Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6100 Life and Death, Fortune and Misfortune

The spiritual qi here was dense enough that Long Zhantian and Luo Ningshuang could start recovering their core energy. In the Whale Necropolis, they had never been able to replenish it.

With Long Chen standing guard, they could fully focus on their recovery in peace.

Still, the commotion of their arrival drew in more and more devil creatures. These were far stronger than before, and even the weakest among them had reached the early Divine Emperor realm. Sovereign Lord-level devil creatures now appeared in the hundreds.

Fortunately, they were nothing more than food in front of Evilmoon.

With Evilmoon handling the defense, Long Chen sat cross-legged in the air and started to sense the spiritual qi of this world.

It was quite different from the spiritual qi of the nine heavens. It possessed an ancient, heavy aura—thick, enduring, and laced with unfamiliar laws.

Even more surprising to Long Chen was the complete absence of repulsion. It was as if this realm was completely different from the world of the nine heavens.

But if this was still the Whale Necropolis, then where was that legendary heaven whale corpse? Long Chen couldn’t help but wonder.

At this moment, Long Chen started testing out his eight gates. Ever since their awakening, he had felt something was off with how he activated them.

If his starry sea was a vast ocean dammed behind a wall, then the eight gates were the sluice locks. But what if he didn’t need to throw them wide open?

“Maybe I can just crack one open at a time…” he muttered to himself. If he could control the degree to which the gates opened, he could control the flow of power more precisely.

Within his Dantian, eight astral gates rose in the starry sea. Billions of stars revolved around them. At this moment, Long Chen was trying to harmonize his energy with that of the gates.

A moment later, he slapped his leg and cursed himself. “Am I an idiot? Just because all eight appear at once doesn’t mean I have to open them all!”

Yes, the eight gates had to appear together—there was no avoiding that. But he didn’t have to activate them all simultaneously.

Long Chen’s mind focused on the Death Gate. As soon as it responded, a violent tide of astral energy surged. Alarmed, he quickly shut it again.

The eight gates were Body, Life, Pain, Limit, Vision, Death, Terror, and Opening—three fortune gates, three misfortune gates, and two neutral gates.

The fortune gates were Opening, Body, and Life. The misfortune gates were Pain, Death, and Terror. The neutral ones were Limit and Vision.

Long Chen had not studied the eight gates in detail, but he did know the basics. If he were to activate a misfortune gate first, it would be a disaster.

Still, he was thrilled by this discovery. It meant he could open the gates one by one. The key now was the sequence.

Long Chen started “knocking” on the gates. He memorized their aura. Through repeated tests, he tried to find which gate seemed the friendliest.

As expected, the three fortune gates felt the least oppressive—especially the Opening Gate, which radiated the softest aura.

However, Long Chen didn’t dare to test it lightly. Last time, opening all eight gates at once had almost killed him, casting a large shadow on his heart.

In any case, there was no need to rush this just yet. Before risking another attempt, he needed to strengthen his physical body further. This wasn’t something he could play around with.

Perhaps his guts were bigger than the heavens when it came to other things, but there were differences between gambles and suicide.

While Long Chen quietly studied the mechanics of the eight gates, three days swiftly passed.

By then, the Lei family had completed their transformation. Their bodies gleamed, glowing with powerful runes of lightning and ice. It was so potent that Long Chen immediately awoke from his meditation.

It was his first time witnessing someone possess both lightning and ice energy in perfect harmony. It should have been impossible.

Even more astonishing, these Human Emperors now radiated such immense auras that it felt like they could challenge Sovereign Lords head-on. This level of power defied all logic.

Their thunderforce wasn’t the same as Lei Linger’s, but it still contained terrifying destructive potential. More importantly, it had become their core energy, completely integrated and controllable down to the finest strand.

Long Zhantian was the first to awaken. His aura was deeper and more refined than before. His Supreme Blood was now so perfectly hidden that even Long Chen could barely sense it.

Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh—his father was truly a monster. It was something he would probably never be able to achieve in this lifetime.

When Long Zhantian had first trained Long Chen, his hope was that one day, his son would learn to compress his power to the absolute limit—so he could unleash devastating force with minimal effort.

Master one thing, and from it, master ten thousand things.

Only now did Long Chen realize… that kind of mastery wasn’t something achievable through training alone. It required innate talent.

Long Chen was certainly gifted and relentless in his cultivation. But compared to Long Zhantian, he was far too unrestrained—too sharp and too wild.

As for Long Zhantian, his years of imprisonment had become a blessing in disguise. That time had tempered him. His mental realm had reached a state of near-perfection, and it was that foundation that allowed him to wield his Supreme Blood with such precision.

“Following you is a pain in the ass. I nearly died in this godforsaken place.”

A sudden grumble interrupted the silence—the Jewel Blood Devil had finally spoken.

It had truly suffered this time. Despite being a devil species from the primal chaos era with an undying body, even it had its cultivation stripped away here.

Now that it could finally breathe freely again, it immediately voiced its complaint. Having been beaten back by packs of devil creatures was an utter humiliation for a member of the Jewel Blood Devil race.

Long Zhantian only smiled and let it complain. He knew this arrogant creature had endured more than it let on.

Its core energy had been so badly depleted that it had been forced to shrink into a smaller form. It was a disgrace to a being of its status.

At this time, a silver-white dragon awoke. This was Luo Ningshuang’s mount—the Ice Frost Spirit Dragon.

Previously, it had exhausted its ice energy, forcing it to fight the devil creatures with purely the power of its physical body.

Now, it could finally recover. Runes flickered across its sleek body as a chilling aura steadily built around it. The dragon exuded the presence of an aloof, elegant queen.

Long Chen glanced between the Jewel Blood Devil and the Ice Frost Spirit Dragon. Both were stuck in the Human Emperor realm, and yet neither of them took human form.

Seeing his curiosity, Long Zhantian explained, “Jewel and Ice are both primal chaos species. They can resist the suppressive laws of the nine heavens, so they don’t need to transform. In fact, taking human form would only damage their innate divine runes. That’s why they remain as they are.”

“Little fellow, are you mad about how I beat you last time? Do you think your chance for revenge has come now that we’re both in the Human Emperor realm?” The Jewel Blood Devil smirked.

Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat. It was like this devil had read his mind.

He had been thinking of that just now.

However, it was his father’s contractual comrade, so Long Chen didn’t dare to be rude.

He humbly said, “Senior, how could I possibly think such a thing? I’m a very well-behaved person.”

Internally, however, he muttered, If we’re both in the same realm, there’s no way I’d lose to you.

After another day passed, everyone was ready to move out. The Lei family’s experts were now shockingly powerful.

“Wait a second…”

A chill crept up his spine. He realized something unbelievable—every single one of them was producing Sovereign qi.

How is that possible…? Don’t tell me…

His eyes widened as a terrifying thought surfaced.

Could this be… related to the heaven whale?!

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