One rune after another was deeply imprinted in Long Chen's mind. What shocked him was that he had studied these runes before—they were the scriptures from the first volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra.
Each rune had a different pronunciation, but as these runes flooded into Long Chen's mind, he noticed that some scriptures sounded different from before.
In the past, when Long Chen recited the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, the voice was gentle. Although sacred and solemn, it carried no domineering aura.
And when the pronunciation of these scriptures changes, it gains a commanding authority that commands the heavens and commands the law.
Volume One... Volume Two... Volume Three... Volume Four... These were all scriptures Long Chen had studied. After the fourth volume of scriptures was completed, a passage Long Chen had never encountered before flooded into his mind.
"The Fifth Volume of the Great Brahma Sutra?"
Long Chen was overjoyed. He hadn't had the chance to cultivate the fifth volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, but he hadn't expected to encounter him here.
When that scripture echoed in Long Chen's mind, his body was in intense pain, like raging lava surging into his limbs and bones, as if it was about to burst him apart.
Long Chen was shocked. The fifth volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra had changed from his previous dignity and modesty to a wild, violent demeanor.
The first four sections of the Great Brahma Sutra are like a flowing stream—gentle and calm, nourishing all things—while the fifth section is like a raging flood or beast, a raging sea and waves ready to destroy heaven and earth.
Long Chen did not activate the fifth volume of the Great Brahma Heavenly Sutra; just hearing its chanting, his body already felt somewhat unaccustomed. He was horrified in his heart—how could the fifth volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra be so violent?
"It seems that the fifth volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra cannot be used unless I advance to the Immortal King realm. Otherwise, its power will burst me apart."
Feeling the Great Brahma Heavenly Scripture, every note contained overwhelming power, and Long Chen felt even more awe for it.
Finally, the chanting faded, and Long Chen slowly opened his eyes to look at the beautiful woman before him.
The woman also looked at Long Chen and smiled slightly, saying, "Remember your words and guard the pure land in your heart." After
saying this, the woman leaned down and gently kissed Long Chen's forehead, then slowly disappeared. Immediately after, the figure above the nine heavens vanished, endless divine radiance scattering like fine rain.
The spiritual clan warriors knelt devoutly on the ground, bathed in the light rain, their faces filled with tranquility and peace.
"The Spirit Clan truly is a great race. I am a selfish person, but I am willing to give my life to protect them."
Looking at the endless spirit clan beings, feeling their purity and kindness, Jiang Lei couldn't help but sigh.
"Every kind life deserves to be treated gently, but often kindness cannot earn respect, nor can it bring peace.
Last time I met Li Chenggang, I really liked one of his words: reading is for understanding principles, while cultivation is for others to explain to you.
When faced with unreasonable people, no matter how clever the explanation is, it's useless. We can never wake someone who is pretending to sleep. Long Chen said.
"Since we can't wake them up, we might as well let them never wake up again." Jiang Lei said.
Long Chen smiled. That was exactly his thought. In the past, what he wanted to protect was the human race, but now he understood that what he wanted to protect was not the human race, but kindness, which had nothing to do with race.
The void trembled slightly, and an elderly man with white hair and a gaunt face appeared before Long Chen and bowed gently:
"I was just worshipping my god and receiving my blessing. Please forgive me for any neglect."
Long Chen hurriedly returned the bow, saying, "No need to be so formal, Senior. I am Long Chen, in a hurry to the Milky Way Star Sea, and wish to borrow passage from the Spirit Clan. I kindly ask for your convenience." "
You are the most honored guest of our Spirit Clan, having saved them from danger several times. Borrowing the passage is nothing but a small matter.
I am old and unworthy, ruling over the spirit race beings of the Three Thousand Worlds. Unfortunately, my abilities are limited and I cannot protect these children, causing them to suffer with me.
Just now, guided by my god, I came to pay respects to the honored guest. If you need anything, please speak freely. Though our Spirit Clan is weak, billions of living beings are willing to go through fire and water for you. The old man said sincerely.
"Senior, you're too serious. Right now, we just want to reach the Blood Sea of the Heavenly River as quickly as possible, so that the area won't be blocked by the beast clan and we won't be able to enter the core area." Long Chen hurriedly said.
"The Milky Way Blood Sea possesses endless blood and vitality. Your blood is boundless, so crossing the tribulation there to ascend to Immortal King is indeed the best choice." The old man nodded.
"Senior, do you know the origin of the Heavenly River Blood Sea?" Long Chen asked.
"The Blood Sea of the Milky Way is one of the main battlefields of the Primordial War. A billion Beast Venerables besieged three thousand Nine-Star successors, and in the end, all the Nine-Star Inheritors and a billion Beast Venerables were wiped out.
After their deaths, their souls remained intact, their fighting spirit immortal, and their souls and fighting spirits continued to clash madly, forming a place of absolute death.
Above the blood sea, in the sky, rivers of blood flowed like flood dragons. It was the will clashing between the Nine-Star Heir and a billion Beast Sovereigns, never stopping for billions of years.
Powerful beings with strong flesh and blood, when crossing tribulations in the Blood Sea of the Heavenly River, can absorb the power within the sea to strengthen themselves. The stronger the person, the more they absorb, and the more amplified they are.
When the Blood Sea of the Heavenly River connects with the Three Thousand Worlds and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the sea will boil, its power reaching its peak, making it the best time to cross the tribulation. Judging by the time, it should be almost boiling. The old man said.
"A billion Beast Sovereigns and Nine-Star Heirs?" Long Chen was startled.
"Yes, it was the Divine Venerable-level powerhouses of the billion-dollar demon beast clan, along with three thousand Divine Venerable Nine-Star heirs, who perished together in the end, leaving behind the Heavenly River Blood Sea." The old man said.
"Three thousand against a billion, and yet they all perished together. Truly worthy of being called the strongest warrior of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths." Jiang Lei exclaimed in amazement, but he didn't know that his boss was one of the successors of the Nine Stars.
"How many Star Battle Bodies did these Nine-Star successors activate at that time?" Long Chen couldn't help but ask.
The old man shook his head, apologetically saying, "I'm sorry, I only inherited part of my memories from the previous clan leader, and the previous clan leader never experienced that war, so no one knows the details." "
Senior, I am about to go to the Heavenly River and Blood Sea. I must take my leave here." Long Chen wished he could go to the Blood Sea of the Heavenly River right now and find out for himself—he couldn't wait a moment.
"Then let this old man see you off!"
Suddenly, the old man's body vanished, and Long Chen and Jiang Lei immediately realized that the world before them had changed. All the Spirit Clan experts had vanished, reappearing in the endless starry sky, and beneath their feet was a seemingly boundless tree.
Looking down from here, he could almost see the entire forbidden land of the Spirit Clan. Long Chen was shocked—he hadn't expected the old man's true form to be a towering tree that covered the sky.
But soon, Long Chen dismissed the idea. The place they were standing on was not on the leaves of a big tree, but on the leaves of a golden vine.
"Buzz!"
The golden vine glowed. Long Chen and Jiang Lei cried out in alarm as they bounced off the vine, causing the void to tremble. By the time they saw the scene before them, the two had already reached the outskirts of the Spirit Clan's forbidden land.