Chapter 349: Advancing to the Nascent Soul (Part 1)

The Spirit Insect successfully evolved completely into human form, which also relieved Zhang Nuo of his worries, preventing this little fellow from suddenly waking up while he was attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage!

"Master! I'm hungry!"

The very first words the Spirit Insect spoke were actually this, which left Zhang Nuo feeling speechless! From a young age, in the Spirit Insect's mind, there was only one word: "Eat!"

Looking at the naked Spirit Insect, who resembled a young boy, Zhang Nuo casually found a piece of clothing from his Storage Bag and gave it to him!

"Go find something to eat yourself! This Immortal Mountain is rich in all kinds of ores! Remember, you must not provoke those cultivators! Once you are full, just return here on your own!"

After simply giving the Spirit Insect a few instructions, Zhang Nuo let him leave. As for the Restriction outside the Cave Abode, to the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect, it was nothing at all; the little fellow was born with the instinct to ignore all kinds of Restrictions!

A look of joy appeared on the Spirit Insect's face as he moved his little feet and walked straight out of the Cave Abode! Watching his lazy appearance, he really was just like a human child!

Not until the Spirit Insect's back disappeared from sight did Zhang Nuo turn his head back and say to Chunyangzi:

"Senior! I feel it is time to attempt the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage!"

Zhang Nuo felt a little excited; the Nascent Soul! This realm he had dreamed of for so long finally felt within his reach!

"Since you are already prepared, then let us begin!"

Chunyangzi also nodded slightly a few times, then swept his gaze over the various Pills in front of Zhang Nuo! Twenty years of laying a solid foundation was perhaps enough!

Taking a deep breath and then slowly exhaling, Zhang Nuo calmed his mind and immediately closed his eyes slowly. From this day on, Zhang Nuo officially entered the stage of attempting the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage!

Chunyangzi looked at him a few times and finally left with a look of affirmation. What Zhang Nuo needed now was stillness! He could not let any factors disturb him! Even the appearance of a single unfavorable factor would cause the entire process of forming the Nascent Soul to fall short of success!

As the Cave Abode hall remained quiet, time began to pass bit by bit! One year! Two years! Ten years! Twenty years! When the thirtieth year arrived, on this day, an anomaly suddenly appeared in the sky above the entire Tianqi Immortal Mountain!

One could see streaks of white Spiritual Qi light and several wisps of pitch-black Demonic Qi in the sky, simultaneously condensing into a black and white cloud! This cloud was several thousand miles wide, blotting out the sky and covering the entire Tianqi Immortal Mountain!

At the same time, between the Spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi, there were actually wisps of Yin Qi drifting about, though these wisps of Yin Qi would be hard to discover for any cultivator who had not studied an Underworld cultivation method!

At the peak of Tianqi Immortal Mountain, Baijiaowang stood with his hands behind his back. He looked up at the anomaly in the sky, his brows locked tight, and he remained silent. The several demon cultivators standing beside him also looked at the sky in astonishment, their minds unable to calm down for a long time!

Whenever a major event occurs, there must be an anomaly in the sky, such as when the Immortal Illusion Continent first appeared, or when a cultivator forms a Nascent Soul! However, because every cultivator practices different cultivation methods, the celestial phenomena for forming a Nascent Soul are also completely different. In a sense, the initial celestial phenomenon cannot determine exactly what is happening!

"Boss, in your view, what is going on?"

At this moment, the Water Flood Dragon could no longer hold back. He walked slowly behind Baijiaowang and asked with a grave expression.

"This celestial phenomenon has formed only above our Tianqi Immortal Mountain, so I fear it has a great deal to do with us. But since the phenomenon has just formed, I cannot yet judge what it means!"

Sighing heavily, Baijiaowang felt somewhat helpless. In his heart, he had actually guessed long ago that this was a celestial phenomenon for forming a Nascent Soul. It was just that someone had been secretly cultivating in Tianqi Immortal Mountain for so many years, and he, the dignified master of the mountain, had not noticed it at all—this was simply too ironic!

At the same time, in various parts of the Immortal Illusion Continent, many cultivators were also watching the celestial phenomenon above Tianqi Immortal Mountain! Among these cultivators, there were several old monsters at the Nascent Soul Stage who also vaguely felt that this was the celestial phenomenon that appears when a cultivator forms a Nascent Soul!

However, they all knew that Tianqi Immortal Mountain was occupied by the Sea Flood Dragon Clan, and they guessed that perhaps a great demon of that clan had advanced to the Seventh-tier Demon Beast realm! In this way, many forces that had designs on the Immortal Mountain would find it even more difficult; with another great power emerging among the demon cultivators, it seemed the Sea Flood Dragon Clan's position on the Immortal Mountain would be solidified!

On a small mountain tens of thousands of miles away from Tianqi Immortal Mountain, nearly a hundred cultivators were stationed. Because these people lacked sufficient strength, they could not seize an Immortal Mountain and could only huddle in this place.

However, the Spiritual Qi on the small mountain was still quite abundant, and these cultivators were seizing every moment to cultivate, striving to advance as soon as possible! Inside a building at the top of the small mountain, an old man with a white beard and long eyebrows was sitting on a Putan, cultivating with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a look of astonishment flashed through them.

Without any movement of the old man's figure, he suddenly disappeared from where he was. The next moment, the old man's figure appeared on a high peak of this small mountain.

Looking up at the celestial phenomenon in the distant sky, the old man's locked brows were almost knotted together! With a quick flip of one hand, a White Disc as clean as Jade Token appeared in his hand. After striking several Fowen spells onto the disc with one hand, it wasn't long before several shimmering Fowen condensed on the surface of the disc.

The moment he saw the Fowen appear, the old man almost cried out loud!

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

As if possessed, the old man kept muttering to himself, as if he had seen something extremely impossible!

At this time, two more streaks of light rushed rapidly to the old man's side. Seeing the old man's appearance, one of them stepped forward and asked, "Ancestor! What happened?"

Speaking of this, perhaps everyone already knows who this old man is! That's right! He is Nanxuan Laozu! Back then, he was chased by the Skull Monk with nowhere to go, and in his desperation, Nanxuan Laozu had no choice but to summon the sect's cultivators back to the flying ship, finally steering the ship with all his might to shake off the white-robed monk who was like a stubborn plaster!

In the following decades, they had also visited several Immortal Mountains, but their strength was inferior to others, and they ended up in miserable defeat. Forced by circumstances, the group had no choice but to find a small mountain with decent Spiritual Qi to settle down!

Actually, calling it a small mountain was only in comparison to a great mountain like Tianqi Immortal Mountain; the mountain range occupied by Nanxuan Laozu and his group stretched for thousands of miles!

It was not just them; many small forces that came to the Immortal Illusion Continent also sought out such places to begin stabilizing their foundations!

The cultivator who had just asked Nanxuan Laozu was Zhuge An.

"According to my calculations, the cultivator forming a Nascent Soul at Tianqi Immortal Mountain does not seem to be a demon cultivator, but a human cultivator!"

"How is this possible?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Zhiyan, who had come with Zhuge An, also had a slight change in expression. What kind of existence could a human cultivator be to form a Nascent Soul on the turf of demon cultivators?

"Not only that! I have also calculated something even more incredible!"

Nanxuan Laozu's face grew increasingly ugly. In his heart, he had always hoped that his divination was wrong!

"What exactly is it?"

Seeing that the Ancestor had remained silent, Zhuge An could not help but ask.

"The cultivator advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage is very likely Zhang Nuo!"

Once these words were spoken, Zhuo Zhiyan and Zhuge An were so shocked their jaws almost dropped! Back then, Nanxuan Laozu returned and told them that Zhang Nuo had been killed by the white-robed monk, and that he had seen it with his own eyes! From that day on, no one in the group held any hope!

But now that such words came from the mouth of Nanxuan Laozu, how could they not be shocked!

"This... didn't the Ancestor say back then..."

Zhuo Zhiyan asked in great confusion, but halfway through her sentence, she suddenly felt it was inappropriate. Wasn't she questioning what Nanxuan Laozu had said before?

"That's right! I did see Zhang Nuo being killed with my own eyes! But the divination just now clearly showed it to be this way!"

Nanxuan Laozu knew best how Zhang Nuo had died; he had killed Zhang Nuo with his own hands back then. Could all that have been fake? Or did Zhang Nuo have some other divine ability to reconstruct his physical body? The latter was clearly impossible! With his Golden Core level at the time, wanting to rebuild a physical body was harder than ascending to heaven!

The expressions of the three were uncertain! Zhang Nuo was like an accident, constantly filling their hearts with hope, only for it to be dashed in an instant! Before, they had discovered Zhang Nuo's tracks on Tianqi Immortal Mountain, but in the blink of an eye, they heard he had fallen! And now, a name that had almost been forgotten by everyone had surfaced once again!

At this moment, the one most afraid in his heart was Nanxuan Laozu. If Zhang Nuo really succeeded in forming his Nascent Soul, the first person he would kill would likely be him! Looking up at the celestial phenomenon, Nanxuan Laozu had an indescribable feeling in his heart! The only hope in his heart now was that Zhang Nuo must not succeed in forming his Nascent Soul!

As for what Zhuge An and the others were thinking, it was the exact opposite of Nanxuan Laozu. They very much hoped that Zhang Nuo would succeed in forming his Nascent Soul; perhaps only then would the group from the Nanxuan Sect have a chance to turn things around!

However, they had no idea about the grudge between Nanxuan Laozu and Zhang Nuo. If they did, perhaps they wouldn't think this way. The day Zhang Nuo came out of seclusion might bring them a nightmare!

A few days later, the celestial phenomenon for forming the Nascent Soul finally changed. At the same time, the cultivators around Tianqi Immortal Mountain were also observing closely, and gradually, some cultivators began to understand that this was indeed the celestial phenomenon of a cultivator attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage!

These past few days, the most restless person was Baijiaowang. Someone actually dared to cultivate in his territory and had even broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage in one go! He had to see with his own eyes who this cultivator was!

As for the outside cultivators, they were all very curious: after Baijiaowang, who else in the Sea Flood Dragon Clan had advanced to the Seventh-tier realm? The mystery in everyone's hearts was gradually revealing its true face as the celestial phenomenon changed!