Liu Chen toyed with several dark green array flags.

After hesitating for a moment, he quietly left Haicheng and came to the mountains a hundred miles away.

The Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages are fine!

Once a cultivator breaks through to the Golden Core stage, it will cause significant celestial phenomena.

You might be attacked by strange beasts in the wild.

However, as long as you don't venture too far into the area inhabited by the strange beasts, and you take precautions beforehand...

In that short period of time, the number of strange beasts arriving will not be too large.

In contrast, things are different inside the city; never underestimate human nature.

Liu Chen wouldn't entrust his life to anyone else; he'd rather take a gamble outside.

Liu Chen flicked his finger, and the dark green array flags quickly merged into the ground.

Five more array flags of different colors appeared in his hand and disappeared back into the surrounding jungle.

"The Five Elements Formation and the Soul Refining Demon Formation are still a bit lacking!"

Liu Chen stroked his chin, feeling the spiritual energy in his body surging continuously.

He could no longer suppress his power, and demonic energy surged wildly through his limbs and bones.

Liu Chen raised his right hand slightly, and countless figures appeared nearby.

Chi Yue and Wang Shaojie stood on either side of him, protecting him.

Xiaochun, along with the seven Liu sisters and hundreds of remnant souls, appeared at the edge of the array flags.

That should be about right.

Even a sudden surge of monstrous beasts could not disturb Liu Chen.

With the support of the triple array, and the presence of Wang Shaojie and Chi Yue, who are comparable to sixth-tier superhumans.

Apart from Wang Shaojie and Chi Yue, who already knew that Liu Chen was about to enter the Golden Core stage.

The remaining remnant souls were all still in a daze.

Because Liu Chen has basically never let them leave the Human Emperor's Banner.

All the vengeful spirits that Li Tian rescued were taken in by Liu Chen as his subordinates.

Lately, he has been going out on missions with Li Tian and the others.

Most of the remnant souls were people who had committed many evil deeds in their lives. After entering the Human Emperor's Banner, they were all thrown into the Soul Refining Fire.

Liu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, concentrated his mind and held his breath, entering a state of perfect tranquility.

The pure demonic energy cultivated from the Eternal Demonic Technique constantly shifts between spiritual and demonic energies.

Whether it's mystical energy, demonic energy, or spiritual energy!

Ultimately, they are all just forms of energy.

The seemingly opposing spiritual and demonic energies are actually the same kind of energy at their origin.

Liu Chen's demonic energy increased too rapidly. If it weren't for the powerful physique of his Undying Demonic Body, he could have absorbed cultivators far beyond his level.

Liu Chen should have successfully advanced to the Golden Core stage yesterday.

My physical condition is also gradually improving at a visible rate.

The aura emanating from him grew increasingly terrifying, dark clouds filled the sky, and thunder roared.

The demonic energy in the dantian was constantly compressed, quickly forming a violent spiritual energy storm that continuously impacted the physical body.

Before the golden core could be successfully formed, an aura of world destruction descended from the sky.

Although it hasn't launched an attack on Liu Chen yet, it's clearly accumulating energy.

This made Liu Chen frown slightly.

"Does the Golden Core stage involve tribulation?"

Logically speaking, such phenomena should only be triggered when one is attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

He officially embarked on the path from mortal to immortal, and then a tribulation of lightning descended upon him.

Even if one advances to the Nascent Soul stage, at most there will be a tribulation of inner demons.

Even if the Eternal Demonic Fiend Technique is incredibly profound, it shouldn't have brought down a tribulation of lightning at the Golden Core stage!

Instead, Liu Yanran and the others exchanged glances, their hearts filled with growing fear and unease.

They are all spirits, and the lightning tribulation is specifically designed to subdue those with wicked spirits.

Even if Lei Jie wasn't targeting them, and there were layers of protective formations separating them.

It still made the remnant souls tremble from the very core of their being.

Chi Yue and Wang Shaojie were doing somewhat better.

They had also cultivated the Eternal Demonic Fiend Technique, so they might be wary of the lightning tribulation, but they wouldn't truly fear the existence of the other party.

The black spiritual energy in Liu Chen's dantian gradually compressed and condensed into a form.

The lightning tribulation in the sky was also expanding rapidly.

The thundercloud, which started as a dozen feet in size, quickly grew to a hundred feet in size.

The remaining souls present were completely unaware of what had happened.

They don't even understand the specific concept of cultivators.

They couldn't understand why the lightning in the sky would release an aura that locked onto them.

However, this did not prevent the Liu family women from feeling a sense of anticipation amidst their fear.

If the lightning tribulation could kill Liu Chen, then they would have a chance to escape.

Liu Chen committed numerous evils and indiscriminately killed innocent people; such a person deserves to be struck down and reduced to ashes by lightning.

It must be that even the heavens couldn't stand it anymore and were preparing to send down a lightning tribulation to punish him.

Just as the sisters were each thinking their own thoughts and secretly hoping for something,

Wang Shaojie's sneer suddenly rang out.

"You'd better not take any chances. If Brother Chen can't withstand the tribulation lightning, then you'll all die too."

They were originally remnants of the Human Emperor's Banner. If Liu Chen died, the Human Emperor's Banner would be rendered useless.

Not only the Liu sisters, but all the remaining souls must die.

The sisters were quite frightened and unconsciously took a few steps back.

Moreover, they were thinking it in their hearts but didn't say it out loud, so how could Wang Shaojie know what they were thinking?

Wang Shaojie shouldn't have known this.

Ultimately, he was merely the soul of the Human Emperor's Banner.

Even if Liu Chen values ​​her, at most she will receive more benefits than others when Liu Chen improves his cultivation.

However, Wang Shaojie had cultivated the second part of the Eternal Demonic Technique.

Therefore, he also had some control over the Emperor's Flag.

Mind reading is something that comes easily to you.

However, Liu Chen didn't care about the sisters' little schemes.

A black, round object, about the size of a grain of rice, slowly took shape in the dantian.

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