Chapter 882 - Intense Atmosphere & The Axe of Fate (2/2)

Qi of Creation?

Zhou Bao was astonished and then slowly relaxed. He knew about the Qi of Creation, too. It was a pneuma which appeared after the ending of the Earthly Immortal Tribulation and was one of the oldest pneuma. The reason that the Earthly Immortals had their fame was that they were remolded after the Earthly Immortal Tribulation. Consequently, they had the ability to create things. They could evolve their micro worlds into big ones and became the masters to escape from the fetters of the Law of Heaven and Earth. Compared with the Immortals, they existed in an utterly different life form.

The quantity of the Qi of Creation depended on the level of the Earthly Immortal Tribulation. Some weaker Earthly Immortals only gained a small portion of it and would spend a long time improving their macro worlds. When their macro worlds reached a perfect state, they were then qualified to be Celestial Immortals. Some stronger Earthly Immortals had already had great accumulation before they met the Earthly Immortal Tribulation. Hence, they absorbed a lot of Qi of Creation and even completed their macro worlds instantly. They were already qualified to become an Earthly Immortal.

However, every Earthly Immortal found it very difficult to become a Celestial Immortal even if they owned a perfect macro world. There was a small possibility that only one in a million Earthly Immortals could succeed.

In fact, many mighty Earthly Immortals could trigger the Celestial Immortal Tribulation. But it was useless because one thunderbolt from the Celestial Immortal Tribulation could destroy the Earthly Immortal. The two tribulations were totally different things.

Many powerful practitioners stopped after they had achieved the Earthly Immortal status, for the Celestial Immortal Tribulation was too violent. Ordinary practitioners could not get over it. There were some famous great practitioners and Earthly Immortals who had lost their lives in the Celestial Immortal Tribulation. They had been struck to death by the first thunderbolt.

That explained why there were more Earthly Immortals but lesser Celestial Immortals. Among the Earthly Immortals in the whole Immortal Realm, there were only three well-known Celestial Immortals.

However, apart from those ancient Earthly Immortals in the legend, no one else had received so much Qi of Creation as Zhou Bao.

The Sages who were Celestial Immortals merely transformed their bodies and macro worlds with the Qi of Creation as they were obtaining the Earthly Immortal position. Nevertheless, the Primordial Sword Spirit had just shredded the hollow, which brought out the Qi of Creation and engulfed Zhou Bao.

He recovered when his body, his macro world and his two primordial spirits could not harbor any more Qi of Creation.

At the same time, he had a feeling that his spirit had also changed slightly in this Divine Tribulation.

Seeing the hollow gap closing, Zhou Bao raised his fist. With a woosh, the space around him ripped apart and his spirit was released. Everything within an area of a hundred miles could not hide from it. What was more, he could feel a heavy sense of failure in the surrounding essence of the world.

That spirit filled every single piece of pneuma and even integrated with the original source of the essence of the world. In other words, the Qi of Decay came from the essence of the world and was part of it. Besides, practitioners were affected by the decay of the whole world essence and then passed on such Qi of Decay. Under the constant external and internal attacks, even the Immortals could not bear it and they died in the end. Also, some Earthly Immortals could not resist it. Only some magic weapons of the Divine Sense with special functions, including the Seven Wonderful Techniques, Four Immortal-killing Swords, Crimson Thunder, were able to stand up to the Qi of Decay because of their strong powers. That was the reason why Zhou Bao and several people were called the Tribulation Takers of the Dharma Ending Tribulation. While other practitioners were caught in the Deva’s Five Decrepit Phenomena, they could plunder and engulf with the help of their Supreme Powers and fate. Thus, they made rapid progress.

“Earthly Immortal. Tribulation Taker—!” Zhou Bao gently closed his eyes. He could not absorb any more Qi of Creation, but his spirit and body continued gaining strength and was now entering a mystical realm. The red gourd suspended before he absorbed much more than he did. The gap was slowly closing. The red gourd produced an eccentric power field forming a circle around the gap. It gathered lots of Qi of Creation.

“Damned Ghost Child! Isn’t he afraid he will burst with all the Qi he is absorbing?” Zhou Bao was jealous. Suddenly, a light flashed.

“Who?” Zhou Bao had gone through the Earthly Immortal Tribulation and absorbed the Qi of Creation, which made his spirit as sensitive as that of an Earthly Immortal. When the person disappeared, the Seven Wonderful Techniques in his hand flew to the light.

“Dang!” A loud crack sounded. Its colorful brilliance faded. As the purple bamboo stick bumped against the dull light, a small section of the stick was cut off. Zhou Bao felt an overwhelming power coming at him. He was struck violently and stepped back.

“Be careful! It’s the Axe of Fate, the instantiation of the World Tree’s Thunder of Fate. He controls the Thunder of Fate!” Ghost Child’s voice sounded in Zhou Bao’s heart.