Chapter 225: Origin Tempering Realm
After the excitement of the Cangxing list diminished, it was time for Yu Nianzhen and Jiang to break through to the origin tempering realm.
After all, the Ice Palace conference was only a short time away.
If they wanted to break through and stabilise their realm, they couldn’t waste any more time.
"This is the teleportation stone given by senior Niu." Yu Nianzhen said and revealed a red stone.
The stone was similar to the one they used when they escaped the auction house in Sea Cloud city.
When Jiang Yue probed it with his divine sense, he felt a profound teleportation formation.
However, the formation was beyond his skill and he couldn’t understand it.
"Will we make it to the Ice Palace region if we teleport there?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Don’t worry, I have already spoken to senior Niu. We only need to enter that space and break through with peace of mind. He will continue heading to the Ice Palace region and when we break through, he will take us out wherever he will be."
"Is that so..." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
This would be the second time entering the space provided by senior Niu.
After the first time, Jiang Yue knew the grassland was an independent space.
It was like a secret realm under the control of senior Niu.
However, knowing this made him more curious about senior Niu.
"XiaoYue, let’s not infringe on senior Niu’s privacy." Yu Nianzhen said and a smile softened his eyes.
He was also curious about senior Niu but he chose not to question the bullock.
If the senior wanted them to know his true identity, he would have already said it.
Since he hadn’t said anything, it was best to repay his care and protection with gratitude.
"I know." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
He moved into his lover’s arms and they held each other for a while.
"I shouldn’t take long to break through to the origin tempering realm. What about you?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I have been suppressing my cultivation for more than a year. It should only take a few days."
"I will retreat after your breakthrough."
"Why? We should retreat at the same time."
Have you forgotten you will also experience a thunder tribulation this time around? I want to make sure that nothing goes wrong." Yu Nianzhen explained.
Jiang Yue thought about it and felt Yu Nianzhen was right.
Although they had enough healing pills and leaves of the tree of life, it was best to be more careful.
After figuring it out, Jiang Yue didn’t argue and immediately agreed.
"Shall we go now?" He asked.
"Let’s inform senior Niu and then teleport to the grassland."
Soon after talking to senior Niu, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue hugged before crashing the red teleportation stone.
As before, a red light enveloped their bodies and they teleported to a vast grassland.
The grassland was the same as before.
It was green as far as the eye could see and there were no creatures in sight.
After confirming they were alone, the two set up the ancient palace and immediately entered seclusion.
When they broke through from the origin forging realm to the qi transformation realm, both had already cultivated one hundred million qi drops.
After the breakthrough, their qi drops did not increase but they became purer.
Since they broke through, neither had stopped polishing their qi and their qi quality continued to improve.
It was because their qi purity was comparable to cultivators in the origin tempering realm that they could leapfrog to challenge cultivators at a higher level.
However, the leapfrogging couldn’t all be explained by the qi purity.
Another reason was that both Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were enlightened.
This added a profundity to their qi that was absent in the qi of other cultivators at the same level.
Unfortunately, they had yet to refine any origin treasures. This meant that the quality of their origin qi was still inferior to that of origin tempering realm cultivators.
’Only for now.’ Jiang Yue assured himself and sunk his consciousness into his dantian.
His one hundred million illusion qi drops sparkled and formed a blue qi ocean.
The qi ocean looked no different than the ocean outside. It gave off a feeling of vastness, depth, profundity, and comfort.
When Jiang Yue looked at it, his mind and body relaxed.
A river of blue illusion qi flew from the qi ocean and entered one of his meridians.
Without hesitation, he ran his cultivation technique and an endless river of qi flowed through his meridians.
It completed twelve cycles before a barrier appeared before Jiang Yue.
The barrier was paper thin and couldn’t withstand even a single impact from the river of qi.
When the barrier broke, the river of qi rushed through and Jiang Yue Yue broke through to the origin tempering realm.
Instantaneously, his origin underwent a change and nine depressions appeared on his moon pearl.
’Those are the spaces for the nine origin treasures.’ He thought.
However, he didn’t have time to carefully examine the depressions on his moon pearl.
This was because dark clouds had begun to gather above him and his heart couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
’There is nothing to worry about.’ He told himself.
’Azhen has already survived it twice, there is no reason why I shouldn’t.’
While he was reassuring himself, a voice sounded in his mind.
"Master, let me out." XiaoLan spoke.
"Why? A thunder tribulation is coming."
"Master, XiaoLan is your contract beast. I should share the tribulation and make it easier for the master."
"Can your body survive the tribulation?"
"The tribulation lightning is also beneficial for XioaLan. When I can’t take anymore, master can take me back to the contract space."
"Okay."
Jiang Yue released XiaoLan and the blue butterfly hovered beside him.
Soon after, two strikes of lightning fell from the clouds and each struck towards one.
When the lightning neared his body, Jiang Yue mobilised his body refining technique and his body was coated by a layer of flame.
At the same time, he released his beast fire and primordial yin-yang flame to strengthen his defence.
In this way, the amount of lightning that fell on his body was not a lot. It was just enough to temper his body without charring his skin.
Jiang Yue used the same method to counter the second, third, and fourth lightning attacks.
However, the fifth attack wasn’t as easily deterred.
Although he wasn’t heavily injured, his body was scorched and his silver hair was burned black.
The following attacks were even more ferocious and XiaoLan entered the contract space after the sixth attack.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue couldn’t hide from the tribulation.
He could only endure it as the leaves of the tree of life continued to heal his body.
After the ninth strike, his body was charred to a crisp and Yu Nianzhen rushed toward him.
"XiaoYue." He called.
There was worry in his voice and his hands were shaking a little.
"Don’t worry, I look worse than I feel." Jiang Yue said and tried to smile.
However, his face was a bit burned and his smiling was quite painful.
"More importantly, you should also breakthrough."
"I..."
"Don’t argue. We are Taoist partners and our cultivation is closely related. My breakthrough should be urging yours."
Yu Nianzhen couldn’t argue with that.
As soon as Jiang Yue broke through, he also felt the barrier and he could break through at any moment.
"I only need spiritual water and a few leaves to recover. Don’t worry about me and delay your breakthrough."
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen finally comprised.
Although he wanted to take of Jiang Yue, he was at his limit.
If he continued to suppress himself, something bad would happen.
"Trust me and don’t lose focus while breaking through."
Yu Nianzhen kissed Jiang Yue’s burned forehead and sat cross-legged a little distance away.
In less time than it takes to make a cup of tea, dark clouds gathered above him.
The clouds were more ominous than Jiang Yue’s which made the silver-haired beauty a little worried.
"He will be okay." He muttered under his breath.
Soon after, three strikes of lighting fell from the clouds and struck toward Yu Nianzhen.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen released his natal sword and used it to counter the lightning.
’The lightning is a good thing to temper Shanjiang.’ Jiang Yue thought and nodded in approval.
Strike after strike, lightning fell on Shanjiang and less than half fell on Yu Nianzhen’s body.
After the sixth strike, the sword could not withstand any more lightning and Yu Nianzhen returned it to his dantian.
’Azhen shouldn’t have a problem withstanding the remaining waves.’ Jiang Yue thought but his hands clenched.
Although he knew Yu Nianzhen would be okay, he couldn’t help but worry.
No matter now or the first time the swordsman experienced the thunder tribulation, Jiang Yue worried.
His heart did not calm down until the dark cloud dissipated and Yu Nianzhen’s burned lips smiled at him.
"We are both origin tempering cultivators." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Finally." Jiang Yue agreed.
