Dao Palace Secret Realm, Innate Deity

Dao Palace Secret Realm, Innate Deity

The seven-hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress had ascended to a new level of majesty. Ice Empress and the others did not dare disobey her.

"All right, I'm going to condense my Soul Ring now. You may observe," Qin Sheng said.

"Snow Empress, follow the plan we discussed earlier and use the power of heaven and earth to assist me."

"Okay."

Using Snow Empress's origin to connect with heaven and earth was naturally best attempted in the Far North.

Moreover, since his relationship with Snow Empress was currently quite good, Qin Sheng intended to have her serve as a "bridge" between himself and heaven and earth.

Qin Sheng took out Snow Empress's origin and summoned his Spirit-Control Banner Martial Soul.

Compared to three years ago, the Spirit-Control Banner had undergone considerable changes.

If it had merely been a top-tier Martial Soul back then, the Spirit-Control Banner was now ranked among the super-class.

It could rival the Martial Souls formed by the Heavenly Snow Woman and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

With the Spirit-Control Banner containing Snow Empress's origin, Qin Sheng circulated the Yijin Jing. The origin dissolved, but he did not absorb it. Instead, he used it as a medium to communicate with the heaven and earth of the Far North.

Strands of transcendent aura spread from Qin Sheng's body, stirring the wind and snow.

The power of the origin flowed, outlining mysterious runes that imprinted themselves upon the Spirit-Control Banner, making the aura of this Martial Soul increasingly profound and vast.

Snow Empress closely watched Qin Sheng's changes. Finding the right moment, she mobilized the power of heaven and earth and connected it with Qin Sheng's Martial Soul.

This further stirred Snow Empress's origin.

The Martial Soul, Snow Empress's origin, and the heaven and earth of the Far North resonated with one another, and a faint ring appeared.

At first, it was pale white. One breath later, it became light yellow.

Purple, black, red...

In a short time, this Soul Ring continuously transformed, reaching the Hundred-Thousand-Year level and advancing toward a ferocious beast Soul Ring.

The power of heaven and earth in the Far North became the source of energy, sustaining Qin Sheng's transformation.

Time passed. Qin Sheng's aura constantly changed, and he became increasingly harmonious with the Far North.

Wind and snow were his clothes, the sky his blanket, and the snowy ground his warm bed.

At a certain moment, Ice Empress, who had never left, suddenly revealed an incredulous look in her eyes.

"How did this human suddenly give me the same feeling as you, Snow Empress?"

Snow Empress's eyes flickered. He had actually managed to do it?

The profound scriptures of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art circulated through Qin Sheng's mind, enlightening his wisdom and awakening his understanding of heaven and earth.

Under Qin Sheng's mental perception, powerful enough to nearly rival a god's, heaven and earth took on an entirely different appearance. It possessed many more colors, things that were more fundamental and more core.

That was: laws.

As inspiration struck, Qin Sheng completely fused Snow Empress's origin into the Spirit-Control Banner Martial Soul.

Endless power of heaven and earth surged together. This was not Snow Empress's doing, but the spontaneous action of the Far North itself.

A cocoon of light appeared atop the snowy peak as Qin Sheng began his final transformation.

This transformation lasted an entire half year. When the cocoon shattered, Qin Sheng reappeared beneath heaven and earth.

The Spirit-Control Banner fluttered. Even without activating a single soul skill, it gave off a terrifying sensation as though it could shatter souls.

Perhaps the Spirit-Control Banner could now be called a "Heaven-and-Earth Martial Soul."

One Soul Ring after another rose around Qin Sheng.

Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red!

All seven rings were red. In particular, the later Soul Rings bore golden lines representing ferocious beasts.

"Th-this... He's only a Soul Sage, so how did he absorb seven Soul Rings, each at least a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

Ice Empress was utterly shocked. "And he actually killed so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?!"

"Quiet, Bing'er. Those Soul Beasts may not have been killed by him. Didn't Qin Sheng condense his seventh Soul Ring through my origin?"

"Xue'er, why are you always speaking up for him?!" Ice Empress said irritably.

Ice Empress liked Snow Empress, and their genders...

"Without the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow he gave me, I would already be dead. You also could not have crossed the four-hundred-thousand-year limit."

Snow Empress reprimanded her. "You should thank him as well."

"I never said I wasn't grateful to him..." Ice Empress muttered.

"There's no need to thank me. I gave you the Ice Marrow, so naturally it is yours to do with as you please."

Qin Sheng's voice sounded. He had already awakened.

Snow Empress immediately asked, "How was it? Did you succeed?"

"I suppose it was a success."

Qin Sheng smiled. "During my seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar, the Spirit-Control Banner will enter a special state. At that time, heaven and earth will also lend me their strength."

Snow Empress was an elf born and raised by heaven and earth. Then, in its Martial Soul Avatar state, the Spirit-Control Banner was an artifact "nurtured by heaven and earth."

Although this state was not permanent, it still brought Qin Sheng enormous gains.

The true essence of Martial Souls, the ultimate mysteries of Soul Rings, his comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth, and also...

The path to godhood.

Qin Sheng had always been confident that he could become a god and fulfill Douluo Qin Sheng's final wish. By this point, he had already found a clue.

"That's good. Congratulations," Snow Empress said with a smile.

"All right, I've stayed in the Far North for nine months. It's time for me to leave."

Qin Sheng rose to his feet. "I live at Blazing Spirit Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire. If you need anything, you can find me there."

"If I have time, I'll also come to the Far North to see you."

He had yet to fully study the Heavenly Snow Woman.

Snow Empress fell silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay."

She escorted Qin Sheng out of the Far North. Her curiosity about the human world reached new heights.

"Next, I'll cultivate steadily, raise my cultivation, and prepare for the next Soul Master Tournament..."

Qin Sheng was determined to win the championship.

Shrouding the Heavens world.

Inside the cave residence, Qin Sheng's body went from withered silence to fullness, bursting forth with even more vigorous vitality and life force.

Vast essence spread outward, his life force so dense that it was beyond imagination.

The withered grass around him turned green again, while grass seeds in the cracks between stones sprouted and grew within a few breaths.

The vitality of this body had reached a level ordinary people could not comprehend.

"The ninth transformation is complete."

At the Other Shore Realm, Qin Sheng had reached the pinnacle. The Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm was now complete.

Qin Sheng did not relax. He intended to press onward in one burst and charge into the Dao Palace Secret Realm, entering an entirely new world.

Recalling the true meaning of the Dao Palace section of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art, Qin Sheng pondered it again and again.

"The Sea of Bitterness lies below the navel, while the Dao Palace lies above it. It corresponds to the five viscera of the human body, storing essence without leaking it, storing spirit without decaying."

"This is an immensely powerful and vital Secret Realm. It not only further excavates the divine potential of the human body, but also prepares one to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth afterward. There can be no carelessness whatsoever."

Severing all thoughts and leaving only his firmest will to break through, Qin Sheng closed his eyes and began his breakthrough.

Above the Sea of Bitterness, a doorway that seemed both real and illusory appeared. Beyond it stood five heavenly palaces, like a celestial court.

Qin Sheng neither hesitated nor wavered. The Divine Bridge continued to extend, carrying him before the heavenly gate.

Without looking back and without hesitation, Qin Sheng pushed open the heavenly gate.

From Earth to Beidou, he had accomplished everything he needed to accomplish and planned everything he needed to plan perfectly.

If he did not break through now, then when would he?

Boom!

Heavenly music resounded as Qin Sheng arrived in an entirely new world, leaving the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm behind.

At the same time, astonishing changes appeared outside.

The five elements and five energies soared into the sky, piercing through Qin Sheng's cave residence and shining upon Dragon-Pattern Peak like heavenly pillars, incomparably terrifying.

Such a massive disturbance alerted more than half of the Shaking Light Holy Land, and many people turned their gazes toward it.

"Someone is charging into the Dao Palace Secret Realm? What an enormous display!"

"This phenomenon is simply earth-shattering. Since when did the Holy Land gain such an outstanding disciple?"

"It's Dragon-Pattern Peak. Could it be that genius has emerged from that branch again?"

"This is bad..."

Discussions erupted everywhere, but none of it had anything to do with Qin Sheng.

The Dao Palace Secret Realm required cultivating the five Divine Treasuries of the viscera and was divided into five levels of heaven.

The cultivation of the five Divine Treasuries had an order, but it was not fixed. It depended on one's personal choice.

One could cultivate the Heart Divine Treasury first, or the Spleen Divine Treasury first. Neither choice was wrong.

Qin Sheng had long made his decision regarding which Divine Treasury to cultivate first.

The Lung Divine Treasury!

This was the divine path connected to spiritual energy. Cultivating this Divine Treasury first would make his divine power more abundant while vastly accelerating the speed at which he absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, bringing endless benefits.

The Dao Palace Secret Realm was filled with mist, obscuring everything. Qin Sheng followed his instincts and intuition, ultimately arriving at the Lung Divine Treasury.

Within the Divine Treasury stood the embryonic form of a deity, waiting for him to nurture it.

Essence was the foundation of a person. In the Dao Palace Secret Realm, one needed to transform essence into spirit and nurture Dao Palace Divine Spirits.

If a person could nourish their spirit, they would not die. With the five spirits ever-present, connected to the five energies and linked to heaven and earth, they would flow endlessly and exist eternally in the world.

Innate essence transformed into spirit, while acquired essence nourished the deity.

Qin Sheng entered the Lung Divine Treasury. Incomparably vigorous vitality and essence exploded within his body, rapidly transforming his flesh, divine power, and Primordial Spirit.

He officially advanced to the first level of the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

Moreover, something unexpected happened.

A star in the Infinite Land flickered, and a speck of light appeared within Qin Sheng's body, merging with the embryonic deity in the Lung Divine Treasury.

Then Qin Sheng sensed that he had gained another perspective. His consciousness appeared upon the Lung Deity, taking control of it.

Qin Sheng clicked his tongue. "Have I become 'myself'?"

Qin Sheng carefully sensed it and discovered that the Lung Deity was extraordinarily special. It could actually take the initiative to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, contemplate scriptures and secret arts, derive techniques and mysteries, and could even be summoned into reality for battle!

"It's equivalent to having another me cultivate?" Qin Sheng was deeply shaken.

"And I can sense that the deity's power grows as it cultivates."

"I've only just broken through. If the Lung Divine Treasury reaches completion, this deity will probably become even more astonishing."

He had never heard of anyone's Dao Palace Divine Spirit being so miraculous. Even the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art contained no record of it.

In fact, this demonic art required one to devour the deities of the five viscera in the Dao Palace Secret Realm...

However, under the insight granted by his cheat, the Lung Deity had mutated. Naturally, Qin Sheng would no longer devour it.

"Five deities are like five divine selves. Perhaps my Dao Palace Secret Realm will become unprecedentedly powerful."

Qin Sheng's heart surged with emotion, feeling that the future held great promise.

He stretched his body. The overwhelming power gave him the illusion that he could punch through the azure heavens.

Qin Sheng walked out of the cave residence, and the voice of the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master sounded beside his ear.

"Come see me."

Qin Sheng did not dare delay and hurried up the mountain.

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master examined Qin Sheng and nodded in satisfaction.

"In merely one year, you broke through to the first level of the Dao Palace Secret Realm. Your foundation is astonishing, and your fundamentals have not been neglected. Qin Sheng, you have not disappointed me."

"However, your breakthrough this time has alerted quite a few people. Many experts are watching you now."

"Will anyone attack me?" Qin Sheng asked, somewhat worried.

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master smiled. "Competition within the Holy Land is extremely fierce, and many people have deliberately suppressed and targeted our branch. But it does not matter. It is merely a little wind and frost."

"As for you personally... the challenges you face will not be small."

Qin Sheng thought for a moment before speaking.

"Peak Master, I want to leave the Holy Land for a while."

"Why?"

Qin Sheng lowered his voice. "Devouring origins is ultimately the cultivation method of the Sacred Art. There are too many restrictions within the Holy Land."

"Hahaha."

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master laughed heartily. "Good, very good. Qin Sheng, I am pleased that you possess such awareness."

"The Swallowing Heaven Immortal Art can never reach great success through bitter cultivation alone. You must kill!"

"I will teach you the Four Extremes Chapter of the Sacred Art in advance. Go. Elder Li will provide you with enough resources to support your cultivation outside."

"Qin Sheng, I have only one demand of you."

"If you kill, kill them all. Do not expose our existence. Do you understand?"

Qin Sheng nodded in acknowledgment and left at the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master's gesture.

"Another person controlled by demonic nature. It seems he can only be harvested."

An aged voice sounded from the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master's body.

"Ha, that works." The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master's laughter was filled with cold cruelty.

"However, his talent is quite good. We should raise him a little longer. Only then can we cultivate a great medicine."

"Yes, it will be enough to harvest him before he loses control. There is no rush."

But whatever the Ruthless lineage planned had nothing to do with Qin Sheng at this moment.

After collecting a large amount of resources from Elder Li, he left the Shaking Light Holy Land directly and looked toward Yan Nation.

Now, he was going to attack Green Emperor's Tomb!

To wage war against the Great Emperor's Sacred Heart!

To wage war against the Green Lotus Imperial Weapon!!

To wage war against the Desolate Pagoda!!!

(End of chapter)