Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 498

Chapter 498 Li Chang’an undergoes tribulation, achieving the Immortal Nascent Soul (Please subscribe!)

Changqing Back Mountain, the secluded cultivation place.

The heavy gate slowly descended.

Li Chang’an sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, slowly adjusting his mindset.

“Countless years of planning have led to this leap today. There’s still plenty of time; I cannot be impatient now.”

He didn’t consume any calming pills, nor did he rely on any external force, slowly and steadily allowing his heart to return to peace.

During this process,

past events constantly surfaced.

Seeking immortality in the mortal realm, struggling in Qinghe Market, plotting foundation building in Huanghe Immortal City…

Countless people and events from the past flashed by, like a revolving lantern of his life, finally settling on this day.

Unconsciously, his heart had become as still as water.

“It’s time.”

With a thought, countless treasures needed for forming the Nascent Soul flew out and landed in front of him.

Then, he opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing all the treasures that aided in breaking through the core and forming the Nascent Soul, circulating the breakthrough chapter of his cultivation technique.

“Boom!”

Li Chang’an trembled, and a crack suddenly appeared on his golden core.

The step of shattering the core and forming the nascent soul had officially begun!

At the same time

, the outside world was in turmoil.

A vortex of spiritual energy spanning hundreds of miles suddenly appeared, expanding wildly and devouring all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

“The Nascent Soul Formation Phenomenon!”

“How could someone in Changqing Mountain form a nascent soul?”

At the foot of Changqing Mountain, countless cultivators were dumbfounded.

Whether they were cultivators from various families or rogue cultivators in Changqing Immortal City, they all found it unbelievable.

“The Lord of Changqing Mountain is only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and the Luo family patriarch Luo Yunshu is only at the middle stage of the Golden Core realm. No one in the entire Changqing Mountain lineage has embarked on the path of forming a nascent soul. Who could be forming a nascent soul here?”

Everyone thought about it, but for a moment they couldn’t figure it out.

In a restaurant in the city,

Xu Fugui and Chu Daniu were drinking and chatting.

When they saw the sudden appearance of the Nascent Soul Formation Phenomenon, both of them widened their eyes.

“Could it be my elder brother?”

“It must be my elder brother!”

Xu Changqing was very certain, and an excited expression appeared on his face.

“Brother must be hiding his cultivation level. Before he formed his core, he only revealed his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation. He’s probably still at that level now. He can’t possibly be stuck at the early Golden Core stage!”

He took out several communication artifacts.

“Quickly notify Qiu Yan and Yu Yan. Don’t let them miss this.”

“What about Ye Hao? Should we notify him?”

“This…”

Xu Fugui hesitated.

Ye Hao was still being hunted by the Heavenly Lord of Bliss, and his current location was unknown.

Notifying him now might distract him and lead to his death at the hands of the Heavenly Lord of Bliss.

“No, Ye Hao’s situation is unclear. We can’t let this affect him.”

Meanwhile,

Wang Lingjing, Chen Da’an, and others left their secluded cultivation place and found Luo Yunshu.

“Sister Yunshu, is the Ancestor breaking through?”

“That’s right!”

Luo Yunshu had received a telepathic message from Luo Yu and knew that the one breaking through was Li Chang’an.

She instructed everyone: “Go patrol the four directions. Don’t let anyone disturb the Ancestor. If the Ancestor succeeds, you and I will all become Nascent Soul cultivators!”

Hearing this, Wang Lingjing and the others were deeply moved.

They, too, had never imagined that they would witness Li Chang’an’s Nascent Soul formation in their lifetime.

Just as Luo Yunshu had said, “When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven,” meaning that as long as Li Chang’an succeeded, their status would rise accordingly.

They dared not delay, and immediately began patrolling in all directions to prevent Li Chang’an from being disturbed.

Luo Yunshu’s expression was solemn as he looked up at the sky.

“Ancestor, you must succeed!”

A moment later,

the spiritual energy vortex beneath the sky had expanded to a thousand miles.

The news gradually spread, and forces from all sides rushed to the scene. Countless cultivators crowded inside and outside Changqing Immortal City, most of them staring in awe at the celestial phenomenon.

Soon, the fourth-tier flying boat of the Zixia Sect arrived, with the three True Monarchs, Zixi, Zixia, and Mingxia, all on board. True

Monarch Zixia looked at the celestial phenomenon and whispered, “Is it really Li Chang’an?”

“It should be him,”

Zixi nodded gently.

The events at the Red Puppet Palace had shown her that Li Chang’an was not merely in the early Golden Core stage, but was not far from forming his Nascent Soul.

“He’s always been steady and reliable; he should succeed.”

Her eyes were like water as she gazed at Changqing Mountain. Though she had confidence, her jade-like hands unconsciously clenched her robes.

Until the final result was known, anything was uncertain.

Not long after,

the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty’s flying boat arrived.

“Indeed, it’s a Nascent Soul formation phenomenon, very stable. It’s clear the person forming the Nascent Soul has an extraordinary foundation.”

Qi Jiuyang stood with his hands behind his back, offering his comment.

Prince Qing looked at Jiang Xuanyuan and asked, “Fellow Daoist Jiang, is the person forming the Nascent Soul your son-in-law, Li Chang’an?”

“I don’t know.”

“You’re not a very good father-in-law; you don’t even know your son-in-law is forming the Nascent Soul.”

Prince Qing smiled broadly, teasing him.

Qi Jiuyang said in a deep voice, “It should be young friend Li. He was chosen by the Azure Wood Divine Tower; he’s definitely not a Golden Core cultivator in the early stages.”

Just then,

the Wang family’s flying boat arrived.

Wang Yannian and Wang Qianling were both present, their expressions somewhat complicated.

Wang Qianling had originally planned to seek out more Nascent Soul formation treasures after Li Chang’an formed the Nascent Soul to help him achieve it.

But she hadn’t expected Li Chang’an to be one step ahead of her.

“Eh? Someone’s here to steal a son-in-law.”

Prince Qing looked over and said with a smile.

Wang Yannian remained silent, saying nothing.

Also silent was Huangsha Zhenjun, who had just arrived.

His gaze was cold and sharp as he stared intently at Changqing Mountain, his face grim and uttering no words.

Everyone understood his attitude.

“If Li Chang’an succeeds in forming his Nascent Soul, he’ll most likely settle scores with Huang Sha. Should we stop him?”

“It’s too early to say. He’s just started forming his Nascent Soul; it’s uncertain how far he’ll go. Let’s wait and see.”

They secretly communicated, discussing the matter.

Not long after,

the flying boats of the four sects of the Yuan Kingdom arrived.

The old tortoise glanced at the celestial phenomena and sighed softly, “This kid has been holding back for so long, and he’s finally formed his Nascent Soul. I wonder what quality it will be.”

Nearby, on the Vermilion Bird Sect’s flying boat,

the False Nascent Soul True Monarch Mu Zheng transmitted his voice to Mu Chen: “Chen’er, do you have a grudge against Li Chang’an?”

“Yes.”

Mu Chen’s face was grim as he looked at Changqing Mountain.

He truly hadn’t expected Li Chang’an to take this step before him.

“He must fail, he absolutely cannot succeed!”

His killing intent surged; he wished he could immediately ask a sorcerer to cast a spell on Li Chang’an to interfere with his Nascent Soul formation process.

But he had no trace of Li Chang’an’s aura.

On the White Tiger Sect’s flying boat not far away, the White Tiger True Monarch also wore a somber expression.

He hadn’t expected that the mere Golden Core cultivator from back then could have reached this point.

And it wasn’t just him.

Almost everyone present hadn’t expected it.

On a third-tier flying boat, the expressions of the many Golden Core cultivators from the Azure Cloud Sect were complex.

Gu Qinghong sighed, “Our Azure Cloud Sect actually missed out on a prodigy with the potential to form a Nascent Soul.”

If they hadn’t rejected Li Chang’an back then,

perhaps it wouldn’t be Changqing Mountain that was experiencing the Nascent Soul phenomenon now, but the

Azure Cloud Sect. If successful, the Azure Cloud Sect could have advanced to a Nascent Soul sect, standing on equal footing with the Purple Cloud Sect.

Alas.

They ultimately missed their chance.

Time passed, and a month went by unnoticed.

During this time, the Nascent Soul phenomenon remained stable, without any change.

Everyone present could see that Li Chang’an’s Golden Core foundation was extremely deep, allowing him to successfully overcome this hurdle.

“Li Chang’an only has a low-grade spiritual root, and his core quality isn’t high either. How could he have such a high foundation?”

“He has great fortune; perhaps he obtained the spiritual root enhancement method from the nine great immortal sects.”

“No, if that’s the case, he wouldn’t be able to pass the Heavenly Heart Realm.”

“He should have awakened some kind of spiritual body…”

After some discussion, everyone leaned towards the idea of a spiritual body.

Qi Chengye, the second prince of the Great Qi Dynasty, said, “The spiritual body that Fellow Daoist Li awakened should be a sword-path spiritual body; otherwise, he couldn’t have reached the summit of Sword Mountain. It’s just that he’s humble and hasn’t revealed it to the outside world.”

“Yes, that makes sense.”

While they were discussing,

Li Chang’an had reached a critical moment.

At this moment,

his golden core was covered with fine, dense cracks.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured in frantically, causing the aura of the golden core to gradually rise, and the cracks to multiply.

The golden core gradually couldn’t withstand it.

A moment later,

a loud “boom” was heard, and the entire golden core exploded, turning into a hazy golden light.

This ball of spiritual light constantly shifted and shone brilliantly, its origin steadily increasing, gradually transforming into a blurry infant form.

In an instant, golden light blazed forth from his dantian.

The infant gradually became clearer, its aura vast and boundless, far surpassing that of an immortal golden core.

He seemed cast in gold, his entire body radiant and flawless, shining brightly, his appearance bearing a resemblance to Li Chang’an. He

was neither a false nor a true infant, but rather possessed the most perfect immortal quality!

Such a quality nascent soul possessed a much stronger origin than a true infant of the same level, which would be beneficial for his future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

At the moment the infant became completely clear,

the spiritual energy vortex beneath the sky stopped, no longer absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but instead slowly dissipated.

Seeing this scene,

everyone present understood.

“He’s succeeded in breaking through the core and forming the nascent soul!”

Although it was expected, many still found it hard to believe.

Li Chang’an had no powerful sect supporting him, nor any predecessors to guide him; to have reached this point was already astonishing.

Zi Xi and the other friends of Li Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief.

The faces of Baihu and Huangsha grew increasingly grim.

Just then,

a fierce wind arose from the sky, thunderclouds churned, and silver snakes slithered.

“Heavenly Tribulation!”

Many low-level cultivators turned pale as they watched the terrifying lightning flashing by.

Let alone personally resisting it, even just a glimpse of it would cause them excruciating pain, as if they were about to be shattered by the lightning.

Li Chang’an remained calm, his expression unchanged.

Although he had witnessed many tribulations, this was his first time experiencing one firsthand.

Within the churning thunderclouds, a special power seemed to have locked onto his aura.

No matter where he hid, he could not escape this calamity.

“Boom!”

Thunder roared, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The first bolt of heavenly lightning descended from the sky, striking Li Chang’an with terrifying power.

To outsiders, this bolt of lightning seemed capable of destroying everything.

But to Li Chang’an, it was nothing special.

“The power of this small heavenly lightning is average.”

His body refinement was comparable to the mid-stage of the fourth rank, and he had also cultivated the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword, giving him a deep understanding of the power of lightning.

The first eight minor lightning bolts posed no threat to him.

He didn’t even summon any treasures or use any spells to defend himself; he simply stood still.

A moment later,

the lightning struck, hitting him heavily.

He only trembled slightly, having withstood all the power of the lightning.

Countless tiny bolts of electricity danced within his flesh and blood, like slender silver snakes. Some quickly dissipated, while others gradually merged into his flesh and blood, making his physique slightly stronger.

“The power of lightning tribulation can indeed temper the physique. My body refinement realm hasn’t changed, but my strength has increased slightly.”

Li Chang’an quietly sensed the changes in his physique, several rumors flashing through his mind.

Legend has it that the tribulations of lightning and inner demons are not calamities, but rather rewards bestowed by Heaven upon those who successfully form their Nascent Soul.

The tribulations of lightning temper the body, while the tribulations of inner demons temper the mind.

However, these rewards are too heavy; many cannot withstand them and perish within them.

Just then,

the second bolt of lightning arrived.

Li Chang’an, as before, did not use any treasures or magic to resist, but simply withstood it with his physical body.

“Boom!”

The thunder roared, deafeningly loud, making his entire body numb.

Within this bolt of lightning , his

physical strength increased slightly.

Li Chang’an was unharmed, quietly waiting for the next bolt.

Then, the third, fourth, fifth…

bolts of lightning arrived one after another.

In the blink of an eye,

eight minor bolts of lightning had been passed.

The ninth bolt of lightning was delayed, seemingly brewing, the destructive aura within the thunderclouds constantly intensifying, and the oppressive feeling it brought also increasing.

“Why hasn’t it come yet?”

Li Chang’an calculated the time, gazing at the sky.

Suddenly,

the wind beneath the sky calmed.

The entire world seemed to freeze for a moment.

Then, a massive bolt of lightning, far surpassing the previous eight, struck, instantly piercing the heavens and earth, its brilliance seemingly capable of illuminating the entire cultivation world.

This time,

Li Chang’an dared not confront it head-on.

“Heavenly Thunder Umbrella!”

With a thought, he summoned the Heavenly Thunder Umbrella.

The umbrella rose, its surface opening to firmly protect Li Chang’an below.

Boom!

The lightning collided with the umbrella, the sound shaking heaven and earth, the lightning surging, the terrifying power instantly destroying everything around.

The Heavenly Thunder Umbrella did not disappoint Li Chang’an; just as the old tortoise had said, it successfully blocked the power of the final bolt of lightning.

Li Chang’an himself was unharmed!

“Whoosh—”

A gale arose again under the sky, dispersing all the thunderclouds.

The entire world was bright and clear, the oppressive feeling gone.

This meant that

Li Chang’an’s Heavenly Tribulation had been successfully overcome!

“Only the last tribulation remains.”

Outside Changqing Mountain, countless cultivators watched intently.

Everyone wanted to know if Li Chang’an could overcome this tribulation.

Zi Xi looked slightly nervous and murmured to herself, “Chang’an is a rogue cultivator. His life has been full of ups and downs, and he has experienced a lot. His mental state should be quite remarkable, and he should be able to successfully overcome his inner demon tribulation.”

Hearing her subconsciously say “Chang’an” instead of Fellow Daoist Li or Little Friend Li, Mingxia and Zixia both glanced at her thoughtfully.

Mu Zheng suddenly spoke up at this moment.

“With many experiences, there are also many flaws. It’s easy for inner demons to take advantage of the situation. Whether Li Chang’an can succeed is still uncertain!”

“That’s right!”

True Monarch Huangsha said with a stern face, agreeing with this statement.

Hearing this,

Li Chang’an’s many friends became even more worried.

“Brother Li, you must succeed!”

Xu Fugui, Su Yuyan, and others looked at Changqing Mountain, praying silently in their hearts.

Just then,

Luo Yu, who had been guarding Changqing Mountain, changed his expression slightly.

“Mu Teng, you’ve gone too far!”

He looked up at the sky, his figure disappeared instantly, and when he reappeared, he was already under the vast sky, raising his hand and striking out with a palm.

A burst of Nascent Soul power that should have landed on Changqing Mountain was shattered by this palm strike.

No one below noticed.

None of them knew they had all narrowly escaped death.

If that Nascent Soul power had landed, not only would Li Chang’an have died, but they, the observers of the tribulation, would have also perished.

Under the heavens,

Luo Yu faced off against the suddenly appearing Mu Teng.

His expression was cold as he said, “Mu Teng, you are a dignified Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord, why target a mere Nascent Soul junior like this?”

Mu Teng frowned, somewhat surprised by Luo Yu’s protection.

“Fellow Daoist Luo, what brings you here?”

“This is none of your business, leave immediately!”

Luo Yu’s tone was cold as he summoned more than ten treasures, his Nascent Soul power emanating from them.

His cultivation was at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, while Mu Teng was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, a difference of one minor realm.

In the Nascent Soul realm, fighting across a smaller realm was extremely difficult.

If the two were to fight, Mu Teng would undoubtedly lose!

His expression was grim; he glanced at Changqing Mountain below, already considering retreat.

At this moment, another Nascent Soul stage aura suddenly appeared.

Du Yi’s figure materialized not far away.

A flash of light appeared in his hand, conjuring a longbow. Nascent Soul stage power surged forth, locking onto Mu Teng’s aura.

“Fellow Daoist Mu, do you still remember the promise you made in the last battle?”

Hearing this, Mu Teng fell silent.

After his defeat last time, he had promised not to attack Li Chang’an again.

Today’s events

showed that he had gone back on his word and broken his promise.

If Li Chang’an knew, he would surely sigh that Mu Teng and his son Mu Wei were truly similar in character.

Mu Wei had also broken his promise, repeatedly targeting Changqing Mountain.

In the end…

Mu Teng said nothing and silently left.

Du Yi sheathed his longbow, his fighting spirit fading, and he regained his composure.

Luo Yu was somewhat surprised: “Fellow Daoist Du, why did you come here?”

Du Yi replied, “Li Chang’an resembles one of my disciples, so I came to see him.”

“What do you think of his state of mind? Can he overcome this hurdle?”

“Yes.”

“I think so too.”

As the two talked,

Li Chang’an’s inner demon tribulation arrived.

Wisps of black mist appeared around him, eerie and unsettling.

“My inner demon tribulation might be related to immortality.”

He grew drowsy, his mind becoming hazy, trapped in the tribulation.

…

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

Li Chang’an opened his eyes and woke up.

He rubbed his forehead, feeling dizzy and disoriented, as if he had just had a long dream.

“Strange, why am I so sleepy?”

He got up and went to the water vat in the corner of the wooden house, fetched some water to wash himself, and quickly washed away the drowsiness, his mind becoming much clearer.

For the next few days, he didn’t go out, focusing solely on cultivation, because he was about to break through.

That evening,

a mysterious aura emanated from him.

“Ten years of cultivation, finally breaking through to the third level of Qi Refining,”

he sighed deeply.

The path of cultivation was truly difficult.

A moment later

, a knock sounded at the door.

“Li Chang’an, are you home?”

“Manager Zheng?”

Hearing this voice, Li Chang’an dared not delay and hurriedly opened the door.

Standing outside was Zheng Jinbao, the manager of Qinghe Market.

Zheng Jinbao informed him that

Li Chang’an’s assigned task this year was to mine in the spirit mine.

“Mining?”

Li Chang’an felt uneasy and unwilling to mine, so he had to offer all his spirit stones.

However, Zheng Jinbao, having accepted the spirit stones, did not perform the task.

Three days later,

Li Chang’an was still assigned to mine.

“What to do?”

He tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night, and sat by the window.

Gazing at the moonlight outside, his eyes were filled with sorrow, unable to think of a way out.

Moreover,

he felt empty inside, as if he had lost something.

That night, no change appeared; he had no choice but to go to mine.

For a period of time afterward,

he spent almost all his time in the mine, digging for spirit ore day and night, unknowingly inhaling a lot of dust.

“Cough…cough cough…”

Li Chang’an frowned and coughed repeatedly.

He wasn’t the only one.

Many low-level rogue cultivators around him were coughing.

During that year of mining, his cough became more and more severe, as if something was blocking his lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

He finally made it through the year and wanted to rest.

But not long after, he received his assignment for the following year.

Still mining!

“Damn Zheng Jinbao!”

He gritted his teeth, his anger rising.

When you’re under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head.

Although Li Chang’an was furious, he dared not do anything and could only continue mining.

Not long after,

he encountered a strange event.

Someone dug up a curse, and all the cultivators afflicted by the curse died tragically.

Although he escaped quickly, one of his hands was also tainted by the curse, and to save his life, he had to grit his teeth and cut off his entire arm.

After the curse subsided, he was assigned to mining again.

After days of relentless toil, the second year finally passed.

Soon,

the third year’s tasks were announced.

Li Chang’an’s task remained the same: mining.

Unable to resist, he could only enter the mine, where he soon encountered another strange event, losing an eye.

For the fourth and fifth years, he was assigned to mining.

By the end of the fifth year ,

he was riddled with injuries, emaciated, coughing up blood constantly, and looked far older than his thirties, more like a fifty or sixty-year-old mortal.

During these five years, his cultivation hadn’t improved at all, remaining stuck at the third level of Qi Refining.

“The spiritual contract with the Zheng family is finally over,”

Li Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief.

From now on, he was truly free, no longer controlled by the Zheng family.

However, his strength was low, and he was plagued by illness; even if he left the Zheng family, he would still be at the bottom elsewhere.

“Without a fortuitous opportunity, let alone immortality, I won’t even be able to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.”

With this in mind,

Li Chang’an steeled his resolve and headed to a secret realm to search for treasure.

He had heard of people who had obtained great opportunities in secret realms, becoming Golden Core cultivators despite being rogue cultivators, and even having a third-tier yellow crane as their companion.

“I want to become a Golden Core cultivator too!”

With this belief, he ventured into the secret realm, searching for treasures.

However, after only ten days, he was captured by several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and forced to scout ahead.

“Seniors, why don’t you use puppets to scout ahead?”

“Puppets are expensive! You lowly rogue cultivator are free!”

The group laughed heartily, their laughter unrestrained.

Li Chang’an felt stifled and angry, but had no choice but to scout ahead for them.

Not long after,

he encountered danger.

Although he miraculously survived, his meridians were riddled with holes, making him almost unable to use his magic power, even weaker than a first-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

With such cultivation, he could no longer survive in the cultivation world.

After being released by those people…

He left the cultivation world and returned to the mortal realm in despair.

“It seems something is missing from my life,” he thought

. Back in his hometown, he sat on the doorstep, his body thin and hunched, pondering what was missing, but he couldn’t figure it out.

In the following years, his illness worsened, coughing up blood daily, his lifespan nearing its end.

One day,

he staggered to the county town, intending to buy some liquor.

A fortune teller stood outside the town gate, stroking his mustache, his eyes darting around before settling on Li Chang’an.

He noticed Li Chang’an’s expensive clothes and approached with a smile, “Old man, would you like your fortune told? Let’s see what the divination says.”

Li Chang’an instinctively replied, “No, I can tell fortunes myself.”

“Oh, I didn’t realize you were in the same trade as me, old man?”

“Yes, I…”

Li Chang’an suddenly froze.

Why had he said he could tell fortunes?

He had never learned the art of fortune telling, neither in the mortal world nor the cultivation world. Why had he blurted it out?

The more he thought about it, the more his head ached.

It felt as if something was trying to burst from his mind.

Countless blurry fragments flashed through his mind, both strange and familiar, as if they had happened just yesterday, yet also as if separated by endless years, making them unclear to him.

“What is missing from my life? Divination? Divination…”

His head throbbed with pain as he tried to think, and the blurry images gradually became clearer.

“It’s the divination! The divination is missing!”

“I shouldn’t have gone mining, I should have soared to great heights, I should have roamed the heavens!”

“I am the master of Changqing Mountain, the master of the Fire Cloud Secret Realm…”

He pressed his temples tightly, recalling more and more images, finally understanding his predicament.

This world was not real, but merely his inner demon tribulation.

“Wake up!”

Li Chang’an shouted, his voice like thunder.

The entire world shattered suddenly.

He opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself still in his secluded cultivation place, surrounded by charred marks from lightning strikes.

“The inner demon tribulation, finally over.”

Li Chang’an slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had prepared so many treasures to help him overcome his inner demon tribulation, and even refined the One Heart Pill, yet he still nearly lost his way.

If he had truly died in the inner demon tribulation, it would have been a complete failure.

Fortunately, he woke up in time.

“Most inner demon tribulations evolve from fear. These past few days, I thought I had overcome all my fears, but I forgot the most serious one, which I had been subconsciously avoiding…”

Li Chang’an sighed.

His greatest fear was not the inability to achieve immortality, nor turning into a tree, but losing the divination.

That night,

the appearance of the divination became a turning point in his life.

Without the divination, perhaps he would have truly lived a tragic life, just like in the inner demon tribulation.

“Fortunately, it’s all over now.”

He slowly rose, his Nascent Soul aura emanating from him.

Immediately afterward,

congratulations rang out from all sides.

Xu Fugui laughed loudly: “Brother, I knew you could succeed!”

Subsequently, everyone came to congratulate him.

Two months later,

Li Chang’an held his Nascent Soul Ceremony.

The entire Changqing Mountain was filled with joy, and even the Divine Transformation Immortal Sect sent people to congratulate him.

After his Nascent Soul Ceremony,

the Immortal War between the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Immortal Extinction Alliance officially broke out.

This war was exceptionally brutal, lasting for hundreds of years, during which countless cultivators perished, including over a hundred Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords.

Ultimately,

just as Li Chang’an had predicted,

the Immortal Extinction Alliance was too chaotic, comprising humans, demons, and countless other races, unable to unify its forces, and was defeated by the Nine Great Immortal Sects.

The Immortal Extinction Alliance’s territory was annexed by the Nine Great Immortal Sects, and the surviving cultivators all gained considerable benefits.

Li Chang’an benefited immensely.

In these hundreds of years of chaotic warfare, he navigated all sides with ease, encountering numerous opportunities, and had long since broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.

Furthermore, within the Immortal Extinction Alliance’s territory, he unexpectedly discovered a complete Ascension Platform.

More than ten years later,

Li Chang’an bid farewell to many friends, stepped onto the Ascension Platform, and ascended to the Immortal Realm.

However,

midway through his ascension, an unexpected event occurred.

A golden light flashed before his eyes, the same golden light that appeared when the daily divination appeared.

This time, however,

no divination appeared.

Li Chang’an was horrified to discover that golden threads had appeared within his flesh and meridians.

He was gradually losing control of himself, seemingly about to be refined into a puppet by these golden threads.

Then,

an aged voice resounded within him.

“Hahaha, my years of cultivation have not been in vain! You have finally reached the stage of ascension!”

“Who are you?”

Li Chang’an demanded sharply.

As soon as he finished speaking, an aged phantom appeared in his dantian.

The old man possessed a powerful aura, standing on a golden tortoise shell, and laughed loudly: “Li Chang’an, I am the Master of Divination. You should call me Master! If it weren’t for me, how could you have enjoyed hundreds of years of glory?”

“You cultivated me just to seize my body?”

“That’s right!”

the old man replied with a smile.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely ascend to the Immortal Realm and complete the path to immortality for you!”

After this, Li Chang’an’s thoughts became increasingly blurred.   Memories of another person kept appearing

in his mind.   He knew very well that this change was caused by the possession, but he was powerless to resist.   The other party has been planning this for years and knows him very well. How could they give him a chance to resist?

Li Chang’an felt resentful: “Over the years, I’ve placed too much faith in divination, only occasionally harboring a sliver of doubt—what exactly is the divination, and why does it appear within me?”

“If I had been more suspicious, perhaps I could have sensed something amiss, but there’s only a sliver of doubt.”

“No…”

“Even a sliver of doubt could cause me to sink into illusion, just as I doubt my own bloodline…”

Li Chang’an suddenly calmed down.

He realized that

this sliver of doubt was also his fear.

He feared not only the disappearance of the divination but also that it had ulterior motives.

He had always deliberately avoided these two fears, but today they were both awakened.

“Unexpectedly, I’m still caught in the tribulation of my inner demons,”

Li Chang’an sighed inwardly.

“Wake up!”

As soon as the words left his lips, the surrounding world shattered instantly, everything dissipating into nothingness.

Li Chang’an opened his eyes again.

He was still sitting cross-legged in his secluded cultivation spot, surrounded by black mist.

“Whoosh…”

A gentle breeze suddenly swept by, dispersing all the black mist.

This meant that

his tribulation of inner demons had passed.

“Am I still in the tribulation?”

Li Chang’an didn’t get up, lost in thought.

Some cultivators, though successfully surviving their inner demon tribulation, still doubt their own existence and resort to extreme methods to break free, sometimes even developing inner demons themselves and going mad.

Such cases are not uncommon within the Myriad Arrays Sect.

The tribulation-surviving experience Yao Lanqin gave him contained numerous similar accounts.

Li Chang’an looked up at the sky, countless celestial secrets flickering beneath.

The auras of those around him were incredibly vibrant, without a trace of artificiality.

After a moment,

Li Chang’an discerned the truth and confirmed he had successfully survived his inner demon tribulation.

In other words, from this day forward, he was a true Nascent Soul True Monarch!

At this moment,

many outside were filled with worry.

“Why hasn’t he emerged from seclusion yet?”

Even if one had survived thousands of years in the inner demon tribulation, only a moment had passed in the outside world.

Yet Li Chang’an’s aura remained elusive.

This made them suspect that Li Chang’an might have failed.

Mu Zheng said in a deep voice, “He’s a rogue cultivator, so he probably won’t get any good tribulation-crossing treasures. It’s normal for him to fail.”

“Shut up!”

the old tortoise shouted.

Mu Zheng was immediately angered. As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, how could he be reprimanded like this? However

, the old tortoise’s strength far surpassed his. He was only a Nascent Soul cultivator, while the old tortoise was a mid-stage fourth-tier demon beast.

He had to swallow his anger, his face flushed red, and dared not say anything more.

However,

his previous words

had indeed expressed the thoughts of many people.

“Could it be that he really failed?”

Zi Xi’s pretty face turned slightly pale, and an uneasy premonition arose in her heart.

Just then ,

a powerful Nascent Soul aura rose from the back mountain of Changqing.

Li Chang’an soared into the sky, his robes fluttering, standing under the vast sky, his Nascent Soul power surging around him.

Seeing this, Xu Fugui and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

He succeeded!

At this moment, even the lowest-level Qi Refining cultivators understood that Li Chang’an had crossed that threshold.

Zi Xi smiled, her voice ethereal and heavenly, and was the first to offer her congratulations.

“Zi Xi of the Zixia Sect congratulates Fellow Daoist Li on achieving Nascent Soul!”

Following her,

cultivators from all sides spoke in succession.

“Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Li!” “Congratulations

, Ancestor, on achieving Nascent Soul!”

“Congratulations, Senior Li…”

The sounds of congratulations echoed throughout the Changqing Mountain region, lingering in the heavens and earth for a long time.

However,

a very few people remained silent.

True Monarch Huangsha coldly snorted and left with a sullen face.

(End of Chapter)