Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

The outside world was in chaos. No one could understand what Long Chen was doing. If everyone did what he did, wouldn’t the outsider devils have direct access into the hearts of all the major factions?

Of course, Long Chen had his supporters. They believed that there was some kind of deeper meaning behind this action. They still trusted him. In fact, some people even thought of the original devil race—the race that the Star Master had personally welcomed, and upon whom he had bestowed a divine seal.

There were rumors that the Star Master had also been condemned by countless people due to this decision. But the Star Master stuck to his decision and took in the original devil race. He had absolute trust in them. Afterwards, the Star Master died, and the matter of the original devil race became a reason for countless people to criticize him. With various people intentionally twisting the truth, the original devil race that once fought for the nine heavens became the target of countless people.

Now that the great era had come, all kinds of living fossils were coming out of hibernation. The history that had been buried was gradually revealed once more. However, proportionally, there weren’t that many people who trusted Long Chen. Let alone the entire nine heavens, even just the human race alone had many enemies of his.

That was because the number one human force in the nine heavens was the Brahma line, and the majority of the human race’s sects and clans had ties to the Brahma line.

“History really does replay itself!”

Somewhere in a sacred palace, Lord Brahma was staring at the report in his hand. He let out a long sigh and closed his eyes, seemingly lost in memories of old.

Standing beside him was a white-robed man. He didn’t dare to make a sound, lest he interrupt Lord Brahma’s thinking. If Long Chen were here, he would definitely be shocked. This white-robed man was Bai Ze, and he now possessed an aura of being one with the world’s Grand Dao—an aura unique to Heavenly Sovereigns! He had managed to successfully take this step!

After a long time, Lord Brahma opened his eyes and said, “How have the others responded?”

Bai Ze said, “Only some third-rate people are making noise about it. The major forces are all silent. They’re not even the ones pushing the third-rate forces to act. If you ask me, they’re just watching. Perhaps they believe that Long Chen is scheming against them. Perhaps they’re right.”

Lord Brahma nodded. “The board of the nine heavens has been set for a long time. There aren’t that many chances left for this world. But I have to say, that child is truly extraordinary. He is throwing this world into chaos just to seize a chance. He openly brought the Earth Barbarians to the High Firmament Academy and he showed that he had the power to find the outsider devils’ shadow pawns. In that case, whoever reacts the harshest to his actions will be revealing themselves as the enemy. If my guess is correct, Long Chen is already compiling a list of them to kill. The ones hiding behind the scenes definitely won’t be so foolish as to reveal themselves now.”

“You mean that this matter will calm down without much ado?” asked Bai Ze.

Lord Brahma shook his head. “Of course not. They will only add fuel to the fire when needed and make sure Long Chen cooks on top of it.”

“How will they do that?” asked Bai Ze.

“They will have people disguise themselves as Earth Barbarians and have them kill some humans. Then they will place the blame on Long Chen.”

Bai Ze’s eyes lit up. “That’s perfect. Then no matter what Long Chen does, he won’t be able to escape suspicion. The moment Long Chen is sucked into this trap of having to prove himself, he will be stuck and will never be able to free himself. His reputation in the human race will also plummet.”

“Yes, it does sound perfect. But do you think that someone like Long Chen will fail to think of this possibility?”

“Well...”

Bai Ze fell silent. He had investigated Long Chen already. He was the most unpredictable person in the history of unpredictable people. Sometimes, he was as smart as a demon, and sometimes as dumb as a donkey.

If something touched his bottom line, he would throw away his rationality in the blink of an eye. But while he was clear-headed, there was definitely deeper meaning behind his actions.

He definitely hadn’t been in a hot-headed mood when he brought the Earth Barbarian race to the academy. In that case, he had most certainly made his own plans.

“I can’t figure out what Long Chen’s goal is here.” Bai Ze shook his head.

No matter how he thought about it, doing this was detrimental to Long Chen. He couldn’t imagine why Long Chen would do this.

“If you can’t figure it out, then don’t bother.” Lord Brahma waved him off. “Do you have any news about the other matter?”

“I do. The mortal world that Long Chen comes from was called the Martial Heaven Continent. The place was destroyed, but all the lifeforms were moved to a place called the Heaven Enlightenment star-field. This star-field is close to the world sea, so it is difficult for our forces to get close. In addition, the lines of fate of those people were intentionally disturbed to make it impossible to accurately lock down on their position. If someone from the immortal world were to go down, the karmic implications would be immense. Even if we just send a soul, it will be sensed by the Heavenly Daos. They would be lucky to survive, and our total karmic luck would be severely impacted. I believe that you would need to personally block off the Heavenly Daos to do so,” said Bai Ze.

Lord Brahma shook his head. “I am at an important juncture of my recovery. I cannot take that risk.”

“Then we can only have our subordinates in the mortal world slowly search. This will take some time,” said Bai Ze slowly.

“Just because I don’t wish to take this risk doesn’t mean that others are unwilling as well.” Lord Brahma suddenly smiled. “There are plenty of people who hate Long Chen. We aren’t the only ones whose hands can reach into the mortal world.”

“Then who should we pick?” asked Bai Ze.

A sinister smile appeared on Lord Brahma’s face.

“The highest bidder, of course! Tell them that we have gained important information and ask them what price they’re willing to pay. If the price is suitable, sell it to them.”

...

The tenth day after Long Chen returned to the academy, the Demon Moon Cauldron rumbled, and a violent aura erupted out of it. When the lid flew open, a giant vortex appeared behind Long Chen. He instantly sucked the ten pills that came flying out into the primal chaos space.

With his experience last time, Long Chen had now optimized the process. He didn’t let these pills come into contact with heavenly lightning. That way, their power wouldn’t be instantly boosted, nor would they produce powerful spirits of their own.

Their quality would definitely plummet as a result; any pills of this level that didn’t receive the baptism of heavenly lightning wouldn’t be able to reach their full potential. But that was no problem for Long Chen, since he could have Lei Linger nourish them inside the primal chaos space. They would only reach around ninety percent of their potential power, but the process was perfectly safe and ninety percent was good enough for all practical purposes.

“As expected, it’s much easier once you find the trick!” Long Chen was exhausted, but he was in a good mood.

This was the thirty-third furnace of pills he had refined. Being at the tenth Heavenstage had increased his efficiency, and he was gradually returning to his top condition for refining pills.

Ten furnaces of pills were for himself. Of the remainder, half were for Zi Yan and Miao Yin, while another half were for Yi Nuo and Uncle Fu.

Just as Long Chen came out of seclusion, someone rushed over with an urgent report.

“Dean Long Chen, we have a problem! We sent out three thousand disciples for training. Just now... three thousand heads were brought to us!”

Long Chen’s eyes widened, and his head buzzed. Killing intent pierced the heavens like a sharp blade.