Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thousands of green bamboos have regrown on the island in the middle of the lake, and the wind blows, making the bamboo sea ripple like waves.

Inside the bamboo building, Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes. A glint of light flashed in his eyes, illuminating the dark walls. His aura was ethereal and unpredictable.

With the help of the Five Elements Spiritual Body Secret Technique, he finally broke through the bottleneck and achieved the Divine Transformation.

He spent another three years stabilizing his cultivation level, allowing him to fight freely without worrying about falling back to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Chen Yuan looked inward at himself. In his dantian, the sea of ​​true essence had expanded to 100,000 zhang, boundless and limitless. The pure true essence was crystal clear, like amber, and slightly viscous.

Above the Great Ocean of True Essence, the Primordial Spirit sat cross-legged, its entire body radiating a blue light, and it was about a foot in size, resembling a three- or four-year-old child.

Below, in the vast ocean of true essence, strands of pure true essence rose up, and after being absorbed and refined by the primordial spirit, they transformed into strands of pure primordial spirit energy.

After transforming into a deity, the nascent soul merges with the divine soul, becoming inseparable. It can then mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, greatly increasing its supernatural powers.

Chen Yuan's soul space has also evolved into a sea of ​​consciousness, filled with the power of the soul.

The three illusory true spirits surrounded the primordial spirit, while the Purple Kui Thunder Drum closely followed the Kui Bull True Spirit, its spiritual light flashing and purple lightning swirling around it, as if trying to curry favor, desperately absorbing the true spiritual energy overflowing from the Kui Bull True Spirit.

Further out are the Purple Void Sword and the Kun Fish Short Arrow, two top-tier magic treasures, which, together with the three-headed true spirit phantom, are breathing in and out the pure energy of the primordial spirit, nourishing the origin of the magic treasures.

In the distance, the thunder and fire still raged, trapping the middle-aged scholar within.

He looked at Chen Yuan's primordial spirit, which had opened its eyes, sighed softly, and a hint of resentment flashed in its eyes.

Chen Yuan said coldly, "The Demon King has lingered in my dantian for nearly a hundred years. It's time to send the Demon King on his way."

The middle-aged scholar did not struggle. His primordial spirit was extremely illusory and could dissipate at any moment, revealing the white demon core.

He gave Chen Yuan a deep look: "I will take my leave first and wait for you in the Netherworld."

Chen Yuan ignored him completely. Zhu Yan's true spirit opened its eyes, opened its mouth, and inhaled the entire sea of ​​fire.

The Kui Niu True Spirit let out a low roar, and the heavenly lightning that had trapped the middle-aged scholar flashed and crashed down, striking the scholar's primordial spirit. In an instant, it turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished into nothingness.

The white demon core remained intact. Zhu Yan's true spirit revealed a hint of longing in its eyes, and suddenly pounced on it, swallowing it whole.

Then he returned to the area around his primordial spirit, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes slightly, and quietly inhaled and exhaled the pure true essence rising from the sea of ​​true essence below.

Chen Yuan did not stop it. This Void Refining Demon Pill had been in his dantian for nearly a hundred years and had been assimilated by his aura. There was no need to take it out of his body, and refining it would be twice as effective.

He looked at the spot where the middle-aged scholar's spirit had dissipated, his expression complex, and murmured, "Brother Zhang, I have avenged you."

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Outside Suyue Lake, Qin Wuyai and Lu Wangquan stood with their hands behind their backs, gazing at the bamboo building nestled among the lush greenery.

Suddenly, a streak of light flew out from the bamboo building and headed straight for the two of them.

The two men's expressions changed, and they went to meet them.

The beam of light stopped in front of the two, revealing its form; it was Chen Yuan, who had already stabilized his Nascent Soul realm.

Qin Wuyai clasped his hands in a bow and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Chen on achieving the Nascent Soul stage and living to the age of two thousand years."

Lu Wangquan also clasped his hands in congratulations: "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Chen on achieving the Nascent Soul stage and living to the age of two thousand years."

Chen Yuan clasped his hands in return: "Thank you both for protecting me. My cultivation level has stabilized, and it's time to return the cave to Fellow Daoist Qin."

He flipped his hand and took out the array plate of the Spirit Gathering Array, handing it to Qin Wuyai.

Qin Wuyai put away the array plate and said, "Fellow Daoist Cangsong and Fellow Daoist Ren are both recuperating in their caves. I will invite them here now."

As he spoke, he took out two communication talismans, put them to his lips, silently said a few words, raised his hand and threw them, which turned into two streaks of light and flew into the distance.

Qin Wuyai raised his hand and gestured, "Please, fellow Daoists."

The three of them landed in a burst of light, and Chen Yuan returned to the bamboo house. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Cangsong Daoist and Ren Laomo landed in the bamboo forest and entered the bamboo house.

The three rose to greet him. Daoist Cangsong smiled broadly and bowed to Chen Yuan, saying, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Chen, on achieving the Nascent Soul stage and living to the age of two thousand years."

Ren Laomo simply cupped his hands slightly and said indifferently, "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Chen on achieving the Nascent Soul stage."

Chen Yuan returned the greeting with clasped hands and smiled, "The hundred-year period is approaching. I am fortunate to have fulfilled my mission and have not let the hard work of my fellow Daoists go to waste."

Qin Wuyai raised his sleeve and flicked it, and a wine jar and five jade cups appeared out of thin air on the bamboo table. He laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen has broken through his seclusion and achieved the Nascent Soul stage. We should raise a large cup to congratulate Fellow Daoist Chen."

He pointed, and the jar stopper flew up on its own. The wine jar tilted slightly, and the amber-colored spirit wine condensed into a line, filling the five jade cups one by one.

The aroma of the wine is rich and intoxicating.

Qin Wuyai picked up the jade cup: "Please, fellow Daoists."

Daoist Cangsong followed closely behind, raised his jade cup, offered a perfunctory toast to Chen Yuan, and drank it all in one gulp.

Chen Yuan smiled, drank the spiritual wine, and felt a cool spiritual energy enter his throat, refreshing his mind and body, but it only circulated through his meridians once before disappearing.

This spirit wine is brewed from three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs. Just one cup is enough to make a Nascent Soul cultivator fall into a state of intoxication.

But Chen Yuan drank it and felt nothing at all.

Lu Wangquan and Ren Laomo each drank a cup of spiritual wine. Ren Laomo put down his jade cup and said calmly, "Now that Fellow Daoist Chen has emerged from seclusion, we should also enter the spatial passage to explore and prepare for our smuggling into the Spirit Realm."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned serious.

Daoist Cangsong nodded: "What Fellow Daoist Ren said is very true. There are only seven years left until the hundred-year period, so it is best to make preparations as soon as possible."

Chen Yuan asked, "What preparations should we make?"

Qin Wuyai said, "Over the years, we have been busy collecting the essence of the five elements and have not entered the spatial passage. Before sneaking across, we naturally need to find out what it is like inside."

Old Demon Ren said, "I also want to see if Fellow Daoist Chen can truly discern directions in the spatial turbulence, as Fellow Daoist Qin said."

Qin Wuyai frowned: "Fellow Daoist Ren, do you not trust me?"

Ren Laomo said calmly, "I naturally trust Fellow Daoist Qin, otherwise I wouldn't have gone all out and exhausted most of the sect's resources to help Fellow Daoist Chen achieve the Nascent Soul stage."

"But before witnessing Fellow Daoist Chen's abilities firsthand, I inevitably have some doubts in my heart. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "Fellow Daoist Ren, you flatter me. I was able to successfully transform into a god within a hundred years thanks to the strong support of the four of you. Naturally, I want to put your minds at ease."

"However, before entering the spatial passage, I need to return to my cave first."

Qin Wuyai smiled and said, "Then let's set off in three days, how about that?"

Chen Daoyou nodded in agreement, and the other three naturally had no objections, and one after another got up to take their leave.

Chen Yuan left Suyue Lake and returned to Langao Island, disappearing into the distance.

The cave entrance was tightly closed, yet light shimmered around it.

Chen Yuan flicked his sleeve, and the array enveloping the cave quietly receded, revealing the heavy stone door, which swung open like two light willow leaves.

Chen Yuan strode into the cave and spread his divine sense. Jing Shuhan was meditating and cultivating in the cultivation room.

He smiled slightly, walked to the door of the cultivation room, and gently pushed open the stone door.

Jing Shuhan suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with coldness.

But when she saw Chen Yuan, her eyes narrowed and she froze.

Chen Yuan strode into the cultivation room and said with a smile, "I'm back."

Jing Shuhan smiled faintly and stood up from the futon: "Congratulations, my husband, on achieving the Nascent Soul stage." (End of Chapter)