I was born a god, the son of the Demon Lord.

Shen Xizhou neither dodged nor avoided, his body radiating golden light as he forcefully crashed into the lightning pillar.

Lightning exploded.

All the lightning-attribute spiritual power was absorbed by the golden patterns and transformed into pure spiritual power that flowed into the dantian.

The clouds dispersed.

The rain fell gently on him.

The charred skin and flesh fell off, and even harder scales grew in its place.

His golden core spun rapidly within his body, and his cultivation level soared from the initial stage of entering the golden core realm.

Mid-stage Golden Core, late-stage Golden Core, and finally the peak of Golden Core.

He was just one last insight away from reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

The crisis is over.

Xu Nanyi's situation, however, became increasingly hopeless.

[Host, don't die! I'll give you all my supplies!]

The system was jumping around in a panic.

Layers of colorful defensive talismans lit up on Xu Nanyi's charred body.

It shattered into pieces under the impact of lightning.

She didn't even have the strength to cough up blood, and relied entirely on the Three Thousand Emperor God Flames to protect the last bit of her heart meridian within her body.

peripheral.

Shen Jiuyuan and Xu Yuan's hands flew.

Dozens of top-grade magic treasures were thrown into the air, transforming into the array's core. A lightning-controlling array emitting a blue glow quickly formed around the bluestone slab, attempting to weaken the impact of the lightning tribulation.

Just as the formation was about to close.

A sudden change occurred.

The space above the water suddenly began to distort violently.

The air was torn apart, producing a piercing sonic boom.

A pure black vortex appeared out of thin air, emanating an extremely strong chilling aura.

Whoosh!

A square, dark red seal shot out from the vortex.

The Nine Netherworld Ghost Seal.

It hovered in mid-air, spun around, and locked onto Xu Nanyi, who was half-dead from being struck by lightning below.

Countless dark red threads burst open from the bottom of the seal.

Overwhelming.

In the blink of an eye, a huge hemispherical red barrier formed around the bluestone slab.

It not only blocked the heavenly lightning, but also completely kept Shen Jiuyuan and Xu Yuan outside.

The newly set-up formation collapsed instantly when the red thread twisted it.

"What is that?!"

Shen Jiuyuan roared.

He conjured a black magic scythe in his right hand and slashed fiercely at the red barrier.

boom!

The powerful recoil shattered the demonic blade, and Shen Jiuyuan staggered back three steps, his blood surging.

A crimson phoenix flame ignited in Xu Yuan's palm, just as it touched the red threads.

An extremely cold and deathly aura rushed towards her along with the flames, forcing her to quickly cut off her spiritual power.

"This is... something from the Nine Netherworlds."

Her fingers trembled slightly as she made her wish.

What clings to it is the purest and most intense death energy of the dead.

Inside the barrier.

Xu Nanyi had not yet recovered from the numbness of being struck by lightning.

The Ghost Seal hanging overhead suddenly burst forth with a strange, dark red light.

It enveloped her entire body.

A sharp, piercing pain suddenly shot through my forehead.

An ancient mark, identical to the one on the bottom of the Ghost Seal, slowly appeared between her brows.

Followed by.

The bluestone slabs beneath their feet lit up with an extremely complex blood-red array.

Ancient Soul Contract Mark.

Forced ownership.

A continuous stream of demonic energy flowed along the red threads, frantically pouring into Xu Nanyi's riddled meridians.

Extremely cold and domineering.

The moment this external force entered his body, the three thousand divine flames within his dantian were completely enraged.

As the most yang and intense fire in the world, how could it tolerate such yin and filth running rampant on its territory?

The dark golden flames surged instantly, burning along the meridians.

Ice and fire clashed directly within the body.

Xu Nanyi's vision went black, and her body convulsed uncontrollably.

Don't burn it! Let it in!

Embrace this power! Control your fire!

Despite the excruciating pain of her broken meridians, Xu Nanyi forcefully suppressed the attack intent of the Three Thousand Divine Flames with her willpower.

Without the obstruction of the strange fire, the evil energy rushed in unimpeded.

They are surprisingly docile.

On the other side of the dantian, a dark red vortex quickly formed, facing the dark golden strange fire from afar, neither daring to invade the other.

next moment.

The Ghost Seal in mid-air transformed into a red light and swiftly entered the mark between Xu Nanyi's eyebrows.

boom!

It felt as if some kind of shackle within my body had been completely shattered.

Xu Nanyi's cultivation level, which was originally at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, began to increase exponentially with the help of this massive ghostly power.

Mid-stage Nascent Soul stage.

Late stage of Nascent Soul.

Peak Nascent Soul stage!

A soft popping sound.

The Divine Transformation Realm!

As her cultivation level broke through, her charred body began to undergo a tremendous transformation.

The remaining yellow feathers fell off completely, and the newly grown feathers were dyed an extremely deep black from the roots, with an eerie dark purple sheen at the edges.

The tribulation clouds in the sky seemed to sense the change in the aura below.

Heaven was utterly enraged.

The calamity clouds expanded wildly, covering the entire body of water.

The Nascent Soul Tribulation that was originally prepared to descend was directly superimposed with the Heavenly Tribulation of the Deity Transformation stage.

Two terrifying forces of lightning tribulation merged in the clouds, transforming into a purple, furious dragon formed from condensed lightning.

Within Xu Nanyi's body, the power of the ghost and the power of the demon began to devour and pull at each other.

No one obeys anyone.

She gritted her teeth, "What the hell is this damn seal?!"

Whatever it is, learn to balance it!

Don't resist it, accept it, become its master, because it has always belonged to you!

The voice just fell.

The thunderous dragon roared as it swooped down from the sky.

Shen Jiuyuan and Xu Yuan, standing outside the barrier, were deathly pale. "Damn it!"

They didn't bother to break through that damned spatial barrier.

Shen Jiuyuan then unleashed his magic weapon—the Demon Dragon Cauldron.

The black giant bell swelled in the wind and slammed into the thunder dragon in mid-air.

Without hesitation, Xu Yuan tossed out a crystal-clear Phoenix Blood Jade.

They cannot go in. Once the Heavenly Dao senses their presence, the lightning tribulation will surge directly to the Tribulation Transcending Realm, which would be a certain death.

The only thing that can block this first blow is an inanimate object.

clang!

The bells rang throughout the sky.

The Netherworld Bell was dimmed by a slap from the Thunder Dragon's claw and flew back into Shen Jiuyuan's hand.

The Phoenix Blood Jade burst forth with a dazzling red light, negating one-third of the Thunder Dragon's power before becoming covered in cracks.

The remaining two-thirds of the lightning power passed through the red barrier without any hindrance and crashed towards Xu Nanyi.

She has no choice but to shoulder the burden herself.

Xu Nanyi abandoned her defense.

She completely released the suppression of the two forces within her body, allowing them to collide and merge wildly in her meridians.

Dark purple feathers grew wildly amidst the lightning, and its size increased at a visible rate.

The lightning bolt struck her hard, but it was completely absorbed by her newly grown dark purple feathers, turning into nourishment for her transformation.

A gigantic divine bird, covered in dark purple to almost black feathers, suddenly flapped its wings and soared straight into the sky.

The nine extremely long tail feathers behind her drew dazzling light trails in the air.

Only in the very center of its forehead was there a small tuft of pure gold and red feathers.

Xu Yuan murmured in disbelief, "This is... an ancient, exotic species, the Nine Netherworld Phoenix..."