Alchemy Sovereign Against the Heaven
Chapter 157: In Front of the Imperial City Gates

Chapter 157: Chapter 157: In Front of the Imperial City Gates

In the following days, Mo Wangchen spent most of his time cultivating within the seventh floor of the Artifact Refining Tower, aside from eating and resting.

Elder Xie had once mentioned that Jun Muqing had always cultivated in this space on the seventh floor. Now, under the same conditions and with an ample supply of Qi Gathering Pills coupled with his Heavenly Dao Body, Mo Wangchen believed that his progression speed would definitely not be slower than Jun Muqing’s.

On the eighth day, Mo Wangchen arrived at the seventh-floor space as usual. Sweat had soaked his clothing, and with furrowed brows, he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

After these days of cultivation, the Spirit Sea within his body, which absorbed Spiritual Power, had already reached a saturated state. He desired to use this cultivation session to make a breakthrough, aiming to elevate his Cultivation to the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm!

Boom!

Vast Spiritual Power surged continuously towards his body, making the atmosphere in the entire space extremely oppressive.

However, when this sense of oppression reached a certain peak, a dull explosive sound came from within Mo Wangchen’s body.

His Qi Sea suddenly contracted as if it was condensing essence. In the next moment, the abundant Spiritual Power within the Spirit Sea amassed into a core, and a powerful aura permeated from Mo Wangchen’s body.

He had reached the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm!

"Phew!"

He abruptly opened his eyes, a flash of brightness shimmering within, and then Mo Wangchen let out a long breath. He could feel that with the breakthrough in his Cultivation, his strength had taken a qualitative leap!

"In the next twenty days, before the life-and-death battle arrives, perhaps, I could breakthrough one more time, reaching the fourth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Currently, Jun Muqing is at the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and after twenty days, she will surely also break through to the sixth layer..."

"Being a disciple of the head of the Academy and the decided Crown Princess Consort of the Royal Family, she must have many trump cards at her disposal. It seems that I need to cultivate a powerful Martial Technique before the final battle. Merely relying on Silent Killing Finger and Xuanlong Palm isn’t enough!"

At this point, Mo Wangchen found himself in a dilemma. Obviously, he was puzzled about which Martial Technique to cultivate so that his chances of victory would improve in the looming battle.

After a moment of silent contemplation, Mo Wangchen’s eyes suddenly lit up, "I’ve got it!"

"In my previous life, I obtained a Body Refining Martial Technique. Now that I possess the Heavenly Dao Body, perhaps I can give it a try!"

The Body Refining Martial Technique that Mo Wangchen referred to was the High Level Xuan Rank Hidden Dragon Undying Body!

Body Refining Martial Techniques were extremely rare, each one immensely powerful. Once mastered to Great Success, the physical body becomes incomparably strong, capable of overwhelming enemies within the same Realm. Coupled with Mo Wangchen’s Heavenly Dao Body — an exceptional Divine Body — if he could successfully cultivate a Body Technique, he would undoubtedly be able to unleash the formidable power of the Heavenly Dao Body!

"This Hidden Dragon Undying Body has three stages: the first is body tempering, the second is bone tempering, and the third is Great Success, which can harness the power of a dragon. If I really manage to master it, defeating Jun Muqing will certainly not be a problem!"

Typically, a Cultivator at the ninth layer of the Body Refining Realm can wield the strength of ten bulls, and upon reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, their power doubles, able to exert the strength of a hundred bulls. Now Mo Wangchen, at the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and possessing the Heavenly Dao Body, if he were to strike with full force, could wield the strength of four hundred bulls, surpassing ordinary cultivators at the same level by a whole hundred bulls of strength.

If he were to cultivate the Hidden Dragon Undying Body, just achieving the first stage of body tempering, Mo Wangchen believed that it wouldn’t be difficult for him to unleash the strength of five hundred bulls with his current Cultivation.

The strength of five hundred bulls was equivalent to the force that high-level experts at the sixth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm could exhibit!

A thousand bulls equal one dragon, only when one has reached the Returning Ruins Realm could one unleash such tremendous strength!

Mo Wangchen naturally knew that Body Refining Martial Techniques were much more difficult to cultivate than ordinary Martial Techniques, and he didn’t expect to reach the third layer of the Hidden Dragon Undying Body before the day of the final battle came, but as long as he could cultivate to the first layer, that would be enough!

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Having made up his mind to cultivate the Hidden Dragon Undying Body, Mo Wangchen stood up from where he was and then left the Artifact Refining Tower.

He returned to his residence, changed into a set of clean clothes, and after a simple wash, he left Yun Chu Academy and headed towards the direction of the Alchemist Alliance.

Today was a special day. Walking on the streets of Yunge City, Mo Wangchen found it not difficult to tell that the city was significantly busier than usual with crowds that had come from all over Yun Country.

They had one purpose for coming here, and that was for Empress Yun’s birthday!

Empress Yun, as the Yun Country Empress, held authority second only to Emperor Yun within the entire Yun Country. Her birthday naturally attracted many family powers to come and offer congratulations.

However, not everyone could participate in the birthday celebrations, at least, powers like the Mo Family did not have the qualifications!

Soon enough, Mo Wangchen arrived at the location of the Alchemist Alliance, which appeared to be much quieter than usual. He did not see Elder Ling on the fifth floor but instead saw Vice Alliance Hierarch Ding Hua!

"Where is Elder Ling?"

Mo Wangchen hesitated for a moment, his gaze searching around, but he did not see Elder Ling anywhere, and he curiously turned to ask Ding Hua.

"The Alliance Hierarch has already set out for the Imperial City; he asked me to wait here for you and to give you this invitation," said Ding Hua, as he took out an invitation and handed it to Mo Wangchen.

Mo Wangchen nodded, casually taking the invitation from Ding Hua’s hand, and then curiously looked at Ding Hua, "Why aren’t you going, Master Ding Hua?"

With his status as the Vice Alliance Hierarch, he should have had the qualifications to attend the birthday celebration.

But Ding Hua just smiled and said, "There must be someone in charge of the Alliance at all times. It’s sufficient for the Alliance Hierarch to represent our Alliance there. I’ll abstain from joining the bustle. It’s already 9 a.m., and noon will mark the formal start of the birthday celebration. You should hurry along now."

Mo Wangchen nodded, and after bidding farewell to Ding Hua, he left the Alchemist Alliance and headed towards the Imperial City.

The Yun Country Imperial City was none other than the palace, where Emperor Yun and Empress Yun resided. It was the most sacred place in Yun Country, and ordinary people found it hard to gain entry; but today, the main gates of the Imperial City were wide open, and guests from all directions were being welcomed. At this moment, at the entrance to the Imperial City, a long line had already formed.

Dignitaries from various powers held invitations in their hands, queuing up to enter.

Mo Wangchen didn’t hesitate and joined the queue at the end of the line.

"Hm?"

However, what he didn’t expect was that in front of him in the queue was a familiar face, Young Master Yang of the Yang Family, Yang Xu!

"Mo Wangchen?"

Yang Xu slightly furrowed his brow, recognizing Mo Wangchen too, and said with a cold smile, "I didn’t expect that someone of your caliber would also have the qualifications to attend such an event?"

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