Chapter 106 - 103: 5000-Year Supreme Treasure, Crossing the Celestial Tribulation

The Quanxing Sect Leader spoke, "I have a story. It’s a bit long. Would you like to hear it?"

"I’d like to hear the details," Wang Xiao nodded.

The Quanxing Sect Leader seemed to be lost in his memories. After a moment, he said:

"The story... it begins a thousand years ago. At that time, Miss Xiaodie was just a butterfly demon on this Great Yin Mountain..."

The Quanxing Sect Leader began to recount the tale, as if pulling Wang Xiao back into the past with him.

A thousand years ago, Ning Xiaodie was but a Butterfly Demon on Great Yin Mountain. After three hundred years of arduous cultivation, she finally achieved a human form.

To advance her cultivation.

She left Great Yin Mountain and entered the mortal realm, learning the ways of humankind—their knowledge and etiquette.

She remained there for two full centuries.

Along the way, she slayed demons and vanquished evil, her cultivation growing by the day until she eventually reached the Saint Realm.

Unfortunately, during her final attempt to attain the Dao, she failed to shatter her Golden Core. Her physical body was destroyed, leaving only her Yin Spirit behind.

Although a Yin Spirit can remain in the mortal realm, it cannot continue to practice cultivation.

No matter how high one’s cultivation was in life, it would inevitably be eroded by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism.

If they did not enter the Underworld to be reincarnated or become a City God, the Yin Spirit would slowly degenerate into a Fierce Ghost.

Fortunately, after Ning Xiaodie entered the Underworld, a fortunate turn of events led to her being chosen to become a Soul Collector.

Her duty was to travel between the two realms, guiding Wandering Souls.

She served as a Soul Collector for another two full centuries.

"Everything was proceeding smoothly. Until one day, Miss Xiaodie suddenly came to me and said she was going to undertake something momentous, an act that would change this world."

"She said she had found a method to destroy the Celestial Demon. If her plan succeeded, this world would never again suffer a Celestial Tribulation!"

The Quanxing Sect Leader paused here, his gaze turning to Wang Xiao.

"Destroy the Celestial Demon?!"

A flicker of light crossed Wang Xiao’s eyes.

He knew that the Celestial Demon was an exceptionally unique existence in this world.

Every 12,960 years, a Celestial Demon would emerge to devour all life—an event recorded in history as the Celestial Tribulation.

The Celestial Demon was immensely powerful—immortal and indestructible.

In the nine previous Celestial Tribulations, the Celestial Demon was never destroyed. Instead, it was sealed away by the combined efforts of the great masters of the Dao Realm!

Based on calculations of past cycles, a new Celestial Demon was due to emerge in less than ninety years!

When that time comes, ghosts will walk in broad daylight, and the mortal world will again be plunged into darkness.

Wang Xiao hadn’t imagined that Ning Xiaodie had actually found a way to destroy the Celestial Demon.

This was something countless masters of the Dao Realm had wracked their brains over, desperate for an answer.

Suddenly, a realization flashed in Wang Xiao’s mind. He looked at the Quanxing Sect Leader and said:

"Sect Leader, this method... does it have something to do with me?"

’Otherwise, the Quanxing Sect Leader wouldn’t have said just now that seeing me was proof of Ning Xiaodie’s plan succeeding.’

The Quanxing Sect Leader nodded.

"Correct. Miss Xiaodie once said that the reason the Celestial Demon cannot be utterly destroyed is because it embodies the rules of Heaven and Earth. As long as those rules exist, the Celestial Demon cannot be extinguished."

"To kill the Celestial Demon, there is only one way: to use a rule to nullify a rule, to use a Celestial Demon to kill a Celestial Demon!"

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Xiao and said:

"And you, child... you are the Celestial Demon that Miss Xiaodie created."

"Your body is a mass of Celestial Demon Flesh and Blood. Miss Xiaodie cleansed it in the Netherworld Reincarnation Pool. Finally, she used a Secret Technique to place you within her own ghostly form, gestating you for a hundred years before you were born."

"That is why you are now able to devour demon flesh and the Yin Spirits of City Gods to increase your power."

"Once you have grown to a certain Realm, you will also be able to devour and refine the Celestial Demon, ending this Celestial Tribulation that has plagued the world for a hundred thousand years!"

Wang Xiao’s mouth fell slightly agape as he listened to the old man’s tale.

He finally understood why this Ghost Infant body was so special.

’This body was actually made from Celestial Demon Flesh and Blood, cleansed in the Reincarnation Pool and then gestated inside Ning Xiaodie’s Yin Spirit.’

’But how could someone who was merely in the Saint Realm, like Ning Xiaodie, have ever conceived of such a complex process?’

’And where did Ning Xiaodie get the Celestial Demon Flesh and Blood? How did she learn the Secret Technique for gestating a Ghost Infant?!’

’There were still so many mysteries.’

Thinking of this, Wang Xiao voiced his questions, hoping the Quanxing Sect Leader could provide him with answers.

But the Quanxing Sect Leader simply shook his head.

"I asked Miss Xiaodie those same questions. Unfortunately, she said she could not disclose the details. However, she did say that once you have devoured and refined the Celestial Demon, you will know everything."

After a pause, he continued, "I brought you here today merely to fulfill a promise I made to Miss Xiaodie back then."

"A promise?" Wang Xiao asked, his curiosity piqued.

"I told her back then that if her plan succeeded, I would give my Spiritual Shedding to her child, to help them reach an even greater height."

"Judging by your aura, you must be close to Crossing the Celestial Tribulation. You should have a use for my Spiritual Shedding."

The Quanxing Sect Leader waved his hand.

In that instant, a stone shimmering with a seven-colored divine light flew out from the mouth of the cave in front of them, landing in the Quanxing Sect Leader’s hand.

He turned the stone over in his hand for a moment before speaking.

"This Spiritual Shedding contains the essence of my five thousand years of cultivation. It should be able to help you survive three Celestial Tribulations and reach the Saint Realm."

Wang Xiao stared at the stone in the Quanxing Sect Leader’s hand, his eyes narrowing.

[Analyzing...]

[Analysis successful]

[Seven-Colored Divine Stone. Grade: Saint Level Third Grade. Origin: Shed by the Mountain God of Great Yin Mountain after absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism for five thousand years. Effects: Upon consumption, causes the physical body and Yin Spirit to undergo a transformation. Can be used to resist Celestial Tribulations...]

As Wang Xiao read the description of the Seven-Colored Divine Stone before him, his gaze sharpened intensely.