Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie was truly speechless after hearing the Tomb Keeper's words.

He was very curious about what kind of person the Tomb Keeper was in life, as his thought process was really different from normal people, which was quite interesting.

However, what he was most interested in now was what was inside the big treasure chest of the ninth level, and what exactly the Tomb Keeper had hidden in the tenth level.

"I'm very sorry to tell you that the treasure you've hidden for countless ages is about to fall into my hands."

"You?" The Tomb Keeper was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Although your strength in the Supreme Sacred Realm has exceeded my understanding, it's a bit of an overestimation to say that. The guards inside the tenth level, although still at the peak of the Supreme Sacred Realm, you definitely have no hope."

"Could they be Hundred-Life Myths?"

Jun Wuxie probed, trying to get information from the Tomb Keeper.

"Don't try to trick me, but you can rest assured about this, they are not Hundred-Life Myths, they don't have a fixed talent growth intensity, but maintain the same talent growth intensity as the challenger entering the formation."

"I see..."

Jun Wuxie nodded, thinking to himself that if this was the case, then it wasn't hopeless.

Otherwise, if there were a large number of Hundred-Life Myths, and with the blessing of the formation, even using Lan Lan's divine ability would probably be very difficult, then there would really be no hope of passing the level.

He stopped talking, and let Mu Ciyin refine the God-Banned Fruit that the seventh level gave her, and let her take off the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor].

Now that he had not only collected all three types of Star Radiance Sun [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Stones], but also had enough of them, he could completely repair the armor and complete the ultimate forging.

He had been thinking that if the ninth level was too difficult, he could summon Lan Lan to control the situation with her divine ability.

But now he changed his mind.

Lan Lan's divine ability was too abnormal, he was afraid that after the Tomb Keeper saw it, he wouldn't let him enter the tenth level to challenge, or wouldn't let him summon Lan Lan in the tenth level.

Now he had to hide Lan Lan's divine ability and wait until the tenth level to talk about it.

Even if it required him to undergo ultimate sublimation, causing his origin to crack, he had to leave hope for that hidden final level.

He had a feeling that the treasure hidden by the Tomb Keeper in the hidden level was probably very amazing.

It wouldn't be a weapon or something like that, because if it were a weapon, he would definitely use it in the Doomsday Torrent.

If it was a resource, it probably wouldn't be a resource in the ordinary sense, otherwise, why wouldn't he refine it himself?

Therefore, that treasure was very likely something he couldn't use himself, but was regarded as a treasure by him. Thinking this way, it should be something that he couldn't use at his current realm.

What exactly could it be?

His heart was full of anticipation.

Mu Ciyin had already entered a state of cultivation, while Jun Wuxie released his blood energy to condense a forging platform, spread the sacred armor flat on it, condensed a blood energy hammer, took out the Radiance Stone, and began to repair the damage to the Moon part.

As the sound of hammering rang out, the moonlight overflowed here, filled with a dreamlike hazy light.

With each hammer strike, hitting the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Radiance Stone], it could hammer out pure Qiankun Moon Energy, which was then tempered into the sacred armor, causing those cracks to slowly repair.

This process was very slow, and with each hammer strike, Jun Wuxie was very careful and cautious, for fear of making the slightest mistake.

Two days later, after consuming more than a dozen [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Radiance Stones], the damage to the Moon part was finally repaired.

This [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor] also restored its damage reduction effect to fifty percent.

Next, he took out the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Sun Stone] and began to temper it with the same method, repairing the damage to the Sun part.

After another two days, this [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor] finally completed all the repairs and became intact.

Jun Wuxie rested for half an hour, then took out thirty [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Star Stones], [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Radiance Stones], and [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Sun Stones] each, and began the ultimate forging.

He used the special technique of the Ultimate Forging Chapter in the Qiankun Hundred Refinements General Outline to continue to integrate the energy of the Star, Radiance, and Sun Sacred Stones into the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor] in an energy-saturated state, making the Qiankun energy inside more refined and forged, and the structure of the sacred armor more resilient.

The Tomb Keeper's primordial spirit imprint watched him constantly waving the hammer with extremely skilled techniques, the entire process of ultimate forging was almost perfect, very smooth, and couldn't help but be surprised.

How many Qiankun battle armors had this young man ultimately forged before with such skillful techniques?

The sound of clanging continued to echo rhythmically in the heaven and earth of this area, and the starlight was brilliant.

As time went by, patterns of stars, one after another, appeared on the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor], like dazzling gems inlaid on it.

When it came to the Radiance-level forging stage, these stars turned into moons, making the light of the sacred armor become pure and hazy, adding a bit of mystery.

Day after day, the progress of ultimate forging had been maintained at a constant speed, until the seventh day, the energy of the last Sun Stone was integrated into the sacred armor.

The sacred armor burst out with incomparably brilliant light, the stars, moon, and sun shone together!

After completing the ultimate forging, the [World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor] floated in the air, surrounded by stars, crescent moons, and the great sun, which were all floating and sinking, with great visual impact.

Jun Wuxie wiped his sweat, put away the blood energy forging platform and hammer, spread his arms, and the sacred armor automatically flew over and covered his body.

The sun, moon, and star patterns on it flickered, and the hazy starlight flowed all over, condensing into a sun ring composed of ten great suns behind his head, like ten condensed real suns!

"It's been more than ten years since I've worn the Qiankun Armor, I'm almost forgetting this feeling..."

Jun Wuxie muttered to himself, wearing this armor, he remembered those glorious years in the Lower Realm, remembered the battle of the Doomsday Torrent, remembered many, many past events, remembered many old friends, those faces appeared in his mind.

Those past experiences seemed like just yesterday, so clear and vivid.

His thoughts came out of his memories, he looked at the Tomb Keeper's primordial spirit imprint and said, "Is there a Forbidden Refinement Chapter of Qiankun Hundred Refinements in the treasure chest of the ninth level?"

"Of course, as long as you can pass the level, you can get the Forbidden Refinement Chapter. With your comprehension and talent, plus your rich experience in Qiankun Hundred Refinements, I believe you will soon be able to understand the essentials and learn the Forbidden Refinement Method to forge the ultimate sacred armor!"

"If I put on the [Perfect World-Transcending · Qiankun Sacred Armor], do you think I have the confidence to break through the hidden tenth level?"

"Let's not talk about whether you have the conditions to open the hidden level, even if you successfully open the hidden level, wearing the ultimate sacred armor, you have no hope of passing the level. Never think about breaking through the hidden level with the help of external objects such as sacred armor or weapons, that is impossible.

Of course, you can also take it as if I am exaggerating, if you can really open the hidden level, go in and try it then you will know, but the price is that your life will end here."

"It's really so evil, it seems that your hidden level is the same as the person you were in life, a pervert among perverts."

Jun Wuxie joked, and then stopped asking these questions.

The next day, Mu Ciyin finally finished her cultivation.

This time, she used the God-Banned Fruit to finally step onto the Seventh Heaven of the Ten Directions Myth.

At this level, it is extremely difficult to improve further, because only God-Banned peerless sacred fruits are effective, such as the kind of fruits that Jun Wuxie refined twice before.

But the rarity of that kind of fruit is many times higher than these God-Banned fruits she used, it is difficult to find in all ages, and the quantity is extremely limited.

Or rather, other special peerless sacred treasures also have this effect, but the rarity is the same as God-Banned peerless sacred fruits.

How difficult it is to get such a fruit, it all depends on chance. If one's luck is not extremely prosperous, it is impossible to encounter it in this Upper Realm universe. Even if one encounters it, it is difficult to get it.

Just like the big treasure chests in the Despair Mode levels, there are various treasures inside, but they can only be obtained by breaking through the level.

"Let's go."

Jun Wuxie took Mu Ciyin and embarked on the journey to the ninth level.

The world of the ninth level is high and wide, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and picturesque scenery.

This is a very beautiful world, with gentle breezes, fresh air, and bright sunshine.

In the distant sky, there is a huge floating island. The island is very flat, and a floating bluestone staircase slopes upward, extending all the way from the ground to the floating island in the sky.

They came to the bottom of the bluestone staircase. The bluestone on the staircase was covered with moss, full of the dust of time, and sedimented with the mottled marks of time.

The bluestone staircase was very wide, several tens of meters, and each step was very high, requiring a jump to climb one step.

Following the staircase, they came to the front of the floating island.

In front of this floating island, there was a wide stone platform, covering an area of several tens of meters, which was very flat, and unlike the staircase, it was not covered with moss, but was very clean, spotless, and without any trace of time.

On the right side of the platform, near the edge, there was a bluestone ancient stele, about two meters high, with lines of ancient characters engraved on it.

They came to the front of the stone stele, and stared at the inscriptions on it, reading line by line.

The inscriptions on the bluestone ancient stele contained a very brief introduction about the Despair Mode ninth level, as well as reminders and warnings to the challengers.

This information was very useless. The introductions were as good as nothing, and never mentioned what kind of test the ninth level would face.

The only useful information was the last line of the stone stele, which mentioned the hidden level, and noted what conditions were needed to open the hidden level.

The condition was actually a time limit.

It was noted above that as long as one could pass the ninth level within one day and complete the challenge of this level, the hidden level could be successfully triggered, and a bronze gate leading to the world of the hidden level would appear.

Within a single day?

Knowing the tomb master's tendencies, Jun Wuxie knew that this ninth level would definitely be very time-consuming, perhaps similar to the "Infinite Resurrection" mode of the third level, only more difficult and complex.

At the very end of the inscription on the stone tablet, there was a line of small characters, which stated that once you entered the ninth level, you could not exit unless you died inside or cleared the level.

"How is it? Do you feel the immense pressure? The difficulty of this level is truly despairing. Your chances of clearing it are extremely small, and that's even assuming you have trump cards that I don't know about.

If you only have the strength you displayed in the previous eight levels, I advise you not to continue. Stop here, and leaving with your rich rewards would still be a worthwhile trip."

"Without the Qiankun Hundred Refinements Forbidden Refinement Chapter, are the exquisite, flawless, perfect quality sacred stones I obtained in the first eight levels just for decoration?"

Jun Wuxie certainly couldn't give up. Even if he couldn't clear the level within a day and couldn't trigger the hidden level, he had to at least clear the ninth level.

Moreover, he didn't think he had no chance of triggering the hidden level. If he summoned Lan Lan in the ninth level, it might become very simple.

However, if that were the case, given the tomb master's tendencies, he might go back on his word and not let him enter the hidden level, which was not impossible.

Therefore, he would temporarily reserve the decision to summon Lan Lan, unless he was truly in a desperate situation with no other options. Otherwise, the opportunity should be saved for the hidden level.

"You can collect those gemstones. Maybe you'll obtain the Forbidden Refinement Chapter elsewhere in the future?"

"How likely do you think that is?" Jun Wuxie retorted.

The tomb master's remnant soul said, "The probability is naturally extremely small, almost zero. This kind of inheritance is mostly unique."

"Then aren't you talking nonsense to me? To not take the Qiankun Hundred Refinements Forbidden Refinement Chapter right in front of me and wait for a vague, almost zero chance in the future."

While Jun Wuxie was talking with the tomb master's remnant soul, he was also observing the scene on this floating island.

The vast area on the floating island was empty. He couldn't even see any formation runes.

Even when he activated his composite pupils, he couldn't see them. Clearly, the formation runes were deliberately hidden by the tomb master back then.

This meant that without entering the formation, no information would be revealed to later challengers. He was too stingy. This kind of person should be hung up and whipped severely.

"It's hard to dissuade a ghost who's determined to die. Go ahead."

"You're the ghost who's determined to die! Why are you talking like that!"

Before Jun Wuxie could speak, Mu Ciyin stared at the tomb master's remnant soul with a frosty expression.

She felt that this guy was too annoying, creating such a perverted level and saying such unlucky things when Wuxie was about to challenge it.

"Master Ciyin, don't be angry. Believe that I can pass this level's challenge."

Jun Wuxie said with a smile, his expression very relaxed. Immediately, he activated the third major sublimation secret technique, triggering the Dou character诀 effect, blessed with several defensive divine abilities, and the Xing character 诀 runes bloomed under his feet.

With a clang, he summoned the Mad Blood Heavy Sword. Under Mu Ciyin's nervous gaze, he stepped into the floating island.

In an instant, the originally empty floating island quickly lit up with endless formation runes.

Jun Wuxie's pupils suddenly contracted.

At a glance, he saw the One Element Formation, the Two Elements Formation, the Heaven Earth Three Talents Formation, the Four Symbols Formation, the Five Elements Formation, the Six Harmonies Formation, the Seven Stars Formation, the Eight Trigrams Formation, and the Nine Palaces Formation!

It was actually the collection of all the formations from the entire level!

These formations evolved within the Nine Palaces Formation of the ninth level, and the aura they released was much stronger than the aura of the first eight levels.

The nine major formations were independent of each other, yet also interconnected and shared a common ground!

This meant that even if he faced any of the formations inside alone, its power would be much stronger than if those formations were taken out separately, not to mention the assistance and commonality of the other formations.

He had thought of many possibilities, but he never expected the ninth level to be arranged like this!

Rumble!

Under the evolution of the nine major formations, a vast world formed, boundless and endless. The entire world was in turmoil. Above the high sky, the universe pressed down, with condensed universes suppressing downwards. On the earth, torrents surged, and ground thorns shot out. From all sides, eight phases of the world crushed in…