Chapter 282 - Perfecting the Nascent Soul, Great Tribulation
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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
nIn the Dragon Palace of the East Ocean.
nDragon Transformation Pool.
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nThe Jade Stone of Heavenly Destiny turned into a Green Lotus seed and several rays of light appeared.
nThe Green Lotus seed landed in Ye Ping’s essence soul.
nAt this moment, there were some more things that surfaced in Ye Ping’s mind.
nHe thought about the war between heaven and earth, the information about this World-Destructing demon. Since he had obtained this Green Lotus, it meant that he had been given the mission to save the world.
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n“Eldest Senior Brother, this…”
nYe Ping looked at Su Changyu and was somewhat speechless.
nHe didn’t expect Su Changyu to give him such a huge task as soon as he arrived.
n‘Save the living beings of the world.’
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n‘How can I bear the responsibility?’
nYe Ping felt a sense of pressure.
n“Junior Brother, just tell me if you can take it on or not.”
nSu Changyu said, looking extremely calm.
nIt was as if the responsibility of saving the world was considered nothing at all.
n“I can!”
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nYe Ping immediately answered solemnly after he heard Su Changyu’s question.
nSince his eldest Senior Brother had given him such an important task, how could he refuse?
nIn fact, Ye Ping even guessed that it was the mission of the Qingyun Dao Sect because it was a hidden sect.
nAt this moment, he finally gained the recognition of the sect.
nA wave of excitement surged within him.
n“Okay, in this case, cultivate well and improve your strength. I have something to do so I’ll get going now. When you’re about to leave, open this letter.”
nSu Changyu nodded, handed a letter to Ye Ping, and then rode away on his Qilin.
n“Eldest Senior Brother, wait.”
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nYe Ping immediately said when he saw that Su Changyu was about to leave.
n“What’s the matter?”
nSu Changyu asked.
n“Well, I’ve already reached the Major Perfection of the Golden Core realm and I’d like to ask you to teach me the method to perfect the Nascent Soul.”
nYe Ping asked.
nPreviously, he had reached the Major Perfection of the Golden Core realm and wanted to return to ask him for help, but now that Su Changyu had arrived, he naturally asked him those questions straight.
nSu Changyu raised his head without making a single sound.
nAlthough he had a lot in mind, there was nothing related to cultivation.
nSu Changyu might not know much about cultivation, but he understood Ye Ping well.
n“Nascent Soul of the Great Dao, Three Pure Essence Souls.”
nSu Changyu said calmly.
nAs he spoke, he raised his arms and two paintings appeared.
nThe first painting depicted a small Nascent Soul realm person sitting on top of the Yin and Yang Eight Trigrams, surrounded by the Great Dao.
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nThe second painting was that of three Essence Soul people, one holding a divine sword, one holding a walking stick, and one holding a horsetail whisk, with Dao flowers above their heads as well as water, wind, and fire surrounding them.
n“Thank you very much for your teaching, Senior Brother.”
nYe Ping looked at the two paintings with his eyes full of excitement.
nHe knew that they were the Nascent Soul and Essence Soul perfection methods.
n“Little Junior Brother, do you have any more doubts? If you do, feel free to point them out.”
nSu Changyu said.
nIf there was nothing else, he would leave first.
n“I don’t have any more questions.”
nYe Ping shook his head and said.
nSu Changyu had already given him guidance, so the rest was naturally dependent on his own comprehension.
n“Alright.”
nSu Changyu nodded and then led the Ancient Qilin Emperor out of the hall.
nAt the same time…
nOn a cliff in the Nan Nation.
nThere was a chessboard on the cliff.
nThe black and white chess pieces were staggered.
nLooking at the chess game in front of him, Wang Zhuoyu continuously thought about how he should deal with it.
nSome time ago, he was in the Qingyun Dao Sect when he suddenly heard some movement and soon got transported over by the Teleportation Array.
nWhen he just arrived, he saw an old man who was about to die.
nWang Zhuoyu asked him where this place was and the old man told him that it was the Linglong Valley of the Nan Nation.
nThe chessboard in front of him was the Linglong chessboard that contained the inheritance of the supreme Dao of array formations. Array formations were like chess.
nAfter saying that, the old man passed away.
nWang Zhuoyu then buried the old man and joined the chess game in a bid to solve it.
nSupreme Array Formation Dao.
nIt was all prepared for him.
nWang Zhuoyu was excited.
nHe then went over.
n“To hell with the Array Formation Dao legacy, I’m leaving!”
nWang Zhuoyu was infuriated because he had thought about it for a long time, but all his efforts were futile as he didn’t get any solution. Instead, a lot of his hair fell out.
nHe felt that he would go bald if he continued like this.
nSetting up array formations was like a game of chess.
n‘Why didn’t I comprehend anything?’
nWang Zhuoyu took out the star chessboard, ready to set up an array formation, leave this place and go back to the Qingyun Dao Sect.
nHowever, Wang Zhuoyu was exasperated when he looked at the Linglong chessboard.
nHe didn’t want to leave after losing so much hair.
nThe array pattern in Wang Zhuoyu’s hand then changed and turned into a killing array.
nAh!!!
nThe killing array patterns criss-crossed and appeared on the Linglong Chessboard.
nThe black and white chess pieces were destroyed by the array formation and soon turned into ashes.
nWang Zhuoyu felt extremely comfortable.
nHowever, he felt embarrassed because he had ruined a good game of chess.
n“Forget it, forget it. I’d better hurry up and flee.”
nWang Zhuoyu started the array disk, and at this moment, a bunch of black and white shadows rushed to his eyebrows from the destroyed Linglong Chess Game all of a sudden.
nAt the same time, in a certain city of Qingzhou.
n“What kind of treasure is this? My Heavenly Eye can be used to identify and appraise all treasures of the world. No treasure can escape my eye, but I can’t tell how incredible they are.”
nLin Bei looked at the white stone in his hand that had a pentagonal shape and was without any characteristics.
nHowever, his years of experience in treasure identification and appraisal told him that this stone was not simple.
nWithout thinking much, Lin Bei put the stone away.
nDuring this period of time, he had been going around identifying treasures and carrying lots of treasures with him. Hence, he didn’t lack that money.
n“It’s time to go back.”
nLin Bei was planning to go back.
nThe thought of taking his treasures out and showing them off to Daoist Tai Hua once he returned made him smile beautifully.
nIn Beizhou of the North Moon Ancient City.
nChen Lingrou entered the city and prepared to go back to the Baiyun Ancient City of Qingzhou through the Teleportation Array.
nAfter Su Changyu rode away on the Qilin, Chen Lingrou felt a strong urge to cry.
nHowever, life still had to go on.
nThe Turquoise-eyed Qilin-Leopard gave Chen Lingrou many Spirit Stones and treasures after hearing that Chen Lingrou was leaving. It even sent her to the North Moon Ancient City.
nAfter all, the Turquoise-eyed Qilin-Leopard had seen how impressive Chen Lingrou’s Senior Brother, Su Changyu, was and knew that it couldn’t afford to provoke Su Changyu.
n“Junior Sister.”
nAt this moment, a voice sounded.
nChen Lingrou turned her head to the side to see that a beautiful woman in her mid twenties was walking towards her slowly with a smile on her face.
n“Senior Sister, what are you doing here?”
nChen Lingrou was overjoyed and shocked because she didn’t expect Xiao Muxue to appear there.
nShe scurried over and hugged Xiao Muxue affectionately.
n“I heard the news that you’ve gone missing so I came to look for you.”
n“Something has happened to the Qingyun Dao Sect, so stay with me for the time being. Don’t go back.”
nXiao Muxue said with a smile.
n“Something happened to the Qingyun Dao Sect? What happened?”
nChen Lingrou couldn’t help but be surprised after hearing that.
n“You’ll know when the time comes.”
nXiao Muxue chuckled and nodded. She didn’t tell Chen Lingrou about the matter of the Qingyun Dao Sect and Daoist Tai Hua’s death.
nXiao Muxue had taken care of Chen Lingrou since she was a child, so Chen Lingrou didn’t doubt her words.
n“Senior Sister, that stone egg I obtained at the Seven Kings relics came to life, and a Qilin was hatched from it.”
nChen Lingrou said.
nShe wanted to complain to Xiao Muxue.
nShe wanted to tell her that Su Changyu had snatched her Qilin away so that Xiao Muxue could do justice for her.
n“What? Qilin!?!”
nXiao Muxue was stunned to hear her words.
nShe naturally knew what had happened to the disciples of the Qingyun Dao Sect in the Seven Kings relics back then.
nShe knew that all of them had obtained an opportunity and that Chen Lingrou had obtained the inheritance of the Sword King and a fossilized egg.
nThe fact that Chen Lingrou told her that a Qilin had been hatched was way too astonishing.
nXiao Muxue did not have any doubts about that.
nChen Lingrou would never hide anything from her.
n“Where’s the Qilin? Let me take a look at it.”
nXiao Muxue immediately asked.
nThe Qilin?
nThe Qilin was a divine beast of auspiciousness.
nOnce a Qilin stepped on auspicious clouds, all troubles of the world would be solved.
nNow that the heavenly secret was blurry and the calamity was impending, Xiao Muxue felt different emotions about the appearance of the divine beast that signified auspiciousness.
n“Eldest Senior Brother rode away on it.”
nChen Lingrou sounded extremely aggrieved.
nXiao Muxue was stunned.
n‘Su Changyu rode it away?’
n‘What’s going on?’
n“Tell me what’s going on, how did a Qilin hatch from that egg? And how did Su Changyu, that good-for-nothing, ride it away?”
nXiao Muxue took a deep breath and asked Chen Lingrou to tell her what was going on.
nIn the Heart-Nurturing Palace of the Great Xia Dynasty.
n“Your Majesty, bad news. The Crown Prince has disappeared.”
nA figure appeared in the palace and reported to the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty.
n“How is that possible? How could the Crown Prince have left the Chang’le Hall without making a sound!?! Weren’t there elders to guard him?”
nWhen the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty heard the news, his expression changed drastically and he stood up from his chair in shock.
nAfter the Hall Master of the Heavenly Secret Hall reported the situation of the Crown Prince to him, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty hadn’t decided on what he would do with Xia Qian.
nHe initially planned to lock Xia Qian in the palace for the rest of his life.
nYet, the devil’s descendant appeared.
nIf he reported the matter, he would lose another son.
nIf he didn’t report it, he would be letting down the entire Great Xia Dynasty if something went wrong.
nTo his surprise, Xia Qian vanished.
nIt was the palace of the Great Xia Dynasty. It was not a place that ordinary people could enter and leave easily.
n“Quick, check.”
nThe emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty ordered immediately with a sullen expression.
nHe then took a deep breath and said slowly,
n“Report this matter to the Heavenly Supervisory.”
nAfter saying that, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty sat down on the chair and leaned backwards.
nAt the same time…
nIn a certain mountain range of the Great Xia Dynasty.
nA man with a slightly pale face, who was dressed in a brocade robe, waved his hand gently.
nHe was surrounded by corpses.
nThey were the corpses of the Green Wind Wolf, each of which was two meters tall.
nThe Green Wind Wolf was a type of demonic beast that resided in groups in the hundreds of thousands of mountains. Each one possessed power of at least the Foundation Establishment realm while the Wolf King had the abilities of the Golden Core realm or the Nascent Soul realm. Besides, since they mostly lived in groups, ordinary Nascent Soul realm cultivators wouldn’t dare to contend with them.
nXia Qian looked at the Green Wind Wolves and extended his arms while a terrifying shadow appeared behind him.
nThe figure’s appearance was blurry, but it seemed terrifying as it had a demonic aura and looked like it could devour the world.
n“Swallow!”
nXia Qian spat a word.
nIn an instant, the figure’s demonic shadow devoured the mountain and rivers, as well as the corpses around Xia Qian.
nThe Green Wind Wolf corpses dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye and emitted a foul odor before eventually turning into a pile of bones that looked like they had been abandoned for an unknown period of time.
nXia Qian exhaled softly and his complexion became much better.
nHowever, there was still a menacing Sword Qi within his body that was continuously disrupting his physical body and his Dharmic powers.
n“Su Changyu, you’ll regret not killing me!”
nXia Qian murmured with a sullen and gloomy expression.
nAfter being crippled by Su Changyu, Xia Qian slipped into comatose, during which he gained a lot more thoughts.
nFor example, the demonic seed, the World Destructing Fiend, the Son of Destiny.
nHe was the demonic seed that would ripen into a demon.
nSu Changyu was the Son of Destiny.
nThey were born to be enemies.
nThat was also the reason that he bore so much hatred for Su Changyu.
nIt was not only because the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty showed great love and favoritism to the Tenth Prince, but also because he bore a strong hatred for the Tenth Prince, which came from the bottom of his heart.
nOriginally, he should have awakened and turned into a Fiendcelestial when the evilness of the world accumulated to the extreme.
nHowever, for some reason, he was extremely agitated and thus woke up earlier than he should have.
nAt this moment, a voice sounded.
n“Greetings, Lord Fiendcelestial.”
nDaoist Xu Xuan’s figure slowly appeared.
n“Who are you?”
nXia Qian did not get nervous and merely looked at Daoist Xu Xuan.
n“Lord Fiendcelestial, just call me Daoist Xu Xuan.”
nDaoist Xu Xuan answered.
n“Daoist Xu Xuan? What’s your motive for coming here to see me?”
nXia Qian looked at Daoist Xu Xuan and said calmly.
n“Lord Fiendcelestial, the Son of Destiny has grown to a terrifying level. You are no match for him.”
n“I can help you and my purpose is simple. I want to become an immortal.”
nDaoist Xu Xuan said with his eyes full of zeal and excitement.
n“Become an immortal? No such thing here.”
nXia Qian said.
n“Even if I can’t become an immortal, I can become Fiendcelestial! When I do, I’ll take revenge against Su Changyu, the Son of Destiny, for you.”
nDaoist Xu Xuan laughed out loud.
nAfter saying that, he attacked Xia Qian.
nAfter knowing that the Fiendcelestial had been revived, Daoist Xu Xuan immediately had an idea in his mind to take on the Fiendcelestial and incorporate it into his body so as to turn himself into a Fiendcelestial too and become an immortal in another way.
nXia Qian remained indifferent when he saw Daoist Xu Xuan attack.
nIt was not that he didn’t want to do anything, but rather, when faced with Daoist Xu Xuan, he seemed to have been rendered immobile.
nHis abilities were at the Essence Soul realm and he was undeniably strong. Besides, he had just been crippled by Su Changyu not long ago.
nBeing able to increase one’s abilities despite having suffered such a debilitating injury was already terrifying enough.
nHis body contained the Sword Qi left behind by Su Changyu. Otherwise, his abilities would have been improved faster.
nAfter taking down Xia Qian, both Daoist Xu Xuan and Xia Qian vanished.
nAt the same time…
nXiao Muxue brought Chen Lingrou to the Heavenly Supervisory.
nShe found out from Chen Lingrou about what she had encountered and how the Qilin was born before Su Changyu rode it away to go to the East Ocean Dragon Palace.
nThat took her aback.
nFirstly, she marveled at Chen Lingrou’s unbelievable luck to have obtained a stone egg and hatched a Qilin.
nSecondly, she felt that the fact that Su Changyu had ridden the Qilin away was really outrageous.
n‘Could it be that this is the outcome of Chen Lingrou taking away the Sword King’s inheritance that should have belonged to Su Changyu back in the Seven Kings relics?’
nXiao Muxue did not know what to say.
nShe no longer knew what to say about Su Changyu.
n‘Maybe, this is the Son of Destiny.’
nXiao Muxue couldn’t help but wonder if Ye Ping had gone to the East Ocean Dragon Palace because he had been missing for a long time.
nYe Ping would stick to Su Changyu all the time.
nIt was strange that Su Changyu appeared without Ye Ping.
nSince the East Ocean Dragon Palace was about to open, Xiao Muxue wanted Ye Ping to go there to fight for an opportunity, but Ye Ping’s whereabouts had been unknown.
nThat was strange.
nThe Heavenly Supervisory had eyes all around the various nations and it wouldn’t be difficult to find a single person.
n“But according to the time Ye Ping disappeared, the East Ocean Dragon Palace hadn’t opened yet. Now that it has been opened, there are still several restrictions…”
nXiao Muxue could not help but veto the idea that Ye Ping was in the East Ocean Dragon Palace.
nThe reason being, he couldn’t enter at all.
nHowever, if Su Changyu brought Ye Ping to the East Ocean Dragon Palace, then it seemed that there wouldn’t be a problem.
nThe East Ocean Dragon Palace hadn’t officially opened yet, though.
n“Let’s go, I’ll take you to your accommodation.”
nXiao Muxue took Chen Lingrou forward to rest.
nAfter settling Chen Lingrou down, a jade token appeared in Xiao Muxue’s hand and she saw the message that was sent to it.
n“The Heavenly Secret Hall of the Great Xia Dynasty reported that the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, Xia Qian, is a demonic seed! His current whereabouts are unknown.”
nWhen she saw the message in the jade token, her expression changed drastically.
nShe couldn’t help but think of the information that they had deduced from the Heavenly Supervisory previously. The heavenly secret was bleak and the great tribulation was about to rise.
nNow that the Son of Destiny had become a variable, things were beyond their control.
nThe demonic seed had also appeared ahead of schedule.
nThe great tribulation was about to rise.
n“It’s all messed up.”
nXiao Muxue muttered to herself.
nThe tribulation was coming too soon.
nBesides, if Crown Prince Xia Qian was a demonic seed, there was one thing she couldn’t figure out.
nIt was recorded in the ancient books that the Son of Destiny had a connection with the Fiend of Destruction, and previously, the Great Qian Dynasty imperial courts informed them that the Son of Destiny wanted to kill the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty.
nHowever, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty had asked Su Changyu to let Xia Qian stay alive.
nIf Su Changyu was the Son of Destiny, he should be able to sense that something was wrong with Xia Qian, so there was no way he should have kept him alive.
n“Go check up on this. Send someone to the East Ocean Dragon Palace!”
n“Inform the five nations to search for clues of the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, Xia Qian.”
nXiao Muxue immediately ordered.
nQingzhou.
nTwo figures sat opposite each other on an altar.
n“You know I’m the Fiendcelestial and yet you had the guts to do this? The probability of your success is only 30%.”
nXia Qian looked at Daoist Xu Xuan and said calmly.
n“Why wouldn’t I dare to do it? Immortal cultivation goes against the heavens in the first place! For us, 30% is more than enough!”
n“I’ve waited too long for this day! If I don’t do this now, I will be doomed to be unable to become an immortal for the rest of my life and die!”
nDaoist Xu Xuan spoke with a zealous and maniacal gaze.
nAfter he said that, runes began to appear on Daoist Xu Xuan’s body, and an aura began to pervade from his body while becoming distorted. Soon, it engulfed Xia Qian like a shadow and layers of sanguine light appeared.
nAt the same time…
nSupreme Demon Hall.
nThe Fiend Lord suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.
nA moment later, he shook his head and turned to look at Xu Luochen with his eyes full of concern.
nTo him, it didn’t matter if the sky fell as long as it didn’t crush his son.
nAt this moment, an endless stream of golden aura was spreading from the golden cocoon in the hall, and it was surrounded by a Green Dragon, a White Tiger, a Vermilion Bird, a Black Tortoise, and a Qilin. The cocoon was continuously emitting clear roars of the dragon and tiger, as well as the ringing of the phoenix.
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