Life-Bound Spirit Bird Advances to Fifth Rank

Lightning flashed and Lightning Tribulation struck down, blinding light engulfing the entire valley. Rolling waves of energy transformed the area into a sea of thunder.

Shen Long stared intently at the Thunder Cloud high in the sky, his expression grave.

When the Golden-Winged Wind Peng broke through to the fourth level, it attracted two Three-Colored Divine Lightning. Now that it has mutated into Thunder Peng and is breaking through to the fifth level, it is unknown what kind of Lightning Tribulation it will attract.

Time passed slowly, and the falling Lightning Tribulation grew larger and larger, its light becoming increasingly blinding.

About half an hour later, the Thunder Cloud churned and surged, revealing four kinds of electric arcs: blue, red, green, and gold.

"Four bolts of Four-Colored Divine Lightning!"

Shen Long frowned.

A thick bolt of four-colored lightning struck down, like a long, thick Four-Colored Thunder Spear, carrying an aura of world-destroying destruction, heading straight downwards.

A bird's cry that resounded through the heavens and earth rang out, and a thick golden bolt of lightning shot out from the lightning, colliding with the Four-Colored Thunder Spear.

With a deafening roar, a massive bolt of Four-Colored Thunder Light appeared high in the sky. Soon after, a second bolt of Four-Colored Divine Lightning struck, its light becoming even more dazzling.

When the third bolt of Four-Colored Divine Lightning struck down, the four-colored Thunder Cloud churned and surged, transforming into a gigantic four-colored Thunder Flood Dragon, surrounded by lightning.

The four-colored Thunder Flood Dragon shook its head and swung its tail, swooping down from the sky.

With a deafening roar, the ground shook violently, and multiple cracks, hundreds of feet wide, appeared, billowing with smoke and dust.

A massive beam of Four-Colored Thunder Light shot into the sky, and a powerful shockwave spread in all directions, turning mountains into dust wherever it passed.

After a while, a loud bird call rang out, followed by a huge Golden Thunder Light shooting into the sky.

As the Four-Colored Thunder Light dissipated, Thunder Peng's figure was revealed.

Thunder Peng spread his wings, his body covered in Golden Arc, and his body was covered in blood from many places, with the white bones faintly visible.

With a gentle flap of its wings, the world changed color, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the area within hundreds of miles seemed to turn into a sea of thunder.

Shen Long could clearly feel a large surge of Law Power flowing into his Dantian.

With his Life-Bound Spirit Bird advancing to the fifth rank, he saved over two hundred years of arduous cultivation and was still only at the early stage of the Spirit Transformation.

"Not bad, you've advanced to the fifth rank."

Shen Long looked excited.

Thunder Peng will advance to the fifth rank, his escape speed will be faster, and his Divine Ability will be stronger.

"It's all thanks to my master's cultivation; otherwise, I wouldn't have advanced to the fifth rank so quickly."

Thunder Peng expressed his gratitude.

Shen Long nodded, fed it a Purple Marrow Essence-Lingering Pill, put Thunder Peng back into his Spirit Beast Bracelet, and returned to the Three Saints City.

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In a Quiet Manor in Heaven Origin City, Yin Qing, Yin Shi, and Bian Rong sat in a stone pavilion talking.

"Fellow Daoist Yin won't recover his cultivation so quickly. Our Heaven Origin Race has gained another Spirit Transformation cultivator. He's a newly Spirit Transformation. On the Human Race's side, there might also be a newly promoted Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator."

Yin Shi frowned and said.

Human Race have a stronger recovery ability than the Heaven Origin Race; the longer the delay, the more passive the Heaven Origin Race becomes.

They couldn't win by fighting, so they could only defend. They were well aware of the consequences of holding their ground and not venturing out, but they had no better option at the moment.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Shen Long alone is difficult to deal with, not to mention that the Human Race has quite a few Spirit Transformation cultivators."

Yin Qing frowned and said.

"Fortunately, we've acquired a powerful Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure that can trap enemies. Once Shen Long is trapped by this artifact, he won't be able to escape."

Bian Rong looked confident.

Since we can't kill Shen Long, trapping Shen Long is a good alternative.

Their three counterattacks failed, twice because of Shen Long. If they could trap Shen Long, the other Human Race Spirit Transformation would be easier to deal with.

"Let's keep stalling! Keep exchanging resources with other interfaces; we'll eventually find something that can kill Shen Long."

Yin Qing said in a deep voice.

"So many years have passed, I wonder how the fifth-tier Diamond Insect of the Bailing Realm has recovered! Could it have broken through the seal?"

Yin Shi then started talking about the Diamond Insect of the Bailing Realm.

"It's probably impossible. It's just a fifth-tier Spirit Insect; it wouldn't break through a fifth-tier Formation so easily. But that space is quite unstable. If the space collapses, even a fifth-tier Formation won't be able to stop it. Hopefully, they won't be able to escape! It's been so many years since a fifth-tier demon insect appeared in the Lower Realm, let alone a mutated one!"

Yin Qing sighed.

"Yes! I don't know how it mutated, but its Bloodline Purity has reached five. It's unbelievable. Even for a fifth-tier Demon Beast, it's difficult to achieve Bloodline Purity of five, after all, it's from the Lower Realm."

Yin Shi asked in confusion.

"Could they have been brought down by cultivators from the Lingxu Realm? After all, they were originally Spirit Insect from the Lingxu Realm, and in the past million years, no Diamond Insect have appeared in the dozens of adjacent realms."

Bian Rong guessed.

"I don't know, who knows who brought it down? Anyway, I've already reported it to my clansmen in the Lingxu Realm. I wonder if any of my clansmen are willing to the Lower Realm mortal realm."

Yin Qing's face lit up with anticipation. Then, as if remembering something, she said, "By the way, the Human Race won't try to take down that Ice Flood Dragon, will they? If they manage to subdue it, we'll be in even more trouble."

"Probably not! A fifth-tier Flood Dragon isn't so easy to deal with, and that space is unstable. They'd be better off dealing with the Ice Flood Dragon; if the space collapses, they'll die in the Space Storm."

Bian Rong analyzed.

"That's true. If it weren't for the instability of the space, we would have gone there and destroyed it long ago, so we could have refined a few more Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure."

Yin Shi expressed his strong agreement.

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Three Saints City, Spirit Control Garden.

Shen Long and Xue Yao were sitting in a Cyan Stone Pavilion, talking about something.

"Seven-Star Jade Universe Talisman! Lady Snow, thank you very much."

Shen Long thanked him and held a Silver-Glowing Talisman in his hand. The Talisman had seven golden dots on its surface, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper.

The Seven-Star Jade Universe Talisman is a spatial Talisman that has the function of stabilizing space; this type of Talisman is relatively uncommon.

A Snow Race Spirit Transformation is a fifth-tier talisman maker. Shen Long asked Xue Yao for help, requesting that the fifth-tier talisman maker help him refine a Seven-Star Jade Universe Talisman.

He originally wanted to ask Qin Yue for help, but Qin Yue was killed by the Thunder Roar Race cultivators, and he hadn't gathered all the materials yet.

Shen Long killed Yi Yue and the other two, destroyed Yin Jie's physical body, and obtained Yin Jie's valuables, which allowed him to gather all the refining materials.

"It was nothing, and the Flying Snow Pill that Fellow Daoist Shen refined are quite good."

Xue Yao smiled slightly.

"It's nothing, it's just a pity I couldn't refine Supreme Pill."

Shen Long sighed, his face full of regret.

"Supreme Pill are very difficult to refine, so Fellow Daoist Shen need not worry. The medicinal effects of High-Grade Medicinal Pill are already quite good."

Xue Yao comforted her.

After chatting for a while, Xue Yao said goodbye and left.

Shen Long entered a Alchemy Room, went into the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, and arrived at the fifth floor.

A cold wind was blowing and snow was falling.

A deafening dragon roar echoed through the heavens and earth, and the Ice Flood Dragon flew over.

"Owner!"

The Ice Flood Dragon greeted them.

"Once Thunder Peng recovers, I'll go over and kill that fifth-tier Ice Flood Dragon."

Shen Long smiled and took out two thousand-year-old Mysterious Ice Grass, feeding them to the Ice Flood Dragon.

"Thank you, Master."

The Ice Flood Dragon expressed its gratitude.

Shen Long exited the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, took out the Dry Sun Cauldron and alchemy materials, and began refining pills.

A short while later, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from the Dry Sun Cauldron, filling the entire Alchemy Room.