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Chapter 1100: Crushing the Pill, Heart Demon
Chapter 1100: Crushing the Pill, Heart Demon
Within the chaos, the spiritual essence within the Golden Core became increasingly powerful, as if something divine was gradually being nurtured within.
Lu Xuan's mind was calm, and his spiritual energy, spirit perception, and essence were channeled into the Golden Core.
The Golden Core trembled slightly, rapidly merging his essence, energy, and spirit into one.
After nurturing the initial form of the Nascent Soul, the next step was to cultivate and shape it using all of the cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit.
During this process, if one's accumulation was insufficient or there was the slightest imperfection in the physical body or spiritual energy, it could lead to failure at this critical stage.
Lu Xuan, of course, had no need to worry about this issue. He focused his entire being on nurturing the spiritual essence within the Golden Core.
The Spirit Gathering Array was fully activated, and a massive amount of pure and dense spiritual energy surged in like a storm, entering Lu Xuan's body and transforming into a nearly solidified pale green spiritual essence.
This process continued for an entire month.
"Such a long time spent nurturing the Nascent Soul, it seems that Lu Shizhi has accumulated quite a surplus in his daily cultivation."
Jian Hantian, who had been closely monitoring the spirit ground where Lu Xuan was located, breathed a slight sigh of relief.
As far as he knew, Lu Xuan had been primarily cultivating spirit plants in his cave mansion, placing his cultivation second. He had been concerned that Lu Xuan might encounter unexpected challenges at this stage.
Now, seeing Lu Xuan smoothly pass this hurdle, he felt much more at ease.
Inside the array.
As time passed, countless essence, energy, and spirit continuously flowed into the Golden Core, and a divine transformation gradually occurred.
A tiny infant with an indistinct appearance emerged.
Lu Xuan's consciousness was fixed on the three-inch-tall baby within the Golden Core, and a sense of joy welled up within him.
The tiny infant seemed to sense this and reciprocated with a joyful thought.
Lu Xuan calmed his mind, and strands of his spirit perception effortlessly penetrated the Golden Core, merging with the tiny infant.
If it were the spirit perception of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, this process would have been far from easy.
Firstly, breaking through the isolation of the Golden Core was a significant challenge, and merging with the initial form of the Nascent Soul within was equally difficult.
Lu Xuan's soul had been tempered multiple times in the Yellow Millet Village, and with the Thief God Jade's ability to transform spirit perception into spirit sense ahead of time, he completed this step with remarkable ease.
Gradually, the infant's appearance became clearer, and the Golden Core pulsated incessantly, emitting a subtle sense of swelling.
"It's time to crush the pill and form the infant."
A thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind.
After nurturing the Nascent Soul within the Golden Core, the most crucial step was to crush the pill and form the infant.
This process was extremely risky, not to mention the high possibility of failure, but there was also the danger of severe injury or even death.
At the moment of pill crushing, the condensed infant soul was at its purest and most innocent state, making it susceptible to heart demon attacks.
After overcoming the heart demon tribulation, one would still need to endure the heavenly tribulation. Only by safely passing through the tribulation could one truly advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
Lu Xuan's heart stirred, and he swallowed the Tribulation Transcending Pill he had been holding between his lips.
In an instant, a faint black spiritual energy, like a ribbon, silently penetrated the Golden Core, coiling around the tiny infant's body.
With the protection of the Tribulation Transcending Pill, Lu Xuan felt more confident in overcoming this hurdle.
Then, he poured all his essence, energy, and spirit into the Golden Core with great force.
A faint cracking sound echoed.
A subtle sound of shattering seemed to emanate from the energy field and the sea of consciousness.
The golden pill quietly shattered, and countless golden lights illuminated the energy field and sea of consciousness, revealing a tiny infant wrapped in a dark ribbon leaping out of the endless golden glow.
Before Lu Xuan could savor the joy of the moment of pill crushing and infant formation, strands of black qi silently appeared in the Spirit Gathering Array.
The black qi seemed to breed directly within the formation, ignoring all obstructions and entering his body.
In a daze, Lu Xuan felt as if the scene before him was rippling with watery reflections. He found himself in a crudely furnished dwelling.
"Lu Xuan! Lu Xuan! You've owed two months of rent, and if you don't pay up in spirit stones soon, don't blame me for kicking you out!"
A young cultivator with a deep scar on his face, looking like a fierce demon, kicked open the wooden door.
A scarecrow with a large lump on its head and two slender legs of different lengths walked towards the young cultivator, one leg darker than the other. It shot out a grayish-black grass rope from its chest, attempting to drive away the intruder who had invaded its territory.
"Hmph! You can't afford a defensive formation, and you can't even find a guardian spirit beast. Instead, you get a low-level puppet to guard your home."
The young cultivator coldly snorted, and a blade of wind flew swiftly, effortlessly severing the grayish-black grass rope.
The blade of wind showed no signs of slowing down, leaving a nearly one-foot-long gash on the scarecrow's body, almost splitting it in half.
"Fellow Daoist Li, please give me a few more days. The spirit grass I planted is about to mature. Once I sell it for spirit stones, I'll immediately pay the rent."
Lu Xuan lowered his head and spoke with a humble expression.
"Spirit grass?"
The young cultivator glanced at the two small spirit fields in the distance, looking at the slender spirit grass within, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
"Perfect, I'll just pull them out and consider it fifty spirit shards."
He flashed and, ignoring Lu Xuan's desperate pleas, pulled out all the spirit grass, then left triumphantly.
Lu Xuan felt like crying but had no tears. He stared at the empty spirit fields for a long time without moving.
"Without the spirit grass, do I really have to risk my life hunting for demonic beasts in secret realms to earn spirit stones?"
"If I don't earn more spirit stones, I won't be able to afford the expensive rent, and I'll be kicked out of the marketplace."
A determined look appeared on his face.
The next day, after some brief preparations, he set out into the wilderness with two familiar cultivators.
...
"Am I going to explore the secret realm?"
In the world, as a question echoed, the entire world instantly collapsed, leaving only a few strands of black qi in an instant.
The black qi melted away like snow under the scorching sun, quickly disappearing without a trace.
As Lu Xuan opened his eyes again, he found himself in a majestic palace.
He held absolute authority over the entire palace, with the power to decide the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people with a single word.
In the resting chambers, there were hundreds of women with enchanting figures and exquisite beauty, each with their unique charm.
Every woman possessed exceptional skills in attending to others, bringing both physical and mental pleasure, making it hard to leave such endless enjoyment.
...
"To lie in the laps of beauties, holding the power of the world!"
"This is the ultimate dream of many men."
"Unfortunately, in the face of the Great Dao, so-called power is ultimately just an empty pursuit."
"Having the chance to enjoy the company of so many beauties is still a delightful opportunity, but they are all just seductive skeletons."
Amidst power and beauty, Lu Xuan opened his eyes.
In an instant, as if the real world had silently collapsed, power and beauty alike turned into dust in the wind.
Several faintly visible strands of black qi slowly drifted out, silently dissipating before Lu Xuan's eyes.
Subsequently, the emerging heart demon tried every means to find a flaw in Lu Xuan's will and divine soul.
Unfortunately for the heart demon, Lu Xuan's soul had withstood countless trials, even facing greater temptations and terrors in the Yellow Millet Village, allowing him to smoothly overcome the heart demon tribulation.
(End of Chapter)
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