"Good!"

The figure spoke: "It's also fortunate that although you've refined all the Martial Path Will left by my true self, your Cultivation has not broken through to the Holy Venerate Realm. This proves that your Heart Realm is quite stable, able to hold back from breaking through. This is a good thing. Otherwise, once your Cultivation breaks through to the Holy Venerate Realm, you would no longer be able to refine the Heavenly Palace!"

"Ugh..."

Lin Fan was somewhat speechless.

It seems that this misfortune was actually a blessing in disguise. It's not that Lin Fan didn't want to break through; instead, it was because the Power of Starry Sky within the Heavenly Palace was too scarce for Lin Fan to achieve a breakthrough. If Lin Fan could break through, he would certainly choose to do so. After all, no Cultivator could resist the temptation of a breakthrough.

At the same time, Lin Fan finally understood that to acquire the Heavenly Palace was extremely demanding, and it could even be said that no one else but himself stood a chance.

At this moment, the figure waved his hands, and an Array Barrier materialized. The Array Barrier was not very large, but one could feel that the energy it contained was incredibly powerful.

The figure said to Lin Fan indifferently: "This is the final challenge in refining the Heavenly Palace, the Heart of the Heavenly Palace lies within this Array Barrier. As long as you can break the Array Barrier and obtain the Heart of the Heavenly Palace, you will be successful in refining and controlling the Heavenly Palace!"

After hearing what the figure said, Lin Fan once again found himself speechless.

The last challenge in refining the Heavenly Palace involves breaking an Array?

Such a powerful Array may well be beyond even the most Peak Array Master in the entire Holy Soul Domain, couldn't it?

This is simply an unreasonable difficulty.

The conditions already so stringent, and now there's still an Array to be broken?

Lin Fan couldn't help but say to the figure: "Your true self has set up so many obstacles; was he really waiting for a fated successor to inherit the Heavenly Palace?"

The figure seemed to know what Lin Fan was thinking and spoke lightly: "If one is not a Heavenly Pride, they simply do not deserve to be the fated successor of the Heavenly Palace."

"Alright then!"

Lin Fan was speechless again.

The requirements for a Heavenly Pride are truly too steep, aren't they?

The figure then said to Lin Fan: "Enough, I advise you not to waste time. Hurry and break the Array. This Array Barrier is timed; if the time runs out, the Array cannot be broken."

"Okay, then I'll break the Array now!"

As Lin Fan spoke, the Heaven Punishment Divine Spear had already appeared in his hands.

Whoosh...

Lin Fan's spear thrust directly toward a certain spot on the Array Barrier.

"Hmm?"

Upon seeing Lin Fan's move, the figure couldn't help but be surprised and thought to himself: "How did this kid do it?"

It turned out that the spot Lin Fan had struck with his spear was precisely the weak point of the Array Barrier?

The figure couldn't understand how Lin Fan had discovered the flaw within the Array Barrier.

But he didn't know that the reason Lin Fan could find the flaw in the Array Barrier was due to the Universal Image.

Without the flaw-locating feature of the Universal Image, it would have been very difficult for Lin Fan to break open the Array.

Boom...

With a loud noise, Lin Fan's spear thrust blew open the Array Barrier.

Subsequently, a heart the size of a fist appeared in Lin Fan's line of sight.

This was the Heart of the Heavenly Palace.

Whoosh...

In that instant, the Heart of the Heavenly Palace attempted to flee at the fastest speed.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Lin Fan seemed to have been prepared.

He dashed forward, and at the moment when the Heart of the Heavenly Palace was trying to escape, Lin Fan grabbed it in his hand.

"Hisss!"

Lin Fan gasped sharply: "So hot!"

The heart of the Heavenly Palace was scorching hot.

Although Lin Fan's strength was sufficiently powerful and his endurance was very strong, he almost couldn't bear such scalding heat.

Then, Lin Fan merely felt an immense energy directly enter into his Soul Ocean, attempting to seize control of it.

So it turned out, the heart of the Heavenly Palace was actually trying to forcefully conduct Body Seizing on Lin Fan?

The so-called refining of the Heavenly Palace was nothing but a ruse, with the ultimate goal of seizing Lin Fan's body.

Inside this heart, the will of the original owner was left behind, intending to invade Lin Fan's body with willpower, and then be reborn after the successful seizing.

"Hmph!"

Lin Fan snorted.

In fact, Lin Fan had always been on his guard before.

At this moment, Lin Fan immediately unleashed his ultimate Assassin technique.

All the Monarch Power was mobilized by Lin Fan, fully applied onto the heart of the Heavenly Palace, and then in an instant, the scorching sensation on the heart of the Heavenly Palace disappeared without a trace.

Simultaneously, the Monarch Power also transformed into the power of the soul, instantly eradicating all of the energy that had invaded Lin Fan's Soul Ocean!

Soon after, Lin Fan gained complete initiative.

However, Lin Fan did not stop there. The Monarch Power quickly entered the heart of the Heavenly Palace, eradicated all remaining will within it, and then instantly refined the heart of the Heavenly Palace.

Just like that, Lin Fan effectively refined the heart of the Heavenly Palace and became its master.

"You..."

The figure opposite him watched Lin Fan in horror and asked, "You... how did you do that?"

The figure originally thought that by suddenly making a move, they could definitely seize Lin Fan, only to not expect that in the blink of an eye, Lin Fan had turned defeat into victory.

"Hehe!"

After Lin Fan chuckled, he lightly said, "Previously, I was always on guard."

The figure said, "That's not right, even if you were on guard, it should be impossible to turn defeat into victory. How exactly did you do it?"

Lin Fan said, "Do you think I need to tell you?"

The figure then turned and prepared to flee swiftly.

The figure now knew that he was no match for Lin Fan, so he opted to directly flee.

"Hmph, thinking of fleeing? Dream on!"

Lin Fan took a step and the Heaven Punishment Divine Spear in his hand pierced through the figure, and the next moment, the figure completely disappeared, leaving nothing behind but a scream.

"Eh?"

At the moment when Lin Fan eliminated the figure, he was taken aback.

Because Lin Fan discovered that boundless energy was suddenly converging around him, and even Lin Fan didn't know what kind of energy it was, but he could feel that the power within this energy was no less than the Power of Starry Sky.

"Absorb, refine!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Fan began to refine the energy around him.

The energy entered Lin Fan's body like a tidal wave, absorbed by him.

Lin Fan's cultivation was also rapidly improving.

Middle Period of Emperor Realm!

Late Period of Emperor Realm!

Perfect of Emperor Realm!

Supreme Realm of Emperor Realm!

Whoosh...

In the last moment, Lin Fan's cultivation broke through abruptly, reaching the Early Period of Saint Realm!

After reaching the Saint Realm, Lin Fan's cultivation improvement finally came to a halt.

This time, Lin Fan's cultivation had advanced by an entire Great Realm.