Chapter 731
I Envy You But I Won't Say It
"A new Dao essence has appeared in the Star Sea Domain, which must be related to you, fellow Daoist."
Upon entering the temple, Shenxiao couldn't help but ask.
Xu Chen sensed the aura emanating from Shenxiao and smiled slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Shenxiao has a high acceptance of the Dao essence emerging from the new capital of the Star Sea Region. It is hoped that the Great Dao Body of the Three Hundred and Sixty Heavens will be perfected."
When Xu Chen first met Shenxiao, Shenxiao's Great Dao Body had already integrated 300 Great Daos, which was close to the limit of his Great Dao path.
When Xu Chen advanced to the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm, the Great Dao of Shenxiao had come to an end. He was only missing 26 Great Daos, but no matter what he did, he could not find a suitable Great Dao to sublimate and integrate into the Great Dao Body.
If there were no additional Dao essences in this star sea region, Shenxiao might have stopped here in his life.
"It seems it really is related to you, fellow Daoist~"
Shenxiao waved his hand gently, and a tea set appeared in front of him. He wanted to personally brew tea for Xu Chen.
"Wait a minute~"
As Xu Chen spoke, he tossed over a special spatial container, which contained divine-grade lightning liquid.
"Using this to brew tea results in a rich aroma and is also beneficial to the soul."
"This is……"
"Divine-grade Thunder Essence!"
Shenxiao stared wide-eyed at the divine-grade lightning liquid in the spatial container, enough to fill a small lake, and his hand holding the spatial container trembled slightly.
"Since you specialize in the path of thunder, this thunder slurry should be helpful to your cultivation," Xu Chen said with a slight smile.
"This is a huge help. This divine-grade lightning liquid is completely free of any impurities."
Shenxiao took out a ball of tea, examined it closely, and then put it into the teapot.
“Fellow Daoist Xu, this is far too valuable. I would like to exchange it for the Blood God Dao Field.”
The tea, brewed with Lei Jiang liquid, was handed to Xu Chen.
"We are friends. In my eyes, the only value of this thing is that it makes tea taste better. As for other values, it's not that great."
"We are friends, and in my opinion, tea brewed by a friend is priceless."
“Fellow Daoist Shenxiao, if we were to measure this by normal values, it would prove that you don’t consider me a friend.”
Xu Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, feeling a tingling sensation spread through his soul.
"Since Fellow Daoist Xu has said this much, it would seem inappropriate for me to refuse further."
Shenxiao nodded and accepted the Thunder Liquid.
"I came to see you today mainly to catch up with an old friend."
"Judging from the current size of the Holy Thunder Clan, it must have recovered to its former glory."
Xu Chen scanned the area with his divine sense and sensed that the Holy Thunder Clan had expanded more than a hundred times in recent years compared to what he had seen before.
"It's even stronger than when it was at its peak." Shenxiao smiled slightly as he said this, his words full of pride.
"If it weren't for that special space back then, where I met you and other fellow Daoists, I would probably still be wandering in this Black Mist Star Sea with my clan."
As Shenxiao spoke, he drank the tea brewed with thunder liquid in one gulp, and the teacup he was about to put down suddenly stopped.
Then, a look of shock appeared on Shenxiao's face, and a longing from the depths of his soul emanated from his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Shenxiao, what's wrong?" Seeing that something was amiss, Xu Chen quickly asked.
"I seem to sense the coordinates of an unfamiliar star field, and it's calling me there," Shenxiao said in a dazed tone, then used a light screen to show Xu Chen the coordinates.
Xu Chen knew at a glance that these coordinates belonged to that idiotic Starfield Will.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, do you have any way to take me there?"
"In that thunderous liquid, I seemed to see the path on my future path to advancement."
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I am willing to give everything for this." Shenxiao's eyes were filled with longing.
“Fellow Daoist Shenxiao, it’s not that I don’t want to take you.”
"The will of that star field is mentally unstable. Once you get there, if you dare to reveal even a trace of your aura, you will be subject to a tribulation of lightning."
"Lightning tribulation?"
“Yes, it’s the tribulation of the invincible Saint Venerable realm. Even with my current strength, I almost couldn’t withstand it,” Xu Chen advised.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I have heard the Dao, please grant my request." Shenxiao rose and bowed deeply to Xu Chen.
"You really want to go?" Xu Chen asked seriously.
"I would rather die than regret it!" His words contained an unwavering determination.
Xu Chen scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that the Holy Thunder Clan had more than ten invincible Saint Venerable Realm experts. Even if Shenxiao left, the Holy Thunder Clan could still continue to develop.
"I can't help you fight the lightning tribulation there."
"It was a near-death experience."
A terrifying aura of the Dao of Thunder permeated the temple.
A bolt of lightning condensed at the top of the temple, its power enough to kill Shenxiao.
Looking at the tribulation lightning that was brewing, Shenxiao rationally knew that he absolutely could not withstand it, but an incomparably longing surged in his soul.
"The power of this tribulation is barely 30% of that of the previous tribulation, and each tribulation is stronger than the last."
After Xu Chen finished speaking, he quietly looked at Shenxiao.
"Please grant my request, Fellow Daoist Xu!"
"In that case, you should first explain things to your clan before coming with me."
Xu Chen scratched his head, never expecting that coming to see his old friend would be the last time he saw him.
"Half a day will be enough for me," Shenxiao said, transforming into a bolt of divine lightning and disappearing into the void.
Shenxiao returned half a day later.
Without saying much, Xu Chen directly opened the spatial gate leading to that special Thunder Dao Star Domain.
After bringing Shenxiao inside, Shenxiao felt his soul being elevated, as if he had returned to his mother's embrace.
'Boom!!'
A divine lightning bolt powerful enough to kill an invincible Saint Venerable Realm expert exploded in the star field, causing Shenxiao's soul to tremble.
"This is the star field. When you release your aura, you can attract the tribulation lightning that will allow a Saint Venerable to advance to the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm."
"If you can't get through the first hurdle, I'll take your scattered essence back to the Star Sea Domain. That way, it will be relatively easier to revive you," Xu Chen instructed.
Shenxiao's divine senses perceived the entire star field.
"Although this is my first time here, I feel like this is my home."
"Understood! From now on, I, Shenxiao, am willing to die for Fellow Daoist Xu!"
"In the future, when you are promoted to Tianyuan, you will be at my beck and call!"
As Shenxiao spoke, he spread his aura.
Instantly, terrifying thunderclouds gathered in this star field.
Xu Chen nodded slightly to Shenxiao and retreated outside the lightning tribulation.
Just as Xu Chen was preparing to save Shenxiao, the terrifying tribulation clouds suddenly underwent a subtle change.
'Boom!!'
A divine lightning bolt, even more terrifying than Xu Chen's first tribulation lightning, suddenly struck down.
As Xu Chen had predicted, Shenxiao turned to ashes and vanished in this star field.
A terrifying force of time sealed off this star field, and Xu Chen, who was preparing to reverse time and space, suddenly stopped. A bolt of lightning burst forth from the star field, then transformed into the figure of Shenxiao, but his aura was longer and stronger than before.
'Boom!'
The second divine lightning struck, and Shenxiao collapsed once more, turning into ashes.
But soon after, another ray of lightning condensed it.
Then the three or nine lightning tribulations continued in this manner, over and over again.
Xu Chen, who was outside the range of the lightning tribulation, had to look at it several times before he understood.
"This is fucking unfair. Why is it that when I'm being struck by lightning, they just bombard me to death?"
Each tribulation of lightning helps Shenxiao rebuild his physical body and soul. Moreover, under the nine tribulations of lightning, the true spirit of Shenxiao that existed in the Star Sea Domain has dissipated and transferred to this Star Domain.
Nine tribulations of lightning, nine reshaping of the body.
He forcibly helped Shenxiao forge a perfect Thunder Dao Body, and his own Thunder Dao reflects the Three Thousand Daos.
With such a perfect foundation, if it accumulates for hundreds of billions of years, it can advance to become a powerful being above the Great Dao.
As the thunderclouds dissipated, Shenxiao, whose aura had surged, arrived before Xu Chen.
"I can never repay your kindness in saving me!" Shenxiao restrained his aura and spoke respectfully.
"You're too kind. If nothing unexpected happens, Fellow Daoist Shenxiao will become the strongest in this star field in the future." Xu Chen waved his hand, his tone full of heartfelt blessing.
As soon as Xu Chen finished speaking, a supreme treasure palace of Xuanhuang suddenly broke through the void and joined Shenxiao's body.
Shenxiao waved his hand gently in confusion, and a magnificent, supreme treasure temple appeared in the star field.
Two thunder beasts, emanating the aura of the Great Dao, materialized on either side of the temple entrance.
"Master, we've finally waited for you for the endless ages!" a thunder beast shouted.
Xu Chen, standing to the side, appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he was filled with envy that words could not express.
"You, with your Xuanhuang Supreme Treasure, have already acknowledged me as your master?" Shenxiao's voice asked in confusion.
“You are our master!” said another thunder beast.
"Okay then~"
"Fellow Daoist Xu, let's take a look at this temple together." Shenxiao looked at Xu Chen.
“Alright, let’s go take a look.” Xu Chen nodded slightly and followed Shenxiao into the temple.
The temple contains three thousand Great Daos, each of which is a world, and within each world is a spirit of heaven and earth whose strength far surpasses that of the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm.
The World of Thunder is the strongest among the three thousand Great Dao Worlds, and the two spirit beasts were born from it.
"It's very strong, even stronger than the Xuanhuang Treasures I've seen in the Star Sea Domain."
Xu Chen felt a pang of sadness. I hope you're doing well, but not this well.
"With the help of this temple, I will be able to advance to the realm above the Great Dao in another 10 billion years."
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I'll say it again: you are at my beck and call!" Shenxiao looked at Xu Chen gratefully.
"You're too kind!" Xu Chen laughed heartily.
After visiting the temple, Xu Chen bid farewell to Shenxiao and returned to the Star Sea Domain.
Inside the cave, Xu Chen reflected on what he had experienced during this period.
"A meteoric rise to the heavens, on the path to enlightenment, the supreme treasure of Xuanhuang—truly a one-step attainment."
"I used to think I had incredible luck, but now it seems I'm still far behind those chosen ones," Xu Chen said with a sigh.
"Forget it, let's continue searching for special Dao essences." Xu Chen suppressed his surging emotions and randomly opened a spatial portal.
The path to enlightenment is long and uncertain.
In the blink of an eye, fifty million years have passed.
During this period, Xu Chen only found one star field with special Dao essence, and he could also draw in the Dao essence.
"The unique Devouring Dao was almost beyond my control."
In that star field that devoured the Great Dao, Xu Chen looked at the newly added chess pieces on the chessboard, and felt lingering fear.
Within the Star Domain of the Devouring Star Path, which is even more terrifying than the Star Domain of the Thunder Path, beings born in this Star Domain are continuously devoured by the Star Domain.
Moreover, it not only devours life forms within the star field, but also the surrounding chaos.
In this star field, even a powerful expert at the Great Dao level could be swallowed up if one is not careful.
Xu Chen was nearly devoured when he entered this star field. He finally found a relatively safe star field and was able to safely comprehend this special Devouring Dao by setting up a special domain using the Dream Dao and the Game.
Within the domain, Xu Chen's divine sense observed the perilous situation that could devour even the Great Dao itself, and he couldn't help but think of the Nine Abyss.
"Should we dig a hole?" Xu Chen stroked his chin, mentally calculating.
"The pit isn't big enough to bury it all at once, but it can serve as a bait."
Within the sacred white space, five light bands of different colors floated, radiating the most unique Dao essence.
"Once I advance to the Great Dao, I will deduce all these unique Dao essences into Origin Divine Techniques. At that time, I don't know how strong I will be."
Xu Chen gently waved his hand, and a light band symbolizing the Great Dao of Life floated around him. Then he summoned the light band of the Devouring Dao.
Life and the Great Dao of Devouring combined, resulting in a special change.
"By combining the two, I feel I can survive in the chaos."
Upon realizing this, Xu Chen quickly arrived at the border of the Star Sea Domain.
Looking at the vast chaos at the border, Xu Chen created a clone of himself and flew into it.
Upon entering the Chaos, Xu Chen felt his strength reduced to 90%, but after circulating his life force and devouring the Great Dao, his strength recovered to about 70% of what it used to be.
Not long after they began to wander in the chaos, they encountered a group of otherworldly demons at the Saint Venerable Realm.
Since he had nothing better to do, he devoured the Great Dao and transformed it into a cage to imprison these demonic beings.
In an instant, these Saint Venerable Realm demons transformed into their most essential form of chaos and were absorbed by Xu Chen.
However, Xu Chen could not absorb the chaos, so he could only expel the purest chaotic energy from his body.
But just as Xu Chen was about to expel this chaotic energy, a trace of a special Dao of Life inexplicably mixed into it.
In an instant, the purest primordial power, the most precious power since the birth of heaven and earth, was born from Xu Chen's body.
In an instant, Xu Chen regained his full fighting strength.
"Huh~"
"This primordial power that has been born is a level higher than the Great Dao Divine Source. Why is that?"
Xu Chen concentrated this power within his body, and then searched for the alien demons in the chaos.
Not long after, they encountered a large group of thousands of Saint Venerable Realm demons.
Without hesitation, Xu Chen unleashed a palm strike, instantly devouring the thousands of Saint Venerable Realm demons and transforming them into chaotic power, incorporating a trace of special life Dao power.
An even more surging primal power was born within Xu Chen's body.
"This power can actually be adapted to any Great Dao power, and even in star fields that are completely unrelated to the Dao Domain and the Star Sea Domain, one can unleash its full strength by borrowing this power."
"The key point is that this force seems to adapt to living beings at any stage."
With this in mind, Xu Chen returned to the Star Sea Region.
In the human realm, Xu Chen found a middle-aged man cultivating a spiritual field in an unfamiliar small town and injected a trace of primal power into the man's body.
The middle-aged man who was casting a spell and cultivating the spirit field suddenly stopped, then showed an expression of disbelief on his face, and directly sat down to meditate and cultivate in the spirit field.
The middle-aged man, originally at the Spirit Immortal realm, directly advanced to the Celestial Immortal realm with this wisp of primordial power. (End of Chapter)