Chapter 439: Minor Completion Divine Palace Realm, Silver-Crested Venerable Realm, Mid-Grade Saint Physique

Across the ten fortresses—from south to north, east to west—

Any Demon Suppression Guard of sound mind who saw even a slight change on the Earth List was instantly numb.

Especially those who were already ranked on the Earth List—their hearts were more numb than numb itself.

It was like eating hotpot, singing songs… then suddenly getting overtaken out of nowhere.

First place became second, second became third.

Every single Demon Suppression Guard on the Earth List saw their rank drop by one.

Normally, that wouldn’t be a big deal.

But now, it was the end of the year.

And the end of the year meant bonus rewards from the Three Golden Rankings.

Visualization Diagrams!

The Human List number one gets a low-grade Heaven-rank Visualization Diagram.

The Earth List number one gets a mid-grade Heaven-rank Visualization Diagram.

The Heaven List number one gets a high-grade Heaven-rank Visualization Diagram.

The longer one holds first place, the better the Visualization Diagram.

Every ten years marked a tier.

For most Demon Suppression Guards, the Earth List’s number one reward was the best Visualization Diagram they had any hope of earning.

But now? It was all gone.

For Shi Wu, Heaven-rank Demon Suppression Guard of Blood God Fortress, it was equivalent to seeing nine years of effort maintaining first place on the Earth List flushed down the drain.

This year was supposed to be the tenth year.

He should have received a high-grade Heaven-rank Visualization Diagram to break through into the Dharma Aspect Realm!

The news of Shen Mo rising to Earth List number one soon swept through all ten Demon Suppression Fortresses like a storm.

Every Demon Suppression Guard was talking about this name.

At the same time, word spread that Xuanwu Fortress had held off the main offensives from the Fifth and Sixth Great True Demons—and even slain the Fifth Great True Demon.

Only then did people begin to understand—

It was Shen Mo who had built the eight Flame Flood Dragon Warships, the key to shifting the tide of battle.

The fall of the Fifth Great True Demon was at least fifty percent due to Shen Mo!

No wonder he earned so many battle merits.

No wonder he could dominate the Earth List!

Some even speculated that Shen Mo already had enough battle merits to enter the Heaven List.

But—he was still just a Yellow-Rank Demon Suppression Guard.

And one of the conditions for entering the Heaven List was holding the rank of “Demon Suppression General.”

For a time, Shen Mo became the hottest name among the ten fortresses, discussed by hundreds of thousands of Demon Suppression Guards.

Orders for the Flame Flood Dragon Warship flew toward Xuanwu Fortress like snowflakes in a blizzard.

Even Zhang Longxiang couldn’t stop grinning day and night.

…

One month later.

Xuanwu Fortress, Armory.

All the noise had nothing to do with Shen Mo.

He sat with his eyes closed, struggling to suppress the volcanic energy erupting inside his body.

His entire body had become like a blazing furnace, constantly refining spiritual treasures.

His Divine Palace, once an empty hall, now brimmed with intricate detail.

Carved beams and painted rafters, curved eaves, jewel-studded windows and mesh-paneled doors…

Deep within his flesh, the awakening of Giant Elephant Micro Particles surged at an astonishing pace.

Each day, thousands of them awakened.

If not for the isolating formation, his comrades in the armory would hear the roars of ancient giant elephants day and night.

Even someone like Li Heitan, who could sleep like a dead pig, wouldn’t be able to sleep through that.

Within Shen Mo’s soul, countless transformations were also underway.

His Taiyi Primordial Body was transitioning from a low-grade Saint Physique to a mid-grade Saint Physique.

What he never expected—

Was that all three breakthroughs would collide at once.

Minor completion of the Divine Palace Realm!

Silver-Crested Venerable Realm!

Mid-Grade Saint Physique!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Shen Mo could no longer suppress it.

A pillar of seven-colored light soared into the sky, enveloping the entire armory.

Spiritual energy and blood energy surged outward.

Within the pillar swirled all manner of strange forces.

At times, blazing waves of fire rolled out; at times, snowflakes drifted gently; sometimes there was surging water, other times crackling thunder; then gusts of fierce wind, and even sprouting seedlings growing with tenacious strength…

The seven-colored pillar shot straight toward the Dipper stars, soaring ten thousand zhang high and stretching a hundred zhang wide.

Such a pillar could be clearly seen by every Demon Suppression Guard in Xuanwu Fortress.

Even the mortals and cultivators in the city below—Xuanwu City, Xuanwu City Two, Xuanwu City Three, and other towns—could see it from afar.

Even the neighboring Tianjiang Fortress and Panlong Fortress had beastkin and flood dragons who noticed the rainbow beam.

This world-shaking anomaly instantly alarmed all the Demon Suppression Guards in the armory.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Wang Xing’an, Wu Zhanyun, Li Heitan—no matter what they were doing—gathered at once.

Their gazes instinctively turned toward the source of the pillar.

It was coming from Shen Mo’s residence!

Wang Xing’an exclaimed, “What kind of phenomenon is this?! I can feel actual power pouring out from Shen Mo’s room!”

Wu Zhanyun said gravely, “Feels like a physique breakthrough!”

Li Heitan spoke with envy, “Brother Shen is just too damn impressive!”

Whoosh—

Moments later, more figures flew over.

It was Commander Zhong Baisheng and several other leaders.

Zhong Baisheng asked, confused, “Old Wang, what’s going on?”

Wang Xing’an pointed at Shen Mo’s room. “Looks like he’s breaking through. I’m not sure what it is exactly, but it’s causing a massive stir.”

Zhong Baisheng’s face turned serious. “Shen Mo? This is huge—I’ll go inform General Zhang immediately!”

Just as he turned to leave, a familiar voice rang out.

“I’m already here.”

Zhang Longxiang descended gently.

Zhong Baisheng, Wang Xing’an, Wu Zhanyun, and the others all bowed respectfully.

The wounds on Zhang Longxiang’s body had mostly healed.

However, there were now faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

A few strands of silver hair had appeared at his temples.

He looked more like a middle-aged man who toiled in the fields every day—

Not the man who once deterred millions of demonkind as the lord of Xuanwu Fortress.

Zhang Longxiang gazed at the rainbow pillar piercing the sky and smiled from the heart.

Wang Xing’an cautiously asked, “General Zhang, what exactly is going on? A breakthrough in cultivation? A physique evolution? Or some great treasure emerging?”

Zhang Longxiang waved his hand. “Everyone disperse. It’s nothing major—just a breakthrough.”

“Shen Mo’s spiritual energy technique and blood energy technique advanced simultaneously. That’s what caused this overwhelming phenomenon.”

Only then did Zhong Baisheng and the others leave, though still half in doubt.

Zhang Longxiang, however, remained behind.

Once the others were gone, Wang Xing’an crept up to Zhang Longxiang and chuckled, “General Zhang, with your experience, you’ve definitely figured out the truth, right?”

Zhang Longxiang smiled faintly and replied in a whisper only the two could hear, “It’s a Saint Physique breakthrough. If nothing goes wrong, he’s advancing from low-grade Saint Physique to mid-grade Saint Physique.”

“Also, both his spiritual and blood cultivation realms are ascending.”

“The fusion of all three—that’s what triggered this phenomenon.”

“And even this is being suppressed by the demonic energy around the Demon Suppression Sea.”

“If this had happened on the mainland, that pillar of light would have reached fifty thousand zhang.”

Wang Xing’an’s eyes widened. It took him a long moment to choke out one word: “Damn…”

“He’s insane. This kid is way too freakin’ insane!”

“He hasn’t even been in Xuanwu Fortress that long, and yet both his realms improved, and even his physique advanced.”

Wang Xing’an smacked his lips.

Zhang Longxiang sighed softly. “A Saint Physique… Among all ten fortresses, there are probably only a hundred people with such a body. Shen Mo now has an eighty percent chance of reaching the Dharma Aspect Realm.”

“You’d best protect him well. Right now, I’m afraid Shen Mo is already high on the demonkind’s kill list.”

Wang Xing’an nodded solemnly.

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