Chapter 1632: Forceful Breakthrough

The six Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds above Li Luo surged with tremendous energy undulations. This was different from Jiang Qing'e's light resonant power—his contained eight distinct resonant powers.

The surrounding worldly natural energy was affected, transforming into a colorful energy vortex. At the same time, sights of an ocean, light, ancient trees, dense earth, dragons, thunder, crystalline mountains, and ice could be seen. From afar, it was akin to a minor world being formed, an absolute miracle.

The Transcendent Tribulation also surged into existence, and eight different types of source origin energy flowed within the vortex. The only difference was that certain types were stronger than others due to them being produced by primary and secondary resonances.

Gold light shot into the sky, then an ancient golden wheel appeared, slowly turning. The eight source origin energies descended into it.

After absorbing the energies, the obscure runes on the wheel lit up brightly.

Li Luo's Transcendent Tribulation was like a bolt from the blue, leaving Pang Qianyuan and the rest shocked. Even the Saturnine Devil King's ashes had momentarily stalled.

Another one? Were the ten divine continents suddenly producing Transcendent geniuses en masse?

However, the Saturnine Devil King wasn't an ordinary Other King—it was one on the cusp of reaching the Grand Devil King Stage! Upon seeing the golden wheel above Li Luo, it recalled something that had been stored in the depths of its memories.

"An Absolute Resonance Halo? Does that individual possess the Absolute Resonance Seed?" This surprised it greatly as it could never have expected that this barren outer divine continent would produce not only a Genesis Seed, but also the Absolute Resonance Seed from the Sacred Void Resonance Sect!

The residents of the Shadow World saw the Absolute Resonance Seed as a threat on the same level as the Genesis Seed. After all, the Sacred Void Resonance Sect's final Sect Master was the only human in history who had managed to slaughter his way into their depths. And that particular Sect Master had possessed the Absolute Resonance Seed.

Of course, he wasn't the only inheritor of the Absolute Resonance Seed—the Sacred Void Resonance Sect had strengthened the seed over time. Whenever a new Sect Master came into power, they would inherit it. The truth was only that Legendary Sect Master had managed to reach such colossal heights with it.

The Saturnine Devil King was furious, disbelief surging in its heart. It didn't believe that any other inheritor would manage to make similar achievements. However, if Li Luo managed to break through here and become a Transcendent Duke, his power combined with the Heavenly Dragon Formation would be extremely troublesome to deal with.

Thus, getting rid of this brat was as important as impeding Jiang Qing'e.

With that in mind, it no longer hesitated. It allocated a portion of the Devil's Inevitable Ashes to sweep towards Li Luo's Transcendent Tribulation.

As the ashes blew over, Li Luo's multicolored tribulation was starting to be affected. The source origin was gradually being eroded, leading to its weakening.

Li Luo simply allowed it to happen, as the whole point was to provide cover for Jiang Qing'e and attract the Devil King's attention. Additionally, he didn't possess the Myriad Resonances Golden Pill, so he was unable to forge his seventh Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried.

He turned towards Jiang Qing'e and saw that the pressure on her tribulation had lessened significantly. Plus, the light source origin energy around her had strengthened.

"I hope this will distract it for a while."

Li Luo sighed in his heart. With how strong the Devil King was, it would discover the issue with him sooner or later. After all, he was incapable of forging the seventh Duke Bergfried. Once that fact was known, the Devil King would be able to tell that it was impossible for Li Luo to become a Transcendent Duke. At that point in time, it would definitely focus all its effort in interrupting Jiang Qing'e yet again.

With that in mind, Li Luo raised his head to look into the skies, watching the boundless Transcendent Tribulation with a bitter smile on his face.

“Just where might you be, my dear Myriad Resonances Golden Pill?”

Without it, he would have to stop walking the Path of Ascension.

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City of Southwind

Bai Mengmeng's eyes were vacant as she walked out of the spirit liquids and purifying lights workshop. The old manor had entered a state of chaos as shouts of fear and despair rang out from every direction.

Greenish-gray ashen mounds filled the area.

Cai Wei and Lingqing were leading people around with pale expressions. When they saw Bai Mengmeng, they hurriedly called out, "Mengmeng, hide in the secret workshop. You absolutely cannot touch any of the ashes that are falling from the sky."

However, she seemed to have not heard them. She raised her head to stare blankly into the sky.

After knowing her for a few years, Cai Wei had grown used to Bai Mengmeng's current state of mind. She also knew that entering this state allowed her to make extraordinary breakthroughs when it came to spirit liquids and purifying lights research. However, what was surprising was the fact that she had never left the workshop like that.

She stretched her hand out to grab Bai Mengmeng, but the latter was unmovable, leaving Cai Wei helpless.

"What is she saying?" Yan Lingqing finally noticed that Bai Mengmeng's lips were moving.

Cai Wei then craned her neck, placing her ear by Bai Mengmeng's petite mouth. She listened intently, hearing some strange and confusing words.

"Why is the Golden Pill there... However, without the Sect Master's Commandment, it cannot be truly completed..."

......

The sky above Xia City was covered in falling ashes and the number of ash mounds continued to increase. The ashes continued to pilfer life force from those they had entombed, propagating even more ashes and covering the skies.

The world of ash had fallen deathly silent.

Only Pang Qianyuan and the other Kings were able to create a protective circle, stopping the descent of the ashes and creating a plot of untouched land. However, they would only be able to bitterly resist for a limited time.

Their gazes fell upon the Transcendent Tribulations above Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo. The only way to overturn the situation was if one of them entered the Transcendent Duke Stage.

However, as time passed, Pang Qianyuan could sense that while the tribulation on Li Luo's side was continuously brewing, there were no signs that his seventh Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried was being forged.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qing'e's had already taken embryonic shape.

"Brat, you dare to make a mockery out of me?"

At this point, the Devil King's gloomy voice boomed.

Li Luo's face twitched, but he remained silent.

"Although I don't know what sort of problem cropped up, you're unable to forge the seventh Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried! I was almost fooled by you!" It coldly laughed.

"Was your goal to take some pressure off of her? You are underestimating me! I've already said it before! No one can even dream of becoming a Transcendent Duke today!" The five Devil Heads with dusky flaming eyes started to rage with greater intensity. They then turned into furnaces that incinerated themselves, whether it was flesh, blood, or brain matter, causing incredible amounts of corruption source origin to surge out.

An unsettling chant started to echo in every direction.

The Devil's Inevitable Ashes scattered and re-condensed into a greenish-gray fruit that gave off a vast aura of rot and decay. It looked like it was rotting, and the noxious corruption it released caused the source origin on one's body to wither.

"Time to watch on powerlessly as I extinguish your hopes." The Saturnine Devil King let out a chilling and callous laugh.

The rotting fruit smashed into the Transcendent Tribulation above Jiang Qing'e! The aura of decay propagated, causing the temple made of light above her to collapse. The Devil King had caused the tribulation to suffer an immense setback.

Jiang Qing'e coughed out blood. This caused her bright red lips to look even more dazzling, and she clenched her teeth in frustration. Her golden eyes blazed with sacred flames as the fury in her heart simmered. She was angry that she had wasted all of the time Li Luo had painstakingly bought for her.

She had sensed that her seventh Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried was about to take shape and she was almost in reach of becoming a Transcendent Duke.

However, during the most critical moment, the Saturnine Devil King had intervened.

"That damned creature."

When Li Luo saw Jiang Qing'e coughing out blood, his eyes turned red and he glared at the Devil King with soaring killing intent. Alas, he understood that he was nowhere near powerful enough to threaten it.

"Damned Absolute Resonance Seed! I don't believe that I can't become a Transcendent Duke without the Myriad Resonances Golden Pill!"

Li Luo thought to himself. He then glanced at the surging Transcendent Tribulation above him, and his eyes shone with merciless light. If he couldn’t find a way to change things in this desperate situation, then Jiang Qing'e would bear the brunt of the Devil King's next killing move.

Only a Transcendent Duke could turn the tables.

With a thought, Li Luo roused his six Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds and the Absolute Resonance Halo began to turn, letting out ear-rending rumbles.

Boundless resonant power flowed around the Absolute Resonance Halo, condensing in the middle of the six Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds.

He was going for broke! He was going to attempt to break through with sheer force!