Longzang

Chapter 1205 Crimson Sky
Although Wei Yuan had experienced tribulations as easily as eating and drinking, this current tribulation still baffled him, leaving him bewildered as to its cause. It seemed more like the Heavenly Dao had been unwell and in a bad mood these past few days, deliberately picking on him.

However, Wei Yuan was not particularly afraid of heavenly tribulations to begin with. Now that he was hiding in the Refining World Array and had the Lu Clan Ancestral Mountain as his foundation, he had no reason to worry at all.

The ancestral mountain of the immortal race was originally the most powerful treasure used to resist the tribulation of ascending to immortality. Even the mortals living in the surrounding cities are part of the fight against the heavenly tribulation.

The tribulation clouds in the sky gradually turned bright red, now clearly resembling fish scales, as if the entire sky were the body of some colossal beast. Each scale was burning, and suddenly, like dripping water, a large ball of heavenly fire fell!

In the blink of an eye, streaks of fire fell like crimson clouds, turning the entire world golden and red. Where the wind passed, the raging flames swirled like manjusaka flowers. Spiritual beasts darted through the forest, their tails trailing sparks; crows perched on branches were startled, their wings stained crimson; the river flowed red, blurring the distinction between water and sky; crimson clouds collapsed, and the sky cracked as if on fire.

As soon as the Heavenly Tribulation began, Wei Yuan knew that its target was not his worship of the Creator Immortal, as he had originally thought, but rather the Book of Destiny, which was not yet fully completed.

Wei Yuan's initial intention in re-establishing the destiny was simply to make things convenient for himself and, incidentally, leave behind a clear and easy-to-understand path for future generations. Otherwise, who could understand what the patriarch had written? Even the Three Immortals were only nominal disciples back then, not worthy of the patriarch's approval.

The arrival of the heavenly tribulation immediately made Wei Yuan realize that what he had written was probably extraordinary, even attracting the heavenly tribulation. This greatly invigorated him, and he prepared to choose a good title for his book.

Wei Yuan's tribulations have always been unconventional, and this time was no exception. Originally, the tribulations triggered by writing books were nothing more than ordinary lightning and fire tribulations, with limited power and simple form.

Although this was a fire calamity, it was no ordinary one. Pieces of fire fell like a celestial waterfall, nothing could extinguish it, nothing could escape its flames; anything that touched it would be burned to ashes.

What fell from the sky was not only the Liusu Heavenly Profound True Fire, which was even more powerful than ordinary calamity fire, but its range was also extremely wide, thousands or even tens of thousands of times larger than a normal heavenly calamity.

This fiery expanse covered an extremely wide area, spanning thousands of miles. Some ordinary people working outside the city and in the mountains saw the world bathed in a bright red glow. Before they could even kowtow in worship, a cloud of red mist suddenly descended, instantly turning them into white charcoal. Then, a gust of scorching wind blew them away, and in the blink of an eye, they vanished into nothingness.

The forests on the mountain didn't just burn; they exploded into raging flames, and even the ordinary fire was reduced to ashes. The birds and beasts in the forest were not spared; they didn't even have time to cry out before turning to white ash in the flames.

Immediately afterwards, the rocks and soil began to glow red, and the insects and beasts in the soil, not understanding what was happening, were already being refined.

With the terrifying power of this nearly ten-thousand-mile-long tribulation cloud, if the Lü clan's ancestral mountain were just an ordinary peak, even a towering peak of ten thousand feet would be melted into flat ground.

In the blink of an eye, the entire ancestral mountain of the Lü family was ablaze, gradually turning red, and the rocks on the surface of the mountain became shiny and soft.

But this tribulation was different from the past. The heavenly tribulation came suddenly, and there was no time to bring the scattered mortals and cultivators into the city. In an instant, countless vengeful spirits rose up on the entire ancestral mountain, and were then burned to nothingness by the heavenly fire.

Vengeful spirits are inherently afraid of fire, and when they encounter heavenly fire, they melt before they even come into contact with it.

At this moment, Wei Yuan's divine sense not only covered the Refining World Array for hundreds of miles, but also had the power to look within a range of a thousand miles. Wherever his gaze fell, he immediately saw countless faint black floating wisps of energy and a lot of purplish-black resentment, but they couldn't even struggle in the sea of ​​fire, exploding into small sparks and disappearing in an instant.

Upon seeing this scene, Wei Yuan's smile vanished. Within his sight, over ten thousand mortals and several hundred cultivators had already turned to ashes.

In particular, there are many template foundations active around Zushan. They were assigned tasks such as exploring the earth veins and reconstructing maps. These are usually meticulous but very safe tasks. Unexpectedly, disaster struck today, and teams of them perished.

Wei Yuan once again felt the malice of Heaven. If I can't do anything to you, can't I do anything to the people around you? Can't I even deal with the template?
At this moment, within a hundred miles of the center of the Lü family's ancestral mountain, the forests and vegetation had been burned to ashes by the heavenly fire. Only many palaces, equipped with their own defensive formations, were still struggling to hold on. However, within this area, the World-Refining Formation was there to resist and suppress the fire, so the power of the heavenly fire was greatly reduced, unable to melt the soil and rocks, only scorching them.

Several surrounding major cities also activated their defensive formations, struggling to hold on. Fortunately, these formations were originally connected to the ancestral mountain, and in the years since Qingming took over, he had naturally modified the formations, replacing the expensive spiritual materials at their core with a core power station. Furthermore, each formation had a backup power station.

At this time, there were numerous template foundations in the city, all power stations were activated simultaneously, and many temporary power supply arrays were added, which greatly increased the power of the city's protective array and barely withstood the heavenly fire.

Wei Yuan, positioned at the core of the formation, issued his command with a thought. Countless template Dao foundations rushed out of their dwellings, entered the formation, and returned to their designated positions. The extras waited outside the formation, ready for any eventuality.

Wei Yuan waited patiently until all the cultivators were in place before letting out a hum and appearing atop the ancestral mountain, gazing at the tribulation clouds in the sky.

This time, the sky was filled with fish-scale-shaped tribulation clouds, without any tribulation eye or heavenly eye. Wei Yuan's expression darkened further; not being able to retaliate against the heavenly eye always dampened his spirits.

He stopped waiting. With a thought, his power began to decline rapidly. All the cultivators in the formation also showed signs of strain, but they all gritted their teeth and persevered.

A strange buzzing sound began to emanate from the ancestral mountain of the Lü family, rising from the depths of the ground and then echoing through the mountain peaks and valleys.

Suddenly, the summit of the main peak bulged up, as if some huge creature was trying to emerge from the ground. Then, with a terrifying hum, countless pieces of earth and rocks shot up hundreds of feet into the air. After that, a beam of light more than ten feet thick surged up from the ground, shooting straight into the sky and slamming into the tribulation clouds!

This beam of light pierced through the tribulation clouds, continuously rising higher. However, the tribulation clouds were not merely a thin layer; even the light of the array's killing and refining power, which pierced through thousands of feet in one breath, failed to penetrate them.

At this moment, the benefits of Wei Yuan controlling the great formation became apparent. With another thought, he slightly adjusted the operation of the Refining World Great Formation, which had been imbued with the power of the Pure Land Grotto-Heaven by Wei Yuan.

A touch of gold suddenly appeared on the originally pure white pillar of killing light, instantly doubling the speed at which the tribulation clouds dissipated! The tribulation clouds themselves were consumed much more rapidly, showing clear changes. Large swathes of the tribulation clouds in the center were eroded and dissolved, while the surrounding clouds continuously converged to fill the gaps. Seeing the speed at which the light of world-refining killing dissipated the tribulation clouds, Wei Yuan was very satisfied, a smile just beginning to appear on his lips, when suddenly it froze. Within the pillar of killing light, five monks were clearly visible; some were chanting scriptures, some were working, and some were traveling, each with a different expression.

Wei Yuan cursed inwardly, but didn't name Wang Fo. He wasn't sure if cursing Wang Fo meant he was cursing him. Cursing him wasn't a big deal, but he didn't want to lose the wisp of his newly acquired fortune.

At this moment, the light of the Refining World Killing Source was inexhaustible, clearly shaking the Heavenly Tribulation. But Wei Yuan still did not give up. The peaks of the ancestral mountain shone brightly, and the Four Symbols Timing Arrays were fully activated.

With a thought, Wei Yuan sent forth streaks of white light that rose from the formation, transforming into a Xuanwu several hundred feet tall, which roared as it charged into the tribulation clouds!

Xuanwu ascended into the clouds, forcefully raised its head, and slammed it down, instantly unleashing a circle of mysterious light that shattered the tribulation clouds within a radius of several miles! Although the tribulation clouds quickly reassembled, the tremors were already clearly visible.

Located in the north, where ice and snow cover the land, Wei Yuan chose the Northern Black Tortoise as the main offensive weapon of the Four Symbols Formation. Although the True Fire Heavenly Tribulation used ten thousand miles of tribulation clouds to isolate the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, the formation, drawing upon the power of the earth's veins, still made the Northern Black Tortoise significantly more powerful than the other three divine beasts.

As the first Xuanwu conjured by the formation crashed into the tribulation clouds, one Xuanwu after another rose into the sky, and the world seemed to have become a place where divine beasts roamed!
The sheer number of formations and the ferocity of their bombardment silenced countless wills throughout the celestial realm and the void.

A single Four Symbols Timing Array has 3,600 Dao Foundation cultivators, and Wei Yuan set up 72 arrays in one go! Every moment, dozens of Xuanwu roared and charged into the tribulation clouds, blasting away the tribulation clouds for several miles or even more than ten miles in one breath!

In addition, the killing energy of the Refining World Array continued to flow, causing the entire tribulation cloud to churn violently. It could no longer maintain its neat fish-scale shape, and the descending heavenly fire was scattered in patches of varying thickness.

This continued for the entire duration of an incense stick's burning, during which the seventy-two Four Symbols Time Selection Arrays unleashed nearly a thousand Black Tortoises, blasting the tribulation clouds in the sky into countless holes.

Above the sky, several consciousnesses were subtly exchanging information.

"Why is he doing this? Heavenly tribulations are predetermined; once you overcome them, they're over. To fight against the heavens is utterly unwise."

"Perhaps it's to save some mortals."

"Heh, this amount of consumption is enough to feed millions of ordinary people. It's simply not worth it."

"He achieved early success and has always been arrogant. Now he's reached the age where he dares to challenge the heavens and the earth, haha!"

Just then, countless venomous snakes suddenly appeared in the void, crawling all over the place, creating an indescribable terror!
Then a beautiful hand reached out from the void, with a bracelet on its wrist, engraved with snake patterns. The strange sight of ten thousand snakes crawling just now was caused by this snake god bracelet.

The consciousness that had been communicating just moments before vanished instantly, disappearing without a trace.

Zhu Yan strode out with a swagger, circled around in the void, and sneered, "Two ignorant fools! Just because you're weak doesn't mean others are weak. My Taichu Palace has its reasons for resisting the Heavenly Tribulation! It's just a mere Heavenly Tribulation; we can shatter it as we please!"

At this moment, a voice drifted from all directions: "Bah! You can even shatter a heavenly tribulation? Did your Taichu Palace create this world? Putting aside your boasting, your Taichu Palace acts so domineeringly, you really shouldn't have had three immortals!"

Zhu Yan's expression turned cold, and she said, "So what if I shouldn't? I've only just ascended to immortality. If you can't stand it, come and kill me!"

The immortal snorted, clearly angry, but disdaining to engage in a verbal dispute with Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan's cunning was now common knowledge throughout the land. For example, several years ago, a hot-tempered Liao clan immortal, unable to withstand provocation, attacked in anger, only to find that the one walking in the void was actually an avatar, while the real Zhu Yan remained hidden to the side.

The Liao clan immortal killed Zhu Yan's avatar with a single blow, but he himself also took a solid hit from a celestial treasure, damaging even his immortal roots. It would take several hundred years for him to recover from this injury.

Only after that did everyone discover that Zhu Yan also possessed the divine power of incarnation. The incarnations created by this divine power were extremely exquisite, making it impossible to distinguish between the original body and the incarnation. Learning from the example of the Liao clan immortals, no one was willing to attack Zhu Yan, who swaggered around in the Immortal Heaven. Even if they succeeded, they would only be able to kill an incarnation, and most immortals could not withstand the self-destruction of an immortal treasure.

While the celestial beings were still arguing, the tribulations in the mortal realm had already revealed the outcome.

Under the full force of dozens of Four Symbols Time Selection Arrays and the erosion of the Refining World Killing Light, the tribulation clouds finally could not hold on and burst apart with a bang, turning into a vast expanse of red clouds and a crimson sky!

The immortal and Zhu Yan, who had been arguing, both fell silent. One had only been boasting, but it had unexpectedly come true. The other had thought the other was just boasting, but it turned out not to be.

Looking at the still-burning flames in the lower realm and the gradually dissipating fish-scale tribulation clouds, both the immortal and Zhu Yan felt a sense of desolation, finding it all rather pointless, and dispersed.

Gazing at the scattered clouds of calamity in the sky, Wei Yuan felt all the resentment that had been building up in his chest for years vanish. He laughed three times, his voice echoing for miles: "You damned heavens! You've finally met your match?"

After a while, the Dao Foundation cultivators in the great formations below learned from the Dharma Aspect cultivators in charge of the Four Symbols that the Heavenly Tribulation had indeed been dispersed!
In an instant, cheers erupted throughout Zushan. The spirits of the hundreds of thousands of templates changed, and their fortunes also subtly shifted.

(End of this chapter)