Mountains, rivers, and earth form the chessboard; the eternal demonic tribulation begins in the north

The Huai River rolled eastward, its waves churning and surging!

The Exquisite Dharma Tower shook the Great Void, its immense silhouette rising section by section before shooting into the Azure Firmament with a thunderous boom!

In the astral wind layer thousands of zhang above the ground, air as biting as iron surged like a tide, striking the layers of clear radiance, raising ripples before vanishing without a trace.

Lou Zhenxiao sat at the very top, his face cold and stern, his swordlike brows sweeping upward, seemingly deep in thought with his eyes lowered.

Shifting colors and divine radiance swirled behind him, forming a three-colored mirror wheel that reflected three streams of Profound Light: Xin metal, Gui water, and Ding fire.

Xuanchanzi's metal fate has already taken shape. Sword cultivators do not seek completeness in all Five Phases. The Zhongyi Sect's Lesser Yang Origin-Severing Dust-Revealing Scripture specializes in cultivating metal fate to its utmost, all the better to attain [sword edge metal].

But only his Xin metal has reached perfection. His Geng metal still lacks a little tempering, which is why he must continually answer slaughter tribulations, honing his Sword Heart until it becomes perfectly clear.

Lou Zhenxiao's thoughts drifted. Compared with Xuanchanzi, he walked another, more difficult Dao Path.

Gathering the Five Phases, perfecting his destiny natures!

Even with the Great Talisman Sect backing him, supplying him with an endless stream of Spirit Resources, every step remained arduous.

Cultivating the destiny natures of the Five Phases was simply too difficult. The metal phase alone divided into two branches, Xin metal and Geng metal, each the other's Yin and Yang, inner and outer.

To achieve complete perfection, one had to study a first-grade Method Formula from the very beginning of Qi Refining, then condense superior-quality Innate One Qi at the tenth