Without a Heroic Spirit, I Can Only Hand-Craft a Mythical Version of Myself – Chapter 54

Ch 54: Breaking Through

Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng, a man for the ages. His Single Whip Reform was hailed as the Ming Dynasty’s lifeline! Yet, after his death, Emperor Wanli purged his name.

Even the late Emperor Tianqi overturned the verdict on Zhang Juzheng not long after ascending the throne. Emperor Chongzhen entrusted Zhang Tongchang, a descendant of Zhang Juzheng, with important tasks, but this was clearly a privilege only direct descendants enjoyed. The collateral relatives exiled to the border were simply the price to pay.

This wouldn’t have mattered in the past; the Zhu family emperors had the power to be capricious. But this situation, occurring at this crucial moment, became a dark joke—

Because that person suspended in the sky could now truly decide the fate of the Northeast, even the entire Great Ming.

Amidst the joy of the demon race and the fear of the human generals, Chu Mo swung down the kitchen knife in his hand with a resounding crash, like a bolt of lightning.

“What?!” Huang Taiji subconsciously retreated, but the terrifying cold light still tore apart the armor on his chest.

Chu Mo walked through the air, appearing before Huang Taiji. His five fingers firmly gripped Huang Taiji’s head. A terrifying sense of crisis made Huang Taiji instinctively transform into a motley giant tiger, roaring across the wilderness.

“Bastard!” Huang Taiji’s face was fierce. He never expected that the person before him would not waver in the slightest. The five claws, entwined with black fire, suddenly struck out.

Chu Mo’s speed was extreme. He flipped in the void, dodging the fiery claws, and stomped heavily on the motley giant tiger’s head. The terrifying force pressed its mountain-like body straight down towards the earth.

Boom!

The ground shattered and cracked. The earth within hundreds of meters was torn apart, and rocks the size of small mountains soared and scattered in all directions.

Chu Mo stood on the giant tiger, his face indifferent.

“…Brother Zhang,” Huang Taiji’s voice seemed squeezed from his throat, like a roaring tiger, “there’s still a chance to turn back. If you’re willing now, I promise you’ll be my Zhang Juzheng! My Zhang Liang! My Xiao He!”

“I’m willing to make you a King! I’ll also let you completely sever ties with the Zhu Ming imperial family. You know… the Zhu Ming imperial family won’t tolerate you!”

In response, Chu Mo gently breathed on the kitchen knife, and the rust on it hummed loudly, “Black Emperor, how long are you going to hide?”

At this moment, Huang Taiji’s status bar had changed in Chu Mo’s eyes.

【Status】: Black Emperor is Reviving

Huang Taiji frowned slightly, somewhat confused. Black Emperor? Why did the person before him call him Black Emperor? Was he talking about the Black God they revered? But he had no time to think about it.

Terrifying black fire overflowed from his body, but it was blocked by the qi on Chu Mo’s body!

“Huh?!” Huang Taiji’s expression changed slightly. The motley giant tiger erupted with earth-shattering power. Chu Mo took advantage of the momentum to step and leap, soaring into the air, looking down indifferently.

“No, that’s not qi… that’s!” Huang Taiji frowned. If it were simply battle qi, it would be devoured by the fire that burns qi. No matter how strong the opponent was, it would be meaningless, because according to the Black God, black fire was the nemesis developed based on qi.

Unless…

“Luck?” Huang Taiji’s pupils turned pure black at this moment. He stared at Chu Mo in confusion. He could now feel his unprecedented power, and the power within his body was still continuously increasing.

He was a little strange, but he remembered what the Black God had told him before he came, that he would bless him, and he felt relieved. He turned to think about another question!

“Butcher, where did you get luck from…”

According to the information Huang Taiji had learned from the Black God, only the Zhu imperial family could control the Luck Technique, but considering that the person before him was a collateral relative of Zhang Juzheng, the probability of obtaining it was also there. But…

You need power to activate the Luck Technique? Could it be that the news he got from the god was wrong? He’s not a member of Zhang Juzheng’s clan, he’s Emperor Chongzhen in disguise???

Huang Taiji was stunned for a moment, but quickly became indifferent, because it was meaningless. He felt his own power and felt that Chu Mo would definitely die today.

“You stubborn donkey! Go to the eighteenth level of h*ll with your ancestors and regret it.” Huang Taiji tried his best to push the power that was constantly pouring out of his body. Black fire filled the sky and the earth, causing the celestial phenomena to change faintly.

“Celestial Phenomenon Realm?!”

“This is impossible…”

Compared to Sun Chuanting and Zu DaShou’s despair, the demon prince’s fighting spirit became even higher.

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“That’s the feeling!” Chu Mo took a deep breath. He didn’t use the Luck Technique to gather the power of the Demonic Empire. Instead, he forcibly resisted this pressure, felt the pressure, and finally began to burn his lifespan like crazy.

【Under the enormous pressure, you finally felt a glimmer of breakthrough. 】

【In the second year, you successfully broke through… 】

“What?” Huang Taiji sensed Chu Mo’s aura suddenly soaring, his pupils constricted. Could the other side turn the tables?!

“But it’s too late!” Huang Taiji was close to Chu Mo. The light of eternal night spread from his body, like a flood, entangling Chu Mo from all directions.

“You didn’t think I came here just to die, did you?” At this moment, Chu Mo finally stopped suppressing himself. Luck was boiling, merging with him, and his aura was rapidly increasing.

The power of the Demonic Empire followed the blessing of luck and was added to his body! Increasing his aura by nearly tenfold!

Moreover, because of the burning of his lifespan, Chu Mo was improving every moment, and this improvement allowed him to carry more luck.

The speed at which this aura soared was already unbelievable! It also caused the celestial phenomena to change.

“?????”

The black tide of eternal night was torn apart, but Chu Mo did not take action immediately. His eyes were slightly lowered, as if he were sleeping but not sleeping.

【In the eight hundred and seventieth year, you cultivated to the peak of the Heaven and Earth Realm! 】

【In the one thousand four hundred and twentieth year, you cultivated the Myriad Qi Technique to the extreme! And began to constantly deduce it. 】

【In the three thousand two hundred and tenth year, you comprehended the supreme mysteries of the Myriad Qi Technique that were never recorded on it—One Qi Transformation!

This technique was actually created by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, who comprehended the Dao and tried to comprehend the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique, but failed, so he retreated and created this technique!

It can condense half of the qi in the body into a qi incarnation that is no different from the true body. After the qi incarnation dies, the remaining qi in the body, and the memory of the qi incarnation, will return to your mind!

【In the four thousand three hundred and seventy-second year, you comprehended the ultimate secret of the Yongle Divine Art that was never recorded: Demon Slaying Eight Strikes! It has extremely strong demonic resistance! 】

【In the five thousand one hundred and twentieth year, you cultivated the Strongest Martial Ancestor Method to the extreme. You comprehended the mystery: Martial Ancestor True Form! 】

【In the six thousand eight hundred and seventy-second year, you finally successfully integrated the essence of many qi techniques you had collected into the Heavenly Human Tome. You created the Heavenly Human Tome. Heaven and Earth Chapter!

You can’t go any further, and you feel the threshold that once touched the bottleneck of Heaven and Human! That is the upper limit of the world.

Taking this step may face the terrifying oppression of the entire world! Having experience, you no longer move forward. 】

【Lifespan】: Demon Lifespan 240,000 years, Human Lifespan 670 years

This breakthrough was a huge explosion. The corners of Chu Mo’s mouth raised slightly. No wonder it took him so long to cultivate before, and he only cultivated these techniques to great success… He couldn’t take another step for a long time!

It turned out that he needed to break through the Heaven and Earth Realm before he could figure out their fundamental mysteries? Although it took a huge amount of time because of this, it was worth it!

“This guy! Something’s wrong.” Huang Taiji said.

But at this moment, Huang Taiji’s eyes were confused, his heart was lost and even fearful, because this sentence was not what he said at all… At this moment, he felt that his body was not under his control.

He was like a bystander, possessed by a ghost, unable to move, and could only watch himself speak and think.

He was horrified and couldn’t understand what was happening at all… But soon, he remembered what Chu Mo had said before, Black Emperor… Could it be, no, impossible, why would the Black God?!

Chu Mo narrowed his eyes and clearly saw that the opposite state had become Black Emperor Reviving.

Chu Mo smiled noncommittally, took a step, and his physique expanded rapidly at this moment. Qi continuously reconstructed his body, turning him into a ten-meter-tall little giant. This was the Martial Ancestor True Form!

He gently waved the small kitchen knife, “Demon Slaying Eight Strikes, Eighth Strike, Final Chapter—”

“Yongle Slays Demons!”

This strike was as if the Yongle army had crossed time and space and turned into a torrent.

Swords and spears, the world turned upside down!