Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor

Li Chen sat in quiet contemplation, his eyes closed, hands joined together in prayer. He embraced the principle of safeguarding the essence while focusing his mind as one.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, the slumbering Meteorite Heart began to gradually awaken. Spinning counterclockwise at a speed invisible to the naked eye, slowly rotating.

Until it formed a vortex like a star explosion in the vast universe, starting to frantically absorb the surrounding Spiritual Power.

The first pile of Spirit Stones was rapidly decreasing.

Soon, it was completely exhausted, followed by the second pile, the third pile, the fourth pile...

Seeing that this Meteorite Vortex had already devoured nearly ten piles, almost twenty million Spirit Stones, and still showed no signs of stopping, Li Chen began to feel a bit uneasy.

He had originally thought that stumbling upon a Nascent Soul Master's ancient cave would let him make a small fortune. But at this rate, it wouldn't be long before he was "back to square one overnight."

Li Chen's mind suddenly sparked with an idea, and he decisively threw in all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that were useless to him, as well as some semi-finished refining materials and pills, into the Meteorite Vortex for it to devour.

This Meteorite Vortex really accepted everything. No matter what you sent, it would eat it all up clean, just like a well-behaved child, never picky.

Just like that, when nearly everything in the cave was digested, the appetite of the Meteorite Vortex finally started to decrease, and its rotation gradually came to a standstill.

Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly circulated the Nine Heavens Star Technique.

The nine star points of the First Layer Heaven were completely lit up. The first star point of the Second Layer Heaven also flickered, its light vague and weak.

However, the Second Layer Heaven had a total of eighteen star points. And the energy needed to light each star point was several times that of the First Layer Heaven.

Li Chen estimated that the difficulty of lighting the eighteen star points of the Second Layer Heaven was at least ten times that of the nine star points of the First Layer Heaven.

Instantly, he felt an urge to cry but had no tears.

However, the advantages were also very clear.

At least now, after running the Nine Heavens Star Technique once, he no longer had to worry about draining his body and becoming completely depleted as before.

That is to say, if he maintained his peak state, Li Chen would have enough Spiritual Power in his body to use the Nine Heavens Star Technique twice.

If he further combined it with the Three Thousand Sword Spirit Formation led by the Seven-star Dragon Abyss, along with his Domineering Longevity Body, and the Nuclear Magnetic Laser Cannon seized from the Mayans.

As long as no Nascent Soul cultivator showed up, even against a Peak of Golden Core Late Stage expert, Li Chen would still have a certain chance to overcome the major gap and slay them.

In the mountains, no jiazi passes; as the cold ends, the years are unknown!

Time flies like an arrow; before he knew it, an entire month had slipped through Li Chen's fingers.

Seeing that the Spiritual Power in his body was already at its limit and could not absorb anymore, Li Chen reluctantly stopped and prepared to leave seclusion.

This time, the harvest was bountiful!

Not only did he obtain Master Sanchi's Three Thousand Sword Spirit Formation, established the foundation of the Domineering Longevity Body but also devoured the massive Spiritual Power stored in the Underground Palace, completely lighting up the nine star points of the First Layer Heaven.

The only slight regret was that most of the Spiritual Power was devoured by the Meteorite Heart to consolidate his True Yuan. His cultivation had not made further breakthroughs, and it still remained at the Peak of Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

This time it comes to an end, he would seek another opportunity to breakthrough next time!

With this thought, Li Chen slowly stood up.

However, he didn't leave right away but instead released his consciousness and meticulously searched the inside and outside of the Underground Palace twice more.

But the result was still the same, with not the slightest trace of the Qingzhou Tripod to be found.

Could it be that the Qingzhou Tripod had really developed an Artifact Spirit and wandered off on its own?

Li Chen muttered to himself and strode towards the exit of the Underground Palace.

Suddenly!

A gust of mountain wind brushed his face; the great temperature difference made Li Chen shiver involuntarily.

Li Chen glanced around sharply, his eyes narrowed, and he called out in a low voice, "Who's there, come out!"

Before his words hit the ground, he saw a slender figure of a woman, stepping lightly and walking out.

Seeing the newcomer, Li Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Fairy Ling?"

The woman was none other than Ling Shuanghua.

She had changed back into a set of orange clothes, elegant and transcendent, with an air of someone untainted by the world.

After leaving the Underground Palace, Ling Shuanghua did not leave immediately. Instead, she paced back and forth around the palace until now.

In fact, she was well aware that once Li Chen emerged from seclusion, she might have to suffer his "humiliation" again.

The best course of action would be to immediately return to her sect and seek help from her parents or her great-ancestor master to remove the prohibition of the Red Lotus Flame and free herself from the devil Li Chen's control.

But it was as if she was bewitched, wandering around Daqing Mountain and not showing any intention of leaving.

Moreover, Ling Shuanghua would visit the vicinity of the Underground Palace every day to see if Li Chen had come out.

She was the treasure of the Sect Master from Cloud Sea Sect, one of the Top Ten Heavenly Immortal Sects and a Heavenly Pride Girl with both beauty and talent, which were the best of the best.

Even Jian Wuheng, the third-generation Chief Disciple of Heavenly Sword Mountain, which was the top of the Top Ten Heavenly Immortal Sects, fell for her at first sight. He wished to marry her and become a Taoist couple.

That is to say, since childhood, she had always been pampered, treasured, and loved.

Everyone tried their best to please her, and whatever she wanted, she got.

The only exception was Li Chen!

Li Chen not only did not indulge her, but he also made various threats and "humiliations."

Each time after Li Chen's "humiliation," she felt a shame so intense she felt like dying immediately. But after this feeling of shame passed, she would have a strangely stimulating sensation. She even looked forward to his next even more outrageous "humiliation."

Ling Shuanghua would curse herself as cheap each time she recalled these feelings and even slapped herself twice.

But even so, she still couldn't bear to leave this place.

Also, since the Three-eyed Fire Ape King was slain, occasionally, other Demon Beasts would come by. She even worried that the careless intrusion of these beasts might disturb that rapist Li Chen's breakthrough.

Hence, whenever a Demon Beast approached, Ling Shuanghua would repel it with all her might. Replacing the Three-eyed Fire Ape King, she became the new Little Overlord here.

Last month, two Fourth-level Early Stage Demon Beasts came together, wanting to occupy this prime feng shui land.

Even a true Golden Core Expert, upon encountering Fourth-level Early Stage Demon Beasts, would have to avoid their sharp edges temporarily.

However, Ling Shuanghua still fought to the death, refusing to retreat. She even risked her precious body to exchange injuries with the rough-skinned beasts.

In the end, one Demon Beast died, and the other was injured, so they both retreated.

However, her shoulder was scratched by the claw of a beast. The wound was bloody and deep to the bone, still unhealed to this day.

Li Chen noticed the injury on Ling Shuanghua's shoulder, his brows slightly knitted, and he asked, "How did you get hurt?"