Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Shadows loomed over the heavens and the earth, and the howling wind was like a knife.

Wu Tian's claw strike, though seemingly simple and direct, contained the terrifying power of the Huo Dou bloodline, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas.

Before the claws even arrived, the scorching heatwave had already baked the ground below until it was charred and cracked, and the vegetation instantly turned to ashes.

"You want to kill me?! Not so easy!"

A hint of madness flashed in Lu Jiuchuan's eyes. He knew he had nowhere to escape; this ferocious beast was too fast.

However, the ancestor is already on his way. As long as he can hold out for a while, this ferocious beast will only face certain death in front of a Nascent Soul True Person.

He suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence. The blood was not bright red, but golden, which was the ultimate manifestation of the true blood of the Heavenly Blazing Fire.

The essence blood sprayed into the air did not dissipate, but instead transformed into countless fine incantations. These incantations were ancient and complex, swirling and intertwining in the void like living things.

At the same time, Lu Jiuchuan's golden robe moved without wind, fluttering and rustling, and the patterns of the Heavenly Pillars embroidered on the robe began to wriggle, as if trying to break free from the fabric.

The halberd in his hand trembled violently, and the flame at its tip turned from dark red to dazzling gold, with the temperature soaring to an unbelievable level.

"boom!"

A muffled sound came from Lu Jiuchuan's body, as if some kind of shackles had been forcibly broken. His face turned ashen instantly, and blood seeped from the corners of his eyes, mouth, and ears, but his aura surged wildly at that moment.

A phantom image of a towering, hundred-foot-tall divine pillar slowly coalesced behind him.

This divine pillar is composed of countless incantations, with a fire dragon coiled around its body. The dragon's head is raised to the sky, its body is wrapped around the pillar, and its tail hangs down to the earth, illuminating the area within a ten-mile radius as bright as day.

This is a desperate measure taken by the direct descendants of the Lu family, burning their true blood to summon the strange phenomenon of the Heavenly God Fire Pillar.

The divine pillar that could only be summoned by the combined efforts of the twelve guards was summoned by Lu Jiuchuan at the cost of burning his true blood, and it was even more solid.

Although it is still an illusion, it contains a trace of the true meaning of the Heavenly Fire Pillar suppressing the eight wastelands and burning all things.

"You beast! Die!"

Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were bloodshot as he roared. He raised his hands high as if supporting the sky, and the hundred-foot-tall phantom of the divine pillar tilted violently, crashing into the giant claw that Wu Tian was about to strike.

Its power is so great that it has already reached the threshold of the Dao Embryo Realm. Ordinary cultivators in the Refining Technique Realm would not even last a single breath under this pillar before their body and soul would be destroyed.

Wu Tian's dark pupils reflected the phantom of the divine pillar that could burn the heavens and simmer the earth, yet he showed no fear whatsoever.

The giant claw collided with the phantom of the divine pillar.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar erupted, followed by an even more dazzling light. The light was so intensely white that it illuminated the surrounding area for miles around, turning everything pale and obliterating all other colors.

Terrifying ripples spread in all directions, carving deep trenches into the earth, causing rocks to collapse and rivers to evaporate, creating an apocalyptic scene.

Wu Tian's hundred-foot-tall monstrous body was slightly stunned by the impact. The fur on his crimson, magma-like giant claws, where they came into contact with the phantom of the divine pillar, began to char and curl, emitting a sizzling sound, and showed a faint tendency to be burned.

"Haha, it's blocked."

"You beast, let's see how you break my Heavenly Divine Fire Pillar!"

Lu Jiuchuan grinned maliciously, his arrogance rising again. "When the ancestor arrives, he will surely tear you apart and skin you alive, and refine your soul for a hundred years!"

The burning divine pillar was reflected in Wu Tian's jet-black beast eyes. Deep within his pupils, countless fine runes slowly rotated like a compass, as his Thousand-Mile Eye talent was fully activated.

In that instant, the pillar of divine fire that reached the heavens transformed in his eyes into a diagram woven from countless incantations.

Within the clairvoyant vision, the seemingly seamless phantom of the divine pillar was clearly revealed, showing the trajectory of the internal incantations, the nodes of the magical power flow, and the weak points in its structure.

All mysteries are revealed.

The Heavenly Fire Pillar that Lu Jiuchuan forcibly summoned using forbidden techniques was naturally not perfect. With just a casual glance, Wu Tian discovered that more than a dozen nodes were sluggish and the light of the incantation was obviously dim.

In particular, three key points developed cracks due to forced activation, which weakened the power of the entire divine pillar considerably.

These errors and weaknesses, under the keen observation of the all-seeing eye, are as glaring as a beacon in the darkness.

Wu Tian retracted his giant claw, and his massive body retreated slightly.

This action startled Lu Jiuchuan, then his face lit up with wild joy: "What? You know you can't break my divine pillar, so you want to escape? Too late! The ancestor is almost here..."

His words stopped abruptly.

Because the light between heaven and earth suddenly began to distort.

hum! !

A soft buzzing sound rang out, as if it came from the depths of time or the very end of the soul. Though not loud, it made Lu Jiuchuan's hair stand on end, and a chill that penetrated to the bone ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

The Sun and Moon Heavenly Blade appeared; though it was called a blade, it was formless and intangible.

It was a sharp edge capable of slicing through light and cutting through the void, as if everything in the world was as fragile as paper before this blade.

Wu Tian's pitch-black beast eyes locked onto the misaligned node of the incantation three feet below the center of the divine pillar's illusory image. The incantation compass deep within his pupils spun wildly, calculating the node's position, structure, and energy flow trajectory down to the millimeter.

Then, a thought occurred to me.

The invisible Heavenly Blade of Sun and Moon moved.

There was no sound of air being cut, no flash of light, and not even any warning signs.

The blade appeared three feet below the center of the phantom pillar, gently cutting into the misaligned crack of the incantation.

Like water seeping into the sand.

Silent and unstoppable, yet unstoppable.

laugh!
A soft, almost inaudible cutting sound rang out.

The invisible blade of light struck the weakness of the phantom pillar with unparalleled precision, slashing upwards along the connection between the third and sixth nested structures.

Wherever the blade flashed, the incantations seemed to have met their nemesis, crumbling, disintegrating, and dissipating.

It wasn't a head-on destruction, but rather a dismemberment like a skilled butcher carving up an ox, the blade cutting along the natural trajectory of the incantation, avoiding all solid points and focusing on the weakest links.

"Crack, crack, crack..." A continuous series of cracking sounds rang out, fine and rapid.

Under Lu Jiuchuan's horrified gaze, the seemingly indestructible phantom of the Heavenly Fire Pillar suddenly began to flicker violently with its surface covered in fine incantations, emitting a mournful wail.

Then, a crack spread wildly in all directions from the point where the blade struck.

One, two, ten, a hundred...

In the blink of an eye, the entire hundred-foot-tall divine pillar phantom was covered with spiderweb-like cracks. Deep within those cracks, dark red flames could be vaguely seen raging out of control, emitting sizzling sounds.

"No!"

Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were bloodshot. He felt his connection with the phantom of the divine pillar was rapidly severing, and the power he had gained by burning his true blood was collapsing and dissipating in a way he could not understand.

He desperately channeled his magic power, trying to stabilize the divine pillar, but to no avail.

The Sun and Moon Heavenly Blade's entry point was incredibly precise, precisely at the core where all the incantation veins converged. That slight misalignment, though minuscule, was like an anthill on a dam; once breached, the entire structure collapsed. Boom!!!

With a deafening roar, the illusory image of the hundred-foot-tall divine pillar exploded.

It wasn't forcibly shattered by external force, but rather disintegrated from within, like a building collapsing on its own when the most crucial piece is removed.

Dark red flames scattered and flew everywhere, turning into countless streams of fire that fell to the ground, igniting the forests below. A raging inferno spread outwards, with thick smoke billowing and obscuring the sky.

The impact of the collapsing phantom of the divine pillar was entirely reflected back onto Lu Jiuchuan.

"puff"

Lu Jiuchuan coughed up blood, which was mixed with a large number of internal organ fragments. His chest was visibly caved in, and at least seven or eight of his ribs were broken.

He was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string, his golden robe fluttering in the air. His originally sinister face was now twisted and deformed by pain and fear, blood seeping from his seven orifices, making him look extremely miserable.

After being thrown more than a hundred feet, Lu Jiuchuan crashed heavily onto a cliff, creating a deep crater in the cliff face. Rocks tumbled down, and dust filled the air.

He struggled to get up, but as soon as he moved, he spat out a mouthful of blood. His meridians had been broken in many places, his magical power was sluggish, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"How...how is this possible..." Lu Jiuchuan collapsed in the deep pit of the cliff, his eyes filled with disbelief and despair. "My Heavenly Divine Fire Pillar...burning with true blood...it was actually...broken like this?"

He couldn't understand.

What kind of magic is it?
How exactly did they manage to do that?
Wu Tian lowered his head, his dark, beastly eyes looking down at Lu Jiuchuan, who was limp in the pit.

His gaze was cold and indifferent, like a god looking down at ants, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Lu Jiuchuan looked up at the terrifying beast, at its dark eyes that seemed to devour souls, at the crimson flames engulfing its body, and at the giant fireball burning fiercely at the tip of its tail…

He finally understood what true despair was.

"Spare...spare me..." Lu Jiuchuan struggled to speak, his voice hoarse and unpleasant, "I...I can give you treasures...all the treasures of the Lu family...I'll give them all to you...as long as..."

Wu Tian ignored his pleas for mercy.

"And I... I am the eldest son of the Lu family... If you kill me... the patriarch will not let you go... he will hunt you down to the ends of the earth..."

"Noisy."

Wu Tian finally spoke, and the incantation resounded directly in Lu Jiuchuan's mind, as cold as ice that had stood for millennia.

An invisible blade flashed through the air.

This time, the target is Lu Jiuchuan himself.

At this moment, Lu Jiuchuan's aura was unstable, his true blood of the Heavenly Blazing Fire in his body was almost dried up, his mana was nearly exhausted, and most fatally, his mind was greatly impacted by the destruction of the divine pillar, his sea of ​​consciousness was shaken, and his reaction was half a beat slower.

This slowness can mean the difference between life and death.

The flashing blades, like a net, descended upon us.

Not just one, but dozens, even hundreds, of invisible sword lights simultaneously emerged from the void, weaving together into an impenetrable net of light.

Each blade of light was as thin as a cicada's wing and as fast as lightning, precisely slashing at every vital point, every point of magical power circulation, and every place where true blood gathered around Lu Jiuchuan's body.

Lu Jiuchuan didn't even have time to react. He only felt a chill all over his body, as if countless cold threads were cutting through his flesh, and then, excruciating pain surged like a tide.

"Puff puff! Puff puff! Puff puff!!!"

The sounds of flesh tearing apart were continuous and so dense that they sent chills down one's spine.

Lu Jiuchuan's golden robe first shattered into countless fragments, and then fine blood lines appeared on his skin. These blood lines crisscrossed, cutting his entire body into hundreds of pieces.

Both arms were severed at the shoulders, the cuts were smooth as a mirror, the cut surfaces of bones, muscles and blood vessels were clearly visible, and dark golden blood gushed out like a spring.

The legs were separated from the thighs, with a smooth cut. Before the severed limbs even hit the ground, they were charred black by the intense heat contained in the blade.

The torso was cut horizontally into seven sections, each with a completely uniform thickness. The internal organs slid out from between them, and the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, etc., were all precisely dissected, exposing their internal structures.

The head was intact, but a thin line had appeared around the neck.

Lu Jiuchuan's face, contorted with terror, remained frozen in its final expression. His eyes were wide open, his pupils dilated, and his lips were slightly parted as if he wanted to say something, but he could no longer utter a sound.

The blade flashed, and the head separated from the torso, shooting skyward.

But that wasn't the end of it. The net of light, woven from hundreds of invisible blades, did not dissipate after cutting Lu Jiuchuan's body into hundreds of pieces. Instead, it closed inward.

"Chi chi chi——"

A sickening sound rang out, and Lu Jiuchuan's mangled body, whether it was severed limbs, torso pieces, internal organs, or head... was all crushed into smaller pieces by the net of blades, then into minced meat, and finally became a cloud of blood mist mixed with bone fragments.

From the moment Wu Tian shattered the phantom of the divine pillar to the moment Lu Jiuchuan was reduced to a bloody mist, the entire process took only a breath.

Clean, efficient, and ruthless to the extreme.

A young master from a prestigious family, who was at the peak of the Refining Realm, possessed the true blood of the Heavenly Blazing Fire, and mastered the core inheritance of the Lu family, was brutally murdered on the spot, leaving no trace of his body.

There was no fluctuation in Wu Tian's dark pupils, as if he had just crushed an ant.

"Anyone who dares to humiliate my woman shall be torn to pieces and die a horrible death."

He opened his mouth and spat out a flame, the temperature of which was so high that it distorted even the void itself.

The bloodstains and bones remaining on the ground sizzled before rapidly vaporizing, leaving not a trace of smoke.

A burnt smell filled the air, but it was quickly dispersed by the wind.

Only a tiny, pale gold blood droplet, the size of a grain of rice, remained on the spot.

This blood bead is crystal clear, with flame runes flowing on its surface. It is a blood bead condensed from the true blood of the Heavenly Blazing Fire within Lu Jiuchuan's body, and also from the essence of his cultivation.

Wu Tian opened his mouth and swallowed, the blood bead turning into a stream of light and disappearing into his throat.

In an instant, a warm power spread through his body, merging into Huo Dou's bloodline, making him feel completely comfortable.

"This is a good thing. It can not only replenish and nourish my magical power, but also has a gentle nourishing effect on my acquired bloodline."

After doing all this, Wu Tiancai looked up at the sky.

In the vision of the Thousand-Mile Eye, the Jade Sun Ancestor's escape light was already rapidly approaching, and it would arrive here in at most a quarter of an hour.

With a thought, his hundred-foot-tall body began to shrink rapidly. Ten feet, five feet, one foot…

It eventually morphed into the size of an ordinary dog, its crimson fur losing all its luster and becoming dull and lifeless, its aura completely concealed, just like an ordinary wild dog.

The seeds of the Sun and Moon Heavenly Wheels' divine power rotated, and the blessing of the Moon Wheel quietly covered the entire body.

"Whoosh!"

A crimson shadow flashed past, and Wu Tian vanished from his spot, speeding towards the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains, leaving only a faint afterimage in the air. (End of Chapter)