Chapter 1487 A Frontline [4th Update]
"The power of the Divine Emperor is growing stronger by the day."
Fire Ancestor sighed, currently more eager to witness the Divine Emperor achieving the status of a primordial deity and stunning all realms than to make his own breakthrough.
It would certainly be spectacular.
Though he had joined Shenwu, in truth, he didn't know what kind of opportunities the Divine Emperor had received, with a constant emergence of various formidable Divine Artifacts.
"Fire Ancestor."
Chu Yuan said, "Although they have temporarily retreated this time, it brings forth an even worse signal: the Dragon God Heaven and Tribulation Heaven have allied. Not only do they intend to deal with Us, they also aim at the Ancient Source Heaven Ruler."
The Ancient Source Heaven Ruler is extremely mysterious, mastering the secrets of reincarnation. She is like a drifter, wandering through each epoch.
The Fire Ancestor nodded.
"The support of the Ancient Source Heaven Ruler alleviated a significant amount of pressure for Us, and our Divine Dynasty here actually attracts part of the force meant for the Ancient Source Heaven Ruler. Our fates are intertwined."
Chu Yuan said.
He was now on the same front line as Goddess Yanran.
Goddess Yanran also had many adversaries.
"The future war will be even more brutal. They will form a Heaven-Sealing Array outside Shenwu Sky, using all means to lockdown the development of our Divine Dynasty, sparing no effort. The strong from our Divine Dynasty who venture outside will face attacks."
Chu Yuan understood that in war, all means could be used for victory.
The future circumstances would be more severe, but a Divine Dynasty could not forever isolate within its world, forced into seclusion by others; connections with the external world were essential.
"When taking action, I will guard against this." The Fire Ancestor nodded solemnly.
"And they absolutely wouldn't dare to trespass into Our world carelessly."
Chu Yuan said.
With the Myriad Realms Heavenly Pagoda, the Source of All Things Cauldron, the Unified Divine Talisman, and the Nine Nether's River of Forgetfulness, the Divine Dynasty possessed formidable defenses. The cost of forced invasion would be immense.
Many resources were also disseminated downwards.
The strongest obtained resources for the weak, who then grew into the strong, following the strongest and procuring resources for the Divine Dynasty, creating a virtuous cycle.
For some time afterwards, the Fire Ancestor led troops in continuous battles at the Space-Time Island.
Though Tribulation Heaven very much wished to blockade the Fire Ancestor at the Space-Time Island, both his formidable strength and its proximity to Shenwu made any disturbances immediately detectable.
And within the Divine Dynasty,
With accelerated time and fleeting epochs, many powerful beings emerged.
The War God broke through the third realm essence.
To Chu Yuan's satisfaction, he brought back several Jiuqiao Through-Heart Pills from the Heavenly King's relics, and the Space-Time God also absorbed immense temporal forces at the Space-Time Island, successfully reaching the fifth realm.
On the periphery of Shenwu lies an ocean-like space, within such an environment, the Space-Time God could even engage with the weakest primordial deities like the Crossing Sea.
Among the nine great martial gods, half had evolved into Heavenly Dao Gods.
The title of the nine martial gods represented both glory and life and death; upon reaching this position, one must strive to break through to the Heavenly Dao realm in the shortest time.
"The situation is dire. Although Our strength has improved, Tribulation Heaven will also become stronger. The return of the Divine Emperor will usher in another era, stirring up a storm. We must achieve primacy in the shortest time to dissolve the current deadlock."
Chu Yuan remained very calm.
Continuous seclusion would be futile.
He was at this time in a medicinal garden.
Here, the Spiritual Energy was abundant; medicinal fragrance permeated the air, with towering trees and divine flowers blooming in competition, all were rare Divine Drugs.
In these expansive medicinal gardens was a woman, busily cultivating divine drugs.
Yao Ling'er.
This realm was specially developed for her to cultivate divine drugs.
Chu Yuan smiled at her; at this moment, he didn't seem like an imposing and ruthless Great Emperor who regarded all life with indifference, but more like an ordinary person, together with Yao Ling'er in the medicinal garden.
Amidst the fields, surrounded by radiant spirit herbs, this scene was very peaceful.
Chu Yuan was seeking his path to primordiality.
He also knew that haste would be to no avail.
"If only it could always stay this peaceful."
Yao Ling'er looked at Chu Yuan beside her; she understood that her ability to quietly cultivate herbs was due to his protection in this brutal and competitive multiverse.
With strength, one could enjoy the privilege of tranquility.
"I can't do much for His Majesty; I can only exert my utmost effort."
Yao Ling'er knew very well the little she could do, but every minor contribution was part of her support.
She enjoyed the days spent with Chu Yuan managing the medicinal garden.
Her mind grew more tranquil.
But at that moment, clouds of tribulation suddenly covered the medicinal garden, with divine light cascading down, aiming at Yao Ling'er.
"I... my Heavenly Dao tribulation."
Yao Ling'er was bewildered; she hadn't triggered a heavenly tribulation nor was she ready to undergo it, yet it suddenly descended, leaving her momentarily at a loss.
"Ling'er, it's not that you weren't prepared, but that your mind was previously in a state of selflessness, inadvertently triggering it. Since it's here, face the divine tribulation, I will guard you!"
Chu Yuan promptly reminded Yao Ling'er.
The divine tribulation was inadvertently triggered.
Luckily, he had constructed the Spirit Grave, her ultimate safeguard, ensuring that even if the tribulation failed, her spirit could be absorbed and preserved for revival.
"Mm."
Yao Ling'er nodded firmly.
In this moment, she could only endure.
With the divine tribulation roaring, Chu Yuan stood guard over her.
This was a kind of Heavenly Dao's transformation, and he couldn't forcibly interfere; otherwise, even dispersing the divine tribulation would leave Yao Ling'er without hope to become a Heavenly Dao God.
Since it was triggered unconsciously, let the tribulation proceed.
Shangguan Xian, Luo Yueying, Bloody Rose, as well as Chu Chenxi, Chu Chenxue, and Chu Chenyao all came over.
"She will definitely get through it!"
They all silently cheered for Yao Ling'er.
The Heavenly Dao tribulation lasted for as long as half a month; during this time, Yao Ling'er remained in a daze.
The tribulation came unexpectedly, and she crossed it without ripples, just naturally, smoothly, becoming a deity of the Heavenly Dao.
"A deity of the Heavenly Dao!"
Yao Ling'er, absorbing the final essence of the divine tribulation, exclaimed joyfully, "I succeeded, it's wonderful! Now that I've become a Heavenly Dao God, many divine herb seeds that couldn't be cultivated can now be grown using Heavenly Dao Power!"
Her first thought upon success wasn't to examine her cultivation level but to concern herself with cultivating more divine drugs.
She crossed the tribulation with ease, envied by others, and though she kept a low profile within the Divine Dynasty, focusing only on cultivating divine drugs, it was indeed her path, a form of her cultivation.
Everyone's path is different.
Chu Yuan's path was to conquer all realms, achieving invincibility.
"Ling'er, congratulations. From now on, you are a deity of the Heavenly Dao, and henceforth, in control of the Heavenly Dao, your future holds hope for the primordial Heavenly Dao."
Seeing his beloved concubine successfully become a Heavenly Dao God, Chu Yuan rejoiced for her, stepping forward to offer his congratulations.
"Mm, I did it!"
Yao Ling'er succeeded, and her standing in the empire ascended to the level of a deity of the Heavenly Dao.
She understood that her breakthrough provided limited aid to the Divine Dynasty's combat prowess, but in terms of logistics, she could do much better.