastically as they summoned the deities from their divine repositories, attempting to contend with Chu Yang.
At the same time, the leader shouted at the top of his lungs, "Help!"
"If we don't join forces, no one can stop him!"
No sooner had the words been spoken than the group of men in black took the lead in attacking, and the people on the other two hilltops followed suit.
Chu Yang sneered, and ten stars appeared around him, shooting out in all directions like cannonballs.
At the same time, the divine power was running wildly along the route of the All-Character Secret Technique, but unfortunately, the luck was really not good, and it could not be triggered.
This made Chu Yang feel even more strongly that he needed to collect all nine secrets as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if every battle had to rely purely on luck, it wouldn't be a good idea.
The probability of triggering the "All" secret is very low, but once triggered, it can unleash ten times the combat power.
There are only two ways to solve the problem of low probability.
Firstly, as your cultivation level increases, the probability of triggering the event will also increase.
Instead, one should collect the other eight secrets. For each secret mastered, the probability of triggering the "Word Secret" will increase by 10%.
By collecting all nine secrets and improving one's cultivation, one can achieve a near 100% trigger rate.
Even without triggering the All-Encompassing Secret, Chu Yang, holding the Brilliant Star in one hand and simultaneously controlling ten ordinary stars with his divine sense, managed to fight on equal terms with the dozen or so Dao Palace cultivators on the other side.
Everyone was shocked, and at the same time thought to themselves that he was indeed the reincarnation of the Great Emperor.
The claim that the Great Emperor was reincarnated still has some doubts.
Even if there are reincarnated emperors, I've never heard of them being able to use the power of their past lives!
Therefore, many people think that Chu Yang is just pretending to be a ghost.
However, his display of imperial power twice, once at the Demon Emperor's Tomb and once at the Purple Cloud Mountains, cannot be faked.
Therefore, everyone understands that even if he is not the reincarnation of an emperor, he may very well have received the inheritance of a certain emperor!
In any case, Chu Yang is now essentially a walking treasure trove in the Eastern Wilderness!
If it weren't for the emperor's power, even powerful beings would probably have been tempted to attack him.
Even so, aren't there still some people who can't hold back?
Although it was only a few cultivators at the Dao Palace level who were sent out to conduct a cautious probe!
In a short while, the two sides exchanged dozens of blows, and after circulating the technique thousands of times, Chu Yang finally triggered the secret technique!
A smile appeared on his face, and then the Wheel of Life in his hand flipped, smashing the people in front of him, sending them flying backward and coughing up blood.
Those ten ordinary stars were like ten small mountains, suppressing the other cultivators!
Through the Divine Hundred Refinements technique, Chu Yang manipulates and transforms objects, making these stars seem like extended arms in his hands.
The jet-black divine flames flickered, and Chu Yang, a cultivator at the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, was actually making a group of Dao Palace cultivators feel waves of pressure.
The tenfold increase in combat power came and went quickly, but Chu Yang did not feel the emptiness after the power faded. Instead, it felt as if a part of himself had been sealed away.
After all, his original height was fixed, so no matter how much power he borrowed, it wouldn't make much of a difference to him...
Ten stars shone brightly, suppressing more than a dozen Dao Palace cultivators.
Chu Yang walked up to one of them and said with a smile, "I'll ask, you answer."
The man didn't answer, but continued, "Who sent you?"
The cultivator's eyes flickered, but he still did not answer.
Chu Yang swept his divine sense over the body and then directly extracted some spiritual herbs and two walnut-sized Origin Stones from the other party.
This is only a cultivator at the second level of the Dao Palace realm, he's really too poor!
Without saying a word, he swung the Wheel of Life and smashed the cultivator into a bloody pulp!
With the help of the natural order, the brilliant stars, after transforming into the wheel of life, are not much different from weapons woven from the principles of the Dao.
Furthermore, Chu Yang's physical body was even more terrifying than the Ancient Sacred Body, so the visual impact of this smash was extremely shocking.
Some of the monks had already begun to feel their legs go weak and their faces showed fear.
He walked up to the other person and continued, "Who sent you?"
This man was a tough nut to crack; he gritted his teeth, stubbornly held his neck, and looked like he was just waiting to die.
Without hesitation, Chu Yang used the Wheel of Life to grant him his wish.
By the time he asked the fourth person, the man's defenses had crumbled, a foul odor emanating from his genitals, and he knelt on the ground, saying, "He's a member of the Jiang family!"
"Please! Don't kill me!!"
Chu Yang narrowed his eyes. He really hadn't expected that this matter would involve the Jiang family.
However, if the powerful figures of ancient families and holy lands want to kill and seize treasures, they will usually take action themselves to ensure success and leave no trace.
This kind of "hiring a killer" seems rather low-class...
Therefore, the person behind these "assassins" is mostly just a minor figure.
Chu Yang did not kill the cultivator who confessed, but instead used the same method to interrogate the others.
In the end, only three people confessed. Besides the one hired by the Jiang family, there was another person who was acting on the orders of the Ji family.
The other person came from the Yao Guang Holy Land.
"You really think highly of me..."
As Chu Yang muttered to himself, he swung the Wheel of Life, smashing the men in black to death one by one.
None of the men in black begged for mercy, nor did they show any signs of emotional breakdown; they simply waited silently for their deaths.
But you could see that their eyes were full of doubt and confusion.
When they arrived, Chu Yang didn't ask them a single question, as if he had already anticipated that they wouldn't say anything.
The three survivors trembled violently upon witnessing this scene.
Chu Yang glanced back at the territory of Wei, put away the eleven stars, and laughed loudly:
"Hua Yunfei! I'll be waiting for you in Jin!"
"Whether it's an ancient clan or a sacred land, anyone who's not afraid of death can come to the Four Extremes Secret Realm!"
"I will never use the Emperor's power!"
After saying that, he took a step forward, transformed into a stream of black flames, and soared into the sky.
It should be noted that those who followed Chu Yang all the way were not just those with ill intentions.
Since the reappearance of the Zhuofeng lineage, his identity has also been exposed.
Emperor Chu Shao entered the Tai Xuan Sect and obtained the supreme inheritance at Zhuofeng!
This news had already spread throughout the Southern Region of the Eastern Wilderness, otherwise even the Jiang family of the Northern Region wouldn't have been attracted here.
So many of the people following him were just there to watch the excitement.
But what they saw was that Chu Yang single-handedly suppressed more than a dozen Dao Palace Secret Realm cultivators!
His own cultivation level seems to be only at the Divine Bridge Realm...
This was already terrifying enough, but then the list of ancient families and holy lands on the back of the screen directly mentioned Hua Yunfei of the Tai Xuan Sect.
This series of events quickly spread throughout the entire Eastern Wilderness, causing quite a stir!
Especially recently, because of the reappearance of the Zhuofeng lineage, many important figures have gone to the Taixuan Sect.
Therefore, as soon as the news of the Wei border spread, all parties reacted immediately.
Some people angrily denounced Chu Yang for his arrogance, saying that he had taken valuable treasures to the Jin Kingdom with the intention of killing the young emperor!
Someone is secretly hiding their tracks, plotting to kill and steal treasure!
Some people rallied their friends and formed an "Emperor Hunting Alliance," shouting slogans loudly, but before they could even emerge from the mountains, they were suppressed by a powerful figure.
To disrespect the Emperor is tantamount to courting death!
So, this group of people decisively changed the name of the alliance from "Hunter Emperor" to "Hunter Chu"...
In short, all the events in the southern regions of the eastern wilderness converged on the State of Jin!
However, no one knew that Chu Yang, the instigator, did not go directly to the State of Jin. Instead, after leaving the border of the State of Wei, he found a place to go into seclusion.
He intends to use the resources he plundered from those cultivators to take the final step, allowing the divine bridge to reach the other side! (End of Chapter)