Chapter 1586 – Imperial Palace's Great Chief Eunuch
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Of the three major source powers, none of them were a trifling matter.
Grandmist energy – the source of matter.
Genesis energy – the source of energy.
Spirit source – the source of soul.
When these three source powers were unified, they formed essence, energy, and divine!
In the past, it was because Lin Ming lacked spirit source that Divine Dream didn't allow Lin Ming to study the Divine Dream Law.
Each one of the three major source powers was incomparably precious. The reason that Lin Ming was able to possess so much grandmist energy was because he inherited it from Empyrean Primordius. By himself, it would have been impossible to obtain it. This was because grandmist energy had almost completely disappeared after the forming of the universe. It was said that grandmist energy still existed in black holes, but black holes were celestial bodies where the gravitational force reached such an extreme that it created a force field around itself, an absolutely separate space. Even an Empyrean couldn't enter one!
Empyrean Divine Seal's Divine Seal Art was founded with inspiration from black holes.
It was incredible that this White Sky was able to cultivate a tiny amount of elementary genesis energy in his attacks. It was clear that he had once obtained a powerful inheritance, and although this inheritance was inferior to the Primordius martial intent, it should still have been on the level of a transcendent divine might.
At this time, Arid Peace Palace, which was supported with all sorts of array formations and was comparable to a spirit artifact, was completely razed to the ground. Empress Naye had been injured in the chaos. Her entire body was drenched in blood and she looked miserable.
In the center of the battlefield, the only ones left were Lin Ming and White Sky, standing in harsh opposition with each other!
In that strike just now, White Sky had been forced to burn some of his blood essence and had even suffered a loss. As for Lin Ming, he had only been forced back with his blood tumbling within him; the difference could be easily seen.
Everyone who stood on the Empress' side was currently looking at Lin Ming with fear and dread in their eyes. Even White Sky wasn't Lin Ming's match!
A World King powerhouse had been suppressed by Lin Ming!
At this time, the maids and eunuchs of Arid Peace Palace who luckily survived were all trembling with fear. The pressure that Lin Ming placed upon them was too great. With the aura of the grandmist force field also covering them, they couldn't even stand steady.
And at this time, the one with the most tumultuous mood was Blood Moon.
It was already shocking when Lin Ming displayed the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace, but afterwards when Lin Ming used that terrifying 15 billion jins of strength, he actually used an arcane technique to increase his strength to 50 billion jins: the strength of five dragons!
When Blood Moon saw this technique Lin Ming used, she felt it was strangely familiar.
"Celestial Tyrant Manual? This is the Celestial Tyrant Manual? This Lin Ming actually understands the Celestial Tyrant Manual?" All sorts of chaotic emotions swelled in Blood Moon's heart. She thought that the Celestial Tyrant Manual was a unique cultivation method manual and yet Lin Ming also knew of it?
"No wonder… no wonder he would request the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace section of the Celestial Tyrant Manual from me… it is because he already practiced the Eight Inner Hidden Gates section to the peak and has even opened the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace!"
Blood Moon mumbled to herself. She felt that this youth in front of her was filled with riddles.
White Sky's complexion was grim. In that collision of force fields just now when White Sky's yang force field had smashed into Lin Ming's grandmist space, the disparity had been evident.
This sort of disparity manifested in the grade of the force fields!
The yang force field was originally not as exquisite as the grandmist space. Moreover, there was a massive amount of grandmist energy that flooded the grandmist space; this was true grandmist energy, not elementary grandmist energy!
And within the yang force field, there was only elementary genesis energy.
This sort of difference couldn't even be described with clouds and mud. The only reason that White Sky had suffered a small loss was because his cultivation was far deeper than Lin Ming's. With the difference in their cultivation boundaries he had forcefully made up for their force fields to block Lin Ming's Demon Extermination.
"Divine Lord realm… you really are at the Divine Lord realm?"
As White Sky looked at Lin Ming, there was a strange trembling in his voice!
In that exchange just now, he had been able to confirm what Lin Ming's boundary was!
The true essence standard that Lin Ming displayed, although it far surpassed all other early Divine Lord martial artists, could still be explained with the reasoning that he was an unrivalled genius. Even so, it was explainable. In other words, Lin Ming didn't truly surpass the Divine Lord realm!
At first he had thought that Lin Ming was a World King powerhouse that had concealed himself, but no matter how profound a World King powerhouse was at camouflaging their cultivation, it would be impossible for them to maintain a Divine Lord realm cultivation in the heat of battle. Otherwise, they would be brutally beaten by others.
"You… just who are you?"
White Sky said with raging emotions. He found it hard to keep his expression or tone calm. Ever since he joined Heaven's Net as a child, he had grown one step at a time until he became a leader. He had experienced the sandy plains of slaughter numerous times and had walked upon the thread of life or death almost daily. Even so, this was an expression that he rarely showed. He had long since formed a mindset where he could face death without panicking, but now that he faced such a terrifying character like Lin Ming he was actually left flustered.
Nothing about Lin Ming could be explained with common sense!
Lin Ming didn't bother replying to White Sky. He slowly stepped forwards, closing the distance between them, his focus locked onto his enemy the entire time. When his focus was combined with that star-heavy grandmist energy, it seemed menacing and forceful!
White Sky's complexion changed. He couldn't help but take a step backwards. "Do you really want to bet life or death with me?"
"Isn't that what you just did?" Lin Ming coldly sneered.
"I was trying to capture your dual cultivation dao companion but I wasn't planning to do anything to her. I only wanted to use her to threaten you to retreat and stay out of the internal struggles of my Heaven's Net. I didn't attack you nor did I have the thought of killing your dao companion!" White Sky explained his motives. But, in doing so, he had already admitted defeat.
However, Lin Ming disregarded this explanation. "And yet your actions have enraged me even more."
"Even if you try as hard as you can, you still won't be able to keep me here!" White Sky's eyebrows shot up. He had absolute confidence in his own movement techniques.
"Yes, but perhaps I might try to leave some mark on you."
"Why must you be so forceful?" White Sky said, frowning. He still hadn't unraveled who Lin Ming was and he didn't want to offend someone he knew absolutely nothing about.
He had already thought of escaping.
But at this time, the grandmist force field that shrouded Arid Peace Palace strengthened by several points, as if it wanted to completely lock down this space!
Although White Sky's movement techniques were skillful he was still temporarily stuck in this grandmist space!
If White Sky were to attack he could definitely break open the grandmist space. But at this time, Lin Ming would definitely take the chance to attack him. White Sky would be hard pressed to split his attention and would likely be severely wounded by Lin Ming.
Then, it would really be as Lin Ming said; there would be a mark left behind on his body!
Thinking of this, White Sky's voice became dreary. "Do you think that I've already shown my hand and I don't have a final all-out attack?"
As an assassin leader of Heaven's Net who had risked his life over tens of thousands of years in Heaven's Net, survived and even come out on top, it wasn't a surprise that he had some final trump card in his hand.
And as Lin Ming faced White Sky's threat, he remained silent as before, still not removing the grandmist force field!
"Good! You're ruthless enough!" White Sky's voice carried with it an icy chill.
For two masters to fight to such a degree had already exceeded everyone's expectations. Lin Ming had hidden himself in this crowd of masters and had crippled Eunuch Sun with a single strike, destroyed Empress Naye's divine runic symbol jade slips, and then suppressed World King White Sky; his strength was unbelievable!
Not only was Lin Ming abnormal but his dual cultivation companion wasn't easy to deal with either. Although she seemed like a charming and delicate young girl, she was actually able to erupt with a horrifying combat strength. Even White Sky had been forced to avoid her attack.
These two people gave off a feeling as if they didn't belong to this world. They were strong to the point of disbelief.
And as White Sky was about to use his desperate trump card to engage in a bloody final battle with Lin Ming, an old voice echoed outwards –
"Why must you fight to this degree…"
As this voice sounded out, the killing intent that pervaded the air suddenly diminished.
Everyone turned around to see an old yellow-robed man calmly stepping towards them, walking on the wind!
This yellow-robed old man had a face covered with wrinkles and a head of white hair.
His voice was old with a strange sharpness to it, making him sound bizarre. He wore yellow robes in the style of a eunuch, with the difference that there was a golden dragon embroidered on his front and back.
In the imperial palace, a dragon was the symbol of royal authority. Only the emperor and crown prince had the qualifications to wear imperial robes, and the crown prince's imperial robes had a dragon with one less claw, a four-clawed golden dragon.
This old eunuch wore yellow robes with the image of a four-clawed golden dragon. In other words, he had status equal to that of a crown prince! But, the truth was that the Marvel Blue Nation had no crown prince. In other words, within the Marvel Blue Nation, this eunuch had status second only to the Marvel Blue Emperor!
That meant his status was extraordinary!
He was one of the three World King masters that commanded the Marvel Blue Nation below the Marvel Blue Emperor; he was the great chief eunuch of the imperial palace, Eunuch Wei!
Chapter 1587 – To Admit Defeat
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"Greetings, Empress."
Eunuch Wei slightly bowed as he set down on the floor.
His words were peaceful with a hint of true essence poured into them. This true essence rushed into Empress Naye's body like a cool wind, making the pain wracking her body feel much better.
Within the Marvel Blue Nation, besides the Marvel Blue Emperor, there were three other World Kings. The Grand Marshal was in charge of the military, the Imperial Scholar was in charge of political affairs, and Great Chief Eunuch Wei was in charge of internal affairs and national resources. This included managing blue snow gold, the various heavenly materials, assigning resources, expenses of the imperial palace, and even the daily matters of tens of thousands of maids and eunuchs in the imperial palace. All of this was within Eunuch Wei's hands. He could be said to have tremendous power and influence.
Although this type of character had to greet the Empress based upon court etiquette, the truth was that within the Marvel Blue Nation, his status was faintly above that of the Empress.
This was the world of martial artists in which strength ruled supreme. In the world of martial artists, even if one founded an imperial power as their center, it would still be different from a mortal's imperial palace. Those without strength, whether it was a prince or imperial concubine, none of them would be able to stand out.
Lin Ming was vigilant against this Eunuch Wei who just appeared. This person's aura was deep and his true essence was restrained; it was hard to judge what the limit of his strength was.
Although he was an ordinary World King, there were still those that were strong and weak within the World King realm. Lin Ming could feel that this Eunuch Wei was even stronger than White Sky.
Thus, he had no choice but to be cautious of him.
After all, Eunuch Wei was likely not on their side.
After Naye restored a bit of her strength, she stood back up. With a wave of her hand, the bloodstains that covered her evaporated. Even Eunuch Sun's shredded meat was burnt into ash.
Her robes of blue snow gold and sky work silk had originally been a treasure, and now that the blood had evaporated and the ash fell away, they immediately became bright and clean again. Unfortunately, the robe itself had been torn by Lin Ming, causing Naye's grandeur to be reduced by a great deal.
"Eunuch Wei… you have come. I am happy to see you here."
Naye smiled. She didn't do as Lin Ming thought she would and accuse Lin Ming, Blood Moon, and the others of conspiring to rebel against her to Eunuch Wei. Rather, she only said that she was happy to see him, completely ignoring the fact that Arid Peace Palace had been razed to the ground and she herself had been severely beaten up.
With this, Lin Ming couldn't help but measure the Empress a few points higher.
Eunuch Wei had already managed affairs within the imperial palace for hundreds of thousands of years and naturally understood what was happening. As for the disputes of the throne, he didn't take a side nor did he divide between right or wrong. Whoever was stronger would be able to take the throne. To the victor went the spoils; this was the only truth.
When the old Emperor went into seclusion, he had told Eunuch Wei not to interfere in the affairs of the imperial struggle. But now that Arid Peace Palace was destroyed, and with the possibility that the entire imperial palace might be ruined if this fight continued any longer, Eunuch Wei had to interfere.
Everyone, how about we end today's matter as is? The Empress and Imperial Concubine Moon should also be tired? Perhaps it would be good if you were to return to your quarters to rest."
With Eunuch Wei's appearance, he spoke a few words in order to defuse the conflict.
Just as the two sides were about to engage in a life or death fight, a word to pause the battle and they had paused. In a situation where either side would suffer a loss if they continued, this was the only choice they could make.
Lin Ming looked deeply at White Sky. In truth, he also knew that with his strength, although he could defeat White Sky if he used everything at his disposal, killing him wasn't likely.
And in the imperial palace, if he wanted to kill the Empress then Eunuch Wei wouldn't stand idly by and allow that to happen. Not to mention that Eunuch Wei was stronger than White Sky. If Lin Ming were to fight with him then it was unknown who would win in the end. Truly fighting with Eunuch Wei would be an unwise idea that would only earn him another formidable enemy. Moreover, in the Marvel Blue Nation, there was more than one World King master.
Besides, Lin Ming didn't know this Lord Snow to begin with so he had no obligation to risk his life for him. He also didn't intend to interfere in the struggle for the throne.
Lin Ming only wanted the Celestial Tyrant Manual and now he had mostly achieved his goal.
Lin Ming glanced over at Blood Moon. Blood Moon bowed, intending to resolve the conflict like this.
The truth was that they had already taken the advantage. The maids and eunuchs that Naye had raised had mostly died and Eunuch Sun had been killed by Lin Ming. Even the carefully constructed Arid Peace Palace that symbolized the will of the Empress had been destroyed.
To Naye, the peak Holy Lord Eunuch Sun had been her absolute right hand. But now that he was cut down by Lin Ming, she could only swallow this insult.
This was the suppression brought by strength.
Blood Moon was filled with curiosity towards Lin Ming. She wanted to know just how Lin Ming had learned the Celestial Tyrant Manual, but now was not a good time to ask.
She gently smiled and said to Eunuch Wei, "Since Eunuch Wei has appeared then let us resolve matters like this. I only hope that in the future when I am in Full Moon Hall, there will not be another summons from the Empress where her only goal is to reprimand me!"
Blood Moon's voice carried with it a slight warning. In truth, she relied on Lin Ming to gain the upper hand.
Even so, Blood Moon still had the capital to remain standing tall. This was because her wounds would heal in another month or two and when her strength was restored to its peak state, she wouldn't be any weaker than White Sky.
If so, then she naturally had the ability to establish herself in the entire Marvel Blue Imperial Palace.
After being warned by an imperial concubine, Naye's eyes flashed with a cold light. But, she eventually flung her sleeves backwards and calmly told the remaining eunuchs, "Begin a trip to Soul Nourishing Temple!"
Now that Arid Peace Palace was no more it was naturally impossible for her to rest here. As for Soul Nourishing Temple, it was the palace of the Emperor and only the Empress had the right to enter and pass the night there. The imperial concubines did not have the ability to do so.
Like this, the sudden storm had passed. Although there would be some criticisms due to the destruction of Arid Peace Palace, these opinions would slowly be suppressed.
Lin Ming wouldn't care about any of this. His only regret today was that he wasn't able to leave some mark behind on White Sky. Even so, forcing him to burn a bit of his blood essence could be considered sufficient interest.
Lin Ming planned to return to Full Moon Hall with Blood Moon. But at this time, he was stopped by someone.
"This little brother, please stay a moment."
Lin Ming paused and turned to see Eunuch Wei smiling at him. A eunuch originally grew old strangely, especially when they had a senile-looking appearance. When they smiled, it normally appeared unappealing, and sometimes extremely repugnant.
However, when this Eunuch Wei smiled, it appeared somewhat gentle and kind.
"I never imagined that Lord Snow would have such hidden depths that he could actually request the help of such a peak character like this little brother."
Eunuch Wei said, his eyes looking up and down Lin Ming. Although he hadn't seen the entire fight, he could guess the approximate situation. He was extremely curious as to what Lin Ming's status was. If this Lin Ming came from a large influence, then that influence was likely not something that a Great World King influence like the Marvel Blue Nation could compare with.
The difference was too great!
Lin Ming lightly smiled, "Eunuch Wei has misunderstood. I am not Lord Snow's helper and I also do not help him. It is only that I have some old friendship with Imperial Concubine Moon so I have come to the palace to pay a visit to her."
Lin Ming smoothly said. His words caused Eunuch Wei to look at Imperial Concubine Moon with a different light in his eyes. Eunuch Wei was an intelligent person who was also well-informed; he naturally knew the purpose of Imperial Concubine Moon coming to the palace.
He never would have thought that Imperial Concubine Moon knew such a person!
Like this, he had to completely reconsider the imperial struggle between Lord Shen and Lord Snow. He would even need to rely more on Eunuch Liang who was on good terms with Imperial Concubine Moon.
All of this was on the premise that Eunuch Wei thought Lin Ming might have come from a peak Empyrean influence.
A peak Empyrean influence could command the wind and rain within the entire inner Asura Road. To such an influence, Eunuch Wei was nothing more than an ant. If he could form relations with an Empyrean influence then that would mean many benefits in the future!
However, Eunuch Wei could see that Lin Ming had no intention of revealing his background so he could only put the plan of climbing relations with Lin Ming behind. He smiled and said "Little brother, if you are interested then you can come to the Marvel Blue Nation as a guest. My Marvel Blue Nation will certainly welcome you as an honored guest!"
Eunuch Wei spoke these words in front of everyone.
And at this time, Empress Naye had yet to leave. Whether it was Arid Peace Palace of Full Moon Hall, the many eunuchs and maids were able to clearly hear him.
In the eyes of these young eunuchs and maids, Eunuch Wei was, aside from the old Emperor who was nearing the end of his lifespan, one of the three World King powerhouses of the Marvel Blue Nation. Moreover, even amongst ordinary World Kings, Eunuch Wei's strength was still considered in the upper echelons. He had already cultivated the Sunflower Melody to an unbelievable boundary.
Within the imperial palace, Eunuch Wei was the absolute chief eunuch in charge of all internal affairs. Not only did the Empress and numerous princes need to pay him due respect, but if he was to clearly state his support for Prince Shen or Grandprince Snow, then the matter of ascension would already be half-settled.
Unfortunately, no one was able to successfully curry favor with Eunuch Wei. Even though Lord Shen and Lord Snow and sent him gifts again and again, these gifts had been fully returned by him.
But now, this Eunuch Wei who held one of the top three positions of power and authority within the Marvel Blue Nation was actually taking the initiative to show goodwill towards Lin Ming. This caused the young eunuchs and maids to be startled. As they looked at Lin Ming once more, they felt that he was an increasingly unfathomable youth.
In fact, these young eunuchs and maids had a limited cultivation boundary so it was hard for them to understand just what Lin Ming's strength and talented represented. It was Eunuch Wei's flattering words towards him that left the greatest impact on them!
As for Empress Naye, as she sat in her palanquin she also froze as she heard Eunuch Wei's words. Her complexion turned grim.
Finally, she settled herself in her seat and shouted to the eunuch beside her. "Begin the trip to Soul Nourishing Temple –"
Like this, the people of Arid Peace Palace vanished around a corner.
As for the eunuchs and maids of Full Moon Hall, all of them returned, overflowing with joy and thankfulness. The eunuchs that carried the palanquin were especially zealous in their actions, each step they took floating up as if they were going to fly.
They all felt as if they had overcome and won a great war.
Chapter 1588 – Cultivation Method In Hand
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To the young eunuchs and maids of Full Moon Hall, whether it was the ruler of six palaces – the Empress, or the manager of internal affairs – Great Chief Eunuch Wei, both were existences that they feared to the point of death. With just a single word from either one of them, any of the young eunuchs and maids would be exterminated. But today, the Empress had lost so many eunuchs and maids and even had her Arid Peace Palace destroyed, yet she was only able to swallow this insult. And when Eunuch Wei came, not only did he not charge Lin Ming with the crime of destroying Arid Peace Palace, but he instead remained respectful towards Lin Ming, even welcoming him as an honored guest to the Marvel Blue Nation.
For these two characters to have such a response, the young eunuchs and maids felt this was unbelievable and at the same time proud and ecstatic!
Although the Empress and Eunuch Wei were in fact only giving in to Lin Ming and Lin Ming had no connection to these young eunuchs and maids, he was still staying at Full Moon Hall. When the Empress admitted defeat this time, it was her admitting defeat to the entirety of Full Moon Hall. This made them feel like a warm sunlight was shining on their faces, making them euphoric and carefree!
As for Lin Ming's image, he became an immeasurably deep figure in the hearts of the young eunuchs and maids. And as for the young maid who had brought Lin Ming his daily washing water, she constantly glanced at him within the palanquin, filled with curiosity.
In her eyes, Lin Ming was undoubtedly the hero of Full Moon Hall. Although his battle with a World King had been extremely short it had still left a deep impression on her mind. She had originally looked at Lin Ming and Xiao Moxian with disdain for their daily lovemaking, but now she actually envied Xiao Moxian. However, Xiao Moxian's strength left her in fear and awe at the same time.
For a young woman to have such strength was incredible.
The group of people returned to Full Moon Hall in high spirits. Upon returning to Full Moon Hall, Blood Moon sent out rewards. Each of the accompanying eunuchs and maids was rewarded with 1000 origin energy runes, leaving them even more overjoyed. They all happily shouted out, "Praise Imperial Concubine Moon!"
Blood Moon faintly smiled. She waved her hand, "You may all leave."
The eunuchs and maids bowed and withdrew, leaving behind only Lin Ming, Xiao Moxian, and Blood Moon in the room.
"Lin Ming, I must thank you for today's matters!" Blood Moon said, personally pouring a cup of fog rain tea for Lin Ming and Xiao Moxian. This was the most valuable tea in Full Moon Hall and it had a wonderfully refreshing effect.
Lin Ming received the teacup and said, "There is no need to be so serious. Today's matters also happened because of me. If it weren't for a man living in Full Moon Hall then the Empress wouldn't have been able to easily incriminate Imperial Concubine Moon."
Blood Moon couldn't help but smile. "Lin Ming, there is no need for you to be modest. You and I both know that the Empress was deliberately finding faults, and even if you weren't there she still would have found some other method to deal with me. If it weren't for you, I have no idea how today's matters would have ended. If I'm lucky, my wounds should heal after another short period of time. At that time, there will be no need for me to fear them. Even if White Sky were to return there would be nothing he could do to me."
Upon mentioning White Sky, Lin Ming coldly sneered, "If White Sky were to return, there is no need for Imperial Concubine Moon to do anything; I still haven't settled my account with him. As for Imperial Concubine Moon, what wounds have you received that are so serious that you still haven't fully healed after such a long time?"
Blood Moon sighed, "It is unliving poison… it is a rare poison that can kill a Holy Lord and affect a World King! If it weren't for my subordinate betraying me then I would never have been injured by such a poison. As for the reason it's affected me for so long, it's because I have to use my true essence to suppress it thus I'm unable to fight it with everything I have."
"Oh? Unliving poison?" Lin Ming had inherited the memories of three alchemists so he certainly knew about this type of poison.
In this world, poisons of the mortal world were naturally ineffective towards martial artists. But, there were some poisons that could kill high level martial artists!
And these poisons all came from alchemists. Moreover, the materials needed to refine them were all extremely precious heavenly materials.
Alchemists could refine pills that could increase one's cultivation. There were some transcendent divine pills that World Kings would brutally struggle for, because these transcendent divine pills were far too valuable to a World King.
But with every positive came a negative. If there were pills that had positive effects on World Kings then there were naturally poisons with a negative effect on World Kings.
There were even some cultivation enhancing pills with properties that were too tyrannical, that if taken improperly or by someone with an insufficient cultivation, could cause one's body to explode and die.
Thus, it wasn't uncommon to see poisons that could kill high level martial artists!
Unliving poison was one variation of these poisons. This poison was based upon the bile of an ancient desolate flood dragon combined with an unliving snake's venom as well as a variety of rare and precious materials.
Lin Ming thought for a moment. Then, he said, "Although unliving poison is fierce, its properties, according to what I know, shouldn't be able to affect a World King to such a degree…"
"That's right, but this unliving poison was also supported by the divine runic arts from a peak sixth grade divine runic master, so its toxicity far surpasses that of an ordinary version. I've already spent over half a year driving out the poison."
"Divine runic arts!"
Lin Ming traced his chin. He faintly smiled and said, "If it really is the divine runic arts then there will definitely be traces of the Asura Laws left in the poison. And, these traces are something I might be able to unravel. Although I cannot completely undo the poison, I can make the poison lose the support of the Asura Heavenly Dao so it is easier to drive out."
As Lin Ming spoke, Blood Moon's heart moved. She immediately recalled Lin Ming's sensational divine runic arts skill. Not only had he used a single spear strike to break through Empress Naye's Life Seizing Jade Talisman, but he had even broken through Naye's protective divine runic symbols. This was not something that an ordinary person could hope to achieve.
There were even many sixth grade divine runic masters that wouldn't be able to accomplish his!
This part alone made Blood Moon feel that this was all too unbelievable. She didn't know how at such a young age, Lin Ming had been able to find the weakness of a sixth grade Life Seizing Jade Talisman and two protective divine runic symbols. Even if Lin Ming specialized in countering these two types of divine runic symbols he still shouldn't have been able to easily counter the Asura Heavenly Dao traces in the blink of an eye.
There were too many riddles about Lin Ming that Blood Moon couldn't figure out. Even being a True Divinity descendant wasn't adequate to explain Lin Ming.
To be less than 60 years of age and be able to fight a World King, that was incredible!
"Lin Ming… are you really… less than 60 years of age?" Although she felt that this question was impolite, Blood Moon couldn't help but ask.
Lin Ming faintly smiled. He ambiguously said, "I am indeed not that old. The reason I was able to reach my current level is because of some chances. My luck has been quite good."
Although Lin Ming had casually said all of this, Blood Moon found this hard to believe. In the 33 Heavens, there were countless individuals that had good luck. However, even the descendant of a True Divinity Holy Land wouldn't have luck that could reach a tenth of Lin Ming's!
Although Lin Ming hadn't stated his exact age, Blood Moon could faintly confirm that Lin Ming's skeletal age was indeed less than 60 years!
Something suddenly flashed through Blood Moon's mind. She traced her spatial ring, pausing for several breaths of time. Then, she took out a blood red jade slip.
This jade slip was the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace section of the Celestial Tyrant Manual.
"Lin Ming, I owe you a great favor from today. I originally thought that the half-step World King Empress, her eunuchs and maids, including even Eunuch Sun, wouldn't have the ability to stop me. But, I never imagined that the Empress would invite White Sky from Heaven's Net and nearly cause me to suffer an incalculable loss. If it wasn't for your assistance today than I might not have escaped Arid Peace Palace alive. Or, at least without paying a grievously deep price.
"I will always remember this graciousness. I know that you need this so I will lend it to you. You can use it for as long as you want."
As Blood Moon spoke she placed the red jade slip on the table and pushed it towards Lin Ming. Although Blood Moon had been poisoned, she still had life-saving methods. These were her final all-out trump cards and if she were to use them she would have been able to escape White Sky. But, she would need to burn her blood essence to do so and suffer severe damage to her origin energy.
To Blood Moon who had yet to avenge her great hatred, this was a matter she could absolutely not accept. Thus, even if she gave the Celestial Tyrant Manual to Lin Ming, it was well worth it.
Lin Ming's eyes brightened. "The Celestial Tyrant Manual!" The reason he sought out Blood Moon was because of this jade slip and now he had finally obtained it!
Blood Moon said, "I could have lent you this earlier but I originally thought that even if you obtained the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace section of the Celestial Tyrant Manual, you still wouldn't be able to cultivate it and would only be wasting your time in vain. This is the reason I didn't consider your request too much. But, I never expected that you would have actually opened the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace and achieved a legendary, heaven-defying realm. I really have no idea how you did it."
Blood Moon was filled with curiosity towards what Lin Ming had experienced in his life but she didn't ask him about it. This was likely something that involved Lin Ming's lucky chance and was his deepest secret.
Lin Ming didn't turn down the offer. He took the Celestial Tyrant Manual in his hands and swept through it with his sense. The method to cultivate the Nine Stars
of the Dao Palace was truly recorded within here!
Lin Ming had trained in the body transformation technique for many years, and as time passed, he thought more and more that the Celestial Tyrant Manual was an extremely unusual cultivation method.
From the start, Lin Ming thought that the Celestial Tyrant Manual was a transcendent divine might. However, upon further thinking about it, perhaps it wasn't as simple as it seemed.
The body transformation technique was once extremely popular within the Divine Realm and there were countless inheritances of it left behind. After 3.6 billion years, nearly everything had vanished, but there were still body transformation cultivation methods that were left behind like the Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians. However, none of these cultivation methods were as overbearing and tyrannical as the Celestial Tyrant Manual.
Many body transformation cultivation methods were only suitable for the Heavenly Dao of 3.6 billion years ago. If one practiced them now it would be impossible to cultivate the Nine Stars of the Dao Palace.
But, the Celestial Tyrant Manual's cultivation method actually involved all sorts of precious pills, and these pills – even in a situation where the body transformation Laws were forbidden – still had a considerable effect. This was extraordinary.
Thus, Lin Ming paid more and more attention to the Celestial Tyrant Manual. The Hundred Layered Waves was an arcane skill that increased one's bodily strength by multiple times. This meant that in the future, when Lin Ming became stronger, the might of this skill would become increasingly terrifying.
Lin Ming received the Celestial Tyrant Manual and said to Blood Moon, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine Moon. I really did need this jade slip. In truth, there were also some questions I've been wanting to ask you but I felt that it was too rude… so I haven't found a way to ask them yet…"
Blood Moon waved her hands, "Sir Lin, please don't be so polite. Ask anything you please."
Lin Ming faintly smiled. "What I wanted to know is… how did you obtain the Celestial Tyrant Manual?"