244: Beyond the limit-breaking level?

Black Pagoda's first floor.

Lin Chen was currently breaking through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Breaking through to Quasi-Emperor requires condensing an Emperor Seal, followed by experiencing nine Heavenly Dao Tribulations.

Each tribulation overcome would result in a baptism from the heavenly dao will.

The Emperor Seal would be blessed with a mark by the heavenly dao will, thereby enhancing the amplification of Great Dao Combat Skills!

The reason Quasi-Emperors are so powerful is because the Emperor Seal amplifies their combat power!

The Limit-Breaking Great Dao Combat Skill Lin Chen had previously deduced, even with fusion amplification, only reached a 470x amplification.

However, the Emperor Seal of a First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor can amplify Great Dao Combat Skills by 100 times!

Quasi-Emperors experience a watershed every three tribulations, and the amplification multiplier will skyrocket!

Therefore, once one's cultivation reaches the Quasi-Emperor Realm, their strength will experience a huge leap.

Furthermore, in addition to fighting with the power of the Great Dao, Quasi-Emperors can also use the power of the Heavenly Dao that comes with the Emperor Seal.

Each time a tribulation is overcome, the Emperor Seal will be imprinted with a Heavenly Dao mark by the heavenly dao will.

Quasi-Emperors can use this Heavenly Dao mark to unleash a trace of Heavenly Dao power for combat!

Although it is merely a trace, the heavenly dao will is too transcendental; the trace of Heavenly Dao power it leaves behind can crush countless lower-realm cultivators!

At this moment, Lin Chen was seated atop a giant mountain.

A golden time wheel floated above his head, emitting rich temporal energy that formed a thousand-meter diameter temporal acceleration field.

After Lin Chen broke through to the Half-Step Emperor Realm, both the range and the temporal acceleration multiplier of his time wheel manipulation greatly increased.

Currently, this temporal field can accelerate time by a maximum of 300 times, and the duration of a single use has increased to two days.

This means that each time he activates the time wheel, he can spend 600 days within the temporal field!

Within the temporal field.

A colorful crystal floated before him, and the power of rules Lin Chen had mastered continuously merged into it.

Cultivation in the Half-Step Emperor Realm primarily involves continuing to comprehend the power of rules until it is perfected.

To perfect the power of rules, one must more perfectly integrate the Source Great Dao they have mastered.

This needs to be achieved within the Inner World.

The Inner World is essentially a testing ground for martial cultivators.

Different Great Daos operate within the Inner World without conflict... In fact, comprehending one Great Dao and then understanding the power of rules is much simpler.

It only requires that single Great Dao to operate perfectly within the Inner World, which is infinitely less difficult compared to Lin Chen's 27 Great Daos... Therefore, the more Great Daos one comprehends, the harder it is to break through to Quasi-Emperor!

Many peerless prodigies comprehended four or five Great Daos in the Dao Realm, giving them a huge advantage in the Dao Realm.

But as soon as they reach the Half-Step Emperor Realm, their cultivation speed slows down.

It's very possible that while their peers from the same generation have already reached Quasi-Emperor, these prodigies are still slowly comprehending the power of rules... Conversely, the more Great Daos one has, the stronger their power of rules.

For each additional Dao, the power of rules increases by 10 times!

Similarly, after breaking through to Quasi-Emperor, the Emperor Seal's amplification will also increase.

For each additional Great Dao, the Emperor Seal's amplification will also increase by 10 times!

The number of Great Daos Lin Chen comprehended is the maximum of 27.

By then, his Emperor Seal, combined with the basic amplification, will be able to amplify by 370 times!

This is only the amplification at the First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor level... Time flew by, and soon three months passed.

On this day, the colorful crystal in front of Lin Chen erupted with a terrifying aura, and tribulation clouds began to appear in the sky.

Heavenly Dao Tribulation!

Lin Chen was stunned; he hadn't expected the Heavenly Dao Tribulation to appear even within the Black Pagoda.

"It seems this Black Pagoda does not shield the heavenly dao will of the Endless Realm."

Boom—

Thunder rumbled, and dense lightning constantly streaked through the tribulation clouds.

The power of lightning continuously gathered, growing stronger and stronger.

The tribulation a First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor experiences is a lightning tribulation. Lin Chen looked at the sky, his eyes revealing a strange glint.

He remembered that when he underwent the Tribulation of Transcendence, he had directly devoured the lightning tribulation through the system!

"I wonder if I can absorb this one."

Lin Chen glanced at the system panel and was immediately delighted.

The system had successfully upgraded!

However, Lin Chen didn't study it in detail for now.

He planned to try absorbing the lightning tribulation.

Seeing that the lightning tribulation in the sky had almost fully gathered, Lin Chen directly ascended into the air.

In an instant, he arrived at the center of the tribulation clouds.

System Devour and Absorb!

Buzz—

The tribulation clouds in the entire sky vanished in an instant, and the rolling thunder also transformed into pure energy that surged into Lin Chen's body.

"It really works!"

Lin Chen laughed loudly; he could absorb any tribulation related to energy!

The first eight of the Quasi-Emperor's nine tribulations are energy-related tribulations; only the last tribulation targets the true spirit level.

However, he already possessed a true spirit at the Second Step Emperor Realm level, making him even less afraid.

Suddenly, a purple light shot straight towards Lin Chen from the sky. Lin Chen felt an supreme pressure within this purple light, terrifying to the extreme!

The purple light flashed and instantly merged into Lin Chen's body!

"This is... Heavenly Dao Baptism!"

Before Lin Chen could react, he felt a warm current appear within his body, constantly strengthening his Physical Strength.

Unfortunately, the extent of the strengthening was limited, as Lin Chen's Physical Strength was already too powerful.

This level of strengthening was negligible... However, a Quasi-Emperor receives a Heavenly Dao Baptism with each tribulation overcome, strengthening their Physical Strength.

The later the stage, the greater the benefits received.

Lin Chen estimated that only the Heavenly Dao Baptism during the Ninth Tribulation would have any effect on him.

"Right, the Heavenly Dao mark!"

Lin Chen looked at the colorful Emperor Seal he had condensed.

Indeed, there was already a purple mark on the Emperor Seal.

This mark carried a faint, ethereal aura of the Heavenly Dao!

"This is it!"

Lin Chen's expression was joyful. With this mark, he could amplify the power of the Great Dao by an additional 270 times!

Now, if he were to unleash the World-Destroying Blade through his Physical Strength, he would achieve a 960x amplification!

One must know that ordinary First Tribulation Quasi-Emperors, those who comprehended ultimate-level battle skills, for example.

They can mostly only amplify the power of the Great Dao by 200 to 300 times.

Someone like Ye Shaoyang, who comprehended 6 Great Daos, his amplification multiplier should be between 400 and 500 times.

"My 960x amplification should be equivalent to the combat power of a Fourth Tribulation Quasi-Emperor."

After realizing all this, Lin Chen looked at the system panel.

This upgrade took three months, and Lin Chen couldn't wait to study it.

Name: Lin Chen

Realm: First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor + (Consume 1 stone to advance)

true spirit: Second Step Emperor Realm + (Consume 100 stones to advance.)

Golden Body: Imperial Rank One Forging + (Consume 60 stones to advance)

Physical Strength: 300 billion Dragon Elephants

Great Dao Combat Skill Deduction: Consume 100 stones

Great Dao Fusion Battle Skill Deduction: Initial consumption 200 stones, each additional Great Dao consumes an extra 200 stones

Body Technique Deduction: Consume 0.2 stones

Great Dao Millstone: Can deduce Great Daos, each Great Dao added consumes 5 stones...

Energy Points: 28,000 stones

System Upgrade: Consume 1000 stones

"The changes this time are so significant."

Lin Chen noticed that the unit of measurement for Energy Points had been optimized.

1 stone is equivalent to 100 million P.

The energy unit was reduced by 100 million times!

Previously, absorbing the lightning tribulation yielded over 1000 stones of Energy Points.

Also, the consumption for Great Dao Combat Skill deduction had increased!

This implied that the deduced battle skills would very likely surpass the Limit-Breaking Rank!