In the sect.

Qin Chuan was meditating on the platform in the training hall. He was focused on observing his clone in the cave abode.

Sinc Zhao Xuanxuan and Ma Qingxue had awakened their souls, he obtained the system reward. Consequently, he reached the tenth class of Foundation Establishment.

The next level after Foundation Establishment was Golden Core.

At this moment, his avatar was undergoing the Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation.

The Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation was many times more brutal than the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Tribulation. It was comparable to nuclear weapons—mismanagement would lead to death.

Qin Chuan had consulted the system.

If his avatar was killed by the Heavenly Tribulation, he himself would definitely have a certain chance of dying.

For safety reasons, Qin Chuan specially used 1,000 points to exchange for an item to resist the Heavenly Tribulation—Heavenly Tribulation Shield.

There were a total of 49 lightning tribulations in the Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation.

The first few lightning tribulations were not too bad, and his clone did not feel any pressure resisting them.

However, from the twentieth lightning tribulation, his clone was a bit troubled.

By the time he reached the final tenth lightning tribulation, his clone was already on the verge of collapsing.

At this time, the Heavenly Tribulation Shield was activated, turning into a huge umbrella-shaped shield, blocking the remaining lightning tribulations for the clone.

When all 49 bolts of lightning had descended, Qin Chuan finally heaved a sigh of relief.

After transcending the Heavenly Tribulation, he successfully reached the Golden Core realm.

At this moment, a hole appeared in the sky, and a golden beam of light descended, enveloping Qin Chuan.

Bathed in the golden light, Qin Chuan felt indescribably comfortable.

Gradually, he found that his dantian was warm. It was as if there was a ball of fire burning, but it didn't hurt at all.

"That's a Golden Core!!"

Inside his body, Qin Chuan had a golden bead the size of a soybean floating in his dantian.

Having read many cultivation novels, he immediately recognized it as a Golden Core.

The Golden Core was smaller than he had imagined, but it could not be underestimated.

This tiny Golden Core contained terrifying energy.

The power produced by its self-destruction was comparable to nuclear weapons. It was enough to destroy a small city like Beichuan instantly.

After examining his dantian, something new was also born in his brain—divine consciousness.

Qin Chuan had a certain level of understanding regarding divine consciousness.

Within the range of his divine consciousness, he could clearly observe everything. He could see every single movement clearly.

His divine consciousness could also communicate like a mobile phone to convey messages.

Other than that, one could also use their divine consciousness to injure others from afar or control them mentally.

In short, divine consciousness made everything much more convenient.

Qin Chuan was immersed in the joy of 'leveling up' when his pupils suddenly turned into Tai Chi symbols.

A face slowly appeared in his mind. It was Fan Si's.

Previously, Qin Chuan had used divination techniques to tamper with the destinies of Li Zhongyao and his family, causing them to suffer calamities.

This formed a karmic line.

If anyone touched this karma line, he would immediately sense it.

Fan Si checked the calamities that Li Zhongyao and others had suffered previously using physiognomy and had touched this line.

…

Li Mansion.

Underground Palace, in the room.

Fan Si sat on the floor, looking rather embarrassed.

He thought back to a time earlier he had constantly boasted that he would definitely be able to fix any problem.

But now, he really wanted to give himself a few tight slaps.

Fan Si would not take the risk when facing an opponent who was evenly matched.

But if he refused to help, it would spoil his reputation.

In the physiognomists' circle, reputation was extremely important, not to mention that he was a famous great physiognomist who was renowned overseas.

However, this was a special situation. If things went wrong, he might die.

Naturally, his life was more important than reputation.

Fan Si stopped thinking about it.

He planned to stay in the room for a long time. When he left, he would tell Li Zhongyun that he had encountered a very strong opponent. Although he had used many methods, he was still unable to break the curse on his juniors.

In that case, Li Zhongyun wouldn't say anything more.

Just as he was rejoicing over this plan of his, the dim room suddenly darkened. There was not the slightest trace of light.

Although Fan Si had no eyes, he could sense the changes in his surroundings.

At the first moment, he wondered if it was Li Zhongyun getting up to something.

The word "Li" was about to leave his mouth when he stopped abruptly.

That was because a pair of eyes had appeared above his head.

The pupil was the Tai Chi symbol, and all kinds of tadpole-like golden runes circled the pupil.

The moment the pair of strange eyes appeared, Fan Si felt as if he had been immobilized.

Apart from his thoughts and senses, all the other organs in his body seemed to be disconnected from him.

At this moment, he suddenly felt someone squeezing his heart.

Fan Si panted heavily as if he was struggling in the water.

His face turned increasingly purple, and his consciousness became increasingly blurry.

Before losing consciousness, he suspected that he had suffered a backlash from karma.

However, he had only checked on what happened to Li Zhongyun's juniors. The backlash was supposed to be very light, not as aggressive as it was now.

The moment his consciousness disappeared, Fan Si fell into endless darkness.

Suddenly, a light appeared in front of him.

Fan Si swam forward like a small fish struggling in the endless sea.

He knew that in the world of consciousness, as long as he saw light, there was hope of living.

As he swam, he could not help but notice that no matter how he moved forward, he did not seem to be getting closer to the light.

However, in order to survive, he could not give up. He swam with all his might and would not stop.

…

Outside the door.

Li Zhongyun had waited for almost two hours.

"It's been so long, why isn't there any movement inside?"

"Did Fan Si fail?"

"What should I do? Should I go in?"

Li Zhongyun raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door.

But in the end, he could not bring himself to do it.

"Should I wait and see?"

"I must trust Fan Si, it should be because my family has so many juniors that it's taking a lot of time to take care of the matter."

Li Zhong Yun convinced himself once again.

Soon, another hour passed.

But there was still no stir in the room.

Li Zhongyun could not wait any longer.

Before knocking on the door, he prepared an excuse for himself.

Regardless of whether Fan Si was still working or was already done, he could say that he had knocked out of worry for his safety.

Thus, he knocked on the door tentatively. "Mr. Fan, Mr. Fan?"

"Is it over?"

"Mr. Fan?"

Li Zhongyun's face darkened. "Why is there no response?"

In that case, I have to come in.

Li Zhongyun thought to himself. Then, he turned the doorknob and walked in.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Fan Si lying on the ground, motionless like a dead man.

Li Zhongyun was shocked.

"Mr. Fan!"

He rushed to Fan Si's side.

Li Zhongyun squatted down and pressed his fingers on the artery on Fan Si's neck.

He could feel pulsing.

Which meant he wasn't dead yet.

He patted Fan Si's cheek.

"Mr. Fan? Mr. Fan? Mr. Fan?"

"Fan Si! Fan Si…"

Li Zhongyun called out a few times, but Fan Si did not stir at all.

Li Zhongyun could not help but find it strange.

He checked Fan Si's pulse again.

His pulse was steady, nothing unusual.

This time, Li Zhongyun felt even more strange.

"What's going on?"

"Is it the Karma's backlash?"

Li Zhongyun did not know.

He was not a physiognomist, and his medical skills were very superficial, so he could not tell what was going on.

Li Zhongyun had no choice but to carry Fan Si outside and contact the best doctor in Gold Sea City.

After all, Fan Si was a guest, and he was also a great physiognomist. If anything were to happen to him, he would be in trouble.