Shocking World War Emperor

"Ladies and gentlemen, there's no need for such formalities."

Ling Chen said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone straightened up respectfully.

"Our aim in establishing the Four Domains Alliance is to support and watch over each other. Therefore, I do not wish to see any infighting amongst the members of the alliance. Whatever grudges you may have had in the past, set them aside until after the end of the Qing Province's gathering of outstanding youths."

Ling Chen's expression was solemn.

"Yes, Alliance Hierarch!"

The crowd immediately responded.

"Hm."

Ling Chen nodded and continued, "I want to emphasize one more point, any alliance member targeted by another prodigy should come to me, and I will seek justice for everyone. However, if anyone incites trouble themselves and uses the alliance for personal gain, they cannot blame me for being ruthless."

The alliance was formed to stand against the Northern Domain.

Not to take the blame for others.

"Understood!"

The crowd responded.

"I won't say much more."

Ling Chen looked at the cultivators from the southwest domains, saying, "You've just arrived and must be tired; go back to the estate to rest."

Then, everyone returned to the residence below.

Ling Chen instructed his people to make arrangements for everyone.

"Alliance Hierarch!"

Liu Ruyun, Jiang Xiaoman, Ouyang Jie, and Qin Wufa came over.

"Is there something on your mind?"

Ling Chen inquired.

Liu Ruyun said, "Alliance Hierarch, we know that you have mastered the Sword Dao, could you possibly give us some guidance?"

The four of them had each grasped the Martial Arts Realm of the sixth level.

They were currently stuck on merging the realm with the Dao.

With Ling Chen's guidance, their path of integration might become simpler.

"That shouldn't be a problem."

Ling Chen said with a smile, "However, I have mastered the Sword Dao and am not familiar with other Martial Arts Realms."

Among the four, Qin Wufa and Liu Ruyun cultivated Sword Intent, while Ouyang Jie practiced Spear Intent.

As for Jiang Xiaoman, Ling Chen was not sure.

After all, the girl had not made a move.

"That's alright."

Ouyang Jie said with a smile, "It's already great that you can give us guidance. The process of integrating various Martial Arts Realms with the Dao is quite similar; even if we don't practice the Sword Dao, we should be able to gain some insights."

"Alright, then I will elaborate on the process of how I integrated the Sword Dao!"

Ling Chen said with a smile.

He then proceeded to discuss his own integration process.

After that, he gave his opinion on each person's questions.

Fearful of affecting their cultivation.

There are some things he also only understood superficially but not in depth.

Therefore, there was no need to play the role of a mentor too eagerly.

Hearing Ling Chen's explanations, the four of them gained some insights into the 'Dao' to varying degrees.

"Thank you, Alliance Hierarch!"

Everyone departed with joy on their faces.

"Alright, just call me by my name!"

Ling Chen said.

He always found the title of Alliance Hierarch rather awkward.

"Alright, Young Master Ling!"

The four of them changed their address.

In the following days, most of the time was spent cultivating within the estate.

There was still one year and two months left before the start of the Qing Province's gathering of outstanding youths.

The crowd was not in a hurry to proceed to Qing City.

Moreover, Netherworld Capital is one of the weaker cities among the twelve cities in the Northern Domain.

They were quite safe here and would not be targeted by the proud youths of the Northern Domain.

During this period, Xiao Qing was almost always out of sight.

Later, Ling Chen discovered that this rascal was hanging around with people from the southwest domains all day.

With Young Master Ling's identity as the Alliance Hierarch and its own status as an Immortal Beast, Cultivators from the southwest regions showed utmost respect toward Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing also managed to obtain quite a number of Immortal Grass Spiritual Fruits that are produced only in the southwest regions.

Even the Heavenly Devouring Python and Skylark were utterly obedient to Xiao Qing.

Just like two little followers behind Xiao Qing.

Skylark is Jiang Xiaoman's spirit beast.

And like the Heavenly Devouring Python, it is also a top-tier spirit beast.

Xiao Qing was absolutely bursting with pride, full of spirit, advising on strategies and tactics with great fervor!

Every day, it would lead the Heavenly Devouring Python and Skylark to roam about mischievously.

Even Liu Ruyun and Jiang Xiaoman had complained to Ling Chen multiple times, saying that the Heavenly Devouring Python and Skylark were led astray by Xiao Qing.

Ling Chen could only apologize.

Sometimes, they even mysteriously brought back a large number of Spirit Fruits.

Ling Chen could only tidy up after these three troublemakers.

Fortunately, Ling Chen's wealth was now astounding. Since these three creatures were only interested in delicacies, these things scarcely cost much.

As a result, Ling Chen became well acquainted with some of the forces in Nether City.

Some minor powers, upon learning that Ling Chen was a genius participating in the Qing Province's Young Elites Ranking, even went out of their way to collect some Spirit Fruits to present to him.

Quickly, another half month passed by.

During this time, Ling Chen was not idle.

His Spiritual Power Cultivation had not improved much, but his Divine Soul Cultivation had made considerable progress.

Although he had not broken through to the later stages of the King Realm.

He finally refined the Red Lotus Karma Fire in his Sea of Consciousness.

Previously, he had to envelop the Red Lotus Karma Fire with Spiritual Power.

But from now on, the Red Lotus Karma Fire had merged into his Divine Soul.

At all times, it aided him in tempering his Divine Soul.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire possesses immense destructive power against the Divine Soul.

However, over time, his Divine Soul had become suffused with the essence of the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

His Divine Soul Telekinesis increasingly resembled the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

Then, using a Secret Technique, Ling Chen managed just barely to refine the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

Even without active Cultivation, his Divine Soul Cultivation was slowly improving.

Another month went by.

"Boom!"

The small figure within Ling Chen's Sea of Consciousness shook.

"Late stage of the King Realm!"

Ling Chen opened his eyes, and it seemed as if two red lotuses appeared within his pupils.

His Divine Soul had advanced to the late stages of the King Realm. Coupled with the enhancement from the Sunlight Holy Body, Ling Chen's Divine Soul Cultivation was now on par with the initial stages of the Emperor Realm.

"Let's try it out!"

With a single thought from Ling Chen, a stream of Spiritual Power merged with a strand of Divine Soul Telekinesis.

In this fusion, Spiritual Power was the primary force, with Telekinesis as a supplementary force.

Ling Chen sensed it briefly and laughed, "This merged Spiritual Power has the might to surpass a latter-stage seven-star Emperor!"

Now his cultivation can be compared to a mid-stage six-star Emperor, but his merged Spiritual Power is comparable to a peak of seven stars, even approaching the early stages of eight stars, which means it had elevated by a whole rank and a half.

"Let's try merging the Divine Soul Telekinesis now."

Ling Chen spoke quite satisfactorily.

Soon, Ling Chen came to a conclusion.

The merged Divine Soul Telekinesis was close to that of a mid-tier Emperor Domain Divine Thought Master.

With the addition of the Red Lotus Karma Fire and the Sunlight Seal, he was formidable enough to threaten cultivators with a True Cultivation at the fourth intermediary layer of the World Realm.

This was still due to the significant gap between the Emperor and King realms.

Otherwise, Ling Chen's Divine Soul Attack would be even more terrifying.

In other words, relying solely on his Divine Soul Telekinesis, Ling Chen was capable of defeating prodigies in the mid-stage of the six-star level.

For those at the early stage of six stars or below, it would be a one-hit kill.

In the following few days, Ling Chen went into seclusion to refine Green Lotus Sword Qi and prepare some merged Divine Soul Telekinesis.

It was slightly regrettable that the merged Divine Soul Telekinesis could not be stored in abundance.

This was still the case even with the assistance of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, which substantially increased his Divine Soul control capabilities.

However, he wasn't too concerned about it.

When needed, he could merge them on the spot, which wouldn't take too much time.

Moreover, his primary combat strength was still centered on his Spiritual Power.