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Chapter 939 Lingering Breath, on the Edge (Third Update, Added!)

Upon hearing the words of the Pleiades Star Lord, Ji Ming did not show any joy.

No wonder that when I said, "Zhao Shuai may not really have this Buddhist affinity," even though Zhao Tan had already checked the Three Affinities and noticed their abnormality, he didn't suspect me at first. It turns out that the Three Affinities have the power of the Star Official.

As a powerful celestial being from the Thunder Department, Zhao Tan naturally understood that the methods used in the Three Fates were beyond what Ji Ming, a mere fifth-level embryonic spirit, could achieve. Therefore, he dispelled his doubts about Ji Ming.

The Pleiades Star Lord's kindness filled Ji Ming with a mixture of gratitude and wariness, a complex mix of emotions that were difficult to fully express. Nevertheless, he solemnly thanked the Pleiades Star Lord.

Knowing that Ji Ming was extremely suspicious, the Pleiades Star Lord explained, "Most Taoists who rise from humble beginnings must possess great secrets. You only need to know that I am not interested in your great secrets, but I am very interested in you as a person. It is probably fate that I am willing to help you achieve your goals."

As you think, how could I possibly use my methods in front of the two immortals, Gan Xiong and Zhao Tan?

"These spells beyond the Three Affinities, I cast long ago when Chi Shenzi received the Rainbow Transformation Initiation. Originally intended as a casual move, I never expected them to prove so incredibly useful."

With nine parts sincerity, Ji Ming said, "Star Official has always been honest with me. When the three bets of addition and subtraction were completed on Jiang Heixiao, I already knew in my heart that I would not suspect Star Official's intentions without reason and would not treat him with estrangement."

"it is good!"

The Pleiades Star Lord could hear the sincerity in Ji Ming's words and smiled, "Since the fall of the Azure Emperor, I have long been heartbroken, and only the gods live on. I spend my days on the divine tree watching the vast sea and observing the world. I never thought that I would unknowingly invest so much of my heart and soul in you."

It is truly a great joy that you can understand my sincerity and treat me as a friend and guest.

You don't need to worry too much about the matter of Zhao Tan, the deputy commander of Shenxiao. He thinks that by cultivating morality and atoning for his past sins, he has regained the favor of Heaven and can rest easy from now on. But he doesn't know that the favor of Heaven is hard to last. Even someone like the Azure Emperor can suffer unwarranted disasters. How long can he, a spirit of metal and stone who inherits a little bit of the Azure Emperor's spirit, laugh?

If the path of the divine truth he cultivates is to take the "blessing treasure" as the fruit of his path, the key is not the three connections with the Buddha's Wealth King, but rather his Five Blessing Talismans.

Of the five auspicious treasures corresponding to these five blessings—the Hundred Treasures Pouch, the Divine Coin, the Imperial Incense Chariot, the Treasure Basin, and the Gold Ingot—he has only found the Hundred Treasures Pouch and the Gold Ingot. Only when all five treasures are collected and refined into his true body can he complete the Dao Fruit of the Auspicious Treasures and achieve the perfect harmony of form and spirit.

Only then, through such supreme attainment of the Dao, will he never lose the favor of Heaven.

"If he truly attains such a level of enlightenment..."

"Then neither I nor your ancestor Gan Xiong would have to back down. Even Wu Wanfang, the Hundred Flower Fairy and Lord of Ten Thousand Flowers, who cultivated to become the True God of Heaven and Earth and entered the Heavenly Immortal realm with the [Tai Xiao Dao Fruit], might not be able to defeat him."

Ji Ming's heart sank. He thought to himself that if he couldn't guarantee a fatal blow from such an ambitious and powerful celestial being, then he would have no choice but to keep his hostility hidden. Otherwise, he would truly be a formidable enemy in the world.

Looking at the Pleiades Star Lord, with whom he had confided, Ji Ming made up his mind and said, "Star Lord, could you help me refine the Winged Constellation Tribulation?"

"That's exactly what I've been waiting for you to say."

The Pleiades Star Lord shook his golden feathers and laughed, then said, "You have the Yin Yao of the Void Divine Infant, and you are also highly accomplished in the Divine Gang Method. You can perfectly transform the wind and fire Dao nature of the Wing Constellation into your own use. In this way, refining the Tribulation Thought can be said to be twice as effective with half the effort."

Ji Ming suddenly smiled. He realized that even Old Golden Rooster's information could become outdated. Just as Old Golden Rooster had never known that he had received a promise from the Divine Mother to bless the Yuanbi Ruyi before he even refined it, Old Golden Rooster was now equally unaware of the major scheme he was involved in.

"You already have the method of cultivation."

The Pleiades Constellation noticed Ji Ming's unusual behavior and immediately understood, saying...

After a moment of contemplation, the Pleiades Star Lord decisively transmitted a method for harnessing the power of the Winged Constellation to Ji Ming.

"You now have 1,800 tribulation thoughts in your hands. The remaining 1,200 tribulation thoughts are scattered among demons, gods, ghosts, and other beings in various parts of the world, or among some cultivators. With this method of absorption, you can absorb and use them remotely, even if they are thousands of miles apart."

"Thank you for your help, Star Lord. Once this is accomplished, I will gladly offer you the merit of refining the tribulation and dispelling the chaos caused by this demonic spirit," Ji Ming promised.

"Have a heart."

The star official nodded in satisfaction.

As the star official departed, the vast expanse of clear sky dispersed on its own. Ji Ming then beckoned Lei to head to the edge of the Avici Hell to feel the lingering chaos there, so that he could quickly grasp some of the true meaning of Taiyi Hunyuan True Qi and complete the introductory stage of the "Taiyi Hunyuan One Qi Transformation Method".

Ancestor Ganxiong said that Zhao Tan summoned all the spirits and gathered all the gods to search for the source of the disaster, which would take a long time. However, no one knew exactly how long this "long time" would be.

One or two decades?
One or two hundred years?
Or one or two thousand years?
According to the time concept of immortals like our ancestors, it was probably measured in centuries. Thinking about it that way, I don't feel so rushed anymore.

As they ventured deeper into the prison, the hot winds around them, carrying sparks, swirled and roared, reaching the Wujian Throat Gully. There, they met the icy air opposite, and the two extreme air currents converged and collided in the gully, creating countless steam vortexes, as if a large pot of rice was being simmered there. The steam surged and billowed up from both the north and south sides of the throat gully.

Ji Ming and Lei stared nervously at the swirling vapor that stretched across the east and west sides. They knew that if they got involved, they would be dragged into the deepest hell.

If one is fortunate enough to pass through the Avici Hell and reach the Avici Throat Valley within it, one can travel from there to the Land of Nothingness, which is beyond the world. It is unknown what kind of scenery it is, or whether it is another unfamiliar starry sky.

Tu's tall, true form, with its back hunched, rose from the fire and wind. Such a figure was extremely conspicuous outside the vortex of vapor. Tu called out to Ji Ming and Lei, "Come here quickly!"

On the edge of the Avici Hell, the roar of fire and wind was enough to obscure the entire field of vision; all that could be seen was swirling fire and wind.

The two snakes hanging from Ji Ming's earlobes constantly exhale large amounts of Xuanming cold air to lower the external temperature, ensuring that Ji Ming can walk here.

When Ji Ming and Tu met up, they saw a figure wearing bull horns on his head, eight or nine zhang tall, carrying a spiked club, walking outside without looking back, chewing something in his mouth, and saying indistinctly, "You only have seven days."

Ji Ming had a premonition, and reached out to grab a wisp of sand, neither clear nor turbid, in the wind and fire.

"This is it."

(End of this chapter)