From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 234 The Hair of True Monarch Baicao
Lead-colored clouds hung low, thunder rumbled, and nine streaks of red lightning danced wildly.

This is a minor tribulation. Although each thunder dragon-python carries a lot of energy, its overall scale is not comparable to the Five Elements Tribulation. The Daoist Canon only has one chance to break through the limit of the thunder tribulation.

"Here they are, all of them are here."

Chen Xuan looked up at the sky, his heart pounding. The Thunder God wielded immense power; whenever a cultivator broke through to a higher realm, the Little Dragon Palace would surely sense it.

A pair of pale golden dragon eyes, as large as lakes, looked at Chen Xuan with a strange and silent gaze.

"boom!"

Chen Xuan rose from the ground, actively facing the minor heavenly tribulation. His magnificent phoenix wings generated a surge of heat, causing the air along the way to explode. The roar even drowned out the lightning tribulation in the sky.

"Ah! Ah!"

Nine crimson bolts of lightning roared like dragons and pythons, their eyes flashing with blinding light, as they converged and swooped down on Chen Xuan.

"Well done!" Chen Xuan's blood and qi surged like flames, soaring into the sky dozens of feet high. He threw several punches in succession, and the firelight transformed into phoenixes that flapped their wings and flew high, striking the lightning. The phoenixes pecked out the eyes of the lightning dragon python, and their phoenix claws tore the lightning in half.

Bathed in lightning, Chen Xuan's entire body became crystalline, even his hair flowed with a golden-red luster. His [Phoenix Immortal Fire Divine Body] became increasingly dazzling, about to take full shape.

At the same time, his physical aptitude underwent a small-scale improvement during the minor heavenly tribulation, increasing by about a hundred jin.

Those who undergo tribulation by lightning will inevitably have their innate qualities and aptitude tempered, but the effect is much less than that of breaking through the limits of the Daoist scriptures, which can easily yield thousands of kilograms of energy.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Xuan's physical attributes were approaching 9,900 jin, about to reach the limit of "the attributes of a nine-five-year-old".

"hold head high……"

Ao Guanglong stared at the crimson-gold figure crisscrossing in the lightning, his eyes filled with anger, but then it turned into a deep helplessness, as if he was wary of something.

"You shameless snake, you've come, but all you dare to do is watch!"

Chen Xuan laughed loudly, his figure weaving through the minor heavenly tribulation. A bolt of crimson lightning tore him to pieces, and the tribulation gradually subsided.

He was in high spirits at the moment, and his mind was so focused that he could not easily leave the place of ascension.

He knew this before entering Guyao Mountain... If he borrowed a new temple or simply crossed the border with his divine soul, his strength would be greatly weakened, less than one-tenth of his original strength.

A spirit that has traveled far and wide may not necessarily be stronger than a peak-level cauldron cultivator; for example, the Mountain Lord once captured the White Fox God.

As long as Ao Guanglong dares to come to the Southern Wilderness, Chen Xuan has a crazy idea of ​​challenging him to a duel.

"Arrogant fools!" Ao Guanglong's eyes were filled with rage, but as he stared at the Southern Wilderness, a hint of gloom flashed in his gaze. In the end, he made no move, only a voice like muffled thunder fell:
"In this battle, your human race displayed impressive skills; you have won..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ao Guanglong closed his eyes, his will receded, and he left this minor heavenly tribulation.

"What do you mean?" Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow, noticing that Ao Guanglong's emotions were unusual, as he seemed to have a deep fear of the Southern Wilderness.

Why is this?

Didn't True Lord Baicao and True Lord Xiaolonggong have the upper hand? Logically, Dragon God Ao Guang should be arrogant and haughty.

Chen Xuan was a little confused, but he quickly shook off the distracting thoughts and continued to fight his way through the minor tribulation.

In an instant, the entire minor calamity was completely destroyed.

A Phoenix Immortal Fire Divine Body was discovered.

With the addition of another scripture to his Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body, he has reached an even higher level.

"now you."

Chen Xuan immediately turned around, his wings flapping, transforming him into a streak of crimson-gold light, speeding southward at breakneck speed.

Thousands of miles away in the southern sky, a golden sun floated in the air, with the shadow of a three-legged raven moving within it. The imagery was astonishing, and on the earth, all the ghosts and monsters looked up at the sky, their hearts filled with fear.

The Golden Crow God left its nest and headed north. As it drew closer, golden light emanated from it, illuminating the sky in a dazzling display.

"The Golden Crow God has used the physical bodies of his descendants as a fake temple to attack from the north!" At the foot of Tiger Mountain, the Azure-feathered Luan Bird stared wide-eyed, sensing something was wrong.

"The Holy Son charged towards him!" the Golden-Winged Roc said in a deep voice, goosebumps rising on his skin. He hurriedly shouted, "Luan Bird, quickly go and ask the Mountain Lord to help the Holy Son!"

Tiger Mountain has many masters of extraordinary furnaces, capable of even building a fake temple that can kill a wandering god.

"Buzz!"

Chen Xuan traversed the sky at lightning speed, creating sonic booms. In terms of speed alone, the Phoenix Immortal Fire Divine Body surpassed even the Heavenly Mandate version of the Immortal Body.

He cultivated on Tiger Mountain for more than two months without moving an inch, waiting for the Golden Crow God to lose patience and leave the Ascension Ground on his own initiative.

"Long..."

But suddenly, the golden sun, hundreds of miles away, plummeted from the sky and disappeared into the vast forest.

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was surprised. Why did the Golden Crow God, who had come with great momentum, stop halfway?
After a while.

When Chen Xuan arrived at the place where the Golden Crow God had fallen, a three-legged golden crow, ten feet tall, was standing by a small lake, staring at the center of the lake as if facing a formidable enemy.

"A white...fox hair?" Chen Xuan hovered in the air, following the gaze of the golden raven, and saw a snow-white fox hair as thin as a hair floating on the surface of the lake.

The fox fur was very ordinary, pure white like snow, with nothing unusual about it, and it didn't possess any spiritual power.

But it was this ordinary fox hair that attracted the Golden Crow God, causing him to stop halfway.

"Wow!"

The Golden Crow God's expression was solemn. He sent a wisp of immortal energy towards the fox fur in the lake, but before the immortal energy arrived, a slight energy fluctuation caused the snow-white fox fur to turn into a wisp of breeze and disappear.

"This... True Lord!"

A look of horror suddenly appeared on the Golden Crow God's face, as if he had discovered a shocking secret. He exclaimed to himself, "The fox fur comes from the True Lord of Qingqiu!"

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was preparing to swoop down from the sky to attack, but at this moment, he was slightly taken aback.

This snow-white fox fur comes from... True Lord Baicao?
"True Lord Baicao, is he so old that he's starting to shed his fur?" A strange thought popped into Chen Xuan's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

Bai Cao Zhenjun still had the appearance of a young woman, and among the great Zhenjun, she was considered young.

Moreover, the power of a True Lord is beyond question. Even the hairs of an old, frail being fall to the ground are still more resilient than a peerless treasure. How could a mere wisp of immortal energy cause it to vanish into thin air?

"What exactly happened in Guyao Mountain!" Jinwu Shen suddenly looked at Chen Xuan and demanded.

It had no way of knowing what was happening in the Guyao Mountains.

It noticed the unusual activity in the northern part of the Southern Wilderness a few days ago and realized that the Holy Son of the Southern Wilderness had returned.

The Southern Wilderness was hundreds of thousands of miles away, and Chen Xuan had landed directly on Tiger Mountain through the Qingnang Secret Manual. It was more than a month later before the news reached the southern region covered by the Golden Crow God's divine power through various channels such as immortal energy and talismans.

Upon learning this news, Jinwu immediately set off, traveling hundreds of thousands of miles in a few days to catch up with Tiger Mountain.

Taking the route through Taixu would naturally be faster.

However, the Golden Crow God is a mountain god of the present world, not a god of the Great Void. It would be equally dangerous for him to rashly pass through the territory of other beings of the Great Void.

"You old fool! You, a mountain deity, are asking me?" Chen Xuan said coldly. He looked around and realized something was wrong, because he saw a bloodstained, broken dragon horn beneath the small lake.

The dragon horn was over a foot long, purplish-black in color, and covered with mysterious rune lines, but its luster was dull and it was badly damaged.

These are not the horns of a gigantic, monstrous creature like the Chilong God, but rather the horns of dragon-like demons with humanoid forms, such as Long Ziyue and Fulong Zhenjun.

"The True Lord of the Little Dragon Palace?"

Chen Xuan was shocked. The White Grass True Lord and the Little Dragon Palace True Lord of Qingqiu had both descended to the Southern Wilderness. Moreover, these two True Lords did not come from a divine journey, but descended in their true forms with their souls and bodies united!
But at this moment, an accident occurred, and parts of their bodies were knocked off. One of the dragon horns of the Little Dragon Palace True Monarch was even broken off!

"Who did it? Emperor Jiang has reached an agreement with the demon race, it couldn't be him, and it couldn't be Tai Xuan either." A ripple of emotion stirred in Chen Xuan's heart.

The Golden Crow God also saw the purplish-black dragon horn at the bottom of the lake. He gently stroked the lake water with his wings, and in an instant, the purplish-black dragon horn shattered, turning into a wisp of lightning that scattered into the water.

"There are only a handful of True Monarchs in the world, with only twenty-four Thunder Department True Monarchs, and a mere thirteen active in the mortal realm!"

The Golden Crow God muttered to himself, feeling a chill run down his spine. Even the dragon horns of the True Lord of the Little Dragon Palace had been torn off.
It is a divine being who has lived for thousands of years and knows the extent of the True Lord's power.

The position of True Lord is one radish per hole; only when one radish falls can a new True Lord ascend to the throne.

Why was the Golden Crow God so determined to refine Chen Xuan?

Because it knows that the lineage of the Sun currently has an empty seat of the True Lord!

Xiao Qingtian wanted Nanmian to swallow the Immortal Pill and become a True Lord ahead of schedule, so he could seize the opportunity to occupy a position.

The Golden Crow God had the same plan. If it missed this opportunity, once the positions of True Lord were filled, it would not have the chance to become a True Lord for the next few hundred years!

But at the moment.

Two extremely powerful demon race True Monarchs encountered an unexpected accident in the Southern Wilderness without warning. "A battle between True Monarchs in the present world can turn the entire Southern Wilderness into a wasteland... Chen Xuan, did True Monarch Tai Xuan truly escape death and become an immortal?!" the Golden Crow God solemnly questioned.

He is a mountain god, and he couldn't possibly be unaware of the great battle between True Lords taking place in the Southern Wilderness... It was something above the True Lord level that made the move.

"Heaven knows..." Chen Xuan thought. Even if Tai Xuan became an immortal, he had no reason to attack them. But at this moment, a trace of worry arose in Chen Xuan's heart: "Has the negotiation decision between True Monarch Baicao and Emperor Jiang been reported back to Qingqiu?"

If True Monarch Baicao were to encounter an accident as soon as he leaves Guyao Mountain, the situation would become complicated...

Chen Xuan frowned. No wonder Ao Guanglong's will was born during the minor tribulation. He was so taciturn. The Little Dragon Palace must have noticed something was wrong.

at this time.

Chen Xuan's pupils contracted as he realized something was amiss again. He saw a wisp of clothing fluttering from the branch of an ancient tree, which he could vaguely discern as belonging to a Taoist robe...

Most of the monsters in the Southern Wilderness are wild and uncivilized. Apart from the well-educated Three-Tailed Fox family, the others basically don't wear clothes.

At this moment, however, a tattered garment dangles from the branch. It is made of a luxurious material, some kind of special silk, but it has lost its luster and seems to have been washed away by the years and is about to rot.

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan sent out a burst of crimson energy to test the waters. Before it even got close, the tattered garment transformed into a ray of sunlight amidst subtle energy fluctuations and vanished.

"Little Justice..."

Chen Xuan stared intently; it was the True Lord from Little Azure Heaven who had chosen the two realms to be rulers!

He also encountered an accident in the Southern Wilderness!
"The third True Lord!" The Golden Crow God was terrified. Even in his divine travel state, he could not remain calm in the face of this situation, and an endless chill rose in his heart.

The Guyao Mountain incident resulted in the deaths of three True Lords of Yaoguang Prefecture, and the untimely deaths of three True Lords from other places. This discovery is too horrifying!

“It must be an immortal…” the Golden Crow God murmured, and just then, it suddenly turned its head.

In the distance, the Mountain Lord, leading a three-tailed fox, a six-tusked white elephant, and riding a golden roc and a luan bird, a total of five peak and top-tier cauldron-like demons, roared as they rushed over.

"boom!"

At the same time, Chen Xuan launched a fierce and unparalleled attack. His figure was like a crimson phoenix, and the endless flames he stirred up were like a galaxy hanging down, plunging towards the earth.

Phoenix Immortal Fire Divine Body, unleashing its full power!
The power of the Five Treasures Warrior Immortal Body was completely transformed into the power of mountains and seas.

"Arrogant! Follow me to the south!" The Golden Crow God reacted instantly. Although he had come by borrowing the body of a descendant of a top-tier cauldron, his strength was still astonishing. He could easily defeat many cauldrons and sweep them away.

It rose into the sky like a molten gold sun, hurtling towards Chen Xuan, its fiery red energy mixed with the blinding light of the sun, illuminating the heavens and the earth.

The Golden Crow God knew that Chen Xuan had cultivated the Five Elements Immortal Body, which would inevitably restrain the Five Elements. However, now that he had possessed this new temple for many days, he was gradually transforming it into a Solar Treasure Body!

"boom!"

The Phoenix Immortal Fire collided with the sunlight, and energy ripples spread outwards. But the next moment, the Golden Crow God was astonished; it had not gained the slightest advantage in the head-on clash.

"Impossible!" the Golden Crow God exclaimed in surprise. Golden feathers fluttered in the sky, stained with blood, and a bloodstain appeared on his wings, torn open by the phoenix's wings.

Chen Xuan's strength exceeded expectations. The Shangyang Secret Technique is a kind of normalized power. Chen Xuan is equivalent to unleashing the Immortal Technique at all times. A casual strike is the power of the Immortal Secret Technique. How can it be compared to an ordinary cauldron?
Even the most powerful alchemists in the Immortal Compendium need to use secret techniques and secrets to confront Chen Xuan head-on; otherwise, they can only avoid his sharp edge.

"call!"

The Golden Crow God opened its mouth and spat out a ball of golden flame, like a mountain-suppressing seal, which crashed into Chen Xuan. The power of an unknown bloodline secret technique within the physical temple awakened, and its power was extremely great.

Chen Xuan's wings fluttered, drawing a crimson arc in the sky as he swiftly dodged the golden sun. He charged at the Golden Crow God once more, leaving wounds on its body and spraying blood everywhere.

"Boom!"

The golden seal spat out by the Golden Crow God shattered a distant mountain, but did not touch the hem of Chen Xuan's clothes.

"The ability of ghosts and monsters to control the power of immortal energy is far beyond what humans and demons can achieve," the three-tailed fox, Bai Gangan, said slowly from afar.

The true scriptures and secret techniques flowing in the blood of ghosts and monsters are all innate instincts, not acquired through cultivation.

Ghosts and monsters can directly use bloodline secret techniques, but in terms of proficiency, they cannot compare to humans and demons who have cultivated their skills through arduous training.

"The Holy Son of Man even defeated the Qingqiu Fox, who was at the peak of the cultivation stage... Our Mountain God is unaware of the Holy Son of Man's strength." The Golden-Winged Roc sneered.

“Unless the Golden Crow God brings out his true form buried in the Land of Ascension to Godhood, and merges his divine body with his physical form to descend to this place, he is no match for the Holy Son of Man.” The group of great demons watched the battle and quickly felt relieved, so they did not interfere.

"Leave the Land of Ascension and give up the power of divine travel? The mountain gods wouldn't dare; a few dozen cauldrons could easily kill it." The Azure Feathered Phoenix sneered.

Each divine journey pushes the path of the cauldron to its ultimate perfection, essentially making one invincible in the cauldron realm.

However, the gap between them and other cauldrons is clear... Just like Nan Mian, Wu Taotie, Chen Xuan, etc., they could all be overwhelmed by a large number of peak and top-tier cauldrons with different abilities.

The reason why the Golden Roc and the Luan bird dared to defy the mountain gods in secret and openly defy them is precisely this.

As long as they abandon their homes and flee far from the Golden Crow God's ascension ground, no matter how vast the world is, and are determined to escape, it will be very troublesome for the Golden Crow God to go out and kill these top-tier cauldrons.

"boom!"

Chen Xuan fought with increasing ferocity, his fingers flashing like knives, as if a phoenix had extended its crimson-gold claws, tearing open the Golden Crow God's shoulder, splattering blood everywhere.

The Golden Crow God's physical temple emitted a scream, but its eyes grew even colder.

"No wonder you dared to stay in the Southern Wilderness, you were waiting for me to come to your door!" the Golden Crow God said sternly, covered in blood. Fortunately, it was cautious and knew that Chen Xuan had the Emperor's Banner, so it did not rashly descend with its divine soul body or true body, otherwise it might have really capsized in the ditch.

"boom!"

Without uttering a word, Chen Xuan's divine soul body leaped out, shrouded in immortal mist. The divine soul body unleashed a five-colored fist light, blasting towards the Golden Crow God's head that was within arm's reach.

The fist's light was devastating, first piercing through the white, misty ball of divine soul light within the Golden Crow God's body—that was the original body's divine soul.

Immediately afterwards, the fist imprint continued forward, shattering the outline of a small golden crow into fragments of its soul, and the will of the Golden Crow God dissipated.

The temple, which was the physical body borrowed by the Golden Crow God, suddenly turned grayish-white and filled with deathly aura, and fell helplessly from the sky.

"Who attacked True Monarch Baicao and the others?" Chen Xuan hovered, a deep sense of doubt arising in his mind.

……

Meanwhile, in the southern part of the Southern Wilderness, in a golden bird's nest, a colossal creature opened its cold, icy eyes.

A slight pain flashed in the eyes of the Golden Crow God. A part of his soul and will had been scattered by Chen Xuan. This feeling was like his soul and body were being torn apart, causing him immense pain.

Then it fell silent, realizing a shameful dilemma.

Since Chen Xuan didn't actively venture into the southern part of the Southern Wilderness, it seemed there was nothing it could do about him...

"Little Qingtian Nanmian and Little Dragon Palace Ao Guang have misled me!"

The Golden Crow God roared. When Chen Xuan went into seclusion to advance to the next level, it realized something was wrong and tried to interrupt his progress, but Chen Xuan escaped unscathed.

At this moment, the consequences finally came back to haunt him, suppressing not only Chen Xuan but also others.

"Chen Xuan is the chosen one; within twenty years, he can attempt to escape the mortal world... He's entangled with the Qingnang Daoist Sect, and he even obtained a drop of my true blood. Ao Guang is more of a hindrance than a help!"

The Golden Crow God had a bad feeling and then murmured, "Find a way to lure him to the south."

It still does not know Chen Xuan's identity as a monk and still believes that Chen Xuan is the chosen one.

Based on the advancement speed of the Heavenly Fate Immortal Seeds, they will definitely be able to transcend the mortal world within the Jiazi year. Some of them who are good at cultivation may even achieve this in just twenty or thirty years.

The Golden Crow God had a large head, and immediately, it tried to call upon the True Lord of the Sun Lineage in the nearest region... Above it was the Spirit Yang True Lord of Little Azure Heaven.

That is precisely the reason.

As a ghost, Jinwu Shen had the means to cooperate with Xiao Qingtian, and, having been exposed to it, made the decision to refine pills, which went against the traditions of ghost ancestors.

"Disappeared? Or perished?" The Golden Crow God looked surprised, but received no response from the Little Azure Heaven True Monarch.

……

On the other side, Chen Xuan put away the "gift" left by the Golden Crow God. It was a crow containing the bloodline of the Golden Crow, with a strong fire element aura mixed with the magnificent light of the sun.

This is a powerful elixir of flesh and blood, a fusion of fire and the sun, two vital energies coexisting.

At the same time, Chen Xuan used the Emperor's Banner to roll up the fragments of divine souls on the ground and condense them into a spiritual crystal the size of a quail egg.

"boom!"

Chen Xuan then threw out the Two Realms Jade Boat, and soon, Hua Liuli arrived as summoned.

"There's been an unexpected incident!" Chen Xuan said succinctly.

(End of this chapter)