Martial Master

At this moment, Qin Chen was filled with immense joy, his thoughts exceptionally clear and smooth.

"It’s not easy!" Qin Chen sighed.

Over the years, he had grown accustomed to the fact that breaking through realms was tenfold, if not a hundredfold, harder for him than for others. Compared to those around him, every time he wanted to break through, the difficulty was significantly greater.

Previously, in the Primordial Universe, after Qin Chen merged with the source, his cultivation had suddenly advanced to the mid-stage pinnacle great emperor realm. In his own view, wanting to break through to the late-stage great emperor realm, even within this vast cosmic sea, would still require a long period of time and opportunities, making it incredibly difficult.

It wasn't until he saw the Emperor Crystal in this cosmic sea that he realized there could actually be such speed in breaking through realms.

"The key is that my accumulation is deep enough," Qin Chen silently thought, sensing the rich late-stage great emperor power within him.

When he was in the Underworld, he had already mastered countless top-tier powers of the dual realms of Yin and Yang, allowing for their fusion, and had also inherited the legacies of many powerful figures, including the Senior God of Inverse Slaughter.

Later, in the Primordial Universe, he further integrated with the origin of the Primordial Universe, witnessing the true rules of returning to the source in this universe, resulting in the crystallization of his perfect dao divine body.

He had gained insights into what high-dimensional existence and profound meaning were like.

What he lacked was the power of the great path from this cosmic sea. The Emperor Crystal, refined from the many great emperor origins in the cosmic sea, perfectly filled this gap for him.

"Ten million Emperor Crystals allowed me to break through this threshold of the late-stage great emperor."

"Well worth it!"

Qin Chen felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. Ten million Emperor Crystals might seem like a lot to other powerful figures, but to Qin Chen, as long as they could be converted into cultivation, he was willing to pay any amount.

"I'm so hungry, too hungry!"

At this moment, Qin Chen's only feeling was hunger. After breaking through to the late-stage great emperor realm, his perfect dao divine body was in an extremely ravenous state, crazily absorbing the aura of the rules of the great path from heaven and earth.

However, even though his perfect dao divine body was absorbing the power of the great path at the fastest speed, it was still impossible to fully fill this hunger in a short period.

"I have just broken through to the late-stage great emperor realm. My realm has increased, but all the great path origins from those ten million Emperor Crystals were only enough to break through this shackles. To achieve a perfect transformation for my physical body, to truly consolidate my late-stage great emperor cultivation, I still need more Emperor Crystals."

Qin Chen saw through the changes in his body at a glance.

Crack!

Qin Chen still had several tens of thousands of Emperor Crystals left, which he directly summoned, absorbing the great path origins within them on the spot.

Countless Emperor Crystals turned to dust, dissipating in the air.

However, the energy provided by the tens of thousands of Emperor Crystals only slightly reduced his hunger, and there was no significant change.

"Too little."

Qin Chen shook his head.

For someone who had just broken through to the late-stage great emperor and needed to replenish energy, tens of thousands of Emperor Crystals were far too few, insufficient even to savor.

"I consumed ten million Emperor Crystals to break through the late-stage great emperor realm, but to completely consolidate my cultivation afterward, the needed Emperor Crystals should be at least several times more than what I consumed to break through."

Qin Chen sensed his body; it felt like an endless pit, with tens of thousands of Emperor Crystals akin to a pebble dropped into a lake, hardly creating any splash.