Chapter 543 - Martial Dao Will Fragment

Chen Fan exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, smiled, and said, “Great, I have advanced to the late stage of the ninth level.”

His recent advancement cost him over a hundred demon cores, but he finally reached the late stage, raising his strength by a huge margin.

“With my current strength, I can even fight with a four-revolution Golden Core level supreme expert!"

Chen Fan had absolute confidence. He wouldn't be as overwhelmed if he had to face that Fire-Scaled Beast again. He still couldn’t kill the beast, but the beast couldn’t bring him down either now.

“When my cultivation reaches the one-revolution Golden Core level, my overall combat strength will likely match that of a five-revolution Golden Core supreme expert. But there is a long way to go,” Chen Fan mused.

His strength was still insufficient compared to the thousand experts on the Hidden Dragon Island. Figures like Li Yao, Ye Cangxuan, Gongsun Zhong, and the others were far superior to him. He was only equivalent to a first-rate expert at the moment.

As the trial progressed, the chances of clashing with Li Yao and the others would increase if he wanted to seize more opportunities on Hidden Dragon Island. At his current level, he wouldn’t be able to fight them well enough.

However, Chen Fan was not too worried about it.

With the Heaven Seizing Furnace, raising his cultivation wasn’t a difficult task as long as he had sufficient demon cores.

Of course, as his cultivation progressed, the difficulty would increase exponentially. He would need an enormous amount of cultivation resources to achieve breakthroughs in cultivation. One could only imagine the misfortune awaiting the demonic beasts on Hidden Dragon Island.

Before Chen Fan could get lost in thoughts, rumbling noises suddenly resounded throughout the island. An incomparably authoritative voice immediately rang out from his nomination token.

Chen Fan’s gaze narrowed.

He had arrived on the Hidden Dragon Island some time ago, so he was among the earliest arrivals. The voice from his token had announced that the trial on the Hidden Dragon Island had officially begun, which meant that all the top geniuses from the thirty-six nations were now present on the Hidden Dragon Island.

Over the next hundred days, communication with the outside world would be impossible. They could rely only on themselves.

This period would also see everyone gradually shedding their inhibitions and engaging in even fiercer battles.

The impending trials promised to be bloody and ruthless.

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Shortly after the trial officially began, news spread across the island: someone found a fragment of Martial Dao Will in a mountain range.

The news immediately created a stir across the entire Hidden Dragon Island.

What was a Martial Dao Will?

For a Yuanfu realm expert, it might remain a vague concept. However, for experts in the Core Formation realm like Chen Fan, especially these super geniuses, it held profound significance.

If a Divine Nascent realm powerhouse wished to break through to the Heavenly Star realm, they needed to comprehend a Martial Dao Will.

However, Martial Dao Wills were incredibly mysterious and unfathomable. Many peak Divine Nascent realm powerhouses remained stuck at this stage, ultimately passing away with unfulfilled ambitions.

A Martial Dao Will fragment was a rare treasure that could aid martial artists in comprehending Martial Dao Will.

These fragments could either be remnants of a fallen Heavenly Star realm powerhouse or form naturally. Regardless, a Martial Dao Will fragment was extremely valuable.

If placed in the outside world, such a treasure would incite a bloodbath.

Countless Divine Nascent realm powerhouses would fight over it, and even Heavenly Star realm powerhouses might step in to seize it.

The eastern continent had a total of a hundred and eight domains, and the Hong Domain was one of the weaker ones.

The only known Heavenly Star realm powerhouse was the Great Li Imperial Court’s Emperor Li. This underscored the immense difficulty of advancing from the Divine Nascent realm to the Heavenly Star realm.

Before the blood calamity struck three thousand years ago, the Hong Domain was considered one of the stronger domains in the eastern continent. Heavenly Star realm powerhouses, though not abundant, were not rare either.

Otherwise, a terrifying quasi-Manifestation realm expert like Daoist Corpse Spirit wouldn’t have been suppressed under the Myriad Deaths Mountains for three thousand years.

As a top-tier force in the Hong Domain, Hidden Dragon Island naturally had its share of Heavenly Star realm beings. They even had super experts at the peak of the Heavenly Star realm.

So, it made sense that the island had a Martial Dao Will fragment, perhaps left behind by a powerhouse after their death.

Chen Fan and the others were close to reaching the Divine Nascent realm. Obtaining a fragment of Martial Dao Will would make it much easier for them to advance to the Heavenly Star realm in the future.

On the Tianwu Continent, some amazingly talented, supremely monstrous geniuses had already comprehended a Martial Dao Will while still in the Core Formation realm, ensuring a smooth advancement to the Heavenly Star realm.

Chen Fan considered himself a genius. However, he wasn’t confident he could comprehend a Martial Dao Will by the time he reached the peak of the Divine Nascent realm to transition smoothly into the Heavenly Star realm.

Many geniuses, proud and peerless in their youth, got stuck at this stage, unable to progress any further until their death.

If he could obtain a Martial Dao Will fragment now, he would gain a crucial advantage. He could slowly comprehend the Martial Dao Will within, planting a seed in his heart and waiting for it to bear fruit in the future.

Considering how difficult it was to comprehend a Martial Dao Will, it was simply impossible for ordinary people. Only one in approximately a hundred thousand could comprehend Martial Dao Will on their own.

Even among all the geniuses on the Hidden Dragon Island, the number of people who could comprehend Martial Dao Will on their own in the future could probably be counted on one hand.

That was just how difficult it was to comprehend Martial Dao Will.

Now that a Martial Dao Will fragment had appeared on the Hidden Dragon Island, Chen Fan could foresee an inevitable and bloody battle.

In the thirty-six nations of the Hong Domain, reaching the Divine Nascent realm meant becoming a peak expert, able to act without restraint.

However, Chen Fan and the others were the most outstanding geniuses carefully selected by these nations. They wouldn't be content with just the Divine Nascent realm; they aspired to reach the Heavenly Star realm or even the Manifestation realm.

Why was the Great Li Imperial Court the current supreme ruler of the Hong Domain, with all forces submitting to its authority?

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

All land under heaven was the territory of the sovereign. Within the boundaries of the land, all were the king's servants.

This was solely because Emperor Li was a Heavenly Star realm powerhouse. He could overwhelm all the Divine Nascent realm powerhouses in the Hong Domain alone.

Who would willingly submit to another? No one!

If one of them could advance to the Heavenly Star realm, they could stand on equal footing with Emperor Li, command the world, and face no disobedience.

That was the power that came with strength!