Chapter 289: Tempering and Advancing by leaps and bounds
On the Hubei warship, the "ancestral land" of the Sith tribe.

The statue of a strange beast that looked like a two-headed lion suddenly opened its mouth, and Qin Chuan, who had been inside it for 90,000 years, suddenly flew out.

"The Supreme Way has given me a direction for my future practice, but to truly break through, I still have to go through some hardships." Qin Chuan used the world of heart to explore for a moment, and soon found many places that the world of heart could not penetrate.

The largest area among them should be where the four puppets of the Holy City Lord level are located.

Without hesitation, Qin Chuan flew directly in that direction.

"It's Daojun Wangchuan, hide quickly."

"quick!"

Along the way, Qin Chuan occasionally noticed that someone was looking at him. He knew very well that these were the emperor-level puppets hidden in the ancestral land of the Sith tribe.

The three major families have been hunting for endless years and have only captured about twenty emperor-level puppets. In the previous battle, most of the emperor-level puppets captured by the three major families fell into Qin Chuan's hands.

In fact, in the "ancestral land" of the Sith tribe, there are nearly a hundred emperor-level puppets whose strength can rival that of the peak Taoist masters.

"These hundreds of emperor-level puppets are a huge fortune. It would be a pity to leave them here." Qin Chuan thought to himself.

After that, we have to find a way to capture all these emperor-level puppets.

Of course, this is not actually easy. In this area, there are still a large number of formations and restrictions. Those emperor-level puppets are very familiar with the surrounding environment. They hide and work together to protect themselves, so it is indeed very difficult to capture them.

Otherwise, the three major families would not have only captured more than twenty emperor-level puppets after endless years of efforts.

But there is a solution. With Qin Chuan's strength, if he really wants to catch it, he can do it if he spends more effort.

"However, when these emperor-level puppets discovered the presence of a strange Taoist, they just watched from afar and did not come over to test me. Was it the patriarch of the Nongtie clan who told these emperor-level puppets about my strength?" Qin Chuan pondered in his heart.

This is the greatest possibility.

Otherwise, these puppets have stayed here for countless years, and when they suddenly saw the strange Taoist, they would not have hidden themselves, but would have come over to test him.

"The Nongtie clan leader is really nosy."

Qin Chuan's eyes turned slightly cold. If the other party didn't leak his information, it would undoubtedly be much easier for him to capture these emperor-level puppets.

While Qin Chuan was moving forward rapidly, on the other side——

In the ruins of a palace complex, there was a silver man, who was the patriarch of the Nongtie clan.

"Hmm? Dao-jun Wangchuan finally showed up again?"

The chief of the Nongtie clan was overjoyed. He had been looking for Qin Chuan during this period of time, but Qin Chuan seemed to have disappeared and there was no trace of him at all.

"My lords, the Taoist Master Wangchuan has appeared." The patriarch of the Nongtie clan quickly came to the core area of ​​the palace ruins.

In this area, there are four puppets whose auras are much more terrifying than the emperor-level puppets outside.

These are also emperor-level puppets, but these four puppets are much more powerful than ordinary emperor-level puppets. Any one of them has the strength of a true lord of the holy city.

"Oh? Finally showed up?"

Hearing this, the four puppets looked over at the same time.

"Although the three of you are the weakest Silver-robed Taoist Lords we have ever seen, you were defeated by him by relying on the old nest formation, and even two of you were suppressed. This shows that Wangchuan Taoist Lord is really capable." One of the puppets said lightly:

"Bring him here, and we will deal with him ourselves."

"Yes."

The chief of the Nongtie clan nodded immediately.

In fact, after witnessing Qin Chuan's terrifying strength, he was not sure whether these four puppets could deal with him, but at this time, he had no other choice.

I can only give it a try.

"I hope it will succeed!" The patriarch of the Nongtie clan thought to himself, and he also flew quickly out of the palace ruins.

However, after only a moment, the chief of the Nongtie clan flew back in panic.

"My lords, he is here! Dao-Jun Wangchuan is here!"

The Nongtie clan leader sent a message to remind them, and at the same time he headed for the core area of ​​the palace ruins as fast as he could.

Although the four puppets of the holy city lord level are powerful, they can only guard the core area due to the orders of their previous masters. Only when they are there will they be safe.

call!call!
One after the other, the patriarch of the Nongtie clan and Qin Chuan arrived at the core area of ​​the palace ruins almost at the same time.

Qin Chuan's speed was much faster than the leader of the Nongtie clan. Although the other party turned around and fled immediately after seeing Qin Chuan from afar, in the end he only managed to fly in here just one step ahead of Qin Chuan.

"Are you Daojun Wangchuan?"

The four puppets at the level of the Lords of the Holy City had also flown up at this time, and they all had some expectations in their hearts.

Although they are puppets, they also have intelligence and emotions.

They have been staying here for endless years and have been bored to the extreme. Suddenly, they heard that a very powerful Taoist has appeared, so of course they are looking forward to it.

How could an ordinary Taoist be qualified to fight with them?

Judging from Daojun Wangchuan’s battle record, he is probably able to fight them for a long time.

"Why don't you just ask the silver-clad Taoist behind you and you'll know?" Qin Chuan sneered as he flew into the core area of ​​the palace ruins and went straight to the patriarch of the Nongtie clan.

The other party escaped the first two times he went there. This time, Qin Chuan decided to deal with him first.

"How dare you trespass into the core area."

"Take him!"

At this moment, the four puppets at the level of the Lords of the Holy City suddenly roared, and then the four big puppets burst out and killed at the same time.

call!call!call!
The four puppets, each of which had a speed that easily exceeded the Heavenly Dao limit by a hundred times, surrounded Qin Chuan from four directions. The four puppets all launched terrible attacks, making Qin Chuan's expression more solemn.

call!call!call!
He immediately displayed his three heads and six arms, and six of his innate magical weapons appeared in his hands.

Thick fog appeared, and Qin Chuan had already performed the "Heart and Dao Harmony". With the addition of his innate magic weapon which added five times the power, the power unleashed by any of the six magic swords in Qin Chuan's hands was no less than when he held the Cangyue Sword 90,000 years ago.

It is even stronger. After all, the innate divine weapon is a perfect match for Qin Chuan. The Cangyue Sword is still a little bit inferior.

A sword collided with a golden spear, and the power completely surpassed the other one.

"What? It's so powerful?"

The puppet's face changed and he quickly changed his moves to resist the force, while Qin Chuan also changed his moves accordingly.

In the end, Qin Chuan was better and the puppet he blasted retreated repeatedly.

Qin Chuan's other magic swords were also used to deal with the remaining three puppets. The three puppets were caught off guard and were blasted back one after another.

It was obvious as soon as they met that Qin Chuan's strength was above that of the four holy city lord-level puppets.

但这并不奇怪。

The level of the Lord of the Holy City is a level with a huge gap between the upper and lower limits. The Eternal Emperor who has just succeeded in merging with the Dao may have only used the strongest way to reach this level, and his shortcomings are obvious.

As time goes by, the Lords of the Holy City will practice other arts to gradually make up for their shortcomings, and even their innate magical weapons will be cultivated to perfection.

The gap between them is surprisingly large.

It can be said that the Eternal Emperor, a Lord of a Holy City who has just achieved the Dao, will be easily ravaged by a senior Lord of a Holy City.

These four puppets are stronger than the Lord of the Holy City who has just merged with the Dao, but not by much.

As for Qin Chuan, ninety thousand years ago, he had cultivated his innate divine weapon to be very powerful. In addition, the power of the Ultimate Five Elements Dao surpassed the ordinary Dao, and with the blessing of "Dao Without Boundaries", he was already very close to becoming a senior lord of the holy city.

With the treasures of the universe, he can definitely compete with those senior lords of the holy cities.

Now, he has created the move of "Heart and Dao Harmony", which increases its power tenfold, making each of Qin Chuan's innate magical weapons no less than the cosmic treasures from ninety thousand years ago. Naturally, his strength has been greatly improved.

He is considered quite powerful among the senior holy city lords.

With such strength, and the fact that the four Holy City Lord puppets did not understand Qin Chuan at the beginning of the fight, they were easily defeated by Qin Chuan.

"Humph!"

Qin Chuan did not hesitate at all at this time. He burst out with an extremely terrifying speed and in an instant he arrived not far in front of the leader of the Nongtie clan.

Wow! Wow! Wow!
Six divine swords containing thick mist that was almost turning into substance came at the same time.

"No"

There was despair and even more disbelief in the eyes of the Nongtie clan leader.

These four puppets were already extremely powerful, so how could they be easily defeated? How could a Taoist master be so powerful?
But at this moment, he had no time to think about it. Qin Chuan's swordsmanship was circulating endlessly, and the six swords cooperated with each other. Both the power and skills were far superior to the patriarch of the Nongtie clan.

In just a moment, Qin Chuan swung his magic sword and suppressed the opponent into the treasure of the cave.

The opponent escaped the first two times. This time, Qin Chuan went straight for the Taoist Master in Silver Clothes. How could he let him escape?

"Master Wangchuan, you are stronger than that loser said."

At this time, the four puppets had regrouped. They surrounded Qin Chuan in the middle, with strong fighting intent in their eyes.

The brief fight just now made the four puppets realize that Qin Chuan was definitely superior to any of them. If they fought alone, they would definitely not be Qin Chuan's match.

But, there are four of them!
Besides, even if they are not their match, it does not mean they will lose. This fight is something they have been looking forward to for a long time, so they naturally cannot give up easily.

As for the patriarch of the Nongtie clan?
The four puppets didn't care at all. They were just trash. Being suppressed was no big deal.

call!call!call!
The four puppets quickly exploded and attacked.

"Well come."

Qin Chuan looked at the four emperor-level puppets and went straight up to them.

Coming here, getting rid of the patriarch of the Nongtie clan was just a convenience. Qin Chuan's real purpose was to fight with these four puppets of the level of the Lord of the Holy City and hone himself.

The existence of this level is still very rare, and it is even rarer to find someone who can fight with Qin Chuan.

These four puppets are extremely rare, so Qin Chuan naturally would not miss them.

this moment--

Both sides had a strong desire to fight, and they were entangled in a fight in an instant.

But as soon as the fight started, the four emperor-level puppets were slightly startled.

The power of Qin Chuan's attack at this time was obviously weaker than before. The four of them joined forces and easily blocked Qin Chuan, and even posed a certain threat to Qin Chuan in turn.

"Did this Taoist Wangchuan not use his full strength? Or did he just use a special burst method and couldn't last long?"

"Who cares? Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"."

The four puppets attacked without mercy, and Qin Chuan did feel a lot of pressure.

But this is exactly what he hoped for. With the blessing of "Heart and Tao Harmony", his strength is too strong, and the sharpening effect on him is much weaker. So at this time he only uses "Tao has no boundaries", and the sharpening effect is much better.

boom! boom! boom!
The terrifying attacks came from four directions. Among the six magic swords in Qin Chuan's hands, four were mainly for defense and two were mainly for attack. For a while, the two sides were evenly matched.

"Lord Wangchuan, be careful, don't die."

A puppet holding a golden spear had a spear in his hand emitting an extremely terrifying golden light, and its power crushed down with overwhelming force.

However, although it looks like brute force, it actually contains the ultimate mystery of gold. With one strike, it contains countless changes.

"They can actually unleash such attacks. The spirits of these puppets may not understand these principles, but they can still bring them into play." Qin Chuan was secretly shocked. They were able to refine such puppets. They were indeed worthy of being the Sith clan.

Time flies, and before I knew it, three months have passed.

"Haha, what a relief! This Wangchuan Daojun is really strong! The four of us surrounded him and used all kinds of methods, but we still couldn't do anything to him. His moves are too comprehensive."

"It would not be too much to fight against an opponent like this for tens of thousands of Chaos Eras."

"."

The four puppets at the level of the Lords of the Holy City were all saying in voice transmission that they had been waiting here for tens of millions of Chaos Epochs, which was not a lot for them.

However, at this moment——

Qin Chuan, who was originally surrounded, suddenly used the "Xin Dao He" to burst out a wave, and then he whooshed out of the core area of ​​the palace ruins.

Upon seeing this, the expressions of the four puppets at the level of the Lords of the Holy City changed.

"Master Wangchuan, are you not going to fight anymore?" A puppet looked at Qin Chuan from a distance and said:

"The place we are guarding is the real core of the Sith tribe in this area. Aren't you curious about what treasures are inside?"

"Of course I'm curious about the treasure. You four have to guard it." Qin Chuan said with a faint smile.

After three months of fighting, he occasionally chatted with the four puppets and now he was somewhat familiar with them. Qin Chuan naturally understood that the four puppets were just too bored and wanted to find an opponent.

Qin Chuan is also willing to fight with the four puppets, but his purpose is to hone himself.

After three months of fighting, Qin Chuan also had some insights. He planned to sort them out before continuing the fight. "I knew you were curious, but unfortunately, with the four of us guarding, you won't succeed easily."

"Yes, unless you defeat us, you have no chance of getting in."

Each puppet was talking, and Qin Chuan didn't say anything more. He quickly flew to a distance, took out the time-accelerating treasure, and entered it to practice.

A year later, Qin Chuan came to the core area again, and the two sides fought fiercely again.

This time, Qin Chuan's moves have improved significantly.

Firstly, he was currently only at the third step of the Ultimate Way, and he still had a huge room for improvement. Secondly, he was in the midst of an explosive growth period as he was comprehending the Claw Way of Supreme Bolin, so his improvement would naturally be fast.

Time flies, and before I knew it, three hundred thousand years have passed.

Before, not taking into account the acceleration of time, it only took Qin Chuan more than 100,000 years to cultivate from a Heavenly God to a True Immortal to a Three-Step Taoist Lord.

But the path of cultivation naturally becomes more difficult as time goes by. It is not surprising that there was rapid progress in the previous hundred thousand years, but there was not much progress in the next million or billion years.

However, with Qin Chuan's talent, he has not yet reached a bottleneck in his practice.

It took him three hundred thousand years to have his second soul fight with four puppets of the same level as the Lords of the Holy City again and again, digesting his insights into the Supreme Dao.

His original Dharma body in the Yueshi Sect began to use his privileges to comprehend thousands of master-level inheritances.

This is actually the greatest help to Qin Chuan.

A single dominant-level inheritance is naturally not as good as the Dao of Supreme Bolin, but when there are more of them, they can actually help Qin Chuan more than the Dao of the Supreme.

The Way of the Supreme is high enough that even if Qin Chuan becomes a fourth-step Taoist master in the future, the Way of the Supreme will still be of great guidance to him.

But now, he is only at the third step, and the most important thing is to break through the fourth step. A large number of dominant-level inheritances will be more useful to Qin Chuan.

Of course, no matter what, Qin Chuan already has these two conditions for cultivation, and they are of great help to him.

Although only three hundred thousand years have passed, Qin Chuan has made breakthroughs one after another. At this moment, he has made further progress in all directions of the Ultimate Five Elements.

Once all the directions are integrated, Qin Chuan will naturally become a fourth-step Taoist master.

"It's time to finish."

Qin Chuan felt emotional. Without hesitation, he flew out of the time acceleration magic weapon and once again came to the core of the palace ruins.

"Master Wangchuan, you came quite quickly this time."

Four puppets of the level of the Lord of the Holy City looked at Qin Chuan, and each of them had a smile on their face.

After fighting again and again, they became familiar with each other's methods. Therefore, when the four puppets saw Qin Chuan, they rushed up without hesitation.

But they didn't realize that a golden crystal pillar appeared in Qin Chuan's hand. As Qin Chuan crushed the crystal pillar, suddenly -

Boom!

A huge golden cage emerged from the void.

In an instant, three of the four puppets were enveloped in it.

Seeing this, the expressions of the four puppets changed instantly.

"Lord Wangchuan, you actually..."

The puppets looked at Qin Chuan with disbelief, and at the same time they attacked the golden cage frantically.

But the golden cage is a treasure of extremely high level. Although the joint attack of the three puppets caused it to shake for a moment, it would obviously take time to completely destroy it.

At this time, Qin Chuan had already rushed towards the only puppet that was left out.

boom! boom! boom!
Qin Chuan burst out with all his strength this time, and made breakthroughs in many directions of the Ultimate Five Elements, which made his strength increase many times compared to 300,000 years ago.

This improvement is already huge. The difference of one times is the difference between the treasure of the universe and the innate divine weapon cultivated to the extreme.

Three hundred thousand years ago, when Qin Chuan used the "Heart-Dao Harmony", he was stronger than four puppets combined. At this time, his strength doubled again, and he was only facing one puppet. Naturally, he suppressed the opponent in an instant, leaving him with almost no ability to fight back.

"Lord Wangchuan, you are despicable!"

The puppet frantically resisted Qin Chuan's attack.

"I'm saving you, don't you want to leave here?" Qin Chuan asked.

Hearing this, the puppet was stunned for a moment.

Of course he wanted to leave, but he was also afraid that Qin Chuan would capture him and wipe out his intelligence.

It is very easy for a puppet body of the Lord of the Holy City to give birth to a puppet spirit. If you erase it, a new puppet spirit will be born soon.

"I have captured many emperor-level puppets before, but I have preserved all of their puppet spirits." Qin Chuan suddenly spoke again.

At the same time, he suddenly drew out the Crescent Moon Sword.

boom!
The speed of that arm soared again.

This single puppet was completely unable to withstand Qin Chuan's fierce moves at this time. In addition, Qin Chuan's words really made him quite excited, and his will to resist was much weaker.

So in just a blink of an eye, Qin Chuan's divine sword suddenly swept across, suppressing this puppet of the level of the Lord of the Holy City into his cave treasure.

"Success."

A smile suddenly appeared on Qin Chuan's face.

He did not hesitate to use his most precious treasure to trap the other three puppets in order to capture these puppets of the Lord of the Holy City alive.

The four puppets that are comparable to the Lord of the Holy City are undoubtedly of great value. For them, it is worth using a treasure that has been kept in the bottom of the box.

“However, being able to quickly suppress a puppet of the Holy City Lord’s level, my current strength is probably considered extremely strong among the Holy City Lords.” Qin Chuan secretly sighed in his heart.

The most powerful lords of the holy city are those who are close to being the overlords or have the corresponding means to slightly compete with the overlords, like the Black Cloud Emperor and the Golden Island Emperor of the Taoist Immortal Palace.

Although Qin Chuan is still some distance away from such an existence, he is actually quite close.

At this time, on the other side——

boom! boom! boom!
Under the crazy attacks of the other three puppets, they finally broke out of the golden prison.

"Master Wangchuan, what did you do to Leihuo?" The three puppets stared at Qin Chuan.

"He's fine." Qin Chuan smiled. He waved his hand and the puppet that he had suppressed before reappeared, but his core had been refined by Qin Chuan.

"Meet the master."

The puppet saluted, then turned to look at the other three puppets.

"You three, do you still want to stay here? Why don't you surrender immediately?"

"If you want us to surrender, it depends on whether Taoist Wangchuan has the ability to do so!" The three puppets were very tempted at this moment, but because of the order from their former master, they could not surrender voluntarily.

"Leihuo, hold Jinfeng back." Qin Chuan gave an order, and then he waved his hand again.

Suddenly——

call!call!call!
A total of fifteen emperor-level puppets appeared.

Fifteen ordinary emperor-level puppets may not be a match for a holy city lord-level puppet, but they either have immortal bodies or divine bodies comparable to eternal top-grade divine weapons, so it should be no problem to contain them for a short period of time.

"Do it!"

Qin Chuan gave an order, and immediately, he and his puppet army attacked in a mighty manner.

Judging from the strength on paper alone, Qin Chuan's side completely crushed the three puppets of the Holy City Lord level, not to mention that the three puppets no longer had the will to resist at this time.

The reason why he was still holding on was all because of the orders of his former master.

The battle lasted for about an hour, and all three puppets were captured by Qin Chuan. The main reason was that two of the three puppets were immortal and very difficult to deal with, so it took some extra time.

"Master, this warship is called the 'Tiger-Bearing Warship'. It is a powerful war weapon of the ancient Sith. The Tiger-Bearing Warship is invincible at the master level. Unfortunately, it encountered a supreme cultivator."

"The Hubei warship is divided into two parts: the war zone and the living area. The war zone was destroyed by the Supreme a long time ago. We are now in the living area."

As soon as the four puppets were refined by Qin Chuan, they immediately began to help Qin Chuan introduce the situation inside the Hubei warship and even helped Qin Chuan collect treasures.

In fact, the truly precious treasures in the Hu'an warship had long been taken away by Supreme Bolin, and what remained were mostly wreckage.

However, Qin Chuan did not gain nothing.

In the living area, there are eight "Magic Bird Crystals".

In this area, the reason why there are still many formations and restrictions after endless years is because the core energy source "Devil Bird Crystal" has not been taken away by Supreme Bolin.

In the Sith tribe, the value of a magic bird crystal is quite high. Eight of them added together are probably enough to rival a black-robed emperor.

Of course, that is the value within the Sith tribe.

Among practitioners, the Black-Clothed Emperor is more valuable. After all, the Demonic Bird Crystal is just an energy source. Without the corresponding Sith weapons, normal practitioners cannot use it at all.

But the Black-Clothed Emperor can directly improve his strength.

"However, having the Demon Bird Crystal is already good enough." Qin Chuan thought secretly in his heart.

After all, it is a treasure of extremely high value. Maybe it will be useful in the future.
. . .

After collecting eight magic bird crystals, Qin Chuan continued to sweep up many treasures.

Among them, most of the nearly one hundred emperor-level puppets remaining in this area were captured alive and suppressed by Qin Chuan.

Without the Demonic Bird Crystal, the formations and restrictions that these puppets relied on to hide before lost their effectiveness, making it much easier to find them.

As for the remaining small part?

They hid so secretly that Qin Chuan didn't spend too much effort searching for them.

He has already obtained enough emperor-level puppets, and any more would just be icing on the cake.

call!
Qin Chuan soon arrived at the strange beast cave again.

At this time, the spirit of the strange beast looked at Qin Chuan with a hint of suspicion.

Before, it was already terrifying enough that Qin Chuan, as a Taoist Lord, was close to some senior lords of the Holy City. According to common sense, for such a Taoist Lord, even if he comprehended his master's Tao, his strength could be improved by 30% to 50%, which would be a huge improvement.

But after Qin Chuan left this time, his strength probably increased several times.

This is too outrageous.

"If you succeed in merging with the Dao, you will definitely be far beyond the reach of ordinary masters." The Spirit of the Strange Beast Cave Heaven sighed, and then he waved his hand.

Suddenly, a green light flew towards Qin Chuan.

After Qin Chuan took it, he found that it was an oval-shaped treasure that looked like an egg.

"My master left behind many treasures, the most precious of which is this 'Qianye Qingling'," said the Spirit of the Alien Beast Cave Heaven with great emotion:

"Given your strength, it wouldn't be an insult to this treasure if I gave it to you."

"Qianye Qingling?" Qin Chuan nodded secretly in his heart when he heard that.

As expected, he was given this treasure.

After all, this is the most precious treasure left by Supreme Bolin. Considering his incredible performance, it is normal for him to get this most precious treasure.

At this time, the spirit of the strange beast Cave Heaven began to explain to Qin Chuan the usage of "Qianye Qingling". As Qin Chuan knew, this Qianye Qingling, as long as it was eaten by the Chaos Source Beast, could tame a Chaos Source Beast.

In the chaos, there is a clan of chaotic divine beasts. They are born in the world realm. People like Mangya Lord and Jinbao Daojun are all chaotic divine beasts.

And the Chaos Source Beast is even more incredible.

A Chaos Source Beast possesses vast energy that exceeds that of an entire realm. Relying solely on its own strength and the power it unleashes, it can slaughter the overlord at will. It is even stronger than an ordinary alien universe lord.

“Chaos Source Beasts are extremely rare. After all, you are only a Dao Lord, and it is difficult for you to even leave your domain. Whether you can encounter a Chaos Source Beast depends on your luck.” The spirit of the strange beast cave heaven said finally.

"clear."

Qin Chuan nodded.

In the Flame Dragon Realm, there really is a Chaos Source Beast.

However, the Chaos Source Beast is now sealed, and with his current abilities, he obviously cannot touch it.

But no matter what, this is also a huge hope.

Any practitioner who obtains a Thousand Leaf Green Spirit and knows the location of a Chaos Source Beast would probably be extremely excited.

Even Qin Chuan is no exception.

However, Qin Chuan knew that no matter how powerful the Chaos Source Beast was, it was ultimately an external force. When it came to practicing, he had to rely more on himself, no matter when.

How to break through the fourth step is what he should consider most now.

PS: 7.4k, all outstanding debts paid off.

(End of this chapter)