Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation

Chapter 1512 (Raw 1492): Drastic Changes in the Heavenly Starry Ocean

Chapter 1512 (Raw 1492): Drastic Changes in the Heavenly Starry Ocean

Back on Heavenly Star Island, Ying Zongtian had told Xiao Chen that the difference between Xiao Chen and the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign was not great.

They both had one thousand strands of Primordial Energy. It was just that the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign had the power of faith, and his will of divine light was already at the peak.

As for Xiao Chen, his Great Dao Energy and state of cycle had only scratched the surface.

Hence, the difference in strength seemed enormous.

From that moment on, Xiao Chen stopped taking the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign as a goal of any sort. No matter how he looked at it, he would surpass the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign sooner or later; doing so was just a matter of time. One had limitless potential while the other’s potential was depleted.

With a simple comparison between the two, one could easily tell.

When Xiao Chen broke through the shackles of Martial Emperor, advancing to the Veritable Personage Realm and grasping Veritable Essence Energy, his Veritable Essence Energy was already roughly as powerful as the energy that the many Primes grasped.

With the support of Great Dao Energy, Xiao Chen’s Veritable Essence Energy was even stronger.

Surpassing the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign was just a matter of waiting for the right conditions to gather. Hence, it was not hard to understand.

The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign watched as Xiao Chen stood upright and pointed his saber’s tip at the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign’s forehead, listening to what he said.

The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign turned somewhat despondent. “You have never taken me as a target? That makes sense; I am a failure in the first place, a failure who does not even dare to walk the Kunlun Road.”

Xiao Chen dismissed his Azure Dragon Divine Wings and sheathed his saber. Then he asked, “Why did you not summon out the Deity Race Ancestor? You should be able to defeat me by summoning him out.”

The Deity Race Ancestor grasped a power that surpassed Prime, a power that surpassed even that of the current Xiao Chen.

The Heavenly Dao would not permit the appearance of such an existence. As for Xiao Chen, he only barely touched the Heavenly Dao’s bottom line.

“It’s not that I don’t want to but that I can’t. The price of summoning the Deity Race Ancestor is greater than you think. If I summoned him out now, he might not even be able to kill you. However, I would not be far from death.”

The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign was rather direct, not hiding anything.

“You can go. From today onwards, our grudges are written off,” Xiao Chen said, looking indifferently at the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign—which rendered the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign speechless in disbelief.

However, in the next moment, the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign felt an indescribable bitterness and a strange sadness.

He knew that from now on, he could only watch Xiao Chen from behind, never to surpass him. By letting him go and not pushing things too far, Xiao Chen was demonstrating confidence in his own strength, as well as wisdom.

After all, the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign could still summon out the Deity Race Ancestor to fight back. If Xiao Chen pushed things too far, both sides might fall.

Just two months ago, the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign, a Prime, could send Xiao Chen flying with each of his three palm strikes.

However, in merely two months, the situation reversed. The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign now had to rely on the other party’s mercy to leave.

Life was truly unpredictable. No one knew what the future held.

Actually, the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign was not wrong; it was as he had guessed. The Azure Dragon Palace did indeed contain the secret to breaking past Prime. However, it was not prepared for him but left for Xiao Chen.

“Many thanks.”

The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign got up and bowed, speaking with a cupped-fist salute.

“There’s no need. You should be grateful that Big Brother Ying and the Spirit Fox King are not dead. Otherwise, even if the world flipped over, I would continue fighting until I took your life.”

These cold words stunned the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign. He believed that Xiao Chen would definitely do what he said.

Just at this moment, while the two spoke, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva took that opportunity to turn into a beam of light and fly away.

Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed, and he intended to give chase. While he could let the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign go, he absolutely could not let the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva off.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

However, as Xiao Chen was about to do so, five figures suddenly appeared in the air, blocking Xiao Chen.

“Azure Dragon King, there is no need to give chase. You’d best return to the Heavenly Starry Ocean.”

The five figures were the experts from the various races guarding Kunlun Mountain. Devoting themselves to the defense of Kunlun Mountain, they did not participate in the conflicts of the world.

Back then, when Xiao Chen took his tribulation, they had appeared once.

Xiao Chen’s heart immediately sank. These five did not reveal themselves unless something major happened.

“Seniors, what’s going on in the Heavenly Starry Ocean?”

“Take a look for yourself, and you will know. There’s no need for us to say anything.”

Right after saying that, the five figures vanished from the sky. However, this advice left a shadow in Xiao Chen’s heart.

There are three Primes protecting the Heavenly Starry Ocean. How can there be any major chaos there?

There are the Cyclic Astral Lord, the Bright Moon Empress, and the Myriad-Law Fiend Master. Could it be... When Xiao Chen thought of a certain person, he no longer dared to continue thinking.

On this trip to the Azure Dragon Palace, the Deity Dao Union suffered heavy casualties, losing a Prime. The Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign also lost his ambitions entirely. Without saying anything more, he undid the Spirit Fox King’s restrictions and left with the Heaven Punishing Corpse God.

Although Xiao Chen kept the Heavenly Starry Ocean’s matter in mind, he still had to help his big brother Ying with his injuries first.

“Xiao Chen, you really managed to break through Prime?” The Spirit Fox King had been watching from the start. He was somewhat afraid to believe this, feeling like he was dreaming.

Xiao Chen had defeated three Prime-level beings in an instant and forced the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign to lower his head and apologize.

Nodding, Xiao Chen said, “That should be so. Senior, I’m truly sorry for all the trouble this time.”

The Spirit Fox King smiled and said, “It’s fine. You being able to break through Prime is what both the Supreme Sky Prime and I wanted to see the most. Let’s not chat first. Quick, help Ying Zongtian out with his injuries.”

“Right.”

Xiao Chen immediately withdrew the Heavenly Snow Divine Flame and released Ying Zongtian from the ice.

Then, he circulated and infused his Veritable Essence Energy into Ying Zongtian’s body.

Xiao Chen remembered that when he broke through to Martial Monarch, the energy he grasped was known as Quintessence, which also meant Veritable Essence or true essence.

[TL Note: In the Chinese raws, these two energies are written with the exact same characters. When I first translated the term, I chose to translate them differently to avoid repetition. It looks like that might have made a mistake. However, I still feel that calling it Veritable Essence Energy is a better choice to match the cultivation realm, so I’m sticking with it. Therefore, I altered the explanation on this bit here slightly to make the different term fit.]

However, that Quintessence was not equal to this Veritable Essence Energy. One was the result of refining Spiritual Energy while the other was born of Primordial Energy but also surpassed Primordial Energy.

The difference between the two was like night and day.

A true person. To become a god, one must become a person first.

Xiao Chen wondered how the Martial Epoch had developed in the realm outside the three thousand great realms.

Such a thought flashed through Xiao Chen’s mind. When Ying Zongtian opened his eyes, Xiao Chen’s thoughts snapped back to reality.

“I’m not dead?”

Ying Zongtian felt an intense headache. His memories were temporarily hazy; he could not recall what had happened.

The Spirit Fox King smiled and replied, “You are not dead, still living well. After Xiao Chen came out of the palace, he alone defeated the East Mountain Ghost Monarch, the Heaven Punishing Corpse God, the Heaven Abandoning Deity Sovereign, and the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva.”

“You broke through!”

Bright excitement flared in Ying Zongtian’s eyes.

“Due to a fortuitous encounter in the Azure Dragon Palace, I can be considered to have broken through.”

“Hahahaha! Good! Good! Good!”

When Ying Zongtian heard that, he guffawed and said “good” three times. His boisterous laughter carried a wild joy and excitement that could not be concealed.

“Ying Zongtian, don’t get too excited. You only just recovered,” the Spirit Fox King advised.

Ying Zongtian waved his hand and said, “Brother Spirit Fox, you don’t understand. Ten years! I have been waiting ten years for this day. I waited far too long. Being able to live long enough to see Xiao Chen surpass Prime is the greatest wish of my life.

“Back then, for the sake of protecting him, I gave up on my accumulations and broke through to Prime. Now, the facts have proven my choice right. There actually is a peak above Prime.”

Ying Zongtian could not help his excitement. His explanation was right. He really had waited ten years for this day.

In the end, Ying Zongtian even nearly died without seeing Xiao Chen surpass Prime.

“Where is the East Mountain Ghost Monarch?” Ying Zongtian asked with an icy expression when he suddenly recalled this person.

“I already killed him.”

Ying Zongtian was stunned to hear this. Then, he nodded and said, “Good choice on killing him. Such a despicable person is a shame to Primes!”

Ying Zongtian’s tone was very cold. Clearly, he hated the East Mountain Ghost Monarch to the bone. It would be hard for him to vent this hatred without killing him.

Suddenly, spiritual scarlet light appeared in the distant western sky, the bloody hue even richer than that of the setting sun.

It seemed like something happened extremely far away, perhaps an exceedingly dreadful battle.

The three felt a remarkably terrifying aura that made their expressions change at once.

That came from the Heavenly Starry Ocean’s direction!

“What’s going on in the Heavenly Starry Ocean? Even a battle between Primes would not produce such a terrifying aura,” the Spirit Fox King muttered with a heavy frown.

Ying Zongtian entered deep thought. “Xiao Chen, you’d better make a trip back fast. Something major is probably happening in the Heavenly Starry Ocean. On my end, I will have to reorganize the forces of the Martial God Palace as well.”