Chapter 698

After waiting at the cave abode's entrance for a while, the tall, green-haired man who went in to deliver the message walked out and said, "Master asks that you come in with me."

"Thank you, senior." Hua Qianluo bowed. Patriarch Stone's gatekeeper had a terrifying aura. It seemed to be on par with Patriarch Xie, whom she met at the Ends of the Earth Tower.

Following the green-haired man into the cave abode, they soon arrived at a quiet room. Hua Qianluo heard the man say, "Go in and greet the master."

Hua Qianluo nodded and entered carefully. She did not notice the Green Wolf's fearful expression at all.

The quiet room was furnished simply and quietly. A man in plain green Daoist robes sat on a bed.

Hua Qianluo did not have the time to size up the man on the bed. She quickly bowed respectfully. "Disciple Hua Qianluo greets Patriarch Stone."

"No need for formalities." A calm but gentle voice entered her ears. Hua Qianluo's anxiety and worry seemed to be soothed. She could not help but look up at Patriarch Stone.

"Ah?!" Hua Qianluo inhaled sharply. Her face was pale as she took a few steps back. Patriarch Stone's appearance was too terrifying.

The old man's face was rotting, and his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth were all incomplete. This was nothing. To Hua Qianluo, a Golden Core grandmaster who had dealt with the Hades Sect and killed a few Ghost Dao cultivators, she had seen even more disgusting and hideous scenes. For example, a rotting face with white maggots crawling all over it.

She should not have had much of a reaction. However, when she saw Patriarch Stone, she felt as if her Golden Core, mind, and thoughts were rotting. An extreme fear rose in her heart, and she could no longer control it.

"You have a shapeshifting artifact with you. It's evolved from the Minor Chiliocosm's spatial door, right?"

Before Hua Qianluo could steady herself, that gentle voice rang out again. This caused her heart to tremble, and all the pores on her body suddenly tightened. She looked at Ancestor Stone warily. Her greatest secret had actually been directly seen through! If she were a normal person, she would have broken out in a cold sweat.

"Heh, I have one too."

Before Hua Qianluo could think of an excuse, she heard Patriarch Stone's teasing. She was stunned. "What?"

"This artifact is similar to a grotto-heaven artifact. Each has its own merits. But for cultivators above the second Heaven's Blight, it is not very useful. Moreover, the sect should have records of I Heaven Earth Mountain River Painting. Shi Xuan smiled. "Haha, little girl, your feeling of decay should have dissipated a lot, right?"

Hua Qianluo was stunned once again. She was a dignified Jindan Grandmaster, but why did she feel like she couldn't keep up with Ancestral Master Shi's thoughts?

When she discovered that the feeling of decay and decay had indeed dissipated a lot, and her extreme fear had also weakened a lot, she suddenly realized that Ancestor Shi had pointed out her biggest secret in order to frighten her from another aspect. He wanted her to be on guard against this matter, so that she could get rid of her state of palpitation.

Only then did she recover her former elegant demeanor, and a smile appeared on her face as she teasingly and curiously said, "Ancestor Shi, disciple was almost scared to death just now. Are you going through the third Heaven's Blight?! "

Limited by her realm, Hua Qianluo couldn't access many high-level manuals. She didn't know much about the situation above the Primordial Spirit Realm. But Patriarch Stone's appearance made her think of the word blight, so she asked.

But as soon as she said it, she was shocked. "Speaking of which, Patriarch Stone has only passed the second Heaven's Blight for a thousand years!"

"Yes. This backlash contains a sense of corrosion. It is very suppressive to cultivators below the Heaven Realm. It is already very good that you can barely resist it. You are even stronger than Green Wolf. " Shi Xuan smiled. "And this artifact of yours can use part of the Small Chiliocosm's power. It is comparable to a supreme spiritual treasure, but it is not easy to pass the Heavenly Tribulation."

The Gate of Time and Space was different. Once it was upgraded, it could use half of the Small Chiliocosm's power. If it passed the fourth Heavenly Tribulation, it could use all of it. But it could not change the laws of heaven and earth inside. Moreover, the Heavenly Tribulation was very difficult. Shi Xuan had never heard of an artifact that had passed the third Heavenly Tribulation.

Hua Qianluo was shocked to see Shi Xuan admit it. But then she remembered that Patriarch Stone was a heaven-defying figure who passed the second Heaven's Blight in less than a hundred years. She said generously, "Patriarch Stone, I obtained this artifact in the West Wilderness. With it, I could fight against the Yin God when I was at the Divine Soul Stage."

She heaved a sigh of relief. The artifact that she regarded as unparalleled in the world was not very useful in Patriarch Stone's eyes. Now that she had an explanation, she didn't need to worry about anyone else in the sect.

"If the artifact is too strong, it will sometimes delay your training. In the future, unless it is a matter of life and death, try not to use it. Especially when it directly adds the power of the Small Chiliocosm to your Dao, it will greatly reduce your control over the Dao, making the road ahead difficult and bumpy."

Shi Xuan said solemnly, "The best time to build a foundation is when you are below the Primordial Soul Stage. If you miss it, it will be very difficult to make up for it. You might even lose your cultivation and be reincarnated."

Penglai's scale had more than doubled in the past few thousand years. After becoming a Celestial Being, Shi Xuan had taught more than two hundred Upper Grade Jindan Grandmaster, but only three of them had reached the Primordial Soul Stage. But Shi Xuan didn't feel depressed because of this. He still taught the Upper Grade Jindan Grandmaster with all his heart. The Three Disasters of Cultivation were not for nothing. Behind every obstacle, there were countless corpses accumulated by failures.

Hua Qianluo thought for a while and nodded. "Your disciple will remember the Ancestral Master's teachings."

Shi Xuan carefully taught Hua Qianluo for a while and finally asked her about her adventure with interest. Unexpectedly, he found an acquaintance. "Mo Jingqiu also came to the West Wilderness a few years ago."

…

In the quiet room with the restriction activated, Shi Xuan sat cross-legged, expelling the power of the backlash.

But suddenly, the originally calm power of the backlash suddenly became turbulent, like a flood breaking the dam, rolling over with unstoppable force.

The Chaotic Hole formed by Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul was rapidly corroded, retreating step by step. Turning everything into the Power of Chaos was like trying to dry up a basin of water by lighting a few candles.

In less than two seconds, the results of Shi Xuan's forty years of hard work had completely disappeared. The Chaotic Hole Primordial Soul became the size of a palm again, but the power of the backlash did not seem to stop. It was endless, as if it could completely corrode Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul in the blink of an eye.

Shi Xuan's heart was as clear as a mirror. He knew that this was the final counterattack of the Tribulation of Decay. He relied on his strong control over his body to make the Chaotic Hole Primordial Soul shrink bit by bit, instead of collapsing at the first touch.

The size of a palm, the size of a mouth … the size of an eye. Under the strenuous effort of the Chaotic Hole Primordial Soul, the backlash from the Great Dao seemed to slow down.

But it only slowed down a little. The corrosive power was still strong and endless. Shi Xuan's Chaotic Hole Primordial Soul slowly but uncontrollably shrank. The size of a thumb, the size of a pea … the size of a rice grain.

It seemed that if there were no other changes, it would be very difficult for Shi Xuan to hold on until the power of the backlash dissipated!

Shi Xuanjia understood this very well, but he did not panic at all. With just a thought, he started to move.

With just a thought, a scarlet gourd phantom immediately appeared in Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul, which had been suppressed to the size of a needle tip. A stream of Clear Qi emerged from the mouth of the gourd, directly transforming into the Yin-Yang Chaotic Hole Divine Light and integrating into the Primordial Soul!

The Clear Qi Gourd could only be used after being refined by one's own fundamental cultivation method. Otherwise, it would not be able to nourish the Primordial Soul.

With the strong support of the tribulation transcending secret treasure, Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul suddenly swelled up. A dark Chaotic Hole swelled up, turning the power of the backlash of the Great Dao into chaotic aura. It grew from the size of a needle tip to the size of a head.

However, the Clear Qi of the Clear Qi Gourd was limited after all. Soon, it felt that it was insufficient. The power of the backlash once again suppressed the power of returning everything to chaos. Bit by bit, it firmly corroded and shrank Shi Xuan's Chaotic Hole Primordial Soul, reducing it to the size of a thumb again.

The remaining Clear Qi continued to emerge, turning into the Yin-Yang Chaotic Hole Divine Light to nourish the Primordial Soul, allowing Shi Xuan to hold on.

Two moments later, the slowly weakening power of the backlash finally turned from the initial torrential flood to a beautiful stream.

But before Shi Xuan had time to relax, the scarlet gourd phantom suddenly shattered, and the Clear Qi of the Spirit Transformation Realm was exhausted!

The power of the backlash continued to corrode Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul, which had no replenishment, from the size of a pea … to the size of a rice grain …

Finally, when Shi Xuan's Primordial Soul became the size of a needle tip, the exhausted power of the backlash slowly turned from a stream to a calm lake. The corrosion and the power of returning to chaos were in a stalemate.

Shi Xuan's remaining Primordial Soul quickly recovered, but the power of the backlash of the Great Dao had already lost its support and was becoming weaker and weaker.

Very soon, on the cloud bed, within the chaotic aura, a black and white light suddenly appeared. Then, it shone brightly, and a huge chaotic hole appeared. Then, it turned into Shi Xuan's figure. He looked exactly the same as before.

Shi Xuan only felt that the trace of Primordial Soul that was entrusted to the Great Dao was more compatible with the Great Dao, and the integration was closer. His control over the Primordial Soul had increased to another level, and he could even directly feel the laws of heaven and earth in his Minor Chiliocosm!

The third Heavenly Blight, the Blight of the Primordial Soul, had finally passed!

"I still haven't tempered myself enough. The Blight of the Primordial Soul, which should have been the easiest, has instead become the most difficult of the previous three blights. It's the same as the Lord Of Heaven, who has a Sage Body." Shi Xuan sighed softly.

…

A hundred years later, Shi Xuan stood in the air above Penglai, leisurely looking at the seven peaks and twenty-eight mountains. Beside and behind him stood all the Perfected Persons of Penglai's current sect.

"Master, are you going to open a Grotto-Heaven?" Chu Wan'er, who had gone through the third Heavenly Tribulation and was practicing celestial techniques, asked expectantly.

Shi Xuan did not answer, but looked at her with a smile. "Wan'er, although it's been smooth sailing for you, you must not be careless. The fourth Heavenly Tribulation is the biggest and can even be considered the only test of the Primordial Soul stage. I'm afraid you'll have to face death like when you achieved the Primordial Soul."

"Your disciple will remember," Chu Wan'er nodded hurriedly.

Perfected Jiang and Xu Zhenjun, who was already preparing to watch from the top of the Nine-Tiered Heaven Imperial Court, were quite excited. Seeing that Shi Xuan did not make a move and only instructed his disciple, they could not help but laugh and scold him at the same time. "Quickly open a Grotto-Heaven, don't make us old fellows anxious."

Shi Xuan smiled and nodded. He stretched out his right hand and gently waved it.