Chapter 428 - One Year Later (1/2)

Chapter 428: One Year Later

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Meanwhile, inside the snow-covered Warg Valley.

Winter had come to Siberia. The entire valley was caked by a meter thick mixture of snow and ice. However, the azure light surged through the layer of ice and reached the sky.

A man was standing motionless inside the wash of light.

The man had black hair and was wearing a long flowy s.h.i.+rt. His eyes were devoid of any emotion and his body was translucent and incandescent at the same time, emanating a soft flow from within.

As soon as the man appeared, even the ravaging wind stopped howling. Instead, a gust of powerful energy spiraled out away from him, forming a roaring cyclone that circled about him.

“I wonder how long I have been cultivating in seclusion? How’s Sister An and my parents?”

Chen Fan murmured to himself, as he looked down at his palm. His hand had turned into a piece of perfect azure jade. Through the translucent skin, he could see his bones, blood vessels and muscles silhouetted against a soft glow.

Not only his palm had the otherworldly look, but also his shoulder, chest, head, belly and his four limbs.

His entire body had turned into a sculpture made out of a piece of jade that didn’t have a single imperfection. The man stood still and gradually dimmed the light his body emitted. So powerful was his body that the world would succ.u.mb to the might of his physical strength without him using any otherworldly powers.

Chen Fan clenched his fist and felt the flow of energy coursing through his veins. The sensation was exhilarating, so much so that he felt he could punch a hole through the planet earth.

Although reason told him that even if he perfected Azure Thearch Longevity Body, he couldn’t have punched a hole through the earth, he was much more confident than before in dealing with modern weapons such as the deadly bombs.

“Thanks to the Fruit of Embryonic Essence, I have finally reached the Initial success of Azure Thearch Longevity Body.”

Chen Fan heaved a sigh.

That day, as soon as he registered that he couldn’t stop the bombardment, he rushed under the Heavenly Array of Five Elements and withstood the two waves of rockets.

Amidst the chaos, he transferred all the Heavenly Spring of Life into the yellow-skinned gourd, a Dimension Altering Dharma Treasure. When the “Father of All Bombs” finally landed, he cast another protection spell over the Fruit of Embryonic Essence while he burrowed deep into the ground using the Art of Concealment.

Chen Fan was deep under the earth when the bomb struck. Even though a layer of thick earth, he could still feel the terrifying force of the bomb.

“This is only a regular warhead, if the missile carried a nuclear warhead, I might as well be dead.”

The perilous situation even made Chen Fan concerned for a while.

Although the “Father of All Bombs” was the most powerful regular warhead missiles can carry, it’s TNT-equivalent tonnage was only one percent of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiros.h.i.+ma.

That being said, the bomb dropped on Hiros.h.i.+ma was only equivalent to thirteen thousand tons of TNT, Russia had experimented fifty million tonnage nuclear bombs over the frozen waste lake of Siberia. So powerful were these bombs that only a Connate Spirit cultivator could have survived its deadly fire.

The danger outside made Chen Fan take his time and didn’t come out of his cover as soon as he consumed the Fruit of Embryonic Essence and was fully recovered. Instead, he remained underground and kept cultivating.

The event at the Warg Valley was a wake-up call for him. It reminded him that there were still weapons on earth that could threaten his life.

Therefore, Chen Fan made the decision to focus on his cultivation for a while in seclusion.

Surviving underground shouldn’t be much of an issue since he had already achieved Connate Body which allowed him to live without breathing or normal sustenance. The Spirit Pills and the Heavenly Spring of Life in the gourd were enough to keep him alive.

Taking advantage of the Fruit of Embryonic Essence, he cultivated round the clock and finally reached the Initial success of the Azure Thearch Longevity Body. Meanwhile, he also successfully become one step closer to the Divine Sea Level by leveling up his Ethereal Enlightenment from mid-stage to late-stage. While cultivating, he had lost the tack of time and he eventually was driven out of seclusion by his concern for his family’s safety.

“I am infinitely close to reaching the Divine Sea Level. All I need is just a small push to level up.”

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thoughts.

Chen Fan could sense the powerful True Essence pulsing in his body with ever-increasing eagerness and willingness to bring Chen Fan into a higher state of existence. However, Chen Fan kept a restraining hold on his energy, building up more and more pressure within his system so that when the right moment finally comes for him to let go of the constraints, the long-suppressed energy would burst out and give him even more benefits during the leveling up process.

Since he had already reached Initial success in his Azure Thearch Longevity Body, nuclear weapons were the only weapon on earth that could still harm him. Even a nuclear weapon wouldn’t kill him without hitting him directly.

“If any fool such as Galdan dares to challenge me again, I could shatter his soul with one single punch.”

Chen Fan let out a smirk and punched at the air.

“Kaboom!”

His punch caused an explosion as Fist Qi wheezed through the air and smashed into a cliff face a few hundred meters away. The impact made the mountain shake and the Fist Qi had drilled a one-meter deep hole into the cliff. The shock wave from the impact also stirred up the snow packed at the peak of the mountain and caused a sizable avalanche.