Chapter Three: Offering You Shelter
“I take you as my disciple, and naturally, I will protect you. Not to mention a great family from Central Continent— even if ten great families combined forces, they are no match for me.”
“My grand formation— anyone who dares enter shall perish!”
His tone was calm, yet carried an unyielding confidence that looked down on the entire world.
Zhao Changsheng admired him deeply.
His master was indeed domineering, disregarding even the great families of Central Continent who possessed quasi-immortal artifacts!
“Seeing your mediocre talent, so be it. I shall grant you a great blessing,” Ye Xinghe said, feigning ceremony as he raised his hand and lightly tapped his index finger. A thread of golden light shot forth from the system and entered Zhao Changsheng’s forehead.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, golden light bloomed within Zhao Changsheng’s body, as if every pore were cleansed and every vein tempered...
A powerful fire spirit energy enveloped him!
Boom!
The blazing sun in the sky seemed to respond, pouring down scorching power; the mighty solar divine force caused mountains and rivers to tremble, strange phenomena unfolding everywhere!
The overwhelming solar divine power rapidly seeped into his body!
In an instant, Zhao Changsheng erupted with dazzling crimson flames, as if a miniature sun had descended; the surrounding grass, trees, and rocks all scorched to black!
“What’s happening?”
“Has a peerless genius awakened?”
“Which powerful being has arrived...?”
The disciples of Dayan Sanctuary and the leaders of the major peaks were all stirred, exclaiming in awe as they turned toward Tongtian Peak.
This aura, this pressure!
It was utterly terrifying!
The disciples of the sanctuary trembled instinctively; those with weaker cultivation could not bear the oppressive force and fell to the ground on all fours...
“This is the sign of the birth of a Solar God Body!”
In the sanctuary’s main hall, the Sanctum Lord gazed at the blazing sun, greatly moved, his body trembling slightly. “Unexpectedly, our Dayan Sanctuary also has a Solar God Body emerging... Send someone to investigate immediately!”
At the foot of the back mountain of Tongtian Peak.
Faced with the earth-shaking phenomenon he had triggered, Zhao Changsheng was stunned.
He looked at Ye Xinghe in disbelief and stammered, “Ma... Master, what kind of blessing have you given me? This is terrifying!”
It was overwhelming!
In the Western Wilderness over the past ten thousand years, there had been only five such extraordinary phenomena signaling the birth of a Solar God Body. Among them, three achieved the pinnacle of the Great Ascension Realm, two ascended to higher planes, and one died fighting the Demon Emperor.
These five Solar God Bodies were all famed for their unmatched might and strength!
Thus, as long as a Solar God Body grew normally, even if it could not ascend, its power could rival the strongest of the Great Ascension Realm!
It was an innate constitution of supreme strength!
Such an immense opportunity— and his master had given it to him?
Thump!
Without hesitation, Zhao Changsheng knelt down and repeatedly kowtowed, his forehead pounding against the ground with a loud thud.
“That’s enough, get up,” Ye Xinghe said, shaking his head. “The Solar God Body is not invincible. You still need a suitable cultivation method. I will grant you the Red Flame Scorching Heaven Technique as well.”
“Red Flame Scorching Heaven Technique?”
Zhao Changsheng thought he had misheard. “Master, is the Red Flame Scorching Heaven Technique you mentioned the ancient one passed down from the ancients?”
Ye Xinghe nodded lightly.
Zhao Changsheng was utterly shocked!
The Red Flame Scorching Heaven Technique was a heavenly-grade cultivation method from the ancient age, said to have been created by the first Solar God Body.
Five hundred years ago, a half-immortal’s tomb was discovered, revealing traces of half of the Red Flame Scorching Heaven Technique, which triggered countless powerful beings to scramble for it, eventually sparking a fierce conflict.
In that battle alone, fifteen Nascent Soul cultivators perished, and five or six Tribulation Stage cultivators fell.
Dozens of sects were annihilated as a result!
The bloody war lasted several years, with divine arts and treasures emerging endlessly, the sky darkened, sun and moon grew dim, and countless mountains and rivers were shattered into dust!
Later, an ancient elder intervened to destroy the half-step technique, finally quelling the chaos.
This was the carnage caused by just half of a heavenly-grade cultivation method!
If it had been a complete heavenly-grade technique, even half-immortals would have joined the slaughter, and some would have perished!
Now, his master was going to give him a complete heavenly-grade cultivation method!
Even his father couldn’t do that!
“Master, your disciple...” Zhao Changsheng choked up, tears welling in his eyes, unable to speak.
“From this day forth, if you give me an order, I, Changsheng, am willing to shed my blood and guts, to advance without hesitation!”
Ye Xinghe waved his hand dismissively, “We’ll talk about that later. First, go to Mingyue Peak and register your identity jade token; only then will you formally be my disciple.”
“Oh, and the blessing I granted you must not be revealed too soon. Proceed with caution.”
Having a disciple with a Solar God Body meant he could enhance his own strength effortlessly in the future.
Just thinking about it was exhilarating.
Moreover, he was quite interested in the Void Eye and planned to study it thoroughly. After all, it was the ultimate divine eye capable of piercing through all illusions and void deceptions.
If cultivated to the extreme, it could even reverse time and space, manipulating reincarnation!
Ten years!
After ten years as a waste, he finally experienced the thrill and exhilaration brought by unmatched power!
At this moment, Ye Xinghe’s heart was filled with an intense desire for strength!
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