Chapter 758: Breakthrough Failure

The process of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is very slow.

It takes even more time than Foundation Establishment or Core Formation.

This is normal.

Each realm in cultivation is a vast chasm.

The difficulties and obstacles one faces increase exponentially with each realm crossed.

And the difficulty of breaking through from Core Formation to Nascent Soul is countless times higher than breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment or from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation!

“Boom boom boom!!!”

As the vortex of heaven and earth spiritual energy roared, Lu Changsheng felt that not only was the spiritual energy of Rongyue Island affected, but the spiritual veins also began to tremble.

“Is this True Person Jing Qing attempting to break through to an Earthly Nascent Soul?”

Nascent Souls are divided into Human, Earthly, and Heavenly.

A Human Nascent Soul is a normal breakthrough, shattering the core to form the infant.

An Earthly Nascent Soul requires connecting to the earth vein energy of a fourth-order spiritual vein during the breakthrough process to temper the physical body, mana, soul, and meridians and dantian, thereby completing the shattering of the core to form the infant.

At this time, the trembling of the spiritual veins is likely due to True Person Jing Qing mobilizing a large amount of earth vein energy.

Lu Changsheng’s eyes intertwined with golden runes, wanting to check the situation of the Goddess Palace’s spiritual veins.

However, at this time, the Goddess Palace’s mountain protection formation was in operation, sealing off the heaven and earth spiritual mechanism, unless his pupil technique and Dragon Seeking Art were further advanced, it would be difficult to see the true situation.

“Buzz buzz buzz!!!”

As the trembling of the spiritual veins became more and more intense, Lu Changsheng suddenly felt a very mysterious heaven and earth spiritual mechanism涌 from the spiritual energy tide vortex above the Goddess Palace.

It seemed as if a vague phantom of a Daoist appeared.

“This is… the core shattering and the infant emerging!?”

Lu Changsheng activated his Fiery Eyes and carefully looked at the phantom and the heaven and earth Qi, knowing that this was the golden core shattering and the Nascent Soul emerging!

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage from Core Formation has three minor and three major tribulations.

The three minor tribulations are the physical body, mana, and divine sense tribulations.

The three major tribulations are core shattering and infant emergence, heavenly lightning tribulation, and inner demon tribulation!

At this time, through the Nascent Soul Qi above the Goddess Palace, Lu Changsheng realized that Elder Jing Qing had passed the minor Nascent Soul tribulations and completed the first major tribulation—core shattering and infant emergence!

“This Elder Jing Qing is known as one of the most promising cultivators in Penglai Island to reach the Nascent Soul stage, daring to attempt an Earthly Nascent Soul, indeed extraordinary, with deep foundations, even if it is not an Imperishable Golden Core, it is at least a second-grade Golden Core, well prepared!”

Lu Changsheng praised in his heart.

Being able to do this already surpasses many Core Formation cultivators.

Next, as long as the Nascent Soul雏形 is stabilized, completely transforming into an infant, and passing the heavenly lightning tribulation and inner demon tribulation, one will successfully advance to the Nascent Soul stage!

However, from this step onwards, the Nascent Soul will be without regret, with only advancement and no retreat!

If problems occur in the minor tribulations of essence, Qi, and spirit, or even in the step of shattering the core to form the infant, the cultivator still has a chance to save their life and even maintain their cultivation.

But once the core is shattered and the infant is formed, and one begins to face the heavenly lightning tribulation and inner demon tribulation, there is no turning back.

Once one fails, it means death and the dissipation of the Dao!

Wanting the Nascent Soul to return to the core is almost impossible!

“Elder Jing Qing’s core shattering and infant emergence is extremely smooth, well prepared, and now has at least a 50% probability of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!”

At the same time, on Goddess Peak, Shen Baishuang, who was watching Jing Qing’s breakthrough, looked at this scene with a happy expression.

True Person Jing Qing is a direct descendant cultivator of the Goddess Palace.

If he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, it would definitely be a great happy event for the Goddess Palace.

But thinking of Elder Jing Qing’s admiration for her younger sister, he once declared that as long as he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would propose a Dao companion agreement to Shen Yiren.

Now there is another Elder Xuanmu in the palace.

This Elder Xuanmu also harbors good feelings for her younger sister.

If he sees Elder Jing Qing proposing marriage to her younger sister, will he be saddened and choose to leave the Goddess Palace?

“Younger sister, Elder Jing Qing once said that if he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would propose a Dao companion invitation to you. Do you intend to accept or reject it at that time?”

Shen Baishuang looked at the graceful girl standing side by side with her sister Shen Jianjia, wearing a cyan dress, with a beautiful and refined appearance, and said with a smile.

“Second sister, don’t joke.”

Shen Yiren said softly, naturally knowing Jing Qing’s admiration for her.

But in her opinion, the personalities of the two are not very compatible.

The process of getting along is not even as comfortable and natural as with Elder Xuanmu.

“Hehe.”

Her sister Shen Jianjia was next to her, Shen Baishuang did not tease her too much, just smiled lightly, and continued to look at the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon not far away.

“Zizi Zizi—”

When Elder Jing Qing completed core shattering and infant emergence, the dark tribulation clouds in the sky rapidly brewed, and lightning rolled and surged.

For a time, the cultivators of the entire Goddess Palace, and even Penglai Island, could not help but look up at the tribulation cloud’s heavenly might, and a feeling of shock and anticipation surged in their hearts.

Lu Changsheng looked at the tribulation clouds in the sky and shook his head slightly.

This Elder Jing Qing’s heavenly tribulation, not to mention compared to the fourth-order heavenly tribulation of the Raging Sea Black Dragon Whale, is even a bit worse than his own body refining heavenly tribulation.

However, the lightning tribulation is still brewing.

As Elder Jing Qing’s Nascent Soul spiritual body is conceived, its power slowly increases.

When his Nascent Soul is completely conceived and the mana in his body begins to transform towards Nascent Soul mana, the heavenly tribulation will suddenly fall.

“Boom boom boom!!!”

The Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation, cut through the sky, and resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Even with the formation covering and isolating it, Lu Changsheng could see a vague outline.

One round!

Two rounds!

Three rounds!

Nine layers of heavenly lightning tribulation, each round stronger than the last, as if destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth.

Due to the formation isolation, Lu Changsheng only knew that this Elder Jing Qing had passed the heavenly lightning tribulation, but he did not know his state of Qi.

“Only the inner demon tribulation is left.”

“The Goddess Palace, as a Nascent Soul-level force, must have prepared inner demon-type Nascent Soul spiritual objects for Elder Jing Qing. It seems that this person’s promotion to Nascent Soul is already a sure thing.”

Although the inner demon tribulation is extremely dangerous, even more difficult than the heavenly lightning tribulation.

But as long as one has a pill like the [Demon Breaking Calamity Overcoming Pill], the power of the inner demon can be weakened by more than half.

Moreover, this person can reach this step, attempting an Earthly Nascent Soul, his state of mind is beyond doubt.

“Huhu huh—”

The heaven and earth were swept by a raging wind, and the tribulation clouds and lightning arcs in the sky disappeared.

In their place, a vortex like a pitch-black abyss appeared, like a demonic eye, overlooking the Goddess Palace.

Lu Changsheng could see that this Elder Jing Qing’s heavenly lightning tribulation was far inferior to that of the Raging Sea Black Dragon Whale, but his inner demon tribulation was much stronger.

It’s just that the inner demon tribulation is not like the heavenly lightning tribulation, no one else can see the situation except the tribulation taker.

Just like that, time passed little by little.

“The inner demon tribulation, the longer the time drags on, the smaller the probability of passing. Could it be that this True Person Jing Qing is going to fail in the inner demon tribulation?”

Ten days later, Lu Changsheng looked at the inner demon tribulation cloud in the sky above the Goddess Palace and couldn’t help but ponder in his heart.

When the Raging Sea Black Dragon Whale crossed the inner demon tribulation, it only took half a day.

Although the inner demon tribulation of the demon beast is simpler, this gap is really too big.

“Why is it ten days, and Elder Jing Qing has not yet passed the inner demon tribulation…”

On Goddess Peak, Shen Baishuang looked at the dark tribulation clouds in the sky, her expression somewhat solemn and ugly.

Not only her, but also Shen Jianjia and Shen Yiren next to her, their faces were filled with solemnity and worry.

According to the experience of cultivators breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, in general, if the inner demon tribulation exceeds seven days, there is a certain danger.

If it exceeds ten days, it is likely to be ominous.

At this moment, the entire Goddess Palace seemed to be covered with a layer of depressing and gloomy clouds.

Five more days passed, and the huge tribulation cloud above the Goddess Palace suddenly collapsed and began to dissipate, restoring the clear sky.

However, this clear sky cast a heavy and depressing bleak cloud over all the cultivators of the Goddess Palace!

“Failed…”

“Elder Jing Qing’s breakthrough failed.”

“Alas…”

Many Goddess Palace cultivators sighed, their faces grieved.

And the cultivators of Penglai Island who saw this scene, some sighed, some were sad, and some were happy, taking a long sigh of relief.

After all, the Goddess Palace already has two Nascent Soul cultivators.

If there is another True Monarch Jing Qing, the entire Penglai Island will become a one-man show.

“How could this be? Elder Jing Qing’s Nascent Soul this time was well prepared, he prepared the [Spring Thunder Calamity Overcoming Pill], and also had the [Sea Coral Awakening Incense], how could he still fail at the inner demon tribulation stage!”

Shen Baishuang saw that Elder Jing Qing’s impact on the Nascent Soul failed, her jade hands clenched tightly, and her beautiful eyes were full of unwillingness.

Like Jing Qing Zhenren, this kind of Goddess Palace direct line impacting the Nascent Soul, naturally it is not his personal matter, it is related to the entire Goddess Palace.

In order to let him break through the Nascent Soul as much as possible, the Goddess Palace can be said to have spent a lot.

Not only did they prepare a 【Ninefold Spirit Pill】 for him, but they also requested the Pill Alliance to refine a 【Spring Thunder Calamity Crossing Pill】.

“Elder Jing Qing attacked the Earthly Core Nascent Soul, and also exhausted too much energy during the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, resulting in severe injuries, which led to the invasion of inner demons and the failure of the tribulation,” Shen Jianjia said, sighing deeply, her expression weary.

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Whether Jing Qing Zhenren successfully breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage is very important to the Goddess Palace, as it concerns many of her future arrangements and is a matter of great hope.

Now, the latter’s breakthrough failure has disrupted her planned arrangements.

“Severe injuries, invasion of inner demons.”

Shen Baishuang was still very unwilling.

She thought she had made thorough preparations, but she didn’t expect Elder Jing Qing to fail at this hurdle.

After all, the latter was able to cultivate to this point, whether in terms of talent, ability, or temperament, all were beyond doubt.

It’s just that the inner demon tribulation, apart from the tribulation crosser himself, no one else knows what he experienced or why he failed.

Shen Yiren, who was beside her, was also affected by Jing Qing Zhenren’s failure to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and her mood was low.

Although she didn’t have any romantic feelings for the latter, the two had known each other for hundreds of years and had a lot of friendship.

Moreover, over the past hundred years, Jing Qing Zhenren has made many contributions to the Goddess Palace. Now, his failure to attack the Nascent Soul stage has also resulted in a great loss of top-tier combat power for the Goddess Palace.

The next day, the news that Jing Qing Zhenren had failed to attack the Nascent Soul stage and had died and disappeared quietly spread within the Goddess Palace.

Although the Goddess Palace chose to handle it in a low-key manner, trying to quell the commotion as much as possible, it was still discussed by many people.

On the one hand, Jing Qing Zhenren was quite prestigious in the Goddess Palace.

He was known as one of the most promising cultivators on Penglai Island to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

On the other hand, some people were secretly fueling the flames, wanting to take this opportunity to undermine the prestige of the Goddess Palace.

After all, failing to attack the Nascent Soul stage not only means that the Goddess Palace has invested huge resources and lost everything, but also lost a top-tier Core Formation cultivator.

In the situation where Nascent Soul True Monarchs don’t easily take action, this kind of top-tier Core Formation cultivator is the main combat power that determines the balance of victory or defeat.

Several days later, Shen Baishuang came to Rongyue Island to visit, saying that although Elder Jing Qing had failed to form the Nascent Soul, the Goddess Palace still had sufficient Nascent Soul resources.

As long as Lu Changsheng performs well, he can be given priority access to Nascent Soul resources in the future.

Then, she subtly revealed that her younger sister, Shen Yiren, had not been in a good mood recently, and Lu Changsheng could go and comfort her.

“. . . ”

Lu Changsheng heard the meaning of solicitation in the Second Palace Master’s words, implying that he should have more contact with Shen Yiren.

He thought that the Second Palace Master was determined to match him with the Third Palace Master, and then use this to tie him to the Goddess Palace.

Although Lu Changsheng had a good impression of the kind and beautiful Third Palace Master.

But now he only wants to survive until the ominous hexagram dissipates, and then return to the Jiang Kingdom to visit his wives, concubines, children, and prepare for the Nascent Soul matter.

“Okay.”

Lu Changsheng verbally agreed, and then curiously asked about Jing Qing Zhenren’s breakthrough situation and why he failed the tribulation.

Shen Baishuang did not hide anything and told Lu Changsheng that Jing Qing Zhenren was too severely injured when facing the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, which led to physical and mental exhaustion and invasion by inner demons.

“Too severely injured . . .”

Lu Changsheng suddenly understood and couldn’t help but feel sorry for Jing Qing Zhenren.

However, breaking through from Core Formation to Nascent Soul is like this, a slight mistake can lead to eternal damnation.

“Elder Xuanmu should make thorough preparations for attacking the Nascent Soul stage in the future.”

Shen Baishuang instructed Lu Changsheng a few more words, so as not to let him be affected by Jing Qing Zhenren’s failure to attack the Nascent Soul stage and affect his state of mind.

“Thank you for the Second Palace Master’s reminder.”

Lu Changsheng cupped his hands in response, his face heavy.

After Shen Baishuang left, Lu Changsheng shook his head and sighed: “Alas, Core Formation cultivators, enjoying a lifespan of five hundred years, but for the sake of attacking the Nascent Soul stage, they die and disappear in one day, turning into ashes, it is really sad and lamentable.”

Song Yudie had told him that this Elder Jing Qing admired the Third Palace Master, and once he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would propose a Dao companion agreement to Shen Yiren.

But he had not yet met this Elder Jing Qing, and the latter died under the Nascent Soul Tribulation.

Thinking that he would also have to cross the Nascent Soul Tribulation soon, Lu Changsheng was especially emotional.

“If this Jing Qing Zhenren had chosen the Human Dao Nascent Soul, he might have succeeded in breaking through.”

Although the Earth Dao and Heavenly Dao Nascent Souls have a more solid foundation after breaking through.

But these can only be gradually reflected after the realm is stabilized.

The danger of attacking the Earth Dao and Heavenly Dao Nascent Souls is directly reflected in the process of breaking the core to form the infant and crossing the tribulation.

“However, those who dare to attack the Nascent Soul stage, except for a very few cultivators who fight to the death, which one is not arrogant and full of confidence in themselves, thinking they can attack the Earth Dao Nascent Soul, how would they choose the Human Dao Nascent Soul.”

“Just like True Monarch Ming Sha, who was surrounded by enemies on all sides, the safety of the entire sect was placed on his shoulders, but he still chose the Earth Dao Nascent Soul.”

Lu Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back, murmuring in his heart, very understanding the mentality of these cultivators like Jing Qing Zhenren.

Just like himself.

If he wants to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he can break through at any time.

But what he seeks is greater than all cultivators.

Not only does he want to attack the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul that countless cultivators dare not dream of, but he even wants to see if there is a higher level above the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul!

Although Lu Changsheng is not as eager as before to win over the Third Palace Master.

But at Shen Baishuang’s request, he still took the initiative to visit.

Shen Yiren was in a bad mood, her emotions were depressed. In addition to Jing Qing Zhenren’s failure to cross the tribulation and his death, she felt heavy-hearted, and also had a feeling of rabbit dying and fox grieving.

Her cultivation had already been raised to the peak of Core Formation a long time ago.

Over the years, she has been accumulating foundations, waiting for a suitable opportunity to attack the Nascent Soul stage.

Now, seeing that Jing Qing Zhenren, who was more outstanding than herself, had failed to attack the Nascent Soul stage, she was inevitably affected.

“Third Palace Master”

Lu Changsheng comforted her, saying that he also felt a lot of emotion when he saw Elder Jing Qing’s failure to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

But he said that in the morning hear the Dao, in the evening die content, you and I should take Elder Jing Qing as a lesson, clarify our minds, and make thorough preparations.

The two have similar cultivation levels, and both practice “Nourishing Life Techniques”, and have many common languages, so during the chat, Shen Yiren felt a sense of inexplicable resonance from Lu Changsheng.

“Third Palace Master, although Elder Jing Qing has experienced many hardships and has a firm Dao heart, it is precisely because he has experienced too much that he may have too many flaws in his mind, making it easy for him to be invaded by inner demons.”

“In Ye’s opinion, Third Palace Master, your heart is like a child’s, untainted by dust, always with a contented and happy state of mind, and treating everything with pure peace. Even if you have not experienced too many hardships, with this kind of open-minded and pure state of mind, you can easily pass through the inner demon tribulation.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

Although these words were somewhat comforting, they were not completely false.

According to Hong Lian, the inner demon tribulation is treacherous and unpredictable, and needs to be determined according to each person’s situation.

But it is by no means that the more tempering, the more one can pass through it.

Many times, some reclusive cultivators with childlike hearts easily and smoothly pass through this tribulation and break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Just like the inner demon tribulation that demon beasts face when transforming into human form.

“Why is it that everything becomes an advantage in Fellow Daoist Xuanmu’s mouth, and yet, listening to it, it makes sense . . .”

After listening to Lu Changsheng’s words, Shen Yiren said with a gentle smile, her mood much more peaceful, and she felt that the refined man in front of her had many things worth learning.

“Third Palace Master’s words are really killing me. Many things have good and bad sides, it just depends on what angle you look at it from.”

Lu Changsheng said with a chuckle, his expression gentle and his attitude refined and amiable.

After chatting for a long time, Lu Changsheng invited Shen Yiren to admire the scenery together on Penglai Island, saying that it would make her feel better.

Immediately, the two walked out of the palace, strolling among the clouds, like confidants, chatting happily.

During this process, in addition to discussing cultivation with Lu Changsheng, Shen Yiren also gradually learned about his situation, and even his views and perceptions.

If they hadn’t chatted, she wouldn’t have known. Only after chatting did she realize that not only in cultivation, but also in their views and perceptions, the two were very similar, and they had a feeling of meeting each other too late.