36: Chapter 36 concluded, he went into seclusion to break through to a higher level, and heaven bestowed merit upon him.

"Human powerhouse..."

Well, everyone present couldn't help but cover their faces; someone was going to get beaten up again. Sure enough, next...

With a slap sound, the Elf Queen was directly slapped flying dozens of meters away by Ye Qingxuan.

"This poor Daoist only says this once, remember it, this poor Daoist is of the Human Race!" Looking at the elves below who dared to be angry but dared not speak out, Ye Qingxuan said in a calm tone.

"Yes, powerhouse of the Human Race, our Elf Race is isolated from the world and only wants to live our lives quietly..." The Elf Queen covered her face and stopped speaking before she finished, because Ye Qingxuan's monstrous killing intent had already enveloped the entire Monster Forest.

It was clearly the great heat of the sixth lunar month, yet it felt like entering the freezing winter of a world of ice and snow. All the elves were so frightened by this killing intent that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"You seem to have gotten one thing wrong." Ye Qingxuan's voice, amplified by his magic power, resounded through the clouds.

"This is Bluestar, it is Huaguo, not your world, and you are this poor Daoist's spoils of war!" Ye Qingxuan put away his Dharma form, and the human emperor banner continued to float in the air. With a flash of his figure, he arrived in front of the Elf Queen.

"Huaguo does not need a country within a country. The Elf Race must either integrate into Huaguo and become the 58th ethnic group, or—"

Speaking of this, killing intent filled Ye Qingxuan's eyes, and the Elf Queen was too frightened to raise her head.

"Annihilation of the race!"

The Dwarf Race had already surrendered as a whole to Huaguo, becoming the 57th ethnic group. The Elf Race must either surrender or face the annihilation of the race; there was no third choice. This was related to the subsequent national destiny, so no carelessness was allowed.

"Yes, Lilith... obeys." The knife was already held against her neck; refusal meant only death.

Ye Qingxuan nodded in satisfaction, turned to look at the crowd, and said to the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

"It's settled. It's up to you next. Master, Seniors, Qingxuan is going back for closed-door cultivation."

Having said that, he put away the human emperor banner and flew away without looking back. You ask why? Didn't you see Master Yuanxin's eyes spitting fire? Not leaving now to wait for a scolding?

Except for the people of the Shangqing Sect, everyone else looked blankly at the stream of light left by Ye Qingxuan as he flew away. It was settled just like that? Why did that god of slaughter look a bit like he was fleeing in panic?

Especially Medicine King Sun: It's this simple? Then what the hell was I enduring before? Wouldn't it have been enough to just do it directly! The strongest was only at the level of a newly entered Golden Core; just using Aura alone could crush them to death.

Master Yuanxin forcibly suppressed his anger, squeezed out a smile, and looked at the diplomatic powerhouse team:

"This... everyone, it should still be solvable through communication, right?"

Ambassador Wang came back to his senses and organized his words: "Daoist, no problem. Aren't our 55 ethnic groups all formed this way? A big stick plus sweet dates, combined with cultural exchanges, it's easy to handle. This is our specialty."

"In that case, I'll leave this place to you. This poor Daoist is going back to solve the problem of the Monster Forest."

Master Yuanxin finished speaking and turned to leave, but inwardly cursed Qingyun: 'Good for you, you reckless second fellow, look what you've taught little Qingxuan to be like? Let's see how I deal with you!'

Far away in the Monster Forest driving away Demonic Beasts, Second Senior Brother Qingyun suddenly felt a chill on his back. Danger?? !!

Qingling and Qingmo also looked at Qingyun with strange expressions. What's wrong with Second Senior Brother?

Qingyun spread out his Divine Sense to investigate and found nothing, thinking to himself:

'That's not right. They are just a group of beasts at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment levels. As a dignified Golden Core Immortal Master, I can slap a whole area to death with one palm. Even those holy-tier Demonic Beasts would just take two extra moves, so where did the feeling of danger come from? Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it. Let's continue working.'

Zhending and Gu Xiao also left, leaving Medicine King Sun behind to look after things. They still had to go to the Monster Forest to set up a major Formation.

Daoist Ye returned to Maoshan, went straight into the quiet room, and waved his hand to seal off the entire room, saving Master from coming to find fault.

Taking out that ball of world Origin, he kept one-third of it, which was 10% of that world's total amount—an Origin that was about to upgrade into a great world. Even if it was only 10%, it was nearly a hundred times stronger than the one obtained the first time.

He then took out tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and paved them on the ground. Once preparations were complete, he fully operated the Shangqing Dadong Scripture. Spiritual Qi and the world Origin rushed into his body like a tide.

Ye Qingxuan was originally at Golden Core Perfection, at the Realm where the Nascent Soul was about to break through but hadn't yet. Inside the Golden Core, a figure was faintly discernible.

With the entry of a massive amount of Spiritual Qi and world Origin, the Golden Core began to spin and expand continuously. Accompanied by a "crack" sound, cracks began to appear on the surface of the Golden Core. If it were an outsider, they would probably think the Golden Core was about to shatter.

As for the Heart Demon tribulation of breaking through from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, Daoist Ye stated: 'What is a Heart Demon? I've never seen one before.'

A Heart Demon was nothing more than an obsession in the heart. From the beginning of his cultivation, Ye Qingxuan acted according to his heart, taking revenge on the spot if he had a grudge. Obsession? He didn't have any at all.

At this moment, celestial phenomena appeared in the sky over Maoshan, and colorful beams of light soared straight into the clouds. Master Yuanxin, who had just returned, noticed that the phenomenon came from the back mountain, realizing it was the celestial sign of a Nascent Soul; Ye Qingxuan was making a Breakthrough.

With a loud "boom", a cyan-gold pillar of light descended from the sky, accompanied by an arm-thick mysterious yellow Qi flow, enveloping the quiet room where Ye Qingxuan was in closed-door cultivation. The heaven and earth phenomenon was extremely shocking.

"This is? Senior Brother Qingxuan is about to break through to the Nascent Soul? ! !"

"Truly amazing. I entered the sect even earlier than Junior Brother Qingxuan, and I haven't broken through to the Golden Core yet. His speed—did he take a rocket?"

"No, Senior Brother, are you still comparing yourself to him? Haven't you been beaten down enough? Have you learned those spells created by Senior Brother Qingxuan?"

"I beg you, if you don't know how to speak, shut your mouth!"

Master Yuanxin, however, was dumbfounded: "This is, Heavenly Dao Karma?! This, so much Karma? What Realm can Qingxuan break through to? Void Return? Or Body Integration? Surely he can't directly achieve Immortal Ascension, right?"

Master Yuanxin thought of the things his Disciple had done: triggering the early recovery of Spiritual Qi, awakening the Heavenly Dao, enhancing national destiny, and promoting nationwide cultivation. It was not strange for Karma to descend.

Many Disciples were also attracted by this unprecedented phenomenon. Some noticed the pillar of light growing larger and exclaimed at its shock, while others felt a terrifying pressure, but eventually the phenomenon disappeared.

"Is it over?"

"Not yet, probably. The ancient texts say that after the Golden Core breaks and the Nascent Soul is born, a strange fragrance will emerge."

Inside the quiet room— —

Ye Qingxuan's Aura sublimated all over, and his body turned into ice-muscle and jade-bone. This was the sublimation of the life level. The Nascent Soul Stage granted a lifespan of two thousand years, but Ye Qingxuan felt that his lifespan was more than two thousand years.

Looking at the Nascent Soul inside his body, it felt a bit strange. It was about seven inches tall, and the entire Nascent Soul was cyan-gold in color. Its facial features were a miniature version of himself, hugging the cangmang sword, with the human emperor banner floating behind it, draped in five-colored Daoist robes, sitting cross-legged in the Dantian. Huh? Where did the Daoist robe on the Nascent Soul come from?

Beneath the Nascent Soul were nine solid Golden Cores, which were also rendered cyan-gold by the Nascent Soul, continuously providing magic power. The Huandan Fa had also broken through.

Suddenly, Ye Qingxuan discovered an extra piece of information in his Sea of Consciousness. It turned out that the Daoist robe worn by the Nascent Soul was a Primordial Spirit robe bestowed by the Ancestral Master of the Upper Realm. He was now at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul, also known as the Late Stage of Refining Qi into Primordial Spirit.

As for strength, below the Void Return Realm, however many came, he would kill them all. If he faced that world will again, he wouldn't even need to open the Nine Secrets and Dharma form; he could instantly kill it with a single move.

The Void Return Realm already involved some human Laws; unless Ye Qingxuan broke through to the Soul Transformation Stage, he should still run as far as possible from it.

Ye Qingxuan looked at the information in his Sea of Consciousness. Because he absorbed the world Origin, accompanied by the Karma descending from heaven, he was discovered by the Ancestral Master of the Upper Realm, who threw down a Primordial Spirit Magical Artifact.

"If it were only the world Origin, I could only reach the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul. I didn't expect Karma to descend at the same time. Now I am at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul, and the Ancestral Master even bestowed a Primordial Spirit Magical Artifact—a High Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure?"

"That's not right, is it? Karma only allowed me to break through by one minor Realm? This isn't right, right?"

After careful investigation, well, the reason was right here: his Physical Body, Nascent Soul, cangmang sword, and human emperor banner were all emitting wisps of golden light.

It turned out that the Ancestral Master of the Upper Realm saw a Daoist sect Disciple holding a ten thousand souls banner every day and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he took action to help out.

Now it was good, it had truly become a human emperor banner, and a Karma Magic Treasure at that! The grade didn't change, still a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

The cangmang sword also absorbed Karma and became a Karma Magic Treasure. Its grade was limited by the Materials, turning into a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact. Killing people did not incur Karma. As long as there were spiritual Materials and Ye Qingxuan continuously refined it, it could keep growing, and his Physical Body had also become a flawless precious body.

Ye Qingxuan pinched his fingers to calculate; less than three days had just passed.

He could come out of closed-door cultivation now. Ye Qingxuan opened the Restriction, released his Aura, and the cyan-gold Nascent Soul Dharma form radiated brilliantly, with strange fragrance permeating the air, shocking everyone.

"Swish." Master Yuanxin flashed and appeared in front of Ye Qingxuan. Looking at his Disciple's cultivation base, just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, he saw the group of people around and pulled Ye Qingxuan into the Ancestral Master's ancestral hall.

"Qingxuan, what is your cultivation base now?" Master Yuanxin looked at the golden light faintly flowing on Ye Qingxuan's body, feeling a bit unsure in his heart.

"Late Stage of Nascent Soul."

"What?! Why is it so low? Didn't the Heavenly Dao descend with Karma? You should at least be at the Void Return Realm, right?"

Master Yuanxin was greatly startled. It shouldn't be like this. Karma-boosted cultivation had no side effects at all and could be used however one wanted. Could it be that he didn't use Karma?

Ye Qingxuan opened his mouth, but forget it, he might as well show it. With a wave of his hand, the cangmang sword, human emperor banner, and Primordial Spirit robe appeared.

Master Yuanxin looked at Ye Qingxuan draped in five-colored robes, the cangmang sword flying around him, and the human emperor banner behind him shining with golden light. His eyes twitched: What kind of thing is this?

I remember that ten thousand souls... bah, the human emperor banner was black, right? Why is it shining golden now? And that sword, it's an Immortal Artifact, right? Its spirituality is even stronger. As for this robe? The grade can't be seen, but this Aura is shockingly strong.

"This is?!" Master Yuanxin couldn't speak, asking his Disciple with his eyes to explain himself.

"Master, when Disciple was breaking through, Karma descended from heaven and alerted the Ancestral Master of the Upper Realm. The Ancestral Master took action to help me, guiding the Karma into the Nascent Soul and these two Magical Artifacts. Now both the human emperor banner and the cangmang sword are Karma Magic Treasures. Killing people does not incur Karma. When encountering suitable world Origin again, I can directly seize it without fearing Karma."

"The remaining part of Karma was guided by the Ancestral Master into my Physical Body. Now I am already of ice-muscle and jade-bone, a flawless precious body."

Listening to Ye Qingxuan's explanation, Master Yuanxin was numb. Was Karma wasted just like that? No, the Ancestral Master took action; there must be some other scheme. The Ancestral Master would not harm his own descendants and Disciples.

"Actually, if it weren't for Disciple previously killing the people of that city, there would have been even more Karma. However, Disciple does not regret it. If it happens again, Disciple will still take action, otherwise the Dao Heart would be unstable."

Acting according to the heart was smoothed out like this? But it wasn't a loss either. With little Disciple's talent, achieving Immortal Ascension was a matter of time. As for Karma, he could just get more in the future. With the National Destiny Space around, would he be afraid that the Heavenly Dao wouldn't give Karma?

"Then what is going on with this five-colored robe?" Master Yuanxin clearly remembered that his Disciple didn't have this robe originally.

"This is the Primordial Spirit robe bestowed by the Ancestral Master, a High Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure, used to protect my Primordial Spirit. As for now, below the Heavenly Immortal Realm, no one can kill me."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan state the Origin of the robe, Master Yuanxin remained silent.

"Hurry up and go to Longhu Mountain; everyone is waiting for you. Remember, when refining the butian pill, you are only allowed to use ordinary Yin and Yang Dao rhythms to harmonize Dragon and Tiger; don't add those messy thoughts of yours into it."

"The Formation of the Monster Forest is already set up. After the pills are successfully refined, give one to each participating School, and bring the rest back." Master Yuanxin said as he took out a cyan jade gourd and threw it to Ye Qingxuan.

"High Grade Spiritual Artifact? Master, you still have this good stuff?" Ye Qingxuan was a bit surprised looking at the gourd holding the world Origin. Did Master still have hidden stock he didn't know about?

What do you mean I still have? As the dignified Sect Head of the Shangqing Sect, can't I have a few Spiritual Artifacts? But thinking of his Disciple's full body of Immortal Artifacts and High Grade Spirit Treasures, forget it, forget it. He turned around and waved his hand to make him leave quickly, out of sight, out of mind.