Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Chapter 568: Chapter 8: Three Heroes Battle the True Monarch (Part 2)

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" With no escape possible, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws had to unleash the little Divine Soul power he recovered over the years, transforming it into a Primordial Spirit Soul Shield to protect himself.

In an instant, thousands of Soul Arrows shot at the Soul Shield, triggering a wave of Divine Soul fluctuations.

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws retreated repeatedly, with each attack causing his Nascent Soul Spirit Body to flicker unpredictably.

"Friend, must we fight to the death?"

Ning Sujin remained silent, her attacks growing fiercer with each wave.

After two hundred years of arduous cultivation, this was her first life and death struggle, surprisingly filling her with a long-lost sense of exhilaration.

"Hmph!" After resisting another Primordial Spirit Slash, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws snorted coldly, and his Nascent Soul’s shadow began to slowly solidify.

This is the difference between a Dharma Cultivator’s Nascent Soul and a Soul Cultivator’s Nascent Soul. A Dharma Cultivator can reshape their Dharma Body even if it’s lost, consuming the Primordial Spirit for a short period, allowing for fifty percent of its combat power.

While a pure Soul Cultivator’s Nascent Soul is their strongest form.

However, at this moment, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws’ Nascent Soul was damaged; even if the Dharma Body was reshaped, its power would be less than one or two at its peak, and its duration would be shorter, consuming more of the Primordial Spirit.

Even if he narrowly escapes this battle, his Nascent Soul will suffer significant losses again, leaving years of peaceful recuperation almost in vain.

If Ning Sujin’s Primordial Spirit’s might hadn’t posed a threat of Nascent Soul’s annihilation, he wouldn’t have been forced into this.

Boom~

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws instantly completed the reshaping of his Dharma Body, and his aura surged.

Not only did his magical power oppression cause Li Ji’an outside the array to feel palpably uneasy, but the Primordial Spirit’s might also skyrocketed by thirty percent.

"Wretched woman, you don’t know what’s good for you!" The Nascent Soul Dharma Body, touching the Great Dao, even with weak celestial support, contained immense power, capable of inflicting real harm to Divine Soul Spirit Bodies.

He, not being a Soul Cultivator, previously had only the ability to parry against Ning Sujin, who practiced several Spirit Soul Attack Secret Techniques as a Nascent Soul Spirit Body, with no ability to counterattack.

Only at this moment did he truly possess the power to fight.

He raised a palm, his terrifying power, imbued with the Majesty of Heaven and Earth, posed a threat to Ning Sujin’s Primordial Spirit for the first time.

"Whoosh~" He immediately transformed into a streak of Escape Light, exiting the Soul-Extinguishing Array.

"Clang~" The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws slapped the Soul-Extinguishing Array with one palm, causing the entire grand array to shake violently, nearly collapsing.

"Hmph, little thief, swallowed my clan’s Grandson’s Spirit Flame, took my Holy Sect’s Magical Treasure, and there’s the world-rare Core Formation Spirit Treasure like the Seven-Colored Jade Tree, not to mention that counter-heavenly Tier Three Demon Beast, Tier Three Holy Spirit... It must all be nourished by the Divine Wood’s fortune, I will leave you with nothing!"

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws ignored the escaping Nascent Soul shadow of Ning Sujin and turned his attention to Li Ji’an outside the array.

It must be said that he was truly shocked when Li Ji’an swallowed him into Gugu’s Qiankun Ring in an instant.

The treasures inside were even more enticing than the rare items from his Ten Thousand Laws Palace’s treasury.

Especially the Divine Wood capable of nourishing fortune, it truly amazed him.

Originally, he wanted to quietly recuperate inside, waiting until the Nascent Soul fully recovered before using Soul Search on Li Ji’an to explore the origins of these counter-heavenly fortunes.

Unexpectedly, he was calculated by this little thief.

In his view, Li Ji’an’s bone age was just eighty-eight years, with no marks of possession imprinted on his Sea of Consciousness; though intelligent, he inevitably lacked experience in the Cultivation Realm, so he casually deceived him without taking it seriously.

Seeing today, the junior before him might hold earth-shattering secrets.

Especially with Ning Sujin as a Divine Favored, being able to assist him against himself made him suspect this junior might also be a Divine Favored.

Before the words fell, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws slapped out another palm.

At this moment, with his Dharma Body reshaped, the Soul-Extinguishing Array posed no threat to him any longer; the previous strike caused a huge shock, confident he could shatter it with another blow.

After all, unless the array is hosted by a quasi-Tier Four Array Master, such a grand array couldn’t be repaired in time.

And throughout the Celestial Cyan Domain, a quasi-Tier Four Array Master has yet to appear.

"Clang~"

Yet, the next moment, he slapped the Soul-Extinguishing Array again, expecting it to shatter upon impact, only for the array to echo with a muffled sound, recovering to calm after a great shock.

"How is it possible?" The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws intended to rush out of the array to capture Li Ji’an but paused, carefully examining the Soul-Extinguishing Array in surprise.

At the same time, Xiaoqiao at the underground Array Hub also suffered a powerful impact, feeling a sweetness in her throat, gritting her teeth to further absorb more Earth Spirit to bolster the Soul-Extinguishing Array.

Previously, she suffered a backlash from the array, but at this moment, merging with the Earth Spirit, many effects were nullified.

Moreover, she could silently absorb the Earth Spirit to nourish the Soul-Extinguishing Array, ensuring that the array remained at peak state at all times.

"Hmm?" The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws’ Primordial Spirit encompassed the Soul-Extinguishing Array, suddenly shocked.

There was unexpectedly a frail figure underground.

The most incredible thing to him was that this body almost deceived even his own Primordial Spirit.

"This..." In an instant, his expression became several degrees more solemn.

Originally, when he first sensed the Tier Three Grand Array here, he only thought Li Ji’an had the assistance of a Tier Three Array Master.

Now it seems that it was by no means as simple as an ordinary Tier Three Array Master.

He looked at Li Ji’an again, his eyes filled with more shock and heat.

With an ordinary Upper Grade Spirit Root, he only cultivated an Earth Level Upper Grade Cultivation Technique, and yet he possessed a Core Formation Spirit Treasure like the Seven-Colored Jade Tree. He could even cultivate a Lower Grade Heaven-Swallowing Vermilion Toad bloodline to a Tier Three Golden Core Great Demon, and he was accompanied by a Heaven and Earth Holy Spirit.

At this moment, he could even find the assistance of a Nascent Soul Realm Soul Cultivator and a Tier Three Earth Spirit Master.

This was not something as simple as mere luck.

"This child must have an earth-shattering secret!"

"Swoosh~" Ning Sujin rushed into the array again, launching an attack with the majesty of the Primordial Spirit.

The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws composed himself, not daring to be careless anymore.

"Capture the leader first!"

With a flash of light in the Qiankun Ring in his hand, an ancient and elegant folding fan appeared in his hand.

This was the Third Grade Magical Treasure from the relics in the Great Marsh Mountain range that the Biyun Sect had respectfully offered up.

The Floating Light Fan could only exert its full power in the hands of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, with Fleeting Shadows, a true Spatial Divine Ability.

"Whirr~" With a twist of his wrist, the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws instantly transformed light and shadow, making Ning Sujin’s Primordial Spirit Slash instantly vanish from its predetermined trajectory, as if swallowed by the void.

"Be careful!" The next moment, Ning Sujin’s expression changed dramatically, and she shot towards Li Ji’an.

"Phut!" Space suddenly tore open beside Li Ji’an, and a Primordial Spirit Slash sliced straight towards his Sea of Consciousness.

Fortunately, Ning Sujin nearly sacrificed herself to block her own Primordial Spirit Slash.

But this blow caused her Nascent Soul phantom to flicker.

"Retreat!" As soon as Ning Sujin’s Nascent Soul phantom stabilized, she immediately signaled for Li Ji’an to take Ning Yutan’s body and retreat.

Li Ji’an did not waste words, wrapping Ning Yutan’s body in magical power and instantly fled far away.

"Hmph!" The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws was slightly disappointed as his meticulously planned attack failed.

With his now reconstructed Nascent Soul Dharma Body, the Floating Light Fan could only exert three-tenths of its power, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for his Primordial Spirit to support many more uses.

"The old thief dares to ambush my Li Lang, die!" Ning Sujin instantly erupted in anger, activating a hint of the fierceness in her nature, launching a frantic assault, even exchanging injury for injury several times...

Li Ji’an instantly flew a hundred miles away, arriving at the edge of the Odd Stone Forest.

But just as he stabilized his figure, he immediately summoned Gugu from underground, holding Ning Yutan and entering the Qiankun in Gugu’s mouth.

Once inside, he first summoned the Little Fire Spirit that had been slapped away by the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws.

He burned everything within the Qiankun in Gugu’s mouth with fire.

Sure enough, on the two Magic Swords, Red-Black Wood Stone, and other high-grade spiritual objects, he discovered the Primordial Spirit imprints left by the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws.

After clearing all the Primordial Spirit imprints, Li Ji’an immediately had Gugu burrow underground and approach the Soul-Extinguishing Array again.

Soon he saw a scene that made him cry out in shock, as Ning Sujin’s Nascent Soul phantom seemed to have gone mad, unleashing all her Divine Soul Secret Techniques without concern for exhaustion.

Even risking being hit several times by the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws’ Nascent Soul Dharma Body to land a Primordial Spirit Slash on him.

Li Ji’an frowned deeply as he watched.

Ning Sujin’s behavior was very rare in this cultivation realm, as in the eyes of cultivators, even the greatest hatred could not surpass the allure of the Dao path.

Unless the Dao path was completely sealed, most would not act this way.

Clearly, Ning Sujin’s maverick actions also instilled fear in the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws, as in addition to his own Primordial Spirit consumption increasing, the injuries to his Nascent Soul were worsening, and the time his Dharma Body remained active was rapidly decreasing.

He saw that Ning Sujin seemed truly intent on perishing together with him.

Even when he battled to the death with the Golden Puppet Holy Monarch in the past, both sides refrained from such a fight to the death, worried about damage to their own Dao paths.

Li Ji’an hesitated no longer, immediately ordering Gugu to lie in wait beneath the Soul-Extinguishing Array, ready to act.

With the support of his Divine Soul from six lifetimes, his Divine Sense is now comparable to the might of a Core Formation Ascendant’s, though it cannot compare to Ning Sujin’s, his Sea of Consciousness’s strength is far beyond that of ordinary Ascendants. That Primordial Spirit Slash was not truly capable of annihilating his Sea of Consciousness, at most, injuring it.

And his current Divine Soul Secret Techniques could also pose some threat to the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws.