Chapter 63

Zhang Ruochen, in order to hone his palm technique, had been practicing in Wang Mountain for ten days. During this time, he killed two second-rank barbarian beasts and seventeen first-rank superior barbarian beasts.

The second-rank and first-rank superior barbarian beasts in Wang Mountain were almost completely wiped out by him.

The low-rank barbarian beasts in Wang Mountain seemed to know that a killer had come to the mountain. Whenever they saw Zhang Ruochen, they immediately fled, as if they had seen a devil.

"Rushing water!"

A river about seven to eight meters wide rushed down from the mountain top, producing a roaring sound. Throwing a stone into it, it would instantly be swept away by the powerful current, tumbling in the water.

Zhang Ruochen came to the riverbank, looking at the surging river, his heart also surging.

After a period of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen could clearly feel that his palm technique was on the verge of a breakthrough.

"Plunk!"

He leaped into the river, using his body strength to resist the river's impact.

"Boom!"

True qi surged throughout his body, and he struck out with a palm.

The river water was actually momentarily halted by the strike.

But soon, even more fierce currents came, knocking him away. The powerful current battered Zhang Ruochen, making him dizzy, and directly slammed him onto the shore.

Zhang Ruochen spat out a mouthful of river water and jumped back into the river, moving upstream, continuously striking out with his palm technique.

This time, he struck three times before being knocked away by the river again.

Being knocked away, he immediately charged back in.

Again and again, he was pushed back, but the time he spent in the river grew longer and longer.

After a whole day, Zhang Ruochen was exhausted and covered in injuries.

After nightfall, he took out a piece of spiritual flesh from the body of a second-rank barbarian beast, the Green-Eyed Snake, and consumed it. Then he began to meditate, absorbing spiritual qi to recover his strength.

The next morning, Zhang Ruochen's injuries were healed, his true qi was abundant, and his spirit was refreshed. He jumped back into the river to continue his cultivation.

On the fifth day, a long howl echoed in the river, "Dragon Elephant Returns to the Field."

Zhang Ruochen struck out with both palms simultaneously, a powerful palm force surged out, producing a sound like the combined roars of a dragon and an elephant, actually causing the river to flow backward.

The third palm of the Dragon Elephant Bodhi Palm, "Dragon Elephant Returns to the Field," was successfully cultivated.

Zhang Ruochen burst with a force of one hundred oxen, reaching the supreme realm of the Yellow Apex.

At this moment, the spiritual qi in the entire Wang Mountain surged, converging on Zhang Ruochen, forming a white pillar of light that shot up into the sky, reaching a height of a hundred zhang.

Around the pillar of light, ancient figures appeared, some human-shaped, some dragon-like, some like ancient phoenixes, and some like qilins.

Each figure was incredibly sacred, emitting an overwhelmingly powerful aura, almost like the manifestation of deities.

"The deities manifest, all beings kneel."

In the distance, General Ge Qian and a pair of imperial guards knelt devoutly on the ground, worshiping the figures of the deities.

Generally, the manifestation of deities only occurs during large-scale sacrifices.

Now, the figures of the deities appeared in Wang Mountain, hovering above the head of the Ninth Prince, which was undoubtedly a miracle for the Yunwu County State.

"Reaching the supreme realm indeed triggers the resonance of the deities." Zhang Ruochen stared at the divine figures in the sky, feeling extremely excited.

Finally, he had taken the first step on the path of the strong.

"Whoosh!"

The figures of the deities transformed into particles of light, flying toward Zhang Ruochen's forehead, entering his qi pool.

"Boom!"

The particles of light entered Zhang Ruochen's qi pool and immediately exploded, emitting a white divine aura.

The qi pool was almost about to burst, and the blood in his body churned continuously.

"Since it's like this, I'll push to the Mystic Apex realm in one go!"

Zhang Ruochen naturally wouldn't miss this excellent opportunity. He sat cross-legged in the water, rapidly circulating the thirty-six meridians in his body, crazily absorbing the power of the deities, and began to push to the Mystic Apex realm.

Zhang Ruochen had already reached the supreme realm of the Yellow Apex, and with the power of the deities, reaching the Mystic Apex realm was almost a matter of course, without encountering any bottlenecks.

After half an hour, Zhang Ruochen's qi pool began to vibrate violently, cracking with numerous fissures.

"Boom!"

The qi pool shattered, turning into fragments.

Subsequently, these fragments quickly recombined, forming a larger qi pool!

No, not a qi pool.

It was a qi lake.

Zhang Ruochen broke through to the Mystic Apex realm, and his qi pool transformed into a qi lake, expanding a hundred times larger than when he was at the Great Perfection of the Yellow Apex realm.

Divine imprints appeared on the walls of the qi lake, emitting divine light.

However, these divine imprints were very faint, and if not examined closely, they could not be seen clearly.

It should be noted that Zhang Ruochen had only reached the supreme realm of the Yellow Apex, triggering the first resonance of the deities, so the divine imprints were naturally very faint.

If Zhang Ruochen could reach the supreme realm of the Mystic Apex, he would trigger the second resonance of the deities, and the divine imprints in the qi lake would deepen.

After the ancient era, although very few people had cultivated to the supreme realm, it was not absolutely impossible. A few exceptionally talented sages and emperors had actually cultivated to the supreme realm in their youth, triggering the resonance of the deities.

However, the affairs of sages and emperors in their youth were very obscure and could not be recorded in history, so no one knew about them.

Of course, being able to trigger the first resonance of the deities was already quite remarkable. Triggering the second resonance was almost impossible, even for those emperors and sages.

The supreme realm of the Mystic Apex was even harder to cultivate than the supreme realm of the Yellow Apex.

Even though Zhang Ruochen had reached the supreme realm of the Yellow Apex, he had no certainty of reaching the supreme realm of the Mystic Apex.

"Divine light swirling, deities protecting. Is this the legendary divine light qi lake?"

In his previous life, Zhang Ruochen had heard Emperor Ming mention the divine light qi lake.

It was said that when Emperor Ming was young, he had triggered the first resonance of the deities, receiving the protection of the divine power, and his qi lake transformed into a divine light qi lake.

Once the divine light qi lake was cultivated, it became extremely resilient, and even a Ground Apex realm expert could not pierce Zhang Ruochen's qi lake.

Moreover, the higher Zhang Ruochen's cultivation, the more obvious the advantages of the divine light qi lake would become.

It took Zhang Ruochen a full day and night to completely digest the power of the resonance of the deities.

The true qi in his qi lake was almost at its peak.

In other words, Zhang Ruochen's current realm had already reached the peak of the early stage of the Mystic Apex realm, and it would not be long before he broke through to the middle stage of the Mystic Apex realm.

"Indeed, the divine light qi lake is remarkable. The capacity of the qi lake is ten times larger than that of other early stage Mystic Apex realm martial artists. Moreover, I feel that the purity of my true qi far exceeds that of early stage Mystic Apex realm martial artists, and even compared to those at the Great Perfection of the Mystic Apex realm, it is not much worse."

For ordinary martial artists, when breaking through from the Great Perfection of the Yellow Apex realm to the early stage of the Mystic Apex realm, the capacity of the qi pool only expanded ten times.

However, Zhang Ruochen had cultivated to the supreme realm, which was an additional minor realm compared to ordinary martial artists, so his qi pool expanded twice.

Therefore, his qi lake capacity was ten times larger than that of other early stage Mystic Apex realm martial artists.

When Zhang Ruochen was breaking through his realm in the water, General Ge Qian immediately returned to the palace to report the news to the Yunwu County King.

"Your Majesty, I have important news to report. Please have Lord Cao inform the King." Ge Qian said somewhat urgently.

Lord Cao was the Queen's man and, knowing that Ge Qian was responsible for protecting the Ninth Prince, naturally did not show him a good face, saying sarcastically, "The King is resting and may not see the general. General, please return! Protecting the Ninth Prince is the priority."

Ge Qian's eyes darkened, and his aura burst forth, saying, "Cao Shirren, it's best to immediately inform the King. If you delay important matters, your ten heads won't be enough to pay for it."

Lord Cao was a minor Mystic Apex realm expert, not a match for Ge Qian, but he was not afraid of Ge Qian's aura.

At this moment, the voice of the Yunwu County King came from the hall, saying, "Who is making a commotion outside