Chapter 119: Chapter 119: An Extraordinary Heavenly Tribulation! (Added before sleep)
Lu Changsheng, situated at the center, swallowed a Seventh-Rank Entering Void Pill to enhance the probability of successfully undergoing Tribulation.
Seven Void Refinement Realm experts acted as protectors; Lu Changsheng needed only to concentrate on overcoming the Tribulation.
The Heavenly Tribulation from the Dao Palace Realm to the Void Refinement Realm had to be faced alone.
If others attempted to fend off the Heavenly Tribulation, it would only bring about an even more terrifying Tribulation.
Lu Changsheng opened the Purple Gold Bagua Gourd, and an extremely terrifying demonic force surged out.
Lu Changsheng summoned the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron, which emitted Immortal Qi. It absorbed the Eighth-Rank Elixir Pills, the Red Flood Dragon Gold Pill, refining the demonic force of the Red Flood Dragon Gold Pill.
The gold and red patterns on the Red Flood Dragon Gold Pill rapidly disintegrated, with the demonic force being refined by the Immortal Artifact into the essence of Spiritual Energy.
“Begin the Tribulation.”
Lu Changsheng, with the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron brimming with majestic Spiritual Energy and thoroughly prepared, formally commenced his assault on the Void Refinement Realm.
Lu Changsheng no longer suppressed his cultivation base, and his aura climbed rapidly.
Boom—rumble—rumble…
The sky filled with dense thunderclouds; lightning flashed, thunder roared, and silver serpents danced chaotically. The wind from the north howled across the land, breaking trees in its path.
Within a hundred miles, the sky and earth darkened, shrouded entirely by black clouds.
An endless mass of black clouds pressed towards the ground, like the will of heaven and earth descending.
This was the harbinger of the impending Heavenly Thunder of the Tribulation.
“Rise!”
Lu Changsheng summoned the True Martial Sword, and a ten-thousand zhang sword light shot up into the sky.
Oppressive, extremely oppressive.
Lu Changsheng felt the horrifying pressure brought by the will of heaven and earth, as if a city of black clouds was on the verge of collapse.
“It has begun.”
“Taiyuan, the Heavenly Tribulation drawn by your disciple is truly astonishing. My own Tribulation wasn’t even this eventful,” said an Elder.
“This disciple’s future is boundless.”
Several Supreme Elders concentrated fully, guarding against the Demon Sects’ interference during Lu Changsheng’s Tribulation.
The Heavenly Tribulation that Lu Changsheng had drawn left them astounded, their eyes reflecting the brilliant lightning.
Boom—rumble—rumble!!!
The first layer of the Heavenly Tribulation arrived, with countless thunderstorms descending from the Nine Heavens, like inverted waterfalls!
In an instant, the pitch-black sky was illuminated by numerous dazzling pillars of lightning!
“True Martial Nine Forms—Seventh Form!”
As the lightning pillars from the Nine Heavens gradually enlarged in his pupils, Lu Changsheng executed a Heaven Rank swordsmanship, confronting the Heavenly Tribulation!
In the first layer of the Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Changsheng exerted his full strength.
When crossing the Tribulation with an Innate Taoist Body, the resulting Heavenly Tribulation was terrifyingly severe. A moment of laxity on Lu Changsheng’s part would see him reduced to ashes.
“Slash!”
Sword Qi crisscrossed; Lu Changsheng struggled desperately amidst the Tribulation, with its thunder affecting the surrounding land, laying waste to a ten-mile area!
Amid the continuous cacophony of thunderstorms, the first layer of Heavenly Tribulation lasted for half an hour before finally coming to an end.
Lu Changsheng was drenched in sweat, having expended a substantial amount of True Qi. He quickly absorbed the essence of Spiritual Energy from the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron, replenishing his depleted True Qi.
Boom—rumble—rumble!!!
After Lu Changsheng had somewhat recovered, the second layer of the Heavenly Tribulation arrived as scheduled!
The power of the second layer of the Heavenly Tribulation was indeed greater than that of the first!
Formidable!
Lu Changsheng realized that his Innate Taoist Body seemed somewhat against the heavens, for the second layer of the Heavenly Tribulation it triggered was even stronger!
Thunderstorms roared, silver serpents chaotically danced, the earth quaked, and the second layer of Heavenly Tribulation endured for a full hour.
The Supreme Elders serving as protectors exchanged glances. Just how heaven-defying was Lu Changsheng’s talent for the second layer of the Heavenly Tribulation to be this terrifying?
“Lu, the second layer of your disciple’s Heavenly Tribulation is equivalent to the combined power of the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation I faced during mine,” remarked one of the Supreme Elders.
Li Changye was completely dumbstruck.
When he had faced the Tribulation in the Immortal Ruins, the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation had lasted for an hour in total, but now, Lu Changsheng was only experiencing the second level of the Heavenly Tribulation, and it had already lasted for an hour.
“Huff, huff, huff…”
After the second level of the Heavenly Tribulation ended, a gigantic pit dozens of meters deep appeared on the ground, and all the stones within the range of the thunder had turned to dust; Lu Changsheng stood in the middle of the pit, gasping for air, looking exhausted.
Didn’t my master and senior brother say that my Tribulation was almost certain to pass, fairly easily?
How could the second level of the Heavenly Tribulation be so terrifying?
Keep in mind, there’s still a more powerful third level of the Heavenly Tribulation to come.
Taking advantage of the gap between the second and third levels of the Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Changsheng absorbed all the remaining spiritual energy inside the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron like a whale devouring water.
Then, Lu Changsheng summoned the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron, an inferior Immortal Artifact.
The might of the third level of the Heavenly Tribulation was no less formidable than the second; using the True Martial Sword would definitely not be enough to withstand it, and at this moment, he had no choice but to use the Immortal Artifact!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
The final level of the Heavenly Tribulation descended as if it was the apocalypse; the area around Lu Changsheng had turned into a Thunder Pond!
The relentless thunderbolts fell from the Nine Heavens, seemingly determined to obliterate Lu Changsheng completely.
The terrifying sound of the storm echoed in the deserted area, striking fear into hearts.
“Inconceivable, truly inconceivable.”
Taiyuan and several Supreme Elders were utterly intimidated by the third level of the Heavenly Tribulation; it didn’t at all resemble a Dao Palace realm Tribulation for breaking into the Void Refinement Realm.
Taiyuan was already worried for his junior disciple.
Taiyuan and Li Changye, relying on their experience, had previously believed that Lu Changsheng would surely pass the Tribulation without a hitch.
However, the Heavenly Tribulation triggered by Lu Changsheng’s Innate Taoist Body was far beyond expectation.
Taiyuan and the others didn’t dare to make a move.
If they intervened in the Tribulation, with their level of cultivation, they would only attract a more terrifying fourth or even a fifth level of the Heavenly Tribulation.
The third level of the Heavenly Tribulation lasted a full two hours!
The horrific thunderstorm dissipated, the dark clouds vanished, leaving a devastated landscape and a bottomless pit.
Seven Void Refinement Realm experts from Mount Shu quickly approached the edge of the pit to check on Lu Changsheng’s condition.
There was no one in the pit.
“Could it be that the Tribulation failed and he’s turned to ashes?”
“With the degree of the Tribulation just now, even someone in the early stages of the Void Refinement Realm might not have been able to withstand it. It’s hard to say.”
“Wait, I can sense Junior Brother Lu’s presence!”
“He’s still alive!”
The crowd then saw a man with a dirt-covered face crawling out of the mud at the bottom of the pit, lying on the ground in a spread-eagled position.
Lu Changsheng looked up at the azure sky, gasping for breath, showing the joy of having survived the ordeal.
Being alive felt so good.
The Tribulation caused by his breakthrough from the Dao Palace realm to the Void Refinement Realm had nearly claimed his life.
If not for possessing an inferior Immortal Artifact, if not for practicing the Nine Dragons Refinement Technique, if not for having stayed on the ninth level of the Dao Palace realm for five years to solidify his foundation, if not for having both the Qilin Cloud Pattern Daoist Robe and Heavenly Silkworm Soft Armor, innate defensive treasures, if not for having the eighth-rank Elixir Pills, the Red Flood Dragon Gold Pill…
Without any one of these conditions, Lu Changsheng might have perished in the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation.
After passing through the Tribulation, a revolutionary transformation occurred within Lu Changsheng; outside of the Dao Palace, a vast expanse of emptiness and chaos was created, marking his official entry into the Void Refinement Realm.
The Innate Taoist Body began absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy of nature automatically to replenish the depleted True Qi.
He had finally entered the Void Refinement Realm.
“His body is frantically absorbing nature’s spiritual energy, repairing the meridians damaged during the Tribulation. Indeed, he’s no ordinary being.”
“This young man may very well be the prophesied survivor of Tribulation mentioned by the Ancestral Master.”
Several Supreme Elders from Mount Shu saw that Lu Changsheng recovered his complexion quickly and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Then they couldn’t help but anticipate that a person who had brought about such a formidable Tribulation might be invincible within the same realm in the Void Refinement Realm.