NOVPUBChapter 1238: Chapter 990: Breaking Through 8 Layers of New Layered Heaven!_2 Chapter 1238: Chapter 990: Breaking Through 8 Layers of New Layered Heaven!_2 It was truly a moment’s difference that led to the loss of an enormous opportunity, and with it, their future and destiny diverged as vastly as the heavens and earth.
In another place, Emperor Proud, the ruler of the thirty-fifth layer of the Netherworld, also wore a bitter expression, filled with indescribable emotions such as loss. If Emperor Wu had missed a colossal opportunity, wasn’t he in the same boat?
Originally, he was somewhat unconvinced by the majesty of the Blood Emperor. The Blood Emperor’s past life had been as an Acquired Ghost Practitioner, and so had his. Step by step, he too had reached the Peak Saint King Realm at the pinnacle of the Netherworld, serving as the master of the thirty-fifth layer—his past achievements were not much less than that of his counterpart!
What differed, perhaps, were only those shattered New Layered Heavens, but wasn’t that precisely the reason for his discontent? In his view, it was very likely that the other had relied on a powerful magical treasure to breach so many layers of New Layered Heavens, like that Blood Sword treasure, perhaps?
Because he had broken through more New Layered Heavens, the other’s strength had become so formidable, his progress so swift!
And he, having only shattered one New Layered Heaven, had achieved so much. Could his talent possibly be inferior? Absolutely not! In fact, it could even be stronger than his rival’s!
He had harbored a breath of air in his chest, a desire to surpass the other.
But at this moment, that breath of air in his chest dissipated!
The gap was too great!
It really was too great!
Having once shattered the thirty-fifth layer of the Netherworld, he was acutely aware of the tremendous aid that the energy bestowed from the heavens and earth provides to a cultivator when they break through a New Layered Heaven.
Now, not only had the Blood Emperor consecutively shattered nine layers of New Layered Heavens, but he had also started to breach more of the layers—and not just one or two!
By the end of this episode, the Blood Emperor would have genuinely broken through over a dozen New Layered Heavens!
Then, what would come after? Would the Blood Emperor continue to shatter new layers of the heavens?
Emperor Proud shook his head inwardly.
He dared not think about it, nor compare himself anymore, let alone entertain the thought of surpassing the other.
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The fiftieth layer!
The fifty-first layer!
Within the spatial rift, Lin Yun felt a surge of emotions. Having broken through to the lower Divine Domain Realm and condensed nine golden lines of godhood, his strength had increased so much that he effortlessly shattered six layers of heavens without feeling too much pressure!
“However, now, a lot of the Origin Force of the Netherworld is beginning to merge with my power…” Lin Yun thought to himself afterward.
This realm’s Origin Force wielded tremendous power. He felt that the Power of Time did not have much of an effect on this force. Or perhaps it was because within the legal framework of the Netherworld, there already existed an overwhelmingly vast Power of Time?
In any case, even though he was madly driving the Power of Time within him, his power was ultimately starting to merge with the Netherworld’s Origin Force bestowed by the heavens and earth. Normally, this would not have happened so quickly, yet it did. 𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
Moreover, the speed of the merger was extremely fast, and he could clearly sense that the difficulty of breaching new layers of the Netherworld was increasing rapidly.
“Breaking through six layers of New Layered Heavens, the Origin Force descending from the Netherworld is too vast. Otherwise, the time and speed at which I’m merging with this Origin Force wouldn’t be so rapid…” Lin Yun reflected internally.
There was no way to resolve this situation.
As long as he continued to break through the New Layered Heavens of the Netherworld, the speed at which this difficulty increased would only become greater.
Breaking through six layers had already surpassed the number of layers he broke through last time.
And yet, breaking through these six layers was not his ultimate goal. His target this time was, in fact, to break through nine New Layered Heavens.
This was a matter of earth-shattering significance.
Even if he hadn’t refined the Origin Force of the Netherworld, the difference in difficulty between breaching the forty-sixth layer and the fifty-fourth layer was immense, to say nothing of the fact that Lin Yun’s body was merging rapidly with the Netherworld’s Origin Force.
He estimated that when he reached the fifty-fourth layer, the force required might exceed by a hundred times the force needed to break through the forty-sixth layer.
“The fifty-fourth layer… can I break through it…”
These thoughts flashed through Lin Yun’s mind as he looked ahead, his eyes gleaming with determination as he silently considered.
It wasn’t that he was too greedy, but that the section from the forty-sixth to the fifty-fourth layer formed a small whole. Breaking through continuously from the forty-sixth to the fifty-fourth layer constituted a much more significant difference than just breaking through six or seven, or even eight New Layered Heavens.
Furthermore, the Bloodslaughter Universe of the Spirit World had already been upgraded to a fifty-four-layered cosmic system. When he was condensing his Godhood, he realized the Origin Force of the Netherworld and the Spirit World interacted with each other, allowing him to condense the legendary perfect nine-lined Godhood.
However, he vaguely felt a slight disharmony between the Origin Forces of the two realms.
He suspected that it might have to do with the fact that he had only shattered up to the forty-fifth layer of the Netherworld, which was one small whole less than the Bloodslaughter Universe, now a fifty-four-layered system.
If he could break the Netherworld up to the fifty-fourth layer, perhaps a new transformation could occur—an intense premonition.
If he could not break the Netherworld all the way to the fifty-fourth layer in one go, he had no idea when it would next be possible to breach it to that level.
Netherworld, where the Divine Realm of the great world of spirits couldn’t enter, was a good thing and a significant safeguard, providing Lin Yun with an exceptionally safe and reassuring final stronghold.
However, Lin Yun did not wish to give up on the Bloodslaughter Universe of the great world of spirits either, as it was a universe capable of upgrading, eventually possibly becoming a universe within the eighty-one Layered Cosmic System of the spirit world.
The significance was extraordinary.
In the great world of spirits, undercurrents surged, and it was hard to say whether the departure of Zhong Stone would take away the attention of the Acquired Divine Race.
It was difficult to determine whether the Bloodslaughter Universe and his identity in the great world of spirits would once again be targeted.
Would the Bloodslaughter Universe face danger then?
If he upgraded the Bloodslaughter Universe to a sixty-three-layered or even a seventy-two-layered cosmic system, naturally, the Bloodslaughter Universe within the spirit universe would be even safer!
But at that time, when could the number of layers in the Netherworld be raised to coincide with that of the Bloodslaughter Universe?
Should he slow down the upgrade speed of the Bloodslaughter Universe to wait for the Netherworld?
That was unrealistic!
Therefore, no matter the circumstance, this time it was best for him to break the Netherworld up to the fifty-fourth layer!
“Just three more layers!”
“The fifty-second layer! Break for me!”
As Lin Yun contemplated these matters, his body had already arrived at the newly established New Layered Heaven and was roughly standing in a central location. He lifted the Blood Prison Sword in his hand and hacked down fiercely, bellowing,
“Boom!”
A large crack appeared on the spatial barrier of the fifty-first layer, but the new layer did not open completely.
Finally, Lin Yun did not break through to a new layer with a single strike.
This also meant that the difficulty Lin Yun faced in breaking through to new layers had finally reached a bottleneck.
Lin Yun had an expression of calm on his face, and his hands didn’t pause. Merely a fraction of a second later, he swung the second sword.
“Boom!”
Finally, after the second sword strike, the fifty-second layer broke open.
Whew!
Lin Yun instantly flashed into it.
He had not a moment to spare. Every second, every millisecond, the difficulty of breaking into a new layer increased significantly. He had to quickly break open the remaining two layers!
Only two more layers left!
“The fifty-third layer! Break, break, break!”
In an instant, Lin Yun rushed to the depths of the fifty-second layer and swung out his sword again.
“Pfft!”
A medium-sized spatial crack appeared, then began healing rapidly.
“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”
Two sword strikes! Three strikes! Four strikes! He swiftly followed with more strikes upon that spatial crack!
“Hum!”
At the same time, Lin Yun frantically urged the power of Time in his body, continuously applying it to the surrounding space, particularly to the spatial crack, hoping it would heal more slowly.
In the mental space within Lin Yun’s mind, a radiant Godhood hovered at the center, with its nine Golden Lines exuding a supreme nobility. The golden glow illuminated the entire space and also pulsed with power.
Five strikes! Ten strikes! Twenty strikes! Thirty strikes!
In less than a tenth of a second, Lin Yun unleashed dozens of strikes in succession!
“Boom!”
Finally, after the fiftieth strike, the spatial crack exploded with a roar, swiftly expanding in all directions.
The Netherworld, the fifty-third layer, broken!
