Breakthrough On The Flying Boat

• Chapter 8: Breakthrough on the Flying Boat

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PS: Sorry for the late upload, btw I won't upload any bonus chapter for reaching 10+ power stones today (not today but tomorrow hehe)

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After calming his mind, Su Mu looked solemnly at the spirit stones before him.

Although that perverted Empress always teased him, she had indeed given so much. So, he decided to forgive her just this once.

Su Mu hypnotized himself into thinking this way, hoping it would help him ignore the psychological trauma inflicted by the Empress.

There was no one in the boat's cabin. Su Mu gazed at the drifting clouds outside, took a deep breath, and prepared to cultivate.

He still preferred to sit cross-legged, despite being a small fox now. Taking a spirit stone from his bag, he pressed it to his forehead. Instantly, the mark on his brow glowed, and a transparent seed slowly floated out from it, landing behind him.

As the milky white spiritual energy from the spirit stone flowed in, the seed gradually began to shine, becoming visibly brighter.

A strong suction force emanated from his brow, causing the spirit stones in his bag to erupt with milky white light.

Rich spiritual energy enveloped Su Mu's small figure. From a distance, he resembled a spiritual pill.

The powerful spiritual fluctuations alerted the Empress, who appeared behind Su Mu in an instant.

"What strong spiritual energy." She noticed the bag of spirit stones still emitting energy and was surprised.

Human meridians were known to be weak, and though the energy in spirit stones was mild, ordinary people wouldn't consume them like Su Mu was. Typically, one spirit stone was enough for an hour of absorption. The demon race… The Empress's expression grew complex, even she felt a tinge of envy.

The Empress waved off the guards who had rushed up from the lower deck. Seeing the Empress present, they bowed and retreated.

Finally, the transparent seed was fully wrapped in spiritual energy, turning milky white. Cracks began to appear on its surface, and more emerged. A tiny, ethereal sprout began to break through.

Su Mu felt a warm energy surging through his blood, feeling better than ever. His cultivation, already at the peak of the Qi Refinement stage, began to rise.

Suddenly, Su Mu seemed to have absorbed enough spiritual energy, and two distinct energies started to awaken within him.

One was gentle, the other sharp. Su Mu felt a surge of joy—the gentle energy came from his current body, while the sharp one originated from his shattered Nascent Soul.

Guiding these energies through his meridians as described in the Demon Ancestor's scriptures, he completed a circulation and directed them to the two tails behind him. The sprout behind him absorbed this energy and grew.

Su Mu didn't notice his originally pale gold spiritual energy turning pinkish. His ear tips and tail tips were also gradually tinged with peach color, blending with the original white fur to form a gradient. This transformation was a result of the Demon Ancestor's bloodline within him, subtly evolving his own.

As time passed, Su Mu's cultivation grew increasingly powerful. Golden symbols circled him, then flowed into the sprout behind him, making his serious little face look solemn.

The sprout began to extend branches, forming roots and veins, resembling a real jade orchid tree.

The Empress narrowed her eyes in surprise. She hadn't paid much attention to Su Mu's origins, but such a cultivation method… even her supreme techniques couldn't spontaneously form a phenomenal image like this. Even the self-proclaimed supreme demon emperors of the Eastern Wilderness couldn't match this foundation. Su Mu seemed to hide many secrets. Her curiosity was piqued.

In no time, Su Mu's aura changed. The golden symbols dispersed, and a wave of pink spiritual energy surged into the mark on his brow. The aura of the Foundation Establishment stage spread, and thunderclouds began to form in the sky.

The Empress waved her hand, and both of them vanished from the boat. The emerging Pei Xuan Yin only saw a faint, fading illusory tree where Su Mu had sat.

"The little fox is about to undergo the Foundation Establishment tribulation?" Pei Xuan Yin's eyes widened in surprise. Recalling the little fox clinging to her ear, she bit her lip. Oh no, the little fox's bite will hurt even more after she reaches the Foundation Establishment. I need to train harder too!

The Empress watched Su Mu, who was now sitting cross-legged mid-air within a formation. A tribulation this intense for the Foundation Establishment stage? It was comparable to the Golden Core tribulation. She felt a bit worried. Even though demon bodies were strong, overcoming such a powerful tribulation of three sets of nine lightning bolts would be no easy feat.

Though they were above the clouds, the oppressive atmosphere of the tribulation was palpable.

The Empress kept her distance. If her own tribulation were triggered by her presence, the little fox would be instantly vaporized.

The tribulation represented a pivotal evolutionary leap. Each tribulation was a chance for the soul to mature, though it also carried great danger. A slight mistake could result in ruin.

Finally, thunder roared, and a lightning bolt as thick as a barrel struck silently. The Empress's eyes flashed with concern.

But the next moment, the bell on Su Mu's neck floated up, absorbing his spiritual energy and colliding with the lightning. In an instant, the formidable lightning disappeared without a trace. The bell jingled merrily.

Inside the bell, Xiao Bai watched gleefully as the tribulation energy crackled around her. The tingling sensation made her shiver in delight. Soon, she would reunite with her master. She was thrilled!

The mountain and river patterns on the bell glowed faintly, exuding a distinct aura. After eons of dormancy, the bell had finally awakened. Baptized by the tribulation, Su Mu's spiritual energy was imprinted within it, marking the true refinement of the bell.

At that moment, a mysterious energy from the bell surged into Su Mu's body through the red ribbon.

A profound sense of time emanated, freezing space and halting the tribulation. Only the bell swayed gently.

Under the infusion of this primordial force, a dense golden mist enveloped Su Mu, expanding rapidly.

Once the last bit of energy merged into the mist, space returned to normal, and the halted tribulation resumed.

Each lightning bolt struck the bell, but like rain into the ocean, it caused no ripples, only making the bell's patterns shine brighter.

Inside the space, the bell's faint primordial energy grew stronger, manifesting and merging into Xiao Bai's body.

Her once ethereal form solidified, and the illusionary landscape beneath her feet became vivid and real.

Xiao Bai smiled. "Finally I will be able to see you again!, Master, I'm coming!"

To be continued...