Chapter 980 - Killing Path

Long Chen and City Lord Ye Xuan returned to the peak of the Seven-Colored Tower. Her coming here meant that she had let go of the past, since this was the place where she had experienced the pain of Su Mo’s betrayal. It was the most painful moment of her life.

She was getting ready for the final battle in the God-Killer Tomb with Long Chen.

Only two families know about the God-Killer Tomb. This was good news because it would be extremely troublesome if the other families learned about it. There are several others at the level of Underworld Emperors in the Underworld Estate. There was even the Underworld Overlord and the Underworld Estate’s Lord.

Long Chen sat down at the peak of the tower.

In front of him was the vast land of the Three Royal Territories. The Seven-Colored Tower was so tall that he could see half of Underworld City. Thanks to his superb vision, he could make out the various details of the city.

City Lord Ye Xuan explained, “You’ve reached the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm. If you wish to reach the Divine Martial Realm, not only must you merge your Divine Soul and Martial Soul, you must also find your own path of martial arts. I can give you a little guidance, but ultimately, you must seek your own path.”

“My own path? Is that a necessary step? What does that mean?”

“Your martial arts path is actually quite similar to the Ye family’s. This is probably the reason why I can give you some pointers. Ye Wushang cultivated the Killing Path. That was his unique path, and our family has inherited part of his cultivation. That is why our paths are all connected to the Killing Path. That is also why we have the Seven Killings Blood in our family. However, I don’t know what your path is, but I am certain that it’s similar to the Killing Path.”

“Killing Path?” Long Chen was clear that his body was slowly transforming into the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon after absorbing the Inherited Blood Essence. The Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon was an Ancestral Dragon, one that could easily affect Long Chen’s personality. Even though he hadn't completely absorbed it, his body was already nurturing the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon.

Every Ancestral Dragon has its own laws to obey. The Primordial Time Dragon controlled time and eternity, while the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon controlled bloodlust and massacre.

Long Chen suddenly had an epiphany.

Are paths the basis of laws? We form our path during the Divine Martial Realm and then it will slowly grow until it becomes a law?

He was also very clear about which path he was supposed to take.

Bloodlust and massacre.

That was what he needed.

City Lord Ye Xuan smiled. “I might be able to help you if you are walking down the Massacre Path. To be honest, my personality doesn’t match my path. I had to walk this path because of my body constitution. Therefore, my biggest limitation is myself. But you are different—I can tell that you’ve killed a lot of people just to get to where you are right now. I am certain that you’ve killed even more than me.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

“The Killing Path is not formed through killing innocent people. It’s a noble path that punishes the wicked and rewards the benevolent. We uphold justice and protect the weak. It’s an ironclad path, but even then, one can become a king through it.”

City Lord Ye Xuan gently patted Long Chen’s head. Long Chen trusted her and knew she wouldn’t hurt him.

He also understood that Ye Xuan wasn’t ruthless enough to uphold the Killing Path. The only reason why she was compatible with it was because of her body constitution. That was the only path she could take.

But Long Chen was different.

His body and mind could never be separated from massacre.

Long Chen felt a cold energy coming from Ye Xuan’s palm, and she injected that very energy into his body. Long Chen saw the scenery change into a blood-red hellscape. Underworld City disappeared and was replaced by a battlefield. A single person, surrounded by thousands, was swinging their sword relentlessly, taking the lives of their enemies.

That person was City Lord Ye Xuan.

Long Chen was stunned by what he had seen, because he knew Ye Xuan wasn’t the kind of person that would do something like this. She was supposed to be kind and gentle, but the scene in front of him depicted her as a warrior that would kill everyone in her path for the sake of her mission.

Every time she cut a person down, another would form. This was an endless cycle of killing.

The people surrounding her never stopped snarling.

The battlefield remained chaotic regardless of what was happening.

Long Chen learned a lot from the scene. He understood that the City Lord Ye Xuan within the scene was similar to him. Long Chen rarely instigated conflict. Most of the time, he killed people in self-defense because he was attacked first.

He would only kill the wicked.

But even then, the problems never stopped. In order to protect himself and his family, in order to reach his goals, he had to swing his sword and carve out a path for himself.

Long Chen now knew what kind of path he had to take.

It would be different from City Lord Ye Xuan’s path because the Killing Path was hers alone and was determined by the Seven Killings Blood. Long Chen’s path would be determined by the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon.

He felt his blood boiling in excitement. Numerous illusions of the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon roared in recognition of Long Chen. A strange phenomena was taking place within his body.

A hundreth of the Inherited Blood Essence merged into Long Chen’s body. It started to dig out all the potential inside him. The willpower of the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon was being infused into Long Chen’s body.

It was the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon’s Law of Massacre.

Little Cat had once said that the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon was one of the evil dragons and that its path wasn’t necessarily righteous.

Massacring and killing others was an insult to someone struggling to stay alive. But on the other hand, one could only improve through constant competition. The one who adapted the best would survive, and that was usually the strongest person. They would survive by killing others. This was the only way for the human race, or rather all life forms, to grow and advance into the next stage of their evolution. A peaceful society would find themselves helpless when a strong enemy attacked them.

Long Chen couldn’t care less if it was a righteous path or not. As long as he used it right, any path or law could be good.

His massacre was simple. He did it to protect himself, his family, and also chase after his dream.

The blood of the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon triggered the Massacre Path, and Long Chen could finally understand a lot of things. His Divine Soul started to ascend.

Long Chen now understood that the Divine Soul was responsible for his thoughts while the Martial Soul was responsible for controlling his body. The moment he realized that, his Divine Soul transformed.

This was an invisible transformation, but both Ye Xuan and Long Chen felt it changing.

Ye Xuan was elated.

“To think you found your own path so quickly and evolved your Divine Soul. What a genius!”

Most Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators found themselves stuck at this juncture because they couldn't find their path. The reason why Ye Xuan thought she could help him was because her path was similar to Long Chen’s.

But she never thought Long Chen would comprehend it so fast.

Looking at Long Chen’s back, she felt that her evaluation of him had been wrong. She suddenly felt like Long Chen was too mysterious to predict.

No matter what, finding one’s path meant that they had found one of the keys to advance into the Divine Martial Realm. He only needed to use the key to unlock the doors to the next realm.

Ye Xuan was excited by his progress.

“Quickly, take out the Divine Martial Condensation Pill. It will help speed up the process of merging your Divine Soul and Martial Soul. The process normally takes a year or two, but you should be able to merge them within two days thanks to the pill!”

City Lord Ye Xuan stepped back and gave him a lot of space. She was certain that Long Chen would succeed with just those few words.

Long Chen took out the Divine Martial Condensation Pill.

He had to admit that the pill was miraculous. It was only a Rank One Divine-tier pill, and it was not as expensive as the National Beauty Pill. It wasn’t powerful enough to push one into the Divine Martial Realm instantly, and it couldn’t merge the Divine Soul and Martial Soul immediately. It only had one use: to speed up the process. But that was enough.

“There are a few more steps, so you need to listen carefully. First, consume the pill and form your Divine Martial Soul. Then you can activate the Heavenly Empowerment. You will then slowly transform your body into a Divine Martial Body.”

The Divine Martial Body was a body constitution with 9,999 martial meridians and a hundred thousand veins. Even though Long Chen would still be humanoid, he would find that the inside of his body had increased in size by several times.

Long Chen recalled how large Li Xuanji was when he first saw her sealed within the bronze coffin. Her body was massive, and Long Chen was certain that it was related to the Divine Martial Realm.

After all, cultivators who reached that realm would find themselves having 9,999 martial meridians within their bodies.