Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1207 Supreme Yang Thunder Treasure, Root Sea Sublimation (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month)
Electric arcs leaped, the water surface turned white, and a wisp of rubbery odor lingered in the air.

"It stinks! Big brother, big brother, there's no more noise outside, is it over?"

"I don't know, why don't you go out and take a look?"

"I don't want to. What if it's not over yet and I get killed when I go out? You're the eldest brother, you go."

"Cowards, let's go together!"

The vast Jianghuai marshes surged and undulated, the endless water swelled and then shrunk, as if giant beasts were swimming underwater, the bubbles they exhaled were broken by the waves, and the big fat frogs, with their heads parted in the water and their webbed feet treading the water, peeked out one after another, shaking off the water stains and green algae.

Frog eyes rotate.

More than a hundred towering water columns support the heavens and the earth, with thunderclouds above dancing with lightning arcs and surging rivers below. Their unique arrangement creates a violent beauty that they cannot comprehend.

What surprised the frog the most was...

Thunder dragons often roared in the clouds of tribulation, spiraling down along the water columns, only to be trapped within the narrow water columns, struggling helplessly, like trapped beasts in a glass bottle. If you count carefully, out of a hundred, nine constantly emitted a fluorescent blue light, like nine lampposts.

The lightning tribulation that had previously terrified the frog suddenly went silent.

The Martial Saint and the Demon King also disappeared.

"Where is the King?" The fat man looked around, covering his nose. "Where did the King go?"

“Your king is inside that pillar,” Long E Ying said, pointing to one of the nine pillars.

"Ah, it's Madam Fatty!" Fatty recognized Long Eying, looked in the direction she was pointing, and was shocked. "What a bright pillar! What is the King doing in there? Is he locked up?"

"This isn't the Ape King's divine power? Damn it!" Erpang cried, tears welling in his eyes. "When the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away; when the dragon is dead, the frog is cooked! I've long heard of a dish on land called 'Beautiful Frog and Fish Head'!"

"What?!" The fat man exclaimed, his face paling. "What a wicked dish!"

"That's not true." Long Eying sighed and said, "Don't worry, this water column is from the Frog King. It was arranged by your elders. They said it's a way to use the lightning tribulation to temper the body."

"Elder? The elder succeeded?"

"Croak! Where is the elder?"

The frogs' heads turned in all directions, stretching endlessly, rising and falling in waves.

Just as Long Eying was about to search, she suddenly heard a loud, unrestrained laugh from the sky.

The frogs looked up and saw a frog atop a towering column of water. The frog's shadow was pitch black, and it was a perfectly round ball, the same length and width. It perched on the edge of the water column, standing proudly against the wind. Behind it, a yellow robe and cloak fluttered in the wind. Behind the frog's shadow, there was a howling wind, intersecting lightning, and ethereal clouds. The flashing electric light gilded it with a layer of dazzling brilliance.

"Croak!" Big Fat jumped back in fright, twisting his upper body backward and raising his webbed feet to cover his eyes, revealing his surging white belly. "He's too dazzling! Who is this frog? My Jianghuai Frog Clan doesn't have such a handsome frog!"

"I get it!" Erpang slapped his fist excitedly. "Such a handsome frog must be our Elder Frog!"

"Croak! That's right, only the elder is this handsome!"

"If it weren't for the elder's advanced age, she would definitely be the most beautiful frog in the frog clan, surpassing even the king!"

"No, no, no, the King is domineeringly handsome, and the Elder is dashingly handsome!"

"Roar!!!"

The Great Battle for Elder Promotion...

Great success!
Praises rose and fell, cheers echoed through the night, like a pond in the height of summer.

Long Eying watched from the sidelines, rubbing her forehead. Sometimes she didn't know if these big frogs were really stupid or just pretending. They were slow to react in some things, but in others they were more perceptive than anyone else.

Hearing the chorus of frogs, the old toad's lips curled up, its webbed feet draped over its back, and it let out a long, leisurely croak:
"Sitting alone by the pond is like a tiger crouching, and under the shade of the trees I can nourish my spirit."

"If I don't speak first when spring comes, which insect dares to utter a sound?"

"Quack! What a wonderful poem! What a wonderful poem!"

"I declare that Elder is the number one Poet Frog of the Great Swamp, and Fatty is slightly inferior!"

"The elder is a free spirit!"

"Hahaha!" The old toad croaked wildly, looked around, untied the yellow pouch around his neck, and with a powerful leap, shouted, "My little ones, here I come!"

A long wind is blowing.

The yellow bags fluttered and drifted far away, swirling like fallen leaves.

The old toad grabbed the frog's leg in mid-air, rolled forty-nine times, and was about to fall into the water.

Long Zongyin shouted in alarm, "Elder Frog, be careful!"

"what?"

The old toad tilted its head back, and a flash of lightning appeared in its frog eyes.

Surprisingly, the thunder dragon trapped in the water column struggled and roared, willing to break itself apart in order to forcibly create an electric snake that would burst out of the towering water column and strike the old toad.

"Humph!"

The old toad snorted, its face showing disdain. With a twist and a flick of its fat rear, it spun in mid-air, brushing past the electric snake.

The electric snake immediately changed direction.

"Muda muda muda! A mere tribulation of lightning..." the old toad scoffed, adjusting its landing posture mid-air. Suddenly, everything went black before its eyes, and its head snapped back. "Ouch! Who blew out the light! I'm not finished with you!"

"Fuck!"

Big Fatty covered his head, and Second Fatty closed his eyes.

The yellow leather bag that had been untied earlier swirled in the air once more and then came back to entangle the elder!
"Light the lamps! Light the lamps now!"

The old toad struggled wildly, but couldn't open the yellow bag on the frog's head. In the end, it unexpectedly encountered an electric snake.

Screamed.

The old toad was electrocuted and stiffened, its limbs outstretched, it trembled three times in the air, smoke billowed from its mouth, and then it fell into the swamp.

Pfft!
The water droplets fell back down.

"Elder!"

"Elder! Tragedy!"

"Hahaha! Always showing off! Do you really think you can beat God?" Wu Cangshou landed on the fat catfish's head, his front paws stomping down as he laughed loudly.

"Master Shou!" Long Eying asked hurriedly upon seeing the witness, "Did Frog Master succeed?"

"It's done! It's truly an extraordinary journey for a tortoise." Wu Cangshou shook his head. "The world's first demon beast, Duobao, the first great demon! At least he'll live well for the next three or four hundred years."

"You've really caught a lucky break. The Dragon King of the Huai River has appeared several times, but this great demon Duobao is a first. It's incredibly rare, especially since he's advancing before undergoing tribulation. Have you ever seen anything like it? Even heavenly tribulations have become precious medicines for body refinement! You've never seen anything like it before!"

The dragon people were overjoyed.

The Great Demon Duobao is definitely a powerful weapon in the Jianghuai region!
"That's all for now, I'm going to go cultivate too."

"Master Shou, please wait a moment, tonight is the New Year's Eve..." Long Binglin tried to persuade him to stay.

Wu Cangshou shook his head and quietly shook off the toad skin in his tortoise claws: "Strike while the iron is hot. Once you have something to gain, this is a rare opportunity. If I am to face a heavenly tribulation, remember to ask Prince Huai to call some servants for me. Not many, the scene won't be that big."

The dragon man exclaimed joyfully, "Congratulations, Lord Longevity! Congratulations, Lord Longevity!"

Su Guishan was even more pleasantly surprised.

"Shh!" Wu Cangshou waved his paw. "Don't talk nonsense. It's baseless. If you celebrate in advance, the event will be over. Just pretend you didn't hear anything and get out of here!"

The auspicious black tortoise wiggled its four legs and paddled away.

The remaining dragons organized the water beasts to clean up the battlefield and maintain order.

Meanwhile, another frog tribe was holding a grand banquet underwater, gathering all its members, welcoming back the old and weak, and singing and dancing.

The turbulent water gradually calmed down. The fat catfish blew two bubbles, picked up the yellow bag floating on the surface, put it over its head, and swung up and down, mingling with the frogs. The frogs croaked all around, and occasionally the catfish would hide the banquet treasure fish in the hat.

For a moment, everyone forgot that the heavenly tribulation above their heads had not yet dissipated, and that the Martial Saint and the Demon King were refining their bodies within it.

"Crack!"

Dark clouds loomed overhead, and a thunder dragon plunged into a column of water, bubbling up.

The continuous lightning strikes completely scalded the water column into a "boiling water column," with a large number of bubbles surging out, mixed with blue and purple lightning, making it impossible for anyone to see what was inside.

Liang Qu's entire body was as red as blood. He clenched his teeth, his muscles twitching, and activated his supernatural power, the Dragon-Tiger Golden Body. He felt the stinging pain in his body and did his best to absorb the energy of the lightning tribulation to cultivate his root sea.

The heavenly tribulation has not ended.

The old toad had Liang Qu erect hundreds of water columns, which only changed the intense head-on confrontation. In reality, it slowed down the frequency of the heavenly tribulation's lightning strikes, while turning the Martial Saint and the Demon King into nine "batteries" that could absorb the energy emitted by the heavenly tribulation little by little in a receptive manner, thus dissolving the heavenly tribulation in a soft way.

It not only solved the problem of the lightning tribulation, but also transformed the lightning tribulation into a treasure for body tempering.

Its majestic power, supremely yang and strong, is something many people yearn for but cannot attain.

Having just been promoted, the Great Demon Duobao has already demonstrated its extraordinary power!
"call!"

He moved his body, his muscles and bones crackling like firecrackers. Liang Qu absorbed the slashed thunder dragon completely into his body, using his powerful physique to grind it down, and circulated the "Dragon Subduing Tiger Vajra Skill" to absorb its dissipated pure yang essence.

Look inward at yourself.

The root sea, which had grown to thirty-seven and a half times its original size, rapidly transformed, growing to thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty... Almost every Thunder Dragon could grow 0.7 to 0.8 times, an astonishing efficiency!

Even the most miraculous medicines couldn't have such a powerful effect.

There are roughly three main directions in the cultivation of a martial arts master.

Condensing supernatural powers, increasing the root sea, sitting in the temple to become divine.

The three correspond to techniques, qi, and the way, respectively, and each requires dedicated effort to cultivate.

Techniques are a direct form of combat power. Mastering dozens of supernatural abilities can be incredibly effective in complex battles. They include traversing, escaping, movement techniques, defense, production, and more—a wide variety that is impossible to defend against.

Qi is the fundamental force of mutual struggle, the key to connecting heaven and earth and unleashing power. There are also differences between the boundless ocean and the boundless space. To some extent, it can even be linked to the "Dao", but it is extremely difficult.

The Dao goes without saying.

If there were no conflict in the world and everyone lived in harmony, then all skills and tricks could be discarded, and one could wholeheartedly seek the Way.

The enhancements that different kinds of rare and precious materials provide to the three are also different. Among the same level of creation treasures, those that can increase the "Dao" are often more valuable.

What the lightning tribulation can directly increase is the size of the root sea.

Lightning tempers the body, stimulates the body's Qi and blood, and pain trains the spirit. Its own extreme Yang energy is transformed into Qi, which is the essence of the Qi Sea, where essence, Qi and spirit are united.

The electric snake coiled around him, then was torn apart by the dragon and tiger energies, turning into nourishing "flesh and blood" that he devoured. Liang Qu could clearly feel the activity in his body. After two days of tossing and turning in the underworld, he came out to fight the heavenly tribulation again. After all this activity, he felt no hunger at all.

The "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Vajra Skill" was obtained from an old monk. Its most powerful technique is the golden body, which also aligns with the pure yang essence. Therefore, Liang Qu absorbed the lightning tribulation with twice the result for half the effort.

If one uses tribulation lightning to cultivate the "Dao," there is an additional layer of "lightning and fire refining the palace," which results in slight losses. The tribulation lightning is used to temper the inner heavenly palace and etch "oneself."

"Techniques" are more difficult to master. Unless one has a foundation in lightning-attribute supernatural powers and evolves towards the Heavenly Tribulation, it is something that arises out of thin air, resulting in significant losses and not worth the effort.

The whereabouts of the Huaijiang Grand Master Fruit are unknown, and the whereabouts of the other Grand Master Fruits are also unknown.

Liang Qu has the ambition to cultivate his own fruit and hopes to achieve the goal of a thousand times the root sea before the third stage, so he naturally strives in this direction.

Abandon the lesser "way" and seek the greater "way"!
"what……"

All 108,000 orifices breathe in and out.

The heart pounded like a drum, and blood and qi surged like rivers, violently washing over the limbs and bones.

The scorching steam filled the internal organs, and the skin on the surface of the body swelled up, turning into a layer of viscous, reddish vapor.

Human bodies become furnaces, surrounded by blood and fire.

The lightning dragon's wear and refinement transformed the stinging sensation into a warm current within the body, nourishing the limbs and bones. However, the comfort did not last long before another lightning dragon struck down, and the stinging sensation returned.

41, 42...

Genhai wanders, growing slowly.

In the center of Genhai, the peach trees are lush and green, and the only peach on the tree is plump. This is the transformation of Liang Qu's primordial yang after he was promoted to Martial Saint. Now, golden patterns are gradually emerging on the bark of the peach tree and the skin of the peach, which were originally empty.

"The Heavenly Tribulation also helps the Yin-Yang Spirit Seed Technique?" Liang Qu asked in surprise.

If the peach tree is struck by lightning again, it will be pure natural lightning.

Did lightning strike the peach wood?
The Yin-Yang Spirit Seed Technique, a dual cultivation method, reached unprecedented heights in the hands of Liang Qu, a later practitioner...

Liang Qu was not the only one who benefited; Prince Su, Prince Jing, Prince Yue, the old monk, the turtle king, the sea monk... all those who participated in the tribulation experienced great benefits.

The turtle king's shell shone even brighter after being struck by lightning, like a patina, with golden patterns appearing; the frog king's body gradually turned gray, and faint flakes of skin fell off.

King Yue was surrounded by shimmering silver runes, the old monk's golden body shone brightly, and lightning leaped around him. King Su and King Jing were also surrounded by strange phenomena, causing the sky and earth to change color, and lightning and fire to pass through them, making them majestic and extraordinary.

"Boom~"

The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the strong winds subsided.

The stench in the air gradually disappeared.

The people of Jianghuai opened their doors to look out, and saw thunderclouds gathering above the marsh, emitting a purple light, and dared not go out.

Upon returning to the government office, Su Guishan's first act was to recall the clerks who were on holiday for the New Year. He informed them that there was nothing serious in the village, that the Great Thunder in the Marsh was a sign of a celestial being undergoing tribulation, an auspicious omen, and that a bountiful harvest was certain next year. He told them not to worry and to treat the situation as normal.

Only then did the villagers step out of their doorsteps, tidy up the messy courtyard, soothe the livestock, re-paste the Spring Festival couplets, and replenish the glutinous rice paste.

Some people had several chickens in their yards killed by lightning, but luckily they were able to sell them during the holidays.

late at night.

The frogs were still singing, their melodious croaks echoing throughout the vast marshland.

The old toad, holding a jar of rice wine, burped and chuckled foolishly, while the sword shrimp, their swords clashing, engaged in a fierce battle.

The fat catfish was surrounded by large frogs, who were performing a three-way attack on the fish when suddenly a white light shone down, and the catfish looked up.

The dark clouds have dispersed!

The rolling thunder finally dissipated, and the scalding water column steamed out water vapor, which could not be dispersed no matter how the river wind blew.

"Roar! It's coming out! The king is coming out!"

Frogs, turtles, and other creatures of all sizes swam out of the water, eagerly awaiting their arrival.

The water column was filled with white steam; what was being scorched right now was not the lightning tribulation, but the cultivators themselves at the sixth realm of cultivation.

"Crackling~"

Liang Qujian exhaled a long breath, and faint purple arcs of electricity flickered in his golden eyes. His body was incredibly strong and muscular, and his swollen, red skin quickly recovered under the water. His forearm muscles were like twisted steel cables.

Looking again at the dantian, joy welled up in my heart.

The eighty-two times larger Root Sea surged ceaselessly, further connecting with heaven and earth, and every move it made was awe-inspiring.

happy!

That's so satisfying!
It's still far from the goal of a thousand times the Root Sea, but it's already close to ten percent! How many Martial Saints would normally cultivate for over a hundred, or even two hundred years, to reach this level?

A thousandfold increase in the root sea is just around the corner.

Apart from the root sea, the lush peach trees are covered with golden veins, full of profound energy.

"Can the products of heaven and earth help people achieve harmony between heaven and man?" Liang Qu pondered.

Eying's realm is just before the third step. Since it is a heavenly tribulation, it is inevitable that he will want to move in that direction. Moreover, he was able to comprehend the Heaven-Piercing Absolute by using the special state of traveling between Yin and Yang. Others may not be able to do it.

If these two things can pave the way, then the matter is mostly settled!
Of course, the biggest gain is still that Frog King becomes a great demon. With the help of people traveling back and forth, can I go directly to the Blood River to dig up super-grade blood treasures?
Bubbles rise and fall incessantly; gather your thoughts.

Sensing that no one else had come out, which would have been a good opportunity to avoid the trouble of meeting each other under the dual identities of Prince Huai and White Ape, Liang Qu was the first to break through the water.

The cotton-white steam enveloped them, flowing along the curves of their muscles like smoke or gauze. Looking around, most of them had red and swollen skin, showing signs of digestion.

"Croak, Prince Huai!"

Hearing his younger brother's shout, the Frog King, now even more imposing, abandoned his secluded cultivation, opened his frog eyes, and jumped out of the water column: "Boss Fatty, if you help the elder advance to a Great Demon, our debt will be wiped clean. If there's anything you want, you can take it from my cave."

Liang Qu knew that the debt the Frog King was referring to was from the time he helped fight the dragon: "Thank you for your kindness, Frog King. It would be impolite of me to refuse the debt."

There's no need to transport the treasures. The Frog Elder has been a great help to me; he's an elder of the Frog Clan and also my national tutor. The Heavenly Tribulation, which tempered my body, was an invaluable experience.

The Frog King nodded; it disliked the practice of "rejecting and declining three times."

"If you need anything, just let Fatty tell me. The elder can be a bit petty sometimes, but don't worry about it."

"Thank you, Frog King!"

The Frog King was the first of the Six Realms to know the White Ape's identity, but he never revealed it, a fact that Liang Qu always remembered.

Water creatures have simple social structures and are often much more honest and simple than humans, or rather, they cannot learn tricks.

Emerging from the water column, the heavenly tribulation dissipated, and the Frog King simply returned to his cave to cultivate.

The frog clan has paid off its debts, greatly reducing its debt burden; the root sea is growing, and the self-fertility position is advancing further.

Double happiness.

The other martial saints and demon kings were focused on their cultivation and couldn't come out for the time being. With no one around, and watching the frog clan singing and dancing with joy and celebration as they jumped out of the water, Liang Qu couldn't help but be moved by the emotions in his heart. He had an idea and took a step forward.

Chinese New Year!

I wonder how the old Dragon King is doing in the Dragon King's Cave. He is preoccupied with many matters, and the remains of the Net Lord are also limited, so he cannot return immediately.

There's a whole host of things to do after the New Year: mirage tribes, beaver tribes, tourism, and construction.

"Why is there still no news about the East Sea Hunt..."

(End of this chapter)