Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

When the three-colored flame condensed into a single-colored flame, it suddenly began to slow down.

Moreover, the spiritual glow in the sky above the Red-haired Demon Monkey also seemed to start solidifying. This scene caused Lin Shiming's expression to change drastically.

It was clearly the trend of a breakthrough failure.

He had worried many times before about failing to break through to the Golden Core, but unexpectedly, the first to face failure was his spirit beast, the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

Upon reflection, he understood that compared to other spirit beasts, the Red-haired Demon Monkey's bloodline was still too inferior.

Even the Golden Winged Mantis possessed the bloodline of a twelve-winged mantis, and its native bloodline was not weak either.

To demonic beasts, bloodline was the most important.

In fact, even for cultivators, such disparities existed, though their differences lay in spirit roots.

Breaking through for cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots and Dual Spirit Roots had significant advantages.

Conversely, breaking through with Third Spirit Roots or Fourth Spirit Roots was much more challenging.

This time, the Red-haired Demon Monkey clearly exhibited signs of failure.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey roared unwillingly, its frustration evident. It even overexerted its potential, causing the fiery spirit patterns on its forehead to erupt from its body.

But it was of no use at all.

Its demonic essence couldn't condense to the necessary degree to form a Golden Core.

The fundamental difference between a Fourth-Rank Demon Core and a Golden Core was immense.

Its divine soul also couldn't enter into the Golden Core.

Its gaze turned toward Lin Shiming, filled with pleading—it didn't want to fail.

For it, its pride was immense. From the very beginning, it loved to compare itself to the Golden Winged Mantis and Wang Jiao.

Now, Wang Jiao and the Golden Wing were both becoming Demon Kings, yet it alone still couldn't break through.

Even the Star Spirit Clam, which arrived later, had surpassed it and successfully broken through to become a Demon King.

Such a blow to the Red-haired Demon Monkey was incomparably severe.

In the past fifty years, the Red-haired Demon Monkey had rarely shown itself on Shuangmu Island.

Previously, it would guard the Spirit Peach Tree and the coconuts on the island.

Its current mood could easily be imagined.

[Grant the Red-haired Demon Monkey two Crimson Flood Dragon Demon Cores, and it may rise from its failure, awakening a Dragon Ape Bloodline!]

At that moment, the system prompt rang out once more.

This scene caught Lin Shiming completely off guard.

He had Crimson Flood Dragon inner cores, but this time, it wasn't one core being requested—it was two.

The risk involved was not insignificant, but for Lin Shiming, the system prompts over the years had never been wrong.

This was now the critical moment.

Without hesitation, he took out two Fifth-Order Crimson Flood Dragon inner cores and tossed them toward the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

"Swallow them!" Lin Shiming commanded directly.

There could be no hesitation at this moment, so he employed the Soul Binding Forbidden technique.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey swallowed the two Demon Cores. Instantly, it let out a long roar—a roar that seemed to carry a different weight to it.

Its physical body began to crack.

Blood oozed out of its body surface—clearly, not even a Fourth-Rank peak Great Demon could withstand such terrifying power.

What's more, the Red-haired Demon Monkey had just failed its breakthrough, and its physical body was already in a compromised state.

Yet, from its bloodline, flames of power also surged forth, converging into a fiery cluster in mid-air, unexpectedly merging with the Red-haired Demon Monkey's Spiritual Fire.

Soon, both engulfed the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

The entire series of transformations happened so quickly that even other Lin Family cultivators couldn't react in time.

Nearby, Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyuan both expressed some regret.

After all, those were two Fifth-Order Flood Dragon inner cores.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey might fail its breakthrough, but it wouldn't die.

However, Lin Shiming knew that if the Red-haired Demon Monkey failed, its spirit and drive would likely be entirely depleted.

Though this wouldn't necessarily be a terrible outcome, for the current Lin Family, it was far from ideal.

The Lin Family now lacked Golden Core cultivators and Golden Core Demon Kings.

They lacked everything.

Only the Red-haired Demon Monkey's successful breakthrough aligned with the Lin Family's current interests.

Of course, Lin Shiming also held deep feelings for the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

Otherwise, he would never have dedicated so much effort to it.

After all, this spirit beast had followed him through life-and-death battles for over a hundred years.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey's breakthrough started showing signs of hope, while on the other side, Lin Shimo and the Golden Winged Mantis were progressing smoothly.

Lin Shimo's Dao Heart was remarkably steadfast. His challenges in the Cold Turtle Secret Realm, coupled with his reforging of the Five Heavenly Corpses, had solidified his confidence and Dao Heart to an unparalleled degree.

Now, no heart demon could shake him.

In fact, his breakthrough was progressing remarkably smoothly. His entire figure was radiating spiritual glow, while thunderclouds began brewing in the skies, clearly heralding his breakthrough.

Meanwhile, the Golden Winged Mantis had already entered its tribulation phase.

With four Frost Wings and eight Golden Wings, its speed was terrifyingly swift.

Its pair of massive, golden scythe-like limbs also wielded incomparably immense power.

Each strike carried an ineffable blade intent that stunned everyone.

For a demonic race to bear blade intent demonstrated how overwhelmingly powerful its bloodline was.

Its heavenly tribulation was a Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation, signifying that the Golden Winged Mantis would achieve a superior-grade Golden Core—a truly fantastic development for the Lin Family.

And shortly after the Golden Winged Mantis passed through its tribulation and entered the Thunder Tribulation Pool, Lin Shimo descended onto the island, beginning his own tribulation using the Nine Tribulations Thunder Tower Formation.

Although such a thunder formation couldn't compare to the original tribulation stages, it was more than sufficient for Lin Shimo.

He also had five Heavenly Corpses, which required tempering by heavenly thunder.

Simultaneously, they could help him share the burden of the heavenly thunder.

This was Lin Shimo's unique advantage.

As the five Heavenly Corpses surged forth, they unexpectedly formed a subtle synergy with the Nine Tribulations Thunder Tower Formation, transforming the original nine-layer formation into what seemed like a ten-layer formation.

With the first strike of thunder descending, the situation took an unforeseen turn—the force engulfing Lin Shimo's head imbued him in a crimson glow.

That crimson glow wasn't ordinary—it was Xue Sha energy, which typically remained dormant but was now seemingly triggered during his tribulation, entangling Lin Shimo's body and continuously surging forth.