Chapter 364 - 363: Yunqi Realm

Across the ruined plaza, the Elephant Demon King’s expression changed dramatically.

It recognized the Fortune Banner immediately, having encountered records of the artifact during its long years of cultivation.

The banner was a supreme orthodox treasure capable of amplifying the fortune of its bearer, and its effects became increasingly terrifying when wielded by someone who already possessed extraordinary natural luck. The demon’s mind raced as it considered the consequences of allowing Bai Qingyue to activate such an artifact.

If she succeeded, the fortune it had stolen might become insignificant compared with the power she could obtain.

"She cannot be allowed to awaken it!" the Elephant Demon King roared.

It released the black sphere containing the Golden Immortal Beast, allowing the spatial prison to fall toward the ruined ground, and immediately charged toward Bai Qingyue.

All ten arms rose simultaneously, each wielding a different weapon as the demon unleashed the full speed of its monstrous physique. It no longer cared about claiming Lin Yuan’s head for Lord Bai Sha. At that moment, its only concern was killing Bai Qingyue before she could activate the Fortune Banner.

"You will not touch her!" Lin Yuan shouted.

He stepped directly between his wife and the charging behemoth, his Dao Fruit rotating at its absolute maximum. Golden-purple thunder erupted around his body, and the Five Great Secret Realms within his True Elemental Body began circulating with terrifying intensity.

He immediately channeled the combined might of the Six Arms of Reincarnation through his physical foundation, preparing to meet the ten-armed demon in a direct confrontation.

The Elephant Demon King struck first.

Its ten weapons descended in a coordinated storm, targeting Lin Yuan from every direction while the strange silver arm attempted to interfere with the fortune surrounding his body.

The demon had abandoned all restraint, pouring its demonic energy into each strike with the intention of overwhelming Lin Yuan through sheer force. The plaza shook violently beneath the pressure, and the remaining jade tiles shattered as the two sides collided.

Lin Yuan met the attack head-on.

His palm struck the first weapon, sending a violent shockwave through the demon’s arm, while his other hand redirected a blade aimed at his throat. The Six Arms of Reincarnation allowed him to coordinate multiple offensive and defensive movements without losing control of his balance, and his True Elemental Body endured impacts that would have shattered an ordinary cultivator’s bones.

Even so, the Elephant Demon King’s strength was formidable, and the pressure generated by its ten arms forced Lin Yuan to remain completely focused.

The two figures moved across the ruined plaza in a series of explosive exchanges. Every collision released waves of destructive energy, sending broken pillars tumbling into the surrounding ruins and causing the already unstable ground to crack further.

The Elephant Demon King attempted to use its numerical advantage to overwhelm Lin Yuan, but his Dao Fruit continuously analyzed its movements, allowing him to recognize subtle changes in the demon’s attack patterns and avoid the most dangerous blows.

Behind Lin Yuan, Bai Qingyue closed her eyes.

She ignored the pain spreading through her body and focused entirely on the Fortune Banner held between her hands. Her natural fortune had always accompanied her, guiding her toward opportunities and protecting her through circumstances that would have destroyed an ordinary cultivator. Now, she deliberately gathered that fortune, allowing it to flow through her spiritual Qi and enter the ancient artifact.

At first, the response was faint.

A thin golden line appeared along the banner’s surface, illuminating several ancient runes that had remained dormant for countless years. Bai Qingyue continued channeling her fortune, and the line gradually spread until the entire standard began glowing with a warm, radiant light.

The surrounding spiritual Qi trembled in response, while the broken formations across the plaza flickered as though they had sensed the awakening of something far greater than themselves.

Then the Fortune Banner resonated.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The sound did not resemble an ordinary explosion. It was a profound cosmic resonance that spread through the Sacred Grounds, momentarily interrupting the violent fluctuations of the collapsing spatial framework.

Golden light erupted from the banner, forming enormous waves that swept across the ruined plaza and illuminated the surrounding mountains. For a brief instant, even the black fissures tearing through the sky seemed to pause, as though the ancient realm itself had been forced to acknowledge the power awakening within its boundaries.

The Fortune Banner had tapped directly into the deepest reserves of the Great Dao.

It acted as an amplifier, drawing upon Bai Qingyue’s extraordinary natural fortune and magnifying it far beyond its original limits. The artifact’s ancient runes illuminated one after another, forming intricate patterns that extended beyond the physical fabric of the banner.

Each rune seemed to represent a different aspect of fortune, and together they created a channel through which an immense quantity of Heaven and Earth luck descended upon its bearer.

The amount of fortune pouring into Bai Qingyue’s body was staggering.

It far exceeded the blessing she had received from Lin Yuan’s ascension, flooding her body with a concentration of Heaven and Earth luck that ordinary cultivators could scarcely imagine. Golden light enveloped her from head to toe, and the spiritual Qi circulating through her meridians rapidly stabilized.

The trembling of her Golden Core ceased, the pain in her chest disappeared, and the wounds that had stained her pale blue gown began closing as the artifact restored the balance of her cultivation.

Yet the transformation did not end there.

The Fortune Banner continued drawing upon its ancient power, pushing Bai Qingyue beyond the ordinary limits of her cultivation realm. Her Golden Core resonated with the surrounding laws, and the spiritual Qi within her body became denser, more stable, and vastly more potent. She could feel her understanding of fortune deepening as the artifact connected her to principles that had previously remained beyond her reach.

Bai Qingyue did not break through to the Late Stage of Core Formation.

Instead, the golden light crystallized around her body, lifting her gently into the air as an extraordinary transformation took place. The cultivation realm she occupied remained unchanged, yet the power she could wield underwent a dramatic increase.

The ancient texts described such a state only in obscure passages, treating it as a rare blessing that could appear when a cultivator’s fortune resonated perfectly with the laws of Heaven and Earth.

It was the Yunqi Realm, the Realm of Fortune!