I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 328 Core Formation Part 2 (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The darkness of the North Sea abyss surged like mud, and every inch of space was filled with a suffocatingly viscous feeling.

Even though her body was temporarily controlled by the Nightmare, Jiang Yi could still clearly sense everything in the outside world.

This darkness was not still, but rather undulating slowly and unstoppably, like the inner wall of the abdomen of some ancient behemoth, carrying a chilling vitality.

In this darkness, there is no difference between having your eyes open and closed; you can even feel the viscous resistance when you move your eyeballs.

A damp, cold sensation spread across her skin, as if countless invisible mycelia were trying to burrow into her pores. In the darkness, countless indescribable beings were clearly present, 'watching' Jiang Yi, who had suddenly intruded into this place, with non-existent eyes.

This gaze doesn't come from a fixed direction, but rather seeps in from all directions, even from within the body, sending chills down one's spine.

If it weren't for the demonic aura of the Nightmare permeating every meridian in Jiang Yi's body, she probably wouldn't have been able to get close to this place at all.

In the Nightmare's hand, the crimson flames of the Yaoling Sword vanished abruptly like a extinguished candle wick. The sword trembled and emitted a mournful cry as countless writhing black tentacles entangled and devoured the crimson sword energy, and vein-like corrosive patterns appeared on the sword's spine.

Jiang Yi's robes were soaked in darkness, turning them black, while Yan's voice carried a hint of pleasure.

"Look at Yaoling, this is the purest and most powerful force in the world, a force that will never be extinguished!"

A slimy, wriggling sound came from the darkness, and several shadowy outlines, comparable to mountains, slowly appeared, like ancient giants looking down on the ants of the earth from above.

Jiang Yi's pupils constricted and trembled in the Lazy Immortal Shrine. The outlines of those shadows resembled the Nine Emperors of antiquity, but each shadow carried traces of mutation, making it even more terrifying than the lingering will of the Azure Emperor that Jiang Yi had seen in the Azure Emperor Palace.

As darkness surged, those shadows vanished in an instant, returning to nothingness, yet the sense of being watched only intensified.

Jiang Yi guessed that it should be the three corpses that the Nine Emperors forcibly severed from their bodies when they ascended to immortality, a collection of various evil thoughts and obsessions.

Suddenly, a huge, elephant-trunk-like organ emerged from the darkness, its nostrils, filled with ring-shaped sharp teeth, spewing out a colorful mist that added an extremely eerie touch to the darkness.

Countless fragments of dreams floated in the colorful mist: the madness of cultivators going mad from demonic possession, the fear of mortals on their deathbeds, and all sorts of despair, all silently portrayed.

"The aura of the Demon Lord..."

Nightmare took a deep breath, lost in reverie, and opened his arms.

"Demon Lord, the power you desire resides within this body; devour it!"

As the Nose of the Nightmare descended, Jiang Yi's entire body fell from darkness into a colorful mist, enveloped by the dream obsessions of billions of living beings.

Before the demonic seed of Nightmare could detach itself from the corrupted Yaoling Sword, she suddenly revealed a strange smile uncontrollably.

"Thank you for showing me the way."

Everything is still!

Jiang Yi's eyes suddenly widened, the red mole between her eyebrows dissipated, and her pupils shone with a clear light.

She gripped the Yaoling Sword tightly, and a stream of pure fire from the hilt poured down, instantly burning away the demonic energy that had corrupted the sword.

Sheath your sword, lie down and sleep!
Before she could react to the strange phenomena around her, she had already fallen asleep on her side with her arm under her head, just like the statue of the Lazy Immortal in the Lazy Immortal Temple.

The laziness transformed into a shimmering white light shield that stretched across a three-zhang radius of pure land. Suddenly, the previously silent dreams erupted with countless sharp roars, and all the dream shadows began to writhe wildly.

Dreams serve as fuel, the heart as a cauldron; a single thought of clarity dispels illusion.

Yin and Yang unite to refine worldly ties; the nine-turn elixir is completed, and the fire awakens itself!
Like moths drawn to a flame, fragments of dreams, attracted by laziness, crashed into Jiang Yi's body from all directions.

These dreams, whether mad, sorrowful, or greedy, are all manifestations of the attachments of sentient beings.

This time, Jiang Yi was no longer observing other people's dreams from the perspective of an outsider; she had become the protagonist in each and every dream.

He sought immortality despite lacking spiritual roots, suffered a heart-wrenching separation from his beloved, was betrayed and murdered by his closest friend, slaughtered his own family in pursuit of immortality, and fell from a high position to the mortal realm...

Each and every one of these incidents is a consequence of unfulfilled desires, separation from loved ones, encounters with those one hates, greed, anger, and delusion, and the loss of honor and joy.

Faced with these relatable dream experiences, Jiang Yi remained clear-headed and steadfast in her understanding.

"Nothing but worldly illusions." Where the sword's edge passes, all illusions shatter.

The desires in her dream and Jiang Yi's restraint, the restlessness and her tranquility, transformed into yin and yang energies, helping her to refine the obsessions born of worldly karmic connections in one fell swoop.

Jiang Yi's dormant Dao foundation trembled and hummed within his dantian, as the refined power of his obsession surged down his meridians.

The three elements of wood, fire, and earth maintain a constant balance under the harmonization of this power, intertwining and entwining with each other to form rotating vortices around the Dao Foundation, enveloping the entire Dao Foundation.

The Qi Pill, which was originally only in its embryonic form, gradually began to solidify, transforming into a translucent pill embryo. Within it, the three-colored true essence surged like lava, and each expansion would cause cracks to appear in the pill embryo, which were then repaired by the subsequent influx of obsessive power.

Gradually, nine golden lines appeared faintly on the embryonic body.

Each time the true essence of the three elements—wood, fire, and earth—circulates throughout the body, a golden pattern slowly lights up, representing a tempering process.

The elixir has undergone nine transformations, but it still requires some patience and time.

Meanwhile, at Youxian Ferry.

Hua Gu was suspended above the Sword Washing Pool, surrounded by clouds and mist enveloping the Gang Sha Lei Jing, with lightning flashing all around her.

Hong Li jumped into the fire pool in the weapon-refining cave and eagerly swallowed the Qilin's essence blood, instantly igniting golden flames around her.

Zhenshan and Duanjin sat back-to-back in the center of the spirit field, each holding a fragment of a celestial star. Sword Tomb Mountain hung in the sky above, casting down starlight.

The Heart-Piercing Mirror floats above the Pine Breeze Pavilion, backed by a cliff face imbued with golden spiritual energy.

Hong Li carelessly tossed the Green Wood Cauldron and the Zhaoming Sword into the woods to the east. She didn't even bother to pick up the cauldron; it just lay there tilted to the ground, and the lid had rolled away somewhere.

In the spirit field, the guardian stone golem stopped working, the blood ginseng doll emerged from the soil, the leaf-eared rabbit pricked up its long ears, and the little snow fairies resembling Xuan Hui gathered together, all looking up at the sky.

The array patterns of the Five Elements Grand Array emerged from the depths of the earth's veins, intertwining in the air like ancient runes to form an array plate.

Guided by the array plate, the sea of ​​sword energy swirled like dragons, flowing with the power of the five elements, emitting bursts of exciting clanging sounds.

The demons took their places and began to form their cores along with Jiang Yi.

……

Cloud Stack Pass.

The demonic tide receded, and the world returned to silence. However, even though it should have been dawn, the sky was still covered with dark clouds, and no light was visible.

Danxi put away her silver-scaled whip and gazed into the depths of the North Sea.

Like an impending storm, thick darkness blotted out the sky and remained eerily still on the horizon.

Xuan Hui is safe, Dan Xi can sense that.

But that girl...

Danxi is responsible for guarding Yunzhan Pass, and she will not leave her post under any circumstances. No matter how worried she is about Jiang Yi, she cannot go to check on him in person.

Danxi took out a soul lamp. Despite the howling winds at sea, the flame of the soul lamp remained as steady as a rock, without moving an inch.

"This soul lamp that you, Jiang Yurong, lit is really good. Even the demonic tide couldn't block its connection. It was worth all the trouble I went through to steal it."

Jiang Yi was temporarily unharmed, and Dan Xi was also relieved for the time being, returning to Yunzhan Pass to check the foundation of the great formation.

"At this point, the first batch of evacuees should be ready to head to Nanguandu."

Danxi wasn't worried about anyone else, but she was afraid of Jiang Yurong's side, which was too forceful!

　I'll update a little later; I'll rest for a while before continuing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)