Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 199 Battle Against the Black Bear
The golden light continued to shrink, pressing all the spiders down into the sand.

"Stop! We can talk this over!" the Spider King shouted.

She deeply regretted gathering all the spiders together; wasn't that going to lead to their complete annihilation?
If she wanted to deliberately hide, these three guys wouldn't be able to find her at all.

The golden light was so overwhelming that the Spider King had no power to resist at all.

"Hand over your inner core, and I'll spare your life!" Zi Dong paused the suppression of his righteous energy and shouted sternly.

"Who are you?" The Spider King was unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to know who he had lost to.

"Little Spider, your master is the City Lord of Donglai City! Quickly kneel down and kowtow!" the Fox King shouted.

"Lord of the city, if you spare me, I am willing to offer all my treasures," the Spider King quickly begged for mercy.

"If you don't hand over your inner core, then die." Zi Dong was too lazy to waste words with her and immediately activated his righteous energy to suppress her.

"I'll hand it over, I'll hand it over!" the Spider Queen begged hastily, half of her body already buried in the sand.

Lower-ranking beasts risk their lives if they hand over their inner cores.

The Spider King was a third-grade Supreme Realm cultivator who had condensed thirty-six stars within his space. Even if he handed over his inner core, he would only drop in realm.

With the help of the thirty-six stars in the space, the inner core can be condensed again very quickly.

Zi Dong, along with the two women, found an oasis on the edge of the Spider King's territory to cultivate.

The Spider King's inner core allowed Zi Dong to directly advance to the peak of the second-grade Supreme Realm.

"Am I now able to deal with a beast king at the fourth-grade supreme realm?" Zi Dong asked proudly after stabilizing his cultivation.

"Do you think a fourth-grade supreme beast king is as common as cabbage? It takes advancing to the third grade to suppress it," Donglai Ziqi rebuked.

"Alright." Zi Dong was brought back to reality; the fourth rank was already a different level.

"You can't refine the inner core for a while longer; you'll have to rely on cultivation to advance to the third rank," Donglai Ziqi instructed.

To help Zi Dong cultivate better, Donglai Ziqi found him a black bear.

The Fox King and Scorpion King were responsible for eliminating the Bear King's subordinates, while Zi Dong continued to fight the Bear King.

The Bear King's ability is to bring darkness, but it is precisely countered by the righteous energy.

However, the Bear King's body is very strong, which is just right to help Zi Dong advance.

The Fox King and Scorpion King finished off all of the Bear King's men, but the battle between Zi Dong and the Bear King was still not over.

Zi Dong did not use his full strength; he only mobilized 30% of his righteous energy to suppress the Bear King.

"I'll stop fighting! I surrender!" The Bear King had no choice but to beg for mercy after being beaten so badly by Zi Dong.

"Take a day off." Zi Dongchong waved his hand and sat down next to the two women.

"Master, why don't you refine the Bear King's inner core?" the Fox King asked curiously.

“Refining too many inner cores will make your cultivation unstable. It’s safer to do it in actual combat,” Zi Dong explained casually.

"Refining too many inner cores can lead to qi deviation," the Scorpion King added.

"Little scorpion, have you refined it?" Zi Dong looked at the Scorpion King with a strange expression.

"Master, I did not refine it; I only heard about it," the Scorpion King quickly explained.

"For others, refining too many inner cores would lead to qi deviation, but with my righteous qi, I, the city lord, have no problem!" Zi Dong said arrogantly.

"Master, what about us? Can we also refine inner cores?!" the Fox King asked excitedly.

"You only need to integrate enough righteous energy," Zi Dong nodded.

The two women exchanged a glance, immediately sat cross-legged, and began to absorb more righteous energy.

Improving one's cultivation level through cultivation is too slow; refining the inner core is the best choice.

Moreover, for beasts, refining inner cores has fewer side effects than for humans. Zi Dong rested for a day and then continued his battle with the Bear King, quickly defeating it once again.

"Lord of the City, I am willing to offer up my inner core, please spare me," the Bear King pleaded.

"I, the city lord, do not want the inner core. Continue fighting, or you will die!" Zi Dong shouted.

In just nine days, he had condensed a star within the space, which greatly boosted Zi Dong's confidence, so he naturally wanted to continue cultivating.

"Bang, bang, bang," Zi Dong gave Xiong Wang another good beating.

Zi Dong was a whole realm below Xiong Wang, but under the suppression of his righteous energy, Xiong Wang could only take the beating.

However, the Bear King also had a fiery temper and was resilient, so he fought back desperately against Zi Dong.

Within a month, Zi Dong condensed two stars within the space, and the Bear King's cultivation also improved.

The Fox King and the Scorpion King were in a bad mood; they hadn't seen the sunlight for a month.

The Bear King has been using dark power, plunging the entire territory into darkness, where not a single ray of sunlight can be seen.

After resting for two days, the Bear King took the initiative to challenge the enemy, hoping to improve his cultivation as soon as possible, even though he was still getting beaten up.

"Not bad, not bad." Zi Dong was very satisfied with Xiong Wang's performance and tried to minimize the use of his righteous energy.

Donglai Ziqi told Zidong that the less he used his righteous energy, the faster he could improve his cultivation.

Another month passed, and Zi Dong condensed two more stars within the space.

Seeing that Zi Dong and the Bear King's cultivation levels were rapidly improving, the Fox King and the Scorpion King also began to train and battle against each other.

They also wanted to improve their cultivation and become the strongest in the endless illusionary sea.

The Scorpion King used only a trace of righteous energy, while the Fox King mobilized all of his righteous energy.

Zi Dong was surprised that the two women couldn't hold back and immediately mobilized their righteous energy to cover the Bear King's territory, helping the two women cultivate.

Because Zi Dong has completely integrated the righteous energy, and can continue to refine it.

He could no longer improve his cultivation by using righteous energy, while others could improve faster by merging with more of it.

The Fox King and Scorpion King, in particular, improved their cultivation even faster by entrusting their soul imprints to Zi Dong and using righteous energy.

In nearly a year, Zi Dong successfully advanced to the peak of the third-grade supreme realm in his battle with the Bear King.

The Bear King actually condensed ten stars within the space and was extremely grateful to Zi Dong.

The Fox King successfully advanced to the second-grade Supreme Realm, while the Scorpion King, although unable to advance, condensed ten stars within the space.

"Go deal with the Bat King," Donglai Ziqi instructed after Zi Dong had stabilized his cultivation.

"Is the Bat King a fourth-rank official? What are his abilities?" Zi Dong asked quickly.

"At the peak of the fourth rank, the ability is misfortune," Donglai Ziqi explained.

"Misfortune?!" Zi Dong was taken aback upon hearing this, then burst into laughter: "What a misfortune!"

"Master, what are you laughing at?" The Fox King quickly asked when he saw Zi Dong laughing so loudly.

"Because our next opponent is the Bat King!" Zi Dong said with a smile.

"Master, the Bat King is not easy to deal with," the Scorpion King quickly advised.

"Is the Bat King that powerful?" the Fox King asked dismissively.

"The Bat King is also known as the King of Misfortune; only those with a cultivation level higher than his can fight against him," the Scorpion King explained.

"Master, let's bypass the Bat King's territory!" the Fox King quickly advised.

"Hmph, what a load of rubbish, King of Misfortune!" Zi Dong sneered, "This city lord is the Chosen One of Destiny!"

(End of this chapter)