CHAPTER 844: CHAPTER 820 MYSTERIOUS GUEST (1/3, REQUESTING MONTHLY VOTES)

Zhou Heng continued his efforts, taking the seventh Seven Stars Pill and enhancing his Spiritual Power accumulation.

However, as he entered the Creation Emperor stage, the Spiritual Power required for each step increased dramatically. This single Seven Stars Pill barely elevated him two Divine Aspects, reaching the first barrier of the Ten Aspects Creation Emperor.

Further advancement would lead to the Bright Immortal!

This was a leap, yet the Spiritual Power accumulation needed was even greater, and the effect of a Seven Stars Pill suddenly diminished to only enhancing one Aspect. He consumed the remaining seven Seven Stars Pills, ultimately stopping at the Seven Aspects Bright Immortal.

His Cultivation Level suddenly surpassed that of the Five Great Dragon Sovereigns, becoming the highest in his faction.

For ordinary Bright Immortals, the Seven Aspects Bright Immortal was already close to breaking through to the Stellar Realm, but Zhou Heng felt his journey as a Bright Immortal was just beginning, with no sign of being rejected by the heavens.

He operated the Five Elements Rune and found he used only about one three-hundredth of his Spiritual Power, meaning he could continuously use the Five Elements Rune 300 times without interruption! Coupled with Spirit Restorative Pills, he could stretch it to 500 or more usages before exhausting his Spiritual Power.

Furthermore, coupled with slaying some lesser creatures in battle, the number of times he could consecutively use the Five Elements Rune would drastically increase.

Zhou Heng exited his Immortal Residence, and aside from the Red Dragon Empress, the other Dragon Sovereigns had already become Zhou Heng’s women or servants, naturally waiting outside for him. Upon seeing him, the Four Dragon Sovereigns were all shocked to the extreme.

Bright Immortal!

Furthermore, he was at least a level stronger than them, because they could no longer discern Zhou Heng’s Cultivation Level.

Although they all knew that the Seven Stars Fruit was one of the most top-tier Holy Medicines in the Immortal Realm, and its refined form had extremely potent effects. Yet upon witnessing Zhou Heng rising to a higher level than them, they couldn’t help but gape in astonishment, their mouths forming perfect circles.

Zhou Heng laughed heartily and said, "Why are you all looking at me so strangely? Don’t you recognize me?"

"Don’t you think your Cultivation Level has increased too quickly?" sighed the Blue Dragon Empress, who unlike the other three Dragon Sovereigns’ submission, could still maintain her original pride in front of Zhou Heng, and remained the most composed.

"It’s still not fast enough!" Zhou Heng sighed, the stronger he became, the more he could sense the terrifying high-tier Bright Immortal, because he himself had entered this level, he increasingly understood the absolute terror of the Dragon Emperor.

The key issue was, although his strength had increased countless billion-fold, his trump card, the Five Elements Rune, had not significantly boosted its power, only to about ten times.

Defeating the Dragon Emperor might be feasible, but to kill this Stellar King, whose strength was suppressed by the heavenly laws, was still insufficient. If the Dragon Emperor wanted to escape wholeheartedly, Zhou Heng could not stop him! Moreover, the opposing party was a genuine Stellar King; at most, he could erupt fully and immediately return to the Bright Realm!

—The Bright Realm was not like the Immortal Realm, which had been completely shattered; on any planet with Martial Artists, one could find the presence of the Star Gate, and after several random transports, reach the desired place. However, returning was easy, but going down difficult, and to return to the Immortal Realm, the Dragon Emperor didn’t know what price it would cost.

Unless an opportunity for an absolute kill could be created, Zhou Heng had no chance of killing the Dragon Emperor.

In competing with Zhou Heng, the Dragon Emperor held an innate advantage, which was that his limit was defeat but not death! Of course, this limit, one could believe the Dragon Emperor would never want to touch unless he achieved his goals.

After leaving his Immortal Residence, the first task Zhou Heng undertook was to continue scavenging precious herbs from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to refine the "Nine Yuan Revival Pill," the best Spirit Restorative Pill in the Immortal Realm, of course, each pill’s value was also astronomically high.

This was, after all, to defeat the Dragon Emperor, not out of personal gain, and Zhou Heng scavenged with peace of mind. However, the Great Elder of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion wore a distressed look; each time Zhou Heng took a cherished herb, his entire body twitched in a painful manner.

These materials were quite precious, though they couldn’t compare to the auxiliary materials of the Seven Stars Pill, but the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion could provide them alone; it was merely the price that was astronomical! But under a broken nest, how can unbroken eggs exist, if Zhou Heng couldn’t withstand the Dragon Emperor, then the fall of Juexian City was inevitable.

Could the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion escape the plundering of Star Sea bandits?

Hence, the Great Elder of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion only displayed a distressed look, rather than turning red-eyed and strangling Zhou Heng.

Upon returning, Zhou Heng first had the Nine Yuan Revival Pill refined—I mean, the Fire Divine Furnace did the actual refining, and he merely uttered a fleeting command.

Once the 89 ingredient Nine Yuan Revival Pills were all refined, Zhou Heng felt more confident; after all, during the previous battle with the Dragon Emperor, he couldn’t force out the Emperor’s ace card, who knew how many Immortal Techniques or Bright Realm Treasure Artifacts this guy held.

It’s all because the gap between the Bright Immortal and Stellar King is incredibly vast. One may achieve up to 99 Divine Aspects to tackle the Stellar King, consequently, Zhou Heng, being a Seven Aspects Bright Immortal, still fell short dramatically in strength compared to the Dragon Emperor.

Soon after refining the Nine Yuan Revival Pill, a mysterious guest visited.

The visitor, a figure cloaked in black attire, and without alarming anyone, appeared before Zhou Heng. He removed the hood from his face, allowing Zhou Heng to finally discern the guest’s true identity—previously inscrutable to him.

It’s Wang Youyue!

Why is she here?

"I’ve already told you, do not engage in conflict with the Dragon Emperor, so why do you insist on opposing him?" Wang Youyue spoke with an air of superiority.

Zhou Heng was immediately displeased and said, "I was merely asking for your help. Since you’re unwilling to take action against the Dragon Emperor, I won’t force you, but what right do you have to boss me around?"

"How bold! You, a mere native of the Immortal Realm, dare to speak to me like this!" Wang Youyue was furious, her delicate hand reaching out towards Zhou Heng, unleashing a gust of wind that transformed into five white swords, each a hundred feet long, exuding a chilling, penetrating aura.

Zhou Heng snorted lightly. Even if Wang Youyue’s strength is comparable to the Dragon Emperor’s, what does it matter if they are both Star Kings? As long as they are in the Immortal Realm, they can only exert the power of Eighty-Nine Aspects Bright Immortal, such power can never surpass the Five Elements Rune!

Trying to suppress him?

Even before he broke through, the Dragon Emperor was not qualified, let alone now that Zhou Heng has become a Seven Aspects Bright Immortal!

He casually threw a punch. Since the opponent did not go all out, he merely used the Gold Rune, instantly causing the sharp aura to scatter everywhere. Bang, bang, bang, the five sword qis Wang Youyue struck out shattered completely before even approaching Zhou Heng.

"Hmm?" Wang Youyue showed a hint of shock. Although she didn’t use much power in that strike, it should not have been something a Creation King could withstand!

Wait, something’s not right!

Wang Youyue’s beautiful eyes suddenly widened as she realized that Zhou Heng had somehow skipped the Creation King’s level and leaped straight into the Bright Immortal rank!

This kind of progress in cultivation was somewhat frightening!

Recalling her first encounter with Zhou Heng, he was merely the Sunshine Emperor back then. This guy seemed like he had the soul of a supreme expert hidden within him, capable of growing autonomously over time! It should be known that this Immortal Realm had been completely ravaged, making precious herbs extremely scarce, and Zhou Heng’s rate of advancement was simply unbelievable!

She had heard Zhou Heng had fought the Dragon Emperor. It was precisely because of this that she came to Juexian City to find Zhou Heng. Yet she didn’t believe the rumors, thinking Zhou Heng was merely relying on his "background," which is, in fact, her own background!

This made her very angry!

Although the Wang Family had tremendous power in the Bright Realm—otherwise, how could they afford to send people into the Immortal Realm, a cost not usually bearable by an ordinary family! But compared to the formidable Dragon Clan, the Wang Family still had a clearly weaker position. For Zhou Heng to temporarily fend off the Dragon Emperor using the Wang Family’s name was simply drawing hatred towards the Wang Family!

How dare this guy!

Thus, she immediately rushed over in rage, wanting Zhou Heng to thoroughly explain himself!

—Does this native not understand the difficulty of descending from the Bright Realm? What’s wrong with the family for recruiting someone like this?

However, after this strike, Wang Youyue’s heart was instantly in turmoil. Although she refused to believe Zhou Heng had the qualifications to oppose her, his potential and battle prowess left her heart trembling. If this guy went to the Bright Realm, with his monstrous talent and the family’s nurturing, his future would be limitless!

Even she couldn’t bear to criticize such a genius harshly, but she couldn’t tolerate Zhou Heng’s blatant act of drawing hatred towards the family. The Wang Family wasn’t the strongest in the Bright Realm; some people will never yield. If someone were to slap Zhou Heng to death, wouldn’t the family’s investment be wasted?

The more Wang Youyue thought about it, the angrier she became. This guy was relying on his outstanding talent but didn’t know his own limits!

He must be taught a good lesson to let him know that even in the Immortal Realm, he cannot do as he pleases!

"Alright, alright, alright, let me show you what a true expert is!" Wang Youyue unleashed another palm, increasing her power to the level of thirty Divine Aspects, causing the void to tremble, with a potential to shatter space, engulfing the entire surrounding area into the Bright Realm.

In her mind, the Dragon Emperor certainly did not engage Zhou Heng with all his might but instead, out of respect for the Wang Family, just casually exchanged a few moves and retreated temporarily. Thus, she absolutely didn’t believe Zhou Heng truly had the power to contend against a high-tier Bright Immortal.

"You?" Zhou Heng laughed heartily, throwing a punch, with the golden runes shining brightly. This time, he went all out, intending to make Wang Youyue realize the might of a "native"!

Bang!

With a heavy sound, Wang Youyue was immediately blown away, her delicate body trembling, her pretty face turning ashen before a startling blush appeared.

All Star Kings entering the Immortal Realm would be suppressed to the Ninety-Nine Divine Aspect level of power, so Wang Youyue and the Dragon Emperor’s maximum strength were the same. But who told her to underestimate Zhou Heng, only using the power of thirty aspects in this strike? (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)