Fights Break Sphere: Purple Thunder Emperor

Chapter 423 Heavenly Calamity
Just as Xun'er was bewildered by the repulsive power of the Heavenly Tomb sending everyone away, she was overjoyed by the refreshing dragon roar.

Deep within the vast and boundless sea of ​​consciousness of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon, however, lay a completely different scene.

This is a strange space filled with dazzling golden light and destructive energy.

A golden dragon, though far smaller than its external counterpart, was incredibly solid, its entire body seemingly cast from pure gold, and brimming with spiritual energy, swimming joyfully.

Each of its scales shimmered with a spiritual glow, and a golden-black tai chi symbol about ten feet in diameter slowly rotated on its head, emitting a soft and mysterious chaotic light.

The halo, like a gentle stream, continuously seeped down, nourishing the divine soul of the little golden dragon below.

With the help of this power, the little golden dragon's aura is becoming increasingly vast and condensed at a speed that can be perceived by the naked eye.

"Roar--!"

The little golden dragon let out a long, excited roar, its soul waves conveying boundless joy and comfort.

This feeling is like being relieved of an immense burden, or like receiving timely rain after a long drought; the soul feels lighter and stronger than ever before.

Within the Tai Chi diagram, Xiao Bai's consciousness sensed the rapidly growing soul of the little golden dragon and the changes in this sea of ​​consciousness, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I never imagined... the calamity energy accumulated within the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's body would be so dense and terrifying..."

He sensed the gradually thinning black air currents in this space and was secretly amazed.

Previously, when he used his third eye to examine the area, he only saw the little golden dragon's soul struggling in a black sea, with the black currents constantly suppressing the spirituality within its soul.

He was all too familiar with that black aura; it was exactly the same as the one in the Dimensional Embryo space.

After entering this sea of ​​consciousness and using the mysterious power of the Tai Chi diagram to help the little golden dragon purify the calamity energy, he truly realized the difficulties and dangers involved.

He is not entirely unaware of these dark currents.

He had communicated with that mysterious will in the dimensional embryo space last time; this was the calamity energy of heaven and earth.

Refining pills of grade seven or higher, the transformation of magical beasts into human form, the advancement of bloodlines, or the birth of sentience in spiritual beings will all generate calamity energy.

This is an invisible shackle and test imposed on spiritual beings by the rules of heaven and earth. The calamity will attract lightning to fall, containing both danger and opportunity.

If one survives the tribulation of lightning, one's spirituality will greatly increase; if one fails to survive, all the elixirs will be destroyed, the demonic beast will die and its essence will dissipate, and the spiritual creature will remain ignorant.

Ordinary methods, let alone purification, could easily backfire, causing the soul to be eroded by the evil energy.

It is precisely for this reason that this thunder dragon, born from the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, instinctively and frantically draws upon the Black Demon Thunder and even the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to bombard itself. This is because both the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and the Black Demon Thunder are thunder tribulations, which are one of the means by which heaven and earth dissipate tribulation energy.

As for the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, the supreme thunder of the Dou Qi Continent, the test for it to develop spirituality is far from simple!
Its birth tribulation is far more terrifying than that of other spiritual beings!
Using the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to dissipate the tribulation energy in the sea of ​​consciousness, even though its true form is the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, not only does it not have much of an advantage, but it also makes things more difficult.

As it dissipates some of the calamity energy, it can increase its spirituality to some extent. However, the destructive power contained in the thunder itself will also harm its consciousness and soul. This is the reason why its spirituality has always been obscured. It seems that heaven and earth have imposed great restrictions on it, not allowing it to develop intelligence.

Recalling the original novel where Xiao Yan needed the power of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to purify the world in order to help him pass the trial, Xiao Bai now had a deeper understanding.

If it weren't for the Tai Chi diagram, he probably wouldn't have been able to help the little golden dragon in its plea for help.

As his senses spread, he noticed that in this space of consciousness, besides the little golden dragon and the rapidly transformed calamity energy, there was another incredibly massive consciousness entity.

That consciousness was like a giant, hidden at the deepest level of the sea of ​​consciousness. Its energy intensity was as vast as the starry sea. The mere natural fluctuations it emitted made people feel their own insignificance.

Xiao Bai's consciousness cautiously touched over, carefully sensing for a moment, and immediately understood Xiao Xuan's comment—

"Spiritual ignorance, possessing great power in vain."

That vast consciousness possessed only the most basic instincts and reactions; it was the most primitive and fundamental rudimentary form of consciousness of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, incapable of complex thought.

Despite possessing awe-inspiring power, its intelligence level is probably only equivalent to that of a two- or three-year-old human child.

Just then, the little golden dragon's excitement gradually subsided.

It sensed Xiao Bai's consciousness probing that vast origin, and its enormous dragon head swayed gently, its golden eyes gazing at the Tai Chi diagram above, softly murmuring:
"My lord, I need to merge with its soul in order to completely control the origin of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder!"

Images flashed through its mind: in order to seek a glimmer of hope and avoid its spirituality being completely and annihilated in the instinctive struggle, the main body had actively separated most of the spirituality accumulated over countless years, transforming it into what it is today.

They were originally one entity. It was only when it separated and encountered Xiao Bai that it was able to break free from the instinctive suppression of its spirituality and gain a clearer intelligence.

Now, with Xiao Bai's help, its soul essence has grown stronger, the hidden dangers will be eliminated, and it has enough power and qualifications to merge with that main consciousness.

Only by completely merging and unifying can it fully control the immense power possessed by the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon and truly gain new life, instead of existing as a "separate entity".

Xiao Bai understood its thoughts. Although that ignorant consciousness was intellectually inferior, the power it contained was undeniable.

If it weren't for Xiao Xuan's overwhelming strength suppressing his instinctive resistance from the outside, he and the little golden dragon from before would never have been able to move so smoothly in this sea of ​​consciousness; they would have been crushed by that vast power of instinct long ago.

But things are different now. The little golden dragon has absorbed the chaotic energy transformed from the calamity energy, greatly increasing its spirituality. It also has the advantage of being of the same origin as the main body. If it takes the lead in merging with that ignorant consciousness, the success rate is extremely high.

Once successful, it will no longer be a "little golden dragon", but a true, complete Nine-Headed Golden Thunder Dragon with clear intelligence!
"Go."

Xiao Bai's encouraging thoughts emanated from the Tai Chi diagram: "This is your path to rebirth."

With Xiao Bai's permission, the little golden dragon let out an excited roar. Its enormous dragon eyes glanced reluctantly at the Taiji diagram.

Suddenly, an extremely dazzling burst of brilliant lightning erupted from its massive dragon horns. The lightning was incredibly solid, containing the true meaning of destruction—golden thunder.

"Master, advancing to the Dou Sheng realm is too crucial. Without sufficient comprehension, forcibly pushing you up with external forces will have too great an impact on your future. With your talent, using such methods is putting the cart before the horse. However, it will still be easy for you to take another step forward from your current position."

As soon as it finished speaking, with a "whoosh," the lightning accurately struck the slowly rotating Tai Chi diagram above.

The Tai Chi diagram trembled slightly, and golden and black light flowed, quickly absorbing and encompassing the primordial lightning.

Instantly, Xiao Bai felt an unimaginably powerful and terrifying energy settle within the Tai Chi diagram. The energy was pure and gentle, yet it also carried the domineering activity unique to thunder, as if it were the most perfect supplement for him at this stage.

Having done all this, Little Golden Dragon no longer hesitated.

It raised its enormous dragon claw and gently swung it above its head.

A gentle yet irresistible force enveloped the Tai Chi diagram, instantly sending it away from this space of consciousness.

"Roar……"

Faintly, a dragon's roar, containing the sound of farewell, echoed in Xiao Bai's consciousness.
Outside, Xun'er was guarding Xiao Bai's physical body, her beautiful eyes fixed on the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon in the center of the sea of ​​thunder, whose aura had changed dramatically and whose radiance was dazzling. Her heart was filled with both anticipation and trepidation.

Suddenly, a golden light rippled from the center of the enormous dragon's brow, parting like a curtain of water to create a thin channel.

Immediately afterwards, the familiar gold and black Tai Chi diagram shimmered with a warm and mysterious light, shooting out from it.

"Brother Xiao Bai!"

Seeing this, Xun'er was overjoyed. Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and a radiant smile of relief bloomed on her beautiful face.

Almost at the same time that the Tai Chi diagram returned, a majestic and clear dragon roar once again resounded from the vast sea of ​​thunder.

This time, the dragon's roar was filled with reason and power; it was no longer a painful howl, but a clear voice:
"Senior Xiao Xuan, I will temporarily cooperate with you in activating the Nine Profound Golden Thunder!"

Xiao Xuan, who had been doing his best to maintain suppression and sense the internal situation, suddenly had a flash of light in his eyes upon hearing this. He knew that the opportunity to seize control had come.

"it is good!"

Xiao Xuan let out a long laugh. Without hesitation, he blurred into a streak of light and plunged directly into the raging sea of ​​lightning. Surprisingly, the Black Demon Lightning and Nine Profound Golden Lightning, which were originally filled with destructive power, seemed to have come to life and parted to make way for him.

Xiao Xuan rode the golden lightning, his figure soaring into the sky, heading straight for the huge face in the sky that looked somewhat surprised and uncertain due to the sudden change in the situation.

"You bastard! What do you think you're doing?!"

The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb roared in shock and rage. It sensed the threat, its enormous face contorted violently as it attempted to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Tomb to suppress and retaliate.

However, with the active cooperation of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, Xiao Xuan can now mobilize far more power than before!

"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to kill you!" Xiao Xuan's voice was icy, and his attack was as powerful as thunder.

In an instant, the entire three-layered space of the Heavenly Tomb began to shake violently.

In the sky, the roar of the Heavenly Tomb Soul's twisted giant face, the booming and exploding sounds of billions of thunderbolts, and the majestic roar of the newly born thunder dragon intertwined, creating a deafening sound, as if the end of the world had arrived.

A terrifying energy storm swept out, flashing with light, space shattered and reformed, and the battle reached its most intense point.

Xun'er had already positioned herself in front of Xiao Bai's physical body, setting up a protective barrier, and was intently watching the earth-shattering battle in the sky that would determine the future of the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly had the Tai Chi diagram above his head disappear into his brow. His body trembled slightly, and his eyes slowly opened, a glint of light flashing in them.

He first glanced at Xun'er beside him, then looked up at the earth-shattering battle high in the sky.

After a long time.

The terrifying energy fluctuations in the sky gradually subsided, and the unwilling roar of the Heavenly Tomb Soul grew weaker and weaker, eventually turning into a mournful cry full of resentment and gradually fading away. The huge face also disappeared without a trace.

"Hahaha!"

Xiao Xuan's hearty laughter echoed between heaven and earth as he stood in the void, his robes fluttering in the wind.

Although the soul seemed slightly more ethereal than before, its aura was even more profound and majestic, and with each blink of its eyes, it exuded an absolute sense of control over this Heavenly Tomb space.

He reached out and made a light swirl in the air.

"Tsk-!"

A spatial rift, larger and more stable than any before, suddenly appeared in the sky above the third level of the Heavenly Tomb.

"Go," Xiao Xuan said to the Nine-Headed Golden Thunder Dragon below.

The enormous thunder dragon let out a long roar, its huge eyes gazing at Xiao Bai on the ground.

Immediately, it flicked its tail, controlling the vast and boundless golden sea of ​​lightning, transforming it into a torrent that surged and surged toward the spatial rift.

Countless bolts of lightning, like rivers flowing into the sea, poured into the crack, creating a magnificent spectacle.

As the last wisp of lightning disappeared into the crack, a clear, majestic, and profound voice resounded directly within the Heavenly Tomb:
"My lord, do not worry about me. The Heavenly Tomb is not a place for me to stay for long. When I wake up again, I will take Lei Hai back to Zixiao Palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, the spatial rift in the sky slowly closed and disappeared.

The once destructive and suffocating ocean of lightning has now completely dissipated, revealing the desolate and ancient land of the third level of the Heavenly Tomb.

The whole world seemed to fall silent instantly, with only the lingering arcs of electricity and the scorching heat in the air bearing witness to the earth-shattering event that had just occurred.

Xiao Bai gazed at the now calm sky, remaining silent.

A soft, delicate hand gently grasped his, and a delicate touch came through.

Xun'er didn't speak, but simply looked at him with her clear, bright eyes, filled with understanding and silent comfort, as if to say:
"Brother Xiao Bai, I'm here for you."

Xiao Bai felt the warmth in his hands and Xun'er's affection, which greatly lessened the sadness of parting.

He took Xun'er's soft hand in his other hand, smiled at her, and indicated that he was alright.

At the same time, he focused his mind on his body, sensing the Tai Chi diagram that was floating deep within his soul and slowly rotating.

In the picture, a golden lightning bolt, incredibly condensed and containing terrifying energy, moves like a small dragon, radiating boundless vitality and power.

This was the generous gift that Little Golden Dragon gave him when he left. The energy was not huge, but it was extremely pure.

Xiao Bai understood that with the help of this thunder energy, which carried a trace of primordial energy, breaking through his current barrier would be smoother than ever before!
This is the greatest opportunity that the little golden dragon left him—the chance to quickly advance to the level of a half-saint!
At this moment, Xiao Xuan's figure slowly descended from the sky and came to stand in front of the two.

His face was filled with an undisguised smile of delight. Although his soul body had been greatly depleted, his spirit was extremely refreshed.

"Success?"

Although Xiao Bai had already sensed the outcome, he still asked a question.

"Ok!"

Xiao Xuan nodded, a hint of joy in his voice.
"Although it was not completely eradicated, half of the control of the Heavenly Tomb has been regained. From now on, even without burning the soul, the soul of the Heavenly Tomb will not be able to cause any trouble and can only retreat to a corner!"

He paused, looked Xiao Bai over for a moment, and said softly:

"If you want to advance to the Emperor Realm, hurry up and break through to the Dou Sheng realm. Otherwise, even if your physical body is superior to others of the same level, you still won't be able to withstand the power of the Emperor Realm!"

"Thank you for your kindness, senior!" Xiao Bai was overjoyed and clasped his hands in a respectful bow.

"Hehe. You're also a member of the Xiao family, no need to be so polite!"

Xiao Xuan waved his hand, in high spirits. Everything was moving in a positive direction. His thousand-year mission was complete, and he even saw hope for resurrection. All of this was brought about by the little guy in front of him.

His gaze lingered for a moment on their clasped hands, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes, before he asked:

"The one-year exclusion period for the Heavenly Tomb has ended, and everyone else has been forcibly removed. You... seem unaffected? What are your plans next?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai's eyes flashed slightly.

He had felt a sense of rejection before, but since he opened the vertical eye between his eyebrows, that rejection has weakened. Now he has a strange premonition that he can stay for three years, just like the Heavenly Tomb opens once every twenty years.

Even Xun'er, perhaps because of physical contact with him, seemed to be enveloped by some kind of aura and did not trigger the rejection of the Heavenly Tomb.

"For some reason, the force of repulsion has no effect on me."

Xiao Bai shook his head, offering no further explanation, then stroked his chin and slowly spoke:
"Since I can still stay here, and the time flow in this Heavenly Tomb is much faster than in the outside world, it is an excellent place for cultivation. I plan to cultivate here for a while."

He needs time to absorb the energy left to him by Xiao Jin in order to break through to the semi-saint realm!

Even if you stay in the Heavenly Tomb for three years, only half a year will have passed in the outside world. Where else can you find such a good thing outside the Heavenly Tomb?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan's eyes showed even greater admiration:
“Good! This place is safe and secure, so you can go into seclusion without worry. If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time.”

Xiao Bai nodded, said no more, and took Xun'er to a flat spot nearby where they sat down cross-legged.

He took a deep breath, his eyes shining brightly, and his mind completely focused on his body, guiding the vast golden thunder energy within the Tai Chi diagram.

Seeing this, Xun'er smiled slightly. As long as she was with him, even if there was no one else here, she would not be bored at all.

Sensing the aura slowly spreading within Xiao Bai's body, she also took out the Dou Sheng energy core that Xiao Bai had given her from her storage ring and began to cultivate silently.

(End of this chapter)