As the death power inside Long Chen increased, the pressure around him lessened, allowing him to control the Demon Moon Furnace and refine pills together with Ling'er.
When Ling'er was in the chaotic void currents, she could better absorb the laws of death and infuse them into the Corroding Heart Bone-Eroding Necromancer, further enhancing its quality.
Long Chen never expected such an opportunity to come here. According to his calculations, refining enough Heart-Rotting Bone-Eroding Necromancer Pills would take at least half a year or even more than a year, and that was all while refining pills with full effort, ignoring other matters.
Because the laws of the Tianwu Continent state that the power of life is far greater than the power of death, extracting life power is easy, but extracting death power is extremely difficult. The process is complicated and consumes a lot of time.
At this moment, Long Chen seemed to have forgotten his own danger and began frantically refining pills. Although Ling'er was following Long Chen's instructions to refine the Corroding Heart-Eroding Bone-Eroding Death Elixir,
However, there were still many flaws in the details. Long Chen finally had the ability to refine pills together with Ling'er, instantly making up for all of Ling'er's shortcomings. The efficiency and quality of alchemy had greatly improved.
With the continuous influx of death power, pill refining became effortless. The supreme demon core, tempered by thunderous power, became the Tribulation Pill, stripped of all impurities, giving birth to spiritual properties and even more terrifying medicinal properties.
Long Chen consumed pills frantically, continuously improving. More than a month had passed.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion rang out from Long Chen's body. The power of death suppressed the vast life force. The power of death occupied ninety percent, while the life force was suppressed to just ten percent. Yet, this ten percent of life force was entirely life essence, without a trace of impurity, incredibly pure.
At the same time, Long Chen's cultivation had also reached the sixth level of Tongming, and in terms of cultivation, he had already stepped into the third step of the Tongming Realm.
In that instant, Long Chen felt as if he possessed supreme control. The power of death was so powerful that he felt he was given the full power to take life and death over all things.
The chaotic space and the hundred-eight thousand stars expanded again, granting him infinite power.
"It's time, let's get out."
Long Chen took a deep breath and sped toward the distant spatial rift. At this moment, he was swimming like a fish amid the spatial turbulence filled with deathly power, no longer restrained.
"Boom!"
As Long Chen approached the spatial rift, a sudden explosion sounded. The rift trembled, and a vast force sent Long Chen flying.
"This spatial rift has its own laws—you can only enter, never exit. If you want to get out, the hope is extremely slim." Dragon Bone Xie Yue spoke.
"Give it a try, there will definitely be a way."
Long Chen kicked fiercely through the void, his body shooting toward the rift like an arrow released from a bow. When encountering the barrier of laws, Long Chen opened his divine ring, summoned his battle body, and slashed down with a single strike.
With a loud "boom
," the immense force filled the void with cracks, showing signs of shattering.
"There's a door!"
Long Chen couldn't help but feel delighted. If he shattered this area, he might be able to break through.
But after one strike, the tremendous recoil force sent Long Chen flying thousands of miles. When he looked at the spatial rift again, Long Chen's expression changed.
Because the spatial rift that had just been slashed by the blade had slowly healed and eventually disappeared.
"Again,"
Long Chen struck again, this time using the Ninth Form of Heaven-Opening with full force. The void split open like a spiderweb, nearly shattering, but just a little by little. Long Chen couldn't break through and was still bounced back.
"Xie Yue, come out and help." Long Chen shouted, just a little more, as long as Xie Yue helped, it would be fine.
"Alright, I'll let you give up." Dragonbone Xie Yue replied helplessly.
Long Chen didn't understand what Dragon Bone Xie Yue meant. He gathered all his strength again. After two charges, his strength was reduced to half, so this time he used it all.
"Buzz"—
The runes above the Evil Moon of the Dragon Bone lit up, merging with Long Chen's power to strike again.
With a loud explosion, the void shattered, the barrier was pierced, and Long Chen finally passed through the wall formed by the laws of space.
"Hahaha...
"Boom!"
Long Chen laughed wildly, but only halfway through laughing, a tremendous force sent him flying, sending him flying back toward the center of the vortex.
"What?"
Long Chen was both shocked and furious. He hadn't even gotten out yet. After being bounced back, he noticed that the barrier he had previously pierced was slowly recovering, returning to its original state.
"How could this be?" Long Chen felt his hands and feet go cold.
"The law of this spatial rift allows entry only, not exit. The barrier has nine layers in total. Unless you can break through all nine layers of protection at once, you simply can't get out." Dragonbone Xie Yue sighed, his voice full of helplessness.
"Ninth Layer?"
Even though Long Chen was determined, he couldn't help but feel a bit hopeless. Even reaching the first level required him to use all his strength to break through nine levels in one go.
"Even a Great Emperor would probably have to reach the Reincarnation Realm to break through this difficulty.
But here, there is only the power of death, not the power of life. Even if you cultivate here for tens of thousands of years, you still can't enter the Reincarnation Realm. "Dragon Bone Evil Moon said somewhat dejectedly. Although Long Chen couldn't die now, there was no way out of here, with no hope at all.
Long Chen was already exhausted, feeling completely drained. Now, hearing this news again, he was so shocked that stars appeared before his eyes.
"We have to find a way, there will definitely be a way."
Long Chen clenched his fists, regaining his strength while his mind raced, but facing such a terrifying barrier, he couldn't think of any effective solution.
"Am I, Long Chen, really going to die trapped here?" Long Chen gritted his teeth.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a sound rang out, and Long Chen was stunned: "What was that noise?" At
first, he thought he was too nervous and had just imagined it, but soon he realized that the space he was in was trembling continuously, as if an earthquake had occurred.
"Buzz...
At that moment, Long Chen suddenly noticed a huge black shadow in the vortex behind him, charging upstream and speeding toward him.
"Get out of the way, it's a ghost ship." Dragonbone Xie Yue suddenly shouted.
Only then was Long Chen shocked to discover that it was a massive black ship, with sails hanging on it, the mast riddled with holes, and an endless stench of decay.
The entire ship was pitch black. The moment Long Chen saw it, all his pores opened wide. For some reason, seeing it made people feel a sense of emptinessFear of exhaustion. Although Long Chen always considered himself quite brave, for some reason, his scalp tingled at this moment.
That ghost ship wasn't very large, only several hundred li in size, about the size of a medium-sized flying vessel, but for some reason it appeared here, heading straight for Long Chen to crash into it.
It sped over, and ripples spread out in front of the ghost ship. Wherever the ripples passed, spatial laws shattered, creating an overwhelmingly terrifying spectacle.
"Don't just sit there. If he hits you, you'll be shattered to pieces, body and soul destroyed." Dragonbone Xie Yue shouted.
Only then did Long Chen react and quickly dodge to the side. Just as he dodged, the massive hull of the ghost ship flew past him, and Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood.
An invisible force swept in. Long Chen felt his body twisted like a twisted twist, a sensation of being torn apart. He was terrified. Even though he had dodged, the aftershocks around him were terrifying. If he were hit, he would truly be shattered to pieces.
The ghost ship was moving so fast that before Long Chen could get a clear look at it, it had already brushed past him. But when he saw the ghost ship holding a long chain at its tail, he almost didn't hesitate and grabbed the chain thicker than a person's waist.
"Buzz!"
The moment Long Chen grabbed the chain, his soul trembled, and his soul felt as if it was being torn apart by intense pain.
But Long Chen endured it tightly, clutching the chain tightly. He seemed to hear the sound of the spatial barrier shattering, but he had no time to respond.
Because at this moment, countless images in Long Chen's mind kept shifting, as if he were inside a time-space tunnel, moving through endless darkness.
In those scenes, there are fairylands, hells, bloody wars, and human warmth. The images flicker on and off, and every transition feels like a cycle.
Long Chen saw many unfamiliar beings and also saw fierce-faced demons. They stared at Long Chen in terror and fled. Some even lunged at him, but Long Chen made no move. They all shattered into ashes, like a dream, yet the dream felt so vivid.
"Long Chen, let go!"
An anxious cry rang out in Long Chen's dream. Long Chen was already immersed in the dream, his reactions dull, and the voice seemed to echo from a distant place, but it was somewhat indistinct.
Suddenly, a sense of extreme danger startled Long Chen awake. He suddenly understood that the voice was coming from the Dragonbone Evil Moon. Without hesitation, Long Chen hurriedly released his arms.
Then Long Chen felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss again, sinking deeper and lower... Sinking, endless sinking, my mind was shrouded in darkness.
"Long Chen, can you hear me?" In the endless darkness, a familiar voice echoed in Long Chen's mind. He had heard it several times before, and each time it said something inexplicable.
"I think I can!" Long Chen gave a bitter smile. That voice had been talking to himself many times, but he seemed unable to hear Long Chen's words.
"Your location has been locked down. The Demon Clan's hunters will soon find you. If you still can't grow, everything about you will be taken away." That aged voice carried a sigh and anxiety, but above all, it was helpless.
"Who are you?" And who am I? Can you stop playing riddles with me? Long Chen asked.
"I am your guide, but we are too far apart. Only when you are on the verge of death and your thoughts have completely calmed can I sense you.
As for who you are, don't you know? You are the great successor of the Nine Stars, bearing the mission of saving the world from all directions. The voice replied.
"Forget it, I can't even save myself right now, so how can I save others?" Long Chen shook his head.
"The reason you're weak now is because you haven't found the key to unlock your body's treasure vault. You ..."
"Buzz"
Suddenly, Long Chen's soul trembled, and the voice vanished instantly, as if severed by some force.
Long Chen slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on a bed, with a woman sitting beside it.
"Is it you?"
When Long Chen saw the woman, he couldn't help but be surprised.