Breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Fourth Heaven brought Ye Chen more than just a surge in cultivation. His Sword Domain had also climbed another hundred-foot pole, advancing from the fourth-layer peak to the fifth layer.
The fifth-layer Sword Domain and the fourth-layer peak Sword Domain seemed only a single step apart, yet the gap between them could not be measured in miles.
That was because the Sword Domain contained the Sword Rule. With every layer it rose, the Sword Rule became a fraction more complete. Legend had it that once the Sword Domain reached the ninth-layer peak, one would possess a trace of the Sword God's power—and what the Sword God wielded was precisely the Sword Rule.
His True Essence had become several times purer, and his Sword Domain had advanced from the fourth-layer peak to the fifth layer. Ye Chen's strength had nearly increased tenfold; compared to before, it was the difference between heaven and earth.
"I can challenge the War God Pagoda and the Survival Pagoda now."
Over the past year, Ye Chen had used up the last ninety God Coins he had left, spending them all on comprehending Wood Profundity. Unfortunately, Wood Profundity was still a step short of completion. Besides Wood Profundity, he also needed to improve Thunder Profundity and Essence of Shadow, so he was sorely lacking in God Coins.
As for Essence of Speed and Slowness Profundity, the Garden of the Gods had no such Profoundity Pagodas. They were not pure profundities; strictly speaking, they were sensory profundities.
...War God Pagoda, Fourth Floor.
Ye Chen's opponent was a one-horned Demon King whose cultivation had reached the Life and Death Realm Sixth Heaven.
Between the Life and Death Realm Sixth Heaven and Seventh Heaven lay an insurmountable chasm. Those in the Life