Chapter 1457 - 661: Stone Road Celestial Ladder 3
Chapter 1457: Chapter 661: Stone Road Celestial Ladder 3
Chen Xuan’s divine soul gazed at the fiery power.
"No!"
"This... is a sudden burst of energy!!!"
The aura of life is just a facade, and the scorching great power within stimulates the divine soul, akin to prematurely extracting the last strength of the soul.
And the aura of life locks everything in.
No doubt about it!
This was undoubtedly the work of the Artifact Saint, something those in the Emperor Realm couldn’t possibly detect.
"How vicious!"
"It’s essentially a death sentence!"
Understanding everything, Chen Xuan played along, his aura rapidly rising, and even... with a "boom," reaching the Late-Stage Emperor Realm.
Even Windwalker was shocked at heart.
A genius!
Actually breaking through under such circumstances.
"Alas..."
With a sigh, he looked at Chen Xuan with some reluctance, such a waste!
This level of talent, had it been nurtured well, would undoubtedly be a pillar of the sect.
But afterwards...
He shook his head helplessly, what to do after this?
Chen Xuan took a step out of the Thunder Region.
Then appeared at a mountain peak, but atop it was a vast flatland.
And in the clearing, there were several squares, resembling a chessboard.
The previous people were seated in one square after another, their gazes dull.
"Sit down!"
At this moment, an aged voice containing the power of the great path sounded in Chen Xuan’s ear, and the next moment, his eyes became dull like those below.
Under the guidance of a force, he arrived at one of the central squares.
As Chen Xuan sat down.
Suddenly a force surged from beneath, attempting to bind his divine soul.
Meanwhile a face appeared from the sky.
Eyes fixed on Chen Xuan.
It was the Artifact Saint, everyone’s actions on the Stone Road were in his view, including Chen Xuan who naturally couldn’t escape his gaze.
"A genius."
"Perfect for making the core of the Array... just right!"
Unlike Windwalker who showed a bit of reluctance, to him, those with exceptional talent were qualified for this.
At this moment, Chen Xuan, in order to avoid drawing notice, allowed this force to bind his divine soul.
"Still not enough..."
The Artifact Saint’s voice echoed in the air, meanwhile his true form gradually appeared.
Clad in black, with sword-like eyebrows, a square face, at first glance he seemed to embody righteousness of the world.
His body emitted the aura of a blazing sun, aggressive as fire, just like that.
Yet who would’ve thought he could deceive so many Emperor Realm experts under the guise of lecturing on the Dao.
But as he said, it was still not enough.
The Array on the flying ship was incomparably complex, just the nodes numbered in the hundreds.
Each node was a small formation, and each formation required divine souls above the Emperor Realm, totaling in the hundreds.
Calculating this, just the need for Emperor strongmen numbered in the thousands.
But the most troublesome part was the formation eye of the small formations, demanding extremely strict requirements on the divine soul.
This time, only a few met the criteria.
Of course, what satisfied him the most was Chen Xuan’s divine soul.
"Alas!"
The Artifact Saint sighed, in preparation for this flying ship, he hadn’t rested in countless years.
After all, withstanding the dangerous environment outside, protecting the ship wasn’t that simple.
Even as the world’s foremost Artifact Refining master, he felt somewhat stretched.
But the Three Saints constantly supervised him, and the threat of the World Tree’s demise made him grit his teeth and persevere.
Fortunately, nearly eighty percent of it was completed now.
Another one to two thousand years, give or take, and it might be finished.
But over so many years, the Three Saints had taken countless Emperor divine souls in secret, the production over these years couldn’t keep pace with the consumption.
It even drew the attention of some powerful beings.
Many Emperor Realm experts even left Upper Domain, preferring to suppress themselves and head to Lower Domain.
So actually, the flying ship had been stagnant for quite a while.
Qing Saint even ordered the ten major sects to block off the news, anyone daring to discuss would face extermination.
No matter who it was?
Even other ten major sects were the same.
After thousands of years, the influence was finally eliminated.
But even after millennia of recuperating, the Emperor Realm strongmen were still too few.
Seeing this time’s turnout, even announcing a Dao lecture, only a mere thousand Emperor Realm experts arrived, too few.
"If ultimately it’s still not enough, we’ll have to target the Emperor Realm in the ten major sects."
Of course, starting with Eight Desolates Palace and Liuyun Mountain, followed by the sects of the Lower Five Saints.
Jidao Mountain, Ten Thousand Laws Sect, Demon Cloud Sect, and his own Artifact Refining Sect, as for the Lotus Sect of Flower Saint, for some reason, Qing Saint said not to touch it for now.
If not enough, the Three Saints must make up for it.
"The Three Saints are still too powerful!"
He felt helpless inside, especially Qing Saint!
But the one he most feared was actually Cloud Saint, that old fellow had lived too long, first to become a saint.
The Three Saints descended upon Artifact Refining Sect.
He had warningly hidden his true form; Upper Domain was vast, his true form distanced itself from Artifact Refining Sect, even concealing its aura completely, yet ultimately was forcefully discovered by Cloud Saint.
Due to the pressure of the Three Saints, he had no choice but to accept the task of creating the flying ship.
Otherwise he would perish!
Old and untouched equates to monster, perfect to describe Cloud Saint.
Terror like this!
As thoughts drifted, one by one people arrived here, instantly becoming dull, then falling into the squares below.
Until Stone Road Celestial Ladder was empty.
At this moment Windwalker also arrived here, "Greetings, Ancestor!"
"Hmm!"
The Artifact Saint nodded slightly, both gazed downward.
"Ancestor, after this it’ll be unlikely to have such an opportunity again."
Nearly a thousand Emperor Realm strongmen arrived at Artifact Refining Sect, afterwards all disappeared, such news could never be concealed.
"If there isn’t, then there isn’t."
Of course the Artifact Saint knew, such a thing can only be done once.
Afterwards...
"When this batch fully integrates into the Array, then we’ll start with Eight Desolates Palace and Liuyun Mountain!"