Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 413 Refining the Spirit
The great sage had been doing his best to conceal his aura.

but……

When he sensed Ji Fuyou heading straight for him, he realized that he could not escape this calamity today.

For a moment, his facial expression revealed neither joy nor anger, nor sadness.

"You're in for a terrible disaster!"

He mustered his spirits and uttered this sentence as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The Black Sky Demon Lord has awakened. He will surely be able to sense the connection between our two civilizations. After he destroys us, he will turn his attention to you. You will face this terrifying monster who already possessed tenth-tier combat power in that round of the Heavenly Ranking Trial back then."

"Tenth rank?"

The Black Heaven Demon Lord's strength standard...

Not only did it not surprise Ji Fuyou, but it also made him feel that it was weaker than expected.

after all……

According to the Holy Venerable of Rainbow Sun City, the Blood Moon Demon King of Blood Moon Canyon is an eleventh-tier being.

"You are very strong, and your growth rate is unparalleled. In less than a year, you have grown from a martial artist who is at most comparable to the seventh level to someone who can defeat me, a ninth-level spiritual energy user. Making an enemy of you is the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life."

The Great Sage quickly expressed his meaning: "If you keep our Holy Realm Clan alive and let us buy you time, even if it's just for a year or half a year, you will have a chance to advance further. At that time, the threat brought by the Black Heaven Demon Lord will be easily resolved."

"no need."

Ji Fuyou calmly said, "Black Heaven Demon Lord, we will find a way to resolve this. As for you... you targeted me the first time, and I don't believe you can change your ways and not target us a second time!"

Upon hearing this, the great sage became somewhat emotional: "To survive, I didn't hesitate to turn all my people into these inhuman, monstrous forms!? I've already made such a huge sacrifice, what else could I do!? I only wanted my civilization to continue peacefully!? What wrong could I have done!?"

Clearly, he had realized that he was doomed today.

“From your perspective, you are not wrong, and you are even a hero of the Holy Realm Clan. But you set your sights on us, wanting me, Red Star, to become cannon fodder for you to resist the Black Heaven Demon Lord. I then retaliate and eliminate your Holy Realm Clan to protect the safety of civilization. What I do is just as reasonable.”

Ji Fuyou Road.

Upon hearing this, the great sage froze.

"I……"

He wanted to say something more.

but……

After sensing that the seventh and eighth-level high-ranking members of the Holy Realm Clan would be arriving soon, Ji Fuyou decided not to waste any more time talking to him to avoid any unforeseen complications.

The phantom of the Heavenly Dragon appeared directly above his head, and the Nine Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon were about to be unleashed.

But at that moment, the Great Sage suddenly burst into laughter, his expression ferocious: "Since you insist on exterminating our Holy Realm race without leaving a single survivor, then you won't have an easy time either!"

His once abundant, cult-like body suddenly withered, all his vital energy concentrating in his brain, ultimately transforming into a visible surge of spiritual energy...

Or rather, the barely condensed primordial spirit power directly poured down on Ji Fuyou's body.

"Is it useful?"

Ji Fuyou directly activated the power of the Void God Realm, introducing this corrosive force into the Void God Realm, and then used the power of the Void God Realm to fight against it and wear it down.

However, when his power from the illusory god realm truly collided with this force, he discovered that this force wasn't meant to erode him at all, but rather...

Send a message!
A vast amount of information about physical forging and reshaping, and even stellar reshaping, spread wildly throughout the Realm of the Gods at an extremely rapid pace.

They wouldn't cause any real harm to Ji Fuyou, but like a cognitive obstruction, they filled his consciousness and confused his perception.

In particular, this information has an extremely strong imprinting ability, as if implanted into the soul, and for a time Ji Fuyou found it difficult to erase this perception.

"Hahaha! Three years, five years, even ten years, and you still won't be able to shake off this erroneous understanding of shaping stars and condense a real star! As long as you can't condense a star and reach the tenth rank... you will surely die!"

The great sage's hearty laughter spread.

"Three years? Five years? Ten years?"

Ji Fuyou's power from the Void God Realm continuously challenged the erroneous perceptions about celestial bodies contained in these messages: "You overestimate yourself."

With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a powerful strike. The Great Sage, whose essence, energy, and spirit were completely depleted and whose physical body was nearly decayed, had no power to resist and was directly crushed into dust by this powerful strike.

Even after shattering his body, Ji Fuyou, still uncertain, channeled a portion of his mental energy into the detection compass to search for him.

He only relaxed when the compass stopped responding.

People who hold power...

It's just a hassle.

After killing the Great Sage, a dozen or so streaks of light rode the waves and finally arrived outside this complex of buildings.

Upon sensing the complete disappearance of that spiritual fluctuation, these members of the Holy Realm race couldn't help but let out painful and unwilling screams.

"No!"

"Great Sage!"

"The great sage has passed away!"

The next moment, the pain and resentment transformed into overwhelming slaughter and rage.

The auras of more than a dozen seventh and eighth-level powerhouses erupted in full force.

"Damn Red Star people!" "Kill him, avenge the Great Sage!"

Amidst roars, these seventh and eighth-tier Saint Realm members surged forward, crashing into the complex of buildings.

The sheer force emanating from his body was enough to shatter those thick walls, stone blocks, and furniture into dust.

"Well done!"

Ji Fuyou drew upon the power of the Void God Realm to envelop the entire area.

Although his analysis of the Demon Suppression Valley strategy has focused on the three commanders and the seventh-tier archers since it was devised, these beings in Demon Suppression Valley ultimately belong to the same race.

With the analysis of a large amount of power from the Void God Realm, the attack patterns of the entire Holy Realm race were almost completely cracked.

In this situation, even if he has never seen some of the seventh-tier beings before, the Void God Realm can still analyze them and provide auxiliary combat plans when their attacks erupt.

Therefore, despite the large number of seventh and eighth-tier Saint Realm members who surrounded and attacked, Ji Fuyou remained fearless. Instead, he used his superior advantage to calmly deal with them and gradually build up his database of characters.

Once we have completed the analysis of all their data, behavioral patterns, and attack methods, we will seize the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

To ensure the successful completion of this data analysis, Ji Fuyou not only used the power of the Void God Realm of Red Star, but also borrowed a large amount of Void God Realm power from the Mechanical God Cult, which was necessary to support this fierce battle.

Even so, when the battle, which lasted for several hours, ended, both the Red Star people and the members of the Cult of Machines felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

This is because the power of the Void God Realm has been excessively absorbed.

……

The raging torrents continue to pour down from the great river on the other side of the valley, threatening to turn the entire valley into tributaries and even lakes!
Ji Fuyou rested for a moment before standing up from the battlefield.

Around him, corpses littered the ground; one after another, powerful figures of the seventh or eighth rank from the Holy Realm had fallen forever, with no possibility of ever rising again.

Ji Fuyou almost single-handedly wiped out the entire high-ranking members of the Holy Realm clan.

Although the seventh and eighth tiers of the Holy Realm race are generally weaker because they abandoned their physical bodies and transformed into demons, this battle record...

Aside from the Heavenly Realm itself, it's unlikely anyone could do that.

"Unfortunately... we have already gone through a round of Heavenly Ranking War, and authority will only be granted before the Heavenly Ranking War officially begins. Otherwise, if I were to wipe out a clan by myself... and even with my eighth-level power, wipe out a clan with a ninth-level spiritual energy user in charge, I would probably be able to increase my authority by another level."

Ji Fuyou let out a breath.

Authority cannot be increased, but...

As a civilization that has survived three rounds of Heavenly Ranking Wars and has been able to survive for so long under the nose of the Black Heaven Demon Lord, the Holy Realm Clan naturally has its unique strengths.

At this moment, Ji Fuyou came to this group of buildings that had not yet completely collapsed and began searching for some useful books and traditions.

Using his multi-dimensional divine sense, he penetrated every corner of the building and indeed found some useful things.

Several porcelain shards resembling heirloom crystals.

It clearly records some common knowledge about the Heavenly Ranking War, as well as three secret techniques and one inheritance.

The three secret techniques are the Aura Concealment Technique, the Demon Transformation Technique, and the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Technique.

As for inheritance...

"A formation!?"

Ji Fuyou looked at the porcelain shard with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "The Holy Realm race actually possesses the power of formations?"

After a moment's thought, he quickly realized what was going on.

Although the city of the Holy Realm Clan is not large, it can still house tens of thousands of people.

It's highly unusual that a city inhabited by tens of thousands of demons could escape the Black Heaven Demon Lord's perception and investigation.

If not careful, the entire valley's location might also provide a concealment effect.

Ji Fuyou carefully examined the porcelain shard containing the formation and quickly found the relevant formation records.

"It's somewhat like a feng shui arrangement? Or perhaps... a natural formation?"

Leaving aside the feng shui layout.

If it's a natural formation...

He could go and consult with the people in Rainbow Sun City.

The tens of thousands of people from Rainbow Sun City brought with them the complete array formation inheritance of the Holy Venerable.

However, according to the Holy Venerable's secret intention, it is best not to open it lightly before their civilization is completely destroyed. Otherwise, the karmic entanglement between the two sides will escalate again, and the Crimson Star Civilization will also be at risk of being affected by the Blood Moon Canyon.

"Blood Moon Canyon is not a place to mess with right now, but the Black Heaven Demon Lord... it seems that contact between the two sides is unavoidable."

Ji Fuyou thought to himself.

Since it was unavoidable, he naturally had to do everything possible to digest what the Holy Realm clan had gained and strengthen his own power.

"Compared to formations, which don't show immediate results, the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation method will be of immediate help to me."

Ji Fuyou took out the porcelain shard containing the secret technique again.

It must be said that the great sage truly deserves to be the holder of the soul's authority; his understanding of spiritual power far surpasses that of ordinary people.

The essence, energy, and spirit of life are one!
The Great Sage used this principle to enable martial artists to transform the essence and energy in their flesh and blood into spirit through the secret methods of refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit, thereby quickly entering the realm of spiritual power!
(End of this chapter)