517: Chapter 516: Existence in Time

However, as Lu Chen stepped into the Heavenly King Realm, the number of Dao Soldiers he had finally managed to replenish once again showed a deficit.

At the Early Stage of Heavenly King, he could nurture 49,920 Dao Soldiers.

Lu Chen estimated that after refining all the feedback power, his Realm could directly reach the Peak of the Middle Stage of Heavenly King.

In other words, his Dao Soldier deficit would double based on the 49,920 figure.

A total deficit of 99,840 Dao Soldiers.

However, once he entered the Upper Realm, Immortal Realm would be everywhere, Flying Ascension Immortals and Eternal Life Immortals would be as common as dogs, True Immortals would be too numerous to count, and Heavenly Kings could only rule in a corner. It would be too simple to make up for this small Dao Soldier deficit.

Therefore, Lu Chen was not in a hurry at all.

Furthermore, he had directly leveled all the Golden Crow Emperor Clans within the Human Realm Three Thousand Worlds in the Human Realm, as well as the God Clan, Nether Clan, and Demon Clan. Could it be that the Golden Crow Emperor Clan, Nether Clan, God Clan, and Demon Clan in the Upper Realm had not noticed anything?

Impossible!

Lu Chen speculated that after he forcefully opened the Heavenly Gate and went to the Upper Realm, the Upper Realm powerhouses of these three races would definitely come looking for him to settle scores.

At that time, it would be the best opportunity for him to make up for the Dao Soldier deficit.

However, this was still far from enough. The higher the Realm, the more Dao Soldiers that could be nurtured in the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin. Every time Lu Chen broke through a small Realm, the number of Dao Soldiers increased by tens of thousands.

And the more Dao Soldiers there were, the stronger Lu Chen's strength would become. Moreover, Dao Soldiers could also take his place in death, so the more, the better.

Therefore, the more the merrier. It would be best if those immortal powerhouses in the Upper Realm who didn't play by the rules came to trouble him; that would make him the happiest.

...

Also in the Immortal Realm.

Li Wuji fell into a deep silence.

He had been silently following by Lu Chen's side and had also witnessed Lu Chen's cultivation speed.

Fast, too fast!

Incredibly fast!

So fast that Li Wuji even fell into self-doubt several times, wondering who was the Quasi-Immortal Emperor who reincarnated and re-cultivated!

He couldn't understand, but Li Wuji was greatly shaken!

"If this continues, if I want to protect him in the future, it might just be a pipe dream!" He sighed softly, feeling a sense of powerlessness for the first time in this Human Realm.

More accurately, he felt pressure from Lu Chen, unprecedented pressure.

His cultivation speed was too fast, so fast that even he, a Quasi-Immortal Emperor who reincarnated and re-cultivated, couldn't keep up.

Even though he had the vision and Realm of a former Quasi-Immortal Emperor, as well as all the advantages of understanding cultivation, the accumulation of magical power was a hurdle that he could not escape!

And in the Human Realm, the accumulation of immortal magical power was too slow.

It was a shame to say, but up to now, just in terms of true Realm, Li Wuji had only just stepped into the Eternal Life Immortal level and wasn't even a True Immortal.

But Lu Chen was already a Heavenly King now!

"So, how exactly did he manage to quickly break through the limitation of this magical power threshold?! Especially since he cultivates both Qi Refinement and Body Refinement!" Li Wuji fell into contemplation once again!

In the Human Realm, was there something he didn't know about that could quickly break through the magical power barrier?

More importantly, Body Refinement takes even more time than Qi Refinement. Yet, Lu Chen, while cultivating both Body Refinement and Qi Refinement, still maintained a rapid advancement posture. This was clearly unreasonable!

"No, if I don't keep up with Lu Chen's pace, once we go to the Upper Realm, I will no longer have the opportunity to protect him!"

No, just keeping up with Lu Chen's pace was completely insufficient. He not only had to keep up with Lu Chen's pace but also surpass Lu Chen.

Only then could he protect Lu Chen completely.

Especially since Lu Chen's actions had always been audacious. Even just in the Human Realm, he had leveled the entire Golden Crow Emperor Clan, Demon Clan, as well as the God Clan and Nether Clan. These clans were extremely powerful in the Upper Realm, not below the Human Race.

Once they reached the Upper Realm, these great clans would definitely seek Lu Chen to settle scores.

With Li Wuji's current strength alone, he couldn't contend with the powerhouses of these clans!

Therefore, it was not enough, far from enough. He must quickly recover his Peak strength from his previous life and re-attain the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Realm. Only then could he barely protect Lu Chen for a period of time.

Of course, it could only be for a period of time.

Because Lu Chen's growth was extremely fast. Li Wuji suspected that within a thousand years, Lu Chen might gain the qualification to charge into the Time River. At that time, Lu Chen would face the Immortal Emperors residing in the Time River, beings of incomprehensible existence who could travel between the past and present.

Such beings could easily crush you with a casual flick in the Time River, finding you when you were weak in a past time period, without any reason.

Of course, beings in the Time River generally wouldn't kill other living beings in such a simple and brutal manner.

Because doing so would also affect Time.

For example, Lu Chen, who swept through the Three Thousand Worlds in the Human Realm, had killed too many living beings.

If an Immortal Emperor in the Time River were to go back to the time of Lu Chen's birth and erase Lu Chen, then all the living beings Lu Chen had killed afterward would be resurrected and return. The impact would be far more than just a little.

Repairing Time, correcting the timeline, this was a monstrous Karma. Even Immortal Emperors standing in the Time River were reluctant to bear it easily.

Therefore, this simple and brutal method was rarely used by Immortal Emperors.

However, Immortal Emperors who could travel through Time had many other methods. They could plant means when a living being was weak.

For example, the simplest soul mark, inner demon, etc., planted at birth. When they returned to the correct timeline, they could cause you to perish with a single thought.

The only one who could contend with an Immortal Emperor was an Immortal Emperor.

Or, before becoming an Immortal Emperor, controlling Time.

And it was not just about controlling Time.

Because the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor is to constantly return to the past and elevate all past selves to the same level as the current self.

Simply put, when someone becomes an Immortal Emperor in the present, then when this Immortal Emperor reverses Time and returns a hundred years, all of his selves within that hundred years' timeline will be Immortal Emperors.

If he returns a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even to the time of his birth.

He will then have no weakness, because from the moment of his birth, he was already an Immortal Emperor.

Even if you reverse Time and return to the past, you cannot erase him.

Furthermore, an Immortal Emperor can return to even more distant pasts, until the beginning of heaven and earth, meeting all the ancient Great Powers.

This is the terror of an Immortal Emperor.

Therefore, Li Wuji felt an unprecedented sense of urgency!

Even though he had once stepped half a foot into the Time Realm and had climbed towards the Immortal Emperor fruit position, thinking about it now, he still didn't have the courage to collide with an Immortal Emperor!

Too strong, and too unsolvable!

He still remembered that in the past, he had fought several rounds among the Quasi-Immortal Emperors without a match, but he couldn't withstand a single glance from an Immortal Emperor existence on that Time River!

If it weren't for the fact that the existence in the Time River hadn't put him in his eyes!

If he hadn't left behind a backup plan, he wouldn't even have had the chance to reincarnate and re-cultivate!