Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The Flood Dragon Pearl and the Sea-Turning Fork are water-attribute treasures. Since Lu Cheng'an couldn't unleash their full power, he left them in his cave.

After explaining to Shi Ningyu and Lu Wenxing what had happened after he broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, Lu Cheng'an secretly left the Lu family and sped off towards the Vast Desert.

Not long after, Lu Chengan entered Yanzhou.

In recent years, there has been no unusual activity in the Hanhai Desert, and its area has not continued to expand into Yanzhou. The cultivation world in Yanzhou has been developing steadily over the years.

However, the previous encroachment of the Hanhai Desert on Yanzhou's territory had a significant impact on Yanzhou, causing a decrease in the overall concentration of spiritual energy, which has not yet recovered.

When Lu Cheng'an left Yanzhou last time, he had a very unpleasant encounter with the cultivators of the Tianhuo Sect and the Jiuxiao Sect.

Therefore, after arriving in Yanzhou, Lu Cheng'an did not disturb the cultivators there, but instead passed through Yanzhou and entered the Hanhai Desert.

Lu Cheng'an was heading to the place where the Sand Demon was born.

That place is deep within the vast desert, filled with the power of the two great Daos of fire and earth, and also possesses extremely rich spiritual energy.

At that time, Lu Cheng'an felt that the spiritual energy surging there was of a higher quality, more like the spiritual energy released by a fifth-order spiritual vein.

However, at that time he lacked confidence in his own abilities and did not investigate further.

His strength has greatly improved compared to before, and he now possesses fifth-tier treasures such as the Three Yang Divine Fire Sword.

Even if he encountered a true Nascent Soul stage cultivator, he was confident he could escape.

"This is where the Sand Demon was born!"

Clouds surged beneath Lu Cheng'an's feet as he remained suspended above the land where the sand demon was born, without descending directly.

He then released his Nascent Soul power to investigate the situation below.

"It really is a fifth-tier spiritual vein!"

Lu Cheng'an's eyes flickered slightly. After his Nascent Soul power seeped into the ground below, he quickly detected the existence of a fifth-order spiritual vein a hundred feet underground.

That fifth-order spiritual vein was enveloped by the rich power of both fire and earth, and a large number of fire lotuses were also being nurtured within the vein.

These fire lotuses are not true life forms, but rather manifestations of the power of fire.

Lu Cheng'an's focus is on the Fire Dao Domain. If he were to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm in such an environment, the difficulty of the breakthrough would be somewhat reduced.

"No sand monsters were detected!"

Lu Cheng'an frowned deeply. He used his Nascent Soul power to carefully search the area, but found no trace of the Sand Demon.

He knew perfectly well that he had not completely killed the sand demons before.

The sand demons he killed were very likely created by humans.

The information he received from the white dragon also confirmed this: the Vast Desert was a place where immortals were buried.

Those sand demons may have been created by high-level cultivators buried in the vast desert.

After a moment of silence, Lu Cheng'an slowly dispersed the clouds beneath his feet and descended into the vast desert below.

He then used his earth-遁 (earth-遁) technique to infiltrate the area below where the fifth-order spiritual vein was located.

He has no other choice now. Although this place is fraught with danger, it is the only region he has found where he can break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

No matter what dangers lurk here, he is determined to break through to the Nascent Soul realm here.

The fifth-order spiritual vein was located about a hundred feet underground, and in a short while, Lu Cheng'an entered the spiritual vein.

"This is the spiritual energy nurtured by a fifth-order spiritual vein; it is indeed incomparable to that of a fourth-order spiritual vein!"

Lu Cheng'an silently sensed the surging spiritual energy within the spiritual vein, and then began to sense the places where the spiritual energy gathered within the spiritual vein.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an sat cross-legged in the center of a cluster of fire lotuses.

This place is not only the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire spiritual vein, but also the place where the power of fire is most active, as evidenced by the blooming fire lotuses.

Lu Cheng'an closed his eyes slightly, circulated his cultivation technique, and began to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm is an extremely slow process for cultivators. Lu Cheng'an had never received guidance from a Nascent Soul cultivator and had to figure it out on his own, which made him even more cautious.

It took him a year after entering that fifth-order spiritual vein to adjust himself to his best condition.

After that, he began his attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm!
The breakthrough from Nascent Soul to Deity mainly involves the transformation of Nascent Soul into Deity.

The power of the primordial spirit is much stronger than that of the nascent soul, and the primordial spirit is more likely to comprehend the true meaning of the Great Dao.

In addition to transforming into a primordial spirit, a nascent soul must undergo the tribulations of pure yang fire and pure yang lightning. Only after passing these tribulations can one be considered to have truly completed a breakthrough.

Many Nascent Soul cultivators get stuck at the tribulation stage.

Some Nascent Soul cultivators successfully transform their Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit, but because their Primordial Spirit is not powerful enough, they die and their souls dissipate during the tribulation.

Some Nascent Soul cultivators from powerful factions prepare tribulation treasures in advance when undergoing the Divine Transformation Tribulation. These treasures can greatly resist the power of the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation and the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation, thus increasing the success rate of the tribulation.

However, after becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator through this method, their strength is far inferior to that of cultivators who relied on their own primordial spirit power to withstand the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation and the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation. It will be even more difficult for them to make further breakthroughs in their cultivation in the future.

All the books Lu Cheng'an had read about the Nascent Soul realm recorded that Lu Cheng'an had to rely on his own strength to overcome the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation and the Pure Yang Thunder Tribulation.

This was not only because he was confident in his own strength, but also because he had no treasures to help him overcome the tribulation and could only rely on his own strength.

Lu Cheng'an had condensed the Fire Dao Domain early on, which made his Nascent Soul far stronger than that of other cultivators at the same level.

Moreover, with the help of the Fire Domain's power, it is easier for his Nascent Soul to transform into a Primordial Spirit.

Time passed slowly, and two years went by in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the abundant spiritual energy in the fifth-order spiritual vein surged wildly into Lu Cheng'an's body. After a short while, the surrounding fire lotus turned into specks of red light and dissipated, entering Lu Cheng'an's body along with the spiritual energy.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an has reached the crucial moment of transforming his Nascent Soul into his Primordial Spirit.

After this situation lasted for seven days, Lu Cheng'an's nascent soul successfully transformed into his primordial spirit.

The moment the transformation of his primordial spirit was completed, a surge of pure yang fire erupted from Lu Cheng'an's primordial spirit.

The Pure Yang Fire Calamity has arrived! Lu Cheng'an had anticipated this situation. He calmed his mind and allowed the Pure Yang Fire to burn him.

The power of the pure yang fire is extremely terrifying, but its burning is not harmful to Lu Cheng'an. Instead, it tempers Lu Cheng'an's physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit.

The Pure Yang Fire lasted for half a month before it completely ended. By then, the physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit power that had been burned by the Pure Yang Fire had all been greatly enhanced.

However, Lu Cheng'an did not relax at all, because after the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation, there was an even more terrifying Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation.

The power of Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning is far more terrifying than Pure Yang Heavenly Fire. Many cultivators who have completed the transformation of their primordial spirit have died under the bombardment of Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning.

The Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder also spread out from Lu Cheng'an's body. Lu Cheng'an suddenly felt an explosion coming from his body, and then a nearly golden-white lightning bolt spread out from his body.

This golden-white lightning bolt is the Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning!
There are nine Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning bolts in total, each targeting a cultivator's physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit.

The first pure yang heavenly lightning that Lu Cheng'an experienced was aimed at his physical body.

After the pure Yang heavenly lightning appeared in Lu Cheng'an's body, it instantly enveloped his entire body.

Then a sharp pain spread throughout Lu Cheng'an's body. It was an indescribable agony that even Lu Cheng'an could not bear.

He let out a beast-like roar, trying to relieve the pain.

A moment after the pure yang heavenly lightning appeared, wisps of blackish-red blood appeared on Lu Cheng'an's body. This blood did not contain any spirituality, but instead carried a filthy aura.

This blood is the impurities expelled from Lu Cheng'an's body after it has been tempered by the Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder.

As time passed, the filthy blood enveloped Lu Cheng'an's entire body, forming a thick blood cocoon.

Within Lu Cheng'an's body, strands of blood imbued with pure Yang energy were being generated.

The first pure yang heavenly lightning lasted for three days before completely dissipating, but immediately the second pure yang heavenly lightning reappeared in Lu Cheng'an's body.

The second Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning was even more powerful. Under the tempering of the Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning, Lu Cheng'an's bones shattered little by little, and then grew back to be even stronger.

The second pure yang heavenly lightning lasted for six days. After this pure yang heavenly lightning passed, Lu Cheng'an's physical strength was enhanced once again.

The third pure yang heavenly lightning lasted for nine days. After this last pure yang heavenly lightning, which was aimed at the physical body, dissipated, Lu Cheng'an's physical body underwent earth-shattering changes. His entire physical body was now covered by pure yang energy.

After the three pure yang heavenly lightning bolts targeting the physical body descended, Lu Cheng'an had a chance to catch his breath. It wasn't until three hours later that the fourth pure yang heavenly lightning bolt targeting magical power quietly descended.

The pure Yang Heavenly Thunder, designed to counter magical power, surged directly within the magical power, with countless bolts of lightning glowing with a mysterious golden hue emerging from it.

These magical powers were directly blasted into nothingness by the pure Yang heavenly lightning, which caused Lu Cheng'an even greater pain.

After each wisp of magical power was blasted away by the pure Yang heavenly lightning, Lu Cheng'an felt as if he had undergone a physical reorganization.

As more and more magical power was reduced to nothingness under the bombardment of the Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder, new magical power was born anew.

These newly generated magical powers, like the physical body, contain pure Yang energy.

After the second pure yang heavenly lightning strike targeting magical power descended, the Dao domain that Lu Cheng'an had condensed began to be released uncontrollably.

At this moment, the pure yang heavenly lightning, which was originally aimed at magical power, suddenly spread out and quickly covered the entire fire domain.

Lu Cheng'an's current fire domain is only forty-eight zhang in size, and this forty-eight zhang fire domain is extremely solid.

If he hadn't experienced that incident in the secret realm, his fire domain might have reached a hundred feet by now, but that fire domain would definitely not be as powerful as this forty-eight-foot fire domain.

When the pure yang heavenly lightning filled the fire domain, it immediately caused a surge in the fire elemental power within the domain.

A moment later, a series of booming sounds came from within the fire domain, and the originally solid fire domain suddenly developed cracks, as if it were about to shatter.

This change shocked Lu Cheng'an, as it was completely unexpected.

Before his breakthrough, he read a lot of books about the Nascent Soul realm, but none of them mentioned that Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder would bombard the Fire Domain.

This is mainly because the number of cultivators who can condense a Dao Domain at the Nascent Soul stage is extremely small. Although Nascent Soul sects such as Qinghe Sect and Lianhua Sect were once powerful, they never had a Nascent Soul cultivator who condensed a Dao Domain at the Nascent Soul stage. Naturally, there are no records of this in the books they left behind.

Lu Cheng'an quickly calmed down and tried his best to control the fire domain, desperately trying to withstand the bombardment of the pure yang heavenly lightning.

But it was all in vain. Two quarters after the Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning appeared in the Fire Domain, half of the originally solid Fire Domain was destroyed.

However, Lu Cheng'an made a surprising discovery at this moment: with the collapse of the Fire Domain, the magic power he reassembled began to contain the power of the Fire Dao.

This fire elemental power is not the result of the previous fire domain's enhancement, but rather the fire elemental power inherent in the magic power itself.

This greatly improves the quality of magical power, and if such magical power is used to perform supernatural abilities, the power of those abilities will be greatly enhanced.

After noticing the change in his magical power, Lu Cheng'an's previously anxious heart gradually relaxed, and he then began to concentrate on dealing with the bombardment of the Pure Yang Heavenly Lightning.

Lu Cheng'an's original magical power was of extremely high quality, and with the help of the Fire Domain, he successfully passed through the three pure Yang Heavenly Lightning strikes that targeted his magical power.

However, Lu Cheng'an did not relax at all. The last three pure yang heavenly lightning bolts targeting the primordial spirit were the most dangerous, and many cultivators had died under these last three pure yang heavenly lightning bolts.

Six hours after the three pure Yang heavenly lightning bolts targeting magical power ended, the first pure Yang heavenly lightning bolt targeting the cultivator's primordial spirit quietly appeared in Lu Cheng'an's primordial spirit.

This pure yang heavenly lightning was purplish-gold in color and was more powerful than the previous two types of pure yang heavenly lightning.

The purplish-gold pure yang heavenly lightning instantly covered Lu Cheng'an's newly formed primordial spirit. After being bombarded by the pure yang heavenly lightning, Lu Cheng'an's primordial spirit trembled violently, as if it was about to collapse.

Wisps of black mist emanated from the primordial spirit, which was the pure Yin energy contained within it.

These three pure yang heavenly lightning bolts will greatly refine the pure yin energy contained in the primordial spirit, and the Nascent Soul realm constantly repeats this process.

Lu Cheng'an's Nascent Soul is more powerful than those of the same level, and the primordial spirit that the Nascent Soul transforms into is even more so.

Moreover, the pure Yin energy contained in his primordial spirit is relatively less.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an soon discovered that these three most dangerous pure yang heavenly lightning bolts targeting his primordial spirit, apart from causing him greater pain, did not cause him any substantial harm.

The final three bolts of pure Yang heavenly lightning lasted for eighteen days.

After the last bolt of pure yang heavenly lightning slowly dissipated in Lu Cheng'an's primordial spirit, his primordial spirit also contained wisps of pure yang energy.

However, this pure yang energy was relatively weak, as if it were about to dissipate at any moment.

Lu Cheng'an quickly entered a profound state, sensing the various great powers contained within the universe. (End of Chapter)