Chapter 351: Advancing to Nascent Soul (Part 3)

The Nascent Soul looked calmly at the mutated "Red Glow Fire" before it with a pair of small eyes, a grave expression appearing on its face; although this fire had already merged with Zhang Nuo, it was hard to say whether it would reject the Nascent Soul!

However, there was no time to delay; the Nascent Soul had to hurry to convert all the divine abilities on Zhang Nuo's body, otherwise, it would be difficult to collect all the Spirit Power from the celestial phenomenon to help the main body advance to the Nascent Soul Stage!

With a slight opening of its small mouth, the Nascent Soul spat out a wisp of five-colored light, which immediately wrapped around the silver flame! The next moment, the light curled back, sucking the silver flame into its belly!

The Nascent Soul suddenly let out a clear whistle, a silver flame erupted from its body surface, and after changing its hand seals several times, a look of pain appeared on its small face!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo's body moved, he suddenly opened his eyes, and quickly extended his right hand; a bloodstain split open in his palm, and the Jingming Divine Tree grew out.

After several decades, the "Golden Core Fruit" on this tree had long since turned into a sheet of golden glow, and by the looks of it, it should be ripe! Without a second thought, Zhang Nuo took a Golden Core Fruit directly from the Divine Tree, then slapped his crown with one hand; a radiance flashed, and the Nascent Soul emerged!

The moment the Nascent Soul left the body, the main body of Zhang Nuo slowly closed its eyes and sat motionless on the spot like a wooden statue; the Nascent Soul, wrapped in silver flames, instantly fixed its gaze on the Golden Core Fruit in Zhang Nuo's hand and stretched five small fingers toward the fruit!

With a *whoosh*, it took the fruit into its hand and swallowed it in one gulp! This Golden Core Fruit was originally transformed from the Golden Core of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so the massive Spirit Power within it could naturally not be underestimated!

A faint red light was seen sliding from the Nascent Soul's throat down into its belly, and in an instant, strands of red blood threads surged out from the Golden Core Fruit, enveloping the Nascent Soul's entire body. The silver flames that had been raging on its surface were suppressed significantly after being wrapped by these blood threads.

However, after a moment, the silver flames erupted again, even more fiercely than before! Seeing this, the Nascent Soul's small face showed a hint of surprise; it grabbed at the Divine Tree on Zhang Nuo's right palm with one hand, and with a *whoosh* of air-piercing sound, it plucked another Golden Core Fruit directly from the tree!

After swallowing it, the momentum of the silver flames was suppressed quite a bit! The Nascent Soul changed its hand seals several times, and gradually, the silver flames on its surface began to retract into its body! It was not until not a trace of silver flame could be found on its surface that the Nascent Soul finally let out a long breath!

Looking down at the main body below, the Nascent Soul floated over to stand before Zhang Nuo, its pair of small eyes blinking incessantly, as if it were making an extremely difficult choice!

Just as the Nascent Soul was hesitating, the Golden Light falling from above the Tianqi Immortal Mountain suddenly vibrated a few times; although this vibration was very slight and difficult for ordinary people to feel, in the eyes of the Nascent Soul, it knew exactly what this vibration meant!

If it delayed any longer, these Golden Lights would likely disappear completely, and then even if Zhang Nuo had condensed a Nascent Soul, he would be unable to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage by absorbing external forces! If that really happened, before long, the Nascent Soul would also dissipate!

A look of determination flashed in the eyes of the foot-tall Nascent Soul, and it suddenly tapped slightly on the center of Zhang Nuo's brow; the next moment, a black butterfly flew out—it was the Hell Butterfly! As long as this butterfly was refined into the Nascent Soul, Zhang Nuo would basically have succeeded! As for the Jingming Divine Tree, it was only growing by borrowing Zhang Nuo's body and had not merged with him, so the Nascent Soul could not refine it at all.

As soon as the inch-sized black butterfly appeared, an unusual light flashed in its pair of butterfly eyes; although it sensed that the Nascent Soul before it was where Zhang Nuo's primordial spirit resided, the butterfly was still somewhat unwilling to merge with it!

However, in the current situation, it was not something it could control; the Nascent Soul changed its hand seals several times, let out a low, soft shout, and pointed a finger at the center of its own brow, causing a ball of silver flame to flash out! At the center of the Nascent Soul's brow, a vortex-like air swirl formed!

At the same time, the Nascent Soul's other small hand pointed into the void at the Hell Butterfly; the butterfly's body trembled slightly, and after circling in mid-air, it flew directly into the Red Glow Fire at the center of the Nascent Soul's brow!

The silver flames and butterfly shadow instantly intertwined; at this time, a grave expression appeared on the Nascent Soul's face, it sat cross-legged in the void, its two small hands pointed out hand seals in succession, which all sank into its brow, while a bitter and incomprehensible incantation sounded from its mouth!

After a moment, the Hell Butterfly was finally sucked in by the Red Glow Fire and sank directly into the Nascent Soul's body; in an instant, the Nascent Soul's entire body turned pitch-black like ink, and butterfly shadows flashed incessantly within its pupils!

Refining the Hell Butterfly was much more difficult than refining the Red Glow Fire; this butterfly was born with the ability to devour souls, and the primordial spirit within the Nascent Soul was also quite afraid of it! After some struggling, the Nascent Soul fell into a disadvantage!

Sensing a hint of danger, the pitch-black Nascent Soul dove onto the top of the Jingming Divine Tree, and after grabbing with both hands, it plucked two more Golden Core Fruits!

After swallowing them whole, a mass of blood threads moved from the Nascent Soul's body toward its brow, and within a few wraps, it bound the Hell Butterfly!

The black butterfly struggled continuously within the blood threads; after several bouts of fighting, the blood threads still could not trap the Hell Butterfly, and with a tight frown, the Nascent Soul took action again and plucked two more Golden Core Fruits.

After nearly the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Golden Core Fruits on the Jingming Divine Tree had all been eaten by the Nascent Soul, yet the Hell Butterfly at the center of its brow still could not be refined!

Eventually, the Nascent Soul was also somewhat exhausted, but its flickering gaze fell upon the only Yuan Ying Fruit on the Divine Tree!

This Yuan Ying Fruit was originally transformed from the Nascent Soul of Xiong Kui that Zhang Nuo had collected; although it was only in a semi-mature state, its power was much greater than that of the Golden Core Fruit!

It had not wanted to use this one and only Yuan Ying Fruit, but the Nascent Soul could not subdue the Hell Butterfly for the time being, and seeing that the time for the falling Golden Light was about to end, if it did not hurry, it would likely never have another chance!

Thinking of this, the Nascent Soul immediately extended a small hand, took the Yuan Ying Fruit directly into its hand, and swallowed it with a grave expression!

At this time, Baijiaowang, standing at the top of the Tianqi Immortal Mountain, had a somewhat strange expression! Seeing the fluctuations of the Golden Light in the sky growing larger and larger, the cultivator who was condensing a Nascent Soul had still not come to collect the Golden Light to improve their cultivation; could something have gone wrong?

The major event of Shou Dan Jie Ying was not to be trifled with, and no cultivator would undertake it lightly; the Golden Light had been falling for so long, yet no cultivator had come to collect it, and perhaps there was only one reason: the Magic Treasure within the cultivator's body was too powerful, and the Nascent Soul could not fully refine it in time!

Frowning slightly, Baijiaowang took a deep breath; it seemed that this cultivator hiding in the Tianqi Immortal Mountain was no ordinary person, and regardless of their cultivation, the Magic Treasure in their hands was certainly an extraordinary object!

If this cultivator successfully entered the Nascent Soul Stage, would it pose any threat to the Sea Flood Dragon Clan? After thinking for a moment, Baijiaowang shook its head helplessly; things had reached this point, and it could only leave it to fate!

Just as it was pondering, a spiritual light suddenly erupted from the small lake of the Illusion Array and instantly flew into the sky! The spiritual light gathered slowly, gradually forming a humanoid phantom several zhang tall.

Baijiaowang's expression sank; it understood in its heart that it seemed the cultivator condensing the Nascent Soul was about to start absorbing the Spirit Power from the falling Golden Light!

The phantom emitted a faint light, and its features could not be seen at all; it saw the phantom slightly separate its hands, and with a single opening of its mouth, a Four-Legged Small Tripod was offered up.

This tripod was pale blue all over, and as it spun, a large area of deep blue electric arcs surged out from it; the next moment, the phantom opened its mouth again and spat out a ball of silver flame, which rushed toward the high sky the moment it exited, and upon expanding, it wrapped the falling Golden Light inside!

Seeing this, Baijiaowang was slightly stunned! The phantom's approach was clearly not to let any of the Golden Light escape, but to absorb it all into its body!

Normally speaking, no matter how a cultivator condensing a Nascent Soul absorbed it, some Spiritual Qi would always be lost; even when Baijiaowang advanced to the Seventh Rank, it had not been able to draw all the Golden Light into its body. Pondering this to itself, Baijiaowang could not help but sneer.

This cultivator condensing a Nascent Soul was either a person of heaven-defying cultivation who believed they could reclaim all the Golden Light, or they were an arrogant and conceited person!

However, Baijiaowang's conjecture was soon confirmed; the Golden Light wrapped in countless silver flames did not leak even a trace, and at the same time, the pale blue Small Tripod before the phantom spun slowly, erupting with a massive suction force that gathered all the Golden Light in the celestial phenomenon into the tripod!

At this time, the celestial phenomenon became somewhat turbulent, and the surrounding Demonic Qi and Spiritual Qi emitted bursts of rumbling sounds; the Spiritual Qi was becoming more and more chaotic like a raging sea! Sensing that something was wrong, the phantom in the sky raised its brows slightly and looked up toward the sky! It saw that the hole from which the Golden Light appeared was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye!

As long as the hole closed completely, this falling Golden Light would disappear entirely; the phantom suddenly let out a long whistle, the sound of which made the surrounding hundreds of miles buzz!

The next moment, a flash of Yin Qi passed through the center of the phantom's brow, and then a black butterfly nearly a zhang in size appeared and flew out; after circling once, silver flames suddenly ignited on its body!

After a light cry, the black butterfly flew straight into the sky, pouncing toward the hole emitting the Golden Light! In almost a few flashes, the butterfly arrived below the hole! Its body turned slightly, its Butterfly Wings spread, and the surrounding Yin Qi swept in!