"Getting closer and closer."
In the endless darkness, an aged voice sounded.
"What, getting closer?" Long Chen asked.
That voice was the mysterious one that often appeared whenever he fell into darkness.
"Distance... Dangerous ... The truth ... Hope..."
That mysterious voice began to fade. Long Chen faintly heard a few characters, and then he woke up.
"Boss!"
Jiang Lei shouted in surprise when he saw Long Chen awake.
Long Chen noticed that besides Jiang Lei, there was also a beside him was a benevolent-faced elderly man, who was the leader of the Spirit Clan within the Three Thousand Worlds.
"Thank you, senior, for saving me." Long Chen hurriedly stood up and bowed.
"It's just a small favor. My abilities are limited, and I can't fully heal you. You still need a few days to recover on your own." The old man said this and then left.
Only then did Long Chen notice that the purple energy surged within his meridians, endless stars flowing. Raising his hand lightly, he felt a violent energy flowing, as if a wave could destroy the heavens.
"This is the power a successor should have after ascending to Immortal King!"
At this moment, Long Chen felt his power was more than ten times stronger than before his tribulation; it had been a long time since his power surged like this.
What shocked Long Chen most was that a layer of green energy covered his meridians, slowly repairing the cracks in them.
"We have to thank that kind little guy. He was willing to sacrifice his own lifespan and use his own origin divine liquid to help you heal your wounds. Otherwise, your wound wouldn't heal at least a month.
Most importantly, it belongs to the ancient spiritual branch of the wisteria lineage. Its primordial divine liquid has a certain affinity for your purple energy. When healing your wounds, it expands your meridians again. Nourished by its primordial divine liquid, your meridians become very resilient, able to withstand more force impacts. Your current meridians are stronger than I expected." The dragon clan expert said.
Only then did Long Chen realize that while he was unconscious, the Spirit Clan chief had done so much for him, which deeply moved him, but also made him feel a bit ashamed and uneasy.
But such a great favor was meaningless to thank him. Long Chen secretly resolved to repay the Spirit Clan.
"Senior, in the Three Thousand Worlds, where are there places to undergo tribulation? Why are there hardly any humans in the Milky Way and Sea of Blood? "Long Chen had hoped to meet some Dragonblood warriors to cross the tribulation together, but unexpectedly, he didn't meet a single one.
"There are more than a dozen forbidden places in the Three Thousand Worlds suitable for tribulation crossing, like the Heavenly River and Sea of Blood. As for the slightly inferior places, there are countless others.
In fact, the Heavenly River Blood Sea is not suitable for humans to undergo tribulation, so naturally no humans risk coming here.
The reason I had you come here is to pave the way for you. The others must have been undergoing tribulation elsewhere. The dragon clan expert said.
Only then did Long Chen feel relieved. That way, he could continue to seek out others; otherwise, the Heavenly Dao Tree, filled with Supreme Heavenly Dao Fruits, would have no use for it.
Now, Long Chen's Supreme Heavenly Dao Fruit had surpassed ten thousand, but this number was somewhat odd, not matching the actual number of Supreme prodigies killed during the tribulation. The number of supreme-level prodigies who died was at least tens of thousands.
However, Long Chen's Supreme Heavenly Dao Fruit was only a little over ten thousand. He wasn't sure if it was because the range was too far and the Heavenly Dao Tree hadn't sensed it, or if part of it had been absorbed by the heavenly tribulation.
Long Chen continued to heal his injuries. Thanks to the power of the Spirit Clan chief, his recovery was very fast. In just one day, his meridians had fully recovered.
Jiang Lei's strength also surged. Following Long Chen's approach, he didn't have such strong blood energy, so he poured the thunder spirit power from his dantian into his meridians to replace blood energy.
Jiang Lei also borrowed light from Long Chen, expanding his meridians more than tenfold. The power of thunder was abundant, and thunder symbols flowed in his eyes. At this moment, his aura was extremely formidable, and he had become a terrifying thunder cultivator.
This made Jiang Lei extremely excited. After all this time, he was still struggling in the lower middle tier of the cultivation world.
Now, after following Long Chen for only a few days, he's already soaring to the top. Although he can't claim to stand at the pinnacle of martial arts, among his peers, there aren't many who are truly formidable.
After the two recovered, Long Chen bid farewell to the Spirit Clan chief. Now that his body had recovered, he should go find his companions and deal with the Supreme Heavenly Dao Fruit as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Three Thousand Worlds close, there would be no chance.
Long Chen did not thank the Spirit Clan chief for his help; he only left one sentence: the Spirit Clan's affairs are his business. If you need any help, just ask.
When leaving the Spirit Clan, Long Chen noticed that all the powerful members had also disappeared. He wondered if they had gone to undergo tribulation or gone somewhere else, but Long Chen didn't ask.
"Seven-Star Battle Body, Wind Mansion Star Opens! The Jade Balance Star opens! Siming Star opens! Gong Qixing Kai! In
a wilderness, a seven-colored divine ring swirled behind Long Chen. Within the ring, stars lit up one by one, and with each star lit, Long Chen's aura soared dramatically.
"Rumble rumble ..."
When Long Chen activated the four stars, the entire world began to tremble. The violent force caused space to distort in large areas, especially the seven-colored divine ring behind Long Chen. The radiant seven-colored divine light pierced the sky like a sharp sword, piercing through the sky and shattering the sky. The scene was terrifying.
"It's already been three days. Unlocking four stars is the limit now, but opening the fifth star means the aura will leak out."
Inside the Dragon Chen Divine Ring, seven stars were circulating, but now only four were lit; the other three were dim.
"But even if you activate four stars, its power is already almost as strong as a fully developed six-star battle body." Long Chen felt the frenzied flow of star power within him, a look of surprise appearing on his face.
That dragon clan expert was right—the Seven-Star Battle Body was too powerful. Without powerful meridians, he simply couldn't control it.
Although his meridians were stronger now, activating the Seven-Star Battle Body still wouldn't work. Not to mention a fully developed Seven-Star Battle Body—even activating five stars wouldn't work.
Because he had never mastered such powerful power before, his body couldn't adapt yet, and forcing it to activate would cause his power to leak out. Once his aura leaked, the power couldn't be gathered together. Although the aura burst out and looked terrifying, if the power couldn't be concentrated, it wouldn't be very meaningful.
It's like the flow of a river: normally, its flow is limited because it disperses, but when a river embankment releases floodwaters, water flies out from a hollow, and that force can pierce a mountain. The destructive power of the two is incomparable.
"Heh heh, I guess in another ten days or half a month, my body will slowly adapt. By then, when I condense the Seven-Star Battle Body, will I still be afraid of those beasts?" Long Chen chuckled; he had truly been reborn, fearless of any strong opponent.
Two days later, Long Chen and Jiang Lei arrived at a large human city. As soon as they reached the city gate, they heard people beating gongs and drums, loudly chanting:
"Before Boundless Mountain, Infinite Palace; outside Boundless Gate, Infinite Pines; prodigies chase their dreams but find no path; once they encounter Mo Nian, all is empty."
"Damn!"