To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 384 Mid-Nascent Soul Stage

After Xu Yunqi left, Yan Fuyao consulted with Gu Fan.

Gu Fan glanced at him sideways and asked, "You're almost at the Nascent Soul stage too, aren't you?"

"Thank you for your concern, senior. I will soon be preparing to go into seclusion to form my Nascent Soul." Yan Fuyao bowed in response.

Gu Fan was personally brought back to the Yan family by him, and he benefited greatly from this, receiving support from the family and his cultivation increasing day by day, about to cross the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage.

Compared to the near-death experience of forming a Nascent Soul in the Qionghua Realm, Yan Fuyao's chances of winning are much greater.

The Nascent Soul Pill is readily available, and there are also pills to dispel inner demons and replenish mana.

Gu Fan nodded slightly, said nothing more, and let him leave.

Gu Fan did not regret showing off his weapon-refining skills and attracting the attention of the Yan family.

Otherwise, how could we have obtained such strong support from the Yan family?

Over the years, through deliberate searching, not only spiritual materials from the Qingwei Realm, but also many spiritual materials unique to other realms have been found and sent to the Qingxiao Palace.

Therefore, Gu Fan predicted that once he took his leave, the Yan family would probably turn against him.

He doesn't yet have the right to turn against the Yan family.

At the very least, they cannot escape from the clutches of the Yan family patriarch.

Fortunately, he never revealed the ability of the "Great Luo Inner Realm Heaven-Connecting Mysterious Chapter" to reflect the array. If he could find the coordinates of other realms, he could teleport away and would not have to worry about not being able to escape.

Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Gu Fan placed the gourd beside him.

Chang Yuan has been in seclusion lately, only saying that he wants to refine the Divine Firmament Seal into his natal magic weapon, and rarely shows his face.

At this moment, everyone in the Yan family knew that Elder Gu was raising two spirit beasts and had even sent over a lot of cultivation fruits, most of which ended up in the gourd's belly.

Even so, the gourd still showed no signs of advancing to the fourth rank, as if it were blocked by an insurmountable barrier.

"The power of my bloodline is somewhat insufficient."

Gu Fan vaguely guessed the reason.

Without a tremendous stroke of luck, the upper limit of most spirit beasts depends on their bloodline rank.

Although the gourd was forged with Chang Yuan's essence and blood, it was merely a remnant of his bones, far from being true essence and blood.

Even with the addition of rare spiritual materials such as the Exquisite Wood Heart and Fire Kirin Horn, it is already extremely difficult to upgrade a Tier 1 Wind Breath Rat to the late Tier 3 within 500 years.

Otherwise, even a bloodline of exceptional quality like the Blood Dragon King would require at least a thousand years to reach the late stage of the third rank.

Transformation goes without saying.

If given another three hundred years, the gourd might be able to cross the threshold of transformation.

However, Gu Fan did not want to wait that long. After thinking it over, he decided to forge a spirit for Meng Lu again.

The only thing they lack right now is some spiritual materials, which the Yan family is currently collecting in great effort.

However, before that, he himself had encountered a bottleneck.

He gently extended his palm, and a seven-colored radiance swirled around it—the very light of the Myriad Transformations Furnace.

Twenty years later.

The Yan family's territory, Qingxiao Palace.

A powerful surge of magical energy suddenly erupted, drawing in spiritual energy from all directions like a vortex, and instantly coalescing into a spiritual cloud.

A faint seven-colored ray of light shone from the Azure Sky Palace and disappeared in a flash.

The spiritual energy gathered frantically for half an hour, then gradually subsided.

A crowd had already gathered outside the Qingxiao Palace, led by Yan Fuyao, who had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

The palace doors opened silently, and Gu Fan walked out slowly, his brows furrowed as he looked towards the side hall.

That was where Chang Yuan was in seclusion.

Just now, he successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. With the burst of his aura, a faint wave of magical power could be felt emanating from it, but it was concealed by the aura of his breakthrough.

The fluctuations of magical power were extremely faint, as if it were an illusion.

If it were anyone else, Gu Fan might think he was mistaken, but if it were Chang Yuan...

Yan Fuyao and the others stepped forward and bowed to congratulate, saying, "Congratulations on your advancement in cultivation, Senior."

"No need for formalities."

Gu Fan felt the nascent soul in his dantian solidify three-tenths of its original size. He temporarily put aside his doubts, accepted everyone's congratulations, and prepared to turn around and return to the hall, only to find that Yan Fuyao had not left.

"Is something the matter?" Gu Fan asked.

"There is indeed something I need to tell my senior."

Yan Fuyao nodded, looking ashamed, and said in a low voice, "Some of the spiritual materials that Senior instructed us to collect... were stolen."

"Who did this?" Gu Fan asked in surprise.

Although those spiritual materials are quite valuable, they are not exactly rare finds; we can simply collect more.

To his surprise, someone actually dared to plunder the Yan family's spiritual materials in the Qingwei Realm.

If it were the Xu and Lin families, it would be tantamount to starting a war, but it's not worth it at all for a few spiritual materials.

But what other Nascent Soul sects would dare to provoke the Yan family!

"It's the Xuan Ying Demon Cultivator," Yan Fuyao said.

"Mysterious Shadow Demon Cultivator?" Gu Fan had never heard of this name before.

Yan Fuyao explained, "The Xuan Ying Demon Cultivator is a major threat to the three races. Their origins are extremely mysterious, and they are very good at hiding their true nature."

"Ever since I can remember, I have heard of the name of the Xuan Ying Demon Cultivator. Despite the three races' pursuit for countless years, they have been unable to completely eradicate them, like a maggot clinging to a bone."

"Even a Nascent Soul Dao Lord can't do it?" Gu Fan was even more surprised.

Yan Fuyao nodded with a wry smile: "The three clan ancestors have all personally investigated, but... it seems that there are also Nascent Soul cultivators behind the Xuan Ying Demon Cultivator."

"This..." Gu Fan hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "It's alright, we can just collect more spiritual materials."

Yan Fuyao nodded and continued, "In addition, there is one more matter that I need to ask you about, senior."

"The one escorting the spiritual materials this time was Su Heng. Hearing that these materials were needed by the senior, he fought desperately to protect them and managed to save some, but he also suffered heavy injuries in the process."

"He felt quite ashamed for failing to protect the precious materials and wanted to apologize to you in person."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan lowered his eyes slightly, and Su Heng's appearance appeared in his mind.

Since arriving at the Yan family's territory, the two had lost contact. Little did they know that Su Heng had already formed his core.

Considering the other party's immaculate body, it is indeed normal.

"Once he has recovered from his injuries, we will send him to Qingxiao Palace." Gu Fan nodded in agreement.

"This junior understands." Yan Fuyao bowed and took her leave.

After Yan Fuyao left, Gu Fan crossed the covered bridge and arrived at the side hall.

The palace doors opened automatically without any wind, and Gu Fan stepped inside, his body instantly freezing in place.

"Senior?" he asked tentatively.

"What are you afraid of? Do you think I look scary?"

A cool male voice rang out; it was no longer a telepathic communication, but ordinary words.

A handsome man dressed in a black, tight-fitting robe was sitting at a table, drinking spiritual tea alone.

Her long, jet-black hair cascaded down her shoulders; her face was fair and delicate; her eyes were a dark gold, with several colorful scale-like markings beneath them.

There was also a golden pattern between its brows, exactly the same as the Divine Thunder Eye in Gu Fan's memory.

Without a doubt, the person in front of me is Chang Yuan.

"Senior...you've advanced to human form?"

Gu Fan was extremely surprised.

The fourth tier is a major watershed for demonic beasts; crossing this step allows them to transform into human form.

Although traces of beasts still remain, such as the Blood Dragon King's beast-headed human body, it has broken free from the limitations of bloodline to a certain extent, and its cultivation speed has greatly increased since then.

If a demon beast cultivates to the late stage of the fourth rank, its appearance will be almost indistinguishable from that of a human, and its cultivation speed can also catch up.

"As you can see."

Chang Yuan spread his hands and said casually.

"But... why is there no heavenly tribulation?" Gu Fan asked.

The Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation is a matter of life and death for demonic beasts, and it causes a great disturbance that cannot be concealed by the disturbance caused by his breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Chang Yuan chuckled and said, "Have you forgotten that I was originally a Void Refining Demon Lord?"

"However, when breaking through to the third rank, the senior clearly still had to undergo a heavenly tribulation." Gu Fan noticed something was wrong.

"Then let me ask you," Chang Yuan's eyes crinkled with amusement, "What was I doing undergoing my tribulation back then?"

Gu Fan frowned as he recalled, then suddenly realized: "Using the Heavenly Tribulation to awaken the Divine Firmament Thunder Eye?"

"That's it!"

Chang Yuan clapped his hands and laughed, "Reshaping my physical body with the Primordial Chaos Embryo and then using the Heavenly Tribulation to comprehend my innate divine power ahead of time doesn't mean that I have to undergo that damn Heavenly Tribulation."

"If I so desire, even the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation can be waived."

Gu Fan nodded slowly.

As the original Void Refining Demon Lord, Chang Yuan's actions were unpredictable.

"What are your plans for the future, senior?" Gu Fan asked.

Chang Yuan turned his head and looked towards the main peak, shaking his head and saying, "To transform under the nose of a Nascent Soul cultivator, if it weren't for the power fluctuations from your breakthrough concealing it, I really wouldn't have dared to take the risk."

As for what happens in the future...

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A cold glint flashed in Chang Yuan's eyes, then he shook his head and disappeared.

"Let's talk about it after you leave this world."

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