Human Clan Defender

Chapter 1084 - 139-140: Fate Key (Double-Length)

A few breaths passed.

Shen Changqing’s flesh had completely recovered to its original state.

Shen Changqing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "The remaining power of the Divine King is truly troublesome. It took such a long time to barely disperse all this power cleanly."

Although the Thunder Spirit of the Divine King was slain,

the remaining power of the opponent was not completely dispelled until now.

One could say,

the troublesome nature of a Divine King had given him yet another layer of understanding.

With the injuries healed, the next step was the refinement of the Thunder Essence.

Shen Changqing took out the Divine King Level Thunder Essence from his storage ring, and on the fist-sized purple stone, terrible thunder swirled, emanating a heart-palpitating aura.

When he looked at the Thunder Essence, he could see the virtual image of the Divine King Thunder Spirit within.

But the difference was.

At this moment, the eyes of the Divine King Thunder Spirit’s virtual image held only savagery, with no spirit intellect present.

"The Divine King Level Thunder Essence, it is said to contain all the power of the Divine King Thunder Spirit. Refining it, I wonder if I can ascend to the Eighth Layer of Cave Heaven!"

Holding the Thunder Essence, Shen Changqing could feel the vast power as deep as an abyss.

After all, containing the entire power of a Divine King is far from ordinary.

He calmed his heart.

He began to absorb the energy from the Thunder Essence.

Vast energy surged out of the Thunder Essence and poured directly into his flesh, causing his blood and vitality to boil instantly.

At that moment,

Shen Changqing was shocked.

Even though he had long understood that the Divine King Thunder Essence would be much stronger than ordinary Thunder Essences.

Only upon actually absorbing it, did he realize how terrifying the energy contained within the Divine King Thunder Essence truly was.

God Realm Thunder Essence.

It had no qualification to compare.

——

In the time that followed, Shen Changqing was focused entirely on refining the Divine King Thunder Essence.

With the fall of the Divine King Thunder Spirit,

the dangers in Thunder Prison Valley were reduced to their extreme.

Almost all cultivators were fiercely hunting Thunder Spirits to obtain Thunder Essences for body refinement.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day,

a magnificent voice echoed in Thunder Prison Valley, reaching the ears of all cultivators.

"A year and a half has passed, all cultivators may now leave Thunder Prison Valley!"

Upon hearing this,

the cultivators promptly made their way out of Thunder Prison Valley.

"Is the time up?"

Shen Changqing opened his tightly closed eyes.

He hadn’t expected that several months had passed so quickly.

Looking down at his palm, the Divine King Thunder Essence was not yet fully refined, though the remaining energy was not much.

Then, Shen Changqing immersed his heart into his own flesh.

He saw secret treasures vast as the stars.

In these few months, he had opened up several thousand more secret treasures from the original basis, successfully reaching the post-stage of the Seventh Layer of Cave Heaven.

Although he had not stepped into the Eighth Layer of Cave Heaven, he was not far off.

As for the leftover energy from the Divine King Thunder Essence, Shen Changqing didn’t pay it much mind.

That bit of energy,

at most, could open up a few more secret treasures, but it was still far from a breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Cave Heaven.

Unless,

he could obtain another piece of Divine King Thunder Essence, then he would be confident to enter the Eighth Layer of Cave Heaven.

"Though I have not entered the Eighth Layer of Cave Heaven, nor completed a new Middle Cycle, my current strength compared to when I slew the Divine King Thunder Spirit is already much stronger.

If I were to fight it again, even if it were in its prime, the Divine King Thunder Spirit could very well be slain on the spot." Shen Changqing thought to himself.

He had this confidence.

Having fought a Divine King, he had gained some understanding of the power at a Divine King level.

However,

the Divine King Thunder Spirit was a bit different from the true Divine Kings outside.

The biggest difference,

was that the Divine King Thunder Spirit did not possess a Divine Kingdom and could not, like other Divine Kings, be reborn continuously as long as their Divine Kingdom remained.

If it were another Divine King, the troublesome nature would only be greater than that of the Divine King Thunder Spirit.

Of course,

despite the trouble,

Shen Changqing was confident that he would not be weaker than a typical Heaven and Earth Divine King.

——

Outside Thunder Prison Valley,

Zhongshan Changhong was already waiting there, watching as one cultivator after another emerged from Thunder Prison Valley.

When Shen Changqing came out, he directly maneuvered his longboat toward the Clan Main Hall.

The longboat swiftly traversed the sky.

When they arrived in front of the Main Hall, it stopped directly.

"Everyone, I will not accompany you inside," Zhongshan Changhong said with a faint smile.

Hearing this,

the other cultivators said nothing but gave their thanks before disembarking from the longboat and heading into the Main Hall.

Inside the Great Hall,

two Divine Kings still sat there.

All the cultivators instinctively bowed: "Greetings to Your Majesty, greetings to Dongxuan Divine King!"

"At ease."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Inside the Great Hall,

Zhongshan Dongxuan said, "In another month, the Divine Mandate Platform will officially close. At that time, no one will be able to enter the Sky-Piercing Road and ascend the Divine Mandate Platform. Anyone wishing to enter again must wait another fifty years.

In the past, fifty years would pass in the blink of an eye.

But now, in this era of great competition, fifty years are enough to change the landscape of the Heavens Myriad Clans.

According to the latest news, among the God Realm, less than one-tenth of the slots on the Investiture of the Gods remain, with the rest occupied by the proud heavens of each clan. The time truly left for our Zhongshan Clan is already scarce."

Less than one-tenth.

This indicates that over nine thousand slots of the ten thousand available have already been occupied by strong contenders.

Though they had not braved the Sky-Piercing Road, they understood from the mouths of the Divine Kings how challenging breaking through it would be.

This, in turn, highlighted how many proud heavens there were among the Heavens Myriad Clans.