666 The Emerge of a Mysterious Figure (1/2)
”Boom, boom, boom—!”
Jets of golden thunderbolts pierced the hollow like sharp swords. The poor galaxy was already in a dilapidated state, with the exception of the vast planet on which Zhou Bao had chosen to undergo his Thunder Tribulation.
Three bolts of the Eight Trigrams Golden Thunder shot down in succession, but they were all dissolved and absorbed by the Yin and Yang Dust Formation.
From the viewpoint of Wang She's lot who were standing outside the tribulation, it seemed quite severe; however everything was actually going on well inside the Yin and Yang Dust Formation. After it was turned on, the Yin and Yang Dust Formation diluted the energy of the Eight Trigrams Golden Thunder into numerous fine strands and made them disappear by absorbing them. Everything was going on in an orderly way, and the tribulation had not caused any damage to the Yin and Yang Dust Formation.
”The Yin and Yang Dust Formation really lives up to its reputation! It's not specifically designed for defense, but its defensive power is much stronger than all formations I know!” Zhou Bao was sitting cross-legged at the location of the Formation Eye and brooding. In front of him, a sanguine ball, which was a Fiery Eye, was floating in the air. This Fiery Eye had been refined by him into a formation hub that could control the whole Yin and Yang Dust Formation.
By virtue of this Fiery Eye, he could manipulate all parts of the Yin and Yang Dust Formation to disintegrate the power of thunderbolts while absorbing the abundant Original Essential Qi.
Above his head suspended the Black Pearl which was now only about one foot long. It was surging in the air, with intensified and thin streaks of golden thunderbolts curling around it, emitting streams of a wonderful essence.
”Bang!”
When the ninth shot of the Eight Trigrams Golden Thunder landed, Zhou Bao felt the entire Yin and Yang Dust Formation brimming over with the power of thunderbolts. Since the Original Essential Qi had already filled up every part of the Yin and Yang Dust Formation, Zhou Bao was now immersed in the sea of the Original Essential Qi. This, mingled with the streaks of power from the thunderbolts was essentially the spirit of the Eight Trigrams Golden Thunder. Compared to the thunderbolts descending from the sky, the present thunderbolts in the Original Essential Qi were much milder, and they seeped gradually into Zhou Bao's body.
”Sizzling, sizzling, sizzling!” Zhou Bao felt so comfortable that he even closed his eyes to enjoy the sensation. The streaks of thunderbolt power were finer than hairs and softer than silk and they filled every inch of his body, right down to his pores. Even his blood and bone marrow were awash with the golden thunderbolts. As he was being purified by these thunderbolts, he sensed his body growing stronger at an incredible speed.
Of course, in comparison, the biggest change was to his spirit!
When exiting the Three Small Realms and obtaining the Individual Immortal Karma Rank, Zhou Bao had already successfully refined the Spirit Sea of Consciousness. In contrast with the Spirit Sea of Consciousness of an ordinary man, Zhou Bao's Spirit Sea of Consciousness was wider and contained more ferocious spirits. When he refined the Real Body of Demonic Ape Zhuyan, a place similar to a continent emerged in this fierce Sea of Consciousness, which was exactly where the Real Body of Zhuyan existed. Furthermore, after absorbing sufficient Icy Divine Light, this continent became an icy-cold land and the power of the Real Body of Zhuyan increased in strength. Doing his penance in the Sea of Divine Power for 300 years, Zhou Bao had finally ingested the Icy Divine Light absorbed in this Sea Area so that his Icy Divine Light had combined perfectly with the Mysterious Divine Light. As his Eight Nine Mysterious Skill kept improving, the area of this continent increased in size as well. However, over this continent stood a weird vortex. On the surface, the vortex looked quite similar with the soul vortex Zhou Bao used to cast out. But in comparison with the soul vortex, it was more profound, more austere and it was infused with a highly mysterious spirit.
That was the power of the Heavenly Magic Eye!
Heavenly Magic Eye!
Zhou Bao obtained this fairy weapon made by Fiery Eyes after he defeated and killed Yu Taixu. Then, he spent 300 years to successfully infuse it into his External Elixir between his eyebrows; thereby it became another hidden ace card for Zhou Bao.
The Heavenly Magic Eye had not been used to its full potential in the hands of Yu Taixu. One reason was that his opponent Zhou Bao was too powerful and whose strength was way beyond his estimation. The other was that Yu Taixu had not thoroughly figured out how to use it after this fairy weapon was refined. After all, he was not a man who possessed the Fiery Eyes bloodline, so his power and the power of this weapon did not blend together very well.
But Zhou Bao was different from him—Zhou Bao actually had Fiery Eyes and was an heir of the Fiery Eyes fire vein. Thus, after he infused the Heavenly Magic Eye into himself, he was like a tiger with wings and he soon mastered the usage of this fairy weapon. Therefore, such a vortex was reflected in his Sea of Consciousness.
That was the original state of Zhou Bao's Sea of Consciousness. As the Thunder Tribulation went on, his spirit started its purification process.
Technically, the Genuine Immortal Thunder Tribulation should be called the Ghost Immortal Thunder Tribulation, for its greatest use was not to purify one's body but to purify his spirit and turn it into an Original Spirit, which was the main reason for becoming a Ghost Immortal.
The Real Body, to be honest, was just an illusion condensed by willpower, Dharma power, and bloodline. Although it could exude great power, it was not substantial and was not truly permanent. Like the soul of a normal man, it would disperse after the man died. The small number of men who became ghosts were those who either had extremely firm willpower, were holding deep grudges or were clinging on to their unrealized dreams. But these ghosts were quite insubstantial as well. In cases of rain, thunder or lightning, these ghosts were easily destroyed and in strong gales, even easily blown away. Even if the weather was good, as time went by, they would still gradually disperse into nothing. Even though a Real Body was not much stronger than a ghost, the two were essentially the same.
However, the Original Spirit was not like that. After experiencing the purification of Thunder Tribulations, the Original Spirit would become substantial. Thus, even though one's body was destroyed, as long as his Original Spirit escaped, the man would not actually die, and even his cultivation would not decline. Once he found a suitable body, he could live a life full of vigor and vitality again. It was said that when a man reached the Genuine Immortal phase, he then became a true immortal, free of the restrictions of his body. Some Genuine Immortals would even stop practicing their bodies after going through Thunder Tribulations; instead, they would focus on practicing their Original Spirits. At last, their Original Spirits would become much stronger than their bodies, which would be useful in fighting or undergoing other Thunder Tribulations. There were indeed a few precedences of that kind.