Having no regrets did not mean feeling no pain!

Brother Chen!

Can I hug you?

Zhang Xuanchen looked down at himself, dressed in coarse cloth, and at the rough hands that were tightly wrapped around his waist.

"Qingqing..."

His pupils trembled slightly, and he cried out in surprise.

Everything is exactly the same as it was back then.

At this moment, Zhang Xuanchen clearly remembered what was about to happen, what he said, and what he did.

What should have been just a farewell turned into a final goodbye.

Zhang Xuanchen opened his mouth, his throat extremely dry.

It even hurts a little.

If you don't leave now, but stay and tell the girl the truth...

If I were to live here, I could guide Iron Egg onto the path to immortality...

If...

The Inner Demon buried deep within my heart began to whisper, their voices like raindrops seeping into my ears from all directions.

"Stay. If you leave, she, they will all die..."

"Brother Chen, can you stay?"

"Master, aren't you going to teach Iron Egg a new martial art?"

Zhang Xuanchen frowned deeply, caught in a profound struggle, completely unaware that this was merely an illusion.

It was as if his staying could truly change everything...

He didn't speak until Zhang Qingqing finished saying that sentence:

The ten characters read May You Grow Wings and transform into Northern Sea Fish.

They ran away.

Zhang Xuanchen watched her departing figure, raised his right hand, and still said nothing.

Click!

The scene before my eyes vanished as if a lens had shattered.

The same scene is reflected on every one of the billions of crispy chips.

Zhang Qingqing lay in a pool of blood, a poignant smile appearing on her face as she murmured:

If we cannot meet again in this life, then... let us meet again in the next...

As soon as he finished speaking, a long sword pierced his heart...

Look at this scene!

Zhang Xuanchen hurriedly shouted, "No!"

As the sound faded, Zhang Xuanchen, coming to his senses, found himself sitting on a wooden bed.

His expression showed he was still shaken.

At this moment, Zhang Qingqing, dressed in simple clothes, hurriedly entered the house carrying a bowl of hot porridge.

He asked with a concerned look, "Brother Chen?"

What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?

As she spoke, she placed the hot porridge on the table and used her sleeve to wipe the cold sweat from Zhang Xuanchen's forehead.

Zhang Xuanchen looked at the girl before him. "Qingqing, you... you're not dead..."

Hearing this, Zhang Qingqing chuckled, "Brother Chen, are you still half asleep?"

Didn't you kill those two Evil Cultivator last night?

What dangers could there be in Little Village?

Hearing this, Zhang Xuanchen looked down at his hands, "I..."

"Hiss!"

Before he could think any further, a sharp pain shot through his mind.

Zhang Qingqing quickly stepped forward to help him up, her voice tinged with anxiety, "Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

Are you sick? I'll go and get you Physician.

"No need," Zhang Xuanchen reached out and pulled Zhang Qingqing, smiling, "It's just a bit of a headache."

Just go out for a walk to clear your head.

As she spoke, she rolled out of bed, put on her shoes, and went out the door.

Zhang Tiedan, who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, saw Zhang Xuanchen come out of the room, wiped his nose, and quickly ran to his side.

"Master, Master, you are amazing! You killed two Evil Cultivator yesterday!"

They saved our whole village...

Zhang Tiedan kept talking, and Zhang Xuanchen rubbed his head.

He turned to look at Li Lan and Zhang Qingqing, who were standing at the kitchen door.

She chuckled softly, "That's wonderful."

If all of this were true... then that would be wonderful...

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xuanchen drew his long sword from his waist and shouted in a low voice:

"Break!"

He slashed fiercely at the void!

The surrounding environment instantly shattered.

Then, the surrounding scenery changed again.

Boundless Sea of Blood surged all around.

Little Village, Li Lan, Zhang Qingqing, Village Chief Zhang Shuo, and grandson Zhang Hao...

Dozens of wronged souls crawled out of the sea of blood and lunged at Zhang Chen with bared teeth and claws.

Zhang Shuo: "You're the one who ruined our Little Village! Why did you leave!"

Li Lan: "We saved your life, and you've harmed us instead. Why? Don't you feel guilty?"

Zhang Qingqing: "Brother Chen, is it really impossible for immortals and mortals to fall in love?"

The so-called Inner Demon Tribulation is not a trial by fire and lightning, but rather a person's deepest guilt, obsession, and regret.

It transforms into a fatal, heart-wrenching pain!

A poison that corrodes to the bone!

They lure you in, force you to break down, to beg for mercy, and then plunge you into eternal darkness until death.

As the Little Village questioned and pleaded, Zhang Xuanchen knelt down on the ground.

His physical body was surrounded by Devil Qi, and even his body, which was about to break through to the Fourth Transformation, began to collapse.

My skin started to crack all over my body.

The Nascent Soul that had just formed in his dantian trembled violently, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Do you regret it?

The seductive voice of the Inner Demon rang out from the mouths of the Little Village, and also squeezed out from Zhang Xuanchen's own throat.

If you could do it all over again, you would still choose to leave.

You're heartless! You're selfish! Someone like you doesn't deserve to be an immortal!

You don't deserve it...

"Hahaha... Hahaha..."

A laugh came from Zhang Xuanchen's mouth.

He laughed so hard his whole body trembled, and tears streamed down his face.

He stood up unsteadily, looking at Zhang Qingqing, who had become a wronged ghost.

I felt very guilty.

"You're right. If I had known this would happen, I would still have chosen to leave, but I would definitely have done better than before."

At the very least... we won't let Qingqing, or the people of Little Village, die or perish.

But I didn't know, so I could only act according to my own feelings at the time.

Tears fell, dripping into the cracks in her chapped skin.

Zhang Xuanchen slowly raised his head, his gaze gradually hardening.

Who among us, living in this mortal world, doesn't walk a dark path in the night?

When you're in the thick of it, you can only do what's within the game.

If we need to know the outcome of everything before we can make a choice, then who in this world can take a single step forward?

At this point, Zhang Chen's tone lowered.

"To say there is no regret does not mean there is no pain."

But there are no "what ifs" in this world, and I... am powerless to change anything...

At that time, he only believed that by helping Little Village kill those two Evil Cultivators, Little Village would be safe and sound.

They had no idea that the two disciples of the Purple Cloud Sect would become suspicious because of this.

They never expected the Purple Cloud Sect Disciple to be so ruthless and insane.

As soon as he finished speaking, the wronged spirit stopped moving.

Turning to ashes bit by bit.

Bones sank to the bottom, the sea of blood receded!

Zhang Qingqing's smile reappeared before Zhang Xuanchen at the last moment.

She was wearing a blue dress and stood on the lawn.

Their eyes were bright, as bright as stars.

She gave Zhang Xuanchen a sweet smile.

Zhang Xuanchen also laughed, but his laughter was so intense that his nose tingled and his eyes filled with tears.

"I'm sorry... Qingqing..."

Click!

The illusion shattered, and when I opened my eyes again, I was back in the same Cultivation Chamber.

Zhang Xuanchen's nascent Nascent Soul had completely solidified, its eyes bright and lively.

It only needs to be tempered by Tribulation Lightning to reach perfection.

However, Zhang Xuanchen did not show the same joy as the other cultivators.

He stepped out of the Cultivation Chamber.

Looking up at the mountain peaks Cloud Sea.

He stood there for a very long time.

Until the Sixty-Nine Thunder Tribulation slowly condensed above his head.

Zhang Xuanchen then took a step forward, heading towards Panyang Ridge, the place where the Great Sage had originally undergone his tribulation!

Boom boom boom!

Thunder rumbled across the sky, and the terrifying power of the heavenly lightning enveloped the entire Xuanxiao Mountain!

Whoosh whoosh!

Zhang Chongxian, Great Sage, Little Peach, Little Star, Xiao Mo, Little Flame, and the young Zhang Detian, Zhang Guangyao, and nine other elders all took to the air.

His gaze fell upon the figure flying towards Panyang Ridge.

"Haha, it seems Xiao Chen has successfully overcome his Inner Demon Tribulation and is now undergoing the Sixty-Nine Thunder Tribulation." Zhang Chongxian laughed, his tone full of satisfaction.

A Nascent Soul under fifty years old—who would believe it?

Even in the Central Continent, this has never happened.

Perhaps only the Spirit Realm could produce such Heavenly Talent.

The Great Sage continued:

"Isn't the Sixty-Nine Thunder Tribulation like a light drizzle to Xuan Chen?"

He himself cultivated the Divine Dragon Tyrant Body, and his physical strength was no less than my Indestructible Battle Body.

Not to mention, there's also the Starry Tower protecting them.

Overcoming the Inner Demon Tribulation proves that Xuan Chen will surely attain the Nascent Soul!