Invincible Dad-Chapter 678: Nine Infants Technique_1

RUMBLE...

Endless thunderbolts obliterated the mountain range.

In the distant void where the cold wind howled, a group of cultivators flew on their swords. They were all disciples of the Yunxiao Sect.

Those above the Foundation Establishment Boundary could fly. Those below needed the help of an elder or a senior brother or sister to fly, and had thus narrowly avoided disaster. At this moment, they stared blankly as their former sect was instantaneously reduced to nothing under the terrifying thunderous tribulation.

Among them, one could faintly discern the towering figure of the Sect Master, Li Qingzhou.

"This is the Four-Color Heavenly Tribulation of the Divinity Transformation Realm!" one of the Supreme Elders said, his expression one of utter shock. "The Sect Master has only been in seclusion for three hundred years, yet he has actually cultivated to such an extent."

To put it in perspective, even among the ancestors of the Yunxiao Sect who slumbered within the Dao Endowment, only two had ever stepped into the Divinity Transformation Realm. But they had cultivated for over a thousand years and did not have much time left.

And Sect Master Li Qingzhou? All told, he had been cultivating for less than four hundred years.

Regrettably, the slumbering ancestors within the Dao Endowment were not on Earth but in the Star Domain. Although they avoided being rejected by Earth, they were unable to help the Sect Master overcome the tribulation. Therefore, they could do nothing but watch from afar.

"If the Sect Master can survive this tribulation, then our Yunxiao Sect will have a chance to enter the Ancient Clock of Time. After all, a Sect Master at the peak of the Divinity Transformation Realm is the strongest trump card we could have!" Some of the Supreme Elders’ hearts burned with fervor.

Three hundred years ago, Gong Qiu, the leading figure of the Yunxiao Sect’s younger generation, went missing. After Sect Master Li Qingzhou returned from the Moon, he spent most of his time in seclusion within Yunxiao Palace, while all sect affairs were managed by Lin Xuzhi. Who could have imagined that after three hundred years, Sect Master Li Qingzhou would bring such a huge surprise to the sect?

The disciples, trembling with reverence, looked up at the figure in the Tribulation Clouds.

Such a majestic stance. Such a spirited and confident bearing. Our Yunxiao Sect is destined to rise!

All the elders and disciples felt a surge of heroic spirit, believing that the springtime of their sect had finally arrived.

"Elder, can the Sect Master overcome this great tribulation..." a low-Boundary female disciple asked anxiously, her eyes shining with adoration.

"Naturally," the Yunxiao Sect elder replied, brimming with confidence. "He is Sect Master Li Qingzhou. He would certainly not undertake something if he weren’t assured of success!"

The elder assumed the Sect Master must have been fully prepared before summoning the Tribulation Clouds.

Just as he finished speaking, the Sect Master they so admired was struck by a bolt of Tribulation Thunder and sent crashing into the snow-covered mountain range below.

"..."

The crowd was stunned.

At the same time, the raging roar of Li Qingzhou, or rather, the Moon King’s clone, resonated throughout the area for dozens of miles.

"Xu Lai!"

"You have destroyed my ten thousand years of planning! I am irreconcilable with you!"

Then, the entire area was engulfed by endless thunder.

"Xu Lai?"

The Yunxiao Sect disciples were all astonished. Unlike Lin Xuzhi, they had no idea who Xu Lai was.

The Yunxiao Sect was the foundation of the One School, Three Sects, and Nine Pavilions. As the upper sect, it featured an incredibly rich Cultivation atmosphere. It was somewhat like a university with a particularly strong academic atmosphere, similar to Dongli, which currently leads the field of medicine. The elders and disciples of the Yunxiao Sect were almost exclusively devoted to Cultivation, aspiring to advance further on the path of eternal life.

Thus, when they heard the name shouted by their Sect Master, they were utterly perplexed.

Just as they were about to inquire, they saw the Heavenly Tribulation gradually dissipate. An indescribable sense of heaviness filled the air, accompanied by vast amounts of unclaimed Spiritual Energy drifting between heaven and earth.

The expressions of all Yunxiao Sect members changed dramatically.

The Sect Master had fallen!

「...」

"XU LAI!"

From the depths of the Royal City of the Moon Clan, the strained, exhausted voice of the Moon King echoed.

In that instant, the entire Moon trembled. All the major Crescent Moon Clans and countless tribes, big and small, shivered as they sensed a terrifying pressure that made their very spirits quake.

And it wasn’t just the Moon. In the Universe, seven other stars echoed the same furious shouts, all of them within the Solar System.

Should a high-level cultivator look towards the Solar System, they would be astonished to find nine Heavenly Tribulations appearing simultaneously in this tiny star system.

Yes, eight of the tribulations were the Four-Color Heavenly Tribulation for a Nascent Soul ascending to the Divinity Transformation Realm, and the ninth was even more fearsome.

"XU LAI!"

The furious, unrestrained roar of the Moon King, Ji Jiuyou, echoed through the Royal City, but it was quickly swallowed by a sea of thunder.

「...」

「Earth.」

Xu Lai had returned to Haitang Court. He suddenly looked up at the starry sky, his expression one of slight surprise.

Nine individuals undergoing tribulation at once? No... not nine individuals, but the same person.

One was the true self; the other eight were clones.

The Moon King not only had a clone in the form of Li Qingzhou but also had seven other clones spread across seven other stars. All the clones were at the Half-Step to Becoming a God Realm!

Xu Lai couldn’t be bothered to personally kill this insignificant Moon King, so he had simply removed the Barrier from the Yunxiao Sect that concealed the workings of fate. Unexpectedly, not only did the clone on Earth meet disaster and draw the Tribulation Thunder, but the other seven clones and the original body were all implicated at the same time.

"The Supreme Emperor, could this be the Nine Infants Technique?" First Divine General Taotie appeared next to Xu Lai, his expression extremely serious.

The Nine Infants Technique allows one to become nine. Separated, the clones are unremarkable, but when united, they are invincible. This is because once merged, the original body would possess nine times the cultivation talent and the full Boundaries achieved by the clones.

Taotie had never encountered it, but he had heard of it. It was rumored that the previous sovereign, Great Emperor Jiu Feng, had cultivated the Nine Infants Technique, which allowed him to reach the Emperor Realm in a mere twenty thousand years. Regrettably, at two hundred thousand years of age, he mysteriously vanished, along with his father’s Nine-Headed Clan.

"The Supreme Emperor, that Moon Clan cultivator actually has the Emperor Scripture of Great Emperor Jiu Feng!" Taotie’s eyes flickered incessantly. He had been at Liu Wan’s home but had hurried to Haitang Court after sensing the Heavenly Tribulations.

"Jiu Feng’s Emperor Scripture isn’t the Nine Infants Technique," Xu Lai shook his head, "The Nine Infants Technique is only an incomplete technique. I once suspected it was an Immortal Scripture."

Taotie’s face showed shock. "Are you saying Great Emperor Jiu Feng had unraveled the Cloud Water Rust?"

A Kalpa is one hundred epochs. Among the one hundred Emperors, Xu Lai was not the only one to have obtained the Cloud Water Rust; a few others had as well. One of them was Great Emperor Jiu Feng.

The Emperor’s Hall of the Green Sect was the final resting place of Fairy Qing Yuan’s ancestors, and it had once contained two pieces of Cloud Water Rust. Later, one was traded away to Great Emperor Jiu Feng for a considerable price. Later on, Fairy Qing Yuan shared a secret: Great Emperor Jiu Feng had once gifted a Jade Slip inscribed with the Nine Infants Technique to the Green Sect, claiming it was an insight he had gained while studying the Cloud Water Rust.

"Then why didn’t the Green Sect cultivate it?" Taotie scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. Even as an incomplete technique, the Nine Infants Technique was absolutely one of the strongest cultivation techniques in the Universe.

"Eight clones require the blood of eight close relatives," Xu Lai said, looking calmly at Taotie. "Would you cultivate such a sinister art?"

"..."

Taotie was startled, and his respect for the Green Sect deepened. In the unforgiving Cultivation World, not everyone could suppress their thirst for power; it required immense willpower.

"I thought it was just a fly, but it turns out to be a big fish," Xu Lai said with a light chuckle.

"I will go and capture him right now!" declared Taotie, bristling with murderous intent.