Chapter 435

Chapter 435: A Glimmer of Light in the Dantian

Li Hui’s tribulation could no longer be described as magnificent; heaven denied him, and the earth forbade him. Calamity power crashed down in waves, and in the future, any cultivator facing tribulation within a thousand miles would find their tribulations diminished by a third.

The extreme yin thunder and Yang soil dust calamity evaporated in the wake of the Bull Demon King swinging his club. The Boundless Cliff Thunder Peak Talisman, after being intensified, finally broke through its shackles and transformed into a Yuan Talisman.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Hui gathered all the Yuan Talismans, quickly forming hand seals, transforming them into swirling shadows. Suddenly, he shaped intricate hand seals, like the Heavenly Demon’s Illusions, soaring through the air, like wind sweeping away clouds, resembling towering mountains. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays began to stabilize, utilizing the residual might of the Yang soil dust calamity to suppress the surroundings.

“Suppress!”

At that moment, the hand seals broke through the bottleneck.

The Yuan Talisman trembled, drawing boundless fierce energy from the Mysterious Pearl. Simultaneously, heaven, after building up its wrath, began to hail gigantic stones from the skies, transforming them into blinding beams of light, hurtling towards him.

Li Hui had no time for curses; he swiftly released a series of Turtle Mountain Seals, followed by the Spirit Armor Talisman, only to see countless fiery explosions erupt before him. The impact was so overwhelming that all the Turtle Mountain Seals shattered in an instant.

Next, the Spirit Armor Talisman turned to ashes, but he didn’t stop. He unleashed a large number of Turtle Mountain Seals and Spirit Armor Talismans, quickly assembling a massive Turtle Beast clad in heavy armor.

“Roar…” The Turtle Beast, stretching a hundred zhang long, roared at the heavens.

Li Hui stored the Bull Demon King Talisman away; its power was extraordinary, but the cost of using it was immense. Without the silver snake bracelet to inject additional talisman power, he could only sustain a six-zhang form with his profound qi reserves at the late Condense Essence stage.

Although six zhang was formidable, it could not withstand such a heavenly tribulation.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang…” The stones from the sky collided with the Turtle Beast, not with booming sounds, but the power seeped through, creating countless ripples.

In less than a moment, the ripples chained together, ensnaring the Turtle Beast like a swamp, quickly submerging it.

Li Hui was alarmed; the tribulation truly was no small matter. Almost in the next moment, a terrifying gale of flames swept in, which made him exhale a sigh of relief, thinking: “The gale comes perfectly; even if you are the Nine Heavens Flame Gale Tribulation, you will enhance the Boundless Cliff Thunder Peak Talisman!”

The Mysterious Pearl spun round, and three Boundless Cliffs rose around it like mirrors reflecting the Four Fiends Absolute Kill Suppression Array. As the Nine Heavens Flame Gale entered the array, it was immediately weakened and devoured.

Heaven’s wrath erupted again, unleashing a terrifying tribulation.

Li Hui madly formed hand seals, stacking one peculiar hand seal after another. The talismans in his hands displayed unfathomable might, rapidly sealing away the calamity power and transforming it into the Boundless Cliff.

The Nine Heavens Flame Gale Tribulation found no way to deal with him and had to relent, withdrawing its forces while drawing the calamity clouds from afar, brewing a more terrifying tribulation.

“This…” Li Hui was furious! Having reached this level, another tribulation loomed ahead, and it seemed exceedingly difficult to resolve.

“Talismans ready!” Exhausting the silver snake bracelet’s talisman power, he merged all one hundred eight Boundless Cliff Talismans, using fierce energy to accumulate the gale, finally seizing the opportunity to solidify a Jade Symbol.

The talisman was three inches three, resembling a strange little mirror, too dazzling to gaze upon directly. Anyone who looked would easily lose their spiritual sense, as if pulled into a world of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

Now with an additional Jade Symbol, he barely had time to appreciate it before a surge of energy erupted from above, producing an unbelievable scene.

The space twisted, unveiling numerous deep black scars.

“Goodness, is it really necessary? The Void Disruption Calamity seeks to tear apart everything here; does heaven hate me that much? It won’t even let me enter the Bosa stage.” Li Hui frowned, recognizing that many unknown factors contributed to this resistance.

He thought this, but his hands were swift, unleashing numerous top-grade treasure talismans, which rapidly connected in the air to form an array, swirling around his body.

As the sounds of cracking echoed, deep rifts appeared as if slashed by a great knife.

Unbeknownst to Li Hui, in addition to the overhead calamity, the dark moon sent its tribulation down upon him. To the Yin Moon Dynasty, the dark moon was heaven, and sensing the anomaly of his tribulation, it arrived to exterminating him.

“Boom, boom, boom…” Within a few breaths, countless treasure talismans turned to ash.

All defensive talisman formations drained to nothingness, and Li Hui employed the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, shooting attacks everywhere while clashing head-on against the heavenly tribulation, causing the heavens to darken.

After struggling for two incense sticks of time, he reached for the treasure cabinet, his expression changing.

“Oh no, I have no talismans left.”

“Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, break, break, break!”

The giant shadow of the dragon claw erupted, dispersing the deep scars, now a mid-tier Dao art, bolstered by the power of secret techniques, comparable to high-tier Dao arts, as Dao traces began to expand outward, faintly transitioning from the unreal to the real.

After a fierce battle for a quarter of an hour, Li Hui was drenched in sweat, panting heavily, and retrieved a treasure.

Most of the treasures went to the External Transformation, but he kept the Jade Cicada Heavenly Chapter, Azure Cloud Ripple Bottle, and the Jade Tablet of the Path of Death, taking out the hollowed golden bottle at this moment, creating waves that formed a barrier of wind and clouds.

This bottle worked wonders when paired with the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays.

In the Great Xia, regions that usually faced harsh gales suddenly found calmness, with major sects controlling the Miao Jade veins suddenly experiencing a massive drop in spiritual energy.

Around him, a vast spiritual energy wave arose, and all the purple crystals in the treasure cabinet array glowed with brilliance as they frantically accumulated power. Li Hui took out the Extreme Path Spiritual Boulder and two other treasures acquired at great cost, operating profound skills to refine his Ideal Body amidst the omnipresent tribulation.

Three thunderous booms echoed as the Extreme Path Spiritual Boulder and the other two treasures were shattered into dust by deep spatial rifts. He hurriedly inhaled sharply, swallowing the stone dust and rapidly cultivating.

The roars echoed in his ears as the Crystal Shields retreated again and again, finally collapsing as the Azure Cloud Ripple Bottle ascended, its mouth tilted to release wind and clouds, forming a heavy barrier.

Li Hui seized the time to strengthen his cultivation, his body emitting “clang, clang” sounds, as if striking chime stones, making it eerily unique!

Suddenly, a wave of mysterious energy magnified in his chest, flowing along his meridians down to his dantian. The profound qi within squeezed tightly, and the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays quickly replenished what was consumed.

A transformation arose within his dantian, like remnants of snow hidden beneath the icy bamboo shoots, or like spring seemingly returning to the willow tops, a life welcoming spring after winter.

He couldn’t tell how long it had been when potent energy drew forth, exploding in the dantian with a "crack." Although his profound qi didn’t ascend to a new level, its capacity surged tenfold, twentyfold, thirtyfold, until it finally stopped at one hundred times.

“Boom, boom, boom, boom…” The heavenly tribulation erupted vigorously; the Azure Cloud Ripple Bottle shattered, and the wind and cloud barrier collapsed.

Afterward, the power of the tribulation diminished significantly, with countless fine black scars striking Li Hui. However, the Ideal Body revealed its extraordinary nature; although he sat still, he transformed into a streak of light that trembled easily, and even with numerous black scars, they could not harm him.

Such a scene was truly unbelievable!

“Bosa stage, succeed, succeed, succeed!” With a shout, Li Hui sensed another change in his dantian, drawing in a peculiar glimmer of heavenly light.

This light was extraordinary, being the radiant light of the Qiantian, instantly manifesting layers of light and shadow, resembling mist, dragons, clouds, and trees, as if embodying the Bosa world.

“Excellent! Truly excellent! Unfazed by the floating clouds obstructing my view, for I stand at the highest peak; once this hurdle is crossed, nothing will matter!” Li Hui looked up at the sky, the heavens above him no longer able to suppress him.