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I was sitting in the lotus position while concentrating to advance to the second stage of the [Immemorial Soul Art] method, which would be the sacred stage.

At this stage, it is necessary to go through a tribulation where the spiritual core is rebuilt and at the same time the soul is tempered.

Going through the tribulation, the soul is cleansed of all internal impurities and demons.

This has the benefit of obtaining a sanctified soul, where it is immune to spiritual and soul attacks, as well as curses and demons of the heart.

It is called the sacred stage because the soul of the cultivator will be almost immune to any evil that exists in the world.

That is why one has to face a tribulation from heaven.

For 5 years since I was able to reach the peak of the human stage, I have been preparing to enter the sacred stage.

And today would finally be that day.

For 5 years I made several preparations so that no one interrupted me.

I made a cultivation place with various arrangements, far from the place where Zi Ji and I have been living.

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-Pov Zi Ji-

I was sitting high up in a tree, looking to the east of the forest in which we live.

And by we live, I mean my husband and me.

My husband is the most special and important person in my life.

When I had no one, and I spent my life in complete solitude. My husband took it upon himself to warm up my life.

Although he is not the most expressive person, I still love him just the way he is.

Only I know, that under the expressionless and apathetic face of my husband, hides a person full of kindness.

After all these years that we have lived together, it is the first time that my husband is in great danger. one in which, he can lose his life.

5 years ago, when we formalized our relationship, he opened up a bit with me and told me a few things about himself.

One of those things is the source of my concern.

That fool told me that he is cultivating a method that strengthens the soul.

And that today, he was ready to enter the second stage of this method.

The problem was that he had to go through a tribulation from heaven, where his soul would be tempered and washed of all the impurities of the world.

When I heard him tell me about this, I wanted nothing more than to strangle him.

Anything to do with the soul is a sensitive subject, and a single misstep would lead to death.

And here I was, watching from a distance how my stupid husband was about to risk his life to want to be stronger.

However, I can't blame him.

spirit beasts from our birth, we only have two paths to choose from.

Let yourself be eaten by the strong, or be the strong and eat the weak.

We are not like humans, who despite killing and fighting their own kind. They have many options to choose from to live their pathetic life.

*sigh*

"You can't die otherwise I'll travel to hell to punish you*" were my thoughts, as I dried my eyes and returned to the place where we lived.

*RUMBLE*

When I wanted to walk, I could hear the thunder from the sky, but I didn't turn to look.

I knew my dumb husband had started doing his thing.

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It had been a full week since, Caim, he walked in behind closed doors as he likes to call him.

During this week, I have not eaten much because I was worried about his condition.

However, my appearance still looked so healthy and without any trace of dark circles at night that I couldn't sleep.

It is all due to the immortal Qi that we cultivate and because we are spirit beasts, where our vitality and physical capabilities are greater compared to humans.

Due to the various arrays you place, it is impossible to get close to where you are.

Every now and then, he could see the sky rumble over the place where he stands.

However, to distract myself a bit, I began to cultivate the method he gave me.

[Queen of Ruin and Darkness] was a method that, Caim, I enjoy cultivating with my elements of darkness and destruction.

Caim, I had tried several times in the past to create a cultivation method for myself, to have more control over my elements and at the same time use them to cultivate my body and become stronger.

However, all of his attempts failed, by my second element, destruction.

At the time, none of us knew what my second element might be.

It wasn't until he told me to recall a number of supreme elements, and my second supreme element fit the description of one of those elements.

It was when he came to the conclusion that my second element was destruction.

the element of destruction was also responsible for my dark element being uncontrollable in the past.

After learning what my second element was, Caim invented [Queen of Ruin and Darkness] especially for me.

A cultivation method, which can only be used by people who have the two elements that are darkness and destruction.

The method focuses on using my second element of destruction to destroy and rebuild my body little by little, while at the same time using my element of darkness to nourish every part of my body, meridians, flesh, bones, organs and spiritual core.

I also had to cultivate the [Queen of Ruin and Darkness] method, in a special room that Caim designed especially for me.

Where there were various arrays that would gather the dark element in the environment and drag it into the array that would facilitate my cultivation.

When I was about to go to the room to distract myself in cultivation, I felt an energy or element similar to Caim's, but warmer and softer.

It was strange, because Caim had the element of light, which is the opposite of mine.

So the energy that I felt at a distance could not be a light element because it felt similar but very different at the same time.

Due to my curiosity, I headed towards the place where the energy came from.

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When I got to the place, all the trees seemed more alive and healthy.

When I looked at the place, I could see that among the trees there was a spirit beast.

Despite being only 500 years old, my curiosity about the beast increased.

When I noticed that it was the source of the energy that I had felt.

It was a bird similar to a duck, but with a size greater than 160cm in height, with an elongated and elegant neck that starts from a plump body, covered with plumage similar to emeralds. A small head with a white bill and black caruncle, black clapper legs along with a pair of elongated wings.

However, the most surprising thing about this spirit beast was that its eyes reflected a mature consciousness, despite being a 500-year-old beast.

I descended from the air and approached the beast that was looking at me curiously.

It's strange, because being close to the beast I could feel how my dark element reacted to the beast in front of me.

It's like he's telling me to leave.

But I didn't understand why.

A 500-year-old beast shouldn't give me this feeling.

Much less now in the present, where my energy is the immortal Qi.

An energy that can only be used by divine beasts and the gods themselves, according to the stories Caim told me.

I released a bit of my Immortal Qi, to press the beast in front of me, but careful not to kill it.

The beast had its body pressed against the ground, but its eyes showed no signs of fear.

Rather, she was showing confidence, like she was sure I didn't want to hurt her.

'Very interesting'

"I am sure, husband, that you will be interested in this beast."

*RUMBLE*

Hears?

my thoughts were interrupted, when I was surprised by the great explosion that originated in the distance.

Thanks to my surprise at the explosion in the distance.

stop pressing down on the beast with my Immortal Qi, setting it free.

However, that didn't matter to me, my gaze was focused on the distance.

that place would be where he was, Caim.

Despite the thunder that she hung in the sky, she could be sure that she was about to finish her closed-door cultivation.

"Little beast, you will have to come with me"

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-Pov Caim-

One week, for a week I was behind closed doors to successfully enter the second stage of the [Art of the Immemorial Soul] method.

During the week that passed, I had to endure the attacks of various lightning strikes that fell on me.

Every lightning bolt that struck my body destroyed and rebuilt my spirit core, as well as tempered and washed my soul.

But he had not yet successfully entered the sacred stage.

He needed the last push for that.

And that push was about to happen.

Above where he was, lightning was accumulating.

I could see how the rays were beginning to take on a pure golden color.

I prepared myself for the pain that I was about to suffer, that was about to happen.

After this last ray, he would be officially on the holy stage.

*crackle*

*crackle*

*RUMBLE*