94: Chapter 94 Shattering the Core and Forming the Nascent Soul! Sect Leader, may I borrow your skull to shield me from lightning?
The border of the Southern Commandery, Luo Lei Valley.
This was a desolate land shrouded in violent lightning all year round, where not a single blade of grass grew for ten thousand miles. Ordinary Cultivators wouldn't dream of undergoing secluded cultivation here; even approaching the edge would leave them charred black by the stray electricity.
But for Lin Que, this was the perfect "delivery room."
“Green Fish, retreat outside the valley. Things might get a bit loud in a moment.”
Lin Que sat cross-legged on a charred stone platform in the deepest part of Luo Lei Valley, his body already enveloped in a thick layer of purple-gold blood qi.
Holding the god-sealing jade bowl, Su Qingyu obediently retreated to a mountain peak a hundred miles away, watching the valley nervously. She knew that her Young Master Lin was about to take the most critical step in the world of cultivation—Shattering the Core to Form the Nascent Soul!
“Whew...”
Lin Que exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi and waved his hand.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Three "little people" with yellow sealing talismans stuck to them were neatly arranged in front of him.
They were the Nascent Souls of the Ye Family Patriarch (Ye Nantian), the Heavenly Demon Cult Branch Leader (Blood Vulture), and the Zhengdao Alliance Vice Hall Master (Elder Xuan Ku)!
These three mighty figures, who had once commanded the wind and rain, were now like lambs to the slaughter, emitting terrified shrieks.
“Lin Que! You will die a horrible death! To dare swallow Nascent Souls whole, you will be struck by divine retribution!!”
Elder Xuan Ku’s Nascent Soul struggled frantically.
“Spare me! I am willing to acknowledge you as my master...”
Ye Nantian pleaded bitterly.
“Noisy.”
Four-colored firelight flashed in Lin Que’s eyes as the Secret Canon of Self-Sacrifice and the Blood Scripture were simultaneously pushed to their limits!
He grabbed Blood Vulture’s Nascent Soul and took a bite as if eating an apple!
Crunch!
Extremely pure Origin spiritual power instantly exploded in his mouth, turning into a monstrous torrent that surged straight into his Dantian!
Next was Ye Nantian, and finally, Elder Xuan Ku!
[Devoured the Origin of three great Nascent Souls!]
[Energy reserves have broken through the critical point!]
[Host, please take note: Shattering the Core to Form the Nascent Soul is about to begin!]
“Shatter... for me!!”
Lin Que let out a low growl like that of an ancient Vicious Beast.
Inside his Dantian, the Golden Core covered in gold, red, white, and purple patterns suddenly stopped spinning after absorbing the massive amount of energy, and then cracks began to appear on its surface.
Boom!!!
The Golden Core exploded! A terrifying energy storm raged inside his body; for an ordinary Cultivator, this single burst would have blown their Physical Body into powder.
But Lin Que’s Physical Body at this moment was the Demon God Body, which had fused with the Ancient Heavenly Demon Left Arm! That layer of skin shimmering with purple-gold luster forcibly contained the explosive force within his body!
“Gather!”
At the center of the shattered Golden Core, an infant only an inch tall, with features identical to Lin Que’s, was struggling to take shape.
However, at the very moment the Nascent Soul was about to solidify.
Rumble—!!!
The sky above Luo Lei Valley suddenly turned an eerie blood-red!
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a hundred thousand miles was instantly drained, and a massive black thunder eye that blotted out the sun slowly opened in the clouds. Within the thunder eye, there was no ordinary lightning, but the flickering light of destruction in nine colors!
The Nine-Colored World-Destroying Divine Lightning!
This was the highest level of erasure Heavenly Tribulation sent down by the Heavenly Dao upon sensing the birth of a "monster" that the world could not tolerate!
“Holy cow, a nine-colored Lightning Tribulation? This kind of treatment... I must be the only one in the history of the Nascent Soul Stage to get this, right?”
Lin Que looked up at the thunder eye in the sky, his scalp tingling. If this thing struck down, even with his current Demon God Body, he would lose a layer of skin.
But at the critical moment just as the Lightning Tribulation was about to fall.
Rip—!!
The space above Luo Lei Valley was suddenly torn open by two pale, massive hands like a piece of scrap cloth!
A terrifying pressure, even more despair-inducing than the nine-colored Lightning Tribulation, crashed into Luo Lei Valley like a hundred-thousand-foot-tall divine mountain! Under this pressure, the surrounding mountain peaks silently turned into dust!
Even with the god-sealing jade bowl protecting her a hundred miles away, Su Qingyu was forced to her knees by this pressure, coughing up blood, her eyes filled with horror.
“Soul... Soul Transformation Stage?!!”
From the spatial rift.
A middle-aged man wearing a black robe with gold trim and hair reaching his waist slowly stepped out. He did not rely on any Magic Treasure, simply treading upon the Void Realm. Beneath his feet, even the Laws of space were wailing and receding!
Heavenly Demon Cult Leader—The Demon Cult Leader!
One of the undisputed overlords of the Central Continent, a true Soul Transformation Stage Supreme!
“You are Lin Que?”
The Demon Cult Leader’s voice wasn't loud, yet it seemed to explode in the depths of Lin Que’s Soul.
His eyes, devoid of human emotion, stared fixedly at Lin Que’s purple-gold shimmering body, finally revealing a hint of irrepressible feverishness and greed.
“What a perfect Physical Body!”
“It actually perfectly fused with the flesh and blood essence of the Saint Ancestor! It is ten thousand times more perfect than those 'vessels' I spent a thousand years cultivating!”
“Hand over your Physical Body, and I can extract your Divine Soul, allowing you to accompany me in ruling the world as an artifact spirit!”
The Demon Cult Leader reached out his right hand, intending to grab Lin Que, who was at the most critical moment of his Breakthrough and unable to move.
This hand seemed slow, but it locked down all the time and space around Lin Que.
This was the terror of the Soul Transformation Stage—Words Carry the Weight of Law, control over space!
If it were anyone else, facing the nine-colored divine lightning about to strike from above and the Soul Transformation hand reaching from in front, it would be a dead-end with no hope of survival.
But sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, facing the pressure of a Soul Transformation Supreme, Lin Que suddenly... grinned.
“Sect Leader, you’ve arrived at such a perfect time.”
“It’s truly like sending charcoal in a snowstorm!”
The Demon Cult Leader frowned slightly: “Death is at your door, and yet you still dare to boast?”
“Death? I can’t bear to die just yet.”
At Lin Que’s brow, the golden light representing the System’s rules suddenly flared up!
[Lethal-level Heavenly Dao erasure (Nine-Colored World-Destroying Divine Lightning) lock-on detected!]
[Current Status: Host is forming the Nascent Soul and cannot dodge.]
[Logic Reorganization initiated—Highest-level 'Scapegoat' Protocol!]
[Scanning for higher-dimensional lifeform meeting 'lightning-blocking' standards!]
[Target Locked: Heavenly Demon Cult Leader · The Demon Cult Leader (Soul Transformation Stage).]
[Transfer Operation: Modifying Heavenly Tribulation 'Aggro Lock,' transferring all of the Heavenly Dao’s wrath to this Soul Transformation old monster attempting to interfere with the tribulation!]
[Multiplier: Karmic involvement! Lightning Tribulation power based on Soul Transformation cultivation... Super Doubled!!]
“Since you like my body so much, then this lightning...”
Lin Que pointed at the nine-colored thunder eye in the sky, which had already become extremely violent, smiling with absolute benevolence:
“Sect Leader, I’ll borrow the top of your head for a bit!!”
Buzz!!
At that moment, the rules of the Heavenly Dao were forcibly distorted by the System!
The "heavenly connection" that had been deadlocked on Lin Que instantly snapped and then, in a completely unreasonable manner, was forcibly welded onto The Demon Cult Leader, who had just torn through space and stepped into the range of the Lightning Tribulation!
“Hm?! What’s going on?!”
The Demon Cult Leader’s outstretched hand suddenly stiffened.
As a Soul Transformation old monster, his perception of heavenly secrets was extremely sharp. He discovered with horror that the nine-colored thunder eye in the sky, which was originally meant for Lin Que, had suddenly "looked" at him!
Not only that. Because the Heavenly Dao judged that a "Soul Transformation" old monster had forcibly interfered with a Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation, it was seen as a severe provocation to the Heavenly Dao.
The nine-colored divine lightning, which was originally only as thick as a water vat, instantly expanded to the size of a lightning mountain above The Demon Cult Leader’s head!!
“Bastard! Demonic Technique!! Why would this Lightning Tribulation lock onto me?!!”
The Demon Cult Leader’s face, which was always as calm as a deep well, finally broke.
The Soul Transformation Stage was strong, but facing a "Super Doubled" Heavenly Dao lightning punishment, even he would lose a layer of skin!
“Lin Que!! I will kill you!!!”
Rumble—!!!!
The nine-colored divine lightning, carrying the terrifying power to destroy an entire Realm, struck down fiercely! It completely ignored Lin Que below, even curving around to strike The Demon Cult Leader’s head with pinpoint accuracy!
“Block it for me!! [Heavenly Demon Indestructible Shield]!!”
The Demon Cult Leader roared, his Soul Transformation Devilish Qi exploding as he attempted to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.
Bang!!
Blinding nine-colored light swallowed everything.
Even the surrounding space was blown apart into massive Void Realm rifts.
And while this Soul Transformation big shot was being struck by lightning until he couldn't even take care of himself.
Inside Lin Que’s Dantian, the final step of the transformation was finally complete.
Buzz—
A Nascent Soul surrounded by four-colored flames (gold, red, white, and purple), with the faint phantom of a closed-eyed Demon God behind it, completely opened its eyes!
[Congratulations to the Host! Shattering the Core to Form the Nascent Soul successful!]
[Current Realm: Nascent Soul Early Stage!]
[Due to the Host’s deep foundation (Devouring three Nascent Souls + Heavenly Demon Left Arm + four-colored exotic fires), actual combat power rating: Invincible in the Nascent Soul Stage! Can fight Soul Transformation!]
Lin Que slowly stood up.
He did not relax just because the Heavenly Tribulation had ended. Because in the ruins of the Void Realm ahead, ravaged by lightning, a charred figure with an extremely violent aura was slowly emerging.
The Demon Cult Leader’s robes had been shredded, and half of the flesh on his body had been carbonized by the heavenly lightning, but he had survived after all!
“You... are very good!”
The Demon Cult Leader’s voice seemed to come from the depths of Hell, his eyes dripping blood as he stared fixedly at Lin Que: “To be able to push me to this point, you are the first in a thousand years!”
“Now that the Heavenly Tribulation has dispersed, I want to see what other trump cards you have!!”
Facing the enraged Soul Transformation Supreme.
Lin Que, who had just been promoted to the Nascent Soul Stage, not only had no intention of running away.
Instead, he backhandedly gripped the starfall mo dao behind him, the four-colored God-Demon Nascent Soul in his body erupting with an unprecedented, terrifying Spiritual Pressure.
“Trump cards?”
Lin Que pointed his blade forward, the purple and white flames intertwining on the tip, emitting a hum that tore through space.
He looked at the wretched The Demon Cult Leader, a frantic Battle Intent igniting in his eyes:
“Sect Leader, did you forget?”
“That lightning just now was only the appetizer.”
“Now, it’s time for the main course!”
“Let me see if this newly sharpened blade of mine can kill... a Soul Transformation!”