Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

'However, searching the Ghost Realm of Ten Thousand Souls will probably take some time.'

"Before that, I can use my newly reforged fifth-tier top-grade natal spirit treasure, the Black Dragon Armor, the Five Elements Hundred Treasures River, and the Primordial Chaos Axe to try refining my spiritual power, consolidating my foundation, and attempting to break through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

Ling Pengyun secretly made his plans.

Previously, during the nearly one hundred years he had spent searching for the Ghost Realm of Ten Thousand Souls in the endless void, he devoted a lot of his spare energy to the Path of Weapon Cultivation.

He also used a large amount of cultivation resources to raise his cultivation level to the peak of the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, just one step away from the perfection of the Nascent Soul realm.

However, taking this step is extremely difficult.

Even 99% of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm experts throughout history have been stuck at this stage.

However, Ling Pengyun currently possesses three exceptionally special fifth-grade spiritual treasures, which gives him considerable advantages in dealing with this matter.

Moreover, through the various gains from the previous chaos, Ling Pengyun had already sought the help of the Star Sea Ancestor to refine a total of five fifth-grade high-quality breakthrough spiritual items.

Their effects are all extremely powerful, at least increasing the probability of a cultivator breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage by about 10% to 20%.

Moreover, they come in different types and can be used in combination. Some can improve the quality of spiritual power in a short period of time, while others can improve blood and qi, and still others can improve spiritual consciousness, and so on.

Subsequently, Ling Pengyun immediately absorbed the Black Dragon Armor, the Five Elements Treasures River, and the Primordial Chaos Axe into his dantian, and used their primal power to temper his own spiritual energy.

During this period, because their primal power was of the same origin as Ling Pengyun's, they did not have any conflict with those spiritual power sources.

They even resembled a special refining furnace.

Ling Pengyun's spiritual energy source is like a precious material for refining weapons.

For a time, the process of refining spiritual energy with the three treasures resembled a special treasure-refining process.

Moreover, due to the different characteristics of spiritual treasures such as the Black Dragon Armor.

The spiritual power they forge becomes not only incredibly abundant, but also exceptionally resilient.

……

As the time goes.

Thirty years later.

The Black Dragon Armor and the other two treasures have reached their limit in refining the essence of spiritual power.

Ling Pengyun's spiritual energy also underwent a transformation.

Although their quantity is the same as before, their quality is nearly two or three times better than before.

This also made Ling Pengyun's foundation incredibly strong; in fact, even relying solely on his own strength, he probably already had a 20-30% chance of breaking through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
This is also the extraordinary benefit brought by high-level natal spirit treasures.

"Spending so much time and effort to reforge those three treasures to the fifth-tier top-grade ahead of schedule was indeed a wise move."

"Furthermore, if we add to that the high-grade fifth-tier breakthrough spiritual items I've acquired in recent years, I'm afraid my breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage will be a certainty."

Ling Pengyun sensed the condition within his body, and his face immediately lit up with joy.

And everything was ready.

He then consumed all five fifth-grade high-level spiritual items in his hand and began his secluded cultivation to break through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

As he refined those spiritual objects, they immediately transformed into powerful medicinal forces, directly aiding his spiritual power, divine sense, and other fundamental elements, which were enhanced once again in a short period of time.

In fact, upon closer examination, his current foundation is probably even stronger than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

'With such a foundation for now, why worry about not reaching the pinnacle of the Divine Transformation realm?'

Ling Pengyun was full of confidence.

Then, his body emitted an incredibly terrifying suction force, drawing in the spiritual energy throughout the entire Cangxuan Mountain.

In an instant, he seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, frantically refining the spiritual energy.

His spiritual power also remained at an extremely high level, even like a torrent, and began to frantically challenge his cultivation bottleneck.

Although the bottleneck was sturdy, it couldn't withstand the powerful torrent of spiritual energy emanating from Ling Pengyun.

As a result, the bottleneck quickly began to falter.

During this time, influenced by the heavens and earth, Ling Pengyun also entered the inner demon barrier. Various extremely realistic scenes kept appearing in his mind. Ordinary people could not distinguish reality at all and would probably get lost in them soon, thus missing the opportunity to break through.

However, due to various factors, Ling Pengyun's divine sense and soul temporarily became extremely strong, and he easily saw through those illusions.

'Break it for me.'

With a thought, Ling Pengyun unleashed an extremely powerful surge of divine soul energy.

Immediately afterwards, all illusions vanished.

His struggle to break through his bottleneck also became incredibly peaceful.

As time went on, about half a month later, he successfully shattered it, thus triggering the heavenly tribulation clouds.

The tribulation clouds were enormous, even enveloping the area within tens of thousands of miles of Cangxuan Mountain.

Boom! ! ! ! !

Moreover, it was filled with terrifying black lightning snakes, constantly emitting bursts of roar.

Its dispersing aura is also extremely powerful.

It was even stronger than the tribulation clouds summoned by those previous fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasures.

Even a seasoned Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation would likely find it incredibly troublesome.

'These tribulation clouds are rather unusual... but this is probably related to my rapid breakthrough to my bottleneck, coupled with my exceptionally solid foundation.'

'But this is also a good thing. After all, the stronger the tribulation clouds, the stronger the tribulation lightning that strikes down, and I will have more opportunities to temper my spiritual power with the tribulation lightning, making its quality even stronger.'

'In this way, even if I reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in the future, I estimate I will still have a considerable advantage among those of the same level.'

Inside the cultivation cave, Ling Pengyun soared into the air, hovering above the massive tribulation clouds. His brows showed no fear, only excitement.

Although tribulation lightning is a test from heaven and earth for cultivators, it is also an opportunity.

The tribulation lightning summoned by cultivators not only originates from the same source as themselves, but also contains a portion of the power of creation of heaven and earth, which has the effect of tempering the cultivator's foundation.

However, attempting to use tribulation lightning to temper one's foundation is extremely dangerous, and ordinary people would never dare to try it.

However, Ling Pengyun had tried it many times before and had a lot of experience.

In addition, he is quite strong, skilled in physical strength, and has many powerful natal spirit treasures and other means to protect him, so he is quite confident.

quite a while.

After the tribulation clouds in the sky had been brewing for a long time, they finally unleashed the first bolt of tribulation lightning.

This tribulation lightning was initially a typical strike from the late-stage Nascent Soul realm.

'The River of Five Elements and a Hundred Treasures!'

"go with!"

Ling Pengyun's face lit up with even greater joy, and he immediately activated the Five Elements Hundred Treasures River to be the first to meet the tribulation lightning.

The two collided quickly, creating a tremendous roar.

boom! ! !
Countless tiny thunderbolts and the Five Elements Treasure Water scattered in all directions.

Even the residual spiritual energy emanated from it, shattering the surrounding void into fragments, creating a unique and extraordinary shattered space zone in that area.

Moreover, a large amount of extremely corrosive and powerful gales emerged from it, ravaging all directions.

Whoohoo! !

In an instant, the aftershocks of the battle created what seemed like a desolate wasteland.

Furthermore, the Five Elements Treasures River and the Tribulation Lightning quickly determined the victor.

The Five Elements Treasures River, with its ability to be both extremely soft and extremely hard, actually formed a huge water sphere, which forcefully trapped the tribulation lightning.

It then cleaved the lightning bolt into several smaller pieces.

During this time, although the tribulation lightning continued to bombard the Five Elements Treasures River Water Sphere with its destructive power, it had no effect whatsoever, as if the Five Elements Treasures River Water Sphere was impervious to blades and spears.

'The Five Elements Hundred Treasures River, a magical treasure capable of both attacking and trapping enemies, is truly exceptionally useful in such a situation.'

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

He then summoned the Black Dragon Armor and donned it, and took out spiritual treasures such as the Primordial Axe and the Nine Heavens Thunder Banner, which floated beside him to protect him.

Immediately afterwards, he soared into the air and flew directly into the water sphere, where he sat down cross-legged.

He forcibly absorbed a small bolt of tribulation lightning into his body and began to temper it.

While the minor tribulation lightning was quite powerful, Ling Pengyun's spiritual power was far superior.

Ling Pengyun then suppressed it completely and gradually refined its essence.

A surge of pure and incomparable energy from heaven and earth suddenly emerged and spread into Ling Pengyun's body, continuously strengthening his foundation.

Moreover, its consolidation progress is not only faster than the speed at which Ling Pengyun used the power of spiritual treasures to refine the origin of spiritual energy.

Furthermore, because it contains a degree of creative power, its consolidation effect has an even higher upper limit.

As time went by, after Ling Pengyun gradually refined all the smaller segments of tribulation lightning left behind by the first tribulation lightning, his foundation was not only about half a percent stronger than before, which was quite remarkable. He also tasted the benefits of this.

He arranged for the dozens of lightning bolts that struck down from the sky afterward to be the same.

However, when the tribulation cloud unleashed the third-to-last bolt of lightning, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

The power of those tribulation lightning bolts actually reached the level of those above the Nascent Soul stage.

'Unexpectedly, this third-to-last tribulation lightning bolt already contains world-destroying power, and judging by the nature of the tribulation clouds, the remaining two lightning bolts will likely be even stronger.'

This matter is rather troublesome.

'However... the foundation-tempering effect of this kind of tribulation lightning will likely be even stronger.'

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun's brows furrowed slightly, but a hint of madness also appeared on his face.

If he had encountered such methods before the great chaos, he might have had no choice but to hide.

But now, he is far from what he used to be.

Then, he took out all his trump cards, including the fifth-grade top-quality Ghost Dao Battle Formation of his family, the fifth-grade top-quality protective boat formation, and even the mountain-protecting formation of Cangxuan Mountain.

He even used all the countless fifth-tier talismans drawn by the family's genius talisman master Ling Lihao over the past hundred years, as if they were free.

In an instant, a massive barrage of attacks of the fifth rank and above appeared, overwhelming the third-to-last cataclysmic lightning bolt in the sky.

While the cataclysmic lightning was powerful, it couldn't withstand Ling Pengyun's many unique and formidable methods.

Moreover, with all those methods combined, they probably already have the power to directly kill an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

Those methods can be considered as a condensation of most of the foundation of the Cangxuan lineage and Ling Pengyun.

As a result, the world-destroying tribulation lightning was temporarily blocked, and was even forcibly blasted into several smaller tribulation lightning bolts.

The time is ripe.

Ling Pengyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

Immediately afterwards, to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, he took out some defensive talismans and activated some powerful physical techniques to strengthen his physique.

He even activated the Black Dragon Armor with all his might, causing it to shimmer with spiritual light and become incredibly sturdy. It also erected a thick defensive light barrier that enveloped Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun instantly felt completely safe.

Only then did Ling Pengyun feel relieved, and he slowly used his spiritual power to forcibly absorb a small amount of world-destroying tribulation lightning into his body.

In just a moment, he felt a powerful force of destructive lightning rampaging through his body.

Even if it is only a part of the cataclysmic tribulation lightning, its power is at most equivalent to a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

Ling Pengyun was barely able to suppress it.

However, it still caused Ling Pengyun to feel a continuous, slight pain within his body.

'This feeling... is truly exhilarating.'

Ling Pengyun gave a wry smile.

However, the benefits of refining that kind of tribulation lightning are also great.

In fact, Ling Pengyun's foundation increased by nearly half a percent simply by refining that minor world-destroying tribulation lightning, making it comparable to the entire tribulation lightning he had refined before.

Therefore, Ling Pengyun's eyes flashed with countless sharp lights, and he endured the pain to continue refining the other minor Dao World-Destroying Tribulation Lightning.

Soon, he completely refined the third-to-last cataclysmic lightning bolt.

The penultimate tribulation lightning bolt also struck, its power nearly several times stronger than the third-to-last world-destroying tribulation lightning bolt.

The final lightning bolt was nearly twice as powerful.

As a result, Ling Pengyun had no energy left to try to refine the tribulation lightning and could only do his best to overcome it.

Fortunately, he had many tricks up his sleeve, and he managed to get through the situation.

With everything resolved, the remaining power of the tribulation clouds in the sky was exhausted, and finally a drop of sweet dew of creation fell before disappearing.

Under the influence of that Dew of Creation, Ling Pengyun began to change.

After a thousand years, his cultivation level finally reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

He also gained access to a much wider world.

Moreover, because he had previously tempered his foundation with tribulation lightning, his Nascent Soul Perfection foundation was several times stronger than that of ordinary people of the same level.

Even if he had only just entered the Nascent Soul stage, his cultivation level was still comparable to that of a superior Nascent Soul cultivator.

His cultivation speed also increased significantly as a result.

According to his estimation, based on the resources he obtained through various means and the fact that Cangxuan Mountain is a place rich in spiritual energy, he might be able to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in less than a thousand years.

And this speed is truly astonishing.

Even if one dedicates their entire life to achieving the Perfected Nascent Soul stage, it is extremely difficult to reach this level.

Even the only veteran Nascent Soul Perfection Dao Lord in the Heavenly River Realm today, it took him nearly three or four thousand years, plus the resources of the entire Radiant Star Immortal Sect, and his own excellent aptitude, to reach this point.

'Indirectly, my current cultivation speed is probably the fastest in the entire Heavenly River Realm.'

Ling Pengyun felt the changes brought about by this breakthrough and immediately beamed with joy.

In addition, his lifespan also increased dramatically.

His lifespan even reached five or six thousand years.

If you add to that the longevity-enhancing substances he has taken every year.

His total lifespan is probably eight or nine thousand years.

Moreover, even though he had been cultivating for a long time, he had also activated some methods that consumed his lifespan during this period.

He still has at least three to four thousand years of lifespan left to live.

'This lifespan is quite good, and given my current rapid cultivation speed, I estimate it will be more than enough for me to seek opportunities and break through to a higher realm.'

Ling Pengyun chuckled to himself.

……

at the same time.

Outside of Cangxuan Mountain.

Those high-ranking members of the Cangxuan lineage, including Yan Siyi, who had been protecting Ling Pengyun, couldn't help but feel happy for him when they saw him successfully break through to the next realm.

"My husband is indeed no ordinary man. Upon closer examination, his breakthrough this time can be considered extremely smooth."

"Moreover, judging from the powerful aura it is currently exuding, it is likely that it has benefited greatly from tempering its body with tribulation lightning."

"The only downside is that this matter is far too worrying."

Yan Siyi gazed at the direction of the summit of Cangxuan Mountain, her face full of joy, but also with a hint of reproach.

"Father truly deserves to be the strongest in our clan, and with his breakthrough this time, he has set a precedent for our clan."

Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi's offspring, the Dharma cultivator Ling Chengxia, the spirit plant husband Ling Chengxin, and the beast tamer Ling Chengmie, all felt an immense respect for Ling Pengyun.

"Ancestor Pengyun is truly a role model for us all."

The two outstanding young members of the Ling family, Ling Feixiang, who cultivates both physical and magical abilities, and Ling Guangming, a master archer, secretly take Ling Pengyun as their role model.

"By the way, the time when Pengyun reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage was about the same as I predicted in my early years. Moreover, with Pengyun also reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, along with me, my Cangxuan lineage now has two people at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

"Moreover, in terms of the number of people who have reached the Nascent Soul stage, my Cangxuan lineage is not inferior to the Yaoxing Immortal Sect in the slightest. In fact, because Pengyun and I have more spiritual treasures, we might even be able to surpass the Yaoxing Daojun and Yaoling Daojun master and disciple of the Yaoxing Immortal Sect."

"In this way, it is estimated that my Cangxuan lineage can continue to develop peacefully in the Tianhe Realm."

The pressure on Ancestor Xinghai lessened somewhat.

Over the years, the Cangxuan lineage and the Yaoxing Immortal Sect have maintained a peaceful relationship.

However, no one can guarantee that the two sides will not have a conflict in the future due to some factors.

For this reason, Ancestor Xinghai had always been wary of the Yaoxing Immortal Sect.

He even thought that because he was the only one in the Cangxuan lineage to have reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would sometimes feel worried about it.

However, as Ling Pengyun reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, this matter could be resolved.

In addition, the old-school Yaoxing Daojun of the Yaoxing Immortal Sect, who had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, spent a lot of resources a couple of hundred years ago to successfully help his disciple, Yaoling Daojun, reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

They already had two Nascent Soul stage cultivators at a very early stage, and their strength was much stronger than before.

At this moment, the other powerful members of the Cangxuan lineage were also shocked by Ling Pengyun's breakthrough.

Afterwards, seeing that the strange activity had subsided, they returned together to Cangxuan Mountain and sought out Ling Pengyun to offer their congratulations.

In an instant, the entire Cangxuan Mountain was filled with joy, and a grand banquet was held.

...(End of chapter)