Seeing Long Chen agree, Luo Bing and Luo Ning were overjoyed. The two of them had essentially made a great contribution to the Luo family. If Long Chen could cooperate with the Luo family, the fundamental problems of the Luo family would be effectively solved.
Moreover, with their bloodline power awakened, they could use their clan's bloodline divine arts. Even if Gu Fei and the others hid their strength, they were confident they could win this Immortal Dao supremacy contest.
The Luo family's rise to become the overlord of a province was not due to luck, but entirely through their strength. Their foundation was extremely deep, and their bloodline power was terrifying.
Luo Bing and Luo Ning had just awakened their bloodline and needed to go into seclusion. On one hand, she was adapting to her body, and at the same time, she had started practicing secret techniques related to her family's bloodline.
On the other hand, purple energy was emanating from their entire bodies, too obvious. If they went out, it would be like telling everyone their bloodline had been activated, signaling all enemies to prepare for it.
They had learned their lesson: during this period, they wouldn't go out, just quietly secluded themselves, and when they emerged, they would surprise Gu Fei and the others.
Luo Bing had already secretly sent a message to the family, explaining Long Chen's refining of the Bloodfusion Spirit Summoning Pill and helping the two sisters awaken their spirits, first to communicate with the family.
After arranging matters for Luo Bing and Luo Ning, Long Chen had basically laid out the road to the Luo family, and a weight was finally lifted from his heart.
However, Long Chen thought of his mother, feeling both anticipation and inexplicable nervousness. He had never met his biological mother, and even Long Chen, who had experienced countless bloody storms, felt conflicted.
Long Chen returned to his residence and began to familiarize himself with the Seven Absolute Profound Yang Technique and the Galaxy Firmament Technique. He quietly circulated the Seven Absolute Profound Yang Technique and realized that the creator of this technique was indeed right.
Indeed, the human body possesses attributes like metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder. Even Long Chen himself didn't know this, because this power has always been dormant.
Moreover, their power was so weak it was almost negligible; Long Chen could only control thunder and fire.
According to the method of the Seven Absolute Mysterious Yang Technique, Long Chen needs to tap into his own powers of metal, wood, water, earth, and wind. This way, when he activates the power of thunder and fire, other forces will be converted into fuel through the transformation of the technique, fueling the power of thunder and fire, making them even sharper and more formidable.
But Long Chen didn't do that. He practiced the Nine-Star Overbearing Body Technique and practiced the Seven Absolute Xuanyang Technique just to deceive others. Long Chen's real trump card wasn't thunder or flame, but his own body. He couldn't put the cart before the horse—picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons.
"Buzz"—
the divine ring behind Long Chen was stretched open. In that instant, seven colors—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—intertwined, and the forces of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder merged to form a colorful halo.
Unlike Long Chen's divine ring, the seven colors were not clearly divided but rather mixed together. Long Chen concealed himself for a moment and channeled the power of thunder, causing all the colors to ignite instantly into a single color.
At this moment, Long Chen clearly felt the power of metal, wood, water, earth, and wind burning. There was indeed a faint force infused into the thunder, but the power that boosted it was minimal, because Long Chen had only awakened this power and did not allow it to grow.
However, the flame power Long Chen possessed was not absorbed into it. After channeling the flame power, the same could happen—the thunder force could not be absorbed.
Long Chen's fire power and thunder power are independent, relying entirely on the strengths of Lei Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, so the Seven Absolute Xuanyang Technique is ineffective against them.
Long Chen then slowly activated the divine ring. When it opened, it rapidly enlarged the seven-colored divine ring. After several attempts, he found that the ring could be magnified infinitely, but once enlarged, the power of the Seven Absolute Profound Yang Technique would disperse.
But Long Chen didn't care about any of that. The only thing he cared about was that the Seven Absolute Profound Yang function couldn't conceal the divine ring, and the facts proved it was completely feasible.
On the outside, it looked like a huge mixed color halo, making it impossible to see the six-colored divine ring inside.
Immediately after, Long Chen began to activate the Galaxy and Firmament Technique. Within his divine ring, a star river pattern appeared, somewhat similar to Long Chen's star map. As soon as the star river pattern appeared, the 108,000 stars within Long Chen instantly began to tremble.
"Boom!"
The star cluster shattered in an instant, turning into a star map—the very star map inside Long Chen's body.
"Not even allowed to substitute?"
Long Chen was startled. He hadn't activated the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique, but as soon as the star river appeared, the technique activated automatically, shattering the galaxy.
Chen tried several times; every time the star river appeared, the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique would automatically activate and shatter it.
"Forget it, the difference between the Galaxy and the Star Map is just the shape. Outsiders probably won't recognize it, so it's not a big deal."
Long Chen simply gave up. Worrying about such things wasting too much time and energy wasn't worth it.
As long as it wasn't immediately recognizable by anyone, that was fine. As for his identity, it would be exposed sooner or later. He just hadn't matured yet, so the later he revealed it, the better.
"Try to draw on the power of the stars,"
Long Chen closed his eyes in deep thought. Following the method of the Galaxy and Firmament Technique, he began to use the star map to draw out the power of the stars across the heavens.
As the star map circulated in Long Chen's hand, he felt his primordial spirit instantly being withdrawn. He saw countless massive star clusters and endless stars in the universe.
In that instant, Long Chen entered a state of ethereal detachment, as if a bystander was observing the world.
"Pfft!" Suddenly,
Long Chen was in intense pain all over his body. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his ethereal state vanished in an instant, pulling him back to reality.
The star cluster in his hand shattered, leaving his hands bloody and mangled. When Long Chen touched his forehead, it split open, blood slowly flowing out. Long Chen was so terrified his face turned pale.
"What's going on?"
He didn't even understand what was happening, and he nearly died. How could he not feel afraid?
"You haven't condensed seven stars, yet you're activating the seventh level of the Nine-Star Overlord Body. You really are bold. If I hadn't intervened, you would have already died." Suddenly, an aged voice echoed in Long Chen's mind.
Long Chen was overjoyed when he heard the voice. It was the mysterious voice that had often rang out since he cultivated the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique. This time, the voice was noticeably clearer, no longer intermittent.
"Senior... Long Chen said excitedly. Is it possible to uncover the mystery of the Nine Stars now?
"Great Nine Star successor, you have finally arrived in the Immortal Realm, giving us more hope.
Speed up your growth. Nine-Star heirs all grow through adversity. You are the strongest warriors under the heavens—don't tarnish their reputation.
I don't know how you managed to draw on the power of the firmament, but remember, not condensing the seventh star and activating the power of the firmament is equivalent to suicide. I can save you once, but I can't save you a second time."
Moreover, by channeling the power of the firmament, enemies will instantly lock onto your location and launch a devastating attack. Remember, remember..."
"Senior,"
Long Chen called out, but the old man's voice had completely vanished, as if everything was an illusion.
He touched itBlood slowly flowed from his forehead and brow, yet he himself was completely unaware. The wound was strange and frightening.
Long Chen hurriedly activated the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique. The wound slowly healed, and the anxiety he had been holding was finally lifted.
"The heart technique of the Star River Firmament Technique is actually similar to the seventh level of the Nine Star Overlord Body Technique. It almost killed me." Long Chen felt a wave of lingering fear. It seemed that from now on, many things couldn't be practiced recklessly, especially those similar to the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique.
Long Chen rested for half a day, and the next day he started teaching Mu Qingyun and the others again. Time passed little by little, and before he knew it, the day of the Divine Dao Contest had arrived.
"Third Brother, you've completely shed your worldly aura." The disciples of the Xiaoyao Alliance had gathered. Mu Qingyun looked at Long Chen and suddenly exclaimed with delight.