Chapter 205
“It seems it’s time for me to elevate my realm.”
Xiao Minghuang took a deep breath.
With her foundation, she could have broken through long ago, but due to recent busyness, she had delayed it. She had originally planned to break through after passing the first trial, but now it seemed she had to elevate her cultivation immediately.
After elevating her realm, she might have enough confidence to face the guardian!
Without further hesitation, she immediately took out a large amount of spirit stones from her storage bag and set up a spirit-gathering array on the spot.
Then, she took out many elixirs and piled them beside her as a reserve.
With everything prepared, Xiao Minghuang sat cross-legged and began circulating her cultivation technique to break through the bottleneck.
Though it was called a bottleneck, the barriers between these minor realms were practically non-existent for Xiao Minghuang.
Her foundation was too profound; breaking through was effortless.
In fact, the spirit-gathering array and elixirs weren’t even necessary. With just the spiritual energy generated by her Heaven-grade Five Elements Spiritual Root, Innate Pure Yang Fire Spirit Body, and Pure Yang Fire Spirit Seed, she could break through several minor realms. The reason she prepared the array and elixirs was merely as a precaution.
As a vast amount of spiritual energy brewed within her body, it continuously stimulated the fifteen-inch-tall spirit seed.
Between each breath, the spiritual seed grew at a visible rate, and a dense spiritual radiance began to diffuse around her.
As the spiritual seed flourished, the spiritual energy within Xiao Minghuang’s body grew increasingly condensed, and her strength rapidly surged.
Finally, the Spirit Seed came to rest at a height of thirty inches, resembling a newly sprouted branch, brimming with vitality and boundless vigor.
At the top of this new branch, there was a budding spore, no larger than a mung bean, appearing delicate and adorable.
“A new sprout!”
Xiao Minghuang’s heart stirred.
Previously, the Purple Spirit King had mentioned to her that if a cultivator’s foundation was sufficiently profound, at the peak of the Spirit Seed Realm, a new sprout would emerge. If nurtured with divine treasures of heaven and earth, although it might not fully bloom with spiritual energy, it could still manifest a shadow of the Nascent Soul!
Thus, the shadow was not the true Nascent Soul, but merely its reflection.
Yet, even so, it was several times more powerful than an ordinary peak Spirit Seed Realm cultivator!
And now, although the new sprout had not fully manifested, it had already taken shape.
All she needed was to nourish it with divine treasures of heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy would manifest!
“Blood of an ancient beast, it’s decided—you’re the one!”
Xiao Minghuang murmured to herself, then took out a small porcelain bottle from her storage pouch.
This was a divine treasure of heaven and earth she had stumbled upon in the market outside the courtyard. Originally mixed with a batch of low-quality spiritual materials, she had purified it after acquiring it, and now it was pure beast blood.
Aside from this small bottle of beast blood, she didn’t have many divine treasures of heaven and earth on her—only a few innate pure yang dragon fruits and some other spiritual herbs, none of which were suitable for nurturing the Spirit Seed.
“Let’s irrigate the Spirit Seed with it first.”
Xiao Minghuang muttered to herself, then unscrewed the bottle cap.
A faint blue liquid was guided out, merging into her dantian.
This wisp of floating blue blood slowly enveloped the new sprout, gradually integrating into it before disappearing.
Xiao Minghuang stared intently at the new sprout.
The next moment.
The quiet surface of the new sprout suddenly flickered with a faint light.
Ripples appeared out of nowhere, spreading like waves.
In an instant, a cool sensation spread from her dantian to every part of her body, and Xiao Minghuang felt as if her entire being had become much more comfortable.
This scene filled Xiao Minghuang with immense joy.
On the new sprout, a faint, illusory figure began to emerge.
This figure was all too familiar to Xiao Minghuang.
Because it was essentially a miniature version of herself.
“This…”
Xiao Minghuang was utterly shocked. She had heard the Purple Spirit King mention it before.
The shadow of the Nascent Soul was usually a manifestation of the cultivator’s own path.
If one was a sword cultivator, then the shadow of the Nascent Soul would be a sword.
When one truly broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, the shadow would solidify, still taking the form of a sword.
If one’s path had no distinct characteristics, the Nascent Soul would simply be a cluster of spiritual light in various colors.
But Xiao Minghuang’s shadow of the Nascent Soul was an exact replica of her true self!
And it was incredibly detailed, down to every strand of hair!
This was terrifying!
A shadow of the Nascent Soul that was identical to one’s true self likely signified that the manifestation of one’s path was one’s own will—a path of invincibility, a road to supremacy!
Xiao Minghuang knew that even among some of the most powerful saints, very few could condense a shadow of the Nascent Soul that was identical to their true selves.
From this perspective, her future path was not limited to sainthood!
After condensing the shadow of the Nascent Soul, Xiao Minghuang felt her strength grow even more formidable.
She had a premonition that her current self might not be inferior to the Final Guardian.
Perhaps… even far surpassing it!
However, this was just a feeling of hers, and it might not necessarily be true.
How strong she truly was would only be known after testing it.
Xiao Minghuang stood up, her eyes shining brightly. She stretched her body, feeling the surging spiritual energy within her, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. “Final Guardian, let me see just how strong you are!”
Her gaze was sharp, and her beautiful eyes shimmered with dazzling starlight.
In the next moment.
A black-robed man materialized in the void, standing not far away. His robes hung loosely, giving off a lazy vibe, and in his hand, he lightly held a wooden stick with a fresh leaf sprouting from it.
The black-robed man had a handsome face, with a relaxed smile on his lips. Though he lacked the imposing aura of a powerhouse, he exuded an indescribable sense of pressure that weighed heavily on Xiao Minghuang.
She knew that the guardian before her was a forbidden prodigy from ancient times, a super genius who had dominated an entire era!
But no matter how strong he was, he was merely a phantom and could not communicate with her.
Therefore, Xiao Minghuang wasted no time and immediately adjusted her own energy to its peak state.
In the next moment.
The black-robed man moved.
He traversed the void like a ghost, his movements ethereal yet astonishingly fast.
He swung the wooden stick in his hand, its motion resembling a dragon churning the seas, unstoppable as it surged toward Xiao Minghuang.
If it had been the Xiao Minghuang from before, she might not have been able to react in time and would have been struck by the stick, ending this trial.
But after breaking through to the Fetal Shadow Realm, her strength was no longer what it used to be!
With a twist of her wrist, a pure white longsword materialized instantly, slicing through the air in a dazzling arc to meet his attack!
Boom!
The sword and stick collided, and a vast wave of spiritual energy erupted, spreading like a tidal wave and shattering the surrounding green-gold ground!
The two forces clashed, and Xiao Minghuang’s delicate body trembled as she took half a step back, feeling her sword hand shake violently.
Meanwhile, the black-robed figure was sent flying backward but quickly regained his footing mid-air.
Xiao Minghuang narrowed her beautiful eyes and looked up at the sky. The black-robed man’s aura remained steady, completely unaffected by the blow.
“My previous defeat was too hasty. I didn’t even know why I lost!”
But after this exchange, she finally understood why the Final Guardian was so powerful.
There was no complicated reason.
Only one explanation.
Sheer strength!
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