Chapter 486: Congratulations from All Directions

What Chunyangzi had thought of was precisely the fact that Zhang Nuo had once fostered the "Mysterious Heaven Spirit Insect" within his body! By using his own blood to foster the spirit insect, Zhang Nuo had undoubtedly become the host!

Thinking about it from the other side, since his blood was the same as the spirit insect's, it followed naturally that the spirit insect's blood also flowed within Zhang Nuo's body! The two were an inseparable entity!

It seemed the reason for the increased intensity of the celestial phenomenon was very likely related to the spirit insect! Thinking of this, sweat appeared on Chunyangzi's palms! What kind of existence was the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Insect! With only Zhang Nuo's own strength, could he survive it?

With a loud, rumbling boom from the sky, the descending Golden Light thickened significantly once more! This time, the entire Yulong Immortal Mountain shook several times, as if an earthquake had occurred, before finally stopping!

All the cultivators on the Immortal Mountain had their gazes fixed upon that streak of Golden Light descending from the sky! They did not know what was happening, but a sense of oppression they had never felt before was almost enough to suffocate them!

Zhang Nuo in the Cave Abode was having an even harder time, as if he were placed in a purgatory of raging fire. Even the phantom image of the Underworld King had become much dimmer at this moment, and the "Falling Profound Light" above its head flickered, on the verge of extinguishing at any moment!

His limbs and bones, his ten thousand meridians, were being battered into a wretched state by the Golden Light descending from the sky! Breathing heavily, Zhang Nuo thrust his right hand forward violently, and the "Divine Tree of Pure Underworld" landed before him! Several tender green branches wrapped around his body!

Only then did a trace of cooling sensation transmit into his body! The Divine Tree continuously outputted the power of the source of life, rapidly repairing the injured parts of Zhang Nuo's body!

However, the force of the Golden Light descending from the sky was exceptionally overbearing; the repair speed of the Divine Tree was nowhere near as fast as the destruction! Slowly, four black meridians revealed themselves on Zhang Nuo's body! They were precisely four of the Eight Extremes Magic Meridians!

These meridians were originally hidden inside the body and would not appear at all if not deliberately activated, but at this moment, they were actually affected by the force within the Golden Light and manifested themselves! If the "Eight Extremes Magic Meridians" were forcibly activated, it would be like adding oil to a fire! Forced into a corner, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to draw out a small amount of "Purple Lightning Wild Thunder" from within the Four Spirits Square Cauldron to suppress these four meridians! He temporarily resolved the urgent crisis!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo looked extremely bizarre; his skin glowed with Golden Light, and four black meridians were faintly visible beneath the skin. At the same time, a circle of purple electric arcs coiled around the four black meridians. No matter from which angle one looked, he did not look like a human now, but rather like a monster filled with energy!

The Golden Light descending from the sky continued to strike Zhang Nuo incessantly! The First Nascent Soul and the Second Demon Infant on either side of his body were already exhausted, yet they could still occasionally cast a few incantations from their hands to alleviate Zhang Nuo's dangerous situation!

The Golden Light in the sky thickened for the third time. This time, it acted upon Yulong Immortal Mountain with the pressure of a thunderbolt; some disciples with lower cultivation fell to the ground and could not get up! Even some cultivators at the Golden Core stage were unable to control their escape light under the effect of this pressure!

Chunyangzi and the others, who were closest to Zhang Nuo's Cave Abode, had no choice but to retreat very far away! There was not one among them whose face did not reveal an ugly expression!

Chunyangzi and Baji Laomo communicated continuously through voice transmission, guessing at what stage Zhang Nuo might have reached! The celestial phenomenon continued to intensify. When the Golden Light thickened for the final time, many buildings on Yulong Immortal Mountain could not withstand this pressure and collapsed in a large area!

Seeing so much of the foundation they had worked so hard to create destroyed in an instant, Yang Huzi and Liu Qingshan could not help but feel a pang of heartache!

However, as long as Zhang Nuo could successfully advance, this bit of loss was nothing!

One day later, the celestial phenomenon finally dispersed! Chunyangzi and the others let out a long sigh and returned to the entrance of Zhang Nuo's Cave Abode, only to see that the cave door remained tightly shut, and the Restriction that had previously protected the Cave Abode had become much weaker, with almost only a few left!

"Did he succeed?"

Su Haizhen examined the gate of the Cave Abode and asked Baji Laomo with suspicion in her heart.

Baji shook his head slightly. In this kind of situation, no one knew what the result was; they could only wait for Zhang Nuo to walk out, and then everything would be revealed!

After the crowd waited bitterly for three months, on this day, the stone door of the Cave Abode finally opened! Ye Yuemiao, who had been guarding outside the gate the whole time, was the first to see Zhang Nuo!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo still looked like he was in his twenties; the passage of more than two hundred years had not changed anything about him. He wore a green robe, and his eyes were sharp!

Ye Yuemiao ran over and threw herself into Zhang Nuo's arms! In that instant, she did not consider at all whether Zhang Nuo had successfully advanced! As long as Zhang Nuo was still alive, it was the greatest happiness for her!

"I've already come out, what are you still crying for!"

Reaching out to gently stroke her long hair, feeling the warmth of her in his arms, and occasionally catching a trace of her hair's fragrance in his breath, he recalled everything he had encountered before—it was truly like living two lifetimes!

Gently lifting Ye Yuemiao's pretty face, Zhang Nuo kissed her forehead lightly! Ye Yuemiao, who was sobbing in a low voice, suddenly had a flash of brilliance in her eyes, because she was stunned to discover that the Spirit Power fluctuations emanating from Zhang Nuo were incomparably powerful, to the point that even her Divine Sense could not detect his exact cultivation!

"You succeeded in your advancement!"

"En!"

With a faint smile, Zhang Nuo looked at the astonished Ye Yuemiao and only said one word! But although it was only one word, it was worth a thousand pieces of gold!

Ye Yuemiao broke into a smile through her tears and hugged Zhang Nuo tightly once more! Just at this moment, several streaks of brilliant light streaked across the sky and landed before the two of them in the blink of an eye!

"Congratulations, Pavilion Master! You have successfully advanced to the Spirit Severing Stage!"

Liu Qingshan let out a long whistle! It was heard by almost half of Yulong Immortal Mountain! Baji and Chunyangzi walked forward one after another, continuously sizing Zhang Nuo up, and seeing that he had no injuries, the heart they had been hanging finally settled!

The Spirit Severing Stage, this peak existence of the Human Realm, was the dream of all cultivators, yet those who could reach this cultivation level were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!

Like stars surrounding the moon, Zhang Nuo was escorted by everyone back to Yulong Hall!

The hall, which had been separated from him for over two hundred years, had now completely changed its appearance! Zhang Nuo sat on the main seat and swept his gaze over everyone! He discovered many new faces he had never seen before!

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhang! This advancement has truly opened my eyes!"

Huo Lifeng, who rarely participated in such gatherings at the hall, was also present! After seeing Zhang Nuo's Spirit Severing celestial phenomenon, this woman understood deeply in her heart that even if she were in the same realm as Zhang Nuo, she would likely not be his opponent!

"Fairy Huo is too kind! My ability to advance was purely accidental!"

Just as everyone in the hall was listening to Zhang Nuo talk about how he advanced, a disciple ran in!

"Reporting to the Pavilion Master! Alliance Leader Hai Wuqing of the Mengtie Alliance has come to congratulate the Pavilion Master on his great success in cultivation!"

Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly, and everyone was somewhat surprised; this Alliance Leader Hai had come really quickly! As soon as Zhang Nuo left seclusion, he showed up at the door! "Invite him in quickly!"

After Zhang Nuo gave the order, before the disciple could even retreat, another disciple ran up!

"Reporting to the Pavilion Master! Sui Huayuan of the Great Sui Empire has arrived! Congratulations to the Pavilion Master for successfully breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage!"

Before the crowd could be surprised again, the reporting disciples ran into the hall one after another! The voices of "So-and-so Sect Master from such-and-such mountain has arrived" rang out like a string of firecrackers, and in the end, the reporting disciples were already standing in several rows below!

When the last reporting disciple finished speaking, after a few breaths of silence in the hall, Zhang Nuo finally spoke!

"Invite them all in!"

"These guys, they sure came fast, didn't they?"

Yang Huzi stroked the beard on his chin and said with some disbelief.

"Third Brother, how would you know? These people actually arrived long ago, but they have been staying in the Yulong Workshop! As soon as they heard the Pavilion Master had left seclusion, they immediately came to probe the situation!"

Su Haizhen smiled sweetly. During the time Zhang Nuo's Spirit Severing celestial phenomenon disappeared, cultivators from major sects had arrived one after another at the workshop below the Immortal Mountain. These people didn't buy anything; they just found rooms in the inns of the workshop, as if they were waiting for something!

Later, Su Haizhen realized that they were waiting for Zhang Nuo to leave seclusion so they could come and inquire whether Zhang Nuo had successfully advanced!

*Swish! * As space fluctuated at the entrance of the hall, a man in white robes walked in quickly! He unceremoniously swept his Divine Sense toward Zhang Nuo! In an instant, the man's whole body jolted, as if struck by lightning, and a few traces of dimness appeared in his sharp, glowing eyes!

"It's been over a hundred years, and the speed of the Dragon King is still so fast! You were the first to arrive here!"

The person who appeared was none other than Baijiaowang. When he discovered that Zhang Nuo had successfully advanced, the degree of shock in his heart was no less than being struck directly by lightning!

He had been trapped at the Eighth Rank for many years and had never broken through; he had not expected that Zhang Nuo would actually snatch the opportunity first!

"Fellow Daoist Zhang... ah, no! Now I should call you Senior Zhang! This King truly did not expect that your cultivation speed would be this terrifying! It truly makes this King envious!"

A trace of sorrow appeared in Baijiaowang's dim eyes! He, a dignified descendant of a Heavenly Demon, was actually not as good as a human boy!

"Why be so polite, Dragon King! If I, Zhang, have today, shouldn't I thank you for the favor of letting me borrow the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave back then?"

Baijiaowang gave a bitter smile! He thought to himself: Did I lend it to you? You went in yourself!

Just at this moment, several streaks of light surged into Yulong Hall together, making this very spacious hall instantly become somewhat crowded! After these people entered, the first thing they did was release their Divine Sense and sweep it toward Zhang Nuo's body!

For a time, countless strands of Divine Sense swept across Zhang Nuo's body in a dense swarm! Some people's faces were immediately startled, while others, fearing they had seen wrong, turned back to sweep over him again!

No matter how they swept, the result remained the same!