He carried himself with an otherworldly air, his temperament extraordinary.
A fearsome Fiery Flame Dao Rhythm swirled around him, exuding a terrifying aura that seemed capable of suppressing the heavens and the earth.
It inspired both awe and terror, leaving onlookers deeply unsettled.
Chu Yin’s gaze swept across the land for hundreds of miles in every direction.
All he saw was a scene of utter devastation and ruin!
He then stepped into the void, sending ripples spreading through the air like those on the surface of water.
He vanished into the void, crossing thousands of miles in an instant as he sped toward Chong’an City.
...
「Three days later.」
In the Imperial Palace of Shangjing City, within an elegant pavilion where Arrays converged and pulsed with a faint glow, a figure floated in mid-air. He was a mangled mess of blood and flesh, his bones shattered and horrifically exposed.
His body was enveloped in a dense green light, under which his broken bones slowly began to mend.
Standing to one side, Chu Yin watched the figure before him with a trace of surprise in his eyes.
’To think a mere True Martial Realm Seventh Layer cultivator could withstand a blow from a Tongxuan Realm expert and survive?!’
’How heaven-defying!’
As someone who had reached that level himself, he knew better than anyone what that truly meant.
’If you were to measure it in numbers... the power of the True Martial Realm would be a hundred... while a Tongxuan Realm attack would be ten thousand!’
’To put it more vividly... it was like an elephant stepping on an ant, but the ant didn’t get completely crushed!’
’Like firing a cannon at a mosquito, and the mosquito somehow survives!’
He couldn’t help but marvel at the fact.
What surprised him even more was that,
this young man’s bone age was only around thirty, yet his Cultivation had already reached the True Martial Realm Seventh Layer!
’To survive a blow from a Tongxuan Realm expert, his combat prowess must be at least at the level of the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer!’
’What a monster!’
When he himself was thirty, he had only just reached the True Martial Realm First Layer, and even then, people had hailed him as a supreme prodigy.
’Compared to this young man, my own talent seems like a joke.’
After that, his path was fraught with difficulties, and it wasn’t until he was two hundred and nineteen years old that his Cultivation reached the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer.
Finally, as his lifespan neared its end, with the help of the Profound Celestial Sect,
he staked everything on a desperate gamble, snatching life from the jaws of death.
He crossed the tribulation of heaven and earth and stepped into the Tongxuan Realm!
His lifespan was extended by five hundred years, allowing him to sit and watch the world’s endless changes.
The tale sounded rather inspirational, but only he knew the true hardships involved.
But now, after living for nearly seven hundred years, he didn’t have much time left.
’This young man before me is only thirty, yet his strength has already reached the level of the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer.’
’As far as I know, the last person this monstrous was Ye Xuantian, hailed as the greatest prodigy in thousands of years.’
’But that man was even more terrifyingly monstrous; at the True Martial Peak, he managed to kill a Tongxuan True Monarch!’
’It is said he’s now approaching forty, and his Cultivation has already reached the Tongxuan Middle Stage.’
’Afterward, he headed for the Central Earth Domain.’
The entire Celestial Essence Continent,
also known as the Celestial Essence Realm,
is divided into five Domains.
The Central Earth Domain, the Eastern Profound Domain, the Southern Wilderness Domain, the Northern Barbarian Domain, and the Western Celestial Domain.
Each Domain is immeasurably vast. Take the Eastern Profound Domain; an ordinary Cultivator couldn’t cross its full expanse in a single lifetime.
And that’s not even mentioning the vast and boundless Chaotic Star Sea, which is also part of the Eastern Profound Domain.
The Central Earth Domain was undoubtedly the strongest in terms of overall power and home to the greatest number of monstrously talented prodigies. Countless Sect Holy Lands stood there, with a population of Cultivators numbering in the trillions.
Even so, with Ye Xuantian’s monstrous talent, he would still be considered among the absolute elite in the Central Earth Domain.
As for the young man before him,
once his Cultivation reached the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer,
he might not be much inferior to Ye Xuantian.
He had chosen to save the young man for a few reasons.
First, the Great Yan Dynasty was a subordinate power of the Profound Celestial Sect. They were in the same boat, so when an external enemy invaded, he naturally had reason to act.
Second, saving such a monstrously talented prodigy was a trivial matter for him.
In return, however, he would earn a life-saving debt of gratitude as heavy as a mountain. If this young man grew to his full potential,
he might be able to lend a hand if the Great Yan Dynasty ever faced a crisis.
At this thought,
he gazed at the floating figure before him. A trace of Dao Rhythm emanated from the body as it was enveloped in a faint green light, slowly mending his fractured form.
"Sigh..."
’It’s still too slow.’
’Since I’m going to help, I might as well do it properly.’
At this thought, a pained look flashed in Chu Yin’s eyes.
With a wave of his hand, a light flashed.
An elixir floated in the air, glowing with a hazy purple light that seemed to churn like soaring clouds. It exuded an immensely potent medicinal energy.
This was none other than an Earth Tier Elixir, the Purple Sun Primordial Pill!
It could rebuild bones and sinews, heal the physical body, mend injuries to one’s Dao, and solidify the Dao Foundation.
Even an expert of his stature, in the Tongxuan Realm, was normally reluctant to use it.
The next instant,
the Purple Sun Primordial Pill shot straight into the mouth of the grievously injured Gu Yun.
In that instant, Gu Yun’s shattered bones began to fuse, and his flesh regenerated at a visible rate.
The moment he swallowed the Purple Sun Primordial Pill, his injuries began to heal at an incredible speed!
"Th... Thank you, Senior!"
"I will repay this kindness a hundredfold in the future!"
A deep voice, filled with gratitude, came from Gu Yun.
Although he couldn’t move, he could perceive his surroundings.
His condition was already much better than before.
"Mm,"
"Young friend, focus on refining this Elixir first."
"I will take my leave for now."
Chu Yin said, a look of satisfaction in his eyes as he watched Gu Yun’s rapid recovery.
Then, his figure vanished without a trace, as if he had never been there at all.
Hearing his words,
Gu Yun sat cross-legged in the void and immersed his consciousness in his Dantian, sensing the immensely potent medicinal power surging through his body.
His injuries continued to recover at an incredible rate, and the elixir also contained an immense, pure energy.
Gu Yun immediately began circulating the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision.
He mobilized his True Yuan, guiding the incredibly pure and potent medicinal power through the Four Meridians and Eight Vessels, completely healing his injuries.
At the same time, he used this exceptionally pure energy to raise his Cultivation Realm!
As time slowly passed, with the help of the Purple Sun Primordial Pill, not only did Gu Yun’s injuries completely heal, but his Cultivation also began to climb steadily!
As his Cultivation Technique continued to circulate, arcs of thunder coiled around him, flashing with a dazzling light that illuminated the entire pavilion. He began to exude an astonishing might!
「Three months later.」
Gu Yun’s eyes snapped open.
A sharp light erupted from them. His eyes crackled like lightning, a thunderous glow flashing within their depths as if they contained a living bolt of lightning.
They seemed capable of piercing the endless sky, shining with an unprecedented light!
Their terrifying majesty was so intense one could not bear to look directly at them.
At the same time,
an incredibly powerful aura erupted from him. It was like a tidal wave crashing through the void, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently!
"True Martial Realm Eighth Layer!"
He could feel that his True Yuan had doubled, his strength practically increasing twofold.
Yet, Gu Yun felt no joy.
The memory of his defeat was simply too painful.
"Jiang Qingfeng!"
Gu Yun snarled the two words, grinding his teeth.
His calm expression suddenly twisted into a ferocious snarl.
A monstrous rage seemed to well up from the depths of his being.
The first time!
The first time he had ever been so thoroughly crushed, brought to the very brink of death!
Terrifying arcs of purple lightning surged into his ink-black pupils, completely engulfing them until they looked like deep seas of thunder!
His eyes burned with a towering rage, like those of a savage beast ready to devour everything in its path!
Never before had he been so desperate to increase his strength!
Never before had he wanted to kill someone so badly!
In that instant, an incomparably tyrannical might erupted from him.
Immediately,
the sky for dozens of miles around was suddenly swallowed by dark, deep storm clouds.
RUMBLE!
Bolts of lightning tore across the sky, emitting a dazzling radiance.
The deafening thunder echoed between heaven and earth, shaking the entire region!
The entire population of Shangjing City seemed stunned by the sudden spectacle.
"Wh-What in the world is that?!"
"Didn’t the Observatory Hall read the stars?"
"They said it would be clear skies today, so what is this?!"
"What the hell are they even doing at the Observatory Hall?!"
"Which expert is undergoing a tribulation in our Great Yan?!"
Countless Shangjing people stared at the sky, where the dark clouds resembled thousands of cavalrymen clad in black armor.
It was a dark, oppressive mass that seemed on the verge of crashing down, striking fear into the hearts of innumerable people.
Lightning rolled like electric serpents, and the rumbling was incessant.
The oppressive might and raw energy contained within it...
...was enough to frighten almost everyone.
This aura...
...had already surpassed that of an ordinary True Martial Realm Ninth Layer expert!
"Hm?"
In a stern and imposing nine-story tower,
a powerfully built man in a black brocade robe gazed up at the sky, his face stern and authoritative.
This was the Director of the Demon Suppression Bureau, Pang Qingyun.
He was one of the few individuals at the absolute pinnacle of power and authority in the Great Yan Dynasty.
Pang Qingyun looked toward the sky above the Imperial Palace, where storm clouds churned and lightning snaked through the air.
The might contained within it was so powerful that even an expert like him, at the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak, felt a sliver of dread!
In the Imperial Palace, within a secret chamber where Arrays converged, a space saturated with incredibly dense Spiritual Qi, an old man shrouded in a hazy glow and exuding a terrifying Heaven and Earth Dao Rhythm opened his star-like eyes.
’Such an aura...’
’It faintly surpasses even the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak...’
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