Lu Ming Prepares to Advance to Soul Transformation

After the people of the three major sects arrived at the Xinghe Dynasty, they did not see the Grandfather.

However, the ancestors of the three major sects still wanted to curse.

Fu Yunshen had actually advanced to the Unity stage. It would have been one thing if he was the only one.

They could still easily handle a three-on-one fight...

But the Beggar Ancestor of the Xiaoyao Sect had also advanced to the Unity stage.

What's more, he was standing next to Fu Yunshen with a beaming smile.

Anyone with half a brain could see they were in cahoots...

That meant the fake intelligence the Xiaoyao Sect had provided them earlier was clearly intentional.

Damn it!

Seeking revenge was obviously out of the question!

If it were just Fu Yunshen and the Xiaoyao Sect Ancestor, they could still manage a three-on-two...

If they fought, they might even gain a slight advantage.

But the problem was that the Demon Emperor was also there, standing alongside General Tiger, staring at them with a mocking expression.

How were they supposed to fight this?

It had suddenly become a three-on-four. Wasn't this just begging for a beating?

The Haoran Sect Ancestor preemptively barked, “Fu Yunshen, you actually colluded with the demon race?”

Fu Yunshen looked up at him. “If you want to collude with them, you can go ahead and do it too! It's not like I'm stopping you...”

These words instantly choked the Haoran Sect Ancestor.

Was it that he didn't want to? He just didn't have the connections right now!

Last time, they had colluded with the demon race's Minister Fox, and not only did they fail to gain any benefits, but they had also ended up losing a massive amount of resources.

Why was there such a huge difference when they both colluded with the demon race?

“Get them...”

Just then, Fu Yunshen's voice rang out.

Unsurprisingly, the three ancestors were beaten black and blue once again and fled in a panic.

This time, Lu Ming and the others didn't even need to lift a finger. The Sect Master of the Haoran Sect and his cohorts immediately surrendered and handed over their storage bags...

When the three ancestors received the demand for spirit stones to ransom their people yet again, they simply gritted their teeth.

“We don't want them back!”

Doing this over and over again had already completely drained their sects' resources.

Where would they find any more spirit stones for ransom?

Besides, they didn't believe Fu Yunshen would actually slaughter all of them.

If such a massive slaughter brought some terrible negative consequences upon the Eastern Province,

they would be labeled the sinners of the Eastern Province.

The three ancestors decided to play shameless and ignore the situation entirely.

Hearing that the three ancestors refused to ransom their people, Lu Ming and his group were also dumbfounded.

What were they supposed to do with all these captives?

Keeping them would be a waste of food, but letting them go... left a bitter taste in their mouths.

In the end, after consulting with Fu Yunshen, they executed the two remaining Soul Transformation cultivators who had participated in the murder of Lu Ming's parents back then.

A portion of the other disciples were kept, while the rest were all sold to the dark mines to earn their own ransom money...

The Haoran Sect's Sect Master had never imagined that as a dignified sect master, he would actually be sold into his own sect's dark mine...

“Let me tell you, I am your Sect Master! Hurry up and unlock the spiritual energy restriction on me...”

The Haoran Sect's Sect Master stood with his hands behind his back, speaking with an arrogant air.

Just then, Bai Yuanfei looked at the Haoran Sect's Sect Master with a gloomy expression. “Master, I wonder if you still recognize me?”

Seeing Bai Yuanfei, the Haoran Sect's Sect Master looked pleasantly surprised. “Yuanfei! Quick, unlock my spiritual energy restriction. I will take you back as my eldest disciple...”

“Hmph... Your eldest disciple? Back then, just because of a few words from Ye Fan, you kicked me out of the sect and banished me here to be a mere mine supervisor...”

At this point, Bai Yuanfei grew even more furious.

His talent was quite decent. If he hadn't been banished here, he might very well be the Eldest Senior Brother of the Haoran Sect's current generation...

Hearing Bai Yuanfei's words, the Haoran Sect's Sect Master also recalled the deceased Ye Fan.

That disciple of his with a top-grade spiritual root!

Thinking of Ye Fan, he couldn't help but reflect on the Haoran Sect's development over the years.

It seemed that ever since they recruited Ye Fan, their Haoran Sect had been on a constant downward spiral, plagued by endless bad luck.

At this thought, any lingering affection he had for Ye Fan vanished completely.

Damn it, that brat had a miserable fate and even cursed his own sect...

“Yuanfei, Master was wrong before. I shouldn't have kicked you out...”

The Sect Master of the Haoran Sect looked at the Bai Yuanfei before him.

This was indeed a disciple with decent talent!

If he had been nurtured properly over the years, he might have reached the Nascent Soul stage by now...

“It's too late... You can stay here and properly atone for your sins...”

Bai Yuanfei cracked the Soul-Shocking Whip in his hand, striking the Haoran Sect's Sect Master.

The Haoran Sect's Sect Master broke out in a cold sweat. The Soul-Shocking Whip targeted the soul directly, and he felt as if his soul was about to explode from the pain.

He stared at Bai Yuanfei in utter disbelief. He had never expected this disciple of his to hate him so deeply...

He had treated him quite well in the past!

“What are you looking at? Get to work...”

Bai Yuanfei cracked his whip again and barked.

Right at that moment, the powerful aura of a Unity-stage cultivator suddenly descended.

“Nie Huaifeng, what is wrong with you? How could you fail to escape from your own sect's spirit stone mine...” the Haoran Sect Ancestor shouted in anger.

He had never expected Fu Yunshen to sell Nie Huaifeng and the others into their own family's mine.

After all that calculating, wasn't it still their own family paying the spirit stones in the end?

The instant the restriction on his spiritual energy was lifted, the Haoran Sect's Sect Master personally executed Bai Yuanfei.

...

After being tossed around time and time again, the three major sects saw their status in the Eastern Province plummet.

Rising in their place were the Xinghe Dynasty and the Xiaoyao Sect...

Standing atop the imperial city, Fu Yunshen could hardly believe that their Xinghe Dynasty could see such a day.

A dynasty that had been on the brink of destruction had actually risen to become a top-tier power in the Eastern Province.

And all of this was because of Lu Ming's arrival...

At this moment, Lu Ming was in seclusion, preparing to break through to the Soul Transformation stage.

After consuming a massive amount of spirit stones and spiritual materials over the years, Lu Ming was finally ready to advance.

He chose a sparsely populated area for his seclusion.

Fu Yunshen and the others had already explained the process of breaking through to the Soul Transformation stage to him.

He would need to undergo a lightning tribulation and get struck by lightning.

Recalling his complex history of love and hate with lightning tribulations, he felt quite expectant. He wondered what the difference was between Tribulation Lightning and Punishment Lightning.

The thought of the countless long iron rods he had prepared in his storage bag filled him with excitement.

“Ah... crackle... BOOM!”

In the Thunder Pool, Tribulation Lightning couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

The sneeze caused the entire Thunder Pool to surge violently, with purple electricity and golden light exploding and splashing in all directions.

“Who's thinking of me?” Tribulation Lightning couldn't help but mutter.

Punishment Lightning rolled over. “It must be someone about to break through to the Soul Transformation stage, preparing to face you...”

Tribulation Lightning nodded in agreement.

“Sigh... do you think it could be that kid about to undergo his tribulation?” At that moment, Punishment Lightning couldn't help but cry out.

“Counting the time, it's highly likely. Don't worry, if it really is that kid, I'll definitely give him a very warm welcome...” Tribulation Lightning promised.

Hearing this, Punishment Lightning couldn't help but feel a bit worried.

Could Tribulation Lightning really handle that guy's magical artifact—that long rod that absorbed their power?

“You'd better get ready...” Punishment Lightning couldn't help but warn.

Following that, the Thunder Pool shook violently...

...

Deep within a dense mountain forest, inside a heavily restricted secret chamber.

Lu Ming sat cross-legged. Spirit stones were piled like small mountains around him, and the spiritual energy was so dense it was on the verge of misting.

At this moment, his cultivation at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage had reached great perfection.

Following the experience shared by Fu Yunshen and the others, Lu Ming directly took out three Soul Transformation Pills.

Others would only consume one, but as the protagonist, could he be like everyone else?

With his Nascent Soul that had three heads and six arms, he would surely need at least three Soul Transformation Pills...