Chapter 931 - Perfecting the Divine Body (1/2)

But exactly how powerful was Chen Fan right then?

Xuan Wu True Form aside, he had cultivated the Azure Thearch Longevity Art for more than ten years and knew the art like the back of his hand. He had absorbed the Elixir Qi of over a hundred Golden Core Cultivators, enough to form a Divine Grade Golden Core.

“But it’s not enough,” Chen Fan thought.

The glowing Deity Wheel rumbled inside of his system and started moving. The Chaotic Divine Tree also started to take form. Currents of powerful True Essence coursed through his body. By then, this art alone could make him as powerful as the Ancient Demon Prince, if not more so.

However, Chen Fan was still unsatisfied.

Wood Element Essence Qi rushed toward him like a rough wave in the sea. It formed countless azure currents the size of mountain ranges. Chen Fan hacked open the sky and let all of it pour down onto him from above.

He then sat cross legged at the top of the barren mountain, just like a Divine King who lorded over the world. Around him was a sea of Essence Qi.

“Such power. Is Senior Chen going to reach the late-stage Golden Core?”

Mu Hongti widened her eyes in awe while Lin Wuhua’s face paled in fear. She had seen many overlords leveling up, but none could compare with Chen Fan.

The Essence Qi over a few hundred miles had been s.n.a.t.c.hed by Chen Fan. An endless number of Spirit Wood trees and Spirit herbs suddenly wilted; their Spirit Qi was sucked by the black hole created by Chen Fan.

The development terrorized Fey Beasts, so they scrambled to get out of harm’s way. Even Mu Hongti had to back away a few hundred kilometers in order to hold her ground.

“A late-stage golden core is below him now. Master is trying to become a Heavenly Lord.”

Zhao Juexian looked up.

Of all the people present, he was the only one who had seen the ascension of a Heavenly Lord. Therefore he knew the energy had not reached climax yet. When the Thunder clouds finally rolled in, everything within a kilometer radius would be turned into ashes.

“Boom!”

When Chen Fan’s energy peaked, the three hundred and sixty orifices on Chen Fan’s body let out a humming sound. His body became more translucent and bright, like a s.h.i.+ny diamond illuminating the heaven above and the earth below.

However, he was still quite a ways away from reaching the second transformation of the Deity Wheel. Without any external a.s.sistance, it would take Chen Fan three more years to imprint the Azure Thearch’s True Form onto the Deity Wheel.

“Poof!”

Chen Fan fished out the Longevity Pill and swallowed it.

“Bam!”

The ground trembled as if there were an earthquake.

An unimaginable pulse of Spirit Qi exploded inside of Chen Fan. His body was close to bursting open like a balloon, having grown three meters in size. His skin cracked and the pressure inside threatened to tear it open.

Top Heavenly Pills such as the Longevity Pill needed to be used with a great measure of prudence. Better if they were taken slowly over time instead of swallowing them whole like Chen Fan had just done.

It was more than likely that Chen Fan had swallowed more than he could chew.

However, Chen Fan didn’t mind the challenge as his face became more determined.

“Boom!”

His body was still increasing size.

After a while, his body had grown to a ten meter height, and azure energy s.h.i.+ned through the cracks formed in his skin. From those cracks, a new born baby nestled inside of Chen Fan’s Dantian could be seen.

The Longevity Pill had gathered the strength of twenty two Heavenly Medicines and the Essence Qi of over thirteen Superior-grade Golden Cores. Its power was as unstoppable as the flows of mighty rivers.

In the end, the apparition of the Chaotic Divine Tree appeared behind Chen Fan’s back.

The Chaotic Divine Tree had revealed itself again.

However, this time, the Chaotic Divine Tree was much bigger due to the surging energy.

Two thousand, three thousand… The apparition grew until it reached a nine thousand meters’ height.

How tall was nine thousand meters?

It was taller than the Himalaya Mountains. Even the State of Ancient Medicine where Spirit Wood was abundant, the tallest Spirit Wood was only one thousand meters tall. Therefore, the Chaotic Divine Tree’s behemoth frame dwarfed everything around it, making itself look like the lord of all trees.

It was also gaining more solidity by the second. It looked nearly translucent when it first appeared, but as more energy was poured into it, its leaves and branches started to look more vivid, making it look like the magical world tree from the ancient mythologies.

“Swis.h.!.+”

As soon as the Chaotic Divine Tree completed its form, billions of Qi strands flew to Chen Fan and encased him inside a Qi s.h.i.+eld made out of deadly Qi Energy. Each pulse of the Qi Energy could kill a Connate Overlord, therefore the sheer amount of Qi Energy possessed by the Chaotic Divine Tree would make it become more powerful than billions of Connate Overlords.

“Boom, boom, boom.”

As the Qi energy brushed against Chen Fan’s ruined body, it healed Chen Fan’s torn flesh and reined in the pressure inside of his body. Chen Fan’s body started to shrink.

Ten meters, nine meters, eight…

When Chen Fan finally regained his original height, his body had been covered in a golden glow, slowly replacing the former blinding Azure light.

The replacement started from his arms, then shoulders, chest and then his head.

By the end, even Chen Fan’s eyeb.a.l.l.s had become two pools of molten gold. His body looked like it had been dipped in a pool of liquid gold. Even his hair and nails had been covered with a layer of gold. He had become the embodiment of the eternal Golden Core.

“Boom!”

Even as everyone wondered if Chen Fan was going to complete the Divine Body, Chen Fan’s body exploded, sending out a shower of golden flesh and blood.

“What… What happened?”

Lin Wuhua was stunned.

Golden Core Cultivators could reform their bodies as long as their Golden Cores remained intact. However, regeneration of their bodies required a huge amount of energy. Most cultivators would rather choose to reincarnate instead of regenerating their bodies, since regeneration could take up thousands of years.

At Chen Fan’s level, it would take him a few hundred years to fully grow his body back.