Chapter 242.1: Lu Changsheng Enters the Divine Region; Slaying Villains in the Name of the Evil God! (I)

In the main hall of the Azure Mountain Sacred Land, the gazes of every supreme Martial Saint were fixed on Lu Changsheng. Their eyes could pick upon the momentum of the masses converging upon him; there were three streams. One of them was so faint it could essentially be ignored. The other two had to be the momentum of the masses of the Azure Mountain Sacred Land and the Heavenly River Sacred Land.

"It's starting."

"The third wave of momentum of the masses..."

Everyone felt that a third wave of momentum was surging into Lu Changsheng.

Setting aside that of Lu Changsheng's own Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect, this was indeed the third. As for the Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect's momentum of the masses, the Martial Saints of the sacred lands had all but disregarded it.

Whoosh!

The third wave of momentum settled into Lu Changsheng, and he distinctly felt his Saint Body tremble. But that was all. Three kinds were not yet enough to shake his Saint Body. Still, he was just getting started.

Next came the fourth, then the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth...

One stream of momentum after another flowed into Lu Changsheng; it felt like mountains pressing down upon him.

The elders and sect masters in the hall stared at Lu Changsheng with tense expressions, feeling the pressure themselves. Some Martial Saints even gasped.

"Eight types of momentum already. Looks like his Saint Body is under enormous pressure. Can he hold out?"

"With eight kinds layered onto a Saint Body, the aura alone is enough to chill your blood frozen. I can't imagine withstanding so much momentum. My Saint Body would probably collapse in an instant."

"Eight different kinds of momentum of the masses, each from a sacred land. And it's still not over. There are two more sacred lands. If ten kinds of momentum don't end up crushing Lu Changsheng's Saint Body, then he really has a good chance of entering the Divine Region and obtaining a deity fragment."

The Martial Saints were watching Lu Changsheng without blinking.

Buzz...

Soon the ninth type of momentum settled onto Lu Changsheng, and his Primordial Chaos Saint Body immediately sank beneath the weight. It looked like Lu Changsheng was finally reaching his limit, the immense pressure threatening to crush his Saint Body.

Again.

Of course, Lu Changsheng had no intention of giving up just like that. He could feel that his Primordial Chaos Saint Body was under a great strain, but it was still far from being crushed, and at last the tenth momentum of the masses settled onto him as well.

Krrrr...

His Saint Body shuddered once more. Ten kinds of momentum now bore down upon him, vast and mighty as a range of great mountains, pressing down with crushing force.

However, Lu Changsheng felt nothing but exhilaration as he furiously pushed his Saint Body to its utmost limit. With each passing moment of refining the vast quantities of momentum of the masses, he could feel his Primordial Chaos Saint Body advancing.

At this rate, ten days or so will add one percent of progress to my Primordial Chaos Saint Body. A month would be three percent, a year thirty-six. Which means that in a little over two years, my Primordial Chaos Saint Body can reach one hundred percent and Perfection.

Multiple thoughts flashed through Lu Changsheng's mind. The idea of the Primordial Chaos Saint Body being pushed to Perfection in under three years was nothing short of absurd—but for Lu Changsheng, it was a real possibility. No one out there would even attempt to absorb the momentum of the masses from ten sacred lands, let alone withstand that.

Lu Changsheng, however, had withstood it. And as they realized that, the Martial Saints stared at him wide-eyed.

"He did it...? He actually withstood all that momentum?"

"The momentum of ten different sacred lands... Truly unbelievable."

"The momentum of the masses of ten sacred lands is overwhelmingly powerful, and each strand conflicts with the others. To bear it all should have been a pipe dream. Who would have thought Lu Changsheng could really do it? His Saint Body is simply unfathomable."

"There really is hope for a deity fragment."

For a moment, these people were both shocked and full of anticipation, counting on Lu Changsheng to truly seize deity fragments from the Divine Region, because once they obtained deity fragments, they, who were supreme Martial Saints, would have hope of becoming Earthly Saints.

After all, the sacred lands held no shortage of supreme Human Saints, some already at Saint Body Perfection, and it was only for lack of deity fragments that they could not take the further step. As for venturing into the Divine Region themselves, that was scarcely different from digging their own graves.

Now, though, they had a sliver of a chance, for if Lu Changsheng could seize a deity fragment, they would have the opportunity to compete for one within their own sacred lands.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, when do you intend to set out for the Divine Region?" Sect Master Xu suddenly asked.

Lu Changsheng raised his head and looked at Sect Master Xu, withdrew his Saint Body, and then rose to his feet.

Rumble.

Rising after absorbing all that momentum was like rising with ten primordial divine mountains on one's shoulders, yet Lu Changsheng rose, his movements not hindered in the least.

As time went on, his Primordial Chaos Saint Body would slowly strengthen, and the oppressive weight of ten sacred lands' momentum of the masses would gradually lessen.

"I can set out for the Divine Region at any time. Before that, though, shouldn't you help out with something?"

Lu Changsheng's gaze swept over them one by one. "At the very least, you ought to give me the intelligence you have on the Divine Region. Each of the great sacred lands must have some kind of information. The more I know, the faster I'll be able to obtain a deity fragment..."

"Intelligence..."

Understanding dawned on the numerous Martial Saints. Intelligence on the Divine Region was in fact a closely guarded secret of each sacred land, gathered by various Martial Saints at the risk of their lives and accumulated over long years into some understanding of the actual conditions within.

Such top secrets could never be exchanged between sacred lands, for the sacred lands were hardly one harmonious family; in truth, most of them were locked in some kind of conflict.

However, Lu Changsheng going on a mission in the Divine Region changed everything.

"Rest assured, Saint Lu. We will certainly share intelligence with you. We only ask that you don't pass it onto outsiders," said a Martial Saint.

"I shall keep it to myself." Lu Changsheng nodded, having a fair idea of what these sacred land Martial Saints were guarding against.

And so they sent word to their own sect masters, ordering that the Divine Region intelligence be delivered to the Azure Mountain Sacred Land and handed to him in person.

That would take some time, and Lu Changsheng was in no hurry. He simply took up residence in the Azure Mountain Sacred Land and turned his Saint Body at full power, refining the ten kinds of momentum of the masses upon him.

One month passed, then two months, three months...

As time passed, Lu Changsheng's Primordial Chaos Saint Body grew stronger and stronger, until even with ten kinds of momentum layered upon him, his ability to unleash his Saint Body was entirely unaffected.

After three months, he finally received ten reports concerning the Divine Region, the intelligence of ten sacred lands accumulated over thousands and even tens of thousands of years.

He read through them one by one, then slowly ordered them in his mind, and having done so he had a general grasp of the Divine Region. Though he had never set foot there, the intelligence from the sacred lands gave him a rough idea about the conditions there.

The Divine Region was like a vast continent, and within it were humans, demons, and deities, with the deities holding the dominant position. Any martial artist or immortal cultivator who was discovered there would be hunted and slain by them without end.

So to seize a deity fragment, one had to be quick and flee the moment it was obtained, because to be discovered by a more powerful deity meant certain death.