Translator: CinderTL
"Incredible!" Yu Jin and the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs accompanying him watched Li Chunjun rampage across the starry sky, slaughtering Heart Demon Hosts with unrestrained ferocity. Their admiration was almost overwhelming.
"These Heart Demon Hosts, empowered by the Heart Demons' Mind Power, can each unleash combat prowess equivalent to a Nine Tribulation True Monarch. We're barely managing to contain them and prevent their escape. Yet Swordmaster Li is effortlessly slaughtering these formidable beings..."
"Theoretically, even a Sage-level Primordial Spirit would struggle to face three Nine Tribulation True Monarchs simultaneously. A Sixth-Rank Primordial Spirit ranked on the Cosmic Light List would need to avoid direct confrontation with a hundred such opponents. Yet Sword Prodigy Li isn't just overwhelming these Nine Tribulation-level Heart Demon Hosts—he's crushing them with absolute ease! It's truly unbelievable!"
"Doesn't it feel like the Sword Master has grown even stronger? Even a true Void Refining Great Power might not be this formidable!"
Whispers rippled through the crowd, inevitably drawing the conversation to Void Refining.
Void Refining!
This was the ultimate aspiration of every Primordial Spirit True Monarch. Achieving it not only granted power far surpassing the Primordial Spirit realm but also extended one's lifespan to 129,600 years. Compared to the mere one or two thousand years typically enjoyed by Primordial Spirit True Monarchs who avoided Body Seizure for rebirth, this longevity was immeasurable.
Yet many True Monarchs harbored no illusions. Reaching the Primordial Spirit realm already felt like a stroke of ancestral luck. Void Refining? They dared not even dream of it. Fully aware of their limitations yet yearning to join the ranks of Void Refining practitioners, they remained acutely sensitive to any mention of the subject.
At the first hint of the topic, everyone fell into deep contemplation.
How far was Swordmaster Li from achieving Void Refining?
Whoosh!
Li Chunjun, riding the Seven-Colored Rainbow Light, returned to the Hong Clan Ancestral Shrine.
The once-magnificent shrine was now a desolate ruin, with barely any intact structures remaining. This was only due to the shrine's formidable Array Formations and the extremely precious materials used in its construction; otherwise, the entire area would have been completely leveled.
As soon as Li Chunjun arrived, Yu Jin immediately approached him.
"Swordmaster Li," Yu Jin greeted, quickly presenting over a dozen storage magical treasures. "These are some useful supplies we gathered from the Hong Clan. Please inspect them."
Li Chunjun glanced at the treasures.
As a major Void Refining clan, the Hong Clan naturally possessed vast reserves. The total value of the supplies likely exceeded several million Spirit Crystals. However, when Li Chunjun used the Void Bridge to annihilate Hong Guang and his group, the unleashed power had been so devastating that many supplies were destroyed along with their owners. As a result, the combined value of the items in these dozen storage magical treasures amounted to only about a million Spirit Crystals.
Li Chunjun selected some of the historical texts and a few other items he found useful. "Divide the rest among yourselves," he instructed.
After speaking, Li Chunjun added, "Tally the supplies and return to the Azure Star Minor Realm as quickly as possible. This batch of Heart Demons is substantial, so let everyone have a chance to try subduing one. Even if they fail, it'll still be valuable experience. If they succeed... we'll have more capable individuals to combat Heart Demons."
"On behalf of everyone, I thank you for your benevolence, Sword Master!" Yu Jin said solemnly.
"I'll return to the Azure Star Minor Realm immediately to prevent another group of Hong Clan members from targeting Blue Star," Li Chunjun stated.
Though he suspected that any Hong Clan member with a shred of sense would have already contacted Hong Yan, urging her to gather the clan's elites and hide, he couldn't afford to take any chances.
"Sword Master," Yu Jin said pointedly, "my men have just inspected the Hong Clan's Lesser Thousand World, and its structure appears increasingly unstable..."
Li Chunjun understood the unspoken implication. The stability of the Hong Clan's Lesser Thousand World was irrelevant. What mattered was his decision. If he chose to eradicate the Hong Clan completely by destroying their Lesser Thousand World, its World Core would inevitably collapse, causing it to explode into cosmic dust like the Titan Race's Minor Realm.
If he intended to show leniency to the Hong Clan...
Then the so-called structural instability was simply a misunderstanding.
"Apart from Hong Yan's lineage, the Hong Clan has lost all its elites," Li Chunjun declared, ending the discussion. "The strongest remaining members are merely at the Nascent Soul stage, posing no further threat. We can ignore them. Return as soon as possible."
He himself shot straight into the heavens, swiftly ascending into outer space.
Once among the stars, he sensed the pre-designated coordinates above Blue Star. Without hesitation, he manipulated the Void, unleashing the Void Bridge.
Unlike his previous crude and forceful activations of the Void Bridge, this time Li Chunjun clearly perceived numerous refinements in his technique.
Guided by this newfound understanding, he subtly adjusted his method for deploying the Void Bridge...
In the next instant, a rainbow light shattered the void.
The Seven-Colored Rainbow Light, spanning the vastness of the cosmos, surged toward the Azure Star Minor Realm.
As it neared a meteorite orbiting the Azure Star Minor Realm, Li Chunjun rapidly retracted his Void Power.
Though the meteorite was still shattered, the controlled retraction of Void Power left Li Chunjun pleasantly surprised.
"Finally, I've managed to gain some control over this dao technique," he murmured, gazing at the Scarlet Sky Sword in his hand.
The reason he had still shattered the meteorite was because the Scarlet Sky Sword was fused with Gold Fusion, a Supreme Treasure imbued with the destructive Dao Rhythm.
Its power was immense, making it difficult to control.
But...
Difficult to control no longer meant completely uncontrollable.
Take traversing a hundred billion li as an example.
Previously, when he activated the Void Bridge to summon Void Power to a Lesser Thousand World, the resulting energy blast would instantly devastate a thousand li, with shockwaves leveling everything within a three-thousand-li radius.
But now...
If he could promptly retract the Void Power, the area of destruction would shrink to three hundred li.
Moreover, as his comprehension of the Void Law deepened, this collateral damage could be further minimized, gradually decreasing to a hundred li, thirty li, ten li...
Of course, if he chose to channel greater, more potent Void Power, transforming the Void Bridge into an offensive dao technique, the initial devastation of a thousand li could escalate to three thousand li, ten thousand li, or even thirty thousand li!
Li Chunjun had finally reached the point where, like a true Void Refining Great Power, he could annihilate an entire world with a single strike.
"It's not just that I have slightly better control over the dissipated Void Power," he mused. "The transmission range of the Void Bridge has also increased significantly, from its previous limit of twenty to thirty billion li to a hundred billion li. At its extreme, it might even reach two or three hundred billion li, though that would risk uncontrollable accidents..."
Li Chunjun understood: "This is the result of the Void Dao Body and the Destruction Dao Body."
Now that his Life Level had reached 34, both Dao Bodies had finally completed their transformation, beginning to manifest their miraculous powers in every aspect of his being.
With a few swift flashes, Li Chunjun effortlessly entered the Azure Star Minor Realm.
"Hmm?"
As he entered, he once again sensed that the Dao Rhythm of this world had a diminished influence on him.
Could this also be...
Due to the Void Dao Body and the Destruction Dao Body?
"No! It's not the Void Dao Body or the Destruction Dao Body!"
Li Chunjun suddenly realized he had long neglected to focus on a particular power.
Void Destruction Sword Intent!
"Or could it be... the Void Dao Physique?!"
Reaching Life Level 34 seemed to have activated a subtle aspect of the Void Dao Physique, building upon his existing Void Dao Body and Destruction Dao Body.
Yet this Dao Physique was so elusive and enigmatic that even Li Chunjun, its possessor, had remained unaware of its existence.
"Dao Physiques differ from Laws; they can only be derived from the Great Dao. Does this Void Dao Physique point to the Void Great Dao? Does such a thing even exist?"
Li Chunjun was astonished.
Though he had only just begun to grasp the Law Mysteries, he knew that while there were three thousand Laws, there were only forty-nine Great Daos.
The three thousand Laws were merely conceptual placeholders; their true number far exceeded that. Yet all these Laws ultimately converged upon the forty-nine Great Daos.
This was the so-called Heavenly Derivation of Forty-Nine—all things in heaven and earth originated from the transformations of these forty-nine Great Daos.
However, the Void Great Dao was conspicuously absent from this pantheon.
"If there's no Void Great Dao, yet the Destruction Great Dao and Void Great Dao undeniably exist, could these two have merged to form the Void Great Dao?"
Li Chunjun's thoughts raced.
Simultaneously cultivating two Daos leading to the Great Dao? That's something only a Peerless Prodigy could achieve.
Hmm?
"I rank first in both Star Glory and Solar Radiance! I could even top the Cosmic Light List! I truly am a Peerless Prodigy!"
That settles it then.
However, he could only sense the changes within himself.
Whether he truly possessed the Void Dao Physique, or even if the Void Great Dao existed in this world, remained unknown. Even if he yearned to uncover the truth, he lacked the means.
All I can do is wait patiently. Since I have no cultivation methods for the Void Great Dao, I probably won't be able to confirm its existence until my Life Level reaches 37—when I achieve Ninth-Rank Life Essence—to obtain definitive results.
As for cultivating the Void Great Dao...
That's a matter to consider only after reaching Life Level 37.
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Li Chunjun arrived aboard the Golden Crow Battleship, hovering above the Taixu Sword Sect.
True Monarchs and True Lords, experts in repair and weapon forging, were collaborating to swiftly restore the warship.
Unfortunately, not only its weapon systems but also its detection systems had been damaged.
Otherwise, they might have been able to locate Hong Yan and her group of Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, whose whereabouts in the vast starry sky remained unknown.
"Sword Master!"
"Swordmaster Li has returned!"
"Greetings, Sword Master!"
Li Chunjun's arrival was met with a chorus of respectful greetings as everyone bowed in unison.
Amidst the greetings, Li Chunjun entered the Golden Crow Battleship.
Huang Tian and Zuo Cheng hurried to meet him.
"Sword Master..."
"The matter with the Hong Clan has been resolved," Li Chunjun said. "I'm currently suppressing over eighty Heart Demons."
He glanced at the True Monarchs working tirelessly outside the Golden Crow Battleship. "Instruct all Primordial Spirit True Monarchs to refine these Heart Demons in batches, according to their individual states of readiness. While their foundational cultivation makes it unlikely they'll comprehend Mind Power on their first attempt, even if only one or two succeed, it will significantly enhance Blue Star's resilience."
Despite having received Li Chunjun's promise earlier, Huang Tian and Zuo Cheng were deeply moved by his benevolence.
"Swordmaster Li, your compassion is boundless!"
"We will inform the True Monarchs immediately. Whether they succeed or not, every one of them will forever remember your immense kindness and virtue!"
They spoke in unison.
"Alright, we'll select the first group within three days," Li Chunjun said, already turning to his own task. "I'm going to undergo several more tribulations to deepen my comprehension of the Void Law's mysteries as much as possible."
(End of the Chapter)
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