A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 220: Braving the Heavenly Tribulation for Love

Every strike was enough to rupture flesh and shatter the soul.

Yet even so, all she could do was grit her teeth and take it.

Why didn’t she run? Because she never had the chance to begin with.

Li Xuanxiao watched the scene unfold, completely confused.

Di Nü Feng kept cursing out loud with every word carrying "mother" in it, while frantically waving her arms to defend against the tidal wave of sword aura crashing down on her.

One magical artifact after another around her cracked crisply under the impact of the sword aura.

Some split with only a thin crack—tiny as it was.

But only Di Nü Feng knew how much that one little crack would cost her.

Worse yet, some magical artifacts crumbled into powder altogether.

Each one that broke felt like a blade stabbing into her heart, a fresh wound torn straight into her soul.

“What kind of d**n tribulation is this!?”

Di Nü Feng couldn’t hold back and let out a furious roar to the sky.

The sword aura pouring down felt endless, growing far beyond what she could endure.

If she didn’t do something soon, she was going to die here for no good reason.

Di Nü Feng clenched her teeth and steeled her heart.

She then gathered all her magic power into her palm and channeled it into her life-bound magical artifact—the Lotus Lantern.

The last time Di Nü Feng had used her life-bound magical artifact was during her life-or-death fight against Liu Qiushui on Wuwang Mountains.

Now, there was no time to hesitate.

Di Nü Feng hurled her strike straight at the core of the lightning tribulation in the sky.

With a deafening boom, light exploded in all directions, and the tribulation core was finally blasted apart by sheer force.

However, even though the core was destroyed...

The Lotus Lantern withered rapidly, its nine lotus petals dropping to five.

Di Nü Feng, having drained every ounce of her magic power and energy, suffered heavy damage to her soul.

And since the life-bound magical artifact was tied to its owner’s fate...

Di Nü Feng plummeted from the sky.

With a heavy thud, she hit the ground.

Li Xuanxiao watched for a moment, then quickly ran over.

At this point, Di Nü Feng was buried in snow.

Her eyes were shut tight, her breath so faint it was nearly undetectable—whether she was dead or alive, no one knew...

Huh?

Why did she suddenly show up to block that deadly tribulation for me!?

Does that even make sense?

Li Xuanxiao replayed everything that had happened since the tribulation began.

Fake!!

Yeah, this was all fake.

Di Nü Feng was fake.

This ridiculous tribulation was definitely fake too.

Otherwise, why would becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator require facing a terrifying heavenly weapon like this?

Di Nü Feng blocking the fatal tribulation for him.

What a classic setup~

Honestly, how could his heart not be stirred... but—

Li Xuanxiao’s mind flashed with scenes from countless romance novels.

An illusion!!

Li Xuanxiao reaffirmed his belief—he’d almost fallen for it.

“.........”

Di Nü Feng slowly opened her eyes.

D*mn it, where am I?

Am I still alive?

The first thing she saw was Li Xuanxiao.

It was him—Li Xuanxiao.

Hmph, at least the brat had a conscience.

“Li....”

“Thud!”

She barely got the first syllable out—don’t ask why she couldn’t say the second.

Because Li Xuanxiao’s second punch landed right on her throat, stopping her from talking.

“I’ll beat you to death! Punch you dead, kick you dead... ruin my Dao Heart, will you—you f**king illusion!”

Li Xuanxiao straddled Di Nü Feng and laid into her with a barrage of donkey punches.

“Bang bang bang—!!”

Di Nü Feng: ..........

She struggled beneath him.

Li Xuanxiao glanced at her—her clothes had been completely blasted off by lightning.

Yeah, she was definitely trying to seduce him.

He admitted—she was indeed stacked.

Li Xuanxiao grabbed a black cloth and wrapped it around Di Nü Feng. It made it easier to beat her, and it helped keep his Dao Heart steady.

“Li Xuanxiao... you beast!”

Oh? Playing coy now? Adding sound effects, huh?

“Take my Xuanxiao Flying Kick!”

As the beating went on, Li Xuanxiao felt something was off.

He quickly realized the change inside his body.

The final bolt wasn’t for body tempering—it was a kill strike.

When Di Nü Feng took that fatal lightning bolt for him...

Li Xuanxiao had already completed his Nascent Soul tribulation breakthrough.

The Golden Core inside him had finally shattered.

Not caring about anything else, he immediately released his suppressed energy.

He sat down cross-legged on the spot and closed his eyes.

Golden Core shatters into Nascent Soul.

If the core shatters, the Dao is achieved;if it’s destroyed, not even your life is safe.

The shattered Golden Core began dissolving in his Purple Mansion Dantian and reshaped into a three-inch miniature person.

The form of a Nascent Soul reflects a cultivator’s Dao Heart.

For example, those who cultivate killing paths may have Nascent Souls clad in armor like seasoned warriors.

Those focused on alchemy may have a pill furnace image around them.

A sword cultivator’s Nascent Soul would resemble a flying sword, sharp and piercing.

But inside Li Xuanxiao’s body, his Nascent Soul appeared holding a black Go stone...

And in front of it was a phantom chessboard.

Not to mention that random flying sword in the Purple Mansion—it was definitely unintentional.

No doubt about it, its master was a Heavenly Secrets Master.

As light shimmered and energy gathered—

Li Xuanxiao looked inward and finally saw his own Nascent Soul.

What would his Nascent Soul look like?

He was excited but also nervous.

Huh?

Where’s the Nascent Soul?

Where’d it go?

Li Xuanxiao couldn’t find it anywhere in his Dantian’s Purple Mansion.

“Eh?”

He looked completely puzzled.

He could clearly feel the breakthrough had succeeded.

So... where was the Nascent Soul!?

Talk about twists and turns. And now, presenting: The Case of the Missing Nascent Soul

Li Xuanxiao was sure he had made the breakthrough.

Still uneasy, he searched his entire Purple Mansion again—and then his whole body.

Only on the second round did he finally find it—his Nascent Soul had hidden itself inside his left ventricle.

There it was—the tiny figure huddled in an inconspicuous corner, peeking out cautiously.

Just like a little thief.

Li Xuanxiao: .........

This... this is my Nascent Soul!?

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