At that moment, thunderclouds roiled across the sky, and lightning writhed like dragons and snakes, coursing through the Nine Heavens before descending toward the mortal world. On the ground, the gale howled and spiritual energy ran wild. The forbidden mountain region of Soaring Heavens Palace was thrown into utter disarray by this celestial phenomenon.
Lu Xiaotian sat cross-legged in the stream, his somewhat frail body like a lone boat upon a raging sea, as though it might be swallowed by the sea of clouds and lightning at any moment.
As the nine-colored Golden Core shattered, Lu Xiaotian felt several strands of his consciousness explode into countless fragments, while endless darkness enveloped his body.
Lu Xiaotian felt that if he entertained even the slightest thought of resting, his consciousness would sink forever.
Just then, the eight pillars of power formed by metal, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, wind, and thunder in the Mysterious Nascent Soul Soul-Sealing Array—which had originally enveloped the nine-colored Golden Core within Lu Xiaotian's body from all directions—shone brilliantly one after another. Within that radiance, spirit patterns leaped and formed layer upon layer of defenses, blocking the astonishing impact unleashed by the exploding nine-colored Golden Core and the dispersal of the supreme-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill.
This uncontrolled force rampaged inside the Mysterious Nascent Soul Soul-Sealing Array, repeatedly battering it until one side bulged outward and the other caved inward.
Fortunately, the array displayed astonishing resilience, blocking the surges of that out-of-control force time and again.
The pain that reached deep into his soul made Lu Xiaotian truly feel as though his soul had been scattered by the explosion, leaving even his Primordial Spirit unable to remain whole. Yet as the agony continued, Lu Xiaotian's consciousness did not completely vanish. Instead, he gradually began to adapt to the