Holding the folded fan in hand, it was even colder than the Ice Soul Pearl. When Jiang Yuebai grasped it, her Divine Sense touched the fan and caused her Divine Soul to contract, as if hearing the wails of a hundred ghosts. Only then did she realize the fan was unique and decided to keep it.

The fan was entirely black, its ribs made of a material neither gold nor jade, cold to the touch, and the fan’s surface bore no patterns, just pure blackness.

Jiang Yuebai attempted to infuse it with Divine Sense, and immediately the sound of a hundred ghosts wailing echoed in her Sea of Consciousness, so sharp and piercing that her Divine Soul was shaken, Spiritual Energy surged chaotically, almost causing a deviation. She quickly withdrew her Divine Sense from the fan.

"What a formidable Evil Dao Magic Treasure, and there’s no instruction manual. I don’t know how to perform sacrificial refining and use it."

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yuebai temporarily put the fan away; the thing was too sinister. Having just successfully formed her Golden Core, it was better not to take any risks. If it backfired, it would not be good. She would wait until her cultivation stabilized to attempt the sacrificial refining.

"In the end, only the Taihe Umbrella is usable, versatile in offense and defense, with the Crane Feather Avatar. It’s enough."

After organizing her belongings, Jiang Yuebai walked out of the cave dwelling.

Outside, dark clouds gathered densely, torrents of rain poured down, and wild winds whipped up waves that roared and crashed against the island, deafeningly loud. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Jiang Yuebai gazed into the distant heavens and earth. In her perception, everything in her sight subtly changed.

She extended her hand, letting the icy rain fall into her palm. Previously, she saw rain as merely rain, but now she ’saw’ that it was mixed with Water and Metal, and traces of Thunder’s Spiritual Energy.

This feeling was very subtle. The heavens and earth hadn’t altered at all, but after forming her Golden Core, her perception of nature’s energy became more detailed and profound.

Jiang Yuebai frowned slightly, and a trace of colorless Spiritual Energy, fused with the Five Elements, leaked from her palm, gradually forming the veins of a leaf.

Previously, she could only reach this step, but now...

Jiang Yuebai calmly and slowly experimented. On the veined leaf in her palm, bright green leaves gradually sprouted, not as lifelike as her master’s, but at least with a basic form.

"After forming the Golden Core, dealing with Spiritual Energy is no longer a matter of single attributes. Everything in the world is formed from a mixture of attributes, just like this leaf. It doesn’t only require Wood Spiritual Energy but also Water Spiritual Energy, and besides these, there seems to be something else..."

Jiang Yuebai sensed and thought, finally shaking her head in resignation. Perhaps this is what her master referred to as the Creation Law. Even her master’s realm had not reached it; she was still far behind.

However, she still had room to improve, to control Spiritual Energy more finely, to compress it more tightly, so that when the leaves are thrown out and suddenly explode, the power will surely be considerable.

Moreover, unlike during the Foundation Establishment Stage, where once Spiritual Energy was released, it began to scatter uncontrollably. Now, not a single bit would dissipate.

Clenching her fist to scatter the leaves, Jiang Yuebai stepped into the sky, rushing towards the Seven Stars Island.

During the Foundation Establishment Stage, she had to rely on the Cloud Stepping method to briefly control the sky, consuming a significant amount of Spiritual Energy. Now, there was no need to expend Spiritual Energy. She could step onto the ’solid ground’ in the sky, feeling just like...

Walking on soft soil, requiring some Light Body techniques.

Jiang Yuebai zigzagged through the air, avoiding the heavy rain and wild winds, testing the body techniques she had learned before to see if they could be applied mid-air, and finally finding them somewhat helpful.

After adapting, Jiang Yuebai sprinted forward, stepping into the high sky, bracing against the wind and rain, looking down upon the earth.

The islands and the ocean, the rain and the wind, the dark clouds and lightning, all had clear Spiritual Energy flow trajectories in her eyes, reminding her of the hand techniques she used to cast spells, stirring the energy flow trajectories.

Is it because after forming the Golden Core, spellcasting no longer requires hand techniques? Because she can see the energy flow trajectories between heaven and earth, the Spiritual Energy can be guided by her own Spiritual Energy, changing its trajectory to cast spells?

Let’s try!

Jiang Yuebai immediately sunk her Qi into the Dantian, using the Elixir Field Spiritual Energy to affect nature’s spiritual energy, casting the Ice Arrow Technique she learned during the Qi Cultivation Stage.

Meanwhile, on the island below.

Zhao Fuyi’s four disciples stood tensely on the shore, looking out to the direction of the open sea. They had been guarding here for eight days, and in one more day, their master’s Divinity Transformation Tribulation would end.

Muh Wushuang scratched her hair into a mess, anxiously shouting, "Why does this tribulation take so long? Can’t it be stored up and discharged all at once? Why drag it out for nine days, making my heart jump around?"

Tang Weimian used Spiritual Energy to shake off the pouring rain, staying dry and composed, and laughed, "No need to worry, Second Senior Sister, except for the wild strikes on the first day, the following day’s Tribulation Thunder has been stable. Master has prepared for many years and will definitely succeed in Divinity Transformation. Besides, aren’t there True Monarch Jiuchuan and True Monarch Lingjun to protect him? He will definitely succeed."

Hee Wangchen stood beside with a wooden bowl, looking around, murmuring, "Why do I feel like the first half of the thunder tribulation seemed like it wasn’t striking our master, but rather some calamity-stricken demon!"

Li Shen Zhi, his Ninth-Layer Body Protection Gang Qi up, nodded, "I have the same feeling. The half-day tribulation thunder was so fierce, it must have been targeting some Nascent Soul-forming fierce beast from the sea, coincidentally matching our master’s tribulation."

Tang Weimian pondered, "It seems so. It was too chaotic there, we didn’t even notice Junior Sister Jiang’s Core Formation. No, I should now call her Master Jiang."

Tang Weimian suddenly felt dejected. That day, seeing True Monarch Jiuchuan return with the successful Jiang Yuebai forming her core, she was truly shocked.

She remembered when Jiang Yuebai had just entered the sect, she herself was already at the Foundation Establishment, and so many years passed—Jiang Yuebai formed the Core, but she only reached the Peak Foundation Establishment.

It’s not just her who’s been affected; many disciples on the Heavenly Gang Peak have been quite rattled, with many beginning to doubt their existence, suspecting they have a Fake Spiritual Root, cultivating a Fake Immortal path, with sighs heard all over the island, day and night.

Muh Wushuang craned her neck to look ahead, casually asking, "Is that Jiang Yuebai really strong? She seems to have some skills in battles, but I don’t know much otherwise."

Hee Wangchen quickly said, "Senior Sister Jiang... no, Master Jiang is very strong. Back when she was at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, she took first in the sect competition, breaking the leg of Zhuo Qingfeng from the Guiyuan Sword Sect, who was at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, right inside the array I set up, I saw it all clearly! Also, when she just reached Foundation Establishment, she turned the tides at the Land of Azure Flame, saved Master, and assisted in setting up the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array, witnessed by all major sects in the Central Plains. She’s very impressive! And at the Wind and Cloud Meeting in the Baishui Domain..."

"Alright, alright," Li Shen Zhi interrupted, "No matter how strong others are, it has nothing to do with you; don’t inflate others’ prestige."

Hee Wangchen squinted at Li Shen Zhi, "Senior Brother, are you worried that Master Jiang will surpass you in the future and you’ll have to call her Senior Sister?"

Li Shen Zhi shivered all over, "Who, who’s worried? You little brat, don’t speak nonsense. Surpass me? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Tang Weimian covered her mouth with a smile and noticed movement behind them, turning to see Jiang Yuebai running back and forth in the distant sky.

"Master Jiang has awakened. What’s she doing?"

The few turned to look, and Li Shen Zhi snorted with a laugh, "Having just formed her Core and discovered she can control the sky, she’s having fun. What a lack of insight."

Muh Wushuang blinked, "Senior Brother, when you first formed your Core, you were flipping around in mid-air, I saw it!"

Pfft~

Tang Weimian and Hee Wangchen both laughed.

Li Shen Zhi stiffened his neck and glared, "Nonsense!"

At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of ice crystals colliding above them. Looking up, they saw Jiang Yuebai standing in the sky, her clothes fluttering, waving her hand to conjure a large batch of ice cones above their heads, raining down forcefully.

All four were shocked, ready to dodge, only to find all the ice cones suddenly clustered together, not harming anyone indiscriminately, but crashing down on Li Shen Zhi’s head.

Li Shen Zhi’s Protective Gang Qi shattered like soap bubbles, one by one, his eyes widening in horror, hurriedly layering more on top.

But the ice cones were fiercely powerful, the Spiritual Energy within exceptionally dense and strong, ceaselessly overwhelming. Even in his Mid-Stage Golden Core, Li Shen Zhi was unable to withstand it.

Crack!

The last layer of Protective Gang Qi shattered, the ice cones pounding down on Li Shen Zhi, making him yelp as he was forced out of the island. But no matter how he tried to escape, those ice cones just kept chasing him.

No real harm was done, just a constant banging on the head, chilling to the bone.

"Senior Sister Jiang, we have no grievances or animosity. What is this for?"

Jiang Yuebai stood high in the sky, hands on her hips, shouting angrily, "The Thousand Layers Peak you sold me, shattered with just a single bolt of tribulation thunder, what a piece of trash! If you don’t refund me today, I’ll pelt you to death!"