Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 144 An unusual breakthrough

The demon in the state of transformation suddenly appeared in front of Ge Tuan and knocked him towards Dou Eqing with a palm.

Dou E made preparations early in the morning. He thrust the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword forward and Ge Tuan was pierced from behind by the sword.

The soul that had just escaped was intercepted by Dian Wei in front. A huge suction force came from Dian Wei's body, and the soul was directly swallowed by Dian Wei.

The two of them dealt with Ge Tuan and then chased after the giant bull.

The giant bull was in a panic and had its head chopped off by Dou Eqing with a single blow.

Then, Dou Eqing chased after Captain Pan with the giant bull.

The White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword was still stuck in the giant bull and was devouring it. Just now, Ge Tuan waited until the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword had finished devouring it before throwing it away.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't go too far. Do you know who we are?"

Captain Pan saw that Dou Eqing not only killed two of his own men in such a short time, but also caught up with him so quickly. He was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Ju Niu and the other two, so he quickly threatened him with words.

"We are the private power of the owner of the San Xiu Fang Market. If you want to survive in Hulu Forbidden in the future, you will inevitably have to go to the San Xiu Fang Market. I advise you to stop now."

Captain Pan was talking to himself as Dou Eqing and the late-stage demon were getting closer and closer.

Moreover, the calamity clouds in the sky were about to gather and take shape. By then, if he was affected by the thunder calamity, he would definitely be in great danger.

After a chase, Dou Eqing still couldn't catch up. Just as Captain Pan was about to take out the teleportation talisman and leave, a bolt of lightning fell and hit Captain Pan squarely.

This lightning is not caused by thunder, but the electricity generated by the thunder cloud.

However, this lightning strike not only destroyed the teleportation talisman he had just taken out, but also paralyzed Captain Pan for five breaths.

Dou Eqing seized the opportunity and used the "Long Rainbow Piercing the Sun" move with the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword to destroy Pan Diu's physical body.

His attack broke Captain Pan's paralysis in advance. Captain Pan's soul escaped from his body directly, and then he used extreme teleportation to disappear on the spot.

Captain Pan himself has no physical body, and teleports with his soul. Not only is his speed fast, but he can also teleport over long distances.

Although Captain Pan escaped with his soul, he still hated Dou Eqing to the core. The moment he left, he sent a message to Dou Eqing:

"Just wait and see. Wait for the revenge of my San Xiu Fang Market. I will definitely grind your bones to dust and burn your soul like an oil lamp."

Dou Eqing knew very well that he had no way to deal with the other party, and did not care about his subsequent threatening words. He had great support in the gourd, and was not afraid of anyone.

He turned to look at the triplets who had escaped together.

In Dou Eqing's spiritual sense, the triplets had turned into one person at some point and were nearly twenty miles away from him.

The three monks practiced a set of combined skills, which allowed them to merge together for a short period of time, thereby unleashing a burst of strength that was one small realm higher.

Not only was he out of the range of the thunder tribulation, but it was also futile for Dou Eqing to chase him.

"Then I will just endure my thunder tribulation. Killing a Divine Transformation cultivator is not something that can be done overnight."

He thought this in his mind, observing his surroundings, looking for a perfect location to make final preparations.

"Senior Sister, please return to Ziwei Immortal Mansion."

Dou Eqing asked the demon in the Spirit Transformation Realm to leave the range of the thunder tribulation to protect him, and said to the nine flying swords circling around him.

The nine flying swords shook up and down in unison, expressing their agreement.

Although this sword butterfly is equivalent to Su Muwan's clone, it is not in human form. Su Muwan cannot communicate with it through language, and cannot even transmit telepathy.

Dou Eqing came to the highest point in the area, which was a small valley.

He took out a simple spirit gathering array from his storage ring and set up a spirit gathering array around himself using the array and talismans.

There are three steps to break through the Nascent Soul stage. The first one is to trigger the thunder tribulation. The cultivator needs to have reached a level where he can break through at any time before he can trigger the thunder tribulation. Otherwise, he will not be able to decide the timing of the breakthrough himself.

The second step is to absorb massive amounts of spiritual energy to officially break through.

The third step is to overcome the tribulation.

The tribulations include thunder tribulations and tribulations of the inner demons.

The inner demon tribulation comes last among the thunder tribulations.

After Dou Eqing finished his preparations, he sat cross-legged on a large flat rock. Before absorbing spiritual energy, he looked up at the calamity clouds in the sky.

Suddenly, a strange crack appeared in the dark clouded sky, as if the sky was torn apart by an invisible force, revealing a deep and dark light.

The power of thunder and lightning has always been the most terrifying existence in the world. It not only represents destruction, but also symbolizes rebirth and transcendence.

Dou Eqing stood on the top of the wilderness, spiritual power surging around him. His eyes were firm and calm, as if he had been looking forward to the arrival of this thunder tribulation.

He then activated the [Demon Devouring Heavenly Art] and officially began his breakthrough.

First, he used the spirit gathering array to sweep away all the spiritual energy within a radius of 100 meters and absorbed it all into his body.

Then he transformed the spiritual energy he had just absorbed into the motive force for operating the [Demon Devouring Heavenly Art], generating a greater force to swallow and absorb spiritual energy, and sucking spiritual energy from farther away towards him.

When a huge amount of spiritual power gathered towards Dou Eqing, he didn't want to refine it immediately, but sent it directly into the spiritual sea.

The spiritual energy was absorbed by the liquid spiritual fluid in the spiritual sea and immediately transformed into spiritual power.

When the spiritual sea absorbs enough spiritual energy, Dou Eqing will be able to break through.

Then, the golden elixir above the spiritual sea began to continuously devour the spiritual liquid in the spiritual sea.

Until the golden elixir seemed to be about to burst, it shattered the elixir into an infant in time.

Of course, the process of breaking the pill and forming an infant is very delicate. At the moment the pill breaks, the cultivator needs to integrate his spiritual consciousness into it and let the spiritual consciousness construct the Nascent Soul body in his subconscious mind.

During this process, his mind was completely focused on his dantian.

The golden elixir in Dou Eqing's purple palace had the experience of breaking through the Nascent Soul stage. This breakthrough was very perfect. In addition, there was enough spiritual power in the spiritual sea to support it. The newly condensed Nascent Soul body was already very solid, unlike the newly condensed Nascent Soul bodies of some cultivators that were transparent.

It was also because he had enough spiritual power in his body to support him, so the step of condensing the Nascent Soul was very smooth and the time taken was very short, only one-third of that of other cultivators.

But a day passed.

His breakthrough finally attracted a reaction of spiritual energy within a radius of one thousand miles, all converging towards him.

Therefore, many monks discovered the abnormality here, and most monks knew that there was a monk making a breakthrough.

Seeing such a surging tide of spiritual energy, it is impossible to determine what realm the picture belongs to.

His Nascent Soul has taken shape, and it’s time for the thunder tribulation to descend.

In fact, nine thunders had already fallen before, but they were invisible thunders, without a trace or form.

If any cultivator interferes with Dou Eqing's tribulation, this invisible thunder will turn into a visible thunder tribulation, targeting the cultivator who senses the thunder tribulation first.

As for Dou Eqing himself, his elixir was shattered into an infant by the shadowless thunder, and the thunder penetrated his body and fell directly on his golden elixir.

He himself doesn't even know this.

This is because his golden elixir has surpassed the perfect golden elixir grade and reached the legendary forbidden golden elixir grade.

If he had not cultivated to the ultimate level of the Golden Core and broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, breaking the Core would have been a problem.

Now, it’s good that there is thunder to help.

As the thunder gradually approached, the static electricity in the air caused his long hair to fly disorderly and his clothes to rustle.

In the sky, lightning danced wildly like silver snakes, interweaving into lightning nets, like the wrath of a demon, swooping down and pointing directly to the earth.

However, Dou Eqing's thunder tribulation was not ordinary. As the tenth lightning bolt fell, strange phenomena suddenly occurred.

Amidst the thunder and lightning, a gigantic thunder dragon suddenly materialized, its roar resounding through the heavens as it flapped its wings, poised for flight. Its majesty was unparalleled. It merged with the thunder tribulation, representing both the power of destruction and the seemingly mysterious laws that governed it. This imbued all present with an unprecedented sense of oppression.

This thunder tribulation is not only a test of Dou Eqing's physical body, but also an extreme tempering of his will and cultivation.

He must find himself in this catastrophe in order to break free from the shackles and reach the other side of the Nascent Soul Realm.

With each roll of the Thunder Dragon, the power of the thunder tribulation increased exponentially, and the affected area expanded to three hundred miles. The grass and trees within a hundred miles around were instantly charred, and deep cracks appeared on the earth, as if a devastating war had broken out here.

Dou Eqing's body was shining brightly in the thunder tribulation, and every drop of blood seemed to be burning, emitting dazzling brilliance.

He knew that if he could absorb and integrate the power of this thunder tribulation, his body would be greatly tempered, and perhaps his physical cultivation could be raised to the middle fourth stage, or even the late fourth stage.

The thunderstorm continued, the sky and the earth changed color, and bolts of lightning struck down one after another.

Dou Eqing faced the thunderstorm head-on with the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand, as if he was about to be split in half by the lightning.

If it were an ordinary weapon, it would only be able to withstand one or two thunder strikes before being destroyed.

However, the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword was like an extremely fierce sword. It seemed excited in the face of the thunder tribulation and urged Dou Eqing to strike the thunder tribulation.

Although he chopped the thunder tribulation with a knife, the power of the thunder tribulation was not weakened much and acted directly on him.

The thunder and lightning made his magic pen tremble, his limbs became paralyzed, his internal organs ached, and his eyes became dull for a moment.

Fortunately, the thunder tribulation did not fall one after another, but needed to continue to brew for a while.

Even though there was a gap between the two thunder tribulations, the effects of the previous one still lingered. Therefore, resisting the later ones became increasingly difficult. Furthermore, each subsequent thunder tribulation was stronger than the last, and the slightest inadequacy in handling them would lead to death.

Based on the classics he read and asking other Divine Transformation cultivators, Dou Eqing guessed that he had a total of thirty-six thunder tribulations.

However, after thirty-five thunder tribulations fell, the sky was still the same as before, covered with thunderclouds, and it didn't look like it was going to end.

Fortunately, Dou Eqing is in good condition now and easily survived the 36th thunder tribulation.

After dozens of thunder tribulations, the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword seemed to be completely new, its power evident. It was obviously a peerless sword, and the cloud-like light flashing on it seemed to be able to shine into the heart of the cultivator.

Dou Eqing had no injuries on his body and his clothes were intact.

This is mainly due to the powerful defense of the Xuanmo Holy Armor.

However, the Xuanmo Holy Armor only protected his external body, but he suffered serious internal injuries, and his internal organs were damaged to varying degrees.

His current image is only good enough to impress outsiders, and he will be exposed immediately when he really fights with others.

He gritted his teeth and endured eight thunder tribulations, and managed to sit cross-legged to deal with the final 45th thunder tribulation.

Until the last bolt of lightning dissipates, Dou Eqing only needs to overcome the inner tribulation before he can truly break through.

Dou Eqing's inner tribulation had been rehearsed in reality, with the scene of Shen Yirong and Su Muwan fighting each other.

However, when he broke through the Nascent Soul's inner demon tribulation, not only Su Muwan and Shen Yirong appeared, but also all the female cultivators related to him.

However, all the other women were killed by Su Muwan, leaving Dou Eqing to make the final choice.

In other words, if he kills Su Muwan in the illusion, he will be able to break through his inner demon tribulation.

But he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

"You can survive the Nascent Soul's inner demon tribulation if it is not broken, but the inner demon, the inner demon, if not eliminated, will eventually become your shackles."

Finally, a voice sounded in Dou Eqing's mind, and his mind awakened.

As soon as he woke up, the Nascent Soul in his body flew out on its own.

As soon as it flew out of the body, it teleported to the place where the thunder tribulation had just dissipated in the sky, leaving behind a small pool of thunder liquid.

The Yuanying sucked the pool of thunder liquid into its mouth with its little mouth.

Then, the entire surface of the Nascent Soul body began to show flashes of lightning.

When the Nascent Soul body fell from the sky, these lightning bolts had already gathered into shape, like a tiny thunder dragon swimming around the Nascent Soul body.

However, the Nascent Soul body was trembling as if it was electrocuted all the time, as if it could not withstand the electric shock, and the Nascent Soul body quickly returned to Dou Eqing's body.

When the Nascent Soul body returned to Dou Eqing's Dantian, he himself felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his body trembled involuntarily.

The Nascent Soul returned to the lower Dantian, swam in the Spiritual Sea, and immediately came to the middle Dantian, looking for the gateway to the Purple Palace.

I don’t know if it’s because Dou Eqing traveled through time, but the consciousness of the Nascent Soul body and the consciousness in the mind can be independent of each other.

The consciousness in his mind took the dominant position, and he was now thinking about whether to put the Nascent Soul body into the Purple Palace.

The Nascent Soul body went to the Purple Mansion not to the Ziwei Immortal Mansion, but to the Purple Mansion he had opened up himself.

Dou Eqing's intuition told him that something unexpected would happen when his Nascent Soul body entered the Purple Palace.

At this time, his spiritual awareness was strengthened as his cultivation increased, and the range of his spiritual awareness increased greatly. He discovered that outside the original range of his spiritual awareness, a group of spiritual cultivators were rushing towards him.

It was during this breakup that he hesitated whether to let the Nascent Soul body enter the Purple Palace, but the consciousness of the Nascent Soul body made the decision for his mind, and it entered the Purple Palace in one go.

So, in the Zifu space, that is, the fairy dome of the Ziwei Immortal Mansion, Dou Eqing's two Nascent Souls met.

The Yuanying that had transformed into the Golden Crow immediately discovered the human-shaped Yuanying and felt an immediate sense of rejection.

In the subconscious of Jinwu Yuanying, the Purple Mansion space is his territory and he will not allow others to intrude, not even Dou Eqing's second Yuanying.

So, the Golden Crow Yuanying expelled the humanoid Yuanying that had just broken in, and the two started a chase and battle.

The humanoid Nascent Soul had just condensed not long ago. Although it had made some progress in absorbing the thunder liquid left by the thunder tribulation, the Golden Crow Nascent Soul had already been cultivating for such a long time, and this was its home ground. The humanoid Nascent Soul was no match for the Golden Crow Nascent Soul and had to flee.

This is the territory of the Golden Crow Yuanying. There is no place for the human-shaped Yuanying to hide anywhere in the sky or on earth.

However, the human-shaped Nascent Soul refused to leave the Purple Mansion, as if the opportunity it was looking for was there.

During the final chase, he encountered Shen Yirong who was dancing gracefully. The humanoid Nascent Soul body rushed into her and actually entered Shen Yirong's body.

It was not a good place for the human-shaped Yuanying to go, so it fell into her womb.

It is easy for a human-shaped Yuanying to get in, but it is difficult to get out.

The uterus autonomously formed a layer of fetal membrane to wrap the human-shaped Yuanying.

The human-shaped Yuanying was wrapped inside, as if it had lost its strength. It weakly hit the amniotic membrane to get out, but was bounced back.

After a lot of tossing and turning, the humanoid Yuanying seemed to have lost contact with Dou Eqing. Its energy was not replenished by its original body, and it became increasingly exhausted and was about to fall into a coma.

Suddenly, a fleshy vine stabbed towards the Nascent Soul body. The humanoid Nascent Soul body then realized something and gave up struggling.

The human-shaped Nascent Soul body instinctively wants to come to Zifu. It turns out that the opportunity lies here.

Then, the humanoid Nascent Soul fell into a complete coma.

In the outside world, Dou Eqing's perception of his Nascent Soul body in the city seemed to have dropped all of a sudden, and he suddenly became extremely weak.

However, suddenly, the world was in turmoil, and a strange phenomenon appeared around Dou Eqing.

This vision is even more massive than the last appearance of the Xuanmo Holy Armor.

The sky of the earth realm was not as bright as that of the cultivation world, but at this moment it was as if there was an extra sun in the sky, illuminating every corner of Kunshan Domain.

Some cultivators looked up at the sky and, as if it were an illusion, found a dragon flying in the sky and a fairy palace appeared on the clouds.

Some monsters saw the shadow of a dragon flying in the sky and tried to imitate its shape. Later, they seemed to have gained some insights.

Those creatures that already possess dragon blood, when looking up, can invisibly perceive the talents derived from the dragon's magical powers.

There were also cultivators who gained insights into martial arts from the phantom of the Immortal Palace, and suddenly understood the difficulties they encountered on the path of cultivation.

The closer the cultivators are to Dou Eqing, the greater their insights will be from this unknown opportunity.

Therefore, the group of monks who were about to come find Dou Eqing, as Dou Eqing's enemies, benefited the most.

However, it was precisely because they were immersed in this perception that they delayed their rush to Dou Eqing, allowing Dou Eqing to recover from his weakness.

Of course, the strange phenomenon caused by Dou Eqing was not limited to the Kunshan area. The Kunlun Mountains above Kunshan were also shrouded in light.

The outside world thought that a treasure had been unearthed in Kunlun Mountain, and they all went to Kunlun Mountain to seek opportunities.

In addition, only the top powerhouses in Kunlun Realm can discover the shocking visions.

At the Han and Tang Dynasty's observatory, the astronomer discovered a sudden change in the stars, foreshadowing a great prosperity for the Kunlun Realm, but the Han and Tang Dynasty was plagued by many disasters.

A wisp of demonic smoke emerged from nothing on the demon altar of the Demon Judgment Temple. It was visible but untouchable, floating there without going anywhere.

Even the powerful warriors who have passed the tribulation are helpless against this wisp of devilish smoke, and they cannot understand the reason.

When the offerings to the demon god were placed on the altar, they were all swallowed up by the demonic smoke.

After the demonic smoke devoured the sacrifice, some strong men vaguely felt that the demonic smoke had undergone some inexplicable changes.

The priest speculated that the change might be a response to the sacrifices.

So, some demon cultivators carefully observed the smoke, hoping to comprehend something from it.

If you don’t study it carefully, you won’t know that many demon cultivators in the Tribulation Realm have a comprehension of this demonic smoke, and it seems that they are about to gain great results, but they are always missing that little bit.

Among them was a demon cultivator in the early stage of tribulation, who happened to have a junior by his side.

Seeing his elder beating his chest and stamping his feet in frustration, the younger generation muttered to himself, "What's so good about studying the word '悟'?"

Although he didn't say anything and only muttered it in his heart, the old monster Dujie noticed his abnormality.

After some questioning and discussions among the old monsters who had overcome the tribulation, they finally concluded that the lower the cultivation level, the more insights one could gain from this wisp of magic smoke.

So, they each found a talented disciple among the younger generation, and had them comprehend the magic smoke, and some cultivators actually gained a lot from it.

However, when some monks gained something from it, other monks were unable to gain any inspiration from the magic smoke.

The priest placed offerings on the altar again, and the low-level monks immediately noticed that the magic smoke had changed, and they could continue to concentrate their mental power on the magic smoke to gain insights and inspiration.

From then on, the Demonic Path regarded the Demonic Smoke as the Bodhi Tree of Buddhism and the Enlightenment Tree of Taoism.

Rumors of the rise of the magic path also spread from this.

But at this moment, Dou Eqing encountered a great disaster after the thunder tribulation.

(End of this chapter)