Void Heaven Demon Force, smelting the apertures

"They're here!"

At that moment, someone in the crowd shouted.

In the distance, a troop of soldiers clad in armor galloped towards them. The ranks were perfectly aligned, their movements were synchronized, and the entire force exuded an aura of grim determination.

The team consisted of about three hundred people. As soon as they arrived, they formed ranks and stood guard on both sides of the road.

"They are the Imperial Guard of the Sacred Martial Dynasty Emperor!"

Hou Yutan exclaimed in surprise from the crowd.

"The Imperial Guard of the Sacred Martial Dynasty is the emperor's bodyguard, how come they're here?"

"I saw it on the official media of the Ten-Star Alliance. It said that in the grand martial arts competition of the younger generation of the Sacred Martial Dynasty, Shaokang Commandery Princess Qin Zhenling power surpassed that of the younger generation, winning the Shaokang Commandery Princess's favor and being granted the authority to lead an army alone."

This refers to the Imperial Guard. The Sacred Martial Dynasty's Imperial Guard consists of two thousand men, all handpicked and selected from among thousands. Their cultivation levels are at least at the Eighth-Order Innate Embryonic Breath Realm, and their centurions are all Ninth-Order Yuan Gang Realm Martial Artist. In other words, within a two-thousand-man Imperial Guard, there are at least twenty Ninth-Order Yuan Gang Realm Grandmaster.

It seems that Shaokang Commandery Princess Qin Zhenling of the Sacred Martial Dynasty is only thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Such an outrageous system can only exist on a planet ruled by a feudal dynasty. In a modern world, even the son of the Planetary Affairs Chief or Administrator of a planet in the Ten-Star Alliance could not possibly command such a powerful private army at this age!"

I'm so envious!

"You can't get what you want just by being envious; just pray you're born into a better family in your next life!"

"Shaokang Commandery Princess? Qin Zhenling?"

Chen Lie heard murmurs from the crowd and found it strange.

He knew that Shaokang Commandery Princess of Beimang Star owed him a treasure-level martial arts resource, but the person who owed him seemed to be named Qin Bailing, and this Qin Zhenling didn't match up. Could it be that there was more than one Shaokang Commandery Princess of Beimang Star?

At that moment, a golden imperial carriage carrying a parasol descended from the sky.

Five mythical birds clung to the golden imperial carriage, and atop the carriage sat a beautifully dressed young woman.

The young girl was dressed in fine silk robes, adorned with a golden hairpin, her brocade gown trailing on the ground. She was stunningly beautiful, with red lips and white teeth, her radiance captivating all who beheld her.

"Is that Shaokang Commandery Princess from the Beimang Star Delegation? She's really quite young!"

"Although he's young, he's certainly making quite a show of it, with a spirit beast carriage, five spirit birds pulling the chariot, and being guarded by so many soldiers."

Chen Lie also turned his head to look, and was slightly taken aback when he saw the beautifully dressed young woman on the imperial carriage.

Isn't this the person who owed me a treasure-level resource at the Canglong Star Trading Market in the Sumeru Illusion Realm last time?

You're doing better than before, but why did you change your name?

Qin Zhenling? Qin Bailing?

Regardless of her name, given the current situation, if I really tried to go up and collect the debt, I would definitely be captured on the spot.

I wonder if Sheng Yingluo helped to push for payment. If not, or if the pressure wasn't strong enough, it will be difficult to get the debt back.

However, as the daughter of Star Seeker, she wouldn't do something half-hearted. Since she agreed, it's unlikely she would just do it perfunctorily.

"Is that Shaokang Commandery Princess of the Beimang Star Sacred Martial Dynasty in that imperial carriage? I wonder how strong her martial arts are."

Hou Yutan spoke beside Chen Lie.

"It must be Divine Aperture Stage with Twelvefold Strength Value!" Dong Lin exclaimed.

"The Divine Aperture Stage?"

Qiao Xuanxi looked at the imperial carriage, her eyes filled with envy.

At the Divine Aperture Stage Twelvefold Strength Value, one can use the Void Heaven Pagoda to attempt to break through to the Middle Divine Aperture.

With Middle Divine Aperture, exceptional talent, and the guidance of a powerful mentor, the probability of him reaching the realm of Transcending Mortality and Entering Sainthood in martial arts is many times higher than hers.

The imperial carriage entered the area of Void Heaven Pagoda directly.

Immediately afterwards, many noble sons of the Beimang Star filed in.

After all the noble sons of the Beimang Star Delegation had entered the Void Heaven Pagoda area, the Imperial Guard lined up in formation and entered one by one.

The Void Heaven Pagoda was officially opened at this point.

"Look! The Void Heaven Pagoda has opened!"

At this moment, someone in the crowd pointed at the Void Heaven Pagoda and shouted.

Chen Lie looked up and saw that the towering Void Heaven Pagoda in front of him was now enveloped in a visible energy shield.

He learned from others that it was the Void Heaven Force, but Chen Lie felt that the power that formed the energy shield was somewhat familiar.

"Students, the Void Heaven Pagoda is now open!"

You can go in now. Once inside, use the keys to enter the Void Heaven Pagoda in turn!

At this moment, the old deacon from the Void Heaven Pagoda came forward and called out.

The group of people waiting outside immediately entered the area of Void Heaven Pagoda.

As soon as he approached the Void Heaven Pagoda, Chen Lie felt a faint pressure. This aura was very familiar to him, but he couldn't quite place it.

"Brother Chen, you come from a planet in the Eastern Star Region, so you probably don't know much about the Void Heaven Pagoda. Would you like me to explain it to you?" Hou Yutan Chen Liedao.

"Okay, thank you for your help!" Chen Liedao.

"This Void Heaven Pagoda is said to have been seized from the Otherworldly Demons race by the previous Star Seeker of the Canglan Star Domain."

That was a war of invasion by Otherworldly Demons forty years ago. At that time, the top experts of the Ten-Star Alliance all contributed, so the Void Heaven Pagoda was jointly owned by the planets of the Ten-Star Alliance. However, after discussions among the planets, the Saint Envoy Hall decided to place the Void Heaven Pagoda on Canglong Star so that the other planets could use it.

The Void Heaven Pagoda opens at a set time each day, and each person only has twelve hours to advance. If you fail to advance within these twelve hours, the Void Heaven Force the Void Heaven Pagoda will shut down when the time is up, meaning you have failed. But don't worry, because you have two chances. If not today, then tomorrow!

"Furthermore, the Void Heaven Pagoda is divided into ten levels, with the first to third levels being for those in the Heaven Aperture Stage attempting to break through to the Primordial Aperture."

The third to sixth levels represent the Origin Aperture Stage of breaking through to the Divine Aperture.

The seventh to ninth levels are for the Lower Divine Aperture to break through to the Middle Divine Aperture. I don't know what's on the tenth level; it's been sealed away.

The Void Heaven Force within the Void Heaven Pagoda becomes increasingly concentrated with each layer. People like us can only reach the third layer at most. Using Void Heaven Force to break through to the fourth layer during the Void Heaven Pagoda Heaven Aperture Stage will damage our foundation."

Chen Lie nodded and asked, "Is the tenth level for breaking through from the Middle Divine Aperture to the Upper Divine Aperture?"

"It shouldn't be! I've heard of several cases. The Holy Son and Holy Daughter of the Blood God Sect, the Sacred Martial Crown Prince of the Sacred Martial Dynasty, and Sky Moon Princess all successfully broke through to the ninth level of the Void Heaven Pagoda and stepped into the realm of the Upper Divine Aperture. However, it usually takes them ten days to half a month to break through from the Middle Divine Aperture to the Upper Divine Aperture."

The tenth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda seems to have never been open to the public.

Of course, this is just hearsay, so I can't guarantee anything!

Chen Lie hummed in agreement.

Seeing that most of the people ahead had already entered the Void Heaven Pagoda, Qiao Xuanxi turned around and glanced at Hou Yutan and Chen Liedao, "The Void Heaven Pagoda is open now. Let's talk inside and not waste time."

"Let's go, let's go inside!"

Urged on, Hou Yutan hurriedly stepped forward and entered the Void Heaven Pagoda with Heavy Rain Star and the other three.

Chen Lie arrived at the entrance of the Void Heaven Pagoda and deeply felt the intense pain of the energy shield surrounding the tower, which was the Void Heaven Force, constantly tearing at his skin.

"This Void Heaven Force can actually corrode the human body. Even I can feel this pain. I'm afraid that people below the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi would have their skin torn apart the moment they get close to the Void Heaven Force."

As Chen Lie approached the Void Heaven Pagoda, he not only felt a pain but also a repulsive force.

Like everyone else, he took out the key, and the repulsive force vanished instantly.

And so, Chen Lie entered the first floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda.

Chen Lie stepped into the Void Heaven Pagoda, a dense Void Heaven Force rushed towards him, and his four orifices—heaven, earth, spirit, and mortal—trembled upon contact with this power.

"Is this the Void Heaven Force?"

Chen Lie was stunned for a moment, then said, "No, this power... seems to be the Void Heaven Demon Force!"

In his previous life, Chen Lie had read some ancient texts at the Taia Star Province Martial Arts Academy. The texts recorded that on the edge of the empire, there existed a powerful cosmic race called the ' Void Heaven Demon Race '. This Void Heaven Demon Race had a powerful bloodline, and upon birth, they almost possessed the strength of a human race's Eighth-Order Innate Embryonic Breath Realm Martial Artist.

High-level Void Heaven Demon Race possess powerful Void Heaven Demon Force. This Void Heaven Demon Force can help human Martial Artist refine the four apertures of Mortal, Spirit, Earth, and Heaven, allowing them to unify and merge with the Primordial Aperture to form the Five Divine Apertures, known as the Primordial Spirit Aperture.

Cultivating to the point of mastering the Primordial Spirit Aperture not only elevates one's strength to a higher level, but also significantly enhances one's potential.

However, geniuses who have mastered the five Divine Aperture are extremely rare even in Taia Star Province of the Central Galactic Empire. This is because the Void Heaven Demon Race is extremely difficult to deal with. To unify the four apertures and cultivate the Primordial Spirit Aperture, one must refine a Void Heaven Demon Race and absorb the Void Heaven Force. The empire's high-ranking officials do not dare to openly capture Void Heaven Demon Race to absorb their Void Heaven Demon Force for their own use.

"So, this giant tower isn't some kind of Void Heaven Pagoda, but rather Demon Refining Pagoda Tower, and the dense power within it isn't some kind of Void Heaven Force, but rather Void Heaven Demon Force."

To actually have the opportunity to use the Void Heaven Demon Force to refine the four apertures—this is truly a great stroke of luck for him!

"The people of the Canglan Star Domain use this Void Heaven Demon Force to break through their cultivation levels, which is one method. However, if their Strength Value can't keep up, even if they can open one more aperture, they are still like a rootless duckweed. Their foundation can't compare to that of Martial Artist is down-to-earth and achieves success naturally."

The density of the Void Heaven Demon Force on the first floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda is definitely not enough for Chen Lie to cultivate the four major acupoints of Heaven, Earth, Spirit, and Mortal. To unify the four acupoints of Heaven, Earth, Spirit, and Mortal, he would need at least several times the density of the Void Heaven Demon Force.

Chen Lie went directly to the third level of the Void Heaven Pagoda Void Heaven Pagoda. The Void Heaven Demon Force on the third level was much denser than on the first level, but cultivating the Four Apertures naturally required more Void Heaven Force.

There were many people on the third floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda, all of whom were at the Heaven Aperture Stage and wanted to break through to the Primordial Aperture. Chen Lie cultivated on the third floor for a while and then continued to go up.

The fourth to sixth floors were almost entirely occupied by nobles and scions of the Beimang Star Sacred Martial Dynasty. Chen Lie didn't linger and headed directly to the ninth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda.

"The higher you go in the Void Heaven Pagoda, the denser the Void Heaven Demon Force becomes. The difference between the seventh and first floors is almost three times. Could the tenth floor be sealing away the true form of a great demon?"

Chen Lie believed his guess was highly likely. The Void Heaven Demon Force was obtained by refining great demons, and the higher one went, the more abundant the Void Heaven Demon Force became. So, wouldn't the true body of the great demon be located at the very top?

Chen Lie quickly reached the eighth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda. On the eighth floor, he saw Qin Bailing, dressed in finery, sitting cross-legged in the middle, absorbing the Void Heaven Demon Force to break through to the next level.

There was no one else on the eighth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda except for Qin Bailing.

Chen Lie concealed his presence and made no sound, instead going directly to the ninth floor.

Upon entering the ninth level, the power of the Void Heaven Demon Force instantly went berserk, its violent force nearly tearing Chen Lie's skin apart.

Chen Lie held his breath and arrived at the middle of the ninth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda, where he sat down cross-legged.

He began to rapidly absorb the Void Heaven Demon Force Void Heaven Demon Force, using it to cultivate his Mortal Aperture.

"It's a pity that I'm currently at the Earth Aperture Stage, not yet at the Heaven Aperture Stage, so I can't fuse the four apertures of Heaven, Earth, Spirit, and Mortal into one."

"However, I can come again tomorrow. Today I will cultivate the three apertures of the mortal, spiritual, and Heaven Aperture realms. After leaving the Void Heaven Pagoda today, I will attempt to break through to the heavenly aperture. When I come back tomorrow, I will fuse the four apertures of the mortal, spiritual, earthly, and heavenly realms into one in one fell swoop."

At that time, as long as one cultivates to the Primordial Aperture, one can directly merge and transform it into the Five Divine Apertures, the Primordial Spirit Aperture."

Once the Primordial Spirit Aperture is opened, one can unite qi and spirit, and when cultivating True Qi, one can avoid countless detours.

"If I can cultivate the Primordial Spirit Aperture, I will be able to unite Qi and spirit, and control Qi with spirit. Then, when cultivating the Five Elements True Qi, I will be able to nurture the Five Element Gods within the Five Viscera Organs."

In his previous life, Chen Lie had seen such a martial arts genius in Taia Star Province who could "unite Qi and spirit and control Qi with spirit." He cultivated the Five Elements Virtue Deities metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which were the Metal God of the lungs (Geng metal), the Wood God of the liver (Yi wood), the Water God of the kidneys (Ren water), Fire God fire god of the heart (Kui fire), and the earth Earth God of the spleen (Wu earth).

Having all Five Element Gods, it can constantly absorb and release the true True Qi of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth), reaching a profound state of perpetual life. Even while sleeping, its martial arts continue to advance.

This is the realm that Chen Lie has always dreamed of.

"If I can nurture a divine embryo within my Five Viscera organs and cultivate it into the Five Elements Virtue Deities, then I will have taken a giant step closer to the second Ultimate Realm of True Qi Martial Artist, the ' Yin-Yang Deity Realm ' realm!"

Looking across Taia Star Province, countless geniuses are destined to miss out on the wondrous realm of ' Yin-Yang Deity Realm '. Even with Chen Lie's top-tier Qi Gong techniques, he dares not guarantee what the probability is of reaching this realm.

"I don't want to think about anything else. Martial arts cultivation must be done step by step. First, I'll cultivate the three mortal apertures of the Earth Spirit!"

Chen Lie abandoned all distracting thoughts and began to absorb the Void Heaven Demon Force from the ninth level of the Void Heaven Pagoda to cultivate his Mortal Aperture.

As Chen Lie frantically absorbed the power, the Void Heaven Demon Force of the ninth level enveloped him and continuously poured into his Mortal Aperture.

Chen Lie endured the excruciating pain and began to refine his Mortal Aperture.

The Void Heaven Force is abundant here, making the cultivation of Mortal Aperture the easiest. Chen Lie quickly fused his Mortal Aperture and began to fused his Spirit Aperture.

Under Chen Lie's frantic absorption, the Void Heaven Demon Force of the ninth level of the Void Heaven Pagoda, Void Heaven Demon Force of his own eighth and seventh levels, were all drawn towards Chen Lie's location.

On the eighth floor of the Void Heaven Pagoda, Qin Bailing, who was accumulating Void Heaven Demon Force, sensed the rapid loss of Void Heaven Force. She opened her eyes and felt strange.

"What's going on? The Void Heaven Demon Force within the Void Heaven Pagoda is actually unstable?"

She murmured something and then closed her eyes again.

"If it's still like this tomorrow, then we'll have no choice but to try to break through to the ninth level."

The noble disciples of Beimang Star who were breaking through to the seventh level did not feel much loss of power, because their needs were not many.

On the ninth level, due to the immense power of the Void Heaven Demon Force, Chen Lie quickly completed the fusion of the Spirit Aperture and the Earth Aperture.