176: Master the rules and get the Yangshen demon

Hastily, several more days passed.

On this day, within the cave dwelling, rolling flames suddenly appeared out of thin air, surging waves emptied the sky, a gentle breeze arose from the ground, lifting the waves and flames, and lightning and thunder entwined within them, plants grew wildly, swords and blades appeared out of thin air, and mountain rocks emerged. Everything, everything, was born out of nothingness, swirling around the still figure of Lu Chen.

"This, this is the rule!"

Even if the rules of nature's operation wouldn't allow mountains, thunder, flames, swords, waves, plants, or gentle breezes to appear out of thin air, Lu Chen, having mastered the rules, could still easily break the rules of nature.

Because he had already taken control of the rules.

The changes within his soul were particularly obvious. His soul, which was originally entwined by eight Intents, and was constantly growing stronger, suddenly soared at this moment, as if it was about to completely materialize, and even seemed about to leap out from Lu Chen's Sea of Consciousness.

His soul was too strong, far exceeding the strength a normal Dao Infant Realm should possess, and could even rival a Yin God.

"Marvelous!" Lu Chen carefully sensed the profoundness within it, which was indescribable. Only by truly stepping into this Domain could one truly experience it.

The following days remained calm and uneventful.

The Five Elements Dao Soldiers and Divine Travel Dao Soldier in the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin were successively nurtured, bringing Lu Chen considerable feedback and making his Body Refinement cultivation a bit stronger.

It is worth mentioning that the Sword Lord's accompanying Spirit Treasure, the 'Dividing Light Immortal Slaying Sword', was also completely nurtured into a Spirit Treasure Swift Travel Dao Soldiers. As expected, it also mastered a complete Sword Dao Divine Power, 'Dividing Light Fleeting Moment'. This Divine Power takes extreme speed as its true meaning. When cultivated to the extreme, one sword strike can split into ten million swords, omnipresent, cutting through everything. Its power even seemed to be slightly stronger than the Divine Power 'Limitless Sky Splitting Hammer' within the 'Mixed Gold Shattering Hammer'.

It truly lived up to its reputation as the Sword Dao with the strongest killing power.

However, unfortunately, Lu Chen still couldn't cultivate this Divine Power, but integrating into this Dao Soldier to comprehend the Divine Power could accelerate his Qi Cultivation.

There was also an unexpected pleasant surprise: this Dao Soldier nurtured from the accompanying Spirit Treasure 'Dividing Light Immortal Slaying Sword' had another characteristic, controlling the Sword Dao.

When Lu Chen integrated into it to comprehend and cultivate the Divine Power, his Sword Intent finally began to advance by leaps and bounds.

While comprehending the Divine Power and cultivating his Sword Intent, Lu Chen would also set aside time to battle the Dao Soldiers, honing his combat skills, and gaining a lot.

Another month passed like this.

On this day, just as Lu Chen was preparing to make a concerted effort, relying on the accumulation of his Divine Power comprehension and cultivation from the recent period to break through to the Middle Stage of the Dao Embryo Realm in one go, his communication jade slip suddenly flickered with a faint light.

[The Qing Ming Great Cleansing is about to begin, time is short, quickly leave seclusion and head there].

The one who sent the message was Protector Gu Wenzhao.

Lu Chen squeezed the communication jade slip, left the cave dwelling, and unlike the last time the Nanchu Grand Wash began, the Qing Ming Great Cleansing was clearly sweeping across the entire Azure Underworld, being grander and more dangerous, but within the Dongming Sect, only Protector Gu Wenzhao came to see him off.

"Something has changed on the Ancient Demon Realm side. Some ancient demons have gone mad. The Sect Leader is personally in charge, and Protectorate Fan and several Elders are also there." There was no sign of worry in Gu Wenzhao's expression, indicating that the Ancient Demon Realm side was clearly still under control.

"In addition, your Master, the Third Elder, as well as the Grand Elder and Second Elder, have all received grace from the Ancestral Land and set off three days ago to cultivate there." Protector Gu took out a qiankun bag: "You have been in seclusion cultivating these days, so I didn't call you out. This is the Yang Spirit Great Demon that your Master, the Third Elder, specifically instructed this old man to hand over to you before he went to the Ancestral Land. Just take it."

'Master, the Grand Elder, and the Second Elder have all gone to the Ancestral Land for cultivation?' Lu Chen was quite surprised.

But this was a good thing. He just didn't know how long it would be before he could see them again after this separation.

Perhaps he would have to wait until he also went to the Ancestral Land before there would be a chance to meet again.

Furthermore, the Ancient Demon Realm side actually had such depth. Even the Sect Leader, this Holy Son, was held up and had to personally take charge. There was no need to think; the ancient demons in Protector Gu's words must also be unimaginably terrifying existences.

Of course, the Dongming Sect had backing, so it wasn't his turn to worry about such matters. The only thing he needed to worry about was whether, during the time he went to participate in the Qing Ming Great Cleansing, the Sect Leader would join forces with the Great Powers of the Ancestral Land to completely flatten the Ancient Demon Realm!

If that happened, the countless monsters in the Ancient Demon Realm might be out of his reach, and he would suffer a huge loss.

Lu Chen hesitated in his heart, so he took the qiankun bag handed over by Protector Gu and cautiously said, "Disciple, could I trouble Shibo for a small favor?"

Gu Wenzhao nodded and said, "If it is within my ability, this old man will not refuse."

After all, Lu Chen was also helping the Dongming Sect handle matters outside, fighting against countless great Sects in the entire Azure Underworld for the Dongming Sect. Whether it was merit or hard work, it could not be denied, and the Sect naturally could not mistreat Lu Chen.

"If, during the time Disciple goes to the Qing Ming Great Cleansing, the Sect clears out the Ancient Demon Realm, please, Shibo, be sure to help Disciple collect the Monster Corpses. When Disciple returns successfully, he can exchange them for Merit Points." Lu Chen bowed solemnly.

Gu Wenzhao was both annoyed and amused: "I knew that when you spoke up, it would most likely be related to Monster Corpses."

For other matters, he had never seen this kid Lu Chen open his mouth. Even when he wanted to break through to the Dao Embryo Realm in one go in the Starry Sky and his spiritual stones were not enough, Lu Chen never asked them.

It was the two Protectors who took the initiative to give Lu Chen spiritual stones, but later, after Lu Chen obtained Earth Dragon Liquid in the Lingguang cultivation world and killed many Yin God and Dao Embryo cultivators, gaining a windfall, he respectfully returned the spiritual stones the two Protectors had given him, even adding an extra twenty percent.

The two Protectors couldn't refuse, and finally accepted them reluctantly.

Now that Lu Chen had spoken, Protector Gu had actually already anticipated it. He immediately promised, "Don't worry, if the Ancient Demon Realm is indeed flattened, some of those Monster Corpses will definitely be left for you."

Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and thanked him again.

Then he looked at the qiankun bag that Protector Gu had handed over on behalf of his Master, the Third Elder. As expected, it contained the Flood Dragon and Mountain Lord that the Sect Leader had personally killed back then, both of which were Yang Spirit Great Demons.

But what surprised Lu Chen was that there wasn't just one old Flood Dragon at the Yang Spirit Realm, but two. One was stronger, likely having reached the Fourth Tribulation, while the other was weaker, probably only at the Two Tribulation Yang God Realm.

As for the Mountain Lord at the Yang Spirit Realm, there was only one, a White Tiger, which was also likely at the Fourth Tribulation Realm.

The Yang Spirit Great Demon he had been longing for hadn't even waited for the Qing Ming Great Cleansing to end before unexpectedly arriving in his hands due to the Third Elder going to the Ancestral Land for cultivation!

Lu Chen felt an inexplicable joy in his heart, and then without hesitation, he threw the Fourth Tribulation Yang God Realm Flood Dragon Grand Demon to the Spirit Treasure Dao Soldiers formed by the 'Dividing Light Immortal Slaying Sword'.

The remaining Yang God Flood Dragon and the Mountain Lord were given to two other ordinary Divine Travel Dao Soldiers, helping them become special Jiaolong Wind and Thunder Dao Soldiers, and their strength should also rise to a higher level.

"Alright, Pang Feifeng from the Flying Immortal Sect and Chu Xianyin from the South Chu Royal Family are waiting for you outside the mountain gate, you can go now!" Protector Gu patted Lu Chen heavily on the shoulder twice: "It's not just my Dongming Sect that has a big backer on the Azure Underworld, but you also don't need to be afraid of trouble. If you can't stand the provocation, fight. If you can't win, send a message to this old man..."

He paused: "But when sending a message, remember to clearly state the opponent's strength!"

Don't let this old man run over there just to get beaten up together; he can't afford to lose face like that!

After all, his Dongming Sect had nothing else, but its backing was strong enough. If Gu Wenzhao couldn't win, there was still the Sect Leader. There was always someone who could support Lu Chen. How could they let their own Disciple be bullied outside!