Chapter 6586 The Strongest Core Techniques
When Long Chen announced that he intended for everyone to face heavenly tribulation together, Cui Hao, Su Yu, and Feng You could only stare at him. Wasn’t that essentially suicide?
He didn’t just mean the Four Cardinal Alliance. He meant everyone who had fought beside him in the last battle.
Those who had condensed essence runes were fine, but those who hadn’t needed to consume a One Merger Heavenly Dao Fruit. But aside from the dragon race, no one could devour such a fruit directly. It would take far too long to digest, and Long Chen couldn’t wait.
So he ordered Yao Linger to refine the Heavenly Dao Fruits into Heavenly Dao Pills. The pill was simple: extract the fruit’s essence and enhance it with a few medicinal ingredients that aided in rapid refinement and absorption. For the current Demon Moon Cauldron, this was child’s play.
The Demon Moon Cauldron was now a counterfeit of the Heaven Earth Cauldron. But while it was only a counterfeit, when the real Heaven Cauldron and Earth Cauldron merged, the Earth Cauldron sent a portion of complete Heaven Earth energy into the Demon Moon Cauldron, causing the latter to completely transform.
This Heaven Earth power was the very essence of the Heaven Earth Cauldron. Since Yao Linger couldn’t fully absorb it for now, she sealed it inside her body and was slowly digesting it.
But even a trace of it allowed her to refine these pills effortlessly.
Each refinement took half an incense stick to complete and yielded hundreds of thousands of pills. Producing such quantities at once inevitably resulted in a few failures, but Long Chen prioritized speed over everything else for now.
With a mountain of Heavenly Dao Fruits in reserve, even if the quick refinement wasted half of them, Long Chen would still have enough. Moreover, the failure rate was under five percent, practically negligible compared to the supply of Heavenly Dao Fruits.
Soon, warriors from the violet blood race, the Four Cardinal Alliance, the mixed beast race, the Starry River Sect, the Lightning Falcon race, the original devil race, the High Firmament Academy, and all others who had helped him gathered. Everyone who had stood with him in that battle received a pill tailored to their constitution.
On the dragon race’s side, Long Xu’s sacrifice had elevated them to half-step Sovereign Lords. They didn’t need any pills.
Three days passed.
Everyone in this area had managed to condense their own essence rune and become a half-step Sovereign Lord. Some of them felt so emotional that they wept.
The Four Cardinal Alliance felt it the most. They were the weakest and had joined Long Chen knowing they were likely marching to their deaths. Given their realm, their chances of survival had been nearly zero.
However, Long Chen had saved them—and saved the nine heavens in the process. After all, he had risked everything by breaking the scales and buying them some precious time.
Because of this debt, they had still come to his side despite knowing the odds. And now, that decision had opened a future none of them had dared to dream of.
This was especially true for those with only a few hundred Sovereign flames. They had thought they would remain in the Divine Emperor realm forever. Yet, here they were, with their essence runes condensed. They now had a chance to directly advance to Sovereign Lords. They felt like they were dreaming.
“Wait... we’re missing someone. Where’s Mo Nian?”
Long Chen smacked his forehead. How had he forgotten that show-off? He’d been so focused on preparations that Mo Nian hadn’t crossed his mind until now.
“We were all unconscious, so we don’t know where he went,” Guo Ran replied.
At this moment, the green parrot answered, “You don’t need to look for him. Just after I brought them through the wall between worlds, I ran into some self-righteous-looking old man who was actually very shady. He claimed to be that guy’s master and dragged him away.”
“Daoist Que De?” asked Long Chen.
“That’s what he called himself. But the moment he saw me, his expression changed. I didn’t like it. That Mo Nian or whatever had a very similar aura to him. They should be on the same side, so I handed Mo Nian to him,” said the green parrot.
The green parrot described Daoist Que De perfectly, and it fit Mo Nian’s description of him. Since Mo Nian had been taken away by his master, Long Chen wasn’t worried.
Well... not entirely. Mo Nian had always claimed that whenever he met his master, the old man would rob him clean. By the time Daoist Que De left, Mo Nian’s pockets were emptier than his bottomless bragging.
If that was true, then Que De appearing now made perfect sense. Who knew how many treasures Mo Nian had plundered from the heaven region’s battlefield?
...
In a broken-down underground palace in the nine heavens, Mo Nian was bound to a stake. He was cursing an old man who seemed to exude the air of the Immortal Dao.
“You immoral, undying bastard! You’re robbing me again! Are you not going to leave me a single one of my new treasures? When you die, no one will burn a single stick of incense for you!”
However, this transcendent old man didn’t even look at Mo Nian. He was appraising a mountain of treasures in front of him.
Holding a large golden basin in hand and examining its runes, he praised, “This is a product from the golden age. The style, craftsmanship, inscriptions, and attention to detail are things the craftsmen of the current era can’t produce no matter what...”
Daoist Que De didn’t even seem to hear Mo Nian’s cursing. He occasionally picked up something new and appraised it, praising the abilities of his disciple.
Mo Nian was panting from how hard he was cursing. Since he was already exhausted, even cursing was tiring.
“It’s a pity,” Daoist Que De finally murmured. “The greatest treasure was that green bird, but you failed to obtain it. Truly a shame.”
“That green bird? That parrot is a treasure?” Mo Nian blurted, momentarily forgetting to curse.
“That fellow... Hm, I suppose our line has done too many immoral deeds to have such a blessing. There’s no way we can obtain that bird.” Daoist Que De sighed.
“You’re the immoral one, not me!” cursed Mo Nian.
“Haha, we are two birds of a feather. Can you really say you haven’t conned your fair share of people? Child, karma always comes back, and I am your retribution. Just accept your fate.”
With a casual wave, he swept the entire mountain of treasures into his robes. Mo Nian’s heart bled, but he was powerless to resist.
“You’ve done well this time,” Daoist Que De said solemnly. “Don’t worry. Your master isn’t taking your treasures for nothing. Your cultivation has reached the required stage. It’s time for me to impart to you our sect’s strongest core techniques.”
“Our sect’s strongest core techniques?” Mo Nian repeated, his eyes widening.
...
After resting for a bit, Long Chen summoned all the elite disciples who had consumed the Heavenly Dao Pills.
He found that they had fully absorbed the power of the Heavenly Dao Pills. Thanks to the assistance of the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Tree, they had comprehended their own essence runes.
They were ready for the tribulation.
“Lord Long Chen!” someone rushed in. “Someone wishes to see you. They claim to be from the Shadow Devil Bat race.”
“Qi Ying?”
Long Chen’s expression shifted in surprise as the familiar figure stepped in.