Free Web NovelChapter 545: Chapter 499: Nascent Soul (Part 3)
Rumble!
In the tribulation clouds that covered the sky, the thunder tide shimmered, casting a blazing silver light, making the world as bright as day.
Ao Juan extended his dragon head from beneath the sea, gazing toward the direction of the lonely island. An expanse of silver ocean engulfed the entire island, the Four Symbols Illusion shattered by the thunder tide, while five spiritual artifacts struggled desperately with the Five Elements Great Array.
The tempest roared, stirring the sea into raging waves. The lightning crackled wildly, splattering and creating dreadful craters in the ocean, causing fierce beasts within a hundred-mile radius to flee for their lives.
At this sight, Ao Juan’s dragon scales tightened, and his dragon hair stood on end. During his Divinity Transformation, only the ninth heavenly tribulation saw such terrifying thunder tides.
What exactly did his Little Immortal Ganoderma do to incite such anger from the heavens that the first tribulation was a thunder tide converging eighty-one bolts of tribulation thunder?
Ao Juan pondered whether to assist Little Immortal Ganoderma in shielding her, but suddenly sensed something unusual.
Ao Juan swiftly turned his head, his dragon eyes narrowing dangerously.
*
On the lonely island.
Jiang Yuebai’s first tribulation in the Nascent Soul Tribulation far exceeded the number during her Core Formation tribulation.
The second thunder tide crashed down, shattering the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array completely, with the Eight Arrays Plate falling from above, dim and lifeless. The inner layer Five Elements Great Array could barely hold on.
Stray tribulation thunder struck Jiang Yuebai’s body, igniting the Fire Dragon Scale Armor, which emitted the flame dragon’s illusion, spiraling around her to resist the tribulation thunder. The Mermaid Silk’s Magical Robe radiated a pearly glow, swallowing the scattered tribulation thunder like the deep sea.
Small amounts of tribulation thunder invigorated the dragon scale illusion defense on her body, repeatedly slicing like countless blades. The heavenly pressure penetrated her, yet her years of body refining allowed her skin, bones, and meridians to withstand the tribulation thunder at present, but her dantian could not.
Jiang Yuebai exerted all her strength, compressing all the dragon qi from her spine, wrapping it around her dantian to withstand internal and external pressure.
With the dantian shattered, her life would perish—the Dao extinguished, she must protect it!
The second thunder tide had yet to fully dissipate when the third thunder tide approached swiftly!
Jiang Yuebai’s heart trembled violently; she decisively waved her hand to retrieve the Dragon Suppressing Coffin beside her to meet the third thunder tide.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Blinding lightning violently struck the Dragon Suppressing Coffin, akin to a star exploding, tearing through clouds and space, shattering everything around.
Jiang Yuebai watched helplessly as the entire island fractured amidst the howling lightning, the sea within a ten-mile radius reduced to mist by wrist-thick lightning, leaving terrifying craters.
Yet, this tide of thunder was completely blocked by the Dragon Suppressing Coffin!
The Dragon Suppressing Coffin plummeted violently, landing upright into the remaining land beside Jiang Yuebai. The nearby seawater surged back, the sound of waves resounding with the thunderous tribulation echoing through the heavens.
Facing the fierce winds and driving rain, Jiang Yuebai looked up to see the rolling tribulation clouds, thunder brewing within without any sign of descending—was this giving her time to catch her breath?
Jiang Yuebai hurried to inspect the Dragon Suppressing Coffin, her heart sinking—it’s as if a Heaven and Earth Ban was imposed on it, no matter how she struggled, unable to move it an inch.
It seems that this heavenly object can only be used once, and the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron must be the same.
Jiang Yuebai decisively decided to save the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron for when she couldn’t hold on any longer.
Her Nascent Soul Formation this time, with the ’assistance’ of the Heavenly Dao, was incredibly fast—less than an hour since consuming the Breaking Calamity Elixir.
The Golden Core and Divine Elixir were both more than half split open, revealing the face of the tiny infant embryo within, its eyes slightly closed, intricately carved, identical to hers.
Other than the face, the rest remained hidden under the not fully shattered Pill Shell.
Tribulation thunder is both crisis and aid, capable of accelerating the Nascent Soul Formation process.
Though the thunder tide is terrifying, the damage from individual tribulation thunder strikes is within a bearable range for Jiang Yuebai.
This may be related to her years of Thunder Forging Body practice and having cultivated the first layer of Dragon God Transformation; as tribulation thunder entered her body, she felt as though she could absorb it.
Right now, the most important thing is to ensure the dantian remains intact, and compared to this, even if her entire body is disassembled by tribulation thunder, it doesn’t matter.
The completion of the Nascent Soul allows the reconstruction of the body and flesh.
Moreover, with the Phoenix Eggshell and Undying Vine Bloodline, survival is not a problem.
Jiang Yuebai decisively decided to deploy the final plan in her Nascent Soul Formation process.
Fuse Five Elements Spiritual Artifacts, forge the Inner Five Elements Great Array to protect the dantian!
Compared to the Outer Five Elements Great Array, the Five Elements Spiritual Artifacts have always been nurtured within her body, harmonizing with her physique, forming an array within, protecting a smaller scope yet unleashing maximum power.
Rumble!
The thunder tide began to gather above, leaving Jiang Yuebai with little time. She raised her hand to summon back the five Spiritual Artifacts scattered around.
Sword Sky Puppet, White Dragon Spear, Condensing Light Mirror, Ghost Lamp Little Green, Primordial Magnetic Ruler.
The Five Elements Spiritual Artifacts each shone brightly. Little Green seemed to sense Jiang Yuebai’s thoughts, and a few words flashed on the lantern.
[Charge Forward]
Jiang Yuebai smiled gently, took out a piece of Phoenix Eggshell and held it in her mouth. With a single thought, the five Spiritual Artifacts transformed into five streams of light, entering her body one after another.
Above the Dantian, the five streams of light centered around the Five Elements Lotus Platform, arranged according to their generative positions, descended in five colors: white, green, black, red, and yellow, enveloping the Dantian.
At the same time, the Thousand Leaves Immortal Ganoderma within her Sea of Consciousness began to grow wildly, the white leaves layering tightly around the Divine Elixir, leaving no gaps.
Rumble!
The fourth thunder tide struck fiercely, with great momentum, instantly engulfing the entire Sea Edge, leaving only a vast silver electric tide, competing with heaven and earth!
*
A hundred miles away, a violent wind whipped up towering waves, crashing against an invisible barrier, causing thunderous sounds.
Behind the barrier, True Venerable Dongqiao and two other Divinity Transformation Cultivators from the Fulong Sect stood together, with ten Nascent Soul Cultivators and over fifty Golden Core Cultivators, all on high alert, staring unblinkingly towards the tribulation clouds over the Sea Edge.
Dongqiao was somewhat astonished, "Qi Siheng was indeed right; that female cultivator is crossing a tribulation, but if I hadn’t seen her before, knowing she’s forming her Nascent Soul, just looking at this thunder tribulation, I would have thought she’s ascending to Divinity Transformation!"
Beside True Venerable Dongqiao stood a mid-aged male cultivator of Divinity Transformation’s late stage, exuding an ethereal and dignified aura. Jiang Yuebai had seen him in Fulong Sect, he’s the head of Divinity Transformation Stage in Fulong Sect, True Venerable Tianyou.
This time, East Branch specially invited him to capture the Winged Dragon.
Tianyou, with deep eyes, said solemnly, "This is just the fourth wave, and it already bears such a formidable force. Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator would find it difficult to retreat unscathed under such tribulation thunder. Is this female truly just forming her Nascent Soul?"
Dongqiao nodded, "It can’t be wrong. Such heavenly might, she either has committed grave sins to be intolerable to the heavens, or she’s so strong that even the Heavenly Dao is wary."
"Cough, cough, cough," coughed an old man of Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation with a sickly appearance beside him, speaking hatefully, "She killed my disciple Long Ming, my grand-disciple Zhiyuan, she deserves divine retribution. I just regret not being able to personally extract her soul and refine her essence!"
"Master Ancestor, please calm down, be careful of your injuries."
Dongfang Yu quickly advised True Venerable Taipu, who was the mentor of Daoist Long Ming and had been healing after being injured by Ao Juan. This time he was persuaded by Dongfang Yu to come and kill Jiang Yuebai, to avenge his disciple and grand-disciple. Dongfang Yu added all the possible charges they could against Jiang Yuebai.
Beside True Venerable Taipu stood Ji Shaoyuan, a Late-Stage Golden Core male cultivator, who was the second disciple of Daoist Long Ming. He originally wanted to persuade True Venerable Taipu to focus on healing and stay out of this mess, but to no avail, so he followed along.
At this moment, witnessing the scene, Ji Shaoyuan had a very ominous premonition.
With such a heavenly tribulation, this female is very likely to form a Heavenly Grade Nascent Soul. By then, besides the Divinity Transformation Cultivators present, how many could match her?
Moreover...
Roar!
With a dragon’s roar, the invisible barrier before them shattered. A white dragon unfurled its wings, soared into the air, coiling above their heads, its dragon eyes lowered, exuding a heavy aura!
Roar!!
Ao Juan roared, sending shockwaves rippling, catching the Fulong Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators off guard. They spat blood and fell, while the Nascent Soul Cultivators furrowed their brows, struggling to resist.
Only the three Divinity Transformation Cultivators stood on the sea surface, unmoved as mountains.
Dongqiao sneered, "Indeed, it came right to us."
Everything unfolding was exactly as Qi Siheng deduced in the bamboo grove that day. He said that the Winged Dragon had a deep bond with Jiang Yuebai, and that Jiang Yuebai went to great lengths to send everyone away, not for peace talks.
From Jiang Yuebai’s cultivation level, they inferred that she was likely forming her Nascent Soul, and on that day, both Qi Siheng and Dongqiao discovered Chaos Qi on her. They speculated that the reason she went to such great lengths was because forming a Nascent Soul with Chaos Qi would result in unusual celestial phenomena.
Thus, she needed the Winged Dragon as a protector, selecting an absolutely safe place.
And for the sake of protecting Jiang Yuebai, the Winged Dragon would no longer flee as it did before. By leveraging Jiang Yuebai’s formation of her Nascent Soul, they could restrain the Winged Dragon, capturing it would also mean capturing Jiang Yuebai.
"Gentlemen, set the array!"
