Feeling the terrifying aura that inspired awe and fear, Yan Shenkang could no longer laugh. He froze in place, unable to comprehend why the unremarkable aura from just moments ago had suddenly exploded in intensity.

That terrifying aura reminded him of when his father Khan had been enraged.

"You... you..."

Chen Yuan moved his neck. This time was different from before. Senior Moro had given him most of the control, allowing him to experience the Transformation Yang Realm ahead of time.

Hmm... very powerful.

With a thought, a layer of eerie flame instantly ignited within a hundred-zhang radius of the dark void. Due to the darkness of the night, the flame was not very noticeable.

But not noticeable didn't mean non-existent.

Wan Yan Shenkang no longer had any intention of fighting. He immediately turned to leave.

Regardless of whether Chen Yuan was bluffing with that terrifying aura, it was not something he could withstand at the moment. He wasn't brave enough to gamble with his own life.

But by this time, it was clearly too late.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yuan directly solidified the void with a terrifying aura. In a flash, he appeared in front of Wan Yan Shenkang. A palm covered in ancient patterns grabbed Yan Shenkang's neck.

"Keep laughing..."

Feeling as heavy as if he were filled with lead, Wan Yan Shenkang felt suffocated. Even the primordial spirit in his spiritual platform was restricted, unable to exert a trace of power.

His eyes filled with panic, he stammered, "Chen... Chen Yuan, you can't kill me... otherwise, my father Khan... will definitely not let you go."

"Coincidentally, I don't want to let your father go either. You can go down and wait first. Your father will be here to accompany you soon." A flash of coldness crossed Chen Yuan's eyes.

Then, without further ado, the demonic flames in his hand suddenly surged, and Wan Yan Shenkang's body began to rapidly turn to ashes.

Adding a trace of panic to the chaotic night sky.

Finally, Wan Yan Shenkang died.

A complete and utter demise, leaving not a trace behind. Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with a hint of azure light, and a faint smile curved his lips.

He watched the azure aura on Wan Yan Shenkang's body gradually pour into his own.

The Destiny Altar in the depths of his consciousness slowly rotated, completely absorbing the aura. Then, as before, a guiding opportunity surged into Chen Yuan's mind.

"Luofeng Mountain in Northwest Liangzhou, a divine flower stands atop the mountain, starlight containing divine fire for Nirvana, primordial spirit condensed before Transformation Yang!"

Luofeng Mountain, Divine Flower, Divine Fire Nirvana, Primordial Spirit...

Chen Yuan opened his eyes and nodded slightly.

It was about what he had predicted.

He had initially felt that breaking through to the Transformation Yang Realm this time would not be so simple. After all, he had not yet successfully 'nourished his spirit' and couldn't ascend to the heavens in one step, directly breaking through to the Transformation Yang Realm.

Originally, when his cultivation reached the peak of the Celestial Core Realm in the Qishan Tribe, he estimated that it would take about three more months to completely nurture the primordial spirit.

But after this period of comprehension, he felt that he had been too optimistic.

Nurturing a primordial spirit was not that simple, otherwise it wouldn't have trapped so many Celestial Core experts.

It would take at least several more months to nurture the divine light of the primordial spirit.

This opportunity had saved him a lot of time.

It was the line in the guiding opportunity, "Primordial spirit condensed before Transformation Yang" that made him ponder.

Could it be that he could nurture the primordial spirit before Transformation Yang?

But that was something he had never heard of.

The most important symbol of the Transformation Yang Realm was shattering the core to transform into a spirit. Being able to nurture the primordial spirit in advance was something he had never heard of. The normal cultivation path was to nurture the prototype of the primordial spirit before breaking through to Transformation Yang.

This...

He could only wait and see.

The most important thing now was to eliminate the barbarian food and grass camp in this place.

With a thought, Chen Yuan entrusted his mind to Moro. With a wave of his hand, an invisible Dao aura enveloped him, and then, endless dark demonic flames instantly enveloped the great array guarding the camp.

In just a few breaths, the Nine Departures Divine Wind Array that Wan Yan Shenkang was so proud of was completely broken with a 'boom'.

As soon as the great array was broken, the great array prepared by Wei Jinfeng in advance came into play. Countless fireballs condensed in the void and then headed downwards.

Like the end of the world!

Countless barbarian soldiers frantically scattered the flames on their bodies, countless cattle and sheep panicked and ran around like crazy, and the mountains of food and grass were reduced to ashes.

Watching the extremely spectacular scene below, Chen Yuan couldn't help but marvel at Wei Jinfeng's power. He had actually predicted that the Northern Barbarians would store their food and grass here and had even carved an array.

Most importantly, he hadn't let the experts of the Northern Barbarians notice, which was not easy.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he asked in a deep voice, "Senior... do you think Wei Jinfeng has already noticed our identity?"

This was a very important question.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Wei Jinfeng would risk entrusting him with such an important task. Without the means of a True Lord, it would be impossible to burn down the barbarian food and grass camp today.

"No..."

"Then?"

"If this monk is not mistaken, Wei benefactor should be connected to the one from Mount Wudang. Perhaps, he revealed some things. However, this is not a loss for you. Wei benefactor is probably just certain that you have some secrets that even a True Lord cannot touch."

Chen Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

As long as he didn't realize that his disguise was the Asura True Lord, that was fine.

Looking at the barbarian cavalry fleeing in all directions below, Chen Yuan was even more unlikely to let them escape. Today, not a single person, not even a beast, would be allowed to leave alive.

On this day, seventy percent of the food and grass stored in the Gujin Royal Court was reduced to ashes.

All the soldiers guarding it, as well as the cattle and sheep, were burned to ashes. The fire soared into the sky, illuminating the entire world. After the place was completely burned out, and he confirmed that no one was alive, Chen Yuan quietly left the area.

He was going to Luofeng Mountain to find that divine flower.

Although he didn't see it, Chen Yuan was very clear that this night was the key moment for Wei Jinfeng to turn the tide.

He hadn't predicted wrong. In addition to Chen Yuan's side, Wei Jinfeng ordered the Northern Liang Army to launch a full-scale attack, giving the Gujin Royal Court its first heavy blow since stepping into the Central Plains.

Overnight, they lost 100,000 soldiers, and all of their food and grass was destroyed!

......

......

After burning the food and grass, Chen Yuan was in no hurry to return to Liangzhou City. After confirming his location, Chen Yuan found that Luofeng Mountain, the location of the opportunity indicated by the Destiny Altar, was not that far from him.

It was only a hundred miles away.

It only took a short time to reach the place, while Moro in the Imperial Slaughtering Blade thought that Chen Yuan had changed direction to avoid the pursuit of the barbarians.

Regarding this mountain, Chen Yuan couldn't be said to be completely ignorant.

He had previously learned about some of the important towns, passes, and various mountains and rivers on the border, but this Luofeng Mountain was indeed unknown.

The天地元气(Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi) was thin, no spiritual herbs or medicines grew, and even hunters would not go there.

It was no exaggeration to call it desolate.

But it was precisely such an ordinary mountain that was the location of the opportunity indicated by the Destiny Altar, which was indeed surprising.

Luofeng Mountain was very small, with only a lonely peak. After confirming the location, Chen Yuan went in that direction without a sound, seemingly preparing to rest on it for a while.

The peak was only about several dozen zhang high. Chen Yuan quickly reached the top and immediately saw the only tree on the mountain.

It was a dead, silent ancient phoenix tree.

Chen Yuan opened his Heaven's Eye, and a flash of azure light passed through the ancient phoenix tree, instantly filling his heart with joy. He had finally found it, and there were no twists and turns in the process.

The smoothness made him a little surprised.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yuan walked forward. Moro in the Imperial Slaughtering Blade let out a sigh:

"Wait."

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered, and he asked softly, "Senior, what's wrong?"

"This tree is strange."

"Oh? What's strange about it?"

"This monk sensed a somewhat hot aura from this ancient tree. Move the ancient tree away." Moro's ethereal voice slowly sounded.

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "Okay."

Then, with a thought, the desolate ancient phoenix tree in front of him shattered inch by inch. It was actually hollow, as if it had been scorched by someone. When the ancient tree broke to its roots,

A palm-sized, dark red, mysterious spiritual flower was blooming in the wind.

"Does Senior know the origin of this flower?"

Chen Yuan didn't move, but instead asked.

"Let this monk think for a moment..." Moro was silent for a moment. After about thirty breaths, his voice came again:

"This flower is not simple."

"Please enlighten me, Senior."

"Your luck is truly rare in the world. You are actually encountering a Phoenix Blood Divine Flower in front of you while you are nourishing your spirit. It's truly..." Moro didn't know what to say.

This Phoenix Blood Divine Flower was a rare spiritual flower in the world, and ordinary people would hardly encounter it in their entire lives, yet Chen Yuan encountered it so coincidentally. His luck was simply defying the heavens.

"Phoenix Blood Divine Flower..." Hearing what Moro said, Chen Yuan felt a vague sense of familiarity, as if he had heard it somewhere.

But before he could think about it, Moro had already begun to introduce it to him:

"The most important thing about this Phoenix Blood Divine Flower is the 'Phoenix Blood' part. Only the blood of the divine beast phoenix can nurture this kind of divine flower. It takes three hundred years for it to grow.

It is crucial for warriors before Transformation Yang."

"Because this Phoenix Blood Divine Flower can allow warriors to nurture the primordial spirit in advance."

"Is it good or bad to nurture the primordial spirit before Transformation Yang?"

Chen Yuan asked this question that he had been very curious about.

Although he knew that there was probably no harm, he still wanted to know the truth.

"Naturally, it is good. Being able to sense the wonders of the primordial spirit in advance in the Core Realm is extremely useful for your cultivation in the Transformation Yang Realm. If you wait until you break through to Transformation Yang, it can further enhance your primordial spirit, which is roughly equivalent to several years of cultivation."

Moro said.

"Then... have there been any such examples before?"

"This monk is one."

"Oh?"

Chen Yuan's eyes moved immediately.

"When this monk had not yet entered the Transformation Yang Realm, I coincidentally condensed the primordial spirit in advance. After breaking through to Transformation Yang, the primordial spirit greatly increased, laying the foundation for the future..."

Moro slowly told his story.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but smack his tongue as he listened.

He had not entered Transformation Yang, but had condensed the primordial spirit.

This had exceeded the scope of the Core Realm.

Half-step Transformation Yang?

Chen Yuan felt that only this could explain it.

There was no such realm in the Six Realms of Martial Dao.

He had also taken a different approach.

After understanding and confirming, Moro also told him many things to pay attention to, telling him that condensing the primordial spirit in advance was dangerous and that he could not be careless.

Chen Yuan expressed his understanding. Then, he gently picked off the Phoenix Blood Divine Flower, and a hot aura diffused towards him. If his physical body had not already reached the peak of Indestructible Vajra,

If a warrior with low cultivation had come, it would have been difficult to pick it off.

After deciding on the breakthrough, Chen Yuan quickly prepared. He sat cross-legged on the top of Luofeng Mountain and adjusted his state. Senior Moro's possession before, although it was only for a short time, had still caused him some damage.

He had to cultivate in the best state.

After about half a day, Chen Yuan refined a healing spiritual pill to restore the injuries on his body, and his state was also adjusted to the highest level.

He was ready to condense the primordial spirit.

At this moment, the sky gradually darkened with the passage of time. Only the Phoenix Blood Divine Flower in front of Chen Yuan illuminated the surroundings.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Yuan sank his mind into his dantian. The Celestial Core in its peak state was extremely full, emitting a powerful aura. He could faintly feel a faint divine light inside.

The prototype of the primordial spirit...

With a thought, the Phoenix Blood Divine Flower slowly flew to the top of Chen Yuan's head. Dark red flames enveloped Chen Yuan's entire body, while also emitting a mysterious Dao aura.

Silently, Chen Yuan's mind seemed to sink into darkness. A faint phoenix cry entered his ears.

At this moment!

Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a gleam of light shooting out from his eyes. With a long roar, he directly spat out the Celestial Core, which slowly floated in the void.

Without anyone mobilizing it, the Phoenix Blood Divine Flower, which was originally suspended above Chen Yuan's head, enveloped the Celestial Core.

A mysterious flame burned around the Celestial Core.

The Celestial Core was the foundation of Chen Yuan's cultivation, so it was actually very fragile. When the flame burned on the Celestial Core, beads of sweat suddenly appeared on Chen Yuan's forehead.

At the same time, his physical body also began to gradually turn red.

Ancient and mysterious patterns naturally began to condense. He didn't know how long it had passed, but the position of Chen Yuan's body had changed. He was also suspended in the void cross-legged.

The palm-sized Phoenix Blood Divine Flower from before had somehow grown larger, enveloping him like a lotus seat.

The Celestial Core was suspended in front of Chen Yuan, and the divine flower held up Chen Yuan's body. The hot aura had also reached its peak, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi began to converge.

The Yuan Qi within a radius of several thousand meters was stirred, forming a vortex above Chen Yuan's head.

A huge amount of Yuan Qi began to envelop Chen Yuan's entire body.

Inside the Celestial Core, the divine light that was like a grain of rice before had now increased several times. If you looked closely, you could see that there seemed to be the prototype of a baby condensing inside.

Chen Yuan opened his eyes, a gleam of light shooting out from his eyes.

The Phoenix Blood Divine Flower beneath him began to disappear, replaced by an extremely spiritual fire phoenix. The fire phoenix circled around Chen Yuan once.

After an earth-shattering phoenix cry, it directly held the Celestial Core in its mouth.

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I'm not feeling well, so this chapter is 4,000 words first. I'll make up for it another day.