Daoist Competition

Guo Mingde turned his head and said to Pang Yuzhong: "I heard that this person not only destroyed one of our sect’s sub-platforms but also killed a disciple of Junior Brother Pang?"

Pang Yuzhong snorted coldly and said: "I came here precisely for this person. If he is already dead, then so be it. But if he is still alive, I must imprison his soul and place it upon the Divine Altar to suffer eternal torment."

Guo Mingde said: "Hong An, lead the way and take my brother and me to observe the formation in the mountains."

Hong An bowed and said: "Yes, True Masters, please follow me."

Turtle Snake Mountain Peak.

Zhang Yan had been sitting here for twenty-eight years.

Throughout these years, he had absorbed no fewer than a thousand pieces of Green Sun Gang Jade to nourish his inner core.

Yet his First Grade Golden Core seemed like a bottomless pit, devouring all the Essence Qi no matter how much came. Now, another piece of Green Sun Gang Jade in his hand was refined into a pile of gray-white powder.

He opened his eyes, about to drum the Fish Drum again to retrieve more Green Sun Gang Jade, but at this moment, his Golden Core below his abdomen suddenly quivered, and the acupoints throughout his body flickered in response.

His gaze sharpened, sitting still without daring to move recklessly.

This was a sign that the Essence Qi had been absorbed to its limit, heralding an imminent transformation.

He faintly sensed that the time for forming the Nascent Soul seemed to have arrived. He steadied his Heart and Spirit, breathing slowly, not disturbing the change within, letting it proceed naturally.

After a moment, a force inside his body began to stir, first imperceptibly, then like a stream flowing, stronger and stronger, like a mighty river, embodying the strength of a hundred torrents converging into the sea.

When this force reached its peak, his body trembled, and he felt an unstoppable mighty force erupt. With a roar in his mind, the Golden Core beneath his abdomen suddenly shattered, and a resonating sound thundered across Kun Island, a Clear Qi surged upward, bursting out from his crown, and its fierce momentum punched a hole through the Extreme Sky Gang Qi.

The Clear Qi rushed to the extreme sky, halting only after a hundred li, then quivered suddenly, bursting open. From the endless brightness emerged a Golden Body Nascent Soul, standing a dozen feet tall.

This Nascent Soul stood in the Void, stepping on auspicious clouds, bathing in a hundred zhang of golden light. Five-Colored Light Qi rotated and alternated behind it, glistening and brilliant, with a hundred streams of Spirit Light orbiting around, like fireflies and shooting stars dancing across the sky.

With the appearance of this Nascent Soul, the Turtle Snake Mountain Peak was bathed in golden light, brightening half the sky. The radiance illuminated the mountains, the morning light brilliant, like the sun descending upon dust, infinite in grandeur. Even from a thousand li away, one could see a rainbow glow reflecting above Kunyu.

Such an imposing spectacle left even the two True Masters, Guo Mingde and Pang Yuzhong, astounded, halting their steps involuntarily.

At this moment, Zhang Yan felt the Mana within him surge, as if a mere movement of his hands and feet could unleash tremendous power. His heart stirred, and with a gesture from the Nascent Soul, a purple Thunder Radiance descended from the Extreme Sky, striking Turtle Snake Mountain, piercing through twenty-seven formations in one go, the force still unabated, extending a hundred li beyond the formations before slowly dissipating.

Zhang Yan smiled faintly, stood up, and chanted: "Yin Yang Qi unites with life essence, Essence veiled within the chest plays out the Five Elements, Divine Intent majestic as mountain ridges, refining Gang Ying within the Sky-Supporting Pillar, Sword Sound resounding in Nine Heavens Clouds, sweeping away Devilish Aura to cleanse the air, with the spirit of soaring dragons and tigers, overturning seas and rivers to restore the sky blue!"

He gathered all the surging Inner Qi, then with the fall of Clear Qi from the crown, the Nascent Soul returned to his body. With a flick of his sleeve, he collected the strange stone from the mountain peak, then lightly stepped outwards, instantly moving a thousand zhang away, reaching the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye!

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