Chapter 713 - 523: Crossing the Tribulation (2)

No matter how hard I try, I will only become her encumbrance and burden. Severing ties with her is truly the right decision...

You must succeed, Little Yan.

On the mountain peak, Lu Qian and the elders watched Wu Yan undergo the tribulation while Dong Chengjun quickly explained the situation.

Cultivation is a daunting path, filled with obstacles, one after another, challenges after challenges.

Without achieving True Immortal, there is no freedom. If one cannot overcome these obstacles before their lifespan runs out, they will die with endless regret.

To date, it's been more than fifty years since Danxia Sect Leader Wuhuanzi achieved Golden Core Perfection, and over fifty years spent preparing for the Great Heart Demon Tribulation, aiming to maximize the chances of success.

The Great Heart Demon Tribulation is a karmic obstacle residing in one's heart and is not a worldly impediment. Unlike the Golden Core Celestial Tribulation, which imposes catastrophe from above, forcefully demanding cultivators to face it.

Crossing the Great Heart Demon Tribulation means relying on severing one's heart demons, achieving Heart Realm Perfection, thus attaining Unity of Life and Spirit, returning to the Innate state.

The Golden Core shatters and the infant is born, stepping into the position of a Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch.

The timing for crossing the Heart Demon Tribulation gives the Golden Core Master significant autonomy. Golden Core Perfection signifies achievement in Life Skill, next is Inner Nature Cultivation refinement; once confident, then it is time for the tribulation.

Golden Core Masters emphasize Natural Daoist Skill, freeing the heart and returning to true self, striving to reduce karmic obstacles and diminish the power of heart demons.

However, should the Golden Core thought become distorted and the heart becomes chaotic, the Heart Demon Tribulation may come prematurely.

In short, Wuhuanzi maintained well, spending fifty years in preparation for this tribulation, there is a strong hope of succeeding, elevating the Danxia Sect to a Nascent Soul Sect in one fell swoop.

Yet, breaking through to the Nascent Soul, besides personal cultivation, one must overcome intense external pressure.

Nascent Soul Spirit Monarchs, within one province, number from four to five to no more than ten.

A Nascent Soul Sect could dominate an entire province with power, authority, resources, and interests...all tempting enough, how could they be handed over to others?

A new Nascent Soul, a newly advanced sect, means taking a slice out of the pie, who would be willing?

However, typically, Nascent Soul Sects won't directly oppress Golden Core Sects. Since Great Heart Demon Tribulations allow ample preparation time, the success rate is somewhat higher than Golden Core Celestial Tribulations, but still only one-seventh or eighth. For mere potential, could they afford to suppress all Golden Core Perfection? Without hindering their own development?

Moreover, achieving Golden Core Perfection is relatively easier, every Golden Core Sect has potential. If a Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch truly suppresses them, it will undoubtedly provoke widespread anger, becoming the mortal enemy of all Golden Core Sects.

Thus, Nascent Soul Sects can't dominate entirely. People strive upward, water flows downward; it is natural desire, how could one single-handedly lock others' ascending paths?

Under such circumstances, choosing whom to suppress, foster, ally with, or oppose has become a total strategic game.

Golden Core Perfection aiming to advance to Nascent Soul, if a loose cultivator, no one will care, if affiliated with a sect, cannot escape from this chessboard, needing to leverage and balance in this strategic game to ultimately seize an opportunity.

The Danxia Sect had originally managed this situation well. Rooted in Ningzhou for eight hundred years, they have enemies, naturally also allies, achieving a delicate balance among Ningzhou's few Nascent Soul Sects. Despite continuing trouble caused by rivals, it hasn't involved Nascent Soul-level forces.

Furthermore, before this battle, the Danxia Sect already had six Golden Cores; theoretically, even if a Nascent Soul attacks, they have fighting strength.

Yet, suddenly, circumstances drastically changed. Firstly, the much-anticipated Innate Fetus Heart Pill by Wuhuanzi was successfully concocted.

The Innate Red Grass obtained from Lu Qian as the main ingredient, alongside thirty-five rare herbs and Spirit Marrow Spiritual Liquid sourced over more than ten years as auxiliary ingredients, after eighteen years of refinement, successfully reducing heart demon power, aiding the tribulation, and ultimately forming the Innate Fetus Heart Pill.

Moreover, two pills came out successfully from the stove!

The news accidentally leaked, causing a Nascent Soul Sect named Star Origin Palace from Ningzhou to approach, quite forcefully. The Danxia Sect, supported by other Nascent Soul Sects, refused to yield. Coupled with Golden Core Sects already uneasy with Danxia's dominance fanning the flames, the battle broke out.

Initially, both sides were evenly matched, yet unexpectedly emerged a Qiming Spirit Monarch!

The Qiming Spirit Monarch, who was originally Master Qiming, was the ruler of Lanshan Island in Ningzhou.

Ningzhou bordered the inland sea of Star Sea, Lanshan Island has been part of Ningzhou since ancient times, actually is a sea island several thousand miles from the mainland, long isolated from the continent.

The power on Lanshan Island is peculiarly unique, unlike typical sects that widely recruit disciples and extend their influence; only a handful of cultivators reside on it, each generation passes knowledge from master to disciple, practically a single inheritance.

With impoverished resources, no mortals exist, Lanshan Island searches for disciples throughout the mainland. Spiritual Land is only Third-Level High-Tier, long forgotten by the continent, many directly regard Master Qiming as a loose cultivator.

However, in this place without much attention, within less than ten years, Master Qiming miraculously advanced from Golden Core Perfection, broke the mirror successfully, becoming a Nascent Soul Spirit Monarch!

Who could foresee this?