427: Change

"So that's how it is!"

Chen De, who was in the process of enlightening the Earth Immortal Realm, had eyes flickering with an uncertain light.

As Wang Teng's base, after searching the Ancient Hall, he naturally discovered some secrets.

For example, many of Wang Teng's research findings on the method of becoming an immortal were uncovered by Chen De.

This immediately led Chen De to decide to change his original plan and leave the Earth Immortal Realm to Wang Teng.

The risks involved were unpredictable, and he didn't want to act personally.

Since Wang Teng wanted it, then let him complete it.

After all, Chen De already had another method for drawing in power, and its value to him was far greater than the Earth Immortal Realm itself.

But… to prevent Wang Teng from succeeding in the end, Chen De decided to leave some trinkets in the Earth Immortal Realm.

Enlightening a world is different from enlightening a specific life form; to enlighten, one must enlighten completely, not partially.

This method had only recently been created and still had many flaws, not being perfect enough.

Therefore, Chen De could only actively abandon the results of so much enlightenment and restore all the enlightened parts back to their original state.

After completing all this, his aura visibly dropped by a notch.

But he didn't care; this was a normal phenomenon when using the method of enlightening a world—black liquid depletion.

There was no depletion when enlightening life forms, but there was when enlightening a world.

This issue had been anticipated during the research phase, but no solution could be found in the short term.

Because during the enlightenment process, a considerable portion of Chen De's black liquid was consumed by the world's passive resistance.

But overall, the amount successfully enlightened was more than what was consumed.

In terms of depletion, researchers had already minimized it as much as possible.

Now, to avoid Wang Teng discovering any abnormalities, and to avoid alerting him, ensuring Wang Teng could proceed normally according to his original plan.

Chen De needed to return everything exactly as it was, and as for the depleted portion, he could only bear it himself.

But the amount wasn't very large, just the depletion equivalent to an ordinary Two-Ring Great Accomplishment Sacred Lord.

He carried many holy virtue pills with him, precisely to replenish black liquid anytime, anywhere.

He pulled out a spherical object with a chaotic interior, which was the ultra-concentrated holy virtue pill Chen De had newly developed.

Its density was astonishingly terrifying; as soon as it was taken out, the surrounding light instantly dimmed.

One could visibly see the space around it distortion to the extreme, constantly healing and shattering.

Those with weaker cultivation could only see Chen De holding a black hole that continuously devoured light.

This was a typical example of how different perspectives at different levels lead to different observations of the same thing.

Chen De had specially developed it; just one small pill, three and a half basketballs in size, could replenish all the black liquid he had lost.

As the saying goes, 'A golden egg enters my belly, only with my Holy Mother can there be heaven.'

Swallowing the holy virtue pill in one gulp, Chen De's aura surged back up fiercely.

It soared to a certain limit, accelerating faster and faster, then abruptly stopped.

This was the upper limit, the upper limit of Chen De's mortal realm peak.

This was still the limit of combat power, the limit of mortal realm combat power.

At this life level of the mortal realm, the highest combat power could only reach this point.

Upon reaching this level, even if there was residual power, even if there was still untapped potential, it could no longer break through.

It was like a bottle cap, forcibly restricting the volume of water in the bottle; once full, not a single drop more could be added.

He could actively break through; even without the system, Chen De could cultivate independently, as he was a complete life form.

It's just that with the system's assistance, the speed of improvement would be very fast.

Similarly, in fact, when Chen De's demon cultivation attribute points and Slaughter Law were maxed out, he had already sensed the existence of limits and bottlenecks.

But to be safe, breakthroughs in major realms are full of danger, so Chen De still wanted to choose to break through with the system.

It was fortunate that he didn't act impulsively at the time, lest an impulsive move truly ended him.

Innate origin... Hehe!

...Looking at the Earth Immortal Realm, which showed no abnormalities, and feeling the unaltered power enhancement from the Earth Immortal Realm.

Everything was exactly as he had left it, without any changes.

The slight unease in Wang Teng's heart gradually dissipated.

He didn't know why, perhaps he was too excited or something, but ever since his fight with Ji Hao, a sense of ominous foreboding had constantly lingered.

At first, he thought Ji Hao had some fatal trump card, and indeed that was the case.

However, after Ji Hao's death, that ominous premonition grew even stronger.

So instinctively, and he didn't know why, he subconsciously returned to the Earth Immortal Realm.

It was as if something in the dark was pushing him, seemingly a kind of… warning?

But after returning, no problems occurred; everything was as usual.

Could it be that in his upcoming actions, he would encounter misfortune?

Perhaps the power of the Earth Immortal Realm could save his life, which is why he was arranged to come here in the dark.

But no matter what, even if it meant death, Wang Teng would not give up.

Thousands of years of obsession, whether alive or dead, would be a release.

But before he left, his gaze still swept across the Earth Immortal Realm, using the authority of the World Master to check it once more.

Only after ensuring there were no problems at all did he choose to depart.

After he left, Chen De's figure slowly emerged where Wang Teng had previously stood.

Although he had already made his decision, Chen De had almost failed to resist enlightening Wang Teng just now.

Hesitation, some hesitation before making a choice, is normal.

Ultimately, Chen De still chose the conservative approach.

The Earth Immortal Realm no longer held what he desired, so he also chose to leave, preparing to await the start of Wang Teng's actions.

But before that, Chen De decided to go to one place first… Holy Monarch You Tian and several other Holy Monarchs each held a blood-red pillar.

Seeing their Hall Master Wang Teng return, they quickly went to his side.

"Hall Master, the Blood Refinement of the Common People has now reached 30% completion. At this rate, it should be fully concluded within half a month."

"During this period, we encountered some stubborn resistors, all of whom have been eliminated. However, there were occasional instances of people intervening to save others, but it was harmless…"

"On the Demon Domain side, the major hegemonic clans and some top-tier clans have all been taken away by their clan's elder powerhouses.

Among these clans, most of their elders are Venerable or even Sacred Lord-level powerhouses, such as the previous Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Clan…"

"And…"

He reported truthfully on the progress of the tasks Wang Teng had assigned them during this period.

Wang Teng nodded after hearing this; only a small number of demon clans had been taken away, which had no impact.

As long as they didn't meddle, he tacitly allowed them to take their juniors away.

After all, many major forces in the Four Profound Heavens, as well as major clans in the Demon Domain, had deep connections with the powerhouses of his Ancient Hall.

Even if Wang Teng ordered that none be spared, his subordinates would secretly let them go.

For example, Holy Monarch Chi Yuan, he was one of the Ancient Hall's Holy Monarchs, originating from the Dark-Devouring Evil Fiend Tiger Clan, one of the five great clans.

If he were sent to the Demon Domain to act, would he not spare his own clan?

Even if he hadn't returned for a long time.

Even if he wasn't sent, couldn't he ask other Holy Monarchs to spare them?

Living beings have selfish motives; this was something Wang Teng could not prevent.

Since that was the case, it was better to guide than to block.