Chapter 508: Chapter 43 True Monarch_2

A sovereign need not kneel.

“State Preceptor, you have worked hard, please sit down.”

The Emperor rose from behind his desk and joined Yun Shu at the tea table, taking a seat together.

“From a preliminary perspective, he indeed possesses the talent for cultivating magical arts, and with his remarkably strong spiritual power, if he were to switch to cultivating magic, his early progress would be quite smooth. As for how far he will ultimately go, I cannot say for certain. Additionally, I have detected that he has integrated an Implant related to magical arts,”

Yun Shu reported his findings.

“Oh?”

The Emperor turned to look at Yun Shu, “Does this mean that he has already begun the Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts?”

“Correct.”

“How far has he progressed?”

“I can only sense that the Implant he has incorporated is of the Wood Attribute. As for the extent of his progress, his spiritual power is too refined and actually conceals the magical aspect. Unless I forcefully apply a probing technique on him, it is difficult to determine.”

Yun Shu explained.

If it were someone else, he would have directly performed the search, but for an outstanding talent like Li Fei, methods should be as gentle as possible.

After all, this is a person valued by the Emperor.

“State Preceptor, what do you think of this young man?”

The Emperor inquired.

This question wasn’t truly asking Yun Shu’s opinion of Li Fei, but rather instructing Yun Shu to perform a divination on Li Fei.

Although Yun Shu wasn’t renowned for his divination skills, with his True Monarch cultivation level, even if it was only a secondary study, there would be few in the current era who could surpass him in this art.

Therefore, the Emperor asked Yun Shu to perform divination.

However, the secrets of fate are hard to predict, and even a True Monarch of the present age may not achieve accuracy in divination.

Moreover, someone like Li Fei, a child of fortune, would make it even harder to determine his destiny accurately.

Yun Shu fell silent for a moment, and a divine light flickered in his eyes.

A surge of true power flowed out from his body, dispersing into the heavens and earth!

After a while, Yun Shu’s gaze dimmed as he slowly spoke out the result of the divination:

“Safety and danger interchange; misfortune and fortune give birth to each other.”

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After leaving the Royal Book Collection Pavilion, Li Fei was led out of the Imperial Palace by a eunuch before heading to a courtyard within the Imperial City.

This courtyard was the same place where he had stayed the previous day.

“His Highness the Crown Prince said that it would be inconvenient for Master Li to leave the Imperial City late at night, so he arranged for you to stay here for the evening,”

the guiding eunuch said to Li Fei.

Li Fei nodded, “Please convey my thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Afterwards, he entered the courtyard and sat cross-legged in the room. He first took an Elixir he carried with him, causing his [Steel Armor] Implant, [Ghostly Foot] Implant, and [Flame Core] Implant to enter a state of Deep Sleep.

Apart from the harm caused by the Elixir, this state of Deep Sleep itself inflicted damage on both the body and the Implants.

Fortunately, this was all transferred away by the Myriad Blood Pearl.

Having done all this, Li Fei slowly converted his spiritual power into Void Thought.

Today, his spiritual power had increased significantly. Upon transforming into Void Thought, it too rose correspondingly.

Under the stimulus of Void Thought, the [Illusion Leaf] began to grow rapidly.

Initially at the early stage of Divine Transformation, he soon broke through to the middle stage!

Transitioning from the early stage to the middle stage of Innate Qi Change entails overcoming a mental barrier in order to transform Innate Qi into Force, an important threshold on the path of Martial Arts.

The way of Magic is equally critical from early to middle stage of Divine Transformation, requiring further refining of Void Thought to imprint magical sigils.

At the early stage of Divine Transformation, after converting spiritual power into Void Thought, one can cast magic without materials or instruments, but it still involves a process of casting spells.

Upon reaching the middle stage of Divine Transformation, with magical sigils inscribed in one’s Void Thought, it becomes possible to ‘instantly cast’ spells!

Li Fei’s spiritual power became more refined, much more condensed than before, and once it transformed into Void Thought, so did the Void Thought, allowing him to effortlessly break through this barrier of the Magic Dao and step into the middle stage of Divine Transformation.

Moreover, Li Fei felt that his current strength and density of Void Thought were sufficient for him to smoothly progress to the late stage of Divine Transformation!

After completing the Breakthrough, Li Fei reached for the Dream Command that he always kept concealed in his chest.

This Token possesses the effect of concealing fate, and as long as Li Fei carried it with him, he could concurrently shield his own fate, thus causing all divinations targeting him to become inaccurate.

Because the Dream Command is a True One Magical Artifact and was once the Lifebound Magical Treasure of a True Monarch, even a True Monarch’s divination would be influenced!

There are many ways to conceal fate, and given its unpredictability, Li Fei was not worried that someone would suspect the presence of a True One Magical Artifact on him just because their divinations were imprecise.

Moreover, since the Dream Command itself was in a state of ‘Deep Sleep,’ as long as Li Fei did not directly use the Token, even a True Monarch in his presence would not detect it.

This was why the Nightmare Sect had not been able to retrieve their lost treasure for so many years, and also why Li Fei dared to carry the Token with him at all times.

Now that he had achieved a Breakthrough to the middle stage of Divine Transformation, he planned to enter that Dream Realm once again.

Quickly, Li Fei’s mind stirred, and once again, he found himself amidst that mist.

He waved his sleeve, and the fog in front of him dispersed instantly.

The next second, he appeared inside that grand hall.

“This brother, here is this year’s Elixir.”

The unfathomable young Taoist emerged from behind the screen.

Li Fei looked at the young Taoist, his expression complex.

He had ‘died’ at the hands of this person countless times!

No matter what he tried, once he forced out that Tao Sword, the end result was always being slain by a single strike.

Although he hadn’t reached that level, Li Fei could not accurately judge, but he felt that the combat power of the young Taoist before him was probably even greater than that of Xu Jing, who had possessed three Divine Skills before his Breakthrough!

Nowadays, Li Fei’s combat power had further improved, yet he still didn’t have the confidence to defeat the opponent.

Fortunately, this was a Dream Realm, and the ways to overcome the opponent included strengthening oneself as well as weakening the opponent.

Li Fei stepped forward, charging at the young Taoist. The other party furrowed his brows slightly and looked at Li Fei with an authoritative gaze; a purple Thunder carrying an endless destructive aura materialized out of thin air and struck Li Fei.

Boom!

Li Fei, struck by the Thunder, was unscathed and successfully charged in front of the young Taoist.

His realm had broken through to the Mid Stage of Divine Transformation, and the “Dream Control Skill” had become even more powerful, significantly weakening the harm that the young Taoist in the Dream Realm could inflict on him.

The young Taoist saw that Li Fei was unharmed and frowned slightly.

The next second, Li Fei, who had already reached him, suddenly felt the distance between them infinitely stretched, as if separated by countless mountains.

Li Fei had long been familiar with such tactics; with a thought, he relied on the “Dream Control Skill” to once again break the opponent’s Magic, then struck at the young Taoist’s chest with his palm.

Bang!

The young Taoist’s body was covered in purple Thunder, appearing as if he was wearing an armor made of Thunder, dissipating Li Fei’s Hand Power entirely.

Not only that, the armor also generated a strong rebounding force, but Li Fei remained motionless.

A flash of light in the young Taoist’s hand materialized a Tao Sword.

Li Fei’s face showed a look of solemnity.

He had suffered too much at the hands of this Tao Sword!

The young Taoist swung the Tao Sword, casually slashing.

All Li Fei could see was the sword light that seemed to split heaven and earth!

This one strike cleaved the cosmos.

Then, amid a peal of Thunder, all things changed!

Annihilation and vitality, creation and destruction, were all contained within this single sword strike.

After the sword strike, Li Fei stood in place with a pale face.

Before the opponent had struck with the sword, he had fully activated the Void Thought, casting the “Dream Control Skill” with all his might to lessen the damage of this strike, further aided by the Myriad Blood Pearl.

He had finally not been directly slain by this sword.

“Hm?”

The young Taoist showed a look of surprise for the first time.

Li Fei seized the chance to unleash his Tao Power, a flash of light appearing on the young Taoist.

Then the second one, the third…

In an instant, an infinite brilliance burst forth from the young Taoist!

Meanwhile, Li Fei was still using the “Dream Control Skill” to greatly weaken the defensive power of the Thunder Armor on the opponent.

With this two-pronged approach, the Thunder Armor on the young Taoist finally shattered!

Li Fei’s palm imprinted on the young Taoist’s chest.

After so many exchanges in the Dream Realm, this was the first time he truly touched the opponent’s body.

But after the strike, there was no sense of reality, as if he had hit an illusion.

The next second, the illusion vanished, and the young Taoist was no longer in Li Fei’s sight.

He froze for a moment, then abruptly turned to look at the screen in front of him.

The screen burst apart with a loud crash, and an even taller figure appeared from behind it.

This person wore the Taoist robe of the Daluo Sect, his head was adorned with a Purple Gold Taoist Crown, his large sleeves fluttered, and he appeared to be around forty years old; his clear and leisurely visage held an indescribable aura of elegance and detachment from the world.

Staring at this face that seemed familiar, Li Fei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed in astonishment,

“Qingxu True Monarch?!”

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There will be another chapter around 12 o’clock.