Far away from the Imperial City, Qin Shi headed east. With his current speed, it would only take him half a day to cross the entire Empire. One day later, he left the Empire and settled down in the forest outside the Empire.
"I should be fine now that I'm so far away from the Empire." Qin Shi muttered in his heart.
"Little guy, go north. There is a natural cold waterfall one hundred and fifty thousand meters away. Go there and make your breakthrough. The cold waterfall can suppress the fire energy in your body. You won't be distracted by the fire energy when you are resisting the lightning tribulation." The evil demon said.
Qin Shi was curious about the evil demon's words. "How can you sense it so far away?"
One had to know that his mental energy could only sense a distance of ninety thousand meters. After being with the evil demon for so long, he didn't know that it had mental energy.
"Hmph, do you think that my reputation as the Ancient Demon Lord is groundless?"
Originally, he was humbly asking for guidance. He didn't expect the evil demon to become arrogant. Qin Shi was too lazy to bother with it. "If you don't want to say it, then forget it."
After saying that, he flew far away.
After one hundred and fifty thousand meters, before Qin Shi could see the waterfall, he heard the beautiful sound of water flowing.
Further ahead, it really was a fairyland on earth. A naturally formed cold pond cascaded down from a thousand-meter-high cliff. Three thousand Azure Falling Silver Ripples struck the rocks, giving off a pleasant ethereal sound, just like a beautiful ballad.
Seeing this, Qin Shi clicked his tongue. He couldn't help but admire the evil demon a little more.
"Let's make my breakthrough here."
Qin Shi took a deep breath. The air was cold and moist, making him feel very comfortable.
"Hmm, go ahead and make your breakthrough. I will guard you from the outside." The evil demon jumped out of the totem. The black qilin shaped evil demon gave off an intimidating aura. "Hehe.
"Ha ha! Say, no matter what, you are one of the two Demon Lords. Can't you be a little prettier? If Xuexin were to see you in the future, wouldn't she be scared to death?" Qin Shi teased.
"Brat, who are you talking about?"
The evil spirit scolded angrily, but when he looked back, Qin Shi had already slipped under the cold waterfall. He was so angry that he kept stamping his feet.
Left alone, the nefarious demon looked around at the dazzling world outside and sighed. "Haha, it's been tens of thousands of years, and I've never been so free. In any case, this kid will need at least half a month to break through here. This mountain is quiet and secluded, and no one will disturb him. I might as well take this opportunity to go to the side and have some fun."
Feeling playful, the evil spirit threw the matter of protecting Qin Shi to the back of its mind. It looked left and right for a moment, then turned into a black shadow and disappeared.
After entering the waterfall, Qin Shi activated the barrier amidst the torrent. He placed his hands gently on his knees, and a golden bolt of lightning appeared on his arms. It was like a golden snake, looking very mystical.
Following the movement of Qin Shi's Dantian, the number of golden snakes increased, and soon, Qin Shi was completely wrapped up.
The moment the spirit snake appeared, a faint golden glow appeared on Qin Shi's forehead. The golden glow continued to spread to the surroundings, forming a protruding point. It looked like it was going to break free from his skin and jump out at any moment.
Bang!
In the end, the protruding point jumped out and flashed into a dazzling mark. There was a bolt of lightning in the center of the mark. The moment this bolt of lightning left Qin Shi's body, it immediately became violent and shot up into the sky.
Rumble!
The cold waterfall was shattered by the bolt of lightning. From afar, the thousand-zhang-tall cold waterfall looked like it had been split by a huge sword. After being washed by the water all year round, the rocks that had a bit of luster were exposed, flickering under the midday sun.
However, this flickering only lasted for a moment. Rolling black thunderclouds appeared above the cold pond. The thunderclouds were affected by the Thunder Calamity Seal in Qin Shi's body. The two quickly merged into a ball and began to spread to the surroundings.
In the blink of an eye, the thunderclouds exceeded fifty thousand meters. Fifty thousand meters was already the limit of the normal Three Heavens realm. Normally, the Thunder Calamity that had not reached the Heaven's Equal realm could not exceed a hundred thousand meters.
However, the Thunder Calamity at this time was not affected by this factor. It was as if it was going against the will of the heavens. It devoured the surroundings endlessly, causing the forest to sink into darkness rapidly. This darkness eventually covered a hundred and fifty thousand meters.
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Converge!
Lightning began to surge above the hundred and fifty thousand meters of thunderclouds. Bolts of lightning that were tens of thousands of meters long circled around. It was like a giant scorpion that had just woken up in the summer and suddenly let out a torrential roar.
In the forest, countless birds and beasts were startled.
The demon that had escaped far away stopped on a tree branch. It turned back to look at the black thunderclouds and frowned, "I have already warned him not to suppress the Thunder Calamity for a long time. Now that he has attracted a hundred and fifty thousand meters of Thunder Calamity Seal, this is interesting."
To be honest, he was a little worried.
However, in the end, he still shook his head, "Such a small matter will not trouble him. Otherwise, he would not be worthy of being my brother."
"Little guy, you must hold on. Don't let me down."
After saying this, he left again. However, he was thinking to himself, "Little guy, don't blame me for not helping you. This is also good for you. As long as you can get through this, with the tempering of the hundred and fifty thousand meters of Thunder Calamity Seal, the purity of the spiritual energy in your body will definitely increase. At that time, although you will only be at the Three Heavens Realm, you will be able to use the forced spiritual energy to stabilize the spiritual meridians and open the palace."
Under the waterfall, Qin Shi was also shocked, "A hundred and fifty thousand meters?
How did such a huge Thunder Calamity come?
This is going to be troublesome. "
Previously, when he broke through to the Second Heavens Realm, it was under the Jewel Volcano. He had the help of the Divine Charm Tree and the Jewel Volcano. However, even so, a fifty thousand meters of thunderclouds almost took his life.
This time, it was a hundred and fifty thousand meters. Furthermore, there was no external help. Wouldn't it strike him to death?
Boom!
At this time, the Thunder Calamity from the Nine Heavens had already descended. Its diameter was more than ten meters long. Even the space was torn apart as it approached Qin Shi's forehead.
"Grand Desolate Desert!"
Qin Shi hurriedly formed hand seals, and the surrounding land dried up. Even the endless waterfall weakened a little, and hundreds of desolate patterns rushed into the nine heavens.
Rumble!
The sky shook violently. This Grand Desolate Desert was a rank eight martial art. Its power was truly extraordinary.
However, even so, it could only resist the Thunder Calamity for a moment before it was directly dispersed by the lightning. It whistled straight down to the ground.
"This time, it's too big."
Qin Shi's heart sank. He didn't dare to be careless. He used the Divine Character Art and Fallen Star Tyrant Body Art, and activated the Soul Hall Armor.
"Evil Devil, you scum. You said you would protect me. Now that I'm about to be struck to death by the Thunder Calamity, where did you go to protect me?" The lightning was getting closer and closer. Qin Shi cursed loudly.
After a while, there was no response. Only then did Qin Shi realize that the evil devil wasn't around. He regretted it. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have let the evil devil out. At least the two of them would die together. Now, he had to walk alone on the road to the Yellow Springs.
"No, I can't die!"
"Buzz!"
At this time, a buzzing sound came from his consciousness.
Qin Shi's panicked heart calmed down.
He was very familiar with this buzzing sound. It was the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation that had been silent for a long time.
The Ancient Profound Heaven Formation had first reacted after entering Qin Shi's consciousness. It was in Rainbow Cloud City, when it imparted him the first two levels of the Xuantian Sacred Scripture and made him a Talisman Master.
The second time was in the ancient city, when he activated the third level of the Xuantian Sacred Scripture: Great Relic Mantra.
The third time was in the Nation-Protecting Formation. Not only did it prevent him from being threatened by the Nation-Protecting Formation, he even obtained its power.
The fourth time was when he had just left Lotus City. When he was cultivating the God Character Formula, it had been extremely useful.
Now that the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation was reacting, the despairing Qin Shi felt like he had grasped onto a life-saving straw. He quickly looked into his consciousness. "Little thing, are you calling me?"
"Buzz!"
Sensing Qin Shi's Divine Sense, the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation in the center of his consciousness violently vibrated.
"Is it really you?
Do you have a way to help me break through? "
"Buzz!"
The Ancient Profound Heaven Formation kept buzzing. He didn't know if it was true or not. This made Qin Shi extremely anxious. He kept asking, "Yes or no? You have to give me a definite answer. If you can't, I don't have time to waste with you. Someone is going to die soon."
"Buzz!"
It was still buzzing. However, this time, the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation suddenly lit up. An extremely resplendent light entered Qin Shi's body. The Sanskrit characters that were constantly revolving above the ancient formation seemed to be summoned. They started to automatically arrange themselves into words and fell into his eyes.
"Fourth level of the Profound Heaven Holy Scripture, Relic Mantle."
Staring at the line of Sanskrit characters, Qin Shi's eyes widened. He immediately said angrily, "Damn! I say, little thing, you called me here at this time. Don't tell me you want me to cultivate the fourth level of the Profound Heaven Holy Scripture?
Indeed, this Profound Heaven Holy Scripture is very powerful. I am also very interested in it. However, you have to look at the situation. Compared to my life, I feel that my life is more important. I don't have time for you. I'm leaving! "
After saying that, Qin Shi angrily tried to leave his consciousness.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to withdraw his consciousness, the border of his consciousness lit up with a golden light. A huge barrier sealed Qin Shi within, preventing him from leaving.
This time, he was furious. "Little thing, what is the meaning of this?
Are you trying to kill me? "
"Buzz!"
The Ancient Profound Heaven Formation ignored Qin Shi's shouting. The line of Sanskrit characters flashed again.
"You …!" In his anger, Qin Shi punched the barrier.
Bang!
Unexpectedly, just as he punched, a golden light like a ferocious tiger pounced on him. The power of this ferocious tiger was extremely strange. It seemed to directly strike Qin Shi's soul, causing him to howl in pain.
"Alright, you are ruthless enough. I will cultivate it, alright?
In any case, when the lightning strikes me later, you won't have a good time, you little thing. "
Qin Shi gritted his teeth. This time, he was completely helpless. In the end, he could only listen to the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation's arrangements. He sat down cross-legged in his consciousness and began to cultivate the fourth level of the Profound Heaven Holy Scripture.
As he cultivated, he smiled bitterly. He was sealed in his own consciousness and couldn't leave. He was probably the only person in the world who could do such a dramatic thing, right?
"This is fated to end."
After letting out a long sigh, Qin Shi didn't say anything else. He started to cultivate according to the Sanskrit records.