I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 537 Refining
"I wonder how much of the strange tales about the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal recorded in that ancient bamboo slip is true?" Soon, Xia Daoming's excited mood gradually calmed down, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

According to the ancient records, the method of using the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal is very simple: it is to directly perform a blood sacrifice, then collect it into the Yellow Court and refine it with the fire of the primordial spirit.

However, the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal was crackling with lightning and exuded an astonishing aura, giving Xia Daoming the feeling of explosives from his previous life.

If we store it in the Yellow Court, and it suddenly erupts inside, we'll be in big trouble!

"If the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal is taken, the Heaven will not bestow its grace and fortune. It is clear that the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal contains the grace and fortune of the Heaven!"

Since it is a divine blessing, after refining it, it will only shine with golden light and radiance, bringing many benefits to the person refining it, and will not kill the person refining it.

Moreover, I possess a powerful physical body and other abilities. Even if it rebels inside, it should only be able to severely injure me, not kill me!

After taking the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal and calculating the worst-case scenario, Xia Daoming resolutely decided to refine it according to the method recorded in the ancient bamboo slip.

If this method succeeds, not only will he himself receive a great opportunity, but Liu Qiaolian and others will also receive a great opportunity.

According to records, the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal can only be refined once.

With Xia Daoming's strength, as long as his body refinement always stays ahead of his qi refinement, he will surely be able to seize the Heavenly Tribulation Crystals from the remaining eight Heavenly Tribulations.

However, out of caution, Xia Daoming did not refine the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal at the Tribulation Ground, but instead rode away on a dragon boat amidst the clouds and mist.

More than twenty days have passed.

Xia Daoming landed on an uninhabited island again.

This time, he made thorough preparations around the island.

Not only did it conceal his temporary cave where he was in seclusion refining the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal, but it also set up a powerful array around it.

After making these arrangements, Xia Daoming dripped his essence blood onto the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal.

As a drop of his essence blood entered the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal, Xia Daoming felt that he had established a subtle, almost imperceptible connection with it.

Relying on this faint and subtle connection, Xia Daoming activated it several times before finally managing to successfully store the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal into his Yellow Court.

The Yellow Court is the palace where the lower dantian evolves.

At this time, the nascent soul had grown into the size of an adult. To be precise, the primordial spirit was residing in the center of the Yellow Court, surrounded by Yin-Yang swords that had transformed into dragons to protect him.

Moreover, a dark cloud was floating above Huangting, and in the center of the cloud was a banner, which was the Banner of Ten Thousand Ghosts.

The power of this banner depends primarily on the power of the ghostly spirits refined within it and the strength of the banner owner's soul; the strength of the banner owner's magical power is the least important factor.

This is why, when Xia Daoming was only a Nascent Soul cultivator, this banner could easily subdue a First Tribulation Transformation cultivator.

This banner is now Xia Daoming's most powerful means of protecting the Yellow Court.

As for the three divine generals, they reside in the Crimson Palace, but are unable to go to the Yellow Court to guard it.

As the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal floated into the Yellow Court, the primordial spirit's expression became solemn. Dark clouds rolled above the Yellow Court, and the Myriad Ghost Banner manifested as a giant ghost claw, ready to be deployed at any moment.

Finally, the primordial spirit opened its mouth, and a flame of primordial spirit spewed out, engulfing and swallowing the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal.

"Crack!"

As soon as the primordial spirit fire engulfed the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal, the lightning ripples on the crystal flashed wildly like sparks and burst open one after another.

However, its power was not great, and as the lightning ripples exploded and disappeared into the flames, Xia Daoming seemed to see the lightning runes disintegrating before his eyes, revealing the mysteries of the Dao of Lightning to him one by one.

After an unknown amount of time, the lightning ripples on the surface of the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal were completely refined by the primordial spirit fire.

As the lightning ripples disappeared, a blurry lightning symbol gradually formed between the primordial spirit's brows.

Although it was just a vague lightning seal that had not yet fully formed, it gave the primordial spirit an aura of imposing authority.

Without the protection of the lightning ripples, the golden-colored Heavenly Tribulation Crystal quickly softened, as if it were melting like paraffin wax.

After an unknown amount of time, the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal began to melt, and a drop of golden radiance dripped from it. Then, under the refinement of the primordial spirit fire, it transformed into a sky full of golden radiance, illuminating and filling the entire Yellow Court. Some of the golden radiance even overflowed from the Yellow Court, sprinkling down on every corner of the body like rain.

Then, a Daoist voice emanated from the golden radiance, echoing within the body. This sensation, where the golden radiance slowly seeped into the body from the outside in, cleansing and nourishing it, was quite different from the distant and ethereal sound of the Daoist voice resounding from the outside.

This time, the golden glow and rosy light are a cleansing and nourishing process from the inside out, more direct and penetrating, leaving no corner untouched, and the effect is more profound.

The Daoist sound resonates directly within the body, like a whisper in one's ear, crystal clear, touching one's soul and consciousness directly, like a morning bell and evening drum, prompting deep reflection, or like a sudden awakening, bringing enlightenment.

The effect of this divine grace is far stronger than that of working from the outside in; it is indescribably mysterious.

Moreover, the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal also contains a very mysterious profound meaning of the operation of Heavenly Tribulation.

Even though Xia Daoming has now survived two tribulations of divine weaponry, he still finds it extremely obscure and difficult to understand, and can only glimpse a few of its mysteries.

This mystery is related to the operation of the Heavenly Tribulation. Even if one only glimpses a little of it, it will be of immense benefit to one's future tribulations.

The Heavenly Tribulation Crystal continued to melt, golden droplets of light falling one by one, the golden radiance continuously showering down across the sky, cleansing and nourishing the primordial spirit, the entire body, and the soul and consciousness...

A mysterious feeling, indescribable in words, kept washing over Xia Daoming like a tide.

A profound understanding of the Great Dao kept flashing through his mind.

Many things that I didn't understand before suddenly became clear.

More obscure and difficult things were also imprinted into his mind as the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal melted, waiting for him to uncover its mysteries one day when his cultivation level reached a certain point.

I don’t know how long it took.

Just as the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal was about to dissipate, suddenly, a vast and profound power erupted from the Crimson Palace and the Yellow Court.

The twelve regular meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians, the Crimson Palace and Yellow Court, the spine and dragon bones, the five viscera and six bowels...

His entire body, even the hair on his body, trembled slightly.

Even the space around Xia Daoming rippled.

The immense power erupting from Jianggong and Huangting attracted each other, colliding in the void within their bodies, and a dazzling bolt of lightning streaked across the void.

A mysterious passage, blending red and yellow, suddenly appeared between the Crimson Palace and the Yellow Court.

One end connects to the Crimson Palace, and the other end connects to the Yellow Court.

Crimson energy slowly flowed out from the Crimson Palace.

Yellow energy flowed out from the Yellow Court.

The two energies interact and transform through the channel.

"This is……"

Xia Daoming stared in disbelief at the astonishing changes within his body.

Just now, he listened to the Heavenly Dao within the golden glow and captured a wisp of extremely profound Dao truth. A strange thought flashed through his mind, and he subconsciously used the Heavenly Grace and Creation within the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal to suddenly activate the Crimson Palace and Yellow Court.

Unexpectedly, such a strange change occurred.

Unintentionally, he opened up a passage between the Crimson Palace and the Yellow Court.

Saying it was "opened up" might not be accurate.

He had vaguely sensed this passage before with his powerful and keen divine sense, but it was as thin as a thread, almost imperceptible, and he couldn't say whether it actually existed or was just an illusion.

But that's no longer important.

Importantly, this great opportunity presented by the Heavenly Tribulation Crystal has created a passage between the Crimson Palace and the Yellow Court, which originally belonged to two different cultivation systems.

Soon, Xia Daoming's astonishment turned into ecstasy.

He was an incredibly powerful person, so how could he not understand that the opening of this passage was a milestone for his cultivation path, and that it would determine the level of his future cultivation achievements, far surpassing the ability to overcome several heavenly tribulations!
　That concludes today's update.

　　
　
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