323: Chapter 323 Stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage

The Great Zhou Kingdom learned about the Great Qian's three-year tax exemption.

The Great Qin naturally knew about it as well.

However, after reading this intelligence, Emperor Zhao Zheng, the Emperor of Great Qin, did not take it seriously.

Because he had the ambition to unify all the kingdoms.

From the moment he ascended the throne, he had been gradually laying out his plans.

The laws he established were quite draconian.

Moreover, his control over the entire nation had reached a perverted level.

Even if the news of Chen Hu's three-year tax exemption reached the Great Qin, no one dared to discuss it casually.

Otherwise, if one person discussed it, their entire family would be executed.

However, he was still quite wary of Chen Hu.

After all, in just a few short days, the other party had gone from being a rebel leader to an emperor who had annexed two kingdoms.

Yet, he had been planning for so many years and had not yet managed to annex a single kingdom.

The next moment, Emperor Zhao Zheng said indifferently, "Come here!"

A figure flashed by, and a man clad in full armor knelt on one knee: "What are Your Majesty's orders?"

Emperor Zhao Zheng threw the intelligence report in front of the black-armored man and asked, "Has anyone been discussing this?"

The black-armored man was the head of the Dark Dragon Guard, the intelligence agency under Emperor Zhao Zheng's command.

The spies of the Dark Dragon Guard were spread throughout the entire nation.

And they were impossible to guard against.

The other party might be a concubine in an official's household, or perhaps a prostitute in a brothel.

It could also be a farmer's wife.

In short, the spies of the Dark Dragon Guard were everywhere.

If you dared to speak a single word of ill against Emperor Zhao Zheng today, they would break down your door that very day and drag you off for punishment.

The leader of the Dark Dragon Guard said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, not a single person has discussed it!"

Emperor Zhao Zheng was very satisfied with this.

"Continue monitoring. Anyone who dares to discuss it, execute their entire family!"

"Yes!"

The black-armored man turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished.

The next moment.

Emperor Zhao Zheng looked outside the palace, a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth: "Chen Hu, I just don't know if I, this Heavenly Monarch technique-user, am stronger, or if you, this Hunyuan Martial Saint, are stronger."

Indeed, Emperor Zhao Zheng was a Genius technique-user.

At only forty-five years old, his technique-user Realm had already reached the Peak, reaching the Heavenly Monarch Realm.

And the means by which he controlled people were also achieved through techniques.

Therefore, the current Great Qin had been forged by him into an impenetrable monolith.

Time flew by.

It was dawn again.

Chen Hu pulled up the System panel.

The total number of underlings had reached 2.754 billion.

If he did not annex new kingdoms, then in the coming period, the growth of this number would not be very significant.

Looking at the underling points again.

After adding 2.754 billion, it had reached 4.494 billion.

A number that exceeded Chen Hu's expectations.

"Then, tonight is the time to Breakthrough to the Spirit Severing Realm!" A smile curled on the corner of Chen Hu's mouth.

He had originally only intended to condense a Primordial Spirit worth 2 billion.

Now that he had over 4 billion underling points, he naturally had to condense an expensive Primordial Spirit.

The next moment, Chen Hu opened the System Mall.

He entered "Great Mystery God-Transformation Art" in the search box.

Very quickly, this Cultivation Technique appeared on the page.

The price was 20 million.

Chen Hu directly chose to purchase it.

Then, the content of the Cultivation Technique appeared in his mind.

Next, Chen Hu took out an enlightenment card and locked it to be used on the "Great Mystery God-Transformation Art".

The next moment, Chen Hu appeared in the Cultivation world, and under the guidance of his Revered Master, he painstakingly comprehended this Cultivation Technique.

More than ten years flew by in a flash.

He was kicked out of the Cultivation world, his Cultivation Technique Realm having reached the sixth level of Soul Transformation.

After accepting the memories from the Cultivation world, Chen Hu also possessed a Soul Transformation sixth-level Cultivation Realm.

He continued by using the second enlightenment card.

He entered the Cultivation world again to continue comprehending.

In the blink of an eye, another ten-plus years passed.

He was kicked out of that world again.

But in these ten-plus years, his Realm had only reached the seventh level of Soul Transformation.

After merging the Cultivation memories.

Chen Hu immediately selected a Primordial Spirit.

He selected a Star Primordial Spirit that was exactly worth 4 billion.

"System, help me condense the Star Primordial Spirit!"

Instantly, 4 billion underling points were deducted. Chen Hu did not feel any pain at all, because he felt this money was worth spending.

The next moment, the System began to exert its power.

The Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul was directly shattered.

Following that, a brand-new energy was injected, merging with the shattered Nascent Soul energy.

In just a little while.

A tiny figure with a starry sky above its head appeared in Chen Hu's Sea of Consciousness.

This was the Star Primordial Spirit.

At the same time, the Star Primordial Spirit came with four powerful Divine Abilities.

Divine Ability 1: Star Dharma Idol. After casting this Divine Ability, one can condense a Dharma Idol that exceeds one's own strength by ten times to fight.

Divine Ability 2: Star Escape Technique. Casting this Divine Ability not only increases speed tenfold, but also allows one to merge into starlight, enabling one to come and go without a sound or trace.

It is both an escape technique and a technique for lying dormant and hiding.

Unless it is a place that is permanently in darkness, has never received starlight, and contains no starlight at all, this Divine Ability cannot be cast.

Divine Ability 3: Star Sword. This is an offensive Divine Ability that condenses a giant star sword. The more starlight that is condensed, the greater the power.

Divine Ability 4: Star Divine Light. This is a defensive Divine Ability. Casting this Divine Ability allows one to continuously absorb starlight and transform it into one's own defensive power.

These four Divine Abilities came from the Primordial Spirit.

Therefore, the moment the Primordial Spirit was condensed, Chen Hu directly mastered these four Divine Abilities without needing to Cultivate them further.

Subsequently, Chen Hu sensed his own mana again.

Compared to when he was at the ninth level of Nascent Soul, now that he had just stepped into the first level of Soul Transformation, his mana was hundreds of times stronger.

At the same time, he also had a feeling.

The Void Realm of this world had become incomparably fragile before him.

As long as he made a slightly larger movement, it would cause the Void Realm to collapse in large swathes.

Therefore, as long as he wished, he could easily destroy this world.

At the same time, his Divine Sense could already cover the entire world.

Thinking of this.

His Divine Sense erupted, covering the entire world.

"Eh?"

Chen Hu discovered that there were actually other Cultivators in this world.

Although these Cultivators were not strong, the strongest was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

But out of curiosity.

He still decided to go and take a look.

Swish!

Chen Hu disappeared from where he was, and when he appeared again, he was already in a valley surrounded by large mountains.

The entire valley was shrouded in a Formation.

But it could not block his Divine Sense investigation.

There were not many people in this valley.

Only a mere thousand people.

Among them, the number of Cultivators was only 23.

21 were in the Qi Refining Realm, with the highest cultivation reaching the Perfection of Qi Refining.

There were also two in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

One at the second level of Foundation Establishment, and one at the first level of Foundation Establishment.

Eye of Insight activated.

The identity information and cultivation information of this group of Cultivators appeared in his mind.

This group of Cultivators all had the same surname.

The surname Bai.

The Cultivation Technique they practiced was called "Qi Induction technique", which was a very crude Cultivation Technique.

Compared to the "Great Mystery technique" he practiced, it was truly far inferior.

The next moment.

Chen Hu appeared in a stone hall in the valley below.

The Bai family's second-level Foundation Establishment cultivator was sitting cross-legged inside the stone hall.

"Who are you, Your Excellency?"

Bai Jiang looked at Chen Hu with a vigilant expression.

"I am very curious, how did your Bai family embark on the path of Cultivation?" Chen Hu asked indifferently.

"You trespassed into my Bai family, Your Excellency, what makes you think this old man would answer your question!" Bai Jiang snorted coldly.

Hearing this, Chen Hu smiled and released a wisp of Aura, pressing down on Bai Jiang.

Suppressed by this wisp of Aura, the other party was immediately pressed to the ground, unable to move even a fraction.

Chen Hu withdrew his Aura and said playfully: "Can you tell me now?"