Chapter 491: Chapter 279: Tribulation Seed Realm Second Stage: Soul Emergence

Su Que watched the five Gang Condensing Realm martial artists unleash techniques, bombarding this mountain, and chuckled to himself.

With a thought in his mind, the Lifebound Demon Seed in his Dantian immediately sprouted eight Affiliated Demon Seeds, which flew out of his Dantian.

He manipulated the eight Affiliated Demon Seeds with his mind and made them fall downward.

The eight Affiliated Demon Seeds swiftly flashed through the air and entered the skulls of the Crown Prince, the Princes, and the five Gang Condensing Realm martial artists.

Then, they descended along the Ren Meridian, all the way to their Dantians. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Only Divine Realm martial artists can sense the Demon Seeds connecting with their Essence Qi and Spirit.

These martial artists were only in the Gang Condensing Realm, naturally unable to detect the presence of a Demon Seed in their Dantians, connecting with their Essence Qi and Spirit.

Su Que, now in the Tribulation Seed Realm, was two realms higher than these martial artists.

His Affiliated Demon Seeds quickly took root in these martial artists’ Dantians and soon firmly connected with their Essence Qi and Spirit.

Rumble!

The five martial artists, after all, were in the Gang Condensing Realm, and their strength ranked among the top in the Liang Kingdom Martial Arts.

Under their True Qi, they formed an irregular tunnel.

Then, they stretched their hands forward, unleashing Gang Qi in an attempt to expel Su Que’s Myriad Poison True Qi.

However, the Myriad Poison True Qi was fused with Su Que’s will, firmly guarding the object in the middle.

No matter how the Gang Qi pushed, the Myriad Poison True Qi just spun around.

Su Que no longer wanted to watch and promptly moved with a thought.

The eight Demon Seeds, carrying the Essence Qi and Spirit of these people, left their Dantians, ascended along the Du Meridian, and flew out at their Baihui Acupoint.

Instantly, the Crown Prince, two Princes, and five martial artists’ skin shriveled, their complexion drained of blood, and their bodies collapsed to the ground.

After absorbing the eight Affiliated Demon Seeds, Su Que merged them into the Lifebound Demon Seed and glanced at his attributes.

Remaining lifespan: 5461

Collecting eight Demon Seeds only increased the remaining lifespan by ten years.

From this, it was evident that the life level of these eight Gang Condensing Realm martial artists was far inferior to his.

The soldiers on the side, witnessing the Crown Prince, two Princes, and five martial artists suddenly turning into pale corpses and collapsing to the ground, were taken aback.

But soon, they reacted, feeling a subtle joy in their hearts.

For with these people dead, they no longer needed to be coerced into exploring that deep purple mist.

Though joyful, these soldiers were genuinely frightened by the strange evil of the place.

Thus, when a soldier made a move to flee, the others dispersed likewise.

After all the soldiers left, Su Que landed on the ground, waved his hand casually, and released a wisp of Myriad Poison True Qi, sweeping it over the eight people.

The corpses of the eight people immediately vanished.

With another thought, Su Que not only retracted the just-released Myriad Poison True Qi but also withdrew the Myriad Poison True Qi in the cave.

He entered the cave, collected clothing and various items into his Storage Pouch, and then performed a Lightweight Skill to leave the cave.

Later, he went to another side of Jiannan Prefecture City, found a hidden, uninhabited spot, changed back into Confucian robes, and walked into Jiannan Prefecture City.

It was nearing dusk, with some vendors packing up their stalls on the street, while others setting up for the night market.

Lanterns on the street were being lit one after another.

However, despite the many stalls and the bright glow of lanterns,

the number of pedestrians on the streets was noticeably less than before.

It was evident that two battles between martial arts masters had recently occurred in Jiannan Prefecture City.

Though the populace hadn’t observed them directly, they heard the loud sounds from the battles and, afterward, saw the shattered buildings and the alarming large craters at the battle sites.

Previously, the martial arts masters in Jiannan Prefecture City were not highly cultivated; although there had been battles before, the destructive power was limited.

The populace had merely heard tales of such destructive power from legendary martial artists, but never imagined such battles would happen near them.

Thus, there was temporary panic; some residents not only lacked the mood to go out but also planned to move away from Jiannan Prefecture City.

Su Que walked down the street and returned home.

He entered the house from the side gate, and upon hearing movement, Su Jing immediately performed a Lightweight Skill and hurried over.

She saw Su Que, noticed his body was intact, and relaxed her tense face immediately: "Where did you go? We haven’t seen you for two days."

Since the conflict between martial artists in Jiannan Prefecture City, she hadn’t seen Su Que for a while and worried he had been affected by the clashes, feeling anxious in the past two days.

She even met Li Yujing, who sent people to search for Su Que in the Jiannan Prefecture area.

Su Que said, "I stayed with a few friends in Fangyu Village for two days."

Su Jing was only concerned with her brother’s safety and wasn’t worried about where Su Que had been.

She wanted to advise Su Que not to go out again but reconsidered, thinking that if such a destructive battle between martial artists happened near their residence,

even with her current Qi Blood Realm Fifth Blood strength, she wouldn’t protect the siblings.

Thus, Su Jing swallowed her advice back and just urged Su Que to rest while she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

After eating dinner and taking a bath with Su Jing, Su Que sat cross-legged on the bed, pondering the martial arts and dharma gates he had recently acquired.

He first thought of the "Six Divine Powers of Buddhist" obtained in the Great Buddha Temple.

The Six Divine Powers of Buddhist are Celestial Eye, Celestial Ear, Telepathy, Destiny Communication, Divine Movement, and Arahant’s Attainment.

Celestial Eye and Celestial Ear are actually skills training the eyes and ears.

Now, with sharp ears and keen eyes, these skills didn’t serve much purpose for him.

The Divine Movement is indeed an extremely powerful Lightweight Skill, yet for him, who practices the Celestial Deformed Foot and Sunflower Manual, it isn’t much help.

According to the text, Destiny Communication allows one to foresee fortune and misfortune in advance.

If practiced deeply, it can even foretell future scenes.

However, cultivating Destiny Communication requires sincere worship of Buddha and integrating a Divine Intent Diagram depicting Maitreya Future Buddha into one’s organs and acupoints.

Clearly, Su Que did not want to be burdened by this faith and the Buddhist Divine Intent, so he didn’t cultivate this dharma gate.

Arahant’s Attainment involves achieving a "Leakless Body," and the texts say fathomed deeply, one’s body could almost eternalize.

It is arguably the most mystical skill among the Six Divine Powers of Buddhist.

Yet cultivating Arahant’s Attainment still requires sincere worship of the present Tathagata, allowing Tathagata’s Divine Power to permeate every inch of flesh.

Seeing this, Su Que naturally wouldn’t cultivate it either.

’Among the Six Divine Powers of Buddhist, only Telepathy is most useful to me.’

When Su Que thought of this, he put aside the "Six Divine Powers of Buddhist" and turned his thoughts to the Martial Arts Realm.

At present, his Martial Arts Realm was the First Stage of Tribulation Seed Realm: Imperial Objects.

The Martial Arts Realm significantly boosts a martial artist’s strength.

Su Que thought that while he might be invincible in this Lower Realm, Emperor Jing of Liang could descend at any moment.

After acquiring Ji Chongsheng’s memories using Telepathy, he became aware that Emperor Jing of Liang was granted a rather valuable Celestial Medicine by the Celestial Gate Master and had entered seclusion.

It’s currently uncertain what realm Emperor Jing of Liang will reach.

Undoubtedly, having shattered the void, Emperor Jing of Liang’s Martial Arts Realm surpasses the Tribulation Seed Realm.

So he must continue to elevate his Martial Arts Realm.

The Second Stage of Tribulation Seed Realm is "Soul Emergence."

The First Stage of Tribulation Seed Realm was merely releasing part of the Spirit Qi and integrating it with objects to manipulate them.

In the Second Stage, one must release all Spirit Qi, separating from the physical body.

Reaching this step is considered achieving the Second Stage of Tribulation Seed Realm.

’Isn’t this Primordial Spirit Emergence?’

Su Que thought, and immediately, he tried to follow Ji Chongsheng’s past cultivation memory of the Second Stage of Tribulation Seed Realm to attempt separating his Spirit Qi from his physical body.

In this world, Martial Arts cultivates the body first and then trains the Spirit Qi.

The body and Spirit Qi are closely connected; the Spirit Qi relies on the body, with the body firmly anchoring the Spirit Qi.

The stronger the body, the harder it is for the Spirit Qi to detach.

Su Que’s body was extremely strong.

Thus, he planned to first attempt letting his Spirit Qi emerge.

If he couldn’t achieve emergence, then he would enhance his Spirit Qi.