Chapter 54 (2/2)

Also, the Heavenly Dao scrutinized him, a ‘half-immortal’, exposing all his secrets.

The oppression he felt served as a warning and not as a way to investigate the matter.

It was the Violet Clouds Divine Lightning Alarm.

‘It is still okay. Might be because I was polite earlier.’

Li Changshou regulated his breathing and wore on his short-sleeved s.h.i.+rt and Dao robe, as he contemplated how he should thank Grandmaster Heavenly Dao.

An explosive rumble suddenly reverberated in the air, and the surrounding scenery changed!

Li Changshou cupped his fists together and did a Dao salute.

Then he shouted once more, “Dao Sect’s disciple wishes to inform the Heaven today!

“What happened with the Tribulation Transcendence is unintentional on my part! Those were just methods I used to avoid man-made incidents or disasters!

“The Dao base I possess currently is built on the Dao Sect manuals I obtained, based on the teachings of the Dao Sect’s founder, and through the hard work, I had put into cultivating!

“Please rain down another Lighting Tribulation, looking at how hard I had worked to attain my cultivation level!

“Also, please allow me to change the location to avoid any accidental death!”

The gray cloud above started to gradually expand. A strong gust of wind blew from all directions, and numerous gray clouds rose from the ocean surface within the radius of thousands of kilometers as they gathered above Li Changshou’s head.

Li Changshou seemed to immediately come to a realization, for he turned heads and dashed toward the ocean.

Previously, in order to prevent people from causing trouble before the Tribulation Transcendence occurred, he had especially sought out several potential locations and set up an array at the ocean bed used to speed up movement in the water.

No one would have predicted that he would head over to the second location, not because of people interrupting, but because he needed to transcend his second Heavenly Tribulation!

Two times of the Immortal Ascension Tribulation? Such a thing was unheard of…

Evidently, it was not too over-the-board for him to make so many precautions to face the Heavenly Tribulation!

This time, the Tribulation Cloud hovered over the ocean in a 1,000-kilometer radius. The thickness of the Tribulation Cloud was ten times more than before.

Li Changshou swiftly moved across the ocean surface, the huge Tribulation Cloud floating at the same speed above him towards the East.

Above the Tribulation Cloud, there was a majestic heaven palace with countless gray human figures loitered around it. In addition, a dignified emperor was seated inside the palace.

These human figures were made from the Tribulation Cloud, and they had indistinguishable facial features.

Underneath the heaven palace were two huge statues of a dragon waving its claws, and a phoenix with wings expanded. They seemed to be about to come to life in the next instant and fight each other.

Below the two statues was a war between a h.o.a.rd of ferocious beasts and a crowd of towering human figures, as though they were reenacting the Demon-Mage War.

Lastly, furthest below were a number of silvery-white lightning spots with a tinge of purple, scattered around the Tribulation Cloud, but were swiftly congealing. This was the formation of a 10-feet-diameter lightning pond!

The lightning inside this pond was like liquid, as the pond was slowly being filled.

The second location Li Changshou picked was 150 kilometers away. The arrays he had set up in advance helped Li Changshou to move swiftly over water.

In the very instant he arrived at the second island, a rumbling sound could be heard.

Without much care about anything else, Li Changshou grabbed hold of a sack and threw it hard. Six folded Faraday Cages were flung in all directions, for he did not have the time to open them…

Before the sack could fall onto the ground, Li Changshou was already clutching a carving knife in his left hand and a wooden sword in his right hand! Several talismans flew out of his sleeve opening!

Upon sensing something, Li Changshou stumbled when he lifted his head.

What was this?

The lightning pond in the sky tilted slightly, and a ‘lightning waterfall’ poured toward him…

Countless bolts of lightning lit up the sky in an instant!

Li Changshou waved his carving knife swiftly and carved several ancient characters in the air. The Dharma powers in his body were activated. His upper body started to emit seven-colored immortal light as he acc.u.mulated his immortal energy aura at the top of his body.

Boom!

Li Changshou was completely submerged in the lightning waterfall. The ancient characters were almost immediately crushed, and he was also pressed to the melted ground…

Some time later, the lightning waterfall dissipated. Li Changshou jumped out of the deep square pit, his Dao robe tattered and aura unstable. After bending his head, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Was this his real Heavenly Tribulation?

‘Strong… Strong enough.’

Li Changshou waved his carving knife and wrote a few ancient characters in the air. The content of these words was from the manual Cultivation Composition, which was written by the ancient human ancestors.

These words seemed to a.s.semble into some kind of array, lined up according to the original text before they gradually rose up to hover above Li Changshou’s head.

At the same time, a ball of True Samadhi Flame appeared beside him and engulfed his body.

Numerous nine-petaled lotus flowers, the size of a basin, slowly bloomed around him.

This was the strange phenomenon that appeared when he exerted his full strength to stimulate his Dharma powers!

‘Come, Heavenly Tribulation!’

Li Changshou looked up, his long hair and Dao robe fluttering in the wind. The lightning pond tilted once more, and another lightning waterfall fell!

This time, however, Li Changshou bent his knees and pushed himself into the sky. With bright eyes, he actively sought to welcome the lightning waterfall head-on!

‘Nine Lightnings Heavenly Tribulation! I have been waiting for you for a very long time.’

…

“Master, why are we stopping again?”

A white cloud had stopped above the South Ocean. A young girl being pulled along by an old Daoist priest asked the question.

The old Daoist priest stared at Li Changshou’s second location for Tribulation Transcendence and could not help but gasp.

“What… What kind of Heavenly Tribulation is this?

There is a heaven palace above, a dragon and a phoenix in the middle, and G.o.dfiends below. Can this be the Ninth Heaven G.o.dfiend Tribulation, which is ranked second place?”

Then, the old Daoist priest shook his head and sighed. “What’s up with the South Ocean today? Did these cultivation geniuses meet up to transcend their tribulations?

Unfortunately, another fella is about to die because of their Heavenly Tribulation.

Let’s go, let’s go. It’s useless to watch this anymore.”

The young girl asked softly, “Master, is that person unable to survive a Heavenly Tribulation like this?”

The old Daoist priest questioned, “Did you sense the surrounding spiritual energy surging toward the Tribulation Transcendence location when that Eight Lightnings Tribulation was happening?”

The young girl shook her head.

“Exactly. It is extremely difficult to survive the Eight Lightnings Tribulation, and the 32 Violent Tribulations are even more so the case. The cultivator we encountered just now had died, and yet, another one came.”

With a bitter smile, the old Daoist priest added, “Heaven will become jealous if one’s apt.i.tude is exceptional. There were too many experts in the Primordial Times. If the Heavenly Tribulation failed to suppress the cultivator, a Great Tribulation might arrive soon after.

“Let’s go. There is no need to watch people die.”

As soon as he said that, the white cloud continued on its trajectory toward the south. Nonetheless, the young girl took a few extra curious glances at the ocean thousands of miles away.

The extremely large Tribulation Cloud was almost covering the entire ocean.

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