Chapter 150: The Wu Lin Shakes! Divine Ability Arrives! The Eastern Heretic Emerges!

The days that followed.

Taohuadao seemed to have regained its former tranquility and harmony.

The sea breeze brushed lightly; the peach fragrance remained.

Yet beneath this calm, a subtle vitality unlike before stirred—and an oppressive tension, as if a storm loomed on the horizon.

Brother Ning Chuan still spent each night on the seaside rocks, breathing in the moonlight.

He practiced the 【Moon Spirit Breathing Technique】, as faint, cold, and pure Yin lunar essence, drawn by an invisible force,

descended from the nine heavens, slowly flowing into his vast dragon body.

Then, through the mysterious 【Nine Trials Dragon Transformation Method】,

he fused these lunar essences with the jet-black dragon core in his dantian sea.

He needed to continuously refine and condense this newly formed dragon core.

Transforming its inner "dragon essence" entirely into a purer, more primordial "demon power."

This process, though far slower and more mentally taxing than directly consuming blood and flesh essence,

allowed Brother Ning Chuan to clearly sense, with each thread of true demon power refined,

that his perception of spiritual energy had grown sharper, as if he could touch the invisible energy veins.

His own power's essence was undergoing a subtle yet profound enhancement and transformation.

That power was more agile, more alive than mere martial true qi.

And more… invasive and destructive, carrying a faint, unique aura of the demonic.

He could feel he was drawing ever closer to the moment when he would trigger the "Dragon Tribulation," completing the dragon core's final transformation.

By day, he remained in Taohuadao's study or martial tower.

With Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong's aid, he continued reading the vast ocean of Daoist scriptures and the martial secrets of every sect.

Constantly deepening his foundation, broadening his horizon, accumulating resources for his future cultivation path.

After all, his 【Nine Trials Dragon Transformation Method】 had only just deduced the first tribulation's cultivation technique: the "Dragon Tribulation."

Its core lay in forming the dragon core, awakening bloodline, and gaining preliminary control over heavenly forces.

The second tribulation, and even higher-level tribulations and cultivation methods,

required him to expend far greater mental effort, along with vastly larger knowledge reserves and profound comprehension of heavenly laws, to slowly deduce them.

This was not a matter to be rushed; it demanded slow, patient effort—accumulating strength to burst forth.

…

In the Wu Lin.

The legends surrounding Taohuadao had spread like wildfire across the entire Central Plains Wu Lin.

Taohuadao's reputation reached an unprecedented peak in a short time, even overshadowing many sects with centuries of heritage.

The mysterious Dragon Island Master had crushed eight sect masters with a mere gesture, and even Ouyang Feng had fallen on the spot.

Such astonishing deeds were enough to make any malevolent rogue think twice before setting foot on Taohuadao.

But the turmoil over the Nine Yin Manual had not been fully quelled.

On the contrary, Taohuadao's display of immense power, and the island master's unfathomable mystery,

had only intensified the greed of stronger factions and those self-proclaimed supreme masters for the Nine Yin Manual.

Yet most, fearing Brother Ning Chuan's apocalyptic power, dared not act rashly—only watching secretly, waiting for the right moment.

The entire Wu Lin seemed shrouded in an eerie calm, yet the undercurrents were surging more violently than ever before.

Suddenly,

another explosive rumor swept through the Wu Lin, igniting another storm!

"Hey! Did you hear? The latest news in the Wu Lin!"

"It's said the Divine Ability, Wang Chongyang—long hailed as the greatest under heaven, whose whereabouts are unknown—will personally journey to Taohuadao in the East Sea!"

"What?! Divine Ability, Wang Chongyang?! Isn't he long dead? How is he appearing now?"

"Not so! Reliable sources say Master Wang feigned death to withdraw from the world; now, for certain reasons, he must reappear in the Wu Lin!"

"He came to Taohuadao to settle an old grudge with the island!"

"A grudge? What grudge? Is it also tied to the Nine Yin Manual?"

"Who can say? But Master Wang Chongyang—the Divine Ability—was the supreme champion of the Hua Shan Sword Contest! His power is unfathomable, long having reached the pinnacle of Zhenzhida Sect, with some even claiming he has touched the threshold of a terrestrial immortal!"

"Good heavens! Now there'll be a spectacle! A Dingjianda Sect master arriving at Taohuadao, facing off against the mysterious dragon island master! This is a dragon vs. tiger, gods clashing!"

"…"

Wu Lin cultivators buzzed with chatter; rumors and speculations fluttered like snowflakes through the air.