System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Calamity clouds gathered in all directions in the sky, their scale far exceeding imagination.

Zhan Xin, an unparalleled powerhouse in her realm, halted her advance into the depths of the mine in the face of such overwhelming tribulation clouds. She wore a pristine white dress, billowing freely in the fluttering wind.

Zhan Xin narrowed her eyes, staring at the direction of the tribulation clouds. The scene of Chen Xuan kicking her out of the stone chamber entrance involuntarily flashed through her mind. She murmured in disbelief, "Could it be him? But how is that possible?"

In the understanding of cultivators, tribulation has fixed levels. Only when a powerful magical artifact is successfully crafted and is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao will a tribulation of lightning descend.

Moreover, cultivators rarely trigger heavenly tribulations before reaching the Void Reversal Realm unless they cultivate Qi Refining or Divine Demon Body Refining to the Great Perfection of the Void Reversal Realm and actively invite down the heavenly tribulation.

Zhan Xin racked his brains, desperately trying to recall the vast amount of ancient records in the sect's Taoist canon.

Unfortunately, let alone the Heaven and Earth Taiqing Palace, even the Qingtian Clan, a feudal lord with a lineage spanning hundreds of thousands of years, might not have heard of the ancient secret of the Extreme Dao Cultivation System, let alone Zhan Xin could guess that the tribulation was caused by Chen Xuan's breakthrough in a major realm.

The range of the tribulation clouds was so vast that cultivators from all sides thousands of miles away could clearly see them and feel their chilling pressure.

The appearance of such a powerful and unusual phenomenon immediately led the disciples of these established tribes and sects to believe that a rare and precious treasure was about to be born here. They couldn't even imagine the extraordinary level of this treasure that was about to appear, given the scale of the tribulation clouds that had attracted it.

In an instant, several powerful teams flew rapidly toward this place like lightning.

The small world was shaking so violently that Zhan Xin was unsure whether the commotion was caused by Chen Xuan. However, at this moment, she not only owed Chen Xuan a huge favor, but she had also angered him quite a bit before.

"Regardless of whether this calamity was caused by you, this time, I, Zhan Xin, will definitely protect you!" As Zhan Xin finished speaking, he took a deep breath and suddenly waved his hand. With a few whooshes, thirty-six crimson array flags soared into the sky, instantly defining a forbidden area with a radius of a hundred miles.

After successfully setting up the formation, Zhan Xin crushed another purple talisman, and a layer of purple light immediately formed around his body.

Without hesitation, she plunged into the depths of the mine, her figure quickly disappearing from sight.

After Zhan Xin stepped into the range of the tribulation clouds, her mind and body were not locked by the massive tribulation clouds. This made her even more convinced that this was not a powerful cultivator undergoing the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation, but rather the imminent birth of some supreme treasure.

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hold head high!

However, when Zhanxin had only ventured a thousand miles into the mine, four black dragons suddenly let out a deafening roar and swept towards her at an extremely fast speed, carrying endless killing intent.

Wang Kaixuan did not cultivate the ultimate path system, and had already successfully broken through to the next level. He was only awakened when the tribulation clouds gathered.

There were only the two of them, the master and his junior brother, here. Moreover, he knew that his junior brother Chen Xuan was proficient in the art of weapon crafting. Seeing the tribulation clouds of such scale, he naturally thought that his junior brother was crafting a magic weapon.

As the senior brother, Wang Kaixuan was extremely anxious. He immediately rushed out of the secluded cultivation place, intending to return to the ground to set up an array to prevent his junior brother Chen Xuan from being disturbed by outsiders while refining magic weapons.

Just as Wang Kaixuan was rushing towards the ground, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling sword intent, which posed a considerable threat to him. As the two drew closer, Wang Kaixuan learned through brief contact that the newcomer was Zhan Xin, a disciple of the Heavenly Purity Palace.

Faced with his junior brother's safety, Wang Kaixuan didn't care who the other party was. He thought that this person had come to covet his junior brother's treasure, so he immediately used his supreme technique to summon four black dragons and mercilessly killed them.

As Wang Kaixuan roared and punched, the four black dragons transformed into four surging black rivers, howling and blocking Zhanxin's path forward.

Wang Kaixuan unleashed his four-zhang-tall divine and demonic body, his entire being swirling with surging divine power like ink. He pushed his movement techniques to the limit, intending to engage in close combat and kill Zhanxin in one fell swoop.

Fortunately, Zhan Xin was no ordinary cultivator at the Myriad Manifestations Realm. With her aptitude and the special training provided by the Heaven and Earth Taiqing Palace, her true strength was comparable to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Daoist.

Faced with such a fierce attack, Zhan Xin was also startled. She conjured another divine weapon, a flying sword, in her left hand, and with the help of the unparalleled swordsmanship of the Heaven and Earth Taiqing Palace, she barely managed to deflect Wang Kaixuan's attack.

Zhan Xin exuded a chilling aura, her swords gleaming in both hands. Her eyes coldly fixed on Wang Kaixuan, who was wielding the Heavenly Manifestation Technique, enveloped in ink-like divine power, appearing like a god or demon descended to earth. There was no fear in her eyes. She raised the white divine sword in her right hand, its tip gleaming with a sharp, bone-chilling light, and coldly declared, "You dare to stop me!"

"You wretched woman, my junior brother saved you from the jaws of the demon, and this is how you repay him?" Wang Kaixuan's face turned ashen. He had thought that after breaking through to a higher realm, he would be able to crush ninety percent of the cultivators in this small world, but he never expected Zhan Xin's strength to be so formidable.

The four black dragons that flew out of his hand were the most powerful ranged attack he could muster, but he never expected that Zhanxin could easily catch them with just his two swords.

After being scolded by Wang Kaixuan, Zhan Xin's cold eyes changed slightly. Only then did he realize that his rescue was intentional on Chen Xuan's part, and not accidental.

Thinking of how Chen Xuan risked his own safety to draw away the demonic energy from his body in that way, Zhan Xin felt even more guilty towards Chen Xuan.

"I am not what you think, wanting to take his things. I came here just to apologize to him in person, but I didn't expect to see such a massive calamity cloud as soon as I arrived." Zhan Xin was aloof and cold, and usually sparing with words when dealing with her peers, but once things involved Chen Xuan, who touched her heart, she couldn't help but want to explain clearly.

"Apologize?" Wang Kaixuan had been relatively calm, thinking that even if he couldn't crush this woman, he could still prevent her from getting close to his junior brother's secluded cultivation place. But upon hearing this, his eyes widened in fury: "You, what did you do to my junior brother?" Wang Kaixuan's face instantly turned icy cold, and the four black dragons coiled around him roared incessantly at Zhan Xin, as if they would pounce on him at any moment and tear him to shreds.

"I...I...I can't say." How could a woman like her fully explain what happened inside the stone chamber to an outsider? "You only need to know that I, Zhan Xin, will never harm him, and that's enough." Zhan Xin was usually very sparing with her words, but now, because of Chen Xuan, she had already made a huge concession to a stranger.

"Bullshit." Wang Kaixuan was not the kind of kind-hearted woman who could be easily fooled by a few words. She immediately rebuked him sharply, "Since you're not going to talk, then go back. I'm enough to guard this place!"

Zhan Xin pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I set up a great formation around me when I came down. Once the formation is triggered, I will announce to the outside world that I am here to guard it, so that no one will know." Zhan Xin paused, then added, "If you don't believe me, I will now swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao."

Upon hearing this, Wang Kaixuan was stunned. Although he had been cultivating for less than a hundred years, he was quite knowledgeable and experienced. Judging from Zhanxin's appearance, he certainly didn't seem to be lying.

"Hmph, since that's the case, you stay here and I'll go protect my junior brother!"