0p0 Chapter 309 - 308: Assaulting the Celestial Venerable Realm
Chapter 309 - 308: Assaulting the Celestial Venerable Realm
「A few days later.」
Time passed slowly.
The past few days in Jianghai City had been peaceful.
The city was tranquil, with no attacks from Demons. After receiving their Elixir Pills, Li Zixuan and the others cultivated on schedule every day, racing against time to improve their strength.
Qin Yang had also officially entered a period of secluded cultivation, refusing all visitors and sitting in deep meditation in the basement. Xiaobai was responsible for distributing the Elixir Pills to Li Zixuan and the others, while also guarding the house.
Every day, she would happily accept a few "thank you" gifts.
After all, with Qin Yang away, she was the one in charge, causing Liu Wushuang and Elder Li to vie for her favor...
She was showered with all sorts of small gifts every day.
So many she could barely accept them all!
She was living the good life!
「That evening.」
The sunset glow dyed the clouds as twilight chased away the last vestiges of summer heat. A cool breeze drifted through the streets, marking another peaceful day in Jianghai City.
Fuhai District.
Inside the villa’s basement.
Wisps of purple smoke drifted through the air.
Long Pearls embedded in the wall’s alcoves glowed, casting a soft, elegant light.
The silence was profound, as if the room were completely cut off from the world.
Qin Yang had already prepared the room.
An Array was engraved upon the floor, from which brilliant starlight flowed. The walls were covered in Yellow Paper Talismans supplemented with Cinnabar Secret Blood. The room’s setup was now complete, its power amplified to the absolute limit.
There was no more room for improvement!
The timing was right and the location was perfect.
All that was left was the harmony of self.
’The breakthrough is today.’
Seated cross-legged on a meditation cushion, Qin Yang slowly exhaled and focused his mind. His breath was long and steady, like that of an Innate infant, and his Primordial Spirit Golden Flower was stable.
His distracting Divine Thoughts scattered, and he grew as still and steady as an old monk in deep meditation.
A candle burned in the corner, and smoke drifted from a small sandalwood incense bowl.
This Calming Incense came from the Great Prairie and was potent enough to calm the heart of a Beast God. Before the Grassland Sword Saint died, he had burned dozens of sticks to achieve a final resurgence, stabilizing the mental collapse he suffered after his defenses were broken.
But now, using the Profound Celestial Pill Scripture, Qin Yang had re-engineered the recipe. He not only restored it completely but also enhanced its effects, amplifying them a hundredfold. Then he simply used it as household incense, placing it in the corners of the basement.
As the faint fragrance wafted by, wisps of smoke drifted into his nostrils. It was like hearing the clear chime of a great bell in an ancient temple, as complex Buddhist principles unfolded in his mind like a chanted sutra.
Greed, hatred, delusion, arrogance, and doubt—the three thousand worldly afflictions—were severed in that moment.
He held his breath and focused his mind.
Qin Yang concentrated, beginning the Visualization...
Within his mind’s eye,
a colossal gold and white beast roamed the Enlightenment Space. It soared and shape-shifted, coiling through a sea of clouds, its majestic aura surging through heaven and earth.
It roared and bellowed, frantically battering the edges of the Enlightenment Space,
as if it might break free at any moment!
This was the final step of the True Dragon Visualization Method.
The external manifestation of the Dharma Aspect!
It meant externalizing one’s inner landscape, transcending from the Extraordinary to a Saint, reaching the sublime Celestial Venerable Realm, and truly touching the fundamental will of the world.
Qin Yang perceived the state of the Dharma Aspect within him and frowned slightly. He recalled the system’s previous warning, not daring to be the least bit careless.
He lit all the remaining Calming Incense.
He had to give it his all.
’This has to be a sure thing!’
The price for crossing the threshold into the Celestial Venerable Realm was immense, no less difficult than a carp leaping over the dragon gate. Anyone who crossed that Hongqiao would join the ranks of the world’s absolute elite!
The Heaven-Reaching Road was right before his eyes!
So there was nothing wrong with making a billion little preparations!
WHOOSH—
With that thought, Qin Yang slowly exhaled, gathered his focus, and continued to channel his Spiritual Power. The Dharma Aspect in his mind grew even more solid.
The roaming dragon thrashed, tearing apart the shackles in his mind and beginning its assault on the gate to the Celestial Venerable Realm.
A golden mist condensed and began to swirl around him.
In an instant, his figure in the room became part dragon, part man, as golden scales sprouted from his neck.
Time flowed like water.
With every breath he took, a deep, prolonged dragon’s roar echoed through the room as the True Dragon Dharma Aspect gradually solidified.
RUMBLE!
The sound of wind and thunder suddenly erupted.
The dragon’s roar and the peal of thunder merged, becoming one and the same.
Thunderclouds gathered for miles across the sky. A torrential downpour crashed down, and a gale-force wind swept through Jianghai City without warning.
The greatest typhoon in the small coastal city’s history was about to arrive!
...
CRACK!
A bolt of white lightning tore through the curtain of rain.
In the villa’s living room, Xiaobai, wearing a kitchen apron, was diligently wiping down the coffee table, making sure not to miss a single speck of dust.
With Qin Yang away, she was still responsible for the housework—wiping the windows, cooking... and in her spare time, cultivating to break through to the next Star Beast threshold.
But for lack of a suitable catalyst, her progress had stalled.
The biggest problem with advancing to an Emperor Level Star Beast was the need for an even stronger Star Beast to act as a catalyst.
But after the Beast Tide, the Da Li Mountain Range had suffered greatly. All those Emperor Level beasts were holed up in deep ravines, hiding from Qin Yang like turtles in their shells. You couldn’t find hide nor hair of them, let alone a shadow!
’So,’ Xiaobai figured, ’instead of wasting my time searching, I’m better off just cleaning the house... When Qin Yang comes out, I’ll claim credit, suck up to him a bit, and get that tool to go find one for me!’
’Who doesn’t love getting things for free?!!’
’This family would fall apart without me, this Fairy...’
Xiaobai wrung out the rag and put a paw to her forehead as she looked at the sky outside. Huge raindrops splattered against the glass. "Strange," she muttered. "The weather forecast said no rain today. Good thing this Fairy didn’t hang anything out to dry..."
Suddenly, a wild, violent aura erupted. It seeped from the crack under the basement’s stone door and shot straight up the elevator shaft. A terrifying, trembling fear washed over her!
It instantly took Xiaobai’s breath away!
’Hm? What is this?!’
Xiaobai’s snow-white fur bristled. Her legs gave out, and she tumbled to the floor, curling into a ball and hugging her tail as she scrambled behind the sofa.
Her instincts were screaming. She sensed an immensely powerful aura.
It was right beneath her, deep underground!
A power passed down from primordial times, one that had only appeared in the gaps of recorded history!
The Dragon Race!
This was the aura of the Dragon Race.
Even though she had never seen one with her own eyes, Xiaobai recognized it the instant the aura appeared. This was a fear etched into the very being of every Star Beast.
A higher being looking down upon a mere speck of dust. All Star Beasts were meant to bow before It!
Xiaobai’s nose twitched as she sniffed the air. Trembling, she peeked her head out from behind the sofa and looked toward the elevator.
Her eyes were filled with profound fear....
The Dragon Might was coming from that direction.
A golden mist, visible to the naked eye, drifted from it.
Thunder rumbled overhead, and the rain outside intensified, as if celebrating the arrival of some noble being.
’Master... he couldn’t actually be a legendary True Dragon, could he?!’
Xiaobai thought in terror, weakly hugging her big, fluffy tail as she crouched on the floor. She tilted her head to glance at the thunderstorm outside and was suddenly filled with regret.
It is said that spring thunderstorms awaken the dragons, which call forth the rain.
’If Master transforms into a True Dragon...’
’That would be a good thing, of course, but one crucial problem made Xiaobai very uneasy.’
’If Qin Yang becomes a True Dragon...’
’Doesn’t that mean I’ll be stuck under his thumb forever?’
’Never able to turn the tables?’
’This is bad!’
’This isn’t good at all!’
Xiaobai shook her little head fiercely.
...
Jianghai Martial Arts Academy.
In a sealed chamber on the back mountain.
Li Zixuan was preparing to break through to the Grandmaster realm, with Li Qinghe and Elder Li standing by as her Protectors.
But at that moment...
BOOM!
A deafening clap of thunder exploded outside.