Translator: Cinder Translations
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Within Song Wen's Golden Core in his Dantian.
The Nascent Soul had fully formed, with limbs and organs clearly distinguishable. It was a perfect, miniature version of Song Wen himself.
Suddenly, the Nascent Soul's eyes snapped open, resembling two bolts of lightning shooting out.
In an instant, cracks on the surface of the Golden Core rapidly spread, quickly covering the entire surface.
With a loud crack.
The Golden Core exploded.
The shattered Golden Core turned into golden mist, filling the entire Dantian.
In the golden mist, the Nascent Soul sat cross-legged, hands forming seals.
Having just emerged from breaking through the Golden Core, the Nascent Soul was like a starving creature, crazily devouring the spiritual energy in the Dantian.
The golden mist was quickly absorbed by the Nascent Soul, but this didn't satisfy its hunger. It continued to devour the surrounding spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy in the Spirit-Gathering Formation could no longer meet the Nascent Soul's demands.
Thus, a massive spiritual energy vortex appeared in the sky above the island. Spiritual energy within a thousand miles was drawn in and poured into the Nascent Soul.
The Nascent Soul's body began to solidify, and its eyes began to come to life.
The abnormal spiritual fluctuations attracted the attention of the demon beasts in the sea around the island.
Some powerful demon beasts weren't repelled by the spiritual pressure but instead moved toward the island.
In the eyes of beasts with spiritual intelligence, the stronger the spiritual fluctuations, the more precious the heavenly treasures that were revealed.
On the east side of the island, a massive lizard covered in scales with bone spines growing from its back crawled onto the shore.
On the west side of the island, a long serpent, shining with a cold light, slowly slithered toward the island.
On the south side of the island, the sea churned as a massive octopus broke the surface. Its tentacles were like iron chains, covered in saw-toothed suckers.
On the north side of the island, a giant eagle descended from the sky.
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Zhu Yin looked at the demon beasts emerging from all directions, then turned to glance at Song Wen's cave, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.
There were six demon beasts near the island, most of them third-tier, but the giant octopus was a solid fourth-tier beast.
Even if she faced them head-on, she wouldn't have a certain victory, not to mention there were still other third-tier beasts surrounding her, watching for an opportunity.
Just as she was in a dilemma, the giant octopus moved.
It extended one of its enormous tentacles, like a swift steel whip, spanning several miles, and lashed out at the lizard on the east side of the island.
The lizard, unprepared for such a rapid attack, appeared somewhat clumsy.
It tried to turn and retreat into the sea but was caught by the tentacle.
The tentacle, like a giant constrictor snake capturing its prey, tightened around the lizard; the saw-toothed suckers on the tentacle instantly pierced into the lizard's flesh, and blood splattered.
The octopus retracted its tentacle and stuffed the lizard into its mouth. At the same time, another tentacle shot toward the giant eagle.
The giant eagle reacted much faster than the lizard. It flapped its wings and swiftly soared, narrowly dodging the approaching tentacle, leaving only a few feathers fluttering in the wind.
The other demon beasts on the island were mostly intimidated by the octopus and retreated, except for an unfortunate giant turtle, which was too slow and met the same fate as the lizard.
Though the demon beasts were frightened off, Zhu Yin did not feel any relief. On the contrary, her expression became more serious.
The octopus's strength exceeded her expectations, and if it attacked Song Wen's cave, she would not be able to stop it.
Zhu Yin looked up at the sky. The enormous spiritual vortex was still devouring the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and the speed of consumption showed no signs of slowing.
This meant that Song Wen still needed more time to fully form his Nascent Soul.
After hesitating for a long while, Zhu Yin finally raised her hand and waved. A blood-colored coffin flew out.
The coffin expanded with the wind, growing to several dozen feet in size, and charged toward the octopus.
Just as the coffin was about to strike, Song Wen's voice suddenly rang in her ear.
"Zhu Yin, wait. I've set up a Demon-Controlling Illusion Formation on the island. Please help me control the formation and trap the demon beasts."
As he spoke, a formation disc flew out from Song Wen's cave and rushed toward Zhu Yin.
The Demon-Controlling Illusion Formation that Song Wen set up was the fourth-tier formation he had Song Zi Yun purchase — "Illusory Demon Locking Formation".
Long before, Song Wen had already decided to undergo his Nascent Soul formation in the Outer Seas.
The seas were full of fierce beasts, and while these beasts were powerful, their intelligence was limited. This made them perfect targets for illusionary formations, which could easily trap them.
Song Wen had intended to form his Nascent Soul while controlling the formation at the same time.
But now that Zhu Yin was here, he didn't need to control the formation himself.
Zhu Yin took the formation disc that flew toward her, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes. She had not noticed that Ji Yin had set up a formation on the island.
However, this was typical of Ji Yin's way of doing things: always prepared and proactive, planning for every possible scenario.
Soon, the method to control the Illusionary Locking Demon Formation rang in her mind as Song Wen transmitted his voice to her.
Following Song Wen's instructions, Zhu Yin hesitantly began to form the required hand seals.
Ten formation flags appeared from various positions on the island.
The range of the formation rapidly contracted, enveloping the giant octopus, which had been greedily devouring its prey on the southern side of the island.
A dense fog suddenly rose from the formation flags and quickly filled the entire area of the formation.
From the outside, the formation appeared to be a vast sea of white mist.
The sudden change in the environment caused the octopus, which had been eating ravenously, to become agitated. It stopped chewing, and all eight of its massive tentacles began thrashing, pounding against the formation's barrier.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Each impact from the tentacles caused a deafening roar.
The formation's barrier trembled violently, as if it might shatter at any moment.
Zhu Yin's expression grew serious as she quickly formed more hand seals, channeling her spiritual energy into the formation disk to stabilize the formation.
Under her control, the formation barely held together.
As time passed, the octopus's attacks began to grow more disoriented.
It seemed to be confused, no longer attacking the formation barrier but instead repeatedly slamming into the stones within the formation.
The ground shook, rocks cracked, and countless stone fragments flew through the air.
Inside the formation, everything was in chaos, with shattered stones and deep tentacle marks everywhere.
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One Month Later
Boom!
A thunderous sound suddenly erupted from the sky above the island.
The massive spiritual vortex instantly collapsed.
The chaotic spiritual energy swept in all directions.
The first to bear the brunt was the island beneath the vortex, which seemed to be overturned in that moment.
Countless trees were uprooted, and rocks were swept into the air, only to be torn apart by the raging spiritual energy.
The chaotic energy swept outwards.
Above the sea, massive waves rose, surging toward all directions from the island's center.
Inside the cave, a figure that looked exactly like Song Wen floated within his Dantian.
The figure's face was filled with excitement, as though celebrating its own birth.
After a short moment, Song Wen opened his eyes, filled with overwhelming joy.
Before him, there was a jade bottle that had yet to be opened.
Inside the bottle was a Nascent Spirit Pill, which Song Wen had secretly kept when he refined pills for Zi Yun.
He had originally planned to consume it, but after taking the Primordial Nascent Soul Pill and the Nascent Spirit Pill, the Nascent Soul had already begun to form, and he decided to abandon taking the pill.
(End of the Chapter)
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