CHAPTER 750: 181, DEPARTURE_2

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Time passed day by day.

Although Lin Yue did not reveal his existence to the outside world, he did let his family and the Main Hall Master know, and he instructed his family not to tell anyone.

If it was unsuccessful, this would be the final moment.

At the same time, the Second Prince took the Star Temple in preparation to dispel the Demon Clan’s suspicions.

...

Outside Jingzhou.

The Demon Clan had established a series of palaces outside the boundary of Jingzhou for constant monitoring.

The largest palace was the Heavenly Demon Palace, where the Heavenly Demon Ancestor resided.

"The Second Prince and the Crown Prince are attacking an unnamed divine palace in the Imperial Palace Forbidden Land?"

Listening to the reports from his subordinates from within Jingzhou, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor furrowed his brow slightly, "It seems the Daoist Ancestor and the Nightmare Demon God are still inside the Star Temple, but were found by the Second Prince?"

According to the plan, the Daoist Ancestor and the Nightmare Demon God would use the alignment of the stars to teleport King Xia, who made a wish, into the Star Temple. The Daoist Ancestor and the Nightmare Demon God could then take the opportunity to kill King Xia. After waiting for the Great Yong Divine Formation to be broken, the Demon Clan would invade Great Yong, and the Daoist Ancestor and Nightmare Demon God could emerge from the Star Temple without fail.

Not only could they eliminate King Xia as a threat, but they could also use the Star Temple for protection.

The Star Temple was created by the Lords of the Past.

It was not only indestructible in itself, but the Heavenly Dao Will could not invade. Closing the temple doors would isolate everything, and even if discovered by the Crown Prince and Second Prince, they couldn’t force their way inside.

It was a perfect refuge.

"Forget it."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor shook his head slightly, "After all, Great Yong can’t force its way into the Star Temple, so let the Daoist Ancestor and the Nightmare Demon God stay hidden there for a hundred or two hundred years; it should be fine."

Once the Star Temple closed, the connection with the outside world was completely severed.

He also speculated whether there was a possibility that King Xia could forcefully harmonize and kill the Daoist Ancestor and the Nightmare Demon God.

But no matter how he calculated, he could not figure out any reason for King Xia’s survival.

First of all, although King Xia was of the Ancient Human Clan, any wishes he made could not be grand, and it was impossible for him to obtain the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method.

With only his crudely created cultivation method, forcefully harmonizing might only allow him to endure for an instant.

Secondly, even if he could forcefully harmonize for a longer period, at most, he could kill the Nightmare Demon God, but killing the Daoist Ancestor was impossible.

So, no matter how it went, by rights, King Xia was doomed.

"Wait, then."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor paid it no mind, "A mere one or two hundred years, and after one or two hundred years... the Great Yong’s Human Clan will surely be destroyed."

...

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, half a year had gone by.

At Prince Xia’s Mansion.

"As for the Heart Phase cultivation, your father doesn’t understand either."

In the courtyard, Lin Yue reached out to ruffle the hair of his daughter Xiahong Ning and smiled, "If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask your mother. If your mother doesn’t know, go ask the Second Prince, okay?"

"Father, I understand." Xiahong Ning nodded.

In this courtyard, apart from Lin Yue’s family, no one else could enter.

With Lin Yue’s current realm, this small feat was done with ease.

"Go on."

After his daughter left, Lin Yue’s mind sank into the Tianxia Building, using the Heavenly Dao Heart to once again deduce the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Technique.

Before long.

"As expected, I’m still a bit short..."

Lin Yue furrowed his brows, "This Ultimate Path’s Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Technique really is difficult, no matter how many times I deduce it, it’s always just a little bit lacking, only achieving ninety-nine percent perfection of the Ultimate Inner Heaven."

With the truly perfect Ultimate Inner Heaven to compare against, he could naturally see the difference.

Although it was perfected to ninety-nine percent, missing by a hair was as good as a mile; even a tiny shortfall was unacceptable.

If he reshaped his Divine Soul and harmonized with the newly created Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Technique, it would still result in the Divine Soul’s collapse, albeit at a much slower pace.

Only a truly perfect Ultimate Inner Heaven could serve as the core for the Ultimate Path.

"Where exactly am I falling short..."

Lin Yue pondered for a long time but eventually shook his head slightly, "It seems... I’ve reached my limit."

He had a premonition.

Going further and truly perfecting this cultivation technique wasn’t something that could be accomplished just by extended dedication.

Using the Heavenly Dao Heart’s deductions had saved him at least several centuries, eliminating the need for slow experimentation.

He felt something was still missing in his cultivation technique, but he couldn’t quite grasp what it was.

In the state aided by the Heavenly Dao Heart, if something could potentially be achieved, it would have surely been deduced successfully.

But for the Heavenly Dao Heart not to deduce it indicated that he fundamentally didn’t understand.

"Perhaps I should visit the Yanfu World to see if I can comprehend it..."

Lin Yue took a deep breath and thought, "The time has almost come. I have only half a year left, which translates to about six breaths of combat time, so I should head out..."

He gazed at the brightly lit room, his eyes softening: "Tonight... I set off tomorrow."

...

The next day.

"Leaving just like that?"

The Second Prince sized up Lin Yue and said, "Your Divine Soul is about to collapse. Perhaps..."

Lin Yue, understanding the Second Prince’s intent, shook his head immediately and said, "Before entering the Yanfu World, there will likely be a great battle. We can discuss it then."

"Very well."

The Second Prince nodded, then with a sweep of his sleeve, a six-legged bronze cauldron appeared in mid-air.

It was indeed the Taichu Refining Divine Cauldron.

"The pseudo-Taichu Divine Power needed to activate the Yanfu Key and open Yanfu World has already been refined for you."

The Second Prince stated, "Aside from the Divine Power to activate the Yanfu Key, the remaining pseudo-Taichu Divine Power is for your combat use. The precious materials needed to forge a Lifebound Divine Artifact are also prepared, so take them."

As he spoke, the Second Prince withdrew the Divine Thought Mark he had left on the Taichu Refining Divine Cauldron.

Lin Yue immediately imprinted it anew with his Divine Thought, and upon examining it, he couldn’t help but be secretly startled.

Inside the cauldron were seven hundred drops of pseudo-Taichu Divine Power.

Out of them, five hundred sixty drops were for activating the Yanfu Key.

The other one hundred forty drops of pseudo-Taichu Divine Power were likely meant for his use.

"This many?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but ask.

One drop of pseudo-Taichu Divine Power required six types of Divine Power, each three drops, to blend and synthesize.

Seven hundred drops of pseudo-Taichu Divine Power required the expenditure of over ten thousand drops of Divine Power!

This quantity would even cause the Demon Clan great pain.

To know, the Demon Clan took over a thousand years to accumulate the Divine Power needed for Xiahou Shou to open the Ancient World.

While it could be because the pseudo-Taichu Divine Power prepared by the Heavenly Demon Ancestor might not be as efficient as that prepared by the Crown Prince and thus consumed more, over ten thousand drops of Divine Power was still an alarming amount.

"Don’t you worry, the Divine Emperor didn’t leave behind many treasures, mainly just this Divine Power."

The Second Prince smiled and said, "Moreover, theoretically, at least ninety-nine drops of Divine Power are needed to refine the Divine Body. In case you’re able to use the pseudo-Taichu Divine Power to refine a Divine Body and factoring in your usual consumption, one hundred forty drops should be sufficient."

Lin Yue didn’t say much, just nodded slightly, and took away the Taichu Refining Divine Cauldron.

Ordinarily, princes and princesses wouldn’t have access to such an amount of Divine Power.

This was considered a special exception by the Second Prince for him.

"Remember."

The Second Prince looked at Lin Yue and gently advised, "If it really isn’t possible, even if you can’t reshape the Divine Soul, you must return. Second Brother has a way, although risky, it might just succeed, and... reincarnation is also an option."

Lin Yue nodded slowly and seriously, "I understand."

There wasn’t much of a farewell.

He had already left Jingzhou, silently slipping away from Great Yong through a Void Worm Hole opened by the Star Lord.

Passing through the long Void Tunnel, he soon arrived in the boundless Eternal Night.

Having left the Void Worm Hole, Lin Yue did not hasten on his journey immediately but instead lingered near the hole, calling out, "Star Lord."

This Void Worm Hole was created by the Star Lord, so calling out like this, the Star Lord would surely hear.

"Oh?"

A light laughter sounded, and a figure in snow-white attire appeared before him.

"Indeed, you’ve forcefully harmonized. It looks like your Divine Soul is about to collapse. Is it your intention to go to the Yanfu World?"