Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 216 Immortal Tribulation
Yu Fengxian returned to the sect from the Demon Hunting Sect's unique ascension platform, and then came to the meeting hall.

There are only six people here, four of whom are the ancestors of Lianxu, and the other two are also at the peak of Huashen.

The two cultivators at the peak of the Divine Transformation Realm are Sect Master Luo and the Great Elder.

"Xiao Yu is back, I can tell you now."

Luo Bingwang, who was in the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm, glanced at Yu Fengxian and said lightly to Sect Master Luo.

They were both in the Void Refinement Realm, but he called Yu Fengxian that because they were two small realms apart and their ages were nearly ten thousand years apart.

Another reason is that Yu Fengxian appears to be neutral, but in fact leans towards the foreign faction, while Luo Bingwang belongs to the local faction.

“Immortal Tribulation!”

Luo Kui uttered two words tremblingly.

Five of the seven people present trembled involuntarily, but quickly suppressed their inner shock and pretended to be calm.

Among them, Luo Bingwang recovered the fastest, and only one person noticed his abnormality.

Elder Jie Lian and another female cultivator in the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm acted nonchalant when hearing the news in advance.

This female cultivator in the middle stage of the Refinement Realm is Liao Yinshu’s master, Yu Fengdi. She is also Yu Fengxian’s senior sister and biological sister.

Yu Fengxian originally wanted to reveal the matter of the immortal calamity to Dou Eqing, but she was not very sure, so she did not say it.

Now that it has been confirmed, Yu Fengxian's body was shaking not because of the news of the immortal calamity, but because of the regret of not telling Dou Eqing.

If we talk about the era of great changes in the demonic path, there is not even one cultivator of the sixth level left, and under the immortal calamity, there is not even one cultivator of the seventh level left.

Then, Dou Eqing’s return to the Demon Hunting Sect is the best choice.

Only after leaving Dou Eqing did Yu Fengxian realize the impact of the emotional tribulation on herself.

When she faced Dou Eqing, she only thought of Dou Eqing as someone to help her overcome her emotional difficulties, and could be said to be a tool.

But now that she is separated from Dou Eqing, Yu Fengxian realizes that she has developed feelings for him because of her heartfelt concern and worry for him.

However, after a little thought, she understood that a love tribulation is not a love tribulation unless it causes emotional entanglement.

However, she could hardly tell whether it was the emotional tribulation that made her fall in love with him, or her true heart that allowed Dou Eqing to live in her.

After all, Yu Fengxian felt that she and Dou Eqing were just casual acquaintances and there was no emotional basis between them.

In her eyes, Dou Eqing had shortcomings except for his good appearance, and was not within her range of choice for a Taoist partner.

While Yu Fengxian was still pondering her relationship with Dou Eqing, Sect Master Luo spoke:

"Ancestor, what should we do?"

Although Luo Bingwang also has the surname Luo, he is not the real ancestor of the Luo family. Instead, he was once the apprentice and adopted son of the ancestor of the Luo family.

The real ancestor of the Luo family is the grandmother Wang Xigui, who is at the peak of the Refined Void Realm.

Therefore, there are many gaps between Luo Bingwang and the current Luo family, and Luo Kui did not inform Luo Bingwang about the "immortal calamity" at the first time.

However, Wang Xigui knew about the "Immortal Tribulation" in advance and did not attend this meeting.

"Just prepare for battle. Whether it's fate or disaster depends on your luck."

After Luo Bingwang finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the conference hall.

Although Luo Kui did not explain the Immortal Tribulation in detail, these powerful Void Refining experts all knew what the Immortal Tribulation referred to.

Because this immortal calamity had been foreshadowed long ago. As early as 50,000 years ago, the result of a great immortal battle had already laid the prelude to the immortal calamity.

According to legend, fifty thousand years ago, a mature Transcendental Herb appeared on Mount Kunlun, which originally took three hundred thousand years to mature.

But this immortal grass was a mature immortal plant when it was born.

According to legend, a thousand feet deep in the Yunyuan cliffs of Kunlun Mountain, purple-gold spiritual mist is steaming on a half-acre ice crystal rock platform, and the Transcendent Immortal Grass grows here.

The Transcendent Immortal Grass grows seven inches tall, its roots like silver threads piercing cold jade, and the stem is flowing with spiritual light that gradually changes from white to green. The edges of the nine translucent petals are condensed with fine golden light, and each leaf vein is like an inverted Milky Way. The dewdrops hanging from the tips of the leaves are sealed with swirling stardust.

The triple-layered buds at the top resembled the texture of cracked ice glass. The outer petals were shedding their old, cicada-wing-like skin, while the newly formed petals, as thin as cicada molts, shone with the soft glow of moonlight. At the center of the flower hung a core of light the size of a grain of rice. Every three breaths, it gushed out rings of starlight, stirring the spiritual mist within a thirty-meter radius into a vortex.

When the starlight touched the rock wall, translucent double-petaled shadows bloomed among the frost and snow, as if tens of millions of Udumbara flowers were blooming and withering at the same time.

Cold dew condensed on the leaves transformed into fireflies the moment they fell, weaving a ring of light around the spiritual plant. Every midnight, when the dark moon was high in the sky, two drops of amber spiritual essence oozed from the base of the calyx. The ripples they stirred up when they fell to the ground transformed the rock platform into a star pattern.

Three jade-colored geckos were lurking in the crevices of the rocks, their scales changing color with the halo of the spiritual plant, and their vertical pupils reflected the rotating trajectory of the light core in the center of the flower.

Every thousand years when this grass sheds its skin, the old petals and leaves do not wither, but turn into fine light dust that floats around the body, forming a seven-layer protective barrier.

Once, an old monster who was overcoming tribulation used his spiritual sense to investigate and saw his own three lives' faces emerging in the light dust. He was shocked to find that this thing had transcended the five elements of reincarnation.

When the mountain wind blows through the gorge, the leaves collide and make a clear chime sound. All evil spirits within a hundred miles will turn into green smoke when they hear it. Only pure spirits can get within three feet to observe its immortal appearance.

At first, the cultivators did not know that the Transcendent Immortal Grass had reached the Immortal level, and they thought it was a ninth-level elixir.

Because, this immortal grass did not have a guardian immortal beast, but a ninth-level dew butterfly was living next to it.

However, when someone wanted to subdue the Ninth Order Dew Butterfly, it spread the Transcendent Immortal Grass widely in order to protect itself.

The Dew Butterfly was transformed from a drop of fairy dew on the Tufan Immortal Grass, so it knows the Tufan Immortal Grass very well.

After the news of the Transcendental Immortal Grass spread, first the immortals from the righteous and evil paths confronted each other, and then the old monster who was transcending tribulation came to fight for it.

In the end, countless people from both the righteous and evil sides suffered casualties for this magical herb.

Among them, twenty-seven people died from the old monster who was crossing the tribulation.

This extraordinary herb was finally obtained by the Immortal Emperor of the righteous Han and Tang Immortal Dynasty, who was in the late stage of transcending tribulation at that time.

The Immortal Emperor was named Li Chunlong. He had been in power for 90,000 years and was enjoying great fortune.

Li Chunlong had a grandfather who had cultivated to become an immortal. With this support, he not only obtained the Transcendent Immortal Grass, but was also the one who used it in the end.

There are many considerations involved.

The demon would never have thought that the Han Tang Immortal Grass would give such a magical treasure to Li Chunlong, who was just in the late stage of tribulation.

According to the information gathered by the demonic side, it would be reasonable for the Transcendent Immortal Grass to be used by the previous ruler of the Han and Tang Immortal Grass Kingdom.

After all, the previous ruler had one foot in the immortal realm. With the help of the Transcendent Immortal Grass, the probability of him becoming an immortal would be greatly increased.

Moreover, if the Transcendent Immortal Grass is used to refine pills and shared by multiple peak-level cultivators, the effect will be even greater.

Thousands of years ago, the Han and Tang dynasties were still lacking a key auxiliary medicine for refining the immortal elixir.

The Immortal Ascension Pill can increase the probability of a cultivator at the peak of tribulation to transcend the mortal world and become an immortal by 20%.

The Transcendent Immortal Grass can be used to refine at least three Immortal Pills in one furnace, and up to six Immortal Pills.

The demonic sect therefore concluded that the Han and Tang Immortal Grass would refine the Transcendent Immortal Grass into an Immortal Pill for use.

Of course, there is also some information obtained by the evil spies from the righteous path, which supports this inference from multiple aspects.

Finally, the magician's divine calculations performed a magic sacrifice and concluded that within this thousand years, someone from the righteous path would transcend the calamity and become an immortal.

However, the divine fortune teller did not predict that Li Chunlong would reach the immortal realm in the first thousand years of this millennium.

The tribulations of becoming an immortal include not only the thunder tribulations sent down by heaven, but also the human tribulations from the mortal world, also called the tribulations that block the path.

The immortal calamity that Luo Kui mentioned was this calamity that would block the path. The entire demonic path was going to launch this calamity against Li Chunlong.

The calamity of obstructing the path is divided into two stages: the first is to prevent someone from becoming an immortal, and the second is to destroy their immortality. Obstructing someone from becoming an immortal is naturally an action initiated by a cultivator who has not yet broken through to the immortal realm.

People who follow the right path pay attention to the right time, right place and right people when they become immortals, while those who try to stop others from becoming immortals also focus on these aspects.

Therefore, if the evil sect launches a war between good and evil against the righteous sect, it will cut off Li Chunlong's timing and people's support.

After all, as the Immortal Emperor of the Zhengdao Immortal Dynasty, Li Chunlong was deeply influenced by the fortune of the dynasty.

He himself was able to break through to the immortal realm from the late stage of tribulation in 50,000 years, thanks to the humanity luck of the Han and Tang Immortal Grass.

If the fortune of the Han and Tang Immortal Dynasty fluctuates drastically and its fortune is severely weakened when he is trying to break through to the immortal realm, it is very likely that his breakthrough will be interrupted.

This blocking method does not require the top combat forces of both sides to clash.

To destroy his immortality means to attack Li Chunxian after he has broken through the immortal realm but has not yet survived the thunder tribulation, or after he has been seriously injured by the thunder tribulation, and then destroy his immortal body and Taoist fruit.

In this process, the top combat forces of both the good and evil sides will naturally compete with each other, and even the powerful immortals will take action.

In fact, preventing Li Chunlong from becoming an immortal is not only about preventing the catastrophe, but also about the fact that he alone can become an immortal.

This is related to the overall fortune and decline of both the righteous and evil forces.

Even if Li Chunlong succeeds in overcoming the tribulation in the end, the righteous path will have one more immortal.

However, if the righteous path pays a huge price and suffers severe damage in the process of blocking the way, the evil path can take advantage of this to greatly increase its luck.

It may take Li Chunlong a very long time to become an immortal and possess the strength of an immortal.

With the help of the surging fortune, a demon god might be born during the time that Li Chunlong is recuperating.

The demon god is also called the demon fairy, and demon cultivators usually call him the demon god.

Therefore, the calamity that blocks the path is still a battle for the destiny between the good and evil sides, and it is even a rare opportunity for those demon cultivators who are about to break through to the demon god realm.

It is precisely these pros and cons that prompt the top leaders of the demonic sect to launch a calamity to block the path.

On the other hand, if a strong person from the evil path is about to break through to become a demon god, the righteous path will also launch a war to destroy the demons, which is actually a disaster to hinder the path.

However, they are all collectively referred to as immortal calamities, and for the entire Kunlun world, they can also be called catastrophes.

Countless lives were reduced to ashes in the catastrophe, but the overall strength of the Kunlun Realm will be greatly improved through this "large-scale military training".

Especially for high-level cultivators, their cultivation level will be greatly improved under the influence of the saying that those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future.

In the eyes of those who understand the essence of the path of Taoism, catastrophe has become the fire of Nirvana leading to eternal life.

Not only was the Demon Hunting Sect discussing the Immortal Tribulation, but all the large and small forces of the Demonic Path gradually learned about it.

Just like at the current Hezong Mountain Gate, an envoy from the Judgment Hall came to visit and told Dou E about the Qingxian calamity.

The person who came to visit Hezong was none other than Dou Eqing's lover Ji Xi.

Ji Xi came over on behalf of the envoy of the Judgment Hall to give orders, notifying the Hezong clan to launch a disaster to obstruct the righteous path.

"Dou Lang, what did you do? You destroyed the Hezong clan?"

Ji Xi saw that Dou Eqing was the only one left in Hezong, and out of curiosity, he didn't have time to talk about the immortal calamity.

"This is a long story. The people involved are all in the branch sect. Sister Xi, you wouldn't come to the temple unless you have something to do. Why would you come to our unified sect?"

Dou Eqing didn't want to talk about the demon goblin, so he asked a question to change the subject.

"Of course I miss Dou Lang. Does Dou Lang miss me? He definitely doesn't miss me. I can tell by looking at your current cultivation level."

Ji Xi talked to himself.

She meant that Dou Eqing borrowed the essence of a female cultivator to improve his cultivation, otherwise how could Dou Eqing improve his cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm in such a short time.

"How can my cultivation prove that I don't miss you?"

Dou Eqing took out a treasure vase and presented it to him.

"Oh! Dou Lang, how come you have such a medicine? I love you so much."

Ji Xi was overjoyed and hugged Dou Eqing, kissing him on both cheeks continuously.

What Dou Eqing gave was a pill bottle, which contained only one pill, but it was of extraordinary value.

Because this is a fifth-grade top-grade Tongshen Pill.

Although Ji Xi is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm and has good talent for cultivation, he still needs a great opportunity to cultivate to the great perfection of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

And this fifth-grade top-grade Tongshen Pill is her great opportunity to break through to the great perfection of the Spirit Transformation.

The key for a cultivator of the Spiritual Transformation stage to break through to the Void Refinement stage is to cultivate the Primordial Spirit. The perfection of cultivating the Primordial Spirit is the Great Perfection of the Spiritual Transformation stage.

Tongshen Pill is a top-grade pill that helps cultivators to perfect their spiritual cultivation.

Dou Eqing actually wanted to keep this pill for himself and use it in the future.

But considering what Yu Fengxian said about the elimination tournament of forces and the coming era of great changes in the magic world, time is of the essence.

Dou Eqing used this pill for himself, and no one knows when it was lost.

As an envoy of the Judgment Hall, Ji Xi is very important to Dou Eqing and Hezong.

Even though Ji Xi had Dou Eqing's Demon Slave Seal, his cultivation level was there, and he could only do things within his ability.

If Ji Xi can break through to the Void Refinement Realm in the future, it will definitely be of greater help to the Hezong.

Ji Xi was so happy that he forgot about what happened in the past and was only thinking about reporting to Dou Eqing.

"I forgive your philandering. I was planning to leave just because I saw you, but for the sake of the Tongshen Pill, Sister Xi will teach you how to be a man! Come on, let's go to the Immortal Palace."

Ji Xi grabbed Dou Eqing's thing and said meaningfully.

Since the beauty came to his door, Dou Eqing naturally would not be polite.

After all, the two of them have been husband and wife for a long time, and now they can be considered to be reunited after a short separation.

Moreover, Dou Eqing simply used dual cultivation to improve his own cultivation.

In the situation we will soon face, only strength is the most reliable.

When he thought of practicing dual cultivation to improve his strength, he instinctively thought of the Jade Buddha Peony Flower.

After the Jade Buddha Peony Flower merged with the Spirit Plum Demon, some strange changes occurred.

He now wants to try out the effects of the mutation.

So Dou Eqing brought Ji Xi to the Jade Buddha Peony Flower and explained his plan to her.

The two of them knelt down and worshipped the Jade Buddha and the peony flowers as if they were worshiping gods.

Not only did he kneel down and worship, Dou Eqing also offered the bodies of two fifth-level Peng Diao monsters as sacrifices.

In the past, special Shenglian crystals were required to make the Jade Buddha Peony flower release holy light.

But after the change, Dou Eqing guessed that by simply providing high-level tributes, he could obtain a certain amount of holy light to assist in his practice.

His guess was correct. After Dou Eqing knelt down to pay homage, the Jade Buddha Peony Flower swallowed the two fifth-level Peng Diao monsters.

Next, they made preparations for dual cultivation while waiting for the Jade Buddha Peony Flower to release its holy light.

(End of this chapter)