Divine King of Honour

Xu Nian's eyes narrowed slightly as a murderous intent burst forth.

If he had not devoured the soul of the Hundred Ghosts Ancestor, Xu Nian would never have learned the ancestor's secret.

It turned out that the Hundred Ghosts Ancestor came from the Star Pavilion, where the Eighth Prince resided.

And the so-called Star Pavilion was incredibly eerie.

All its members were at Saint Level.

All kinds of people were there, including some who, like the Hundred Ghosts Ancestor, had raised their cultivations by wicked and crooked paths.

And it was for that reason the Hundred Ghosts Ancestor had increased his cultivation.

It was because they planned to steal the position of the Eastern Palace on the Crown Prince's wedding day.

According to the ancestor's memories, the Eighth Prince had already gained support from a powerful Battle Emperor Level figure.

By then, even the Emperor would be helpless against him.

Xu Nian had initially thought the Crown Prince was ruthless enough, but it turned out that the Eighth Prince was even more so than both of them.

Their fight for the imperial throne was something Xu Nian could ignore.

But they had to choose Leng Yanran's wedding day.

At that time, Leng Yanran would be the first to be hit and would undoubtedly struggle to escape the disaster.

This was also the reason why, after hearing about this, Xu Nian's eyes flared with intense killing intent.

"No, I must break through to the Holy Realm tonight, and head to the Imperial Capital tomorrow."

Xu Nian clenched his fists and muttered to himself.

The Imperial Capital had already become a place of strife and intrigue, with undercurrents surging wildly.

Perhaps things would come to a head even before the day of the Crown Prince's wedding.

If his sister, mother, or Leng Yanran encountered any accident, Xu Nian would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

So the earlier he reached the Imperial Capital, the better.

Xu Nian made up his mind.

He decided to challenge the Saint Realm tonight, aiming to break through to the Saint Realm with his Spirit Cultivation first.

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The moon shone brightly amidst sparse stars.

Atop the highest loft in Tianlin City.

Xu Nian was sitting cross-legged on the roof of this loft.

This place had the richest concentration of Spiritual Energy in the whole city.

Xu Nian looked out over the empty city with a fierce glint in his eyes.

"Let's begin, and hopefully, this will be a success."

He muttered to himself.

After speaking, he closed his eyes and began to operate the "Dan Sea Species Green Lotus."

As he executed the Cultivation Technique, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was immediately drawn in.

"Buzz!"

A vortex of Spiritual Energy formed instantly.

Dark clouds tumbled across the sky.

Spiritual Energy furiously transformed into a storm and poured into Xu Nian's body.

The vortex of Spiritual Energy covered a radius of a thousand meters.

Xia Bingling, Bull Demon King, and the others were all attracted by this disturbance.

Although such an event had often occurred in the past month,

They always felt today was different somehow.

General Tie Yan and the rest of his subordinates were completely shocked by this sight.

Now they finally understood why this young man was so formidable at such a young age.

Such a terrifying speed of devouring Spiritual Energy was aptly described as horrifying.

Inside Xu Nian, the Spiritual Energy surged, pumping crazily into the Dan Sea within his Dantian.

The Dan Sea was boiling, with Spiritual Energy roaring in.

The entire Dan Sea was continuously expanding.

If anyone saw the inside of Xu Nian's body, they would be astounded.

Such a terrifying reserve of Spiritual Energy, not even a One-star Saint could compare.

Yet, this supply of Spiritual Energy was still increasing exponentially.

"No, this is too slow. At this rate, I'll never break through to the One-star Saint Realm."

However, Xu Nian was speaking to himself in disappointment.

He had already pushed the "Dan Sea Species Green Lotus" to its extreme.

But the absorption rate was still far too slow, nowhere near enough to achieve a breakthrough.

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Moreover, the spiritual energy of the entire city was finite, and as it was absorbed, the speed would only get slower and slower.

He needed more spiritual energy.

Only more spiritual energy could enable him to break through to the Battle Saint Realm.

"Is he planning to break through to the Holy Realm? If he succeeds, he will become the youngest Saint in the history of Tianhen Continent," Xia Bingling seemed to catch on to Xu Nian's thoughts, murmuring to herself.

"It's no use, with such a speed, it seems that he still can't break through," lamented the Bull Demon King.

Upon hearing this, Leng Yanran also showed a hint of disappointment on her face.

In fact, deep down, she hoped that Xu Nian would be able to make the breakthrough.

That way, another miracle would be added to this continent.

Unfortunately, breaking through to the Saint Realm didn't seem so easy.

"Boom!"

However, just as they were feeling disappointed,

A terrifying roar came.

Then, they were shocked to see that the vortex above Xu Nian's head had suddenly doubled in size.

And the trend of this vortex was still increasing at a very fast speed.

In just a moment, the spiritual energy vortex had expanded to cover dozens of miles radius.

The bright moon in the sky was already obscured.

Dark clouds rolled in, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.

The spiritual energy within a hundred-mile radius was all converging towards Xu Nian.

The loft beneath him also cracked open at this moment.

Cracks were spreading at an incredibly terrifying speed.

This was caused by the dense spiritual energy forming a powerful spiritual pressure.

"How... how is this possible?"

Xia Bingling and the Bull Demon King both widened their eyes with shock beyond measure.

They couldn't believe that a person's cultivation could cause such a huge fluctuation in spiritual energy.

How could one possibly withstand such a terrifying influx of spiritual energy into their meridians and Dantian?

The soldiers were even more ghost-stricken, staring in horror.

They had never imagined that the scene of a person cultivating could be so terrifying.

"Quick, quickly evacuate Tianlin City, the buildings are about to collapse."

General Tie Yan, looking at the buildings cracking around him, urgently shouted,

Then, he led the soldiers to rapidly escape towards the outskirts of the city.

Xia Bingling and the Bull Demon King also hovered in the air.

Looking at the figure of Xu Nian in the center of the vortex, their eyes were filled with shock and awe.

"Boom!"

A thunderous sound like none other.

The loft under Xu Nian collapsed with a deafening crash.

The buildings around also crumbled one after another, and the trend quickly spread outward.

Houses were ground to dust, and debris rolled.

Creating a terrifying storm.

Luckily, the soldiers had evacuated in time; otherwise, even if they weren't buried by the debris, they would have been killed by this stone storm.

The debris spun rapidly, yet its power was immense.

At this moment, Xu Nian was sitting cross-legged at the center of the storm.

He was unrelated to everything around him, as he was frantically absorbing the spiritual energy.

This terrifying momentum was, of course, caused by the Undying Devouring Sky Beast.

As the Undying Devouring Sky Beast frenziedly absorbed the spiritual energy, Xu Nian's true self naturally reaped the benefits.

Under such a terrifying absorption of spiritual energy, Xu Nian's meridians became incredibly swollen.

The Dantian within his body was rumbling like thunder, rapidly expanding.

"It's close, so close, I am about to reach the Saint Realm,"

Xu Nian whispered to himself.

He could feel that the spiritual energy inside his body had reached a bottleneck.

As long as he broke through this bottleneck, he would formally advance into the Saint Realm.

"Boom!"

Just then, a thunderous roar came from the sky.

A bolt of lightning smashed down towards Xu Nian.

At the same moment, his Dantian also emitted a booming sound.

This signified that Xu Nian's Spirit Cultivation had officially stepped into the Saint Realm.

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