Free Web NovelChapter 547: Chapter 500: Nascent Soul (Part 4)
Hongye perched on the phoenix tree, while Bai Jiuyou curled up nearby, biting her hand, unable to suppress her trembling.
The fear Bai Jiuyou had of the Heavenly Tribulation did not come from Jiang Yuebai but was etched into her very bones, making it hard for her to muster the courage to resist.
She seemed to hear a faint zither sound, which caused a subtle pain in the depths of her Sea of Consciousness where her Pseudo Primordial Spirit resided.
Rumble!
A thunderbolt as thick as a water barrel suddenly struck down from the sky of the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, like a giant axe splitting the heavens, directly piercing through the central mountain range.
Debris exploded, and a mysterious aura surged from deep within the earth.
Squeak! Squeak!
Bai Jiuyou heard Jixiang’s cry, her eyes wide in shock, "Could Jixiang be crossing a tribulation here at such a time? Riding on Jiang Yuebai’s Heavenly Tribulation?"
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A hundred miles away, the battle was fierce.
Ao Juan released all the Nascent Soul Dragons that accompanied it within its Dragon Pearl Cave Heaven, engaging in a desperate fight with ten Nascent Soul Cultivators around the Great Array.
The other Golden Core Cultivators of the Fulong Sect stood outside the array, continuously mobilizing nature’s spiritual energy to maintain the stability of the array.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the top of the array, Ao Juan’s body was enveloped by violent Dragon Qi, evading the pincer attack from Dongqiao and Tianyou, targeting a corner of the array, striking down with its Dragon Claw.
The Nascent Soul Cultivator guarding the array below turned pale with shock, using all their strength to dodge, watching helplessly as the massive dragon claw shadow pierced through the array, crushing five Golden Core Cultivators outside into a mist of blood.
Ao Juan rallied the dragons to charge at the array’s corner, yet before they broke out, they saw the old Divinity Transformation Cultivator called Taipu speeding toward the direction where Jiang Yuebai was forming her Nascent Soul, with two Golden Core Cultivators following behind him.
Anxiety flashed in Ao Juan’s eyes as it directly summoned Space Power to pursue.
"Heaven Suppressing Seal!"
True Venerable Tianyou, at the Late-Stage Divinity Transformation, shouted fiercely, instantly drawing almost all the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth before him, transforming it into a massive golden seal, which he hurled down heavily onto Ao Juan.
Roar—
Intense ripples exploded, causing Ao Juan to roar in pain as it fell downwards, the unformed spatial ripples also being shattered.
The dragons flew to protect their master, recklessly colliding with the golden seal.
Ao Juan watched the array being reclosed by the other Golden Core Cultivators’ repairs and heard the heartrending cries of the dragons above, suddenly understanding what Little Immortal Ganoderma meant by saying that staying in the West Sea would only bring harm to the Dragon Clan.
Little Immortal Ganoderma!
Thinking of the Divinity Transformation Cultivator who went to attack Jiang Yuebai, Ao Juan shook its wings, ready to regroup and fight again.
Roar!!
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Amidst the blood-soaked battle of Ao Juan and the dragons, True Venerable Taipu charged to where Jiang Yuebai was forming her Nascent Soul, with his two disciples Ji Shaoyuan and Dongfang Yu unable to catch up.
True Venerable Taipu unveiled a Jade Plate, which immediately revealed the Space Great Array laid by Ao Juan.
The pressure of tribulation clouds loomed overhead, violent and restless, as if brewing the final Tribulation Thunder, even making Taipu, despite being at Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation, feel terrified and on edge.
"Forming a Nascent Soul already causes such a scene, allowing you to grow would surely bring disaster. Today, I shall eliminate you as a threat, avenging my disciples!"
True Venerable Taipu’s hair and beard fluttered wildly, his aura soaring, striking out with a palm filled with rage and hatred.
The surging sea seemed to collapse instantly, cleaved by a gap over a hundred feet wide, like a fierce earth dragon compelling with the power of splitting mountains and seas, shooting towards the front like lightning.
Boom!
The Space Great Array shattered with a crash, like countless broken fragments of glass, reflecting behind the array, Jiang Yuebai’s pale, terrified face.
Just as Jiang Yuebai was about to throw out the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, an ethereal figure appeared out of nowhere in front of her, waving a wide sleeve and effortlessly dispelling everything.
"Fellow Daoist, rest assured to form your Nascent Soul, today my Biyou Palace will ensure your safety!"
Fuyu?!
Jiang Yuebai was full of doubt, having no idea what was happening outside during her tribulation crossing.
At this moment, the Space Great Array set by Ao Juan had been shattered, with True Venerable Fuyu from Biyou Palace suddenly appearing. She then realized the continuous explosions a hundred miles away, the dragon roars one after another, as Ao Juan led the dragons in fierce combat.
"Fuyu, this is a personal grievance between me and her, you best not interfere! Otherwise, do not blame me for being ruthless!" True Venerable Taipu shouted angrily from a distance.
Fuyu stood firmly protecting Jiang Yuebai, speaking righteously.
"The ceasefire was agreed upon between our two sects in the presence of the True Martial Immortal Sect, yet you have led so many people to sea, violating the ceasefire agreement. What should your punishment be?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fuyu produced a cyan Jade Pendant, which descended with a cyan light to protect Jiang Yuebai.
A Little Qiu Dragon roared, emerging from Fuyu’s body, charging at True Venerable Taipu.
Meanwhile, a dark crowd approached from afar, all Biyou Palace cultivators, leading dragons, advancing grandly toward the fierce battle of Ao Juan and the Fulong Sect.
Jiang Yuebai fully extended her Divine Sense, vaguely ’seeing’ Ao Juan bathed in blood, oppressed by two Divinity Transformation Cultivators working together, one of its wings broken.
She also ’saw’ the dragons she had frolicked with a few days ago in the Dragon Pearl Cave Heaven, being mercilessly beheaded, blood spilling into the deep sea.
Instantly, an uncontrollable anger erupted within her.
Jiang Yuebai’s mind buzzed, the indistinct zither sound rising and falling, causing her head to split with pain.
Crack!
A cracking sound resonated from within her, for she had at this moment broken through from Golden Core to Nascent Soul!
The tiny Nascent Soul, sitting in the center of the Golden Core, pure and flawless, identical to her, suddenly opened its eyes, bursting forth with five-colored divine light, leaping up.
Great joy surged in her heart, but it abruptly ceased when Jiang Yuebai saw her own Nascent Soul’s appearance.
What is this?!
A human head, vine arms, a dragon’s tail, ears like Cloud Mushroom, body covered in Dragon Scales—not a human form at all.
Jiang Yuebai was suddenly enveloped by an indescribable sense of fear, her mind thrown into chaos.
What exactly was she?
The Five Elements Formation around her Dantian vibrated intensely, web-like cracks rapidly spreading along the Dantian’s inner wall, the Dantian threatening to collapse!
Not far away.
Qii Siheng sat cross-legged in mid-air, leisurely playing the zither, neither hastily nor slowly, unnoticed by anyone.
He raised his hand to press the zither strings, glancing at the increasingly chaotic scene, his lips slightly curved.
"One song is done, now, it’s time for the second piece."
