Chapter 155: Advancement to the Embracing Origin Realm (Third Update)

  PS: As expected, there will be a fourth update, but it will be a bit late.

  Many people's third round has not ended yet, and Ye Chen's fourth round has begun.

  The power of the white light was indeed at the early stage of the Embracing Origin Realm, and the majestic true energy fluctuations could be felt from a great distance. The air suddenly rippled like water.

  "Come on!"

  Ye Chen had killed Hong Qianjun before and fought against Yuan Hengying, so he wouldn't be afraid of his opponent. His right hand grasped the Yun Yin sword, with a strong intention to strike at any moment.

  Whoosh!

  The white light suddenly disappeared and reappeared above Ye Chen, with a sword slashing down from the air, its pressure like a mountain range, a long river, piercing through the void, directly targeting Ye Chen below, with an unexpectedly fierce attack.

  Ye Chen's eyes widened slightly in surprise, and he raised his sword horizontally in front of him.

  Splendid!

  The floor beneath his feet sank in a large area, with dark cracks spreading out like spider webs.

  "Unrivaled in one's field."

  Tongue pressed against teeth, Ye Chen let out a loud shout, left hand clenched into a fist, and punched out.

  A white light flashed, and without thinking, a fist came flying in.

  Rumble!

  Ye Chen's feet sank half a foot down, and the white light was shaken off by the fist force, flying backwards. A fine crack appeared on his left arm.

  "As expected, this white light's defense is no match for me."

  Jumping out of the pit, Ye Chen swung out a thick and large sword energy to chase after the white light shadow, wanting to kill the opponent with one sword.

  The white light shadow was actually the initial cultivation of the Bao Yuan realm, and with a twist of his body in mid-air, he narrowly avoided the sword energy. Immediately afterwards, he emitted a thick white sword energy towards Ye Chen with an eerie posture.

  The air was torn apart like a piece of cloth, and the white sword energy seemed to be heading towards Yedu.

  "The wind rolls up the remaining clouds!"

  After reaching the late stage of Condensing True Realm, Ye Chen's true energy had made significant progress. At this moment, he once again displayed the Surging Cloud Sword Technique. Suddenly, it felt much easier, and there was no stagnation as when fighting against Hong Qianjun.

  A sword intent-filled aura shot straight up, stirring the air and forming a massive whirlwind that shattered the white sword aura with one strike. The whirlwind then rolled towards the white light shadow, from which sharp sword auras continuously shot out, sparkling brightly.

  Ka cha ka cha ka cha...

  The enclosed space has a mysterious power, repairing the battle scars from before, but it repairs quickly, not as fast as Ye Chen's destruction. The ground and walls instantly have dozens to hundreds of sword marks. Each sword mark reveals a sharp aura.

  White light flashed as the sword danced wildly. A layer of sword aura was laid out in front, firmly blocking the invasion of the wind dragon and the sword energy, and the body retreated step by step.

  Bang!

  Back against the wall, white light retreated without a chance to retreat, and the white light on his body flashed rapidly. One sword cut out.

  Ah!

  A white sword aura emerged, and the dragon's roar rose from all directions. The astonishing sword pressure stabilized the air, bringing an unstoppable momentum that shattered the ferocious wind dragons that rampaged horizontally.

  "Haven't you died yet? The sword energy condenses into a mountain."

  On the remaining tornado-like airflow, Ye Chen suddenly appeared there, his clothes fluttering in the wind, and with one sword, he slashed downwards.

  Clang Clang Clang Clang......

  Mars splashed everywhere, a white light shadow held up its sword to block the sword energy, and was suppressed to the point of being unable to move.

  Moment!

  The sword energy struck and broke the opponent's treasured sword. A white light shadow materialized into a white glow.

  Buzz!

  As soon as Ye Chen's feet touched the ground, a strange shock force acted on his body. Under this shock force, Ye Chen only felt his muscles and bones itching, his true energy circulating at twice its normal speed. In addition, due to the boiling of his qi and blood, Ye Chen's face also turned red.

  "What a wonderful shock force, it can actually improve my physique and accelerate the flow of true energy." In the previous three trials, Ye Chen had already known that the shock force could shake out the impurities in the body, increase the speed of cultivation and refining yuanqi, rather than directly increasing one's cultivation.

  Just compare with the current shock force, and the high and low will be divided immediately.

  After the force of the shock dissipated, Ye Chen opened his inner vision and found that the vortex of true energy in his dantian was gradually moving towards the center, slowly taking on a circular shape.

  "Now I'm almost halfway into the land of nothingness, just short of reaching the point where water flows into the ditch."

  The shape of the true Qi in the lower abdomen changes greatly depending on the boundary. In the refining Qi boundary, due to the thinness of the internal Qi, it presents a spiral shape. When it reaches the condensing reality boundary, the internal Qi transforms into true Qi, and its total amount and quality increase greatly, transforming into a true Qi vortex. When it reaches the embracing origin boundary, the true Qi vortex will be gathered together, forming a cluster of true Qi spirals, presenting a perfect spherical shape.

  Hiss!

  One punch tore through the air, Ye Chen's strength increased once again. Even against Urahara Kisuke, he now had a fifty percent chance of emerging victorious or landing a fatal blow.

  At this time, most people's third round had just ended.

  The number of eliminated people soared, with five in the first round, fifteen in the second round, and over 240 in the third round, all of whom were transported out of the Tianmeng War Hall and back to the Red Ancient Desert.

  "Hanshan!"

  The elder of Liuyun Sect scanned the crowd with his eyes and found Luo Hanshan among them.

  Luo Hanshan bitterly smiled and said: "Sorry, I was unable to enter the realm of embracing the origin."

  He patted Luo Hanshan's shoulder and the elder smiled, "Don't worry, with your talent, it won't take long to enter the Bao Yuan state, no need to rush."

  "En." Luo Hanshan nodded, "It's not that there's no progress at all. The Yuanqi in the Tianmeng War Temple is dense and rich, and during the test, there was still a shocking force acting on my body. After three rounds of testing, the true Qi vortex inside me has a sense of convergence. Going back to quiet my mind and cultivate for a while might just lead to a breakthrough."

  "This is the best, right? What about the others? Are they safe?" The Great Elder's expression became tense. Each of the four, including Ye Chen, were pillars of the Flowing Cloud Sect's future. Losing one would be a huge loss, especially Ye Chen, who had grasped half-step sword intent and was an extremely rare talent, not easily replaceable. If he were lost this time, it might take decades to find another like him.

  Luohan Mountain glanced in the direction of the Purple Sun Sect and transmitted his voice to the Great Elder: "Great Elder, Ye Shidi has grasped the true sword intent and killed Ben Lei Hand Ou Yang Lie and Xiao Shen Tui Ou Yang Ming. These two have always wanted to kill us, but in the end they were killed by Ye Shidi."

  "Really." The old man's voice was a bit sharp, fortunately it was in the state of true energy transmission, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself.

  Luo Hanshan smiled and said: "How could I be wrong, it's absolutely true."

  "Excellent, Ye Chen has finally grasped the sword intent. Indeed, he is a rare talent in the Liuyun Sect's hundred years of history, and it seems that the heavens are smiling upon our sect." The Great Elder's face lit up with joy. If Ye Chen, who had grasped half a step of the sword intent, was an unpolished jade, then Ye Chen, who had grasped the sword intent, was already a perfect and flawless jade, no longer in need of refinement, having matured on his own.

  Lu Hanshan continued to report: "Zhu Mei and Xu Jing are both doing well, they have not come out yet, maybe they are going through the fourth trial, there is a great hope for them to advance to the Yuanyuan realm."

  These words did not carry any true energy transmission, but the four elders and several inner sect elders all heard them.

  The four elders laughed and said: "Compared to our generation, you are much more outstanding, we won't need a few years, we will retire and give way to the virtuous."

  "Hehe, it's best to step down and yield to others, now is the era of young people!"

  "You're right, back when we besieged the Jiuyou Sect, many of our top disciples from the Liuyun Sect were killed or injured. We hadn't even grown up yet and already became inner sect elders, shouldering the responsibility alone. You are more excellent than us, you can also take on this role."

  Compared with other sects, Flowing Cloud Sect is filled with joyful laughter and chatter.

  Zi Yang Zong direction.

  The Grand Elder of the Zi Yang Sect had a gloomy expression and said to the Inner Gate Elder beside him, "I don't know how Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming are doing, but as for the others, most of them have fallen."

  "En, Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming are very powerful, the possibility of them falling is not great, others are a bit weaker, the possibility of death is very high."

  The elder looked at Luo Hanshan, a flash of killing intent in his eyes, "It seems that the task given to them has not been completed! Let Luo Hanshan live and come out."

  "Lu Hanshan doesn't need to worry, he hasn't entered the Huayuan realm yet. If anyone should be worried, it's that kid Ye Chen. Once he enters the Huayuan realm, he'll be able to match a mid-stage Huayuan realm martial artist. In the future, he'll be a great threat to our Ziyang Sect, and we can't let him live."

  "No matter what, let's wait for Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming to come out first. I always have a bad premonition."

  Ah!

  Suddenly!

  A loud roar came from the other side of Chong Yue Gate, the roar mixed with true energy, shaking up the sand and dust within dozens of feet, turning everything gray.

  "What did you say?" The Great Elder of Chongyue Gate glared at the disciple who had just come out.

  The disciple was intimidated by the elder's aura and hastily lowered his head, saying: "Elder, I didn't see Eldest Brother Hong Qianjun in the Tianmeng War Hall, but I think Eldest Brother should be fine. He is a warrior at the beginning of the Bao Yuan realm, and all the high-ranking experts on the Qianlong List are present. Apart from them, who could kill Eldest Brother?"

  Chong Yue Men's Great Elder shouted: "Then where did he go? The Tian Meng War Hall will close in a moment."

  "This... I don't know either."

  "Hmph, if Hong Qianjun has any mishaps, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly at the Imperial Gate, see who is behind it, and once I find out, I'll annihilate his entire family."

  Lu Hanshan's eyes narrowed, and he quickly withdrew his gaze. Hong Qianjun was killed by Ye Chen, and he, Zhu Mei, and Xu Jing were eyewitnesses. At this moment, they absolutely could not reveal any clues, otherwise, it would attract the attention of the people from Chong Yue Men and bring endless disaster to Liu Yun Zong.

  The Great Elder sensed that Luo Hanshan's expression was unusual, and he transmitted his voice through the air: "Hanshan, what's wrong with you? Tell me the truth, I'm your uncle, don't you trust me?"

  After hesitating for a moment, Luo Hanshan still decided to speak out. If he had to say who he trusted the most in the Liuyun Sect, it would undoubtedly be his father, Luo Xinglie, and the Great Elder. These two were his closest relatives. "Great Elder, Hong Qianjun is already dead. The one who killed him was Ye Chen, but this matter was actually stirred up by Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming of the Zi Yang Sect. At that time, if we didn't kill Hong Qianjun, he would have definitely killed us."

  "Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming instigated Hong Qianjun to kill you, they must have promised him some benefits! I still don't know what's going on, killing is just killing, if you don't kill him, he will kill you, this logic is simple. However, apart from me and your father, no one else should mention this, Liuyun Sect may not be a weak faction, but we also don't want to go to war with Chongyue Gate."

  "I know this."