Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

Chapter 385 First Steps into the Vast World

In the endless dark void, there stands an incomparably vast world, seemingly the center of the universe, with countless lower planes floating in the endless galaxy orbiting around it like stars.

In this vast world, planes intersect, myriad races coexist, and heroes gather.

"Is that your home, the Great Thousand World, the Ancestor of Symbols?" Xiao Li looked at the incomparably vast existence in the distance, and he could already sense a peculiar rule.

"Haha, that's right! After ten thousand years, I've finally returned. Fortunately, I'm carefree and don't have many ties, otherwise everything would have changed long ago."

Back then, Fu Zu was all alone. Apart from Bing'er, also known as Ying Huanhuan, whom he found and raised as his daughter, he had little interaction with others. Later, in order to become stronger, he came to the Tianxuan Continent by chance, hoping to obtain the Plane Embryo.

"Alright, get ready, we're almost there!"

In the vast and boundless world, on an unnamed island, space tore open, and several figures emerged from the spatial rift. However, they were quickly affected by the vast and boundless world, and they successively felt their Yuan Power/Battle Qi surging violently within their bodies.

The high-level energy around them kept entering their bodies, trying to devour and assimilate the energy within them!

As they were exposed to the environment of the vast world, spiritual energy constantly gathered around them, boiling and frantically pouring into their bodies.

Those from the lower planes were unable to adapt to this situation for a while. Even though they had known about this problem in advance, they still couldn't adapt. Fortunately, the talisman ancestor was a native of the Great Thousand World, so he would not be affected in any way. Xiao Li's body had already been converted to spiritual power, so the impact on him was not significant.

After landing, the talisman ancestor immediately began to set up the array, the Great Thousand Gathering Spirit Array, which is a unique array in the Great Thousand World. The talisman ancestor himself was a master of spirit arrays, and his mastery of spirit arrays alone was equivalent to that of a supreme being.

When Fu Zu was still in the Great Thousand World, he was already a Level 3 Human-Rank Spirit Array Master, equivalent to a Level 3 Supreme Realm expert. Now, after years of honing his skills in fighting against the alien demons on the Tianxuan Continent, his spirit array skills have long since reached the level of a Heaven-Rank Spirit Array Master, equivalent to a Level 7 Supreme Realm expert.

The talisman ancestor looked around the island and said, "This place is rich in spiritual energy and very secluded, enough for you to convert spiritual energy. We are really lucky."

Xiao Li nodded. He had already used his soul power to scan the surroundings. This place was relatively secluded and rich in spiritual energy, making it a good spot.

"Then I'll trouble Ancestor Fu to look after them. I'm going to another place to convert spiritual energy. I can already sense that once I finish converting my spiritual energy, a spiritual tribulation will descend, so I'm going to a more distant place to deal with the spiritual tribulation."

The talisman ancestor nodded. This Supreme Spirit Tribulation was indeed troublesome. The Earthly Supreme was too powerful. Whenever it was born, it would inevitably arouse the jealousy of the heavens, thus bringing down a calamity. This calamity was called the Supreme Spirit Tribulation, or simply the Spirit Tribulation.

Even if this is a calamity, it is also a test. Those who can overcome the spiritual tribulation are all strong, while those who cannot will only turn into ashes!

"I'm leaving!"

Xiao Li then transformed into a stream of light and headed towards a distant island. He then sat cross-legged on the island and began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, completely converting the spiritual power within his body!

As Xiao Li entered a deeper level of seclusion, the battle qi and yuan power within his body gradually transformed into higher-level spiritual power! Xiao Li felt that his energy level had improved a lot, and now even a casual palm strike was much more powerful!

Xiao Li absorbed more and more spiritual energy, forming a huge sea of ​​qi in his body. The sea of ​​qi is where spiritual energy gathers in the human body. However, not long after the sea of ​​qi was formed, it shattered with a bang!

With his Qi Sea shattered, the scattered spiritual energy should have dispersed in all directions, but the spiritual energy within Xiao Li's body converged towards a point of light, which was the Supreme Sea that Xiao Li had created!

The Supreme Sea and the Supreme Dharma Body are standard features of supreme powerhouses in the Great Thousand Worlds. The Supreme Sea is a higher level existence than the Qi Sea, where a small world is opened up within the body and hidden inside.

Once the Supreme Sea is formed, cultivators can hide their divine soul within it. In that case, even if the physical body is destroyed, the divine soul can still survive under the protection of the Supreme Sea, and can be rebuilt into a physical body in the future.

At this moment, the Supreme Sea appeared within Xiao Li's body. Once the Supreme Sea was formed, the surrounding spiritual energy was continuously absorbed by Xiao Li, and Xiao Li's Supreme Sea became more and more abundant.

However, it would take too long for Xiao Li to fill his Supreme Sea by absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy alone. So Xiao Li took out all his pills and decided to go all out and use them to fill the gaps.

If all else fails, continuing to convert spiritual energy is much better than slowly absorbing it like this.

Xiao Li directly consumed the Emperor-grade pill he had refined, and instantly a surge of abundant energy was generated within his body. Xiao Li used the surrounding spiritual energy to assimilate the energy within his body and nourish his Supreme Sea.

Xiao Li then entered a deeper level of cultivation, and at the same time...

In the Western Continent, in the Lesser Western Realm, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in the Luo Shen Clan, and a figure in black robes fell out of the spatial rift. As soon as he entered this world, he felt an extremely powerful energy assimilating the battle qi in his body!

"Ahhh, is this the spiritual energy of the vast world? It's actually devouring my battle energy!"

This person is Xiao Yan. He and a group of relatives and friends went to the Great Thousand World. On the way to the Great Thousand World, they encountered a problem and were separated. They all felt the spiritual energy of the Great Thousand World affecting them, and at this time they were at their weakest.

"Damn it, how could this be!" Flames surged around Xiao Yan's body! He wanted to use the Emperor Flame to suppress the fighting spirit within his body.

At this moment, quite a few people had appeared around Xiao Yan. They were wearing similar robes and seemed to be from the same family.

"What happened?"

An old man dressed in a black robe walked over. The old man had white hair and beard, and his face was somewhat aged, but he exuded a kind of awe-inspiring majesty, so much so that the space around him trembled slightly.

"It's the clan chief!"

"Greetings, Chieftain!"

This person is the patriarch of the Luoshen clan of this place, Luotianshen, a supreme being of the upper realm.

Luo Tianshen looked at Xiao Yan and exclaimed softly, "Huh? Is he converting spiritual energy? Judging from his young age and considerable strength, the fact that he's converting spiritual energy suggests he's an ascendant who has broken through the barriers of a lower plane."

After understanding Xiao Yan's situation, Luo Tianshen waved his hand, and all the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged on this place!

"Young friend, do not resist so much. The spiritual energy here is of a higher level. Follow my method to convert your spiritual energy, and I will help you assimilate it."

Luo Tianshen's voice reached Xiao Yan's ears, and Xiao Yan naturally heard it: "Thank you, senior."

Luo Tianshen told Xiao Yan how to assimilate spiritual power, and then injected the spiritual energy gathered around him into Xiao Yan's body to help him quickly assimilate spiritual power!

With a large influx of spiritual energy into his body, Xiao Yan began to refine it using the Emperor Flame, and the spiritual energy gradually became a part of his body.

Xiao Yan's aura grew stronger and stronger.

A year later, on an island in the nameless sea, the Ancestral Symbol Master was protecting the group. The Ancestral Symbol Master would occasionally glance at the distant island, where Xiao Li was in seclusion.

Fu Zu dared not relax for a moment. His two disciples were breaking through to the Supreme Realm after converting their spiritual energy, while Xiao Li in the distance was breaking through to the Earthly Supreme Realm. No one was allowed to disturb them here.

"Phew~" Lin Dong exhaled a breath of stale air and stood up: "Ancestor Fu, you should rest for a while. Let me protect you."

The Ancestral Symbol looked at Lin Dong: "Huh? You've finished converting your spiritual energy? That's pretty fast. Is it because you possess the Devouring Ancestral Symbol or the Plane Embryo?"

Lin shook his head: "Not yet, but it'll be soon. Deep seclusion for spiritual energy conversion won't be necessary anymore..."

Fu Zu shook his head: "You should continue the conversion. It's not too late to wait until the spiritual energy is completely converted. I've set up a spiritual array around here. Unless a supreme being from the Earth comes, they won't be able to break in."

"Alright."

Just then, a thunderous roar echoed across the sky. Above the distant island, terrifying and vast spiritual energy gathered together, forming a thick spiritual cloud. Within the spiritual cloud, colorful lightning flashed.

"That's the Supreme Spiritual Tribulation! It seems Emperor Ming is about to break through to the Earthly Supreme!" the Talisman Ancestor exclaimed in surprise.

Lin Dong also looked into the distance, where every bolt of lightning in the spiritual clouds was extraordinary.

Boom! Boom!

A figure suddenly rose rapidly into the air above the island, rushing towards the spiritual cloud!

The first bolt of lightning crashed down, only to be shattered by Xiao Li's palm strike! However, the thunderclouds did not dissipate and continued to gather energy.

The Supreme Spiritual Tribulation is divided into nine stages, each one stronger than the last!

Just as the second bolt of lightning struck down, Xiao Li was knocked down, causing Fu Zu and Lin Dong, who were watching from afar, to jump in surprise. However, Xiao Li's figure quickly reappeared.

"That is?"

Lin Dong and Fu Zu saw Xiao Li in the distance growing larger and larger, or more accurately, a huge Dharma body appeared. The Dharma body was black and white, thousands of feet tall, standing between heaven and earth.

"That is the Supreme Dharma Body? It's not any of the ninety-nine types of Dharma Bodies. Could it be a Dharma Body created by the Ming Emperor himself?"

Boom! Boom! Boom! The spiritual tribulation relentlessly swept over Xiao Li's Dharma body, but it was all shattered by Xiao Li. The shattered lightning was gradually absorbed by the huge Dharma body, and some peculiar energy from the lightning merged into the Dharma body.

These energies did not increase the power of the Dharmakaya, but rather strengthened its connection with the universe.

Xiao Li noticed this change and naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity. He controlled his Dharma body to soar upwards and rush into the thunderclouds for a baptism!

Xiao Li relied on his formidable strength and numerous methods to overcome the first eight spiritual tribulations. He was only one tribulation away from the last one. However, the world was quite quiet, as if something was brewing. If it weren't for the thunderclouds not dissipating, everyone would have thought that Xiao Li had already overcome the spiritual tribulation.

After a long silence, the thunderclouds suddenly surged wildly, and then shone with a dazzling light. Under the illumination of that light, the entire world became distorted.

The layers of thunderclouds shrank at an astonishing speed, and after a moment, they transformed into a giant dragon coiled in the sky!

"A spiritual tribulation taking human form? How can the Heavenly Narrator be so terrifying?" the Talisman Ancestor exclaimed in surprise.

"What's going on with the Rune Ancestor?" Lin Dong was also dumbfounded. How did this tribulation lightning become so terrifying?

"Generally, spiritual tribulations take the form of thunder and lightning, but there are also some special spiritual tribulations that possess the ability to transform. These kinds of spiritual tribulations are quite rare. The strength of a spiritual tribulation depends on the strength of the supreme dharma body cultivated by the person undergoing the tribulation."

However, Emperor Ming did not cultivate any powerful Supreme Dharma Body, and his previous spiritual tribulations were much stronger than those of other Earthly Sovereigns. I feel that after Emperor Ming overcomes his spiritual tribulations, he may not be an ordinary Lower Earthly Sovereign, but may even reach the Upper Earthly Sovereign in one step!

Fu Zu revealed his guess.

With a deafening roar, just as the talisman ancestor finished speaking, the giant dragon swooped down, carrying destructive power as it charged toward Xiao Li.

"What's going on!"

The group that was in seclusion was awakened by the thunder! The talisman ancestor looked back and was surprised to find that the power of the ninth spiritual tribulation was so strong. He had set up a spirit array to eliminate the noise in advance to prevent Xiao Li from affecting them during his spiritual tribulation, but he was still affected!

On the continent at the edge of the sea, many people are looking into the depths of the sea, and they all see that incomparably huge thunder dragon!

"What is that? A spiritual tribulation? Is someone breaking through to the Earthly Sovereign realm?"

"How could an ordinary supreme being's spiritual tribulation be this terrifying?"

"Let's go and see; there must be an opportunity here!"

The thunder dragon swept down and completely engulfed Xiao Li, but within the thunder dragon, one could still vaguely see black and white colors as well as a touch of gold!

The thunder dragon poured down for a full quarter of an hour, causing countless tsunamis to erupt in this calm sea!

The thunder dragon, which lasted for a quarter of an hour, eventually dissipated. After the thunder dragon dissipated, the black and white Dharma body still stood tall and upright, except that there was a touch of gold in the Dharma body!

The Dharma body dissipated and transformed into a human figure. The human figure stood in the void, and the tiny human figure was like the world itself. The spiritual power in the human body seemed to resonate with the spiritual power in the world. With every move, it could cause strange phenomena in the mountains and rivers.

Emperor Ming, Xiao Li—the supreme ruler of the land!