Not only Shen Yu, but many elders and protectors had gathered around the guest abode.
"Lord Shen Yu, the guest is a young man brought here earlier by Lord Shen Shou." One of the guards reported.
"Activate the Space Isolation array." Without any change in expression, Shen Yu ordered.
The elder's lips curled up slightly, "I'll go right away."
Moments later, the array activated. Slowly, the space around the guest abode became completely sealed off. The immense amount of spiritual Qi that had been gathering struck the invisible barrier with a deafening boom.
"Hong hong hong." Violent wind along with the spiritual Qi caused the barrier to ripple extensively.
But what everyone hoped for didn't happen. Instead of dispersing, the gathered Qi only intensified. More and more spiritual energy converged above the barrier, forming a vast vortex. The dense Qi grew so thick it seemed almost tangible before it suddenly descended, hammering against the array and shaking it uncontrollably.
"If this continues, an Iceflame Qi Disaster is inevitable!" Someone cried out in alarm.
With a loud sound, the array broke down completely. The elder controlling it spat mouthful of blood.
The roof of the guest abode exploded under the pressure of the overwhelming Qi. Before anyone could react, the surging energy poured straight into Li Shenrong's body.
"This boy! He'll die from Qi deviation!" Shen family members frowned.
"Is this the young man Shen Shou brought?" Shen Yu asked an elder beside him.
"Yes, my lord. It's him but we still know nothing of his background."
Time passed, yet Li Shenrong continued to absorb the vast sea of spiritual Qi. His body was like a bottomless abyss. Any other cultivator, even a Saint, would have had both body and soul collapse under such pressure.
"This kid is weird…." Shen Yu muttered.
With his eyes closed, Li Shenrong silently comprehended the path of the Grand Dao.
"In my previous lives, i had my own path of the grand Dao. But…. After numerous trials and errors i realised, all of them were flawed. This time, i will create a different path, a unique grand Dao…."
Inside his sea of consciousness, the illusory structure of the nine heaven appeared, flickering like sun and moon. It was this mysterious thing that devoured the endless spiritual Qi and without it, Li Shenrong's body would have burst apart like an overfilled balloon. Above, seven stars clashed unceasingly, each collision releasing sparks like miniature suns.
As the profound truths of Heaven and Earth flowed into his mind, Li Shenrong started directing it and fuse it with his own understanding of the Grand Dao. Before, the road ahead was dark and hazy, like a dream. But now, Heaven and Earth illuminated it, like a man suddenly finding a torch in the dead of night. Although it was just a tiny thread, but still, that was all he needed.
In that moment, an unparalleled Grand Dao concept was being born.
The grand Dao was still in its infancy stage. Li Shenrong started using it to nourish his ultimate immortal physique. The tiny plant was being showered by a dazzling golden light, growing half an inch taller. The powers of the five nirvanic arts that he was cultivating surged explosively, causing his nine heaven to tremble slightly.
As the plant continued to grow, the seven stars above his head clashed more fiercely, thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of times, until the collisions caused a phenomenon of temporal and spatial stagnation.
Meanwhile outside, the clouds above the Shen estate roared even more loudly as if Li Shenrong had touched the taboo of heaven and earth.
The violent ocean of thunder spreading through the skies made even the strongest cultivators of the Jade Sky Kingdom tremble in fear.
Inside the royal palace of the Jade Sky kingdom, the ruler Sky Swallowing Saint turned his head, his eyes pierced through the endless distance as his gaze fell on the vast ocean of lightning in the sky.
"What are the Shen family doing to provoke Heaven's wrath?" He muttered, frowning deeply.
Across the kingdom, countless experts watched the sky in awe and dread.
It seemed like it would strike down at any moment. Everyone from the Shen family scattered far away from where Li Shenrong was.
"This is no ordinary blessing from Heaven and Earth!" Shen Yu's voice boomed. "That boy must have violated a heavenly taboo during his comprehension of the Dao, he's angered the Heavenly Dao itself!"
Shen Shou was also present, accompanied by the family head. At the moment no one could understand how bitter the fatty was feeling inside.
"Little ancestor, i left you for a moment and you caused yet another big scene! Will you not stop until you cause my little heart to stop!" Shen Shou lamented his fate, cursing himself secretly.
Finally with a thunderous sound the ocean of lightning descended, almost blinding everyone. Just before the lightning was about to incinerate Li Shenrong completely, a sphere of Temporal time space stagnation domain covered Li Shenrong's body. The ocean of lightning couldn't penetrate the domain at all. Each thunderbolt lost its effect instantly after coming in touch with it.
Li Shenrong pushed his Ultimate Immortal Physique to the limit, without it, the stagnation domain itself would have torn his body apart.
The surrounding spiritual Qi and wind began to resonate unnaturally, one side birthing flames, the other birthing chilling ice. A massive tornado of Ice and Fire took form above, swirling violently, ready to descend any time.
"The Iceflame Qi disaster!!!!" The Shen family cultivator along with many experts of the city looked at the huge ice and flame tornado rotating above in horror. Their face turned pale with fright.
"Damn it!… how could this happen!?" Shen Yu cursed angrily.
The Iceflame disaster was a natural calamity, once started it couldn't be stopped unless a God level expert takes action. In the current Jade Sky kingdom, there wasn't a single God level expert residing. The burning heat of the flame spread far and wide, scorching the earth, everything seems to be on the melting point. The ice fragments caused people to shiver down to the very soul. They felt even their thoughts were being freezed .
"It's so terrifying!" Under the protection of the family head, the fatty Shen Shou ran in fear.
"Shen Shou… you and I have much to discuss." The family head's cold voice echoed.
He couldn't help but feel sour again.
Without caring for anything Li Shenrong still sat motionless.
"Here comes the hardest part!" Li Shenrong thought inwardly.
Memories surfaced inside his mind, the long forgotten ones or the memories he had buried deep in his heart. Each one was more vivid and lifelike than the other, causing an intense emotional fluctuation. The sudden outburst of thoughts and memories would slow down or even completely destroy his comprehension of Heaven and earth grand Dao.
Since the Heavenly Dao could not destroy his body, it attacked his mind. It wanted to disturb his thoughts and emotions. But Li Shenrong was prepared for it.
Since the beginning of his awakening, he had no emotion. His seven emotions and six desires were sealed completely. All this time he has just been imitating the emotions. Thus, the sinister move from the Heavenly Dao became useless against Li Shenrong.
"Not bad…." Li Shenrong smiled faintly. There was no changes in his emotion. He closed his eyes once more and continued to guide the mysteries of Heaven and Earth, deepening his understanding of the Grand Dao.
Seeing that nothing could be done to Li Shenrong, the lightning strikes stopped, though the dark clouds above still growled angrily, it was starting to disperse slowly.
Above the nine heavens where the seven stars colliding, started to slow down as well. If one looked carefully, they could see there wasn't seven, now there was an eight star.
Li Shenrong's aura, physical body underwent transformation, a complete reforging and finally becoming a Heavenly King.
A Heavenly King could reign supreme over huge territory, they were far stronger than a Heaven congregation realm cultivator. A normal cultivator, would nourish his spirit sea and soul during Spirit accumulation realm, then perfect his physique at the Physique foundation realm. At Heaven Congregation realm their spirit sea and soul would undergo changes. Their powers would align with how many stars they would give birth. A normal Heaven Congregation realm cultivator could give birth to at most two star after trying his best.
A talented cultivator could three, a prodigy could produce four star, and those blessed by destiny, supremely talented, their chance to give birth five to six stars was once in a million. But Li Shenrong already had seven stars when he was at the Heaven congregation realm. Now, as a Heavenly King he had an eight star.
"There was a certain person in history who had eight stars when he was a Heavenly King….." A vague majestic figure flashed in his mind. "Sigh, it was too long ago…" Shaking his head, Li Shenrong glanced aboved.
The illusory shadow of the stars manifested in the sky above his head. It was so dazzling and bright that one couldn't look away from it, they could feel a majestic power contained within.
"An Eight star Heavenly King! Right after ascension!" The spectators gasped in surprise.
"How long has it been since we've seen an eight star Heavenly King?" Some older cultivator couldn't help but speak among themselves.
"The supremely genius of the Zhang family was rumoured to have only Six star when he was a Heavenly King!"
"Who is he? Whats his origin?" Many started to become curious.