Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 740 Golden Core Ninth Level, Complete Perfection (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"what……"

The Netherworld Cult Leader let out a scream. His arm withered at a visible speed, and the blood vessels under his skin bulged, turning a strange bluish-black color.

But at that moment, the purple lightning mixed in with the gray energy suddenly erupted, forcing the deathly aura back half an inch.

"What the hell is this!"

The Netherworld Cult Leader was both shocked and frightened. He quickly cut off his sleeve and looked at the strange, yin-yang pattern on his arm, his eyes filled with terror.

"This is called the 'Tai Chi Life and Death Seal'."

Li Yunjing withdrew his hand. "Thank you for the concession."

The Netherworld Cult Leader stared intently at Li Yunjing, suddenly realizing a terrifying truth.

This disciple of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" actually managed to integrate two completely opposite forces within a short month, and even faintly touched the threshold of a higher level of laws.

"you……"

"Don't think you can run rampant in the 'Reincarnation Bureau' with these little tricks!"

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but in the end it turned into a cold snort, "The Judge sent you to the 'Abyss of Burial Gods,' that is your death trap!"

After saying that, he glared at Li Yunjing with resentment, turned around, and transformed into a wisp of black smoke, disappearing in a sorry state at the end of the corridor.

"call……"

Li Yunjing gazed in the direction he had left and gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

That attack just now seemed effortless, but in reality, it used more than 90% of his newly generated energy.

"The Lord of the Underworld is just the beginning."

He muttered to himself, a sharp glint in his eyes, "The Abyss of Burial Gods, the Prison-Suppressing Black Tortoise... wait for me."

Back in the "Hall of Contemplation", Li Yunjing sat down cross-legged again and began to regulate his breathing to recover.

The battle he had just fought made him even more convinced that the path of fusing the power of thunder and the power of the underworld was feasible.

This was not only to leave the Nine Netherworld, but also a significant breakthrough on his path of cultivation.

He needs to raise his cultivation level by one realm before the judge gives him the order!
Li Yunjing sat cross-legged on the stone bed, his eyes closed, and gray energy around him undulated like the tide.

He repeatedly deduced the operating routes of the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder Scripture" and the "Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs True Scripture" in his sea of ​​consciousness, trying to find the most perfect point of convergence between the two techniques.

Seven days later, Yin and Yang were initially united. Within the dantian, the Thunder Spirit Root and the Yellow Spring Death Qi were like two dragons, sometimes fighting and sometimes entwining.

Li Yunjing focused his mind and guided the two forces to slowly rotate along the trajectory of the Tai Chi diagram.

Whenever the power of thunder surged, he would use the death energy of the Yellow Springs to counterbalance it; when the death energy became too strong and eroded his meridians, he would use lightning to cleanse it.

If things get out of control, the "Yin-Yang Mirror" will be there to help suppress the turbulence of the two energies.

After repeating this process for nine days, the energy within the dantian finally formed a stable vortex.

At the center of the vortex, a gray light quietly gathered, containing both the ferocity of thunder and the yin gentleness of death.

"call……"

Li Yunjing exhaled a breath of stale air, his breath carrying a faint trace of white frost and sparks of electricity. "Finally, we've stabilized our foundation."

For the next seven days, he focused on refining the newly formed composite golden elixir.

The gray light that flicked from the fingertip was no longer a chaotic mass, but rather a clear trace of the flow of lightning and death energy.

When the last trace of stagnation disappeared from the energy flow, the golden core in the dantian glowed with a lustrous sheen. The new laws were integrated into it, and it was completely stable, with no longer any risk of sudden loss of control.

As his cultivation improved, Li Yunjing gradually grasped the essence of the two laws.

Thunder represents "destruction" and "life," while the underworld represents "guarding" and "death."

After practicing like this for forty-nine days, he was able to freely manipulate the life-and-death ratio within various supernatural powers and recombine it with other laws.

Thunder magic, the Five Elements, and the Great Dao of Death are fused together!

The Yin and Yang energies, the power of the Five Elements, and the Great Dao of Death merged!

The Frozen Road and the Death Road have merged!
……

These changes deepened his understanding of his own path.

A flash of understanding crossed Li Yunjing's eyes.

He circulated his energy throughout his body, and a gray mist spread outwards from his body, enveloping the entire "Hall of Contemplation".

Within the domain, lightning and death energy intertwined to form countless tiny yin-yang fish, sometimes colliding and annihilating, sometimes generating new energy.

The ghostly soldiers who stepped into the domain were torn apart by countless tiny bolts of lightning and death energy as soon as they crossed the threshold.

Li Yunjing could clearly sense the flow of every bit of energy within the domain, which was the "Life and Death Domain" he had just comprehended.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, Li Yunjing was also rapidly deducing the various aspects of life and death.

I become a spectator on the banks of the River of the Dead, witnessing the souls of the dead drink the Meng Po soup, forgetting their past lives and being reincarnated...

After meditating in this way for more than three months, when he personally pushed "himself" into the cycle of reincarnation in the illusion, his golden core suddenly trembled violently.

Thunder and death energy no longer counterbalance each other, but have completely merged into pure gray energy.

This is impure chaotic energy.

All things return to their origin, and heaven and earth are reborn!

Li Yunjing's cultivation speed suddenly increased.

He incorporated the Five Elements principles into the power of life and death.

Wood element brings vitality and flow, Metal element strengthens the sharpness of thunder, Water element nourishes the long-lasting death energy, Fire element drives violent energy, and Earth element stabilizes the foundation of the realm.

The gray light flicked from his fingertips could transform into green vines that wrapped around him, yet the vines were imbued with golden lightning; the ice walls that could be condensed with a wave of his hand would burst forth with scorching heat waves when they exploded.

When the Five Elements and the power of life and death are completely integrated, five-colored patterns appear on the golden elixir.

The moment the five-colored patterns on the surface of the golden core lit up, Li Yunjing's whole body trembled violently.

"The Five Elements revolve, Yin and Yang are boundless, the Golden Elixir undergoes nine transformations..."

Li Yunjing formed hand seals, and a roar like a surging river emanated from his body.

He was surprised to find that when the power of the five elements, the yin and yang energies, and the energy of life and death merged, the golden elixir was undergoing a kind of essential transformation.

The first spiral pattern appeared on the surface of the golden pill, which was originally the size of a pigeon egg, just like the annual rings of a tree recording the passage of time.

"Boom!"

Dark clouds gathered outside the palace, and a rare lightning tribulation was brewing in the "Nine Netherworlds".

What darted through the dark clouds was not ordinary lightning, but ghostly thunder mixed with blood.

"what happened?"

"How could there be thunder?"

"My God!"

"Why is that?"

"It seems like our target is here?"

……

The patrolling minotaur soldiers stared in terror at the sky, their eyes reflecting the gigantic faces that were faintly visible in the clouds.

That is the embodiment of the Nine Netherworld Laws.

"boom!"

When the first bolt of blood lightning struck, the "Hall of Contemplation" shattered, revealing the figure sitting cross-legged.

Faced with the thunderous attack, Li Yunjing neither dodged nor evaded, but instead raised his head to meet the attack head-on.

The moment the lightning pierced through his skull, gray light shot out from his seven orifices, and the golden core in his dantian spun wildly, transforming the destructive power of the lightning tribulation into pure energy.

The first line on the surface of the golden elixir was fully formed, presenting a hazy, undeveloped gray color.

"Boom!"

The second lightning tribulation followed immediately, this time a green, sinister lightning mixed with the howling of ghosts and wolves.

The dark mist of the Yellow Springs in Li Yunjing's right eye automatically surged out, forming a vortex above his head.

What's chilling is that countless pale arms stretched out from the black mist, actively grabbing at the descending lightning.

The sight of lightning being torn apart and devoured by the arm terrified the ghostly creatures watching from afar.

"So this is how the power of the Underworld can be used..."

Unmoved by the lightning tribulation, Li Yunjing seemed to have gained some insight.

"Boom!"

When the third azure lightning bolt descended, he held lightning in his left hand and the Yellow Springs in his right, drawing a perfect Tai Chi arc in front of his chest.

The gray shield formed by the intertwining of the two forces actually deflected the lightning tribulation back into the clouds, triggering a chain of explosions.

The lightning tribulation seemed to be enraged.

The next three bolts of lightning struck simultaneously: the blood-red Karmic Fire Lightning, the pitch-black Annihilation Lightning, and the pure white Purification Lightning.

The three-colored lightning swirled in mid-air, leaving fine cracks in the space it passed through.

"such a pity!"

Li Yunjing let out a long roar, and the "Boundary-Breaking Sword" automatically unsheathed.

The star map on the sword's edge resonated with the golden elixir, and the gray light condensed on the sword body into a three-foot-long chaotic sword aura.

He used profound footwork, each sword strike precisely hitting the weakest point of the lightning tribulation.

The crimson lightning was channeled underground, the black lightning was swallowed by the underworld, and the white lightning was assimilated by the thunder...

Three lines lit up in succession at the Golden Core.

When the seventh seven-colored lightning tribulation was brewing, the entire "Reincarnation Bureau" trembled.

The bronze wheel inside the judge's hall spun faster on its own, and the vermilion brush in the judge's hand snapped in two.

"How could the 'Nine Netherworlds' trigger a seven-colored lightning tribulation?"

The spirit suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Unless..."

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Li Yunjing!
Li Yunjing, caught in the lightning, entered a wondrous state.

His consciousness seemed to detach from his body, and he saw every cell of his body disintegrating and reorganizing in the lightning tribulation.

Most astonishingly, the disintegrating flesh and blood did not perish, but instead transformed into countless tiny Tai Chi patterns under the gray light, each pattern depicting a different cycle of life and death.

"Physical body microparticles."

The moment his consciousness returned to its place, Li Yunjing was enlightened.

He deliberately dispersed the protective gray light, allowing the seven-colored lightning tribulation to shatter his physical body into pieces.

But every splattered piece of flesh and blood shimmered with a gray light, flickering like stars in the lightning tribulation.

As the lightning subsided, these tiny particles of flesh and blood automatically gathered together, and the reassembled body gleamed with a jade-like luster.

The eighth lightning tribulation was delayed, but instead, the sound of the Great Dao resounded from the clouds.

Countless golden runes emerged from the void, forming a profound scripture.

Li Yunjing recognized it at a glance; it was the missing last chapter of the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Scripture," the "Thunder Sound Tempering the Spirit Chapter."

What shocked him even more was that small blood-red characters appeared intermittently between the runes, clearly the ultimate secrets of the "Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs True Scripture".

"How could this be?"

"The inheritance of thunder magic may have been aided by the ancestral masters of the immortal realm!"

"But why does the 'Nine Netherworlds True Scripture' complete all the content up to the realm of immortals and gods?"

The moment this thought arose, the eighth lightning tribulation transformed into golden light and showered upon him.

Li Yunjing's sea of ​​consciousness expanded tenfold in an instant, and the originally blurry laws of the Great Dao suddenly became clear and tangible.

He saw the vitality contained within the thunder, and he also saw the cycle of reincarnation hidden within the deathly aura.

When the eighth line on the surface of the Golden Elixir lit up, it automatically evolved into the pattern of the Eight Trigrams.

"Boom!"

Before the final lightning tribulation descended, the world suddenly fell silent.

To Li Yunjing's surprise, he found himself standing beside a long, turbulent river. The river water was divided into two colors: on the left, dazzling lightning surged, and on the right, viscous yellow springs flowed.

The riverbanks are covered with strange flowers, half of them are dancing thunder lotus, and the other half are swaying red spider lilies.

"This is... the River of Laws?"

Li Yunjing bent down and touched the river water; the stinging pain from his fingertips made him instantly realize what was happening.

He had actually briefly touched the origin of the Great Dao during the tribulation of lightning.

As he tried to scoop up a handful of river water, the entire river suddenly reversed direction, transforming into the ninth chaotic lightning tribulation that struck down upon him!

"Well done!"

Li Yunjing was not surprised but rather pleased.

He released all his defenses, allowing the chaotic lightning tribulation to pour into his celestial spirit.

The golden core inside his body spun wildly, and all eight lines lit up simultaneously.

The instant the power of the lightning tribulation made full contact with the golden core, the ninth pattern quietly emerged at the bottom of the golden core...

This pattern is not engraved on the surface, but rather shines outward from the inside, as if a miniature universe is hidden inside the golden elixir.

With a crisp "crack," a crack appeared on the surface of the golden pill.

Li Yunjing was not surprised but delighted, for this was a sign that the Golden Elixir had reached its perfect completion.

When the last bit of lightning tribulation power was absorbed, the outer shell of the golden core completely peeled off, revealing a chaotic ball of light the size of a pigeon egg inside.

This ball of light appears calm, but in reality it contains a power as powerful as if it were creating the world.

There seems to be a life force inside, about to burst forth from the Golden Core!

That is the realm of the shattered elixir and the nascent soul!

pity!

There's still a long way to go before reaching that level.

Li Yunjing's golden core had not yet fully developed into a nascent soul!
After a long time, the lightning tribulation dissipated.

Li Yunjing opened his eyes. The purple lightning leaping in his left eye had transformed into the shape of a dragon, while the black mist swirling in his right eye condensed into the shape of a black tortoise.

He exhaled softly, and a chilling wind carrying thunderous sounds swept through the destroyed palace.

With each casual step, a yin-yang fish pattern automatically appears beneath your feet to support your feet.

The most astonishing change occurred in the sea of ​​consciousness.

The originally chaotic sea of ​​consciousness has now evolved into a miniature world.

Above, thunderclouds gathered, below, the Yellow Springs flowed, and in the center floated a nine-patterned golden elixir, like the core of the world.

With a slight thought, Li Yunjing could simultaneously deduce dozens of magical transformations, a sign of a qualitative change in his spiritual consciousness.

He finally achieved the perfection of the Golden Core realm.

"Congratulations, young Daoist, on completing the ninth stage of the Golden Core."

The judge's voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall.

This Yin deity actually came in person, followed by four ghost messengers carrying jade plates.

On the jade plate were placed spiritual items unique to the Netherworld: the essence of the River of Oblivion, the marrow of the Three Lives Stone, the dew of the Other Shore Flower, and fragments of the Mirror of Karma.

"Greetings, Your Honor."

Li Yunjing returned the greeting with a cupped hand, and noticed that the judge's gaze towards him now carried a hint of equality.

What's even more intriguing is that the judge actually sent him several specialties from the "Nine Netherworlds".

The judge flicked his sleeve, signaling the ghost messenger to present the jade plate. His gaze fell on Li Yunjing's dantian, where a chaotic ball of light was floating, emitting a heart-palpitating fluctuation.

“In the ‘Nine Netherworlds’, it is rare for a living person to undergo tribulation. Your Golden Core has reached the ninth level and has actually caused the River of Laws to manifest. This has truly broadened my horizons.”

He lightly tapped the jade plate with his fingertip, and the "Water Essence of the River of Oblivion" immediately transformed into a clear spring that flew into Li Yunjing's palm: "This water can cleanse the residual turbidity of the Netherworld in your body, so that you will not be devoured by the malevolent energy when you step into the 'Abyss of Burial Gods'."

Li Yunjing took the water essence and felt a cool sensation flowing through his meridians. The chaotic light cluster in his dantian became more active, and the gray-black yin threads attached to the light cluster disappeared as if melting away.

A thought struck him: the effects of the Forgotten River Water Essence were several times stronger than he had anticipated.

"'Three Lives Stone Marrow' can stabilize the soul, 'Other Shore Flower Dew' can temporarily shield the aura of life and death, fragments of the Mirror of Karma..."

The judge picked up the last cracked black stone shard, a complex look flashing in his eyes. "It can reveal the calamities of your journey, but it requires the activation of your life essence. Whether you see it or not is entirely up to you."

Li Yunjing stared at the fragment, the icy touch from his fingertips seeming to carry some kind of prophetic power.

He hesitated for a moment, then put the stone into his storage ring: "This junior thanks you for the gift, sir. The calamity is in my heart; whether I see it or not, I will eventually have to face it."

"What a fine disciple of the 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect'!"

Upon hearing this, the judge laughed loudly: "This spirit is indeed inherited from the Heavenly Venerable."

"The lunar eclipse will occur in three months, at which time the 'Suppressing Prison Black Tortoise' will fall into slumber, making it the best time for you to dive into the abyss."

He turned and looked towards the direction outside the "City of the Wrongfully Dead," his tone suddenly becoming solemn: "But remember, the malevolent energy of the 'World-Splitting Axe' has merged with the remnant soul of Xing Tian. Take only a wisp; do not be greedy for more."

"Thank you for your advice, sir!"

Li Yunjing was overjoyed and bowed.

"Ok!"

The judge nodded, waved his sleeve, and the power of the laws flowed. The destroyed "Hall of Contemplation" was restored to its original state as if time had reversed.

This scene made Li Yunjing's eyes widen in astonishment.

After the judge left, Li Yunjing gazed at the "Hall of Tranquility" that had been restored to its original state.

The stone bed still retained the residual warmth of the fluctuations in the power of the laws. The strange tree in the corner was even more lush than before the tribulation, and the three lightning fruits on its branches had grown to the size of a fist, with gray and white patterns flowing across their surfaces.

"Time travel?"

"Or is it a matter of material recombination?"

"Or perhaps some other law?"

Li Yunjing lightly touched the pillar in the palace, and the subtle fluctuations transmitted through his fingertips made him shake his head.

The judge was not using the true laws of time, but he couldn't see clearly what kind of methods he was using.

This method has already touched upon the realm of immortals.

This was not something a lowly cultivator like him could understand.

Although he couldn't understand it, Li Yunjing was still delighted.

Of all the cultivators on Tianlan Star, who could witness an immortal casting a spell?

what is this?
This is an opportunity!
It's a miracle!
Sitting cross-legged back on the stone bed, Li Yunjing first examined the condition of his dantian.

The chaotic light cluster floated in the center of the Qi Sea, and the nine patterns moved slowly like living things.

The outermost layer consists of five elements patterns, in shades of blue, red, yellow, white, and black; the four middle lines are Yin-Yang life-and-death patterns, with a hazy, chaotic energy flowing endlessly; the most central ninth pattern appears and disappears, each appearance triggering a thunderous tide throughout the body.

"There's still one last step left."

Li Yunjing's internal vision revealed a blurry infant-like figure inside the ball of light, which was the nascent form of a primordial spirit.

Ordinary cultivators only need to accumulate spiritual power to break through their core and form their nascent soul, but his chaotic nascent soul requires the laws he cultivates to be perfected at the same time.

Currently, the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, life and death, and thunder are all prepared, but the most important thing, "the unity of all laws," is missing.

Take out the four treasures given by the judge and place them on the stone table.

The "Water Essence of the River of Oblivion" is contained in a black jade bottle, and it makes a sound like waves when gently shaken.

"Three Lives Stone Marrow" is an amber-colored gelatinous substance, and its refreshing fragrance can be smelled even through the jade box.

The "Red Spider Lily Dew" was contained in a transparent crystal, its color as deep red as blood.

The most mysterious "fragments of the Mirror of Retribution" constantly change shape, sometimes resembling a blade, sometimes a round mirror.

"Let's try the Three Lives Stone Marrow first."

Li Yunjing carefully opened the jade box.

The moment the lid was removed, three unfamiliar memories suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Wandering the streets as a child, joining the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" in his youth, and in some vague future scene, standing in front of a star vortex wielding a sword...

This last memory was fleeting, yet it shook him to his core.

"Predict future?"

Li Yunjing quickly closed the jade box.

The "Three Lives Stone Marrow" not only stabilizes the soul, but also has the miraculous effect of revealing past and present lives.

This made him even more wary of the last "fragment of the Mirror of Evil".

If the "Three Lives Stone" represents linear time, then the "Mirror of Karma" would likely represent all the possibilities of parallel universes.

Such a divine object must be an extraordinary treasure even in the "Nine Netherworlds".

"Gudong! Gudong!"

After a moment of meditation, he took out the "Water Essence of the River of Oblivion" and drank it all in one gulp.

The cool liquid transforms into countless tiny streams upon entering the throat, rushing and cleansing through the meridians.

"Zizzizi..."

Those yin threads lurking deep within the acupoints dissolved into black smoke and were expelled from the body as if encountering a natural enemy.

Most remarkably, after the chaotic light cluster absorbed the water essence, fine mesh-like patterns appeared on its surface, as if a protective shield had been placed over the golden elixir.

"I see."

Li Yunjing suddenly realized.

The essence of the "River of Oblivion" is the power of purification. The judge had long seen that the netherworld energy accumulated in his body would become the catalyst for the malevolent energy of the "Abyss of Burial Gods".

Now with this layer of protection, it can at least resist 30% of the malevolent energy.

He was even more cautious when testing the "Red Spider Lily Dew," only putting a drop on the back of his left hand.

The moment the crimson flower dew touched the skin, the entire palm became transparent and ethereal, emanating pure ghostly death energy.

Just then, some ghostly soldiers patrolled past the palace. They showed no reaction to the aura, proving that the flower dew's camouflage was extremely effective.

"These are all good things!"

Li Yunjing exclaimed in admiration.

Finally, it was the turn of the "Fragments of the Mirror of Retribution".

After hesitating for a long time, Li Yunjing still pricked his fingertip and dripped blood onto the shards.

The moment the blood droplet touched the black stone, the fragment suddenly floated into the air, projecting three shattered images.

The first paragraph describes how his skull was shattered by a giant turtle claw at the bottom of a dark abyss.

The second part is about the sudden awakening of the "World-Splitting Axe," with the phantom of Xing Tian wielding the axe and splitting open the Nine Netherworlds.

The third segment is the most blurry, showing only an image of an emperor's seal intersecting with a boundary-breaking sword...

"Three possible endings?"

Li Yunjing collected the fragments, his forehead already beaded with cold sweat.

The first paragraph clearly corresponds to the greatest danger of the "Burial Abyss of Gods" journey: the Prison-Suppressing Black Tortoise!

The second paragraph hints at the potential chain reaction that taking advantage of someone's violent nature might trigger.

The third paragraph, however, points to unknown variables.

While deep in thought, the "Yin-Yang Mirror" within his dantian suddenly activated on its own.

The starlight projected from the mirror formed a three-dimensional star map inside the hall, perfectly matching the pattern on the "Boundary-Breaking Sword".

Even more astonishingly, seven flashing red dots were marked on the star map, which, when connected, formed the safe path to the "Abyss of Burial Gods".

At the edge of the star map, the faint phantom of an emperor appeared, nodding slightly to Li Yunjing.

"As expected, there was a plan!"

Li Yunjing finally realized that his fall into the Netherworld was no accident.

(End of this chapter)