CHAPTER 774: CHAPTER 481: PROMOTION TO HEAVENLY KING

[Star Power: 108793/108793]

Ji Xinghuo looked at the Star Power value displayed on the screen and silently nodded his head, confirming that he had reached the peak of Legendary status.

Since yesterday, the growth of Star Power had become exceptionally difficult.

To this day, even after cultivating for several hours, there was no increase in Star Power, the value was completely stagnant.

"108793 points of Star Power," Ji Xinghuo stood up in the cultivation room and thought, "Most Mutants at the second dan of Heavenly King have not more than this amount of Star Power Cultivation, yet I am merely at the Legendary peak, which is excessively beyond the ordinary."

Of course, he never intended to compare himself with typical Heavenly Kings.

If he were to compare, it would be with the Mutants in the Star Ascension Sequence, at the very least, those from the Hidden Dragon Series like Guxing Li.

"When in Titanium Ring City, Guxing Li was also at the peak of Legendary," he reflected.

"His Star Power should also be about 100,000 points."

Ji Xinghuo pondered, as Guxing Li’s situation was somewhat special; his profession was "Legion," and each Clone Avatar could cultivate independently and fuse with Alien Species, enjoying a unique advantage in Star Power cultivation.

The sum of Star Power from the eight Clone Avatars of Guxing Li was how he managed to break through 100,000 points.

Whereas I am but one person.

Excluding the special case that is ’Legion,’ even the top Legendary Mutants from the True Dragon Dynasty, including those four prodigies from the Infinite Sequence, Ji Xinghuo believed that when they were at the peak of Legendary, their Star Power was not as high as his own.

The upper limit of Star Power depends on the number and grade of Abilities,

as well as Abilities with Ether Sensitivity.

Then, to break through the limit using Bi Hai Essence, which is also related to Ether Sensitivity, He alone used up a whole 15 portions!

Ji Xinghuo believed that, looking back on the history of the Star Realm and the Galaxy, there are only a handful of Mutants at the Legendary Stage who could compare with him.

"I’m damn strong!"

He muttered with a hint of pride, then immediately followed with some self-mockery, "Ji Xinghuo, Ji Xinghuo, you’re not even a Heavenly King yet, still so far from Shepherd Star Saint, and already getting carried away."

He laughed, shaking his head, and walked out of the cultivation room.

The weather was scorching hot.

Now it was the middle of Peak Month, the last month of the hot season, and the hottest time of the year in the Star Realm. The weather in the Secret Realm synced with the Star Realm; it would have been even hotter outside of the Sea Abyss.

Ji Xinghuo’s gaze swept the area; his vision crossed tens of kilometers to see Qing Hong on the beach, grilling a fish over five meters long on a bonfire. He wondered where she had found her spices, quite professional.

Doomsday had taken over another island to curl up under the shelter of the trees for a nap.

"Time flies..."

Ji Xinghuo sighed.

A month in the Star Realm has 36 or 37 days.

The entire "Flame Month" plus half of "Peak Month," nearly 50 Star Realm days, which equates to about three months on Earth, he spent all this time in the Secret Realm, immersed in cultivation. Now, before he realized it, the cold season was approaching.

In the blink of an eye, a year had passed since he left Earth.

Ji Xinghuo’s eyes penetrated the void, looking towards the True Dragon Dynasty, his gaze quickly sweeping over the Sea Abyss to the south.

Once the distance exceeded 300,000 kilometers, he automatically entered Myriad Phenomena.

His Star Power rapidly depleted.

Now his Star Power was three times as robust as before, allowing him to endure a few more seconds. Just before his Star Power ran out, the scene of Olympia finally appeared before his eyes; everything was as he remembered, with little change.

His gaze at Olympia was only a brief pause, immediately moving westward, sweeping tens of thousands of kilometers to the Bloody Plateau.

The scenery of Peach Blossom Valley unfolded before his eyes.

Ji Xinghuo saw Man Ying.

Her belly was more pronounced than a year ago, looking about as pregnant as a normal woman seven months in. She was tending to plants in the garden; the pregnancy hadn’t made her movements inconvenient, her complexion was good, and her beautiful face was filled with a motherly glow.

The image lasted two seconds before Ji Xinghuo voluntarily cut off the Macro Heavenly Eye; the distance was too great, and his Star Power had nearly run out.

Ordinarily, the Macro Heavenly Eye would have obstructions, and many places would be blocked.

The dimensional space of the Secret Realm, metal barriers, the earth, etc., all influenced the vision of Macro Heavenly Eye.

But after merging with "Xu Kun Ju Ming," the Macro Heavenly Eye could bypass the obstructions through the void, enabling him to see more of the scene directly.

However, peering through the void affected the clarity of his vision,

and increased his Star Power consumption.

"Ren Jie has ascended to Legendary," Ji Xinghuo just glanced and judged that Ye Zhen had become a Legendary Mutant; she was a Heavenly King before, and "Reincarnation" to retread the evolutionary path made the ascent to Legendary simple for her.

"The due date should be in about ten months."

"Before the child is born, I must return to be by Ren Jie’s side," Ji Xinghuo calculated the time. The due date Ye Zhen mentioned before wasn’t accurate, and the error was not small, so he had to return even earlier.

Ji Xinghuo then thought of another woman, "And Man Ying, I wonder how she’s doing now?"

He let his mind wander for a while before calming his emotions.

A moment later.

Ji Xinghuo’s Star Power was restored to its peak, still 108793 points. He thought, "It’s time to prepare for ascension to Heavenly King."

From Legendary to Heavenly King, from the fifth rank to the sixth rank, the difficulty is substantial.

For most Legendary Mutants, the toughest part is ironically the cultivation of Star Power, accumulating in the first dan, and the emission in the second dan, many Mutants never reach the threshold to ascend to Heavenly King in their lifetimes.

But the essence of ascending to Heavenly King is not much different from that of a Super Mutant ascending to Legendary.

It’s all about compressing Star Power, increasing its density,

allowing the body and Star Gland to accommodate more Star Power, and then triggering life evolution.

The minimum requirement for ascending to Heavenly King is around 20,000 points of Star Power; Ji Xinghuo has long since reached that, and beyond five times over.