424: Chapter 424 Green Pine, Your Death Is Coming

The earth-yellow Golden Core rotated at high speed within the Dantian.

The rules of heaven and earth resonated with a boom.

A thick, earth-yellow pillar of light shot up from the top of Hou Chen's head, violently tearing through the firmament.

The Heavenly Dao fed back, and the Fruit Position descended upon him!

Clouds stretching for a hundred thousand li were forcibly dyed earth-yellow.

Drip.

The first drop of earth-yellow Spiritual Qi rain struck the surface of the sea.

Immediately after, a torrential downpour poured down.

These were not ordinary raindrops, but the purest Origin Law of Ji Earth!

The Spiritual Qi rain ignored spatial barriers and Formation obstructions, domineeringly sprinkling across the entire Cultivation World.

In Central Province, at a marketplace where Loose Cultivators gathered.

An old man at the ninth level of Qi Refining, his Lifespan nearing its end, sat cross-legged, waiting for death.

The earth-yellow raindrops penetrated the thatched roof and struck directly into his crown.

His withered Meridians were instantly forced open by the thick earth-element vitality.

Crack.

The Foundation Establishment barrier that had trapped him for sixty years shattered with a boom.

The old man opened his eyes abruptly, all turbid Qi retreating from his body.

He scrambled out of the house and slammed his knees heavily onto the muddy street.

"Heaven sends sweet rain! The Dao of Earth shall flourish!"

The old man kowtowed frantically toward the East Sea, completely unaware that his forehead was bleeding from the impact.

The same scene played out frantically across the Nine Provinces of the world.

Countless low-level earth-element Loose Cultivators forcibly extended their lives and achieved Breakthroughs amidst this stroke of fortune.

Withered earth-element Spiritual Veins regained their vitality under the nourishment of the Spiritual Qi rain, and in the desolate mountain ranges, faint glimmers of new spiritual mines even began to emerge.

Fervent Power Of Will from faith transformed into an invisible torrent, surging toward the heavens.

In Central Province, deep beneath the Luoyan Mountain Range.

The remnants of Chengtian Pavilion lay dormant in an underground fortress.

The earth-yellow Spiritual Qi rain penetrated a thousand zhang of rock strata, accurately and flawlessly drenching every Disciple.

Inside the main hall, Acting Pavilion Master Li De and two Elders who had been stuck at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment for decades trembled violently.

Earth-element True Qi surged violently within their bodies, directly smashing through the gates of the Purple Mansion.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three auras of the Purple Mansion Initial Stage erupted within the underground fortress.

The entire sect was silent for a moment, then erupted into hysterical roars.

"It's the Old Ancestor!"

"The Old Ancestor has attained the Golden Core!"

Li De knelt on the ground, his head pressed firmly against the cold rock.

Extreme fanaticism burned through his reason.

The Old Ancestor had not only survived but had successfully obtained the Ji Earth golden essence!

Chengtian Pavilion would not perish; instead, it would leap to become the top hegemon of Central Province!

Those scum from the Sword Pavilion who had once forced Chengtian Pavilion to seal its mountains and had plundered their resources everywhere.

When the Old Ancestor returned, he would surely skin them and pull out their tendons!

"Swear to serve the Old Ancestor to the death! Swear to serve the Master to the death!"

Thousands of Disciples roared in unison, the sound waves nearly collapsing the dome of the underground fortress.

Although they had never seen that mysterious "Master."

An existence that could make the Old Ancestor follow with such devotion was definitely a deity transcending the Nine Heavens.

In the East Sea, on the outskirts of the Chaotic Star Sea.

One-Eyed Shark was shirtless, holding his trident upside down with one hand, staring fixedly at the churning waves ahead.

The Ji Earth Spiritual Qi rain struck the Protective Aura of the Longevity Tower Cultivators and quickly merged into it.

Everyone's cultivation was rising at a visible speed.

In the sea area ahead, the water surged violently.

A fully armed team of Dragon Palace shrimp soldiers and crab generals broke through the waves.

Leading them was Prime Minister Turtle, the most trusted subordinate of the Dragon King of the East Sea.

One-Eyed Shark's left eye revealed a fierce light, and he pointed his trident forward violently.

The violent primordial wood True Qi instantly locked onto Prime Minister Turtle's throat.

"Those who cross the boundary, die!"

The Longevity Tower Cultivators stepped forward in unison, their Magical Artifacts shining brightly, their killing intent boiling.

Under normal circumstances, Prime Minister Turtle would have long since rebuked this group of ignorant Loose Cultivators.

But at this moment, this Purple Mansion Great Perfection official of the Dragon Palace felt his knees go weak.

He knelt down directly in mid-air.

Thump.

Prime Minister Turtle held a glowing Storage Ring with both hands, raising it high above his head.

"Tower Master One-Eyed, please calm your anger!"

"This humble minister, acting on the Dragon King's decree, has come specifically to congratulate Hou Chen on attaining the Golden Core!"

"A mere pittance of a gift: ten carts of ten-thousand-year Sea Soul Marrow and a hundred top-grade Water-Avoiding Pearls. It is not much, but I hope the Tower Master will accept it on his behalf!"

One-Eyed Shark was stunned.

The Longevity Tower Cultivators were also stunned.

A dignified Prime Minister of the East Sea Dragon Palace was actually performing such a grand bow to a Purple Mansion stage Cultivator!

Prime Minister Turtle did not dare to raise his head, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

He knew very well that the Dragon King had been scared out of his wits back in the Dragon Palace.

A method that could shrink the Heavenly Tribulation by seventy percent was simply not something a Golden Core True Lord could achieve!

Deep within the East Sea Dragon Palace.

The Dragon King sat on a shattered white jade chair, watching the scene of Prime Minister Turtle kneeling through a water mirror.

He smashed his fists hard against the coral table in front of him, grinding it into powder.

Humiliation and fear were frantically twisting in his chest.

But he did not even have the courage to step half a step out of the main hall.

"The Great King has decreed that from this day forth, the seventy-two islands of the Chaotic Star Sea shall be under the control of the Longevity Tower!"

"The Dragon Palace aquatic race shall never set foot in the Chaotic Star Sea again!"

"We only ask to form a good relationship with your esteemed tower!"

Prime Minister Turtle lowered his posture to the minimum, wishing he could bury his face in the sea.

One-Eyed Shark's breathing was rapid, his chest heaving violently.

After the extreme shock came uncontrollable fanaticism.

The Master's aura had actually forced even the hegemon of the East Sea to bow his head and admit defeat!

With a suction from one hand, he crudely pulled the Storage Ring into his palm.

"Leave the things and get lost!"

Prime Minister Turtle, as if granted amnesty, scrambled with his team back into the seabed and fled as if his life depended on it.

Deep in the Void Realm, several extremely obscure Divine Thoughts were frantically intertwining.

"That old loach Ao Guang actually sent someone to deliver gifts?"

The Divine Thought of Old Monster Chili in Central Province fluctuated violently, revealing unconcealable horror.

"He even handed over the territory of the Chaotic Star Sea!"

True Monarch Leiji, who had lost an arm, gritted his teeth.

"Hou Chen is just a newly promoted piece of trash; why should Ao Guang be so wary of him?"

"Stupid!"

The Divine Thought of Monk Faxiang from the Western Desert interjected coldly.

"What Ao Guang fears is not Hou Chen at all."

"Did you not see the anomaly in the Heavenly Tribulation just now?"

"That great power that fixed space and forcibly shredded the Heavenly Dao thunder—who among you can do that?"

Once these words were spoken, the Divine Thoughts fell into dead silence.

They could not do it.

Let alone doing it, they could not even understand the level of that power.

"Could it be that an ancient powerhouse of the Dao Embryo Realm has awakened?"

"Behind Hou Chen, there must definitely stand a forbidden existence that cannot be provoked."

Old Monster Chili's voice trembled.

"Him going to the East Sea to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation was simply a trap set by that existence!"

"A warning to us: whoever dares to reach out, dies!"

The several veteran Golden Core True Lords felt a chill run down their spines.

They had previously calculated to take advantage of Hou Chen's weakness to go and snatch the Ji Earth golden essence.

Now it seemed that if they had really gone, perhaps even their true spirits would have been wiped clean.

In Yuanmu Grotto-Heaven, inside the main hall of the Main Peak.

Gu Changsheng sat on the throne, the Measuring Heaven Ruler lying flat on his knees.

In the water mirror, the intertwining Divine Thoughts of those old monsters were clearly visible to him.

"Still peeking?"

Gu Changsheng sneered.

He gripped the air with one hand, and through the Ji Earth Fruit Position channel that Hou Chen had just established.

He compressed his own terrifying foundation—fused with primordial wood, Deep Qi, and Bing Fire—into a wisp of aura with extreme domineering force.

Following the line of Karma, he smashed it directly into the depths of the Void Realm.

Boom!

This wisp of aura had no physical form, yet it carried an absolute domineering force that transcended all rules.

It retracted as soon as it touched them.

Deep in the Void Realm.

Old Monster Chili, True Monarch Leiji, and Monk Faxiang all groaned simultaneously, their spiritual terraces feeling as if they had been pierced through by millions of steel needles.

Old Monster Chili's newly condensed flame hand exploded, sparks flying everywhere.

Lightning flickered wildly at True Monarch Leiji's severed arm, and blood sprayed wildly.

The excruciating pain instantly tore apart their Divine Thoughts.

"Retreat!"

Old Monster Chili was terrified to the point of desperation, cutting off all external perception without hesitation.

True Monarch Leiji was so scared that he directly sealed his Immortal Cave Formation, holding his breath tightly.

Monk Faxiang struck his wooden fish frantically, trying to use Buddhist chants to suppress the trembling deep within his Divine Soul.

Chilled to the bone.

These hegemons who had traversed the world for thousands of years were, at this moment, completely scared out of their wits.

Not a single Divine Thought dared to linger on the edge of the East Sea anymore.

The Chaotic Star Sea had completely become an absolute forbidden zone in the Cultivation World.

Hou Chen hovered over the sea surface, gasping for air.

He raised his head and kowtowed toward the void with extreme reverence.

This life, this Fruit Position, were all bestowed by the Master.

He could clearly feel that the Power Of Will from the faith of earth-element Cultivators across the world was transforming into a vast torrent, frantically pouring into his Golden Core.

But this Power Of Will did not stay within his body; instead, it followed the secret chain of Karma, continuously being transported toward the unknown Void Realm.

Inside Yuanmu Grotto-Heaven.

The purest Power Of Will of Ji Earth poured down from the void, directly into Gu Changsheng's Dantian.

On the surface of the Golden Core, earth-yellow Dao patterns formed at high speed.

primordial wood, Li Fire, Ji Earth, Deep Qi.

Four distinct yet complementary forces fused perfectly within the Golden Core.

Having received the feedback, his strength had already reached Golden Core Perfection.

The Cave Heaven world underwent a drastic change.

The land expanded frantically outward, and countless earth-yellow mountain ranges rose from the ground.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi doubled again.

His cultivation foundation once again experienced a terrifying surge.

He was now a very solid step closer to the ethereal Dao Embryo Realm.

"Very good."

Gu Changsheng waved his hand, dispersing the water mirror in front of him.

The aftermath in the East Sea had been cleaned up.

The chess piece, Hou Chen, had been firmly nailed to the vital point of the world's grand situation.

He slowly stood up from the throne.

His gray Daoist robe fluttered without wind in the empty main hall, snapping loudly.

He turned around, his gaze piercing through the dome of the Cave Heaven and falling directly toward the direction of the Eastern Wasteland.

That cauldron refined from the Physical Body of a Heavenly Spiritual Root—calculating the time, it should be thoroughly integrated into the body of the old ghost Qingsong by now.

"Qingsong."

"Your death has arrived."