Form Manifestation, A Golden Dragon Slashed!

"Then, down the hatch—manifest as soon as possible, and take a trip to the Primordial World!"

Xie Fang made up his mind, and without further delay, he immediately immersed himself in cultivation.

This bout of cultivation lasted a full hundred thousand years!

In those hundred thousand years, he did not run around searching for beings that had awakened their intelligence. Instead, he obediently absorbed Spiritual Qi and converted it into Experience Points.

He only needed to draw Spiritual Qi into his body, and it would automatically transform into Experience Points—skipping the refinement process, his cultivation advanced at lightning speed!

"Break for me!"

On that day, a thunderous explosion rang out!

Xie Fang had buried himself in bitter cultivation for a hundred thousand years, finally reaching the late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage!

And his Form Manifestation Heavenly Tribulation had finally arrived!

Boom—rumble—

Within a radius of tens of millions of kilometers, thunderclouds rolled in thick and heavy!

Cyan-violet thunderclouds surged up, lightning flickering within them, spreading far and wide.

"Nine Heavens Annihilation Divine Thunder! It sure thinks highly of me."

Xie Fang sensed the intensity of the tribulation lightning, and his heart sank slightly.

This Nine Heavens Annihilation Divine Thunder was the most ferocious type of tribulation lightning. Of course, having such powerful tribulation lightning also meant that Xie Fang's foundation was extraordinarily strong.

The Nine Heavens Annihilation Divine Thunder consisted of eighty-one bolts in total, each one comparable to a full-force strike from a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

At present, Xie Fang was merely at the late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage—no wonder he said that!

Yet, instead of fear, Xie Fang's heart was filled with fighting spirit!

So what if the tribulation lightning was powerful?

If we cultivators were scared off by tribulation lightning, then cultivation itself would lose all meaning!

Boom!

The tribulation lightning crashed down!

Xie Fang stood straight and took the full brunt of the lightning's scour. Bolts as thick as water buckets writhed like electric serpents, hammering relentlessly against his body.

Within the cyan-violet tribulation lightning, the massive golden ruler's shadow appeared utterly insignificant!

Boom!

The lightning fell without pause. Finally, after the last bolt descended, a young man clad in a golden robe, with a handsome, resolute face, walked slowly out from the center of the thunderclouds.

It was Xie Fang. After a hundred thousand years of bitter cultivation, he had successfully manifested his form!

And because he had successfully overcome this heavenly tribulation, his cultivation had advanced to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage!

During those hundred thousand years, aside from continuously cycling Spiritual Qi, he had also been slowly unlocking the seals on the Sea Calming Pearl and the Pure World White Lotus.

Of course, with his current cultivation, he had only managed to unlock the first twenty seals—but that was already enough.

"The Primordial World must be incredibly lively right now. These Three Immortal Islands won't be lost here—they're protected by the Ten Directions Sky Covering Great Array. I'll set up a few more formations on top of that, so ordinary people won't be able to find them even if they try."

Xie Fang waved his hand and laid down several more sets of formations outside the Ten Directions Sky Covering Great Array, determined to claim the Three Immortal Islands as his own!

It wasn't that he didn't want to refine the Three Immortal Islands immediately—but with just the stone tablet of Penglai Immortal Island, based on his current cultivation, it would take about one kalpa!

If he went to refine the other two islands as well, by the time he finished, everything would be cold leftovers!

So, he would hide the Three Immortal Islands!

What's mine will still be mine, sooner or later!

After concealing the Three Immortal Islands, Xie Fang nodded in satisfaction. Just as he was about to embark on his journey to roam the Primordial World, a sudden killing intent surged toward him!

Xie Fang instinctively turned his head—a massive maw, bristling with fangs and reeking of filth, was snapping shut on him!

"Damn it, ambushed the moment I come out!"

In an instant, rage flared in Xie Fang's heart. The Mysterious Yellow Qi around him swirled violently, and he threw a heavy punch straight into the jaw of the beast that had opened its mouth to bite!

Crack—

Fangs the size of fists shattered under the force of Xie Fang's punch!

"Roar—"

A piercing, earth-shaking howl of agony followed!

"This is... a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon!"

After punching the beast hard and sending it reeling, Xie Fang finally got a clear look at the creature.

It was a golden dragon, its body as if cast from molten gold, radiating the aura of magma!

This dragon was enormous, a full thousand zhang in length, and its cultivation had boldly reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage!

"How is this possible? What cultivation level are you, exactly? Why can't I see through you at all?!"

The golden dragon's mouth was full of golden blood, and its eyes were filled with terror.

Originally, he had set out this time to find food, but unexpectedly, he had stumbled upon Xie Fang, whose entire body radiated a vast aura of merit.

Xie Fang's true form was the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, born from twenty percent of the merit of the Heaven-Cleaving Act. Thus, the merit energy saturating his body, though incomprehensible to this great dragon, was clearly recognized as a supreme tonic!

And so, greed took root in the dragon's heart, and he resolved to swallow Xie Fang whole and refine him!

On the territory of the East Sea Dragon Clan, what could be easier for a dragon than feeding?

Yet today, of all days, he had kicked an iron plate!

Not only had he failed to devour Xie Fang, but he had lost the chicken while trying to steal the egg—instead, Xie Fang had shattered his fangs with a single punch!

"Hmph, a mere little mud eel dares to act fierce before me!"

Since this golden dragon wanted him dead, Xie Fang naturally wouldn't show any mercy.

In the Primordial World, the strong preyed on the weak, and the mighty reigned supreme!

Besides, this golden dragon was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. Xie Fang couldn't help but wonder just how many Experience Points he would gain from slaying a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal dragon!

With that thought, Xie Fang immediately went all out. The Pure World White Lotus erupted beneath his feet, spinning endlessly, while the thirty-six Sea Calming Pearls in his hands formed a chaotic space of their own, whirling as they hurtled straight toward the Three-Clawed Golden Dragon!

A seven-foot figure, treading on a white lotus, wielding the Sea Calming Pearls, facing a golden dragon over a thousand spans long—like an ant trying to shake a tree.

And yet, at this very moment, a sudden sense of crisis surged in the golden dragon's heart!

This creature before him was terrifying!

So terrifying that he couldn't see through it or fathom it at all!

A powerful urge to flee flooded the dragon's mind.

Right now, all he wanted was to get far away from Xie Fang...

But Xie Fang naturally wouldn't let him escape. The thirty-six Sea Calming Pearls evolved into thirty-six heavenly realms, then smashed down toward the thousand-span-long golden dragon!

The next moment!

An overwhelmingly fierce and terrifying aura suddenly burst forth!

Boom!

Boom!

A deafening shockwave of sound exploded outward, and the surging blast lifted the waters of the East Sea, a towering wave crashing down to engulf the golden dragon entirely.

And that wasn't all. The thirty-six Sea Calming Pearls, now forming their own space, slammed into the great dragon. The dragon let out a miserable howl and was sent flying!

"Aooo—"

The wailing dragon was struck as if by lightning, its eyes filled with sheer terror!

An excruciating pain spread through every limb and bone. Under the crushing impact, it felt as though his internal organs were being obliterated, his life force snuffed out!

Ptoo—

In the next instant, the flesh and blood of his organs shattered under that overwhelming force!

Shreds and gore sprayed out, instantly staining the East Sea waters red!

Even though this golden dragon was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, with the robust physique of the dragon race, in the hands of Xie Fang—whose true form was the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and whose realm was the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—he lost all life in the blink of an eye!

"Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon. Gained Experience Points +200,000."

Thud!

The system notification sounded, and the dragon's broken corpse crashed heavily into the sea.

"A single Three-Clawed Golden Dragon gave me two hundred thousand Experience Points. Crime pays, indeed—no wonder they say the belt of gold comes from blood and fire!"

Xie Fang nodded in satisfaction. This was far faster than bitter cultivation. A good start right after leaving the island only made him look forward even more to the splendor of the Primordial World.

Though the Primordial World was fraught with danger, it was also rich with opportunity. As they said, fortune favors the bold—to grow stronger, one had to temper oneself amidst constant peril!