What Long Chen didn't know was that when he entered the Jiuli Pagoda, the entire Long family had already begun massive construction, with one grand formation after another being built.
Throughout the Tianhuang Domain, tens of thousands of grand formations had been built, centered around the Long family, radiating out like a vast spider web.
In a secret hall of the Long family, the three great Heavenly Saints and the Long family patriarch each reached out a hand and pressed it onto the Qiankun Cauldron. Two heavenly veins entwined around them, and the power of the veins continuously poured into the cauldron.
At the same time, a massive vortex appeared atop the grand hall, and milky white energy was slowly pouring into the Qiankun Cauldron. It was formed by extracting the energy of the entire Tianhuang Domain.
"Unfortunately, that fool Long Zaiye originally had a complete Heavenly Vein, but Long Zhantian severed one arm, destroying the power of the Vein, leaving only the embryonic form of the Heavenly Vein.
Even so, if he didn't cause trouble and forcibly helped Long Qingyun advance his cultivation, at least he could contribute at this moment. Long Yaoting couldn't help but complain.
"Alright, he's already half crippled now, his mindset is broken. Whether that heavenly vein can awaken again is still unknown. He can't rely on it anymore. Everyone, work harder, cooperate with the formation, and inject power into the Qiankun Cauldron, trying to awaken it as soon as possible." The Long family patriarch said.
Complaining now was useless. Aside from the ancestor, only the four of them had the power of the Heavenly Vein. Fortunately, Lord Tiansi was outside supporting the Long family, so they could rest easy in seclusion.
"Buzz"—
As the four focused their minds and calmed their breath, the heavenly veins coiled around their arms, and streams of energy surged into the Qiankun Cauldron like tides.
...
As Long Chen entered the Jiuli Pagoda, his vision went black instantly. He was teleported into a narrow corridor. The previously dark corridor began to light up, and Long Chen saw countless reliefs along the corridor.
Unfortunately, many of the reliefs had decayed and fallen off, no longer recognizable as they were. No one knew what was carved on them. This must be what Lord Tiansi said: the more you repair it, the worse it gets, and eventually it collapses completely.
Long Chen walked forward along the corridor, and soon a light appeared ahead. Following the light, he soon saw a sea of flames. As soon as he saw the sea of flames, he immediately felt a surging power pressing down on him.
"Such terrifying energy fluctuations."
Long Chen was startled. He had never encountered such an energy fluctuation before; it was somewhat like the fluctuations of a pill, as if devouring it would rapidly advance his cultivation.
Long Chen walked forward along the passage, which led all the way to the center of the sea of fire. As he stepped into the area of the fire, his heart pounded even more. The energy here was uncontrollably seeping into his body, as if billions of vengeful spirits were trying to invade him.
When Long Chen reached the end of the passage, he arrived at the center of the sea of fire, where there was a square stone platform, but it was already cracked and likely damaged.
Long Chen craned his head to look down and saw that within the sea of fire below, there seemed to be a space where jumping down would land there. According to Lord Tiansi, he could just jump straight down.
However, Long Chen always remembered the words of the Qiankun Cauldron. Upon arriving here, he immediately released the rune that the cauldron had left in his soul space.
"Buzz!"
The transparent figure of the Qiankun Cauldron appeared before Long Chen. It glanced around and couldn't help but say, "The damage here is even worse than I expected." "
Senior, is it like this over there?" Long Chen said, a bit uneasy.
"Everything is going very smoothly. They are gathering all their strength to help me recover." Qiankun Cauldron said,
"Let's not talk about that for now. My time is limited. You go to that control platform first."
Long Chen hurried onto the shattered control platform. The Qiankun Cauldron told him to peel away the rubble and look for a pit.
Long Chen searched around and finally found a collapse among a pile of rubble. He pried open the stone cover and was stunned—there was actually a handprint here.
"Place your hand on it and activate it with the power of the Seven-Colored Supreme Blood." Qiankun Cauldron said.
Long Chen reached out and pressed down, the power of the Seven-Colored Supreme Blood surging into his palm. Suddenly, Long Chen's palm trembled violently.
"Boom!"
The sea of fire below surged as a pillar of flame rapidly rose up to Long Chen's front, then a field resembling an arena appeared.
"Buzz!"
As soon as the arena appeared, strange totem patterns appeared in front of Long Chen. Some totems had only one, some had seven, and some had nine.
"Choose the seven strips."
Qiankun Cauldron said.
Upon hearing this, Long Chen reached out and pointed at the totem with seven stripes.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen's body instantly entered the arena. Before he could understand what was happening, the voice of the Qiankun Cauldron came to his ears:
"The vengeful spirits here are all ancient demon spirits killed by the Jiuli Clan, and their lifelong cultivation has been sealed within them."
These vengeful souls have suffered the fiery curse of the Jiuli tribe for billions of years. To be freed, they need to release the energy within their bodies.
As long as you abandon your defenses, they will burrow into your body and release energy, rapidly elevating your realm.
But one thing you need to be careful about: after releasing energy, their vengeful spirits will try to control your body and use the pain they endure to infect you. You need to be vigilant. As
the Qiankun Cauldron spoke, Long Chen felt as if billions of ants were gnawing at his skin, causing both pain and itchiness, making him unbearably uncomfortable. Hearing the cauldron's words, Long Chen slightly relaxed his defenses.
"Boom boom boom...
Just as Long Chen relaxed his defenses, countless streams of energy pierced his body like steel needles, exploding inside.
At that moment, Long Chen seemed to have swallowed tens of thousands of supreme pills in one gulp; the tremendous impact nearly made him cough up blood.
"Rumble...
The energy exploded, and the aura within Long Chen's body surged rapidly. Long Chen was shocked—in just that instant, he was about to break through.
"Wait for me!" Long Chen exclaimed.
The Qiankun Cauldron once said that advancing here is as easy as eating, but it has one drawback: it easily causes the foundation to become weak, so you have to suppress it tightly. Previously, breaking through meant breaking through bottlenecks.
But breaking through here means creating bottlenecks—the harder it is, the better. Only then will the foundation be stronger.
"Kun Power — Lock" Long
Chen formed hand seals with both hands. The wildly surging power within Long Chen was instantly suppressed, sealing the realm he was about to break through.
At that moment, Long Chen broke out in a sweat. Who would have thought breaking through here would be so easy? He almost lost everything. If the first step wasn't firmly pressed, his foundation would inevitably be unstable.
"One more bite,"
Long Chen took a deep breathOnce again, he lowered his defenses, and countless energies surged into his body, penetrating every possible way. Long Chen formed hand seals once more and locked onto them once more.
Thus, Long Chen locked himself nine times in a row. When he relaxed again, the surging energy inside him could no longer be controlled.
"Boom!"
Long Chen's aura raged wildly, even sending the surrounding clusters of flames flying.
"Divine Lord First Heaven!"
Long Chen shouted in delight. He discovered that after burning his realm, he advanced to the First Heaven again, which was actually stronger than before.
"Come on!"
Long Chen shouted to the sky, surrounded by countless flames once again.