Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 997 - 980: Near Monarch Expert, The Mystery Reappears!

Chapter 997: Chapter 980: Near Monarch Expert, The Mystery Reappears!

The Golden Battle Body’s ninth layer of perfection allowed Xiao Chen to transform into a War Body ninety-nine feet tall, and through the practice of the Ancient Body Cultivation, his entire body turned into crystal, each Blood Crystal Diamond containing a hundredfold power!

Each Blood Crystal Diamond that emerged could be seen as a small world unto itself, autonomous and independent, containing within it the life mechanism of the very source of life, its vigorous Life Mechanism granting Xiao Chen astonishing recovery abilities.

Piece by piece, the crimson flesh condensed into crystal; each one, under extreme compression, became clear and translucent, sparkling with radiance, brimming with vitality, and emanating a profound Chaotic Qi.

Hum hum hum!

Xiao Chen took a deep breath; at this moment, he was standing midair, relying solely on the strength of his physical body, and the Chaotic Airflow around him could no longer bind his form.

As he raised his arm, sensing a force lurking deep within his body, a look of satisfaction flickered across Xiao Chen’s face. He felt confident that with his Physique for War alone, he could withstand a Near Monarch Expert. Even against top-tier Near Monarch Experts, he possessed the strength to fight; and even if he couldn’t win, he could still make a full retreat.

If it were a Half-King Peak Realm warrior who had derived true laws, Xiao Chen admitted he was still lacking. The gap between a Near Monarch Expert and a true monarch, though seemingly just a transitional stage of the Towering Realm’s ninth layer, was in reality, vast.

Take the Sea of Qi Transformation, for example; once completed, a warrior’s Qi Sea would expand tenfold or even more, transforming into a Circulating Heaven Qi Sea spanning tens of thousands of feet, and their Combat Power would surge more than tenfold in an instant.

In the Soul Beyond, once the spirit entered Reincarnation and underwent a transformation, tainted with the aura of Reincarnation, the Strong Ones could even communicate with the gates of Reincarnation, sending opponents into its cycle and damning them to the world within; if they could not achieve enlightenment, they would be forever lost in Reincarnation, left with nothing but a body akin to the living dead!

Sea of Qi Transformation, Nirvana of the Physique, Soul Beyond, the Sky Bridge of Laws – any of these trials, irrespective of the order taken, could double a warrior’s combat strength, which is why the power of Near Monarch Experts is hard to gauge without witnessing it firsthand!

At this moment, Xiao Chen had already overcome the Life and Death Tribulations of the flesh; having survived the Tribulation of Life, only the Tribulation of Death remained; once that was passed, his body would achieve complete Nirvana!

By the standards of the Warrior Path of the Body King Realm, he was already a Near Monarch Expert!

After a long while, Xiao Chen landed, and the Earth trembled violently beneath his feet. His body, now entirely crystallized, was even heavier. He exhaled deeply, and the breath roared out like thunder, stirring even the heavy Chaotic Airflow.

Looking toward the central massive Ancient Stele, a renewed feeling of shared sorrow with heaven and earth arose, striking deep into his soul.

Heaven and Earth share this sorrow!

Although this world lacked other living beings, it was eternally covered in Green Color.

Forever green through ancient times!

Thud thud thud!

Xiao Chen took bold steps toward the Ancient Stele; the closer he got to this towering monument, the heavier his heart felt.

For all time, evergreen and immortal; the sorrow of the nine heavens and ten earths is unending!

Miles away, feeling this immense sorrow, Xiao Chen paused briefly, glanced at the stele resembling an Ancient Mountain, and once again began to stride forward.

Soon, the familiar grey-white Sacrificial Altar appeared before him, with vegetation and Stars of Shan Chuan; figures prostrated on the ground, worshiping the owner of the stele.

However, this time Xiao Chen did not hear that mysterious voice from before, as if the previous visit had been nothing but an illusion.

Below the Altar, Xiao Chen bowed respectfully, silently contemplating in his heart.

"Desolate!"

As the thought settled in his heart, an unprecedented yet familiar Qi transcended endless time and space to descend upon him; with the experience from last time, Xiao Chen did not panic!

Crack crack crack!

Despite that, his War Body, under the pressure of that towering energy, still struggled to cope; even though he had forged a body of Blood Crystal, his flesh now fully crystallized.

Still, there were cracking sounds, a sign of his bones being compressed further.

At this moment, Xiao Chen could not help but smile bitterly. The joy of just having perfected the Golden Battle Body and the Ancient Body Cultivation’s Blood Crystal was wiped away; even though he now possessed the strength of a Near Monarch Expert, he was insignificant in the eyes of a true monarch.

Let alone, in front of him stood an even more towering presence; although its many years of collapse were unknown, it still left its perception lingering between heaven and earth.

Mere mention of the warrior’s name would resonate with the cosmos!

Enduring this overwhelming Qi, Xiao Chen respectfully stood before the Altar and completed his homage.

Following this, Langsheng declared, "Junior Xiao Chen has now reached the pinnacle of the Towering Realm’s ninth heaven and has also reached the peak of the first transformation of the Ancient Body Cultivation. Today, I have come to honor the appointment set three years ago!"

"Please show me the way, senior!"

Hum!

At Xiao Chen’s brow, the talisman of the Divine Marquis title materialized, glowing with the lustrous purple and gold color of great fortune, radiating with a divine shimmer.

Desolate!

The same Desolate Character, but Xiao Chen’s Desolate Character, compared with that on the altar, differed greatly in momentum—they were not on the same level at all.

Three years earlier, when Xiao Chen left this place, the mysterious and majestic figure had given him a talisman seal, which later merged with his Divine Marquis insignia when he was ennobled and concentrated the fortune talisman. However, Xiao Chen could sense that the mark given by the mysterious figure was a different force from the power of fortune, although now integrated, they had essentially distinct differences.

In his perception, the talisman seal left by the mysterious figure was akin to Blood Qi, just like what he used in the cultivation of his War Body.

However, this power had been sublimated to the ultimate level, becoming more than the simplicity of Blood Qi, even possessing a sense of divinity. As to what kind of energy conglomerate it actually was, he could not determine clearly!

Hum!

Finally, from within the sealed title of purple and gold fortune, the qi belonging to the mysterious revered one was stripped away and crashed into the huge ancient stele.

Without the slightest change, silence!

The entire Secret Realm Space was silent, except for the sound of wind and thunder produced by Xiao Chen’s breathing.

Eventually, that mysterious voice emerged.

"Descendant of humankind, can you tell me why the combat name you bear has such differences?"

The voice still directly manifested in Xiao Chen’s Soul World, carrying a hint of questioning.

"Combat name?"

Yet, Xiao Chen’s heart churned with towering waves. He had gathered the fortune of humankind, forged a Great Meritorious Service, which was the title of the fortune seal, not some combat name.

And the fact that this mysterious strong one asked such a question meant that he did not know about the system of fortune involving the title of Divine Marquis.

He only knew of the combat name system, not the Divine Marquis fortune system.

There was only one explanation!

It meant that at the time of this mysterious strong one’s death, the Divine Sky God King had not yet deduced the fortune system of the Divine Marquis, and had not even been born!

Just how ancient was this mysterious strong one!

Shock was apparent in Xiao Chen’s eyes. The era in which the Divine Sky God King lived was already beyond reckoning for the present Desolate Wilds, because it was so exceedingly long ago.

A strong one more ancient than the Divine Sky God King, who could he be!

"I report to the senior, what I have condensed is the title of Divine Marquis, a method used by humankind in fortune, belonging to the Divine Marquis system. In the future, it is possible to ascend to the fortune of the God King, a system deduced and founded by the Divine Sky God King, our predecessor of humankind!"

Xiao Chen replied respectfully.

"Fortune Divine Marquis system?" The mysterious voice rang out again in the depths of Xiao Chen’s Soul World.

"I had never imagined that after my countless years of death, descendants of humankind would create such an exquisite method of fortune utilization, superior to the combat name, with the capacity to endow even multiples of fortune compared to the combat name!"

"Little fellow, the fortune you carry on you now, is comparable to the Near Monarch Expert’s purple and gold combat name—this must be the doing of the Divine Marquis fortune, right?"

This mysterious figure saw through all of Xiao Chen at a glance. Previously, when Xiao Chen was advancing his War Body, he had noticed the difference in Xiao Chen’s fortune.

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