Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1619: Chapter 996: Another Golden Core (Part 2)

In the morning, I heard the Dao, and in the evening, I could die!

This feeling was as if directly perceiving the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, making him deeply engrossed, completely forgetting the passage of time.

Day by day passed, and Yang Zhenshan was completely immersed in it.

While he was immersed, the mana in his dantian was accelerating continuously.

At first, it merely rotated slowly and gradually became faster, reaching an extreme speed.

At the same time, his mana was transforming, half jade green and the other half withered and desolate, both intertwining yet distinctly separated.

Gradually, a Life and Death Yin Yang Fish appeared in his dantian.

After the appearance of the Yin Yang Fish, the vortex in his dantian did not disappear, merely masked within the Yin Yang Fish.

The vortex was spinning faster and faster, and dense Spiritual Energy started converging towards Yang Zhenshan.

Initially, it was just a gentle breeze, but soon it turned into a gale, a tempest.

Soon after, a vortex appeared in the heavens and earth, like a bottomless trench suddenly emerging in the ocean, frantically devouring seawater.

The Spiritual Energy Vortex was originally only dozens of feet in size, but slowly it expanded to hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand feet.

“This~~”

Xuanzhen saw this scene with a look of shock in his eyes.

“Was this the case when I formed the core?” Yun Xiao asked.

Xuanzhen shook his head, “No, your core formation was only around a thousand feet!”

“…”

Yun Xiao fell silent, the difference was so vast!

He looked at the Spiritual Energy Vortex that spanned dozens of miles, also feeling incredible.

…

In the stone house.

Yang Zhenshan naturally did not know Yun Xiao’s thoughts, as he was still immersed in comprehending the Path of Life and Death, unaware of his own transformation.

The vortex in his dantian continued to spin rapidly, making his body absorb external Spiritual Energy at an extremely exaggerated speed.

A massive amount of Spiritual Energy crazily infiltrated into his body, carrying a terrifying impact force.

Soon, his mana glowed with a hazy Magic Power Shield, attempting to block the influx of Spiritual Power, but the shield shattered within a quarter of an hour.

Immediately afterward, Spiritual Energy surged into his body at an even more terrifying speed.

His skin began to crack, his flesh started to decay, his bones emitted cracking and grinding sounds.

His meridians, unable to withstand the powerful infusion of Spiritual Power, gradually couldn’t bear the load and began to rupture.

Yang Zhenshan remained unaware, still immersed in his comprehension.

However, his body instinctively began to rescue itself.

The Wood Transformation Nourishing Body Skill operated, the Devouring Spirit Body activated, and the Spiritual Energy originally rushing towards the dantian split into a part, starting to heal his body.

Simultaneously, a powerful Vitality exploded inside him, enveloping his body in a layer of ethereal green light.

The ruptured meridians were repaired, the broken bones reconnected, and his flesh regrew, and his skin healed.

The recovery brought by the Vitality was strong, but the impact of the Spiritual Energy was also powerful, thus Yang Zhenshan entered a state of continuous collapse and repair.

It was uncertain how long this lasted until the Life and Death Yin Yang Fish in Yang Zhenshan’s dantian suddenly halted, then contracted sharply, and a yellow sprout transformed into a Golden Crystal.

The Golden Crystal was stable, breathing in blue and yellow spiritual light, ceasing to absorb external Spiritual Energy.

The Spiritual Energy Vortex externally seemed to be paused instantly, suddenly frozen in place.

The Life and Death Golden Core formed, the Green Wood Huagai appeared, and all the vegetation within a hundred miles leaned in respect, the green petals falling to the ground turning to gold.

Blue light soared, forming an inverted ancient tree in the sky, its branches extending like a coiling dragon reaching a thousand feet, the tree crown layered into a ten-foot huagai, and aerial roots hung down like crystal curtains, transforming into blue fireflies upon wind contact.​

The vegetation across hundreds of miles tilted: the ancient pines angled at right angles, pine needles pointing to the ground; cliff vines broke through rocks like green snakes probing out; moss in crevices rippled with wave patterns, green turning to gold. Rice along the ditches drooped against the seasons, grains clashing like subjects bowing in court.​

Such a bizarre sight presented before everyone, leaving them utterly dumbfounded.

Unfortunately, such a strange sight did not last long.

The sky suddenly darkened, thick clouds replaced the Spiritual Energy Vortex, covering the surrounding dozens of miles.

“Retreat!”

Yun Xiao reminded.

Everyone retreated another hundred miles.

They hadn’t retreated for long when brilliant thunderlight burst out from above the dark clouds.

Thunderlight flashed, clouds gathered, brewing for more than six hours before descending in the dead of night.

Rumble~~

Several dozen silver-bright thunder chains darted from the cloud gaps, interweaving into a net in the sky, descending overwhelmingly. The bizarre scene crumbled instantly, leaving only that brilliant thunderlight.

Thunder roared, the thunderlight brilliant.

Everyone’s eyes revealed a look of concern.

Can this tribulation thunder really be withstood?

Xuanzhen looked at Yun Xiao, Yun Xiao shook his head, “Don’t look at me, I formed a Fake Pill, I didn’t undergo a thunder tribulation!”

None of them had undergone core formation or witnessed someone else undergoing it with a thunder tribulation, naturally unclear about its dangers.

Danger surely exists.

At this moment, Yang Zhenshan was still sitting in the stone house, no, the stone house had already collapsed, he was merely sitting on the ground.

At the moment the first tribulation thunder fell, an array on the ground suddenly activated, flags released faint light waves.

This array was the Four Symbols Locking Heaven Formation, placed with Azure Luan Feather Flag in the east, Vermilion Bird Fire Banner in the south, White Tiger Bone Shield in the west, and Black Tortoise Black Ice Mirror in the north. Four magic artifacts worked together, producing the power of green flames, red wind, white frost, and black water, forming a barrier in mid-air.

When the tribulation thunder strikes the ground, the power of the Four Symbols neutralizes part of the tribulation thunder.

It doesn’t block the tribulation thunder but neutralizes it, transforming the thunder into colorful spiritual rain sprinkling down.

One after another, thunderlight fell, striking Yang Zhenshan’s body, yet he remained immersed in his comprehension.

His body once again showed signs of crumbling, but was quickly healed by the gentle green light.

Suddenly, Yang Zhenshan opened his eyes, looking blankly at the sky.

“Oh my, damn!”

“Tribulation thunder!”

“Why did this thing suddenly come!”

Yang Zhenshan hadn’t figured out what was happening when another thunderbolt struck him.

“Hiss~~”

The intense pain made him inhale sharply.

Immediately afterward, he quickly took out a Vitality Spring and poured it into himself.

Thunderlight continued to flicker, thunderbolts falling relentlessly.

Becoming denser, more urgent, slowly forming a sheet, turning into a thunder pillar.

Yang Zhenshan did not choose to block the tribulation thunder but instead endured its strikes.

Tribulation thunder is both a test and a gift.

The more one endures, the greater the gift.

At present, it’s only the Third Thunder Tribulation, Yang Zhenshan felt he could still withstand it.

Of course, the pain was indeed real.

Yang Zhenshan gritted his teeth, enduring the thunder strikes, while also checking his own condition.

Feeling the golden core in his dantian, Yang Zhenshan almost burst into laughter.

But he quickly noticed something unusual, he hadn’t even used the Top-grade Demon Yuan Pill.

A futile preparation!

Now was not the time to think about these things, Yang Zhenshan continued to withstand the thunder’s strikes.

The first Three Thunder Tribulations hadn’t caused him significant harm, only unparalleled pain.

After the middle Three Thunder Tribulations descended, he immediately began nurturing the Qinghua Thunder Pearl, the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, and the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

Thunder roared, the two endured the tribulation thunder’s baptism within his dantian.

When a Foundation Establishment Cultivator undergoes tribulation, the key for a magic artifact to advance to a Spiritual Artifact is the tribulation thunder’s baptism.

The process was still painful, but Yang Zhenshan managed to endure it.

As the tribulation thunder’s baptism continued, the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword and the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron entered a transformation stage, while the mana within Yang Zhenshan’s body began to circulate crazily, and the golden core in his dantian, like a sponge absorbing water, kept drawing in mana.

With the supplementation of mana and the baptism of the tribulation thunder, the golden core became even smoother and brighter, and a faint Dao Rhyme appeared on its surface.

Yang Zhenshan was unable to observe the changes in the golden core closely, as at this moment the Seventh Thunder Tribulation arrived.

Heart Demons emerged, Yang Zhenshan immediately poured down a bottle of Spirit Pine Mushroom, then swallowed a Heart Burning Fruit.

His heart spirit swayed, scenes both strange and familiar slowly presented themselves in Yang Zhenshan’s mind.

There were skyscrapers from a past life, former classmates and friends, and that period of peaceful life.

“Return?”

“Heh, return for what? I’m living well here, why return to toil as a beast of burden?”