227: The Frustrated Lord of the Heavenly Demon Kingdom

After Lin Chen obtained the time wheel, he returned to the Fire Mist Sect.

This time wheel, as an Eternal Saint Artifact, is very powerful.

It is primarily a support artifact, but Lin Chen cannot fully unleash its power yet.

Moreover, Old Lei did not gift it to him; he only temporarily lent it for his use.

If he fails the final trial, Old Lei will undoubtedly reclaim it.

Lin Chen can currently only manipulate the time wheel to form a 100-times time acceleration field, with a range of approximately a hundred meters in diameter.

Although the range is small, it is completely sufficient.

Once his realm improves, the field's range will also expand, and the time acceleration multiplier will increase!

"Let's begin!"

Lin Chen held the golden time wheel with one hand, and then his powerful source essence instantly surged into the wheel.

Buzz—

On the time wheel, countless inscriptions erupted with brilliant light, and the wheel spun madly.

A force of time far beyond Lin Chen's imagination instantly enveloped the hundred-meter diameter area around him.

The 100-times time acceleration field activated!

One day in the outside world is 100 days within the field!

Lin Chen then wasted no time, immediately consuming 8 billion Energy Points!

This time, he also wanted to improve his true spirit and Golden Body simultaneously... In the Endless Realm, Yuanwu Empire.

The Yuanwu Empire is a superpower in the Endless Realm!

The empire contains countless Great Worlds, and there are hundreds of thousands of kingdoms like the Heavenly Demon Kingdom within the Yuanwu Empire!

The Yuanwu Empire is very detached and does not prevent small kingdoms from appearing within its territory.

These small kingdoms only need to pay tribute to the Yuanwu Empire on time...

At this moment, the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord, after an unknown number of super long-distance realm gate transmissions, arrived at the core Great World of the Yuanwu Empire—the Yuanwu Great World!

This place is the sacred land of the Yuanwu Empire, where countless beings desperately wish to enter the Yuanwu Sacred Land.

Simply because there are countless opportunities here!

Within the Yuanwu Sacred Land, Dao Realm experts are as common as dogs, Emperor Realm experts walk everywhere, and those invincible Emperor Realm experts are abundant.

Most importantly, there is a Great Emperor here!

In the Endless Realm, a Great Emperor is the pinnacle.

It is precisely because of this that the Yuanwu Empire can possess such a vast territory...

"Stop! Where are you from?"

As soon as the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord entered the Yuanwu Great World, he was stopped by a squad of guards.

Except for their leader, these guards were all Quasi-Emperors of the Eighth and Ninth Tribulations, and the captain was even a Two-Step Emperor Realm expert!

It should be noted that these were merely ordinary guards.

Seeing this, the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord showed no panic and explained his purpose.

"Oh?"

"You say you're from the Heavenly Demon Kingdom? Never heard of it."

"And you say you have important news to tell the Yuanwu Great Emperor..."

The guard captain laughed mockingly at this point, then he suddenly roared.

"Scram!"

"Any Tom, Dick, or Harry comes running over, claiming important news. What could a small Emperor Realm expert from a remote, backward place like you possibly have to say?"

"Our rule here is that if you want to enter the Yuanwu Great World, you must first hand over 5 billion source essence, or items of equivalent value. Otherwise... go back where you came from!"

The Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord's originally calm expression immediately changed; he was usually high and mighty, never having suffered such indignity.

"You... you all..."

He was momentarily speechless but could not erupt on the spot, for he knew the consequences...

Seeing the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord's expression, the entire guard squad burst into laughter.

As guards of the Yuanwu Great World, they were usually incredibly arrogant, and no one dared to disrespect them.

Therefore, they looked down even more on someone from a remote place like the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord.

The Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord was instantly enraged, and after a moment of hesitation, he still took out 5 billion source essence.

As he handed over the 5 billion source essence, his face showed an expression of deep pain...

The guard captain's eyes lit up upon seeing the source essence, and he snatched it away.

"At least you're sensible!"

"It's impossible for you to see the Yuanwu Great Emperor."

"However, you can record your important information into a memory crystal, and then spend another 5 billion source essence to give the memory crystal to the messenger."

"The Yuanwu Great Emperor will view it at his leisure."

Another 5 billion?

The Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord felt a surge of blood, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.

Fortunately, he held it in again.

He had already paid 5 billion source essence; giving up now would be too wasteful...

Subsequently, under the guard captain's introduction, the Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord found the messenger and decisively gave him 5 billion source essence.

"Wait, I will take this memory crystal to the Imperial Palace. As for when the Yuanwu Great Emperor will view it, I don't know."

The Heavenly Demon Kingdom Lord was stunned at these words, feeling as if he had entered some kind of den...

On the other side, Lin Chen had already begun his breakthrough.

His true spirit was at the One-Step Emperor Realm level, and according to past experience, this breakthrough should allow his true spirit to reach the Four-Step Emperor Realm level!

And his Physical Strength would undergo a huge breakthrough.

Equivalent to a leap from the Quasi-Emperor level to the Emperor Realm!

Boom boom boom—

Lin Chen's Physical Strength continuously grew, and terrifying shockwaves constantly spread outwards.

But this time, the commotion of his breakthrough was suppressed within the time field.

Lin Chen discovered that this time field had another function.

That is, to isolate all auras!

Even the massive commotion during his breakthrough was concealed by this time field.

This greatly surprised Lin Chen.

Lin Chen estimated that if he used this field to conceal his aura, even a Great Emperor might not detect his existence!

Because the time wheel was refined by an Eternal Saint Lord...

Time flew by, and soon Lin Chen had already used the time wheel 3 times.

This means he had truly experienced 300 days, almost a year!

Meanwhile, only 22 days had passed in the outside world.

On this day, Lin Chen's physical transformation finally neared its end.

His true spirit had long since completed its transformation; the true spirit's transformation was much faster than the Physical Strength's.

Boom—

Lin Chen's Physical Strength erupted with dazzling golden light, and the Physical Strength he unleashed caused the void to shatter inch by inch!

A long while later.

Lin Chen retracted all his aura and looked at the system panel.

Name: Lin Chen

Realm: Dao Realm Ninth Level + (Comprehend 1% Rule Power to advance)

true spirit: Two-Step Emperor Realm + (Consume 10 billion P to advance)

Physical Strength: Imperial Rank Stage One + (Consume 6 billion P to advance)

(Physical Strength is comparable to a First-Grade Emperor Artifact, capable of fighting a One-Step Emperor Realm expert.)

Physical Strength: 300 billion Dragon Elephant

...Body Technique: Primordial Hegemonic Body Art (Limit-Breaking Grade) (0 / 10 million P)

(Requires devouring the essence blood of 100,000 powerful races to forge the Primordial Hegemonic Body.)

Energy Points: 520 million P

Lin Chen stared at the system panel, pondering for a long time.

He found that this breakthrough, the leap in true spirit, was not that significant!

The true spirit only broke through to the Two-Step Emperor Realm.

Fortunately, the Energy Points required for the next advancement only doubled.

Unlike the previous tenfold increase.

The Energy Points required for the Golden Body's next advancement also doubled.

Lin Chen guessed that each of the nine steps of the Emperor Realm represented a huge bottleneck...

The Emperor Realm is about fumbling in the dark, constantly perfecting and creating one's Great Dao; each step's improvement should entail a massive leap in strength!

"Let's see how much Physical Strength the Limit-Breaking Grade Body Technique can amplify me."

Lin Chen grew expectant.

The Body Technique had long been deduced, but he hadn't had time to try it yet.

Immediately, Lin Chen consumed 10 million Energy Points to raise this Limit-Breaking Grade Body Technique to the Perfected Realm.