Chapter 849 - The Tribulation Takers (1/2)
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According to Qing Feng and Ming Yue, there were three major forces in the Immortal Realm: the Gale Sage in the Eye of Storm, the Nine-headed Fierce Beast Sage in the Chaotic Poisonous Sea and the Jade Emperor Sage in the Jade Emperor Palace.
They were the only three forces under the control of Sages in the Void Immortal Realm, so they were the three most powerful forces.
In addition to the three forces, there were many sects here. Although these sects were not as powerful as the three forces, they dominated specific areas.
The Immortal Realm was too big to be ruled by the three most powerful forces. In fact, these three forces’ territories were not large. The Gale Sage occupied only the Eye of Storm, the Nine-headed Fierce Beast Sage occupied the Chaotic Poisonous Sea, and the Jade Emperor Palace occupied a larger scope than theirs, but his territory was only as large as one Divine Region of the previous Seven-deity Regions in the Heaven Realm World.
It was not that they did not want to expand their forces. Even if the Gale Sage and the Nine-headed Fierce Beast Sage didn’t have the desire to extend, the Jade Emperor Sage, whose Way of the Emperor was already complete, certainly did.
But there was nothing they could do. The situation in the Immortal Realm was too complicated. There were many untouchable people here. And some of them were old Celestial Immortals who were practicing in seclusion instead of opening up Taoist rites in the Extraterritorial Area. If they offended a Celestial Immortal when expanding their forces, they would be in big trouble. The sects here were numerous, but most of them were local forces that were not particularly powerful.
The Sword School was one of the numerous local forces and was more powerful than other forces. This school had more than ten Emperors at the Earthly Immortal Realm. It was not as powerful as the three forces under the control of Celestial Immortals, but it was one of the strongest forces in its territory and was well known throughout the Immortal Realm.
Now, with the impending Dharma Ending Tribulation, the master of the Sword School and its Elders were getting nervous. They were Earthly Immortals who could only live as long as heaven and earth, and they would perish with heaven and earth, unless they were incredibly lucky.
Thus, they were planning ahead and trying to find opportunities to break through the status quo.
This was also the reason there were so many forces in the Immortal Realm. Earthly Immortals had always held themselves aloof from the world, but now faced with the Darma Ending Tribulation, they felt the crisis. They wanted to break through and find opportunity. So they did a lot of preparation. In fact, they didn’t really have big ambitions, they just wanted to go on living.
The Sword School had paid a heavy price. Before the passage to the Immortal Realm was opened, they had forcibly taken one of the Tribulation Takers from the Human World to the Immortal Realm, and worked hard to cultivate him with the intention of killing the other Tribulation Takers. This would monopolize their great fortune, and finally help them out of this and even future Dharma Ending Tribulations.
In fact, there was another school doing the same thing.
But the sect underestimated Zhou Bao’s strength. As a result, the sect had failed and was badly damaged by him as soon as the passage opened.
The Sword School disciples surrounding the cold-faced man were communicating through their divine thoughts. Their discussion could not be easily revealed, but he could tell what they were thinking from their expressions.
The scorn and gloating on their faces was undisguised.
“Humph, you damn men, do you think that the Tribulation Taker is easy to deal with? Even if I failed this time, I am one of the Tribulation Takers. I have the opportunity and good luck. Are you in a position to laugh at me?” He sneered in his heart as he cleared the last bit of poison from his body. “Zhou Bao is very hard to deal with. I didn’t expect him to be so formidable, and he has the Elixir Poison of the Nine-headed Fierce Beast. It seems that I underestimated him!”
He regretted attacking Zhou Bao so rashly. He had thought Zhou Bao was just a Tribulation Taker from a declining main world. Even if he had good luck, he would not be strong, at least not stronger than him. Unexpectedly, Zhou Bao was so strong that he had hurt him badly.
“Young master, Master just sent word for you to return now!”
“Now?!” The young master of the Sword School was startled. Since being brought here from the Void Universe, he had been identified to as the young master of Sword School. Although he knew it was because of his identity as a Tribulation Taker, after seeing its powerful strength, he was very loyal to the sect. And he never thought anything would happen to the sect.
But the appearance of the messenger clearly indicated that something had happened to the Sword School. He couldn’t help worrying.
The Sword School did have a huge problem, but for the time being it had nothing to do with Zhou Bao. Zhou Bao had been patiently waiting for several days in the Fifth Manor of Longevity Mountain. Finally, he got the information he wanted about the Tribulation Takers from the Void Universe.
Tribulation Takers were born as a result of a Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and blessed with incredibly good fortune. Now that they were in the tribulation, they couldn’t figure out that they were Tribulation Takers. But there had been all kinds of tribulations since the Primordial Origin, and the Tribulation Takers’ characteristics were basically the same. Once the tribulation was coming, they would soon be found out. This time was no exception.