Chapter 789: A sign of disaster, the birth of a demon fetus!

“Not bad.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Nine Abyss Mysterious Tortoise Armor in the System space, nodding slightly in approval.

This armor not only excelled in both offense and defense but also possessed amplification effects, making it quite comprehensive.

However, compared to such a comprehensive defensive Spirit Treasure, Lu Changsheng still preferred purely defensive armors.

After all, he possessed the Nine Treasures Wishful Bone and a series of Magic Treasures, so he wasn’t lacking in offensive or amplification methods.

If he could maximize the armor’s defensive capabilities, it would be more advantageous for his current combat style.

Without extracting the Nine Abyss Mysterious Tortoise Armor from the System space, Lu Changsheng’s eyes shimmered with golden light as he continued to gaze at the grand Formation before him, forming hand seals. Cooperating with his Dragon Seeking Art, he maximized the spiritual energy of the Riftwind Island’s Spiritual Vein.

Core Formation Cultivators breaking through to Nascent Soul had three levels: Human Dao, Earth Dao, and Heavenly Dao.

For Human Dao Nascent Soul, one only needed to meet the conditions and breakthrough normally.

Earth Dao Nascent Soul, however, required connecting with the Earth Vein Qi of a Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein during the breakthrough process to temper the Physical Body, magical power, Divine Soul, as well as the Meridians, Dantian, and Nascent Soul Spirit Body.

As for Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul, it was based on the Earth Dao. When the Core shattered and the Nascent Soul emerged, the Nascent Soul would enter Soul Emergence and absorb a trace of Heavenly Dao Qi during the Heavenly Tribulation.

Lu Changsheng couldn’t help with Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul.

But for Earth Dao Nascent Soul, connecting with the Earth Vein Qi of a Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein, Lu Changsheng could provide some assistance.

Mainly because this Riftwind Island wasn’t his own spiritual land.

Even if activating the Spiritual Vein in this manner would damage it, Lu Changsheng wouldn’t feel any heartache.

Just as Lu Changsheng was activating the Spiritual Vein through the grand Formation and the Dragon Seeking Art, a sudden premonition arose in his heart.

“Hmm!?”

Lu Changsheng’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately began to divine with his fingers, wanting to know the source of this premonition.

After all, at his cultivation level, a premonition wouldn’t appear without reason.

He first thought of his Family.

But when he left the Eternal Night Land to investigate the Spiritual Veins, he immediately divined the situations of Bihu Mountain and Great Dream Immortal City.

He knew that Bihu Mountain was currently affected by the war, and the situation was unfavorable. If it continued, there would be a tribulation in the future, but there were no major issues in the short term.

The same applied to Great Dream Immortal City.

However, Great Dream Immortal City had a deeper potential crisis, with even a vague sign of tribulation brewing.

Therefore, during these days, Lu Changsheng had been wholeheartedly helping Yun Wanchang breakthrough as quickly as possible. Once danger to the Family appeared, he would directly burn the Origin of the Mi Chen Banner Spirit Treasure and teleport back.

Seeing that the premonition wasn’t from his Family, Lu Changsheng divined other matters, such as the Goddess Palace, Six Paths Demonic Consort, and Yun Wanchang’s breakthrough.

The Goddess Palace had means to obscure the Heavenly Dao, making it difficult for him to divine even as a Fourth-Order Diviner. Moreover, through divination, he felt that the Goddess Palace currently held no hostility towards him.

The Six Paths Demonic Consort should still be in the Eternal Night Land, so the Heavenly Dao was even more chaotic and hazy, making it impossible to divine.

Only Yun Wanchang’s breakthrough aligned with his expectations: there would be fluctuations between fortune and misfortune, and a Demon King would attack.

However, he was mentally prepared for such things without needing to divine.

Riftwind Island was located in the Forbidden Sea, where many Demon Kings lingered.

Yun Wanchang, a Human Race Cultivator, attempting to breakthrough to Nascent Soul here was like a bright lamp in the dark, how could it not attract the attention of Demon Kings?

Creatures like the Tihun Beast were fine; they directly underwent Undergoing Tribulation upon arrival, and the process was incredibly fast, completing the Undergoing Tribulation in a short time.

Yun Wanchang’s process from attempting Nascent Soul to shattering her Core and forming her Nascent Soul, then to the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation, would be extremely time-consuming. This process was very likely to attract multiple Fourth-Order Demon Kings.

Lu Changsheng felt that the premonition wasn’t simply due to Yun Wanchang’s breakthrough, so he continued to ponder about those around him, thinking of the Rift Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale who had been separated from him.

“Minor ill omen!”

When he divined Lu Lingjing’s situation and sensed that she had a sign of a minor ill omen, Lu Changsheng’s heart suddenly tensed.

A minor ill omen generally indicated a life-or-death danger, with a probability of about fifty percent!

This probability was already very high.

“After Lingjing broke through the ghost ship’s attack, did she encounter some danger!?”

Lu Changsheng’s expression was solemn as he tried to divine further.

But the fact that he could easily divine Lu Lingjing’s fortune and misfortune was already due to their master-servant relationship.

Without other mediums or tokens, such as essence blood or scales, it was extremely difficult to deeply divine the fortune and misfortune of a Fourth-Order Demon King.

However, during the divination process, Lu Changsheng vaguely obtained a piece of information: a kunpeng egg!

Lu Lingjing’s danger was inextricably linked to the kunpeng egg!

“Could it be that the forces of the Star Constellation Sea divined that the kunpeng egg was related to Lingjing, and thus sought trouble with her?”

In a flash of lightning, Lu Changsheng guessed the general situation.

When he found his son Lu Quanzhen and obtained the Hua Ying Pill, he didn’t return immediately because the potential crisis brought by the kunpeng egg had not been resolved.

Although his current divination showed that the tribulation related to the kunpeng egg on him had been resolved.

But looking at the situation, it had likely fallen upon Lu Lingjing.

“Lingjing appeared on Black Reef Island at that time, and she was likely listed as a suspect by the forces of the Star Constellation Sea. My previous identity as Immortal Master Xuanmu was mysterious and unknown; if I had left immediately, I might also have become one of the suspects.”

“But with the matter of the White Dew Palace, the Goddess Palace would certainly not spread this news, and the Six Paths Demonic Consort, who knew my situation and true appearance, is still in the Eternal Night Land, so there’s no need to worry. Only Lingjing…”

Lu Changsheng pondered, realizing that multiple Nascent Soul-level forces were acting against Lu Lingjing.

Otherwise, in such a vast sea, unless it was Shen Jianjia, or the Six Paths Demonic Consort at her Peak, an ordinary Nascent Soul True Lord would absolutely not be Lu Lingjing’s opponent, let alone pose a life-or-death threat to her!

“Troublesome.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Nascent Soul phenomenon before him, his face extremely solemn.

If he were to leave now to find the Rift Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, then Yun Wanchang would have to stop her Breakthrough before her Core shattered and her Nascent Soul emerged.

Otherwise, if Demon Kings attacked later, her Breakthrough would certainly be disturbed, putting her in danger.

Although he could leave the Tihun Beast and Qian Zhuyan here as Protectors.

But with the Rift Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale facing a minor ill omen, going alone might not resolve the situation.

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, choosing to expend his lifespan as a cost to deeply divine Lu Lingjing’s situation, to see if there was a way to alleviate her crisis with a plan that served both purposes.

For example, sending the Sky Peng first, or going himself to delay, waiting until Yun Wanchang finished her Breakthrough here.

After a long while, having obtained more Heavenly Dao information, Lu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Lingjing was currently fleeing in the Star Constellation Sea near the Great Dream Marsh, and she was not in immediate life-threatening danger.

However, as time passed, she would become increasingly endangered.

The life-and-death tribulation for Lu Lingjing would only appear in one to two years at the earliest, or three to five years at the latest!

“That’s true. Unless multiple Nascent Soul True Lords act, it’s certainly not easy to kill Lingjing in such a boundless sea.”

“Moreover, these Nascent Soul forces are looking for Lingjing for information related to the kunpeng egg; they definitely wouldn’t go for a killing blow.”

Combat between cultivators of the same level—contending, overcoming, defeating, slaying, capturing—are completely different concepts.

Just like when Lu Changsheng acted against the Fissure Wind Beast before.

If he wanted to capture the opponent, the difficulty was on an entirely different level.

Even a slight lapse in the process could allow the opponent to find an opportunity to break free and escape, or self-destruct their essence soul Demon Core.

“In that case, it should be enough time…”

Lu Changsheng looked at Yun Wanchang’s Nascent Soul condensation phenomenon, wanting to have his cake and eat it too.

After a brief thought, he transmitted a message to Qian Zhuyan in the distance: “Little Yan, give the Fissure Wind Beast’s Demon Core to the Sky Peng.”

Although the Golden Winged Roc could directly breakthrough to Fourth-Order.

It still needed a breakthrough process and time.

So Lu Changsheng thought of feeding the Fissure Wind Beast’s Fourth-Order Demon Core to the Golden Winged Roc to help it accumulate more foundation.

This way, during its Breakthrough, it could complete it faster, like the Tihun Beast, without relying on a Spiritual Vein.

Although it was a bit wasteful, he urgently needed Nascent Soul-level combat power now.

Moreover, his own spiritual pet had worked diligently for so many years without complaint.

“?”

The Golden Winged Roc, currently gnawing on the Fissure Wind Beast’s corpse, was momentarily stunned.

Its golden pupils looked at Lu Changsheng, then at Qian Zhuyan in the distance, utterly surprised, not expecting such a good thing to fall upon it.

In these years, following Lu Changsheng, it had always done the hardest and most tiring work, receiving the least benefits.

Although it had tasted one Fourth-Order Demon Core before, that was thanks to the Rift Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, when a Fourth-Order Flood Dragon came to cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, this time, it hadn’t exerted much effort, yet it could obtain a rare Fourth-Order Demon Core!

One must know that this Fissure Wind Beast’s essence soul Demon Core was much purer and more potent than that of the Flood Dragon from back then.

It had been quite envious when watching Qian Zhuyan dissecting the Fissure Wind Beast’s corpse earlier.

Although Qian Zhuyan was a bit reluctant, believing this essence soul Demon Core could serve as the core for her future Fourth-Rank Puppet, she still handed it to the Golden Winged Roc.

“Thank you, Master.”

The Golden Winged Roc joyfully swallowed the Demon Core. Its body, as if cast from gold, instantly ignited with a blazing, splendid radiance, like a scorching sun beginning to burn, continuously refining this Demon Core.

The five Core Formation Cultivators seated in the five directions, helping to control the grand Formation, were surprised by this commotion. Could this Demon King also be attempting to breakthrough to Fourth-Order?

Just as Lu Changsheng was about to sit down and rest, he felt as if he had forgotten something else.

A moment later, when a faint tremor came from the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus, he instantly realized what he had forgotten.

His son, Lu Quanzhen!

Eight years ago, with his help, his son Lu Quanzhen completed the first step of Demonic Embryo Incarnation within the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus.

Subsequently, due to being involved in the Eternal Night Land, the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus could not be opened, preventing him from knowing his son’s situation.

After leaving the Eternal Night Land, a series of events caused him to almost forget about this son.

He immediately raised his hand slightly, and the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus appeared, forming spatial ripples, and he entered to check on his son’s condition.

He saw that the Spiritual Qi within the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus was severely insufficient.

Although he had placed a mouthful of Spirit Eye Spring inside, it was almost dried up.

“Quan Zhen, Father encountered an unexpected situation a few years ago, which prevented me from opening the Grotto-Heaven. How are you now?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Kunpeng egg, which flickered between bright and dim, covered in demonic patterns resembling black hole vortices, and asked with concern.

“Father, I am fine. It’s just that my Demonic Embryo Incarnation has reached its final step, and I need external power to completely break out of the shell!”

Lu Quanzhen did not mention that the current Spiritual Qi in the Grotto-Heaven was insufficient to support his Incarnation, only stating that he could not break out of the shell and needed external assistance.

“What do you need?”

Lu Changsheng could tell that his son had encountered a problem from the Spiritual Qi in the Grotto-Heaven and asked.

“Spiritual Qi, a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. It would be even better if there were enough Heaven And Earth Treasure.”

Lu Quanzhen said so.

“Good.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng subconsciously wanted to release the Kunpeng egg to undergo Incarnation using the Spiritual Qi of Riftwind Island.

However, he remembered that the various Nascent Soul forces in the Star Constellation Sea were likely still searching and divining for the whereabouts of the Kunpeng egg, so it absolutely could not leave the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus.

He immediately threw out a pile of High-Grade Spirit Stones from his storage ring and also released a bunch of Heaven And Earth Treasure, directly helping Lu Quanzhen refine them.

He saw the Kunpeng egg, which flickered between bright and dim, with interwoven demonic patterns, instantly devour these Spiritual Qi and Heaven And Earth Treasure essences like a person who had been hungry for a long time.

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng stepped out of the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus again and, while trying not to affect Yun Wanchang as much as possible, injected a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the Grotto-Heaven of the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Emperor Lotus.

At the same time.

In a valley in the Southern Wilderness Central Domain.

A boy of about ten years old was moving through the mountains and forests. His figure was extremely agile, like a leopard, completely unlike a child of his age.

The boy’s small face was fair and handsome, and his still-youthful cheeks revealed a determination unsuited for his age, as if carved by a knife and axe, bringing out a sharp edge.

Especially his two long, ink-black eyebrows that slanted into his temples like sharp swords, and his tall, slender nose bridge, made him look heroic and spirited at such a young age.

However, the boy had a pair of captivating Phoenix eyes, which made him appear somewhat gender-ambiguous at first glance, possessing both the softness of a male with female features and the heroic spirit of a female with male features.

After a long while, the boy saw that he was out of danger and finally sat down on the ground to rest, panting heavily.

Even though she had been physically strong since childhood, this kind of rapid travel was still very tiring and led to physical exhaustion.

“Hehehe.”

However, not long after, a creepy, eerie laugh suddenly came from afar.

The boy was startled upon hearing this and quickly continued to run, but the next moment, he saw an old man in a black robe with a withered and emaciated face appear before him.

The old man threw out a green light from his hand, enveloping the boy and making him unable to move. Then, he said in a chilling, hoarse voice, “Little girl, you are quite clever. You even know how to divert trouble. If this old man hadn’t had some tricks up his sleeve in his early years, you almost would have escaped.”

As he spoke, he grabbed the girl with male features before him, sniffed hard, and said somewhat intoxicated, “What a vibrant and fresh scent! Your blood must be incredibly sweet.”

“I never expected that in my lifetime, I would encounter such a rare Bloodline variant like you. As long as I use you as the main ingredient to refine a Human Pill, I will definitely be able to heal my hidden injuries, reconstruct my Dao Foundation, prolong my life, and even hope to Core Formation…”

The black-robed old man looked at the girl before him, his eyes glowing with a greenish light, and he trembled uncontrollably as he spoke.

He was simply too excited.

He never expected to encounter a variant with a special Bloodline at the end of his life.

“Old geezer, you treat me like this, aren’t you afraid my Master will come looking for you?!”

The girl slightly raised her head, looking at the black-robed old man with a withered face, like a vengeful ghost.

Deep within her ink-black pupils, two clusters of golden-red light appeared, like the embers of a fire extinguished by a downpour.

Below her right eye, there was also a shallow fine line, which added a hint of fierceness to her fair and handsome face.

“Hehehe, little girl, your words might fool others, but this old man has been observing you for a year. If you had any Master or Family Legacy, why would you be fighting alone outside and end up in this state?”

The old man completely disregarded the girl’s words, tied her with a rope, and then traveled overnight to a cliffside stone cave in a desolate mountain range a thousand miles away.

This stone cave was not only hidden very deeply but also had a Formation arranged.

As they went deeper, Mu Que saw numerous skeletal remains piled on both sides, some of Yao Beasts and some of Human Race, and her heart couldn’t help but be startled.

She never expected that she would be coveted by villains because of her Bloodline.

One can only say that fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

In her early years, her Bloodline brought her strength far surpassing ordinary people, but now it also brought her the covetousness and danger of others.

A moment later, the old man led Mu Que to the deepest part of the stone cave, where there was a Pill Furnace.

“Little girl, this old man is a Second-Order Alchemist. It is entirely your honor to die in this old man’s Pill Furnace.”

The old man threw Mu Que aside, looked at his Pill Furnace, and said in a hoarse, excited, sinister voice.

Then, he took out jade boxes one by one from the nearby medicine cabinet and said, “Look, these are all the medicinal ingredients I have prepared for you.”

“I have waited countless years, and I never expected to finally complete it before my death.”

The old man said as if somewhat crazed, opening the jade boxes, which all contained rare Spirit Medicine.

Although most of the Spirit Medicine were Second-Order, for a small Cultivator like Mu Que with no background, they were already extremely rare.

She never expected this old man to be so wealthy.

“Don’t worry, these Spirit Medicine will soon merge with you.”

Seeing Mu Que look at the Spirit Medicine in his hand, the old man’s withered face grinned, looking incredibly sinister.

“What kind of Pill do you want to refine?”

Although the situation was dangerous now and she was difficult to escape, Mu Que did not want to give up. Her mind kept thinking about how she could escape.

“This Pill was created by me based on the [Blood Soul Life-Snatching Pill]. Do you see the corpses in this cave? These are all the results of my research over the years, but it was always one step short. Now, with your Bloodline, I will definitely be able to refine this Pill.”

The old man saw that Mu Que wanted to stall for time, but he had been suppressed for too long, so he patiently shared his achievements with her.

“Since you know I have a special Bloodline, aren’t you afraid my parents will come looking for me?”

After years of wandering, Mu Que was no longer the ignorant child from the small mountain village. Without panic, she suppressed her emotions and spoke calmly.

The old man’s face changed slightly, then he said coldly, “Afraid, of course I’m afraid, which is why I’ve secretly observed you for a long time and guessed that your parents must not be around, otherwise how could you have fallen to this state?”

“Moreover, I don’t have much lifespan left. Only by refining you into a Human Pill can I continue to extend my life and embark on the Immortal Path!”

The old man gritted his teeth and said, “So no matter how eloquent you are today, you will not be able to live.”

“That’s right, my parents are not by my side, but once I am in life-threatening danger, they will rush over immediately and activate the Restriction methods within my body.”

Mu Que continued, her face showing a hint of cold sharpness.

These words were not false. She had carried a wooden token since childhood.

Except for the time she encountered a Yao Beast in the village, there was another time when she fainted when she encountered danger, but when she woke up, the crisis had been resolved.

Therefore, she suspected that this wooden token was a means her mother left to protect her.

However, she was not sure about such a thing and was unwilling to easily waste this life-saving method.

The old man was bluffed by Mu Que’s words and felt apprehensive in his heart.

But thinking that he had little lifespan left and this was his only chance in this life, he said coldly, “Little girl, don’t waste your efforts.”

With that, he raised his hand to seal Mu Que’s voice and began to prepare various auxiliary medicines and spiritual liquids on his own.

His fanatical eyes, glowing with a greenish luster, seemed to already see the scene of the Human Pill being refined.