Ning Fa left the ice hall and slowly flew upward.
He couldn't help but recall his past with Zhu Lingyun.
To be honest, Zhu Lingyun held a very special place in his heart.
Although he had many confidantes, these women were either passively accepted by him, or initially only intended for Dual Cultivation, with deep feelings only developing after spending time together.
But Zhu Lingyun was different; she could be said to be the only woman who had made him fall in love at first sight.
The first time Ning Fa saw Zhu Lingyun, she had already left a deep impression on his heart.
It was just that the gap in their status and position at the time was too large, and Ning Fa could only suppress this thought in his heart.
Later, when the two of them had a relationship by chance, it further solidified Ning Fa's belief that Zhu Lingyun was his woman.
And after Ning Fa successfully formed his Nascent Soul, he believed that his status and position were already completely worthy of the Divine Maiden.
This time, returning to Cangyuan, Ning Fa was filled with excitement, wanting to formally propose marriage to Zhu Lingyun.
But he never expected that such a thing would happen.
Just as Ning Fa was reminiscing with a heavy heart, Baili Ming's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Kid, I feel like your previous state was very wrong.
Although I haven't known you for very long, I've lived for so many years, and my judgment of people has always been accurate.
In my impression, you are not someone so fragile and emotional; otherwise, you wouldn't have cultivated to your current realm.
Perhaps that woman truly holds a very high position in your heart, but I still believe that with your state of mind, you shouldn't have almost gone into qi deviation like before."
Baili Ming's words were like a basin of ice water thrown onto Ning Fa's head.
His body instantly froze, hovering in mid-air, his sword-like eyebrows furrowed deeply.
A single word awakened the dreamer.
Baili Ming was right. Although Zhu Lingyun indeed held a unique position in his heart, the fact that he so easily fell into a state of qi deviation was indeed very strange.
If it weren't for Le'er's voice suddenly appearing in his sea of consciousness, waking him up, he might have truly gone into qi deviation.
At this thought, a chill spread across Ning Fa's body, and his eyes were filled with solemnity.
He took a deep breath, first performing an internal observation technique to carefully check his body, finding no abnormalities.
Then, his consciousness entered his sea of consciousness. Under his urging, a full moon slowly appeared above his sea of consciousness, emitting a hazy moonlight, giving it a ethereal and transcendent feel.
Before long, Ning Fa indeed discovered the abnormality.
He saw that in some subtle corners of the Moon God Heart, wisps of white flames, seemingly nonexistent, had ignited.
As Ning Fa's consciousness poured into these white flames, his heart was immediately filled with overwhelming rage.
This anger seemed to ignite him, and the color red began to reappear in his eyes, his aura becoming wild.
"Kid, why are you starting again! Calm down quickly!" Baili Ming shouted anxiously.
But soon, as Ning Fa took a deep breath, the anomalies outside his body disappeared, and his eyes regained clarity.
However, his expression had become extremely grim.
His body indeed had a problem, and the problem was precisely with his Moon God Heart.
"How is this possible? How could I have entered the Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage prematurely?"
Ning Fa's expression was gloomy, disbelief flashing in his eyes.
He now understood what those strange white flames on his Moon God Heart were.
Just like the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, the cultivation method for the Nascent Soul stage of the Moon God Art primarily focused on the cultivation of the Moon God Heart.
There were mainly four stages: Moon God Heart, Moon Soul Crystal Core, Taiyin Jade Infant, and Immortal Moon Body.
His current Moon God Heart was in the first stage.
Ning Fa attached great importance to the Moon God Art, so in addition to cultivating the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, he also spent a lot of time practicing the Moon God Art, with the next stage goal being the Moon Soul Crystal Core.
Once this stage was reached, his Divine Soul would become very solidified, allowing him to materialize his Spiritual Sense and unleash powerful Divine Abilities, such as the Moon Shadow Clone and Soul-Eroding Moonfire.
Of course, reaching this level of cultivation was extremely difficult, no less than constructing a complete Moon God Heart from scratch, and it was even extremely perilous.
This was because during the cultivation of this stage, the Moon God Heart would begin to release a special karmic fire called Moon Tribulation Heartfire, which would burn the cultivator's seven emotions and six desires.
This burning process would then extremely magnify the cultivator's seven emotions and six desires.
If one's Willpower was not firm, it would be very easy to fall into qi deviation.
Cultivators had to constantly temper their state of mind, resisting the Moon Tribulation Heartfire's ignition of their seven emotions and six desires.
As long as they could endure it, their Divine Soul would be tempered and sublimated, allowing them to advance to the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage, at which point the cultivator's Divine Soul would become extremely tough and solidified.
Therefore, the special white flames on Ning Fa's Moon God Heart at this moment were actually this Moon Tribulation Heartfire.
Under its influence, Ning Fa's various negative emotions were extremely magnified after witnessing Zhu Lingyun's predicament, which caused him to nearly go into qi deviation.
But the problem was that this Moon Tribulation Heartfire should not have appeared so early, causing him to enter the Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage without any preparation.
This was because Ning Fa had previously known the dangers of this cultivation process and had been extremely cautious when practicing the Moon God Art.
In his predictions, Ning Fa should have had about five more years before entering this Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage.
But he never expected to enter it so soon, not even realizing it himself.
Therefore, Ning Fa felt no joy at entering this stage early. Instead, he was shocked and angered by this unexpected development.
Ning Fa stopped in his tracks, his expression grave as he pondered the reason.
Baili Ming understood the gravity of the situation and did not disturb him.
After a long while, Ning Fa let out a soft sigh.
His eyes flickered, and he had several guesses about this unexpected situation.
The first possibility was that he had killed too many people, and his body was filled with a heavy killing aura. Therefore, the impact of cultivating the Moon Soul Crystal Core stage on him was much greater than on ordinary cultivators.
Especially after returning to Cangyuan this time, experiencing great joy and sorrow multiple times, it had unknowingly greatly accelerated the cultivation speed of the Moon God Heart, leading him to enter the Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage ahead of schedule.
The second possibility was that the second stage of cultivating the Moon God Heart might have some hidden cultivation conditions, such as requiring the cooperation of some special rituals.
He had not performed them, so his cultivation had gone awry.
The third possibility was that he had encountered that Outer Realm Heavenly Demon several times, and such demonic beings were extremely skilled in peculiar secret techniques related to divine soul attacks.
Although he had driven the demon away before, it was hard to say whether the demon had secretly left behind some means.
The fourth possibility was that the hidden danger from his previous cultivation of the Primordial Soul Splitting Art had not been completely eliminated and still lingered, possibly acting as a catalyst for the Moon Tribulation Heartfire.
Ning Fa felt that the first possibility was the most likely and reasonable, but he still felt uneasy, believing it might not be that simple.
If it were the third or fourth possibility, it would be quite troublesome, because if even he couldn't discover it now, it undoubtedly meant it was beyond his current ability to resolve.
And as time passed, it could become a serious hidden danger.
Especially now that he had entered the Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage early, which was precisely a period of weakened divine soul, even if these two possibilities didn't act up, just amplifying the effects of Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions would be enough for him to suffer.
Thinking of this, Ning Fa couldn't help but get a headache.
At the same time, a sense of vexation lingered in his heart and grew stronger.
And on the Moon God Heart, a white flame also flickered and intensified slightly.
Ning Fa was startled, knowing he had been affected again.
He immediately took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the negative emotions in his heart, and his expression returned to calm.
Regardless, now that he had entered the Moon Tribulation Burning Emotions stage, he had to endure the burning of the Moon Tribulation Heartfire.
"Kid, are you alright now?" Seeing Ning Fa return to normal, Baili Ming finally asked with relief, his tone full of concern, as he had placed great hopes on Ning Fa.
"There are no major problems. It might be that the killing aura on my body is too heavy and has caused some impact." Ning Fa said dismissively.
"What you're saying is very possible. I really don't know how much killing you've done, kid, for your killing aura to be so heavy!
How about this, I happen to have collected some cultivation methods and secret techniques that can refine killing aura, including some superior Buddhist and Confucian cultivation methods. I'll pass them on to you and see if they help you."
Baili Ming said with great agreement, and then a jade slip flew out from his storage ring.
Ning Fa scanned it with his spiritual sense and was slightly surprised.
"Thank you, this should be of some help to me."
Then Ning Fa let out a soft sigh and continued to fly upwards.
The howling cold wind from outside the ice mountain reached him. Kong Li was waiting for him.
He looked at Ning Fa with some surprise because he had also sensed Ning Fa stopping in that passage for a full half an hour just now.
But now, seeing that Ning Fa's expression didn't seem to indicate any problems, he relaxed and didn't ask further questions.
"When do we take action?" Ning Fa asked directly.
"That long-distance transmission array directly leading to the rear of Tianli is not yet fully constructed. Because it was specially modified and arranged by the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion to conceal it from the surveillance of the Tianli Holy Temple, the difficulty of setting it up is very high. It will take at least another one or two years," Kong Li said solemnly.
Upon hearing this, Ning Fa showed a thoughtful expression, then slowly shook his head: "One or two years is too long. I'm afraid Lingyun won't be able to hold on until then."
Kong Li seemed to have understood Ning Fa's implication and immediately said, "Don't be impulsive. Not to mention that the front line is heavily guarded by barriers set up by the Tianli people. If you sneak in alone, you'll easily be discovered.
And even if you really enter the rear of Tianli, it will be almost impossible for you to penetrate deep into the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range.
Because the ancient and peculiar array set up by the Tianli people – the Five Elements Chaos Sealing Spirit Great Array – this is a genuine fifth-grade array."