Celestial Peak

Chapter 138: Seclusion

Time was passing as quickly as Wang Ling's cultivation was rising. Slightly over a month into Wang Ling's seclusion, Wang Ling had managed to reach level-4 of the nascent soul stage.

Upon reaching level-4 of nascent soul stag, his pace of devouring souls increased. From three days a soul to two and a half days.

Not everything was good though as the number of needed souls to reach the next stage had substantially increased as well. He now needed fifty souls to reach level-5 of the nascent soul stage.

Little over four months later, Wang Ling managed to raise his cultivation once again. This time though, it was not only his cultivation that had a substantial increase.

His bloodline, more specifically his Holy Lord bloodline had a significant leap into denseness and strength. Finally conquering the eighteenth bell of heaven, Wang Ling finally conquered the second layer of heaven.

With his advancement, a reflection of his nascent soul happened. And his nascent soul that only had two pairs of wings and a single halo changed and formed another halo. After a while of change, it reflected his current self and became a four-winged two haloed nascent soul.

His second halo had formed. Upon creating the second layer of heaven, the Wang Family experienced a bright day and the denseness of qi became more apparent. Wang Yue happened to break through to Earth Root Stage that day.

Wang Ling continued his cultivation and used seventy-five souls to raise his cultivation to level-6 nascent soul stage. He only used five months to achieve such a massive leap.

Now, he was at level-6 of nascent soul stage, the number of souls needed to reach the next level had once again spiked up to 125 souls. Wang Ling only used over six months to reach level-7 of the nascent soul stage.

It had already been a year and three months since his seclusion. He entered seclusion in the 6th month of the previous year and now, it was already the 9th month of the next.

Wang Ling was not aware of the time passing, his mind and his will was too enamored with cultivation. His hunger for power was growing stronger as time passed, and as his cultivation continued to rise, so did his powers.

Circulating his cultivation techniques, Wang Ling's cultivation was improving at a tremendous rate. His Extreme Yin Yang Art was beginning to take form and was unifying his hellish qi and angelic qi as time went on.

The pain he feels as he cultivates the Extreme Yin Yang Art led him to refine his body and burning away the impurities that remained. Slowly, Wang Ling was being reborn. His fleshly body was being transformed.

Now, Wang Ling's previously still-human body was becoming more and more inhuman as time went on.

Wang Ling's cultivation continued to soar, even before he began devouring souls, his cultivation was increasing. As he reached level-7 nascent soul stage, he also began devouring blood of spirit beasts and their beast cores, he devoured those who were more attuned to the devil path thereby increasing his True Devil Bloodline.

However, even after devouring everything he had in stash, Wang Ling's bloodline didn't experience and major upgrade. However, his cultivation managed to improve to late-level-7 nascent soul stage so all was well.

Wang Ling devoured seventy more souls to reach level-8 of the nascent soul stage. Wang Ling took another seven months to reach this level.

His Light Bearer innate skill was allowing him to absorb qi around him more efficiently and with the addition of another halo, his absorption improved by a fold.

Right now, he was nearing the end of his seclusion. Devouring 166 souls at a rate of one soul a day. Wang Ling raised his cultivation to level-9 of the nascent soul stage in five months. His seclusion has now reached two years and two months.

Bai Xue at this point had already awoken and had called upon dark clouds to loom over the Main House of the Wang Family. Lightning was rolling overhead as the threat of an incoming Lightning Tribulation appeared.

The Wang Family saw this and everyone's face changed. Butler Sun made everyone evacuate. Thankfully, the Master's and Mistress was not in the Main House so their cultivation wouldn't be disturbed.

Butler Sun looked at the dark clouds looming over the Wang Family Main House and determined the scaled of the lightning tribulation to be a [Grand Dominion Tribulation] where nine bolts of lightning with varying strength would strike down from above.

Bai Xue wanted to leave the Wang Family Main House to take the lightning tribulation with her. But because the tribulation had already formed overhead before she can leave, Bai Xue had to face it where she stood.

"Wang Ling, get out of here. You'll get caught up in my tribulation if you don't leave!" Bai Xue slapped Wang Ling awake with her tail and urged him to leave, but when Wang Ling opened his eyes, he shook his head.

"I need that lightning." Wang Ling muttered and before Bai Xue could react, the first bolt of lightning struck down from above.

Boom!

A thick bolt of lightning came crashing from above and Bai Xue stood there bearing the might of her tribulation. Wang Ling was by her side cultivating as the lightning descended.

In the process of the lightning coming down upon the pair. Wang Ling's courtyard was singed and destroyed.

"I need more!" Wang Ling had his wings and halos out of his body. Lightning tribulations were made of dense qi and for him, absorbing them was beneficial.

Circulating the Extreme Yin Yang Art, Wang Ling made use of the lightning tribulation to force his hellish qi and angelic qi together. Wang Ling roared as he called for more lightning to descend.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three lightning descended simultaneously, all of which stronger than the one before it. Wang Ling was still calm, but his clothes had long been singed, only his bottom half remained.

Bai Xue was also holding on just fine, her fur was as lustrous as ever. But one could see that sparks of lightning was coming out of her body. Sparks of blue lightning was flickering from her eyes, "I want more!"

Bai Xue mumbled as she licked her tongue. She had tried to devour the previous bolts which was unheard of. But her bloodline was telling her to do so and so she did. Now, she hungers for more.

Wang Ling who was beside her fully unfurled his wings and flapped it and flew over towards the dark clouds. He wanted more so he was going over to the sources of the lightning.

Bai Xue took note of his actions and jumped on his head and hitched a ride. The people watching the tribulation saw Wang Ling's silhouette rushing up and diving into the dark clouds.

"Young Master, NO!" Butler Sun exclaimed, Wang Yue who stood beside her also shouted but Wang Ling didn't even hear them and entered the dark clouds.

There, the crackling of lightning continued endlessly and the pair bathed in as much lightning as they wanted. Bai Xue devoured the lightning and Wang Ling used it to force his two qi together and partially absorbing some of the lightning essences around him with his supreme spirit qi that was doing its best to get his body used to it.

Wang Ling roared as pain rose appeared all over his body. He was itching all over but he had a wide grin on his face. Two opposite qi was slowly merging and creating a brand new kind of power.

While this was happening, his body was changing. As if he was shedding his former self, cracks were forming on his skin.

Wang Ling could feel it, he was changing and his whole self was becoming more and more out of this world.

ROAR!

A bright red light appeared inside the dark clouds, Bai Xue had reached saint phase even before her lightning tribulation ended. His Saint Soul was formed and she jumped off Wang Ling's head and flew into the sky as she devoured more lightning.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Multiple explosions ensued as Wang Ling's spirit qi rose and his nascent soul trembled. His qi was rising to an extraordinary extent and soon, his cultivation found the barrier that separates him from Saint Phase and bashed the barrier open.

Those who were watching from below saw the dark clouds dispersing and heaved a sigh of relief but soon after, another batch of clouds was coming to gather above the Wang Family Main House.

"What the hell!?"

"Why is there another lightning tribulation?"

"Wait, is it me or is this one stronger than the last?"

Butler Sun watched as another tribulation formed. With his eyes twitching he uttered with a shocked and anxious filled voice, "It's a [Chaotic Lightning Tribulation].

Red bolts of lightning loomed over the Main House, everyone was worried about Wang Ling's safety, but the person they were worried over had a wide grin over his face as he roared, "MORE, I WANT MORE!"