The Great Ruler

Chapter 648 - The Slow Journey

The journey towards the Skylaw Continent was a slow one. However, under the task given by Nine Nether, the dry and dull journey started to get painful.

It wasn’t an easy task, even for Sovereign experts, to evolve their Spiritual Energy.

Although Mu Chen had once come in contact with the Nine Nether Flames in the past, compared to having his Spiritual Energy evolved with it was extremely tough. It was simply the comparison between a firefly and the large moon.

Also, it wasn’t the Nine Nether Flames that he was trying to merge with right now, it was the Undying Flames that was several times more powerful!

Nine Nether’s training technique was straightforward, and at the same time, overbearing. She did not use any cheap trick. She had directly injected the tyrannical Undying Flames into Mu Chen’s body, finding the concealed Sovereign Sea in his body and poured them inside it.

The Undying Flames whistled in his Sovereign Sea as the blazing temperature instantly made Mu Chen’s Sovereign Sea ignite. The sensation of his Spiritual Energy boiling gave Mu Chen an extreme pain. Even his Sovereign Sea showed signs of falling apart.

However, every single time he reached his limit, Nine Nether would retract the Undying Flames, and send it over again once Mu Chen’s Sovereign Sea calmed down.

Mu Chen only felt two words from the boiling of his Spiritual Energy.

Living death.

According to Nine Nether’s words, the Undying Flames were far more overbearing than the Nine Nether Flames. If Mu Chen had directly fused with it right from the start, there would only be one outcome. His Spiritual Energy would be combusted by the Undying Flames, and even his Sovereign Sea would be affected by it.

Thus, he could only gradually get used to the Undying Flames if he wanted to fuse with it. But, how can he get used to it? That’s simple, to burn his Spiritual Energy over and over again.

With Nine Nether’s logic, it was similar to getting trashed. The more you get trashed, the more you will get used to it.

As Mu Chen’s Spiritual Energy was continuously blazed by it, it would also gradually get used to the Undying Flames, in which he can proceed to fuse it.

Therefore, Mu Chen could only endure this torturing training method, since there was no other alternative.

In the ten days of their journey, Mu Chen and Nine Nether would rest whenever night came, and that was also Mu Chen’s everyday nightmare …

However, Mu Chen clenched his teeth as he endured the pain of the training. He knew that in this world, there wasn’t any strength that came without a price. If he wanted to evolve his Spiritual Energy, he would have to pay the price for it.

Furthermore, he could sense that every time they ended the training, Nine Nether’s face would be slightly pale. After all, the Undying Flames were something that she had obtained through bitter cultivation. Such exhaustion was a little hard to bear as well, even if she had successfully evolved now.

Facing this situation, if Mu Chen could not hold on, then he couldn’t be considered as a man.

Thus, the painful training continued.

The painful training in the night did not affect the speed of their journey. In just a short of half a month’s time, they had already passed through numerous vast continents.

In the beginning, it was a new found world for the youth that had stepped into the Great Thousand World. He got used to it very quickly and also placed the majority of his attention to cultivating.

Aside from the hastened journey and cultivation, Mu Chen and Nine Nether would also seek information on the Void Great Solar Fruit and the Undying Divine Leaf. Those were the two crucial material for Mu Chen to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body.

However, there weren’t any fruits in their search. The rarity of the two treasures far surpassed Mu Chen’s imagination. After all, those two treasures would be great temptations to Sovereign experts.

Especially the Void Great Solar Fruit. The miraculous part was that the Void Great Solar Fruit would form a blazing sun in their Sovereign Sea. If one could obtain it and refine it into his Sovereign Sea, it would continuously shine on the Spiritual Energy in the Sovereign Sea, allowing the Spiritual Energy in his body to be fused with the energy of the sun; making it somewhat overbearing.

Faced with such a unique treasure that could deepen their Spiritual Energy, which Sovereign expert wouldn’t treat it as a treasure?

As for the Undying Divine Leaf, it was also scarce. It was said that this mysterious treasure was known as the substitute leaf. If one encountered a death situation, it could save their life.

Which also meant that this was a second life.

Naturally, the rumours were a little exaggerated. After all, if the attack was too terrifying to a certain extent, even the Undying Divine Leaf would be entirely wiped out.

However, it was still a perfect defence to have such a treasure.

After knowing how rare the two treasures were, Mu Chen knew how lucky it was for him to obtain the Nine Suns Divine Lingzhi in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. After all, such a treasure wasn’t inferior to the other two treasures.

Looks like it will take a long time for me to gather the two materials.

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The journey continued.

In the blink of an eye, one month had already passed, and in this month, Mu Chen and Nine Nether had passed through dozens of continents. The distance of their journey was a little unexpected for Mu Chen.

Some of the continents that they had passed through weren’t big. It was so much so that it was even smaller than the Northern Heavens Continent. However, there were also some vast continents, despite that. Even if it wasn’t comparable to the Skylaw Continent, the forces in those continents far surpassed the Northern Heavens Continent.

In just a short month’s time, Mu Chen’s experience had widened. He had even seen several other races of the Great Thousand World, bringing a whole new experience for him.

Naturally, as his experience grew, his cultivation had also stepped onto the right track.

Experiencing the innumerable times of burning, the Spiritual Energy in Mu Chen’s Sovereign Sea also started to adapt to the Undying Flames. At the very least, there was much less pain.

The small changes made Mu Chen feel relieved as he had finally obtained results from his torturous training.

The moon hung high in the sky. On a mountain peak, Mu Chen was quietly seated on it. Looking at the distance, a majestic city could be seen from far away. The bright lights made it seem like daylight.

The scale of this city wasn’t small. Even at this time, there were streaks of light continuously piercing the night sky towards the city.

This city was named Blazing City. The continent that Mu Chen and Nine Nether were currently located at was called the Blazing Continent. The majority of this continent was occupied by sand, even the Spiritual Energy in this region was more blazed than some other places.

In the city, there was the Teleportation Spiritual Array that linked to the next continent. However, Mu Chen and Nine Nether did not enter the continent, since they chose to stay outside of it. Mu Chen’s training tonight was extremely important.

Mu Chen inhaled a deep breath as his gaze grew bright. He knew that his Spiritual Energy had reached a crucial point.

Mu Chen turned his head as he looked at Nine Nether, who was by the bonfire, as he said in a light tone, “I plan to fuse with the Undying Flames this time.”

Nine Nether’s hands, which were fiddling with the bonfire, paused as she abruptly raised her head. Her pupils were looking at Mu Chen in shock as she knitted her brows. “It’s just one month, aren’t you a little too hasty?”

She originally intended to give Mu Chen two months time to complete his Spiritual Energy cultivation. But, right now, Mu Chen had actually shortened it by a fold.

It was a perilous thing for his Spiritual Energy to fuse with the Undying Flames. If the Spiritual Energy and Undying Flames lost control, none of them would be able to control it.

“I’m not rushing, but I feel that it is almost time for it.” Mu Chen said with a faint smile.

It was a strange sensation and if he didn’t grasp the chance now, who knows when the next time would arrive. So, Mu Chen did not want to waste it.

Nine Nether looked at Mu Chen. Her gaze was solemn, since Mu Chen was clearly not joking with her. She pondered in silence for a brief moment, before nodding her head. “Okay.”

“It has been tough for you.”

Mu Chen smiled feeling touched as he gradually shut his eyes. With a will of his mind, his consciousness had entered the Sovereign Sea. At this time, in the Sovereign Sea, the boundless Spiritual Energy was like an ocean as it whistled. But the Spiritual Energy in Mu Chen’s Sovereign Sea was slightly different compared to a month ago. There was a faint purple mixed in his Spiritual Energy.

The reason for this was naturally the Undying Flames that Nine Nether had used to ignite his Spiritual Energy for the past month.

Rustle!

A melodious sound abruptly came from above the Sovereign Sea. A light figure gradually appeared, and regarding its appearance, it was similar to Mu Chen. It was his Spirit.

After his Sovereign Sea had successfully been refined, Mu Chen’s Spirit had also been moved to his Sovereign Sea.

The Spirit sat above the ocean as he raised his head and muttered, “Let’s begin.”

Nine Nether sat before Mu Chen on the mountain peak. Her face was replaced with solemnness. The bitter endurance of a month was for this step.

She had spat out a mouthful of air as she extended her hand and lightly tapped the centre of Mu Chen’s brows.

Purple flames suddenly surged from Nine Nether’s fingers. Shortly after, the flames had turned into a flaming pillar and gushed into Mu Chen’s body.

Mu Chen’s body jolted the moment the purple flames gushed into his body. He swiftly clenched his teeth and did not utter a single sound.

In the Sovereign Sea, the head of Mu Chen’s Spirit was raised, filled with graveness as his eyes turned purple. This wasn’t something he did himself.

It was because there was an earth-shattering amount of purple flames above the Sovereign Sea as it swept over with a dreadful momentum.

This time, the true might of the Undying Flames was unleashed.