Chapter 403: Nascent Condensation
Translator: Henyee Translations | Editor: Henyee Translations
As his divine sense sank into his dantian, waves of strange beast roars shook. The Golden Core engraved with beast-shaped patterns was spinning crazily. The pure red-gold strange beast power that had been converted by his dantian kept compressing and gathering together. Moreover, it was squeezing the Beast Pattern Golden Core. Under this pressure, cracks gradually appeared on the surface of the Golden Core.
Shen Ping knew that he was about to condense his Nascent Soul. To any cultivator, condensing a Nascent Soul was an incomparably solemn and cautious matter. They would make full preparations in advance, especially when their mental state would be adjusted to the best. For example, Pei Huoyu had been in seclusion for more than half a year before condensing a Nascent Soul to review the past and adjust her magic power.
Shen Ping did not expect the opportunity to condense his Nascent Soul to arrive so quickly. However, he was already unable to suppress it at this moment and could only let nature take its course.
Shen Ping did not dare to have any distracting thoughts. He could only try his best to guide a large amount of the power of the crimson gold strange beast to make the gradually shattering Golden Core advance towards the Nascent Soul realm.
Time pa.s.sed bit by bit.
Under the high concentration of his powerful divine sense, it gradually became blurry. The originally incomparably round beast pattern golden core completely shattered. The golden fragments seemed to be multicolored light that filled the sky. Specks of golden light shone through the power of the pure gold strange beast, and the entire dantian was golden.
The moment the Golden Core shattered, a large amount of pure beast power seemed to have found an outlet and gathered into each fragment, completely melting them. These melted golden core fragments quickly gathered and fused under the strange attraction.
This process happened extremely quickly, but in the outside world, it was incomparably long. It took a few months.
Five continents and four seas. Cloud Mountain Parlour.
At the entrance of the narrow and dark wooden house, Shen Ping, who was wearing a wide-patterned robe, stood silently. With a creak, he pushed open the heavy wooden house and entered with the light. In front of him appeared his beautiful wife and Dao companion.
“Husband!”
“Husband, you’re finally back!”
w.a.n.g Yun, Bai Yuying, Mu Jin, Yu Yan, and the other Dao companions immediately surrounded him. A fragrance surrounded him. The fair and flawless skin texture and the round and smooth curves made Shen Ping reach out to hug them. He knew that this seemed to be an illusion, but he wanted to be immersed in it.
Next, the wooden house was tightly shut. The long-awaited sound of clouds and rain sounded in the wooden house.
Dozens of days later, Shen Ping, who was feeling refreshed, looked at the curve of the undergarment beside him. He was stunned and could not help but ask, “Where’s Huoyu?”
His wife and Dao companions’ expressions darkened.
“H-Husband, Sister Huoyu… died fighting the Derivative Beast!” “What?” Shen Ping’s body trembled slightly. “Impossible. Huoyu has the Dharma treasure I gave her and Master’s care. How can she die?” At this moment, Yu Yan said, “Husband, don’t be anxious. Listen to us first. Sister Huoyu has indeed died, but her Nascent Soul divine spirit has been preserved. However, if we want to reconstruct her body, we need some special materials!”
Shen Ping could not help but ask, “What materials?”
“The heart of a strange beast. As Sister Huoyu’s Nascent Soul Divine Spirit was contaminated by the energy of the Derivative Beast, it can only be removed with the heart of a strange beast and reconstructed. Otherwise…”
Shen Ping stood up. “Let’s go to the headquarters of the True Treasure Pavilion.”
“That won’t be necessary. They’re right.” Suddenly, Lian Xuejin’s voice sounded outside the wooden house.
“Master?!” Shen Ping looked at Lian Xuejin, who had walked in, and was first stunned. Then, he hurriedly asked, “Master, Huo, Huoyu…”
Sigh, it’s all my fault for not taking good care of her. Disciple, it’s basically impossible to obtain the Heart of a Strange Beast. You’d better be mentally prepared.”
Shen Ping shook his head and said firmly, “No matter what, I have to obtain the Heart of a Strange Beast!”
Countless years later, at the lowest level of the five continents and four seas. He looked at the endless outline at the bottom of the Nine Continents Tower Lian Xuejin sighed softly. “Disciple, give up. A strange beast is not something we can come into contact with.”
“Master, I will never give up!”
Lian Xuejin looked at Shen Ping and said hesitantly, “Disciple, there’s actually another way.”
“What way?”
‘Disciple, your soul is special. If you can use your soul to nourish the Nascent Soul Divine Spirit of Huoyu, you will definitely be able to remove the energy pollution of the Derivative Beast!”
Shen Ping was silent for a moment. “Master, how do you know that my soul is special?”
“I’m in charge of the Nine Continents Tower, so I naturally know everything.” Shen Ping smiled bitterly and said, “Master, this is your goal, right?” “What?”
“You are my inner demon…” He shook his head and sighed. “It’s time to wake up.” Shen Ping suddenly opened his eyes and realized that he was still in the room of the Heaven Ascension Hall. His divine sense was in his dantian, but at this moment, the golden core in his dantian had long disappeared. Instead, a small person with the outline of a strange beast and the same appearance as him suddenly opened his eyes. “What a terrifying inner demon tribulation! I almost fell into it and was controlled by the mental demon.”
He still had lingering fears. If he condensed his Nascent Soul without any preparation, the probability of failure was very high. He gathered his thoughts. Shen Ping looked at the Nascent Soul, and a feeling of understanding surged in his heart. With a thought, the Nascent Soul immediately rushed out of his dantian and landed on his head. There was a terrifying spiritual pressure in his every move.
Phew.
Ha.
The Nascent Soul sat cross-legged above his head. With a breath, wisps of pure strange beast energy surged in from s.p.a.ce and quickly transformed into more condensed strange beast power.
A few days later in the backyard of the An family’s residence in Gray Stone City.
As the phantom of the Strange Beast Gate appeared, a broad figure immediately appeared in the originally empty quiet room. His aura was restrained, but there was a faint pressure on his body.
Shen Ping sat cross-legged in the quiet room, excitement in the depths of his eyes. Although he had stayed in the Strange Beast Gate for a long time this time, his gains were huge. Not only did he break through from the Golden Core realm to the Nascent Soul realm, but he also obtained a high-grade Beast Spirit Treasure. His strength had undergone an unprecedented transformation.
However, what really made him happy was that there were many immortal spirit stones in the spirit rings he had obtained from genius cultivators like the Winged Race. He had asked his master. Just these immortal spirit stones could increase the overall spiritual energy of the five continents and four seas by one level.
Combined with the core array formation of the Nine Continents Tower, it was enough to temporarily suppress the energy that was dissipating from the strange beast. As long as nothing unexpected happened, after clearing the Derivative Beast, the five continents and four seas would quickly return to calm. This was only a temporary solution. The barrier could not be repaired and Derivative Beasts would continuously appear, but the imminent crisis was finally resolved for the time being.
“Disciple, this time, you have the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. You have to familiarize yourself with stabilizing your realm. There’s no hurry to enter the Strange Beast Gate.”
He heard the sound of Lian Xuejin in the dazzling crystal.
Shen Ping nodded repeatedly. “I understand.”
Be it in the five continents or the four seas, or the Abyss of Supreme Darkness, Nascent Soul cultivators were powerful cultivators that could not be ignored.
Other than the increase in their lifespan, the most important thing for Nascent Soul cultivators was the increase in their magic power. Moreover, they could cultivate some powerful divine powers and spells. They were not comparable to Golden Core cultivators at all.
Especially since Shen Ping already had all kinds of divine powers. When he was in the Golden Core realm, he could only rely on Talisman Dao Mystique and Puppet Mystique. However, now that he was in the Nascent Soul realm, other divine powers would also become his means of reliance..