Chapter 813: Chapter 666: Body Refining Stage 4
The relationship between the two of them was somewhat ambiguous.
True Master Shen definitely did not climb over the wall to sneak into Yun Yunchang’s flower chamber.
Nor did they address each other as "Ah Jun" or "Ah Qiao."
However, to say that there was absolutely no connection between them,
Long Shijing absolutely did not believe it.
Whenever she saw True Master Shen, Long Yunchang seemed like a different person.
Radiant and full of vigor.
Unless it was an urgent matter, she would put it aside.
Accompanying True Master Shen to visit the elders.
Afterwards, where they went and what they did was unknown.
However, Long Yunchang’s cultivation had visibly sped up compared to the past.
She was likely to break through to the late stage of the Dharma Realm.
It seemed Long Yunchang indeed gained some benefits from True Master Shen.
Even daring to retort against her own grandfather.
As expected, girls tend to side with outsiders.
...
At this moment.
Shen Xuan gazed distantly at the Purple Sky Celestial Thunder.
Not only was he not anxious or uneasy,
but he raised his head and let out a dragon’s roar.
The nine-colored treasure lotus in the dantian bloomed radiantly.
The Ice Technique Golden Core slowly revolved.
The dragon body emitted a fierce coldness.
At this moment, Shen Xuan’s entire body was accelerating its transformation.
He could clearly feel his flesh body becoming stronger, more agile, and tougher.
The tribulation clouds surged wildly.
The Purple Sky Celestial Thunder finally took shape.
Though it was just a single bolt of lightning,
it had a diameter of several feet and a length of a thousand feet, like a ferocious purple snake, containing a world-destroying Dao Rhyme, striking straight at Shen Xuan on the reef.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared.
Shen Xuan did not sit still and wait.
Instead, his dragon body shook and met it head-on.
"Boom!"
The Purple Sky Divine Thunder instantly enveloped Shen Xuan.
The body of the Profound Ice Divine Dragon was covered with dazzling purple lightning arcs.
Then it fell heavily onto the reef.
The dragon body exuded a rich aroma of cooked meat.
The divine dragon dharma aspect behind him became thin as if it would fade away at any moment.
"[Immortal Ice Lotus]!"
With an angry shout,
the massive body of the Profound Ice Divine Dragon circulated Primordial Profound Ice Spiritual Power, forming layers of nine-colored treasure lotuses, covering it.
Where the treasure lotus covered, the broken dragon scales regenerated, the torn flesh healed, and an icy crystalline luster flowed again on the body surface.
Shen Xuan crushed two Ice Soul Spirit Crystals in his hand.
Pure Ice Spiritual Power surged into his body.
He pushed the divine powers [Ice Soul Regeneration], [Endless Life], and [Self-Healing] to the extreme.
After more than a hundred breaths,
the last trace of scorch marks on the body surface faded away.
The newly grown dragon scales were as tight as before.
The wounds were fully healed.
The tribulation clouds overhead did not dissipate; instead, they rolled even more violently.
An overwhelming pressure far exceeding before enveloped the sea and sky within a hundred-mile radius, almost tangible.
Under the deep sea, those lurking sea demons had long retreated to the deepest part of their lairs, trembling and not daring to reveal even a hint of their presence.
Shen Xuan raised his dragon head, looking towards the depths of the tribulation clouds.
A bolt of almost completely transparent lightning was slowly forming in the clouds.
It had no grand momentum, no dazzling brilliance, yet it made Shen Xuan’s heart pound violently.
A strong warning from his very life essence, like an ice spike, pierced fiercely into his sea of consciousness.
Danger.
A tremendous crisis.
"Is this Karma Divine Thunder?"
The thought flashed by, and even Shen Xuan felt it absurd.
He was merely a middle-stage Golden Core spirit cultivator, in the Dharma Realm body refining.
What virtues or abilities did he have to trigger this divine thunder meant for settling karma and annihilating sins?
This thunder had neither shape nor form, bypassed all defenses, and directly attacked the divine soul.
Its power depended entirely on the depth of karma.
The more killings, the more karma, the fiercer the thunder.
If not careful, one could end with the complete annihilation of the divine soul, directly erased by the Heavenly Dao.
This was treatment reserved for the Nascent Soul Realm!
No time to ponder further on the reason.
Shen Xuan suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and his spiritual platform instantly became as still as an ancient well, expelling all distracting thoughts.
At the very moment his mind and soul unified,
the tribulation cloud’s color shifted to a somber dark gray.
The transparent lightning silently descended onto his head.
No thunderous noise, no light or shadow.
Transformed into the Profound Ice Divine Dragon, Shen Xuan’s body suddenly went rigid, as if pinned onto the reef by an invisible shackle.
The Karma Divine Thunder bypassed all external defenses and directly invaded the deepest part of his divine soul.
"Boom!"
It was not a real sound, but a tremendous noise in his consciousness.
An excruciating pain exploded from the source of his divine soul.
The scene before him changed drastically.
The alleys of Cyan Dragon Bay Market...
The skirmishes in the wilderness...
The life-and-death battles within the secret realm...
Numerous faces of cultivators who had once died by his hand twisted and grotesque, transformed into vengeful spirits and ferocious ghosts, shrieked as they surged from the depths of his memory, intending to tear him apart and devour him.
It wasn’t just humans.
Various demon beast apparitions also emerged, roaring and howling.
Even a large group of juvenile Profound Water Turtles rushed at him, mouths open, revealing sharp teeth.
"Hmph."
At the center of his divine soul, a white bone treasure pearl suddenly burst with light.
Blood-red radiance spread like mercury, illuminating every corner of the consciousness space.
Where the red light reached, the attacking vengeful spirits, ferocious ghosts, and beast shadows made silent wails as if snow under a scorching sun, rapidly melting and vaporizing, eventually disappearing without a trace.
"Life is like chess; there is no regret with each move."
Shen Xuan’s will echoed in his divine soul, cold and firm, without a hint of wavering.
"All of you aiding me in achieving the Dao have not died in vain."
He had never spawned a heart demon because of this.
On the path of cultivation, the weak are prey to the strong, the fittest survive, which is an ultimate truth of heaven and earth.
He had never killed indiscriminately; every time he struck, it was due to karma, all within the rules.
As for demon beasts...
There was even less burden to speak of.
The illusions receded like a tide.
The residual might of the Karma Divine Thunder, under the safeguard of the white bone treasure pearl and the indestructible Dao heart, silently dissipated.
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