Now that her soul was complete, she, who had been at the Nascent Soul stage, would naturally be forced to advance!
Everything that happened so abruptly was something he couldn't interfere with! Otherwise, Jin Bao'er's predicament would only be more severe than it was now.
To gain something meant to lose something; this was the rule of heaven! No one was an exception!
...
When Jin Bao'er woke up, the bloodstains on her body had almost dried. Her wounds, however, had not yet healed because, without her activation, the spirit tree branches had long stopped supplying spiritual energy...
She raised her head slightly. Her disheveled appearance was almost unprecedented, yet the persistence and determination in her dark eyes were exceptionally striking!
The next heavenly lightning strike...Purification!
Instantly, a pure white heavenly lightning bolt descended from the sky. Without giving Jin Bao'er any chance to react, the white lightning directly struck her, engulfing her entire being once more.
The merfolk, who had witnessed the entire ordeal, had their first thought: she was doomed! After everything that had just happened, she must have been exhausted and unable to struggle! The Purifying Heavenly Lightning would destroy her completely from the world, leaving not even a soul behind!
This was also why some cultivators who failed to advance from the Spirit Transformation stage to the Nascent Soul stage did not appear in the ghost realm! Because the Purifying Heavenly Lightning would destroy everything completely, leaving no trace!
At this moment, despair and complexity filled everyone's eyes...
Yet, little did they know, Jin Bao'er, bathed in the white light, felt incredibly comfortable! The pure Purifying Heavenly Lightning was identical to the power within her. Soon, it merged into one, and Jin Bao'er devoured it all!
No one knew that at this moment, Jin Bao'er had completely mastered the power of purification and the majesty of the Heavenly Dao!
After an unknown amount of time, the white light completely disappeared! It revealed a woman, disheveled yet with a composed and steady aura. The moment she opened her eyes, an inexplicable pressure swept through, silently seeping into everyone's hearts...
Following that, the aura of the Heavenly Dao erupted in front of her, radiating outwards at an extremely rapid pace!
The churning clouds in the sky also paused for a moment, as if bewildered as to why this person was unharmed! Thus, the final tempering heavenly lightning strike was delayed...
Jin Bao'er narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling the immense power within her that had broken through limits. Her heart was filled with surprise! That feeling of being able to command the winds with a flip of her hand, of looking down upon the world...
Was this the feeling of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator? No wonder... it was indeed powerful!
With this, the final beam of light descended, landing directly in front of her...
Tempering and Rebirth!
As the name suggested, it meant shedding all impurities and flaws within oneself, and being reborn from adversity!
Instantly, white light illuminated the entire sky. The surging storm also collapsed at this moment, rapidly falling to the ground and disappearing without a trace!
When all was settled, colorful streams of light descended from the sky, as if celebrating something. Countless blessings from the Heavenly Dao drifted down. The vast, boundless sky was left with only that serene and indifferent figure...
Since they could no longer feel the astonishing aura and immense pressure, no one knew if she had succeeded!
Subsequently, the woman turned her head to look at the island. Her beautiful face was devoid of any ripple, serene and domineering! Wherever her gaze fell, all creatures instinctively avoided it, trembling all over... even though she had not leaked the slightest bit of her aura.
With a light tap of her foot in the air, her figure instantly appeared above the island... Looking at the Mermaid Queen, a flicker of complexity flashed in her eyes!
Just moments ago, fragmented images had flashed through her mind, seemingly related to the mermaid before her.
"I'm leaving..."
With that, she walked up to the young man, handed him the pink pearl, her gaze complex.
"Thank you for the amulet!"
The sea was vast. For a Spirit Transformation cultivator to leave would be fraught with danger. Not to mention the colossal beasts in the sea, even above the sea, the lack of spiritual energy made it impossible for cultivators to pass smoothly. She didn't worry about spiritual energy, but she was concerned about being attacked by monsters and expending too much power. This was why she had chosen to seek the help of the merfolk...
However, now that she was a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, crossing the sea was no problem at all!
The young man dazedly accepted the pearl, his eyes filled with astonishment and wonder!
"You... seem different!"
Jin Bao'er merely assumed he had sensed her aura and paid it no mind! As she turned to leave, her torn sleeve was caught by the young man...
"Um... your name is Jin Bao'er, right? I... I'm Chi Mo!"
Jin Bao'er was taken aback. Only then did she remember that because she hadn't paid attention, she had never asked the young man's name!
"Mm..."
As her voice fell, the woman vanished completely from the island, her figure instantly shrinking into a distant black dot...
Afterward, the feud between the merfolk and the merman tribe was resolved, becoming a melodramatic legend!
Legend had it that after the merman prince fell in love with a human, they had a pair of twins. One inherited the mother's human physique, and the other inherited the father's hidden merman physique. Because of this, they were disdained and banished by the merman tribe!
The child who inherited the human physique drifted with the currents and was discovered by a passing sect disciple. He entered the cultivation world and became a world-renowned Immortal Venerable...
The child with the merman physique fell into the hands of the merman tribe. Because he was different from the mermen from childhood, he endured much bullying! He desperately craved the noble and cold beauty of the merfolk! Upon discovering his origins, resentment and hatred surged within him! He cultivated diligently! Finally, one day, he cleverly manipulated the mermaid princess, imprisoning all the merfolk...
Of course, Jin Bao'er knew nothing of all this!
Having entered the Nascent Soul stage, she finally possessed the legendary divine sense, enabling her to perceive surrounding things and sense power! Unlike the aura perception of cultivators, divine sense could more accurately sense everything around her!
Including, what she faintly sensed, the smell of blood in the cultivation world at this moment...
Above the clouds, a figure was moving rapidly...
"How do you feel?"
A voice came from the immortal mansion, filled with emotion... At his feet lay three little ones, who had been knocked unconscious! Yes... the world was quiet!
Jin Bao'er, however, raised an eyebrow, a mocking smile curling at the corner of her lips! Then, while searching for a magic robe from her spatial ring to put on, she said with a displeased tone.
"Feel? Are you referring to having my body controlled with no consciousness? Or almost being disfigured by heavenly lightning the moment I woke up? Or the feeling of almost being blown into fish bait by seven heavenly lightning strikes without any preparation? Heh! How should I put it, it's truly astonishing 'good news'!"
Every word was devoid of vulgarity, yet the tone was full of sarcasm! Her cultivation had been forcibly advanced, and although she yearned for power, she disliked this kind of hasty growth. If she hadn't completely depleted one spirit tree branch, how could she have survived!
When she left the Spirit Continent, she had three branches. Now, upon returning to the cultivation world, she only had two left!
Long Li Xing choked. Although he bore some responsibility, most of it was the mermaid's fault, wasn't it? But this was something that no one could prove or explain. In the end, he could only say helplessly...
"Then... I'll compensate you with my body?"
"Pfft!"