kvmb Chapter 338 : Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect
Chapter 338 : Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect
‘Woof?’ (Where is this?)Iron Egg opened his eyes, his mind trembling as he instinctively let out a low growl.
What entered his sight at this moment was not the Molten Heart Lake filled with abundant spiritual mechanism of heaven and earth, but a strange space.
There was no Chen Beiwu, no Golden Egg, and no Five Qi Vine. There were only swirling clouds permeating heaven and earth and a solitary peak stretching endlessly into the distance.
Still dazed, Iron Egg immediately shut his eyes and carefully sensed the connection of the Companion Contract.
???
After a long while, Iron Egg raised his head in confusion, his gaze filled with shock and doubt.
What kind of damned place was this? It could even block the connection of the Companion Contract.
‘Woof!’ (Come out!)
Iron Egg barked several times, thinking he had encountered a Heart Demon Tribulation.
“Buzz.”
At that moment, the clouds parted, revealing a mountain path leading toward the summit of the solitary peak.
Iron Egg tested back and forth several times. After confirming there was only this single path, he gathered his spirit and cautiously advanced.
Upon reaching the mountainside, the surrounding clouds suddenly dispersed. What came into Iron Egg’s sight was a blazing Great Sun beyond description.
Before this Great Sun, Iron Egg instinctively felt fear and awe, as if he were gazing directly upon an ancient existence.
‘Radiance shines through eternity, yet when flourishing reaches its peak, it must decline; even stars meet their end.’
‘The Dao of Devouring the Sun is not to erode heaven and earth, but to inherit the lingering grace of extinguished stars, to gather the embers after all light and heat have faded, to make up for the deficiencies of oneself. This is called following Heaven’s decline, accepting remnants to fill what is lacking…’
‘The method of Devouring the Sun models the Returning Ruins. Within the bloodline dantian, open a Chaos Fire Aperture, swallow myriad flames—whether the refined fire of sun and moon, the spiritual blaze of Exotic Beasts, the afterglow of stars, or even the Great Sun and stellar bodies themselves…’
As the brilliance of the Great Sun poured down, strands of incomparably profound golden flames surged wildly into Iron Egg’s body.
Instinctively, Iron Egg closed his eyes, absorbing and refining the supreme Immortal Art contained within the flames.
Yet Immortal Arts were difficult to comprehend. Even cultivators with Innate Dao Bodies might not be able to understand and cultivate them successfully—let alone Iron Egg, who had only just completed his bloodline transformation.
He could only follow instinct, imitating and drawing in the Dao’s Rhythm within the golden flames, utterly clueless about the supreme Great Dao hidden inside.
‘Hm?’
Witnessing this scene, the Sun-Devouring Divine Lord immediately sensed something amiss.
The 《Crimson Radiance Nine Luminaries Sun-Devouring Nirvana Scripture》 had been created by Him through combining His Primordial Divine Powers and evolving it alongside Dao Venerable Yuanshi within the Returning Ruins.
This supreme Immortal Art was difficult to learn and master. It could refine the origin of the myriad stars and establish one’s own Sun-Devouring Nirvana Dao. Its power was tyrannical and unparalleled, ranked eighteenth among the thirty-six Primordial Immortal Arts of Yuqing.
Those without firm will and robust bloodline could not cultivate it; otherwise, cultivation would be nothing more than playing with fire and burning oneself.
Logically speaking, since this little fellow had used heaven-shaking force as a guide, fused the extremes of Yin and Yang, and glimpsed a trace of the true intent of Sun Devouring, he should have possessed the bloodline aptitude to comprehend the 《Crimson Radiance Nine Luminaries Sun-Devouring Nirvana Scripture》.
But Iron Egg’s current performance left the Sun-Devouring Divine Lord somewhat dissatisfied.
‘So that’s it—an enlightenment Profound Ability of the Yuanshi Golden Core. Quite the coincidence.’
With a sweep of His divine sense, the Sun-Devouring Divine Lord understood how Iron Egg had completed his bloodline transformation.
‘Very well. Since you cannot learn it, then so be it.’
The Sun-Devouring Divine Lord’s divine sense slowly faded, as if it had never appeared.
He had always been selective in choosing inheritors. Since this black dog lacked the fortune, He would not force the matter.
Meanwhile, at Molten Heart Lake, Iron Egg smacked his lips and remained fast asleep.
‘He really fell asleep?’
Chen Beiwu reached out and poked Iron Egg’s head with a finger, discovering that he was sleeping soundly.
Such a situation defied common sense and was truly strange!
If not for Iron Egg’s aura being in excellent condition, Chen Beiwu would already have called others to investigate.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
In the next instant, a sudden change erupted.
The lava pillars spewing from the Pure Marrow Spiritual Eye suddenly collapsed. Drops of Pure Marrow Essence, shaped like golden liquid, transformed into streaks of light and actively merged into Iron Egg’s body.
‘What’s going on?’
Yu Mingyun raised his head, looking at the Pure Marrow Essence moving with clear direction as if it possessed intelligence. A trace of joy rose in his heart.
He and his Companion Beast had labored for two days and nights, only managing to collect a single bottle of Pure Marrow Essence from the depths of Molten Heart Lake.
Now that so much Pure Marrow Essence had suddenly appeared, he could save considerable time and seize it all.
“Buzz.”
With a flick of his sleeve, Yu Mingyun’s mana and True Qi instantly formed an invisible hand, attempting to seize the erupting Pure Marrow Essence.
But in the next second, his movement stalled as he looked at the figure that suddenly flickered into view before him.
“Fellow Daoist Chen, what is the meaning of this?”
Yu Mingyun’s expression turned sharp, though he did not immediately attack.
“According to the rules of the Immortal Sect, cultivators collecting Pure Marrow Essence in Molten Heart Lake have always relied on their own means.”
Chen Beiwu looked at Yu Mingyun directly, his tone calm. “This Pure Marrow Essence did not appear out of thin air. It was drawn here by my Companion Beast sensing the spiritual mechanism of heaven and earth and activating its Innate Profound Ability.”
“If Fellow Daoist Yu moves to seize it now, are you intending to fight me?”
This concerned Iron Egg’s bloodline evolution. No matter what, Chen Beiwu would not retreat a single step.
Hearing this, Yu Mingyun’s expression darkened.
So what if he was ranked first on the Yuxu Rankings?
Cultivators on the Yuxu Rankings were replaced every few decades—or at most every one or two centuries.
But the Tianyuan Yu Clan, as a Dao Venerable Immortal Family of the Immortal Alliance, had stood unshaken throughout the ages. Even Divine Transformation True Venerables did not dare offend them lightly.
He refrained from offending Chen Beiwu out of respect for Yu Zhaohua. That did not mean a low-born cultivator could climb over his head.
However renowned the title of Foundation Establishment Path-Opening Mentor might be, would Chen Beiwu truly dare injure him publicly?
“What’s going on?”
At that moment, Yu Zhaohua noticed the confrontation between Chen Beiwu and Yu Mingyun through the changes in the Pure Marrow Essence.
Yu Mingyun spoke coldly, recounting everything truthfully.
“Senior Brother Chen is correct. We indeed rely on our own means to collect Pure Marrow Essence.” Yu Zhaohua glanced at Yu Mingyun.
The latter snorted and said nothing more, bringing his Companion Beast deeper into Molten Heart Lake toward the Pure Marrow Spiritual Eye.
Knowing he was no match, Yu Mingyun would not foolishly step forward to be beaten.
Chen Beiwu remained calm, his divine sense constantly focused on Iron Egg, whose body was covered in Pure Marrow Essence.
Boom!
Not long after, Iron Egg’s eyelids trembled. An invisible shockwave burst outward from his body.
With the nourishment of the Pure Marrow Essence, Iron Egg’s cultivation years began soaring wildly.
Five hundred ninety-nine years!
Six hundred ninety-nine years!
Seven hundred ninety-nine years!
In the blink of an eye, Iron Egg broke through two realm barriers consecutively, stepping into Late-Stage Golden Core and standing only a step away from Golden Core Peak Realm.
Seeing this, Chen Beiwu let out a sigh of relief. He stopped suppressing the feedback of the Companion Contract and activated the 《Yuanshi Dongzhen Qinghua Myriad Tribulations Myriad Spirits Immortal Art》 to refine it.
Ten strands of Yuanshi True Qi… twenty strands… thirty strands…
Soon, a full day passed. The Yuanshi Golden Core within Chen Beiwu’s dantian sea of qi stabilized once more.
Although the feedback from Iron Egg’s breakthrough to Late-Stage Golden Core was vast, it was insufficient for Chen Beiwu to advance further—insufficient to condense a prototype of the Yang Spirit and enter the Golden Core Perfection Realm.
“Hu!”
After sensing the changes in his Yuanshi Golden Core, Chen Beiwu exhaled a turbid breath.
The gap between Golden Core Peak Realm and Golden Core Perfection Realm appeared to be only a minor realm, but in truth, it was like heaven and earth apart.
To condense a sufficiently powerful Yang Spirit prototype, the prodigies of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens and Thirteen Immortal Sects often remained at Golden Core Peak Realm for decades, sometimes even centuries.
Even Chen Beiwu, confident in his comprehension, estimated it would take forty to fifty years to break through this checkpoint.
Of course, if he could cultivate the Tai Xuan Guarding the One meditation method to great completion, not only condensing a Yang Spirit prototype—even forging a Purple Mansion Yang Spirit might not be impossible.
“Woof.”
Iron Egg suddenly opened his eyes and let out a skyward howl. Then he lowered his head and met Chen Beiwu’s gaze.
Through the resonance of the Companion Contract, information about a bloodline Profound Ability surged into Chen Beiwu’s mind.
[Profound Ability]: Karmic Fire Judging Sin
[Attribute]: Fire
[Grade]: Fourth-Tier High-Grade Profound Art
[Description]: The left eye reflects karmic sin, faintly perceiving the aura of sinful karmic force within a thousand-mile radius, and can lock onto a single sin to anchor its location.
The right eye severs karma and descends punishment, invoking mana to bring down Severing-Karma True Flame.
This flame is not ordinary fire. It ignores magical artifacts, talismans, formations, and other external objects, directly burning the opponent’s karmic sin. The deeper the karmic force, the stronger the flame’s power. Those struck feel as if cast into purgatory.
Chen Beiwu’s heart stirred.
If he was not mistaken, Karmic Fire Judging Sin was a Fourth-Tier High-Grade Heavenly-Gang Profound Ability born from the fusion of the Treasure Art Divine Flame Reflecting Shadow and the bloodline of [Pure Karma Blazing Dragon].
Karmic sin was inherently difficult to measure. Though not as intangible as Fate, it was still beyond the sight of ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
Every cultivator who stepped onto the path of cultivation bore some karmic sin—only differing in degree.
With this Profound Ability, Iron Egg would not even need to act. Through the traces of karmic force, he could silently lock onto an opponent’s exact location.
Even if the opponent cultivated secret arts to conceal aura, they could not escape Iron Egg’s lock—nor would they even know when they had been exposed.
More importantly, Chen Beiwu valued the Severing-Karma True Flame even more than the perception of karmic force.
This True Flame did not harm mana or external objects. It burned directly at soul and divine sense, brushing against the Dao of causality itself. It was nearly impossible to guard against.
However, success came from karmic force—and so did limitation.
Karmic Fire Judging Sin was less effective against virtuous cultivators who carried great merit.
Still, Chen Beiwu had previously cultivated the divination Secret Art 《Supreme Spiritual Treasure Karmic Retribution and Causal Scripture》 and knew how terrifying cultivators proficient in causality could be—they could calculate a same-realm cultivator to death without their knowledge.
With Karmic Fire Judging Sin, if Iron Egg chose to scheme, he could catch opponents entirely off guard. It could even be used to test how much karmic sin would be incurred in seizing a dragon vein.
‘Can you see the karmic sin on me?’ Chen Beiwu transmitted through divine sense.
“Woof.”
Iron Egg’s eyes brightened, then he shook his head.
He could not see it—completely could not see it.
Not only Chen Beiwu, but also Golden Egg and Five Qi Vine bore no visible karmic force—only a chaotic unknown.
If the faint karmic traces on the cultivators in the depths of Molten Heart Lake had not been visible to him, Iron Egg might have thought this newly awakened Profound Ability was fake.
Hearing this, Chen Beiwu felt both joy and concern.
Joy—because the Yuanshi Golden Core was so powerful it erased past karma and allowed future fate to be determined freely. Not counted in calculations, not entering tribulation cycles—truly free. Even Golden Egg and Five Qi Vine, bound by contract, were likewise transcendent and difficult to divine.
Concern—because his idea of using Iron Egg’s eyes to test a method of seizing dragon vein qi without accumulating karmic burden had fallen through.
‘So be it.’
The Guarding-the-One Mirror shimmered faintly, purifying thoughts as Chen Beiwu’s divine sense probed Iron Egg’s other awakened Profound Ability.
[Profound Ability]: Illuminating Nine Prohibitions
[Attribute]: Fire
[Grade]: Fourth-Tier Supreme Profound Art
[Description]: Manifest the Great Sun, illuminate heaven and earth, establish Nine Prohibitions, and seal demonic entities.
As the saying went—the shorter the description, the fiercer the effect.
Illuminating Nine Prohibitions was a top-tier control-type Heavenly-Gang Profound Ability integrating sealing, suppression, purification, slaughter, weakening, and enhancement into one. It was the absolute nemesis of demonic and heretical beings.
When activated, Iron Egg could manifest a blazing Great Sun phantom, forming a Nine Prohibitions domain.
The Nine Prohibitions were not metaphorical—they were nine layers of true prohibitions, possessing the effects of stagnating spirit, burning qi, intimidating soul, locking body, revealing form, severing spirit, exterminating evil, transforming sin, and sweeping away demons.
Evil entities entering the domain were like centipedes before a rooster—unless there was an overwhelming difference in strength, death was inevitable.
Chen Beiwu was not exaggerating. Even that Golden Armored Corpse he once encountered—Corpse King Pill or not—would be utterly crushed before Iron Egg now.
“Woof.”
Iron Egg moved his divine sense, sharing the Profound Ability information with Golden Egg and Five Qi Vine.
Golden Egg’s three heads nodded slightly, quite satisfied.
Not bad. Iron Egg’s Heavenly-Gang Profound Abilities targeted either karmic sinners or demonic beings—none threatened his status.
But in the next instant, the information that entered his sea of consciousness caused Golden Egg’s dragon eyes to shift slightly.
[Profound Ability]: Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect
[Attribute]: Fire
[Grade]: Fourth-Tier Supreme Profound Art
[Description]: Yin and Yang interwoven, taking fire as tribulation. Ten tribulations suppress the soul; a hundred tribulations purify the prison; a thousand tribulations condense into a seal; ten thousand tribulations transform into a sun.
‘This Profound Ability is not right.’
Just like Golden Egg, Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted slightly.
At first glance, the description of Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect seemed ordinary. But in reality, it was an extremely rare growth-type Heavenly-Gang Profound Ability—moreover one related to the Heavenly-Gang Dharma Aspect.
It embodied the profound principle of “Yin-Yang Tribulation Fate,” treating heavenly and earthly flames as tribulations to temper the Dharma Aspect.
In simpler terms, this was Iron Egg’s exclusive Dharma Body-type Profound Ability born after advancing to the Third-Realm Beast General. It could continuously evolve—gathering the ashes of countless tribulations to forge the Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect of ultimate Yang and ultimate purity through the interweaving of Yin and Yang.
‘Can you use Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect now?’ Chen Beiwu asked curiously through divine sense.
“Woof.”
Iron Egg shook his head.
Ten tribulations suppress the soul; a hundred tribulations purify the prison.
To forge and use Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect, he would need to devour at least nine heavenly and earthly flames—or ninety-nine natal beast flames from beings at Third-Realm Beast General level or above.
Hearing this, Golden Egg swallowed hard, a bad feeling rising in his heart.
This was bad. Iron Egg was catching up!
Such harsh requirements meant the power of Great Heavenly Pure Prison Aspect was no trivial matter.
After ten tribulations suppress the soul and a hundred tribulations purify the prison, it might very well rival—or even surpass—the unpredictable might of a Heavenly-Gang Dharma Aspect.