Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6144 Skipping Realms

“Divine son!”

Fan Ji swayed unsteadily. His subordinates rushed to support him, and only then did they realize his aura was unstable—he was clearly injured.

As someone who cared about face, Fan Ji forced himself to appear composed, maintaining his usual cold arrogance. But the moment he heard that Long Can’s tracking mark had been erased, his suppressed rage exploded, along with his injuries. He nearly collapsed.

Long Chen’s attack had been terrifyingly powerful. Had Fan Ji not been protected by two layers of divine garments, he would’ve been torn to pieces.

“How is that possible?! Long Can placed that tracking mark herself! Only she should’ve been able to erase it. Maybe a late-stage Sovereign Lord could remove it, but are you saying the original devil race has someone at that level?!” demanded Fan Ji.

“We don’t know for sure,” the elder replied bitterly. “But Master Long Can herself sent word. She confirmed that the mark had been erased.”

“When was this?!” Fan Ji took a deep breath to calm down.

“Around five minutes ago,” answered the elder.

“What?! Then why didn’t you inform me immediately?!” Fan Ji roared.

“You ordered us not to interfere in the battle,” the elder said, a hint of grievance in his voice. “So, we remained in our place as instructed. When her message came, you had already left. We assumed you had killed the target carrying the marker, causing it to vanish.”

Long Can’s tracking marker was only effective on a living target, and it had been placed on a third Heavenstage Sovereign Lord from the original devil race. This was why the bounty and rewards included any original devil race expert, but not the third Heavenstage Sovereign Lords.

“What’s the point of saying all of this now?! Hurry up and mobilize all our forces! Start searching for them! Now!” shouted Fan Ji.

“Divine son, please rest assured,” the elder said, trying to placate him. “They’ve already fled into a perilous region. It’s unlikely they’ll get far.”

“And what happens if they do? Will you pay with your head?!” roared Fan Ji.

The elder dropped his head in silence, a cold gleam flickering in his eyes. This pompous fool. Can’t even see when someone’s trying to help him. You reap what you sow, and now you’re taking your anger out on us.

It was the elder’s misfortune to be the one kissing the feet of a mad dog.

“What are you doing just standing there like idiots?! Go!” shouted Fan Ji.

“Yes!”

They hastily departed.

“You, stay!” Fan Ji said, suddenly pointing at one of them.

The chosen man froze, wary of the divine son’s notoriously foul temper.

“You will guard me!”

“Yes.”

Hearing that, that person relaxed. It seemed this mad dog wanted to focus on recovering. Still, he was inwardly unsettled. Just who could have forced someone like Fan Ji into this state?

…

Meanwhile, within the Earth Cauldron, Long Chen was being carried swiftly toward the original devil race’s location.

“It’s a good thing you came when you did. I would’ve been buried back there otherwise,” Long Chen said, his voice still hoarse.

Yue Xiaoqian clung to Long Chen tightly, her eyes brimming with tears. When she’d seen how many enemies surrounded him, she had thought she would never see him again.

The original devil race’s experts were also excited. If they weren’t in dangerous territories, they would have cheered.

Just then, within the primal chaos space, Zhi Zhi cried out, saying that it could have also torn through that net.

However, doing so would’ve destroyed its physical form, forcing it to start over. But had Long Chen truly been cornered, it would’ve done it without hesitation.

Long Chen was deeply moved. He thanked and comforted it before asking the Earth Cauldron, “Senior, just what is a divine sprout? And how do they possess so many Sovereign flames?”

The Earth Cauldron replied, “Divine sprout is a name created by those who inherited divine legacies. In truth, the Emperor realm in the primal chaos era was extremely disordered and considered merely a stepping stone toward the Sovereign realm.

“But then, the Nine Star Master appeared and changed the Dao. He split the Emperor realm into two: the Human Emperor realm and the Divine Emperor realm. After this, cultivators discovered a shortcut—upon reaching the Human Emperor realm, it became possible to skip the Divine Emperor realm entirely and leap straight into the Sovereign realm.”

“Wait, skip the Divine Emperor realm? That’s tied to divine sprouts?” Long Chen asked.

“Exactly. Before the Nine Star Master existed, cultivators simply cultivated Sovereign qi and Sovereign flames. The path was straightforward. But once the Human Emperor realm came into existence, it became a vast chasm that blocked the way forward for countless races.

“To cross it, many races were forced to take on human form early in their cultivation. Even now, many experts who have shed the limits of form still remain in their human guise—for both habit and necessity. After all, cultivating Sovereign qi and flames is easiest in human form.

“As long as your natural talent reaches the necessary level, by balancing the power of your Spirit Blood, Spirit Root, and Spirit Bone, then with enough resources, it is possible to cultivate enough Sovereign flames to skip the Divine Emperor realm.”

“How many Sovereign flames do we need?” asked Long Chen.

“Nine hundred and ninety-nine.”

“…That’s insane,” Long Chen muttered.

“Indeed,” said the Earth Cauldron. “But once you merge three into one, you can shatter your limits and soar directly into the Sovereign Lord realm. It’s an irresistible temptation.”

“But wouldn’t the resources needed for that be… outrageous?”

“Not just resources—talent. Someone might reach nine hundred and ninety-eight Sovereign flames but still fail to condense the last. If that happens, they must obediently walk the Divine Emperor path.”

“Does that mean all that effort was wasted?” asked Long Chen.

“Not quite. The Sovereign flames don’t vanish. Once one steps into the Divine Emperor realm, their divine energy merges with the flames. So even if they fail to skip realms, they can still walk the divine sprout path—if they have the aptitude for it.

“With the world’s spiritual qi returning to abundance, not cultivating as a divine sprout would be foolish. Those without talent won’t walk this path anyway. While it slows cultivation speed, the power increase is immense.

“Take Fan Ji, for example. He is a true divine sprout. In the near future, this era will belong to divine sprouts. Once a divine sprout condenses three hundred Sovereign flames, they’ll dominate all Sovereign Lords. The new waves push the old waves, and the old waves die on the shore. The old Sovereign Lords are not far from death now,” sighed the Earth Cauldron.

Suddenly, the Earth Cauldron said, “They’ve started searching. Long Chen, you should bring everyone deeper into Sovereign Fall Land.”

“Yes, you’re right.”

Long Chen stood up. There was no time to rest. After taking a few deep breaths, he gathered the experts of the original devil race.

It was time to move deeper into the unknown.

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