Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

Her advancement from a mere Golden Core cultivator to the Nascent Soul stage would trigger extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth?! Gao Zhun was deeply skeptical of this.

When she felt the ninth bolt of Purple Lightning strike her, almost instantly paralyzing her mind, and the current seeping through her skin into her meridians to form a current column almost three times the diameter of her meridians raging, Gao Zhun finally began to accept the man's words. The so-called celestial phenomenon was probably the first bizarre event in the history of the Immortal Spirit Continent that would occur today, where someone would not be killed by the tribulation lightning, but rather die from having their meridians ruptured by the tribulation lightning.

"Try to follow the rhythm of the tribulation lightning, circulate the Gao family's mental cultivation technique, and try to make your meridians breathe."

Just when Gao Zhun felt that the elasticity of her meridians had reached its limit and was about to rupture, the man behind her spoke again. This time, the man was giving her some pointers.

Can the Gao family's cultivation method even allow the meridians to breathe? Gao Zhun has been familiar with the Gao family's cultivation method for half a year, most of which has been spent in that awful place, Yongcheng. It makes sense, the fact that the Gao family's cultivation method can still allow her cultivation to grow steadily under those laws, without damaging her meridians due to the excessively rapid absorption of spiritual energy, demonstrates that the Gao family's cultivation method has an effect on strengthening the meridians.

Besides, she has no other choice now.

For Gao Zhun, activating the mental cultivation method that had accompanied this body throughout its cultivation journey was a matter of a single thought. The real difficulty lay in how to keep up with the violent expansion of the meridians by the electric current in a short period of time.

After all, Gao Zhun's understanding of her own cultivation and abilities was still at the peak of the initial stage of the Golden Core before she fell into a coma. Now, in this half-step Nascent Soul state, she was a little unsure whether she could really rely on the operation of her cultivation technique to reverse the outcome of her impending death from the bursting of her meridians.

Just as Gao Zhun had worried, even when she activated the maximum speed of her current cultivation technique, she still couldn't keep up with the rampaging electric current. The feeling of almost exploding and dying was only slightly relieved and had no effect on stopping it.

"Senior, the method you provided won't work!" Gao Zhun shouted.

The onlookers all looked puzzled. There was only Gao Zhun at the center of the tribulation, so where did this senior come from? Gao Zhun must have been struck dumb by the tribulation lightning and was even hallucinating.

"Reverse the flow and contract the meridians; don't do anything futile like trying to widen them."

Reverse the flow and contract the meridians? Gao Zhun's eyes flashed. That's right, how could she not have thought of that? For someone about to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, no matter how she circulated her cultivation techniques to widen her meridians, there was always a maximum limit. The reason she had a premonition that her meridians were about to rupture was precisely because this maximum limit had been reached. Therefore, what she needed to do now was not to widen her meridians, but to use the resilience of her meridians themselves to fight against the current column. Since her meridians could not withstand it, she could only reluctantly allow the current column to narrow.

The reverse circulation technique is actually a common method used by some cultivators when their cultivation level surges and they can no longer bear it. Gao Zhun is young and inexperienced, so it's normal that she didn't think of it at first. Now that she has started the reverse circulation, although the pressure on her meridians is even greater, she has turned this pressure back onto the current column. Sure enough, the originally violent and unpredictable current column not only failed to break the meridians under the intense pressure, but also forcibly became milder under the pressure of the meridians. The emitted current gradually decreased, and the density of the current column gradually increased. Finally, under Gao Zhun's constant pressure on her meridians, it successfully gathered above her dantian and once again formed a thick bolt of lightning.

It was about to begin. Gao Zhun excitedly closed her eyes, even shutting down all five senses, just so she could single-mindedly record her advancement to the Nascent Soul stage through internal vision. If she could, she truly wished she could use a recording stone to etch it all into her memory. This was her first significant advancement on her cultivation path, her first tribulation. Upon advancing, she would instantly become a direct descendant of the Gao family. Entering the direct line at the age of thirteen, she was already considered top-tier among the Gao family's geniuses.

The man standing behind Gao Zhun looked at the girl in front of him with slight surprise. She had actually shut down her five senses. Did she not care at all about the reactions of the outside world? Moreover, the strange phenomenon he mentioned was no joke. If it weren't for the fact that the Nascent Soul stage was so weak in the entire Immortal Spirit Continent, he wouldn't have needed to personally clean up the mess. As the current head of the Gao family, he had a responsibility to protect such a genius who was only seen once in ten thousand years. After all, cultivators died every moment on the Immortal Spirit Continent, and most of them were geniuses who were stifled by jealousy.

The first unusual phenomenon was the sound of ancient Sanskrit chants. Could this mean that Buddhism and Taoism also have great affection for this child and are willing to protect him? The man rubbed his temples in distress. He couldn't hide this from him, but not everyone was qualified to hear this phenomenon.

Didn't you see the various disturbances in the crowd?

Most of the direct descendants of the inner court said: "Ancient Sanskrit sounds have actually appeared. This Gao Zhun is actually deeply blessed by Buddhism and Taoism and has a connection with them."

Most of the collateral descendants of the outer academy exclaimed, "Ancient Sanskrit chants? I didn't hear anything!"

Some of the collateral descendants who could hear it but had not yet entered the direct line sneered: "The difference in skill is immediately apparent. Gao Zhun can elicit ancient Sanskrit sounds, while you mediocre talents are not even qualified to hear them!"

The collateral descendants, who had just been mocked, were about to retort when they saw some of the Gao family members, whose cultivation paths leaned towards Buddhism and Taoism, actually sitting cross-legged and meditating. Some even began to have sudden enlightenment. They were forced to admit the harsh reality that they were indeed not talented enough.

"What is that sound?" Gao Zhun, who had already blocked her five senses and was focused on the transformation of her nascent soul, was also stunned when she heard the ancient Sanskrit sound. Wasn't she unable to hear anything from the outside world?

Before she could even think of it, Gao Zhun saw that under the influence of the ancient Sanskrit chant, the fusion speed between her pitch-black nascent soul and the Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning seemed to have accelerated considerably. A milky-white unidentified object also separated from the Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning, forming an independent entity that intertwined with the black nascent soul and the deep purple tribulation lightning.

Just as the milky-white unidentified object separated from the Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning, the second celestial phenomenon was finally triggered. Two completely opposite auras rose simultaneously. The man who reacted first instantly moved more than a hundred meters away from Gao Zhun and set up a barrier around Gao Zhun with a radius of a hundred meters to prevent any probing into the barrier and to prevent the two terrifying auras from leaking out.

The man stared blankly at his now somewhat unreal right hand. Had this been the end result of just a touch? Even though the human physique was not strong enough, he was still at the peak of the Mahayana stage, about to enter the Tribulation stage. Yet, he couldn't withstand the intertwining of those two forces. What terrifying power! Unfortunately, this was just a celestial phenomenon. It was still a long way off before that child could harm him.

This child needs enough time to grow up, and I don't know how much longer I can protect her.

After the ancient Sanskrit chants came the division of Yin and Yang. Even though he sensed it, after understanding it clearly, he still couldn't help but sigh. As he said before, this child needs enough time to grow.

"Such talent, if it were to die young, would surely enrage heaven and earth."

The man shook his head, unsure whether the Gao family's acquisition of this genius was a blessing or a curse.

"Get ready, open the ancestral hall. Gao Zhun from the outer courtyard has already met the requirements to enter the direct lineage." The man took out a communication stone from his storage ring. A genius who could trigger ancient Sanskrit sounds when his cultivation advanced to the Nascent Soul stage was qualified enough to be brought into the inner courtyard even if he personally came forward.

As the golden light of his successful advancement poured down from the sky and landed on Gao Zhun, the man vaguely saw the shadow of another person in that slender figure—Gao Zhilin, who was equally talented and had also caused a celestial phenomenon when he advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, but later died young… However, his descendants now seem to have surpassed him. Back then, Gao Zhilin's status in the Gao family was limited to the top thousand core disciples because of his death. And what about Gao Zhun now?

"I expect you to surpass what your father achieved."

As soon as Gao Zhun opened her eyes, she was greeted by the words spoken by the man who had helped her advance in the previous encounter. At this moment, the onlookers finally noticed the man's presence because of his deliberate actions.

"See the head of the family."

Most of the people in the inner courtyard had seen the man before, and they bowed and said something.

Those from the outer courtyard also bowed in reverence upon seeing this. Gao Zhun's advancement had actually attracted the attention of the current head of the Gao family, making his future truly promising. Some astute individuals had already begun to devise ways to curry favor with Gao Zhun and her mother.

"Greetings, Patriarch." Gao Zhun hadn't expected that the man who appeared halfway through her advancement would be Gao Huaijin, the current patriarch of the Gao family. Although she was unwilling to be subservient to anyone, she had no choice but to bow in front of everyone as a way of thanking him for helping her advance.

So when Gao Zhun appeared at the Gao family ancestral hall, holding the small knife handed to her by the chief officiant, facing the Immortal Spirit Wall that the Gao family had guarded for generations, she was still somewhat dazed. Why had they come to perform the ceremony so quickly?

"Please drip blood." The chief priest waited for a while, but seeing that Gao Zhun still hadn't made any move, he had to remind him again.

"Ah, oh." Gao Zhun shook her head. Now was not the time to be distracted. After dripping blood onto the Immortal Spirit Wall and gaining its recognition and identity registration, she would officially become a direct descendant of the Gao family and have the qualification to enter the inheritance pool for bloodline inheritance. Thinking of this, Gao Zhun used the small knife given to her by the master to make a cut on her finger and dripped blood onto the Immortal Spirit Wall.

After a buzzing sound, the Immortal Spirit Wall emitted a soft golden light. Upon seeing this, the chief official's expression tightened, and his gaze toward Gao Zhun became more respectful.