Arc 15Nascent Soul Tribulation

Li Yichen helped the government bureaus strengthen their forces, then survived a devastating tribulation and became a Nascent Soul Powerhouse. He returned to his friends as the Su Family faced a deadline to resolve its crisis, while Qin Ming began killing Kunlun disciples.

  • Li Yichen supplied Ability Pearls to the bureau elders, who announced that they would join the Ability Forces and recruit soldiers to become Ability Users.
  • Li Yichen gave Hao Jun, Su Xiaoxiao, and Wang Meng abilities, and Wang Meng defeated challenger after challenger before Su Xiaoxiao shielded him from Violent Dragon.
  • Li Yichen discovered that Ghost Knights had killed intruders at Su Family Pharmaceuticals’ secret base, and the Jiang Family received a warning after the bodies were left in its courtyard.
  • The hundred new Ability Users broke through the elders’ formation and brought on another lightning tribulation, which Li Yichen absorbed with his Black-and-White Lotus.
  • Li Yichen’s golden core became a nascent soul, and he survived a second, far stronger tribulation with his artifacts and Yin-Yang Twin Flames.
  • Qin Ming killed Wang Chen and another Kunlun disciple, while Bai Binger recovered and asked Bai Qianyue to accompany her to find Li Yichen.
  • Li Yichen returned to the Training Base, declined Elder Mo’s offer to join Bureau 9, and later relaxed at Jinling University with Mo Yurou and the other girls.
  • Su Shengnan revealed her ability to Huang Shan and promised to resolve the Su Family’s situation within three days, persuading him to wait.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Expenses were getting a little high

Li Yichen and Mo Yurou met the elders at the Sanatorium, where the elders argued over which bureau should recruit Ouyang Xuanxuan. After Xiaobei and Xiao Nan arrived, Xiao Nan healed Guo Fei, and Li Yichen brushed off Elder Mo's hint that he should repay the money he owed.

  • Elder Wang, Elder Mo, and Elder Wu argued over which bureau should recruit Ouyang Xuanxuan.
  • Xiaobei and Xiao Nan arrived, and Li Yichen stopped Xiaobei from flirting with Mo Yurou and Ouyang Xuanxuan.
  • Xiao Nan healed Guo Fei's wounded palm, and Ouyang Xuanxuan released Tie Zheng and Guo Fei from the vines.
  • The elders greeted Li Yichen, and he told Elder Mo that his expenses were high because he had more girlfriends.

Ch. 352A bit of a challenge

Li Yichen met with Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu to supply Ability Pearls for their troops, tailoring the abilities to their needs. He provided infiltration and combat abilities, then paused to consider Elder Wu’s request for control and support abilities.

  • Elder Mo awkwardly offered to arrange girlfriends for Li Yichen, prompting Mo Yurou to glare at him before Elder Wu ushered everyone to the office.
  • Li Yichen left Xiao Nan and Xiaobei to play together and followed the elders to discuss strengthening their ability troops.
  • Elder Mo requested infiltration and reconnaissance abilities, and Li Yichen gave him pearls for Thousand-Mile Eye, Shapeshifting, Wall Phasing, and Invisibility.
  • Elder Wang requested destructive and defensive abilities, and Li Yichen supplied pearls for lightning, fire, Petrification, Beast Transformation, and flight.
  • Elder Wu asked Li Yichen for control and support abilities, and he said the request would take some thought.

Ch. 353I'll wear you old folks out

Li Yichen gave Elder Wu, Elder Mo, and Elder Wang a large collection of Ability Pearls, including powerful Gravity abilities, Healing abilities, terrain-changing abilities, and several rare varieties. After collecting ten billion yuan through a bank card he handed to Mo Yurou, he secretly decided to make the elders babysit his future children and gave Elder Mo and Elder Wang two extra pearls for free.

  • Li Yichen revealed five Gravity Ability Pearls that each increased gravity by one level across a thousand-meter radius, and Elder Mo took them after learning their effects could stack.
  • Li Yichen gave Elder Wu five Healing abilities, five earth abilities, five water abilities, and twenty assorted abilities for the group to distribute.
  • Elder Mo gave Li Yichen a bank card containing ten billion yuan, and Li Yichen passed it to Mo Yurou after learning its PIN was her birthday.
  • Li Yichen privately decided to have Yurou and Ruoyi raise plenty of children for the elders to babysit, making Elder Wu and the others uneasy when he grinned at them.
  • Li Yichen beckoned Elder Mo and Elder Wang over and gave each of them one of two extra Ability Pearls for free.

Ch. 354Not a Word, Even If It Kills Us

Li Yichen secretly gave Elder Mo and Elder Wang Ability Pearls that granted X-ray vision, provoking Elder Wu to beat them when she discovered their plans. After returning from the mountains, Li Yichen was asked to help hide their bruised faces before they met the people who would absorb abilities, and he used a white flame on Elder Mo.

  • Li Yichen gave Elder Mo and Elder Wang X-ray vision Ability Pearls and told them to keep the gift secret from Elder Wu.
  • Elder Wu overheard the men discussing the pearls, sent Mo Yurou to take Li Yichen and the others on a tour, and beat Elder Mo and Elder Wang for wanting to ogle young women.
  • Mo Yurou led Li Yichen and the others into the mountains to look for fruit, and they returned in the afternoon.
  • Elder Wang grabbed Li Yichen in anger over the beating, but Elder Wu stopped him and asked Li Yichen to help conceal their bruised faces before they met the ability absorbers.
  • Li Yichen sent a wisp of white flame onto Elder Mo's face, making him cry out in pain.

Ch. 355The Ability Forces

Li Yichen healed Elder Mo and Elder Wang with his flames, making them look younger, before the elders introduced a hundred elite soldiers to the Ability Forces. Mo Yurou demonstrated her speed and cutting power, leaving the soldiers amazed and eager to gain abilities.

  • Li Yichen treated Elder Mo with flames, restoring his appearance and making him regret stopping the treatment early.
  • Elder Wang asked Li Yichen to treat him too, and he emerged with glossy black hair and a younger look.
  • Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang addressed the assembled soldiers and announced that they would join the Ability Forces and train from zero.
  • Elder Mo promised the soldiers he could give them abilities, and all hundred declared that they wanted to become Ability Users.
  • Mo Yurou demonstrated her instantaneous movement and split a thick tree in two, astonishing the soldiers.

Ch. 356Long time no see

Jiang Ruoyi and Ouyang Xuanxuan demonstrated their abilities, prompting the soldiers to rush to register for powers. Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan reunited with their former military training instructors, and Su Xiaoxiao greeted Li Yichen as her “little brat.”

  • Jiang Ruoyi formed over a hundred Ice Arrows and snapped a large tree in two with their barrage.
  • Ouyang Xuanxuan used vines to encircle the crowd and demonstrated her plant-based ability.
  • Elder Wang directed the soldiers to the registration tables, and they rushed to choose abilities, with many clamoring for X-Ray Vision.
  • Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan noticed Su Xiaoxiao, Wang Meng, and Hao Jun, then flew over to greet them.
  • Su Xiaoxiao relaxed when Li Yichen said she could still call him her “little brat,” and greeted him after a long time apart.

Ch. 357Special treatment

Li Yichen gave Su Xiaoxiao, Hao Jun, and Wang Meng Ability Pearls containing abilities he had chosen for them. After they began absorbing them, Hao Jun completed the process and created an identical clone.

  • Li Yichen told Su Xiaoxiao that the other abilities had already been chosen, then promised to provide abilities for her and his friends.
  • Li Yichen gave Hao Jun the Clone ability, Su Xiaoxiao Energy Shield, and Wang Meng infinite stamina, explaining what each could do.
  • Li Yichen handed them Ability Pearls and warned that absorbing the abilities would hurt.
  • Su Xiaoxiao, Hao Jun, and Wang Meng began absorbing their Ability Pearls while Elder Mo arranged for five more reserves to receive abilities.
  • After an hour, Hao Jun manifested an identical clone beside him.

Ch. 358Two against one

Hao Jun showed off his newly fused clone by fighting Fan Tieniu and a string of elite soldiers, using their shared thoughts to win two against one. Exhausted after defeating six opponents, Hao Jun sat out as Wang Meng arrived and offered to join the fight.

  • Hao Jun challenged the soldiers to spar, but Fan Tieniu overpowered him in their first exchange.
  • Hao Jun's clone caught him, and the two teamed up to defeat Fan Tieniu.
  • Hao Jun and his clone beat another challenger, then knocked down four more opponents in succession.
  • Hao Jun ran out of stamina and sat down as the crowd booed him.
  • Wang Meng arrived and asked how they could have a fight without him.

Ch. 359This Shameless Bastard

Wang Meng fought Frenzied Bear in a brutal contest of strength and won by throwing him to the ground. Hao Jun celebrated his brother’s victory and immediately annoyed the spectators again.

  • Hao Jun called on Wang Meng to avenge him after claiming the onlookers had bullied him.
  • Frenzied Bear challenged Wang Meng to a fight, and the two exchanged a powerful opening punch.
  • Wang Meng and Frenzied Bear traded heavy blows until both were exhausted and locked together in a test of strength.
  • Wang Meng overpowered Frenzied Bear and hurled him to the ground, prompting Frenzied Bear to admit defeat.
  • Hao Jun bragged about Wang Meng’s victory, and the spectators again wanted to beat him up.

Ch. 360The King of Soldiers Among Kings of Soldiers

Wang Meng used his seemingly endless stamina to defeat nineteen challengers in succession, but the crowd called on the formidable Violent Dragon to stop him. Wang Meng accepted the fight despite Hao Jun suggesting they quit, and Violent Dragon warned that he would not hold back.

  • Wang Meng blocked a burly man's punch and defeated him with a shoulder strike after fighting at full strength for five minutes without tiring.
  • Wang Meng defeated challenger after challenger, eventually knocking down nineteen men over more than an hour while the spectators marveled at his endurance.
  • Hao Jun joked to Li Yichen about Wang Meng's stamina in bed, and Li Yichen kicked him; Ouyang Xuanxuan then learned what Hao Jun meant and approved of the kick.
  • The crowd guessed that Wang Meng's ability let him keep fighting at full strength and called for Violent Dragon, whose explosive power they believed could defeat him quickly.
  • Violent Dragon arrived and declared Wang Meng no match for him; Wang Meng accepted his challenge, while Hao Jun asked whether they should call off the fight.

Ch. 361Demon God Bloodline

Violent Dragon overwhelmed Wang Meng with a relentless assault, but Wang Meng struck back by breaking his nose and triggering a berserk transformation. Li Yichen recognized signs of a possible Primordial Demon God's bloodline as Violent Dragon prepared a powerful blow against Wang Meng.

  • Violent Dragon charged Wang Meng and battered his crossed arms, forcing him backward while Hao Shuai, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Li Yichen watched anxiously.
  • Li Yichen suspected Wang Meng's ability was wearing off, and Hao Shuai volunteered to protect him before Su Xiaoxiao offered to step in.
  • Violent Dragon finally broke through Wang Meng's guard, but Wang Meng rammed his head into Violent Dragon's nose and badly injured him.
  • Violent Dragon grew larger and stronger as he went berserk, and Li Yichen identified the transformation as possible evidence of a Primordial Demon God's bloodline.
  • Violent Dragon smashed the stone beneath his feet, leaped up, and brought his clasped hands down toward Wang Meng's head.

Ch. 362Energy Shield

Su Xiaoxiao used her Energy Shield to protect Wang Meng from Violent Dragon and turned his attacks back against him. After Violent Dragon charged at her with a massive stone pillar, the shield launched it toward a female soldier, and someone rushed to protect her.

  • Su Xiaoxiao appeared beside Wang Meng and shielded them both from Violent Dragon's punch with her Energy Shield.
  • Su Xiaoxiao reinforced the shield and sent Violent Dragon flying when his next blow rebounded.
  • Su Xiaoxiao deflected Violent Dragon's thrown stones, while Hao Jun corrected onlookers who blamed her for the danger.
  • Violent Dragon tore off his shirt, lifted a huge stone pillar, and charged at Su Xiaoxiao.
  • Su Xiaoxiao's shield held against the pillar and hurled it toward a female soldier, but a figure flashed in front of her.

Ch. 363Wouldn't Leave Him Alone

After Su Xiaoxiao defeated Violent Dragon, Li Yichen agreed to stay at the base overnight. When he sensed another threat to Su Family Pharmaceuticals’ secret base, he flew there and watched Ghost Knights eliminate a team of intruders.

  • Li Yichen caught a falling stone pillar and shattered it, while a girl mistook him for her sweetheart and Ouyang Xuanxuan reacted jealously.
  • Violent Dragon collapsed after his fight with Su Xiaoxiao, and Hao Jun challenged the onlookers before Su Xiaoxiao dragged him away.
  • Elder Mo announced that Esper Ability integration would begin at six the next morning and asked Li Yichen to stay at the base to help keep order.
  • Li Yichen found himself sharing a room with his three roommates and later slipped away through a wall, flying toward Su Family Pharmaceuticals’ secret base.
  • Brother Zhang led four intruders toward the base, but Li Yichen watched as Ghost Knights emerged from the fog and killed them all.

Ch. 364Death to all who dare

After Li Yichen ordered Su Shengnan to collect five bodies found outside the testing base, Su Shengnan had Dark Shadow dump them in the Jiang Family estate as a warning. The Jiang Family suffered through the stench and learned the message was aimed at anyone who dared cross the Su Family.

  • Li Yichen texted Su Shengnan to collect the bodies, and she sent Dark Shadow to investigate the testing base.
  • Dark Shadow reported that five unwounded bodies had been found outside the base and suggested dumping them in the Jiang Family estate; Su Shengnan agreed.
  • Steward Zhao found the five bodies in the Jiang Family courtyard, uncovered their rotting remains, and ordered them burned.
  • The burning corpses released foul black smoke that made the Jiang Family members vomit, including Old Master Jiang.
  • At a meeting, Jiang Tianhao reported finding the warning beneath the bodies: anyone who crossed the Su Family would be put to death.

Ch. 365Three Talents Heaven-Sealing Formation

The Jiang Family patriarch ordered Jiang Tianhao to enlist the Qin and Shen Families in a campaign to eliminate the Su Family’s experts. At the training base, a hundred team members awakened their powers, broke the elders’ protective formation, and drew down a violent lightning tribulation as Li Yichen moved to confront it.

  • The Jiang Family patriarch sent Jiang Tianhao to the Qin Family and the Shen Family to arrange an attack on Su Family experts within a week.
  • At the secret Training Base, Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu formed the Three Talents Heaven-Sealing Formation to hide the hundred team members from the lightning tribulation.
  • The newly awakened team members unleashed their energy together, shattered the Barrier, and caused the tribulation clouds to gather again.
  • Elder Wu prepared to risk her life defending the team, but Li Yichen said he would face the lightning himself.
  • Li Yichen formed a black-and-white lotus from a flame and sent it up to meet a bolt of tribulation lightning.

Ch. 366An Unexpected Senior Brother

Li Yichen used his Black-and-White Lotus to absorb the heavenly lightning and survived the tribulation, earning the soldiers’ gratitude and being declared their Senior Brother. He then rushed to a secluded peak to handle the lightning energy stored in his flames, and his golden core began to shake as he cultivated.

  • Li Yichen’s Black-and-White Lotus absorbed successive bolts of heavenly lightning until the tribulation ended.
  • Elder Mo ordered the soldiers to thank Li Yichen and obey him as their Senior Brother, and Li Yichen gently raised them from their bows.
  • Li Yichen suddenly flew to a quiet mountain peak, where the energy stored by his yin-yang twin flames surged through his body.
  • Li Yichen cultivated with the Great Netherworld Scripture as the energy entered his golden core, which grew to the size of an egg and then began to shake.

Ch. 367The Nascent Soul Realm

Li Yichen broke through to the nascent soul realm and discovered that his nascent soul had absorbed and strengthened his yin-yang twin flames. His breakthrough triggered a far more powerful lightning tribulation, alarming the people at the Secret Base and leaving Mo Yurou worried for him.

  • Li Yichen's golden core cracked, and a nascent soul formed inside his dantian.
  • The nascent soul swallowed the yin-yang twin flames, then recovered as the flames fused into it and left a pattern between its brows.
  • Li Yichen transferred his consciousness into the nascent soul, sent it outside his body, and found he could control it like a clone and summon the stronger twin flames.
  • Li Yichen celebrated becoming a Nascent Soul Powerhouse, but enormous thunderclouds gathered above him for another tribulation.
  • Elder Mo, Elder Wu, Elder Wang, Mo Yurou, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Jiang Ruoyi saw the tribulation from the Secret Base, and Elder Wu warned Mo Yurou that helping Li Yichen would be too dangerous.

Ch. 368Nascent Soul Tribulation

Mo Yurou, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Jiang Ruoyi tried to go to Li Yichen, but the elders stopped them so they would not distract him during his Nascent Soul Tribulation. Li Yichen prepared his artifacts to withstand the lightning, and the first two strikes destroyed several of them as the tribulation continued.

  • Mo Yurou, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Jiang Ruoyi vowed to save Li Yichen, but Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu immobilized them with talismans.
  • Elder Wu persuaded the three women that they would only distract Li Yichen, and they agreed to wait and trust him.
  • Li Yichen prepared his artifacts by coating them in blood mist and refining them with spiritual energy as the tribulation cloud gathered overhead.
  • The first lightning bolt destroyed Li Yichen's ancient bone sword and pursued its fleeing skull, which drew the bolt away before both were destroyed.
  • Li Yichen sent a bone saber, an ancient mirror, and a Tortoise Shield against the second, stronger bolt; the saber shattered, the mirror broke, and the shield absorbed the lightning's remaining energy.

Ch. 369Struck by lightning

Li Yichen struggled through his Nascent Soul Tribulation as his artifacts failed to withstand the increasingly powerful lightning. With the final strike gathering overhead, the Ghost Emperor appeared, leaving Li Yichen hoping his great-grandfather would save him.

  • Li Yichen used groups of bone magic artifacts to block dozens of lightning bolts, while Elder Mo, Elder Wang, Elder Wu, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Jiang Ruoyi watched anxiously.
  • As the lightning reached its seventy-ninth bolt, Li Yichen had only ten artifacts left and gathered them around the Tortoise Shield to summon a phantom Black Tortoise.
  • The Black Tortoise hid in its shell as a powerful bolt struck, and the lightning destroyed the artifacts before hitting Li Yichen and leaving him charred and sprawled on the ground.
  • Li Yichen taunted the thundercloud, which brightened as it prepared its final, strongest bolt.
  • A black lotus appeared between Li Yichen's brows, and the Ghost Emperor spoke to him; Li Yichen begged his great-grandfather to save him.

Ch. 370Otherworldly Flame Essence

Li Yichen discovered that his nascent soul had absorbed the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and become a powerful otherworldly flame essence, then prepared to face the heavenly tribulation. As a massive purple-gold lightning bolt appeared, Li Yichen enlarged his flame-wreathed form while the crowd watched and Mo Yurou angrily claimed him as her husband.

  • Li Yichen told Ghost Emperor Haoran that his nascent soul had swallowed the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, and Haoran entered his dantian to investigate.
  • When Ghost Emperor Haoran touched the nascent soul's cheek, it erupted in black-and-white flames and burned his robes before Li Yichen drew the fire back in.
  • Ghost Emperor Haoran explained that Li Yichen's nascent soul had become an otherworldly flame essence, then gave him a Flame Control Technique.
  • Li Yichen sent his nascent soul out of his dantian as the tribulation cloud contracted and released a huge purple-gold lightning bolt.
  • Li Yichen enlarged his flame-wreathed form to face the lightning, drawing cheers from the Secret Base and an angry protest from Mo Yurou when the women called him their husband.

Ch. 371Successfully Surviving the Tribulation

Li Yichen defeated the Purple-Gold lightning tribulation with his black-and-white flames and returned to his dantian, exhausted but victorious. Meanwhile, Wang Chen and six Kunlun disciples found the shattered peak where Qin Ming had survived a blood-red tribulation, only to discover that he had succumbed to demonic corruption.

  • Li Yichen shattered the Purple-Gold lightning serpent and cleared the remaining electric serpents with a taiji diagram of black-and-white flames.
  • The tribulation clouds dispersed, and Li Yichen's nascent soul returned to his dantian as Ghost Emperor Haoran praised him.
  • Wang Chen led six Kunlun disciples to a remote peak devastated by blood-red tribulation lightning.
  • Qin Ming crawled from the rubble and revealed that he intended to feed on the Kunlun disciples.
  • Wang Chen recognized Qin Ming as a corrupted Senior Brother Qin, ordered the others to flee and report to the sect leader, and attacked him.

Ch. 372Slaughtering fellow disciples

Qin Ming used his nascent soul power to overpower Wang Chen and the Kunlun disciples, killing Wang Chen and beginning to slaughter the others for their vital essence. Elsewhere, a Kunlun disciple healed her damaged dantian as her tearful apprentice hoped to reunite with her husband Yichen.

  • Qin Ming defeated Wang Chen and shattered his Spirit-Light Swords, then pinned six Kunlun disciples with his pressure.
  • Qin Ming killed Wang Chen, ripped out his golden core, and swallowed it.
  • Qin Ming killed one of the six disciples and consumed his vital essence while the others watched in terror.
  • In a secluded cave, a Kunlun disciple healed her dantian and golden core as her apprentice thought of finding her husband Yichen.

Ch. 373The Nascent Soul Patriarch

Bai Binger reunited with her recovered master, Bai Qianyue, and planned to visit Li Yichen, while Li Yichen returned to the Training Base as a Nascent Soul Patriarch. He declined to join Bureau 9 but agreed to help the elders and their bureaus when needed.

  • Bai Binger hugged Bai Qianyue after her recovery and asked to go down the mountain to find Li Yichen.
  • Bai Qianyue agreed to accompany Bai Binger after the Sect Master's birthday and teased her about Li Yichen.
  • Li Yichen returned to the Training Base, where a crowd of girls surrounded him until Elder Wu sent them away so he could rest.
  • Elder Mo praised Li Yichen for becoming a Nascent Soul Patriarch, and Li Yichen said he planned to return to school and spend time with Mo Yurou and the others.
  • Li Yichen refused Elder Mo's offer to join Bureau 9 but promised to help Bureau 9, Bureau 7, and Bureau 4 when they needed him.

Ch. 374Time to head back

Li Yichen took Mo Yurou, the other girls, and his friends back to Jinling University through a spatial passage, then enjoyed a few quiet days on campus. Meanwhile, Su Shengnan faced a crisis as Yellow Level experts kept dying, and Master Huang and others arrived to leave the Su Family.

  • Yang Weifeng, Zhang Yong, and Sun Kai pressured Li Yichen into taking them back, and Elder Mo let them go.
  • Li Yichen opened a spatial passage and sent his companions through, dropping Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong into Li Zhao Lake.
  • Yang Weifeng remembered he could fly, while Zhang Yong and Sun Kai joked about using their abilities to sneak into a bathhouse.
  • Li Yichen spent the next few days relaxing at Jinling University with Mo Yurou and the other girls.
  • Su Shengnan suspected the other three families were behind the deaths of her Yellow Level experts.
  • Steward Wang told Su Shengnan that Master Huang and the others had arrived and wanted to leave.

Ch. 375The Worst-Case Scenario

As the Su Family’s guards prepared to leave amid escalating danger, Su Shengnan revealed that she had become an Ability User and promised to resolve the crisis within three days. Huang Shan agreed to keep his men for that long, leaving the Su Family with a brief chance to protect itself.

  • Su Shengnan went to the compound square, where Huang Shan and the Yellow Grade experts were preparing to leave, and Su Second argued with Huang Shan.
  • Su Shengnan acknowledged that the guards feared for their lives and asked Huang Shan to stay for three more days.
  • Su Shengnan displayed her ability by controlling throwing knives that pierced an ornamental rock formation.
  • Su Shengnan confirmed she was an Ability User and promised Huang Shan she would resolve the Su Family’s situation within three days.
  • Huang Shan agreed to wait three days and led his men away from the square.
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