Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 400: The Great Emperors Enter the Game, The Nine Stars Grow

"Reporting to the Great Emperor, the Lifebound Star is very effective in boosting my strength, and I have not detected any improper aspects!"

Emperor One immediately reported.

The Primordial Emperor pondered in silence.

"Is this Nine Stars Land something that just appeared, or has it existed before? If it existed before, did Emperor Two and Emperor Three also have Lifebound Stars here?"

This thought occurred to the Primordial Emperor, so he began to deduce the Lifebound Stars of Emperor Two and Emperor Three within the Nine Stars Land. To find the two of them, he even took out some personal items they had previously carried!

Su Yuan, who was observing the Primordial Emperor, was also taken aback by this scene.

This guy actually wants to resurrect his two assassin subordinates.

If it were anyone else, he might not necessarily be able to resurrect them, because he currently dares not go to the Nine Purity Land.

But for these two, he really can resurrect them.

It's just that Emperor Three was suppressed by him, and just happened to be suppressed inside the Nine Stars Land, though he has been in a state of consciousness slumber all along.

With a thought, Su Yuan arranged the Lifebound Stars for the two of them.

After the Primordial Emperor attempted the deduction, a faint call seemed to come from two directions.

The Primordial Emperor said in surprise, "Emperor Two and Emperor Three also have Lifebound Stars here?"

"What?"

A ripple appeared for the first time on Emperor One's originally cold and emotionless expression.

The Primordial Emperor glanced at him.

Emperor One quickly calmed down and lowered his head, saying, "This subordinate begs the Great Emperor to resurrect Emperor Two and Emperor Three!"

The Primordial Emperor snorted coldly, "In your eyes, is this Great Emperor a cold and ruthless person?"

"Great Emperor, please forgive my offense! This subordinate spoke out of turn!"

The Primordial Emperor continued to sense the locations of those two Lifebound Stars, but because his Lifebound Star within the Nine Stars Land was too weak, he could only vaguely sense a general area.

"In that case, I shall enhance my own Lifebound Star."

Without hesitation, the Primordial Emperor casually walked through the Great Emperor's treasury. Every place he passed, the surrounding treasures were refined by him and sent into the Nine Stars Land, transforming into streams of star power to enhance his Lifebound Star.

His Lifebound Star rapidly improved, reaching the Wuji Realm level in the blink of an eye, then continued its charge towards the King-level. After a few breaths, with the supply of massive resources, the Lifebound Star soared rapidly.

The Primordial Emperor discovered that the resource consumption for enhancing his Lifebound Star was over a hundred times that of Emperor One's, but at the same level, his Lifebound Star was also much stronger than Emperor One's. Clearly, Lifebound Stars also had a quality aspect.

Seeing this, the Primordial Emperor was in no hurry to raise his realm further. Instead, he continued to solidify his foundation using low-grade items, and the resource consumption instantly increased to ten thousand times that of Emperor One!

Emperor One watched from the side, his eyelids twitching. The resources consumed by the Primordial Emperor every breath were equivalent to ten thousand years of the empire's revenue!

The Primordial Emperor chuckled lightly, "Since a new cultivation path has emerged, this Emperor naturally wants to advance in the most perfect manner. Perhaps this path contains the mysteries of the Dao Lord!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor One was also utterly shocked. If compared to the mysteries of the Dao Lord, these resources seemed like nothing at all!

The Primordial Emperor discovered that the Lifebound Star was like a bottomless pit;no matter how many items, it could swallow them all!

After his Lifebound Star reached the King-level, he didn't rush to break through to the Imperial-level. Instead, he threw all the King-level materials and Supreme Treasures from his entire treasury into his Lifebound Star.

Now, within the Nine Stars Land, two stars shone high in the sky. One was Emperor One's Lifebound Star, and the other was the Primordial Emperor's Lifebound Star.

Although the Primordial Emperor's Lifebound Star was only at the King-level, it was vastly larger and higher than Emperor One's Imperial-level Lifebound Star, allowing it to overlook scenery from much farther away.

The Primordial Emperor could now clearly perceive the location of Emperor Two's Lifebound Star!

Guided by his own Lifebound Star, a faint, illusory Lifebound Star flew over from the distance!

The Primordial Emperor frowned, looking at such a weak Lifebound Star, and was speechless.

He casually created a section of the God Realm Sea, then performed a secret technique, using this Lifebound Star as an anchor point to resurrect Emperor Two!

Soon, in a corner of the God Realm Sea, Emperor Two was resurrected and returned, though initially, he only had the body of a mortal.

The Primordial Emperor was about to strengthen and enhance him, but after a moment's thought, he instead strengthened Emperor Two's Lifebound Star.

As the Lifebound Star grew stronger, Emperor Two's main body's power gradually increased. When the Lifebound Star was strengthened to the Wuji Realm, Emperor Two also recovered his Wuji Realm cultivation.

"Great Emperor, Emperor Two reports for duty!"

The Primordial Emperor nodded, "First, stand to the side and recover."

"Yes!"

Emperor Two went to stand beside Emperor One.

Emperor One handed him his own remaining resources, allowing Emperor Two to recover properly.

The Primordial Emperor glanced in the direction of Emperor Three's Lifebound Star and found he still couldn't sense its specific location.

So he continued to enhance his own Lifebound Star. When the King-level reached its limit, he elevated it to the Imperial-level!

And the moment his Lifebound Star stepped into the Imperial-level, it directly reached the Imperial-level limit, attaining a level close to the Sovereign-level!

The Primordial Emperor's eyes lit up, and he continued his previous operation. He took out all the Imperial-level resources from his great empire's treasury and his private secret vaults, then poured them all into his Lifebound Star in one go.

Imperial-level resources were originally useless to him, but now that he discovered they could still play a significant role in his cultivation, he naturally showed no stinginess.

This series of actions directly alarmed the nerves of the other two empires.

They wondered what exactly the Primordial Emperor was doing.

But soon, the Great Emperors of the other two empires also discovered the Nine Stars Land. After trying out the Lifebound Star situation for themselves, they understood the Primordial Emperor's actions.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

Several independent Imperial-level forces on the Chaos Continent were visited one after another by the three great empires. The three great emperors personally took action to gather Imperial-level resources.

In just a hundred years, the high-grade resources on the Chaos Continent decreased by over seventy percent.

The Primordial Emperor paid no mind to the actions of the other two Great Emperors. After satiating his Lifebound Star with Imperial-level resources, he immediately used that Sovereign-level Supreme Treasure as the resource for advancement to make his Lifebound Star break through!

Thus, with the Primordial Emperor going all out, the Primordial Lifebound Star stepped into the Sovereign-level. Moreover, the moment it entered the Sovereign-level, it rose to an extremely high level, infinitely close to the Dao Lord!

The Primordial Emperor felt a continuous stream of power feeding back from his Lifebound Star into his own body.

His long-stagnant cultivation truly began to rise!

Originally, he thought he had reached his limit, with no room for advancement, but now he discovered he could still go one step further.

And when his Lifebound Star reached the peak of the Sovereign-level, he received a prompt from the Nine Stars Land.

[At regular intervals, the Nine Stars Land will give birth to nine Dao Source Stars. A Lifebound Star that fuses a sufficient number of Dao Source Stars can be promoted to Dao Lord!]

(This is a big pie, fried up by Su Yuan)