"Boom boom boom...
One star after another exploded, leaving only the core part of the exploding star. After merging with the talisman, it formed a brand-new star.
Only the core part of this star remained, less than one ten-thousandth of its original size, but once it fused with the talismans, its aura instantly became deep and lingering.
It seemed the talisman had found soil suitable for their survival, merging into the core of the star, and this star was endowed with a unique life fluctuation.
However, after fusion, the star core exhausted all its power and fell into a deep sleep embracing the talisman.
Looking at a star reborn like a phoenix, Long Chen was filled with joy. Although he was still suffering hellish torture, it was all worth it.
seven pieces... eight pieces... After Long Chen inhaled more than thirty divine talismans in his body in one breath, he immediately felt dizzy and lightheaded, with signs of weakened soul power.
However, at this moment, Long Chen was shocked to discover that the divine talismans originally merging into the star sea within him were showing signs of awakening. Most terrifyingly, they seemed to want to escape from the star sea and return to the divine stele.
This discovery made Long Chen's heart sink to rock bottom. Suddenly, he thought of a possibility.
These three thousand talismans needed to be transferred in one go. They seemed to be a complete whole, and if they couldn't all be moved away at once, the runes would still return to the stone tablet.
Long Chen had only moved thirty runes, and his soul power was already showing signs of exhaustion. If this continued, Long Chen would be completely defeated.
But now, Long Chen had lost contact with the Qiankun Cauldron, the Dragon Bone Evil Moon, and even the Chaos Space, so seeking help was impossible.
For a moment, Long Chen's mind was thrown into chaos, and all his efforts were about to be wasted. Suddenly, he looked at the Jiuli Divine Stele, gritted his teeth, and a vortex swirled around his hand, revealing the Seven-Colored Blood Talisman.
"Buzz"
On
Long Chen's large hand, blood-red chains spread rapidly like vines.
To Long Chen's surprise, the Jiuli Divine Stele did not reject him, nor did it retaliate, letting him bind the stele.
Seeing that the first step had succeeded, Long Chen took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to communicating with the Jiuli Divine Stele. He wanted to merge himself with the stele.
Only by doing this could the Jiuli Divine Stele not reject him so much. If it didn't reject him, then the Jiuli Divine Talisman entering his body wouldn't rush to leave his body, giving him a chance to catch his breath.
Even though Long Chen was exceptionally resourceful, this was the only way he could think of now. If it failed, he would have no choice but to give up.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
As Long Chen tried to merge with the Jiuli Divine Stele, the stele trembled slightly, and streams of divine light surged as it slowly enveloped Long Chen from his palm to his arm.
At that moment, Long Chen's body trembled slightly, and the world around him instantly became transparent.
Long Chen saw Long Tianrui, Long Zimo, Long Zaiye, Jiang Yue'e, and Feng Fei. Besides them, there were a few other figures, though Long Chen didn't recognize them.
They sat cross-legged beside the Jiuli Divine Stele, communicating with it. To Long Chen's shock, they were right beside him, yet he hadn't seen them before.
Suddenly, Long Chen understood: no matter who stands before the Jiuli Divine Stele, they will enter its space. However, each person's space is independent, so no one can see the other.
In other words, when passing through the ninth layer of the barrier, everyone was no longer in the same space, but Long Chen had now merged with the Jiuli Divine Stele, allowing him to view the world from its perspective.
Long Chen shifted his gaze into the distance and saw that outside the ninth layer of the barrier, countless figures had already arrived, with tens of thousands already arriving.
Outside the eighth level, there were millions of powerful figures, while outside the seventh level, even more were beyond counting.
To Long Chen's surprise, outside the seventh level, he saw a team—it was the powerful Northern Alliance warriors he had saved earlier.
Unlike the others, they didn't have divine blood, yet they still charged here. Keep in mind, over ninety percent of the experts on this level were from the divine clan.
Most of the Northern Alliance's experts had entered, but what shocked Long Chen most was the strange light shrouding their heads.
"Could they be connected to the Divine Clan as well?"
Long Chen was momentarily stunned, but the idea was quickly dismissed. Su Yu had said that the Four Directions Alliance was not a single sect, nor a race. To survive in the harsh Tianyuan world, they had no choice but to band together for support.
Even if some people were connected to the Divine Clan, it was impossible for so many people to be connected to the Divine Clan, and the divine radiance above their heads was so strange that even Long Chen couldn't detect it.
After Long Chen merged with the Jiuli Divine Stele, he could even sense that the stele seemed to have a unique affinity for them.
"Buzz."
At that moment, the star sea within Long Chen's dantian trembled slightly. Long Chen was delighted to discover that as he looked out, a Jiuli Divine Talisman had actually entered the Sea of Stars on its own, merging with another star.
Long Chen's mouth dropped open. He had fused with the Jiuli Divine Stele just to buy a moment to catch his breath. He didn't dare use the vortex to absorb runes, only hoping the runes inside him wouldn't be drained. That would already be enough for him to thank heavens.
However, what he didn't expect was that after merging with the Jiuli Divine Stele, these talismans also discovered Long Chen's 'soul passage.' Sensing the star sea, they seemed curious and automatically entered the star sea along the 'passage,' automatically searching for the location to 'settle down.'
Long Chen saw this scene and nearly burst into tears. If he had known it would be this simple, why would he have endured the soul torment of the Flame Brand?
"Buzz buzz buzz...
One rune after another, like curious fish, slowly swam into the soul passage. Inside the passage, some runes passed through the divine gate, entered the star sea, and after swimming in the sea for a while, finally chose a star of their own desire to fuse with it.
Long Chen was overjoyed. Now, he didn't have to do anything—just wait for them to move on their own. Moreover, as more and more runes entered the Star Sea, other runes began to become more active.
"Buzz"
Suddenly, a violent fluctuation swept through. Long Chen hurriedly looked to his side, only to see a rune flashing rapidly between Long Zaiye's brows, then disappear. On Long Zaiye's wings, a pair of runes lit up on each side.
When those runes lit up, Long Chen's heart raced wildly. He was shocked to find that the wings on Long Zaiye's back were already imprinted with densely packed runes.
"Damn it, what's going on? How is this guy comprehending so fast?" Seeing this, Long Chen was furious. He thought he was the only one who could cheat, but unexpectedly, there was another.
Long Chen wished he could rush over and slap him, but since they weren't in the same space, Long Chen couldn't reach him at all.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
At that moment, the star sea inside Long Chen's dantian trembled continuously, stars exploding one after another. He discovered that the Jiuli runes within his body had reached over six hundred.
Moreover, as more runes accumulated within his body, they actually formed a reverse pull. The runes on the Jiuli Divine Stele became more active, even somewhat agitated, with crowds lining up from the soul passage to surge into the star sea.
"Boom!"
An hour later, a star in Long Chen's star sea exploded, its core merging with a Jiuli rune. Long Chen's star sea trembled violently—this was the last talisman on the Jiuli Divine Stele.
"Buzz"
—At that moment, three thousand stars lit up, drawn by strange forces attracting each other. Their shapes kept shifting, mysterious and endless, as if the cosmic Dao was evolving.
However, just as Long Chen was about to observe closely, the divine radiance around them gradually dimmed, and the three thousand runes simultaneously fell into deep sleep.
"Is that all?"
Long Chen was stunned for a moment.