Chapter 354: “Great Chaos Hole True Power”

Qi Yun could sense the change in her husband. Back then, after being afflicted by the Gui Liu Yuan Witch Poison, Dongbo Xueying’s body had never fully recovered. Occasionally, he would break into cold sweat and his body would tremble slightly. Yet now, as they embraced, she felt a mighty and formidable power hidden within Dongbo Xueying’s body, a force that even left her awestruck.

This was the Wan Jie Hun Yuan Body! Even if deliberately restrained, as a half-god level mage, Qi Yun could still sense that her husband had undergone a complete transformation.

They parted.

“Xueying, you’re completely healed?” Qi Yun couldn’t hide her excitement.

“Healed beyond healed,” Dongbo Xueying chuckled. “Healthy enough to have kids now!”

“Always joking around the moment we meet. You really are…” Qi Yun sighed helplessly, then looked around. “This is where you live in Hongshi Mountain?”

“Just moved in,” Dongbo Xueying smiled. “Before, I was merely a guardian disciple. But in the past eleven years, your man here has passed both the Wen Xin Road and Dengyun Tower trials, finally becoming an inner sect disciple. This is an inner sect disciple’s cultivation paradise! And you, as my wife, can live here with me. Come on, let me show you the meditation chambers.”

Dongbo Xueying led his wife around his personal cultivation paradise.

After touring the entire paradise and learning that each meditation chamber cost fifty million divine crystals, Qi Yun was even more astonished.

“Five million divine crystals? Just for one meditation chamber? Our Xia Clan only has a fraction of that,” Qi Yun was stunned.

“This was built by the Holy Master of Hongchen, a mighty being from the Divine Realm. What’s this compared to that?” Dongbo Xueying said. “I’ve heard that the personal disciples of the Holy Master have even better cultivation conditions than mine! Actually, as an inner sect disciple, one already has the qualification to receive the Holy Master’s guidance. Unfortunately, the Holy Master has passed away. Sigh, we can only cultivate diligently on our own now.”

“Oh, right, you can live with me here, so you can use the meditation chambers too. Also, you can visit the Dengyun Tower, the Wen Xin Road, the Valley of Inheritance Marks, and so on outside,” Dongbo Xueying added.

“Really? But I’m not even a disciple of Hongshi Mountain,” Qi Yun couldn’t believe it.

“Taking a look around won’t do any harm to Hongchen Island,” Dongbo Xueying said with a casual shrug. “Though naturally, you won’t come across any rare treasures or secret techniques at the World God level or higher. Those are truly scarce and precious.”

“This is already great. It’s way better than the cultivation conditions back in the Xia Clan,” Qi Yun was very satisfied.

Dongbo Xueying smiled. “Come on, let me show you around the entire Hongchen Island.”

That very day,

Dongbo Xueying took his wife for a thorough tour of Hongchen Island. Qi Yun began her cultivation life on the island. Her magical power avatar had always been in the Xihuo World. As long as her avatar visited Hongshi Mountain once a year to replenish her magical power from her main body, it could be sustained continuously. Now free from the Witch Poison, the couple also planned to have a child.

However, the higher one’s power, the harder it was to conceive. Especially after cultivating the Wan Jie Hun Yuan Body, leaving behind a bloodline became even more difficult.

After all, such a bloodline, even if not as strong as the father’s, would still be extremely powerful. It would surpass any offspring of ancient beings or demons in the history of the Xia Clan by a huge margin!

…

In a small courtyard on Hongchen Island,

Ge Bai and He Feiyun, two Deity-level experts, stood alongside Xi Wei and Hongshi, all gathered in solemn assembly. Among them, Dongbo Xueying also made his presence known.

“You’ve been promoted from a guardian disciple to an inner sect disciple.”

“Thus, you may select another Realm God-tier secret art, and you may also pick one treasure from this list,” Elder Hongshi declared. “Naturally, you shall also be granted a full set of Realm God artifacts! Among them, the weapon can be specially forged into a blood-bound divine armament. With proper cultivation, this blood-bound divine weapon can be refined all the way to the Supreme Realm God level. Dongbo, this single blood-bound divine weapon alone is worth five million divine crystals! It stands as the most precious gift any inner sect disciple could ever receive.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded.

A divine-level secret technique of the Boundary God Realm? Not a significant loss for the Crimson Stone Mountain.

The treasures on the list? None would be too valuable, with the highest worth only a million divine crystals—ten times that of a guardian disciple.

Only the weapons!

A set of Realm God artifacts wasn’t worth much, as they were all inferior Realm God tier items! Probably worth only a few hundred thousand divine crystals.

Only the blood-forged divine weapon, which had the potential to be cultivated up to the Supreme Realm God level, cost five million divine crystals alone! Many ordinary Realm Gods couldn’t afford it. Only those Realm Gods who had endured long years of hardship and accumulation could gather so many divine crystals to forge such a precious blood-forged divine weapon.

The advantage of a blood-forged divine weapon was that it was easy to control and its power was greater than other weapons of the same level.

“You are still merely a demigod-level being,” Hongshi elaborated. “The blood-forged divine weapon we craft for you shall initially possess the might of a Supreme-Grade Divine Artifact—a power you can scarcely wield. Were it forged as an Inferior World Deity artifact from the outset, you would be utterly incapable of wielding it. Its potency rivals both the Witch God’s Blade you spoke of and the blood-forged armament wielded by your Xia Clan’s ‘Elder Xue.’ Yet unlike those, your weapon shall awaken at this tier… and may be nurtured to ascend unto staggering heights.”

(Note: I’ve employed elevated fantasy terminology like “Supreme-Grade Divine Artifact” for 极品神 and “World Deity” for 界神 to convey the hierarchy. “Blood-forged divine weapon” maintains consistency with the mystical crafting process, while phrases like “awaken at this tier” and “ascend unto staggering heights” enhance the cultivation aspect with poetic grandeur.)

Dongbo Xueying nodded.

“What requirements do you have for this blood-forged divine weapon?” Hongshi asked.

“A spear!” Dongbo Xueying said without hesitation. “A regular long spear. The shaft and spearhead should be the same size as the Starstone Huoyun Spear.”

The size of the Starstone Huoyun Spear was already very comfortable for him.

The divine-tier inferior long spear he currently wielded had been slightly extended with his power. Divine artifacts could grow longer or shorter, larger or smaller—yet it was wiser not to alter them unless absolutely necessary.

“Fine,” Hongshi nodded.

“May I trade this collection of Realm God artifacts for divine crystals?” inquired Dongbo Xueying. Such relics held no value to him!

“Of course,” Hongshi nodded. “It can be valued at fifty thousand divine crystals!”

He was willing to do this small favor.

“Senior Ge Bai, Senior Feiyun,” Dongbo Xueying smiled. “Senior Hongshi, Senior Xi Wei, I can select one World God level secret art, fifty thousand divine crystals, and I also have the privilege to choose one treasure from the list!”

“Please help me decide… what should I choose to defeat the Witch God and the Great Demon God!” Dongbo Xueying urged.

The four present began to think.

“The Witch God is a Material World Lord. He can continuously obtain various war weapons from the Divine Realm. Until war breaks out, we can’t predict what he might bring forth,” Ge Bai, the young man in the thick robe, frowned. “Designing a completely winning strategy is difficult.”

“Second Senior!” The youth in the crimson cloak beside him shook his head. “This isn’t about researching spells. In war, there’s no absolutely winning strategy. As long as the chance of victory is as high as possible, that’s enough.”

“Right,” Dongbo Xueying nodded in agreement.

For war strategies, he would rely on these four seniors.

At this critical moment, Dongbo Xueying wouldn’t be foolish enough to act recklessly and make his own decisions.

“Your strength is the foundation,” the youth in the crimson cloak declared. “In the mortal realm, deities cannot tread! Your own power shall prove immensely potent. You are on the verge of wielding a blood-forged divine spear of supreme godly rank. Your offensive prowess is already formidable! Yet… it remains insufficient.”

“Not strong enough?” Dongbo Xueying was surprised. “The Witch God and the Great Demon God’s divine avatars are only at the peak of half-gods!”

With his Wan Jie Hun Yuan Body!

With his secret techniques!

With a divine weapon tempered in blood, he reckoned he could likely challenge experts at the late-stage deity realm! Possessing such might, crushing demigods would be as effortless as sweeping dust!

“You’re mistaken,” said the young man in the heavy robe beside him. “Think carefully. Just like when you hide in the Void Realm, even if others are ten or a hundred times stronger than you, what use is their strength if they cannot strike you?”

“The Witch God and the Great Demon God’s realms are much higher than yours.”

“The Witch God, as a Lord of the Material World, must possess extraordinary talent. I suspect he likely has a first-grade divine heart, ascending to the status of a Realm God,” the youth clad in heavy robes shook his head. “Even if you, Dongbo Xueying, elevate all three true meanings to the divine heart realm, the gap would still be vast. Now do you comprehend the disparity between yourself and the Witch God?”

“The Great Demon God is even more powerful than the Witch God!”

“One could say… although their power is suppressed to the peak of half-gods, they are elusive. Against them, many of your techniques will be ineffective,” the young man in the thick robe said.

Dongbo Xueying fell into thought.

“So you must keep amplifying your strengths!” declared the youth clad in the crimson cloak. “To them, your greatest advantage lies in your overwhelming power. Your might isn’t suppressed—it’s actually embraced and treasured by the entire mortal realm! Thus, you must continue to refine your power. Once your strength reaches its zenith, a single blow could shatter all realms—both the material world and the Void. Even the faintest ripple of that power would be beyond what their demigod-level avatars could endure.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.

“And facing those war weapons,” the youth in the crimson cloak continued, “if your power is strong enough, you can defeat those war weapons head-on.”

“But… how do I enhance my strength?” Dongbo Xueying asked.

It seemed he had reached his limits in every aspect.

Unless he broke through in cultivation again, but that wasn’t something he could achieve at will.

“A Realm God-level secret art,” said the youth in the crimson cloak. “You’ve already mastered the ‘Myriad Realms Primordial Body’. Since you’re just starting out, it’s not advisable to cultivate other physical secret arts at the same time. Therefore, you should select a Realm God-level secret art that focuses on divine power or battle energy—preferably one that maximizes your combat prowess.”

“Hmm,” Dongbo Xueying agreed.

“Your Star True Meaning has reached the peak of the third realm. Perhaps there’s a Boundary God-level secret art you might be able to comprehend,” spoke the youth clad in heavy robes.

“What secret art?” Dongbo Xueying felt hopeful.

The youth in heavy robes and the crimson-cloaked lad exchanged a knowing glance, their minds converging on the same thought. The scarlet-mantled boy voiced it first: “The Primordial Chaos True Power!”