The manifestation of a divine spirit was extraordinary and could be called a miracle.
Even those few titanic Heavenly Extreme Realm powerhouses in the King City were startled by the powerful aura of divine shadows above the celestial dome and rushed to the Shrine of the Emperors.
However, they did not see the clues in it, thinking that it was really a divine manifestation.
One must know that Zhang Ruochen’s martial soul was more powerful than even the martial soul of a Heavenly Extreme Realm Grand Perfection martial artist, and how could an ordinary Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist, who hadn’t even cultivated his martial soul, possibly see through Zhang Ruochen’s reality?
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated the “False God’s Body”, so naturally, he could easily conceal himself from those Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists.
The gigantic God Shadow above the sky began to absorb the power of the sacrifice as if it was swallowing mountains and rivers.
It was as if that divine shadow had come to life, and with a deep inhalation, at least one percent of the blood light on the altar, rushed towards the divine shadow.
The power of the sacrifice was so powerful that a martial artist could not absorb it at all, but Zhang Ruochen was proficient in the Ancient Mysteries, so naturally, he could make use of the False God’s body to absorb the power of the sacrifice.
The power of the sacrifice, which entered the body of the False God, was then converted into true qi through the soul vein between the Martial Soul and the Sea of Qi, and surged into Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen was worried that the power of sacrifice was too violent, and his Qi Sea, might not be able to withstand it.
After all, the power of sacrifice could only be absorbed by a deity.
However, when the stream of true qi carrying the power of sacrifice surged into Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea. On the walls of the Qi Sea, a single deity seal immediately lit up, emitting ear-splitting Brahms of the Gods.
Zhang Ruochen had reached the Supreme Extreme Realm twice, and had attracted the resonance of the Gods twice, and the imprints of the Gods had been firmly imprinted on the walls of his Qi Sea.
Under the impact of the power of the sacrifice, the imprint of the Gods had actually awakened.
If Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea was compared to a vast ocean of true qi, then at this moment, a thousand strange godly shadows were suspended above the ocean of true qi.
Those were true deity shadows.
Just as the silhouettes of the gods awoke, the martial souls suspended above the Shrine of the Emperors also emitted divine Brahms, and the speed of their absorption of the power of the sacrifice increased tenfold.
At least ten percent of the blood qi in the altar surged over towards the one divine silhouette.
A large amount of sacrificial power surged into Zhang Ruochen’s body, instantly allowing Zhang Ruochen to break through the realm and reach the late stage of the Earth Extreme Realm. The space of the Qi Sea instantly expanded by fifteen times.
Moreover, the martial cultivation level was still frantically rising, starting to impact the next realm, the Earth Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position.
“I didn’t expect that it would awaken the Seal of the Gods in the Qi Sea and absorb the power of the sacrifice so recklessly. Since it’s guarded by the Seal of the Gods, the qi lake definitely won’t burst, but can my physical body withstand it?”
Realm advancement was certainly a good thing, but after reaching a certain realm, the pressure on the physical body would become greater, yet the power of sacrifice continued to pour into the body.
How could the meridians in the body withstand it?
The power of sacrifice, how huge it was. At the very beginning, Zhang Ruochen had only wanted to absorb one percent of the sacrificial power and use it to impact the late stage of the Earth Extremity Realm, or the small extreme position of the Earth Extremity Realm.
But according to the current crazy absorption rate of the sacrificial power, I’m afraid that in less than half an hour, the true qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body would be enough to prop up an Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artist to death.
“How should I digest the extra power of sacrifice?”
Zhang Ruochen realised that in the sea of qi, not only was there a silhouette of the gods suspended, but there was also a point of light suspended.
That one point of light was shaped like a sword.
The Heart of Sword Intent.
Zhang Ruochen had only just broken through to the Sword Mind Realm, and the Heart of Sword Intent was only the size of a grain of rice.
“Perhaps we can use the Heart of Sword Intent to absorb the power of the sacrifice.”
Zhang Ruochen had already felt a strong swelling sensation coming from his brow, and the Qi Lake seemed to be about to undergo another deconstruction, which was the omen of a breakthrough to the Earth Extremity Realm’s Small Extremity Position.
It was imperative to act immediately.
With his spiritual power, Zhang Ruochen controlled the Heart of Sword Intent in the Qi Sea and began to absorb the true qi carrying the power of sacrifice that surged into his body from the Soul Vein.
“The Heart of Sword Intent can actually absorb the power of sacrifice ……”
Zhang Ruochen’s pressure lightened as he began to think about the reason for this.
The Power of Sacrifice actually consisted of two kinds of power: the Power of Prayer and the Power of Blood Qi.
The “Power of Blood Qi” came from the blood of those oxen, goats, and savage beasts slaughtered, and under the catalysing of the Altar Formation, it was transformed into blood qi, which became the carrier to open the Gate of Man and God.
The power of prayer was the main body, representing the faith and will of the humans of the entire Yunwu County Kingdom for an entire year.
It was a rather terrifying force, the Martial Soul appeared to have absorbed 10% of it, but in reality, the vast majority of the power of sacrifice amongst that 10% still entered the Gate of the Human God, and only a very small amount of it was transformed by the Soul Vein and absorbed into Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea.
At this moment, what the Heart of Sword Intent absorbed was the power of the prayer, and what Zhang Ruochen absorbed was the power of the blood qi.
In other words, at this moment, there were at least tens of thousands of humans in the entire Yunwu County Kingdom, helping Zhang Ruochen to comprehend the Sword Intent together. The growth rate of the Heart of Sword Intent was naturally quite fast.
The more sacrificial power that was absorbed, the more people that helped Zhang Ruochen to comprehend the Sword Intent.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s martial realm broke through once again, reaching the Earth Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position.
The surging true qi rushed to all the meridians in Zhang Ruochen’s body, drilling into the blood, muscles, bones, internal organs, skin, and hair. Not only had his cultivation level increased, even his physical body physique had enhanced by a large margin.
The Heart of Sword Intent, which was originally only the size of a grain of rice, had grown three times in just half an hour, and the outline of the sword shape could already be clearly seen.
The cultivation of just half an hour was comparable to the results of Zhang Ruochen’s three years of hard cultivation alone.
At the realm of Sword Mind Passage, Zhang Ruochen had already taken a step forward and was no longer at the introductory realm of Sword Mind Passage.
The Sacrificial Ceremony was gradually approaching its end.
Zhang Ruochen took his Martial Soul back into his body and began to refine the expanding True Qi in his body.
In just half an hour, breaking through two realms one after the other, the true qi in his body, swelled a hundred times.
The true qi that Zhang Ruochen used to cultivate was only one percent of the true qi in his body now.
Growing too much true qi at once was not compatible with one’s own power, so naturally, it was quite difficult to control, and if one was not careful, one would go off the deep end.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power was strong and he had cultivated a martial soul, so he was still able to control the raging true qi in his body.
“Tai Qing Spiritual Fire Heaven!”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were tightly closed as he mobilised the true qi in his body according to the operation of the third layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, slowly circulating it through the thirty-six meridians.
The true qi, with each large circumference it travelled through the meridians, would become one point more docile.
In the beginning, Zhang Ruochen could only run the true qi slowly, and as his control over the true qi increased, the speed of running the true qi gradually increased.
After a hundred circumference days, the raging true qi in his body was completely stabilised.
“The elevated realm is finally temporarily stabilised. But to reach the optimal state, it will take at least a month to settle and consolidate.”
Zhang Ruochen exhaled a long breath, his arm gently lifted, and thick true qi surged out from his palm.
Each strand of true qi was like a flame, radiating a scorching temperature.
“Breaking through two realms one after another, with my current strength, even if I don’t use the sword intent of the Sword Heart and the power of space, I should be able to defeat an expert of the Poison Spider Young Lord’s level. If I can completely control the true qi in my body to the extent that I can use it as I wish, my battle power can definitely increase another notch.”
With his cultivation greatly improved, Zhang Ruochen was naturally very pleased as he stood up and pushed the door of the hall open.
With a movement of his body, Zhang Ruochen transformed into a residual shadow and disappeared in front of the hall’s main door.
In the next moment, he appeared outside the Shrine of the Emperors.
“The speed reaches one hundred and eighty metres per second, if he can reach his optimal state, and then perform the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow, he should be able to reach two hundred metres per second.” Zhang Ruochen’s mouth smiled slightly, quite satisfied with his speed.
A normal Earth Extreme Realm Great Perfection martial artist was able to burst out at a speed of one hundred to one hundred and twenty metres per second.
However, Zhang Ruochen, who was only at the Xuan Extreme Realm’s Small Extreme Position, could reach a speed of two hundred metres per second. It could be said that with Zhang Ruochen’s current strength, even if ten Earth Extremity Realm Great Perfection martial artists were added together, they would not be his match.
Of course, with the exception of the Three Extreme Geniuses like the Poison Spider Young Lord and Violet Yin Yang, who simply could not be measured at the level of an average martial artist.
In order to reach the supreme extreme of the Earth Extreme Realm, a martial artist’s speed must break through to the speed of sound.
The speed of sound, in fact, wasn’t fixed, it was almost around three hundred and forty metres per second, and would go up and down under different circumstances.
Even an average early Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist would not be able to reach the speed of sound.
Therefore, for an Earth Extreme Realm martial artist to reach the speed of sound, it was definitely a difficult task.
However, Zhang Ruochen was different, when he reached the Supreme Extremity Realm for the first time, he was already destined to start at a higher point than others. Reaching the Supreme Extreme Realm for the second time, his starting point became even higher.
For other Earth Extreme Realm martial artists, trying to reach the speed of sound was simply delusional.
Zhang Ruochen originally had two more realms than other martial artists, so it was naturally much easier for him to hit the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Earth Extreme Realm.
Everything was difficult at the beginning, as long as one did their best at the very beginning, the later would be easier than others, and could even be watertight.
Not only was this true for martial arts cultivation, it was also true for doing other things.
Three hours had passed since the end of the sacrificial ceremony, and there were still many martial artists kneeling on the ground outside the Shrine of All Emperors, very pious.
Of course, more people had already started to leave, all of them talking about the Divine Spirit Manifestation.
Zhang Ruochen stood by and listened, a hint of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
“Zhang Ruochen, where did you go earlier, did you not attend the Sacrificial Ceremony?” Huang Yichen came from a distance, followed by a crone and an old man.
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and said, “There were some matters earlier and I didn’t have time to attend the sacrifice. Did something happen?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, stared towards those two old men, and on their bodies, he felt a bright and powerful pressure, it was almost as if two huge mountains were moving across towards him.
He was certain that those two old men must be Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myths, and in his heart, he secretly said, Thousand Waters County is worthy of being a superior county, actually sending two Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists to protect Huang Yichen, in the inferior counties, that would be unimaginable.
Huang Yichen’s expression was grave as he said, ”This Ritual Ceremony is extraordinary, there was a divine manifestation, even in the history of the Thousand Waters County Kingdom, there has never been one. You actually missed such a miracle, so I guess you won’t have the chance to see the next divine manifestation in your lifetime!”
Being able to see a divine spirit manifest in his lifetime while Zhang Ruochen had missed such a miracle, Huang Yichen naturally looked quite smug.
“Oh!”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “Divine Spirit Manifestation! That’s a bit interesting, so have you been blessed by a deity yet?”
