Chapter 728 (2/2)

Seven members from the thirty-sixth supermonastery had died . That cast a shadow on people’s hearts . Their previous excitement diminished .

Reality was just this cruel . If you wanted to get stronger, you had to take risks . No one in this world could become a supreme expert without taking any risks .

If you wanted to become an expert, you had to risk your life . If you didn’t want to become an expert, you would have to accept that an expert might take your life at any moment . The cultivation world was just that cruel .

The monastery heads brought their disciples back to their camps . They began to celebrate . Although there had been casualties, that was unavoidable . Those who survived had to continue getting stronger .

Gu Yang and the others were missing from the celebration in the thirty-sixth supermonastery . Gu Yang had gone into seclusion, saying that he would also become a Celestial .

That drew flabbergasted gazes, but Long Chen and the others knew that once he refined the Heavenly Dao Fruit, he would immediately become a Celestial .

There was no way around this . Gu Yang’s Spiritual Strength was terrible . In front of the monastery heads, there was no way he could hide the fluctuations of refining a Heavenly Dao Fruit . Now he finally had a chance .

After the celebration, everyone began to cultivate . They had made huge gains in the Xuantian Sea and the Nine Netherworld Path . Thus, they took advantage of this period to absorb these gains so they could be at their peak state for the final trial .

As everyone else went into seclusion, so did Long Chen . His mind entered the primal chaos s.p.a.ce, and he saw Huo Long refining pills .

“Five-ring Enlightenment Palace Pills!”

Huo Long was actually able to refine five-ring Enlightenment Palace Pills . It must have absorbed an incredible amount of flame energy from the core of the storm zone . Even its alchemy ability had increased by such a huge amount .

“Huo Long, thank you”! Long Chen saw over a thousand Enlightenment Palace Pills .

Huo Long transformed into a small flame serpent and coiled around Long Chen’s arm . It rubbed its head against Long Chen . Long Chen felt a child-like emotion coming from it .

“It’s been hard on you . If you’re tired, rest . ” Long Chen rubbed its head . After comforting it for a while, he left the encampment . He directly rushed off, going outside the Xuantian Dao Sect .

But he had only just reached the gates when a disciple stopped him . “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, the trial is imminent . If you leave now…”

Long Chen frowned . “Am I not allowed to leave?”

“No, you can . But the third trial might start at any moment . If you’re out and don’t make in time, that would be a huge loss for you,” warned the disciple .

“Haha, that’s fine . Thank you for the reminder . But I’ll just stroll around . When I hear the bell to gather, I’ll immediately return . ” Long Chen patted that disciple on the shoulder, grateful for his reminder . He left .

He had no choice but to leave . This number of pills would be enough to truly condense the Enlightenment Palace Star .

Just condensing the cyclone had almost destroyed a training room . Once the cyclone condensed into a star, it would cause a huge disturbance .

Long Chen found a large mountain . From here, the Xuantian Dao Sect was just a dot in the distance . As long as he didn’t go too far, it wouldn’t disturb the sect, and he would still be able to tell when the trial started .

He began to consume the five-ring Enlightenment Palace Pills, shoving them handful by handful down his throat .

He had to work fast . Once he reached a certain point in condensing the star, he would have no choice but to finish . If he really missed the trial because of that, he would have an urge to kill himself .

Furthermore, he had seen some clues about his origins in the Nine Netherworld Path . Now he wanted to see his parents even more . He had to reach the peak of the cultivation world as fast as possible .

Even something as amazing as Future Lake had been unable to completely divine the past of the jade pendant . That meant some powerful force had disturbed the Reincarnation Mirror . That was enough to prove how shocking his origins had to be .

The thing that startled him the most was that Future Lake had been able to see a corner of his past, but not even the slightest bit about the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art . Just trying to take a peek had caused it to explode . That made him think of some terrifying possibilities .

But the mysteries he had to unravel were too huge, and he still wanted to be able to live after unraveling them .

Three days pa.s.sed without the slightest sound from the Xuantian Dao Sect . On the other hand, a loud explosive sound suddenly came from Long Chen’s hand, and a terrifying energy erupted .