Every strand of Azure Profound Qi contains the original qi of the Great Song Emperor from ten lifetimes, impossible to disperse or avoid!
"The 'Mysterious Corpse of the Nether Tower Returning to the Origin Technique', 'Nine-Turn Heavenly Tribulation Chapter'?"
In mid-air, Cao Xie was the first to recognize the origins of the Emperor Corpse Puppet and the strange formation before him.
"Cao Dao You!"
Master Chunyang spoke impatiently: "Since you know what the Zhao child is up to, why not quickly tell us?"
Cao Xie and Zuo Qiu Daoist distanced themselves, explaining simultaneously: "Simply put, today a Nascent Soul Corpse Puppet will be born, and under its arrangement, the corresponding heavenly tribulation will be borne by us instead."
"What?!"
Master Chunyang was incredulous: "We are to bear the heavenly tribulation? Is there a method to break it?!"
"Too late!"
Emperor Tianxi said, "I've mentioned, today I'll have the three envoys establish an unparalleled foundation for my Immortal Song!"
Several times the Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation thunder tribulation descended, Master Chunyang and others had no choice but to deploy their means to fiercely resist the tribulation!
These three, even among the Nascent Souls, were esteemed figures. At this moment, deploying their means to contend with several times the Golden Core Tribulation, they managed to hold on.
But just as they were catching their breath, the last Emperor's Tomb began to collapse, merging nine Corpse Puppets, bursting forth with vast Yin Sha Qi rolling like a tsunami, turning every grass, animal on the hill into dead branches and bones, devoid of vitality.
High above the Heavenly Dome, an even stronger heavenly tribulation began to converge, countless violet thunder entangled together, forming a giant python swallowing the sky, descending with thunderous crashes, enveloping the entire Si Xue Dao Du in a violet glow.
"This, what is this?"
"Heavenly tribulation?"
"Is someone in the Emperor's Tomb undergoing tribulation?"
Master Feng Zhi was dumbstruck: "Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation?!"
"No!"
Xue Jingfeng felt his liver and gall trembling.
To cultivators, heavenly tribulation is like the mountain king to all beasts, a fear stemming from bloodline!
The dignified Golden Core cultivator, stammering at this moment when speaking: "This, this is not an ordinary Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation! There's a corpse cultivator undergoing tribulation above the Emperor's Tomb!"
"Corpse cultivator? Nascent Soul?"
Master Feng Zhi's pupils trembled: "Zhao Rui?!"
"I don't know..."
Xue Jingfeng shook his head: "This is beyond what you and I can intervene in, all we can do is look over Star Peak Mountain! With such a large anomaly suddenly occurring, no doubt the Demon Realm will act!"
"Elder!"
"Something big has happened!"
"..."
They had yet to finish speaking when a disciple flew in urgently using Sword Control.
Master Feng Zhi scrutinized the disciple: "Didn't I tell you to find the tens of thousands of missing bodies in Si Xue Dao? What are you flustering around for?"
"Bodies found!"
The disciple was terrified: "No, they've - they've returned on their own!"
"Returned on their own?"
Xue Jingfeng rebuked: "Explain clearly!"
"An army, those dead have formed an army, tens of thousands gathered outside Star Peak Mountain!"
The disciple trembled as he spoke: "Elder can see for himself."
"Report—"
"Elder, the Demon Path has begun attacking the mountain!"
"Tens of thousands of those commoners have special Yin Sha Qi on them, even cultivators may perish unexpectedly!"
"Elder! The Demon Suppression Department has turned coats!"
"Elder, Star Peak Mountain can't be held!"
"..."
More disciples came to report sudden occurrences, plunging Si Xue Dao into chaos.
Xue Jingfeng's heart sank.
Knowing all of Si Xue Dao, was finished.
...
A thousand li away, in a cave in the Desolate Mountain.
Jiang Xiyue remained in a coma, fortunately not succumbing to any demonic influences.
Chen Sansi was sitting cross-legged, nursing his injuries.
The battle at Little Witch Mountain had left him critically injured, recuperation alone might take half a year.
Thankfully, having got hold of Creation Jade Dew, the items required for Core Formation were all complete, all that's left is returning to Qingxu Sect to formally begin Core Formation.
"Boom—"
Loud sounds came from outside the cave.
Chen Sansi came to the cave entrance, coincidentally witnessing the heavenly tribulation striking in the direction of Dragon Elephant City.
Naturally, could it be the heavenly tribulation above Nascent Soul?
He felt tongue-tied.
The situation in Si Xue Dao was likely worse than he imagined.
Suddenly another Nascent Soul appeared, it seems like a trap pre-arranged by Great Song or the Demon Path.
Indeed this place, cannot continue staying.
Chen Sansi summoned Qian Xun, placed the comatose Jiang Xiyue on horseback, then mounted to prepare his return to Qingxu Sect.
The situation had spun out of anyone's control, the supervision squad had become redundant.
Just when he was about to leave, a familiar shout echoed from behind.
"Good disciple, wait for your master!"
Naturally, it was Lord Taishan.
Rushing over on a flying sword, he cursed: "You wicked boy! You heartless cur! Your master guides and explains to you, you plan to flee by yourself, leaving me to die here alone?!"
"Do not blame me, senior."
Chen Sansi earnestly stated: "There's too many situations encountered, I nearly lost my life, couldn't manage to care for others.
"Senior, just escaped from the city? How is it over there?"
"Doomed!"
Mu Chutai said: "Star Peak Mountain fell last night, tens of thousands of Demon Path soldiers surrounded Dragon Elephant City tightly.
"Oh, and the Demon Suppression Department also joined the Demon Path, meaning righteous forces in Si Xue Dao are just the scant manpower from Qingxu Sect and Guiyuan Sect.
"Moreover, the horse keeper and the other two Heavenly Sect Nascent Souls are trapped in the Emperor's Mausoleum bearing the heavenly tribulation for days, lives undecided.
"In just a few days, all of Si Xue Dao will completely fall, leave now or really die hopelessly!"
"Cao Xie trapped in the Emperor's Tomb?"
For Chen Sansi, this counts as good news.
If Cao dies there, naturally everything solves itself.
Of course, he couldn't place hope of eliminating enemies on external forces, rather he must earnestly tread his own path.
Not wasting any more words, Chen Sansi brought Lord Taishan and fled back to Qingxu Sect in Huayang Dao at the fastest pace.
Handing Jiang Xiyue to the care of senior martial sister, he then entered secluded healing within his cave mansion.
The flame gifted by Dugu Ao had miraculous effects in healing, within half a year eased Chen Sansi's most severe injuries ever.
[Divine Skill: Taiyin Qinghua Life and Death Flame. Incomplete (First Rank Upper Scroll)]
[Progress: 45/500]
After healing injuries, he began preparing Core Formation.
A cultivator needs to pass three gates to form a Golden Core.
Firstly, temper the body.
Secondly, question the heart.
Thirdly, Minor Heavenly Tribulation.
All three inseparable, Golden Core formation failure means the future road is blocked lightly, while severely dying and the path vanishing.
Thus, before Core Formation, cultivators must adjust their spirit to the best state.
This took exactly a year.
In May of Tian Wu's twenty-fourth year.
Finally, Chen Sansi was ready to begin Core Formation.
During this, the latest situation of Si Xue Dao shocked the entire cultivation world.
Originally.
Since the time of Great Song's Ren Zong, successive emperors began cultivating the 'Mysterious Corpse of the Nether Tower Returning to the Origin Technique'.
Training such a cultivation technique allows the body to continue cultivating even postmortem, accumulating enough to directly transfer cultivation to the direct bloodline's physical form, growing stronger through successive refinements.
Emperor Tianxi through this cultivation technique, refined a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Puppet and transferred the Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation onto people like Cao Xie.
In that war.
The three Heavenly Sect envoys, Pure Yangzi fell and the path vanished, Yun Shuzi's Nascent Soul emerged and fled heavily wounded, only Cao Xie returned intact, even slaying the Immortal Ba Sect's Sect Master Zuo Qiu Daoist.
After this, Si Xue Dao was completely overrun, becoming a Demon Path territory, Great Song court commanding a mortal-made army, formally beginning the siege on Sky Water Continent.
And, this army's numbers ever-increasing, soon reaching millions, still continuing to grow.
Additionally, the Demon Clan fully cooperated, various High Realm cultivators exerted simultaneously, the Border Wall teetered on the brink of total collapse.
Heavenly Water, in peril!
For these, Chen Sansi couldn't intervene for the time being, preparing to wholeheartedly seclude cultivation, first breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.
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