Chapter 424: Heart Demon Tribulation

After the Demon Infant was achieved, Qin Ming broke through the limits of a cultivator's physical body in one fell swoop.

Not only did he reach the realm of breaking the void with martial arts and achieving sainthood through the physical body.

He also derived and fused two extremely domineering physical refining techniques into one.

Qin Ming felt the violent and surging power within his body and felt unprecedentedly powerful.

This Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation could be said to be the most dangerous one Qin Ming had faced since stepping into cultivation.

Boom Crack Crack! The last three heavenly tribulation strikes descended one after another.

The blood-colored eight-armed Demon Ape behind Qin Ming had surging demon energy, all the purple-gold demon patterns on its body lit up, its face was ferocious, and its demon body shook the heavens, like a Demon God.

Roar! The Demon Ape beat its chest with both hands, roared at the sky, leaped up, and met the heavenly tribulation again!

Rumble! The world-destroying heavenly tribulation struck the Demon Ape fiercely, the purple-gold demon patterns flashed violently, and it actually used its physical body to withstand the three strongest heavenly tribulation strikes.

The tribulation lightning turned into silver electric arcs, wandering all over the Demon Ape's body, and was all absorbed by the Demon Image behind it.

The people watching the tribulation from afar only saw Moon-Gazing Lake shrouded in a piece of sky-reaching blood light and vast white heavenly tribulation.

Besides being terrified, they couldn't see clearly what was happening.

Even the spiritual sense of Golden Core True Persons, once it approached within a thousand miles to investigate, was instantly swallowed and shredded by the aftermath of the heavenly tribulation, and they dared not probe recklessly again.

In the eyes of everyone who was extremely horrified.

The terrifying gray tribulation clouds finally slowly dissipated.

"Senior Brother Jing... Jing Qing, has he... has he crossed the heavenly tribulation?" The lean cultivator of Li Huo Palace looked at the dissipating tribulation clouds in the distance, his face showing disbelief.

Jing Qing, the Nascent Soul seed of Li Huo Palace, was already numb; he had gone from initial disdain and schadenfreude to deep shock, envy, and jealousy.

Until now, seeing the other party successfully cross the Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Hehehe! That is naturally a successful crossing."

"I fear in a moment, we will have to go over and call him Senior."

"Junior Brother, remove the restrictions on the two people who were kidnapped, comfort them well, and be sure to treat them well..."

The lean cultivator hurriedly responded: "Yes! Senior Brother Jing, I will go handle it immediately."

He didn't even dare to believe that he could see a hint of fear on the face of this famous Nascent Soul seed of his Li Huo Palace.

That's right, he was truly afraid.

The lean cultivator was about to go handle the matter, but his figure paused, and he turned back, asking hesitantly:

"By the way, Senior Brother Jing, doesn't that person still need to cross the Heart Demon Tribulation?"

"Since this person could even safely cross such a terrifying Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation, his mental state naturally won't be bad; he must have other means to rely on, and crossing the Heart Demon Tribulation is only a matter of time." Jing Qing said with a bitter smile.

The lean cultivator's whole body trembled, and then he dared not say more and went to handle things nimbly according to the instructions.

And on the outskirts of the Spirit-Dwelling Archipelago, the three pets of the Heaven-Devouring Rat were also incredibly excited.

"Did you see that? Second and Third!"

"I said it! Master's strength is terrifying, he will definitely be able to safely cross this tribulation."

"We are about to have a Nascent Soul True Monarch as a great backer, hehehe!"

"This is truly stable!"

……

On Moon-Gazing Island, Qin Ming retracted his divine abilities.

After crossing the heavenly tribulation, a force of new life descended from the tribulation cloud cluster, restoring and healing the injuries he had sustained during the tribulation, as well as the consumption of his magic power.

In an instant, Qin Ming felt a mysterious force of endless life between heaven and earth descend upon him, making his body and mind incredibly comfortable.

He also took the opportunity to operate the "Green Emperor Strategy", hurrying to recover, because next, he would immediately have to accept the test of the Heart Demon Tribulation.

A person's greatest enemy is their own heart; the test of the Heart Demon is also extremely difficult to pass.

The Heart Demon Tribulation will magnify the things and obsessions that a cultivator fears most in their heart countless times, interfering with and confusing the mind, causing people to sink into it.

If one fails the Heart Demon Tribulation, not only will all previous efforts be wasted and go down the drain, but there is also the danger of death and the dissipation of the spirit.

But if one crosses the Heart Demon Tribulation, it can greatly temper a cultivator's mental state, allowing their mental state to obtain a huge improvement and sublimation, better mastering the power of the Nascent Soul realm, and reducing the growth of heart demons in future cultivation.

After a moment of rest, the wounds on Qin Ming's body were healed, quickly recovering as before.

Above the firmament.

Not long after the gray tribulation clouds dissipated, a piece of strange blood-colored tribulation clouds began to gather again.

Within it, ten thousand ghosts wailed, and the sounds of Heavenly Demons confusing the heart came in waves.

The blood clouds rolled and surged.

Suddenly! A pair of giant demon eyes opened between the clouds, carrying the indifference of looking down on all living beings, casting their gaze toward Qin Ming, as if they had already peered through his entire being.

In the netherworld.

Qin Ming suddenly felt a sense of invasion from the level of the soul, which suddenly arrived.

Immediately, he took out a Soul-Cleansing Spirit Incense and lit it.

The spirit incense curled, and the spiritual energy it emitted made his spirit shake.

Then he flipped his hand and took out a strange Yin-Yang dual-colored spirit pill, with a full twelve Dao patterns clearly appearing on its surface.

It was precisely the spirit medicine used to cross the Heart Demon Tribulation—Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill.

Qin Ming did not hesitate and sent it directly into his abdomen.

In an instant.

The world before Qin Ming's eyes suddenly changed, entering the Heart Demon illusion realm... In Qing Yang Market, Qin Ming was carrying a spirit hoe on his shoulder, as usual, coming to his own one-acre-three-fen plot, starting to tend to the spirit field.

"Sigh! When will days like this end?"

"Tomorrow is the day to pay the spirit rice tax again..."

"Cultivate immortality? Even dogs don't cultivate!"

He wiped the sweat from his brow under the scorching sun in the sky. Just at this moment.

Cai Cai Laojiu ran over from below, asking him with a grinning face: "Little Qin, do you want a wife?"

"I can send you a wife, even prettier than your neighbor Li Li Yanli, hehehe!"

"And she comes from a wealthy background, which can save you decades of detours."

"Ah? There's such a good thing?" The spirit hoe in Qin Ming's hand trembled slightly, and his heart was moved.

"Wait for me, I'll bring her over for you to see personally before making a decision."

Before he could reply, Cai Cai Laojiu ran back to lead the person over.

After a while.

Cai Cai Laojiu actually really brought back a female cultivator of world-tilting beauty, gentle and graceful; it was actually Gu Gu Qingzhao! Gu Gu Qingzhao also seemed to have taken a liking to him, extremely satisfied with Qin Ming, immediately revealing a shy expression, her gaze flickering.

"Hehehe! Little Qin, what do you think? As long as you nod, you can be sent into the bridal chamber tonight." Cai Cai Laojiu's words were full of seductive sounds.

Qin Ming was also overjoyed upon hearing this and was about to put down the spirit hoe in his hand, hurriedly wanting to agree to this marriage.

But in the netherworld, a trace of insight and enlightenment suddenly rose in his heart in an instant! The next moment.

Qin Ming slammed the spirit hoe in his hand, and with one hoe, he fiercely overturned the two people in front of him.

He said indifferently: "Women will only affect the speed of my digging! I want to farm!"

Immediately, the world before Qin Ming's eyes quickly perished like bubbles... Following that, the Heart Demon world changed suddenly.

Qin Ming's consciousness gradually blurred, and when he woke up again, he found himself at the Qi Gathering Stage.

He was being frantically hunted down by a Foundation Establishment stage old man.

"Qin Ming, your crime has been exposed; you dare to kill my son Jiang Kun, this seat will smash you into ten thousand pieces! I will use your soul to light a lamp to sacrifice to my son's spirit in heaven!" Elder Jiang of the Lingyu Sect roared ferociously.

Qin Ming, a small Qi Gathering cultivator, was like a swaying boat in the wind and rain before Elder Jiang, a Foundation Establishment Great Expert, terrified.

But suddenly, he thought carefully in his mind: That's not right? How could I leave clues and tails when doing things?

Looking at the Immortal Cultivation World, no one understands destroying corpses and erasing traces better than me... "Old ghost, you dare to scam me?!"

"Perish for me!"

The illusion before his eyes then dissipated again.

……

The scene changed; Qin Ming was already at the Golden Core stage, and standing before him was an old man in feathered clothes with the bearing of an immortal, five-colored divine light on his head, and golden lotuses springing from the ground wherever he stepped.

It was actually a real, true immortal!

"This Venerable observes that you have extraordinary talent and amazing bones; you and I have the fate of master and disciple."

"I can bestow upon you the Dao Fruit of Longevity, lead you into the Immortal Gate of the Dao Court, and from now on you will be free and live forever; are you willing?"

Yet the next instant.

The medicinal effect of the Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill began to take effect, and his brain quickly became incredibly clear.

Qin Ming couldn't help but curl his lips and say: "This heart demon is too outrageous, even immortals have popped out..."

However, Qin Ming thought it was reasonable; his greatest pursuit in this life was cultivating immortality and longevity, and he didn't expect it to be used to test himself.

If he had agreed, he would have immediately fallen into an endless sinking of obsession……

The Heart Demon world changed again.

Qin Ming seemed to have experienced the vicissitudes of the Immortal Cultivation World, experiencing various illusion tests.

All of them were resolved and seen through by him one by one.

As various bizarre and strange scenes flashed by constantly.

Time passed in a flash.

When Qin Ming came back to his senses, he found that he was still crossing the Nascent Soul Heart Demon Tribulation.

Only after experiencing all kinds of inhuman temptations and desires being stirred up.

His mental state began to show signs of loosening, gradually sinking into it, unable to extricate himself... "The tribulation crossing failed, a hundred years of cultivation went down the drain..."

Following that.

The Nascent Soul cultivation that Qin Ming had just condensed began to dissipate, and his whole person became manic.

Whatever he was most afraid of losing, that was what came.

Just when Qin Ming was about to believe it was true, a trace of coolness flashed through his mind again.

He suddenly woke up in an instant.

It was as if there was always a thought maintaining awareness.

"A mere illusion, and you actually want to scare me?"

Crack! Qin Ming waved his giant hand, and the last Heart Demon illusion instantly shattered and dissipated like a mirror.

Whoosh! The blood-colored tribulation clouds hovering above Moon-Gazing Island quietly dissipated, and that pair of giant pupils also disappeared without a trace.

Suddenly.

The Heart Demon Tribulation passed, and auspicious signs descended from heaven, as if the rain had cleared, and rays of rosy light rose.

Above the firmament, a massive Nascent Soul phantom was projected, exactly the same as Qin Ming's appearance.

Immediately, the Nascent Soul looked around the surroundings and soon disappeared.

Beneath the natal spirit plant, the Yin-Yang Profound Vine Tree.

Qin Ming felt the incredibly massive Nascent Soul magic power within his body and was full of confidence.

"After advancing to the Nascent Soul, one can have the primordial spirit leave the body, comprehend void divine abilities, perform teleportation, and as long as the Nascent Soul is not destroyed, one can possess a body to be reborn at will."

"After cultivating immortality for so many years, I have finally stood at the ceiling of the Immortal Cultivation World."

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 425 =====