Chapter 297: Chapter 232: Initial Enlightenment of Penglai, Rebellion’s Pinnacle: 10-Perfection

At this very moment, Yi Beidou was doing the exact same thing as him—borrowing a great deal of the Immortal Mountain’s Magnetic Force.

In fact, this wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision for Yi Beidou. The idea had come to him after he witnessed the Alchemist reattach his severed limb.

After all, from the moment he had first set foot on the Immortal Mountain, he had sensed the peculiarity of this magnetic field. His own wounds had begun to heal at an accelerated rate.

This was enough to prove that the Magnetic Force wasn’t only effective for the Alchemist.

Most importantly, even after the Alchemist had used the Penglai Technique, the feeling of his own hand healing faster didn’t stop.

This was proof enough that the Alchemist was also just borrowing this magnetic field through some method, rather than being its true master.

Otherwise, given the man’s cautious nature, he would have immediately cut them off from the Penglai magnetic field’s effects.

This meant that as long as he could find the right method, it was possible for him to borrow this Magnetic Force as well.

His strongest Secret Technique, Celestial Demon Dissolution, was limited by the massive damage it inflicted on his body. He could never push it to its peak, because using it to that extent meant an inescapable death.

But with the help of this Penglai Power, things might be different.

He could probably survive even if he pushed Celestial Demon Dissolution to its absolute limit.

Therefore, throughout their fight, he had been constantly trying to sense the Alchemist’s connection to the Penglai Power, attempting to uncover its secrets.

However, the Alchemist’s strength, bolstered by the Immortal Forbidden Technique, was far beyond Yi Beidou’s imagination. He couldn’t even contend with him head-on using the Sixth Layer of Reverse Chaos under Tribulation Star Possession. As a result, he was forced to risk his life by merging with multiple Tribulation Stars, pushing Celestial Demon Dissolution to the Eighth Layer of Reverse Chaos.

During that last fatal clash, Yi Beidou’s Demon Flame had briefly engulfed the Alchemist completely, and in that moment, he finally sensed some of the secrets behind connecting to the Penglai Power.

This power was truly extraordinary. It was real, yet lofty and seemingly untouchable.

It felt just like the illusion of the Cloud Immortal Mountain that Cheng Zhihong and the others had seen when they first entered the inner region of the Immortal Mountain—breathtaking, yet impossible to reach.

For ordinary people, even those at the Saint Realm or the level of an Ancient One, connecting to it was extremely difficult. It required extensive preparation, comprehension, and a sufficient price to achieve.

The Alchemist, for example, had used his status as a Domain Lord to mobilize the Great Trend of Japan and harnessed the power of the Great Pill. Only by doing so could he condense a guiding light, open the "Celestial Gate," reach the "Cloud Immortal Mountain," and resonate deeply with the Penglai Power.

But Yi Beidou didn’t need such a troublesome process.

Because he possessed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Flame, which had the innate ability to devour all kinds of magnetic fields and make them his own.

If it couldn’t be devoured, it simply meant the Demon Flame wasn’t strong enough yet.

So, after understanding its secrets, things became much simpler.

With the possession of three Tribulation Stars and the boost from the Eighth Layer of Reverse Chaos, the power of his Demon Flame had already reached a critical point.

Although it was impossible to instantly achieve the Alchemist’s terrifying level of regeneration—reattaching limbs in an instant and healing all injuries in a breath—even half, or perhaps just thirty percent of that effect, would be enough for Yi Beidou to completely turn the tide of battle.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!!

Yi Beidou frantically used his Demon Flame to devour the Penglai Power. Stimulated by this powerful magnetic field, his body’s cellular self-repair ability was greatly enhanced. The mangled flesh and blood of his right arm let out a series of explosive pops as it visibly began to return to its original state.

Th-th-this?!

Cheng Zhihong noticed this, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, filled with utter disbelief.

Impossible! How is this possible?!

The Alchemist, of course, didn’t miss this detail either. His expression flickered, and he stared at the young man in the distance as if he’d seen a ghost.

He had lived on this Penglai Immortal Mountain for at least a thousand years! Even subtracting the necessary time spent reincarnating and growing up in the outside world, he had been here for well over five hundred years.

Only through constant study over that vast expanse of time had he gradually figured out the trick to borrowing the Penglai Power—and even then, he had needed to leverage the Great Pill and the Great Trend of Japan to do it.

Yet this young man before him had been on the island for half an hour at most, and without using any external aids, he had already reached this level!

For a moment, the Alchemist nearly lost his composure, his mental state on the verge of collapsing into chaos.

’Kill him!! I can’t let him continue!!’ 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

A sharp killing intent then shot out from the Alchemist’s eyes. It was the feeling of having one’s most prized possession defiled and toyed with by another.

HUM!!

The Cave of the Five Thieves within his body trembled once more before merging into one, as if transforming into a bottomless cosmic drain, stealing the Heaven and Earth True Essence to refine a True Pill.

Heaven-Stealing Furnace!!

Under these circumstances, he could no longer care about how this powerful Technique would shorten his current lifespan. He just wanted to kill this opponent as quickly as possible.

’While his body hasn’t fully recovered!!’

BOOM!!

With a crackle of exploding air, his figure crossed several dozen meters and appeared before Yi Beidou. He thrust out a palm, in its center a golden True Pill seemingly being refined.

Yi Beidou met it with a palm of his own.

BOOM!!

However, he had used a clever force in this strike. His right arm hadn’t fully recovered yet, and it wasn’t time to go all-out against the Alchemist.

He was sent flying by the palm strike but wasn’t seriously injured; he had merely used the force to retreat.

But the Alchemist was dead set on killing him and immediately gave chase.

BOOM! BOOM!!

After two more palm strikes, Yi Beidou’s right arm was fully restored, and his connection to the Penglai Power had reached a critical point.

’It’s time to begin.’

Ever since he comprehended Celestial Demon Chaotic Star and subsequently developed Celestial Demon Dissolution, this level of power had existed only in his theories. He had never truly used it, nor had his strength ever come close to this realm.

He had originally thought that the time to use this move would be the time of his life’s final battle.

But unexpectedly, the world was full of wonders. A mystical place like Penglai Immortal Mountain actually existed, allowing him to unleash this state while still having a chance of survival, to safely experience the peak power of this body.

HUM!!

The Life Magnetic Field within his body trembled, then completely reversed.

The peak state of Celestial Demon Dissolution.

Reverse Chaos, Tenth Layer!!

SNAP!

The Alchemist, who had been about to press his attack, felt the hair on his body stand on end. He subconsciously halted his advance, his gaze fixed dead ahead.

Meanwhile, Cheng Zhihong’s mouth hung slightly open amidst this series of changes. His face showed no shock; his eyes were simply glazed over and dazed.

The sheer intensity of the battle’s ups and downs had left his mind numb.

BOOM!!

If the previous explosion of Demon Flame had merely resembled a signal fire, then the sudden eruption of the Blood Fire Demon Flame this time was like a volcanic eruption.

Within a radius of nearly thirty meters, the entire landscape twisted and warped. The terrifying Evil Qi and ominous aura were nearly suffocating. Tendrils of fire formed from the Demon Flame curled and twisted, growing more condensed the closer they were to Yi Beidou’s body.

Within a three-meter radius around him, the Demon Flame condensed into something almost as solid as amber and crystal. As the fiery tendrils swirled about, they created an incredibly powerful visual shock.

Because the condensed Blood-Colored Demon Flame looked exactly like a Bloodfire Throne rising up behind Yi Beidou.

In the midst of the chaos, he was the master controlling everything.

The Demon Lord rises and falls, his fists pacifying mountains and rivers!

"So this is the limit of Celestial Demon Dissolution? And the limit of what my current body can achieve?"

Yi Beidou’s eyes were crimson, his demonic features fully revealed. He didn’t even glance at the Alchemist who had stopped in his tracks. Instead, he opened his palm, slowly flexing his fingers, feeling the terrifying, surging power within him.

It was a sense of power he had never experienced before, as if in this state, he could do anything he wanted.

CRACK!!

Yi Beidou abruptly clenched his fist, and the terrifying grip strength made the air explode with a sound like a grenade detonating.

"All that I think, lies within my fist. All that I do, is accomplished by my fist."

"Let’s call this state... ’Shiquan’."