Chapter 334 – The Battle Between the Two Sacred Areas!
“Something’s wrong with Duanmu Peak!”
“A peerless genius was born! A peerless genius was born! Head to Duanmu Peak right now!”
“Move! Quick!”
“……”
If the rare occurrence that took place when Jiang Bilan had attracted six hundred and fifty-nine Dao-Seeking Fish had attracted most of the envoys and Peak Leaders of the Qinglong Sacred Area, the rare occurrence that Qin Nan triggered had ended up shocking the Peak Leaders who were in seclusion, causing them to head straight to Duanmu Peak at their fastest speed!
Shoosh Shoosh Shoosh Shoosh!
Several powerful figures landed at Duanmu Peak at the same time!
Four other Peak Leaders and numerous envoys of the Qinglong Sacred Area had arrived!
In other words, apart from the envoys who were currently not present in the Qinglong Sacred Area, all authorities of the Qinglong Sacred Area had gathered here!
However, as soon as they arrived, the sight taking place before them resulted in the same effect, as their faces were filled with utter shock!
Meanwhile, although the Duanmu Peak was now crowded with a total of twenty Peak Leaders, over five hundred envoys, and six hundred plus disciples, apart from the piercing sound from the crimson beam of light, not a single sound was heard!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish!
How significant was that?
Even the Imperial Exterminator only managed to attract six hundred and sixty–six Dao-Seeking Fish back in the day, and Qin Nan’s result was three hundred and thirty–three more than his!
At that instant, it was as if the three Peak Leaders of the Feiyang Sacred Area were being penetrated by a shocking ray of lightning from the top, as they instantly came to a realization.
Why would Peak Leader Duanmu give up the four top geniuses?
Why would Peak Leader Luo wage war against Peak Leader Duanmu and the others for Qin Nan’s sake?
Why was Qin Nan not troubled after seeing Jiang Bilan’s result, and dared to participate in the trial still?
It was all because, Qin Nan was the real peerless genius!
Peak Leader Duanmu and Peak Leader Luo were crazy for Qin Nan because they knew the truth!
Qin Nan too was confident in his own talents, who believed that there was no way he would lose!
Not only did the three Peak Leaders understand now, the other envoys and the Peak Leaders also learned the truth.
After witnessing such a shocking fact, their previous anger and mocking words toward Peak Leader Duanmu were absolutely ridiculous!
Jiang Bilan felt like she had just collided with a giant beast after witnessing the sight before her, causing her face to turn exceedingly pale.
How was this possible?
How did Qin Nan, who only possessed a tenth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit, make the Dao-Seeking Fish to go crazy for him?
Did the secrets of the Martial Serendipity Pavilion really possess such a powerful influence?
As for Sima Kong, Jiao Zhe, and the rest of the geniuses, they were utterly lost for words as their minds were now completely blank.
Peak Leader Luo’s eyes turned incredibly excited in the midst of his shock. As expected of Qin Nan, to break the record with ease, and acquire such a shocking result. However, he was able to swiftly collect his thoughts and utter a roar that broke the silence, “Goddamn it, you bunch of idiots, is the vision of your dog eyes clearer now? What the f**k are you all waiting for! Attack them right now! And steal Qin Nan away from them! Otherwise, I’ll f**king torture you all!”
With a loud roar, the three Peak Leaders and the envoys of the Feiyang Sacred Area were awakened, whose faces reddened immediately after.
That being said, it was not the time to feel embarrassed, as they all uttered roars and sprang in Qin Nan’s direction, like starving wolves in a desert!
“Feiyang Sacred Area, you shameless pricks; according to the deal, Qin Nan belongs to us Qinglong Sacred Area!”
Peak Leader Duanmu’s face turned furious.
You guys dare to rob Qin Nan now?
Didn’t you fail to see this coming when you were being smug in the first place?
“HAHA, Peak Leader Duanmu, we’ve never said that before!”
The three Peak Leaders’ eyes turned fiery and denied the truth. So what if we’re shameless, we must acquire Qin Nan at all costs today!
“Attention to the people of the Qinglong Sacred Area, detain all people of the Feiyang Sacred Area, and beat the crap out of them!”
Peak Leader Duanmu went completely enraged and uttered a yell.
“Show them how it’s done!”
“Shameless bastards, you dare to rob the disciple of our Qinglong Sacred Area!”
“Assholes, you dare to go back on your words in the Qinglong Sacred Area; I shall teach you a lesson today!”
“……”
The Peak Leaders and envoys immediately collected their thoughts and became enraged, resulting in a completely different attitude compared to how they treated Peak Leader Duanmu and Qin Nan in the first place.
Following this, a terrifying war took place on Duanmu Peak, which spread to its surroundings, causing the entire mountain to tremble vigorously.
If one were to look downward from above, the person would discover that in the Qinglong Mountain Range, only the towering Duanmu Peak was surrounded with countless glows and barriers, with a rumbling aura, causing the entire Qinglong Mountain Range to quaver.
If it weren’t for the ancient forbidding aura protecting Duanmu Peak, it would most likely shatter into pieces due to the destructive forces!
Meanwhile, on top of Duanmu Peak, as the battle took place, the Qinglong Sacred Area had the upper hand since they had sixteen Peak Leaders and hundreds of envoys cooperating together, and it only took them a few breaths’ time to suppress the people of the Feiyang Sacred Area.
“Qinglong Sacred Area! You’ve gone too far this time!”
At that instant, a shocking explosion could be heard, as the sky above them was torn apart. From the gap, the other eleven Peak Leaders and hundreds of envoys of the Feiyang Sacred Area forming a mighty army descended at Duanmu Peak.
“Great timing! Defeat these bunch of pricks of the Qinglong Sacred Area and snatch Qin Nan away! Remember not to harm him!”
A hint of joy appeared on Peak Leader Luo’s face after seeing the reinforcements.
Peak Leader Duanmu, Peak Leader Zhang, and the others were startled. They had not expected Peak Leader Luo to secretly inform his Sacred Area to request for backup.
“Hmm?”
The Peak Leaders and the envoys of the Feiyang Sacred Area immediately glanced toward the dojo.
Before they arrived, they had only received a transmitted message from Peak Leader Luo. According to it, a peerless genius was born, thus they instantly made their way here at a crazy speed, bringing the maximum firepower they had.
As such, they had no idea how powerful this peerless genius was. However, when they saw the nine hundred and ninety–nine Dao-Seeking Fish on the dojo, their faces turned incredibly astounded.
F**k me!
Did I f**king see it right?
Nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish!
Since when was such a monster born in the lower district?
“Get him!”
One of the Peak Leaders let out a roar after recovering from the shock.
“Go! Get him!”
The other Peak Leaders and the envoys swiftly reacted, Now is not the time to be shocked, we must acquire him at all costs!
At that instant, following the arrival of the army of the Feiyang Sacred Area, the blasting noise of the battle happening at the Duanmu Peak even shattered the sky within few thousand li of the battleground. The forbidding aura encapsulating the entire Duanmu Peak was fully executed. Despite that, the entire mountain still trembled violently, as if it was going to crumble anytime soon.
Just because a peerless genius was born, a war broke out between the two Sacred Areas!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 335 – Qin Nan’s Fury
Dao-Seeking Fish: a rare creature formed by the Heavens and Earth. It was able to detect the talents and personality of cultivators and swam toward them.
The only difference between it and the Potential Stone was that the rank of one’s Martial Spirit was not a huge factor, and it was unable to predict the future either. That being said, judging from the trials in previous years, those who had managed to attract a certain amount of Dao-Seeking Fish had ended up having a bright future.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys themselves had personally experienced the trial.
Therefore, the two Sacred Areas were going completely crazy over Qin Nan. Even the Peak Leaders put their identities aside and displayed their shamelessness to the max, waging war against each other straight away.
Why was that?
Although the Imperial Exterminator had only triggered six hundred and sixty-six Dao-Seeking Fish, his following achievements had shocked the entire lower district, although due to that particular incident, he had completely changed and slaughtered a vast amount of people.
Now that Qin Nan was the first one in the entire history to attract nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish, how terrifying would his future be?
Totally unimaginable!
Everyone knew that the two Sacred Areas were different compared to sects like the Mystic Spirit Sect. They were the two strongest factions in the lower district, thus they emphasized the future more. Most of the experts would not be full of themselves despite their status and authority. Instead, they would focus on training the younger generations, as they were the future of the sects!
All of a sudden, while Duanmu Peak was immersed in a shocking battle, a furious roar was heard.
Although the roar was considered incredibly weak in the midst of the battle, it turned out to be exceedingly clear in the ears of the crowd at that instant, as the person uttering the roar was Qin Nan, who was surrounded by the Dao-Seeking Fish!
“F**k! Stop it at once! Something’s wrong with Qin Nan!”
“Damn it, why are you still attacking, hold it right now!”
“Shit, Qin Nan’s is encountering some problems!”
“Stop stop stop; anyone who doesn’t stop now will be tortured later!
“……”
The Peak Leaders of the two Sacred Areas immediately collected their thoughts and uttered the roars.
At that instant, in just a short period of over ten breaths’ time, the calmness of Duanmu Peak was restored after the shocking explosions.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys all gathered their attention on the dojo at the same time.
After all, no one had witnessed anyone attracting nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish. Even the Peak Leaders had no idea what was happening to Qin Nan, thus they did not dare to move.
If they were to disturb the process and cause Qin Nan to be severely injured, they would feel supremely regretful.
“F**k off!”
As the place fell into a dead silence, a terrifying murderous voice exploded.
In the center of the nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish, a ferocious flame was fired into the sky, who appeared to be Qin Nan.
Currently, Qin Nan was extremely furious, who held two sabers in his hands and executed his body technique to the extreme, before emitting terrifying Saber Intents while slashing at the Dao-Seeking Fish.
This time, Qin Nan had really gone mad!
He finally realized why the Dao-Seeking Fish were staring at him, why the Dao-Seeking Fish dashed at him like a pack of starving wolves!
The reason being that the Dao-Seeking Fish were aiming for the Chaos Qi inside his body!
In just a short period, before Qin Nan could react, the Dao-Seeking Fish had managed to steal ten streams of Chaos Qi from his body!
The current situation was different than before. Since the Divine Battle Spirit had ceased to level up, the Chaos Qi had stopped appearing since then. As a result, there were only forty streams of Chaos Qi left in his body. Each stream was incredibly precious; even the mysterious copper mirror was fond of them, thus Qin Nan had treated the remaining Chaos Qi with utter care!
However, this bunch of filthy animals dared to rob him of his Chaos Qi!
“Kill!”
Qin Nan lashed out with countless of Saber Intents enclosing the nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish. On the other hand, the Dao-Seeking Fish whose bodies emitted a strong crimson glow and eyes emitted a bright blue glow showed no sign of being intimidated facing Qin Nan’s attacks. Instead, they continued to dash toward Qin Nan and attack him, resulting in a series of loud explosions.
At that instant, the Peak Leaders and the envoys of the two Sacred Areas were dumbstruck.
What…what…what…what the hell was happening?
Why…why were they fighting each other?
Throughout all the years of organizing the trial, it was their first time seeing a genius battling against the Dao-Seeking Fish!
Most importantly, under such circumstances, which side should they assist?
Was it helping Qin Nan to fight the Dao-Seeking Fish?
Or stopping Qin Nan from harming the Dao-Seeking Fish?
Even the Peak Leaders who were exceedingly experienced were left helpless on the spot, with no idea as to what they should do.
“AH!”
“Dao-Seeking Fish, you bunch of assholes!”
“I will not let you go today!”
Qin Nan’s furious voice could be heard, as his left eye vigorously emitted a golden glow and his body emitted powerful Saber Intents. Facing such a terrifying combination of attacks, even a sixth-layer Martial Dominator Realm expert would be suppressed with ease, but the Dao-Seeking Fish showed no sign of being affected.
Leaving that aside, the Dao-Seeking Fish were incredibly smart. While dodging Qin Nan’s attacks, they even knew how to execute formations, allowing a single Dao-Seeking Fish to lunge forward at a great speed and bite Qin Nan’s body, resulting in a stream of Chaos Qi being lost.
After the stream of Chaos Qi was stolen by the Dao-Seeking Fish, its body began to emit a blinding glow, as it shared the stream of Chaos Qi with each Dao-Seeking Fish in order to digest it. Following it, their aura would boost rapidly. At times, they would utter noises similar to a disdainful laugh, as if they were mocking Qin Nan.
In just a short period, Qin Nan had lost twenty-six streams of Chaos Qi out of the remaining forty streams!
“Heavenly Accumulating Strike!”
Qin Nan’s eyes coldly flickered as he leapt into the air. On his fingertip, his cultivation and his Saber Intent, etc. were all being accumulated, resulting in a terrifying blow.
The faces of the stunned Peak Leaders and envoys in mid-air turned pale as they let out curses.
The school of Dao-Seeking Fish emitted an intense glow after detecting the sense of a threat, before they spread out in all directions.
“Die you motherf**kers!”
Qin Nan’s eyes were locked onto hundreds of the Dao-Seeking Fish who failed to escape in time. He was about to execute his Heavenly Accumulating Strike without showing any mercy.
However, at that instant, a rare phenomenon took place.
From Qin Nan’s body, a boiling gust of wind was emitted in all directions from his pores.
It was as if he had transformed into an atavistic beast at that instant. Upon opening his mouth, an endless gust of wind was spat out from his throat, resulting in a tornado sweeping the dojo, causing the temperature of the place to rise, as if summer had arrived.
“Shit!”
Qin Nan was startled.
The Nine-Lined Golden Core could no longer be suppressed, as the Tribulation was triggered!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 336 – Joining Forces to Battle Against the Dao-Seeking Fish
The Peak Leaders and the envoys on Duanmu Peak were astounded after seeing this.
“What’s going on; why was the Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm taking place here!”
“Shit, to trigger the Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm at this time; will Qin Nan be able to survive it?”
“Damn it! Why would it occur at the worst time!”
“What should we do now?”
“……”
The authorities of the two Sacred Areas could feel their hearts being hung due to the rare phenomenon.
Peak Duanmu was startled. A vigorous glow burst out from his eyes as a sudden thought came to him, who then uttered a yell, “Guys, don’t panic! Don’t you guys know the significance behind the Tribulation being triggered even with the two Sacred Areas gathered here?”
The words served as a ray of lightning striking down in the hearts of the crowd.
According to the rumors, when a rule-defying presence was being born, a grand occasion was a must, like the ascension of an emperor!
The sight taking place before them could be considered one of the grandest in the entire lower district!
At that instant, Qin Nan had triggered the Tribulation, which no doubt meant that he was going to give birth to a law-defying Inner Core!
Following the thought, their worried looks vanished, as they could not help but feel excited.
As expected of Qin Nan!
As expected of the presence who attracted nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish!
How incredible would the Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm be?
Meanwhile, the participants stared at Qin Nan’s figure with blank expressions.
What was the definition of a peerless genius?
This was it!
One whose entry was able to cause the two Sacred Areas to go crazy!
On the other hand, Jiang Bilan’s face had turned incredibly pale. Due to her identity as the Saintess and her ninth-grade Xuan ranked Martial Spirit, her future was to ascend to the upper district. However, a tiny Qin Nan had now surpassed her, leaving her a huge distance behind.
How could this be? This was not possible!
Either way, on this particular day, any genius would lose their charm standing in front of Qin Nan.
This day belonged to Qin Nan only!
Shoosh Shoosh Shoosh!
The ferocious wind emitting from Qin Nan’s body grew stronger, and above him, a disturbance similar to the rippling of the surface of water could be seen, which was the sign of the force of the Heavens and Earth being accumulated.
The Dao-Seeking Fish that were aware of the danger of the Heavenly Accumulating Strike turned around at that instant and swam toward Qin Nan’s figure once again, as a louder mocking noise could be heard.
Still dares to resist?
Humph Humph!
“F**king hell!”
Qin Nan’s face turned utterly dark; This bunch of Dao-Seeking Fish was extremely shameless indeed, daring to rob him when the Tribulation was triggered.
“Kill!”
Qin Nan was utterly mad at that instant, as he did not care about his Inner Core anymore. Killing one counts, and killing a pair counts too!
However, due to the influence of the force of the Heavens and Earth, the strength exhorted by Qin Nan’s Inner Core turned weaker and weaker, causing his damage to be weakened. He could no longer resist the Dao-Seeking Fish.
The Dao-Seeking Fish sprang toward Qin Nan’s figure and bit his body. In just a short period of time, they had managed to steal over ten streams of Chaos Qi!
“What are you waiting for?”
Qin Nan’s face turned pale as he uttered a roar at the copper mirror inside his Divine Sense.
Only four streams of Chaos Qi remained inside his body!
Buzz!
The copper mirror emitted a blinding glow, as the icy female voice descended from above the nine heavens with a hint of anger, “How bold of these filthy animals, daring to steal the Chaos Qi when I’m not around!”
Following the roar, a shocking aura was emitted from Qin Nan’s body.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys on Duanmu Peak were utterly astounded.
The Dao-Seeking Fish that had kept on bullying Qin Nan halted in their tracks, whose eyes were filled with extreme terror, causing them to flee in all directions.
Meanwhile, an atavistic force descended from an unknown world as if it had traveled across an endless distance. However, an invisible restricting force descended deep within the copper mirror all of a sudden.
“Qin Nan, something unexpected has occurred, you are on your own!”
The icy female voice suddenly spoke.
“WHAT?”
Qin Nan’s face was filled with a twisted expression.
I’m on my own?
Aren’t you a powerful presence; can’t you even deal with these Dao-Seeking Fish?
However, Qin Nan was clueless as to the secrets behind the reason. If he knew the secrets, he would have chosen to remain silent.
Meanwhile, the atavistic pressure from the copper mirror instantly dissipated. The Peak Leaders and the envoys wore blank expressions as their eyes stared at Qin Nan’s figure. What just happened there, why was there such a terrifying pressure?
Was it a mere illusion?
It was as if the fleeing Dao-Seeking Fish were aware of the change, who once again uttered mocking laughs and launched themselves at Qin Nan.
The remaining four streams of Chaos Qin inside Qin Nan’s body were completely devoured!
“Assholes!”
Qin Nan’s face turned exceedingly twisted.
Apart from Princess Miao Miao, this was his first time being robbed, and the culprit was a bunch of weird Dao-Seeking Fish!
At that instant, the golden Core inside Qin Nan’s body began to buzz vigorously, as if an atavistic beast was uttering a spectacular roar.
“Phew!”
Qin Nan exhaled deeply, gradually calming his thoughts.
His first priority now was to survive the Tribulation. Following it, he would have plenty of time to deal with the Dao-Seeking Fish!
“Unleash!”
After making up his mind, Qin Nan ignored the presence of the Dao-Seeking Fish straight away, and with a thought, his Inner Core was released from his body.
The Inner Core rose into the air, as the nine golden lines on its surface emitted a brilliant golden glow, like nine golden suns rising into the sky all of a sudden.
The accumulated force of the Heavens and Earth in the surrounding space turned vigorous, resulting in the area within three li of Qin Nan’s figure to be twisted and encapsulated within a high pressure.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys were dumbfounded after seeing the sight.
“What’s this?”
“Nine-Lined Golden Core? My god, does the legend really exist?”
“F**k me! What kind of Inner Core is that, I’ve never seen one like it before!”
“Gasp! The entry of this Inner Core even caused the force of the Heavens and Earth within three li to boil!”
“……”
Many of the envoys were utterly astonished, as they had never seen this golden Core before.
Only the Peak Leaders of the two Sacred Areas held their breaths as if their necks were being clenched. They had learned this from the ancient books before!
But, did this mean the legend was real?
Are you f**king kidding me!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 337 – Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Zhang
“Attention everyone, some of you might not know this.” Peak Leader Duanmu took a deep breath and said in a serious tone, “For Atavistic Cultivators, their Inner Cores are also known as Golden Cores, with the classification of different levels. The first level is three golden lines. The second is six golden lines, and the third is nine golden lines! According to the ancient records, those who managed to form a Nine-Lined Golden Core were referred to as Supreme Emperors! In other words, below the Martial Ancestor Realm, one who possessed a Nine-Lined Golden Core would be the strongest!”
The crowd of envoys was utterly shocked.
The same figure appeared in their minds at the same time: the Imperial Exterminator, Tang Qingshan!
The Imperial Exterminator, Tang Qingshan, had mastered the well-known Imperial Mortal Scriptures, which allowed him to dominate cultivators in the same realm! However, the current Qin Nan was also considered the strongest among the cultivators of the same realm without practicing the Imperial Mortal Scriptures!
The Supreme Emperor; how imperious is that!
“Impressive! Impressive!”
“Qin Nan’s rising will definitely lead the lower district!”
“How is that enough? In my opinion, he will surely surpass the Imperial Exterminator’s achievements!”
“……”
The envoys exclaimed.
Meanwhile, the envoys and the Peak Leaders wore pairs of fiery eyes.
A peerless genius like him, we must recruit him to our Sacred Area!
If they were able to acquire Qin Nan, they wouldn’t need to worry about the future of their Sacred Area. Once Qin Nan grew stronger, it would lead the entire sect to a brilliant future!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
As the force of the Heavens and Earth turned vigorous, a thick stormy cloud was swiftly gathered. In the midst of the cloud, it was no longer a blue rumbling lightning, but purple rays of lightning, resulting in a shocking scene.
Seeing it, the crowd of envoys was shocked.
“That’s a Nine-Lined Golden Core, how many zhang will the stormy cloud of the Tribulation be?”
“I remember that according to the records, the Imperial Exterminator triggered a five-hundred-zhang stormy cloud when he was leveling up to the Martial Emperor Realm; even the two Sacred Areas were dumbfounded hearing that!”
“Looking at the Saints of our Sacred Area, or the Prospective Saints, or the legendary authorities, the stormy clouds they triggered were around three hundred to four hundred zhang!”
“Qin Nan will surely surpass them all!”
“……”
Apart from the envoys, the eyes of the thirty-two Peak Leaders of the two Sacred Areas were filled with great anticipation.
Qin Nan has broken the Imperial Exterminator’s legendary record in the trial of the Dao-Seeking Fish!
Now that the Tribulation was triggered, can he beat the Imperial Exterminator’s legendary record once again?
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The stormy clouds accumulating in the sky were spread toward the surroundings, as a terrifying aura was emitted.
One hundred zhang!
Two hundred zhang!
Three hundred zhang!
Four hundred zhang!
At that instant, the Peak Leaders and the envoys were astounded, as if their hearts were hung in their throats.
Five hundred zhang!
The Peak Leaders and the envoys shuddered violently!
Six hundred Zhang!
Upon reaching six hundred and sixty-six zhang, the Tribulation finally stopped growing.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys on Duanmu Peak were lost for words.
Six hundred and sixty-six zhang!
How crazy was that?
It’s one hundred and sixty-six zhang more than the Imperial Exterminator’s Tribulation!
Another legendary record was completely broken by Qin Nan!
“Monster…Monster…Monster…”
Among the geniuses, only Sima Kong was able to retain his thoughts. Despite that, his face wore a blank expression as he mumbled to himself.
As a man who was marked with five black lines by the Trading Alliance, in terms of knowledge, the amount of stuff he knew was even more than the Peak Leaders. Despite that, even his knowledge proved to be useless today!
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan suddenly frowned.
He could faintly feel that after the six hundred and sixty-six zhang Tribulation was formed, his Nine-Lined Golden Core appeared to be slightly unsatisfied.
It was as if the Core was trying to complain that this six hundred and sixty-six zhang Tribulation was nowhere enough to match his identity.
“What’s going on?”
Qin Nan’s left eye emitted a golden glow as he glanced toward the sky.
With a glimpse, he immediately detected a concealed force of the Heavens and Earth being accumulated behind the stormy clouds, with a hint of unfriendliness.
“The calamity of Atavistic Cultivation!”
Qin Nan was startled.
When he was trying to level up to the Martial Emperor Realm at the Mystic Spirit Sect, he did encounter the calamity too, but back then his Inner Core had transformed into a colorful Inner Core after merging with the will of the left eye of the Divine God of Battle, granting it an incredible strength that was able to shatter the calamity into pieces.
Initially, Qin Nan thought the calamity had thoroughly dissipated after being shattered last time, but it appeared again this time!
“It seems like the force of the calamity hindered the growth of the Tribulation of the Nine-Lined Golden Core, resulting in the Tribulation stopping at six hundred and sixty-six zhang! Furthermore, it seems like the force of the calamity is still growing, in order to snipe my Nine-Lined Golden Core!”
Qin Nan wore a stern look as he swiftly discovered the secrets behind it.
This type of atavistic calamity was extremely difficult to deal with. It almost knocked his Inner Core back into his body last time. Besides, the force of the calamity was even stronger now, posing a great threat to his level up.
What should I do now?
“Damn it, I don’t have any Chaos Qi left. Otherwise, I could merge the Chaos Qi with my Inner Core to improve its power!”
Qin Nan instinctively clenched his fists tight.
Thanks to these goddamned Dao-Seeking Fish!
The Peak Leaders and the envoys finally realized something was wrong as they saw the Tribulation showed no sign of descending.
“Calamity! Qin Nan used to be an Atavistic Cultivator!”
“This ain’t good! Many geniuses in the past failed to level up to the Martial Emperor Realm because of it!”
“Shit, what now?”
“……”
The Peak Leaders and the envoys felt their hearts being hung again, as if they were the ones trying to level up instead of Qin Nan himself, causing them to turn exceedingly worried.
At that instant, a rare phenomenon took place.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A series of explosions took place all of a sudden.
Each of the nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish fired a crimson glow from their bodies into the sky. Following this, an imperious aura was formed, which was nothing weaker than Qin Nan’s six hundred and sixty-six zhang Tribulation.
At that instant, the Peak Leaders and the envoys were stunned.
What the hell was going on?
Why were the Dao-Seeking Fish experiencing a rare change too?
Qin Nan’s attention was attracted by the rare occurrence as well. With a glimpse, his face was filled with astonishment.
What the hell, were these Dao-Seeking Fish evolving?
Qin Nan was stunned for a brief moment before he immediately came to a realization. The Dao-Seeking Fish were crazily sucking the Chaos Qi from his body. It was highly possible that the Chaos Qi was extremely beneficial for them, which caused them to evolve now!
The question was, what would these Dao-Seeking Fish evolve into?
BANG!
At that moment, each of the Dao-Seeking Fish emitted a blinding red light from their bodies, which struck a specific spot in the air, resulting in a shocking explosion. Following it, an ancient-looking arch doorway slowly appeared, with the grunt of the ocean being emitted from it.
As the red glow on the bodies of the Dao-Seeking Fish disappeared, they immediately swam toward the arch doorway as their eyes flickered with a vigorous glow, before they leapt into the air into the arch doorway.
Fish leapt through the Dragon’s Gate, and soared into the sky!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
TL Note: This is a reference to an ancient Chinese myth.
According to the tales, in the ancient era, since the water of the Yellow River of China was relatively polluted, ordinary fish would not be able to live inside it. Only the carp species which is more tolerant of the environment they lived in were able to survive. Furthermore, the water they lived in was muddy, causing the scales on the carp to look ‘golden-ish’. The people back then realized that in every year’s spring, these ‘golden’ carps would swim in the reverse direction of the current and tried to leap through the ‘Dragon’s Gate’ (known as Yumen Kou today). However, since the current was too strong, no fish was able to leap through the Dragon’s Gate successfully. Therefore, the people thought that if a carp managed to leap through the Dragon’s Gate, it would evolve into a dragon.
Chapter 338 – The Contest of Life and Death
“Fish leaping into the Dragon’s Gate?”
“My god, these Dao-Seeking Fish can still evolve!”
“F**k, are they trying to evolve into Dao-Seeking Dragons?”
“……”
The Peak Leaders and envoys exclaimed in astonishment.
‘Fish leaping into the Dragon’s Gate‘, it was a popular saying among the cultivators regarding an old legend. It was said that every fish possessed dragon’s blood. After thousands of years of cultivation, the fish would then be able to trigger the Dragon’s Gate, and evolve into a real dragon after leaping into it.
Many of the ancient fish-type beasts did manage to evolve into true dragons in the past.
That being said, these Dao-Seeking Fish were not beasts at all; they were rare beings formed by the Heavens and Earth.
Shoosh! Shoosh! Shoosh!
The Dao-Seeking Fish leapt into the Dragon’s Gate one after another, and from the deep region inside the gate, it felt like an incredible force was being accumulated, as if a powerful presence was being born.
“The assholes, trying to evolve into real dragons with my Chaos Qi!”
Qin Nan clenched his teeth while staring at the sight.
If it weren’t for the incoming Tribulation, he would surely spring forward and slash the Dragon’s Gate into half.
BANG!
All of a sudden, an explosion took place behind the stormy cloud, which turned out to be the calamity of the Atavistic Cultivation finishing gathering its force, which transformed into a blurry figure of a giant hand like the God’s hand reaching out to the Nine-Lined Golden Core.
The Nine-Lined Golden Core began to buzz after sensing the danger, which seemed to turn furious as the will of the Blazing Sun Golden Armor Body Technique, etc. burst out from it.
BANG!
Even the Nine-Lined Golden Core could not match the strength of the blurry figure of the giant hand, causing it to be constantly knocked back.
Qin Nan’s face turned pale too as his figure was knocked back with the Core, causing his aura to be weakened.
The Peak Leaders and the envoys whose attention was attracted by the Dao-Seeking Fish before turn panicked after witnessing the scene, causing their bodies to feel tense. They clearly knew that the real challenge for Qin Nan was not the Tribulation, but the calamity of Atavistic Cultivation. Furthermore, they were not allowed to interfere with the calamity; Qin Nan could only face the calamity with his own strength!
“Trying to snipe me last time, and this time too; do you really think I’m one to be bullied easily?”
Qin Nan felt his throat being filled with blood. That being said, the injury managed to awaken the pride in his bones, as he immediately unleashed his Divine Sense and controlled his Nine-Lined Golden Core to dash forward at the calamity instead of backing off.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Each time the Nine-Lined Golden Core collided with the calamity, it would result in a shockwave in the surroundings, as if the space was being twisted.
Although the Nine-Lined Golden Core appeared to be the weak side, its strength was still extraordinary enough, allowing it to not be defeated in a short period of time.
Meanwhile, the nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao Seeking Fish had all leapt into the Dragon’s Gate. Following this, a powerful force exploded deep within the Dragon’s Gate, as if a huge creature was taking form.
ROAR!
A shocking and imperious roar could be heard.
The crowd could only see a five-zhang-long giant purple fish with a pair of wings, a pair of golden eyes, and scales like a dragon on its body soaring into the sky with an imperious aura.
Different than the Dao-Seeking Fish, its entire aura had fully merged with the Heavens and Earth. With a thought, the ground shook tremendously. Apart from that, a mystical glow was emitted from its eyes, filled with intelligence.
“Human, you dare to oppose me; now that your Tribulation is here, I shall teach you a good lesson!”
The giant purple fish stared at Qin Nan with a disdainful look, as it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a force of the Heavens and Earth, firing at the calamity taking the shape of a blurry giant hand.
The scene took place so quick that the Peak Leaders and the envoys did not manage to capture it.
Qin Nan held his breath.
Following this, the aura of the giant hand turned powerful all of a sudden, causing the hand to actually materialize, before crushing down on the Nine-Lined Golden Pill.
BANG!
The Nine-Lined Golden Core was severely damaged, causing its aura to be extremely weakened. Even cracks could be seen on its surface.
PU!
Qin Nan’s face turned incredibly pale as if his body had just collided with a giant beast, causing him to spurt out a mouthful of blood, leaving him in an exceedingly weakened state.
“HAHA, I’m really being taken good care of by the Heavens and Earth! I did not expect to stumble into a Nine-Lined Golden Core as soon as I was born! I shall devour your Golden Core now, and evolve into an Atavistic Dao-Seeking Dragon!” The eyes of the giant purple fish were filled with a smug look.
Although it had managed to leap into the Dragon’s Gate after absorbing Qin Nan’s Chaos Qi, it had yet to evolve into a real dragon.
If it were to devour the Nine-Lined Golden Core, it would truly evolve into one!
Shoosh!
With a flicker, the giant purple fish immediately arrived above the Nine-Lined Golden Core, as it opened its bloody mouth and tried to devour it.
“How bold!”
“Bastard!”
“Stop it you filthy piece of shit!”
“Not on my watch!”
“……”
At that instant, the Peak Leaders finally reacted and became enraged, causing the entire Duanmu Peak and the Heavens and Earth to shake violently.
Even though they had no idea what exactly this purple giant fish was, it was trying to devour Qin Nan’s Nine-Lined Golden Core?
I don’t care what you are doing, but you are seeking death with your action right now!
The giant purple fish had expected this. Initially, when he first discovered the Chaos Qi inside Qin Nan’s body, it did not act straight away as it was scared of these experts. However, after Qin Nan took the initiative to approach the Dao-Seeking Fish, they finally had the chance to suck his Chaos Qi without alerting the Peak Leaders. Everything was going according to its plan; even the Peak Leaders would not be able to slaughter it in such a short time.
Once it consumed the Nine-Lined Golden Core, it could roam the Heavens and Earth at its free will; these Peak Leaders would no longer be a threat!
“Shit!”
The injured Qin Nan sensed grave danger at that instant.
If the Nine-Lined Golden Core were to be devoured by this asshole, the consequences would be unimaginable!
In the nick of time, countless thoughts flashed across Qin Nan’s mind, as if a switch had been toggled.
He was even calmer when his life was at stake!
“There must be some way!”
“I can’t let it devour my Core!”
“……”
Qin Nan’s mind was tensed to the extreme.
Meanwhile, it was as if it had gone in slow-motion. The actions of the Peak Leaders slowed down, the giant purple fish’s speed was also incredibly decreased.
Buzz!
Qin Nan’s eyes emitted a mystical glow when a sudden thought came to his mind!
This giant purple fish was the product of nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish evolving, and those nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish had only managed to evolve after sucking his Chaos Qi!
Chaos Qi was something that belonged to him, something that originated from the Atavistic World.
Previously at Jianghuang City, he had managed to detonate the Weapon Spirits in the weapons by controlling the Chaos Qi!
Although this giant purple fish had absorbed the Chaos Qi, the primary force of the Chaos Qi still remained inside its body!
He could control the Chaos Qi, same as last time!
“Either way, I should try doing it now!”
Qin Nan immediately unleashed his Divine Sense in a crazy manner and encapsulated the figure of the giant purple fish in this time of life and death.
The purple giant fish hesitated slightly. Following this, it fiercely bit at the Golden Core without hesitation.
One inch!
Half an inch!
The entire Nine-Lined Golden Core was totally devoured by the giant purple fish, which wore an excited expression on its face.
Meanwhile, Qin Nan’s eyes emitted a mystical glow!
I did it!
He finally established connection with the countless strands of Chaos Qi inside the body of the giant purple fish!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
Chapter 339 – Startling the Sacred Leaders
“Qin Nan!”
The faces of Peak Leaders Duanmu and the others turned incredibly pale at that instant.
Too late!
We were too late!
How did we not notice that this giant purple fish possessed such an evil intent!
Even with thirty-two Peak Leaders and hundreds of envoys of the two Sacred Areas, they still failed to protect Qin Nan?
Peak Leader Duanmu, Peak Leader Zhang, and Peak Leader Luo, in particular, felt their hearts being stabbed with blades after recollecting the events in the past.
The peerless genius that was finally discovered after Tang Qingshan spent hundreds of years searching for him.
Tang Qingshan personally knelt down before Qin Nan.
The hope in their hearts.
Just because of their carelessness, he was about to be killed!
“Detonate!”
Qin Nan uttered a raging roar all of a sudden.
The joyful expression on the giant purple fish’s face instantly stiffened, as inside his body, an incredible force exploded in every part of its flesh at a rapid speed.
“How is this…”
The giant purple fish was extremely terrified.
At that instant, he finally realized Qin Nan’s plan.
But, that ancient presence, how could this weakling control it?
Wasn’t this guy a mere half-Martial Emperor Realm presence; how was he able to control the Chaos Qi?
BANG!
Before the giant purple fish could react, every piece of its flesh exploded instantly, causing it to be engulfed in flames as it transformed into a giant burning fish.
A cry of agony immediately filled the sky; In the meantime, Qin Nan had already sent a command with his Divine Sense to retrieve his Nine-Lined Golden Core from the giant purple fish’s mouth when it uttered the cry.
At that instant, the Peak Leaders wore stunned expressions; What the hell was happening?
Peak Leader Duanmu and the others turned joyful.
They couldn’t care less about the truth!
They only knew that Qin Nan was still alive. His Nine-Lined Golden Core was not devoured by that goddamned giant purple fish!
“Asshole, Die!”
The thirty-two Peak Leaders stood in mid-air. Every single one of them wore expressionless faces, as an imperious aura locked onto the giant purple fish’s figure.
However, at that instant, a rare phenomenon took place.
The icy female voice could be heard once again coming from the copper mirror inside Qin Nan’s mind, as if the previous forbidding presence had been shattered, “You miniscule ant dares to pry into my belongings! Qin Nan, I’ll offer you assistance so you can level up to the Martial Emperor Realm, and in return, you will owe me a favor!”
“Hmm?”
Qin Nan was startled.
BANG!
Before the Peak Leaders could execute their killing blows, a stream of an atavistic force was suddenly fired onto the giant purple fish’s figure from Qin Nan’s mind.
“AH! How is this possible! This is the forbidden power! How could this forbidden power exist! Did someone actually break the atavistic curse of the Canglan Continent…” The giant purple fish let out a cry in agony. Instead of describing it as agony, referring to it as terror should be more accurate.
Before it could finish the words, its figure turned blurry once again, as if its flesh was shattered, with its soul remaining.
“Qin Nan, devour its soul!”
The icy female voice said.
“Devour it?”
Qin Nan was stunned, but he quickly reacted, as he commanded the Nine-Line Golden Core to fly straight at the giant purple fish’s soul.
After all, this giant purple fish was formed after nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish leapt into the Dragon’s Gate, a miraculous being of the Heavens and Earth that possessed great mysteries. If it were to be devoured by the Nine-Lined Golden Core, it would bring an indescribable change to his Inner Core!
Shoosh!
The giant purple fish’s soul was instantly consumed by the Nine-Lined Golden Core, causing the nine golden lines on its surface to shudder violently, before they transformed into a golden dragon marking the surface of the Core!
The nine lines had merged with the purple fish and transformed into a real dragon!
ROAR!
A heaven-shocking roar of a dragon burst out from the surface of the Dragon-Lined Golden Core, causing the Heavens and Earth to tremble!
The Peak Leaders were thoroughly stunned. Even with their cultivation realms, they had no idea what had just taken place. They only knew that Qin Nan had used some sort of incredible treasure to shatter the flesh of the giant purple fish and consumed its soul with his Inner Core!
“This…This…”
Peak Leaders Duanmu and the others shuddered slightly.
Nine-Lined Golden Core, allowing one to be called the Supreme Emperor.
But what kind of an Inner Core was this Dragon-Lined Inner Core?
BANG!
As soon as the Dragon-Lined Inner Core was born, a tremendous power taking the form of a golden beam of light struck the calamity of Atavistic Cultivation.
The entire calamity was instantly shattered by the destructive force!
ROAR!
As soon as the calamity was resolved, Qin Nan could feel the sight before him to turn clearer. His Dragon-Lined Inner Core also uttered a roar in its excitement, as Qin Nan locked his gaze onto the stormy cloud above him.
At that instant, the force of Heavens and Earth rumbled, as the six hundred and sixty-six zhang stormy clouds rapidly grew!
Seven hundred zhang!
Eight hundred zhang!
Nine hundred zhang!
Upon reaching nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang, the stormy cloud finally stopped growing.
If someone were to glance downward from above, the person would see the entire dojo being covered by a huge stormy cloud. Inside the clouds were rumbling thunders, which possessed an insanely destructive force, similar to that of an apocalypse!
At that instant, the Tribulation was yet to descend, but the Peak Leaders and the envoys felt their hearts being filled with countless explosions.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang!
The Tribulation was nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang wide!
No one in history had heard of or witnessed such a terrifying Tribulation of the Martial Emperor Realm!
BANG!
At that instant, the entire Qinglong Mountain Range shuddered violently, as a powerful presence within the mountain range slowly opened its eyes.
Following this, a shocking phenomenon took place in the entire Qinglong Sacred Area.
“Who’s that? Such law-defying talent!”
The words exploded on all sixteen mountains of the Qinglong Sacred Area!
Even the event where nine hundred and ninety-nine Dao-Seeking Fish being triggered had failed to attract his attention. However, when the nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang Tribulation was formed, he was totally startled!
He was the Sacred Leader of the Qinglong Sacred Area!
Meanwhile, at the Feiyang Sacred Area of the lower district.
Deep within the Feiyang Sacred Area, a similar presence was hibernating. However, at that instant, the eyes of the person sprang open rapidly, which emitted a mystical glow, as if his vision was able to travel an incredible distance.
“Such talent being born in the lower district!”
The ancient presence rose from the ground instantly. His awakening had caused the entire Feiyang Sacred Area to shudder violently.
He was the Sacred Leader of the Feiyang Sacred Area!
Translator: XephiZ
Editor: DOCuinn
TL Note: There is a reason the author uses the number ‘666’. It doesn’t mean the devil in this case. In Chinese, it means ‘溜溜溜’. The word 溜 has the pronunciation (Liu) as 六 (六 means 6), and it means smooth. Thus, there is a trend now where people comment ‘666’ after witnessing something impressive.
To all,
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