Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent-Chapter 452: Preparing for Battle

The only shortcoming of this technique was perhaps the limited record of astral techniques. Its accompanying secret arts were also entirely missing.

Thus, while both practiced the Cosmic True Dragon Secret Art, the combat power of the Divine Dragon Empire's practitioners was likely far superior to that of Gaians.

Glancing at the Demonic Dragon Clan’s classification method, Li Pin’s lips curled. "According to intelligence from the Holy Dragon Clan, the commander level, or the third stage of the Heavenly Realm, is divided into four grades based on strength."

It was simple and brutal. They directly divided the Heavenly Realm into Weak, Ordinary, Strong, and Invincible Heavenly Realms.

Unfortunately, aside from a few individuals like the Solar Radiance Sovereign, Fan Xiu, and Ge Lin, the rest—such as Long Xiang, Ling Qingfeng, Bai Ying, Yuan Zhenchuan, and Xiao Donghai—all fell into the Weak Heavenly Realm category.

The remaining figures, like Solar Radiance Sovereign, were only at the Ordinary Heavenly Realm level.

Although this was only a difference of one minor rank, in a life-or-death battle, an Ordinary Heavenly Realm Expert could take down three to four Weak Heavenly Realm Experts.

Of course, this was under confrontation. If the opponent leveraged their mobility advantage, attacking and retreating strategically without falling into an encirclement, an ordinary Heavenly Realm cultivator could wear down and defeat eight to ten weaker ones.

A minor difference in rank could yield such disparity. If an Invincible Heavenly Realm faced weaker opponents, as long as the former didn't recklessly confront the latter head-on, they could even achieve the feat of slaying a hundred enemies.

The Divine Dragon Empire maintained a celestial ranking, documenting the top ten Heavenly Realm cultivators within the empire.

Among them, the one ranked first, Yan Guang, had in his thirteen-stellar years after ascending to the Heavenly Realm waged battles across the lands, and slayed an astonishing six hundred and eighty Heavenly Realm cultivators.

"Six hundred and eighty people."

Li Pin looked on and sincerely sighed, "I wonder if he could withstand one punch from me."

Vacuum Pulverizer, smashing atoms, theoretically matched the Legendary level.

However, he had only just developed this realm, and his combat techniques, secret arts, and attribute strength were not yet fully refined.

Placed among Legends, he might even risk being surpassed by exceptionally gifted Heavenly Realm cultivators, let alone directly competing against Legends.

If he truly wished to contend with the Legends of the Divine Dragon Empire...

There was only one way. Break through again!

Achieve Celestial Breaker and become a Supreme Expert!

Only by entering the Supreme Expert Realm and ascending further in cultivation could he rely on the advantage of his realm to fight against the perfected systems of the Divine Dragon Empire's Legends.

As for the Legends...

Li Pin waited patiently.

He had not exhausted his resources.

At this moment, Li Pin's communication bracelet emitted a flashing light.

This was a notification of an incoming message.

He glanced at the message, looking slightly surprised, and then quickly dialed Yue Ying's communication number.

—Hall master.

Yue Ying appeared somewhat excited and elated.

"Another Celestial Core Fragment has been found. Who found it and where?"

Yue Ying responded.

—Wu De found it, deep in the ruins of the Tenfold Heavenly Domains. I’m heading there now.

Tenfold Heavenly Domains. Li Pin nodded and said, "You don't need to go. Coincidentally, I've just completed a cultivation cycle and need a break. I'll head there myself."

Upon hearing this, Yue Ying halted.

—Yes.

Li Pin left the cultivation chamber, holding the Void Ring in his hand as the surrounding space quickly thickened.

While using the Void Ring, a thought crossed Li Pin's mind, "Every civilization has its own uniqueness... Is Gaia's characteristic truly the martial arts system I pioneered?"

To some extent, he did not truly count as a Gaian.

But the Six Divine Rings...

In neither the Divine Dragon Empire's martial manuals nor the intelligence provided by Mai Jia was there any mention of the Six Divine Rings or similar divine relics.

Could it be...That the Six Divine Rings and divine relics were the true uniqueness of Gaia's civilization?

As he pondered, Li Pin ultimately lacked enough information to verify or confirm this, so he suppressed the thought in his mind.

As the thickened space converged, in the next moment, his figure broke through this viscous space and appeared in the Tenfold Heavenly Domain.

Upon arriving at the Tenfold Heavenly Domain, he quickly activated his magnetic field sensing and soon detected a Heavenly Realm presence.

It was none other than one of the Star Alliance's Heavenly Realm cultivators, Ao Fei.

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As Li Pin flew toward Ao Fei, the Heavenly Realm cultivator quickly approached.

Upon seeing him, Ao Fei appeared somewhat reserved and respectfully greeted him from afar, "Greetings, Hall Master Li."

"Where is Wu De?" Li Pin asked, "Where is the Celestial Core you found?"

"I'll take you there. Please follow me, Hall Master."

Ao Fei gestured respectfully and quickly led the way. As she walked, she excitedly explained, "Ever since you announced the need for Celestial Core Fragment for cultivation, we began an in-depth exploration of the Tenfold Heavenly Domain.

"In our view, the presence of a large number of Legendary creatures... and numerous third realm demonic creatures gathering here must indicate that something is attracting them. After a year and a half of searching, we finally made a breakthrough today and found a new Celestial Core Fragment."

Li Pin looked at the Heavenly Realm cultivator.

The joy in her tone... stemmed from the satisfaction of being able to serve Li Pin and assist him.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded slightly, "You've worked hard. I appreciate your efforts."

Hearing this, Ao Fei's face reddened slightly. "It's no trouble, not at all... It's our honor to assist Hall Master Li. Especially after the grave mistakes we made on this land in the past..."

Li Pin nodded slightly. "Knowing your mistakes and correcting them is commendable."

With Ao Fei leading the way, seemingly elated by this rare praise, the two soon ventured deeper into the ruins of the Tenfold Heavenly Domains and met up with Wu De, who was approaching from below.

"Hall Master Li."

Compared to Ao Fei, Wu De appeared far more cautious.

When presenting the Celestial Core Fragment, he held it with both hands, almost as if offering tribute. "Here, this is the Celestial Core Fragment."

Li Pin observed the treasure radiating intense energy fluctuations and nodded slightly, "Not bad. It's good that there were no mistakes."

Seeing this, Wu De sighed in relief as though a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

"Bathing beneath the Starlight, creatures constantly mutate due to their meditation of the Astral God. As Heavenly Realm cultivators, you must assist the Star Alliance diligently. Never again should there be a scenario where demonic creatures lose control, resulting in destruction and chaos," Li Pin said.

"Please rest assured, Hall Master Li. Such incidents will never happen again," Wu De responded immediately.

Ao Fei also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Li Pin said no more. He took the Celestial Core Fragment and activated the Void Ring.

Accompanied by the familiar spatial shift, he soon returned to the cultivation chamber.

"Three Celestial Core Fragments," Li Pin said.

At this point, the Celestial Core Fragment was more than sufficient.

However, Celestial Core Fragments for the Celestial Breaker stage were a case of "the more, the better" for him.

Being prepared always prevented mishaps.

"Next, I just need to raise my mental spirit points to the planned four hundred. With the Mental Spirit Ring combined with my Clairvoyance gift, I've already glimpsed the essence of mental spirit power. This step won't take much time."

Li Pin took out another Spirit-Essence Orb.

At this moment, his communication bracelet once again emitted a flashing light.

As he connected the message, it quickly projected Yuan Zhenchuan's solemn figure.

—Our time is running out.

Yuan Zhenchuan spoke as he directly revealed a scene behind them.

Judging by the surroundings... it seemed to be in the vicinity of Solar Radiance.

However, his gaze was quickly drawn to a circle of ripples in the air, visible to the naked eye.

The ripples spread out in concentric waves, faintly forming a vortex.

"This is..."

—The alternate dimension first encountered by the Solar Radiance Sovereign when contacting the Divine Dragon Empire.

Yuan Zhenchuan said.

—Half a month ago, the alternate dimension began to change. Through our preliminary research, we found that the source of this change... points to a passage."

"A passage!? The Divine Dragon Empire is coming?

—It seems the Demonic Dragon Clan has already stirred them into action.

Li Pin was not overly surprised. "How long will it take for the passage to form?"

Yuan Zhenchuan said.

—At the earliest, three months; at the latest, half a year. However, to be safe, we should calculate with a two-month timeline.

"Okay," Li Pin nodded slightly. "In two months, I will act."