340: breakthrough, thunder disaster

The night was cool like water, a star chart hung high, and boundless starlight poured down in beams.

It sprinkled upon the Spirit Mountain, the spirit trees, and the Spirit Lake.

The Star Spirit Shell opened its two shells, revealing an even smaller star chart, emanating brilliant stars.

These stars seemed to correspond one-to-one with the constellations in the sky.

Countless star spirit floss were born, floating out from the spirit shell, landing on a Cultivator covered in starlight.

At this moment, Lin Shiming was like an unmoving star-stone.

Only his soaring Qi and blood represented his extraordinary nature.

After a long while, the starlight became so dense that it transformed into a ripple, suddenly spreading out.

The Star Spirit Shell also instantly panicked, flapped its two shells, and quickly rushed towards the bottom of the lake.

The lake water immediately churned up a ten-zhang-high water roar, countless defensive Formations were scattered, while the Wang Jiao, Golden Winged Mantis, and Wood Demon stepped out, blocking the residual power of the starlight.

But the few beasts were all somewhat horrified, and their bodies retreated dozens of meters!

The Wang Jiao even roared in distress, its massive body swaying restlessly in the air!

“Congratulations, Master, for reaching a higher level!” the Wood Demon also quickly bowed.

Lin Shiming also opened his eyes, feeling the power throughout his body, and with a tremor, a terrifying Qi and blood radiated out.

“Finally, my Body Cultivator Realm has reached the Mid Purple Mansion Realm!” Lin Shiming smiled slightly. It had been five years since he entered the Grotto-heaven World!

In these five years, the Star Spirit Shell had exhausted all of its Fourth-grade spirit water and Fourth-grade spirit soil, and even the Third-grade spirit water and Third-grade spirit soil were completely gone.

But the effect was now evident; with a thought from his Divine Thought, a thin layer of starlight gauze appeared on his body, making him smile involuntarily.

This was precisely a supporting secret technique of the Star Body Tempering Art, the Seven Star Battle Armor!

Its defensive power was no less than a freely wielded defensive Magic Treasure.

After checking his strength, Lin Shiming looked at Wang Jiao and Golden Wings again, and couldn't help but smile. He took a slight step forward.

The next moment, only a streak of starlight flashed by, and even the Golden Winged Mantis's pupils constricted. Its proud speed was simply not enough in front of the current Lin Shiming.

After testing his speed, Lin Shiming also took out a large amount of spirit beast meat for the two beasts.

“Well done!” Lin Shiming praised the Wood Demon again.

Finally, he looked at the Star Spirit Shell that had dived into the bottom of the lake, and two jade boxes flew out of his hand.

“You've also worked hard these past five years!”

The jade boxes were opened, revealing Fifth-grade spirit water and Fifth-grade spirit soil. Of course, Lin Shiming kept a portion of the Fifth-grade spirit soil, but most of it was given to the Star Spirit Shell. Perhaps the Fourth-grade Star Spirit Shell after its Breakthrough could bring greater benefits to his Star Body Tempering Art!

“Thank you, Master!” The Star Spirit Shell's Divine Soul within the Soul Restraining Seal also conveyed its joy to Lin Shiming.

Countless tentacles eagerly wrapped around the two jade boxes, then the two spirit shells closed tightly and sank into the lake.

The lake surface returned to calm, with only the starry sky as brilliant as ever!

Lin Shiming then stepped onto the high platform. At this moment, the starlight was contained, and Sword Qi was externalized.

In the Void Realm, countless Sword Grass began to materialize.

In the blink of an eye, there was already a field of Sword Grass!

He looked inward, and within the sword dao seed, a Taiyi Sword Grass, about a foot long, stood quietly.

Countless Sword Qi entered the Sword Grass, and from within the Sword Grass, Sword Intent was fed back.

It tempered his body, and he was pleasantly surprised to find that this Sword Grass seemed to have a similar effect to the Sword Intent displayed by True Person Zixuan at the plaque.

Of course, the most pleasant surprise was that this Sword Grass was indeed like a Lifebound Treasure.

The Taiyi Sword Grass had not deceived him at all.

If he were to display Great Evolution or Tribulation Transformation now, with the Taiyi Sword Grass Magic Treasure interspersed among hundreds of Sword Grass, it would definitely catch his opponent off guard!

Lin Shiming's thoughts stirred slightly, and the Sword Grass easily appeared in his palm.

Two blades of grass, like sharp precious swords, emitted a chilling glint.

He slightly raised a finger, and the Sword Grass suddenly unsheathed. For a moment, the sword light was unparalleled and extremely brilliant.

Black cracks reopened in the Void Realm!

Lin Shiming's Grotto-heaven World was just a Small World, and he dared not try again.

However, the surprise was not over. In the distance, a wave of heat suddenly surged, and three types of flames erupted almost simultaneously.

The terrifying high temperature immediately startled Lin Shiming.

He moved his body, several Formation Plates fell from his hand, and the defensive Magic Treasure, Han Ming Shield, slammed down, completely covering the area around the Red-haired Demon Monkey!

Roar!

A resounding ape's roar filled the entire Grotto-heaven World.

And the Red-haired Demon Monkey's body instantly transformed into a thirty-zhang giant, with three spirit flames burning fiercely on its forehead, and a pair of eyes glowing like molten rock!

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And Lin Shiming's first Fourth-grade Spirit Beast finally appeared.

“Awoo awoo!” The Red-haired Demon Monkey then instantly shrank, returning to its previous small spirit monkey form, only its fur was even redder.

It scurried all the way to Lin Shiming's side, its claws constantly reaching towards his waist.

Its mouth was chattering, extremely eager.

As if it wanted to eat back all six years' worth of dried food at once.

Lin Shiming was naturally overjoyed by the Breakthrough of the Red-haired Demon Monkey. With a wave of his hand, the spirit beast meat and a large amount of Beast Nurturing Pill that had been prepared long ago landed in the Red-haired Demon Monkey's hands.

In addition to that, there was also a pot of Fourth-grade Tianxiang spirit wine from Tianxiang Tower!

This made the Red-haired Demon Monkey ecstatic, its face beaming uncontrollably.

Lin Shiming was also happy to see this, but the next moment, Wang Jiao's voice transmission came to his mind.

“Bath! Bath!”

Clearly, Wang Jiao was also stimulated. Previously, the Red-haired Demon Monkey and Wang Jiao had been secretly competing. Now that the Red-haired Demon Monkey was already a Fourth-grade Yao Beast, he naturally felt a bit anxious.

Lin Shiming soothed him well. However, Golden Wings made him extremely satisfied; its nature had always been peaceful, quietly dozing on the taiqing purple jade fruit tree.

However, Lin Shiming also noticed that Golden Wings's fourth pair of Golden Wings were becoming increasingly slender. Although they were not as long as the other three pairs, they had improved significantly compared to before.

This made Lin Shiming consider its future cultivation direction.

But before Lin Shiming could ponder further.

The System prompt suddenly sounded.

“Please note that Immortal Master Divine Machine is about to make a Breakthrough. Please prepare as soon as possible and summon the Yan Yang Spirit Communication Sword!”

Lin Shiming's heart immediately tightened.

Five years, nearly twice as fast as the ten years he had imagined.

As expected, Divine Machine had hidden the Breakthrough time.

Lin Shiming's thoughts moved, and he arrived at his Clone.

The Cultivate room was still the same as before, but he could clearly feel that the Spiritual Qi was not as abundant as before, and the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, the Cultivation Technique in his body, was operating frantically, completely out of control.

On the surrounding walls, countless spirit patterns began to appear. Those spirit patterns were frantically absorbing Lin Shiming's spiritual power.

Lin Shiming wanted to break free, but found he couldn't.

Moreover, he also found that a Divine Sense, once again, surged violently.

And this Divine Sense was even more powerful than the previous one.

That terrifying pressure and recklessness almost instantly shattered the soundproofing Formation around Lin Shiming completely.

Fortunately, Lin Shiming had not yet taken out the blood demon disc, otherwise, at this moment, he might have been targeted for reckoning.

Clearly, at this point, Immortal Master Divine Machine no longer needed to hide. He had to eliminate all crises!

The spirit Formation on the walls became increasingly clear!

...Inside Shenji Peak, several figures who were meditating clearly felt something.

Several Cultivators suddenly opened their eyes!

Waves of terrifying aura emanated, and the next moment, the secret chamber door was instantly thrown open, and dozens of Devil banners flew out.

They slammed towards the ground.

Countless Devil Heads surged out from the Devil banners, densely packed, baring their fangs and claws.

But the next moment, a brilliant sword light suddenly erupted, and countless Devil Head Clones were completely annihilated.

From underground, True Person Tianjian slowly ascended.

“How could it be you?” The Devil Cultivator was instantly horrified. He waved his Devil banner to the side again, intending to destroy the other stone chambers and send out spirit talismans!

But the next moment, a sword light arrived.

Several Devil Cultivators were instantly cut into a pile of ruins.

The stone chamber was not destroyed, and not a single spirit talisman was sent out!

Everything returned to a single sword!

“A Purple Mansion Clone dares to act so presumptuously?” True Person Tianjian was utterly disdainful.

After speaking, he looked up at the sky and muttered involuntarily.

“Has it finally begun?”

...In Nine Leaf City, on the Nine Leaf Dao Enlightenment spirit platform, Nine Leaves Zhenren sat alone.

Opposite Nine Leaves Zhenren, True Person Tianshou, True Person Qingjiao, and True Person Qingniu stood respectfully as Junior Brothers.

If other Immortal Masters saw this scene, they would be greatly startled.

One must know that True Person Qingjiao was at the Late Golden Core Stage, True Person Tianshou was at the Middle Stage Golden Core, and True Person Qingjiao was publicly proclaimed as the Grand Elder of the Spirit Beast Sect!

The next moment, Nine Leaves Zhenren opened his eyes, and the four of them stood up together!

...At the foot of an unknown mountain, nine Dragon roars suddenly echoed.

Nine Corpse Zhenren suddenly rushed out, and nine Dragon corpses also emitted dazzling light.

Accompanying them were a giant Devil Head and countless Devil mist.

“Quick, go! We miscalculated. We absolutely cannot let him endure until the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation. At that time, even if we stop him, it will be a mutual destruction!” Nine Corpse Zhenren was somewhat exasperated at this moment!

After so many attempts, Immortal Master Divine Machine still succeeded. How could their expressions be good!

True Person Tianmo also frowned and nodded.

However, it was fortunate that their current location was not far from Qingxuan Sect.

Otherwise, if they really waited until he underwent the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation, their intervention would only magnify the Lightning Tribulation, engulfing them as well. And ordinary Cultivators might not be able to stop Divine Machine, who already had a Nascent Soul!

...At the gate of Qingxuan Sect mountain.

The Star Shift Great Formation began to operate, and the entire sky, under the terrifying activation of the Formation, transformed into night, with stars filling the sky!

True Person Qinglin once again acted as the Formation controller, activating the mountain-protecting great Formation to its extreme!

Countless starlight giants descended!

True Person Tianjian, True Person Xuanjian, True Person Zixuan, and Daojian True Person each guarded a side!

In the sky, a terrifying Spiritual Qi vortex spread across Haoran Peak.

The Spiritual Qi from a hundred thousand li radius converged here!

The Spiritual Qi vortex grew larger and larger, and its terrifying spiritual might suppressed the entire area!

Deep underground, Lin Shiming could no longer hold back. He took out his Storage Pouch from the Grotto-heaven World and then directly swallowed it into his Clone's body.

At this moment, his Clone was incredibly old, like an elderly person in their twilight years.

And on the two walls, the spirit patterns had completely manifested, with two terrifying, ferocious giant mouths appearing within them.

Grinding sounds constantly emanated, and the next moment, Lin Shiming's Clone's body could no longer be controlled, moving towards that giant mouth!

Lin Shiming immediately severed his Divine Sense control over the Clone, and at the last moment, he also took out the blood demon disc.

Within the blood demon disc, the Divine Sense left by True Person Liuhe was almost instantly activated!

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into six figures, swirling in front of Lin Shiming. The six figures glanced at Lin Shiming's Grotto-heaven World, but then looked towards the giant mouth.

One after another, Treasure Unlocking Art began to appear.

On the blood demon disc, blood-colored spirit patterns emerged, densely packed.

The next moment, countless chains shot out, locking onto the giant mouth.

At the same time, a huge blood demon soul, as if all its chains were gone, completely manifested.

The blood demon had three heads and six arms, ten zhang tall, looking ferocious and evil.

As it chanted, each of its six arms manifested a Devil weapon, shooting towards the giant mouth!

And the six bodies of True Person Liuhe also seemed to have exhausted most of their spiritual power, becoming faint and indistinct.

Deep underground, near the Spiritual Vein, Immortal Master Divine Machine stood with his eyes closed. At this moment, countless flowers appeared around him, and his aura was constantly rising. Looking at his Purple Mansion, his Golden Core had already shattered.

It transformed into a Nascent Soul the size of a baby.

The Nascent Soul was still closed, but one could see that the baby began to frown the next moment, showing a pained expression.

And above, countless chains suddenly attacked!

“Spirit Treasure?” Another voice sounded. A phantom tower spirit suddenly rushed towards the blood demon chains.

It was the shenji pagoda!

For a moment, the clattering of chains rose and fell, and the shenji pagoda, which had always been invincible, actually began to become illusory under this entanglement!

Immortal Master Divine Machine's incomplete Nascent Soul immediately became even more painful.

And this was not over. Six Devil weapons also shot down from above!

Immortal Master Divine Machine's body instantly moved, and his Early Stage Golden Core Clone almost suicidally charged forward.

A Bagua disc and a Tai Chi Sword.

The next moment, they violently collided.

Brilliant Spirit Light instantly blew up the entire Haoran Peak.

“Unfortunately, it's still a little short!” True Person Liuhe was immediately anxious. All six Clones were reduced to withered shadows, and the blood demon disc fell from the sky!

The blood demon disappeared, and the blood demon chains retracted.

In the sky, thick dark clouds also began to gather!

Countless thunderbolts converged within them!

Outside the mountain gate, True Person Tianjian confronted True Person Tianmo, and True Person Xuanjian confronted Nine Corpse Zhenren!

And True Person Qinglin, with the cooperation of Qingxuan Sect's grand Formation, along with True Person Zixuan and Daojian True Person, held back most of the Devil Cultivator Immortal Masters!

“You all retreat quickly! Then Senior Brother can let bygones be bygones!” True Person Tianjian roared.

The dense sword light in his hand instantly cut down most of True Person Tianmo's Giant Tianmo!

Through the Formation, one could easily see that Immortal Master Divine Machine was now sitting on the shenji pagoda. Although he was bleeding all over, he was radiating brilliant golden light, and a Nascent Soul was muttering!

And the thunderclouds in the sky had formed, with the Lightning Tribulation imminent!

The alliance of Devil Cultivators would have no more chances!

But the next moment, a giant white fir tree suddenly appeared beside the shenji pagoda.

And Nine Leaves Zhenren also strangely appeared beside it.

This made Immortal Master Divine Machine's gaze narrow. At this moment, the Qingxuan Mountain's great Formation had not yet been breached!

Unless Nine Leaves Zhenren had a Minor Divine Ability of teleportation, he absolutely could not have entered!

Of course, what surprised him most was Nine Leaves Zhenren's Cultivation. Peak Golden Core!

The same Realm as him before!

“Fellow Daoist Divine Machine, it's not time for your Breakthrough yet. I can only make Fellow Daoist's efforts in vain!” Nine Leaves Zhenren waved his hand.

Immediately, a whisk broke through the Void Realm and shot towards Immortal Master Divine Machine's body!

At this moment, the Lightning Tribulation had not yet formed. As long as Immortal Master Divine Machine was severely injured, he would never be able to make a Breakthrough through the Lightning Tribulation!