Chapter 279: The Middle Stage of the Divine Emperor, the Secret Skills of the Ascended Soul

"The effect of this golden body treasure liquid is better than the Hunyuan Holy Fruit I took at the beginning!"

Before Shen Mu went to the Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain, he once obtained a Hunyuan Holy Fruit from Emperor Shitian that could cleanse the soul.

This Hunyuan Holy Fruit made Shen Mu's soul nature evolve and raised the upper limit of his soul.

Although it did not directly increase the strength of the soul, it eliminated the bottleneck of the original perfect soul.

Afterwards, Shen Mu killed a strong man who was half a step away from the ultimate realm in the Boundless Immortal Mountain, refined the other party's soul, and elevated his own soul.

Generally speaking, the Hunyuan Holy Fruit is not as effective as the Golden Body Precious Liquid in improving the soul.

But in terms of preciousness, the Hunyuan Holy Fruit is more precious, because even in this world, there are many treasures that can improve the body and bloodline, but there are very few treasures that can improve the soul.

"Very good. Although my current soul and body forging methods are only at the early stage of the Divine Emperor, both my soul and body have actually reached the middle stage of the Divine Emperor."

"Even among the God Emperors in the entire universe, he can be considered one of the top ones."

Among the many God Emperors in the entire universe, ninety-nine percent are in the early stage of God Emperors, and only a very small number are in the middle and late stages.

As for the perfection of the Divine Emperor, this kind of semi-pure origin life is rare in the entire universe. Once a life reaches this realm, it will disappear in a short time.

According to the speculation of other powerful people, there may be an upper realm above the universe, and these powerful and perfect gods must have ascended to a higher level world.

"I hope that the owner of Tiancheng Pavilion can find me the ultimate level of Xinxiang Dao's unique skills."

Shen Mu now desperately needs a powerful secret method of the Heart-Appearance Dao to regain his mastery of the ultimate Heart-Appearance Dao, perfect the Qi Yuan Technique, and allow his own will to transform along with his soul.

At that time, when Shen Mu comprehended the ultimate truth of the mind, his soul, which was barely at the ultimate level, burst out with the will of the Great Perfection of the God Emperor.

Now Shen Mu's soul strength is countless times stronger than before, and has truly reached the level of a mid-stage God Emperor.

A strong man in the middle stage of the Divine Emperor, even if he does not know any secret techniques of the soul path, can annihilate the ultimate Divine King and severely damage the invincible existence with just the most basic soul attack.

With his soul strength increased so much, as long as Shen Mu regains control of the ultimate way of the mind and perfects his own secret technique of impacting the will, he will be able to unleash a will impact that surpasses that of a half-pure origin life form.

If the Ultimate Dao of Mind and the Ultimate Dao of Soul were perfected and a secret art of will at the God Emperor level was created, the effect might be even better than Shen Mu could imagine now.

Boom!

Shen Mu stood up, and the vast wave of the God Emperor swept over, instantly alarming the existence inside the Shen Ji Tavern.

Not only that, not far outside the Shen Ji Tavern, several powerful men hiding in the void were shocked.

"Is this... the aura of the Silver Sand God Emperor? How can it be so strong!?"

“Damn it, that Silver Sand God Emperor is not some powerful being’s white glove. He himself is a powerful being in the middle stage of God Emperor and has been hiding his realm.”

"Feng Lei, the value you gave us is not enough for us to turn against a mid-stage Divine Emperor. Goodbye!"

In the center of several God-Emperor-level figures was the Wind and Thunder Emperor who had competed with Shen Mu for the "Secret Book of Infinite Chaos".

On the other side, just as Shen Mu walked out of the courtyard, the figure of Tiancheng God Emperor appeared in front of Shen Mu.

"Congratulations to the Emperor for taking a step further. In just a few hundred years, he has reached the middle stage."

Shen Mu's retreat this time lasted about three hundred years.

However, for a being at this level, the short three hundred years is just the time for an epiphany.

Under normal circumstances, even after 30 billion years, it would be difficult to make any progress.

"Master, you are too kind. Compared with you, I am far inferior."

Shen Mu greeted politely.

Tiancheng Pavilion Master chuckled and said, "That's hard to say. Brother Yinsha is an ascender. I may not be a match for the Emperor."

As he spoke, three rays of light flashed in the palm of the Tiancheng Pavilion owner's palm, and then three ancient secret books emerged.

From this secret book, the pure fluctuations of the ultimate state of mind-image spread out!

"The Heart-Aspect Dao Divine Emperor Secret Manual that Brother Yinsha wants is really hard to collect. After all, there are even fewer Heart-Aspect Dao Divine Emperors than the Infinite Dao. In the entire universe, there is only one Heart-Aspect Dao Divine Emperor in the Taiyi Ancient Clan."

"These are the ultimate three-volume Heart-Appearance Dao ascenders' unique skills. I have done my best. If the Emperor wants to purchase more, I can only contact the Emperor Clan's channels, and the fees will be expensive then."

"No, you don't have to!"

Shen Mu quickly refused, his eyes fell on the ultimate secret book, and he took it with a wave of his right hand.

"Thank you for troubling Master Tiancheng. According to your previous request, I will buy it at the price of the secret manual of the early stage of the Divine Emperor, 50 crystal jades for one copy."

As he spoke, one hundred and fifty streams of light appeared in Shen Mu's palm, emitting pure primordial fluctuations.

"Thank you for your patronage, Your Majesty. If you need anything in the future, you can always contact my Shen Ji Tavern. Of course, if you are willing to join my Shen Ji Tavern, that would be even better."

Tiancheng God Emperor smiled and put away the 150 crystal jades that Shen Mu took out, and made a final attempt to win over Shen Mu.

Shen Mu also smiled and turned back and said, "There will be a chance to come in the future."

……

After hundreds of years, Shen Mu returned to Zhiyang City.

The Shen Mu at this moment was very different from the Shen Mu who had just arrived in this world hundreds of years ago.

"Let me see the memory of the clone..."

"It's still relatively peaceful. It's only been a few hundred years. For the God King and God Emperor, it's just a blink of an eye."

"Next, we can start to cultivate the ultimate state of the mind-image path again."

The Heart-Appearance Dao is different from the Infinite Dao and the Soul Dao that Shen Mu comprehended.

The Soul Path is common in all worlds. Even when it comes to this world, the content of the Soul Path is still intact and has become more complete.

Other great ways, including the Way of the Void, the Way of the Mind, the Way of Chaos, and the Way of Formations, are completely different from other source worlds and have only slight causal relationships.

Under normal circumstances, the same is true for the Infinite Way, but Shen Mu's Infinite Way is the comprehension of the Hunyuan rules on the Infinite Gate, not the comprehension of the supreme rules of the source world.

Therefore, even if you come to this world, only the details are slightly different. After contemplating it in detail for a period of time, you can still recover to the ultimate level.

The next moment, Shen Mu's figure disappeared from the spot and returned to his mansion in Zhiyang City, while also taking back his clone.

No one noticed this process, and no one knew that Shen Mu had left once.

……

The years that followed were peaceful.

Shen Mu's focus was also placed on re-cultivating the way of the mind and comprehending the way of the soul.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it had been more than tens of millions of years since Shen Mu came to this world.

On this day, in a corner of Zhiyang City, there was a prosperous building.

On the top floor of the pavilion, Si Xuankong winked at Shen Mu.

"Master, the owner of Huanxin Tower is an unrivaled beauty, born with psychedelic blood power, and her piano playing is truly extraordinary!"

The corner of Shen Mu's mouth twitched slightly: "You brought me, your master, out to play, just to visit a brothel?"

Si Xuankong was not happy about this. "Master, what do you mean by visiting a brothel? Don't talk nonsense. I am cultivating my bloodline. I must maintain a pure bloodline body before achieving the king level. If this gets to my father's ears, my legs will be broken!"

"Hahahaha, fine, fine, we're not visiting a brothel, we're listening to music in a brothel."

Not long after Shen Mu and Si Xuankong finished speaking.

The door of this private room was pushed open, and the owner of Huanxin Tower walked in wearing a light blue dress. Her facial features had the artistic conception of a mountain snow lotus, but her whole body was filled with seductive charm, which was an extremely contrasting look.

"Greetings to the God of Origin." The owner of Huanxin Tower bowed slightly to Shen Mu, with a dazzling white light.

In Zhiyang City, no one knew about Shen Mu's strength at the level of the God Emperor, so everyone just regarded Shen Mu as still at the peak of the King level and called him the God Sovereign.

Shen Mu nodded slightly: "Just play any song you want."

The owner of Huanxin Tower nodded her head slightly, then sat down gently, and stroked the strings of the zither with her fingers. A melodious sound of the zither instantly rang out.

The sound of the piano was full of unbridled feeling, as if it could penetrate the human soul.

At first, Shen Mu was just attracted by the amazing sound of the piano. He listened quietly, feeling the wonderful melody.

After listening to it many times, Shen Mu gradually discovered that the sound of the piano had something in common with the "psychedelic" in his own soul.

"The power of the psychedelic bloodline... comes from the ancestor of the Chaotic Origin Life. Could it be that the ancestor is also a being who has mastered the great way of psychedelics?"

Shen Mu slowly thought about it, and countless soul mysteries intertwined in his mind.

Soul perception, spiritual thinking, and soul illusion, the mysteries of the three branches of the soul are intertwined. From the mysterious psychedelic blood fluctuations, a certain point of spiritual light is faintly sensed.

Boom!

A dazzling wheel of wisdom appeared out of thin air behind Shen Mu's head, and countless lights of wisdom instantly enveloped Shen Mu.

The pretty face of the owner of Huanxin Tower turned pale and she looked at Shen Mu with some fear.

Although she is one of the few king-level peak powerhouses in Zhiyang City, she is not good at fighting. Facing this powerful man who defeated the master of Lingxin Pavilion, she probably doesn't even have the strength to resist.

"continue."

After Shen Mu finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

The owner of Huanxin Tower looked at Si Xuankong beside him in a daze.

"My master told you to continue, so you continue."

"The OP's divine crystal is indispensable!"

The owner of Huanxin Tower nodded repeatedly and pushed the power of his own bloodline to the limit. The interior of the entire pavilion evolved into a boundless illusion, which fluctuated with the sound of the piano.

After a moment, Shen Mu slowly opened his eyes, and the illusory soul wheel behind his head changed again.

Rays of wisdom and mysterious light interweave, and the mysteries of the Ultimate Heart-Appearance Dao and the three branches of the Soul Dao evolve to form a complex and three simple mysterious light illustrations.

Suddenly, the three secret patterns representing the branches of the soul path suddenly collapsed, and then intertwined again, turning into a phantom of a vast universe.

Countless spiritual lights emerge and intertwine in the universe, evolving into the mysteries of a higher level of the soul.

"I didn't expect that it would only take one opportunity to understand the key to the fusion of multiple meridians in the soul path."

Shen Mu sighed, flipped his right hand, and a crystal jade with turbulent waves appeared.

"Thank you, host." Shen Mu looked at the beautiful woman in front of him.

When the owner of Huanxin Tower saw Shen Mu take out a crystal jade, a look of confusion appeared on her beautiful face.

Si Xuankong on the side was also a little astonished. He knew that his teacher must not be an ordinary person, but he did not expect that he was so mysterious and could easily take out a crystal jade.

You have to know that the average peak king-level person is only worth a few dozen crystal jades. Even if all the cash and divine crystals on his body are put together, they can't be exchanged for a few crystal jades.

"Master, you took out so much money, what do you want to do? Sleep?"

The owner of Huanxin Tower's voice trembled a little: "God, Lord God, Huanxin will not sell herself..."

Shen Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Who wants you to sell yourself? Just continue playing the piano."

"Yes Yes."

The owner of Huanxin Tower still didn't dare to take the divine crystal, and started to play the piano even more vigorously.

Shen Mu and Si Xuankong were listening with a smile on their faces. Suddenly, a communication talisman light emerged from the void.

This is Si Xuan's most urgent method of communication.

"Come to the City Lord's Mansion quickly."

Si Xuanhongdu's voice echoed, and Si Xuankong's expression suddenly changed.

There was something wrong with his father's tone, and he could tell it immediately.

"Master, something must have happened!" Si Xuankong looked at Shen Mu in panic.

"Don't panic, go back first."

There was a faint glow of will surging in Shen Mu's eyes. This was the state of mind of another transformation after coming to this world thousands of years ago.

……

When they arrived at the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, they found that many masters from Zhiyang City had gathered here. Most of them were at the peak of the King level, and there were very few at the late King level, about a hundred of them, all of whom were retainers of the Si Xuan family.

As soon as Shen Mu walked into the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, he attracted the attention of many powerful people.

Among them, Si Xuanxun, who Shen Mu had met before, came over and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yuanyuan, do you know why the city lord summoned us this time?"

Shen Mu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know either. Don't panic. Let's wait and see."

The atmosphere in the main hall was tense, everyone was whispering to each other, feeling uneasy.

Some people are worried that it is a major crisis, while others are thinking about how to deal with it, and some retainers are even planning to run away.

At this time, Si Xuanhong walked out from the side door of the hall. His hair was gray and his face was weathered, but his eyes revealed determination. He walked to the main throne and stood directly without sitting down, looking at the people below.

"A powerful enemy is heading towards Zhiyang City, and it is estimated that they will arrive at Zhiyang City in a few days." Si Xuanhongdu's voice was low and powerful, like a blockbuster bomb exploding in the hall.

Everyone was whispering in the main hall, their faces full of confusion and anxiety. A tall god was the first to ask, "City Lord, who are these sudden enemies? Why are they attacking our Zhiyang City?"

A stern-looking god beside him also said: "Yes, City Lord, we must know the enemy's situation so that we can better deal with it."

Everyone nodded in agreement and started talking about it.

"What kind of enemy is it that can make the city lord gather all of us so nervously?"

"Could it be that some powerful force has set its sights on the resources of our Zhiyang City?"

"Could it be that our Zhiyang City accidentally offended some powerful person?"

Si Xuanhong's face was solemn, and he slowly said: "The enemy who attacked this time is a strong man from Liekong City. Liekong City and our Zhiyang City have been enemies for a long time. You all know this."

"In this crisis, Liekong City has sent out all its forces. Their strength should not be underestimated. If we in Zhiyang City want to survive this disaster, we must work together to resist the enemy. Otherwise, once the city is breached, neither Si Xuan nor you will have a good ending."

Si Xuanhongdu's voice was heavy and powerful, echoing in the main hall.

(End of this chapter)