Published at 8th of March 2025 12:21 pm

Chapter 1072 Entering Saint Third Layer Peak! Return to the Great Flame Empire!

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Elder Su Changkong left Life-Death Valley under the escort of Jiang Shoudao and returned to Heavenly Saint Mountain in Skyfire City.

"This Elder Su really is inscrutable!"

Whether it was Jiang Shoudao or the group of strong Jiang Family members outside of Life-Death Valley, they all silently marveled at Su Changkong’s exceptional abilities.

Coming from an obscure place, he, at a young age, nurtured a Primordial Spirit and, with the strength of the Divine Seed Realm, killed a Demon Monster of the Divine Body Level and even broke through the tribulation of life and death. Despite his body undergoing demonization, his Primordial Spirit remained as pure as ever, retaining its original heart!

"I wonder just how far he can go in the future..." Jiang Shoudao also felt some anticipation in his heart. With the great chaos approaching, having one more strong ally on their side meant more hope for the human race in the future!

Su Changkong returned to Heavenly Saint Mountain in Skyfire City, and though it had only been three years, it gave Su Changkong the feeling of a bygone era.

"Elder Su... you’re safe, that’s wonderful..."

Seeing Su Changkong, Jiang Yao also appeared quite joyful, evidently, he had already learned in advance of Su Changkong’s successful passage through Life-Death Valley’s test—a miracle!

Su Changkong returned to Heavenly Saint Mountain, and his mind was filled with thoughts: "Even the Heavenly Demons of the ancient times have reappeared in this world. The great turmoil is probably coming soon. Given my current physical condition, I cannot stay out of it. I must strive to enhance my strength!"

Su Changkong’s potential value had reached an exaggerated 350 points, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.

"First, I will enter the Divine Body Realm. Once I forge the Divine Body, my strength will inevitably rise another level! Begin alchemy!"

The first step for Su Changkong was to forge the Divine Body, as his foundation realm was still too low.

Previously, he had sold a Yuan Soul Crystal to Jiang Shoudao, earning forty thousand taels of Primordial Liquid. Su Changkong had Jiang Yao help him purchase the necessary materials to produce Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills, and then he began seclusion for alchemy, self-sufficient in his practice.

"This process of making Holy Pills... is just too simple..."

Su Changkong felt somewhat astonished as he watched the pill furnace that contained no less than five Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills, each bursting with rich natural spiritual energy.

As his potential underwent metamorphosis, Su Changkong’s talents in all respects far exceeded his past self. His advancement in alchemy was nothing short of miraculous: from one furnace with ten portions of materials, he produced five pills—a nearly fifty percent success rate that was enough to stun anyone.

"With forty thousand taels of Primordial Liquid, I can buy eight thousand portions of materials... equivalent to several thousand Holy Pills, which should be enough for the three Divine Seeds within me to grow to their limit and attempt to break through to the Divine Body Realm!"

After some quick calculations, Su Changkong began focused alchemy.

In order to save time, and also out of confidence in his current abilities, Su Changkong directly invested fifty portions of materials into each furnace. This significantly increased the difficulty of alchemy and reduced the success rate of making the pills. If anything went wrong, it could result in the loss of all the materials!

Under Su Changkong’s hands, one by one, the Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills were successfully created.

"Gulp!"

During the alchemy process, Su Changkong also swallowed the pills he produced, refining them within his body.

Originally, Su Changkong had cultivated the Giant Whale Skill to the Divine Skills Level, his digestive capacity was extremely exaggerated, capable of refining a Heavenly Yuan Holy Pill in just a day or two.

After discovering that his body had transformed into a Demon Monster physique, his digestion capacity skyrocketed multiple times over. He could refine five or six Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills in just a day, a pace that was shockingly rapid!

While this Demon Monster body might carry potential dangers in the future, for the time being, the benefits it brought to Su Changkong were indeed far greater than he had imagined!

One after another, Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills were refined by Su Changkong, turning into pure energy that was absorbed by his three Divine Seeds, which kept growing and producing new Divine Patterns.

80 stripes, 81 stripes, 82 stripes...

The total number of Divine Patterns on Su Changkong’s Divine Seeds continued to rise. Each Divine Seed grew robustly in tandem until reaching its growth limit, after which they would nourish Su Changkong’s body, engraving Divine Patterns within his flesh and forging the Divine Body!

Su Changkong spent a considerable amount of time exchanging all his Primordial Liquid for materials, then turning them into pills. For others, acquiring so many materials would be challenging, but with the aid of the Jiang Family, this was a trivial matter.

A year had passed since the battle in Life-Death Valley, and Su Changkong’s progress with his Divine Seeds could only be described as leaping bounds each day.

In just one year, he refined nearly two thousand Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills, and the total number of Divine Patterns in his body soared to 281, not far from reaching the culmination of the third layer of Entering Saint!

With a demon-like refining capability and ample resources, Su Changkong’s growth was as natural as eating and drinking water!

Su Changkong still had two thousand Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills left, thanks to his nearly breakthrough twelfth tier alchemy skill, which ensured a high success rate. These Heavenly Yuan Holy Pills, Su Changkong believed, should be enough for him to forge his Divine Body.

Once he forged the Divine Body, his strength would surge again, and he would be eligible to inherit the Great Divine Seed left by the Mirror Master!

By then, possessing a Great Divine Seed, he might not be able to arm-wrestle Great Divine Power Martial Saints, but at the very least, he would have the ability to protect himself.

Su Changkong planned to continue his closed-door cultivation, but one day he received shocking news from Jiang Yao!

"Elder Su... there is something I must tell you. We just got news from the family’s internal reports that there are unusual happenings in your homeland, and a chaos might be brewing."

Upon meeting Su Changkong, Jiang Yao conveyed this news to him.

"What?"

Su Changkong couldn’t help but feel surprised.

Su Changkong was not originally from the Ancient Holy Country, and the Jiang Family knew this. Su Changkong did not conceal where he came from; it was just that the Jiang Family did not know the specifics of his exploits in the Great Flame Empire.

Now, according to what Jiang Yao said, something happened in the Great Flame Empire? The Jiang Family, aware that it was Su Changkong’s hometown, had Jiang Yao specifically inform him of this.

Jiang Yao’s face also showed a hint of peculiarity. "According to the family, about three years ago, for some unknown reason, the spiritual energy quality of that land suddenly surged. A vast abundance of Spirit Fruits and Sacred Medicines grew in that entire land within a short period of time, and Primordial Liquid was produced, brimming with vitality."

Hearing this, Su Changkong frowned deeply. "The spiritual energy quality of the entire continent surged?"

When the tide of spiritual energy struck, not only did the Ancient Holy Country experience it, but other remote areas also found their spiritual energy becoming richer and more abundant.

But according to Jiang Yao’s statement, the rate of increase of spiritual energy on the continent where the Great Flame Empire resided was anomalously fast. In a short time, the entire continent’s spiritual energy surged to an exaggerated degree. A large amount of Sacred Medicines and Primordial Liquid, which normally only appeared in places like the Ancient Holy Country where the spiritual energy was most abundant, were born. This was not a normal situation!

"Does the Jiang Family know why this is? Could it have been caused by a Great Divine Power?"

Su Changkong immediately pressed for an answer.

Originally in the territory of the Great Flame Empire, the emergence of the Great Divine Seed by the Mirror Master had caused a huge commotion. Now faced with this situation, Su Changkong’s first thought was whether it was related to a Great Divine Power. Could it be that on the land where the Great Flame Empire resided, more than one Fallen Great Divine Power Martial Saint had perished?

Jiang Yao shook his head. "The specifics are not too clear... But it shouldn’t be the work of a Great Divine Power. The surge to such a degree in a continent’s spiritual energy is not something a Great Divine Power could achieve."

While a Great Divine Power is formidable and can turn the impossible into possible, it is not so powerful as to change the state of an entire continent inhabited by countless beings to that extent.

"Our conjecture based on the information we have gathered is... That continent might have a Super Spirit Vein."

Jiang Yao spoke, sharing his own speculation.

"A Super Spirit Vein!"

Su Changkong’s heart stirred upon hearing Jiang Yao’s words.

Spirit Veins were extremely precious in the remote regions of the Great Flame Empire; only some large Sects could occupy a Spirit Vein. Lands with Spirit Veins had clear waters and lush mountains, abundant with Spiritual Energy, which could produce Innate Qi and nurture Innate Martial Artists.

The reason why the Ancient Holy Country was so prosperous and powerful was that it had many Spirit Veins. Small Spirit Veins were found everywhere and were so commonplace that unlike the Great Flame Empire, where a small Spirit Vein might provoke major Sects to scramble and occupy them, it was taken for granted.

And according to what Jiang Yao said, there might be a Super Spirit Vein on the continent where the Great Flame Empire was situated, a Super Spirit Vein capable of turning the whole continent upside down with change!

Such Super Spirit Veins indeed existed in the Ancient Holy Country, but they were scarce and occupied by Ancient Sects and Ancient Clans. They could provide a never-ending supply of Spiritual Energy, Primordial Liquid, and various Sacred Medicines.

Its value was such that even several Great Divine Seeds combined could not match it!

This made Su Changkong’s mood instantly heavy, knowing that just one Great Divine Seed had caused considerable chaos, and that was when the news had not even spread.

But now there seemed to be an even more precious Super Spirit Vein on the continent where the Great Flame Empire was situated, and even the Jiang Family knew about it. It was frightening to think that other large Sects and Clans might also be aware of this and would want to take the Super Spirit Vein for themselves.

After all, there were methods capable of plundering a Spirit Vein, roots and all.

If one could control such a Super Spirit Vein, it would benefit a large Sect enormously, bringing prosperity for generations!

"Why... Has a Super Spirit Vein suddenly appeared?" Su Changkong found it difficult to understand. When he was in the Great Flame Empire, he had never heard of or felt the existence of a Super Spirit Vein. Otherwise, that continent would not have been so rare even for Saint Warriors to emerge.

Jiang Yao made a speculative guess, "I’ve read in ancient texts that Spirit Veins can also wither. Perhaps that Super Spirit Vein existed in ancient times but withered during the course. Only after a long time of recuperation and the recent arrival of the Spiritual Qi Great Tide has it revived..."

Jiang Yao’s speculation was indeed reasonable.

In such lengthy eras, a continent might once have been glorious, but during great turmoil and under the ravages of Demon Monsters, it could have been destroyed, turning into a desolate land. The continent where the Great Flame Empire was located could have been such a case.

Now, after a long time had passed, the once withered Super Spirit Vein had revived!

However, Su Changkong knew this was not good news for the locals. By now, quite a few Martial Saints from the Ancient Holy Country had probably gone to that continent, intent on finding the Super Spirit Vein and seizing it.

Although there was an unwritten rule in the Ancient Holy Country not to cause harm or chaos in remote places, the Jiangs had absolute control over Holy Emperor State within the Ancient Holy Country, but other Ancient Sects and Clans were not so restrained.

Taking a deep breath, Su Changkong asked Jiang Yao, "What is the Jiang Family’s response to this matter?"

"We will not intervene."

Jiang Yao reported truthfully.

The attraction of a Super Spirit Vein was immense, but the Jiang Family, as the rulers of the Ancient Holy Country, had no plans to compete for this Super Spirit Vein.

"Alright, I understand. Thank you for passing the message."

Su Changkong thanked Jiang Yao.

"It seems I need to make a trip back to the Great Flame Empire."

Su Changkong thought silently to himself.

Presumably, many large Sects and Clans from the Ancient Holy Country had received the related news and had probably already gone to the continent where the Great Flame Empire was located.

The comparison between native Martial Saints of the Great Flame Empire and the powerhouses of the Ancient Holy Country was undoubtedly like night and day. Although these people’s goal was the Super Spirit Vein, it could be disastrous if some decided to cause trouble locally.

If Su Changkong had been unaware, it would be one thing, but knowing this, he couldn’t just stand by idly!

Returning to the Great Flame Empire, he had no interest in vying for the Super Spirit Vein and knew that alone he couldn’t stop so many large Sects and Clans. He only wanted to ensure that his homeland was not destroyed by outsiders.

"I will soon forge my Divine Body, and I was planning to return for that, so it will be convenient."

Su Changkong thought to himself, heading back to the Great Flame Empire for two reasons: firstly, he was concerned that people would target the Xia Yan family and cause destruction in the local area, and secondly, he also needed to go back to retrieve the Great Divine Seed once his Divine Body was cast!

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