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Chapter 149 is just in time! [Third Update]

"boom!"

When Yang Rui was looked at like that by Chen Qing, his golden core trembled violently, and warning signs exploded deep within his soul!

His face turned deathly pale, and the ferocity in his eyes vanished, replaced only by terror!
"We have to leave! Otherwise we'll die!"

The sensation of good versus evil pierced his skull like a steel needle, and the ominous feeling that he might die at that moment made his soul tremble!

Forget about slaying inner demons!

The Xuan Yin Deathly Aura erupted, enveloping him and transforming him into a streak of dark light, instantly covering a hundred miles away!

The speed was far beyond their usual limits!
"Want to go?"

Chen Qing sat cross-legged in the center of the lake, his eyes swirling with a chaotic light, reflecting the figure fleeing for his life.

He slowly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, and a point of chaotic light condensed at the tip of his finger.

The lingering aura of calamity also flowed into it.

"When Yin and Yang rotate, and stillness becomes the sharp edge, this sword can be called the Yin-Yang Primordial Qi Sword."

With a light, casual stroke, it moves forward.

"laugh--"

A sword aura, about a foot long and intertwined in black and white, silently pierced through the air!

The sword energy seemed slow, but with a flash of starlight, it was on Chen Qing's fingertip one moment and had caught up to Yang Rui's feet a hundred feet behind the next!

Wherever the sword light passed, even the raging hot and cold spiritual energy was cleaved open, creating a vacuum!
"How dare you, you brat!!" A hoarse, angry roar exploded from the far horizon, carrying a terrifying pressure that tore through the clouds. It was Yin Jiujiu who was rushing over!

But it was too late!

The black and white sword energy had already touched Yang Rui's protective Xuan Yin Death Qi!

"puff!"

The protective aura, which was as solid as a substance and strong enough to withstand ordinary Golden Core attacks, was as fragile as a sheet of paper in front of this sword aura!

The sword energy pierced Yang Rui's back without any hindrance!
Yang Rui's fleeing figure suddenly froze!
He looked down in disbelief at the sliver of chaotic sword light emanating from his chest.

The Yin and Yang energies vibrated, as if mountains and seas were growing within his body, expanding with a roar!

next moment.

"boom--"

His entire body, along with the Xuan Yin inner core within him that exuded the aura of a fourth-stage golden elixir, exploded from the inside out like a lit powder keg!
Blood rained down, mixed with bone fragments, and poured down over the Ice and Fire Canyon, only to be instantly evaporated and frozen by the violent hot and cold air currents below!
A newly promoted Golden Core cultivator, with a promising future, was blasted apart from a distance by a sword aura from a newly promoted Golden Core cultivator!

However, a Xuan Yin Golden Pill was still suspended in the air, though it was covered with cracks!

"This……"

Above the canyon entrance, several streaks of light froze simultaneously!
Chen Xinghen, his black robes fluttering, his face ashen, looked at the blood mist drifting in the sky and silently calculated, realizing that even if he were to take this hit, he would probably be severely injured!
Upon further reflection on these changes, Chen Xinghen felt a sense of absurdity!

"When we first met, I was still superior to him. After that, we were evenly matched. Now, in this third meeting, I'm afraid I'm no match for him! What kind of talent is this?"

During his cultivation, he was praised for his extraordinary talent, but compared to Ji Ming, he was no match.

Qi Tongyue and Yin Qingping, along with the other officials from the yamen, followed closely behind, all of them pale-faced. Yin Qingping's face was especially ashen as she recalled her earlier recklessness.

At the very front of the crowd, a graceful figure stood silently suspended.

She was dressed in a light veil, her face hazy, as if shrouded in a layer of flowing mist. Her eyes were closed, yet they could penetrate all barriers and accurately "see" the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the frozen lake.

"That Ji Ming has reached the Core Formation stage? He's quite bold to take such a step at a time like this. Could it be that he intends to reverse the situation?"

Her red lips parted slightly beneath the light veil, and her voice was ethereal and otherworldly.

"His elixir has achieved a remarkable state of completion, far beyond what is achieved with just one or two ordinary cycles!"

"Rumble--"

As if in response to her words, the tribulation clouds gathered in the heavens did not disperse, but instead became even denser and rolled endlessly!

Thick, dark blue electric snakes darted and converged within!
A destructive aura, ten times more terrifying than before, slowly brewed!
Furthermore, numerous malevolent forces emanated from Chen Qing's body! Formless and intangible, yet carrying a strange and insidious aura that led to decadence, decay, and utter despair, it eroded the surrounding space.

"Uh!"

Yin Qingping glanced at Chen Qing and instantly felt annoyed, frustrated, and doubtful about her own cultivation level! She groaned, hurriedly circulated her inner energy, and took several steps back. Her face was ashen, and her eyes were filled with fear!

"Do not use your divine sense to investigate!" The ethereal voice of the woman with her eyes closed rang out again. "This is a calamity plague formed from his own karmic obstacles! For cultivators, it is ten thousand times more dangerous than the most severe plague! Your cultivation level is too low. If you are even slightly tainted, at best your Dao heart will be clouded and your cultivation will regress, and at worst, it will trigger your own calamity to erupt prematurely, leading to your death and the dissipation of your Dao! Step back! Wait for him to overcome this calamity on his own!"

Though her eyes were closed, she seemed to see through everything: "The danger of the second stage of the Golden Core transformation lies not in the thunder and fire, but in the Dao heart! Those undergoing the tribulation will be immersed in the illusions of past tribulations. They must sever their inner demons and understand their true nature in order to condense the tribulation plague into tribulation patterns! If they are immersed for too long, or if their mind is lost, when the Netherworld Tribulation Thunder descends, they will be attacked from within and without. No matter how strong their foundation is, they will not be able to escape the collapse of their Dao foundation!"

Yin Qingping felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this and quickly averted her gaze, but couldn't help but whisper, "To be able to trigger the second tribulation upon just forming the Golden Core, one's foundation is truly unfathomable..."

The woman with her eyes closed chuckled softly: "In the bitterly cold land of Beiming, this might be considered astonishing, but in the central capital of Yujing, those who achieve the second stage of cultivation upon completing their elixir are not uncommon, though not extremely so. However, this young man's foundation is quite solid, which is worth watching. I just wonder if he can break free from his mental tribulation in time, and how far he can go on the path of the Golden Core?"

Chen Xinghen frowned, his gaze sweeping across the distance.

Yin Jiujiu of the Xuan Yin Sect tightly gripped a cracked remnant of a golden core, staring at the frozen lake with a face full of resentment. Death energy surged around him, but he resisted the urge to step forward, also extremely wary of the pervasive plague.

"You dare kill a Golden Core cultivator of my Xuan Yin Sect! You ruin my sect's fortune! No matter how many tribulations you undergo today, I will make you pay for this in blood!" Yin Jiujiu's voice was hoarse, filled with deep-seated hatred. "Buzz buzz buzz—"

In the heart of the frozen lake, a sudden and unexpected change occurs!
The gray, calamity-inducing aura surrounding Chen Qing suddenly surged!
Countless bizarre and fragmented phantoms sprang up and overlapped wildly from the void! They were trying to drag Chen Qing's soul into the abyss of past calamities!
Even the pure blue light emanating from the Ninth Grade Azure Lotus Platform was permeated and tainted by the calamity-inducing yin wind originating from Chen Qing's own karma, causing it to flicker unpredictably!

Chen Qing's seated figure swayed slightly, his brows furrowed, his mind seemingly teetering violently between illusion and reality, on the verge of succumbing at any moment!

"Oh no! His mind is wavering, he's about to be dragged into the illusion of inner demons!" Chen Xinghen's heart tightened, and he subconsciously clenched his fist.

Yin Jiujiu's eyes burned with even more resentment, and he grinned coldly.

At this critical moment!
"Om-"

As if stimulated by the heavy karmic tribulations, deep within Chen Qing's Niwan Palace, the Dao Seed vibrated, and a point of bright yellow light suddenly awakened!
"boom!"

The void trembles!

A surge of bright yellow energy appeared out of nowhere!

Its color was pure and vast, its meaning was as heavy as a mountain, and its charm was as compassionate as a mother's embrace. As soon as it appeared, it enveloped Chen Qing's entire body!
"Fuck-"

The malevolent winds that erode the soul and defile the heart of the Dao collide with this bright yellow aura of merit, and melt away like boiling water splashed on snow, producing a piercing sound!

Wisps of black smoke rose up, only to be instantly purified and swept away!
The evil winds and calamities have vanished without a trace!
"call--"

Chen Qing's tightly furrowed brows relaxed, as if a tremendous burden had been lifted!

He unconsciously opened his mouth and inhaled, and a light and clear breath, born from the dissipation of the calamity, was drawn into his abdomen!

This pure energy sank down all the way into the dantian and merged into the newly formed Chaos Golden Core!

"Buzz!"

The Golden Core has been transformed once!
The surface was a chaotic flow of light, with a dark golden pattern imprinted on it!
The Calamity Mark is complete!
A profound Daoist aura, "impervious to all calamities" and "repelling all evils," emanated from the Golden Elixir and flowed throughout the entire body!

With a slight thought, Chen Qing was able to gather all the calamities he had experienced in the past into his mind and transform them into "calamity thoughts" that could invade the foundation of living beings!
Moreover, the "light and clear" energy, still lingering, surged straight into the Niwan Palace!

"boom!"

Inside the Niwan Palace, the previously somewhat blurry "Pure Yang Primordial Talisman" and "Taiyin Extinction Talisman" solidified instantly upon being struck by this pure energy!

The supreme mystery of the cycle of Yin and Yang and the creation of nothingness has been fully understood!
Drawn by this, the tribulation patterns imprinted on the golden core also lit up slightly. The many tribulation thoughts seemed to be endowed with spirituality, and combined with the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm, giving rise to many unpredictable changes!
High in the sky, the dark blue lightning that had been gathering momentum suddenly paused! It began to slowly dissipate!
This sudden and astonishing reversal left all the onlookers dumbfounded!
"This...this is it?!" Yin Qingping's eyes widened. The unfathomable senior beside her had just said so much, and she thought it was going to be extremely dangerous, but it turned out to be just like this? I feel like I could do it too.

"He actually possesses such immense merit energy!" The woman's voice, which had been closed, trembled for the first time. "He can so easily neutralize the Second Tribulation Plague! Could he be a reincarnation of the Merit Dharma? But no, if he were a reincarnation of merit, forming his core would surely be met with divine jealousy and countless tribulations. It's absolutely impossible for him to do it so easily..."

"Rumble--"

The tribulation clouds in the nine heavens churned like a boiling sea!
Golden lightning bolts weaved and converged in the clouds, transforming into countless thunder dragons with fluttering scales and claws!
The calamity clouds began to expand, instantly covering the entire canyon and spreading towards the majestic Liangyi Snow Mountain in the distance!
The originally orderly spiritual energy of heaven and earth was now completely boiling and running rampant! Like a pot of boiling oil thrown into a giant rock, countless tiny electric snakes sprang up and exploded out of thin air!
Deep within the Two Elements Snow Mountain, which had been silent for twenty years, several wills were awakened by the earth-shaking calamity.

"Someone is undergoing tribulation in our sect's territory?"

Soon, streams of will converged towards the Ice and Fire Canyon.

Several faint demonic energies also appeared around them!

Further afield, many other wills also sensed the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and their divine senses and wills spread over!
"Boom!"

In the sky, a golden thunder dragon opened its massive jaws, tearing through the clouds, and crashed down towards Chen Qing in the center of the frozen lake!
The entire canyon is wailing!
"Jiming! Prepare to die!"

At the same time, Yin Jiujiu's face was full of ferocity and resentment; this was the moment he had been waiting for!
Taking advantage of Chen Qing's focus on the Heavenly Tribulation, the "Nine Netherworld Bone-Corroding Nail," imbued with the power of resentment and curse, transformed into a beam of deathly light and pierced straight into Chen Qing's back of the head!

This nail was driven at a cunning and ruthless moment!
Even Chen Xinghen and the woman with her eyes closed changed their expressions slightly!
however……

Just a moment before the Bone-Eating Nail was about to pierce through Chen Qing's protective aura!
"rise!"

hum!
A primordial mist array suddenly materialized around the frozen lake! It enveloped the entire canyon entrance and instantly swallowed the eerie light, causing it to lose its way!
"A mere formation dares to stop me?!" Yin Jiujiu's body erupted with Xuan Yin death energy, transforming into nine pitch-black giant pythons that tore at the foundation of the formation!

The formation trembled, its light flickering unpredictably!
He could tell that although the formation was ingenious, it was hastily set up and its foundation was not stable, so it could not withstand his full-force attack for more than a few breaths!
"Don't rush," Chen Qing suddenly said, "You've come at the right time."

He swiftly formed a hand seal in front of his chest!
The golden core within the mansion trembled, and starlight surged forth from it!
Within the Niwan Palace, the Void Spirit Talisman shone brightly!
"Om-"

Above the canyon entrance, countless starlight points appeared out of thin air, connecting with each other to outline mysterious and complex void runes, resembling a starlight portal!
An immense force, along with the starlight, shone upon Yin Jiujiu!
"Huh? This is bad!" Yin Jiujiu's expression changed drastically!

He reacted extremely quickly, and the Profound Yin Death Fiend instantly receded, transforming into a wisp of Netherworld Yin Wind, ready to escape!

late!

The starlight portal suddenly spun around!
"Shh!"

Yin Jiujiu vanished from the spot!

The next moment!
Space is distorted directly above the frozen lake!

Yin Jiujiu was forcibly "spit out"! He landed perfectly between Chen Qing and the world-destroying golden thunder dragon!
“Ji! Ming! You…”

Yin Jiujiu's eyes widened in horror, and a terrified roar just burst out of his mouth!
"boom!!!"

The golden lightning dragon, which had been gathering its power for a long time, slammed into the top of his head!

　11,000 words at midnight, completely drained...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)