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Hong Ling stood in a huge and empty secret room, his eyes tightly staring at the nine enormous stone tablets in front of him.

This was an inscription that belonged to the era of the Ancient Desolate King. However, within Hong Ling's consciousness, he could feel the information contained within this inscription. It was like an old man that had been silent for a long time, slowly recounting the glory of the ancient era to a youth.

Hong Ling was just quietly comprehending everything that the stone tablet had brought to his mind, he did not know much about the matters of the Primordial Era, furthermore, that era had already passed, an era that did not belong to him, other than being sad, he could not do anything else.

The youth sat in the center of the nine stone tablets for three days. In these three days, he saw many battles between heavenly beings in the era of the Ancient Desolate King, as well as the power of ancient cultivators that could move mountains and overturn the seas.

They walked on this piece of land and continued to reproduce with their species. The unending battles in this world originated from the righteousness in their hearts, deeply imprinted on the young man's soul.

In this world, one had to have emotions such as being a person, gaining enlightenment of the righteousness of the world, and even more so, pursuing the great Dao of the world.

Rumble, the nine stone tablets shattered, and countless flowing light condensed into a golden scripture in the air, gently falling onto Hong Ling's body. The young man took the scripture and looked at it, and was startled.

"This is … the 'Heavenly Desolation Flame Mantra'?" Hong Ling casually took out the ancient scroll made from sheepskin from the spatial ring. After carefully comparing the two, he realized that it really was the《 Heavenly Desolation Flame Transformation Art》, however, he quickly saw the difference.

The Heavenly Desolation Flame Mantra that he had obtained from the Martial Competition was obviously more crude, or perhaps even more urgent, in the written records. In that case, just what happened to the person who created the Heavenly Desolation Flame Skill?

Hong Ling was not clear, but from his previous comprehension of the Ancient Desolate King's Era, he knew that Human Clan was not a member of this Great Realm. In this world, there were tens of thousands of races, and many powerful races were multiplying, competing with Human Clan for resources and territories.

Obviously, the era of the Rage King was the era where hundreds of clans competed, but the Heavenly Desolate Flame Mantra that Hong Ling obtained at the Heavenly Desolate Martial Conference was incomplete. Or rather, even though this secret technique was complete, it did not state the conditions for it.

However, now that Hong Ling had obtained the complete Heaven Desolation Flame Mantra, he was still unable to practice it. This was because the conditions of the Heaven Desolation Flame Technique was simply too harsh.

"Break through the tenth stage of the World Barrier, and fuse the essence, energy, and divine in your body. From then on, there will no longer be any difference in the strength of your entire body. All will return the same way!"

Hong Ling laughed bitterly, the tenth stage of the World Barrier was not that easy to break. Even though he had broken through the ninth stage, there was a clear record of the tenth stage within the Heavenly Desolation Flame Arts.

Breaking through the tenth layer, the heaven's Mandate belonged to someone with great luck. However, let alone breaking it, Hong Ling didn't even know how to find the tenth layer of World Barrier.

"I wonder how Ah Yue is doing now!"

Hong Ling shook his head. It was obvious that he would not be able to learn this Desolate Flame Mantra, but he was not discouraged. Even in the era of the King of Desolation, only the King of Desolation could learn this technique, and not every generation of King of Desolation.

This Heavenly Desolate Flame Transformation Art was actually just a secret technique, it was a secret technique belonging to the refiners. However, if its true effects were to spread, Hong Ling would instantly become everyone's target, and the Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame that was formed by the Heavenly Desolate Flame Transformation Art would be able to be used in refining.

The reason why artificers in this world were so respected was because they possessed a sacred flame that was different from ordinary people. It could be used to refine artifacts, and every artificer could refine their own artifacts.

Magic tools were existences that far surpassed ordinary weapons. They contained laws within them that allowed them to become incomparably powerful. It could be said that even the lowest level magic tools would cause one to madly chase after them.

The lowest authority to use it corresponded to the four stages of the martial path, while the Heaven Desolation Flame Technique in Hong Ling's hands could create holy flames that could surpass the existence of Celestial Rank Magic Equipment. If this information was spread out, it would be absolutely shocking.

Hong Ling had investigated Da Chu's background and discovered that even the most powerful refiner in Da Chu could only refine Celestial Rank Magic Equipment s. However, even so, the position of this Master Refiner was not inferior to Da Chu's noble king, and there was no need for him to bow in front of Human Emperor of Great Chu.

Above the Celestial Rank Magic Equipment, there were also Holy-ranked Artifacts and legendary Destiny Magic Treasures. The nation guarding artifact of Great Chu Empire was the Ghost Xiong Sword that the first generation of Human Emperor of Great Chu had left behind, that was a genuine Destiny Magic Tool.

After surpassing the Celestial Rank and saint rank magic tools, they were above many other magic tools in the world. Only the heaven's Mandate of some of the hidden great clans or sects could match them.

Hong Ling looked at the Heavenly Desolate Flame Mantra in his hands. Even though he was envious, he could only watch how easy it was to break the tenth layer of the barrier and retrieve his fate's trajectory from the sky.

He had initially refined two Divine Substance, together with the blood of the ancestor and a complete Five-clawed Golden Dragon, and had only broken through the ninth level of World Barrier. The tenth level of the barrier was simply too difficult.

"How do I find my own Heaven's Mandate barrier?"

Hong Ling pondered deeply, but was unable to come up with a solution. However, as he was pondering deeply, his entire body flashed and in a flash, he was sent to a huge palace. Here, he saw Lian Chengyue, who had disappeared for a few days.

At this moment, the young girl was enveloped in a ball of fire. Scarlet blood was slowly flowing out of her body and the cry of a phoenix could be heard from within. Behind her, the image of a huge phoenix was continuously merging into the young girl's body.

"This is, bloodline fusion?" Hong Ling looked at Lian Chengyue.

More halos of light appeared and the disappearing Shangguan Qinghong, Nangong Qianyin and the rest entered the great hall at the same time. At this moment, they clearly saw that Lian Chengyue was on the verge of having his bloodline fused with his body.

"This little girl is actually fusing with the Phoenix's bloodline. From the looks of it, she hasn't succeeded yet!" The one who spoke was Shangguan Qinghong.

"Stop her, we can't let her finish the fusion. This Phoenix bloodline is incomparably noble, if we fuse it, we can definitely break through our own innate talent, and we might even be able to touch upon the eighth stage of the World Barrier!"

Feng Qiyue had lost her charming appearance. Just now, their group had gained quite a lot, but compared to the Lian Chengyue in front of them, it was nothing.

"After I kill this little girl, how will I divide the phoenix blood?" The two daggers in Yan You's hands rubbed against each other. The ear-piercing sound of metal grinding against metal made one's teeth ache.

"Naturally, it's our four great sects who are equally split!" Nangong Qi Ye sneered and shot out a dense bunch of silver needles.

Hong Ling's expression instantly changed. He did not expect that Lian Chengyue would actually become the target of everyone, and without hesitation, the youth's figure flashed, blocking in front of Lian Chengyue. He waved his palms, causing all of the silver needles on Nangong Qi Ye's body to fall, and densely packed wounds to appear on his palms.

"Ah Yue, don't bother about matters outside your body, leave everything to me, just properly fuse with your bloodline!" The youth directly activated his Dragonform and said with a deep voice.

Lian Chengyue looked at Hong Ling who was blocking her way, and nodded with great difficulty. As matters stood, even if it was her, she was unable to leave, as the phoenix shadow seemed to have recognized her. After she entered the palace, it directly possessed her body, sending all the Profound Spirit and bone blood in her body into her body.

The top cultivators of the Four Major Sects stared at Hong Ling as their eyes flashed with a trace of killing intent. This brat kept on provoking their sects' power, so how could they, the Four Major Sects, be weak?

"Kid, scram. If you get in the way again, I'll kill you too!" He had long been displeased with Hong Ling. This young man, was constantly spoiling his own good fortune, and did not have the slightest bit of reverence for him.

However, Hong Ling just stood there, not saying a word. With his current strength, even if he had Dragonformed, he had no chance of winning against the combined forces of the top cultivators of the Four Major Sects, but he could not retreat. If he retreated, Lian Chengyue, who was behind him, would definitely die.

"With me here, if you want to touch her, you can only step over my dead body!" Hong Ling said coldly. He was currently enveloped in a dark golden halo, his entire body emitting a terrifying cold light.

"Humph, stubborn. Since that's the case, then go die!" Yan You Xu's figure flashed, his figure had already disappeared from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was already behind Hong Ling, with the dagger in his hand.

Hong Ling bellowed, his figure flashed as he ruthlessly punched towards Yan You Xu's temple. The power of this fist was astonishing, if it was real, it would definitely be able to smash Yan You Xu's head.

Yan You Xu's expression changed, and quickly retreated. He did not expect Hong Ling's speed to be so fast.

The crowd looked at each other in dismay. They were all able to enter this place, but this young man was actually able to force back Yan You, who was famous for his assassination, with a single move. This caused them to be dumbstruck.

In terms of cultivation level, the other three were slightly stronger than Yan You, but in terms of speed and assassination abilities, none of them were as good as Yan You.

This brat was clearly a cultivator with great perfection in Essence Refinement into Qi. After using a secret technique, he was actually able to fight against Smoke Swamp. This was a bit dangerous.