Chapter 696: Condensing the Soul into Form

On a vast open field a thousand li outside Wufang City, over a dozen martial artists stood ready.

Qihai, Qin Hongtao, Ning Yixian—these top experts of the Boundless Sect were protecting a young man.

Ye Yuan, eyes tightly shut, focused his mind and calmed his breath, making final preparations before his breakthrough.

Ye Yuan's expression was calm, facing the impending breakthrough with equanimity, but Qihai and the others wore grave faces, as if they themselves were about to undergo the tribulation.

The war was not yet over, and Ye Yuan was the Boundless Sect's greatest hope; there could be no mishap.

Crack...

Suddenly, a thunderbolt split the sky. The once cloudless heavens began to gather dark clouds.

Seeing this display, Qihai and the others changed color.

Ye Yuan is only breaking through to the Spirit Wander realm—why such a commotion?

Though the heavenly tribulation hasn't fully formed, its momentum is already stronger than what others face when crossing into the Infinite realm!

No wonder Ye Yuan has such terrifying strength at the Soul Sea realm; his breakthrough tribulation is absolutely astonishing!

The momentum of Ye Yuan's tribulation was naturally shocking—otherwise, how could he have used it to blast Shangguan Yunrong, a Spirit Wander triple-layer, down two minor realms?

But in Ye Yuan's view, this tribulation was still somewhat weaker than the last.

After all, last time he was crossing the major threshold of the Lower Three Realms, and the Heavenly Dao's obstruction was far stronger.

Such an event would surely recur when he broke through from the Middle Three Realms to the Upper Three Realms.

Ye Yuan had long been mentally prepared for this.

This kind of breakthrough, breaking free from the Heavenly Dao's shackles, was a great leap in life and would inevitably invite the Heavenly Dao's ruthless assault.

And Ye Yuan's strength far exceeded that of ordinary martial artists, so the resistance he faced would be much greater.

Boom, boom, boom...

Mad bolts of lightning danced down, violently bombarding the spot where Ye Yuan stood.

Yet there was not the slightest fluctuation of yuan power from Ye Yuan.

Hiss... Ye Yuan is enduring the heavenly tribulation with his physical body alone! No! He... he is using the tribulation to temper his flesh! Qihai murmured at the sight.

The way Ye Yuan underwent his tribulation struck him with overwhelming force.

He had never imagined that one could undergo tribulation in such a manner.

For the first wave of tribulation, Ye Yuan didn't even bother using yuan power!

Amid those wild lightning serpents, Ye Yuan was like a small boat, yet that boat seemed nailed to the sea surface, utterly motionless!

Within the blue-violet lightning, a cyan glow gradually brightened. On Ye Yuan's skin, patches of cyan dragon scales faintly emerged!

The thunder tribulation grew stronger, but Ye Yuan felt it weakening, striking him with less and less sensation.

Tsk, the dragon race's physical strength is indeed extraordinary! I wonder how far my body can go if I keep strengthening it! Ye Yuan mused amid the tribulation.

Soon, the first wave of tribulation passed, and Ye Yuan emerged unscathed.

This sight left Qihai and the other protectors speechless for a long time, even momentarily forgetting their mission for the day.

Under such a terrifying heavenly tribulation, someone could actually come out unharmed!

That Ye Yuan is truly a freak!

This was now the unanimous thought of everyone present.

That day, when Ye Yuan annihilated the ten half-step Boundless experts, he had taken them into the Heavenly Tower, and they had not seen him make a move at all.

Ye Yuan's strength was merely something they had imagined.

But today, as Ye Yuan underwent his tribulation, they finally witnessed with their own eyes his soul-stirring power!

Qi Hai, in particular, was not far from transcending tribulation and ascending, and he had a profound intuition of the might of heavenly tribulation.

He reckoned that even if he could survive such a tribulation, it would be difficult to do so as effortlessly as Ye Yuan.

Soon, the second, third, and fourth rounds came, each more violent than the last, but Ye Yuan passed them all with ease.

By the fifth round, the two-colored lightning tribulation arrived as expected.

"Five-nine tribulation! Soul and lightning dual tribulation! Hiss..." Seeing that awe-inspiring scene, Qi Hai gasped sharply.

Once again, Qi Hai deeply felt the immense power of Ye Yuan's strength!

The two-colored lightning tribulation now was far more powerful than when Ye Yuan had broken through to the Soul Sea realm, but Ye Yuan's growth over this major realm was even greater!

The two-colored lightning tribulation that had once severely wounded Ye Yuan now caused him little trouble, and he did not even use that black bead.

The tribulation dissipated, and the sky cleared once more.

"Look, what is that!" Suddenly someone screamed, as if they had seen something incredible.

The crowd was still immersed in the terrifying two-colored lightning tribulation and had not noticed.

Hearing that, they all gazed intently and saw a faint shadow emerging from the crown of Ye Yuan's head!

That faint shadow looked exactly like Ye Yuan!

"This... condensation of the spirit into form... How is this possible? He... he has just broken through to the Divine Travel realm!" Qi Hai exclaimed.

"Truly unexpected. Ye Yuan's spirit has condensed to such a degree! Having just broken through to the Divine Travel realm, his spirit can already take form!" Ning Yixian was also astonished.

"How is this possible? I have never heard of a Divine Travel realm martial artist being able to condense their spirit into form! Just how condensed is Ye Yuan's spirit!" Qin Hongtao remarked in surprise.

"No wonder he passed the soul tribulation so easily. How could such a condensed spirit be shaken by that level of soul tribulation?" Qi Hai said.

The crowd looked on and saw that the shadow Ye Yuan seemed like a newborn child, full of curiosity about the world, roaming through the sky with boundless joy.

The so-called Divine Travel realm meant that a martial artist's spirit could roam the heavens and earth, becoming closer to them, thus enabling the mobilization of more powerful heavenly and earthly forces.

But ordinary Divine Travel realm martial artists had spirits that were formless; even if they could leave the physical body and roam the heavens and earth, they could not sustain it for long.

Yet Ye Yuan's spirit had already condensed into a form, making him far more powerful than ordinary Divine Travel realm martial artists!

Martial artists in the middle three realms focused primarily on cultivating the spirit.

The more solid the spirit, the stronger its affinity with heavenly and earthly forces.

Even Boundless realm martial artists might not necessarily be able to cultivate their spirit to the point of taking form.

But Ye Yuan, now only at the initial Divine Travel realm, had already achieved this!

No wonder Qi Hai and the others looked as if they had seen a ghost when they witnessed this scene.

It was not that they lacked experience; it was simply that this situation was too rare, something they had never heard of.

Ye Yuan's spirit played in the air for a while, seeming somewhat tired, and then returned to his body.

It was then that Ye Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a smile involuntarily curling at the corners of his mouth.

The sensation of the spirit leaving the body—he had not felt it for a long time.