145: Chapter 145 Qingzhou is renamed Hehuan Prefecture starting today!

A light flashed by,

A Medicinal Pill emitting a dense medicinal fragrance,

and a light, transparent long dress floated in mid-air.

[Ding! bronze grade gift pack opened successfully!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: high-grade jade beast advancement pill x1.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: ice silkworm silk sword immortal dress.]

The items from the bronze gift pack were quite standard.

The high-grade jade beast advancement pill could be saved for Nangong Wan.

Not only could it raise her cultivation to the Nascent Soul Stage, but it could also provide 10 fixed taming value points.

It was truly killing two birds with one stone.

As for this Sword Immortal Gown, the style was full of Immortal Qi.

He'd let Leng Qingyue try it on someday; combined with her cold temperament, it would definitely be stylish.

Immediately after.

Three exquisite limited-edition jade beast rings fell into his hand.

[Ding! silver grade gift pack opened successfully!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: limited-edition jade beast ring x3.]

This thing again.

"System, are you doing wholesale for these beast rings?" Cao Kun curled his lips, somewhat speechless.

Limited-edition beast rings were almost becoming a standard factory preset for him.

But it was better than nothing.

Having Yu Linglong and Meng Yudie wear those crude black iron rings all the time.

Indeed affected the aesthetic experience of this Hehuan Sect Grand Elder.

He'd change them all to invisible collar chains or anklets later.

He tossed all the small items into the System space.

With great expectation, he opened those two gold gift packs.

[Ding! Opening gold gift pack x2!]

The light dissipated, and two items floated quietly.

On the left was a pair of pure black soft boots.

An ancient Taiji pattern was embroidered on the surface with silver thread, and waves of heavy earth element Law power rippled around them.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: kunyuan soft boots.]

[Item Description: One of the components of the yin-yang dharma robe set.]

[After wearing, it grants immunity to all earth-attribute spiritual power attacks and allows the wearer to maintain absolute composure and rationality at all times, ignoring Heart Demon disturbances.]

He was only missing the belt and crown to complete the set.

Just as he had guessed before.

Once the set was fully collected, he could be completely immune to the Five Elements Spiritual Qi and walk sideways in this cultivation world.

Cao Kun took off the boots he was wearing and put on the kunyuan soft boots.

The soft boots automatically contracted, fitting his feet perfectly.

A warm air current flowed from the soles of his feet into his Dantian.

The irritability brought about by a month of Dual Cultivation was instantly suppressed.

He turned his gaze to that nine-story small tower.

The tower's body was ancient, with gray Chaos Qi flowing on the surface.

One look and it felt as if even the Soul would be forcibly sucked in.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: all-heavens and myriad-realms demon suppressing tower.]

[Item Description: Chaos-grade peak-tier spatial Magic Treasure. The interior of the tower forms its own world, containing an independent Time Law. One day outside is one year inside the tower. Currently, the first floor can be opened.]

"Good stuff!" Cao Kun's eyes lit up.

He now most lacked time.

Over this past month.

The six peak-tier Jade Beasts had been competing fiercely for favor.

A massive amount of feedback power had accumulated in his Meridians and Dantian.

If it were an ordinary Cultivator, they would have been burst apart long ago, let alone refining it.

Even for him, to digest these powers in seclusion at a normal speed would take at least several months.

Now with this Demon Suppressing Tower, the problem of time shortage was easily solved.

Cao Kun composed himself.

His gaze landed on the final three mysterious ultimate gift packs.

"System, open the ultimate gift packs."

"After so much preparation, it's time for some top-tier items!"

Boom!

Seven-colored rosy clouds instantly filled the entire secret room.

The first stream of light drilled into the center of Cao Kun's brow.

[Ding! Mysterious ultimate gift pack opened successfully!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Beast Tamer exclusive Domain: Paradise Desire Realm!]

[Note: Domain deployed, all Jade Beasts within Domain戰力 doubled. Hostile targets will be forcibly dragged into an endless blissful illusion, losing their will to fight, while their spiritual power circulation becomes sluggish.]

A Domain skill!

One must know that Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators can at most control a sliver of the fur of Laws.

Only Void Refining experts can barely condense their own Domain prototype.

He hadn't even reached Soul Transformation yet, and the System directly gave him a full-version Domain.

And the name of this Domain...

Cao Kun grinned; it was very proper and perfectly suited his identity as the Hehuan Sect Grand Elder.

Immediately after, the remaining two seven-colored lights also manifested into physical forms.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Special Physique Advancement Card x1!]

[Item Description: Ignores current Aptitude and Bloodline restrictions.]

[Can forcibly advance any bound Jade Beast to an ancient top-tier Physique. (Limited to bound Jade Beasts)]

Finally, an ancient and unadorned Jade Slip landed steadily in Cao Kun's palm.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining an ancient Martial Skill: Great Desolation Heaven-Imprisoning Finger!]

Cao Kun split off a sliver of Divine Sense, and just as it touched the Jade Slip.

"Boom!"

A world-destroying scene appeared in his mind.

In the vast and boundless starry sky, a gray-black giant finger, like a pillar supporting the heavens, crushed out from the void.

Wherever the giant finger passed, stars crumbled and all Laws were annihilated.

"What a domineering Martial Skill."

With One Sword Decides Life and Death, paired with this Great Desolation Heaven-Imprisoning Finger.

Long-range and close-combat, group attacks and single-target, he was completely set.

Cao Kun did not hesitate for a moment.

He directly channeled his spiritual power to activate the all-heavens and myriad-realms demon suppressing tower.

A golden light shot out from the bottom of the tower, enveloping Cao Kun.

The next instant, the secret room was empty.

Inside the Demon Suppressing Tower.

Everything around was gray and hazy.

There was no distinction between heaven and earth, only an endless vastness.

And the profound aura of Laws circulating in the air.

Cao Kun sat down cross-legged.

He completely calmed his heart.

The Chaos Unity Art began to operate slowly.

Inside his Meridians.

That massive feedback power accumulated over a month was instantly released.

Six distinct streams of Yin Essence power collided with each other.

Under the conversion of the Chaos Unity Art,

these powers were quickly crushed bit by bit, purified, and fused.

Finally, they turned into the purest Origin and flowed into the Dantian.

The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Robe on the Nascent Soul became increasingly solid.

The Primordial Spirit mark at the center of the brow flickered, becoming clearer and clearer.

Time lost its meaning inside the tower.

One year... three years... five years...

Besides stabilizing his cultivation,

Cao Kun began to repeatedly deduce and comprehend the "Great Desolation Heaven-Imprisoning Finger" over and over again.

From unfamiliar to proficient, and then perfectly fusing it with his own Chaos Qi.

Next, Cao Kun repeatedly practiced the method of deploying the Paradise Desire Realm Domain.

Ensuring he could deploy and retract it at will without showing any flaws.

Seven days later.

Cao Kun raised his right hand and lightly pressed his index finger forward.

"Great Desolation Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, First Finger Imprisoning Heaven and Earth."

A ten-zhang-long gray-black giant finger condensed out of thin air, smashing down with an endless aura of destruction.

The hard black stone ground vibrated violently, and a bottomless pit was smashed into it.

Immediately after, with a thought.

The space within a hundred-mile radius inside the tower instantly changed color.

Pink and dark gold lights intertwined, and decadent music echoed in the void.

Being within the Domain, Cao Kun felt as if he were the Dominator of this world.

"Whew..."

Cao Kun restrained his aura.

After a full seven years of seclusion, he had completely polished all his trump cards, Cultivation Techniques, and spiritual power into a state of flawless perfection.

Outside, on the morning of the seventh day.

In the secret room of the Hehuan Sect Main Peak's back mountain.

The space rippled, and Cao Kun flashed out from the Demon Suppressing Tower.

As soon as he landed.

The Chaos Qi that had been accumulated in his body for seven years could no longer be suppressed.

The Nascent Soul let out a joyful dragon roar and charged straight through the top of his head, floating in mid-air.

The Primordial Spirit and Physical Body produced a strong resonance.

"Rumble!"

Above the previously cloudless Hehuan Sect, a gale suddenly rose.

Purple-black thunderclouds stretched for thousands of miles, blotting out the sun.

The Heavenly Dao's will locked onto Cao Kun in the secret room, and a terrifying pressure poured down.

It was so heavy that people throughout the entire Qing Province could hardly breathe.

"It's a Lightning Tribulation!"

"The Grand Elder is about to break through to the Soul Transformation Stage!"

Thousands of Hehuan Sect Disciples rushed out of their Immortal Caves.

Looking at the world-ending thunderclouds overhead, their eyes were filled with awe and fanaticism.

At the edge of the Formation, those Righteous Path Cultivators who had been organized into two shifts to tread on the Formation eyes and transmit spiritual power day and night all stopped their movements.

Tens of thousands of Righteous Path allied forces, including Elders and Sect Masters of various Sects, all looked at the sky with horror.

"This... is this a Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation?"

An old man who was once an Elder of a famous Sect slumped to the ground, muttering blankly:

"Bullshit! Whose Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation can cover hundreds of miles? With this power, I'd believe it if you said he's undergoing a Void Refining Tribulation!"

Just as everyone was in shock.

A slender figure in a fluttering black robe, braving the vast heavenly might.

Stepped through the void and charged directly into the clouds.

Cao Kun stood in the air, surprisingly not bringing out any defensive Magic Treasures.

He didn't even activate the Sect-protecting array of the imperial palace of ultimate bliss.

Just like that, riding the wind, he faced the rolling purple-gold lightning dragon.

"Come."

Cao Kun opened his arms, his thin lips parted slightly, and he spat out a single word.

"Boom!"

The Heavenly Dao seemed to be enraged.

The first world-destroying tribulation lightning smashed down fiercely, heading straight for the top of Cao Kun's head.

The Hehuan Sect Disciples below all held their breath.

Some even couldn't help but close their eyes.

Was it really possible to endure this level of heavenly thunder with one's Physical Body?

However.

At the moment the heavenly thunder was about to strike, a dense Chaos cyclone appeared on Cao Kun's body surface.

As soon as the violent heavenly thunder made contact, it was sucked dry by the Chaos Qi.

A slight tingling sensation spread throughout his body.

Immediately after, extremely pure Heavenly Dao Law power poured into his limbs and bones.

"Refreshing! Again!"

Cao Kun roared to the sky and actively charged into the depths of the thunderclouds.

Below.

The tens of thousands of Righteous Path Cultivators working in two shifts all stopped what they were doing.

They raised their heads, mouths wide open, looking at the man taking a bath in the sea of lightning above the clouds.

They were scared out of their wits.

"He... he actually swallowed the heavenly thunder?!"

"Enduring the thunder with his Physical Body is one thing!"

"He's eating the Heavenly Tribulation like a tonic! Crazy! Just what kind of monster is he!"

The thousands of Hehuan Sect Disciples fell into a frenzy.

They shouted at the top of their lungs.

"The Grand Elder is invincible!"

"The Grand Elder is mighty!"

At the entrance of the Main Hall.

Dao Tae watched the scene in the sky, his old face twitching violently.

He had lived for over three thousand years and it was his first time seeing someone undergo tribulation like this.

For others, Undergoing Tribulation was a matter of life and death, full of fear and trembling.

This guy, on the other hand, was practically riding on the Heavenly Dao's neck and sucking its blood.

"This old servant's choice to cling to this thigh was too damn wise!"

Dao Tae secretly rejoiced, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Half an hour later.

The nine Soul Transformation heavenly thunders had finished striking.

The tribulation clouds that stretched for hundreds of miles were forcibly sucked dry and dissipated by Cao Kun.

Sunlight once again spilled onto the Hehuan Sect.

The gray-black Nascent Soul had completely transformed, turning into a Primordial Spirit identical to his main body, wearing a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Robe and emitting an aura of supreme imperial majesty.

Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body.

The Soul Transformation Stage was achieved.

A terrifying pressure that reigned over heaven and earth, centered on Cao Kun, swept across the entire Qing Province.

"Thud! Thud!"

Below.

Thousands of Hehuan Sect Disciples, as well as tens of thousands of Righteous Path captives.

Whether it was the Inner Sect Disciples of the Hehuan Sect or those tens of thousands of arrogant Righteous Path captives.

Under this absolute imperial pressure, they had no power to resist and knelt on the ground in large swaths.

"Congratulations to the Grand Elder for stepping into Soul Transformation!"

The earth-shaking shouts echoed through the clouds.

Those Righteous Path Cultivators buried their heads deep into the ground, their bodies trembling.

At this moment, the last sliver of resistance and hope in their hearts.

Was completely crushed by Cao Kun's unreasonable way of breaking through.

Cao Kun stood above the clouds, looking down upon all living beings.

He took a step forward, shrinking the distance.

And landed directly back in the Side Hall of the Main Peak's Great Hall.

Not long after he sat down, an extremely respectful voice came from outside the door.

"Old servant Dao Tae, requests an audience with the Master."

"Enter."

The heavy hall door was pushed open.

Dao Tae's face was covered in a fawning smile, and he walked in quickly like a lapdog.

And behind him followed Luo Qingcheng, dressed in a pale gold long dress with a tall and graceful figure.

Luo Qingcheng had also stabilized her Soul Transformation Stage cultivation by now.

The aura of the Innate Dao Body made her look even more noble and sacred, like a goddess who did not eat the food of common mortals.

But the moment she saw Cao Kun, those cold eyes turned into a pool of spring water.

Dao Tae was very perceptive.

He didn't waste any words.

"During these seven days, this old servant led people to sweep through Qing Province."

"Those second and third-rate Sects that were unwilling to hand over their Sect Head's life soul, this old servant has already completely flattened them."

"Now, there are no other voices in the territory of Qing Province."

"This old servant also took the liberty to announce to the outside world that Qing Province has officially been renamed Hehuan Province."

"The entire province follows your lead."

After listening, Cao Kun nodded with satisfaction.

An old monster who had lived for three thousand years indeed had an efficiency that couldn't be faulted.

Dark-hearted and ruthless, without the slightest hesitation.

"You've done well."

Cao Kun waved his hand, "Alright, there's nothing else for you. Get out."

"Yes, this old servant obeys! This old servant will get out right now!"

Dao Tae bowed and withdrew, thoughtfully closing the door tightly as he left.

And he set up several layers of soundproofing restrictions outside the door.

Inside the secret room, only Cao Kun and Luo Qingcheng remained.

The atmosphere became subtle.

Luo Qingcheng stood where she was.

A blush appeared on her beautiful face.

Her long legs were pressed together slightly unnaturally.

Without a word, Cao Kun pulled Luo Qingcheng, who was standing nearby, into his arms and teased with a wicked smile:

"Saintess Highness, a day without seeing you feels like three years!"

"Ah!"

Luo Qingcheng cried out in surprise.

She fell into his arms and sat astride his lap.

Pressed tightly against Cao Kun, she felt that scorching heat.

She instantly understood Cao Kun's intention, and her pretty face turned red all the way to her ears.

"Devil Head..."

Luo Qingcheng gave a symbolic push on Cao Kun's chest twice.

Then she slumped limply into his arms, her head spinning.

"How can you be like this... how can you want to as soon as you come out of seclusion?"

"Hahahaha!"

Cao Kun laughed wantonly.

He directly picked her up by the waist and strode toward the inner chamber:

"Hehe, isn't it because I missed the Saintess Highness so much!"

"You, you put me down, I'll walk myself... Mmm!"

Luo Qingcheng buried her burning cheeks into his broad chest.

Allowing him to carry her into that charming spring scene.

Outside the hall, the sunlight of Hehuan Province was just right.

Inside the hall, the spring breeze once again passed through the Jade Gate Pass.

Yu Linglong