The appearance of five treasure cauldrons in the mystic realm filled everyone with dread, leaving their hearts as gray as ashes. The spiritual qi within the mystic realm was always limited; it could not allow every cultivator to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment.
Shen Yi's sudden rise had shattered the balance that had endured in the mystic realm for years. Once he completed the sixth Spiritual Qi Tide, many people would have no choice but to stop their own tides.
Thus, more and more cultivators gathered around Shen Yi, all wanting to strangle him in the cradle. Even if they could not kill him, they could at least successfully delay him.
"Dragon Power!"
Facing dozens of cultivators, including quite a few who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Shen Yi showed no fear. He boldly unleashed the Dragon Elephant Fist. A giant dragon roared, and wherever it passed, spiritual qi churned violently. The Coiled Dragon Halberd seemed to sense the dragon phantom; a black dragon soared into the air and entwined with the golden dragon.
The two dragon phantoms rode the clouds and mist, circling the five treasure cauldrons in the sky. Their dragon roars shook the heavens, making the expressions of everyone who wanted to stop Shen Yi change.
"Heavens!"
"A sixth spiritual qi treasure cauldron!"
The giant dragon exhaled, and its vast spiritual pressure left many unable to endure it. They spat blood and fell to their knees.
The phantom of the sixth treasure cauldron in the air gradually solidified, flashing with dazzling light.
"Clang—"
The spiritual sea within Shen Yi's body went mad. Towering waves slammed into the sixth spiritual cauldron, shaking heaven and earth.
The sixth tide!
The giant dragon phantom slowly vanished. Madness filled Shen Yi's eyes as he threw a punch, and a giant elephant phantom charged forth with a howl.
"Elephant Power!"
The giant elephant phantom took a step. Mountains and rocks collapsed beneath its foot. With another step, it climbed the backward-flowing waterfall, bearing a treasure cauldron on its back as it ascended to heaven in a single stride.
The seventh treasure cauldron appeared, engraved with a giant elephant pattern. It joined the six cauldrons already in the air and spun rapidly, seeming ready to drain all the spiritual qi from this patch of heaven and earth.
From afar came several tremors of treasure cauldrons. Those people had also completed their third tide.
Especially the one deep within the snowy mountains—his brilliance was peerless. He had already completed the fourth Spiritual Qi Tide. Four treasure cauldrons spewed blazing flames, absorbing spiritual qi far faster than the others. Clearly, he had used some kind of secret technique.
"Which disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect could have reached such a level?"
Many more people rushed toward the depths of the snowy mountains, wanting to see the person's true face and seize the chance to interfere with the Foundation Establishment.
"Hmph! This is a genius of my Blazing Fire Sect. How can we allow the likes of you to obstruct him?"
Quite a few Blazing Fire Sect cultivators interrupted their Foundation Establishment and stood at the entrance to the snowy mountains, radiating surging spiritual pressure as they tried to block the crowd.
"Take one more step forward, and you will be killed without mercy!"
Because of the heaven-and-earth tides caused by Shen Yi and the others, the spiritual qi throughout the entire mystic realm crazily surged toward them. Ordinary Foundation Establishments could no longer continue, so everyone stopped one after another. Each harbored their own schemes as they rushed toward the various tides.
"Ah! I hate this! You ruined my Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment—die!"
Under the siege of countless cultivators, a cultivator undergoing Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment finally could not hold out and was forcibly interrupted. The man roared in agony and began fighting the crowd.
"Qingxuan Sect disciples, do everything you can to kill Kong Ming! We absolutely cannot let him succeed and ruin the Great Elder's plans!"
No one knew who raised an arm and shouted, but cultivators from the Qingxuan Sect Great Elder's faction responded one after another, converging on Shen Yi. For a time, spiritual power and magical artifacts of every color came hurtling toward him, putting him in grave danger.
"Just as expected, they can't be relied on!"
Shen Yi snorted coldly. He no longer held the slightest favorable impression of Zhang Zishi's faction of disciples. Not only did those people watch coldly from the sidelines, some even took advantage of the chaos to attack him. Shen Yi saw every one of them.
"If you want to stop me, then let's see whether you have what it takes!"
Shen Yi roared furiously. The Indestructible Scripture circulated, and golden light glowed from his body. This was the Undying Skin he had cultivated to great completion.
"What? They actually can't harm him in the slightest!"
His fair skin glimmered with pale golden light. Shen Yi endured every attack head-on as his spiritual power burst forth at full force.
"The eighth cauldron, appear!"
Madness shone in his eyes. At this moment, there was only one thing in his heart: Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment. No one could stop him.
"Kill Kong Ming! Once he dies, the spiritual qi he absorbed will return to the mystic realm, and we will have another chance at Foundation Establishment!"
Soon, thunderous blasts shook heaven and earth. Dozens of cultivators attacked with all their strength, continuously bombarding Shen Yi. His body swayed, and even the golden radiance on his skin dimmed somewhat.
"Immortal Golden Skin!"
Shen Yi shouted. His spiritual sea churned madly, and the eighth treasure cauldron above his head finally appeared. It cast down a sheet of gold that enveloped Shen Yi and blocked the attacks for him.
As the golden light descended, the gold on Shen Yi's skin solidified once more. With every gesture, a flash of golden radiance flickered and vanished. At this moment, his Undying Skin had finally reached perfection, advancing to the level of Immortal Golden Skin.
"Clang—"
The eighth cauldron's ring sounded. Despair filled everyone's hearts once more, and their hopes of Foundation Establishment became even slimmer. Their eyes grew more frenzied as they attacked Shen Yi with all they had.
At this point, only Shen Yi and the person in the snowy mountains remained in the entire mystic realm, still undergoing Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment. Under the overwhelming pull of the two of them, the other cultivators pursuing Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment had no choice but to stop. Their eyes were now bloodshot as they charged toward the two.
"The sixth treasure cauldron!"
The person deep in the snowy mountains had now condensed six treasure cauldrons, rousing the Blazing Fire Sect disciples guarding the area. They fought even more desperately to block the other cultivators, swearing to the death that they would not let anyone enter the snowy mountains.
"Form the array—Blazing Fire Burns Heaven!"
The Blazing Fire Sect disciples released their spiritual power one after another, forming the Blazing Fire Burning Heaven Array, one of the sect's three great formations. Flames instantly surged up and sealed off the entrance to the snowy mountains. The wind and snow filling the sky melted away in the blazing fire, turning into mist that blanketed the heavens.
"Indestructible Meridian!"
Over at Shen Yi's side, sharp brilliance flashed in his eyes. He was only one final step away from achieving peak Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment, yet he had now become the target of all arrows. Facing the attacks of so many cultivators, the pressure surged dramatically. What was more, those cultivators who had been forced to end their Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment had bloodshot eyes and were desperately attacking him.
Unless he gave up the eight tides he had already completed and ended his Foundation Establishment, it would be difficult for him to strike back against everyone's killing intent.
"Give up? Impossible! Once my Foundation Establishment is complete, I will slaughter every cultivator in this mystic realm!"
Shen Yi's expression grew somewhat savage, and he became even more frenzied. These people did not merely want to obstruct his Foundation Establishment—they wanted to kill him and seize the spiritual sea he had refined.
"Kill!"
Shouts shook the heavens as killing intent swept over him. Shen Yi faced a great enemy; among them, cultivators who had achieved Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment were actually hidden.
"Attack with everything you have! His aura is unstable. His Foundation Establishment could be interrupted at any moment!"
That man shouted and attacked first. A savage expression appeared on his face as the aura of the Foundation Establishment Realm surged outward in full force.
"Die!"
"Clang—"
The person deep in the snowy mountains had overtaken him from behind. A ninth treasure cauldron actually appeared in the air—peak Earthly Dao!
The Blazing Fire Sect cultivators grew even more excited. They could already foresee the Blazing Fire Sect's future: looking down upon Huafeng Prefecture and receiving reverence from all four directions.
Shen Yi also sensed the powerful pressure coming from afar, and anxiety rose in his heart. As he watched the Qingxuan Sect members attack together, he was already at the brink of collapse. The spiritual cauldrons above his head swayed precariously, showing signs of shattering at any moment.
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