Xiao Tian sat in seclusion on the great path of three thousand Greenstone Steps, striving to cultivate his Third Immortal Qi. His two strands had formed naturally while he faced the twin ordeals of eerie forces and heavenly tribulation, so the Darkness Cage had not had time to act against him. But Xiao Tian was certain that the moment he attempted to cultivate his Third Immortal Qi, he would draw the Darkness Cage's encroachment and have his soul and divine sense carried away.
The "three thousand great Daos" transformed into a Treasure Gourd, which Xiao Tian used to refine himself. Heaven and earth rumbled. The great Daos became three thousand clanking chains, spreading through the gourd, piercing Xiao Tian and wrapping him up like a rice dumpling, intent on refining him away.
But five-colored Dao light flowed over Xiao Tian's body, and the Calabash Brothers' origin power surged. Before his two strands of immortal qi could even lend their strength, the Dao chains shattered. In an instant, his Third Immortal Qi drifted into being as though appearing out of thin air, beyond anything words could describe.
Suddenly, Xiao Tian sensed some force trying to seize his soul and consciousness. Yet he felt that as long as he resisted, it could not take him away. At that moment, the manifestations of chaos qi, heaven's backbone, the Gourd Vine, and others reappeared behind him, suppressing everything.
Still, Xiao Tian wanted to see what lay there, so he followed the pull. His vision abruptly plunged into darkness. It seemed he would soon sink completely, lose consciousness forever, never awaken, and cease to exist entirely.
But the next instant, his three strands of immortal qi transformed into a True Dragon, a True Phoenix, and a Qilin, "howling wildly" and shaking him so fiercely that