Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 736 - 710: Ascension to Divinity

A brand new solar star core formed within the dantian.

Countless cosmic powers swirled around the star core like solar flames.

The source of stellar life’s power, the great solar star core, took shape.

At the moment the solar star core formed, all the cosmic powers exuded a peculiar aura.

This aura shone upon all beings, nourishing the world.

Innately brimming with vigorous life force.

As powerful as a god of destruction, yet benevolent like a mother goddess of life.

Behind Zhou Leng, a translucent throne appeared.

Half bloody and flesh, half entwined in green.

The throne of the Void God exploded, transforming into the purest power, rushing into the solar star core.

Boom...

The flames on the surface of the solar star core, originally sparse, surged with new power, erupting in fire.

Massive solar prominences shot out and then fell back, resembling fiery arches.

At this moment, if looking into Zhou Leng’s dantian under a microscope, one would only see a true sun.

The solar star core continuously spun, absorbing external forces.

Eventually, it drained all the cosmic power from the solar shield.

At the same time, Divine Techniques continuously transformed the power of light into cosmic power, merging it into the solar star core.

After a long time, the solar star core gently quivered, and its rotation slowed.

A massive fireball formed outside, creating a rotating disc of flame, radiating immense power.

At the moment the solar star core matured, an immense power surged into the body.

Every part of Zhou Leng’s body was nourished by the solar star core, changing its nature again.

The degree of cosmic transformation advanced further.

Unaware of how much time passed, Zhou Leng slowly opened his eyes.

In Martial Arts perception, his body surprisingly possessed dual sensations.

Feeling both light and heavy simultaneously.

Simultaneously like a feather and steel.

A peculiar sense of dissonance.

In Martial Arts perception, the surface of each cell in his body was coated with a layer of flame-like cosmic power.

Magnifying the flame countless times would reveal that each flame comprised countless minute temples.

Each temple housed a statue.

Each statue bore Zhou Leng’s likeness.

Every cell was surrounded by countless flame temples.

Fundamental cosmic Divine Techniques, True Destiny Temple.

Zhou Leng smiled; this was his first cosmic Divine Technique.

From this moment on, every cell was guarded by countless True Destiny Temples.

Once ascending to the Void Saint, the True Destiny Temple would evolve into a more potent Divine Technique.

Zhou Leng opened his eyes, and in his eyes appeared a statue of himself.

The perspective zoomed out, the statue sat on a fiery throne.

The perspective zoomed out again, the fiery throne was within a unique temple.

The temple retreated, revealing a dense array of other temples surrounding it.

All temples converged, ultimately forming a larger statue of Zhou Leng, creating a larger temple.

The temple continued to retreat, revealing a second tier of more temples, these larger temples formed a new temple...

At the end of the third tier, the largest temple formed.

In an instant, the True Destiny Temple vanished.

Yet it was omnipresent.

Zhou Leng stood up, looked down at his body.

The body was akin to all Martial Saints, with a sense of returning to simplicity.

No longer as muscular as before, but with a single thought, the body could expand many times over.

A Martial Saint, now capable of greatly altering the body.

Apart from cosmic Divine Techniques, newly ascended, yet he condensed the Divine Techniques of a Martial Saint ahead of time.

The First Layer of the Martial Realm, Earthly Void, Heaven and Earth as one.

He lifted his right foot, took a step, and firmly stood in mid-air.

He lifted his left foot, another step upward, again firmly standing in mid-air.

In this way, step by step, he walked through the air.

Then he tried running in mid-air.

Completely ignoring the effects of gravity.

In every direction, from any angle, it could serve as the ground; whatever angle he walked, even head-down in the sky, he wouldn’t fall.

The sky was like the earth.

Zhou Leng slowly familiarized himself with his power, gradually starting to perform the East Wind Fist.

Previously, after the sixteenth move of the East Wind Fist, his body felt empty, as if not punched at all, unable to exert force.

But now, the power naturally flowed out.

Except for the final move, not yet comprehended, the previous moves were executed with increasing proficiency.

Especially the twenty-third move, Divine Light Sky Explosion, after the trials of the Thousand Core Battlefield, even barely executing a punch against Zhao Hao, deeply comprehending it.

Upon unleashing it, his right fist shone as if in nuclear fusion, layers of intense white shockwaves emanating.

Gradually adapting to the new Martial Saint body, Zhou Leng thanked Elder Tree and headed toward Mammoth Lake.

The water of Mammoth Lake was almost consumed; he wondered how the Tree of Life was doing.

From the stellar bag, he pinched a tungsten steel ball in his hand.

Tossing it up, catching it, squeezing it with two fingers.

The steel ball was first pressed into a thin sheet, then melted into molten steel, boiling, vaporizing into gaseous iron, dispersing into the air.

After playing with a steel ball, Zhou Leng took out a chunk of charcoal.

Walking forward, kneading it in his hand, removing impurities.

Simultaneously, maintaining high pressure while ensuring a low temperature.

Leaving the forest, he saw Huang and Xiaoba lying asleep on the lake’s surface.

Looking down, the black charcoal in his hand was gone.

Replaced by a shiny artificial diamond.

Suddenly, the ears of Huang and Xiaoba perked up simultaneously, turning their heads, and the big and small Fierce Beasts smiled and ran over.

As they approached, Xiaoba froze for a moment, circling Zhou Leng several times, then extended his trunk and wrapped it around Zhou Leng’s arm, pulling him away.

"What’s wrong?"

After some gesturing and translating with Huang, they learned that according to the rules of the Eight-toothed Mammoth tribe, Zhou Leng was now the Mammoth Lord and could lead the Eight-toothed Mammoths back to their ancestral land to worship at the starry altar.

"I’m human; is that okay?"

Xiaoba looked astonished, as if wondering why it wouldn’t be.

"Alright, let’s go, I’ll discuss with the Mammoth Elders."

Zhou Leng collected some of the Water of Life and Mammoth Lake water, patted the trunk of the Tree of Life, which had grown much thicker, and headed to Mammoth Mountain.

As the three of them neared Mammoth Mountain, the sky turned abruptly dark.

No stars, no moon, just complete darkness.

Suddenly, it cracked open, with colored light spreading out, layer upon layer of the Celestial Ladder descended from above.

In the end, five tiers of the Celestial Ladder were revealed.

Xiaoba and Huang, initially filled with anticipation, rolled their eyes in unison upon seeing the five tiers.

Let’s go, it has nothing to do with us.

Since the Ten Realms War began, there hasn’t been a single five-tier Celestial Ladder in the Ten Realms, only encountered in the Otherworld, and everyone just carried on, pretending not to see it.

The five tiers of the Celestial Ladder have already surpassed the limits of an Elementary Civilization.

Zhou Leng looked up, sensing an aura from the five tiers that drew him to it.

As the five tiers completely descended, a crisp sound like a glass being struck spread throughout the Ten Realms.

Huang and Xiaoba exchanged glances, looking confused.

All beings in the Ten Realms were similarly puzzled.

But all life at the demigod level heard a voice in their respective languages.

Zhou Leng, being the exception, heard it in Divine Text.

"Ascension Divinity Ladder, activated."

"All Martial Saints of the world are now Trial Takers of the Celestial Tier."

Zhou Leng’s heart trembled.

It was actually the Ascension Divinity Ladder.

Even in High-Level Civilizations, such divine phenomena were exceedingly rare.

In an Elementary Civilization, they were even rarer.

Streaks of meteors fell from the five tiers, fanning out like umbrellas, flying toward the Ten Realms.

One meteor headed for Zhou Leng, striking his forehead.

Even with a Martial Saint’s physique, Zhou Leng’s head tilted slightly back, feeling somewhat dizzy.

Using the Demon Brain as a mirror.

A flesh-colored star-shaped mark with ten corners appeared on his forehead.

The edges of the mark had ten points, and within, it was filled with divine marks of various sizes, looking chaotic yet possessing an ordered beauty.

"Within three cosmic days, hunt a demigod of the same rank to step into the starry path and ascend the First Layer."

Zhou Leng immediately calculated; one cosmic day was roughly equivalent to ten days on Blue Star, so three cosmic days meant within a month.

But to kill a demigod.

The time was too pressing.

Zhou Leng suddenly froze.

Zhao Hao was killed too early!

Wait, it didn’t specify the opponent’s race, so that means...

The Ten Realms are about to fall into chaos.

Currently, with the Two Realms Barrier in place, demigods can’t freely travel to other worlds. If they insist on going, the cost is higher than a demigod’s life.

Now, demigods can only go through the Demigod Hall to other worlds or to battle in the starry skies.

Wait a minute...

Zhou Leng suddenly realized he’d overlooked a crucial issue during his first Ascension to Divinity.

Now, was he considered to have ascended to divinity on Blue Star, or in the Fierce Beast World?

If he’s now a demigod fierce beast, would he be unable to enter Blue Star?

"You two stay here, I’ll hurry back."

Seeing they were nearing Mammoth Mountain, Zhou Leng returned alone, heading straight for the two-world cave.

He walked to the cave entrance, extended his hand, and slowly reached into the Two Realms Barrier.

Continuing forward, like before, he encountered no obstructions and easily returned to Blue Star.

Looking up, Blue Star’s sky also had the five tiers of the Celestial Ladder suspended high.

Turning back, he walked into the cave, arriving back in the Fierce Beast World.

Zhou Leng was puzzled in his heart.

Was it a bug he encountered, or was it the power of Elder Tree?

In various worlds, is he considered a fierce beast or a human?

Either way, he could move freely between the two realms.

Zhou Leng ran toward Mammoth Mountain, deep in thought.

While thinking, he suddenly remembered something the Red Eyes had said.

The essence of the Two Realms Barrier is the world’s will blocking enemies.

For someone like Zhou Leng, even after Ascending to Divinity, because of his identity in the Dragon World and his high status, the Two Realms Barrier would exert very little resistance.

Theoretically, with good Qi Manipulation, the resistance of the Two Realms Barrier might only be one-tenth of normal.

If that were the case, he could break through with just his flesh, making movement almost unrestricted.

"Interesting..."

Theoretically, even with his final Martial Saint promotion, he could still go to the Steel Dwarves World, Giant World, Dragon World, and Tree-man World.

Zhou Leng pondered for a while, and a series of benevolent ideas suddenly popped into his mind.

A demigod who can come and go freely...

The news couldn’t be leaked; it should be tested first.

Zhou Leng disguised himself as a Demon Spirit Master and set out from the Fierce Beast World, reaching outside Desert Demon City of the Fierce Beast World.

In front of him, a semi-transparent wall like rippling water, an inch thick, marked the Two Realms Barrier between the Fierce Beast World and the outside.

Theoretically, any demigod entering would face tremendous obstruction.

Zhou Leng reached out, touching the Two Realms Barrier.

Previously upon entering, the Two Realms Barrier felt as fluid as water.

Now, the tactile sensation was of extreme resistance, sticky like glue, forming immense compression pressure.

However, it was much less of an obstacle than he’d imagined.

Zhou Leng exerted all his strength to press inward, even using cosmic true energy, contorting his face, and finally breaking through the obstacle, arriving at Desert Demon City.