6kv Chapter 4 The Demon-Summoning Banner Stirs, the Golden Crow's True Fire Unleashed!
Chapter 4 The Demon-Summoning Banner Stirs, the Golden Crow's True Fire Unleashed!
The main hall of Nuwa Palace was still filled with the lingering fragrance of incense.
Emperor Xin's magnificent imperial carriage had long since departed.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes, and the [Centennial Cultivation] rewarded by the system hovered like a star core in the demon core.
The server-wide chat channel suddenly started flashing wildly.
[Li Ming (Rank E/Hunter on the Border of Xiqi): "Help! Help! I just encountered a giant wolf with three heads in the mountains."]
[Li Ming: "I thought the mutated tiger in the main world, which was comparable to a tank, was terrifying enough, but this wolf just spat out a wind blade and flattened a small hill. This is hell."]
[Wang Gang (Rank F/Mountain Vagabond): "Don't even mention it! Just now, someone flew past on a flying sword. I screamed for help, but he ignored me completely. A spider the size of a washbasin bit off my leg. I think I'm going to die. Someone, please save me!"]
Zhao Qiang (Rank D/Imperial Guard Soldier of Chaoge): "Is the outside world really that terrifying? Luckily, I was assigned to the Imperial Guard in Chaoge City."
[Zhao Qiang: "It's very safe here. I just got a piece of dried monster meat that exudes spiritual energy. After eating it, I feel like my true energy is about to break through."]
The screen was filled with the lamentations of explorers.
In this primordial world where even immortals are less valuable than dogs, ordinary students with no cultivation, once they fall into the wilderness, face a one-sided massacre when confronted with ferocious beasts that have awakened their intelligence.
Amidst a gloomy and desolate atmosphere, a barrage of comments swept across the public chat.
[Chu Tianhe (Rank B/Yin Shang Lieutenant): "See that? That's the difference between social classes."]
[Chu Tianhe: "Just now outside the Nuwa Palace, I accurately captured the King's thoughts and flattered him with a 'lasting legacy.' The King was overjoyed, rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold, and exceptionally imparted to him a fragment of the Yin Shang royal family's low-level martial arts tempering technique, the 'Nine Revolutions of the Mysterious Bird Technique.'"]
[Chu Tianhe: "Once you master this technique, you'll be able to roam freely in this secret realm. You savages living in the wilderness, pray you don't run into me. This general doesn't have time to rescue you."]
Passerby A: "Young Master Chu is awesome! Young Master Chu is practically a chosen one!"
Zhao Qiang: "General Chu, from now on in Chaoge City, I will be completely dependent on your guidance."
Watching the farce unfold on his retina, Lin Yuan, perched on the crossbeam, smirked.
"A low-level martial arts body tempering technique?"
"In this great calamity that is about to arrive, when the sages use heaven and earth as a chessboard and all living beings as pieces in the God-Sealing Tribulation, you, Chu Tianhe, are actually gloating over a lousy martial arts technique that hasn't even escaped the mundane path."
Lin Yuan took a deep breath, his thoughts stirring slightly.
The [century of cultivation] suspended within his body instantly exploded.
"Boom—"
For a lowly demon who lives a life of hardship in the deep mountains and forests, a century of refined cultivation would require countless trials by heavenly lightning and life-or-death battles.
At this moment, this enormous spiritual power was directly poured into his body, an F-rank crow.
The Great Heavenly Demon Technique suddenly activated, seizing the creation of heaven and earth and encroaching upon the mysteries of the sun and moon.
Lin Yuan felt as if his entire body had been thrown into a Bagua furnace and burned.
The mottled black feathers fell off inch by inch under the scouring of high temperature and spiritual energy, as if dark golden divine feathers cast from the gold of the Great Sun God were emerging.
5% of the Golden Crow Bloodline was fully activated under the dual stimulation of a century of cultivation and the Heavenly Demon Technique, merging into the limbs and bones.
Lin Yuan's body swelled to three times its original size, and his wings spread out, faintly carrying the howling sound of tearing through wind and thunder.
"call--"
Lin Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling the power within his body, his eyes gleaming brightly.
"This century of cultivation has allowed me to skip the Qi Refining Realm and directly reach the Nascent Soul Realm. In the storm to come, I will finally have a sliver of power to protect myself."
As far as he knew, this world was a mortal realm before one could become an immortal.
There are four realms in the mortal realm: Qi Refining, Spirit Transformation, Returning to Emptiness, and Returning to the Dao, which are further divided into early, middle, and late stages.
One can become an immortal after passing the tribulation to become an immortal.
At that moment, the world suddenly changed.
"boom--"
The dark clouds on the horizon of Chaoge were suddenly torn apart by a blaze of light.
Auspicious clouds drifted in, and a unique fragrance filled the air.
A vast and holy might swept across the endless void and crashed down upon Nuwa Palace.
"It is the Goddess Nuwa who has returned from paying homage to the Three Sages at Huoyun Cave."
Lin Yuan felt a chill run down his spine and immediately pushed the "Great Grade Heavenly Demon Technique" to its limit.
He used the system to gather his energy and pressed himself tightly against the deep part of the beam.
Divine light condensed within the main hall, transforming into a peerless and splendid holy figure.
When the goddess Nuwa's gaze fell upon the pink wall, the temperature inside the palace suddenly plummeted to freezing.
"But if she is alluring and capable of moving, she can be brought back to Chang Le to serve the king."
This poem is glaringly scathing, and every line is piercing to the heart.
"Emperor Yin was a tyrannical and incompetent ruler."
Nuwa's face was contorted with rage, and her phoenix eyes seemed to hold the rise and fall of stars.
"Instead of cultivating virtue and establishing morality to protect the world, you have the heart to create this wicked poem to blaspheme me. If you do not punish him, you will not see my inspiration."
Enraged, the sage caused the broken purple-gold dragon of destiny above Chaoge City to let out a mournful cry.
Nuwa snorted coldly, and with a slight flip of her jade hand, she summoned a golden gourd that shimmered with chaotic light.
He lifted the gourd lid and pointed with his hand, and a beam of white light shot out from the gourd instantly. It was as big as a rafter and more than four or five zhang tall.
Above the white light, a vast, ancient, multicolored banner floated.
The Primordial Treasure: The Demon-Summoning Banner.
As the banners fluttered, a mournful wind blew, and a somber fog descended.
Dark clouds gathered, and several gusts of wind swept through, causing all the demons in the world to tremble with fear and obey orders.
"With the Demon-Summoning Banner now in effect... Nuwa is about to issue a decree to the three demons of Xuanyuan Tomb."
Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly as the plot of "Investiture of the Gods" flashed through his mind.
He suddenly remembered his system's initial panel.
[Possessed by: An ordinary crow on the outskirts of Xuanyuan Tomb.]
"My birthplace is Xuanyuan Tomb. If I can reach there before the imperial decree arrives and witness this scene, this would be an excellent reward for witnessing it..."
A glint of madness flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.
Fortune favors the bold.
Taking advantage of the moment when the goddess Nuwa cast her spell and caused a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth, he flapped his wings and flew out from the blind spot of the crossbeam.
At this moment, Lin Yuan was no longer an ordinary bird. The 5% Golden Crow bloodline and the Nascent Soul realm granted him extreme speed.
He transformed into a streak of dark golden lightning, using the fierce winds high in the sky as cover, and instantly escaped from the great formation of Chaoge City.
They headed straight for Xuanyuan Tomb, which was 35 miles south of the city.
Speeding like lightning, piercing through clouds and fog.
In just a short while, a cluster of ancient cypress trees and a desolate tomb filled with a heavy aura of demons and yin energy came into view.
Lin Yuan landed on the tallest withered ancient tree on the outskirts of Xuanyuan Tomb.
The Eye of the Sun is fixed on the largest main tomb.
Almost at the same snap of his fingers as he landed firmly on his feet.
"Boom!"
Above the sky, a five-colored beam of light, imbued with vast holy might, pierced through the clouds and crashed straight down in front of Xuanyuan's tomb.
Under the summoning of the pillar of light, the grave cracked open, and black smoke billowed out.
Three alluring figures, radiating an overwhelming demonic aura, knelt respectfully before the pillar of light.
A thousand-year-old fox spirit, a nine-headed pheasant spirit, and a jade pipa spirit.
In the void, the decree of the Goddess Nuwa resounded like thunder throughout heaven and earth.
"Three demons, heed my secret decree: The aura of the Shang dynasty is dim, foretelling its loss of the empire. The phoenix cries on Mount Qi, foretelling the birth of a sage ruler in the Western Zhou. Heaven's will is set, and destiny has ordained it."
"You three demons may conceal your demonic forms, infiltrate the palace, and bewitch the king's heart. Wait for King Wu to overthrow King Zhou, and assist him in his success. You must not harm any living beings. After the deed is done, you too will attain enlightenment."
The three demons were overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "We will obey Your Majesty's decree."
Having witnessed the historic moment that ushered in the Great Tribulation of the Gods, Lin Yuan, perched on a withered tree, heard a system notification in his ear.
【Ding. 】
[Core critical node detected—Investiture of the Gods Event 003: Nuwa uses the Demon-Summoning Banner to issue a decree to the three demons at Xuanyuan Tomb.]
[The event is unfolding. The host is currently at the core witnessing location (Xuanyuan Tomb). Due to the host's advance prediction and arrival, the witnessing completion rate is: beyond perfect.]
[Congratulations, host! You have received a reward for your participation: Golden Crow Bloodline Awakening Level Increased (Current Total Progress: 25%).]
[Congratulations, host! Your bloodline has broken through the threshold, unlocking your core innate divine ability... [Golden Crow True Fire] .]
As soon as the system notification sound ended, Lin Yuan felt as if an ancient sun had suddenly exploded deep within his soul.
Bones, meridians, and blood were instantly dyed a dazzling reddish-gold color.
The dark golden feathers underwent a complete transformation, with profound ancient runes flowing across each feather.
In the center of his mind, a cluster of golden flames, the size of a soybean, was burning quietly.
The flames exuded an aura of scorching heaven and earth, as if they could burn through the void and melt everything.
[Golden Crow True Fire: The essence of the sun, the ancestor of all fires. Extremely yang and powerful, it can burn away all evil, filth, magical treasures, and physical bodies. As the host's bloodline awakening level increases, it can evolve into the True Fire of the Sun, capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas.]
Lin Yuan stood on a withered branch and slowly spread his wings.
A wisp of Golden Crow True Fire spilled out from the wings.
The residual warmth that was released unintentionally turned the century-old tree at our feet into ashes.