Sage Monarch - Chapter 247

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‘How could this little punk be so tough? After all this refining work, nothing's happening?’ The fiend-devil had already drawn upon roughly fifty percent of its cultivation base to power its Heaven-Devil Rageflame, which now completely and utterly covered the Grand Emperor's Pagoda .

The bronze pagoda currently had magical symbols flowing across its surface, making it seem like it was weakening, and possibly even on the verge of melting .

But the truth was that there was no way the Grand Emperor's Pagoda could possibly be so weak . Its creator, Grand Emperor Rich-Lush, had been, at the minimum, a Great Sage, and possibly even beyond that level .

A magical treasure created by someone like that was the type of thing that could exist for all eternity .

Of course, the person actually controlling the pagoda was an important factor . After all, a knife in the hand of a child would not only be useless in terms of defense, it could actually hurt the child .

Therefore, this Ghost-God Legendary fiend-devil was still completely confident that it could kill Yang Qi and take the pagoda . But after three days and nights passed, it was starting to get impatient . Sending out a stream of true energy, it summoned a blood-colored river that was none other than quintessence-blood .

BOOOOM!

Bolstered by that blood, the Heaven-Devil Rageflame suddenly burned even more brightly than before . The wail of ghosts and weeping of gods could be heard as a wind kicked up that was filled with the aura of heaven-devils .

The flames were now so hot that they could destroy the void itself . In fact, that was exactly what was happening . The void in the area was melting into literal liquid, which was none other than primal-chaos vital energy .

Within the Heaven-Devil Rageflame, it was possible to see vicious skeletons, fiend-devils, and the like, dancing about madly .

Off in the distance, the Young Lady was visibly shocked by what she was seeing . ‘Heaven-Devil Rageflame fueled by a blood sacrifice . That’s the Fire Dance of the Heaven-Devil . ’

She knew how powerful Heaven-Devil Rageflame was in general . And when a Ghost-God Legendary sacrificed its own blood to power it up, it would be even more terrifying .

Even other Ghost-God Legendaries who were trapped by the Fire Dance of the Heaven-Devil would find their own personal domain destroyed, after which the empyrean-baleful energy would eat them up and turn them into ashes . According to certain stories, the forebears of the heaven-devils would use this fire to kill Great Sages .

As the dance proceeded, the flames grew exponentially powerful . And then, moans of pain echoed out from inside the pagoda, as though Yang Qi were being immolated .

“Excellent,” the fiend-devil chuckled . “The brat is almost dead . I refuse to believe that he can hold out any longer against this power of mine . ”

With that, he sent more of his blood into the flames .

Inside the Grand Emperor's Pagoda, Yang Qi was laughing up his sleeve . ‘This devil-ghost is a real fool . It’s just like the old saying about trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice you used to lure it . ’

It didn’t matter how strong the Heaven-Devil Rageflame got, it was no threat to him . In fact, the way it destroyed the space around it and transformed it into liquid was actually helping him acquire spatial power to improve his Physique of the Sovereign Lord .

Yang Qi felt like he was his own heaven and earth, and right now, every part of him was brimming with strength . Even his five viscera and six bowels were like unique spatial dimensions .

Before, his sea of energy had been essentially illusory, but with the new spatial power that was seeping into him, it was turning into something true and real .

It was the same with his meridians, which were like massive rivers flowing without cease .

Casting his senses inward, Yang Qi could see that various dimensional barriers were beginning to appear in his meridians, creating something almost like his thumb-ring of holding . The same sort of power was now appearing inside of him, and would allow him to create vast reserves of true energy .

Theoretically, if someone chopped Yang Qi up into pieces, they could actually use his bones as holding dimensions .

The benefits Yang Qi was receiving from the Heaven-Devil Rageflame were incredible to say the least .

He was now in a level that most cultivators could only dream of, in which his fleshly body could count as its own heaven and earth .

Some entities who developed such abilities could inhale mountains or oceans with a single breath . In fact, there were some beings who could absorb continents, or even entire planets .

Of course, that was something only god-spirits could accomplish .

Legendary energy warriors who reached the Space-Void Transformation would be able to refine their meridians and sea of energy with spatial power, to begin the process . When the process was complete, the sea of energy would be far more stable, and also capable of storing much more true energy than before .

Generally speaking, even Space-Void Legendaries would take upwards of three hundred years to reach that point . After all, it required much refinement of the sea of energy, the meridians, the flesh, blood, and bones . Some Legendaries spent a thousand years on the process .

One slight mistake, and the spatial power could stiffen one’s true energy and turn one into a zombie, or even a crystalline statue . [1]

Thanks to the help of this selfless fiend-devil, Yang Qi was now receiving benefits that would normally require enlightenment of the Space-Void Transformation .

In the blink of an eye, his true energy reserves skyrocketed .

If you likened Yang Qi’s body to a small pond with a bit of true energy, then after his sea of energy became a dimension of its own, it was like a huge lake .

Of course, his ability to withstand massive force far surpassed any ordinary individual . Another person who was inundated with the same amount of true energy would already have been reduced to a bloody pulp .

Thanks to the Physique of the Sovereign Lord, every part of him was a spatial dimension .

Once that body type was completed, he could absorb entire hells, and contain billions upon billions of planes of existence . At that point, he would be eternal and everlasting .

‘Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, awaken further!’

A sovereign-grade spirit stone appeared in his hand, which exploded, sending spirit power coursing through him . Combined with the Heaven-Devil Rageflame and the asura’s flesh and blood, it fully provoked the Sovereign Lord True Energy and universal power within him .

In the blink of an eye, immense power poured into the particles within him .

Pop, pop, pop, pop, POP! 

Another five thousand particles woke up, sending more true energy pouring into his sea of energy and meridians .

Despite how much true energy was being added, he didn’t fill up . Now that he had pushed his Physique of the Sovereign Lord to this point, his maximum reserve levels of true energy were far, far larger than before .

Before, the power of five thousand ancient megamammoths had been his limit; at that time, he couldn’t have added even the tiniest drop of power beyond that level .

But now, a quick assessment revealed that his maximum levels were ten times what they had been before .

At the moment, he only had the true energy of ten thousand megamammoths, but the upper limit was actually fifty thousand .

‘Darn it! I wish I understood the Space-Void Transformation… . ’ Although he was benefiting greatly, there were still aspects that were not ideal . ‘If I did, I could use my full level of true energy to combine my spirit, soul, flesh and blood . With that, I could break through to the Space-Void Transformation . At least I've improved my true energy levels . From here, it will take a few months or years to finally reach the point where I can break through . ’

Although he was slightly disappointed, there was nothing he could do about it at the moment . He was continuing to grow stronger by the moment, and as long as this fiend-devil kept trying to refine him, the process would continue .

And he now had so much megamammoth power in him that he was definitely strong enough to fight experts in the sixth Legendary transformation .

Now, in order to achieve his next breakthrough, he needed to fill up with the true energy of fifty thousand megamammoths .

Of course, that would be no easy task . The higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it became to build up true energy . After all, the magical laws of heaven and earth would resist such efforts . Cultivation was fundamentally a defiance of heaven, and the vital energy of heaven and earth would oppose individuals who tread that path .

While Yang Qi was reveling in his cultivation, the fiend-devil on the outside was getting very anxious . ‘What’s going on?’

He had already burned about ten percent of his quintessence-blood to fuel the Heaven-Devil Rageflame . And yet, it didn’t seem to be having any effect . Yang Qi’s aura seemed as stable inside the Grand Emperor's Pagoda as a rock in the middle of a fire .

‘Don’t tell me this brat has turned into a stone?’ The fiend-devil shook his head .

The Young Lady similarly shook her head, wondering why Yang Qi was simply doing nothing in the face of such grave danger . ‘What is this Yang Qi doing? Don’t tell me he fell asleep? He's been in this part of space-time for quite a while already . Being trapped like this isn’t something to be taken lightly . ’

1 . In Chinese, “zombie” is literally a “stiff corpse” . Traditionally, the term is used to describe Chinese-style zombies, which are sometimes referred to as hopping vampires, hopping corpses, hopping zombies, or just plain jiangshi . Later on, the term came to refer to western-style zombies as well . Nowadays, “Plants v . Zombies” is so popular in China that most kids think of the western version when they hear the word .