575: Chapter 575 Strange Phenomenon

Yin Sha Hall.

Li Xihe and Liu Xuan sat cross-legged in a strange posture, their two streams of fire-attribute magic power intertwining.

The Primordial Chaos magic power within Liu Xuan's body could be converted between the Five Elements at will. When converted into Sun True Fire magic power, its profundity was several levels higher than the Lihuo Illumination Spirit Art of the same rank.

Fourth-rank Sun True Fire, fifth-rank Avici Karmic Fire, and the Lihuo obtained from the lihuo heaven-burning tripod; as Liu Xuan fused them all into his magic power, an extreme burst of fire-attribute magic power erupted.

"Ah!"

Li Xihe's entire body turned red, and the magic power in her body seemed to be undergoing tempering, becoming pure at an exaggerated speed.

"So hot!"

"Are you trying to burn me to death?!"

Li Xihe trembled with pain and quickly began to beg for mercy. "The temperature is too high, please let me go!"

"Fine! Who told your husband to be one to cherish the fair sex?"

Seeing that Li Xihe indeed couldn't hold on and her body had already sustained slight injuries, Liu Xuan gradually reduced the magic power transmission, bringing the temperature down.

Cultivation cannot be rushed; it's a matter of the long term and gradual progress.

As long as Li Xihe saw the benefits of Liu Xuan's assisted cultivation, she would not easily betray him in the future.

Fifteen minutes later.

"Liu Xuan, can you continue like before?" Li Xihe bit her lip lightly, not daring to look into Liu Xuan's eyes.

Liu Xuan was stunned!

"Didn't you say you were going to die?"

Li Xihe's face was flushed. "I... don't I want to Cultivate properly?"

"Are you sure?" Liu Xuan asked.

"I'm sure!"

"Fine!"

"But you're not allowed to say anything about dying later; it's bad luck!"

"Ah!"

"So hot, I'm going to die!!"

...

After the cultivation session ended, Li Xihe leaned against Liu Xuan's chest, her expression exceptionally relaxed.

"Liu Xuan, exactly what Cultivation Technique do you practice? Why is the essence of your magic power even purer than the Lihuo magic power I Cultivate?"

"What Lihuo magic power? It's just trash!" Liu Xuan casually toyed with his stress-relief toy and said boastfully, "Your husband possesses a complete Five Elements Cultivation Method Legacy, enough to support your cultivation until the Ascension Realm. Work with me, and your future will be much stronger than some Lihuo orthodoxy."

"That shouldn't be right!" Li Xihe looked puzzled. "Ghost King Lianyue is a ghost Cultivator; where would she get a high-level fire-attribute Cultivation Technique Legacy?"

Li Xihe and Yi Ran thought Liu Xuan was a subordinate of Ghost King Lianyue and that his Cultivation Technique Legacy was obtained from her.

"Ghost King Lianyue?" Liu Xuan didn't explain much but waved his hand to summon the female ghost You Ruo.

With one arm around Li Xihe and the other around You Ruo, one hot and one cold neutralizing each other, Liu Xuan instructed the black-clad You Ruo, "Tell her your identity and the relationship between me and your master."

You Ruo glanced at Li Xihe and said indifferently, "My name is You Ruo. I was once one of the messengers of the Lianyue Immortal Palace, and now I am my husband's Concubine."

"Although Master Ghost King Lian Yue has great divine abilities, she is not qualified to have my husband join her; if anyone is joining anyone, it's her joining my husband!"

Li Xihe was shocked, her eyes switching between Liu Xuan and You Ruo as she pondered the truth of You Ruo's words.

Ghost King Lianyue joining Liu Xuan? It sounded unreliable, a bit too exaggerated.

However, You Ruo's cultivation was at least at the Late Nascent Soul Stage; a ghost Cultivator of this level had no need to lie to her about such things.

It made no sense for Liu Xuan to specifically find a Late Nascent Soul Stage ghost Cultivator to act just to deceive her on such an irrelevant matter!

"You Ruo, has your master agreed to come over?" Liu Xuan asked.

Peach Blossom's Breakthrough had entered its final few days. At that time, the phenomenon would break through the Star Array's blockade and spread for hundreds of miles, potentially attracting the attention of Old Daoist Qingxuan, Demon Saint Xuanyu, or even other Divine Transformation Cultivators.

Liu Xuan had invited Ghost King Lianyue to descend with her dharma idol to handle any sudden situations and ensure the Breakthrough process was completed smoothly.

You Ruo opened her fair hand, and a glistening white lotus seed appeared in her palm.

"Master said that as long as husband summons her, she can descend with her dharma idol to assist you at any time; you just need to give the word."

Liu Xuan nodded slightly. Ghost King Lianyue needed something from him, so she likely wouldn't cause any trouble.

...

One month later.

The long-quiet Star Academy suddenly experienced a change. A huge Spiritual Qi vortex formed above the Peach Blossom Palace Star Secret Realm and began spreading outward at an exaggerated speed.

In just a few hours, all the Spiritual Qi within a hundred miles of the Star Academy converged toward the center of the vortex. The power of countless stars cascaded down upon the Spiritual Qi vortex, looking like a galaxy descending.

"Is someone breaking through their Realm?!"

"Such a terrifying heaven and earth phenomenon, could it be... someone is undergoing Soul Transformation!!"

Concealed by the Star Array, people initially thought another Perfected Golden Core Stage Cultivator from the Liu Family was undergoing Nascent Soul Formation.

When the Spiritual Qi vortex expanded to a radius of hundreds of miles, affecting the area outside the entire Star Immortal City, some Cultivators finally realized something was wrong.

This was no Nascent Soul Formation; this was someone undergoing Soul Transformation!!

"In the entire Southern Border, there are only a few who meet the conditions for Soul Transformation. The phenomenon is in the direction of the Peach Blossom Palace; is the Peach Blossom Demon Lord breaking through again?"

"That shouldn't be possible!"

"The Peach Blossom Demon Lord only recently failed her Breakthrough; even if she obtained an Opportunity, she shouldn't be breaking through again so soon."

"Buzz~"

The heavens changed dramatically; the daylight faded, the stars retreated, and countless pitch-black tree roots and branches burst out from the Star Secret Realm. A terrifying tree that connected heaven and earth reached deep into the Void Realm.

Strands of Law divine radiance mixed with pitch-black Demonic Qi cascaded down as a terrifying pressure swept across the area.

With the Star Secret Realm as the center, countless Yao Race members and Cultivators prostrated on the ground, then struggled to move their bodies to hide inside cultivation chambers.

For a Breakthrough at this level of Bottleneck, Cultivators below the Golden Core stage didn't even have the qualification to observe. Forcing themselves to watch could cause their Dao Heart to collapse or even their Divine Sense to dissipate, leading to death.

Their best choice now was to sink their Divine Soul into their Sea of Consciousness and quickly hide or flee.

Golden Core Immortal Masters and Nascent Soul True Lords fared better; they flew away from the core area to find a suitable spot to sense the power of the Laws contained within the heaven and earth phenomenon. If they were lucky, they might have an Epiphany and make great progress in their cultivation.

"It's finally started!"

Liu Xuan flew high into the sky, looking down upon the entire Star Immortal City. With a thought, the Star Array was fully activated, and a massive starlight barrier, like an inverted bowl, fused with the phenomenon caused by Peach Blossom's Breakthrough.

"Three days. Just three days of peace, and Peach Blossom can break through to become a Hua Shen Demon Saint!"

Liu Xuan looked toward the Azure Profound Sect in the north and the Endless Demon Court's Black Mountain Holy Land in the south. As long as those two didn't come to cause trouble, there wouldn't be any major issues.

"If they insist on coming, I'll let them taste the same fate that Daoist Lord Lihuo once suffered!"

Liu Xuan always planned for the worst-case scenario. If Old Daoist Qingxuan and Demon Saint Xuanyu attacked together, he had a way to deal with them.

The blood fiend tree heart appeared in Liu Xuan's hand. As a last resort, he could forcibly increase his cultivation and then give Demon Saint Xuanyu a heavy blow with the Black and White Life-Death Qi!

Demon Saint Xuanyu's Lifespan was already running low, and the Black and White Life-Death Qi would be particularly effective against him. Once he was dealt with, Old Daoist Qingxuan likely wouldn't dare to make a move.