Chapter 467: The Divine-level Earth Vein Appears

Watching the Netherworld Lord disappear, Su Mo sighed helplessly, “Forget it. There’s no way he’s coming back. I’ll just head home for now.”

With that, he turned and left.

This exact scene was witnessed by the Meteor Sect Master and the Grand Elder, who were hiding in the distance.

Their faces were filled with shock.

What they had just seen completely shattered their understanding of the world.

A Divine-level powerhouse!

A terrifying existence that could shake the entire Cangxuan Realm with a mere stomp of their foot had just been brutally thrashed by Su Mo from across the void.

The Grand Elder rubbed his eyes and said in disbelief, “Sect Leader, we didn’t missee that, did we? Elder Su… he… he defeated the Netherworld Lord?”

“You saw correctly!”

The Meteor Sect Master said with conviction.

His voice was trembling as he spoke.

If word of this got out, the entire Cangxuan Realm would erupt.

A monstrous prodigy capable of rivaling a Divine-level powerhouse was more than enough to terrify everyone.

Soon, Su Mo returned to the Xiao Family via the Teleportation Array.

He was in a foul mood.

The Xiao Family’s Grand Elder, confused, said, “The Young Master looks very unhappy. Could he have run into trouble at the Meteor Sect?”

“I don’t know!”

Xiao Zhan shook his head.

The Second Elder suggested, “Why don’t we go ask him?”

The group nervously approached Su Mo and voiced their concerns.

Su Mo grumbled, “It wasn’t exactly trouble. I just ran into a decent fighter on my way back, but he managed to escape midway.”

“How decent a fighter?”

Xiao Zhan asked curiously.

Su Mo shook his head. “I’m not sure of the specifics, but I used several of my strongest moves, and he blocked every single one.”

Hearing this, they were all stunned.

The Second Elder asked, “Young Master, didn’t you say even the Meteor Ancestor’s Residual Soul was no match for you? Was that person even stronger than the Meteor Ancestor?”

“That person was several times stronger than the Meteor Ancestor’s Residual Soul,”

Su Mo said.

He hadn’t felt the slightest threat from the Meteor Ancestor’s Residual Soul, but he could feel it from the Netherworld Lord.

‘Admittedly, it wasn’t much of a threat.’

“What?”

“Several times stronger than the Meteor Ancestor’s Residual Soul? Doesn’t that make him a powerful existence at the Saint Level Perfection?”

“Or possibly, Saint Level Great Perfection.”

The men speculated amongst themselves.

Su Mo shook his head. “That person wasn’t a Saint Level.”

“Not Saint Level? Then what Realm could he possibly be?”

Xiao Zhan frowned.

Su Mo suddenly had a thought, slapping his thigh. “Right! I felt Divine Power coming from him.”

“Divine Power?”

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

Su Mo took out the Bone Flute that the Meteor Ancestor had given him. “The Meteor Ancestor gave me this. It has a massive amount of Divine Power sealed inside, and it feels extremely similar to the power that man was using.”

“So… that person is at the Divine Level?”

the Grand Elder asked, his voice trembling.

Su Mo said, “I suppose so.”

Hiss…

Hearing this, everyone present gasped, their faces etched with horror.

‘Su Mo had actually thrashed a Divine-level expert on his way back and made them flee.’

‘The implications were just too explosive.’

Su Mo thought, ‘He was attacking from across the void, so he probably wasn’t using his full power. Otherwise, he should have been able to withstand my attacks.’

The others still couldn’t believe it.

Even if that man hadn’t used his full strength, there were few in the entire Cangxuan Realm who could beat down a Divine-level expert from across the void.

He was too ferocious!

“That person must be one of those old monsters, right?”

the Second Elder asked.

Su Mo nodded. “I suppose so. Also, he’s called the Netherworld Lord. He’s the most powerful being in Yama Hall.”

“The Netherworld Lord!”

“Yama Hall!”

The faces of everyone present turned pale.

Su Mo had just killed Yama Hall’s King of Reincarnation, and now he had provoked an even more terrifying being.

What were they going to do?

Su Mo reassured them, “Don’t worry. If that guy dares to show up for revenge, I promise I’ll beat his face into a pulp.”

“You can’t be this careless!”

the Grand Elder cautioned. “Since he’s a Divine-level existence, he must have numerous tricks up his sleeve. It’s best to be cautious.”

Xiao Zhan mused, “It would be best if we could increase our own strength before he comes for revenge.”

“Increase our strength?”

Su Mo asked, “I have a chance for one of you to achieve godhood right here. Who wants to give it a try?”

“Achieve godhood?”

Everyone was flabbergasted.

Su Mo explained the method for achieving godhood that the Meteor Ancestor had told him about.

However, their expressions all turned to frowns.

The Grand Elder mused, “If one were to absorb the Divine Power in the Bone Flute, they could indeed achieve godhood, but they would only be a Pseudo-God.”

“A Pseudo-God isn’t a true Divine-level being,”

Xiao Zhan stated.

Su Mo nodded. “A Pseudo-God isn’t a true Divine-level being, that’s right. But they can still crush any Saint-level expert. Are you sure you want to pass this up?”

“I’ll pass!”

“Me too!”

“We’ll all pass!”

One by one, the group declared their refusal.

They had no desire to become Pseudo-Gods and throw away their future on the Martial Dao.

The Grand Elder said, “Besides, to become a Pseudo-God, one needs to be at least at the Saint Level Realm. No one in our family has reached that realm yet.”

“However, our bodies could withstand it,”

the Second Elder added.

The so-called Ascension to Sainthood was, in essence, a physical metamorphosis to strengthen the body, with the ultimate goal of being able to withstand the immense Divine Power of godhood.

Everyone in the Xiao Family cultivated the True Dragon Undying Technique.

Although they hadn’t achieved Ascension to Sainthood, their bodies were all exceptionally powerful, in no way inferior to those of Saint-level powerhouses.

Unfortunately, no one was willing to become a Pseudo-God and sacrifice their future in the Martial Dao.

Su Mo sighed. “Since none of you want to achieve instant godhood, I guess I’ll just have to give the Divine Power in this Bone Flute to the Golden Dragon Earth Vein.”

WHOOSH!

With a wave of Su Mo’s hand, the Golden Dragon Earth Vein emerged from deep underground.

“Go!”

Su Mo drove all the Divine Power from the Bone Flute into the Golden Dragon Earth Vein.

Instantly, the Golden Dragon Earth Vein took on a sacred, inviolable aura.

“A Divine-level Earth Vein… just like that?”

the Grand Elder said, pleasantly surprised.

The Second Elder said excitedly, “With a Divine-level Earth Vein, our Qingyang City will grow even stronger. In the future, we’ll surely surpass the major Sacred Lands!”

Everyone nodded in excitement.

Even though they didn’t want to use the Divine Power to achieve godhood, their bodies would undergo a qualitative transformation under its constant nourishment.

“Our Qingyang City can now be considered its own Divine Realm,”

the Second Elder said with a laugh.

The Grand Elder shook his head. “Only a minor Divine Realm. It can’t compare to the power of a true Divine Realm. After all, a true Divine Realm doesn’t just rely on a Divine-level Earth Vein; even the air is saturated with a ceaseless flow of Divine Power, constantly tempering the bodies of those within.”

“Even so, this makes us plenty strong,”

the Second Elder said with pride.

Just as everyone was grinning from ear to ear, overjoyed about the new Divine-level Earth Vein, a sudden thunderclap echoed from the clear sky.

CRACK!

A bolt of black lightning struck the Xiao Family Mansion with unerring accuracy.

“Is this… a Celestial Tribulation?”

Everyone present was terrified.

“Is it aimed at me?”

Su Mo wondered aloud.

In the past, he would always feel the oppressive might of the Celestial Tribulation after a Breakthrough.

But not this time.

The Celestial Tribulation had clearly arrived and had even struck down, yet he felt no pressure from it whatsoever.

‘How strange!’

Su Mo said, “Come on. Let’s go see what trick this Celestial Tribulation is trying to pull.”