I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2282 - 1044

On that particular day, Ying Guanghua was anticipating the arrival of a highly significant guest.

"What instructions has the Patriarch sent?"

Ying Guanghua inquired with a composed demeanor as he looked toward Chen Chun, who stood before him.

As the final disciple of Qian Xing, she was the customary messenger for vital intelligence on Gathering-Immortals Peak. This occasion was no different from the others.

"This is the Divine Nature of the Earth Dragon God. It is the teacher's wish that you utilize the Shocking God Sonata to achieve Divinity Transformation, so that you may succeed him as the Sky-Pillaring White Jade Column of our Patching Heaven Lineage."

With a grave expression, Chen Chun lifted the silver briefcase she had carried and presented it to the visibly pleased Ying Guanghua.

"This student offers his deepest thanks to the Patriarch for the chance to undergo Divinity Transformation!"

Upon hearing those words, Ying Guanghua suppressed the urge to grab the case. He first turned toward the Five Peaks Immortal Mountains, performing the ancient rituals of the Patching Heaven Lineage. Only after standing back up did he reach out with both hands to accept the silver briefcase.

"The Divine Nature contains terrifying power and fragments of the Great Dao Rules, making it impossible to store within a Domain. It must remain sealed within this specialized material, protected by a Talisman placed by the teacher. The technique to unlock it is as follows..."

Chen Chun began her explanation, but her lips eventually moved without producing any sound.

Assuming she had switched to Sound Transmission, Ying Guanghua frowned slightly when he failed to hear anything. Just as he was about to ask for clarification, the briefcase in his grip flew open, and a dark yellow claw lunged out with violent speed.

Confronted by a lethal threat, the True Qi that Ying Guanghua had spent centuries refining erupted instantly. He manifested a Rank-5 Defensive Magic Radiant Spirit Shield. Simultaneously, his Lifespan Artifact radiated Spiritual Light behind his head, and a massive golden bell descended to shield his entire frame.

Even if Chen Mobai himself had attacked with the Purple Electric Sword, these defenses should have held firm.

However, against the plain and unadorned claw emerging from the briefcase, his protections were as flimsy as waste paper.

With a sharp pop!

The claw shredded the Radiant Spirit Shield he had spent hundreds of years perfecting and plunged directly into his Dantian Qi Sea. A single twist was all it took to turn his physical body into useless wreckage.

Clang!

Only then did Ying Guanghua’s Lifespan Artifact finish its descent. The rim of the great bell collided with the dark yellow claw, emitting a harsh metallic screech before being knocked upward.

Witnessing this in utter shock, Ying Guanghua spat out blood and retreated at high speed.

But the dark yellow claw had already gripped his spine; as he attempted to pull away, his physical form began to rip apart.

Left with no alternative, Ying Guanghua discarded his fleshly body, allowing his Nascent Soul to flee the shell. Maneuvering his Lifespan Artifact amidst flashes of silver light, he tried to utilize Void Walk to vanish.

"Junior, after so many years, you are still stuck in the same place, showing no progress whatsoever."

The voice that caused Ying Guanghua’s eyes to bulge sounded right in his ear. He suddenly discovered that the surrounding space had turned into a thick mire, leaving his Void Walk paralyzed within the vacuum.

A second dark yellow claw manifested above Ying Guanghua’s Nascent Soul. The Radiant Spirit Shield flared with Spiritual Light in a desperate attempt to protect the soul within.

Yet the moment the golden bell touched the claw, Ying Guanghua felt his artifact let out a mournful wail.

Ripples of dark yellow Demonic Qi surged, causing the superior-grade Fourth Rank artifact’s Spiritual Light to vanish instantly. It plummeted, having been reduced to nothing more than common scrap metal.

Ying Guanghua attempted to force his Nascent Soul into a final suicide strike, but a crushing Divine Sense—far exceeding his own Cultivation level—battered him. His True Qi became uncontrollable, and his Nascent Soul flickered on the verge of dissipation.

The dark yellow claw struck once more, effortlessly shattering his earthen yellow True Qi and pinning Ying Guanghua firmly in its grasp.

"You... have attained the Spirit Transformation Stage!?"

With his Nascent Soul trapped, Ying Guanghua stared at the "Chen Chun" before him in pure disbelief.

"I should thank you for that. If you hadn't reported me to the Patriarch all those years ago and cost me his confidence, I might never have found the resolve to betray the Immortal Gate and seek a different path."

As Chen Chun spoke, her form shimmered with dark yellow Demonic Qi, shifting into the likeness of Lin Daoming.

Years ago, he had collaborated with Yan Xinji on a secret project to nurture Immortal Sprouts. However, Ying Guanghua—who served as the Orthodox Law Hall Master at the time—uncovered their tracks and reported directly to Qian Xing.

From that point forward, Lin Daoming was cast out of Qian Xing's inner circle, and the authority of the Patching Heaven Lineage was slowly handed over to Ying Guanghua. Ultimately, he was denied the opportunity for Divinity Transformation, leaving him with defecting as his only option.

"Impossible; beyond the Earth Element Star, there should be no resources or Spiritual Energy capable of supporting Divinity Transformation."

Ying Guanghua remained baffled as to how Lin Daoming could have reached the Spirit Transformation Stage after abandoning the Immortal Gate.

He refused to believe the Ascension Sect possessed such assets, and even if they did, they would never bestow them upon a late-joining outsider like Lin Daoming.

"You are a frog at the bottom of a well, lacking any grasp of the Three Thousand Great Dao's mysteries. Every substance in existence begins as Spiritual Energy. When one's realm is sufficiently high, all things can be refined into Spirit, providing limitless resources for Cultivation."

While speaking, Lin Daoming approached the silver briefcase and shut it with his hand. In an instant, the dark yellow claw restraining Ying Guanghua’s body and Nascent Soul vanished.

Once the pressure lifted, Ying Guanghua’s Nascent Soul shimmered, trying to teleport once more. But he was struck by Lin Daoming’s Spirit Transformation Stage Divine Sense and lost consciousness almost at once, his Nascent Soul nearly shattering and ending his life then and there.

"Junior, my first thought was to kill you. But I have realized that letting you live to see the death of Qian Xing, the collapse of the Patching Heaven Lineage, and the entire Immortal Gate being reduced to cosmic dust would be a far more agonizing revenge."