Chapter 480 - Demon World Mountain

The first breakthrough required three hundred Heavenly Passage Pills; how many would he need to consume for the second? Thankfully, Long Chen now had a hundred thousand pills, or it would’ve been a tragedy. If a cultivator did not have enough Heavenly Passage Pills, they would not dare to attempt a breakthrough, because it would result in their blood vessels breaking, their body going into shock, and eventually death!

A hundred thousand Heavenly Passage Pills—even Qin Huanyu likely did not have this many. That was why these Heavenly Passage Pills would be enough for Long Chen to progress several stages even though his rate of consumption far exceeded that of regular people due to his Dragon Qi.

Large handfuls of Heavenly Passage Pills turned into pure white energy, which entered Long Chen’s body. The disciples watching him were stunned. They knew that Long Chen was only at the First Passage Stage. To the normal person, ascending from the First to the Second Passage Stage required about a hundred to two hundred Heavenly Passage Pills. Long Chen had already consumed almost five hundred pills so far, but why did he still show no signs of stopping?

“Is ... is he a monster?” The same question popped into a few of their minds.

Qin Huanyu, who wanted to kill Long Chen, was also stunned by this situation, which momentarily made him toss his intention to kill out the window. If Long Chen required this many pills to break through to the Second Passage Stage, how many pills would he need to reach the Ninth Passage Stage?

There was the “two million axiom” circulating in the Divine Martial Empire, which said that reaching the Ninth Passage Stage required at least two million Heavenly Passage Pills. Most cultivators spent the majority of their resources on progressing their cultivation, which was why Ninth Passage Stage cultivators usually had only about a million Heavenly Passage Pills in total assets.

Based on Long Chen’s current speed of consumption, did that mean that he would require ten million Heavenly Passage Pills to reach the Ninth Passage Stage?

That was terrifying.

Of course, he was only breaking through to the Second Passage Stage right now.

Handfuls of Heavenly Passage Pills appeared in his hands, which he swallowed. After swallowing about a thousand of them, Long Chen discovered that his Qi had finally reached a satiated stage. It was now time to clear the second meridian point, also known as the central meridian point.

After he had the experience of clearing his first meridian point, it was much easier the second time. As usual, he controlled his Qi and led the gentle energy of the Heavenly Passage Pills first to rush towards the central meridian point from all directions. All the power in his body followed.

Soon, all his Qi gathered outside the central meridian point. Currently, it was not yet a meridian point, so Long Chen had to clear it himself. He took a deep breath and slowly controlled traces of his Qi to gather in the location of the central meridian point. The Qi contained large amounts of Heavenly Passage Pill energy, which had a healing effect on the meridian points.

Thanks to Long Chen’s careful guidance, everything went smoothly. The central meridian point slowly appeared and then gradually strengthened. When it was strong and large enough, all the energy suddenly poured into the central meridian point and formed a white whirlpool that spun quickly.

Next, it was almost the same as when he entered the First Passage Stage. The white whirlpool continued spinning in the central meridian point while all the energy flowed into it, exited from one of his star veins, and finally flowed back into the dan meridian point. The dan and central meridian points were now the two center points of the eighteen heavenly rivers in his body. After the Qi gathered in the two meridian points, it returned to the eighteen heavenly rivers once more.

Within the central meridian point, a white meridian pill slowly emerged from the whirlpool and floated above it. Just like the meridian pill that had formed at the other meridian point, the two meridian pills concentrated most of the power within Long Chen’s body.

Everything was over. The Heavenly Passage Pill energy slowly dispersed and Long Chen’s Qi slowly turned blood-red once again. Even the meridian pill returned to its original state.

A new cycle had been formed in his body. He had successfully reached the Second Passage Stage too. Sensing the increased strength in his body, Long Chen smiled proudly. It felt amazing to be stronger. From now onwards, his strength would progress exponentially until he ran out of Heavenly Passage Pills.

It was even possible to reach the Seventh Passage Stage in a month!

Whoosh! Long Chen’s eyes sprang open and he stood up to face the group’s confused and terrified gazes. While he was cultivating, he was also paying close attention to the commotion around him. That little girl Huangfu Qi was indeed as good as he expected—she had blocked Qin Huanyu for him.

As for the others, they were never a match for Long Chen anyway. Now that Long Chen was stronger, they would not dare say anything.

Qin Huanyu finally snapped out of his daze and looked at him coldly. “Can you explain what the hell just happened, brat?”

Just now, Long Chen had let Little Cat erase the seal within the crystal ball so he could absorb its pure energy until he absorbed enough Qi to reach the Second Passage Stage.

“I don’t know the specifics either. I apologize, but I am only aware that a large amount of energy suddenly rushed into my body. I don’t control the crystal’s energy.” Long Chen pretended to be completely clueless.

Qin Huanyu was so angry that he was stunned. He couldn’t figure out the reason for this either. It did not matter if Long Chen was lying, but he realized he hated this teenager, so he said, “You have taken the energy that was supposed to belong to other people, and now you’re pretending to be dumb?”

“I don’t know what you mean, Senior Qin! I don’t know what happened!” Long Chen put on an innocent face.

“Are you still lying? Jiang Cheng, do you think I won’t beat you up?” Qin Huanyu said with a dark expression.

“Senior Six, that’s enough! My Big Brother has already said he doesn’t know what happened, so why are you still harassing him? Don’t waste any more time! Just take that crystal out and let us do it again; won’t that work? I think there’s still a lot of energy in that crystal!” Huangfu Qi pursed her lips and glared at Qin Huanyu.

“Alright ...” Qin Huanyu shook his head, as he had no choice. He took a glance at Long Chen and huffed. “I’ll let you go for now. I’ll tell Master what happened later, and we’ll see how she deals with you! Also, you may leave now. Don’t disturb us again!”

Qin Huanyu knew that with Huangfu Qi present, he could not touch Long Chen. That was why his only choice was to let the Clear Shallows King deal with this.

To Long Chen, this was perfect.

“Qi Qi, I’ll head out first. Come play with me if you have time.” Long Chen could not wait to leave. What Qin Huanyu had suggested was exactly what he wanted.

“I’m going with you,” Huangfu Qi said hurriedly.

“No, Little Junior Sister! You haven’t performed the Demon Light Bath, so you do not count as a member of the Ancient Demon Domain yet! You can’t go!” Qin Huanyu said hurriedly.

“Alright ...” Huangfu Qi looked sad.

Long Chen was a little speechless after seeing her response. If he told her that he was actually going to the Seven Layered Demon World now, that girl would likely fight with everything she had to follow him. Thank goodness he had gone about it cleverly.

After he left, Long Chen slipped out of the Clear Shallows Pavilion and headed towards Demon World Mountain. He knew where it was, and that it would be very obvious because the other mountains in the Ancient Demon Domain were gray while it was fully black.

It looked similar to Demon Emperor Mountain. Perhaps the founder of the Heavenly Demon Palace had chosen to build the Heavenly Demon Palace on Demon Emperor Mountain because it was similar to Demon World Mountain.

Right after he left the compound, he spotted Demon World Mountain in the distance. It was at this point that he realized that the Clear Shallows Pavilion was indeed the most beautiful place around.

“This place has a lot of Earthly Qi, yet it has an extreme lack of life force. There must be something here that is absorbing all of it,” said Little Cat.

Little Cat had mentioned this many times already; he did not know what this thing was either.

This topic was still far from Long Chen’s current capabilities, so he took note but did not investigate. He focused on making his way to Demon World Mountain. He did not know a single person in the Ancient Demon Domain, so no one greeted him along the way despite coming across many other disciples.

Very soon, he arrived at the foot of the mountain. Many others were heading towards the mountain too. He saw a large hole here, and many people emerged from it. The people who exited were mostly disheveled and even had minor injuries. They had obviously gone through battle.

“After exiting from the Seven Layered Demon World, we will appear at the foot of Demon World Mountain. The peak is the entrance, while the foot of the mountain is the exit. How interesting ...” said Long Chen.

Then he took out a black token from his clothing with the name “Jiang Cheng.” This was the Ancient Demon Domain disciples’ identity token that proved their identities. Long Chen could only enter if he presented it.

It had been given to the new disciples last night.

Holding the token, he started to hike up Demon World Mountain. The stronger members of the Ancient Demon Domain relied on their Qi to quickly sprint up. Long Chen had just made a breakthrough, but he was still considered weak here. That was why he had no choice but to slow down so he would not attract attention.

Many people had heard of him after what he had done in the qualifiers, though they only recognized him in his post-Dragon Soul Transformation state.