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Cheng Tiankun, Liehuo Laoguai, and Jin Laoguai bowed deeply, silently enduring the humiliation and trembling.

Behind them, the other six Nascent Soul cultivators, including Lü Luo and Fire Dragon Boy, all looked ashen and humiliated, like eggplants that had been wilted by frost.

The sense of powerlessness and guilt that overwhelmed them was that their millennia-old legacy had been forced to submit to others.

Su Ning stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calmly sweeping over the group of top cultivators from Tiannan, taking in their unwillingness, struggle, and even a trace of deeply hidden resentment.

A barely perceptible smile played at the corners of his lips; this was exactly the effect he wanted…

Only by crushing their pride with absolute strength can we lay the foundation for subsequent control.

He spoke slowly, his voice still calm, yet it seemed to possess a strange magic that pierced through the gloom in everyone's hearts: "Everyone, put away your pointless feelings of frustration and humiliation."

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously raised their heads to look at this unfathomable elder of the Taiyi Sect.

Su Ning continued, "In the cultivation world, the law of the jungle prevails over the weak; it is an immutable law. Today, my Taiyi Sect is stronger than yours, so we can set the rules. If one day, one of the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain produces a person of extraordinary talent who can surpass my Taiyi Sect, then naturally you can replace us. Strength is the foundation of everything."

He abruptly changed the subject, throwing out a powerful temptation that could drive any Nascent Soul cultivator mad: "Moreover, submitting to me may not be a bad thing. As long as you do your best and are truly loyal to me in the future, then... helping the best among you break through the Divine Transformation stage barrier is not too difficult for me."

"Nascent Soul Transformation?!" These two words exploded like thunder in the minds of Cheng Tiankun and the other nine Nascent Soul cultivators!

In an instant, all the humiliation, resentment, and anger seemed to be diluted by these two words!

Nine pairs of eyes suddenly flashed with a terrifying light, staring intently at Su Ning, their breathing becoming rapid!

God!

That's the realm they dream of, yet they can't even get close to it!
Tiannan is poor in resources and has limited cultivation techniques. It has been many years since a Nascent Soul cultivator has appeared there.
The late Nascent Soul stage is practically their limit! And now, this person in front of them is casually saying that he can help them break through to the Deity Transformation stage?
The anger on the face of the most powerful cultivator, Old Monster Jin, vanished, replaced by extreme longing and disbelief: "Elder Su...is Elder Su's words true?! The Nascent Soul Realm...is there really hope?"

The old monster with raging fire standing to the side was also so excited that his beard trembled slightly: "Taiyi Sect... truly has extraordinary abilities!"

"Of course! The Taiyi Sect has three Nascent Soul cultivators, and my master is the Taiyi Sect's Old Ancestor Bai, so naturally he has the secrets and techniques for breaking through from Nascent Soul to Nascent Soul."

Cheng Tiankun was relatively calmer, but his voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement: "Elder Su, if you can truly... truly glimpse the Great Dao of Nascent Soul, what's wrong with me waiting to serve you as my master!"

For the sake of becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, let alone submitting, countless Nascent Soul cultivators would be willing to pay any price!

However, those in the crowd, such as Lü Luo and Huolong Tongzi, who were more perceptive, keenly noticed the extremely subtle difference in Su Ning's words...

He said "be loyal to me," not "be loyal to the Taiyi Sect."

These seemingly simple differences in wording can have vastly different underlying meanings.

It seems that Elder Su is cultivating his own power base?

His relationship with the Taiyi Sect...

Countless thoughts flashed through everyone's minds in an instant, but at this moment, the allure of the Nascent Soul stage was like poison, causing them to automatically ignore this subtle anomaly, or rather, to selectively choose not to delve into it.

Just as the atmosphere subtly shifted, and the nine Nascent Soul cultivators were still reeling from the unexpected windfall of this "Deity Transformation Pie," their initial resistance was being eroded by the immense anticipation of profit...

Mutations reborn!

"Om-"

A strange fluctuation of heaven and earth suddenly came from the depths of the Luoyun Sect, from the direction of the medicinal garden where rare spiritual herbs were specially cultivated!
Immediately afterwards, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred miles began to converge in that direction at an unprecedented speed and scale!

A massive vortex of spiritual energy visibly began to form, with its center located somewhere in the herb garden!
This movement...

This is clearly a celestial phenomenon indicating the formation of an infant!
Moreover, judging from the scale and speed at which this spiritual energy is gathering, it far surpasses the ordinary scene of Nascent Soul formation!
"This...this is?!" Cheng Tiankun and Lü Luo's expressions changed drastically as they looked in shock towards the medicine garden. "Someone has formed a Nascent Soul in my Luoyun Sect? Who is it? When did they arrive? Why were we completely unaware?!"

As the landlords, they were completely unaware that a cultivator about to reach the Nascent Soul stage was lurking within their sect. This was an absolute oversight and a joke!

Especially at this sensitive time when they had just submitted to a powerful force, this sudden change made them anxious again, fearing that it might cause Su Ning to misunderstand.

However, unlike the panic of the other two, Su Ning, upon sensing this familiar aura and the strange changes in the heavens and earth, showed no surprise whatsoever. Instead, he revealed a meaningful smile, as if he had everything under control.

He slightly turned his head to look at Zhang Tie beside him, whose eyes had also become incredibly complex upon sensing this aura, and at Feng Xi, the Wind-Splitting Beast lying on the ground, somewhat restless in the face of the changes in spiritual energy. In a relaxed tone, tinged with a hint of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a sense of感慨, a feeling of being amused and slightly agitated), he softly said:

"here we go."

These three simple words struck Cheng Tiankun, Lü Luo, and the others like a bolt of lightning.

They instantly understood!
This cultivator who formed his Nascent Soul on their territory, without their knowledge, actually...

They were actually traveling with that terrifying Elder Su?!
No wonder he arrived at Yunmeng Mountain at this exact time and proposed to recruit him!
The real purpose, or one of the purposes, was to protect this person and take this opportunity to bring the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain and this newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator under his control!

What a deep scheme! What a grand gesture!
Cheng Tiankun and the others were instantly drenched in cold sweat. Their gazes toward Su Ning now held not only the fear they had felt before and the desire that had just arisen, but also a deep sense of awe and horror.

Elder Su's schemes were far more profound than they had imagined.

The identity of the mysterious cultivator who was attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the herb garden, and his relationship with Su Ning, became increasingly enigmatic.

All eyes involuntarily turned towards the medicine garden, awaiting the outcome of the Nascent Soul formation and the appearance of the mysterious cultivator.

The sky above Yunmeng Mountain was filled with spiritual energy due to the appearance of the Void Heaven Palace, and was also filled with new variables and expectations due to the sudden phenomenon of Nascent Soul formation.

At this moment, Zhang Tie, the super demonic cultivator of Yinluo Sect, looked towards the direction of the medicine garden with excitement. He was both surprised and worried for his old friend, since it was not an easy thing for a cultivator to form a Nascent Soul.

Feng Xi, who had regained his humanity, had a rather complicated expression on his face. He never expected that the enemy he had been searching for for many years was forming his Nascent Soul.

……

Deep within the Luoyun Sect's herb garden, Han Li's secluded cultivation chamber was already shrouded in layers of restrictions.

However, at this moment, these restrictions could not completely block the increasingly violent energy fluctuations inside.

Inside the secret chamber, Han Li sat cross-legged, his face extremely solemn, veins bulging on his forehead, his clothes already soaked with sweat. He was now indifferent to everything outside, only thinking about successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, after all, he had been preparing for this day for far too long.

Both the Heaven-Mending Pill and the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng Pill are rare and precious natural treasures.

Within his dantian, a perilous and earth-shattering transformation, concerning life and death, was taking place!

The golden core, which had been cultivated for hundreds of years, was now covered with dense cracks on its surface, with brilliant golden light shooting out from the cracks, as if a sun about to burst forth was being conceived inside.

The golden core trembled violently, each tremor causing Han Li's entire body's magical power to boil, and his meridians to feel a tearing pain.

"The golden core is about to be formed!" Han Li roared in his heart, pouring all his divine sense and magical power into the golden core without reservation!
"Crack——!"

A crisp, shattering sound, seemingly emanating from the depths of the soul, rang out!
The golden core shattered completely!
However, the anticipated scene of losing control of magical power and exploding to death did not occur.

At the core of the shattered golden core, instead of chaos, four dazzling beams of light—cyan, blue, yellow, and red—suddenly shone forth!

These four colored pillars of light correspond to Han Li's four pseudo-spiritual root attributes: wood, water, earth, and fire!
They intertwine and entwine, yet remain distinct, forming a stable and peculiar core.

The immense and pure magical power surged forth from the four-colored core like a river bursting its banks, but instead of causing chaos, it began to operate wildly along a mysterious trajectory under the guidance of the four-colored radiance.

This is a testament to the unique nature of Han Li's cultivation technique and his unwavering will, forcibly restraining the violent energy of the four-attribute spiritual roots during the core collapse into a relatively balanced state!
However, the amount of spiritual energy required to condense a nascent soul is astronomical, especially for a cultivator with low aptitude and four spiritual roots like him, the amount required is even more massive!

The power gathered by the spirit-gathering array in the secret chamber and the magic power accumulated by oneself are far from enough!
At this crucial moment—

Outside the secret chamber, the Void Heaven Palace, suspended in the sky above Yunmeng Mountain, seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, and its body trembled slightly.

hum!
An invisible yet boundless suction force emanated from the Void Heaven Palace, like a giant funnel of spiritual energy, forcibly seizing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from within a thousand miles and even further afield!
Whether it's the spiritual veins of Yunmeng Mountain itself, the spiritual energy dissipating from the nearby mountains and rivers, or even the thin spiritual energy forcibly pulled in from further away, they all converged madly towards the Void Heaven Palace like rivers flowing into the sea!

The Void Heaven Palace accepted all comers, forcibly compressing and purifying the mottled and massive spiritual energy, then transforming it into an incredibly thick, almost solidified, pure white pillar of spiritual energy. Like a celestial river pouring down, it precisely passed through the restrictions of the Falling Cloud Sect's medicine garden, ignoring the barrier of the secret chamber, and poured directly down, completely engulfing Han Li, who was sitting cross-legged!

"What is this?!" Han Li was shocked.

He had already prepared for the worst, that he might have to struggle to absorb spiritual energy from the outside world and even fail due to insufficient spiritual energy.

But the sheer quantity and purity of this sudden influx of pure spiritual energy far exceeded his expectations!
It was as if a supreme being had moved an ocean of spiritual energy directly above his head, allowing him to use it at will!

He instantly realized that now was not the time to think about these questions!
With a determined heart, he resolutely embraced this opportunity.

"Give it to me!"

Han Li let out a low shout and frantically circulated his cultivation technique.

He absorbed a massive amount of pure white spiritual energy into his body, and after being refined by his cultivation technique, it quickly merged into the core of the four-colored radiance.

With the support of this unprecedentedly vast spiritual energy, the four pillars of light—cyan, blue, yellow, and red—became even more dazzling and radiant.

They began to slowly compress and condense inward, and the outline of an infant gradually emerged in that dazzling light.

The infant's features were indistinct, its body radiant with light, surrounded and protected by four colors of spiritual energy—cyan, blue, yellow, and red—like ribbons. It exuded a more complex and powerful life force and law fluctuations, quite different from those of a single-spiritual-root nascent soul!
Its body seemed to be composed of the purest four elements of energy, and with each heartbeat, it drew upon the surrounding spiritual energy of the four elements of heaven and earth to resonate with it.

This process may seem smooth, but it is actually extremely dangerous.

The balance of the four elemental spiritual energies is extremely delicate; the slightest mistake will result in the loss of all previous efforts, or even trigger a terrifying energy annihilation.

Han Li was completely absorbed in it, carefully guiding every bit of spiritual energy to maintain that fragile balance.

Time passes little by little.

Finally, after the last bit of pure spiritual energy was completely absorbed by the baby, the four-colored light suddenly receded and was absorbed into the baby's body.

A baby, about an inch tall, fair-skinned and delicate, with clear eyebrows and eyes, and looking exactly like Han Li, was officially suspended in the place where his original dantian was!

The baby was surrounded by a radiant glow, with four colors of light subtly shimmering beneath its skin, making it appear mysterious and extraordinary.

It opened its eyes curiously, and within them seemed to be a swirling galaxy, with strange phenomena of changing seasons flashing by.

Nascent Soul, accomplished!

"Hoo—" Han Li exhaled a long breath, which was mixed with a faint four-colored glow.

An immense spiritual pressure, far exceeding that of the Golden Core stage, erupted uncontrollably from his body, instantly breaking through the restrictions of the secret chamber and soaring into the sky!
At the same time, the extraordinary phenomena in the outside world also reached their peak.

The enormous vortex of spiritual energy slowly dissipated, and a sky full of rosy light emerged, with faint celestial music playing, as if celebrating a cultivator with four spiritual roots who defied the heavens and finally stepped into the hall of the Nascent Soul Path!
Outside the herb garden, Cheng Tiankun, Lü Luo, and the others felt the fresh and powerful Nascent Soul spiritual pressure, as well as the unique and extraordinary aura of the four attributes within it, their faces filled with disbelief.

"It actually...it really worked?! The four spiritual roots have formed a Nascent Soul..." Cheng Tiankun murmured to himself, his heart filled with unparalleled shock.

Only now did he truly understand why Elder Su valued this person so much, even going so far as to use the Void Heaven Palace, a supreme treasure, to protect him and gather spiritual energy.

This child's extraordinary abilities far exceed the comprehension of ordinary people!

Looking at the four-colored rays of light soaring into the sky, and feeling the stable and powerful Nascent Soul aura within them, Su Ning nodded with great satisfaction.

The Void Heaven Palace slowly withdrew its oppressive aura, then gradually dissipated into the air, returning to the Void Realm once more.

Zhang Tie's expression was complex, eventually turning into a soft sigh, a mixture of joy at his old friend's success and a touch of indescribable emotion.

Feng Xi let out a low growl, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes at the newly advanced Nascent Soul's aura, still unable to let go of his hatred for Han Li's theft of the treasure.

All eyes were focused on the depths of the radiant herb garden, awaiting the emergence of the newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Let's go! Congratulations to our junior brother on condensing his Nascent Soul."

...(End of chapter)