Chapter 352: Advancing to Nascent Soul (Part 4)

Wisps of Yin Qi gathered onto the Hell Butterfly in the blink of an eye. As the butterfly flapped its wings, its form suddenly swelled to over several zhang in size. It spat out a mass of Yin Qi from its mouth, which, as it gradually diffused, directly suppressed the cave entrance that was in the process of shrinking!

Seeing that the cave entrance was no longer shrinking, the phantom flicked its sleeves lightly, and a rectangular sword box flashed out. With several dragon roars sounding, the nine dragon carvings on the surface of the sword box opened their mouths wide, also continuously devouring the Golden Light!

The water-like Golden Light poured down and was entirely absorbed by the pale blue Small Tripod beside the phantom! At this moment, the phantom's form flickered incessantly within the Golden Light; with a grab into the void, it could snatch something from the Golden Light and then swallow it in one gulp!

Baijiaowang, standing at the peak of Tianqi Immortal Mountain, was already dumbfounded. The black butterfly released by the phantom in the Golden Light was clearly not a Magic Treasure, but a strange kind of Spirit Beast! Since it was a Spirit Beast, it could not be refined by a Nascent Soul; the only explanation was that the cultivator had merged with the Spirit Beast!

As soon as this thought appeared, Baijiaowang could not help but shiver all over! Before condensing a Nascent Soul, a cultivator was still a Golden Core Stage cultivator. Just imagine, who would be so heaven-defying as to merge with a Spirit Beast while still in the Golden Core Stage! With his current cultivation, he would absolutely not dare to rashly merge with any kind of Spirit Beast!

When Baijiaowang saw the phantom continuously grabbing and eating something within the Golden Light, it made him even more horrified! What the phantom was grabbing was precisely the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi contained within the Golden Light!

Even after entering the Nascent Soul Stage, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi a cultivator can perceive is very limited, and even if one can sense it, it may not necessarily be usable. But this cultivator currently undergoing Shou Dan Jie Ying could not only sense the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, but was also greedily absorbing it into their body!

"Who exactly is this person?"

The successive actions made Baijiaowang feel terrified. Such a figure was hidden within his Tianqi Immortal Mountain, yet he had been completely unaware!

Half an hour later, the Golden Light in the sky had become much dimmer, but the phantom still did not stop. It held the pale blue Small Tripod in one hand and shot violently toward the high sky, arriving directly in front of the cave entrance that was releasing the Golden Light, and raised the Small Tripod with both hands, aiming the tripod mouth at the cave entrance.

For a moment, the heavens and earth changed color. Within the combination of Demonic Qi and Spiritual Qi in the sky, bursts of rumbling erupted. The Silver Flame that had previously trapped the descending Golden Light to prevent it from leaking out scattered with a 'swish' and vanished into the air, but the next moment, these silver flames even more ferociously trapped the combination of Spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi in the sky.

Following the massive suction of the pale blue Small Tripod, the Spiritual Qi that composed the Shou Dan Jie Ying phenomenon was gathering toward the Small Tripod at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Baijiaowang could no longer bear the shocking scene before him; he stared with wide eyes, fearing he might miss a single detail! This cultivator undergoing Shou Dan Jie Ying was too overbearing! It was one thing to have completely taken away the previous descending Golden Light, but they hadn't even spared the clouds that formed the phenomenon!

Just as he was astonished, the sky turned a clear blue. The previous Shou Dan Jie Ying phenomenon Spiritual Qi had long been collected by the phantom into the Small Tripod. Subsequently, the phantom opened its mouth wide and retracted all the Magic Treasures it had unleashed back into its body! Its form blurred, turning into a streak of white light, and it dove straight down!

After the white light submerged into the mountain, it left no trace! Only Baijiaowang remained, standing blankly on the mountaintop! This was the most incredible Shou Dan Jie Ying he had ever seen! Not a single bit of the Spiritual Qi gathered from all directions had escaped that cultivator's hands! If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, no one would believe it!

It seems that once a cultivator who has undergone Shou Dan Jie Ying achieves success, they will certainly not be an ordinary figure! Perhaps Baijiaowang's previous plan would need to change!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo, sitting cross-legged in the Cave Abode, saw a flash of spiritual light above his head, which then submerged into his body. He suddenly opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing on his face! Having finished collecting the Spirit Power contained within the Golden Light, his attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage was a complete success. For the next period of time, he only needed to refine all the Spirit Power within the Four Spirits Square Cauldron and the Nine Dragon Sword Case to stabilize his cultivation!

Exhaling a long breath, Zhang Nuo felt a sense of relief. The moment of Shou Dan Jie Ying could truly be called a brush with death; the slightest mistake would have led to complete destruction! No wonder there were many Golden Core cultivators, but Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were pitifully few. The most important step of Shou Dan Jie Ying had claimed the lives of countless cultivators!

"Hehe! Kid Zhang! You really have what it takes!"

Seeing that Zhang Nuo's primordial spirit had returned to his body intact, Chunyangzi's face immediately revealed great joy! Without any movement, he flashed with a red light and arrived before Zhang Nuo!

"This is all thanks to your guidance, Senior!"

Looking at Chunyangzi, Zhang Nuo knew that over these years, Chunyangzi had also sacrificed much for his successful Shou Dan Jie Ying! If not for the assistance of his various Pills, Zhang Nuo could not have condensed his Nascent Soul so smoothly!

"My guidance certainly played a small part, but the master leads you to the door, while cultivation depends on the individual! It is your own tenacity, kid, that led to today's result!"

Stroking his beard with one hand, Chunyangzi looked at Zhang Nuo with satisfaction.

Zhang Nuo shook his head with a bitter smile; perhaps only he knew the suffering involved. After chatting simply with Chunyangzi, he began to refine the descending Golden Light he had collected!

After all, although that Golden Light was stored by Magic Treasures, its efficacy would be greatly lost over time, so it was better to refine it as soon as possible! Chunyangzi did not disturb Zhang Nuo again!

In the blink of an eye, half a year later, when Zhang Nuo opened his eyes again, he was already a bona fide Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivator. Sensing the unprecedented enhancement of his five senses and the massive Spirit Power within his body, he felt wonderful. Looking inward, he saw that another Divine Sea had appeared in his dantian!

When a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul Early-stage, they will automatically open a Divine Sea. As a result, Zhang Nuo now had six Divine Seas in his body, which was two more than a normal Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivator! The surging Spirit Power within the Divine Seas was like a vast ocean!

"I have finally reached the Nascent Soul Stage!"

Zhang Nuo muttered to himself; everything felt like a dream, making it hard to believe! To have advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage in just over a hundred years—such a cultivation speed would make even those self-proclaimed geniuses feel unreachable!

After entering the Nascent Soul Stage, Zhang Nuo's lifespan had also increased to a thousand years. Compared to those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators whose lifespans were nearing their end, he had plenty of time to squander!

With a slight flip of his hand, a mass of white light appeared from his palm; it was the Flying Sword from the Nine Dragon Sword Case. Looking at the Flying Sword, which was several times sharper than before, Zhang Nuo could no longer suppress his wild joy! He pushed his palm forward violently, and dozens of white lights broke through the air with a continuous 'swish-swish' sound! In the blink of an eye, several loud booms came from the wall on one side of the Cave Abode!

With rubble flying, the entire hall was filled with smoke and dust!

"Kid Zhang, what are you doing? Overjoyed?"

Amidst the smoke and dust, a red light flashed; it was Chunyangzi. He looked at the grinning Zhang Nuo, unable to help but smile faintly!

"Senior, give me a few more months. I will raise the Inner Scene Art by two layers. I believe my Divine Sense will then be comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivator!"

Sensing the smoke and dust filling the air with his Divine Sense, Zhang Nuo said with wild joy! It turned out that he had used the Flying Sword to bombard the stone wall partly to test his strength after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, and secondly to test how much his Divine Sense's strength and precision had improved!

"It's not just the Inner Scene Art, but also the Immovable Underworld King. Once you go out, whoever has obtained the Tianqi Immortal Mountain will not let you go so easily!"

His expression changed slightly, and Chunyangzi sighed. Zhang Nuo could not help but frown; Chunyangzi's words were not without reason. Decades had passed, and this Tianqi Immortal Mountain likely already had an owner. He was cultivating on someone else's territory, and had even occupied the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave—who could tolerate such a thing?

"Senior is absolutely right!"

"Since that is the case, then prepare for a great battle! Once your two divine abilities have reached a small level of success, I will give you a big gift!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo looked suspicious. The last time he attempted to break through to the Golden Core Late Stage, Chunyangzi had given him a Puppet Doll. Although he had been refining it in his body for many years and could not yet use it, such a Magic Treasure was enough if it could be used at a critical moment! He wondered what Chunyangzi had to give him this time?

However, thinking about it carefully, whatever Chunyangzi gave him would certainly not be an ordinary object, so he did not ask further!

Two months later, Zhang Nuo had successfully cultivated the Inner Scene Art to the Fourth Layer. When he released his Divine Sense completely, he almost jumped up! That feeling could not be described in words; everything around him was under his control, even if a single speck of dust on the ground, too small to be seen by the naked eye, moved slightly, Zhang Nuo could feel it clearly!

Such a powerful Divine Sense would play a huge role when facing enemies!

The second thing Zhang Nuo had to do was to cultivate the 'Immovable Underworld King'. Compared to the Inner Scene Art, the cultivation method for the Immovable Underworld King was much more complex!

Forced by necessity, Zhang Nuo had to summon the Spirit Insect Divine Tree. With the help of this tree in gathering Yin Qi, it took Zhang Nuo more than two years to cultivate the Immovable Underworld King to the second layer!

This was only because his body had undergone some changes after advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage; otherwise, relying on his physical body from the Golden Core Stage, it would have been absolutely impossible to achieve in less than twenty years!

Feeling the completely different changes in his body, Zhang Nuo moved his body and stepped off the stone bed. After pondering for a moment, he kicked the ground hard with his feet, and his body flashed with a 'swish', directly rushing to the other side of the hall! Compared to his movement technique at the Golden Core Stage, it was faster by an unknown number of times!