The power of a Fourth-Realm Beast King was far beyond what a Third-Realm Beast General could compare with and required a long period of refinement. It seemed as though only an instant had passed, yet perhaps more than a hundred years had gone by.
When Chen Beiwu circulated the Yuanshi Dongzhen Qinghua Sovereign of Myriad Tribulations and Myriad Spirits Immortal Art and guided the immense Mana fed back through the Companion Contract into the Niwan Palace, the Embryonic Yang Spirit within his Spirit Platform Sea of Consciousness immediately erupted with dazzling radiance.
The originally vague and illusory Yang Spirit embryo, only three inches tall, gradually became clear at this moment, little by little condensing facial features and a physique somewhat similar to Chen Beiwu’s.
“Buzz!”
However, compared with this, what surprised Chen Beiwu even more was that as time passed, a point of glazed Wisdom Light actually lit up smoothly between the brows of the Yang Spirit embryo.
This Wisdom Light was not ordinary radiance, but the Light of Awakening, and also the Light of True Nature, meaning that Chen Beiwu’s Yang Spirit embryo had already reached the state of wondrous perfection in both form and spirit.
What was wondrous perfection in both form and spirit?
Wondrous form meant that the Yang Spirit embryo had completely stabilized and condensed as though substantial, laying the foundation for the cultivator’s Yang Spirit to leave the body in the future, roaming the Northern Sea in the morning and Cangwu by evening.
Wondrous spirit meant that the origin of the cultivator’s soul had undergone cleansing and sublimation, Wisdom Light arising naturally, comprehension increasing, and perception and understanding of the laws of heaven and earth ascending to an entirely new level.
Being able to enter this state meant that Chen Beiwu was now only a thought away from Nascent Soul True Monarch. With a single movement of intent, he could begin attaining the Dao as a True Monarch.
At the same time that Chen Beiwu’s cultivation surged, Golden Egg raised all three pairs of dragon eyes and looked toward the heavens.
“Rumble!”
High above in the Ninth Heaven, clouds and wind rolled backward as tribulation clouds gathered.
The heavens that had previously blazed with ten thousand rays of light instantly turned pitch-black and oppressive, no longer resembling an immortal phenomenon. Instead, it looked like the arrival of the end of the world, radiating an incomparably dense killing intent.
Before this majestic Heavenly Might, cultivators below Nascent Soul True Monarch all trembled inwardly, their Mana stagnating as immense fear arose in their hearts.
Only True Monarch Su Miao and the others could remain calm. Their eyes moved slightly as they looked toward the tri-colored tribulation clouds with some surprise.
‘A Heavenly Tribulation arrives immediately after becoming a Beast King. This phenomenon is somewhat unusual.’
‘Tribulation clouds giving birth to rosy light and blooming with three radiances. If this old man remembers correctly, this should be the extremely rare Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation among the Three-Nine Lightning Tribulations.’
‘It is indeed rare, but although this Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation is a compound Heavenly Tribulation, it still cannot do anything to a Heavenly-Gang Beast King.’
Powerful True Monarch Divine Senses conversed and discussed one after another, their tones rather calm.
Fourth-Realm Beast Kings differed in strength, and Heavenly Tribulations were the same.
Heaven cherished life and would not inexplicably send down a Heavenly Tribulation certain to kill. The stronger the Heavenly Tribulation, the greater the potential of the Companion Beast undergoing it.
If an ordinary Fourth-Realm Beast King were to face this Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation, there would be a ninety-nine percent chance of dying and failing the tribulation.
But for a Heavenly-Gang Beast King with an extremely powerful bloodline, the so-called Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation was probably no different from an ordinary Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation.
“Rumble!”
Golden Egg’s dragon eyes moved slightly, and he could faintly see lightning surging within the tribulation clouds.
He glanced at Chen Beiwu, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, then without hesitation shot into the sky and voluntarily left the Three Lights Pool.
Seeing this, a trace of approval flashed through Iron Egg’s eyes.
As his Cultivation Years and cultivation base increased, Golden Egg had become more and more sensible. To prevent Master from being affected by the Lightning Tribulation and suffering an error in cultivation, he could disregard the might of heaven and voluntarily charge toward the tribulation clouds filling the sky.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Nine Geng-Metal bolts of lightning suddenly descended, tearing through the sky and releasing an imposing power that made several Nascent Soul True Monarchs slightly change expression.
This kind of razor-sharp Lightning Tribulation was the hardest to withstand and specialized in breaking cultivators’ Magical Artifacts and Mystic Treasures. Even Fourth-Realm Beast Kings whose physical defense was comparable to Mystic Treasures of the same tier would not dare casually endure it head-on.
But in the next second, a bizarre scene appeared!
Under the gazes of the True Monarchs, not only was there no fear in the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon’s eyes, excitement instead appeared. Without dodging or evading, he opened his enormous mouth and suddenly inhaled.
The vast Geng-Metal lightning immediately altered its trajectory and entered the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon’s mouth, like golden noodles being wantonly devoured.
“Crunch crunch!”
Looking at this inconceivable scene, True Monarch Su Miao raised her brows slightly.
A Fourth-Realm Beast King devouring Lightning Tribulation was not particularly rare. She had seen it several times before.
But this Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation was different. Its power was extremely formidable. Even the Rainbow Mist Mirage Flood Dragon, if faced with this tribulation, would have to activate its Innate Profound Ability to annihilate it and would not rashly endure it with its body, otherwise some injuries would be unavoidable.
From this, it was clear how terrifying the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon’s physical body was. Its defensive ability had probably already come extremely close to that of a Mid-Grade Fourth-Tier Mystic Treasure.
One should not underestimate a Mid-Grade Fourth-Tier Mystic Treasure. Because Borrowing Beasts to Cultivate Truth was widespread throughout the Immortal Alliance, the Mystic Treasures used by the vast majority of Late-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the Immortal Alliance were only Mid-Grade Fourth-Tier.
This also meant that if an ordinary Mid-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarch did not possess a Mid-Grade Fourth-Tier offensive Mystic Treasure, it would probably be very difficult to break through the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon’s defenses.
“Rumble!” Twenty-seven bolts of lightning, neither more nor less.
Even though every bolt was far more powerful than the previous one, each was swallowed in a single bite by the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon in the most domineering manner.
What shocked several Nascent Soul True Monarchs even more was that after passing through the Three Lights Forgiving Silence Heavenly Tribulation, not only did the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon show no sign of damage, but his aura instead became increasingly profound because he had successfully devoured the lightning.
Ignoring the surrounding Divine Senses focused on him and without carefully sensing his own changes, Golden Egg’s flood-dragon body descended and returned to the Three Lights Pool, all three pairs of dragon eyes fixed firmly on Chen Beiwu.
At this moment, Chen Beiwu happened to finish cultivating and opened his eyes, meeting Golden Egg’s gaze.
‘Not bad!’ Chen Beiwu’s eyes moved slightly.
After advancing to Beast King, Golden Egg’s body had expanded from one hundred zhang to two hundred zhang. His appearance had not changed much. The greatest transformation was instead his aura.
It could be described as a complete transformation in the level of life!
At this moment, Golden Egg did not need to make any movement. Merely coiling in midair naturally made him the center of the entire world, his eyes carrying an indescribable domineering presence.
“Nah.”
The Five Qi Vine blinked, clearly feeling a heavy pressure.
Before Golden Egg’s breakthrough, it had still been able to spar with him.
But now, intuition told it that if it faced Golden Egg, it could only flee. Otherwise, it had not the slightest chance of victory.
“Woof.” Iron Egg slightly raised his head, his gaze toward Golden Egg faintly carrying determination.
The difference of one realm was like heaven and earth.
Sooner or later, he too would step into the Beast King realm.
“Yip.”
The Seven-Tailed Purple Fox’s reaction was the calmest.
Wasn’t it just a Fourth-Realm Beast King? It had seen plenty in the Yuqing Mountain Range.
“What, don’t recognize me anymore?”
Chen Beiwu chuckled and deliberately teased him.
Golden Egg shook his head. His enormous body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he quickly rushed into Chen Beiwu’s arms.
“Boom!”
Chen Beiwu instantly sank downward as though supporting a mountain range, and the ground beneath him collapsed six inches with a crash.
“Sorry, I didn’t control my strength properly.”
Realizing this, apology appeared in Golden Egg’s eyes.
The gap between Golden Core and Nascent Soul was simply too great!
Even though he had only just entered the Beast King realm and had deliberately restrained his Mana and controlled his strength, every movement could still possibly injure Chen Beiwu by accident.
“It’s fine. Let me inspect your Three Meridians.”
Chen Beiwu did not care about this minor accident. His curiosity about Golden Egg’s transformation only grew stronger.
Chen Beiwu’s mind sank, his Divine Sense moved slightly, and at a glance he saw the incomparably pure innate Metal, Wood, and Water Essences deep within Golden Egg’s Origin Meridian.
Without question, Golden Egg’s Origin Meridian grade remained Legendary-Grade, but the purity of Spiritual Root aptitude it provided Chen Beiwu had undergone some changes.
At this thought, Chen Beiwu could not resist moving his Divine Sense and inspecting the purity of his own Spiritual Roots.
“Metal 95, Wood 97, Water 97, Fire 95, Earth 80.”
The Legendary-Grade Origin Meridian was indeed overwhelmingly powerful. Chen Beiwu’s current feelings could only be described with two words: absurdly exaggerated!
Aside from the purity of his Earth Spiritual Root dragging things down somewhat, an aptitude like his could be called a Five-Element Heavenly Root without any exaggeration in the Southern Wastes.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu moved his Divine Sense and looked toward Golden Egg’s Attribute Meridian.
“Metal 97, Wood 97, Water 97, Fire 23, Earth 80.” Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted slightly, somewhat surprised.
After advancing to Beast King, Golden Egg’s Metal, Wood, and Water Spiritual Root purities had reached equilibrium, all at 97 points.
But the purity of his Fire and Earth Spiritual Roots had remained unchanged, without increasing in the slightest, especially his Fire Spiritual Root, which was as low as 23 points.
One had to know that the Five Elements Attribute Meridian reflected a Companion Beast’s bloodline aptitude!
This showed that Golden Egg’s future evolutionary path might gain an Earth attribute and transform into a Four-Aspect Flood Dragon, but he was basically fated to have no connection with the Fire attribute.
Still, that was enough. Possessing such terrifying Spiritual Root purity was already sufficient proof of the strength of Golden Egg’s bloodline aptitude.
Thus, Chen Beiwu moved his Divine Sense again and probed toward the most crucial Law Meridian.
Within the Law Meridian, one thousand six hundred basic Dao Marks emitted dazzling radiance, representing one thousand six hundred years of Cultivation Years.
As far as Chen Beiwu knew, the Nascent Soul had five realms, each step another heaven, and Fourth-Realm Beast Kings were the same. According to Immortal Alliance standards, their strength in Cultivation Years could be matched to the corresponding human True Monarch realms.
For example, Beast Kings with 1,000 to 1,999 years of Cultivation Years corresponded to Early-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
Beast Kings with 2,000 to 3,999 years of Cultivation Years corresponded to Mid-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
Beast Kings with 4,000 to 5,999 years of Cultivation Years corresponded to Late-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
By the same logic, 6,000 to 7,999 years corresponded to Peak Nascent Soul True Monarchs, while 8,000 to 9,999 years corresponded to Nascent Soul Great Perfection True Monarchs.
Golden Egg possessed one thousand six hundred years of Cultivation Years, equivalent to a True Monarch who had immersed himself in the Early-Stage Nascent Soul realm for many years. His strength could not be underestimated and should be capable of suppressing Mid-Stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Southern Wastes.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu took a deep breath and probed toward the Profound Ability hidden deep within the Law Meridian.
【Profound Ability】：Three Lights Revolving True Domain
【Attributes】：Metal, Water, Wood
【Grade】：Peerless Fourth-Tier Profound Ability
【Introduction】：The Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon uses its own bloodline as the guide, then uses its Natal Inner Core to imitate heaven and earth between illusion and reality, evolving a Beast King True Domain.
This True Domain gathers the Three Aspects and Three Lights into one furnace, transforming illusion into reality. Once activated, the Three Lights revolve, and even Nascent Soul True Monarchs will perish, becoming nourishment for the True Domain.
Chen Beiwu’s spirits lifted. He immediately activated his Divine Sense to touch it, but failed to see more detailed information.
‘Can you activate the Three Lights Revolving Domain now?’
Chen Beiwu became interested. The information about the True Domain learned by inspecting the Law Meridian was too simple. It would be better to have Golden Egg directly use it.
“No. I’ve only just entered the Beast King realm. Although the Three Lights Revolving True Domain has already been completed, it still needs some time to be nurtured and perfectly merge with the Three Immortalities before I can invoke it.”
Golden Egg extended a dragon claw. A Three Lights Treasure Wheel slowly appeared in his palm, then rapidly shattered.
Hearing this, Chen Beiwu revealed a thoughtful expression and did not insist.
When Yin was exhausted and Yang became pure, the Nascent Soul began to gestate.
Newly formed Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Immortal Alliance also needed to enter seclusion for a hundred years, practicing Embryonic Breathing and Sitting in Forgetfulness while internally guarding the Yellow Court, before their Nascent Souls could become completely perfected.
Golden Egg had only just entered the Beast King realm, so it was perfectly normal that he needed some time before his Beast King True Domain could become perfectly unified.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu’s Divine Sense moved slightly and probed toward another brightly shining Profound Ability within Golden Egg’s Law Meridian.
【Profound Ability】：Great Evolution Fixing Reality
【Attributes】：Metal, Water, Wood
【Grade】：Fifth-Tier Origin Art
【Introduction】：Water and Wood create illusion, Metal and Water create matter. The Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon takes Mirror Flower, Water Moon as its foundation and smelts boundless imagination, allowing it to forge a true illusion, overturn cultivators’ cognition, tamper with reality, and transform part of an illusion into immutable reality.
Sensing the Profound Ability information surging into his mind, Chen Beiwu’s eyes brightened slightly.
Golden Egg’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon had already been cultivated to the Fourth Realm【A Fleeting Moment Turns the Seas, a Finger-Snap Shifts the Mulberry Fields】, but it could only manipulate an enemy’s perception of time through illusion, achieving the effect of one instant in reality becoming a hundred years within the illusion.
Yet the Fifth-Tier Origin Art Great Evolution Fixing Reality was even more extraordinary. It could be said to be an advanced Profound Ability of Mirror Flower, Water Moon and could actually transform part of an illusion into reality.
At this thought, Chen Beiwu could not resist asking：“Can you use Great Evolution Fixing Reality to create things?”
“What do you want to create?”
Golden Egg’s dragon eyes moved slightly as interest arose.
He could not currently use the Three Lights Revolving True Domain and therefore could not display the mighty power of a Beast King before his companions, but using Great Evolution Fixing Reality to show off a little was no problem.
Chen Beiwu shook his head and looked intensely at Golden Egg, correcting him：“By creation, I mean creating life.”
“I don’t know, but I can try.”
Golden Egg extended a dragon claw and used Great Evolution Fixing Reality.
In an instant, Mana surged around Golden Egg’s dragon claw, and a silver-white fish roughly two feet long quietly appeared, its tail fin constantly swaying.
Chen Beiwu’s pupils abruptly contracted. At a glance, he recognized it as the Jade Sword Fish he had once purchased.
“Nah?”
Seeing Chen Beiwu’s reaction, the Five Qi Vine was somewhat surprised.
In its eyes, this was merely an utterly ordinary mortal fish and was not worth making a fuss over at all.
“How long can this Jade Sword Fish last?” Chen Beiwu felt as though his worldview had suffered something of an impact.
If a Jade Sword Fish could be created with the Great Evolution Fixing Reality Profound Ability and permanently exist, then what about the mortals of Sky Abyss Star, or rather, the human race? Could they too have been created by illusion, or even be a race casually enlightened and created by some great cultivation existence?
“As long as I don’t stop consuming Mana, it can continue existing indefinitely, but this fish cannot exist independently after leaving me.” Golden Egg answered truthfully.
Hearing this, Chen Beiwu swept his fingertip, peeled off some Jade Sword Fish scales, sliced several pieces of translucent fish meat, then tasted a bite.
After sensing the flavor, Chen Beiwu immediately revealed a strange expression and glanced at Golden Egg.
Logically speaking, Jade Sword Fish tasted exceptionally fresh, yet what he tasted was the flavor of metal and iron that Golden Egg loved most, rather than the freshness fish meat ought to possess.
Fine, he had overthought it. Illusion was ultimately still illusion.
Even if falsehood could be transformed into truth, it was still constructed from Golden Egg’s cognition.
Of course, this did not mean Great Evolution Fixing Reality was weak. Quite the opposite.
Creating something from nothing and turning falsehood into truth already touched upon the creation of heaven and earth. Even if it was temporary, it was equivalent to the Divine Transformation True Venerable ability of Words Becoming Law, freely defining part of the rules of heaven and earth.
That was the truly outrageous aspect of the Great Evolution Fixing Reality Origin Art!
Chapter 386: Great Evolution Fixing Reality
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