Infinite Professions

Chapter 212 - 109: Nascent Soul Formation

"This is..."

"Celestial Punishment?"

"How could it be possible!"

Although they had already retreated tens of thousands of miles away, there were still means such as Mirror Flower Water Moon and Profound Light Treasure Mirror transmitting the scene ahead, albeit not very clearly.

But no matter how unclear, the purple crystal vertical pupil birthed in that tribulation cloud, and that supreme pressure that seemed to want to annihilate all things, still made everyone understand everything.

Celestial Punishment!

When a Cultivator crosses the tribulation, the number nine-nine is the limit.

But this limit is the limit of the Cultivator, not the limit of Heaven and Earth.

The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven moves forty-nine, so there’s always a sliver of hope, hence the nine-nine tribulation is the limit; there won’t appear a tribulation count of ten-ten, such a deadly tribulation with no hope of survival.

But that’s only within conventional bounds. If someone exceeds conventional bounds, the celestial tribulation may not necessarily fail to break the limits and elevate to Celestial Punishment, breaking the nine-nine limit, creating another layer of the Celestial Dao killing tribulation.

This is also the reason why everyone is so terrified.

Generally speaking, the descent of Celestial Punishment only has two causes.

One is excessive sin, making Heaven and Earth intolerant.

The other is unparalleled aptitude, attempting to defy Heaven and become Dao.

The former needs not much elaboration, it mostly arises from the Demon Dao, those demon overlords with sins as high as heaven, who cultivate no virtuous fruits and, after breaking through layer upon layer of tribulation, attain shocking Magical Power, ultimately touch the bottom line of the Celestial Dao, Heaven and Earth intolerant, morphing tribulation into punishment.

But this situation is limited to shocking demon overlords, at the very least Divinity Transformation Cultivation, possibly even Integration Mahayana; such a Tribulation True Demon might appear.

Nascent Soul... unheard of, a mere small Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator, neither has the qualification nor the capability to commit such earth-shattering sins.

The latter is possible but only exists in ancient legends, it is only those with an Innate Dao Body, crafting a Supreme Immortal Foundation, extraordinary geniuses, who can touch Heaven and Earth, invoking such tribulation, being both catastrophe and test, inside holds supreme fortune, the chance to defy Heaven and become Dao.

Is this person the former or the latter?

Everyone did not know, not daring to speculate recklessly, only had a suspicion lingering in their hearts.

Most likely it’s the latter!

Because the conditions for the former he cannot satisfy.

Excessive sins, only then Celestial Punishment.

From where does he have such sins as high as heaven?

Just by relying on these years of slaughter in the South Sea?

Don’t make me laugh, for these years in the South Sea he was slaughtering all Demon Cultivators, those not from the Demon Dao or commoners, when not meeting tribulation during Demon Dao’s preaching, became the means or were shrinking within the Mystic Sect Orthodox Sect, not giving you the opportunity to slaughter.

And he also has no need to slaughter these people because Demon Cultivators are the best nourishment for the Three Calamities Demon Soldiers; how could he abandon the close Demon Dao for distant Orthodox Dao?

Hence, the question arises, would slaughtering Demon Cultivators incur sin?

Of course not!

Excluding a few orthodox sects, these Demon Cultivators are heterodox Cultivators who turn to the Demon Dao after the Demon Dao’s preaching, each with sins entangled; killing them not only incurs no sin but can accumulate merit.

This is also the purpose of the Demon Dao’s preaching, not only to nurture but to nourish these demon vessels into merit babies, thus when they harvest, they can use this to dissolve their own sins, and lower the Divinity Transformation Tribulation count, it’s an extremely insidious method of avoiding tribulation.

Now when misfortune strikes, the merit babies they painstakingly nurtured were yet unused, snatched by this "Three Calamities Blade Demon," slaughters in the South Sea, offering demons to the blade, accumulating merit without the slightest sin.

Thus, how could he possibly bring Celestial Punishment due to sin?

It can only be the latter!

But the latter...

"In the Demon Dao, there exists such a character?"

"Could there be variables in the Celestial Destiny Demon Breaker?"

Seeing this situation, not only were the Demon Cultivators horrified, but also the individuals from Mystic Sect who were observing from the shadows were greatly taken aback.

Although over the years that Three Calamities Blade Demon did not target them, it’s just these years alone.

Having cultivated the Karma Fire Three Calamities Method, he is destined to become a demon overlord, once he has slaughtered the Demon Cultivators completely, he will inevitably turn his blade against the Mystic Sect.

Therefore, the various Mystic Sect sects hold no goodwill towards this Three Calamities Blade Demon, considering it a case of snipe and clam at war, hoping both will perish together.

But now, the snipe and clam, tigers and wolves, have not perished together; instead, they’ve nurtured an earth-shaking, unparalleled demon.

If truly allowing this person to defy Heaven and become Dao, then the situation of Taiyuan wouldn’t it be...

Can the Three Heroes and Two Talents, with their Celestial Destiny to break demons, suppress this person?

Why does such a variable exist?

Where did this go wrong?

All Cultivators were panic-stricken, thoughts chaotic, difficult to discern.

At this moment, the Great Dao Tribulation has reached its final juncture.

Shen Hex inwardly gazes, only to see within the Qi Sea, a Golden Core flickering, already full of cracks, yet still difficult to shatter as if lacking the final ounce of strength.

Twelve-Transformation Great Dao Golden Core, should withstand twelve tribulations in count!

The Dragon-Tiger Tribulation, refining the body, achieving Primordial Yang.

The Spirit Demon Tribulation, refining the Divine Soul, achieving Primordial Yin.

The Five Elements Tribulation, refining Magical Power, achieving Primordial Qi.

Lastly, the Great Dao Tribulation, Unity of the Three Methods, breaking core to form Nascent Soul.

Thus, achieving completion.

But to achieve this completion, one must experience life and death.

Shen Hex raised his eyes and ascended towards the heavens.

"Boom!!!"

The Eye of Celestial Punishment responded to the occasion, opening with a blast of destructive and profound purple Divine Thunder.

This is the ultimate Great Dao Tribulation, a number of three-nine, twenty-seven thunders fused as one, forming the great authority of the Celestial Dao, handle of destruction.

"Rumble!"

Such Divine Thunder, roaring and descending.

Shen Hex rose, openly accepting it.

"Boom!!!"

In an instant, Celestial Thunder poured down, the Cultivator’s form and spirit both extinguished, leaving only a single Golden Core, one full of cracks yet condensing all in the Golden Core.

The relentless Destruction Divine Thunder, like gods’ axe cleaving downwards, repeatedly bombarding the Great Dao Golden Core.

"Bang!!!"

The Golden Core trembled, shattering, revealing a figure like an ancient god of chaos, standing heaven-reaching and earth-shattering.

From death to life, breaking core to form Nascent Soul!

In this final moment, he finally borrowed Power of Heaven and Earth, completely merging body with Primordial Yang, Divine Soul with Primordial Yin, Magical Power with Primordial Qi, integrating into the Golden Core to forge the Nascent Soul.

Thus, the Foundation of the Great Dao, Merit Perfection.

Body as Primordial Yang, Divine Soul as Nascent Soul, Magical Power as Primordial Qi, the three merging as one, three do not die, the one is not extinguished, the one is not extinguished, three do not die, known as Daoist Nascent Soul.

Therefore, even if the Destruction Divine Thunder obliterated his form and spirit, in the end, he could resurrect through the Nascent Soul burgeoning from the broken core, still a small Sixth Realm Cultivator among the mundane, yet already bearing some semblance of "Great Dao Unyielding."

This is the Foundation of the Great Dao!

At this moment, Shen Hex also realized that Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul, all are the same realm, building the Dao Foundation realm, like Gathering Spirit Method Qi Refining, fundamentally all akin to "Refining Qi."

Only upon reaching Nascent Soul, the Foundation Establishment cultivation is considered complete, using this as the origin to open up the path to the heavens.

Cultivators experience tribulation, body and mind gain insight.

The sky-high tribulation clouds, consequently dissipated.

All returns to calm, like a bizarre dream, fleeting in both arrival and departure.

Only a solitary figure stands high above the heavens, attesting that everything just now was not illusory, but genuinely true.

People awoke as from a dream, gazing at that solitary figure, yet still feeling as if in a dream, a sense of unrealness hard to articulate.

Amidst the confusion of countless thousands...

"The Foundation of My Dao—Is Complete!"

A soft voice echoes, settling the dust.