179: Third-rank Heavenly Soldier, Nine-dragon Chariot

However, facing a glimmer of hope, they could only choose to enter the Primordial Heavenly Pool. Before going in, many Divine Souls looked at Xu Qing with resentment.

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction. Once they had all entered the Primordial Heavenly Pool, he pointed at the First Heavenly Pillar. Immediately, white divine lights glowed, and then a mysterious energy was drawn down from somewhere, falling into the Heavenly Pool.

Subsequently, countless milky-white mysterious energies enveloped these Divine Souls, and powerful energies frantically drilled into their bodies.

“Ah!!!”

Countless agonizing screams echoed.

Xu Qing watched this scene, his heart like iron.

He was merely following the Law of survival in this world; the weak were destined to have no say and could only be enslaved by the strong.

The entire process lasted for a full hour.

When the energy dissipated, Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction. In the Heavenly Pool, thousands of powerful Heavenly Soldiers sat cross-legged, covered in silver armor and wielding long spears and axes.

“Are these the legendary Heavenly Soldiers? Their Aura is indeed extraordinary!”

Xu Qing sighed inwardly.

Each of these Heavenly Soldiers exuded the Aura of a Half-Saint Peak, and the core of their power came from their heart position, where there was a stone, neither gold nor jade, shaped like a heart.

This was the heart of the soldier, and also the source of the Heavenly Soldiers’ power, including the silver armor, silver spears, and axes, all of which were manifestations from the heart of the soldier.

Any one of these Heavenly Soldiers, when taken out, might not be as strong as a Half-Saint Peak being, but they wouldn't be much weaker, and this stuff could be mass-produced!

Furthermore, as long as the heart of the soldier was not destroyed, the Heavenly Soldiers would be immortal and indestructible, and similarly, the silver armor, spears, and axes would not disappear.

Moreover, their eyes were clear, and the resentment they had earlier was gone. Even their consciousness had been stripped away, leaving only loyalty to Xu Qing, aside from Divine Ability Daoist Magic.

Xu Qing had a premonition that even if he ordered them to commit suicide, they would do so without hesitation.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Primordial Heavenly Pool.

From the description of the distant Heavenly Pool, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals above were divided into four levels: Heavenly Soldiers, Heavenly Generals, Heavenly Kings, and Heavenly Monarchs.

Heavenly Soldiers were divided into ten grades: Emperor Realm was a Tenth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Mystic Sovereign was a Ninth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Heavenly Emperor Realm was an Eighth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Divine Emperor was a Seventh Grade Heavenly Soldier; Half-Saint was a Sixth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Saint Realm was a Fifth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Small Saint was a Fourth Grade Heavenly Soldier; Great Saint was a Third Grade Heavenly Soldier; Saint King was a Second Grade Heavenly Soldier; Saint Emperor was a First Grade Heavenly Soldier.

The Saint Monarch level was called a Heavenly General; Heavenly Kings were at the Quasi-Emperor level; as for Heavenly Monarchs, they were the legendary Great Emperor existences.

Xu Qing found it hard to imagine how many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals the Ancient Heavenly Court had created when it possessed this Dao weapon? And how many Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Monarchs were among them!

Just thinking about it was terrifying. This Dao weapon, like the Myriad Spirits Altar, was Heaven-Defying, perhaps even more so.

Xu Qing invested another hundred million Low Grade Saint Crystals. These Heavenly Soldiers were only Sixth Grade Heavenly Soldiers, which was far from enough.

This time, the Divine Souls he chose were all from the Ghost Race in the Netherworld, similar to the Human Race, and Xu Qing specifically picked those with the most powerful Soul Power.

Beings from the Netherworld were naturally powerful in Soul and possessed Dao cultivation, making them the most suitable recruits.

Moreover, using people from the Nether Race carried no psychological burden at all, since they were not of the Human Race anyway.

“Go!”

This time, Xu Qing didn't even need to threaten them. With a single command, thousands of Heavenly Soldiers simultaneously entered.

This process lasted for five hours. When they emerged again, the cultivation of these Heavenly Soldiers was at least Late Stage Saint, with dozens reaching Saint Perfection.

Another billion Low Grade Saint Crystals were invested.

This group of Heavenly Soldiers once again entered the Heavenly Pool to receive the baptism of the power of Heaven and Earth.

This wait lasted for a full ten hours. During this time, some Heavenly Soldiers who were close to their limit were moved out by Xu Qing.

But even so, the lowest achievement for these Heavenly Soldiers was Middle Stage Small Saint, reaching the standard of Fourth Grade Heavenly Soldiers. Furthermore, fifty-one Heavenly Soldiers achieved Third Grade Heavenly Soldiers, which meant the Great Saint Realm, with the strongest reaching Late Stage Great Saint.

It could be said that this army was enough to sweep ninety percent of Fourth Grade Holy Sects.

At this point, Xu Qing stopped. Although he was not short of Saint Crystals, the situation just now showed that even with a massive amount of energy stones, Heavenly Soldiers could not continuously increase their cultivation.

Heavenly Soldiers also had a load limit; they now needed time to temper their heart of the soldier.

The control of this Heavenly Soldier army was naturally in Xu Qing's hands. From now on, these thousand Heavenly Soldiers would become his private army. When he traveled, an army of Saint Monarchs and Quasi-Emperors, preceding and following him, would surely be majestic.

“That's right!”

Xu Qing thought of something and came outside the hall to materialize an item from the System space.

A colossal object materialized from the Void Realm.

“Roar!!!”

Boom boom boom!

Dragon roars reverberated through Heaven and Earth, followed by rumbling sounds like ten thousand horses galloping, and vaguely, ancient immortal music could be heard!

Then Xu Qing witnessed the most shocking scene of his life.

In the vast Heaven and Earth of the Ancient Time Land, nine ancient Divine Dragons of various colors crushed the Void Realm and soared across the sky.

These nine ancient Divine Dragons were immensely colossal, each over ten thousand zhang long, obscuring the sky and sun. They had four five-clawed feet, and their Dragon scales, like poured gold and jade, exuded an extremely noble Aura.

These Divine Dragons gave Xu Qing an extremely terrifying feeling.

Yet, such powerful existences were now bound by thick golden-jade chains, pulling an ancient war chariot that was luxurious, heavy, and engraved with the vicissitudes of time.

As this war chariot fully appeared between Heaven and Earth, a supreme ancient imperial might permeated the entire Heaven and Earth, as if an Emperor was overlooking the Nine Heavens.

【nine-dragon carriage: Eternal Dao weapon, full name Genesis nine-dragon carriage, one of the Innate Dao weapons born in the Eternal Realm during the Mythological Era, the companion object of Jun Tian, the First Heavenly Monarch of the Ancient Heavenly Court. After the Extinction Era, before Jun Tian's demise, he attached a trace of his Dao thought to the nine-dragon carriage, and then used supreme Daoist Magic to banish it to the depths of Chaos, never to be seen again.】

【The nine-dragon carriage is hailed as one of the ten Great Mythological offensive Dao weapons. The nine Dragons are Innate Divine Dragons, their Bloodline second only to Ancestral Dragons, and each is formed from the Genesis Origin, powerful enough to rival ***. The Dragon carriage is a supreme treasure born from the Great Dao of Time and Space. It can traverse time, sever Karma, banish beings outside of the world, and bury the common people of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.】

【Tens of millions of years of vastness, hundreds of millions of years of immortality, the nine-dragon carriage buries all living beings! The nine-dragon carriage is too powerful. There is a remnant of Jun Tian's Dao thought within its inner world. The System has sealed Jun Tian's Dao thought and the nine Dragon Dao consciousness. There are nine Seals on it, reducing the grade of the nine-dragon carriage to a Ninth Grade Quasi-Emperor weapon.】

【Although it is a Ninth Grade Quasi-Emperor weapon, the host can command the nine Dragons to battle. Each Genesis Divine Dragon is comparable to a Nine-Step Quasi-Emperor and can suppress an ordinary Great Emperor. Note: The host can lift the first Seal and activate the second stage of the nine-dragon carriage on the day he becomes an Emperor!】

“Tens of millions of years of vastness, hundreds of millions of years of immortality, the nine-dragon carriage buries all living beings!”

Xu Qing murmured this sentence, feeling its immense power!

He never expected this nine-dragon carriage to have such a background. The First Heaven of the Ancient Heavenly Court? Did this 'Heaven' refer to the Heavenly Emperor who dominated the center, or the actual Heaven?

He shook his head. These things were too far beyond him. In the introduction, the System deliberately omitted the Realm of the Genesis Divine Dragons when they were at their Peak, which indicated that he was not yet qualified to access that level of information.

He was open to advice, so he put away the nine-dragon carriage and began to consider his next plan.