Inside the tomb, the Corpse Ancestor has no soul. Zhang Chen’s mind was instantly filled with a thought: ’It’s over! My Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill is useless!’
Now that I don’t have enough experience points, if I’m truly trapped here, how can I escape?
"How can I gather enough experience points to upgrade the Authority of Wood Element?" Zhang Chen felt panicked. The upgrade requires a full trillion experience points; where can I collect a trillion points?
Zhang Chen felt a tingling on his scalp as a sense of foreboding rose within him. He looked up towards the distant tomb door, his gaze filled with anguish: ’Logically, there should be Qi Mechanism leaking from the tomb, which should result in experience points dropping, but there are none.’
And the Great Freedom Celestial Demon is also restrained by the opposition. Zhang Chen was in a desperate situation, so he said, "What do I do?"
Zhang Chen asked the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon frowned in deep thought: "It’s tough! Unless I transform you into a Celestial Demon as well. Then, with a Celestial Demon form, the Corpse Ancestor’s power naturally cannot trap you."
Upon hearing the Great Freedom Celestial Demon’s foolish idea, Zhang Chen ignored him. He’s a cultivator, an unparalleled Qi Cultivator; how could he become a Celestial Demon?
Zhang Chen’s gaze scanned through all the Divine Techniques and Magical Treasures within his Primordial Spirit, finally settling on the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.
The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu has grown to tens of meters tall, its lush branches and leaves droop with Innate Qi, absorbed by the Ascension Pool, transforming into its liquid.
Though the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu now emits a large amount of Innate Qi, gathering a trillion points still seems out of reach. To quickly gather enough points, unless it’s directly exhausting resources for fishing, devouring the opposition.
"I can add a hundred years to the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu each day. If I preserve its roots, even if I devour the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, with the Power of Time hastening its growth, its growth rate will continue to increase." Zhang Chen contemplated on devouring the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.
But looking at the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu before him, he felt that even if he devoured it, he might not accumulate a trillion points.
That’s a trillion points!
Zhang Chen couldn’t imagine what kind of treasure he would need to devour to gather such a vast number of points.
A trillion points would be enough to cultivate Zhang Chen’s Sun True Flame into the legendary Fruit Realm, even far beyond that.
"Even devouring the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu isn’t enough!" Zhang Chen’s eyes scanned all his equipment, finally resting upon the seven Dragon Pearls.
These seven Dragon Pearls are not ordinary; they were left by a mysterious person within the thatched cottage, totaling one slingshot and seven marbles.
"The true form of this is the True Dragon’s Dragon Pearls. If I could devour them..." Zhang Chen’s eyes lit up.
These seven Dragon Pearls are not regular Dragon Pearls but left by a True Dragon, a twelfth-tier existence or even beyond, refined by the Secret Technique of the cottage owner, containing extraordinary power. If he could devour these seven Dragon Pearls, he might hope to challenge the trillion points.
Zhang Chen felt anxious; although he has cultivated his Primordial Spirit, he still has drawbacks. If his Primordial Spirit cannot return to his physical body within seven days, his body will surely die. If time drags on and the outside weather is hot, his body might rot away, bringing great trouble.
So, Zhang Chen directly summoned the Dragon Pearls, but before he could use the mouthpiece of Innate Mosquito to devour them, his Primordial Spirit dispersed, preventing him from using the Innate Mosquito’s mouthpiece.
"Send them directly into the Devouring Space and use it to devour."
Falling snowflakes regrouped, and Zhang Chen’s physical form appeared. Without waiting for his body’s corpse qi to activate, Zhang Chen directly placed the seven Dragon Pearls into the Devouring Space. He’s not in a hurry to reform his physical body but, taking advantage of his half-dead state, observed his Devouring Space, discovering that its level was too low to devour the power of the Dragon Pearls.
"Seems like those hundred billion points could be spent on upgrading the Devouring Space, after which using it to devour the seven Dragon Pearls might be possible." Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface:
[Skill 13 (Fourth Tier): Devouring Space (0\100000000)]
[Note 1: Area of ten thousand cubic meters]
[Note 2: Can devour fourth-tier mysterious]
"It actually requires a billion points to upgrade..." Zhang Chen looked at the Devouring Space, murmuring to himself. He only had ten billion points—could he upgrade to the twelfth tier and smoothly digest the Dragon Pearl energy was still uncertain.
But looking again at his Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and various treasures, thoughts swirled in his mind. He had no other choice now! He could only gamble. If he bet right, he could devour Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and other treasures to upgrade the Devouring Space level.
Even if his Devouring Space is strong enough, it might even allow him to eliminate his body’s hidden risks.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen made up his mind:
"I’ll increase the level of the Devouring Space, then find a way to utilize other treasures to suppress the Dragon Pearls to help the Devouring Space devour them. This might be a way." Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit quickly deduced the decision within his heart.
The key is he is truly at the end of his rope; he’s out of moves!
With his mind decided, Zhang Chen directly tapped slyly onto the Golden Finger Interface:
[Skill 13 (Fourth Tier): Devouring Space (0\100000000)]
[Note 1: Area of ten thousand cubic meters]
[Note 2: Can devour Fourth Tier Mysteries]
"Upgrade!" Zhang Chen lightly tapped, and the next moment he saw the Golden Finger Interface transform:
[Skill 13 (Fifth Tier): Devouring Space (0\200000000)]
[Note 1: Area of 20,000 cubic meters]
[Note 2: Can devour Fifth Tier Mysteries]
[Points: 99000000000]
"Fortunately, it only consumed one billion points. The points needed for upgrading aren’t increased tenfold, but rather doubled, which is very beneficial for me." Seeing this, Zhang Chen was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly tapped on the points:
Two billion points
Four billion points
Eight billion points
Sixteen billion points
Thirty-two billion points
At this point, Zhang Chen had thirty-seven billion points remaining, and after a refresh of the Golden Finger Interface, the Devouring Space skill had reached the Tenth Tier.
[Skill 13 (Tenth Tier): Devouring Space (0\6400000000)]
[Note 1: Area of 640,000 cubic meters]
[Note 2: Can devour Tenth Tier Mysteries]
Zhang Chen activated the Tenth Tier Devouring Space, intending to digest those seven Dragon Pearls, but unfortunately, he couldn’t budge the seven Dragon Pearls in the slightest. Facing Zhang Chen’s Devouring Power, the seven Dragon Pearls were like ants trying to shake Mount Tai; Zhang Chen was unable to move them at all.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen could only give up, his eyes turned to the Golden Finger Interface, silently calculating in his heart:
"To upgrade from the Tenth to the Eleventh Tier requires sixty-four billion points. The Eleventh to the Twelfth Tier requires one hundred and twenty-eight billion, and breaking through to the Twelfth Tier requires two hundred and fifty-six billion."
Zhang Chen’s eyes fixed on the Golden Finger Interface, feeling optimistic.
Although upgrading the Devouring Space requires a lot of points, it’s nothing compared to upgrading the Authority of Wood Element. When his Devouring Space upgrades to the point where it can digest Law Level powers, he hopes to devour the Dragon Pearls, and the seven mysterious Dragon Pearls will surely bring him a large number of points.
"I wonder if, after my Devouring Space breaks through to the Twelfth Tier, it will be able to digest the Corpse Dao power within my body." Zhang Chen’s heart flickered with various thoughts, but in the end, he decided to bet everything on the Devouring Space because he had no other choice.
Only the remaining hundreds of billions of points are still an astronomical number for Zhang Chen, and gathering them all is not easy.
What to do?
This was the new thought that emerged in Zhang Chen’s mind, his gaze wandering around before finally resting on the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.
No choice, the Ascension Pool is an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and his Devouring Space couldn’t even devour the Dragon Pearls, let alone the Ascension Pool.
The only opportunity he might have now is probably with the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.
"I just need to leave the roots of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, keep the vitality of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, and under my Law of Time, it will soon take root and sprout again. This is the only way to save me right now," Zhang Chen secretly resolved in his heart.
As for the hand deep in the Ice Hell, Zhang Chen didn’t even dare think about it, as it was something he couldn’t devour.
What if inadvertently awakened that hand, disrupting his Ice Domain, he would lose his chance to resurrect, and he would be completely done for.
With the thought in Zhang Chen’s mind, the Ascension Pool, wrapped in the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, fell into the Devouring Space from the Primordial Spirit’s void. Then, the Golden Scissors from the Primordial Spirit flew out, transforming into black and white light, cutting at the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu. The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu emitted a mournful sound as Zhang Chen had anchored his Primordial Spirit to the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu long ago. Thankfully, it was in a state of soul parasitism in the Ice Domain; otherwise, Zhang Chen would be in big trouble, and his Primordial Spirit would be affected by the Golden Scissors.
As the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was severed, a green Qi mechanism poured out, and Zhang Chen quickly activated the Authority of Wood Element: "Decree, Heal!"
As the Authority of Wood Element descended, the wound on the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu instantly healed.
Then Zhang Chen once again performed the Authority of Wood Element: "Decree, Sprout!"
With Zhang Chen’s decree, the remaining roots indeed grew new tender branches, reviving the severed Heaven-Reaching Jianmu roots.
"Next, let’s see how much points the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu can add for me. After all, the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu is not an Acquired Spiritual Object but an Innate Spirit Root, the sovereign in grass and wood, containing the Innate Grass and Wood Dao, incomparable to Postnatal Spirits!" Zhang Chen’s heart flickered with anticipation as he hurriedly activated the Devouring Space, but the next moment, Zhang Chen was dumbfounded as his Devouring Space couldn’t budge!
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