Chapter 491

Chapter 491: Blood Symbol Arrow

The Thunder Spirit Qi within him liquefied, gathering into a mass.

Though not a Golden Core, it surpassed one. Cultivators wielding exotic spiritual energy differed from ordinary ones. Regular cultivators merely needed to condense true qi into true essence, refine it with true fire, fuse it gradually into a False Pill, then further refine the essence into Dan Fluid to form a Golden Core.

If Zeng Xuan aimed for the Golden Core stage, he’d only need to condense Thunder Spirit Qi into a False Pill and refine his true qi into essence. While ordinary cultivators required refining one type of qi, he needed two. Yet, thanks to exotic energies, this wasn’t as hard as imagined.

Ye Yun’s path was far thornier. The Cleansing Immortal Heart Technique demanded perfect balance between body and qi, making Golden Core formation astronomically difficult.

Worse, Ye Yun cultivated Thunder, Ice, and Fire Spirit Qi. All three had to form False Pills, their Dan Fluid merging to forge his Golden Core. Each step was vital, rendering his journey brutally arduous.

Now, aided by the seed of the mysteries of thunder, Ye Yun’s Thunder Spirit Qi coalesced into a False Pill. One more step—Dan Fluid reversal—would solidify his Thunder Spirit Golden Core, amplifying his power.

Tongtong watched excitedly, surprised by Ye Yun’s swift absorption of the seed’s energy and his profound grasp of Lightning Element Law, enabling the False Pill’s formation.

Jun Ruolan’s face darkened. Ye Yun was draining the seed’s energy. If he also gleaned its secret thunder-control techniques, the seed would become useless, ruining her mission.

“You leave me no choice, Ye Yun.”

Her pretty features twisted. She’d entered Thunder Falls Valley solely for this seed—not for cultivation, but for a Moon Goddess Palace mission. Its success promised rewards tenfold the million top-grade spirit stones she’d offered Ye Yun, possibly including coveted secret techniques to breeze through the heavenly tribulation and ascend to the Nascent Soul stage.

Outwardly a Misty Sect disciple, Jun Ruolan secretly served the Moon Goddess Palace, an entity dwarfing the Great Qin Empire. This seed meant little to her sect but everything to her.

With the seed nearly drained, Jun Ruolan acted. Chanting, she spewed crimson runes that filled the sky in an odd array.

“Ten Thousand Talismans Sky Method, Blood Symbol Pierces the Void!”

Her mid-grade Immortal artifact—a blood-red silk—shot up, skewering the runes into a Blood Symbol Arrow that streaked toward Ye Yun, ten zhang away.

Boom!

Her space shattered like glass, unleashing wild lightning. Unfazed, Jun Ruolan stood firm amidst the storm.

The arrow pierced Ye Yun’s space next, fragments cascading like glittering snow. Caught mid-refinement, Ye Yun gaped as bloodlight flashed, plunging him into a thunderous sea.

Luckily, the spent arrow flickered and retreated, reverting to silk in Jun Ruolan’s palm. Her face paled grotesquely—each Blood Symbol Arrow cost decades of lifespan and risked cultivation regression. But losing the seed meant losing her swift Nascent Soul ascension, delaying her goals indefinitely.

She lunged as Ye Yun’s spatial crystal wall crumbled, only for a purple bell to materialize, trapping her.

Tongtong giggled outside the translucent bell. “Ugly sister, you won’t bother Big Brother!”

“A phantom bell can’t stop me!” Jun Ruolan snarled, her silk becoming a blood-colored sword that stabbed through the bell—yet it remained intact.

After half an incense stick’s time, her relentless slashes finally dispelled the bell.

“Stop!” She thrust her sword at meditating Ye Yun, a crimson arc shooting for his head.

“If stopping’s all you want…”

Thunder coalesced before Ye Yun, blocking the strike.

Boom!

Lightning blazed as Ye Yun rose, crackling with power—a war god born of thunder.