Chapter 2344: Chapter 2340: The Fifth Stage of Nirvana_1

He had long wanted to make a move on Yang Chen, but he never found the opportunity.

Firstly, Yang Chen had been gaining prominence recently, and secondly, there was simply no chance.

Now, Yang Chen had actually come to this spatial node. This delighted him greatly.

In addition to Yang Chen agreeing to split up with Chen Yangqi, he was even happier.

It should be known that within spatial nodes, the death of an Enlightenment Stage cultivator is quite normal. There is no way to investigate, and as a Supreme Strong, wouldn’t it be easy to just make Yang Chen disappear?

With this in mind, the Sky Canine Supreme sneered coldly.

Since Yang Chen was courting death, there was no reason for him not to oblige.

Chen Yangqi appeared worried, “Yang Chen, you… ”

“Sect Leader, don’t worry about it.” Yang Chen smiled slightly.

He couldn’t let his own matters drag Chen Yangqi down. That wasn’t what he wanted to see. After all, he never considered himself as someone who would hold others back.

Seeing that Yang Chen seemed confident, Chen Yangqi thought carefully and decided not to be too persistent, “Alright, Yang Chen, be cautious and on guard, listen to the Ancestor’s instructions, and don’t be reckless.”

“Junior understands.” Yang Chen smiled gently.

Chen Yangqi finally nodded. Although he wanted to say more, he couldn’t find the right words.

Seeing that the conversation between the two had come to an end, the Sky Canine Supreme’s mouth formed a cold, confused smile. He quickly returned to his original expression and took out two tokens.

“These are the tokens for you two as human participants. One for each of you, carry these tokens, head toward different directions, and you’ll soon see the front line of the battlefield!”

The speaker was Bronze Supreme, who handed the tokens to Yang Chen and Chen Yangqi respectively.

He then said, “Chen Yangqi, head to the Northern Battlefield and join the Thirty-Fourth Squad. There is a lack of a captain there, so you’ll take the position temporarily. As for Yang Chen, head to the Western Battlefield and join the Twenty-First Squad. Many members have died there. When you arrive, find the Twenty-First Squad. While carrying this token, keep the formation letter on you and give it to the squad you’ll be joining, as it will confirm your identity and allow you to join the battlefield.”

Bronze Supreme was responsible in this aspect, giving the formation letters to both Yang Chen and Chen Yangqi one by one.

After that, Bronze Supreme didn’t say anything more and waved his hand, signaling Yang Chen and Chen Yangqi to leave.

Chen Yangqi still didn’t feel at ease and gave more warnings to Yang Chen before finally leaving with some lingering concerns.

Yang Chen was quite confident in his own strength.

In fact, he wasn’t really worried about those ghost creatures. He had a feeling that the Sky Canine Supreme might take revenge on him.

Although it was just a hunch, Yang Chen still had some precautions in mind.

“This Sky Canine Supreme is probably at the second or even third stage of the Nirvana Stage… I’d better be cautious.” Yang Chen murmured.

In his eyes, it wouldn’t be easy for an ordinary Nirvana Stage cultivator to defeat him. However, the Sky Canine Supreme was clearly not an ordinary Nirvana Stage cultivator.

The strength of Nirvana Stage experts varied greatly.

The more powerful he became, the deeper his understanding of the Nirvana Stage.

There were no early, middle, or late stages in the Nirvana Stage, but there were five stages of differentiation.

These five stages were: the First stage, the Second stage, the Third stage, the Nirvana Stage’s peak, and the Half-step Heavenly Sovereign!

The vast majority of Nirvana Stage experts were in the first stage. Many Enlightenment Stage cultivators would only be at the first stage of the Nirvana Stage for their entire lives after they entered!

What exactly is the first stage?

Those with less than two thousand Dao Intent Inscriptions were all first-stage Nirvana Stage experts!

All of those who Yang Chen had killed in the past few years were in the first stage of Nirvana Stage.

Only a few were in the second stage.

The second-stage Nirvana experts had between two thousand and four thousand Dao Intent Inscriptions. Grandmaster Daming could barely be considered a second-stage Nirvana Stage expert.

The second-stage Nirvana Stage experts were extremely rare…

Grandmaster Daming, for example, only just touched the edge of the second-stage Nirvana and was considered one of the three Nirvana experts in Luo Star Island. This demonstrated how rare the second-stage Nirvana Stage experts were.

The third-stage Nirvana Stage experts had between four thousand and five thousand Dao Intent Inscriptions.

They were even rarer. Once someone reached this stage, they would essentially only be second to Celestial Experts in terms of position within the sect.

For example, Sky Canine Supreme.

Yang Chen estimated that the Sky Canine Supreme’s strength had touched the edge of the third-stage Nirvana. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to wield so much power on Luo Star Island, second only to Star Child Heavenly Venerate.

Above the third stage was the Nirvana Stage’s peak.

As long as there were more than five thousand Dao Intent Inscriptions, it would be considered the peak, and there would be no upper limit. Some would have just over five thousand, some would have five thousand five hundred, and others might have six thousand.

However, it was beyond doubt that once there were more than five thousand Dao Intent Inscriptions, it would become increasingly difficult to improve further.

To be precise, the more Dao Intent Inscriptions you had, the harder it would be to improve. Once there were over four thousand, it would become difficult to increase further. Thus, those who could reach the Nirvana Stage’s peak were extremely rare and would enjoy the same treatment as Grandmaster Stage Experts within the Enlightenment Stage.

It might even be rarer than the proportion of Grandmasters at the Enlightenment Stage.

Above the peak stage was the Half-step Heavenly Sovereign stage.

In fact, the position of a Half-step Heavenly Sovereign and that of a Nirvana peak expert didn’t differ greatly as both had already touched the threshold of the Heavenly Venerate stage, and may not have many Dao Intent Inscriptions. But once they touched the Heavenly Venerate stage, their combat strength would significantly increase, making the status of Half-step Heavenly Sovereigns similar to or even greater than the Nirvana Stage’s peak experts.

Now, while rushing to the Western Battlefield, Yang Chen pondered all these things deeply.

With his early years’ comprehension of Life and Death Dao Intent, he had no problem dealing with first-stage Nirvana Stage experts. However, facing second-stage Nirvana Stage experts, he would definitely be unable to defeat them.

But after he comprehended the Space-Time Dao Intent, his combat prowess improved a level, and with the Slaughter God Spear, he could easily fight against second-stage Nirvana Stage experts. However, whether he could kill them was hard to say.

Now, his strength had become even stronger than it was in the Great Secret Realm…

He could definitely defeat second-stage Nirvana Stage experts, but Yang Chen was still unsure of whether he could forcefully overcome a third-stage Nirvana Stage expert.

The key now was that the Sky Canine Supreme might have already stepped into the third-stage threshold.

This was what Yang Chen felt most threatened by…

“No matter, since I’m here, there’s no reason to be afraid of this Sky Canine Supreme. If he dares to make a move, I’ll dare to take it…” Yang Chen lowered his voice and continued moving forward.