Longzang

Chapter 954 What’s the trick?
Wei Yuan sat upright deep within the Water Moon Palace, before which lay a massive jade wall, within which the true meaning of the founding ancestor of the palace flowed slowly. In the past, when Wei Yuan tried to comprehend the true meaning of the Moonlit Myriad Forms Chapter here, he always felt as if he were seeing flowers through a fog, and something was always missing.

But today, for some reason, the power of the moon's radiance became exceptionally clear. Wei Yuan effortlessly grasped many mysteries he had never experienced before, and his control over the power of the moon's radiance increased dramatically.

Wei Yuan was both surprised and delighted; this was clearly a sign of a great improvement in his comprehension!

He composed himself and once again immersed himself in the Path of the Myriad Manifestations of Moonlight. In the darkness, Wei Yuan seemed to stand beside the founding patriarch, gazing up at the full moon in the sky with him.

The power of the moonlight became increasingly clear in Wei Yuan's mind, and he could gradually reproduce its flow and changes in his mind. Wei Yuan's confidence grew, and he tried to build a model to analyze the flow patterns of the power of the moonlight.

An hour later, Wei Yuan gave up on this naive idea.

At this moment, Wei Yuan had a vague feeling that disaster was about to strike. The world gradually quieted down, and many mortals subconsciously looked up at the sky.

The sky had turned a dark purple, with occasional bulges resembling pustules. This phenomenon had appeared not long ago, but it abruptly ended with the return of the Creator Immortal. Unexpectedly, it has reappeared now.

Inside the Battle Saint Hall, everyone sensed something, but now that their cultivation had greatly improved, they were full of confidence and waited for the change to happen.

Wei Yuan knew that the Heavenly Tribulation was approaching, but he didn't know what kind of Heavenly Tribulation it would be. However, he was currently in his own sect, sitting deep within the Water Moon Palace, facing the true meaning of the Creator Immortal, and felt particularly safe.

Wei Yuan continued to comprehend the true meaning of the moonlight, having long forgotten about the heavenly tribulation.

Calamity clouds appeared in the sky, quickly gathered, and then a bolt of lightning struck down!
This tribulation lightning was just a common heavenly tribulation, pure and simple in nature, with moderate power. It was the kind of heavenly tribulation that Dharma Aspects would most often encounter when attempting to break through to the realm of Yu Jing.

Its only characteristic is speed; almost as soon as the tribulation clouds appeared, the tribulation lightning had already descended from the sky! This bolt of lightning struck the Azure Netherworld Stone directly!
The entire Azure Netherworld instantly boiled over, and the power of the realm surged like a raging tide, converging towards the boundary stone and then transforming into a towering wave, which finally blocked the tribulation lightning!
The rapid fluctuations in the power of the realm caused a fierce wind to rise in the Azure Netherworld, the river to overflow its banks, and countless birds, beasts, and insects to rush out of their nests and flee in all directions.

The wind blew away the huts built by the farmers themselves, fishermen capsized their boats on the lake and fell into the water, and some people who were gathering firewood and hunting in the mountains lost their footing and fell into the deep valley. Even the guinea pigs that cultivated the spiritual fields suddenly went berserk, biting and killing many farming cultivators.

Inside the Water Moon Palace, Wei Yuan abruptly stood up, both shocked and furious. Heaven truly wouldn't let him off the hook; he had sought refuge within the Tai Chu Palace's mountain gate, yet the heavenly tribulation had directly struck Qing Ming!
Without a second thought, Wei Yuan rushed out of the Water Moon Palace and flew towards Qingming at full speed. As soon as he stepped out of the Taichu Palace gate, Wei Yuan took out the redesigned flying vehicle and boarded it.

This is a missile-shaped aircraft with only a pair of small wings. Sixteen nozzles are bundled together at the rear. When it operates at full power, it is like a shooting star streaking across the sky and flying towards the heavens.

As he flew rapidly through the air, Wei Yuan calmed down. The patriarch's divine will had said that the Heavenly Dao had its own temper, and this was probably a statement he was intentionally making to himself.

Using the bronze lotus lamp as his third grotto-heaven, he unknowingly assembled the Bodhi tree and the green lamp before the Buddha. It seemed something was still missing: a complete set of extraordinary Buddhist treasures. With such immense karma, how could the heavenly tribulation possibly spare him?

Moreover, since he himself restarted the Yellow Springs Grotto, the Ancestral Witch would certainly not let the matter rest once she woke up. Qingming was also in the Witch Domain, so it would be extremely easy for the Ancestral Witch to influence the Heavenly Tribulation.

It seems that we can't take shortcuts anymore.

At this moment, another bolt of tribulation lightning struck down from the azure sky, only to be blocked once more by the surging waves. This bolt of lightning was spaced a full quarter of an hour apart from the previous one; this was a normal tribulation. In Wei Yuan's previous tribulations, over a hundred bolts of lightning would have struck in that short time.

Wei Yuan felt slightly relieved, then a cold smile crept onto his face. The Heavenly Tribulation was indeed up to no good, waiting in the Azure Sky for him to walk right into its trap. But which Heavenly Tribulation hadn't been ruthless and cruel, exceeding all reason? And which one had he failed to overcome?
With each breath, the Dao power within Wei Yuan's body circulated, and his skin faintly shimmered with a glassy luster, a pale red hue floating alongside the dark gold. As he channeled his Dao power, a third color of light would soon appear. After his trials in the Desolate Realm and the attainment of two and a half notes, Wei Yuan could already unleash the most basic three-colored immortal light with his physical body alone. Such a body was impervious to the sunlight of the Desolate Realm, the corrosive liquid of the Yu Jing Yan Demon, and the True Meaning of Returning to Silence. Therefore, regardless of what this tribulation was, Wei Yuan was determined to withstand it head-on with his bare body. If he were to be reborn from the ashes, perhaps he could directly cultivate the third note of the Desolate Roar after the tribulation.

Wei Yuan's journey through the sky naturally attracted countless gazes, many of which were filled with amazement, but even more so with shock, jealousy, and deep malice.

This calamity was no small matter, and many immortals had turned their attention to it. As they looked down, the immortals noticed some clues, such as the disappearance of the Ancestral Sword of the Primordial Palace.

Having witnessed so many immortals, it becomes difficult to make a move, otherwise it would be tantamount to publicly declaring war on the Taichu Palace. Such an act of annihilating the opponent's most outstanding disciple is even more heinous than hindering someone's path to enlightenment. Regardless of who strikes, the Taichu Palace will fight to the death; otherwise, what kind of number one immortal sect would they claim to be?

However, all the immortals knew that if they couldn't stop Wei Yuan this time and let him become Yu Jing, then only the immortals themselves could subdue him.

So, in the shadows, every means at their disposal was used, from hatred and curses to whipping straw effigies and making paper dolls, soaking them in dog blood, and even burying Wei Yuan's birth date and time in a latrine—all sorts of methods, useful or useless, were employed.

At this moment, Wei Yuan was facing his tribulation, and his five senses were exceptionally sharp. He heard a dense barrage of curses and insults. He had no idea that so many people hated him.

However, Wei Yuan was not afraid and made no attempt to conceal his whereabouts. At this moment, the more immortals who knew about him, the safer he would be.

As for the Heavenly Tribulation, Wei Yuan believed that apart from the Ancestral Witches, no immortal would be foolish enough to interfere with their own Heavenly Tribulation. He was confident that even an immortal would suffer greatly from this Imperial Tribulation.

Two hours later, Wei Yuan arrived at Qingming. By this time, Qingming had already withstood nine lightning tribulations.

The moment Wei Yuan stepped into the Azure Nether Realm, he instantly felt himself become one with the entire earth. He flew above the boundary stone, protecting it with his own body, and then looked up at the sky, awaiting the arrival of the new heavenly tribulation.

As expected, the calamity clouds in the sky began to change, gradually turning into a purplish-black color.

Wei Yuan sneered; it was the same old trick. This time, he'd see what tricks the Heavenly Tribulation could pull. Wei Yuan's physical body now had no weaknesses; earth, fire, water, wind, lesser yang, greater yin—no matter the type of tribulation lightning, it was all the same.

In a short while, the tribulation cloud finally took shape, and a deep purple pupil opened in the cloud's eye, gazing deeply at Wei Yuan!
Wei Yuan felt a chill run through his body in an instant, and his scalp tingled!
The celestial eye glanced at Wei Yuan only once before disappearing into the clouds, and then the entire tribulation cloud dissipated. Many cultivators who were watching from the shadows were puzzled. They had always heard that Wei Yuan's tribulations were always innovative and unprecedented, so why was this one handled so hastily?

Just as everyone was puzzled, Wei Yuan's face turned ashen, and his divine sense shifted entirely to the Human Realm. There, enormous purple patches appeared in the sky above the Human Realm, resembling festering sores. Han Li, Jun Weizhi, and others had already led a large number of cultivators into the air, charging into each of the purple patches to begin a bloody battle against the endless monsters.

Among the group of immortal plants, apart from the girl with scarlet eyebrows and the little monk with red lotus, the rest remained in place, unable to move or even transform.

Wei Yuan stood in the air above the human world, his divine sense as vast as the sea, scanning the entire human world again and again.

Those purple spots in the sky aren't the key issue; what he needs to find now is the inner demon that has infiltrated the mundane world! This time, the tribulation of Yujing is a tribulation of the inner demon.

(End of this chapter)