Mu Chen sat on an azure rock on the peak of a serene mountain behind the Luo God Palace. As the mountain breeze blew over, his robes fluttered in the wind, which made him look handsome and confident.
Closing his eyes, he formed seals with both of his hands. Boundless Spiritual Energy whistled over from the heavens and earth like a current. However, regardless of how powerful the Spiritual Energy was, it was as if it was thrown into a bottomless pit the moment it came in contact with Mu Chen's body. There wasn't even the slightest ripple on his body.
Along with stepping into the Earth Sovereign Realm, the amount of Spiritual Energy that Mu Chen's body could contain had reached an unimaginable height. Before reaching the Earth Sovereign Realm, everyone could only rely on their Sovereign Sea to contain Spiritual Energy. But upon stepping into the Earth Sovereign Realm, the Sovereign Sea would disperse and fuse with their flesh and blood. Practically every single piece of their flesh and blood had turned into a Sovereign Sea, so the amount of Spiritual Energy they could contain had naturally exceeded the Earth Sovereign Realm by several folds.
Mu Chen's cultivation lasted for an hour before the astonishing commotion gradually calmed down. His tightly shut eyes slowly opened at this moment. Spiritual light surged within his eyes, before it gradually retracted and disappeared.
Sensing the boundless Spiritual Energy flowing within his body, Mu Chen lightly exhaled a mouthful of air. However, his expression was extremely grave as he recalled the information that Luo Li had told him.
"The Four Holy Children of the West Heaven Temple …"
Mu Chen muttered to himself. According to what Luo Li had said, the three Holy Children had the achievement of killing a Greater Earth Sovereign, so they couldn't be underestimated.
That's because Mu Chen was clear about the difference between defeating and killing a Greater Earth Sovereign. That's because an Earth Sovereign's vitality was too tenacious, even if half of their body was destroyed, they would still be able to survive.
Even if half of their body was destroyed, they would still be able to recover.
If he wanted to kill a Greater Earth Sovereign, then he would have to erase all the vitality in his body, just like how Mu Chen killed the Lesser Earth Sovereign of the Blood God Clan.
However, it was clearly not easy to achieve this step. At this level, even if one couldn't win, they could still escape if they wanted to.
Unless the difference in strength between him and his opponent was too great.
Since the three Holy Children of the West Heaven Temple could kill a Greater Earth Sovereign, that meant that their strength wasn't something that an ordinary Greater Earth Sovereign could compare to.
These three Saints were definitely obstacles in the battle for the Seed of the Continent.
Most importantly, the West Heaven Battle Emperor had a grudge against him. Although the West Heaven Battle Emperor didn't dare to make a move against him because of Yan Emperor's existence, the West Heaven Battle Emperor didn't dare to make a move against him.
But if the three Holy Children encountered him, they would definitely help the West Heaven Battle Emperor resolve his grievances.
Therefore, Mu Chen and the three Holy Children had no choice.
There's probably no way for them to compromise.
Compared to them, Liu Xingchen, Sword Immortal Lang Ya, and Ba Dao were slightly weaker, even though they all had impressive achievements in defeating experts of the same level.
Although they had the proud achievements of defeating those on the same level, they still couldn't be compared to the three Saints.
"The West Heaven Continent is truly filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons." Mu Chen sighed.
Although the West Heaven Continent wasn't a supercontinent, it was stronger than the Greatlaw Continent due to the existence of the West Heaven Battle Emperor.
This time, a fierce battle was unavoidable if he wanted to obtain the Seed of the Continent's quota.
It was precisely because of this that Mu Chen felt threatened in his heart.
However, his heart wasn't shaken. This opportunity was obtained by Yan Emperor for him, so he couldn't give it up so easily.
Huff.
Mu Chen let out a deep breath.
Squinting his eyes, he formed seals.
Space fluctuated around him and he could sense the existence of the two clones that were cultivating in the Heavenly Lake of the Ancient Haven Palace.
Sensing the mysterious connection, Mu Chen's heart calmed down. Although the three Holy Children were powerful, Mu Chen wasn't someone easy to deal with.
The Three Pures was one of his trump cards to confront Greater Earth Sovereigns.
Although Mu Chen had never executed the Three Pures ever since he started cultivating, he had a premonition that he wouldn't be disappointed by the power behind it.
Although he had such a Peerless Divine Ability as a trump card, Mu Chen did not relax. For safety's sake, he needed more trump cards to increase his chances of success.
"More trump cards …"
Mu Chen pondered as he closed his eyes. After a long while, he opened his eyes with a smear of hesitation in his eyes as he recalled a Cultivation Technique that he had put aside for a long time.
It was the Great Pagoda Art that his mother had left for him.
The Great Pagoda Art was the foundation cultivation technique of the Ancient Buddha Clan, and it was profound. In the past, Mu Chen had cultivated it for a period of time, but he was afraid of exposing himself, so he had put it aside. But now that he had stepped into the Earth Sovereign Realm, he finally had the ability to protect himself. Perhaps it's time for him to cultivate it again.
The Ancient Buddha Clan was one of the most ancient clans in the Great Thousand World with a terrifying foundation. They were a genuine powerhouse, so the Great Pagoda Art must be extraordinary as well. It's just that his strength was too weak in the past, so he couldn't comprehend the profundities within it.
But right now, Mu Chen believed that his comprehension of the Great Pagoda Art was incomparable to the past.
Thinking about it, Mu Chen no longer hesitated. He abruptly formed seals and closed his eyes. The mental cultivation technique of the Great Pagoda Art flowed in his heart and the boundless Spiritual Energy in his body circulated along the meridians of the Great Pagoda Art. Buzz!
Buzz!
As Mu Chen circulated the Great Pagoda Art, boundless Spiritual Energy whistled within his body. As the Spiritual Energy gathered, a black pagoda that he hadn't seen for a long time slowly formed in his body.
The mental cultivation technique of the Great Pagoda Art slowly flowed in his heart and his mind was gradually immersed within it.
Mu Chen's premonition wasn't wrong. Along with stepping into the Earth Sovereign Realm, he had comprehended the profundities of the Great Pagoda Art in the past. It was a miraculous feeling that his eyes had been opened.
It was as if the veil of the profundities had been lifted and he had started to comprehend the profundities hidden in the depths.
Unknowingly, Mu Chen had been completely immersed in it.
The sun and moon alternated on the mountain peak that Mu Chen sat on. Unknowingly, a few days had passed, but his silhouette was like a boulder that did not move.
When Luo Li arrived and saw that Mu Chen was immersed in his cultivation, he did not disturb the latter. He sat beside Mu Chen for a long time, before he quietly left.
As time gradually passed, ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
When the tenth day arrived, Mu Chen's body suddenly trembled and the mental cultivation technique of the Great Pagoda Art that was constantly flowing in his heart broke down. After that, an unfamiliar mental cultivation technique quietly appeared in Mu Chen's heart.
"Establishment after destruction, using the heart as the path to guide the ancestral aura, only then can the pagoda be real."
Mu Chen gently muttered that mental cultivation technique in his heart and a long time later, he felt a sense of comprehension surging in his heart.
"So that's how it is."
Mu Chen muttered in his heart. With a thought, the black pagoda in his body started to crumble. As the pagoda broke apart, rays of light shot out.
He had forcefully destroyed the pagoda!
The Nine-layered Pagoda continued to shatter, before finally exploding apart. Instantly, an abstruse dark light swept out, illuminating every corner of Mu Chen's body.
"Using the heart as the path."
As the chant flowed within his heart, Mu Chen opened up his mind, allowing the endless dark light to shine on him. His mind gradually turned blurry, and just when he was in a state of near selflessness, the dark light suddenly condensed at the location where the Nine-layered Pagoda had shattered. It seemed to have formed a small vortex that led to an unknown place.
Looking at the dark light vortex, Mu Chen clearly hesitated for a brief moment. But very quickly, he threw away his hesitation. His thoughts drifted over and entered the dark light vortex.
The darkness before him only lasted for an instant, but in that instant, Mu Chen felt time and space distort. It was as if his mind had traversed an indescribable distance.
The darkness swiftly disappeared. When Mu Chen's consciousness opened his blurry eyes, he couldn't help violently trembling as an astonished murmur came from his mind.
"Where is this place?"
His mind floated in the sky, and what appeared before Mu Chen was an extremely ancient land. The land was mottled, with traces of time left behind. However, what shocked Mu Chen the most was not this ancient land, but an indescribably huge Ancient Buddha Pagoda that quietly stood at the center of this land.
The Ancient Buddha Pagoda was indescribably ancient. Every single mark on its body was profound and seemed to have transcended time and space, existing eternally since ancient times.
Mu Chen's mind looked at the Ancient Buddha Pagoda. The ancient pressure that he felt from it was even stronger than a Heavenly Sovereign.
"What is this place?"
Mu Chen's heart trembled. He had no idea why this passage would be formed after he shattered the Ancient Buddha Pagoda to attract his mind over.
But when Mu Chen's mind entered this foreign land, a silhouette that was quietly sitting in a dark pagoda in the distant Ancient Buddha Clan suddenly opened her eyes.
Her eyes, which were usually as calm as an ancient well, were actually filled with tears at this moment. She raised her head and looked at a certain spot in the void. Her eyes were filled with gratification and longing.
"Mu Chen, my child, have you reached the stage where you can enter the Ancestral Land?"
(To be continued ~)