Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6184 Four Gates Open

Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, a full month had passed.

The Heaven Dragon Law Domain now boasted an astonishing hundred thousand divine sprouts. Even the Domain Protector was stunned by this result.

The Seven Treasure Space’s brutal trial had been drawing out the disciples’ latent potential. Many Sovereign sprouts managed to condense a second Sovereign flame after enduring repeated “deaths” within it.

As for those stuck at bottlenecks, they too experienced breakthroughs. The repeated tempering weakened their bottlenecks, letting them steadily accumulate more Sovereign flames.

The Dragon Domain’s disciples were going crazy. They charged into the Seven Treasure Space with such ferocity that they couldn’t even fit in the opening.

Now, there was a line before it, and a disciple could only enter the Seven Treasure Space a few times a day.

Thankfully, Long Chen had slain countless enemies during this period. The black soil then absorbed their corpses and provided nutrients for the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Tree. Without this strengthening, this level of intense training would have been unsustainable.

Meanwhile, the Dragonblood Legion remained in complete seclusion.

They focused solely on condensing Sovereign flames. In terms of speed, they were slower than the average geniuses of the Heaven Dragon Law Domain. But their progress was solid—there were no stalls or regressions.

Aside from Guo Ran, the Dragonblood warriors were all within the fifty to eighty flame range. This now placed them above average, and more importantly, none of them had reached their limit.

However, compared to the top heavenly geniuses of the Dragon Domain, they fell short.

The strongest of all was Di Mengyao, who had reached 283 Sovereign flames. Yet, even she had started to slow down. She could no longer condense Sovereign flames as quickly as before.

That caused the elders of the Dragon Domain to be a bit disappointed. At this rate, it would be difficult for Di Mengyao to condense three hundred Sovereign flames before the heaven region’s battlefield opened.

BOOM!

Suddenly, a terrifying Emperor aura exploded inside the sacred palace, shaking its very foundations.

“Seventh Heavenstage! Hahaha! I’ve finally reached it!” Long Chen roared in triumph.

Here, he could freely consume medicinal pills. While his body could absorb a portion of their energy, the remainder was expelled into the surroundings.

But with the sacred palace’s support, Long Chen could recirculate that expelled energy, absorbing it back into his body through both internal and external channels.

Thanks to this, in one month, Long Chen managed to climb all the way to the seventh Heavenstage.

Sensing the power coursing through him, Long Chen felt like he would burst.

He clenched a fist and struck himself in the chest.

BOOM!

Ripples exploded from the impact, rebounding off the palace walls and warping the surrounding space.

Long Chen activated all the silver rods’ weight runes and unleashed a few punches. Even the full weight of these silver rods could no longer inhibit his movements.

Then—

“Gate of Opening!”

“Gate of Body!”

“Gate of Life!”

Long Chen bellowed, and his starry sea surged behind him. Three starry gates flared open, unleashing torrential astral energy into his body.

Star after star flickered to life around him. Power howled like a tidal wave, radiating wild, sweeping energy in every direction.

“I can endure three gates open simultaneously… Let’s try one more!”

“Gate of Pain!”

BOOM!

The moment the gate burst open, Long Chen’s body shuddered. The flow of astral energy surged tenfold. As a result, his bones cracked and his flesh split open. Blood seeped from his skin.

However, Long Chen continued to grit his teeth and let this astral energy blast through his body.

At the same time, the starry sea in his Dantian quivered. Four astral gates opened inside as well, mirroring those outside.

Astral energy from the outer starry sea flowed into him and cycled through his inner sea.

“You are using the astral energy of the nine heavens to refine your Dantian? That’s reckless! Your Dantian might explode!” the Earth Cauldron cried, alarmed to see Long Chen do such a thing.

“This is my only way to counter the Zenith Star Covering Art,” Long Chen responded calmly. “If I expand the starry sea within my Dantian, I’ll gain more core astral energy. That way, I can use the energy of the nine heavens as usual, but when I encounter the Zenith Star Covering Art, I’ll rely on my own core astral power.”

Last time, that Zither Sect’s expert had put Long Chen at a large disadvantage. He had to find a way to deal with their technique.

Though not every Zither Sect expert could use the Zenith Star Covering Art, it was too dangerous a technique to ignore. He needed to have a counter for it.

Through repeated testing, Long Chen found that only this ruthless method could expand his Dantian’s starry sea fast enough.

With four gates open, the astral energy raged, and his starry sea expanded. But after only a few more breaths, he quickly slammed the gates shut.

Looking inward, he saw his bones fractured in countless places. His flesh had torn under the strain.

“What a terrifying impact…” Long Chen muttered.

The difference between opening three gates and four was massive. Thankfully, he could endure it. And if he could recover from it, his improvement would be astounding.

Long Chen consumed a healing pill and unleashed the life energy of the primal chaos space. At the same time, orderly chains came from the palace walls and enveloped Long Chen in a cocoon to help him heal.

In just half a day, the chains unraveled. Long Chen emerged as if reborn. His injuries were fully healed, and just as he had anticipated, his physical body had taken a significant leap in strength after recovery.

This was different from before. Simply being injured by astral energy flooding his body would never have produced such a result.

However, by directing his astral energy into the starry sea within his Dantian, Long Chen formed a loop with the external starry sea. That resonance generated a force that both tore his body apart and nourished it simultaneously.

“I shouldn’t overdo it, though. It’s best to rest a little. I’ll go check on my brothers.”

With that, Long Chen disappeared from the sacred palace.

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