176: Chapter 176 Shattering the Core to Form the Nascent Soul, Five Elements Nascent Soul

When the last trace of the illusion dissipated from his eyes, Tang Xun's mind returned to reality.

His Sea of Consciousness, having undergone the baptism of the Heart Demon Tribulation, became clearer and more resilient than ever before, his Dao Heart as solid as a rock.

The Chaos Tribulation Clouds in the sky also seemed to have exhausted all their strength, beginning to slowly disperse and revealing the long-awaited, brilliant sunshine.

Everything was ready.

Tang Xun slowly closed his eyes and sank all his consciousness into the Dantian Qi Sea.

Within the Qi Sea, that multicolored Golden Core had stopped rotating and was suspended quietly in the center.

The surface of the Golden Core was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, as if it would completely shatter with a gentle touch.

An unprecedented sense of weakness and crisis emanated from the Golden Core.

This was the final step of Shattering the Core to Form the Soul, and also the most perilous one.

Once it began, there was no turning back.

Success meant leaping over the Dragon Gate, stepping into a new world from then on.

Failure meant the core was destroyed and the person dead, a lifetime of cultivation turning into nothing, and even a threat to one's life.

Countless prodigies had fallen at this step.

Either their accumulation was insufficient, and the energy after the Golden Core shattered was not enough to condense a Nascent Soul; or their will was not firm, and they could not withstand the heart-wrenching pain of shattering the core, leading to energy running wild and backfiring on themselves.

But for Tang Xun, none of these were problems.

His accumulation was terrifyingly profound. Whether it was Spiritual Power, Physical Body, or Divine Soul, he far surpassed those of the same rank.

His will had been tempered as hard as divine iron through repeated simulations and the recent Heavenly Tribulation Heart Demon.

"There is nothing to hesitate about."

Tang Xun's heart was very calm.

"Isn't it just tearing down an old house to build a new one? Just get it done."

With a thought, he mobilized all the mana in his body and slammed it fiercely against the crack-covered Golden Core.

"Shatter for me—!"

Crack!~

A crisp sound seemed to come from the depths of his Soul.

That Five Elements Golden Core, which had accompanied him for over a hundred years, shattered at the sound!

Boom—!!!

An indescribable storm of terrifying energy instantly erupted within his Dantian Qi Sea.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—the five purest types of Origin Spiritual Qi—were like runaway horses, wildly colliding and rampaging within his Dantian.

Intense pain! Unimaginable pain!

That feeling was like hundreds of millions of steel needles simultaneously piercing his internal organs and tearing every inch of his Meridians.

Even though Tang Xun's will was like iron, he couldn't help but groan, his forehead instantly covered in pea-sized beads of sweat.

Any ordinary Core Formation Cultivator would likely have lost their mind to the pain by now, allowing this energy to run wild and ultimately dying from body explosion.

But Tang Xun did not.

He held onto the last trace of clarity in his Spiritual Terrace, his powerful Divine Sense acting like an invisible net, forcibly enveloping those rampaging energies.

Simultaneously, he began to operate the Nascent Soul condensation method recorded in the Five Qi Towards Origin Sword Canon.

"Five Elements rotation, mutual generation and restriction, Primordial Unity!"

Under the guidance of his Divine Sense, those five wild energies began to be forcibly restrained.

The Gengjin Qi representing the Metal element was wrapped by the Xuanshui Qi representing the Water element, its sharpness restrained.

The Yimu Qi representing the Wood element fused with the Xuanshui Qi, becoming full of vitality.

The Lihuo Qi representing the Fire element became even more blazing under the stimulation of the Yimu Qi, yet was neutralized by the Xuanshui Qi so it would not become violent.

The Wutu Qi representing the Earth element was thick and steady, like a millstone, slowly pulling the four types of Spiritual Qi into a cycle.

Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal...

A perfect Five Elements mutual generation cycle was arduously constructed within his Dantian.

Those wild energies gradually became docile and tamed, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, beginning to slowly converge toward the center of the Dantian.

A blurry, humanoid outline gradually took shape amidst the intertwining of the five-colored Spiritual Qi.

First the torso, then the limbs, and finally the head.

As time passed, this humanoid outline became clearer and more solid.

It was a miniature Tang Xun, shrunk countless times.

He sat cross-legged with a solemn expression, but his body was not a single color.

His left arm was a brilliant gold, filled with indestructible sharpness.

His right arm was a lush green, filled with endless vitality.

His left leg was a deep blue, filled with the flexibility to encompass all things.

His right leg was a fiery red, filled with the explosiveness to burn everything.

And his torso and head were a heavy yellow, filled with the stability to suppress everything.

The five colors merged perfectly on his body, flowing ceaselessly, forming a wonderful and harmonious balance.

five elements nascent soul!

According to legend, this was the top-tier Nascent Soul that only a Cultivator with a Five Elements Spirit Root who had cultivated a Five Elements Cultivation Technique to the limit could possibly condense!

At the very moment this five elements nascent soul was completely formed.

Boom!~

A brand-new mana, more than a hundred times stronger than the previous Core Formation Stage, erupted from within the Nascent Soul, instantly filling Tang Xun's limbs and Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Outside, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a thousand-mile radius seemed to be drawn by some fatal attraction, forming a massive Spiritual Qi vortex, madly pouring down toward Shenfu Mountain and toward Tang Xun atop the mountain peak!

His cultivation, at this moment, officially stepped into the... Early Nascent Soul Stage!

In the Dantian Qi Sea, that five elements nascent soul slowly opened its eyes.

At that same moment.

Atop the mountain peak, the cross-legged Tang Xun also abruptly opened his eyes.

Swish—!

Two five-colored divine lights, several feet long, shot out from his eyes, piercing through the clouds and lingering for a long time.

The aura on his body also underwent a world-shaking change.

If he was previously a sharp sword hidden in a scabbard, with its edge restrained.

Then now, he was like a boundless starry sky—deep, vast, making one unable to help but sink into it and feel awe at a single glance.

The power of a Nascent Soul was actually to this extent!