Taihuang Star Seal

"My lifespan... is rapidly decreasing?!"

Ding Chen was startled. "Could it be the backlash from my uncontrolled use of the 'Power of Law'?"

As he muttered to himself, golden blood began to seep out of the boy's seven orifices.

Every wrinkle of the golden light seemed to be flowing with the time "stolen" by Ding Chen's power of law...

It turns out that over the past year or so, Ding Chen has been constantly activating the tracing method of the [Law of Time] to revive the resources that had long been corrupted in the chaotic star sea, but this also comes at a price.

The backlash of the long river of time has now begun to erode his lifespan.

And once it breaks out, it will be like a flood that has been released from a floodgate, rushing thousands of miles away!

Someone will eventually have to bear the consequences of the reversed years.

Ding Chen knew that the price he had to pay was death by "trading time for time"!

"I must not fall here!"

The young man frowned, his eyes flashing with high fighting spirit!

He twitched his fingers, opened his mouth, and decisively swallowed the [Nine-Turn Dust Purifying Pill]. He then ignored his rapidly passing lifespan, closed his eyes, and prepared to break through to the Star Attraction Realm.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the mysterious spirit around Ding Chen, which was either contracted or released, was like thousands of giant tornadoes, stirring up the entire sea of stars and causing them to tremble.

In addition, Ding Chen did not see the "thunderclouds" above his head, which were essential for overcoming tribulations in the past.

This is because, when one moves from the Star Realm to the Great Thousand Realm, what one has to overcome is the "heart demon calamity" within the cultivator's soul, rather than the external calamity of the physical body.

So don’t be fooled by the fact that this “heart demon calamity” appears calm on the surface, for it is actually surging undercurrents.

If you are not careful, you will end up with a complete loss of mind and soul!

Throughout the ages, countless brilliant and talented people in the universe have ultimately stopped at the "heart demon tribulation" on the way from the peak of the Star Attraction Realm to the Great Thousand Realm.

This is because for cultivators from all walks of life and countless living beings, the most difficult thing to overcome is often their own inner demons.

On ordinary days, the inner demons are not obvious and there is no pain or itch.

But when it comes to overcoming the inner demon tribulation...

All kinds of pain, regret, greed, rage, jealousy and other inner demons will burst out with a killing power thousands of times stronger than before, directly hitting the soul of the person undergoing the tribulation!

Only one in ten thousand can ultimately defeat the inner demons.

Even Ding Chen, who has returned to the path of Xuan cultivation, does not dare to say how confident he is when facing this calamity again.

If not for this, he wouldn't have been stuck at the "peak of the Star Attracting Realm" for several months, reluctant to break through.

But now, there is no choice but to break through!

The backlash of the long river of time is rapidly draining his lifespan.

Only by overcoming the demonic tribulation and advancing to the Great Thousand Realm can one save himself...

Ding Chen felt like he was being thrown into a huge furnace.

The fire is not a raging flame, but all the sorrows, joys, regrets, unwillingness, fears and passionate love in his life.

They twisted and screamed, transformed into countless familiar and hideous faces and pounced on him, vowing to drag him into the abyss of damnation!

"Cut off!"

"Cut off the seven emotions and six desires, and only then can you achieve purity and attain the great way!"

A grand and cold voice roared in his sea of consciousness, like an order from heaven.

Other demons and monsters, transformed from the inner demons, also laughed wildly and echoed: "Yes, kill! Kill!"

"Cut off everything, and you will be free, and you will be invincible!"

Ding Chen's consciousness rose and fell in this endless tearing and bewitching.

The heart of Tao is like a lone boat in the strong wind and huge waves, with the planks cracking inch by inch and about to collapse.

He felt that his "existence" was being stripped away layer by layer.

In other words, he also had a desire, a desire to be refined into a pure, cold, ruthless but powerful "force" by this furnace of inner demons!

The majestic and profound power of the peak of the Star Attracting Realm was rushing around in his body, like a trapped beast, firmly imprisoned by the shackles of the inner demon, and instead became the fuel for burning himself.

However, the barrier of the realm is as solid as a rock.

Not only did he fail to break through, the backlash made his soul feel like it was about to break apart, and he was in unbearable pain...

However, there was still a faint but stubborn light in Ding Chen's heart, struggling in the deepest part of his sea of consciousness.

"Do not……"

“This is not what I want!”

"I pursue strength for revenge, to protect, to end regrets, and to climb higher, but I will never become a stubborn stone that ruthlessly abandons everything!"

Just when his Dao Heart defenses were about to completely collapse, and the light of his soul dimmed like a candle in the wind—

"Om!!"

A warm, pure green light like the first rays of dawn suddenly burst out from the depths of his dantian!

The elixir that he regarded as his trump card to overcome the tribulation and that he had swallowed until now and that finally took effect finally showed its miraculous effect of cleansing the world at this darkest moment!

“Shhh, shhh…”

The power of the elixir was released, not with a violent impact, but like a sweet rain falling from the sky, the first ray of pure light when chaos first began.

It flowed silently through Ding Chen's meridians, flesh, blood, and soul, which were eroded by his inner demons and burned by pain.

Wherever it passes, filth melts away like boiling water pouring over snow.

The hideous illusion of the inner demon let out a shrill scream, as if burned by the purest light, and its shape became blurred and disintegrated!

An indescribable feeling of coolness swept over my body, dispelling the heat and confusion deep in my soul.

The grand and cold voice of "severing love" was also isolated and weakened by the warm green light at this moment...

"Whoo~"

Ding Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

The originally cloudy and red eyes now seemed to have been washed by a clear spring, regaining their clarity and firmness!

Those ferocious demonic illusions that were originally rushing towards him were suddenly fixed by an invisible force when they touched three feet around Ding Chen.

The "qi" they exude, representing Ding Chen's seven emotions and six desires -

The red love, black regret, golden desire, and blue longing were no longer chaotic and mixed. Instead, they were guided by an overwhelming will and converged towards Ding Chen's brows like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea.

No coldness, no disconnection.

There is only one kind of ultimate purity and determination after going through hardships and gaining insight into the truth!

"boom!!"

I don’t know how long it took, but an extremely clear and melodious sound of the heart, which seemed to be able to cleanse the heavens and all worlds, resounded throughout the entire realm of the inner demon!

"Demons are born from the heart, and they can also be killed by the heart."

The young man muttered softly, his eyes burning, and he formed his fingers into a sword, slashing through the air: "Today, I, Ding Chen, will use love as my blade and will as my edge—"

"cut!!"

Ding Chen held the demon-slaying sword formed by his own emotions in his hand. His eyes were calm, but contained a determination like the creation of the world. He swung a seemingly ordinary sword at the source of the demon that was still twisting, roaring, and trying to reorganize itself.

However, there was no earth-shattering explosion, nor dazzling light and shadow.

Only a green sword mark that was condensed to the extreme and seemed to be able to cut through the chaos passed silently across the sea of stars.

Time seems to freeze at this moment.

The huge and ferocious shadow of the inner demon was like ice and snow thrown into the scorching sun. Starting from the sword mark, it disintegrated, collapsed and annihilated inch by inch!

Those painful wails, bewitching whispers, and twisted faces, when they came into contact with the green light and emotional runes flowing on the sword marks, were like meeting their nemesis. They instantly turned into the most primitive pure air, which was absorbed and purified by the heart sword, and became the nutrients that nourished Ding Chen!

This was the result of both Ding Chen's self-persistence and the contribution of the [Nine-Turn Dust Purifying Pill].

The moment the inner demon was broken, Ding Chen's body trembled violently.

An indescribable majestic aura burst out, instantly breaking through the invisible yet extremely strong barrier between the Star Attraction Realm and the Great Thousand Realm!

And this is just the beginning—

[Nine-Turn Dust-Cleansing Pill] The effect of "slaying demons and becoming an immortal, soaring into the sky step by step" is not just a casual boast.

The profound energy in Ding Chen's body, which had been purified by the power of the Dust-Cleansing Pill, sharpened by the Heart Demon Tribulation, and tempered by the Heart Demon Sword, was like a galaxy that had been suppressed for billions of years, and finally found an outlet for release.

The vast power roared and surged, pushing his realm forward, as if he was riding on a divine arrow that pierced through the sky, soaring upward at an astonishing speed!

As he took a step forward, lotus flowers bloomed in the void beneath his feet, and Dao patterns filled the air.

The first level of the Great Thousand Realm!

Take another step, the stars swirl behind you, and the space ripples slightly——

The second level of the Great Thousand Realm!

The third step is to light up the acupuncture points all over the body like stars, and to inhale and exhale the vital energy of heaven and earth like a whale sucking water.

The third level of the Great Thousand Realm!

The fourth step is to condense the will into substance, and the pressure covers all directions, with the vague shape of opening up a small world -

The fourth level of the Great Thousand Realm!

The fifth step: the shadow of the heart sword flashed from the brow, cutting through the obstacles in the dark, and the spiritual power was pure and condensed like mercury slurry -

The fifth level of the Great Thousand Realm!

When Ding Chen took the sixth step...

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

A brilliant beam of light, formed purely from starlight and the laws of Tao, completely enveloped him.

In the beam of light, Ding Chen's figure became blurred and sacred.

The acupoints all over his body turned into miniature vortexes, madly devouring the tremendous power of creation bestowed by heaven and earth.

The spiritual power in the body surges like a vast river. As it surges endlessly, it also makes a thunderous sound like a tide.

It was so powerful that even when Ding Chen slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, it was enough to condense into a small galactic vortex, slowly spreading out in the sea of stars...

In a short moment, Ding Chen, who was only at the True Enlightenment Realm when he first entered the Chaos Star Sea, had easily crossed thousands of mountains and grown to the sixth level of the Great Thousand Realm!