Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 356 Three Heroes Battle the True Monarch

After entering the universe within the Guagua's mouth, Li Ji'an, looking slightly anxious, clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the Black Light Umbrella.

At the same time, I subconsciously sensed everything in the universe within my mouth, and not only was nothing missing, but there was also no trace of it being touched.

"Hmm~ young friend, what kind of ambush? I am willing to help you, but unfortunately I am just a wisp of a soul, I'm afraid..." It seemed that Wanfa Zhenjun had just been awakened by Li Ji'an.

"I'll just use the Black Light Umbrella to defend myself," Li Ji'an said, reaching out and taking the Black Light Umbrella in his hand.

“Very well, if we truly encounter a crisis, I may be able to offer some guidance.” True Lord Wanfa nodded.

"Thank you, senior." Li Ji'an stopped talking and gripped the black light umbrella tightly in his hand, abruptly leaving the world inside the croaking frog's mouth.

"Shu~"

When Li Ji'an emerged from the universe within Guagua's mouth with the Black Light Umbrella in hand, Guagua immediately escaped the formation as instructed beforehand.

At the same time, the little fire spirit rushed out of Li Ji'an's dantian, and in an instant, the power of its spiritual flames was fully unleashed, enveloping the black light umbrella.

Li Ji'an also immediately slipped outside the formation.

Boom~
The expected screams and curses did not occur; instead, a powerful pressure suddenly shattered the spiritual flames.

Immediately, a humanoid phantom appeared in mid-air.

He wore a gilded robe, a purple-gold crown, and a vermilion sash. He had a broad forehead, a square face, and a three-inch black beard. He possessed an extraordinary temperament and an imposing presence, like a middle-aged emperor. He was none other than the nascent soul manifestation of the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws.

"Heh~ Young friend, your intelligence and courage are both remarkable." He glanced around, slightly surprised by the Soul-Severing Formation he was in, but he didn't look at it for long. Finally, he focused his gaze on Ning Sujin, who was standing next to Li Ji'an.

"Whoosh~" Before Li Ji'an could respond, the little fire spirit's flames contracted again and enveloped him once more.

"Hmph, you're just a third-tier Holy Spirit? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" The Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Monarch smiled faintly and waved his hand lightly, sending the little fire spirit's flames flying.

"Previously, I was only worried about burning the main stem of the Soul-Nourishing Wood in the Black Light Umbrella." After saying this, he spread his hand and the Black Light Umbrella was already in his hand.

Then a faint light flashed on his left thumb, and the dark umbrella disappeared without a trace.

"Young friend, you possess extraordinary talent and a superior will. Furthermore, you are blessed with terrifying fortune, attracting rare and precious treasures to your side and inspiring extraordinary and righteous individuals to risk their lives for you. I see that you have the potential to become a hero of our time, so I will give you another chance. I am willing to take you as my personal disciple and impart all the knowledge I have acquired in my life to you. In the future, we will strive together to achieve the Great Dao. Are you willing, young friend?"

The Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Lord stood within the Five Yang Soul-Severing Formation without showing any fear. Even after his primordial spirit sensed the divine power of Ning Sujin's soul, he still spoke calmly and serenely.

"Senior has such discerning eyes?" Li Ji'an smiled faintly, then said, "Since I have such potential in your eyes, you should understand that I should also have certain expectations of my master, right?"

"Haha, I, the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws, have dominated this region for thousands of years. Am I not qualified to be your master?" The True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws laughed heartily.

“True gold fears no fire, and I suppose you wouldn’t mind if I tested your qualifications, senior?” Li Ji’an retorted sharply.

"Oh? How does young friend plan to test it?" The face of the Myriad Laws True Monarch gradually darkened.

Li Ji'an summoned three magic shields in front of him, then condensed a circle of magic power to envelop Ning Yutan's body before replying, "If senior can pass this trial, it means you have passed, and I will immediately become your disciple."

"Hmph, what if it doesn't pass?" Wanfa Zhenjun sneered.

"Then we can only continue our love in the next life."

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws' face immediately darkened completely: "Young man, do you really want to die?"

"Please enlighten me, senior!" Li Ji'an said resolutely, his attitude firm.

As soon as she finished speaking, a beam of light shot out from Ning Yutan's spiritual core.

Ning Sujin's nascent soul phantom finally revealed its form.

"You..." The moment Wanfa Zhenjun saw Ning Sujin's Nascent Soul, his face was filled with shock, and then his eyes lit up with surprise.

Just now, I could only sense that the woman beside Li Ji'an had a strong soul, but her physical body was very weak, so I assumed she was a soul cultivator.

However, upon seeing Ning Sujin's nascent soul spirit body, it instantly overlapped with the physical body of the one who seemed to be favored by the gods.

"So that's how it is!" Wanfa Zhenjun was overjoyed.

"Old thief, where is my physical body?" Ning Sujin saw the eagerness in the other party's eyes and stopped pretending to be mysterious.

"Haha, fellow Daoist, rest assured, I have always kept your physical body safe and sound. You can return to your physical body at any time if you wish." True Monarch Wanfa laughed heartily.

"Really?" Ning Sujin's eyes lit up instantly.

Ever since the Myriad Laws Palace was breached by the Corpse Puppet Sect, she had given up hope for her physical body, but now she had hope again.

"As a dignified Nascent Soul True Lord, I would never deceive you, fellow Daoist," True Lord Wanfa declared confidently.

"Boom!" Upon receiving a positive response, Ning Sujin instantly sprang into action. The sooner she could eliminate the Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Monarch, the sooner she would have the hope of regaining her physical body.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment..." Faced with Ning Sujin's all-out attack from her Nascent Soul stage, True Monarch Wanfa immediately changed color.

The sudden sight of the divinely favored one, and the intention to unify its physical body and soul with the Northern Mystic True Lord in exchange for further advancement, instantly turned into fear.

Ning Sujin ignored it completely, and her nascent soul transformed into thousands of soul-capturing arrows, shooting towards Wanfa Zhenjun.

After being frightened, Wanfa Zhenjun's first reaction was to flee far away.

However, as soon as they touched the Soul-Severing Formation, they felt an invisible resistance.

Given time, he was confident that even with his current damaged nascent soul, he could break through it in just ten breaths.

However, Ning Sujin's activation of the soul attack technique at this moment made him dare not let his guard down.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" With nowhere to escape, the Myriad Laws True Monarch had no choice but to activate the little divine soul power he had recovered over the years, transforming it into a primordial soul shield to block in front of him.

In an instant, thousands of soul arrows shot into the soul shield, unleashing a surge of divine soul energy.

The Myriad Laws True Lord retreated repeatedly, each attack causing his nascent soul to flicker and change.

"Fellow Daoist, must we really fight to the death?"

Ning Sujin remained silent, her attacks coming one after another.

After two hundred years of arduous cultivation, this was the first time she had ever fought a life-or-death battle with someone, and she actually felt a long-lost sense of exhilaration.

"Hmph!" After blocking another primordial spirit slash, the Myriad Laws True Monarch snorted coldly, and the illusory nascent soul began to gradually solidify.

This is precisely the difference between cultivating a Nascent Soul through Dharma cultivation and cultivating a Nascent Soul through Soul cultivation. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivated through Dharma cultivation loses its Dharma body, it can temporarily consume its primordial spirit to reshape its Dharma body, thus gaining 50% of the combat power of its Dharma body.

For those who focus solely on soul cultivation, the Nascent Soul is their strongest form.

However, at this moment, the Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Monarch was damaged. Even if he reconstructed his Dharma Body, his strength would not be one or two times his peak, and the duration would be shorter, consuming even more of his primordial spirit.

Even if he manages to escape this battle, his nascent soul will be severely damaged again, and all those years of recuperation will be in vain.

If Ning Sujin's primordial spirit hadn't posed a crisis of annihilation for him, he wouldn't have acted this way.

Boom~
The transformation of the Dharma body of the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws was completed in an instant, and his aura surged dramatically.

Not only did the pressure of the magic power cause Li Ji'an outside the formation to feel a chill, but the power of his primordial spirit also surged by 30%.

"You wretch, you don't know what's good for you!" The Nascent Soul Dharma Body has already touched the Great Dao. Even with the slight blessing of the Heavenly Dao, it still possesses immense power and can cause substantial damage to the soul and spirit.

He was not a soul cultivator, and previously, when facing Ning Sujin, a nascent soul spirit who had mastered several secret techniques for attacking the soul, he could only parry and had no power to fight back.

Only now did we truly have the strength to fight.

With a single raised hand, the terrifying power containing the might of heaven and earth made Ning Sujin feel a threat to her primordial spirit for the first time.

With a "whoosh," he instantly transformed into a wisp of light and escaped from the Soul-Slaying Array. "Clang!" The Myriad Laws True Monarch struck the Soul-Slaying Array with a palm strike, causing the entire array to tremble violently and nearly collapse.

"Hmph, you little thief! You devoured my clansman's spirit flame, stole my Holy Sect's magic treasures, and even the peerless Core Formation treasure, the Seven-Colored Jade Tree, as well as that heaven-defying third-tier demonic beast and the third-tier holy spirit... It must all be due to the nourishment of that divine tree's fortune. I will make sure you lose everything!"

Ignoring the illusory Nascent Soul of Ning Sujin who had escaped, Wanfa Zhenjun turned to look at Li Ji'an outside the formation.

It must be said that he was truly astonished when Li Ji'an took him into the Guagua's mouth.

The treasures inside were even more coveted than the valuable items in his Wanfa Palace's treasury.

He was particularly amazed by the divine tree that could nourish one's fortune.

I originally intended to rest and recuperate peacefully inside, and wait until my nascent soul was fully restored before seeing Li Ji'an again to search his soul and explore the origins of his extraordinary opportunities.

Unexpectedly, they were outsmarted by this petty thief.

In his opinion, Li Ji'an's bone age was only eighty-eight years old, and he had no body-snatching mark imprinted on his sea of ​​consciousness. No matter how intelligent he was, he ultimately lacked experience in the cultivation world, so he just made up a story and didn't take it seriously.

Looking at it today, the younger generation may still hold some earth-shattering secrets.

In particular, the fact that Ning Sujin, who was favored by the gods, could help him deal with himself made him even suspect that this junior might also be favored by the gods.

Before he could finish speaking, the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws struck out with his palm once more.

Now that his Dharma body has been reshaped, the Soul-Severing Array no longer poses any threat to him. The previous attack had already shaken him greatly, and he was confident that another attack would shatter it.

After all, such a large formation cannot be repaired in time unless it is presided over by a near-fourth-tier formation master.

In the entire Tiancang Domain, there has never been a near-fourth-tier array master.

"Dang~"

However, the next moment, he struck the Soul-Severing Array with his palm again. The array, which he thought would shatter upon impact, emitted a muffled thud once more, and returned to calm after the tremor.

"How is this possible?" Wanfa Zhenjun, who was about to rush out of the formation to capture Li Ji'an, paused and carefully examined the Soul-Severing Formation with great surprise.

At the same time, Xiao Qiao was also hit by a powerful impact at the underground array eye. She felt a sweet taste in her throat and gritted her teeth to absorb more earth spirit to strengthen the Soul-Slaying Array.

She suffered a backlash from the formation after her attack, but now that she has merged with the spirit of the earth, much of the damage has been mitigated.

Furthermore, it can silently draw upon the earth's essence to nourish the Soul-Slaying Array, ensuring that the Soul-Slaying Array is always in peak condition.

"Hmm?" The Myriad Laws True Monarch's primordial spirit took in the entire Soul-Severing Array and was immediately startled.

There was a frail body underground.

What he found most unbelievable was that the body had almost deceived even his primordial spirit.

"This..." In an instant, his expression became more serious.

When he first sensed the third-tier array here, he thought that Li Ji'an actually had a third-tier array master to help him.

At this moment, it's clear that he's far more than just an ordinary third-tier array master.

His gaze toward Li Ji'an was now filled with even greater shock and fervor.

He possesses an ordinary high-grade spiritual root and cultivates only a high-grade earth-level technique, yet he has a core-forming spiritual treasure like the Seven-Colored Jade Tree, and he can nurture a low-grade bloodline Devouring Vermilion Toad into a third-tier Golden Core demon, and he is accompanied by a Heavenly Holy Spirit.

At this moment, they were even able to find a Nascent Soul Realm Soul Cultivator and a Third-Order Earth Spirit Master to help them.

This is no longer just a matter of luck.

"This boy must possess an earth-shattering secret!"

With a "whoosh," Ning Sujin charged into the formation again, unleashing her divine power to attack.

The True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws composed himself, no longer daring to be careless.

"Catch the thief first and capture the king first!"

A flash of light appeared in his hand from the Qiankun Ring, and an antique and elegant folding fan appeared in his hand.

It was the same third-grade magic weapon that the Biyun Sect obtained from the ruins of the Daze Mountains, which the Biyun Sect respectfully presented in the end.

The Floating Light Fan can only unleash its full power in the hands of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, making it a true spatial supernatural power that allows light to flash and shadow to pass through.

"Whoosh~" With a flick of his wrist, the Wanfa Zhenjun instantly transformed into light and shadow, and Ning Sujin's primordial spirit slash disappeared from its predetermined trajectory, as if swallowed by the void.

"Watch out!" The next moment, Ning Sujin's expression changed drastically, and she suddenly shot towards Li Ji'an.

"Pfft!" The void beside Li Ji'an suddenly tore apart, and a primordial spirit slash went straight for his sea of ​​consciousness.

Fortunately, Ning Sujin almost sacrificed herself to block the attack, cutting off her own primordial spirit.

But this attack also caused her nascent soul phantom to flicker for a moment.

"Retreat!" Ning Sujin's nascent soul had just stabilized when she immediately signaled Li Ji'an to take Ning Yutan's physical body away.

Without wasting words, Li Ji'an wrapped Ning Yutan's body in his magic and instantly fled.

"Hmph!" The carefully planned attack of the Myriad Laws True Monarch missed its target, and he couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.

With his newly reconstructed Nascent Soul body, the Floating Light Fan can only exert three-tenths of its power, and his primordial spirit can hardly support casting it too many times anymore.

"You old scoundrel, how dare you ambush my Li Lang! Die!" Ning Sujin instantly flew into a rage, a sliver of ruthlessness within her being ignited, and she launched another frenzied attack, even trading blows for injuries multiple times...

Li Ji'an instantly traveled a hundred miles and arrived at the edge of the Strange Stone Forest.

However, as soon as he regained his footing, he immediately summoned the underground frog and carried Ning Yutan into the frog's mouth.

Upon entering, he first summoned the little fire spirit that had just been slapped away by the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws.

Burn everything inside the universe in Guagua's mouth.

Sure enough, the primordial spirit imprint left by the Myriad Laws True Lord was found on the two magic swords, the red and black wood and stone and other high-level spiritual objects.

After clearing away all the primordial spirit imprints, Li Ji'an immediately sent Guagua underground to approach the Soul-Severing Array again.

He soon witnessed a scene that shocked him: Ning Sujin's nascent soul phantom seemed to have gone mad, unleashing a barrage of divine soul techniques with almost no regard for its own consumption.

He even risked being struck by the Nascent Soul Dharma Body of the Myriad Laws True Lord several times in order to sever his primordial spirit.

Li Ji'an frowned deeply as he looked at it.

Ning Sujin's behavior is very rare in this cultivation world. After all, in the eyes of cultivators, no amount of hatred can compare to the allure of the path to enlightenment.

Unless the path is completely blocked, this is usually not the case.

Clearly, Ning Sujin's heretical actions also frightened Wanfa Zhenjun. In addition to the increased consumption of his own primordial spirit and the worsening of his nascent soul injury, the duration of his Dharma body was also rapidly decreasing.

He could tell that Ning Sujin seemed to really want to die with him.

Even when he fought the Golden Puppet Saint King, neither of them fought to the death like this, both worried about damaging their own cultivation paths.

Without further hesitation, Li Ji'an immediately ordered Guagua to lie in ambush beneath the Soul-Slaying Formation, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

With the blessing of his six lifetimes of divine souls, his divine sense, now comparable to that of a Core Formation cultivator, is not as powerful as Ning Sujin's, but the strength of his sea of ​​consciousness is far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator. The primordial spirit slash just now could not truly destroy his sea of ​​consciousness; at most, it would only cause damage.

His current divine soul techniques can also pose a threat to the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws.

(End of this chapter)