King of Creation
Chapter 828 - 817: Tingling Scalp

Chapter 828: Chapter 817: Tingling Scalp

There’s no denying that Hong Jiyin is indeed a highly capable deputy. Otherwise, Ye Zhen would still be burdened with worrying about the affairs of the branch altar, unable to calmly prepare for emergency secluded training.

The feeling of being a hands-off manager is quite nice!

The reason Ye Zhen has gone into emergency seclusion is due to a premonition of an impending crisis!

Ye Zhen must possess greater power to safely navigate the impending crisis and possibly gain some rewards amidst the chaos!

Discovering a place on his own turf where five-colored treasure light is found, potentially concealing a treasure or an ancient secret palace, it’s impossible for Ye Zhen to just watch others fight over it without trying to partake.

Absolutely, Ye Zhen is going to get a piece of the action.

Moreover, once the news of the five-colored treasure light spreads, powerful individuals from all around will converge, plunging the newly unified Red Fire Martial City into a massive crisis.

It’s certain, Establishment Kings will inevitably arrive in significant numbers, and the arrival of even a few demonic Establishment Kings would spell great trouble for Red Fire Martial City.

In this scenario, relying solely on the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, a mid-grade Spirit Tier Demon Beast, is insufficient for intimidation. Ye Zhen must also find a way to rapidly enhance his combat power.

Increasing his combat power not only better prepares Ye Zhen to handle crises but also grants him more influence in the upcoming treasure hunt and ensures he has stronger self-preservation among the many Establishment Kings!

However, under normal circumstances, it’s challenging for someone at Ye Zhen’s level to significantly boost their power in a short period, especially within a few days.

Even with numerous secret techniques and the Mirage Dragon Pearl, an exceptional treasure, Ye Zhen is unable to dramatically increase his cultivation in such a short time.

In fact, it’s not possible at all.

Ye Zhen’s current cultivation is only at the peak of the Third Stage of the Vein Forging Realm, and Ye Zhen’s innate bloodline has only four veins. In other words, the highest Ye Zhen’s cultivation can reach is the peak of the Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm.

The peak of the Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm is Ye Zhen’s limit.

Therefore, Ye Zhen is very cautious in choosing the divine power martial skill for this last vein.

Moreover, even if Ye Zhen successfully forges the last vein in a short time, advancing his cultivation to the peak of the Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm, the increase of merely one level means little when contending against future Establishment Kings of the Third and Fourth Stages!

Thus, the only path left for Ye Zhen is to strive for divine soul power.

Though divine soul power is not something that can be enhanced overnight, Ye Zhen possesses shortcuts to increase it.

The innate soul light of the Fourth Stage Establishment King, Life-taking Lady Feng Ting, and the innate soul light of Yua Du from Black Fiend Island, both of which Ye Zhen holds.

Ye Zhen can transform their innate soul lights into his own using the Soul Refining Spirit Theft Art, though the conversion rate is very low.

However, the enhancement effect isn’t substantial. With Ye Zhen’s current cultivation at the First Stage of Innate Soul Light, he’s not certain if fully absorbing their innate soul lights could elevate his to the Second Stage.

For Establishment Kings, each stage of cultivation and power is a doubling of the previous stage!

The mere doubling may not seem significant, but the gap between each stage is alarming when it surpasses two stages.

A Second Stage Establishment King is equivalent to two First Stage Establishment Kings, a Third Stage Establishment King to four First Stages, a Fourth Stage one equates eight, and an Establishment King of Kings equals sixteen First Stages; beyond that, the growth is exponential!

This is one of the reasons why Establishment Kings above the Fifth Stage are extremely rare.

In such circumstances, facing alone against Kings of the Third and Fourth Stages of Establishment with his First Stage innate soul light, Ye Zhen would be in great danger.

Even if Ye Zhen’s divine soul cultivation rose to the Second Stage of Establishment, it would still be very minuscule.

Perhaps only when Ye Zhen’s divine soul cultivation reaches the Third and Fourth Stages of Establishment could he handle various crises effortlessly.

Normally, this is improbable; definitely, there is no such rapid growth.

If not for the two Black Soul Spirit Fruits in his possession, exuding the presence of Ninth Stage Establishment Kings, Ye Zhen wouldn’t even dare to imagine it!

With the Soul Refining Spirit Theft Art, Ye Zhen wishes to attempt refining these Black Soul Spirit Fruits.

To refine the Black Soul Spirit Fruits, Ye Zhen must understand them, as who knows what terror the extremely malevolent aura within them might hide. If there’s something eerie, regret would be too late!

And currently, to understand the Black Soul Spirit Fruits, the only method is to Soul Search the Establishment King Yua Du from Black Fiend Island!

However, conducting a Soul Search on the Innate Divine Soul of a Fourth Stage Establishment King is an extremely dangerous task! Who knows if the information contained within Yua Du’s Innate Divine Soul wouldn’t overwhelm Ye Zhen’s own Innate Divine Soul?

Ye Zhen’s Innate Divine Soul, nurtured under the First Stage Innate Soul Light, was far inferior compared to Yua Du’s Innate Divine Soul.

The higher the cultivation, the more cautious and careful one becomes. Such was Ye Zhen’s current state!

To mitigate the dangers posed by the Soul Search on Yua Du’s Innate Divine Soul, Ye Zhen first spent about half an hour thoroughly stealing and absorbing the Innate Soul Light of the Life-taking Lady, Feng Ting.

As Ye Zhen expected, refining the complete Innate Soul Light of a Fourth Stage Establishment King only boosted Ye Zhen’s Innate Soul Light by about fifty percent.

This was due to Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Cultivation reaching the First Stage of Innate Soul Light, significantly enhancing the effect of the Soul Refining Spirit Theft Art.

Luckily, with Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Cultivation reaching the First Stage of Innate Soul Light, the speed of activating the Soul Refining Spirit Theft Art doubled, reducing the original refinement process from two or three days to just half a day!

Afterwards, Ye Zhen meticulously separated Yua Du’s Innate Soul Light from his Innate Divine Soul, sealing Yua Du’s Innate Divine Soul, and fully focusing on refining Yua Du’s Innate Soul Light.

Half a day later, Ye Zhen’s Innate Soul Light unsurprisingly broke through to the Second Stage, with his Divine Soul Power almost doubling.

However, this was the easiest elevation during the cultivation progress of an Establishment King. Subsequent improvements would slow down significantly.

Despite the increase in Divine Soul Power to the Second Stage Innate Soul Light, Ye Zhen postponed the Soul Search on Yua Du due to certain matters requiring his attention.

The ability of Deputy Altar Master Hong Jiyin was unquestionable. Within a day, he had organized Red Fire Martial City efficiently, with the former site of the Red Fire Subdivision becoming the City Lord’s Mansion of Red Fire City, with the City Lord naturally being the unseen Ye Zhen!

To stabilize the businesses within the city quickly, Hong Jiyin arranged for the major business owners in the city to meet Ye Zhen, the City Lord, a task that no one else could substitute.

Ultimately, Ye Zhen spent about an hour appearing publicly.

Simultaneously, several messages from Qinglan Martial City arrived via Talisman Communication, requiring Ye Zhen’s personal response!

Thanks to Talisman Communication, the message transmission speed was extremely fast. According to the information from the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple, in just one day, the Stars Tower, Longevity Sect, Heavenly Net Sect, and Qingyun Castle within Qinglan Martial City were aware of the emergence of the Five-colored Treasure Light in Red Fire Martial City.

According to accurate information, due to their previous defeat, the Heavenly Net Sect and Longevity Sect had initially abandoned their attempt to seize Red Fire Martial City, but the appearance of the Five-colored Treasure Light caused these two significant forces to become restless again.

Within a day, at least three Establishment Kings departed from Qinglan Martial City, heading towards Red Fire Martial City in an undisclosed manner.

Some intelligence even suggests that Yin Changsheng, the Longevity Sect Master, was active, although the Sun and Moon Divine Sect had already lost three long-term spies within the Longevity Sect trying to verify this intelligence.

Additionally, seven out of Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s thirteen branch altars reported back, inquiring about the Five-colored Treasure Light, indicating the wide spread of this news.

Among them, two branch altars discovered passing Establishment Kings, both heading towards Red Fire Martial City!

Besides warning the Red Fire Subdivision, Sect Hierarch Jian Qianxiong sent a private Talisman Communication, discreetly asking Ye Zhen if personnel from the Main Temple could come to vie for the treasure in Tiger Mouth Gorge.

This questioning was related to a previous agreement between Jian Qianxiong and Ye Zhen, stating that for one year Jian Qianxiong couldn’t interfere in affairs concerning Red Fire Martial City without Ye Zhen’s consent, lest he wanted to fall out with Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen was open-minded about this; if warriors from all directions could heed and come, why couldn’t those of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect do the same?

Better them than others to gain the advantage!

Thus, Ye Zhen replied with one message—permission was granted, but at least two or more Establishment Kings were required to qualify for the treasure hunt here; as for one Establishment King or a Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist, they would merely be sent to their death!

Why say such a thing?

Simply because, just in that one day, according to scouts arranged by Red Fire Subdivision near the Tiger Mouth Gorge magma crater, three positions had been checked out by Establishment Kings!

Regarding the Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists obstructing the investigation, their numbers had already exceeded fifty!

Within just one day, three Establishment Kings had converged there, and estimating the current situation, the magma would likely cease erupting in at least four more days. Furthermore, the time needed for complete cooling before it could be explored might be even longer!

Ye Zhen speculated that, given the current circumstances, perhaps ten or more Establishment Kings might eventually arrive; he estimates that the total number of Establishment Kings converging in and around Red Fire Martial City before exploration could begin may reach twenty or even thirty!

Thinking about twenty to thirty Establishment Kings stirring up trouble in and around Red Fire Martial City gave Ye Zhen a hair-raising sensation.

When these people unleash their power, what a terrifying scene that would be!

With these concerns, Ye Zhen re-entered the Secluded Cultivation Chamber and then took out the sealed Innate Divine Soul of Yua Du. Amidst Yua Du’s lamenting pleas, strands of three-colored Innate Soul Light shot out from Ye Zhen’s eyes, intertwining with Yua Du’s Innate Divine Soul, eliciting a desperate howl from Yua Du! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to support it by voting at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)