After separating from the others, Long Yu went to the various buildings of the Heavenly Mandate Manor alone, ready to merge the 240 divine rune crystals into them.
The Armory Pavilion, the Alchemy Hall, the Cultivation Tower, and the residential area were located in the four directions of the central hall of the Heavenly Mandate Manor.
There was one building in the Armory Pavilion, two in the Alchemy Hall, and only one in the Cultivation Tower, which was located in the center of the 20 courtyards in the residential area.
These 20 courtyards were the core residential area for the main members of the Heavenly Mandate Manor.
As for the thousands of ordinary martial cultivators, they could only live outside the core residential area. There were hundreds and thousands of courtyards. Long Yu didn't have enough divine rune crystals to merge with these buildings.
Among these buildings, the Armory Pavilion, the Alchemy Hall, and the Cultivation Tower were all small buildings. Only 20 divine rune crystals were needed to protect them from the attacks of Emperor Realm cultivators.
As for the 20 courtyards in the core residential area, they were very small and couldn't even be considered as standard small buildings. Only 10 divine rune crystals were needed to withstand the attacks of Emperor Realm cultivators.
Long Yu had 240 divine rune crystals. 80 of them were merged into the Armory Pavilion, the Alchemy Hall, and the Cultivation Tower. Even if the other 160 were all merged into the core residential area, it wouldn't be able to make them all impregnable.
"Forget it. Let's just reinforce the central hall."
Long Yu thought about it and decided to give up on reinforcing the courtyards in the residential area. If the Heavenly Mandate Manor was really in danger, it wouldn't do for everyone to be trapped in their own courtyards. It was better to gather in the central hall and discuss countermeasures together.
The central hall could be regarded as a medium-sized building. Although it was open-air, the power of the Nine Nether Divine Characters would be continuously transmitted from the crystal after it was integrated with the Nine Nether Divine Characters. When the whole building was attacked, it would condense into a defensive barrier.
"Forty divine rune crystals are enough."
Long Yu merged 40 divine rune crystals into the central hall. In this way, he had used up a total of 120 second-grade divine rune crystals to reinforce the buildings of the Heavenly Mandate Manor. He still had half left.
As for the remaining 120 divine rune crystals, they weren't of much use in helping others improve their comprehension of divine runes. Long Yu thought for a moment and then fused them into the courtyards of some of the core residential areas.
Perhaps someone would ambush them while they were resting. If that happened, everyone in the residential area would be in danger. It was better to be prepared.
Of course, there were only so many divine rune crystals. Long Yu could only take care of the residences of the core members of the Heavenly Mandate Manor.
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After Long Yu finished reinforcing the Heavenly Mandate Manor, he explained to Hong Yue. He also told her that if there was an attack from a strong enemy, they could go to the central hall. As long as it was not a strong cultivator of the Imperial Realm, everyone's safety would not be threatened.
This made Hong Yue quite shocked. How did Long Yu get this kind of means?
Who would've thought that they'd be able to fuse some sort of divine rune crystal into a building and strengthen it to the point where it could withstand an attack from an emperor realm cultivator!
After Long Yu told Hong Yue, he told her to improve her martial arts as soon as possible. He also told her not to worry about the matters of the manor for a while and to leave it to others.
After the two separated, Long Yu returned to the courtyard where he lived in the Heavenly Mandate Manor.
His courtyard was located in the core residential area. It was the furthest away from the center and was not too eye-catching. It was a good place for cultivation. He also reinforced his courtyard. After all, his own safety was the first priority.
In this way, as long as it wasn't a strong cultivator of the Imperial Realm attacking, it would be impossible to disturb Long Yu's cultivation.
"The divine rune crystals are really domineering."
Long Yu couldn't help but sigh. The divine rune crystals were created by cultivators who had surpassed the Imperial Realm. If there were enough first-class divine rune crystals integrated into a building, then even the attack of a strong cultivator of the Imperial Realm could be completely resisted.
For Long Yu, it was enough to resist the attack of an emperor realm cultivator. It should be known that the strongest cultivator in the North Snow Empire was only in the emperor realm. Even if Yu Hanxin came in person, she would not be able to break through Long Yu's courtyard and the reinforced buildings in the Heavenly Mandate Manor.
Long Yu returned to his courtyard and took out the Shadow Heaven Stone that he bought for 30,000 Shenbi in the Spring Heavenly Pagoda. It was a treasure of the heavens and earth. Even in the Beyond Heaven World, it was considered a rare cultivation resource. Only martial cultivators with high statuses could afford it, or they had to go through countless perilous situations to get their hands on one.
Long Yu didn't think too much about it. He immediately started absorbing the energy within the shadow stone.
The power within the Umbra Celestial Stone was the purest form of umbra divine runes. Any umbra divine rune, such as the Nine Nether divine rune, death divine rune, and Asura divine rune that Long Yu comprehended, were all derived from the purest umbra divine rune.
This made the shadow stone an extremely precious treasure for any martial arts cultivator who comprehended the power of shadow divine characters!
"The effects should be pretty good."
Long Yu thought as he absorbed the energy of the shadow stone. He could feel the pure shadow divine characters' energy flowing through his meridians to his dantian. Then, it was gradually absorbed by the divine fruit that had already taken shape in his dantian.
When the divine ability seed bloomed and became an innate divine ability, it could be called a divine ability fruit. Long Yu's dantian contained the Hand of Nine Underworlds, Soul Seal Siphon, and Dragon Breath of the Nine Underworlds. Among the three, the Soul Seal Siphon Divine Ability Fruit had the most tyrannical aura.
After absorbing the purest shadow divine characters' energy from the shadow stone, the aura of the three divine ability fruits seemed to have become a little richer. Among them, the Hand of Nine Underworlds divine ability fruit seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough!
However, it was obvious that the shadow stone's energy alone wasn't enough to allow the Hand of Nine Underworlds divine ability to step into the mid-level divine ability realm. The pure shadow divine characters' energy only nourished the three divine ability fruits for a moment before it sank deeper into Long Yu's dantian.
"This feeling … it's like my compatibility with the shadow divine characters is about to increase!"
A bright light flashed in Long Yu's eyes. He was pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect the shadow stone to have such an effect. It wasn't inferior to the improvement that the Divine Heir Essence had given him!
Right now, his compatibility with the shadow divine characters was at the fourth level. If he increased it again, it would reach the fifth level, which was the lowest requirement to comprehend the Divine Chains cultivation method!
Within Long Yu's body, the shadow divine characters' energy filled his entire body. His compatibility with the shadow divine characters continued to increase. Soon, it reached a critical point. He felt like he was just one more barrier away from breaking through to the fifth level of compatibility with the shadow divine characters.
"Break!"
A pitch-black light shot out from Long Yu's eyes. It was as if he had just broken out from the depths of hell. His entire body was enveloped in a layer of pure and dense shadow divine characters. As he continued to absorb the shadow divine characters' energy, he finally broke through the barrier in his dantian and reached the fifth level of compatibility with the shadow divine characters!
As expected of something that cost 30,000 shenbi, it allowed Long Yu to break through the bottleneck of compatibility with the shadow divine characters. If it weren't for the shadow stone, he would have to wait until he reached the Emperor Path Arcane Realm before he could reach the fifth level of compatibility with the shadow divine characters.
Every time a martial cultivator advanced a realm, their compatibility with the shadow divine characters would also increase by one level. Moreover, once they reached the Emperor Path Arcane Realm, they would have a certain level of strength. Normally, it would be easier for them to obtain cultivation resources like the Divine Heir Essence and the heaven stones.
This also determined that in the Shen Wu world, only Emperor Path Arcane Realm cultivators would be able to use the Divine Chains technique.
After reaching the fifth level of compatibility with the shadow divine characters, not only did it allow Long Yu to start practicing the Divine Chains technique, it also made his various methods related to the shadow divine characters twice as strong as before.
"My comprehension of the various powers of the shadow divine characters is also increasing …"
Long Yu sensed the changes in the power within his body, especially the Nine Nether Divine Characters. Previously, he had comprehended 50% of the Nine Nether Divine Characters through the crystallization of the divine characters. Now, with the help of the shadow stone's energy, his comprehension of the Nine Nether Divine Characters had increased to 60%!
In addition, the 1% of the Death Divine Characters and Asura Divine Characters that he had comprehended also began to increase, only stopping when his comprehension reached 10%.
Only then did he finish absorbing the shadow stone's energy.
But the changes and influence this brought to Long Yu were enormous. Just the Nether Dragon Nine Explosions and Nine Nether Heaven Light alone was more than twice as strong as before.
Not to mention, he could start practicing the Divine Chains technique!
"Shu Chan has already learned how to use the Divine Chains, but I don't know when she will return. I can ask her for some pointers …"
Long Yu thought to himself. He probably couldn't comprehend the Divine Chains technique by himself. In his opinion, besides Shu Chan, there shouldn't be anyone else that knows how to use this technique.
But he obviously forgot that there was an existence like the Death Envoy right next to him.
"Keke, boy, you've finally reached this step, you've reached the fifth level of compatibility with the shadow divine characters …"
The Death Envoy's voice resounded in Long Yu's ears. Then, a black shadow appeared in Long Yu's room, floating in the air like a ghost.
In fact, the Death Envoy was currently in a remnant soul state, so it wasn't strange for him to condense into a ghost form.
"Senior Envoy, do you have any advice for me?"
Long Yu raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
The Death Envoy wouldn't appear for no reason. For him to suddenly appear next to him, there must be a reason.
"I do have some advice for you."
The Death Envoy's voice was eerie and terrifying, but in Long Yu's ears, it sounded especially amiable. "Do you know what kind of existence the Divine Chains are?"
"Senior Envoy, please enlighten me."
Long Yu said respectfully.
Of course, he didn't know what the Divine Chains were. Since this Death Envoy appeared, he definitely wanted to tell him something. At the same time, this Death Envoy also wanted to obtain some benefits!
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