Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards

Chapter 418 - 240: Divine Thunder Annihilation, Core Formation Late Stage!

"Screech!!!"

At the very moment when Qi Chuan summoned the Taiyi Demon-Vanquishing Divine Thunder, and even before releasing it, the previously fierce Demon Insect suddenly trembled violently. It emitted a strange screech as if it had seen something extremely terrifying. In the next moment, it turned around and began rapidly burrowing into the ground, attempting to escape.

"Another one who recognizes value."

Seeing this, Qi Chuan shook his head, then flicked his hand, releasing the Divine Thunder.

Crackle!

A thunderous explosion resounded.

Much like lightning speed, the Divine Thunder shot out swiftly, piercing through the space in an instant and landing on the Demon Insect, whose body was halfway into the ground.

Boom!

The Demon Insect stiffened for a moment, and then its entire body was enveloped by the Divine Thunder. The next instant, it exploded violently, shattering not only itself but a large area of the land around it into fragments.

The soft, fragmented soil fell from the sky, and beyond that, there was no trace of demonic qi left in the area, not even a scrap of the Demon Insect’s flesh could be found, utterly obliterated.

"Truly, the Taiyi Demon-Vanquishing Divine Thunder is unparalleled..."

Witnessing this scene, Qi Chuan sighed slightly.

He had seen the power of the Divine Thunder many times, yet each instance still left him in awe. The Taiyi Demon-Vanquishing Divine Thunder was indeed an adversary of all evils, its power unmatched.

However, this thunder also had a downside: once summoned against an opponent, any demonic or evil presence would be completely annihilated without a trace.

This meant that he gained no resources from it.

After all, the Demon Insect contained an item known as the Demon Pearl, which was the source of its power, greatly valuable and useful in alchemy.

Of course, the inheritance from the Celestial Pill Elder held by Qi Chuan did not include a pill formula using the Demon Pearl as the main ingredient, so the Demon Pearl had little use other than trading for other resources.

Just then, a commotion arose from the partially destroyed city ahead.

"Hmm?"

Surprised, Qi Chuan looked up and saw many tattered and disheveled figures emerging from the ruins, gazing at him with excitement, then bowing and kneeling on the ground, loudly proclaiming, "Thank you, Immortal, for extinguishing the demons for us. May the Immortal’s mana be boundless and longevity endless!"

"Thank you, Immortal, for extinguishing the demons for us. May the Immortal’s mana be boundless and longevity endless!"

"Thank you, Immortal, for extinguishing the demons for us. May the Immortal’s mana be boundless and longevity endless!"

The shouts echoed continuously, never ceasing.

Seeing this, Qi Chuan, stunned for a moment, couldn’t help but smile, cupping his hands in response, "Thank you for your kind words."

Such a scene was something he had encountered several times during his years of demon extermination around the world.

To prevent further chaos, Qi Chuan transformed into an Escape Light and left the place.

Qi Chuan returned directly to the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect. As for the Golden Eagle Sect, Gan Mu and others had their own channels, and would soon learn that the Demon Insect had been eliminated, so there was no need for special notification. He wondered how Gan Mu would react to the quick removal of the Demon Insect.

After returning to the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, Qi Chuan continued his cultivation rhythm, accumulating the Inspiration Opportunity to advance to the Core Formation Late Stage. He estimated he had already gathered about half of what was needed, still quite a distance from perfection.

In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.

During these two years, aside from occasional demon exterminations, Qi Chuan mostly stayed in his Cave Mansion, continuously accumulating the Inspiration Opportunity.

Regarding the Ninth Layer Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique needed for Core Formation Late Stage cultivation, Qi Chuan had already derived it using the Hundredfold Critical Strike before the first trace of Inspiration Opportunity for the Core Formation Late Stage breakthrough.

On this day, in Qi Chuan’s Tier Three Middle Grade Cave Mansion, he sat cross-legged on the bed, eyes tightly shut, robe bulging, with mana circulating continuously within, his profound Peak of Core Formation Middle Stage Spiritual Pressure radiating outwards, indicating that his internal mana was operating at full capacity.

Moments later, his robe settled and the mana within entirely returned to his Dantian, his aura returning to normal.

Swoosh!

Qi Chuan’s eyelids moved, and he slowly opened his eyes, a sense of clarity emanating from his gaze.

At the same time, a line of text appeared before him.

[You ran the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique through a Grand Circulation, attempting to capture the Inspiration Opportunity for the breakthrough to the Core Formation Late Stage. Triggered Hundredfold Critical Strike, gaining a hundredfold reward, and successfully captured the Inspiration Opportunity for the breakthrough to the Core Formation Late Stage. Your Inspiration Opportunity has reached Perfection.]

"The Inspiration Opportunity has finally reached Perfection!"

Upon seeing this text, Qi Chuan smiled slightly and exhaled a breath, feeling at ease.

At this moment, he felt an overwhelming urge to break through, in his consciousness, body, and mana.

If he wished, he could immediately initiate the breakthrough to the Core Formation Late Stage without being hindered by the bottleneck.

Qi Chuan had worked hard for many years for this moment.

Once he broke through to the Core Formation Late Stage, his strength would undergo another leap in progress.

With Core Formation Late Stage Cultivation, combined with his First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, and his skills in the Sword Dao, Taiyi Demon-Vanquishing Divine Thunder, and Dual Cultivation of Body and Magic, in Beihua State, unless a Nascent Soul True Monarch appeared, he feared nothing.

Even facing Zhao Ming of the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, Mu Cangtian of the Cangjian Pavilion, or Liu Xi of the Yin Yang Mansion, it would be the same.

He could be considered invincible beneath the Nascent Soul True Monarch!

"Let the breakthrough commence!"

Feeling the urge within, Qi Chuan took a deep breath, then, holding the White Dragon Tripod, closed his eyes, directly activating the Ninth Layer Sword Technique of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique, without any hesitation.

As this wasn’t a significant realm breakthrough, only stepping up to the Core Formation Late Stage with Perfection Inspiration Opportunity, there was no need to consider timing or preparation.

As the new meridian pathway of the Ninth Layer Sword Technique operated, streams of mana surged from his First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, exiting the Dantian, entering the meridians, and after a Grand Circulation, returning to the Dantian once more.

Outside, within the Tier Three Middle Grade Cave Mansion, the White Dragon Tripod released an immense amount of Spiritual Qi, enveloping Qi Chuan. Through the Sword Technique, it was swiftly refined into mana, entering his Dantian.

In this process, Qi Chuan’s First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core expanded rapidly, faster than ever before.

Nevertheless, due to the power gap between the Core Formation Middle Stage and Late Stage, the transformation of Spiritual Qi and the core’s expansion required time, so despite the smooth breakthrough process, it still took a full four months.

Four months later, Qi Chuan, while seated, finally opened his eyes slowly, his gaze bright and focused, containing hidden brilliance.

Outside the Cave Mansion, all disturbances had settled back to normal.

Within Qi Chuan, however, the astonishing Spiritual Pressure of the Core Formation Late Stage emitted.

"I’ve finally achieved the Core Formation Late Stage," Qi Chuan exhaled softly, smiling in satisfaction.

Today, he matched the realms of Zhao Ming and Qu Xuanlei.

He was now well-equipped to face the outbreak crisis of the Demon Insect swarms with utmost confidence.

His next target was the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm, but that was not achievable in the short term.

Then, Qi Chuan introspected his Dantian, observing that his First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core had expanded to three times its size compared to the Core Formation Middle Stage.