A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 137

Chapter 135 All Members Break Through, Assault, Repel

“Qu Hun’s Core Formation almost failed.”

“Fortunately, he used several high-grade spirit stones to purify his mana to a level far exceeding the threshold for Core Formation.”

This made Qu Hun’s mana purity at the Pseudo-Core stage better than after the Third Rebirth stage, even surpassing the mana and true essence of some Core Formation cultivators.

This is the effect of high-grade spirit stones on Foundation Establishment cultivators.

For late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, the effect of high-grade spirit stones is almost equivalent to that of top-grade spirit stones on late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

The only difference is that the spiritual energy from high-grade spirit stones still needs to undergo a Great Circulation of refinement after entering the body. However, the spiritual energy from top-grade spirit stones requires no further refinement after entering the body.

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can absorb the spiritual energy of a top-grade spirit stone in just a few hundred breaths.

Of course, while

high-grade spirit stones can increase mana purity, they cannot achieve the same effect as the Azure Origin Sword Technique combined with the deep dantian of the Third Rebirth stage, expanding meridians, and increasing the upper limit of mana.

Qu Hun’s Core Formation grants him nearly twice the maximum magical power of ordinary cultivators of the same level, primarily because he cultivates two top-tier Buddhist techniques: the *Turning Wheel Holy King Sutra* and the *Dragon Subduing Tiger Technique*, a protective cultivation method.

The latter focuses on body refinement, aiding in increasing magical power, and has four levels corresponding to the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul stages.

While the *Dragon Subduing Tiger Technique* is inferior to the *Indestructible Vajra Divine Art*, one of the three great protective cultivation methods of Buddhism, it’s not inferior in all four stages; rather, ancient cultivators hadn’t created a method for the Nascent Soul stage.

The *Turning Wheel Holy King Sutra*, however, allows direct access to the late Nascent Soul stage, focusing on magical power and strengthening divine sense.

Qu Hun chose these two techniques mainly to facilitate the use of the Vajra Pestle, the Brocade Kasaya, and the string of relic beads.

To this end,

he has studied Buddhist scriptures extensively over the years, repeatedly getting himself into dead ends within the texts.

Fortunately,

his efforts have paid off.

Using aids such as Heavenly Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water, he still managed to successfully condense Qu Hun’s Golden Core.

Feng Hun, with his Wind Spirit Root, condensed his Golden Core even more smoothly.

Once the purity of his internal mana and true essence reached a certain level, and with the assistance of spiritual objects and high-grade spirit stones, Feng Hun’s Golden Core condensation process was incredibly smooth, without any bottlenecks or obstructions.

After his two clones completed their Golden Core condensation, he reclaimed some of his divine consciousness, further strengthening his primordial spirit and divine consciousness. He possessed

only one level-six spirit beast: the Ink Dragon Sixth. Level

-five spirit beasts included: the Blood Jade Spider Xiao Bai Xiao Yu, the Ice and Fire Wolf, the Azure Jade Mantis, and the Wind Howling Eagle.

Level-four spirit beasts included: the Twin-Pupil Rat, the Scented Rat, the Golden-Backed Demon Mantis, the Blood Jade Spider (mother), four Iron-Armed Beasts, and a hundred Gold-Eating Insects. Level

-two and three spirit beasts consisted of the remaining Iron-Armed Beasts and tens of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects.

The Crying Soul, controlled by the Soul-Singing Pearl, was an exception.

It’s worth mentioning that because Yuan Yaoyan didn’t plot against the young sect leader of Qingyang Sect too early, Tihun actually became closer to maturity. The aftereffects of the Soul-Sounding Pearl controlling Tihun weren’t as severe as in the original trajectory, and the hidden dangers were even smaller.

In addition, his divine sense was strong enough that the minor effects brought by the Soul-Sounding Pearl were negligible.

“Go back.”

Han Li collected his several spirit beasts and two avatars.

Then, with a burst of light, he prepared to return to Biling Island, 100,000 miles away.

But at that moment, the sensing talisman on his chest burned, and his divine sense also sensed something.

Following the sensation, his expression immediately changed slightly.

It turned out that thousands of feet underwater, a black shadow was rushing towards him at a very fast speed.

“A level seven Thunder Whale?”

This was a powerful demonic beast equivalent to a level seven pure-blooded dragon.

There was such a dangerous creature near Biling Island?

In a flash, a colossal whale, thousands of feet tall and crackling with purple electricity, leaped out of the water, its jaws agape, lunging at him.

Before this colossal creature, a human body seemed utterly tiny, like a human compared to an ant.

The sight of the whale leaping from the water was visually stunning.

The rapidly approaching maw was even more awe-inspiring.

However, Han Li, having anticipated this, was prepared and easily dodged.

The giant thunder whale missed its target.

“Roar…”

The creature, having failed to land its attack, suddenly turned its head and roared. Two relatively small eyes quickly ignited with eerie purple flames.

A single horn on its forehead began to gather purple lightning.

Seeing this, Han Li, while dodging, first activated the Azure Yuan Sword Shield on his body, and then a small magic shield flew from his sleeve, blocking the attack.

Before he could make any further moves, a thunderous roar erupted opposite him. Ten thousand bolts of lightning converged into a purple spear that shot forth from the single horn on its forehead, slamming into the magical shield and sending it flying.

It continued its trajectory forward with little loss of momentum.

However, due to the shield’s obstruction, its direction had shifted, and the purple lightning spear missed its target, exploding in the sky a short distance away, creating a thousand-foot-wide lightning zone. The

Azure Yuan Sword Shield activated, dissipating the spreading aftershocks during the dodge.

Ripples spread across the sword and shield’s light screen from the scattered lightning arcs.

“Roar…”

The Thunder Whale roared again.

This peak seventh-level Thunder Whale, enhanced by its bloodline talent, possessed destructive power approaching that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Its foundation was not much weaker than that of a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator.

Immediately, it unleashed another bolt of purple lightning.

But this time, it wasn’t a lightning spear, but a pillar of purple lightning.

This beam of lightning was continuously emitted outwards, so it could easily deflect as one’s head moved.

“There’s no way to avoid it.”

Han Li assessed the situation at a glance.

This time, he had no way to dodge.

Just like when a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator faced a scorching beam of light from a level 4 puppet tiger, there was no way to avoid it; he could only take the hit head-on.

Seeing the lightning beam about to sweep over him, he quickly patted his spirit beast pouch, summoning two external avatars:

“Attack.”

As Feng Hun appeared, the wind-patterned ring on his left hand glowed with rings of silver light, like a nebula spreading with the wind. Simultaneously, several thick wind walls layered upon each other, forming a tight protective barrier in front of the three.

Qu Hun, upon appearing, fully activated his brocade cassock, creating a curtain-like golden wall. Qu Hun’s use of Buddhist cultivation techniques to power the cassock maximized its defensive effect.

Then, the small magical shield, which Han Li had retrieved, once again blocked the wind walls and the brocade cassock.

The next moment,

a lightning pillar that scorched the air struck the wind walls.

The first few seemingly thick wind walls were instantly pierced.

Only the later layers provided a slight delay.

Next came the small magical shield, which was immediately blown away by the lightning beam. This small shield wasn’t of particularly high quality and could only unleash 70% of its power, making it even less capable of withstanding the charged attack of a peak level seven demonic beast with a special bloodline.

The shield was blasted away again, and this time, its spiritual light was dimmed considerably, indicating some damage that would require some time to recover.

Fortunately,

the golden wall formed by the Buddhist brocade kasaya was quite stable. After the lightning beam was weakened to some extent by the wind wall and the small magical shield, it actually managed to block all the remaining lightning.

The lightning beam dissipated, and Han Li and his companions were unharmed.

This result seemed to have surprised the intelligent Thunder Whale, which remained silent for a moment.

The response was from the Wind Soul, which had completed its charging.

It was the Wind Soul using its wind-attribute magic power from its wind spirit root to fully activate the Wind Pattern Ring. Han

Li’s left hand held an ancient wind-patterned ring, into which magical power was channeled, transforming it into a giant silver bow over ten feet long. His right hand drew the bow, and a silver arrow formed from wind spiritual energy rapidly materialized between the bow and the string.

With a whoosh, the two-meter-long arrow expanded, transforming into a giant arrow tens of feet long in the blink of an eye.

The giant arrow hurtled towards the thunder whale thousands of feet away, the wind spiritual energy and ring-shaped wind blades creating a tornado that churned the air, producing continuous sharp sonic booms.

The level seven thunder whale, caught off guard by Han Li’s counterattack and possessing a massive size, had no chance of dodging.

The arrow struck, followed by a deafening explosion.

The thunder whale was engulfed by the silver light and countless wind blades, its protective demonic cloud instantly shattered. Killing intent seeped in, tearing at the whale’s flesh, causing the behemoth immense pain.

Han Li’s personally thrown magic javelins and countless Azure Yuan sword beams rained down, penetrating the gaps in the protective demonic cloud. However, the magic javelins were of average quality and did not cause much damage to the Thunder Whale.

At least, they were far less lethal than the Wind Pattern Ring.

On the other hand, the Azure Yuan sword beams, formed into a hundred-zhang giant sword using the Greatsword Technique, had considerable attack power and caused significant damage.

Qu Hun’s thrown Demon-Subduing Pestle dealt high damage, striking through the gaps in the protective demonic cloud and causing the Thunder Whale to roar repeatedly in pain, its voice shrill and violent.

“Unfortunately, if I had a suitable natal magic weapon, the effect of this attack would definitely not have been a minor injury, but a severe one,”

Han Li thought to himself.

On the other side,

the Thunder Whale, having stumbled and suffered a minor loss, revealed a look of frustration and annoyance in its small eyes.

Realizing that it probably couldn’t defeat the human cultivator, it decisively plunged headfirst into the deep sea below. Without the slightest hesitation. Its enormous form quickly disappeared thousands of feet below the surface, vanishing completely in a few breaths.

Han Li searched with his divine sense, but after a long while, the Thunder Whale didn’t launch a second attack, realizing that the colossal creature had left.

“Luckily, Qu Hun cultivated Buddhist techniques and refined the Brocade Kasaya; otherwise, this would have been dangerous.”

In Feng Hun’s hands, the Wind Pattern Ring could unleash considerable high-damage attacks with his early Core Formation cultivation,

far more effective than his own activation of the Wind Pattern Ring.

In Qu Hun’s hands, the Brocade Kasaya could also form a high-strength golden wall of defense using Buddhist secret techniques. The Demon-Subduing Pestle, activated with early Core Formation mana, could also unleash high-damage attacks comparable to late Core Formation cultivators, far exceeding the few percent he could only unleash himself.

Therefore, in team battles, his main body only needed to act as the commander, coordinating both.

“A counterattack comparable to three late-stage Core Formation cultivators, that big guy must have had a tough time too, right?”

This time, it was a close call.

But it also made him remember that Thunder Whale and even the entire Thunder Whale clan of the Chaotic Star Sea.

“Once I reach the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, I’ll make the Thunder Whale clan pay.”

He had always been on good terms with the Star Sea demons and had never actively hunted high-level demon beasts.

He was innocent and pure.

Yet that peak-level seventh-grade Thunder Whale deliberately bullied someone as kind-hearted, averse to fighting, and innocent as him.

Was it forcing him to become bad, forcing him to use his knife against the Star Sea demons, forcing him to go on a killing spree?

…

Returning to Azure Spirit Island.

Han Li entered the spirit mine.

Next, he needed to find the core spirit eye of this huge mine and spirit vein.

Moreover, he hadn’t found the top-grade wood spirit stone yet.

“If we could get that top-grade spirit stone, we might be able to achieve Nascent Soul stage in one fell swoop!!” The

old woman’s condition was very poor; she was kept alive only by a ventilator.

The family was doing everything they could.

I went to see her again this afternoon; she was skin and bones, her body covered in tubes.

I didn’t want my grandmother to suffer anymore; at least she had seen me get married. I was in a hurry to get married, also considering her health had been deteriorating this year. I was hoping that if she could get through this year, she could see her baby next year. But she was in so much pain; she couldn’t even open her eyes. Our whole family was hoping for a miracle, hoping she would get better.

At least she could see her baby.

I was raised by my grandparents; I was a left-behind child in the past. I wasn’t around when my grandfather passed away, so I had to visit my grandmother every day.

I’m really sorry for the lack of updates these past two days.

I had too little time

and it was hard to concentrate.

After this period, I will try to update more.

(End of Chapter)