Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 303 The Existence in Bloodlines

Shen Wen'an had met the golden skull once before, so he wasn't surprised by its appearance.

What intrigued him was that Xu Zhan was able to communicate with the golden skeleton and even summon it.

"Little sister Tanuki, do you have a way to use Senior Skeleton as a vessel to make him a substitute for Master?"

Xu Zhan looked at Shen Li beside him and spoke.

Previously, I witnessed Shen Li using a straw doll to deceive the immortal golden nature within Shen Chongming's body.

Xu Zhan's idea was simple: he wanted to use the same method to make the golden skull suffer the same calamity as his master, Shen Wenxing.

Upon hearing this, Shen Li frowned slightly and then shook her head.

"Although Li'er doesn't know the specific reasons for the formation of the calamity, she thinks it is related to cause and effect and fate."

"That is the power of the Great Dao Laws. Li'er's meager cultivation cannot deceive her at all."

Upon hearing this, a look of disappointment appeared on Xu Zhan's face.

He originally planned to use the golden skull to transfer the calamity on Shen Wenxing's body, and then take the golden skull with him to fight his way to the outside of Baxia's phantom to snatch back that drop of Baxia's blood.

Now that this method is not working, he has no other options.

After a moment of contemplation, he resolutely turned to Shen Wenxing, cupped his hands, and said, "Master, I will go to face the tribulation first. If I can return alive, I will definitely find a way to help you resolve this calamity."

"If I were to die, the gate of life that is the overlap between you and me could be left to you, Master."

"I'll leave Senior Sister and Jingzhe in your care, Master."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhan suddenly leaped out of the light barrier of the Baxia phantom.

Meanwhile, the golden skull beside him transformed into a golden light and gave chase!

"Xu Zhan!"

"You brat, come back here right now!"

Shen Wenxing chased after him for a few steps and shouted anxiously!
Shen Yuan had previously deduced that his and Xu Zhan's calamities would both occur at the Laishui River.

However, there is a sign that their life gates overlap, which means that it is very likely that only one of them will be able to survive the ordeal.

Afterwards, although the fates of the others were slightly altered with the help of Shen Yuan's "Life and Death Interpretation" power in the "Returning to the Source of Divination" scripture, they still could not find the key to Shen Wenxing's life.

Xu Zhan wanted to give him his lifeline.

How could Shen Wenxing possibly accept that?

Xu Zhan was his apprentice and his son-in-law.

From a public perspective, his talent is far inferior to Xu Zhan's. If Xu Zhan were to risk his life to save him, it would be a great loss for the future of the Shen family!
On a personal level, if Xu Zhanruo truly died by divine intervention, leaving the door to survival to him, he would never be able to face his daughter Shen You and grandson Xu Jingzhe in the future.

"Wen'an, I'm leaving the affairs of the city to you."

"I will tell my parents that I am afraid I will not be able to stay by their side to fulfill my filial duties in the future."

After hurriedly turning around and giving Shen Wen'an a word of advice, Shen Wenxing was about to rush out.

"Uncle, please wait a moment."

Upon seeing this, Shen Li quickly called out to him.

"Perhaps Li'er has a way to help Uncle."

Shen Wenxing hesitated slightly upon hearing this.

His father, Shen Yuan, had previously said that if he followed Shen Li, his fate might change.

But now that Xu Zhan has rushed out, there is a battlefield outside with more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs. Even with the golden skeleton protecting him, he can't rest easy.

"quickly."

Shen Li seemed to sense his worry, and quickly said something before starting to form a hand seal.

The next moment, pure and supreme crimson-gold divine light suddenly emanated from her body, quickly condensing behind her into a phantom figure wearing a nine-colored feathered celestial robe and a jade crown adorned with jade flowers.

As the phantom appeared, a deep, blood-pumping war drumbeat slowly echoed in the surrounding void!
The sound of the war drums seemed to come from the distant void, initially low and barely audible, but then becoming clearer and clearer, giving people the illusion of shaking the heavens and earth.

As the drumbeats of the war drums grew more rapid, the phantom behind Shen Li, who had been looking down with her eyes lowered and her hands clasped tightly to her chest, suddenly began to dance to the beat of the drums.

The phantom's dance moves were wild and unrestrained, expansive and powerful, giving people a heavy yet extremely powerful feeling!
With each step the phantom took, rings of crimson-gold light rapidly spread in all directions.

Shen Wen'an and Shen Wenxing, who were surrounded by the crimson-gold aura, could clearly feel a mysterious power surging into their bodies!

The power within the body surged, the flow of spiritual energy within the meridians accelerated, and the speed at which the body absorbed spiritual energy from heaven and earth was greatly enhanced.

It was as if some secret technique had been used to unleash potential and burn essence and blood.

As the two were marveling at the special effects of this strange war dance, Shen Li seemed to have thought of something. Her hand gestures changed slightly, and then her body floated into the void and slowly knelt down.

The next moment, Shen Li decisively bit her fingertip and used her blood, which emitted a crimson-gold light, to quickly inscribe a strange rune in the void in front of her!

boom!
The moment the rune took shape, the space outside Baxia's light shield, which had already been shattered, suddenly trembled!
Then, in the depths of that endless void, it seemed as if an ancient and terrifying being was slowly awakening!
This sudden turn of events made all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs who were fighting outside tremble with fear, staring in horror at the void that resembled an abyss.

Whoosh!
Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, a streak of blood-red light suddenly flew out from the depths of the void!
The crimson light carried an overwhelming killing intent, and as soon as it appeared, it caused the surrounding void to tremble!
Even the illusory image of Baxia that shrouded Yunshui City seemed to be greatly impacted, and began to flicker incessantly.

"too weak……"

"How could my descendants be so weak and feeble?"

A majestic yet utterly disappointed voice echoed within Baxia's protective aura.

Shen Wen'an and Shen Wenxing were both bewildered upon hearing this voice.

After saying this, the crimson light transformed into a blurry phantom wearing crimson armor and holding a black spear. It stood at the edge of the chaotic void and the Yangnao Land, its lightning-like eyes scanning Shen Wenxing in the phantom of Baxia. Then it threw the black spear in its hand!
"Young man, find a vessel for my warrior!"

The jet-black spear pierced through space in an instant and appeared in front of Shen Wenxing.

Gazing at the spear that seemed to be burning with blood-red flames, Shen Wenxing belatedly realized what was happening and hurriedly took out a white bone spear from his storage bag.

His preferred weapon is the long staff.

The white bone spear in the storage bag was a weapon that Zhang Qingjing of Tianjun Mountain had forged using the remains of a golden dragon.

The moment the white bone spear was taken out, the black spear in front of it transformed into a wisp of blood-red flame and pierced straight into it.

"Go, this spear is given to you, hoping that you can restore the glory of our people."

The phantom at the edge of the chaotic void had completely vanished before it could finish speaking.

Shen Wenxing looked at the white bone spear that was floating in mid-air in front of him and had completely changed its appearance. After hesitating for a moment, he boldly stretched out his palm and grasped the spear!

Noisy!
At this moment, the white bone spear was like a red-hot iron. The instant Shen Wenxing's palm touched it, a burning pain instantly came through his palm!

However, Shen Wenxing did not loosen his grip.

Blood-red flames suddenly erupted from within the spear, instantly engulfing his entire body along his arm!
In an instant, Shen Wenxing transformed into a blazing fireman!

Under the burning of this blood-fiend flame, his physical body, which was at the fifth level of body cultivation, was also undergoing a kind of transformation!

The fiery flames burned his flesh and internal organs from the outside in.

Then, a large amount of blood-fiend flames quickly gathered in his left eye!
His left eye was continuously burned by the blood flames, and gradually, it seemed to turn into a blood-red abyss!
call--

Suddenly a gentle breeze arose, and the fiercely burning flames of blood gradually died down.

At this moment, Shen Wenxing's left eyeball seemed to have turned into a glass bead just taken out of the furnace fire, radiating an eerie red light!
As the bright red "glass bead" gradually cooled, its pupils slowly returned to their normal color.

"Wen'an, I'll go help Xu Zhan first!"

Shen Wenxing, who had just recovered, didn't even have time to feel the changes in himself before he leaped up and rushed out of the Baxia phantom!

Shen Wen'an was wondering what the being that had just appeared in the chaotic void was when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Li's figure swaying precariously in the void above him, as if she might fall at any moment.

With a flash, he arrived in mid-air and helped Shen Li down.

"Third Uncle, Li'er is alright."

Upon landing, seeing the worry in Shen Wen'an's eyes, Shen Li's face was somewhat pale, but her eyes held an indescribable joy.

"Who was that being that Tanuki summoned just now?"

The aura emanating from that ancient crimson armor was terrifying!

Even the space of this small world in Yangnao Land could not withstand his aura.

Shen Li shook her head slightly: "Li'er doesn't know who he is either."

"Just now, when I used the War Dance Spirit Invocation, I suddenly felt a familiar aura from a distant time and space in my bloodline."

"The fox tried to wake him up."

After a pause, Shen Li smiled slightly and said, "I suppose... that person must be a powerful ancestor in my Shen family's bloodline."

The bloodline ancestors of the Shen family?
Shen Wen'an was somewhat taken aback after hearing this.

He never imagined that the Shen family's bloodline could be traced back to such a distant era, and that such a terrifying being had appeared among their ancestors.

"My uncle received a reward from our ancestor, so his strength should have increased."

"With that senior skeleton protecting him, Brother Xu Zhan should be fine."

"Li'er believes that the two of them will be able to successfully overcome this tribulation."

Shen Wen'an nodded.

The changes that occurred to my elder brother Shen Wenxing just now were indeed very mysterious, especially his left eye after being burned by the Blood Fiend Flame.

It's likely that some kind of magical eye technique has already been developed.

……

Beyond the illusory image of Baxia, Xu Zhan, after rushing out, did not recklessly charge into the battle circle where many Nascent Soul True Monarchs were fighting.

Now, he and the golden skull stand beneath the pillar of light generated by Baxia's precious blood, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Although those Nascent Soul True Monarchs had already fallen into a frenzied battle because of this drop of precious blood, everyone adhered to a tacit agreement not to let the battlefield get too close to the precious blood.

They were afraid that they might accidentally shatter the void around the precious blood, causing the treasure to fall into the chaotic void and become untraceable.

However, if anyone tries to take advantage of the chaos to get close to the precious blood in the crimson-gold pillar of light, they will be attacked by more than one person at the same time.

Xu Zhan saw this situation, which is why he did not take the risk of attacking.

He is waiting.

If the fighting above intensifies, and casualties occur, then fewer people will be paying attention to the precious blood.

Then the golden skeleton can help him withstand the attacks of those Nascent Soul True Monarchs, and he can take the opportunity to steal the precious blood.

Xu Zhan stood quietly not far from the pillar of crimson light, when out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a streak of blood-red light flying from the phantom of Baxia below.

The crimson light quickly arrived before them.

"Master, you..."

Upon seeing that the visitor was Shen Wenxing, a look of worry appeared on Xu Zhan's face.

"Shut up!"

Shen Wenxing looked at him with displeasure: "Once this calamity is over, see how your master will teach you a lesson!"

"Master..."

Xu Zhan wanted to say something, but Shen Wenxing raised his hand to interrupt him, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Pay attention to what might happen in the arena. Your master and this senior skeleton will help you buy some time later."

"After you get the blood of Baxia, quickly hide inside the phantom of Baxia."

The drop of precious blood above was something that drove more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs mad. If Xu Zhan were to snatch it away, the consequences would be obvious.

At present, Shen Wenxing can only hope that the illusory image of Baxia can block the attacks of more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

"Master, this place is still too dangerous, you..."

Before Xu Zhan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a loud shout from the shattered void above his head!
"die!"

"If you don't give me a way out, you won't get your precious blood either!"

The sound was like rolling thunder, filled with endless madness!
"not good!"

"It's Qi Buyu!"

"Is that old guy going to self-destruct?!"

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Zhan's expression changed drastically.

As a native cultivator of Yangnao Land, Qi Buyu's previous attitude was very assertive, which displeased many Nascent Soul True Monarchs from outside the realm. Later, he was the first to try to seize the precious blood, and the old man received special attention in this chaotic battle.

They were targeted by several Nascent Soul True Monarchs from beyond the realm.

Even though his cultivation level was close to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he was still seriously injured in the attack by many people.

His physical body was covered in terrible cracks, and his nascent soul within him had become dim and lifeless. In such a chaotic situation, his nascent soul dared not abandon his physical body and escape.

Knowing that he was doomed, Qi Buyu had a crazy idea!

Having withstood the attacks of several Nascent Soul True Monarchs, its tattered body, exuding an extremely dangerous aura, swooped down from the sky, intending to completely destroy this drop of precious blood by self-destructing its Nascent Soul!

"Stop him!"

"Stop that madman!"

"He's going to destroy the precious blood!"

"Idiot! Stop it!"

……

The Nascent Soul True Monarchs screamed in terror!
But no one dared to approach and stop Qi Buyu, who was on the verge of exploding!

Precious blood is important, but life is even more important!
What good is obtaining the precious blood if you lose your life?
The self-destruction of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator would turn the entire area within a thousand miles into a death zone!
Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, even cultivators at the Golden Core stage would be instantly torn apart by that violent power!
Although the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the arena were shouting furiously, their bodies all transformed into streaks of light and fled into the distance!
Upon seeing this, a hint of malice and resentment flashed in Qi Buyu's eyes.

He originally planned to destroy the precious bloodline and also take a few old men with him to their deaths.

However, as soon as these shrewd old folks sensed something was amiss, they all scurried away like birds and beasts.

At this moment, Qi Buyu desperately wanted to stop the self-destruction and seize the precious blood.

But he clearly couldn't do it.

Out of the corner of her eye, Qi Buyu caught sight of Shen Wenxing and Xu Zhan below, and a hint of madness flashed in her eyes once again.

"I'd even rather blow you two ants to bits!"

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in such a state!"

"And that old geezer!"

Aren't they your calamities?

"Today I will prevent you from averting your calamity, and you will be buried with me!"

Completely insane, Qi Buyu now plans to blow up Shen Wenxing and Xu Zhan together, using the karma between the Shen family and Xu Xiu to exact revenge.

All of this, which seems to have taken a long time, actually happened in the blink of an eye!

"go!"

"Master, run!"

Seeing Qi Buyu charging down, his internal energy raging wildly, and a large amount of dazzling golden light with an extremely dangerous aura bursting out from the cracks all over his body, like a hedgehog covered in light spikes, Xu Zhan was horrified and immediately tried to pull Shen Wenxing to hide in the Baxia phantom!

However, before he could make a move, he suddenly felt as if his body had fallen into some kind of void quagmire.

Both actions and thoughts seemed to be slowed down several times.

"If you obediently accept your fate and die, I might try to ensure your reincarnation, considering how many years you have served me."

"But now you want to harm me, so I cannot let you live."

As the calm voice rang out from afar, a transparent fishing line suddenly shot out from the void!
The fishing line quickly wrapped around Qi Buyu's body, which was swelling and about to explode completely.

Qi Buyu's body was like a block of tofu, and in the blink of an eye, it was cut into countless pieces of meat of different sizes by the sharp fishing line!
Even the nascent soul, whose spiritual energy had already gone berserk within its dantian, was not spared.

puff!
The nascent soul, instantly sliced ​​into countless pieces, was like a deflated firecracker; once ignited, it only emitted a muffled sound before completely going out of control.

A life-threatening crisis was easily resolved. While the Nascent Soul True Monarchs who had escaped were still in a daze, Shen Wenxing, who was closest to the crimson-gold pillar of light, had already reacted!

"Xu Zhan! Hurry!"

"Precious Blood!"

Xu Zhan snapped out of his daze and suddenly darted out, rushing towards the blood of Baxia within the crimson-gold pillar of light!

At this moment, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs outside the realm also realized what was happening. Seeing that the precious blood that everyone was fighting for was about to be snatched away by a junior at the fifth level of body cultivation, they were furious!

"Youngster! If you dare to touch that precious blood, no one can save you, not even if you go to heaven or earth!"

"You ants, get out of my way! This treasure is not for you to lay a finger on!"

……

Among the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs, some were angry and threatened, while others made a ruthless move.

Various terrifying auras mingled with the mournful cries of the heavens following Qi Buyu's death, assailing the world.

Without anyone giving them orders, Shen Wenxing and the golden skeleton rushed forward!

The golden skull, unarmed, relied on its near-invincible defense to withstand several magical attacks from Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Shen Wenxing, on the other hand, used the white bone spear in his hand to strike a sword beam that cleaved the sky!

boom!
That sword light was an angry attack from a Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm sword immortal, and its power was extremely terrifying!
If it were the previous Shen Wenxing, facing such a terrifying sword light, his body probably wouldn't even have a chance to react and would have been cut in half!

But now, after his body has been tempered by the mysterious blood-fiend flames and enhanced by the ancient war dance, he has been greatly improved in every aspect.

Especially the left eye, which had been specially illuminated by the Blood Fiend Flame, was now able to clearly see through the trajectory of the opponent's sword light, and find the best time to defend and deflect the force.

Using various methods, Shen Wenxing easily blocked the opponent's sword, and then freed his hand to thrust out a blood-red spear light towards the attacking Nascent Soul Sword Immortal!
The moment the spear's light flew out, it transformed into a blood-red azure dragon in the void!
With bared fangs and claws, it roared and charged towards the Nascent Soul Sword Immortal!
"A mere fifth-level body cultivator possesses such bizarre strength!?"

The Nascent Soul Sword Immortal was clearly shocked by Shen Wenxing's courage in taking his sword beam head-on and daring to attack him.

With a slight thought, one after another phantom of long swords suddenly appeared before him.

These longswords intertwined and coiled, instantly transforming into a sword dragon that lunged at Shen Wenxing's blood-red azure dragon.

Although his body had been tempered by the Blood Fiend Flame, greatly enhancing his qi and blood, Shen Wenxing was still only at the fifth level of body cultivation, two major realms below the Nascent Soul True Monarch. Their power was simply not on the same level.

The crimson dragon lasted only two rounds before being torn apart by the sword dragon, letting out a mournful cry of resentment as it vanished into the air.

The shock to his blood and qi caused a trickle of blood to escape from the corner of Shen Wenxing's mouth.

"The Nascent Soul True Monarch is indeed powerful..."

With a solemn expression, he muttered something to himself, then quickly raised his spear and leaped high into the air to meet the charging sword dragon!
With the boost of his Qi and blood, the white bone spear in his hand suddenly grew larger!

A blood-red spear shadow, thousands of feet long, was formed and smashed directly down towards the head of the roaring sword dragon!
boom!
The thousand-foot-long blood-red spear slammed into the sword dragon, causing it to sink and veer off course, crashing headfirst into the distant phantom of Baxia!

Under the influence of this recoil, Shen Wenxing's body tumbled more than ten times in the void, retreating over a hundred miles before crashing heavily into the rocks below Yunshui City!

"Master, we've succeeded!"

Just as Shen Wenxing struggled to his feet, wanting to rush forward again, Xu Zhan's voice rang out!

The towering crimson-gold beam of light in the distance also vanished at that moment.

A streak of crimson light shot directly toward the phantom of Baxia!
Upon seeing this, Shen Wenxing's face lit up with joy. He suddenly leaped up from his half-crouched position and followed closely behind Xu Zhan into Yunshui City.

As soon as the two entered Yunshui City, the golden skeleton was slammed into the city by a tremendous force, and the terrifying shockwave caused the few remaining intact buildings in the city to collapse instantly.

The golden skull struggled to its feet from the ruins and flashed to Xu Zhan's side.

His empty eyes were fixed on the Baxia blood in his hand.

Xu Zhan shook his head slightly upon seeing this: "I can't give this to you."

"However, you can absorb a trace of the precious blood's energy to restore your strength."

After saying this, he gently blew on the precious blood that was shimmering with seven-colored fluorescence in his hand.

The next moment, a streak of light floated out from the precious blood and disappeared into the body of the golden skull.

At this moment, Shen Wen'an and Shen Li also arrived.

"Brother Xu Zhan, did you get the precious blood?"

Xu Zhan nodded and presented the precious blood from his palm to the two of them.

The two had barely glanced at it when a loud explosion came from the void above their heads!
Clearly, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs who were chasing after them were blocked by the Baxia phantom and were frantically attacking the phantom light shield.

"Shouldn't this phantom of Baxia be able to withstand it?"

Shen Wenxing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked solemnly at the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs surrounding the light barrier.

Judging from their angry expressions, once the illusory image of Baxia is breached, the people in the city will likely be instantly killed without even a chance to be reborn.

The four looked at each other, all trembling with fear as they watched the terrifying attacks erupting around the phantom!
"Young man, I am the master of Cang Kong Mountain. As long as you hand over your precious blood to me, Cang Kong Mountain will definitely protect you!"

"Otherwise, once this strange turtle shell is breached, you will all be instantly annihilated!"

"Young friend, don't listen to that old scoundrel. Everyone has witnessed the reputation of Cangkong Mountain in the Seventy-Two Realms of Cangmin. My Dafeng Secret Realm is the best choice for you."

"As long as you hand over this precious blood, I will personally escort you and your clan to the Great Secret Realm and arrange a blessed land for you."

"Rare and precious materials, all kinds of cultivation techniques, cultivation methods and Daoist scriptures—as long as my Great Dao Secret Realm has them, young friend, feel free to ask!"

……

Seeing that they could not break through the barrier of Baxia's phantom for the time being, the cultivators outside the barrier began to change their strategy.

One by one, they offered various conditions, either bribes or threats, trying to get Xu Zhan to hand over the blood of Baxia.

However, none of the people in the city were novice cultivators. After two hundred years of ups and downs, they had all become accustomed to the cruelty of the cultivation world and experienced countless deceitful schemes.

How could I believe what these people say?
"Fellow Daoist Shen Li."

Just as the many old monsters outside the light barrier were throwing out conditions in a flurry, two young figures suddenly appeared outside the phantom of Baxia.

“We met once before. Fellow Daoist Shen Li later sent a telepathic message to Ning Zhen to inquire about the Mountain Moving Technique.”

Outside the illusory image of Baxia, Ning Zhen from the Qingyue Dao Sect spoke softly.

Shen Li, inside the illusory figure, gazed at her silently without speaking.

Ning Zhen spoke again: "Fellow Daoist should be familiar with the way of doing things in my Qingyue Dao Sect."

"Ning Zhen won't say much about reputation, but Qingyue Dao Sect is at least better than most of the forces present."

“My master said that if you give the blood of Baxia to my Qingyue Dao Sect, my Qingyue Dao Sect is willing to reserve a Supreme Elder position for the Shen family for generations.”

"The Supreme Elder's power is second only to the Dao Sect Master. All members of the Shen family can freely peruse all the Daoist scriptures and cultivation techniques of my Qingyue Dao Sect."

"The Shen family members also have priority in allocating all kinds of resources, magical treasures, and miraculous medicines."

After Ning Zhen finished speaking, the group of old monsters outside glared at her angrily.

However, they noticed the figure standing not far from Ning Zhen, dressed in a blue Taoist robe with a long sword on his back. Among these old monsters, only the old man from Cang Kong Mountain and the old man from the Da Fang Secret Realm dared to refute them. The rest of them didn't dare to utter a word.

"Did you see that?"

Shen Wenxing said in a low voice, "Among the forces present, the Qingyue Dao Sect should be in the first tier."

"The only places that can possibly challenge them are Cangkong Mountain and Dafeng Secret Realm."

"The other forces that made the conditions and threats should be in the second tier."

"As for those who haven't spoken, they're probably not that strong."

Shen Wen'an nodded.

He has been in the city the whole time.

Previously, the Qingyue Dao Sect and a force called Jinluan Secret Realm clashed in Hidden Dragon Mountain over the Dragon Tamer's Residence.

Now, people from the Qingyue Dao Sect are here, but people from the Jinluan Secret Realm have disappeared without a trace.

It was clear that the Qingyue Dao Sect won that battle.

The fact that the Qingyue Dao Sect has not only occupied the Dragon Tamer's residence but has also extended its reach to the Blood of Baxia is enough to prove that they have enough confidence in their own strength.

"None of these forces are easy to deal with."

"Although we are currently protected by the phantom of Baxia, no one can guarantee that the phantom of Baxia can withstand the continuous bombardment from this group of Nascent Soul True Monarchs."

"We can take advantage of this opportunity to try and buy some more time."

After a moment of contemplation, Shen Wenxing said, "When Qi Buyu of the Longevity Pavilion self-destructed, Xu Xiu had already made a move."

"But the source of Dao in Yangnao Land has not been completely extracted yet, so I guess he can't get away from it."

Shen Li picked up the conversation, saying, "Then let's stall for now."

"But these old guys outside have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, they're not so easy to fool."

"Especially since they just witnessed Senior Xu's intervention, they probably won't give us much time."

Shen Wen'an sighed and said, "We'll just have to wait it out."

"I wonder if my elder brother and Xu Zhan just now can be considered to have encountered a calamity, and what exactly it takes to be considered a successful averting calamity."

After another moment of silence, Shen Wen'an suppressed his doubts, flashed into the void, and looked at everyone through the illusory light barrier of Baxia, saying, "I will discuss the conditions of you seniors with my elders. I will give you all an explanation later."

"I hope you will all be patient and wait."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group of old monsters outside the phantom all changed.

Most of them could guess that this was a delaying tactic by the Shen family, but since they couldn't break through this strange illusory light barrier, it seemed they could only wait.

What if the other side is truly afraid and has the idea of ​​surrendering by offering their precious blood?

At this point, reputation and conditions become very important.

So, one by one, they politely returned the greeting with clasped hands, smiling and saying things like "No rush, no rush" and "It's only right, it's only right."

"What a fucking hypocrite!"

"Those old geezers, their eyes looked like they wanted to devour me alive..."

Listening to the words of the old monsters outside the phantom and noticing their burning gazes, Xu Zhan muttered to himself.

……

The Secret Realm of Qixian Mountain.

Shen Chongming sat cross-legged in front of the huge Thunder Pool stone carving, and a large amount of electric sparks on his body were like giant thunder pythons constantly probing into the Thunder Pool in the center of the stone carving.

He was also badly tricked by that thunderous creature.

A great deal of time was wasted refining this stone carving as if it were a magical artifact.

Despite trying various refining methods several times, they were still unable to refine the stone carving.

With his heart filled with concern for the safety of Yunshui City and his family, Shen Chongming was about to give up when he inadvertently noticed the Thunder Pool in the stone carving. In a flash of inspiration, he shot a bolt of lightning towards the Thunder Pool.

Only when Lei Chi reacted did he realize that he had found the real way to refine the stone carving.

For over a month, he has been continuously injecting large amounts of lightning power into the Thunder Pool.

The Thunder Pool was clearly showing signs of being separated from the stone carving.

Giant lightning pythons flew out from Shen Chongming's body and disappeared into the lightning pool, which was about a foot square, causing its surface to emit a faint fluorescence, like a jade tripod carved from azure jade.

"It should be almost done..."

"This Thunder Pool should be that guy's true form."

Noticing that countless fine cracks had appeared on the entire stone carving due to the slight tremor of the azure blue lightning pool, Shen Chongming immediately took out dozens more spirit crystals from his storage bag.

With a tremor of his hand, dozens of spirit crystals shattered in front of him.

call!
Shen Chongming disregarded everything else and swallowed the rich spiritual power released by the exploding spirit crystal directly into his body, transforming it into lightning spiritual power and injecting it into the lightning pool!
hum!
After absorbing two more giant thunder pythons, the thunder pool in the stone carving suddenly emitted a crisp hum!

Then——

Click!

Click!

The sound of the stone carvings shattering echoed throughout the room, and large amounts of fine stone chips fell down in a flurry!
Suddenly, a blinding bolt of lightning shot out from around the Thunder Pool, instantly illuminating the entire cave!

Accompanied by flashes of dazzling lightning, a small, ancient pool, entirely azure and covered with mysterious patterns, slowly emerged from the stone carvings.

As the small square pools were slowly stretched out, countless fine lightning patterns in the entire Thunder Pool stone carving seemed to come alive instantly, quickly swimming and diving into the Thunder Pool.

boom!
As the last lightning bolt entered the lightning pool, the stone carving in front of him, along with the stone wall behind him, suddenly exploded, creating a sky full of stone dust!

As the smoke and dust dissipated, a square lightning pool, measuring three feet three inches in length, width, and height, with its surface covered in natural lightning strike patterns, quietly floated in front of Shen Chongming.

Shen Chongming stood up and noticed that there was a layer of lightning-sparkling paddle at the bottom of the ancient square thunder pool.

The thunderous creature had transformed into a miniature statue, sitting in the center of the pool.

The patterns formed by natural lightning strikes on the surface of the Thunder Pool resembled an array. Activated by the energy of the lightning paste at the bottom of the pool, it could autonomously absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air, transforming it into lightning paste and storing it in the Thunder Pool.

"This thing actually has such a peculiar effect!?"

As a cultivator with a mutated lightning-attribute spiritual root, it is normally difficult to directly absorb lightning-attribute spiritual energy from the surrounding air.

Unless it's during a thunderstorm or in some special blessed land.

Otherwise, his daily cultivation would be like that of a sword cultivator, first absorbing ordinary spiritual energy and then slowly converting it into lightning-attribute spiritual energy.

With this extra conversion process, Lei Xiu was unable to replenish his energy reserves in a timely manner during the battle.

Now that this forbidden zone exists, things are clearly different.

The lightning essence in the lightning pool is formed from the purest lightning-attribute spiritual energy, which can be directly absorbed when needed.

Without hesitation, as long as the thunder magma in the Thunder Pool is bottomless, he can unleash all kinds of spells without restraint.

Like the previous [Purple Lightning Breakthrough] secret technique, with a large amount of lightning magma as backup, and given that I have now reached the Purple Mansion realm, if I am a little extravagant, compressing the [Purple Lightning Breakthrough] to the extreme should not be a problem to instantly kill a Purple Mansion cultivator of the same level.

After a moment's thought, Shen Chongming happily stored the Thunder Pool in front of him into his dantian.

An ancient thunder pool appeared inside the Purple Mansion Dao Palace, instantly swallowing the Chaos Thunder Pearl that it had previously used as a golden core. It then floated in the center of the Dao Palace, serving as Shen Chongming's golden core.

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongming shook his head in surprise.

His current cultivation seems to have completely exceeded his comprehension, and he's too lazy to care about which direction it should develop in.

Right now, we should hurry back to Yunshui City and help our people get through this calamity.

With a flash, he left the cave at the summit.

Upon reaching the exit of the secret realm, Shen Chongming subtly summoned the thunderous creature.

"If I take you out, will it have any impact on this secret realm?"

Thunder Creature tilted his head and thought for a moment before shaking his head: "I don't know. That old man said last time that this world is going to be destroyed, so whether it has any impact or not doesn't matter anymore, right?"

A strange smile appeared on Shen Chongming's face as he said, "What I mean is, after I take you out, will those extraterrestrial cultivators be able to come in?"

Thunder Creatures was slightly taken aback, then seemed to realize something.

He chuckled strangely twice and said, "You want to give them some surprises!?"

Shen Chongming narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "After this calamity, my Shen family is destined to integrate into the cultivation world of the Cangmin Sea."

"They are all future competitors, so it would be best to weaken them."

"Is there anything you can do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Thunder Creature excitedly exclaimed:

"Have!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"I've lived in this secret realm for so many years, I know every single plant and tree here very well!"

"You just wait!"

After saying this, it transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared.

Shen Chongming stood alone at the exit for about an hour before the thunderous creature transformed into a streak of light and flew in from afar.

Clearly, these so-called arrangements also consumed a lot of its power.

The lightning on its body surface was noticeably dimmer.

"Is everything arranged?" Shen Chongming asked.

Thunder Creatures nodded excitedly: "As long as they dare to come in, I guarantee they won't leave alive!"

"So cruel?"

"That's not the case!"

"Wait a minute, I'll set up the array at the exit as well. Once they're in, they won't be able to get out!"

"When this world completely collapses, hmph... we'll make them all perish with it!"

"They are truly grateful to have such a beautiful little world as their burial place."

As Thunder Creature spoke, it tirelessly flew into the void.

Under Shen Chongming's gaze, a large number of array patterns suddenly appeared in the sky at the exit of the secret realm!

Thunder Creatures was like a master of array formations, easily altering those complex array patterns with a mere gesture.

"okay!"

"Let's go."

As the thunder creature descended from the void, its excitement was even more intense despite its already weakened state.

"Kid, I've suddenly realized we're really birds of a feather..."

Shen Chongming paused for a moment and said, "Don't put it so harshly. This is called having the same goals and ideals."

"Gah?" Thunder Creature chuckled strangely, "Right, right, right! We're like-minded!"

"Let's go, I can finally escape this damned cage!"

As Thunder Creature spoke, it darted into the Thunder Pool within Shen Chongming's dantian to recover the power it had just expended.

Shen Chongming also took a step forward and walked out of the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm.

The moment his figure appeared, the cultivators from outside the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm were all stunned.

Immediately, they all realized what was happening!
"catch him!"

"Quick, grab him! Let's see what good stuff he found in the secret realm!"

"Boy, tell us how to enter the secret realm, and we'll give you a quick death!"

……

A group of cultivators from outside the realm shouted and made their move.

But Shen Chongming had no desire to get entangled with them.

As a lightning cultivator at the Purple Mansion Realm, he possessed the Lightning Escape Technique. If he wanted to escape, without the presence of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, these people wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of his clothes.

With a slight thought, lightning flashed all around!

By the time the attacks arrived, his body had already turned into lightning and disappeared into the sky.

"Damn it! He got away!"

While many Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators were feeling frustrated, someone suddenly noticed that after the mist on the cliff leading to the secret realm surged, a bridge of light appeared!
"The secret realm has opened!?"

"Hurry up!"

"Get out of the way!"

In an instant, hundreds of Golden Core and Purple Mansion Realm cultivators gathered at the entrance of the secret realm all rushed towards the bridge of light!

(End of this chapter)