392: Chapter 392 Breakthrough to Great Saint! The Ancestor Invites You!

Just as the many prodigies of the Lesser Formless Realm were being successfully brainwashed by Elder Su Qi, transforming into fanatical fans and cheering for Su Chen...

Su Chen, the source of the "locust plague," had already reached his final stop.

It was the most Spiritual Qi-rich and ancient Spiritual Vein in the Lesser Formless Realm—the Nine Heavens Ancestral Vein.

Ordinarily, this was the most forbidden of Forbidden Grounds; no one except the Eighteenth Ancestor was allowed to approach.

But now, it was completely at Su Chen's disposal.

Su Chen sat cross-legged atop the core of the ancestral vein. The pitch-black vortex around him had expanded to a terrifying degree, as if it were about to swallow this world whole, twisting and absorbing all light and life. Within a hundred-mile radius, only endless void and deathly silence remained.

The power within his body had also accumulated to a critical point.

Peak of the Ninth Heaven of the Saint King Realm!

He was just one step away from leaping through the dragon gate and entering a brand-new world!

[Still not enough... just a little bit more...]

Su Chen's heart roared with a nearly obsessive desire for power, an obsession etched into his very marrow.

He could feel a massive chasm, like a natural moat, separating the Saint King from the Great Saint.

It wasn't just an accumulation of quantity, but a qualitative transformation! It was a leap in the level of life, a blurred boundary between mortal and immortal!

[Then... give me more! The more the better! I want all the power!]

Su Chen's eyes were blood-red, two clusters of cold demonic fire burning within them. He completely released all suppression on the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art, pushing it to its absolute limit!

"Rumble—!"

The entire Nine Heavens Ancestral Vein, the ancient dragon vein that had supported the Lesser Formless Realm for millions of years, let out a cry of being overburdened at this moment!

Thunderous tremors echoed from deep within the earth, like the painful struggles of a dragon before death. Cracks piercing through heaven and earth spread across the ancestral vein's mountain at a visible speed, erupting with dazzling auroras and endless Spiritual Qi Origins!

These Spiritual Qi Origins, like a bursting celestial river, turned into ten-thousand-foot pillars of light that shot into the sky, only to be completely swallowed by the black vortex behind Su Chen!

His body, his Meridians, and his Divine Soul all emitted crackling sounds under the scouring of this terrifying energy, as if they could explode at any moment!

Intense pain surged like a tide. Every inch of flesh and every meridian was torn and reshaped at its limit, then quickly healed under the refinement of the Demonic Technique, repeating in a cycle.

This pain far exceeded any of his previous cultivations.

But Su Chen still gritted his teeth and persevered! His handsome face was distorted with pain, yet it radiated a steel-like determination and a nearly mad obsession.

In his mind, the faces of Liu Ruyan, Ye Linghan, and Ling Qingzhu constantly flashed.

Their smiles—some enchanting, some domineering, some cold—became his only pillar of support.

Their figures being ruthlessly taken away by the Laws of the Netherworld, and the absurdity of Ling Qingzhu ascending with her entire family, all turned into a blazing fire of rage and desire.

At the thought of them, all the pain seemed to become no longer so unbearable.

This nearly self-torturing obsession supported him as he crossed the boundary of life and death, striving for that unreachable Realm.

Finally!

When the last trace of the Spiritual Vein Origin was swallowed into his belly, the Nine Heavens Ancestral Vein completely lost its luster, becoming deathly pale and gray, like a withered mountain drained of its essence, ready to collapse at any moment.

Within Su Chen's body, it felt as if something had been completely shattered!

"Boom—!!!!!"

A roar, as if from the source of the Great Dao, exploded within his Sea of Consciousness!

Deep within his Divine Soul, an invisible shackle shattered. A brand-new, vast, and boundless power surged out, instantly washing over his Divine Soul and Physical Body, allowing his life level to achieve a qualitative leap!

That indestructible barrier of the Saint King Realm, which had blocked the path of countless prodigies, was now like paper, violently smashed through by the power accumulated to its limit!

A terrifying aura, more than ten or even a hundred times stronger than before, shot up from within Su Chen!

This aura was no longer pure spiritual pressure, but was wrapped in the primordial power of Chaos, permeated with traces of profound and mysterious Law power!

Great Saint Realm!

First Heaven!

It was done!

In just three short days, he had crossed an entire major Realm!

From the Second Heaven of Saint King realm, he had surged all the way to the First Heaven of the Great Saint Realm with unstoppable force!

What a terrifying cultivation speed!

If this were to spread, it would be enough to shake the entire Xuanyuan Continent and even the Immortal Domain of the Upper Realm!

"Whew..."

Su Chen slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi.

After that turbid qi left his body, it actually transformed into two Yin and Yang fish formed by the intertwining of black and white qi. They spiraled and danced, piercing two bottomless holes in the void ahead that failed to heal for a long time.

He slowly opened his eyes.

The world looked different in his eyes.

He could clearly see those originally invisible and intangible lines of Law in the air; they were like multicolored silk threads, woven into a vast web that covered the entire world.

The Laws of fire danced like spirits, the Laws of space pulsed regularly like breathing, and the Laws of time flowed silently and slowly... These orders of the Heavenly Dao that he once revered now appeared so clear and tangible in his eyes, as if they were within reach.

He even had a feeling that with just a thought, he could easily pluck these lines and change the rules of this world!

He tried to give a gentle squeeze and felt an invisible great power gather at his fingertips. He could even perceive the minute fluctuations in the surrounding space—a sense of control that transcended matter.

"Is this... the power of a Great Saint?"

Su Chen slowly spread his palm and then clenched it into a fist.

At this moment, for the first time, Su Chen showed heartfelt shock toward the forbidden Cultivation Technique, the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

He had thought he understood the overbearing nature of this Demonic Technique well enough, but only now did he realize its true terror far exceeded his imagination!

Such a divine technique was simply Heaven-Defying!

It was too domineering!

It was too unreasonable!

Although his Foundation had become slightly unstable due to the rapid advancement, such a flaw was like a speck of dust before his current majestic cultivation. It could be easily remedied with just a little consolidation.

A mere unstable Foundation?

To a "King of Grinding" like him, that was nothing more than a little "foreplay" before the next Breakthrough!

The fastest improvement exchanged for the smallest price!

This was simply a "King of Grinding" divine technique tailored specifically for him!

[Good... very good...]

In Su Chen's eyes, an unprecedented firmness and confidence flickered, along with a deeply hidden madness.

[This is only the beginning! Power is still far from enough!]

[Netherworld... Upper Realm... you all just wait for me! I, Su Chen, won't let a single one of you go!]

Su Chen slowly stood up. The violent aura around him gradually withdrew into his body, returning to his usual deep-as-an-abyss calm. However, the coldness and obsession in his eyes were stronger than ever before.

Just as Su Chen was feeling the surging power within him and planning a grand blueprint for his future "Star-Absorbing Art" path...

A streak of light flew over from the distance in a great hurry and landed before him.

It was indeed Elder Su Qi.

At this moment, Elder Su Qi's old face was grinning like a blooming old chrysanthemum, with wrinkles deep enough to crush a fly.

He looked at Su Chen, feeling the aura of a Great Saint—deep as a pool and towering as a mountain—and was so excited his whole body trembled, nearly kneeling before Su Chen on the spot.

"Divine Son! Divine Son! Great news!"

Elder Su Qi's voice cracked with excitement.

Su Chen glanced at him and raised an eyebrow. "What good news? Could it be that another blind fool has come to my door for me to absorb?"

"No, no!" Elder Su Qi waved his hands hurriedly, the smile on his face growing even wider, almost to the point of fawning. "Even better than that! The 'Ascension Gate' has opened! It's the divine gate that suddenly appeared at the Heavenly Pillar Mountain a few days ago! Now, the entire Xuanyuan Continent is boiling over because of it!"

"Moreover, the Eighteenth Ancestor has just passed down an Imperial Edict, requesting you to go to the Nine Heavens Palace immediately!"

"He said... there's also a 'departure gift pack' he wants to personally give to you!"