Chapter 44

In this world, the mountains and valleys stretch out, with great ridges resembling dragons.

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Perhaps due to the long absence of human presence, everything in the world exudes a sense of ancient desolation and decay.

Ye Han’s primordial energy flowed, his steps swift as the wind, traversing a hundred miles of land.

Finally, he saw blood flowing, the bones of a beast lying amidst it, seemingly dead for two or three days.

“Sword marks?”

Ye Han noticed that the dead beast had been injured by a battle sword, not by a fight among beasts or by a demon hunter.

Although the Netherworld Realm is rarely visited by people, Ye Han knew that some powerful inner disciples, fearless and unafraid, even stayed here for long periods like ascetic monks, enduring dangers to hone their skills and transform their martial arts.

“A hell for the weak!”

“A paradise for the strong!”

Ye Han couldn’t help but have such thoughts.

In the outside world, he had to endure constant harassment and could not quietly cultivate.

But now, inside this place, he could indulge in the thrill of battling beasts and demons, honing every aspect of himself without restraint.

After moving away from the entrance and delving deeper, Ye Han soon heard the roars of beasts and the howls of demons.

As he walked, he occasionally saw the corpses of beasts and demons.

Some powerful third, fourth, and even fifth and sixth-stage beasts sensed Ye Han’s aura and came, but all were killed by his fists.

On that day at the Demon Ridge, a fifth-stage beast had given Ye Han significant trouble, but now, having reached the third level of the Divine Power Realm, such a fifth-stage beast couldn’t withstand even three of his punches.

Seventh stage!

In Ye Han’s estimation, only a seventh-stage beast had the qualifications to engage him in a life-or-death battle.

As he continued to hunt, Ye Han’s blood and qi surged, his foundation transforming imperceptibly.

The recently attained third level of the Divine Power Realm gradually adapted.

In the continuous hunting, Ye Han discovered that his combat strength could not be measured by his realm alone.

He gradually realized how powerful the enhancement brought by the Eternal Dragon Body was.

On the third day of entering the Netherworld Realm, he encountered a seventh-level demon, and in the direct battle, he directly pierced the demon’s heart.

On the tenth day, after fiercely killing two demons, Ye Han’s blood surged, and countless acupoints in his body resonated, giving birth to the fourth divine power in his qi sea.

Fourth level of the Divine Power Realm!

He had reached the fourth level of the Divine Power Realm.

In the martial arts realm, the Gathering Essence Realm and the Divine Power Realm are fundamentally about the enhancement of pure strength.

Thus, those born extraordinary, with special constitutions or bloodlines, or who cultivated powerful techniques, could often rapidly advance.

This is why some people, even at the age of eleven or twelve, could enter the Divine Power Realm.

After cultivating the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique, Ye Han’s primordial energy was already incredibly abundant. He didn’t even need to rely on elixirs or spirit liquids to advance; the amount of primordial energy he absorbed from the air was many times that of ordinary people.

Moreover, as he reached the third and fourth levels of the Divine Power Realm, Ye Han found that his connection with the Nine Realms Dragon Suppressing Tower deepened, and the Dragon Emperor’s aura emanating from the tower increased several times.

Under the nurturing of this dragon aura, Ye Han felt that the second bone in his arm had begun to change.

If nothing went wrong, the second dragon bone was about to be successfully formed.

This was a virtuous cycle: as his realm continuously advanced, the Dragon Emperor’s aura he absorbed from the Dragon Suppressing Tower increased, and the speed of his physical transformation also accelerated.

Even a trace of dragon aura was a heavenly treasure that ordinary people could only dream of, let alone Ye Han, who was constantly nurtured by such dragon aura.

The ninth level of the Divine Power Realm was like walking on flat ground for Ye Han.

Within three months, Ye Han was even confident he could break through to the peak of the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm.

If Yin Tianxiu knew about Ye Han’s foundation, she probably wouldn’t dare let him enter this place even if she had ten times her courage.

On the fourteenth day of entering the Netherworld Realm.

Ye Han appeared in a deep and narrow canyon.

The canyon was in chaos, with demons and beasts roaring, and some demons had already reached the eighth level of the Divine Power Realm, while the aura of some beasts was approaching the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm.

Encountering such powerful beings, even Ye Han found it challenging to engage them.

However, this time entering the Netherworld Realm, Ye Han naturally wouldn’t avoid danger. This canyon was an excellent place for training.

Even if he ultimately couldn’t defeat them, Ye Han could retreat using his abundant primordial energy. Unless it was a ninth-stage beast king or a demon at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm, no creature could catch up to him.

Inside the canyon, Ye Han fought and moved forward, his strength surging.

If there were outsiders present, they would be terrified to see a fourth-level Divine Power Realm martial artist daring to hunt seventh and eighth-stage beasts.

This was simply a suicidal act; even some geniuses with special constitutions and bloodlines wouldn’t dare do such a thing.

The canyon was vast, and Ye Han had moved at least three kilometers but still couldn’t see the end.

However, this journey of hunting had greatly benefited him, and he obtained several seventh and eighth-stage beast cores and demon cores, all of which he refined.

The speed at which he refined beast cores and demon cores was even a hundred times that of an ordinary fourth-level Divine Power Realm martial artist.

With the Nine Heavens Dragon Control Technique, his primordial energy enveloped the cores, and within half a cup of tea, he could refine an eighth-stage beast core.

“Hmm?”

As he moved forward, Ye Han suddenly changed his expression.

At the end of his line of sight, a massive creature like a mountain appeared.

He couldn’t forget that aura.

A ninth-stage beast king!

However, this was a dead ninth-stage beast king.

Although it wasn’t as powerful as the Yin Yin Green King Python, hunting this beast would require at least reaching the Qi Explosion Realm.

Above the Divine Power Realm was the Qi Explosion Realm.

Explosive primordial energy, killing enemies from a distance, that was the Qi Explosion Realm.

All inner disciples of the Samsara Academy were at this realm.

The Great Void Secret Record introduced the “Three Explosions” of the Qi Explosion Realm:

1. Blood and qi enhancement, explosive primordial energy, the first explosion: Blood Qi Explosion.

2. Breath forming a protective force, guarding the body, the second explosion: Force Explosion.

3. Qi piercing the sky, killing enemies from a hundred meters, the third explosion: Vacuum Explosion.

Yin Tianxiu was a terrifying existence at the Qi Explosion Realm. As the top-ranked inner disciple on the Yin-Yang List, she might have even reached the third explosion: Vacuum Explosion.

To kill a ninth-stage beast king like the one before him, one would need to at least reach the first explosion of the Qi Explosion Realm, otherwise, it would be suicide.

Initially, Luo Tianzheng, overconfident, tried to kill the Yin Yin Green King Python with just the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm, but he was no match.

If not for the means left by Feng Wu Liang, he would have died at the Demon Ridge.

Ye Han pondered many things as he approached to investigate and found that the beast core of the ninth-stage beast king before him had already been taken.

As he moved forward, unexpectedly, within less than a quarter of an hour, he saw two more dead ninth-stage beast kings, both in a terrible state, their cores missing, and bearing sword marks, indicating human intervention.

“This canyon is very strange. Ninth-stage beast kings each have their own territories and would never gather in one place.”

“Moreover, this scene suggests that inner disciples of the academy are training here, hunting these beasts. If there were living ninth-stage beast kings, I wouldn’t be a match for them.” Ye Han frowned.

Courage was good, but he would never seek death.

As he hesitated, Ye Han’s pupils suddenly focused, staring at a cliff ahead.

In the center of the cliff, two rows of ancient characters were engraved...

Bury the Nine Netherworlds of Heaven and Earth!

Witness the Cycle of the Sun and Moon!

“Ancient Martial Tomb?”

Ye Han’s heart pounded, almost blurting it out.