Terran Guardian - Chapter 3486

Chapter 3464 Two Hundred Thousand Years

Top of the Immortal Emperor Monument!

Shen Changqing was confident that no one in the Immortal Emperor realm could rival him.

Although, to date,

he had only clashed with the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor.

The latter had barely made it to the tenth place on the Immortal Emperor Monument, with nine more places ahead of him.

Regardless,

the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor’s strength was undeniable.

Even if he was slightly behind the other nine, Shen Changqing believed it wouldn’t be too significant.

And with his current strength, if the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor were to confront him, Shen Changqing would be confident he could easily suppress him.

Next up,

there was the Great Chess Immortal Emperor.

Although Shen Changqing had never fought him in real life, he had witnessed his strength within the Seven Profound Divine Tower.

It was fair to say

that the Great Chess Immortal Emperor within the Seven Profound Divine Tower was just that

, a simple figure. For Shen Changqing to suppress him was a piece of cake.

Of course,

the true strength of the powerful figures deduced by the Seven Profound Divine Tower was bound to differ somewhat from that of the real world.

For example, some protective treasures and other hidden cards and back-up plans were beyond the Seven Profound Divine Tower’s ability to deduce.

However, even if the opponent was stronger than the Seven Profound Divine Tower predicted, it was still limited.

According to outside news, the Great Chess Immortal Emperor’s greatest achievement was his battle with the semi-saint of the ancient Xiang family. Leveraging his innate imperial weapon, he managed to hold his own against a semi-saint.   Shen Changqing had seen

the strength of the ninth and tenth.   As for the top eight, he had never seen them.   The Nine Heavens Immortal Realm was vast, with 3,600 immortal states, of which the Divine Wind State was only one. Seeing them was inherently difficult.   However, based solely on the experiences of the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor and the Great Chess Immortal Emperor, Shen Changqing had a rough estimate of the strength of the other ten strongest individuals on the Immortal Emperor Monument.   It wasn’t impossible for some to surpass the heavens, rivaling the Immortal Emperor realm and even semi-saints, but that was their limit.   Shen Changqing roughly estimated that his current strength was somewhere between the peak of the first calamity and the beginning of the second calamity.   Going beyond that was impossible.   The peak cultivation of an Immortal Emperor!   The combat power of the initial stage of the Second Tribulation!   Such strength   was absolutely unmatched within the Immortal Emperor realm.   Of course,   it wasn’t ruled out that some powerful individuals possessed certain supreme treasures, capable of unleashing even greater power. However, the external power of a supreme treasure had nothing to do with the ranking on the Immortal Emperor Monument.   The   latter emphasized fundamental cultivation, and other external forces were of no use.   With the two top-tier Immortal Emperor-level body-refining techniques perfected, coupled with the nine Immortal Emperor Universes tempered to perfection, and a minor accomplishment in the Innate Immortal Body,   Shen Changqing naturally had ample confidence.   However—   he didn’t set out immediately.   If Shen Changqing had considered this over ten thousand years ago, he wouldn’t have hesitated.   But now, with the True Intention Weapon Forging Technique, he saw hope for further strengthening his foundation.   While the True Intention Weapon Forging Technique could only temper the Sea of Consciousness and the Divine Soul, it could ultimately enhance his foundation.   In this case, Shen Changqing didn’t mind waiting a little longer. It’s   better to be safe than sorry.   Heading to the Divine Heaven Realm in true peak condition was the safest course of action.   Even though Shen Changqing believed that with his current strength and foundation, he could maintain his position at the top of the Immortal Emperor Monument, there was no guarantee that unexpected events would not occur.   If an unexpected event did occur, it would mean a missed opportunity.   After all,   all cultivators only have one chance to receive the rewards from the Heavenly Dao Divine Monument.   The higher the ranking, the better the reward.   Especially for the top ten, the opportunities granted to each rank are likely to vary significantly.   This is even more true for first and second place.   Therefore,   Shen Changqing was not in a hurry.   Having obtained the True Meaning Weapon Forging Method, he had already fully comprehended and mastered this magical power. All that remained was self-cultivation and consolidation.   ”The next catastrophe is still over 100 million years away, and as for the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, it will take over 10 million years.   For now, there’s plenty of time to cultivate and consolidate!”   Shen Changqing shook his head slightly.   ”Come to think of it, it’s only been 970,000 years since I ascended to the Upper Realm!”   970,000 years!   For many Immortal Emperors, it’s just the time for a single retreat.   But for Shen Changqing, it’s quite a long time.   This was because   during these 970,000 years, he had spent a considerable amount of time in seclusion within the Seven Profound Divine Pagoda cultivating. While   970,000 years might not seem like a long time, Shen Changqing’s actual age was surprisingly over 80 million years. This suggests that   Shen Changqing spent the majority of his time in seclusion cultivating.   Over 900,000 years isn’t a long time,   but tens of millions of years is a different story.   However,   for many cultivators, even tens of millions of years wouldn’t be enough to make the journey from the Ancient Immortal Realm to the Immortal Emperor Realm, let alone ascend from the Immortal Emperor Realm to the pinnacle of the Immortal Emperor realm.   …   The refining of the Xuantian Emperor Bell caused quite a stir within the Xuantian Dao Sect,   but the shock quickly subsided.   Later,   Shen Changqing devoted himself to weapon forging and refining.   For him,   weapon forging and refining was both a way to forge divine weapons and a way to temper himself. It was a process of cultivating the True Intention Weapon Forging Method.   Of course,   cultivating the True Intention Weapon Forging Method didn’t necessarily require weapon forging and refining.   Normal seclusion and cultivation were equally suitable.   But in Shen Changqing’s view, simply practicing the True Meaning Weapon Forging Technique in seclusion undoubtedly wasted the true purpose of this magical power.   This magical power   was born for weapon forging.   It contained the profound insights of an eighth-rank, sixth-grade Grandmaster on weapon forging and refining.

Therefore,

compared to simply retreating, Shen Changqing practiced weapon forging.

This

deepened his cultivation of the True Meaning Weapon Forging Method and simultaneously made rapid progress in weapon forging.

…

One day,   another weapon tribulation descended

upon Weapon Peak.   This movement instantly attracted the attention of numerous cultivators.   ”Seventh-level weapon tribulation!”   ”No… The aura of this seventh-level weapon tribulation seems much stronger than before. I’m afraid it’s already reached the seventh-level mid-grade!”   Many cultivators were shocked and looked towards Weapon Peak with awe in their eyes.   A seventh-level mid-grade weapon tribulation! This   meant the emergence of a mid-grade Imperial Immortal weapon.   It seemed obvious that anyone in the entire Xuantian Dao Sect could refine such a treasure.   At Weapon Peak,   Gongsun Yang gazed at the descending weapon tribulation, his face filled with awe.   ”The Sect Master’s comprehension is unmatched. It’s only been a few years, just two hundred thousand years since he ascended to the Seventh Rank Grandmaster position, and yet he’s already reached the Seventh Rank Mid-Grand.   In comparison, I’m truly ashamed!”   At this point, Gongsun Yang’s face was filled with shame.   During those two hundred thousand years,   he had also ascended to the Sixth Rank Mid-Grandmaster position.   But this breakthrough, compared to Shen Changqing’s, was naturally on a completely different level.   The difficulty of reaching the Seventh Rank was far greater than that of the Sixth Rank.   Furthermore,   Gongsun Yang knew full well that it had taken him a full sixty million years to reach the Sixth Rank.   Now, possessing the pinnacle of the Sixth Rank inheritance and receiving guidance from a Seventh Rank Grandmaster, he’d barely reached the Sixth Rank Mid-Grand.   The comparison   was truly humbling .   At this moment   , the heavenly tribulations continued to fall. The supreme treasure vibrated and hummed as it endured the trials, yet no trace of shattering remained.   After the final tribulation, Shen Changqing grasped the void with his right hand, and an immortal seal appeared in his hand.   ”Two weapon patterns!”   ”As for the grade, it’s pretty standard for a mid-grade Imperial Immortal weapon!”   He looked at the Immortal Seal in his hand, his expression calm, as if it weren’t a mid-grade Imperial Immortal weapon, but just an ordinary item.   Indeed, this was indeed the case.   Shen Changqing believed his advancement to the seventh-grade mid-grade was inevitable. As   usual,   with the True Meaning Weapon Forging Technique at his disposal, he faced no bottlenecks before breaking through to the eighth level.   The only thing he lacked was time and accumulation.   Only when he reached the peak of the seventh level and aspired to become an eighth-grade Grandmaster would he encounter a bottleneck.   Therefore,   within two hundred thousand years,   Shen Changqing easily ascended to the seventh-grade mid-grade.   Furthermore,   as his weapon cultivation advanced, Shen Changqing could sense that his sea of consciousness had become even more stable compared to two hundred thousand years ago.   For comparison, it had increased by approximately ten percent.   A ten percent increase in sea of consciousness   signified a greater strength of the soul.   Such a transformation would be astonishing even for an ordinary Immortal Emperor.   The soul itself is difficult to cultivate, let alone a mere 200,000 years to enhance the soul in the sea of consciousness by 10%. This level of transformation is naturally not to be underestimated.   However,   Shen Changqing is no ordinary Immortal Emperor.   He is a true Immortal Emperor.   Under such circumstances, he can still achieve a spiritual advancement, which is already a breakthrough.   Shen Changqing has a deeper understanding of the power of the True Intention Weapon Forging Method.   Therefore,   Shen Changqing felt no emotion at all about   the advancement of the weapon path.   However, the breakthrough of the soul in the sea of consciousness did cause him   to feel a surge of excitement. Even so, Shen Changqing did not sense the bottleneck that was holding him back.   This means that   if he continues to practice the True Intention Weapon Forging Method, his soul in the sea of consciousness can be further improved. This makes   the True Intention Weapon Forging Method even more terrifying.   At Shen Changqing’s level, every bit of improvement is astonishing.   Judging from his current situation, he believes that his soul in the sea of consciousness can still improve by at least another 20% to 30% before reaching its limit.   ”It’s almost there. I’ll make a breakthrough in my weaponry later, and my sea of consciousness and soul will also be transformed.   In a million years at most, it won’t be a problem for me to break through to the peak of the seventh level!”   Shen Changqing already had an idea in his mind. Within   a million years.   Break through to the peak of the seventh level.   When this thought fell on his mind, Gongsun Yang beside him had already stepped forward.   ”Congratulations to the sect master for being promoted to the seventh level mid-grade grandmaster. I just watched the sect master forging weapons and refining weapons, and I have some doubts in my heart. I wonder if the sect master can answer them for me!”   Upon hearing this ,   Shen Changqing suppressed his distracting thoughts and looked at Gongsun Yang, who was smiling ingratiatingly in front of him, and smiled calmly.   ”Gongsun Peak Master, just speak frankly!” (End of this chapter)