Ye Jinghong murmured.

No wonder Qin Ying selected him; he is indeed different.

Meanwhile, Tang Gu, who had been studying arrays in the grand hall, had also arrived at the top of the hall.

He was taken aback.

He, one step away from the Dao stage, knew best how difficult spirit cultivation was. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made no progress for so many years.

His gaze fell on Chen Xuan’s cultivation room.

"This kid... has broken through the Dao stage..."

When he uttered this sentence, he felt as if his throat was stuck.

"Oh!"

He sighed deeply; truly, people in comparison can be infuriating.

"Genius, this is a real genius!"

He shook his head, letting out a bitter laugh inside.

"Elder Tang still has a chance."

"That’s right, Grandpa Tang is quite formidable too."

At this moment, Xiaoqi and Gu Pengyou, sensing the disturbance, also arrived here.

"You guys... don’t comfort this old man anymore. It’s been so many years, let’s leave it to the heavens."

Even though his realm had loosened somewhat recently, he still didn’t feel assured. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"By the way, Elder Tang, does the Dao stage have a spirit tribulation like martial cultivation?"

Gu Pengyou asked.

She really wasn’t very clear on this point.

"Yes, they’re somewhat similar, but not exactly the same. Spirit cultivation testing the soul is what matters in breaking the Dao stage; as long as you withstand it, there’s no problem."

Tang Gu explained to her.

He had already understood this point clearly long ago, in hopes that one day he would use it himself.

But in reality... It’s been tens of thousands of years, and he hadn’t shown any progress.

Thinking back to his grand ambitions, he now felt his old face blush.

"Is it dangerous?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Pengyou quickly asked, looking toward Chen Xuan with a worried expression.

"Don’t worry, for a monstrosity like him, it’s as simple as eating and drinking water."

Since approaching Chen Xuan, he had come to understand what true talent was.

In the eyes of others, whether martial or spirit cultivation, the spirit tribulation is fearful, but for true top geniuses, it’s child’s play.

They can transcend it effortlessly.

"That’s good."

Gu Pengyou murmured.

"Boom...."

A loud noise came from the void, clouds rolled continuously, and gradually a ray of red light appeared.

Soon, more and more appeared, eventually forming an eye-like vortex.

The entire Moran City’s sky turned crimson under the illumination of this vortex.

At this moment, Tang Gu furrowed his brow slightly.

"Why does it feel different?"

He had seen spirits transcend spirit tribulations, but he remembered them being blue; this blood-red color... gave him an intense sense of danger.

Moreover... now he felt his soul was very uncomfortable.

As if oppressed by enormous pressure, his breath wilted several levels.

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, a red beam shot from the vortex, in the eyes of the three, inching closer to Chen Xuan below.

But as the red beam neared Prince Xuan’s Mansion, Tang Gu felt the pressure grow greater.

"It’s so uncomfortable!"

At this moment, Xiaoqi furrowed her small brow.

"What’s wrong, Xiaoqi!"

Gu Pengyou immediately leaned down, sensing them carefully.

"I don’t know, it suddenly feels like something is blocking my heart, really uncomfortable."

"Let’s move further away!"

Tang Gu pulled Xiaoqi and instantly retreated to the edge of Prince Xuan’s Mansion, with Gu Pengyou following closely.

"How about now? Is it better?"

Tang Gu asked.

"Phew—"

Xiaoqi exhaled, looking much better, "Much better now."

Then she looked toward Chen Xuan’s direction. "We feel such pressure on the side, Dad is at the center of the red beam, imagine the pressure there!"

With these words, Gu Pengyou’s heart tightened instantly.

Even Tang Gu, who had been quite confident in Chen Xuan just now, remained silent.

This pressure... This spirit tribulation... entirely different.

He vaguely recalled some tens of thousands of years ago in Great Yu when he saw a genius spirit transcend a spirit tribulation, although not as strong as now, it still paled compared to Chen Xuan’s spirit tribulation.

And that person was a genius among geniuses.

But now the red beam had enveloped Chen Xuan’s cultivation room.

In the sea of consciousness.

The golden soul has grown several times larger than before, emitting brilliant golden radiance.

The whole sea of consciousness was now glowing gold.

Right then, the red beam disregarded everything and descended onto the sea of consciousness, instantly enveloping Chen Xuan’s spirit.

In a flash, an overwhelming force appeared, tearing at the spirit.

"What a powerful spirit tribulation."

Chen Xuan observed the events in the sea of consciousness, murmuring in his heart.

However, he remained calm.

He allowed the force to act on his spirit.

Watching his spirit develop scars under this force.

After a long time.

"Hmm, about enough."

Chen Xuan murmured.

The reason for inaction was to see the difference between spirit tribulations of spirit and martial cultivation.

After all, Luan Ying was not far from breaking through the Dao stage either.

Now it seemed this force targeted the spirit, withstand it should pose no issue.

Yet, its power remained incredibly formidable.

Despite only having red scars on his spirit, this was due to the spirit’s strength.

This force not only tore but adhered to the spirit, continuously damaging it.

If not withstood... the spirit would vanish into thin air.

In the next moment,

The golden radiance of the spirit grew brighter, tiny hands kept jumping, arranging arrays instantaneously to envelop the spirit.

Instantly, the force was separated outside the spirit by the arrays.

Simultaneously, Murran opened his eyes.

"About time to end!"

He looked up at the red beam above.

Then his body slowly ascended.