Chapter 944: Chapter 944: Refining the Void and Transforming the World
Miao Shan, Gan Shan, and Duan Shan saw Kao Mountain lying on the ground, motionless, and assumed he had fallen victim to Chen Guan. Each of them was prepared to fight to the death with Chen Guan.
"What, are you refusing to accept defeat? Are you trying to go back on your word?" Chen Guan looked at them and said.
"You’ve harmed our senior brother’s life, and we can’t let you live, no matter what." Duan Shan shouted angrily, ready to strike.
"Who said he’s dead?" Chen Guan’s words stopped the three from unleashing their Secret Techniques, causing them to withdraw the Primordial Energy they were about to release.
Because Kao Mountain’s level was too high, Chen Guan feared that his Disabling Fist might not work, so he put all his strength into that punch.
At each level of the Ninth Awakening, there is a transformation; both Primordial Energy and the body undergo a reinforcement.
If an ordinary cultivator of the Ninth Awakening faced someone of the Tenth Awakening, whether in terms of physical strength or the quality of Primordial Energy, there would be a significant gap compared to such hundred-level consummate masters like Kao Mountain.
The same Secret Skills and Techniques, when used by Ninth Awakening cultivators against people like Kao Mountain, would be quite ineffective.
However, because Chen Guan practiced the Ninefold Reverse Element Skill, his Primordial Energy quality wasn’t much compromised compared to Kao Mountain and others at the hundred-level, and his quantity far exceeded theirs.
Various Secret Skills and abilities used by Chen Guan wouldn’t be much less effective against people like Kao Mountain.
Some top-level abilities, like the Prajna Wisdom Secret Law and All Beings Are Equal Secret Collection, wouldn’t be significantly affected.
But the Disabling Fist, a Composite Secret Skill, doesn’t rely on a large amount of Primordial Energy; it mainly depends on its ability to ignore defenses.
Thus, Chen Guan couldn’t be sure whether the Disabling Fist would be able to completely bypass the physical defenses and Primordial Energy quality of top-level masters like Kao Mountain.
The Disabling Fist he used now had been improved using Chen Xinghe’s method.
Although termed as an improvement, it was essentially a more reasonable reorganization, supplemented by the Blood Coagulation Fork, a Secret Skill not previously included.
Even so, Chen Guan couldn’t be sure that the Disabling Fist could exert its full effect, so he added the Absolute Heaven Only Me state to it.
This Absolute Secret State was learned from Xiu Yingmei, achieving an extremely solidified effect of Primordial Energy, perfect and unbroken.
Combined with the revised Celestial Demon Disassembly Secret Technique’s Primordial Energy infusion, what seemed a regular palm strike actually contained incredibly terrifying power and defensive penetration ability.
What Chen Guan didn’t expect was that he underestimated the function of the Disabling Fist, created by Mei Qingta. Though the Secret Skills used were not particularly high-level, the effect was unexpectedly strong.
The Disabling Fist completely bypassed Kao Mountain, a master skilled in body techniques, who underwent ten transformations as a hundred-level expert, rendering his defenses void and fully exerting its effect.
As a result, Kao Mountain appeared dead, but his organs and functions only stopped working, and he hadn’t truly died.
"If he isn’t dead, will you keep your promise?" Chen Guan asked the three of Miao Shan.
Duan Shan immediately replied: "As long as our senior brother is unharmed, we will abide by the promise and pledge our allegiance to you from now on."
"Good." Chen Guan didn’t waste any words and stepped forward to give one more palm strike on Kao Mountain’s massive body, removing the Disabling Fist from him.
Kao Mountain, who lay on the ground like a corpse, suddenly gasped fiercely, his whole body bent, and he coughed hard.
Seeing Kao Mountain wasn’t truly dead, Miao Shan and the others rejoiced and hurriedly surrounded him.
Kao Mountain, returning to his original form, smiled bitterly and said, "I didn’t expect to lose so disgracefully, dragging you to serve others as well."
"What are you saying, senior brother? We all lost; it’s not just your responsibility," Miao Shan said.
Gan Shan and Duan Shan also repeatedly agreed, and Kao Mountain looked at Chen Guan and said, "You’ve won; from now on, we’ll follow you, but let me make it clear: if you want us to do anything life-threatening, don’t blame us for breaking our promise."
"We are from the same clan, why would I harm you?" Chen Guan pondered and replied, "Now, I only want you to return to the Immortal Mountain Sect, and without my permission, do not leave there again."
"You know our Immortal Mountain Sect?" Kao Mountain frowned.
"I’ve heard of it." Chen Guan didn’t explain, just said, "You think that after leaving the Immortal Mountain Sect and killing some Secret Spirits, you’ve become invincible? In fact, the might of Secret Spirits is far beyond your imagination. Once truly powerful Secret Spirits notice you, it will be extremely dangerous, so you must leave here and return immediately."
"Who exactly are you? At least our senior and junior brothers deserve to know who we’ve pledged to follow," Miao Shan asked.
"My name is Chen Guan." In the Celestial Secret Realm, there was no need to remain anonymous; nobody here knew who Chen Guan was.
"Do we have to hide at the Immortal Mountain Sect for life?" On the way back, Duan Shan glanced at Long Li, who was following Chen Guan.
"Naturally not. When the Earth Secret Realm and Celestial Secret Realm go to war, that’s when our opportunity arises. Then we can unite the world." Chen Guan boasted, painting a grand vision for them.
Whether the four believed him or not, Chen Guan didn’t care; he at least gave them hope.
Under Chen Guan’s direction, they erased some traces, and the group returned to the Immortal Mountain Sect.
Ensuring that they wouldn’t leave without his orders again, Chen Guan left Long Li behind, taking the golden silk monkey and departing.
Instead of returning to the Divine Land, he headed to the Centaur Secret Realm.
The reason for not taking Long Li, the human-powered vehicle, was that Chen Guan had already recorded the coordinates of the Centaur Secret Realm using the Secret Realm Pearl, enabling direct spatial transfer to it.
The energy within the Secret Realm was incredibly potent, ideal for Chen Guan’s level progression.
Though the Centaur Secret Realm had been severely damaged by Kao Mountain and the others, its internal energy hadn’t decreased.
After understanding the relationship between Realms and Secret Realms earlier, Chen Guan decided to upgrade by utilizing the Void Secret Realm.
Theoretically, unless a Secret Realm collapses into a Realm, absorbing its internal energy requires entering the Secret Realm for gradual absorption.
But Chen Guan was impatient; reaching outside the Centaur Secret Realm, he activated the Absolute Secret State, sending a Creation World strike towards the Centaur Secret Realm, attached to a planet.
The Creation World’s power was vast, enveloping the entire Void Secret Realm, continuously disassembling and refining the Centaur Secret Realm, forcibly transforming a Secret Realm into pure World Power, which Chen Guan absorbed into his body endlessly.
Chen Guan originally thought a Secret Realm’s energy should be enough to level up, but the reality was harsh. After thoroughly refining and absorbing the Centaur Secret Realm’s Primordial Energy, he couldn’t level up, still remaining at level 86.
"Can a Void Secret Realm’s energy really not level me up by one?" Chen Guan felt a bit frustrated.
