Chapter 404: Chapter 402: Thunder through Nine Levels (Seeking Subscription)_1
Fang Xi involuntarily began to recall his own childhood, boyhood, and growth...
How much effort had been for the eyes of others, for the expectations of his parents... and how much had been mere playacting?
What did it matter if he failed the civil service exam, or if he was brought low?
His heart remained utterly still, even feeling a bit of an urge to laugh.
It seemed there was a layer of separation between his experiences and his heart, or perhaps his body and his soul... were divided by something.
"Except for death, nothing is grave... but life and death illusion vanish as if they are but shadows."
In that instant, Fang Xi had a realization and he began to laugh heartily.
"Please observe exam hall discipline,"
the proctor immediately came over.
"Civil service exam?"
Fang Xi casually tore up the examination papers and said, "Screw the exam... I’m going to cultivate to immortality!"
Rustle rustle!
In the next moment, the surroundings, like soap bubbles, burst with a loud crash...
Fang Xi’s consciousness blurred, and when clarity returned, he found himself at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment, fleeing on a Spiritual Instrument.
Behind him was Ancestor Song.
This person, full of rage, roared, "Fang Xi, you dared to kill the Young Head of the Song Family, I will not rest until I have your life..."
"I killed... Song Qing?"
Fang Xi found it hard to believe, continuing to flee subconsciously, feeling even more that something was off, "This isn’t my style..."
"Scram..."
This time, he awoke from the illusion even faster, with the void around him shattering.
...
Various Heart Demon illusions surged toward him like a tsunami, targeting the weaknesses in Fang Xi’s heart.
Normally, cultivators would languish in these Heart Demon illusions for a long time before they might coincidentally discover a flaw, or even indulge in them forever.
Fortunately, he had taken a ’Crossing Extinction Pill’ which filled him with a sense of life and death illusion extinction.
No matter how realistic the illusions, he inherently felt they were unreal and could more quickly find the flaws.
In an instant, he broke through several great Heart Demon illusions.
...
A flash of light.
Sky flowers in disarray, golden lotuses surging from the ground.
A Transcendent God gracefully appeared: "Fang Xi... you do not deserve this fortune, you cannot possess the immortal treasure, hand it over to this Lord!"
The terrifying convergence of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi formed a dazzling golden hand.
Even though Fang Xi’s cultivation had reached Perfect Core Formation, under this gigantic hand, he was like an ant!
"What a joke, I’ve never even seen a Transcendent God cultivator take action... your performance based on my imagination is really poor!"
With a wave of Fang Xi’s finger, a beam of Yi Wood Divine Light shot into the sky, transforming into a divine sword that soared upwards, splitting the golden hand in two...
In an instant, his expression became vacant again, and when he came to his senses, he was lying amidst a debauchery of wine pools and meat forests...
Ruan Xingling, Situ Qingqing, Feng Bingxian, Wei Yixi, Yan Hongxue, Zhong Hongyu, Yan Ying, Zong Linghu...
Each one a cultivator woman he had met or not, familiar or unfamiliar, were gathered around him, their charms diverse...
The pleasures of love are the bane of heroes!
A hint of intoxication spread across Fang Xi’s face, he picked up a cup of Peach Blossom Wine and downed it in one gulp...
...
"Life and Death Vanish Like Bubble Shadows, the mundane world is like dust!"
Jade Island.
Within the Cultivation Room.
Fang Xi opened his eyes, his gaze carrying the clarity of someone who’d seen through the mortal world, as if he had a profound realization.
Boom!
At this time, above Jade Island, ominous clouds of tribulation gathered, with hidden thunder light, carrying an aura of destruction...
Heaven Tribulation was approaching!
Immortal Cultivators absorb the Heavenly and Earthly Fate to cultivate, and Nascent Soul is a tremendous threshold.
To cross this threshold, naturally, the Heaven Tribulation stands in their way!
Dark clouds filled the sky, carrying a destructive force that made all Cultivators tremble, constantly condensing into cyan Flood Dragons of thunder!
Inside the Cultivation Room, Fang Xi was sitting cross-legged, focusing on familiarizing himself with the Magic Power of the Nascent Soul Stage, without any hint of vigilance.
"Go ahead!"
He spoke softly, and the Heterodox Nascent Soul, which had been unobtrusive in the corner, like a suicide squad, holding the star chessboard, charged into the mid-air of Jade Island!
Using a Heterodox Nascent Soul is also a fine tactic to deal with Heaven Tribulation for cultivators!
Thunder light flickered!
Under the Heavenly Might, Daqing could only huddle and tremble, and the Green Fire Luan was so suppressed that it couldn’t fly, crawling on the ground but stubbornly raising its head, emitting a clear cry.
"Screech!!!"
Amidst the phoenix’s cries, a cyan thunder light as thick as a water bucket, carrying the might of the nine heavens, plummeted straight from the dark clouds, aimed right at the Evergreen Hall where Fang Xi was!
Hum hum!
The Nine Nether Profound Wood Array activated, countless black mists gathered, forming the phantom of a gigantic tree.
Crack!
The Heavenly Thunder struck the Great Array, seeming to burst forth with endless thunderfire, shattering the gigantic tree phantom in a single strike.
Endless thunder light flickered, flames continued to scorch the black mist.
Crack!
The world turned white!
Without giving the Nine Nether Profound Wood Array time to react, two more cyan thunderbolts fell.
Puff puff!
After enduring three strikes of the Nascent Soul Heaven Tribulation, the quasi-fourth-tier Great Array finally collapsed, revealing Jade Island, lush with spiritual qi, and the Evergreen Hall standing on a giant wooden stake.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul wore a serious expression, throwing the ’star chessboard’ in its hand.
Between Heaven and Earth, nineteen paths interlaced, forming a massive net of light.
His hands formed a seal, and suddenly a colossal apparition of the Yama appeared, its six arms each making a different seal. The third eye on its forehead opened, and deep black flames poised to strike.
Boom!
A muffled sound echoed between heaven and earth as a cyan Heavenly Thunder, resembling a Flood Dragon, roared down with bared fangs and claws.
Heavenly Thunder Chain. In a blink, three bolts of Heavenly Thunder arrived at once.
Sizzle!
The white light net made from the checkered star board was torn apart instantly by the first Thunder Dragon.
The second and third Thunder Dragons followed the tear, aimed straight for the Heterodox Nascent Soul!
After all, the Heterodox Nascent Soul was also Fang Xi!
But this was precisely what Fang Xi wanted. As long as he overcame this lightning tribulation, the Heterodox Nascent Soul would also be on a clear path, no longer needing to be cautious and disguise its aura with every outing for fear of being struck by lightning.
"Heavenly Path!"
The Heterodox Nascent Soul’s expression was extremely grave as it fiercely stimulated its demon light.
The roaring Demon Fire was released from between the eyebrows of the three-eyed, six-armed apparition of Yama, like a black arrow, striking a Thunder Dragon squarely.
The pitch-black flames entangled with the Thunder Light, both annihilating each other.
"Swift!"
Then, with a roar, the gigantic apparition of the Yama flailed its six arms and clashed ferociously with the last Thunder Dragon.
Sizzle!
Innumerable cyan lightnings danced wildly, and the surroundings seemed to have descended into a thunderous inferno.
Under the Thunder Light, the three-eyed, six-armed apparition of Yama shattered into pieces, dissipating into black smoke...
"Pfft!"
The Heterodox Nascent Soul’s face paled, its form visibly shriveled, clearly suffering a great loss of Primordial Energy.
Boom boom boom!
Above the sky, the thunderclouds did not dissipate but continued to intensify and change fiercely.
Sizzle!
A cyan thunderbolt laced with specks of Golden Light crashed down, its might greater than the previous six.
"Go!"
An immensely thick beam of Yi Wood Divine Light suddenly flew out from the Evergreen Hall, transforming into a giant cyan umbrella, sheltering the Heterodox Nascent Soul beneath it.
Boom!
The thunderbolt struck the giant cyan umbrella, obliterating countless beams of Yi Wood Divine Light...
Despite this, the cyan beams of Yi Wood Divine Light continued to flow out from the Evergreen Hall like an unending source, annihilating together with the thunderbolt.
A streak of cyan rainbow flashed, and the true form of Fang Xi appeared, beckoning the Heterodox Nascent Soul back into his Dantian with a mere gesture.
He was enveloped in terrifyingly powerful Spiritual Power, having used the delay caused by the Great Array and the Heterodox Nascent Soul to solidify his early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivation.
In his hand, he held a black seal, the ’Life-Death Seal’, and looked fearlessly at the clouds of tribulation in the sky.
"Even though I have a series of contingencies, I must face the last few bolts of lightning myself..."
"Furthermore... the essence of heaven and earth that spills out after such a Tribulation is quite beneficial for consolidating the body of the Nascent Soul."
Fang Xi laughed heartily, tossing the Spiritual Instrument in his hand.
The Life-Death Seal thundered, turning into a small black mountain above his head.
Above the azure sky, the eighth thunderbolt crashed down!
...
Outside of Jade Island.
A Spirit Boat hovered in mid-air.
Cultivators at the Perfect Core Formation, like Wei Changsheng, looked at the rolling Heavenly Thunder, their faces pale.
"Heavenly Might,"
Brother Tie murmured softly. Faced with the Nascent Soul Heaven Tribulation, he didn’t even dare to draw his sword!
"I never expected that this senior wouldn’t just overcome the Heart Demon Tribulation but also seems to handle the Heavenly Thunder with ease..."
A junior sister in the early stages of Core Formation whispered.
At this moment, even the members of Mixed Origin Sect, with their ulterior motives, dared not approach.
After all, under the Tribulation of Heaven, Cultivators are like ants!
Sizzle!
At that moment, they saw two cyan-gold thunders crash down, only to be sturdily caught by a mountain-like black seal.
Whoo Whoo!
The wind howled, and in an instant, the fish-scale-like dark clouds scattered, revealing a blue sky.
Once the clouds passed, the sky cleared, and a rainbow appeared.
"Having weathered nine layers of thunder, one becomes a true Lord,"
Wei Changsheng murmured, a hint of envy and bitterness on his face, "Let us all go forth to meet this true Lord..."
...
Although Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness had detected the Spirit Boat from Mixed Origin Sect and that Perfect Core Formation Cultivator.
After receiving the ninth thunderbolt, he immediately released his two Nascent Souls, which absorbed the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi that had scattered after the Tribulation. He then returned to the Cultivation Room and began his closed-door cultivation to further consolidate his Nascent Soul.
After all, for him, nothing was more important than his own breakthrough.
Moreover, even if something were to happen, his Spiritual Pets like the Green Fire Luan and his subordinates would be more than enough to handle it.
After all, he had already formed his Nascent Soul; it would take utter foolishness to actively seek trouble at this time.
In the Cultivation Room.
Fang Xi formed a seal, and his Nascent Soul immediately emerged from his Heavenly Spirit, still holding a black seal in its hand.
With another flash of light, the cyan-black Heterodox Nascent Soul appeared, looking leaner than the main Nascent Soul and carrying a whiff of demonic intent.
The two were distinct as Yin and Yang, resembling a Taiji figure.
Both Nascent Souls played joyfully outside their bodies until they adjusted to the form of the Nascent Soul. Only then did Fang Xi gesture again, recalling them back into his body.
"This feeling is truly wonderful..."
"For Nascent Soul Cultivators, the physical body is important, but not especially so..."
"The real core lies only within the Nascent Soul."
Fang Xi’s Nascent Soul clutched the ’Life-Death Seal’, but felt something amiss: "It seems I still have another life-bound magical artifact!"