Chapter 542 - 65: Enlightenment Stone (2)

Chapter 542: Chapter 65: Enlightenment Stone (2)

When he came out of Thunder Flame Mountain,

he could only guess or estimate the extent of his own abilities.

He wasn’t truly sure if he could actually pull it off.

But now,

having directly faced a Divine Travel Realm Level strike,

Shen Changchuan was finally certain!

"The Divine Travel Realm!"

A profound look entered Shen Changchuan’s eyes.

This was the same Realm as the Shen Family Ancestor.

Many years ago,

an existence of that level was like one of the Immortal Gods in the heavens to him.

Back then, his greatest wish was to one day step into such a Realm and roam freely between heaven and earth.

He never would have expected,

that one day,

he would be able to contend with such an existence!

Although he still lacked the ability to fight to the death with someone of that level,

taking a few hits

and escaping was no longer a problem.

And it had only taken him twenty to thirty years to get from the lowly Qi Introduction Realm to where he was now.

A Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Peak Realm had a maximum lifespan of nearly two hundred and fifty years.

This meant,

that he had at least two hundred years left to continue walking the Path of Immortal Cultivation.

One day,

he would eventually reach, and even surpass, the Realm he once could only look up to!

About this,

he was full of confidence!

’I’ll take it one step at a time.

’Right now, I’m only at the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer. Once my Cultivation Realm advances further and I complete my concept for the Spatial Slash, it might not be impossible for me to fight a Divine Travel Realm expert while still in the Soul Emergence Realm.’

As these thoughts turned in his mind,

the Magical Power in his body began to flow.

The Entry Level Wood Undying Scripture began to circulate.

Then,

a verdant green light flowed over his blood-soaked right arm, and the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It didn’t take long for him to recover completely.

They were only minor injuries,

nothing worth mentioning.

However,

this sight sent Nangong City, who was watching from the side, into another bout of silence.

It was obvious

that the earlier Divine Travel Realm strike

hadn’t actually caused him much trouble at all!

For a moment,

Nangong City felt completely shut down.

Just a wisp of the lingering aura from that Divine Travel Realm presence had been enough to make him feel as if his blood had frozen, rendering him unable to move.

The full force of the attack—

if he had been the one to face it, he would have been obliterated into dust without any chance to resist!

But the man before him

had only suffered some minor injuries...

"I thought I had already estimated your abilities as highly as possible, but now I see I still greatly underestimated you!"

Gazing at the scene before him,

Nangong City couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

"It’s been years, Brother Shen. At this point, I bet you wouldn’t be too afraid even if you came face to face with a Divine Travel Realm expert!"

"With the body of a Soul Emergence Eighth Layer cultivator, you have power comparable to the Divine Travel Realm. Such combat strength... I’m afraid even some of the masters who have reached the Profound Pill Realm weren’t as strong as you when they were in the Soul Emergence Late Stage Realm!"

As he spoke,

Nangong City’s eyes were filled with a complex mix of emotions.

The last time they fought side-by-side, their Cultivation levels were not far apart, both around the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer.

Now, more than ten years later,

his old friend, with whom he once stood shoulder to shoulder, had reached a level he could no longer comprehend!

"Brother Nangong, that’s a bit of an exaggeration."

"Don’t assume I have the strength to fight a Divine Travel Realm expert head-on just because you saw me withstand that one strike."

"The attack sealed in that Decree was just a casual strike from a Divine Travel Realm expert. And the master of that attack was likely someone who had only recently entered the Divine Travel Realm."

"Even so, I barely managed to withstand it and still got injured."

"If a true Divine Travel Realm expert were here, I might be able to take the first three or five moves. After that, my survival would depend on whether they felt like sparing my life."

Shen Changchuan waved his hands dismissively.

He didn’t want the other man to misunderstand his true strength.

"Even if you can’t now, once your strength improves further and you reach the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer, or even the Ninth Layer Peak, you’ll definitely be able to contend with a Divine Travel Realm expert!"

"That’s the Shen Changchuan I know!"

Nangong City didn’t argue, but said this earnestly.

At this moment,

he seemed to have even more confidence in Shen Changchuan than Shen Changchuan himself.

"We can talk about that when I actually reach the Ninth Layer Realm. The path of Immortal Cultivation is incredibly difficult. Before I truly arrive, who can say for sure? Maybe I’ll hit a bottleneck in my Cultivation in the future and get stuck at the Eighth Layer Peak, never to advance again?"

"Anyway, let’s not talk about that."

"Brother Nangong, thank you for coming to warn me back then, allowing me to prepare for the challenges from those prodigies from the Outer Realm."

"I’m curious, why are you here? And what are your plans now?"

As for the current situation within the Xiangshan Sect Ruins,

Shen Changchuan was still very curious.

It was just that along the way,

any people he encountered were strangers. They were all wary, and would cautiously avoid him since they didn’t recognize him.

This left him with no opportunity to gather intelligence.

Or rather,

even if he did get some information,

the reliability of words from strangers was questionable.

As a result, Shen Changchuan was currently completely in the dark about the situation inside the Xiangshan Sect Ruins.

How did those prodigies from the Outer Realm get in? What methods did they use? What were their objectives? What was their progress? He knew nothing about any of it.

And these were all questions,

that Nangong City could perhaps answer.

And in fact,

Nangong City did not disappoint Shen Changchuan.

"It’s a long story..."

As Nangong City slowly recounted the tale, Shen Changchuan gradually came to understand the full story.

Nangong City wasn’t from the Tian Nan Domain; he was from the Nangong Family of the Qilian Domain.

The reason he had stayed in the Tian Nan Domain back then was because his parents had sent him there to take refuge. In fact, at the time, he didn’t really understand his own background.

He left later because his father’s branch of the family had regained power, so they welcomed him back... This involved some secrets about internal family struggles, which Nangong City didn’t elaborate on.

In any case,

in the ten years after he returned, his Cultivation Realm advanced by leaps and bounds to the Soul Emergence Fifth Layer, making Nangong City one of the prodigies from the Outer Realm.

On this trip to the Tian Nan Domain, he had come with the Crown Prince of the Nangong Clan, and their objective was precisely the ruins of the Xiangshan Sect’s Mountain Gate.

It was because he had to obey the Nangong Clan’s Crown Prince that he had only given Shen Changchuan a hurried warning last time he came to Dawan Village before quickly departing.

And as one of the prodigies from the Outer Realm,

Nangong City had participated in almost all of their planning, so naturally he knew a great deal of inside information.

For example, this time,

the prodigies from the Top Level major powers,

had a primary objective for this trip. Besides the legacies that had been stolen by the Xiangshan Sect all those years ago,

they had another, very important target—the Enlightenment Stone!