Chapter 158: Thunder Moves in Eight Directions, Electric Sound Tathagata

Qian Chen observed the flow of Qi and identified it for a long time. He discovered that these two demons were incomparably cunning; they had released demonic Qi to pollute several spirit pills nearby, causing them to also carry a trace of hidden demonic Qi. Then, they stirred up the restless spiritual light of those spirit pills, just like seducing the human race to give birth to the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, triggering the instinct of the spirit pills to devour spiritual energy, making them slaughter and devour each other.

Qian Chen had no choice but to use his understanding of demonic nature to slash a blade at the Eight Scenery Pill Furnace.

That blade of the Dao Heart pointed directly at the essence of the spirit pills' spirituality.

Only then did Qian Chen touch upon the demonic nature that a demon had hidden extremely deeply, and with that incomparably sharp blade intent, he killed it.

That spirit pill possessed by the demon was actually the one about to be divided and eaten by the other spirit pills, in a precarious situation. Qian Chen did not know if it was intentionally calculating or if it had been framed by another demon.

After all, the demonic path is unique; among the two demons, only one could seize all the good fortune of the spirit pill and transform into a Thunder Demon.

But Qian Chen could not find the last spirit pill possessed by a demon no matter what. Perhaps that demon had used the essence of the Lei Dan to refine away the demonic Qi, hiding its demonic nature in the deepest part, or perhaps it was no match for the other spirit pills and was killed instead.

Qian Chen felt that given the cunning of the demons, the former was more likely.

At this moment, the spirit pills were devouring each other, and only five remained. Just at the instant Qian Chen's mind refined the spirit pills bit by bit, another spirit pill fell... At this time, only four spirit pills remained, and there were not many opportunities left for Qian Chen.

After all, separated by the pill furnace and under the interference of this infinite thunder energy, Qian Chen's spiritual sense was severely weakened.

Just as the demon was about to succeed, Qian Chen suddenly revealed an extremely cold smile. He sneered: "Only you Heavenly Demons can seize pills, can't I seize them too?"

At this moment, Qian Chen abruptly lowered a point of his mind, following the supreme method of Heavenly Demon descent, and descended into the pill furnace, possessing a spirit pill.

As it happened, the spirit pill he possessed was not the one the Heavenly Demon was attached to.

Qian Chen's Dao Heart and demonic nature possessed a spirit pill in the furnace, transforming into Qian Chen's appearance. He swung his sword to kill a spirit pill beside him and opened his mouth to devour it. At this time, one of the two remaining spirit pills transformed into the appearance of a Heavenly Demon, looking at Qian Chen in extreme shock: "What kind of ghost routine is this? Are the cultivators in the human world already this crazy?"

But that Heavenly Demon revealed a ferocious look again, saying: "Human cultivator! Your method is indeed not bad, but compared to a demon seizing the Dao, not only will you not be able to keep the spirit pill, but even this trace of divine thought will also become my nourishment. And if you fail to seize the pill, in the future I will be your demonic tribulation, and there will be no hope of attaining the Dao! Haha!"

But Qian Chen did not waste words with him, relying only on his own attainments in the demonic path to compete with the demon for their mutual foundation and good fortune.

Before long, a wail of extreme horror and inexplicable terror came from the pill furnace. The spirit pill that Qian Chen had transformed into seized the good fortune of this one, and finally, the pill was formed. As long as he devoured the last spirit pill beside him, he could seize all the good fortune in this furnace. He would achieve a Ten Thousand Ancient Pill King among the Inner Scene Thunder Pills!

The Ten Thousand Ancient Pill King that Daoist Zhen spoke of was actually about to appear in the world amidst such a tribulation.

Looking at the last spirit pill that had already nurtured spiritual consciousness and was trembling, Qian Chen only needed to devour it to be completely perfect and transform into the Ten Thousand Ancient Pill King.

At this moment, outside the pill furnace, Qian Chen sighed!

"In the end, the demonic nature is profound! If this pill were any other pill method, it would be fine to refine it into a Ten Thousand Ancient Pill King, but this spirit pill is only at the first turn. If a first-turn spirit pill attains such perfection, then to what extent will the difficulty of the second and third turns be raised?"

I am afraid that the final third-turn spirit pill will not be a first-rank pill, but a super-rank pill, equivalent to walking on the Jin Dan Great Dao, reaching the terrifying level of a Dao Lord who must undergo nine turns to prove the Dao.

That level of difficulty for the Jin Dan Great Dao is no longer something Qian Chen can drive.

"Therefore, this pill needs to leave a glimmer of life and cannot be perfect!" Qian Chen cut off the temptation of demonic nature and cut himself again, withdrawing his mind from that Primal Pill, leaving not a trace of demonic nature.

If he really devoured this pill and sought perfection, then what would be refined in the final three turns might be a Heavenly Demon Tianmo Sheli!

Thinking about the final Heavenly Demon Tianmo Sheli also coming for a round of Heavenly Demon Pill Seizing, the pill reaching three turns, or even being pushed to four turns by demonic nature, and the Supreme Heavenly Demon descending into the world again, Qian Chen truly could not cry even if he wanted to!

The last spirit pill trembled slightly and pointed three times at Qian Chen.

Qian Chen released the suppression of the pill furnace and let it transform into spiritual light and escape...

The Inner Scene Lei Dan did not transform into the Ten Thousand Ancient Pill King, and the nurtured thunder energy shrank from the entire Primal Magnet Earth Aperture to a radius of several hundred miles.

Pill formation outer scene—transforming thunder into a sea!

The thunder transformed into a sea of thunder, pouring down towards Qian Chen. The radius of several dozen miles of the magnetic peak was gathered into liquid by the swarming thunder, like an ocean, setting off boundless thunder water, smashing down towards Qian Chen's magnetic peak. That magnetic peak, tempered by the thunder water, became increasingly spiritual. Qian Chen sat cross-legged on the peak, the Heavenly Luo San hanging down spiritual light to protect himself, and the Supreme Eight Scenery Furnace suppressing the sea of thunder.

He began to continuously use the thunder water to temper the seals of the pill furnace. Qian Chen used the sea of thunder as a whetstone and began to use the thunder water to refine the Heavenly Luo San, the Eight Scenery Furnace, and the Great Saint Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Zither, using this rare opportunity to enhance the power of their seals.

At the same time, he was also using these three magic treasures to conversely suppress the sea of thunder.

Just as the surging thunder water continuously tempered the three magic treasures—the thunder was like waves, slapping the immovable Supreme Eight Scenery Furnace; the thunder was like water, sliding off the surface of the Great Saint Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Zither; the thunder was like rain, pattering down on the Heavenly Luo San.

The Supreme Eight Scenery Furnace devoured this boundless thunder water, and countless thunder essence and countless primal energy rolled in, being taken into the furnace.

Using Qi as medicine and the pill as the foundation, he began the refining of the second turn.

Qian Chen would use the Yin and Yang dual Qi as the foundation and the principle of the Primal Energy Pill to refine this boundless sea of thunder into an incomparably tyrannical Primal Energy Lei Dan...

The spirit pill that Qian Chen had let go earlier transformed into light and escaped for several hundred miles, sensing several places in the Primal Magnet Earth Aperture suitable for nurturing. Brother Gu followed the Qi of the Two Instruments Primal Magnet and arrived outside a primal magnet vortex. This vortex was like a sea eye, gathered from the Qi of the primal magnet. The golden primal magnet true evil was like a tornado, continuously rotating around a center.

Inside, it nurtured tyrannical thunder light, and it was not gold, silver, blue, or purple, but streaks of pure black thunder rays!

Yin-Extreme Primordial Magnetism Divine Thunder!

Brother Gu's eyes lit up; he had finally found the location of his opportunity... At this moment, a point of spiritual light flew over from afar. At the first sight of that point of thunder light, Brother Gu suddenly realized—this was not the opportunity for the Yin Pole Primal Magnet Divine Thunder, but the opportunity for him to refine another Divine Firmament True Transmission—the Qian Origin Divine Thunder.

The Yin Pole Primal Magnet Divine Thunder was only a part of the Two Instruments Primal Magnet Divine Thunder; obtaining it would only result in a second-rank pill.

But if the Qian Origin Divine Thunder were refined, one could attain a first-rank pill, refining the—Qian Origin Divine Lei Dan—among the thirty-six types of first-rank primal pills of the Divine Firmament Sect.

Which is light and which is heavy, one knows without asking...

Huge thunder light surged from Brother Gu's body. That thunder light transformed into a cage, locking this heaven and earth at his waist, and he dropped shackles towards the direction from which the spiritual light came, wanting to imprison it.

But the spiritual light just turned, and at first, it only slightly adjusted an angle, but it triggered the vortex of the Yin Pole Primal Magnet. Inside the vortex, the Yin Pole Primal Magnet Divine Thunder surged out like a black dragon, opening its mouth and crashing onto that thunder light cage.

Brother Gu's face turned pale, and he braced himself to drop the shackles.

But at this time, the spiritual light used the momentum of the collision between the cage and the black dragon, and with an exquisite method, escaped the cage. Even before the black dragon could react, it escaped into the vortex, seizing the earth aperture where the Yin Pole Primal Magnet Divine Thunder was nurtured. With that primal magnet storm as protection, Brother Gu could do nothing about it anymore.

One could only wait for several thousand years of nurturing before there would be a chance for it to appear in the world.

By that time, if Brother Gu hadn't rotted into a pile of bones, he would definitely have already refined his Primal Spirit. What meaning would this glimmer of opportunity have then?

Brother Gu dropped the shackles with all his might, only cutting off one of the black dragon's front claws, which transformed into pure Yin Pole Primal Magnet Qi. This was the opportunity he had been looking forward to for a long time! But in Brother Gu's heart, there was still a trace of melancholy—that point of extreme spiritual movement, an even more precious opportunity, remained imprinted in his mind, transforming into a demonic barrier before he could refine the Yin Pole Primal Magnet Divine Thunder!

If he could not see through this point, he wouldn't even be able to refine this second-rank primal pill!

That point of spiritual light was like a pearl or a pill, making Brother Gu unable to help but mutter: "This, why does it look so much like a spirit pill?"

The black dragon transformed from the Yin Pole Primal Magnet, having been seized of its earth aperture and having had a front claw cut off by Brother Gu, was just about to escape while nursing its injuries, but it sensed an urge it could not restrain. Another white dragon, opposite to it and composed of pure white thunder rays, also rose from its hidden earth aperture, killing towards the magnetic peak where Qian Chen was located.

Qian Chen sat on the magnetic peak, his hands pressing on the Great Saint Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Zither.

From all eight directions, eight types of visions transformed from primal magnets attacked. The Yin Pole and Yang Pole primal magnets transformed into black and white twin dragons; the Taiyin and Taiyang primal magnets transformed into sun and moon visions; the Lesser Yin and Lesser Yang primal magnets transformed into two blue-purple long swords; the pure Yin and pure Yang primal magnets combined to transform into two accompanying black and white Qilin.

Qian Chen had the zither across his knees, raised his hands to pluck the strings, and the sound of the zither poured out, accompanied by the sound of thunder.

The zither sound was dense, and no matter how the thunder roared, it could not cover it. The clanging sound evolved into the sound of slaughter, the true Qi broke the sinking and scattered the Qi sea, accompanied by the Zhou Tian practicing Fuxi, the divine heaven had Qi penetrating the Heavenly Gang, waiting quietly for the light of the extreme abyss to be born... This is the Fuxi Divine Heaven Sound!

In the pill furnace in front of him, the second-turn Divine Firmament Five Lei Dan was formed at this moment. The eight visions killed together, wanting to seize the supernatural Qi pill in the pill furnace that had seized all the good fortune of heaven and earth within a radius of several hundred miles.

Pill formation vision—Thunder Moves in Eight Directions!

A virtual pill slowly emerged along with the pill Qi, but it was the principle of the pill medicine created by Qian Chen after he refined that unprecedented supernatural thunder pill—Divine Firmament Five Thunder. Although the pill had not been taken, all the principles within the pill were understood by him, so the pill Qi transformed into a virtual pill, falling into his internal organs and five Qis. Immediately, the five Qis thundered, and his whole body's magic power was divided into Yin and Yang.

His thunder method—at this point, it was a minor success!

After Qian Chen refined the thunder method supernatural power, the five Qis and five-colored thunder light gathered, transforming into formless and colorless. It had indeed transcended the barrier of the Heavenly Sound Divine Nun and created Qian Chen's own—Soundless Divine Thunder.

The rolling colorless thunder light accompanied the zither sound of "Fuxi Divine Heaven Sound," transforming into rolling thunder sounds. The electric rays gathered from the sea of thunder beneath him, intertwining on the zither strings. The sound of thunder and the sound of electricity intertwined, emitting a zither sound of great sound being soundless.

"What is the thunder sound of Buddhism? The thunder sound is vast, but it lacks a sense of movement. The world only knows the thunder sound; only I have gathered the essence of two lifetimes and realized the principle of electric sound. Electric sound is the opportunity for movement; the combination of thunder and electricity is the supreme wonderful sound. In the West, there is the Great Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Temple, and there is the Namo Sea of Dharma Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Tathagata!"

"And the Daoist Profound Heaven Sect's Small Electric Sound Temple also has yours truly—known as the Dharma Sea Electric Sound Small Tathagata!"

Qian Chen plucked the zither strings continuously with both hands, and the rolling Soundless Divine Thunder surged out, setting off boundless waves in the sea of thunder below. The essence of that sea of thunder had clearly been seized by the Divine Firmament Five Lei Dan, but Qian Chen's zither sound reproduced the scene of the sea of thunder surging. The sea of thunder transformed by the zither sound drowned the eight visions transformed by the primal magnets, and the zither sound sea swept through this place.

The surging weather made the Xin sisters, Young Master Tao San, Brother Gu, and others several hundred miles away extremely terrified.

Even the Third Elder of the Tao family, who was hanging from the top of the cave to "refine the internal pill," couldn't help but flick his hair in surprise, covering the shine of his bald spot in the middle.

"Strange... why does it sound like there is music?"

The First Elder of the Tao family, whose natural eyebrows had vanished without a trace, replaced by a pair of painted willow-leaf brows, looked much younger. Hearing this, he also lifted his head slightly, staring at the Primordial Magnetism Earth Aperture.

Tao Kan gripped the small clear-light cup in his hand tightly. The clear light within the cup, which condensed the rivers and seas, rippled slightly, causing him secret alarm—"Why would the magic treasure left by our ancestor have such a reaction?"

"What on earth has happened inside the Primordial Magnetism Earth Aperture secret realm?"

At this moment, atop the crimson magnetic peak, the music had already severed four of the eight strange phenomena, leaving only a pair of cyan-purple swords and the black-and-white qilin. They closed in on Qian Chen. After paying a heavy price, they finally tore through the music that resembled a sea of thunder. The cyan-purple swords took the lead, transforming into two intersecting sword lights, and went to strangle Qian Chen.

At this moment, Qian Chen continued to pluck the strings with one hand, while his other hand pressed down on the belly of the zither.

The blade light was like snow, carrying a decisiveness that could sever all things, and it slashed away the sword light...

Qian Chen pressed the zither with one hand and held the blade with the other, lifting his head slightly, his clear eyes fixed on the black-and-white qilin. The qilin tapped its hooves uneasily; the white qilin showed a slight intention to retreat, while the black qilin hesitated between advancing and retreating.

Qian Chen smiled slightly and raised his blade!

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The eight types of Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism True Malevolent Qi were collected into the Supreme Eight-Scenery Furnace, beginning to drive the third transformation of the spirit pill... The Primordial Magnetism True Qi of the entire Earth Aperture was finally stirred.

It transformed into a sea of surging light mist, gathering from all directions.