I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

"This junior will certainly do my utmost."

Shen Tian did not press further, but gave a firm promise.

Ouyang Qianjue burst into hearty laughter.

"Good! I'll be in Kunlun, waiting to see the day you become truly famous throughout the land!"

That's all.

After explaining everything.

With a wave of his sleeve, Ouyang Qianjue instantly gathered the surging sword energy into nothingness.

"Alright, I've been out long enough."

"It's time to go back to Kunlun."

He turned his head and gave Shen Tian a deep look.

"Shen Tian, ​​hurry up."

The words fell.

Ouyang Qianjue raised two fingers together and casually made a light stroke in the void in front of him.

"laugh--"

That incredibly solid spatial barrier was as fragile as paper under his fingertips.

A pitch-black spatial rift, tens of meters long, was violently torn open in an instant.

At the edge of the crack, the cyan-gold polarization law flowed wildly, suppressing the turbulent void currents and forcibly opening up a stable spatial passage.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ouyang Qianjue stepped into the crevice.

With a flick of his sleeves, his figure vanished into the endless darkness.

"Lord Lu."

Shen Tian cupped his hands slightly, his tone gentle.

"I'll leave the rest of the mess to Lord Lu."

Lu Changming looked solemn.

"You're being too polite."

"Leave the task of clearing the battlefield and comforting the civilians to me."

"You have just experienced a series of bloody battles, and Senior Ouyang also said that a full-scale war is about to break out."

"Your time is more valuable than all of ours."

Shen Tian nodded.

There were no unnecessary formalities.

He knew that he had a lot to do right now.

Goodbye.

Shen Tian's mind stirred.

The cyan and silver Time-Space Tribulation Wings suddenly unfolded behind him.

It was accompanied by a deafening sonic boom.

Shen Tian's figure instantly rose from the ground, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing into the horizon.

High in the sky, the wind howled.

Shen Tian's expression remained calm, but he felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

The sword opens the gates of heaven.

The origin of the world.

Total War.

What a stroke of luck!

My rise has been fast enough, but now it seems I need to rise even faster.

Shen Tian clenched his fists inwardly.

After half an hour.

Tianyun City, the top floor of the Zhentian Tower.

The heavy doors to the training room slammed shut, completely isolating the room from all outside influences.

Shen Tian let out a long sigh of relief and sat cross-legged on the futon.

This battle, though a resounding success, even propelled him to become a strategic figure on Earth capable of altering the global landscape.

But he knew very well that his victory was not as easy as it seemed on the surface.

"He has slain two ninth-tier opponents in a row, and on the surface, he seems to be enjoying immense glory."

"But those two guys were already terrified by Ouyang Qianjue before they even met me; they were practically at their last gasp."

"If I were to encounter a Bloodthirsty Ferocity or an Ancient Nightmare at their peak, would I still be able to win so decisively?"

Shen Tian asked himself this question in his heart.

The answer is, it's difficult.

A seventh-tier martial artist can draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

A ninth-tier powerhouse, who controls the very origin of the laws.

Between the two lies an insurmountable chasm.

"I was able to contend with them entirely because of the cheat-like trump card of 'World Power,' which forcibly leveled the gap in the laws."

"Plus the red talent and the accumulation of various true meanings."

Shen Tian frowned slightly.

"But the power of the world is not infinite."

"The energy I stored in my small world cannot withstand a prolonged war of attrition."

"If a full-scale war breaks out, I may not be facing one or two ninth-level beings, but a joint siege by alien races."

Shen Tian clearly identified his current shortcomings.

"Not only do we need to digest the gains from this battle, but we also need to deduce our own future path in martial arts."

"There's so much to do."

With a flick of his hand.

Two spatial rings quietly appeared in his palm.

It was entirely blood red, with what appeared to be fresh blood slowly flowing on its surface.

The other one is a deep dark purple with extremely intricate and fine patterns flowing across its surface.

"Ninth-tier giants, old monsters who have ruled their respective races for hundreds of years."

"You two have saved up your entire fortune over a lifetime, so don't let me down."

Shen Tian's lips curled into a hopeful smile.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

The pile on the left is the treasure of Blood Demon Prince Xue Li.

The mountain of top-grade Qi and Blood Crystals contains energy that is extremely pure.

There were also a dozen or so crystal bottles next to it.

Shen Tian casually took out a jade bottle and gently flicked the stopper off with his thumb.

"boom!"

An immense surge of blood energy erupted into the sky, instantly condensing into a ferocious, menacing phantom of a blood beast with bared fangs and claws on the ceiling of the training room.

"Top-grade Blood Dragon Crystal Saliva!"

Shen Tian recognized the origin of this thing at a glance.

This is a top-tier spiritual treasure that can directly raise a martial artist's blood and qi limit, and even help people perform a perfect cleansing and marrow-refining process.

Within this ring, Xue Li had stockpiled more than a dozen bottles!

The pile on the right, however, contains relics of the Purple Spirit Clan's Ancient Nightmare.

Various precious rare metals, puppet parts shimmering with mysterious spiritual patterns, and countless high-grade spiritual crystals.

In addition to a vast amount of spiritual crystals, there are also various precious herbs that are extinct in the outside world.

Purple Soul Immortal Grass, Starry Lotus, and even materials from ninth-tier exotic beasts.

These are all priceless treasures that nourish the soul and strengthen the spirit.

"These things won't be of much help in improving my current level."

However, Shen Tian's gaze shifted, and he discovered something even more useful.

A strange piece of metal with a bronze hue throughout.

The surface of this metal is covered with naturally formed meteorite crater patterns.

It lay there quietly, looking like a piece of scrap metal.

But in Shen Tian's perception, this piece of metal was not large, yet it was as heavy as a miniature star!

Shen Tian recognized this item.

It is the same Star Bone Divine Gold as the Brahma's natal puppet!

"Brahma spent nearly a hundred years and almost emptied the entire Purple Spirit Clan's coffers to barely gather enough Starbone Divine Gold to build that thousand-meter-tall giant machine."

"I never imagined that old fox Gu Yan would secretly hide a sum of money in his personal stash without telling anyone!"

too heavy!

This tiny piece weighs as much as a 100-meter-high mountain!

"This is good stuff."

A fiery glint flashed in Shen Tian's eyes.

Brahma used this to create the Great Brahma Wheel, which is a thousand meters tall.

It withstood multiple attacks from itself without being destroyed.

This shows just how incredibly tough the Star Debris Divine Gold is.

Shen Tian's mind stirred.

hum!

A dense, purplish-black light instantly surged from his body.

The light condensed and transformed into a domineering and ferocious suit of armor.

It was his top-grade weapon—the Black Dragon Demon Armor.

The Black Dragon Armor hovered in mid-air.

"Although the Black Dragon Armor has the property of automatically repairing itself by absorbing life essence."

"But it was indeed somewhat strained in the previous series of battles."

Shen Tian stroked his chin, pondering to himself.

Back in Ziji City, they faced various terrifying attacks from Hughes and Brahma.

The Black Dragon Armor showed cracks of varying degrees.

It was ultimately just a top-grade Dao weapon.

However, once faced with the law-based attacks of a ninth-tier powerhouse, especially the desperate struggle of a top-tier ninth-tier expert.

The defensive limit of the Black Dragon Armor has been reached.

Therefore, Shen Tian first upgraded the Black Dragon Demon Armor.

The Secret Method of Weapon Forging immediately came to mind.

This weapon-forging technique accompanied him for a long time.

This is also the core means by which he has been able to continuously upgrade the level of weapons and equipment along the way.

However, its limit is the top-grade Dao weapon.

"Then let's first upgrade the weapon-forging technique."