178: Chapter 178 Attacking the Purple Mansion

Half a year later, Chen Changqing had completely tempered the magic power within his body to Perfection, and he was finally ready to take the first step.

This time, he simply restrained his Divine Sense inside his body. With the Divine Soul strength of the fourth layer of the Purple Mansion, inner inspection quickly allowed him to locate the Niwan Palace. In fact, this step was not difficult for any Foundation Establishment Cultivator, as long as their Divine Soul reached a certain level of strength.

Next was the second step.

He took out a ziyu pill and swallowed it in one gulp. Instantly, majestic spiritual energy exploded within his body.

Chen Changqing hurriedly operated his Cultivation Technique to begin refining this spiritual energy.

Immediately following that, while refining the spiritual energy, he simultaneously manipulated the already refined magic power to continuously deliver it to the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows.

Immediately, he felt a swelling pain between his eyebrows, as if his head were about to split open.

Feeling an urgent panic, he immediately used his Divine Soul as a guide to precisely manipulate the magic power between his eyebrows to begin assaulting the Niwan Palace.

The barrier of the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows was as hard as iron, while those threads of magic power were as thin as silk.

As he impacted the barrier of the Niwan Palace, he could feel a dull, aching soreness.

"I didn't expect it to be this difficult," Chen Changqing thought to himself.

To completely open the Niwan Palace, the barrier of the Niwan Palace had to be ground away entirely.

But judging by his current progress and difficulty, he didn't know how long it would take.

Outside, Li Qingling was feeling anxious. Even though she knew Chen Changqing took much longer than most just for the step of tempering magic power, after waiting outside for half a year, she was still somewhat worried.

During this period, Junior Sister Dong Xiyue had visited several times. At first, she didn't care much, but now that half a year had passed without any movement inside the Immortal Cave, she even felt that the so-called Junior Martial Uncle inside had already died.

Had Li Qingling not been here, she would have wanted to go inside directly to check.

"Sorry to trouble you, Senior Sister Dong," Li Qingling said politely.

"It's no trouble. But Junior Martial Uncle... is he really fine?" Junior Sister Dong Xiyue mentioned nevertheless. Although she was not a Purple Mansion Cultivator, she had been in the Yuxu Sect for over a hundred years and more or less knew how long a Foundation Establishment Cultivator needed to assault the Purple Mansion.

In theory, when an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator attempted a Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, the result would be clear in about three months; even for a Genius, it wouldn't take half a year.

But the person inside?

"Senior Sister Dong, there is no need to worry. My brother has always been cautious in his actions; without sufficient assurance, he would never take reckless risks," Li Qingling explained, though in reality, she was very worried herself.

Right now, however, she could only choose to trust Chen Changqing. Otherwise, if Chen Changqing happened to be in the middle of assaulting the Purple Mansion and the two of them accidentally disturbed him, that would be truly dangerous.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Changqing was unaware of the two outside. He was currently devoting his entire mind and soul to manipulating his magic power to grind away the barrier of the Niwan Palace bit by bit.

As the threads of magic power penetrated deeper and deeper, the sore, aching sensation became increasingly pronounced.

A few times he nearly stopped, but he didn't dare to actually stop. Once he stopped, the surging magic power in his body would crush him.

Time passed bit by bit. One day, two days, three days...

A month later, he was only a final thin membrane away from completely breaching the Niwan Palace.

"Finally at this step," Chen Changqing said, though at this moment he still didn't dare to relax.

If he suffered a total failure here at the last moment, the loss would far outweigh any gain.

As the final membrane was breached by the threads of magic power, the scene of the entire Niwan Palace was finally presented before his eyes.

After the Niwan Palace was opened, he immediately drove his body's Divine Soul to take residence inside the Niwan Palace.

Once the Divine Soul entered the Niwan Palace, it instantly felt a sense of warmth, as if the Divine Soul was naturally meant to reside in the Niwan Palace.

Prior to the Purple Mansion—that is, before the Niwan Palace was opened—the Divine Soul actually lodged across the entire Physical Body just like the body itself, possessing the same shape as the Physical Body.

But such a Divine Soul, to powerful Cultivators, was no different from placing the Divine Soul right before their eyes. However, after opening the Purple Mansion, it was equivalent to putting clothing on the Divine Soul, which could both prevent it from being spied upon at will and provide a certain degree of defense.

The instant after the opening of the Purple Mansion was completed, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi poured backward in a surge, swarming into his Purple Mansion like a tide.

He was startled in his heart. Even though he had already learned about this, the majestic Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi before him still forced him to draw in a cold breath.

Outside the Immortal Cave, Li Qingling and Junior Sister Dong Xiyue noticed the anomaly.

"This is?" Junior Sister Dong Xiyue was horrified. This was the first time she had felt the commotion of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator making a Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion from such a close distance.

The Spiritual Qi of the entire back mountain was drawn, and massive amounts of Spiritual Qi poured into the Immortal Cave before them.

No, not just the back mountain; even Wanxiang Peak showed abnormal signs.

Countless Disciples could feel the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi dissipating. Quite a few Disciples inside their Immortal Caves happened to be at critical points of their Cultivation, and were interrupted by this commotion, ending up severely injured by backlash at worst.

Countless people looked toward the back mountain, shocked in their hearts. Had someone else achieved a Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion?!

Even Dong Tianheng outside the Treasure Pavilion at the peak was startled.

This is?!

Could it be that kid making a Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion? But this surge of Spiritual Qi is still lacking a bit; at most it's at the level of a High Grade Purple Mansion, right?

If it's only at this level, why did Senior Martial Uncle Yuyuan take him in as a Disciple?

How strange.

...

Inside the back mountain's Immortal Cave, Chen Changqing's Purple Mansion was continuously flooded with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, its boundaries expanding bit by bit.

Expanding from one foot at the start to five feet now.

His entire complexion was extremely unsightly. As the Purple Mansion passively expanded, he could clearly feel the intense pain.

As the Purple Mansion continued to expand, there were already slight signs of it collapsing. Alarmed, he hurriedly manipulated his body's magic power to stabilize his Purple Mansion.

Within the Qi Sea, the Dao Foundation continuously refined the external Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, providing him with a vast amount of magic power support.

An hour passed, and the Purple Mansion had expanded to over one zhang, which was the baseline for a Low Grade Purple Mansion. Had it been another Cultivator, the Purple Mansion would likely have stopped expanding, yet his rate of expansion was still accelerating.

Another hour passed, and the Purple Mansion reached three zhang.

A three-zhang Purple Mansion was the baseline for a Supreme Grade Purple Mansion.

In the entire Yan Country, almost no one could achieve this step.

However, at this moment, Chen Changqing had no mind to pay attention to these things. As his Purple Mansion grew larger and larger, the consumption of magic power within his body sped up rapidly.

The magic power refined by the Flawless Foundation also began to gradually falter.

Another hour went by, and the Purple Mansion expanded to five zhang, with the speed of expansion finally beginning to slow down.

Chen Changqing's forehead was drenched in sweat and his face was pale. As the magic power refined from his Dao Foundation proved insufficient to keep supplying, the ziyu pill asserted its power at this moment; the previously refined magic power stored throughout his body was now completely drawn out to maintain and repair the Purple Mansion.

Six zhang—the medicinal efficacy of the ziyu pill was also nearly exhausted.

Yet Chen Changqing felt he could push one step further, continuously squeezing his internal Dao Foundation and Divine Soul.

However, even with a fourth-layer Purple Mansion Divine Soul, the refined magic power began to fall behind the rate of magic power consumption.

Seven zhang.

Chen Changqing felt he had reached his absolute limit. If he went on any further, the Purple Mansion would surely shatter, resulting in total failure.

Gritting his teeth, he persevered, beads of blood beginning to seep from his skin surface.

Bai Yuqing didn't dare to disturb Chen Changqing at this time either. She mobilized her own Divine Soul to help Chen Changqing refine the spiritual energy inside his body.

Eight zhang!

Bai Yuqing's expression was terrible; her Divine Soul had also hit its limit, and a tide of sleepiness rushed over her heart.

She wanted to warn Chen Changqing to stop, but Chen Changqing's current state was extremely poor. If she rashly intervened, he would undoubtedly die.

Just as Chen Changqing's consciousness grew hazy, he seemed to sense a force helping him.