Chunibyo in Cultivation World

【Host……】

At that moment, the System, which had wanted to remind Li Tianwei to be cautious, sensed Li Tianwei’s thoughts and found itself powerless to say anything more.

It could feel that its host was almost invincible—at least, at this stage, he had already become so.

Other factions or demonic entities could no longer send Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators or stronger to attack him.

【Damn it, a Stellar Golden Core—he said he’d form it, and he really did!】

After personally witnessing everything that had happened within the Forbidden Land of Taixu, the System felt as though it had been deceived by its own data.

Clearly, the scans had shown Li Tianwei to have a False Spiritual Root, without any special constitution, yet now, after all of his displays, those readings seemed filled with lies.

Li Tianwei’s situation could no longer be described simply as “genius.”

【Don’t tell me protagonists like this really exist!】

At this moment, as it looked again at Li Tianwei, the System couldn’t help but question this possibility.

If that were true, wouldn’t it mean that its own existence was fundamentally flawed—that it had appeared solely to deal with Li Tianwei?

【No, impossible. I still have the Main System. This can’t be real.】

The System was now frantically trying to correct itself.

Who could have imagined that a System—something that was supposed to make its host question whether he was being controlled by a higher force—would instead end up doubting its own reality because of Li Tianwei?

While the System was tangled in such existential confusion, Li Tianwei was facing the combined onslaught of the Ninth Heaven’s Imperial Tribulation and the attacks of two Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators.

At that instant, Li Tianwei moved.

The first thing he did was clasp his hands behind his back—just as he had always imagined the protagonist of a grand tale should do. Maintaining a heroic demeanor was, of course, of utmost importance.

Thus, with his hands behind his back and his posture exuding calm intimidation, he ensured that his image as a protagonist would not falter.

As for whether he could actually withstand the attacks, Li Tianwei hadn’t even considered that possibility. How could he not be able to?

“Come then! Fusion Golden Core—Hundred Intentions…”

Li Tianwei, hands clasped behind his back, advanced toward the barrage descending from midair.

The Fusion Golden Core appeared, expanding rapidly in an instant. Its immense mass drew in all things in the world around it.

At that moment, it truly felt as though Li Tianwei had pulled out an entire world from within himself.

Daoist Master Mingyin and Xu Yuqing stared at Li Tianwei’s revealed Golden Core—at the faint patterns and traces of Dao Intent upon it—and their faces were filled with disbelief.

“If I’m not mistaken… that’s Dao Intent, right?”

“Over a hundred kinds?!”

Xu Yuqing’s mouth hung open as he exchanged glances with Mingyin. Both spoke at the same time.

Such an absurd thing—over a hundred Dao Intents! Even in their wildest dreams as Heaven-Defying Geniuses, they wouldn’t have dared to imagine such a thing.

Yet now, it stood plainly before their eyes.

Mingyin, realizing that Xu Yuqing’s feeling was identical to his own, couldn’t help but nod lightly.

“No, we must strengthen the attack.”

The heavenly tribulation had now faded; they could strike without restraint.

The same thought arose in both their minds—since they had already thoroughly offended this monster named Li Tianwei, he had to die.

Without hesitation, the two ignited their divine souls. A terrifying manifestation appeared, stirring heaven and earth, intertwining with one another.

Their divine souls stirred—the manifestation of Spirit Transformation cultivators was on an entirely different level from that of Nascent Souls.

The Nascent Soul Manifestation was a mere projection—half-illusory, only an external form.

But the manifestation of a Spirit Transformation cultivator merged with the very laws of heaven and earth; their divine souls condensed, becoming a true embodiment with divinity and spirit. It was essentially another self—an existence with nearly equal power.

Having witnessed Li Tianwei’s bizarre circumstances, both realized the gravity of the situation and attacked simultaneously.

Rumble…

Thunder and flame filled the skies.

Their laws and manifestations emerged, like deities who reigned above all creation.

Rules, control, and the flow of all forces surged forth, crashing down upon Li Tianwei.

Celestial radiance descended, and combined with their immense manifestations, it blanketed the heavens and earth.

Li Tianwei, the target of their combined assault, merely marveled inwardly at the power of the tribulation before him.

The energy from the Fusion Golden Core continuously compressed everything within his body, concentrating and driving it forward.

“Come! Heaven-Ending Yin Fiend, Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity…”

Faced with such an onslaught, Li Tianwei did not hesitate to unleash his strongest techniques.

A sinister violet light flared in his eyes, while a Three-Leaf Fan rotated between his brows, descending with an aura of compassion for all beings.

The Sacred and the Demonic fused—blood and fiendish energy surged forth.

When Mingyin and Xu Yuqing saw this scene, their hearts thudded violently, an inexplicable discomfort rising within them. A wave of pure, cleansing power washed toward them.

“This guy—he’s only at the Golden Core stage! How can his methods be this terrifying?”

“Reveal your divine soul—disrupt him!”

Mingyin decided to manifest his divine soul and invade Li Tianwei’s sea of consciousness.

They acknowledged Li Tianwei’s immense talent and his combat strength far surpassing the Golden Core Realm. Yet, a Golden Core was still a Golden Core; Spirit Transformation laws and combat means belonged to another realm entirely.

If they couldn’t crush him with absolute power—then they would do it with their divine souls!

This was the method of Spirit Transformation cultivators: their souls could roam outside, their yang spirits could leave their bodies.

With their mastery of laws and overwhelming divine souls, if they couldn’t destroy him physically, they would enter his soul and shred it apart—causing his divine soul to be annihilated.

No matter how strong his combat power was, Li Tianwei was still merely a Golden Core cultivator—the gap in realms could not be bridged.

He simply could not comprehend the true might of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Thus, upon forming the plan, they acted immediately.

Their divine souls projected outward, heading straight for Li Tianwei’s glabella.

The towering manifestations in the sky shrank suddenly and shot toward Li Tianwei together.

Meanwhile, relying on his Fusion Golden Core and various techniques, Li Tianwei failed to notice this development.

He was fully focused on confronting this round of tribulation.

After all, this was his heavenly tribulation—one worthy of him!

Upon the Fusion Golden Core, gravitational distortion bound everything around.

It seemed that the Ninth Heaven’s Imperial Tribulation, as well as the combined attacks of Mingyin and Xu Yuqing, were being warped and suppressed upon contact with it.

At the same time, the purest power of the Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity manifested—the hundred Dao Intents shimmering at once.

For an instant, the forces of both sides were locked in perfect balance.

Meanwhile, Mingyin and Xu Yuqing’s divine souls entered Li Tianwei’s consciousness.

“Hahaha! Li Tianwei is still too young. Just a Golden Core, yet he made us look this pathetic.”

“Let’s start by destroying his soul!”

Using their Spirit Transformation techniques, they entered the depths of Li Tianwei’s consciousness—completely unaware of how foolish that action was.

At the same time, after receiving the Ninth Heaven’s Imperial Tribulation, Li Tianwei also sensed a disturbance within his mind.

Because of the tribulation’s interference, he did not know that two Spirit Transformation cultivators were secretly watching him from above.

Sensing these intrusions and the phantom voices within his mind, Li Tianwei’s thoughts went in a single direction—

“Could this be… the Heart Demon Tribulation?”

Feeling the voices within his consciousness, that was the first thought that came to him.