After several months of thunder and lightning baptism, Ling Xiao felt that his soul power was growing rapidly.
He could already fall into the sea of thunder and lightning without suffering any damage. He seemed to have developed an immunity to the thunder and lightning.
Ling Xiao didn't expect such an outcome.
His own fleshly body was comparable to a high-grade saint artifact, but when faced with these lightning bolts, his skin and flesh were still split open. However, his soul was able to gradually adapt and strengthen like a fish in water. This was truly inconceivable.
"Could it be that the soul power needs to be tempered by the power of thunder and lightning to become stronger?" Ling Xiao couldn't help but wonder.
He now found that as his soul power became more and more real, the spiritual fluid in his sea of consciousness also became more and more pure. The impurities in it were also blasted away by the power of thunder and lightning.
In this sea of thunder and wind, two Ling Xiao's body could be seen doing different actions.
One hand was holding the medicine cauldron, while the other was waving the Nine Sun Heaven Burning Fist in the sea of thunder and lightning. Every punch generated power, resisting the power of thunder and lightning in the surroundings.
Looking at his other self, Ling Xiao suddenly exclaimed, "I understand now. My spiritual power has long surpassed an ordinary level eight sacred medicine master. It is not surprising that it is comparable to a level nine sacred medicine master. Therefore, the power of my soul is not inferior to my body at all. In fact, it is much more powerful. It is just that I didn't know how to train in the past and didn't clean up those impurities. Now that I have been tempered by this sea of thunder, I can truly unleash the power of my soul doppelganger!"
In the past, Ling Xiao had absorbed the power of too many remnant souls and contained a lot of impurities. Although he had the help of the spiritual fluid to clean them up once, he had also absorbed the power of other remnant souls. Naturally, the spiritual fluid had become somewhat mixed.
This time, the purification of the sea of thunder could clean up all these impurities, making the spiritual fluid even more pure and vast.
"Now I can let my soul doppelganger try over there. If it really doesn't work, then forget it!" After Ling Xiao muttered to himself, he flew towards the place where the sea of thunder was the densest.
His physical body didn't get too close. Instead, he let his soul avatar slowly walk in.
Ling Xiao's soul avatar seemed to be in a much better state after being bombarded by these lightning bolts. He didn't suffer too much damage, but the closer he got, the harder it became. His soul became illusory, as if it could dissipate at any time.
Although Ling Xiao and his Soul Avatar were both independent existences, his Soul Avatar was still under the control of his true body. It was no different from him personally visiting the Thunder Sea Forbidden Area. He could clearly see all the lightning scenes in front of him.
However, just when Ling Xiao thought he was going to get something good, countless dense purple lightning bolts shot out from inside. The power was many times stronger than the lightning bolts outside.
Before Ling Xiao's Soul Force could escape, it was immediately destroyed by the explosion.
He immediately lost all sense of Ling Xiao's true body. A look of fear appeared on his face. He lifted the medicine cauldron and began to run with all his might. His speed was no slower than when he encountered the black and white giant eagle.
After running for a few days, Ling Xiao finally stopped to catch his breath. He kept patting his chest and said, "Damn, what kind of spiritual beast is that? It's too scary. It just stared at me and it turned my avatar into ashes!"
Ling Xiao clearly remembered that before his Soul Avatar was destroyed, he saw a pair of terrifying lightning eyes, which terrified him.
He was really afraid that the spiritual beast would chase after him. If that was the case, he wouldn't be able to deal with it even if there were ten of him!
Ling Xiao completely dispelled the idea of deliberately looking for a thunder-attribute Holy Treasure. He began to fly at full speed away from the Thunder Sea Forbidden Area. He wanted to reach the Empyrean Stronghold as soon as possible!
Along the way, although Ling Xiao didn't look for any more Holy Treasures, he still obtained some good items with the wind and thunder attributes.
After half a year of trekking, Ling Xiao finally reached the final barrier. As long as he broke through this barrier, he would be able to reach the Heaven Realm.
Ling Xiao summoned Yurou Fei, Feng Qingyuan and Sha Tian to let them witness this moment.
"Once we break through this place, we'll reach the Heaven Realm. I think the barrier here must be the thickest. It's best if we work together to break through it!" Ling Xiao suggested as he looked at the three of them.
The three of them nodded at the same time, agreeing with Ling Xiao's suggestion.
"I can finally see Big Brother Evil Emperor!" Feng Qingyuan thought excitedly in his heart.
Under the full strength of the four of them, a few of their most powerful attacks struck the spatial barrier at the same time.
Rumble rumble rumble!
A small hole appeared in the spatial barrier, and the four of them entered at the same time.
Just as they passed through the spatial barrier, all the rumbling thunder and the whistling of the wind completely disappeared, and the world returned to its original clarity.
The four of them floated in the air, looking at the barren mountain in front of them that was in a sorry state, and they were instantly dumbfounded.
There were many traces of battle on the barren mountain. The mountain ridges were ravaged with thousands of holes, and the pits were hundreds or even thousands of meters deep. It was obvious how intense the battle was.
However, these traces seemed to have been left behind a long time ago.
The four of them closed their eyes, hoping to feel the traces of consciousness left behind by the battle.
Unfortunately, other than a few illusions of the battle, they couldn't see anything else.
"Is this the Heaven Realm Stronghold?
Why can't I feel anything special? "Ling Xiao muttered to himself gloomily.
The Heaven Realm Stronghold was at the edge of the Heaven Realm, and it was the only way to reach the center of the Heaven Realm. He originally thought that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was a hundred times denser than the Xuanling Continent, and there would be countless strange flowers and plants.
However, what he saw now was too far from what he had imagined, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"Hehe, don't be disappointed. This Heaven Realm Stronghold is just a place where the great powers of the Heaven Realm send their disciples who don't have Tenbin. It can be said that this is a barren land at the border, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is only slightly stronger than the Central Region. Feng Qingyuan explained with a smile. From the looks of it, she seemed to know a lot of things.
"Master's wife, how do you know about this?" Ling Xiao asked Feng Qingyuan in surprise.
Feng Qingyuan revealed a beautiful smile and said, "Of course it was told to me when your master came back!"
Ling Xiao was a little dissatisfied as he muttered, "Master is too unkind. Back then, when I asked him about the situation in the Heaven Realm, he didn't tell me anything. He only said that I would know when I reached the Saint Realm. Now, I don't know where to go!"
"Your master didn't expect you to reach the Saint Realm so quickly. Besides, this place isn't as serious as you think. As long as we keep a low profile, no one will care about us, because our strength is insignificant in the Heaven Realm. However, if we want to reach the true Heaven Realm, we must have enough travel expenses!" Feng Qingyuan said again.
At the side, Yurou Fei asked in puzzlement, "What other travel expenses do we need?"
"This is the Heaven Realm's place of exile, and if we want to reach the Heaven Realm, we must use the Heaven Passage Formation. This Heaven Passage Formation is controlled by the great powers here, and each person needs ten million high-grade Xuan Crystals to enter and exit. These Xuan Crystals are not easy to obtain for ordinary people, but it won't be difficult for us. The most important thing for us to pay attention to is that there is only one chance to head to the Heaven Realm every year, and the quota is extremely limited. If we can't get a spot, we will have to wait until next year to have another chance. In addition, we must not offend the powers here. Even though they are exiled, they have half a Holy Emperor or even a Holy Emperor guarding them." Feng Qingyuan said.
"Holy Emperor?
Haha, we will soon have a Holy Emperor on our side, so there's no need to be afraid of them! "Ling Xiao said with a faint smile.
Yurou Fei said from the side, "Why is the quota limited?"
"I don't know either. I only heard Xiao 'er's master say that!" Feng Qingyuan said.
"I think those people in the Heaven Realm might think that the people here are lowly and don't allow them to enter and leave as they please!" Ling Xiao guessed.
"Don't think so much. Let's go. There is at least half a month's journey from here to the city. Once we reach the city, we will use the transmission array to go to the places under the jurisdiction of the great powers. Only there is a Heaven Passage Formation there!" Feng Qingyuan called out and flew in a direction.
When the Evil Emperor returned to the Central Region, he had already told Feng Qingyuan about the situation here. It was so that Feng Qingyuan would know the direction when he came to the Heaven Realm.
As the few of them flew, they realized that there were very few auras in this barren mountain range. There was not a single person to be seen, and there were even fewer spirit beasts. It was obvious that this was the poorest place in the Heaven Realm Stronghold.
After the group rushed for ten days, they started to meet some people.
Ling Xiao had thought that there would be Saints everywhere, but he realized that these people also had the strength of an Empyrean. On the contrary, he had not met any Saints with the strength of the Mystic Emperor.
Ling Xiao asked in confusion, "Didn't they say that the Heaven Realm is a place where Saints live?
How can there be such a powerful existence? "
Feng Qingyuan explained again, "Are you stupid? Who was born as a Saint?
Do you think that everyone here came from the Mystic Spirit Continent?
These people should be the original residents of the Heaven Realm Stronghold. They have been here since they were born, and their strength has been cultivated bit by bit! "
Ling Xiao slapped his forehead and said, "That's right, why didn't I think of that? I'm really stupid!"
When the group approached the city, they immediately retracted their auras and landed in front of the city.
This city was the poorest city in the Heaven Realm Stronghold, but it was not inferior to the ten great cities in the Central Region.
There were countless martial artists coming and going, and all of them were extremely capable. Empyrean and Mystic Emperor level martial artists were actually walking around like cabbages. It did not seem like they were very arrogant.
Seeing this situation, Ling Xiao knew that although this was the place where the Heaven Realm was banished, it was already many times more prosperous than the Central Region.
The few of them were not in a hurry to continue on their journey. They first found a place to stay in the city, and then they walked around the city, planning to understand more about the Heaven Realm Stronghold and the situation in the Heaven Realm.
However, before they had the time to understand the situation, they were targeted by others.