UGB Chapter 420 Breakthrough to Nascent Soul! Tu Dayuan!
Chapter 420 Breakthrough to Nascent Soul! Tu Dayuan!
Zhou Shan's pupils contracted slightly: "You want to massacre the entire country?"
"So what if we slaughter a nation?" Daoist Qinglian sneered. "Mere mortal dynasties are nothing but ants. As long as we can force out the old eunuch, I would not hesitate to slaughter all the nations, let alone the Great Abyss."
Zhou Shan remained silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Very well. I came here to find my master, and since I can't find him, I'll use this method to force him to show himself. But..." He looked at the Azure Lotus Daoist, "The mountain-protecting formation is the foundation of the Azure Cloud Sect; breaking it won't be easy, will it?"
The Azure Lotus Daoist laughed, his smile icy: "In its prime, it would naturally be difficult. But now, with spiritual energy continuously depleted, the power of the great formation is less than one-tenth of what it once was. Breaking it... is as easy as turning one's hand."
He raised his hand and pointed to the pale blue light barrier on the horizon.
The light shield, which was originally as solid as glass, is now dull and lifeless, with even tiny cracks appearing on its surface.
"January," said Daoist Qinglian, "at most, after that, the great formation will collapse on its own. At that time, you and I will break out of the Qingyun Sect and head straight for the Great Abyss Imperial City!"
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A world within a bowl, deep within the wilderness.
Inside the Zhou Tian Star Guardian Array, Chen Fan sat cross-legged like a stone, completely unaware of what was happening around him.
He has been sitting here in solitude for a year.
A year in the bowl is equivalent to thirty days in the outside world.
In just thirty days, nearly half of the spiritual energy of the Qingyun Sect's thousand-mile spiritual vein has been devoured by the golden bowl.
The golden bowl hung three feet above Chen Fan's head, its rim facing down, and slowly rotated. The bowl was simple and unadorned, but upon closer inspection, one could see a faint golden light flowing on its surface. With each rotation, a massive amount of spiritual energy surged from the void and entered the bowl.
The spiritual energy was not directly poured into Chen Fan's body, but was first tempered in the golden bowl, transforming into the purest primordial energy of heaven and earth, and then falling like spring rain to nourish Chen Fan's body.
At this moment, the golden core within Chen Fan's dantian was covered with cracks.
Nine golden lines flickered between the cracks, as if they might crumble at any moment. Yet this final step proved incredibly difficult.
Chen Fan used threads of spiritual energy to seep into each crack, attempting to disintegrate the golden core from the inside. However, although the outer shell of the golden core was cracked, the core remained stable, as if some force was desperately maintaining its integrity.
"Shattered core... It turns out that what was shattered was not just the shell, but also the foundation of one's Dao."
Chen Fan understood immediately.
For a Core Formation cultivator, the Golden Core is the foundation of their Dao. Shattering the Golden Core to form the Nascent Soul is like breaking the old foundation and rebuilding a new one. This process is like destroying the Great Wall and then rebuilding a palace on the ruins—extremely dangerous.
He stopped being in a hurry to achieve quick results and instead slowed down the pace.
The spiritual energy threads no longer attacked forcefully, but instead flowed gently like a stream, gradually eroding the resistance of the golden core's core.
Time passed in silence.
Another year has passed inside the bowl, and another month has passed outside the bowl!
Throughout the year, Chen Fan remained motionless, like an old monk in deep meditation. Only the golden bowl above his head spun incessantly, absorbing spiritual energy at an ever-increasing speed.
The second year in the bowl!
Within Chen Fan's dantian, the golden core was finally on the verge of shattering.
The cracks had penetrated deep into the core, and the nine golden lines were broken inch by inch. The entire golden core was like a glass ball covered with ice patterns, only lacking the last thread of support.
Chen Fan knew the time had come.
He took a deep breath, adjusted himself to his peak condition, and then a thought struck him!
"broken!"
boom!
Within his dantian, the golden core exploded with a deafening roar!
Countless golden fragments shot out, each containing immense spiritual power. These fragments surged wildly within his dantian, as if trying to tear it apart.
The excruciating pain surged forth like a tidal wave, ten or even a hundred times more intense than before!
Chen Fan groaned, blood gushing from all seven orifices. But he gritted his teeth and endured it, forming hand seals and circulating his cultivation to harmonize his body.
The shattered fragments of the golden core did not scatter, but instead, under its pull, began to slowly converge.
The rising energy lifted the fragments upwards, while the dark energy suppressed them as they sank. The two forces pulled each other together, forming a golden vortex in the center of the dantian.
The vortex spun faster and faster, and the fragments collided, merged, and were reshaped within it.
Gradually, a blurry outline began to appear.
It was a tiny figure, about three inches tall, sitting cross-legged. Its features were indistinct, yet it bore a striking resemblance to Chen Fan.
It is the nascent form of a nascent soul!
"Freeze!"
Chen Fan gave a low shout, focusing all his attention on his dantian.
The golden vortex suddenly contracted, and all the fragments merged into the little figure. The figure's outline quickly became clear, with eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, and limbs appearing one by one, and finally even the details of its clothes were revealed.
As the last fragment merged in, the little man suddenly opened his eyes!
A golden light flashed in his eyes, like the rising sun.
At the same time, the golden bowl above Chen Fan's head suddenly stopped spinning, and a golden beam of light poured out from the rim, directly into his crown chakra!
That was all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that the golden bowl had refined over the past two years, and now it was being fed back to it!
As the beam of light entered his body, the nascent soul felt as if it had received a refreshing rain, and its form solidified and grew stronger at a visible speed. Three inches, four inches, five inches... finally settling at a height of six inches.
Nascent Soul Formation!
Chen Fan opened his eyes, golden light swirling within them, and his aura exploded forth!
The oppressive aura of the early Nascent Soul stage spread like a tide, causing the Zhou Tian Star Guardian Array to hum loudly. The thirty-six paper figures bowed in unison, as if paying homage to a king.
"Finally...it's done."
Chen Fan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
This breath solidified into a tangible substance, transforming into a white rainbow that shot out three zhang (approximately 10 meters) and lingered for a long time.
He looked inward into his dantian and saw a tiny nascent soul sitting cross-legged in the center, its entire body golden and its appearance solemn and dignified. A faint halo surrounded the tiny soul, which was the protective spiritual light inherent in the nascent soul.
To Chen Fan's even greater surprise, the Nascent Soul naturally formed hand seals, with its left hand supporting Yang and its right hand receiving Yin, and was actually operating the Yang Ascending and Yin Submerging Technique on its own!
"The nascent soul and the cultivation method are perfectly matched... No wonder ancient books record that if a specific cultivation method is used to guide the formation of the nascent soul during the shattering of the core, an unparalleled foundation for the Dao can be forged."
Chen Fan understood immediately and a smile appeared on his face.
Two years of hard work, one day of success.
At this moment, although he is only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, with the ability to ascend to the Yang and descend to the Yin, he can fight against even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. If he were to encounter the Azure Lotus Daoist again, although he dares not claim victory, retreating with ease would not be difficult.
"It's time to leave the customs area."
Chen Fan got up and stretched his muscles.
After two years of sitting in meditation, he was covered in dust. With a casual wave of his hand, the dust was gone, revealing his original appearance.
Her appearance remains unchanged, but her temperament is completely different.
Before, he was like a sword hidden in its sheath, its sharpness not yet revealed. Now, however, he is like a divine sword drawn from its sheath, its edge fully exposed. Especially his eyes, which flash with golden light as they open and close, as if they can pierce through the void.
Chen Fan put away the array flags of the Zhou Tian Star Array and returned the thirty-six paper figures to his storage bag before stepping out of the wasteland.
After taking only a few steps, he suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky.
The sky in the bowl's world was perpetually gray, obscuring the sun and moon. Yet, at this moment, he vaguely sensed a chilling aura emanating from the outside world!
"Um?"
Chen Fan frowned slightly and probed outwards through the golden bowl with his divine sense.
The summit of Qingyun Sect's main peak.
The protective array's light shield had dimmed like a candle flickering in the wind, its surface riddled with cracks, as if it could collapse at any moment.
Qinglian Daoist stood side by side with Zhou Shan, behind them were all the disciples of Qingyun Sect above the Foundation Establishment stage, a dark mass of over a thousand people.
"Gentlemen."
The Azure Lotus Daoist's voice resounded throughout the entire sect: "Today is the day to break the formation. After the formation is broken, follow me out of the Azure Cloud Sect and head straight for the Great Abyss Imperial City!"
"We will obey the Ancestor's decree!" the disciples responded in unison, their voices resounding through the heavens.