Chapter 1876: Immortal Astral’s tenth sun, donning Soul Armor!

Within that storm, a booming sound came from in front of Wang Lin. He retracted his fist, and his body swayed, taking three steps back. The first step left a fiery red footprint.

The second step left an ink-green footprint, covered by vegetation as he lifted his foot. As the Third Step landed, that patch of ground suddenly turned golden, forming a metallic-like imprint.

After three steps, Wang Lin looked up at the Old Ancestor of the Dao Demon Sect's Celestial Clan within the storm.

The storm gradually dissipated, and the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor walked out step by step, his expression calm as he looked at Wang Lin.

"To survive my punch without injury and only retreat three steps, forcing out the three Divine Abilities integrated into your body, you indeed have the strength to destroy the Dao Demon Sect!"

Wang Lin looked at the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor with a solemn expression. The punch just now contained nine Divine Abilities. He could only neutralize six of them, and the three steps he retreated were caused by the three Divine Abilities he couldn't neutralize.

"Is this the strength of a Heavenly Venerate? Very strong!" A glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. What he wanted to fight was a Heavenly Venerate!

"So, this is how a Heavenly Venerate-level cultivation fights…" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor's punch from just now kept replaying in Wang Lin's mind, and his eyes gradually brightened.

He was learning!

"There's a second punch!" As the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor stepped forward, his red hair moved without wind, and a strange light appeared in his eyes. He suddenly raised his right hand, and his entire body rapidly shifted between illusory and real, appearing extremely bizarre as he threw his second punch!

As this second punch was thrown, the entire Dao Demon Sect immediately boomed and echoed, as if an invisible force appeared out of thin air, tearing open the sky and ripping apart the earth, causing Wang Lin's surroundings to instantly turn into a void!

This was a boundless void, a pitch-black expanse where Wang Lin could see neither sky nor earth, as if he had been sucked into another world, with only himself existing, and the single punch that appeared in this void!

This punch contained eighteen Divine Abilities, and as it approached, it headed straight for Wang Lin.

Even a Golden Venerate Cultivator, merely seeing this punch, would have their mind seized, turning into despair and horror, with no qualification to resist. Even if more than ten Golden Venerates attacked simultaneously, they would not be able to delay it for a single breath.

This was no longer a difference in quantity, but in quality!

Golden Venerate Cultivators are still in the process of unleashing Divine Abilities, using grand Divine Abilities to kill, and various powerful Spells for transformations. But a Heavenly Venerate integrates the Dao into their body, integrating Divine Abilities into every punch and kick, a level far superior!

"Eighteen Divine Abilities contained within, this punch… is extremely strong! Integrating the Dao into the body, that's something I can't do right now!" Wang Lin's eyes flickered. He suddenly raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and directly smashed it towards the second punch coming from the void!

"I can't integrate the Dao into my body, nor can I make my Spells move with my body, but my dao ancient body's cultivation power, combined into one punch, has no Divine Abilities. It only has an attack of belief and will!" Battle Intent appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. With a punch, he suddenly stepped forward, and with a low roar, he violently collided with the approaching fist!

Booming sounds echoed throughout the void at that instant. As the sounds grew closer, the void showed signs of collapse, and in just a moment, it directly tore apart, forming a destructive collapse.

With the collapse of this void, the sky was still the sky of Green Devil Continent, and the earth was still the ruins of the Dao Demon Sect. Wang Lin stood there, a hundred zhang away from the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor.

Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Wang Lin's body seemed to be struck by a great force, and he continuously retreated seven steps. Each step left a different footprint. After seven steps, a roar came from within Wang Lin's body, his lowered right arm trembled, and drops of blood fell to the ground.

"A very strong second punch, containing eighteen Divine Abilities. With one punch, Divine Abilities move, capable of isolating heaven and earth, opening up a separate space." Wang Lin suddenly looked up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and gazed at the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor in the distance.

"Your cultivation is not high, but your combat power can barely reach the Heavenly Venerate level. However, you still don't know the Dao of a Heavenly Venerate. I think I should be the first Heavenly Venerate you've fought." The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor walked forward, slowly speaking, his gaze towards Wang Lin also containing solemnity.

"A Cultivator who doesn't know how Heavenly Venerates fight can actually take two of my punches. This person is extraordinary!"

After walking ten steps, a glint appeared in the eyes of the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Man. He stood there like a spirit of heaven and earth, looking at Wang Lin, and raised his right hand for the third time.

"If you can withstand my last punch, the matter of the Dao Demon Sect will be written off! This punch of mine is a full-strength attack. If this punch cannot kill you, then I truly cannot kill you. You destroyed the Dao Demon Sect, and there must be Karma involved. I won't ask about this Karma, the third punch is the end!" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor spoke slowly.

"This punch contains twenty-seven Divine Abilities. How many can you withstand?" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor said, raising his right hand.

Wang Lin clearly knew that without his Soul Armor, he couldn't take it. This punch was enough to completely obliterate him. Even his dao ancient body wouldn't survive this punch; he would be utterly annihilated, body and Soul!

"Heavenly Venerate, truly the strongest Peak in the entire Immortal Astral Continent, apart from the Leaping Heavenly Venerate!" Wang Lin closed his eyes. A Heavenly Ox Soul totem suddenly appeared on his face. The totem instantly spread, covering Wang Lin's entire body, and at the same time, Wang Lin's cultivation aura surged dramatically.

This aura emanated from the Heavenly Ox Soul, frantically drilling into every inch of Wang Lin's flesh and blood, and also surging into Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit and Soul, causing Wang Lin's cultivation to immediately climb from Empty Tribulation Realm Early Stage directly to Empty Tribulation Realm Middle Stage, but it didn't end there. It surged again until it reached the Peak of Empty Tribulation Realm Late Stage, reaching the Golden Venerate level, before calming down.

This sudden change caused the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor's eyes to narrow for the first time.

"Borrowing Soul Power? This is Heavenly Ox Soul Power! You've gained the Heavenly Ox Soul's recognition! To be able to raise it to this extent, you can hear the Heavenly Ox Soul Sound!" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Man's expression also changed for the first time!

He was well aware that within the seventy-two prefectures of the Immortal Clan, seventy-two Souls were suppressed. Although these Souls were all suppressed, the degree of suppression varied in strength, and the inherent power of the Souls themselves also differed.

Among them, some were already dead Souls, with only about half still alive. For example, the Green Devil Scorpion Soul was originally extremely powerful, but its suppression was also considerable, and it had been suppressed for an extremely long time, even predating the formation of the Tianniu Continent. Therefore, its Soul had now been weakened far too much.

The Heavenly Ox Soul, however, was different. Among the seventy-two prefectures, the Heavenly Ox Soul was a later addition, short in duration, and the Heavenly Ox itself was an extremely powerful spirit, ranking eighteenth within these seventy-two prefectures.

Gaining a Soul's recognition wasn't too difficult; in every prefecture with a living Soul, there would be emissary-like existences. However, this recognition was only initial. Even when borrowing Soul Power to temporarily raise cultivation, at most, it would only reach Empty Tribulation Realm Late Stage, not Golden Venerate cultivation!

This was a consensus, rarely broken over countless years, but certainly not impossible. There would also be extremely rare individuals who, through chance Opportunities, could hear the Soul Sound, the roar of the Soul, and after gaining a high degree of recognition, borrow Soul Power to reach Golden Venerate.

But Golden Venerate was the absolute limit; it was impossible to exceed it further. Unless one could obtain the high degree of recognition from the Immortal Clan's First Soul suppressed beneath the Central Continent Imperial City, perhaps it could be achieved, but apart from that Soul, no other Soul had this possibility.

Most importantly, the rare Cultivators who could borrow Soul Power to reach Golden Venerate were far fewer than even the number of Heavenly Venerates, almost comparable to the number of Leaping Heavenly Venerates, because in a single prefecture, in the same era, at most only two people could gain high recognition.

As such, the Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor had never heard of any Heavenly Venerate who, while being a Heavenly Venerate, also possessed a high degree of recognition from a certain prefecture's Soul.

This probability, in his view, was even lower than the probability of a Leaping Heavenly Venerate appearing, second only to the birth of a new Great Heavenly Venerate.

"To be able to take two of my punches is enough to earn the title of Heavenly Venerate, and he is also a person with the Heavenly Ox Soul's high recognition… This…" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor looked at Wang Lin, revealing emotional fluctuations he hadn't felt in a long time.

"Such a person, I'm afraid any Great Heavenly Venerate would be extremely interested and immediately recruit him… I just wonder what level his combat power can reach now that he has borrowed Soul Power!" The Dao Demon Sect Heavenly Venerate Old Ancestor's eyes flashed. He suddenly clenched his raised right hand and, for the third time, threw a punch.

The moment this punch was thrown, the fist, containing twenty-seven Divine Ability transformations, suddenly formed an enormous Vortex black hole between him and Wang Lin. This black hole could devour all auras. The moment it appeared, the fragments of the Dao Demon Sect's ruins were all swept up and devoured by the Vortex black hole in an instant.

Even the sky seemed to collapse, twisting greatly into an arc shape, being frantically devoured by this Vortex black hole.

And the earth, at this moment, also became a bizarre semi-circular shape, mercilessly sucked in by the Vortex black hole.

With a strange howl, this Vortex black hole, devouring heaven and earth, went straight for Wang Lin!

Wang Lin opened his eyes. Golden Venerate cultivation flowed throughout his body, and Wang Lin clearly felt an unprecedented power within him. A golden light flashed in his eyes, and with a sway of his body, a second body suddenly appeared beside him.

As the second body stepped forward, ninety-eight bodies, from the third, fourth, fifth… up to the ninety-eighth, simultaneously materialized around him. Ninety-seven were illusory, and one was real.

"I cannot integrate the Dao into my body, nor can I make my Spells move with my body, but I can use this Swift God Art to unleash ninety-eight Divine Abilities in an instant and fight a Heavenly Venerate!"