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Chapter 711 - 0441 Hell hides evil ghosts, the Eastern Peak has the Emperor (seeking monthly tickets and subscriptions)

Chapter 711: 0441 Hell hides evil ghosts, the Eastern Peak has the Emperor (seeking monthly tickets and subscriptions)

[Servant of the Tiger], any enemy killed by Lu Chenzhou, whether demon, ghost, or human... as long as his will can withstand it, can be bound to the Five Internal Organs World, initiating the King’s Domain, and materializing it.

The Law Domain advances to a Ghost Domain!

Within the Law Domain lies the Human World Ghost Country.

If he does not die, the ghosts do not perish. After being slain by the enemy, the Chang Ghost will be reborn in the Five Internal Organs World. At this time, the Chang Ghost will enter a period of weakness and require Lu Chenzhou to nurture with his spirit, essence, and energy for a period of time before it can return to peak state.

"Raising ghosts in the Five Internal Organs?"

Lu Chenzhou pondered inwardly.

Theoretically, as long as the enemy’s willpower is weaker than his, even if their realm is a rank higher, he can convert their spiritual will into a Chang Ghost after slaying them. For example, some Demon Emperors, though physically strong, have average spirits.

However, the strength of the converted Chang Ghost is also determined by the enemy’s spiritual will and has nothing to do with the physical strength they had in life. Thus, a Demon Emperor converted into a Chang Ghost may have average combat power, not as useful as commanding a Great Ghost King.

Of course, with his current strength, he is unable to kill a Demon Emperor; relying on others to kill, then finishing them off won’t work either; it must be a hunt conducted by himself.

"Chang Ghosts are ghostly beings, so their means of attack are similar to other ghostly beings and mainly involve illusion techniques, spells, fear, nightmare creation, and other spiritual attacks...

Although my spiritual realm is advanced, apart from a superior True Skill level spell seal gradually unable to keep up with my strength, I have not cultivated any genuine spiritual martial arts, hence compared to Po Suo’s spiritual Grandmasters, I’m lacking by far. I can only say I am far superior in resisting spiritual attacks compared to Da Xia Martial Arts.

With the means of [Servant of the Tiger], I can use the accompanying Chang Ghosts to make up for the shortcomings in spiritual attacks. For the tiger, Chang Ghosts are not an external force; they are part of it and essentially a kind of divine skill.

The five slots for Chang Ghosts should be reserved for Great Ghost Kings or similar beings skilled in spiritual attacks. While Chang Ghosts can be replaced, they do consume my essence, spirit, and energy, so I should avoid settling for anything less at the start. There’s no need to waste time on those with ordinary talent and potential. The Red-Dressed Ghost King encountered earlier was quite decent."

Lu Chenzhou thought of the Myriad Ghost Cave; it’s a "pet-catching" location, along with the Human World’s "Rashamon Ghost Country," where many powerful "Heavenly Ghosts" linger.

He viewed the five internal organs internally.

After breaking through with the World Tiger Fist, the five organs shone like altars with a hazy golden light. His consciousness entered, seemingly stepping into heaven worlds within, each containing its own universe.

The heart, volcanoes, forest-like, magma boiling;

The lungs, sword mountains extending endlessly, iron trees covering the sky;

The liver, old huai trees, ghost willows, dark and eerie;

The kidneys, a blood pool reeking, cold condensing ice;

The spleen, a field of abandoned graves, stone mills standing tall.

Lu Chenzhou had an epiphany.

"The Five Internal Organs World bears a striking resemblance to the legendary Eighteen Layers of Hell... The heart is associated with fire, so it comprises the Volcanic Hell and the Oil Pot Hell. The lungs are associated with gold, hence the Sword Mountain Hell and the Iron Tree Hell... Likewise, the Five Worlds form five illusory hellish landscapes, places to house Chang Ghosts in the future. So, to match the attributes of the Five Internal Organs World, it is essential to select five Chang Ghosts with corresponding Five Elements attributes. This way, the Chang Ghosts will grow efficiently in the Five Internal Organs World."

Simultaneously.

Lu Chenzhou’s consciousness reached the Inner Scenery Land.

He saw in the Eastern Land, the towering Mount Tai with five-colored lights soaring to the sky, vaguely shadowy figures of divine beings driving a chariot drawn by five dragons, flying across. He reached the summit of Mount Tai, where a virtual image of buildings with a golden summit and red walls, shimmering with divine light, stood.

The plaque bore three large characters.

"Jade Emperor Hall..."

Lu Chenzhou had climbed Mount Tai and was naturally familiar with this building, but he had never heard of building manifestations within the Inner Scenery Land akin to the Three Mountains and Five Mountains.

"It’s different again."

He murmured to himself.

In front of the Jade Emperor Hall, there was a five-colored altar.

The five-colored light came from here.

The divine figure driving the five dragons was indistinct, but once it landed on the altar, it was absorbed by a swirling vortex of five colors, and Lu Chenzhou’s consciousness followed into it.

He felt himself moving downward, flying for an unknown duration, as if traversing endless dimensions of space and time until he arrived in a misty gray world, with a black sky and ground; yellow rivers meandered and disappeared into the unknown... Throughout this world, thick black roots dangled like the air roots of banyan trees, lush and verdant.

He looked up and seemed to barely discern a towering tree standing over this world’s heavens, with billions of green leaves rustling softly.

"Is there another universe within the Inner Scenery Land?"

This immense tree should be the World Tree.

Before the breakthrough with the World Tiger Fist, Lu Chenzhou only regarded the Inner Scenery Land as a typical internal world, though evidently, it had deeper dimensions.

"This is the hells from countless human legends, the underworld, the Netherworld, beneath the Nine Springs, a place for the deceased. Martial Arts is about making the false real. My Martial Arts silently bring out aspects of my subconscious within the Inner Scenery Land... I truly want to know what my master’s Inner Scenery Land is like; I’ll ask him when I go out."

He felt as if his Inner Scenery Land possessed a "slightly" richer detail than others’.

It might be related to the Martial Arts Tree, as he found it unusual when grasses first appeared in the Inner Scenery Land.

This place, temporarily named "Hell" by Lu Chenzhou, is chaotic like an egg, with no other scenery visible for now, except for the heavens and the earth and the river as dim as the Yellow Springs.

He continued downward, seeing once again the scenes he had just witnessed in the Five Organs World—Sword Mountain, Sea of Fire, Ice Blood Pool... the hellish scenery slowly nurturing.

"The mysteries of the human body are so wondrous. One grain of sand, one world; one leaf, one Po Suo; one person is also a realm."

Lu Chenzhou arrived at the normal Inner Scenery Land, gazing at the acupoint heavenly star, where silver-white starlight cascaded down, transforming into qi-blood that filled his body, finally allowing him to break through the 21,000 mark.

"The qi-blood baseline of a Great Grandmaster in the Middle Realm is 30,000 points. Once my "Lu Wu Demon Cleansing Scripture" breaks through the Thirteenth Layer, I should be almost there... "Phoenix Call to the Nine Heavens Fist" and "Mountain Lord Inquiry Fist" are also nearing breakthroughs, both can increase some qi-blood. The most difficult is the "Golden Liquid Flowing Body." To advance it to a Middle Level Horizontal Training Divine Skill, I still lack some opportunities."

Being a Path Breaker is indeed like this.

...

One month later.

"Phoenix Call to the Nine Heavens" broke through to Great Success. This martial art comprises seven styles, corresponding to Gold, Wood, Water, Earth, Fire, and Wind and Thunder.

Except for the final "Purple Phoenix Thunder" and "Red Phoenix Burning Grass," he has mastered the first five moves, which combine functions of control, speed, healing, and killing.

The final "Mountain Lord Inquiry Fist," to reach perfection, still needs some time. With his mind preoccupied with the war group trials, he temporarily ended his seclusion and prepared to leave.

According to his calendar, it should be April 2247 in the Human World, with one year left until the pioneering ends.

...

"Little Junior Brother, you’ve reached the Fifth Realm?"

Mr. Turtle, upon waking, was both surprised and delighted. It had only been a nap, yet Lu Chenzhou broke through the realm. Humans, although short-lived, have exceedingly exceptional talents in some individuals, which indeed surpasses imagination. Thus, amidst the numerous powerful extraordinary races in the Great Wilderness, only the four emperors of the Human Clan reached the peak of cultivation.

"I was fortunate not to disgrace the mission. Thanks for the Nine Apertures Exquisite Grass you gave me, Senior Brother. Otherwise, Junior Brother would have needed to stay in seclusion much longer."

Lu Chenzhou’s face was sincere.

Mr. Turtle laughed.

"Haha, you’re welcome. It’s great that you broke through. In the Great Wilderness, without Fifth Realm strength, one can barely admit to being a disciple of a master. Achieving Sixth Realm strength means you’ve graduated; with Seventh Realm strength, you can guard a region!"

"Senior Brother... Do you have more of that Nine Apertures Exquisite Grass? If I acquire other treasures of the same grade in the future, I’d like to exchange them with you to give to friends."

Lu Chenzhou still remembered this. If given to Master Wang, with master’s talent, opening the acupoint would no longer be his Breakthrough Seven hurdle; a breakthrough would only be a matter of time.

And to senior brothers and sisters... including Master Ji. Ideally, everyone around him would consume one; he hadn’t dared to imagine before, but now, apprenticed to a Great Power, he dared to think.

Mr. Turtle was helplessly amused.

"This is a treasure second only to heaven and earth treasures, a scarce item even within the Great Wilderness... I do have one more plant, but I need a vial of Demon Emperor Essence Blood for alchemy. If you can acquire it, I’ll exchange it with you."

Lu Chenzhou beamed with joy.

"Fine, what kind of demon?"

"Any Demon Emperor will do. Hand over the Demon Emperor’s corpse to me, and I’ll extract the essence blood."

"Alright."

"By the way, how’s your cultivation of the ’Nine Dukes Moving Mountains Scripture’ going?" Mr. Turtle was concerned about this.

Lu Chenzhou looked troubled. "My talent is average. After a month of cultivation, I’m just at the beginner stage. To break through faster, I stopped cultivation for now, so there hasn’t been much progress..."

Mr. Turtle: "..."

Average talent?

A month to reach the beginner stage?

The old turtle coughed and said, "Don’t worry, you’re progressing quickly. I just checked your bone age; you’re now only 35. If you can master the First Layer before 45, it’s good... But if you truly intend to practice, don’t slack off. Honestly speaking, your talent is strong, and your martial artists’ cultivation progress far exceeds us Great Wilderness Qi Refiners... But there’s a problem, your lifespan is too short; even in the Seventh Realm, it’s only seven hundred years. And powerful cultivation techniques often take hundreds to thousands of years to practice, so you need a sense of urgency and also pay attention to life-extending treasures."

Lu Chenzhou nodded: "I’ll work hard."

"And one more thing, it’s good to challenge the Star-Picking Tower more frequently. If you can reach beyond the 6000th layer early, you might obtain the precious legacy left by Emperor Zhan personally."

Mr. Turtle suddenly said.

"6000th layer? That would require Heavenly Realm strength."

"Yes, Emperor Zhan only accepts disciples who are either immensely talented or have achieved the Heavenly Realm."

Before departing, Mr. Turtle handed a golden token to Lu Chenzhou. "With this direct disciple token, in this small realm and the Human World, you can teleport to the cave. But it’s best not to be discovered by demons and ghosts; once certain beings in the Forbidden Zone become aware of the grotto heaven, they would attempt to invade."

Lu Chenzhou thought of the Water Mansion trial; this place is a rare pure land, and he would never allow evil gods to invade.