Chapter 665 - 654: Great Divine Official

In an instant, Iron Refining Hand reached full level.

Ding Ling mastered all the esoteric truths and essence of Iron Refining Hand.

This form of martial arts is indeed extraordinary.

It is divided into five layers: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

When cultivated to the final layer, one can meld metal and iron with bare hands into different weapons, truly a top-tier ’skill’!

For ordinary people to cultivate this martial art, they must endure the pain of blazing fire burning their heart, and must first forge their heart; only by forging the heart can they avoid the torment of being destroyed by flames!

Yet Ding Ling instantly reached full level in this skill.

He directly bypassed this painful cultivation process and achieved the most perfect Ruyi Realm.

With open hands, he could emit an extremely scorching temperature, so high that melting metal and iron was as easy as pie!

It was this high-temperature flame that allowed the metal and iron to be melted into different weapons.

After watching Iron Refining Hand.

Ding Ling began to look at other martial arts.

These martial arts were extraordinary.

Almost all were first-class or higher secret manuals!

It was obvious.

Emperor Shitian didn’t bother with those below first-class secret manuals and didn’t collect them in this Void Sacred Realm.

Ding Ling read quickly.

One martial art after another reached full level in his hands.

There weren’t many secret manuals here, just a few hundred.

Ding Ling read swiftly, completing them quickly.

All reached full level.

Because Ding Ling’s power had reached the Middle Stage of Shattering Realm, his body refining cultivation was increasingly terrifying.

Making even first-class secret manuals that could only be cultivated to the Innate Realm useless to him; they could only enhance his foundation.

Only secret manuals cultivated to Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, or even Shattering Levels could significantly boost his attribute points.

As for such secret manuals.

There were only a few dozen.

Because secret manuals cultivated to Grandmaster level had very small growth increments, the final attribute point increase was:

[Strength +3.5]

[Agility +3.9]

[Endurance +3.8]

After reading all the secret manuals and consuming all the great medicine here.

Ding Ling walked to the next room.

It contained some medicinal wine.

Ding Ling opened and drank a bottle, it was highly toxic.

But he was not afraid.

He was immune to all poisons.

How could mere poison harm him?

He drank hundreds of jars of medicinal wine in one go.

The hunger caused by the greatly increased attribute points disappeared once more.

After drinking, Ding Ling left the room and chose to continue onward.

The internal space of this Void Sacred Realm was intricate and complex.

Resembling a small maze.

The secret manuals, medicinal wine, and great medicine placed at the entrance could only be considered appetizers.

The deeper he went.

The higher the treasures and great medicine he saw.

"Emperor Shitian doesn’t seem to be here."

Wuming watched the secret manual of Iron Refining Hand, and after reading it, he couldn’t help but gasp. Such a secret manual was too hard to cultivate, requiring too much suffering; it was not suitable for him to train.

Yet Ding Ling could reach Great Perfection in such a secret manual instantly; it was unfathomable to Wuming. Didn’t he need to forge his heart either?!

Although waves were surging in his heart, after following Ding Ling for a while and not finding the key figure here, he couldn’t help but say:

"It seems the Great Demon has escaped."

He looked toward Mingyue.

Mingyue looked confused:

"After taking the beast medicine you mentioned, my mind was dazed, seemingly completely out of self-control. Memories of that time seem to not exist as well."

She lacked keen insight and didn’t notice Ding Ling instantly mastering various divine skill secret manuals, but the fact that Ding Ling took medicine and drank medicinal wine without batting an eyelid, consuming so much without any issue, left her in awe of him as a celestial being.

She thought to herself, worthy of being the Venerable Lord! Truly too powerful!

Bang, bang!

Just as Ding Ling and his group reached a room’s entrance, two figures suddenly sprang out one after another and crashed into the stone wall beside them. With a clanging sound that passed everyone’s ears, upon looking again, the two figures vanished into thin air.

"Who are they?!"

Bai Suzhen couldn’t help but shout.

Their speed was too fast.

And their aura was grand and boundless, like deities descending to survey the world! It was simply overpoweringly majestic!

From their aura, it could be judged that the person must be extremely magnificent and domineering!

"I recognize one of them; it should be the Divine Official."

Divine Calculator quickly stepped forward and looked inside the icehouse, seeing it in utter disarray; the weapon racks and bookshelves holding secret manuals were all overturned, causing his expression to change slightly as he said:

"We’ve almost reached the very center of this Void Sacred Realm! Emperor Shitian’s good stuff must be stored around here. The Divine Official might have taken the stuff with someone else just now."

"Divine Official?"

Ding Ling looked askance.

"Indeed."

Divine Calculator said solemnly:

"There are five Divine Officials in the Celestial Sect! Officially, only one Divine Official is said to be responsible for collecting martial arts secret manuals and rare treasures for Emperor Shitian! But that’s not true; there are actually five Divine Officials collecting martial arts secret manuals and rare treasures. They wear the same attire, wear masks, and their manner of speaking and martial arts are identical, which is why people in the Celestial Sect mistakenly think there’s only one Divine Official."

"How do you know there are five?"

Mingyue asked curiously.

"I met the Great Divine Official."

Divine Calculator’s expression was momentarily dazed but quickly regained focus as he said:

"The Great Divine Official is the strongest among the five. Only Emperor Shitian can hold her down. But she doesn’t show off or reveal herself and is extremely low-key. Only through my proficiency in divination skills, risking celestial punishment, was I able to discern her details in close proximity. Once she knew she couldn’t hide from me, we became friends.

Thus, I learned that the five Divine Officials are all orphans and were nurtured by Emperor Shitian since a very young age as ’tools’!

Each of them is prodigiously talented.

The Great Divine Official has lived the longest, over two hundred years. But she must follow Emperor Shitian’s orders because without being infused with his Holy Heart True Qi and given Longevity Pills, she wouldn’t live long.

She desperately wants to change this situation, as she doesn’t want to be a tool, but unfortunately, she struggled to succeed.

And now, she might have seen that Emperor Shitian’s days are numbered and chose to take a risky gamble. It seemed that one of the people I saw just now was her."

"Oh?"

Ding Ling glanced sideways:

"If Emperor Shitian left, how could he not take the five Divine Officials with him?"

"Mythical beasts also need someone to control them. And perhaps Emperor Shitian has passed on the technique to control the beasts to the Divine Official, letting her stop you, my lord."

Divine Calculator said:

"Yet Emperor Shitian could never have imagined that even the six top mythical beasts he painstakingly trained couldn’t withstand a single casual strike from you!

To know, after six Grandmasters consumed beast medicine, they all had Shattering Level combat power. Even one casually dispatched could sweep the entire Jianghu!

A full six, plus five Divine Officials assisting from behind, should have been able to hold you back at least somewhat. Alas, even the six top mythical beasts were not up to the task!

The Great Divine Official apparently realized this too, which is why she opted to enter this Void Sacred Realm to seize some treasures and secret manuals."