Human Clan Defender

Chapter 1001 - 97-98: Emergence of the Divine Mandate Platform, Era of Great Strife (Double - )

However, in terms of realm, he remains at the mere Fourth Level of the Divine Realm.

No matter how strong the Divine Lord Level talent is, it cannot easily slay powerful beings of the Ninth Layer or Tenth Layer of the Divine Realm while at the Fourth Level.

If he could use his own Martial Dao strength, that would be another matter.

But.

He absolutely cannot reveal the Martial Dao.

The only advantage he can rely on is the originally powerful defense of his flesh.

Additionally.

There is some transformation in the flesh after opening the Middle Cycle.

Without activating the secret treasures, the changes brought by the Middle Cycle are significantly weakened.

In summary.

With the foundation of flesh at the perfection of the Fifth Level of Cave Heaven, combined with Divine Lord Level innate divine ability, Shen Changqing is confident in suppressing ordinary powerful beings at the Seventh or Eighth Level of the Divine Realm, but not so confident against the Ninth Layer and above.

Unless the foundation is fully unleashed.

Besides,

there is no shortage of talents in the Candle Sect, especially top geniuses.

Take Zhongshan Kongzhou, for example, an experienced direct disciple who, even at the Ninth Layer of the Divine Realm, is no weaker than a typical Tenth Layer.

As such,

when facing those who can withstand the Ninth and Tenth Layers of the Divine Realm even at the Eighth Level, he doesn’t have complete confidence in suppression.

"Troublesome!"

Upon thinking of this, Shen Changqing sighed silently.

Ultimately.

His Divine Path realm is still too low.

If only he could advance to the Sixth Level of the Divine Realm, combined with the Divine Lord Level innate divine ability, he would be confident in securing a top ten position in the contest.

But there’s nothing he can do.

He completely did not anticipate.

That the Candle Sect would suddenly hold a major contest.

If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have so readily sold the Purifying Stone, but would have kept it to aid his breakthrough in the Divine Path realm.

Two years of accumulation,

combined with the impurity-removing effects of the Purifying Stone,

moving from the perfection of the Fourth Level of the Divine Realm to the Fifth Level would be as easy as eating or drinking water.

But without the Purifying Stone, at his current rate of progress, Shen Changqing estimated that it would take at least a year to possibly enter the Fifth Level of the Divine Realm.

One year from the perfection of the Fourth Level to the Fifth Level at this speed is considered very fast.

Yet—

considering the timeline of the contest, this progress seems somewhat slow.

In an instant.

He fell into contemplation.

It can be said that,

the sudden sect contest by the Candle Sect completely disrupted Shen Changqing’s original calculations.

According to his plan,

he should have entered the Void Battlefield, then gained some battle merit, allowing him to collect resources needed for a breakthrough to the Sixth Level of Cave Heaven.

Unexpectedly,

the various races suddenly ceased fighting, the Void Battlefield was announced as suspended, and his plan to enter the Void Battlefield and gain battle merit fell through.

Regarding this,

Shen Changqing couldn’t help but lament the unpredictability of life.

Just then.

A faint fluctuation came through.

After opening the Middle Cycle in his brain, his perception greatly increased. Even now, without activating the secret treasures, his perception was several times sharper than before.

Therefore.

The moment the fluctuation arrived, Shen Changqing snapped out of his contemplation and turned his head in a certain direction.

Immediately after,

he rose from his seat and bowed respectfully.

"Disciple greets the Sect Master!"

"No need for formalities."

Zhongshan Dongxuan’s voice was calm, and as he spoke, his gaze had already fallen on the person in front of him.

After a long while,

a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

"It seems your flesh has grown significantly. Even ordinary late-stage Divine Realm cultivators don’t have such a powerful flesh!"

With the eyesight of a Divine King, he could naturally see the changes in Shen Changqing’s flesh.

The last time they met,

although Shen Changqing’s flesh was not weak, it was by no means as powerful as it is now.

After a moment,

the astonishment in Zhongshan Dongxuan’s eyes turned to satisfaction.