Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao

Chapter 4541  Trapped

Ling Han sat quietly, a myriad of thoughts running through his mind.

He knew that the punishment of the Heavenly Dao would be a trap, but he had never imagined that it would be a trap to this extent.

Not allowing him to break through?

No, there was always a way out. Furthermore, Heavenly Dao had always been the fairest, and would definitely not set up a complete dead end.

Even if there was only a slim chance, or even an extremely slim chance, there would definitely be a sliver of hope for a way out.

After pondering for a day, Ling Han finally made a decision.

'Since you won't allow me to break through, I'll continue to improve my cultivation!'

At first glance, this was very contradictory.

He was already stuck at the level of Nine Star Sect Master, so how was he supposed to improve his cultivation level?

That's right. The fruit of cultivation was restricted, and could not evolve into the Fourth Extreme, but what if his Nine Stars cultivation level was raised to Ten Stars?

There was no need for him to evolve the fruit of cultivation, as he could skip over the difficult problem of being trapped by the black chains.

And with his present Spiritual Power, he could not tear open the chains. Then, when he advanced into Ten Stars, or even Eleven or Twelve Stars?

One day, his strength would reach the level of severing these shackles.

As for the problem of how to break through into Ten Stars when Nine Stars was already the peak stage of Sect Master-level, Ling Han temporarily did not consider the problem. He firmly believed that there would be a limit to break through whichever cultivation level he was at. How could it be that he could not break through to Ten Stars of Sect Master-level?

He definitely could.

"Alright, since I can't break through to the Venerate Tier, I'll aim for Ten Stars!"

Ling Han changed his mind, and attempted to break through to Ten Stars.

However, in terms of breaking through, it was actually more difficult to reach Ten Stars.

That was because there was no precedent for this at all. In fact, he did not even know if it would work.

What if Ling Han couldn't reach such a height even if he was beaten to death? Then, if Ling Han forcefully attempted to break through, wouldn't he be asking for trouble? In fact, wouldn't he even cause himself to go mad?

However, the Fourth Extreme was locked to him, so was there any other way?

Ling Han was definitely unwilling to be stuck at the level of Sect Master for the rest of his life — even if there were actually not many people in this world whose strength was superior to him.

He wanted to become the strongest, and only then would he be able to sweep aside all opposition from the Imperial Clans.

Forgiving? Hehe.

He would avenge himself, and this was his true belief.

Ling Han cultivated in seclusion for seven days, yet he couldn't make heads or tails of the situation.

"Continue to kill Yin souls."

"My path walked out through battle, and it can only be perfected through battle."

Ling Han entered into space and began to battle Yin souls.

Right now, the only thing that could exert pressure on him was a Venerate Tier-level great yin soul.

He had his eye on this kind of existence.

Just like before, he ventured deep into the territory of the Yin souls, and then began a massacre.

Very quickly, a Venerate Tier Yin soul charged over, and delivered a palm strike towards Ling Han.

"Good timing!" Ling Han shouted loudly, and charged forwards fearlessly.

Peng!

With a single strike, Ling Han was instantly sent flying.

So what if he was a Nine Stars Sect Master? In front of a Venerate, he was still no match, even if it was a weak Venerate like a Yin soul.

But so what? A Venerate Tier would crush a Sect Master, without any additional conditions.

Unless!

"I can break through to Ten Stars!"

Ling Han's eyes were burning. At present, he could deliver 22 six-star Regulations with a single strike. Though he was still no match for Venerate Tier, he had a feeling that as long as there were a little more Regulations, he could completely compensate for the qualitative gap with quantity.

That was because he had tried. 22 flashes of Six Star Regulations were already capable of contending against a sliver of Seven Star Regulations, and when he accumulated enough power and shot out 25 flashes of Six Star Regulations, he would be able to defeat that sliver of Seven Star Regulations.

Thus, theoretically speaking, as long as he grasped enough Six Star Regulations, he would indeed be able to stand against Venerates, but this number… would be astonishingly great.

It might have to be thirty, forty, or even more.

Ling Han didn't know how many six-star Regulations he could unleash with a single strike if he could break through to Ten Stars. However, no matter what, he had to continue on this path.

Fight, fight, fight!

Gritting his teeth, he suppressed the boiling sensation in his chest, and immediately charged back, clashing head-on with that great yin soul.

Peng! Peng! Peng!

With every blow, Ling Han was undoubtedly sent flying. In fact, he spluttered out blood, and it was as if all the bones in his body were about to break. It was indescribably painful.

However, he immediately channeled the Ten Cultivation Technique, and after recovering for a short while, he charged back again.

The other Yin souls weren't idle, and they also took advantage of the opening to attack, wanting to seize his body and replace him!

"An!" Ling Han called out the Six Characters Bright King Curse. His powerful spiritual power turned into an incredibly terrifying offensive power through this Buddhist Sect secret technique, and masses of Yin souls collapsed like snow meeting boiling water, instantly turning into dust.

He battled fiercely, fought bloody battles, and fought hard, forcing himself onto the line between life and death. If there was even the slightest mistake, and he would be consigned to eternal damnation.

Under such circumstances, he didn't even consider using Purple Calamity Grains, so he could force out his potential.

Limits were broken at the moment of life and death.

However, even when the Yin souls withdrew their troops, Ling Han still had no gains.

He couldn't see any opportunity to break through at all.

Ling Han didn't give up. Breaking through to Ten Stars was the only path he had thought of at this moment. No matter how difficult it was, he was determined to continue on.

He did not return, and directly hid himself in the Void. As he meditated and cultivated, he waited for the next wave of attacks from the Yin souls.

Fight! Fight again!

Time and time again, Ling Han stood at the front lines, killing who knew how many Yin souls. He kept collecting rewards from heaven and earth. In fact, one day, heaven and earth suddenly stopped rewarding him.

He was startled. As it turned out, his physical body and soul had both reached perfection, and his cultivation level had also been stuck at nine stars, and could not possibly increase any further.

Thus, the heaven and earth didn't know how to reward him either.

Er, how many Yin souls had he killed?

Ling Han didn't know, but he would occasionally check the scoring device. The number on the scoring device stopped at 99 billion and a series of nines — it had reached the extreme of the scoring device, and was no longer taken into account.

In just a short while, Ling Han put this problem aside, and continued to battle.

With his personality of not turning back even if he ran into a wall, and since this was his only choice, then no matter what, he had to persevere to the end.

'Come! Come! Come!'

Ling Han battled madly. He didn't even use Destructive Energy anymore, and simply used his own path of martial arts to kill Yin souls.

Half a year, a year?

Ling Han didn't know how much time had passed, but on a certain day, his eyes suddenly lit up, as good fortune befell his soul.

So… that was the case!

He was filled with pleasant surprise, because he had finally found inspiration to break through to Ten Stars.

Weng!

Right at this moment, a terrifying might swept over.

F***, it was Saint-level.

A large hand stretched out, covering heaven and earth. Endless dark veined patterns flickered, grabbing out at Ling Han.

The Yin Saint made his move.

Ling Han didn't hesitate at all. He immediately channeled Purple Calamity Grains to form a protective shield, then spread Phoenix Wings Divine Flight to speed up.

Peng!

He sustained an attack from the Yin Saint, and the protective barrier formed by the Purple Calamity Grains immediately shattered. A powerful blast pushed him forwards, causing him to continue speeding up.

The power of a Saint was too terrifying. It actually caused Ling Han to accelerate inconceivably even at such a high speed.

However, the attack from the Yin Saint was also neutralized by Ling Han, and in the case of Purple Calamity Grains… it had completely lost its vitality.

After blocking the Saint's attacks several times, it had finally reached its limit.