Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

Fang Qingyuan hadn’t felt the touch of death deeply. Since beginning his journey of cultivation, he had always been one to plan meticulously before acting, and so he had encountered precious few dangers.

His only brush with death had been during his mortal life, when he had reincarnated with the Immortal Mansion. But he had not been a cultivator then, so he hadn’t been able to comprehend the true meaning of death. Now, however, even before the Celestial Tribulation Thunder Fire had descended, the thick stench of death choked Fang Qingyuan’s nose and throat, leaving him breathless.

The repeated failures made the Heaven and Earth Law Will in the sky understand: if it could not annihilate Fang Qingyuan in one fell swoop, sending down any more Thunder Fire would be useless. Thus, after a short period of brewing, the hundred-mile-wide thunderclouds above exerted their full force in unison, finally unleashing the final, ultimate strike of this Thunder Tribulation:

The Innate Primordial Thunder!

What was Innate Thunder? With a single thought, it could shake all of creation and bring forth life. With a single thought, it could shatter the heavens, sunder the earth, and annihilate Soul Spirits.

And what was Primordial Power? It dissolved yin and yang, dragging all external forces into the abyss of chaos.

Unblockable and inescapable. This was the predicament Fang Qingyuan faced.

As the thunder descended, its roar spread everywhere, reaching all corners. As the sound reverberated, bolts of lightning once again bombarded the void, throwing yin and yang into disarray.

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within a thirty-mile radius of Fang Qingyuan was "frozen solid." The entire region seemed to lose all vitality. Fang Qingyuan’s own thoughts froze along with it. Like being trapped in the dead of winter, his consciousness was sealed in ice, making it incredibly difficult and sluggish to operate.

At this moment, Fang Qingyuan’s Seven-Star Altar was already shattered. He had already used his ’Crossing the Sea’ Divine Technique and the Five Thunders Order. But even if he hadn’t, neither of those methods could have resisted this Innate Primordial Thunder!

This single strike was more than ten times as powerful as all the previous bolts of Thunder Fire combined. The Divine Techniques Fang Qingyuan had used before all had their limits. The power levels were now completely mismatched. To use them again would be as futile as a mantis trying to stop a chariot—an act of sheer folly.

This was arguably the most dangerous moment Fang Qingyuan had ever faced in his life. At this critical juncture, he had just enough mental clarity for a fleeting thought. ’If my pill treatise hadn’t been so profound and ambitious, would I have passed this Thunder Tribulation with ease?’

The thought rose and fell in an instant. In that brief moment, Fang Qingyuan looked up at the sky. His long black hair danced in the wind. As his eyes opened and closed, a divine aspect manifested.

With that thought, a long cry tore through the air. A great serpent and a colossal tortoise intertwined, revealing a majestic Dharma Aspect. It possessed the eyes of a tortoise and the eyes of a snake. Its tortoise body was like a mountain, while its serpentine form coiled and writhed. Within its combination of stillness and motion lay a profound mystery.

This was the Black Tortoise Star Aspect!

Within the Immortal Mansion, the Stars of the Four Domains and Central Celestial Region all blazed with light. Power from the other four star realms poured into the Xuanwu Star Realm. In an instant, the five aspects manifested, their energies linking together as they merged into a single entity.

Outside the Immortal Mansion, the Black Tortoise Star Aspect leaped forth from Fang Qingyuan’s body, enveloping him beneath its own form. A shadow like an abyss or the deep sea then surrounded the Star Aspect, radiating an incomparable pressure from its silent, mountain-like stillness.

Once formed, the Black Tortoise Star Aspect took its position upon the Magic Altar and naturally began to command the various Magical Artifacts there. Although the Magic Altar was shattered and the Command Banner was destroyed, the remaining Sacrificial Sword and Dharma Seal could still provide it with some assistance.

Spiritual Light flared from the remaining Magical Artifacts on the altar, instantly forming into a rippling wave. It twisted and warped, as if draping the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect in a suit of Spiritual Armor, creating a breathtaking sight.

This was Fang Qingyuan’s countermeasure against the tribulation’s thunder. After a hundred years of cultivating the *True Scripture of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form*, his Magical Power was already immense, and the Black Tortoise Aspect nurtured within it was second to none in defense.

Even so, the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect nurtured by the original *True Scripture of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form* would not have been able to withstand the Innate Primordial Thunder Fire. However, when the five Dharma Aspects ascended into the Star Realm and were refined into Star Constellation Star Aspects, their very nature was elevated by more than two full tiers.

Originally, the five Dharma Aspects were only at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment Perfect Realm. But after entering the sea of stars and absorbing Star Power, their cultivation level soared, now equivalent to the Mid-stage Golden Core.

Now that the five star aspects had merged into one and all their Constellation Power had been channeled into the Black Tortoise Star Aspect, it had reached the very edge of the Nascent Soul Realm.

But that still wasn’t enough. Facing such a calamity, Fang Qingyuan had to give it his absolute all.

In another fleeting thought, the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Lights Essence Qi from Fang Qingyuan’s own body began to empower the Black Tortoise Star Aspect.

Instantly, the Black Tortoise Star Aspect swelled in size, growing to a thousand feet in a flash. It stepped forth from the earth and proudly raised its head toward the heavens.

Inside the Black Tortoise Star Aspect, Fang Qingyuan flipped his hand. Two bottles of Elixir Pills instantly shattered, revealing twelve Spring and Autumn Pills. These were the Spring and Autumn Pills derived from the essence of the Spring and Autumn Cicada. Fang Qingyuan swallowed them all in a single gulp.

The moment the Spring and Autumn Pills entered his throat, they transformed into a divine nectar that surged throughout his body. A single Spring and Autumn Pill could allow a person to comprehend the meaning of thirty years of flowing time. They were originally meant for breaking through illusory realms, but Fang Qingyuan was now preparing to use their temporal essence to empower the Black Tortoise Star Aspect, bestowing upon it the weight of ages.

Twelve pills. The aura of three hundred and sixty years was infused into the body of the Black Tortoise Star Aspect. Instantly, the Spiritual Light around the thousand-foot-tall aspect receded inward. Light and dark switched places, forming an abyssal shadow that spread silently like the night, covering a hundred miles in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, the Innate Primordial Thunder struck.

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi collided in its most violent state. There was no distinction between clear and turbid, yin and yang, up and down. All boundaries were erased. An endless, desolate expanse remained, from which only a wanton, savage explosive force erupted with a deafening roar.