CHAPTER 447: 238, GOLDEN CROW DHARMA PHASE, MOTHER AND CHILD TWIN NASCENT_2

The nine Blood Shadows cultivated by the Blood Shadow Magic Skill can condense Blood Pills to enhance their cultivation.

Although the "Heavenly Yin Evil Skill," a ghostly cultivation method, is somewhat inferior in its enhancement of cultivation by absorbing souls through the Evil King Dharma Body, he was quite tempted by the fact that its Evil King Dharma Body, after transformation in the Nascent Soul Realm, possessed a portion of the power of a Primordial Spirit Dharma Phase.

With his aptitude, cultivating another demonic technique wouldn’t take too much effort.

Furthermore, my other self in the Instance World is now working on breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm before I do... Now’s the perfect time for me to cultivate this demonic technique... Xu Xing’s eyes flashed slightly.

To break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, one must combine internal and external manifestations and use the power of the Origin Energy of a blessed land. The blessed lands of various sects in East Huangzhou were not formed out of thin air. In fact, the Instance World’s Yaochi was also a blessed land; it just hadn’t been developed using Immortal Path techniques.

This time, by leveraging Sect Master Ren’s secret decree, he not only "borrowed" enough resources but also obtained the Starfall Sect’s method for consecrating blessed lands.

「Time flies.」

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen years had passed.

"It’s time for him to come out of closed-door cultivation."

"I wonder how many stages of cultivation he’ll be able to break through in one go."

At the entrance of the cave mansion, three miles away in a stone pavilion, Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch was playing chess with his Junior Brother Jade Balance Taoist Lord. Suddenly, he saw the spiritual energy within the blessed land gradually refilling. Stroking his beard, he smiled and shook his head, saying, Xu Xing had absorbed so much spiritual energy from the blessed land; I mistakenly thought he was going to form a Nascent Soul in one go. It seems he was still somewhat lacking in the end.

The loss of spiritual energy within the blessed land far exceeded what a Dao Pill Daoist could absorb. However, it still hadn’t reached the threshold of spiritual energy required for a Dao Pill cultivator to form a Nascent Soul.

"Exiting closed-door cultivation?" Jade Balance Taoist Lord held a black piece and, after pondering for a moment, placed it on the chessboard. "Didn’t Senior Brother say he... had a chance of forming an Immortal Nascent Soul?"

The Sect Master’s Inheritance of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was a great benefit. If they could obtain it, both his and Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch’s cultivation could advance several steps. If Xu Xing succeeded in forming his Nascent Soul, they would have no issue cooperating with him. However, if he was just a Dao Pill Daoist... they didn’t want to be ordered around or schemed against by someone from the younger generation.

"It’s just a chance... not a certainty. After all, he hasn’t been cultivating for that long."

"That’s true. He’s not even three hundred years old yet. Even with an Immortal Body, it’s still too difficult for him to form a Nascent Soul at this age," Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch laughed.

Jade Balance Taoist Lord’s expression flickered when he heard this, but then, as if remembering something, his face calmed. "It seems we’ll have to wait a little longer for him. I hope it won’t take more than one hundred years." Although he greatly coveted the Flying Feather Immortal Palace’s inheritance, the thought of the consequences of rash action forced him to dispel his greed. The inheritance is good, but one must be alive to take it.

"Stabilizing cultivation, finding a breakthrough opportunity for Nascent Formation, and acquiring a Nascent Soul Spiritual Object are no easy tasks. One hundred years... I don’t know if that’s a short time or a long one..." Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch sighed. The one hundred years his Junior Brother Jade Balance Taoist Lord mentioned was the potential time frame for when the Godslayer Sect might besiege the Starfall Sect.

More than thirty years ago, the Godslayer Sect had launched an all-out attack. If not for the Upper Sect Seven Stars Sect’s Nascent Soul Saint Monarch still being able to intervene and suppress the crisis that threatened the Starfall Sect’s destruction, the Starfall Sect might have already perished. In another one hundred years, the wind erosion tribulation afflicting the Yin Wind Gate’s Nascent Soul Saint Monarch, due to flaws in his cultivation method, would be alleviated. At that time, with the Godslayer Sect joining forces with the Yin Wind Gate, the Starfall Sect’s situation would once again become perilous.

However, before Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch could finish his words, the next moment—

An even larger spiritual energy funnel appeared above the blessed land and began to wildly absorb spiritual energy, pouring it into the cave mansion where Xu Xing was. Simultaneously, around Xu Xing’s cave mansion, various phenomena began to appear; hundred-foot-tall illusory Azure Dragons and White Tigers emerged one after another.

"The convergence of internal and external manifestations..."

"Is he going to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?" Jade Balance Taoist Lord watched this scene in shock.

Although he hoped Xu Xing could break through the Dao Pill Realm and succeed in Nascent Formation in one go, he was still somewhat incredulous when this scene truly unfolded before his eyes. One had to remember that before entering closed-door cultivation, Xu Xing was only at the seventh stage of Dao Pill.

Could it be Ren Yuanrui’s backup plan? The Higher Teachings have an extensive foundation; perhaps they have a method to help him stabilize his cultivation instantly... Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch frowned.

At this moment, tribulation clouds began to gather densely above the blessed land. Streaks of Heavenly Thunder formed within the dark clouds, striking down towards the cave mansion. With each Heavenly Thunder that descended, the cave mansion’s protective array technique was instantly broken. The cave mansion itself was shattered, and a large hole was torn open in its roof.

If the Heavenly Thunder during a breakthrough to the Dao Pill Realm assisted cultivators in escaping worldly shackles and tempering their magic power, then the Heavenly Thunder for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm was no longer so benign. At this step, cultivators usurped too much of the world’s essence. Therefore, the tribulation thunder of the Nascent Soul Realm was primarily about destruction—destroying cultivators who stole the World’s Origin Energy. The convergence of internal and external manifestations consumed the Source of the blessed land, and the Source of the blessed land was itself a part of the World’s Origin Energy.

"Evil King Dharma Body!"

Looking inward through the large hole torn in the roof of the cave mansion, one could see Xu Xing, under the bombardment of the tribulation thunder, calmly forming a hand seal. A radiant golden, winged, three-legged giant bird phantom instantly appeared around him. The Evil King Dharma Body was formed by devouring the souls of cultivators and refining them through secret ghostly techniques. Since Xu Xing possessed the Taoist Fruits, he had no qualms about severing a part of his Divine Soul. Thus, after he cultivated it, this Evil King Dharma Body transformed into the Golden Crow Dharma Body, bearing no trace of the eerie, ghostly aura of the original Evil King Dharma Body.

Under the tribulation thunder, the Golden Crow Dharma Body bathed in the lightning, spread its wings, and let out a long cry. The Heavenly Thunders descending from the tribulation clouds instantly shattered and dissipated into nothingness.

However, Xu Xing, within the Dharma Body, showed no sign of relaxation upon seeing this. Forming hand seals, he opened his mouth and spat out his Dessication Twin Swords, which hovered protectively above the crown of his head. The Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation was not so easily passed; what he had just experienced was only the first layer of Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.

The deeper a cultivator’s foundation, the more they suffered during their Tribulation Crossing. And for someone like him, with innate foundations, the lightning tribulation he faced would be far from ordinary.

Indeed, just as Xu Xing expected, after the first layer of Heavenly Lightning Tribulation ended, the Heavenly Thunder within the tribulation clouds gestated for a long time. Half a day later, a blood-red Heavenly Thunder struck down.

The blood lightning exploded, shaking the ground. The Heavenly Vault seemed to weep bloody rain as a crimson radiance suffused the entire heaven and earth, chillingly cold to the bone.

The second layer of Heavenly Lightning Tribulation is already blood lightning. Just how many heinous acts has this Human Emperor Body committed... Jade Balance Taoist Lord couldn’t help but be astonished.

Generally speaking, during a Nascent Soul Tribulation, only at the Ninth Layer Heavenly Thunder Tribulation would the clouds unleash blood lightning as punishment. For Xu Xing’s second layer to be blood lightning, the power of the Ninth Layer Heavenly Thunder was simply unimaginable.

"With his foundation, he should be able to withstand at least the Seventh Layer Heavenly Lightning Tribulation," Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch said in a deep voice, a trace of solemnity in his eyes. "The last two layers might... no longer be Heavenly Thunder at the Nascent Soul Realm level, but Heavenly Tribulation at the Primordial Spirit Level..."

If, before Xu Xing began his Nascent Formation, Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch had harbored doubts about whether Xu Xing could form an Immortal Nascent Soul, at this moment, he was one hundred percent convinced. Xu Xing would definitely be able to condense the legendary Immortal Nascent Soul and become a Half Immortal walking among mortals!

However, danger and opportunity coexisted; great opportunities were accompanied by great crises. During the Ninefold Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, the last two layers Xu Xing would face might no longer be at the Nascent Soul level, but at the Primordial Spirit level.

"If Xu Xing dies in the Starfall Sect, our sect will not only fail to benefit but will also incur Ren Yuanrui’s enmity..." Jade Balance Taoist Lord said with a worried expression, looking deeply at the scene of Xu Xing undergoing his tribulation. Even if Xu Xing’s demise had nothing to do with their Starfall Sect, a small sect could not contend with the Higher Teachings, who might not be inclined to listen to reason.

"It seems we have to lend him a hand. Let’s just hope we won’t regret this decision..." Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch said gravely.

"Senior Brother means?" As the words fell, Jade Balance Taoist Lord was startled. As he and Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch were the only two Dao Lords in the sect, they knew the sect’s foundation very well and understood exactly what Greedy Wolf Dao Monarch was suggesting.

"That treasure was collected by our sect’s patriarchs throughout the generations, all for our sect to produce a Nascent Soul Saint Monarch and become one of the Higher Teachings..."

"If we lend it to an outsider at this time..." Jade Balance Taoist Lord tried to dissuade him.