Incarnation Outside the Body

Zhang Xuezhou and Donghua shared the refinement of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and unexpectedly joined the horizontal struggle for the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform.

It's one thing for the two of them to be robbed by a powerful cultivator because of their lack of strength, but to be robbed of a treasure is undoubtedly very humiliating.

Not to mention Donghua, even Zhang Xuezhou was indignant.

Although he hadn't yet perceived any benefits from the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Zhang Xuezhou was unwilling to easily give up such a treasure.

His and Donghua's tacit counterattack unfolded almost instantly. Donghua's body was strange and his physical form was not yet formed, so he used the method of attacking with his soul. Zhang Xuezhou's Yang Soul left his body and burrowed into the ground, and his Yang Soul body was ethereal and incomplete, so he could only use the method of attacking with his soul as well.

One relied on repeated collisions and piercings of their souls, while the other relied on mental suppression through their souls.

To Zhang Xuezhou and Donghua's surprise, the twelfth-grade golden lotus platform they faced resembled a great cultivator. The opponent was also skilled in mental attacks and possessed the power of mental defense, and could even reduce the influence of the 'fast and slow' field they jointly created.

"Get it!"

Zhang Xuezhou revealed the origins of the creature that eroded the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and Donghua felt a release of pent-up frustration in his heart.

He could tolerate being attacked by a great cultivator after his ascension, he could tolerate being killed by Zhang Xuezhou, and he could even tolerate being inferior to others in skill. But Donghua could not tolerate being bullied by treasures. He could not allow his level to drop as he progressed.

He made the first move, while Zhang Xuezhou repeatedly followed up with his own shots.

After repeated attacks, the two managed to restrain the Twelfth-Rank Golden Lotus Platform somewhat, but the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, after being divided in many ways, quickly erupted into chaos, and its constant transformation left Zhang Xuezhou and Donghua bewildered.

The two were not separated from the silver dragon during the refining process. It was as if something had been fed into the mouth but had not been cut, and the silver dragon's rage caused the mountain to shake and tremble incessantly.

"Screw you! Even if your Master Dong is down on his luck, you're not someone a monster like you can take his food from. At worst, we'll just go our separate ways!"

A chaotic clash ensued, followed by Donghua's angry outburst.

Zhang Xuezhou felt a sudden loosening in the refining process, as the spiritual essence of heaven and earth that he and Donghua had previously refined evenly was directly separated.

The silver dragon let out a soul-shaking wail, its movements becoming increasingly violent and intense as it shifted through the elements of wind, water, fire, and earth.

Although Zhang Xuezhou and others refined half of its body, the silver dragon did not become a headless dragon; it was merely reduced in size.

Perhaps due to the effects of the cutting, Zhang Xuezhou felt that this extraordinary destiny had fallen into extremely chaotic changes, even directly breaking the field he and Donghua had jointly created.

Their surroundings are no longer static and fixed, but synchronized with the outside world.

Turning around in the event of an emergency is difficult, and their return route has been deformed and is hard to find.

"Run towards the roots of the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform; there must be an exit there!"

The horizontal insertion of the roots of the twelve-tiered golden lotus platform caused trouble, but it also became Zhang Xuezhou's standard for judging the only remaining correct exit.

He made a quick judgment in his mind and then vigorously pursued the source of these roots.

Disoriented and disoriented underground, Donghua followed Zhang Xuezhou without hesitation.

Putting aside other abilities, Donghua truly believed in Zhang Xuezhou's ability to survive, which was almost an innate skill that allowed him to find a way to survive immediately.

During Donghua's many years of contact with Zhang Xuezhou, he sensed that Zhang Xuezhou's strongest thought was how to survive.

This is the instinct of life, and the essential self-rescue ability of every dying person.

Unlike most people, Zhang Xuezhou, after learning part of the truth, was almost constantly driven by this intense will to survive.

This also makes Zhang Xuezhou different from other cultivators. Most cultivators only have a few chances to survive in their lifetime, while Zhang Xuezhou's opportunities are continuous and long-term.

Normally, the longer Zhang Xuezhou's will to survive lasts, the more likely the opponent is to collapse and eventually exhaust themselves. However, Zhang Xuezhou has cultivated a method of Mental Strengthening, and the continuous strengthening of his mind constantly compensates for the hidden dangers, making the opponent seem like an unkillable cockroach.

When it comes to adapting to different worlds and surviving, Donghua undoubtedly appreciates Zhang Xuezhou's character and even helps Zhang Xuezhou on many occasions, so that Zhang Xuezhou doesn't exhaust himself.

When Donghua's actions backfired, and Zhang Xuezhou's only remaining threat became himself, everything spiraled out of control.

But Donghua wasn't upset, after all, he had also adjusted his own condition with the help of Zhang Xuezhou.

He even shed his decayed spirit, restoring it to a youthful and powerful state.

Although Zhang Xuezhou mentioned that Houtu and Hongjun were heavily guarding the gates, Donghua was confident that he had a chance to find an opportunity.

If he can successfully unite his physical body and soul this time, he will regain his former power and may even have the potential to ascend to a higher dimension again.

But before anything even began, things spiraled out of control and started to go wrong, and for the first time, Donghua couldn't help but doubt whether he really could do it.

He even abandoned his own intentions and chose to follow Zhang Xuezhou directly.

A thousand thoughts swirled in his mind until Donghua, covered in soot, followed Zhang Xuezhou out of the underground.

There was no light in the dark room, but in the distance, a monk was using the Heart Sutra to provide faint illumination.

Donghua even saw the twelve-tiered golden lotus platform from which countless slender roots had sprouted.

The chaotic Spirit Root that had been Jieyin and transformed into a protective treasure is now reviving, constantly returning to the form of a blue lotus.

Like the Seven-Jeweled Thousand-Petaled Golden Lotus, this lotus platform Law Treasure gave rise to countless lotus leaves and lotus flowers.

If this were on the water, it would surely be a beautiful sight of lotus flowers blooming brightly in the sunlight, but in this stone chamber, only eeriness remains.

If it were a magical Law Treasure controlled by the Jieyin, that would be one thing, but when Zhang Xuezhou's gaze swept over, he saw that the spot where the Sect Master Jieyin had been lying had now become a White Bone with a grayish-white color.

For the remains of a powerful cultivator like the Sect Master Jieyin to decompose into this state, it must have been devoured by this demonic lotus.

"Was the Sect Master Jieyin killed by the backlash from this demonic lotus?"

Zhang Xuezhou called out to Divine Lord Zhenyuan in the distance, but before Divine Lord Zhenyuan could respond, the Buddha's son spoke in a steady voice.

"That's exactly right!"

The Buddha's disciples and others had almost murderous intent and caused internal strife over the cause of the Sect Master Jieyin's death. Zhang Xuezhou's question at this moment was exactly what he wanted to hear, and he quickly chose to agree.

"There's something wrong with this lotus. You need to quickly find a way to take it back. You can even use the Seven Treasures Tree to make it shrink!"

Zhang Xuezhou urged them quickly.

He looked at his body and felt as if his Yang Soul Body had gained an external avatar, as if he had acquired another body out of thin air.

Zhang Xuezhou did not share Donghua's desire to create a physical body, and his physical body was far superior to such a sculpted one.

If possible, Zhang Xuezhou hoped to quickly suppress the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform that was pulling at the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, thereby stopping the chaos caused by the spiritual essence. Then, he would let his soul return to the source, so as to avoid any accidents caused by the difficulty of traversing the Bifeng area due to the insufficient power of Zhang Xuezhou's Yang Soul Body.

"What? This place is the Bifeng Cave?"

Zhang Xuezhou urged the Buddha's disciple to do his work, and Donghua also discerned their locations from their conversation.

Looking at his body, which was mostly reconstructed, he felt as if he was doomed.

What's the point of his successful body shaping if he's trapped in such a place?

Although he had cultivated the Wind Avoidance Instruction, his new physical body could not instantly become a top-level cultivator.

This even includes Zhang Xuezhou, whose external avatar has been formed. If it is not handled properly, Zhang Xuezhou's external avatar, which has been enlightened by the essence of heaven and earth, will inevitably die here.