Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 144 Divine Elephant Traverses the Heavenly Realm

Three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, like a fleeting moment.

The Purple Thorn Island in the Ancestral Mystic Realm has returned to peace and tranquility. Apart from the human powerhouses singing and dancing, the powerhouses of other races have returned to their former state.

Some cultivate, some go on adventures, and some make friends.

Although humanity gained over 80 million Glory Points, their actual loss was not significant; each person only lost one Glory Point.

Lingxuan's palace is hidden among lush flowers and green leaves, exuding an ancient and profound atmosphere.

Inside the palace, Ling Xuan sat cross-legged on a futon, his aura contained, as if he had become one with the surrounding environment.

Over the years, he has been single-mindedly focused on comprehending the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique".

Now that the cultivation technique has reached the eleventh level, it has transcended the realm of simply relying on treasures to aid cultivation, and has become more about a profound understanding of the essence of life.

"So that's how it is. This is the true essence of the power of the divine elephant." Ling Xuan suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, and in an instant, two beams of light shone out, his eyes filled with enlightenment.

Ling Xuan closed his eyes again, immersing his mind in the world within his body.

Following the mantra of the exercise, "Use Qi to guide the spirit, and use the spirit to form an image," he began to carefully guide the power of the divine image within his body, allowing it to slowly travel along the meridians.

As the power of the divine elephant flowed, his body trembled slightly, and a faint golden light emanated from his skin, as if he were wearing a divine armor.

Gradually, Ling Xuan's consciousness became increasingly ethereal, as if he were in a chaotic void.

In this chaos, countless tiny lights flicker; these tiny lights are the particles that make up the human body.

Ling Xuan concentrated his mind, focusing his thoughts on a single particle, attempting to awaken the divine power hidden within it.

As time slowly passed, the particle began to undergo subtle changes under Ling Xuan's focused guidance.

It trembled slightly at first, then the light gradually intensified, and the faint outline of a giant elephant emerged within it.

This colossal elephant, with its towering, mountain-like form, exudes an ancient and mysterious aura; it is the nascent form of divine elephant power.

Influenced by the first particle, the surrounding particles, like sparks ignited, began to respond.

More and more particles shone brightly, and the outlines of giant elephants gradually appeared. They either raised their heads and roared or swung their trunks, each containing a world-destroying power.

As his understanding deepened, the divine particles within Ling Xuan's body were continuously activated, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

2915378!
When that number froze, an immense and overwhelming power erupted within him.

In an instant, Ling Xuan felt as if ten thousand divine elephants were roaring in unison within his body, the sound waves causing his internal organs to tremble.

These divine particles resonate with each other, constructing a wondrous energy cycle system.

Ling Xuan could clearly feel that every divine particle was continuously absorbing cosmic energy, transforming it into its own power, and then transmitting that power to all parts of its body through this cyclical system.

His muscles, bones, and meridians, tempered by this powerful force, became increasingly resilient, as if forged from divine weapons.

At this moment, Ling Xuan was completely isolated from the outside world, immersed in this wondrous state of cultivation.

His breathing was long and steady, and each exhale and inhale caused a violent fluctuation in the energy of the surrounding universe.

Outside his body, cosmic energy converged into a massive vortex, continuously surging into his body to provide ample energy for activating more divine particles.

Suddenly, the roar of the divine elephant within Ling Xuan's body became even more deafening, as if it were about to burst out of his body.

Ling Xuan's expression was solemn as he focused all his energy on circulating his cultivation technique, attempting to firmly control this violent power.

He knew that if he made the slightest mistake at this moment, this power would turn against him like a wild horse, bringing unpredictable consequences.

At this critical moment between life and death, Ling Xuan, with his indomitable will and profound understanding of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique," gradually stabilized the divine elephant power within his body.

Under his control, the originally raging divine elephants gradually calmed down and arranged themselves in an orderly manner throughout his body, forming an indestructible barrier of power.

"Ang~"

The 2915378 divine elephants roared together, creating a deafening sound. Fortunately, these roars were all within Ling Xuan's inner microcosm, and Ling Xuan had deliberately concealed himself within the ordinary treasure palace of the Eight Desolations Tower, so the outside world was completely unaware of them.

The convergence of cosmic energy is so subtle that it goes unnoticed; this phenomenon is often observed when powerful individuals create secret techniques.

As the last bit of strength returned to him, Ling Xuan slowly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy and satisfaction.

"2082 times the life gene." Feeling the enhancement brought by the power of the divine elephant, Ling Xuan felt extremely satisfied. "Now, with my own basic strength alone, I can defeat the 'Lord of the Void Blade' who is famous throughout the universe."

"Moreover, activate the power of Blood Luo!" With a thought, Ling Xuan activated the power of Blood Luo from the Golden Beast God within his body, along with the power of the Fire Sky Beast God.

A golden and fiery red thread-like secret pattern immediately surged from his body, merging with Ling Xuan's divine elephant power to ultimately form a roaring divine elephant diagram.

This image of the roaring elephant is completely consistent with the artistic conception of Ling Xuan's own "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique".

"10081 times."

At this moment... every inch of Ling Xuan's skin, every muscle and bone, seemed to be the most perfect work of art in the universe! His life genes had reached a state of perfection.

"Crackling sounds, crackling sounds~~~" Ling Xuan naturally absorbed the energy, and at the same time, his height continued to increase and his body continued to grow larger.

"Hahaha, the power of the world? I have plenty." Ling Xuan laughed and said to the servant of the guardian beside him, "Stone Prism, use the Divine Kingdom Teleportation to go to the human territory."

He will soon unleash the power of the world to increase his size, but the palace is only one kilometer long and wide, and it will soon be unable to support his body size.

"Yes, Master." Venerable Stone Prism bowed respectfully and used the Divine Kingdom Teleportation to bring Ling Xuan to the headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena.

When I last came to the Giant Axe Arena headquarters to exchange treasures with Zhou Heng's clone, I had already arranged for Venerable Shi Ling to register his divine power aura, so that he could be teleported to the Giant Axe Arena headquarters in the form of a foreign soul servant.

After returning to the Giant Axe Secret Realm via the Divine Kingdom teleportation, Ling Xuan began to fully absorb the power of the world to increase the size of his true form.

10 meters, 100 meters... 1000 meters... 1 kilometer...

On and on.

for a long time--

When his entire body reached a height of over 90,000 kilometers, Lingxuan finally stopped growing.

"Perfect. No wonder it has perfect genes." Although Ling Xuan didn't understand why he had this feeling, he always felt that reaching this height... was the truly perfect state.

Just as Lingxuan stopped growing and reached a height of over 90,000 kilometers...

"boom!"

The entire inner world froze instantly.

Having already experienced this before and being mentally prepared, Ling Xuan was not surprised at all. He watched as his original core began to mutate, and at the same time, his consciousness was taken to the origin of the universe.

Looking at the myriad points of light in this chaotic land, Ling Xuan was filled with anticipation, wondering what secret technique he would obtain this time.

The innate secret technique "Flame Burst" I obtained last time can be used at the level of a universe lord; it's considered a divine power burning technique, but unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to use it yet. However, as my strength grows, I will eventually have the opportunity to use this secret technique.

suddenly--

call out!
One of the points of light suddenly transformed into a streak of light and shot rapidly toward Ling Xuan's consciousness. Its speed far exceeded the speed of light, as if the speed of light was no longer the limit here.

"Boom~~~"

In an instant, a series of extremely shocking images surged into the depths of Ling Xuan's consciousness like a raging tide.

Ling Xuan felt as if he were in an endless chaotic void. As far as the eye could see, 840 million divine elephants were gathered here. Their bodies were as majestic as mountains, and each one exuded an ancient and magnificent aura.

The divine elephants roared to the sky, their roars so powerful they seemed to shatter the void. The immense sound waves echoed continuously in Ling Xuan's consciousness, causing his soul to tremble.

Then, the scene shifts, revealing a gloomy and terrifying hell.

In hell, darkness shrouded everything, thick as ink, and shrill screams and desperate howls echoed endlessly.

Countless hideous demons struggled and twisted within, bound by eerie black chains, futilely trying to break free from this endless torment.

The scorching magma flowed like a rushing river through the ravines of hell, radiating rolling heat waves that scorched and distorted the space in its wake.

Above this hellish sky, an incomparably tall deity stands proudly.

The deity radiated a holy and majestic light, which contrasted sharply with the darkness of this hell.

Eight hundred and forty million divine elephants surrounded the deity, devoutly bowing their massive bodies and offering their power to the deity without ceasing.

The deity formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A powerful force, strong enough to change the world, slowly surged from his hands, transforming into dazzling runes that pressed down upon hell.

Wherever the runes passed, the demons let out even more agonizing cries and vanished without a trace. The darkness of hell was gradually dispelled by the impact of this power.

At the same time, endless messages flooded into Ling Xuan's consciousness like a burst dam.

"Bang!" Just as Ling Xuan was still immersed in this wonderful enlightenment, a powerful repulsive force suddenly struck, and his consciousness was ruthlessly kicked out of this mysterious space.

Ling Xuan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze still lingering with the astonishment from the shocking scene he had just witnessed.

This secret technique is called "Divine Elephant Stepping on the Heavenly Domain". When it is used, it can create an independent spacetime domain under one's control.

Within this realm, the caster is the master of spacetime, able to arbitrarily distort, freeze, accelerate, or slow down time and space within the realm.

Even more terrifying is that this realm possesses both material and spiritual attack characteristics.

On the material level, countless phantom images of divine elephants will appear in the domain. They swing their giant hooves and swung their long trunks, each impact carrying the force to shatter stars, capable of crushing the enemy's divine body into dust. On the soul level, the roars of the divine elephants will transform into invisible blades, directly piercing the enemy's soul consciousness and shattering their spiritual will.

"What a powerful secret technique! It can perfectly compensate for my lack of control over space and time in front of the Lord of the Universe. Moreover, the power of this soul matter attack has reached the level of the strongest secret technique. When used in conjunction with the domain treasure, its power is even more heaven-defying."

After obtaining this most powerful secret technique, Ling Xuan began preparing to break through to immortality.

First, the Nine Netherworld clone continued to cultivate the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique" to break through to the perfect gene, and tried to continue to break through, trying to increase the life gene multiplier of the Nine Netherworld clone as much as possible, so as to increase its size as much as possible.

The results showed that the current life gene multiplication rate seemed to be limited by some kind of limitation, and could not continue to break through. So, it could only try to transform the sea to the limit of the world lord level and then directly break through to immortality.

With everything prepared, Ling Xuan's four clones returned to the Giant Axe Secret Realm. The Lord of Void Gold had long ago allocated a piece of land for him to use when breaking through to Immortality.

Some even planned to have Ling Xuan leave behind a clone to guard the Giant Axe Secret Realm after he broke through to the Immortal Realm.

However, Ling Xuan declined, arguing that he was not a true master of the universe, did not control space and time, and could not perceive all the scenes within the Giant Axe Secret Realm like a powerful being.

Ling Xuan sat cross-legged in his palace within the Giant Axe Secret Realm, his eyes closed, his aura contained, as if he had merged with the surrounding space.

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, trying to achieve a state of perfect peace in preparation for the breakthrough to come.

The first move of the Heaven-Slaying Blade Technique, Breaking Illusion, has already reached the level of the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, and the second move, Returning to Nothingness, can at least be compared to the strongest secret technique.

He had long ago comprehended the laws of fire; all he needed to do was shatter the original core, allow his soul to be baptized by the primordial laws, and unite his body and soul to transform into an immortal divine body.

Within Ling Xuan's inner world, the Origin Pearl, formed by the fusion of the Soul Origin Crystal and the Origin Force Origin Crystal, transformed into the human form of Ling Xuan.

"Heaven-Slaying Blade Technique - Return to Nothingness!"

The humanoid Ling Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, and two dazzling beams of fire shot out from them, like two blazing suns.

He slowly raised his right hand, making a knife-like grip. With a low shout, a powerful sword intent surged out from his body, instantly sweeping through his entire inner world.

This sword intent seemed to contain the power to create the world; wherever it went, space cracked like a shattered mirror.

The surrounding air was instantly ignited, turning into a raging sea of ​​fire, with waves of flame rolling and surging in all directions.

Within that sea of ​​fire, countless sword shadows flickered, each radiating an aura of destruction, seemingly intent on shattering everything in the world and reducing it to endless nothingness.

"Break!" Ling Xuan, in human form transformed from the Origin Pearl, shouted, and a flash of sword light disappeared.

"Crack!" A crisp cracking sound rang out inside the body, and the hard primordial core shattered, turning into countless points of light that scattered in all directions.

The moment the shackles of the original core were broken and no longer hindered, the 'humanoid Ling Xuan' formed from the Origin Pearl instantly and completely linked with the endless 'Ocean of Fire Laws' in the origin of the universe.

In that instant, the world changed color.

High above the Giant Axe Secret Realm, the void seemed to be suddenly torn apart by an invisible hand, and a huge gap appeared.

The endless laws of fire, like a boiling ocean, surged forth from the breach, pouring down upon Ling Xuan with overwhelming force.

The torrent of laws surged forth, and the boundless power of the fire god poured in wildly.

Some realm owners have just entered immortality and are ordinary immortals, so they only need a little divine power to transform into a divine body.

Some extremely powerful Realm Lords are granted immortality as soon as they step in, which requires a lot more divine power, but generally they only form a divine body with "a hundred thousand times the power of the Realm Lord".

As for Ling Xuan, his divine body alone has reached a life gene level of 10081 times the perfect level. Once his divine body is completed, it will be more than 10 billion times the power of a world lord!
This already surpasses the vast majority of Cosmic Venerables. For example, a Cosmic Venerable with a life gene level of 10 times only has the power of a World Lord of 1 million times.

Although the divine power required for Zhouheng's clone was less, it was still more than a hundred million times that of the original, and it was three thousand kilometers tall. Xuan Gu's clone was even more heaven-defying, with a body more than three million kilometers tall and nearly a billion times the power of a world lord, which was dozens of times more exaggerated than the original.

The most outrageous is the Nine Netherworld clone.

The Blood Sea has a diameter of 10 billion kilometers, and its life genes have reached a perfect level, exceeding 1 billion times the power of a World Lord!
Moreover, in terms of quantity, it is hundreds of millions of times more than the Xuan Gu clone... The amount of divine power required for the divine body of a human universe venerable is less than one hundred millionth of that of the Blood Sea. The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds can rely on it and is known as invincible in the universe. The 'Nine Netherworlds Sea' alone can be compared with the most powerful treasure in the universe, which shows its power.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"The primordial law of fire has descended, indicating that someone is breaking through to immortality. But how could entering immortality cause such a commotion?"

"Even if you step into the realm of Universe Master, your power is not even one percent of this." Some Universe Masters were shocked.

(End of this chapter)