The Great Ruler (Web Novel)

“A gift?” Listening to the Ancient Pagoda’s words, Mu Chen expressed strong interest in his eyes.

The Ancient Light Shadow smiled, then flicked his sleeve once. Suddenly, a change occurred in the surrounding land and sky, and the sky turned into an ancient golden starry sky. Countless stars were shining within it.

The starry sky was filled with dark, golden fog. The fog was mysterious and abstruse, emanating an aura of immortality. It was clearly formed by the condensation of the Immortality Source.

“Even though you are now the new owner of the Primordial Immortal Body, you still cannot truly reveal its power yet,” the Ancient Light Shadow said faintly.

Mu Chen nodded. When he had faced Maha You, even though he could instruct the Primordial Immortal Body, he could only do so like an outsider. He was unable to merge with it. His previous Immortal Golden Body could merge with his actual body to produce an even greater combat force.

Following his estimation, if the Primordial Immortal Body was used for solo combat now, it could be compared with invincible masters from the Divine Initial Phase. However, this level of power was clearly still far from its peak.

He wanted to control the Primordial Immortal Body perfectly like how he used to control the Immortal Golden Body. However, he had always felt that there was a slight gap between himself and the Primordial Immortal Body.

“That is because you are still in mortal flesh, so you are unable to connect your mind with the Primordial Immortal Body. Naturally, you are unable to unleash its powers.” The Ancient Light Shadow smiled and continued, “You still need to take a very important step.”

“What step?” Mu Chen asked with concern, his expression dignified.

“The Immortal Body Refining method. Train your flesh body into an immortal body using Immortal Energy, so that your body can integrate perfectly with the Primordial Immortal Body,” the Ancient Light Shadow replied lightly.

When Mu Chen heard this, his heart shook. He used to train his flesh body hard, as he clearly knew that the immortal body was a formidable body. However, a body at this level could not be cultivated, even if a divine item was present.

Owning this immortal body, perhaps even if faced with a divine top power’s attack in the future, Mu Chen would be able to strongly resist them using his body.

“Senior, how can I cultivate this immortal body?” Mu Chen asked with shining eyes.

The Ancient Light Shadow smiled and said, “It is actually simple. To cultivate an immortal body, you clearly need powers from the Immortality Source. Part of the Immortality Source collected is for new owners’ use for body refining.”

Mu Chen could not help feeling exulted. Although what the Ancient Light Shadow said was simple, he knew how rare this was. A small amount of the Immortality Source could only be condensed if an Immortal Golden Body was cultivated, and who knew how many Immortal Golden Bodies had to be extracted to collect such a huge amount. So if not for the millions of times the Ancient Pagoda had to collect it, it would be merely a fool’s dream to cultivate an immortal body.

“But the Immortal Body Refining method can almost be said to be a recasting and remolding of flesh and blood. It is an agonizing and unbearable process. If you cannot persist, and you want to cultivate again in the future, the time needed is unknown,” the Ancient Light Shadow reminded him.

Mu Chen’s gaze flashed slightly, and he asked sharply, “How much time is needed to train an immortal body?”

The Ancient Light Shadow smiled and extended his palm as he said, “Safely assuming, it should be five years.”

Mu Chen couldn’t help but inhale a breath of cold air. It meant that he had to stay in the Ancient Pagoda for the next five years? It would be fine if it was in another place, but this was the Maha Ancient Clan. He worried that the Maha Ancient Clan would come up with wicked ideas after some time had passed.

Mu Chen scowled slightly.

The Ancient Light Shadow smiled and reminded him, “You don’t have to be too worried about the issue of time. Didn’t you notice the difference here?”

Having been reminded, Mu Chen’s expression changed slightly. He looked at the violet starry sky with wonder. After a while, he asked with a heavy expression, “Is the passing of time different here?”

The Ancient Light Shadow nodded and said, “The time here is distorted and slowed by the Immortal Emperor using grand super powers, so five years in here is only half a year for the outside world.”

Mu Chen sighed in relief. Half a year for the outside world was still acceptable. This kind of measure was amazing. The Immortal Emperor was indeed the top power in the Great Thousand World.

Mu Chen formally cupped his fist and saluted the Ancient Light Shadow as he asked respectfully, “Then senior, please assist me in cultivating an immortal body.”

For him, this was a huge opportunity. Not even numerous divine items could reach an immortal body’s level. Owning such an overwhelming body, Mu Chen should be able to be one of the best in the Great Thousand World in terms of resistance.

The Ancient Light Shadow nodded slightly and accepted Mu Chen’s salute. Then, he flicked his sleeve, and voluminous violet light swept in, finally transforming into a violet tripod furnace.

Huuuuu…

The Ancient Light Shadow opened his mouth, and violet flames burned violently and surrounded the furnace with terrifying heat. Even space was twisted because of it.

“Enter the furnace,” the Ancient Light Shadow said faintly.

Mu Chen gazed at the furnace, which was getting red. He could not help but raise his brow. The intimidating temperature inside was hurting the skin all over his body. He could only imagine how much pain he would face from the body refining once he entered the furnace. However, Mu Chen was ultimately not a weakling. He calmed his mind, then without hesitation, he formed into a streamer and entered the furnace.

Hiss!

When he had just entered the furnace, his clothing and hair all over his body instantly turned into nothing. His skin became reddish, and his flesh showed signs of melting away. An indescribable pain from the burning gushed in like crazy.

Mu Chen’s body was shaking crazily as immense pain engulfed him endlessly, but he kept his inner clarity still as he knew that if his mind got destroyed, the body refining would be in vain.

Over the years, when he came from the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, he had gone through many things. All those times he had lingered between life and death brought him his achievement today. He had finally reached the step he dreamed of, so no matter what, he must stick to it. An unshakeable determination surged within Mu Chen’s eyes. In the next instant, he slowly closed his bleeding eyes, allowing the terrifying heat to engulf him.

Outside the furnace, the Ancient Light Shadow looked at the figure inside whose flesh was slowly melting away and nodded. To be chosen by the Primordial Immortal Body, this young man indeed had extraordinary willpower.

He mumbled, “This is the most important step. I hope you can make it,” then waved his sleeve. Violet Immortality Source fell down from the starry sky bit by bit, surged into the furnace, and fused into Mu Chen’s flesh while Mu Chen’s body was melting.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere outside the Ancient Pagoda was still suppressive. The elders from the Maha Ancient Clan gazed at the still Ancient Pagoda and whispered, “Why is that kid not out yet? Does he plan to keep hiding inside?”

In front of them, Maha Tian’s expression was cool. His eyes were slightly closed as if he were dozing. Only his lips moved. Without any emotion, his voice rose slightly. “No matter how long he hides, we’ll wait for him.”

Numerous elders nodded. The Maha Ancient Clan had protected the Primordial Immortal Body for such a long time, they could not let Mu Chen take it away before their eyes just like that. “I want to see how long this kid can hide… If you dare to show yourself, you should just hand us the Primordial Immortal Body!”

Outside the Ancient Pagoda, Maha Tian and Qing Yanjing did not move but quietly waited for time to pass. While their silent confrontation was going on, the other powerful people also stayed. However, with the passing of time, what happened here already had spread to the whole Great Thousand World with amazing speed.

The confrontation between the two ancient clans could possibly cause a war. This was enough to make the Great Thousand World’s attention point towards the Maha Continent.

…

Time continued to pass, and in the a blink of an eye, three months had gone by. In three months’ time, the number of powerful people assembled at Aeon City had not reduced. Instead, following the spread of the news in the Great Thousand World, more and more powerful people gathered there.

After all, confrontation between the two ancient clans was too shocking. The previous force at sword’s point with the Maha Ancient Clan in the Great Thousand World was the Endless Fire Territory, whose name shook the Great Thousand World.

Previously, when Maha Tian was defeated by the Flame Emperor, he had had to reign in his wild ambition. However, this time, it was unknown who in the Maha Ancient Clan could restrain this invincible master who once challenged the Flame Emperor. No matter what, if those two parties started a war, it would be earth-shattering.

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While swords were drawn in the outside world, high heat filled and twisted the empty air in the violet starry sky in the Ancient Pagoda. Calculating the time, around three years had already passed in the violet starry sky. The violet tripod furnace had been burning violently without any rest during those three years.

In the furnace, a figure was engulfed in violet flames. Looking at that figure carefully, there was no flesh, only a skeleton that sat quietly in the flames. The skeleton was once pale white, but after three years of calcination by the violet flames, it appeared to be lightly golden, as if it emitted an immortal aura.

Outside the furnace, the Ancient Light Shadow suddenly opened his eyes and gazed at the skeletal figure in the furnace. Were it not for the fact that he felt the vitality hidden deep inside the skeleton, perhaps he would have thought Mu Chen had been destroyed.

“Not bad…” There was a hint of praise in the Ancient Light Shadow’s voice. During those three years, Mu Chen’s determination and fortitude were very much beyond his expectation. If it had been an ordinary person, perhaps he would have lost his mind due to the limitless pain.

“The next step to immortality is the recasting of flesh and blood.”