Capital City Storms: Ten Years

My entire body suddenly turned hot, and a surge of True Primordial Energy countless times more powerful than before roared through the meridians within me...

Suddenly, my entire Dantian shook. A tiny golden figure floated within it. My Dantian now seemed to have become immensely vast, entirely purple. I knew that this was the Purple Mansion. I had finally cultivated a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul—hahaha...

The Spirit Battle Armor that had been refined by pill fire within my original Dantian now covered the surface of my Nascent Soul. The golden Nascent Soul paired with the purple Spirit Battle Armor looked exceptionally valiant and extraordinary.

At that moment, my True Primordial Energy suddenly surged toward the Purple Mansion, and I could not help panicking. I knew that after cultivating a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul, the True Primordial Energy within the body should return to calm, like a tranquil sea—at the very least, it ought to be gentle on the surface. But no matter what, all of my True Primordial Energy should not be rushing into the Purple Mansion!

Just then, the Buddha Primordial Energy within my body also began to stir.

It was no longer merely spread through my muscles, skin, bones, and other parts of my body. It also seemed to begin flooding into my meridians. My True Primordial Energy had sensed the pressure of the Buddha Primordial Energy and retreated into the Purple Mansion. Buddha Primordial Energy was power comparable to immortal energy; it was not something True Primordial Energy could contend with. Upon encountering Buddha Primordial Energy, of course it fled faster than a rabbit.

Buddha Primordial Energy was exceedingly gentle, yet its foundation ran immensely deep. It swiftly seemed to occupy all my meridians. Streams of Buddha Primordial Energy flowed through every meridian like running water, while those meridians were like parched earth, desperately drinking in the Buddha Primordial Energy...

Perhaps Buddha Primordial Energy was truly broad-minded. After circulating through all my meridians several times, once every meridian stopped absorbing it, the Buddha Primordial Energy instantly launched an assault on my mind...

I smiled, because I had clearly learned from the Demon Subduing Vajra Art that its seventh level was to cultivate a Golden Buddha Venerable. This Golden Buddha Venerable was a treasure with roughly the same function as a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul, except its abilities were even greater and its benefits to my cultivation even more immense!

My current condition was the precursor to cultivating a Golden Buddha Venerable. I waited for that great moment of its formation, excited yet carrying threads of nervous impatience.

Buddha Primordial Energy seemed to pour endlessly into my brain. My brain was like a bottomless pit—no matter how much Buddha Primordial Energy entered, it simply vanished the instant it went in. I could not sense the slightest difference from usual. I was beginning to worry, but I had even survived the perilous circumstances of my first cultivation of the Demon Subduing Vajra Art. This situation only made me somewhat concerned; it could not yet make me panic. After all, I had just cultivated a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul! Though the Nascent Soul Realm was nothing in the Cultivation World, this was the Mortal World, where a Golden Core Stage cultivator could run rampant beneath the heavens. What did I have to fear as a Nascent Soul cultivator?!

Just as I was comforting myself, my head suddenly jolted. There was no warning at all; even with my realm, I felt as though my head was spinning terribly.

As I drifted in a daze, the Buddhist chants of the Buddha Realm seemed to ring beside my ears, cleansing my soul. They sounded like a mother murmuring softly by my ear, and my entire mind could not help sinking into them...

Suddenly, a warm current flowed throughout my body, from head to toe, from every meridian to the depths of my soul. I abruptly awoke from that absent-minded state. Before I even had time to notice what had happened to me just now, I was buried beneath overwhelming joy.

A Golden Buddha Venerable, its precious visage fully revealed, stood upon my spirit altar. I had long heard of the marvels of the Golden Buddha Venerable, but I had never known exactly how it differed from my Purple Mansion Nascent Soul. I could not help examining it closely to see what was so marvelous about it. Nothing much—its appearance was identical to mine. The Golden Buddha Venerable was golden, but the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul was golden too. Both looked exactly like me, so what was the difference?!

The only difference was that the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul was surrounded by purple, while the space around the Golden Buddha Venerable was white...

No, that was not right. At that moment, I suddenly discovered a secret that shocked me: the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul had no protective battle armor of its own; the armor it wore had been refined by me from Mysterious Sky Stone. But I discovered that the Golden Buddha Venerable was born with battle armor. If one did not look carefully, one truly would not notice it. That golden suit of armor was worn upon the golden Golden Buddha Venerable; without close inspection, it was genuinely impossible to see.

Battle armor it had been born with! This point alone showed how extraordinary this Golden Buddha Venerable was. I could not help looking forward to it even more.

This is infuriating! The Demon Subduing Vajra Art only had cultivation methods, not a single technique for applying them. Cultivation and the use of power were equally important. If you had power but no techniques, it was like a multimillionaire who had plenty of money but did not know how to spend it—was that not almost the same as having no money at all?

This alone showed the importance of techniques. Forget it. Even in the Cultivation World, the Buddhist Sect rarely showed itself. Cultivators of the Cultivation World also did not wish to fight people from the Buddhist Sect. After all, there were quite a few among the Buddhist Sect who had cultivated Buddha Primordial Energy. You used True Primordial Energy, while they fought you with Buddha Primordial Energy, a whole tier above yours—how could you fight that? Unless there was an enormous gap in realms, cultivators found it difficult to contend with people from the Buddhist Sect.

That was why I had only seen people from the Buddhist Sect a few times, even though I was already 3,600 years old.

Forget it. It was still too early to think about such things. On this Azure Dragon Continent, who could possibly force me to use Buddha Primordial Energy?

Streams of Buddha Primordial Energy began returning to every part of my body once more: meridians, bones, muscles, skin, nerves, cells...

I felt that my body had grown even stronger, taking another step toward the Vajra Body. Although the improvement was not as great as during my first cultivation, it was still quite good.

I slowly stood up, feeling a pleasant tingling throughout my body. It had been who knew how long since I had risen from this jade cushion. Unable to help myself, I stretched lazily. There was only one word for it: wonderful. (Try sitting still for a whole day, then standing up and stretching, and you will know what wonderful feels like. Besides, Zhang Xingfeng had been sitting there for who knew how long!)

"Aah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" I let out a tremendous roar. I did not use even a trace of True Primordial Energy or Buddha Primordial Energy; I relied entirely on my physical strength.

With a wave of one hand, True Primordial Energy flew toward the Five Elements Black Tortoise Grand Array I had set up. The True Primordial Energy of the same origin immediately merged together. With another beckoning gesture, the True Primordial Energy I had just released, along with the True Primordial Energy I had previously used to arrange the formation, all returned to my body. I sensed that my True Primordial Energy was clearly much denser and purer than before, and a faint smile appeared on my face.

Faint voices came from outside. I knew everyone had heard the sound I had just made, and I could not help smiling as I strode toward the door of the secret chamber...

From here on, Zhang Xingfeng is about to... The third volume also begins below! Hehe!