The Fate of Eternal Life

Chapter 61 Thirty-Three Tribulations: Heavenly Dragon Bone and Jade Pool Affairs

The dragon extends its claws, seeking to revive those undergoing tribulation!
"This is... the legendary Great Dragon Tribulation!" The Holy Goddess of the Purple Mansion shone with divine light, and her innate Dao embryo captured the essence of this calamity.

A powerful being whispered, "A calamity only recorded in ancient texts, he is truly defying the heavens..."

Ning Qingyi did not avoid it, but went straight to meet it. He used the tribulation lightning as Dao patterns, and under the secret of the character "组" (group), he actually created a circular cage to trap the Heavenly Dragon.

"Roar!"

The Heavenly Dragon roared in shock and rage, shaking the heavens and the netherworld, but before it could make a move, it was transformed into a lightning pill by the tribulation lightning array and swallowed directly by Ning Qing.

boom!
The essence of the Heavenly Dragon raged within Ning Qingyi's body, shaking his flesh and blood, and some of his flesh was even roasted.

"Bodhidharma's spine connects heaven and earth, a celestial dragon enters his body, his golden body is invincible!"

Ning Qingyi remained expressionless and felt no pain whatsoever. He activated the Golden Body Technique and actually refined the Heavenly Dragon in reverse!

The dragon's voice echoed within his body, but it could not change the future of the Bodhidharma spine within him.

The celestial dragon formed from the tribulation lightning was swallowed up, and the remaining eighty celestial dragons roared angrily, their cries resounding throughout the universe. At the same time, nine true dragons rushed down, intending to tear Ning Qingyi apart.

"Bang!" "Bang!"...

Ning Qing unleashed the Nanwu Fist, shattering and cracking the Heavenly Dragon's body. The Heavenly Dragon's blood scattered into the air, releasing streams of vital energy.

At the same time, the first of the thirty-three vertebrae completely refined the Heavenly Dragon, and the Heavenly Dragon faintly emerged, exuding a majestic, vast, and mysterious aura.

"Indeed, the heavenly tribulation is the greatest opportunity for me!"

Ning Qingyi looked at the remaining eighty celestial dragons, and joy appeared in his eyes. He shouted loudly, and the four chaotic divine pillars behind him rose and fell, actually forcibly trapping nine celestial dragons from the dragon horde.

Enraged, the Heavenly Dragon extended its claws and lashed its tail, each strike capable of turning mountains into dust. The tribulation lightning it spewed could even kill a newly ascended dragon master. However, in front of Ning Qingyi, it was like a gentle breeze, utterly unable to harm him.

One head, two heads, three heads... thirty-one heads!
Of Ning Qingyi's thirty-three sections of Bodhidharma's spine, thirty-two sections have now absorbed the Heavenly Dragon and imprinted its shadow.

His spine seemed to come alive, with bursts of celestial dragon chants, golden light emanating from it, and faint Buddhist chants emanating from it.

"Legend has it that there's a time limit for undergoing the Great Dragon Tribulation; being able to withstand nine celestial dragons is enough, right..."

Outside, the onlookers were stunned. They never expected that the eighty-one Heavenly Dragons would not cause Ning Qing any trouble at all, and that he would instead fight and kill thirty-two of them.

"Incredibly strong. Could it be that the victor has already been decided on this Emperor's Path?" a powerful figure exclaimed.

Just then, the dragons that had been surrounding Ning Qingyi suddenly scattered and swam in the sea of ​​lightning, roaring incessantly, as if they had become wary and were no longer so violent.

But Ning Qingyi could sense that the Heavenly Tribulation had entered the next stage.

"Is it coming? The phantom of the lightning tribulation..." Ning Qingyi's expression was solemn.

In the next instant, a palace descended from the sky amidst the lightning tribulation, pressing down on the heavens. The pavilions and towers were all woven from lightning, exuding antiquity and vicissitudes, as if they had gone through endless years, tens or hundreds of millions of years ago.

In the center of the palace, a dragon platform floats, radiating the aura of a true dragon.

"What is that... The lightning tribulation actually manifested a palace!" Something that everyone found hard to understand happened.

Only Black King barked, "Woof!"

"You damn dog, what are you yelling for!" Ye Fan was startled, and the Holy Maiden of Yaochi was also displeased.

The Black Emperor said with a serious expression, "This kid is extraordinary. Even the tribulation that the Great Emperor Wushi experienced was nothing more than this."

During the Heavenly Tribulation, the True Dragon Platform appeared, and a group of dragons gathered and rushed into it. As one true dragon after another disappeared, the True Dragon Platform gradually changed its appearance.

A true dragon, exuding supreme majesty, gradually took shape!

This dragon was incredibly powerful, with whiskers, golden scales, claws, and long horns. It possessed an ancient and weathered aura, and its arrogant demeanor made it appear sacred and noble, dispelling all evil spirits.

"Roar...roar...roar!"

Each long roar of the true dragon is composed of hundreds or thousands of syllables, like the sound of the primordial Dao in the darkness.

"Ugh...!"

A series of rapid, intense short syllables vibrated and converged into an incomparably sharp long roar, containing the meaning of sharpness, holiness, great destruction, great punishment, and great slaughter. It burst out from the mouth of the heavenly dragon, as if millions of people were roaring together, or hundreds of volcanoes were erupting at the same time!
"This is!" Ning Qingyi's expression changed drastically as the dragon's roar transformed into an invisible and intangible sonic thunder that crashed down.

This kind of lightning tribulation can kill even experts at the first level of the Sendai realm, and can even shatter their primordial spirit!
He activated his invincible golden body with all his might, and the sound of jade vibrating and golden bells rang out continuously. Golden light shone in all directions, ancient and majestic, and his magnificent appearance was just like that of a Buddha King!

"Namo Namo, the Buddha's wrathful chant!"

Ning Qing unleashed a punch, his body radiating Buddhist light that coalesced into a golden Arhat, glaring angrily and roaring like thunder!
Two immense forces clashed in the sky, blasting half of the palace formed by the tribulation lightning into disarray, and leaving the surrounding area of ​​tens of thousands of miles in utter chaos. Deeper within the tribulation lightning, a terrifying aura began to brew.

Ning Qingyi seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack, actually engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Tianlong.

The true dragon was not afraid either, letting out a mighty dragon roar, its dragon claws reaching down with indescribable terrifying power, grabbing at Ning Qingyi.

"boom!"

The golden body and the dragon claw collided and were locked in a stalemate for a moment before both broke.

"Primordial Boundary-Defining Divine Light!"

With a single thought, Ning Qing unleashed divine light, rendering the true dragon immobile. He healed his injuries and then threw another punch, stealing the wind and clouds!

Behind him, a chaotic and illusory figure suddenly appeared, just like the legendary immortal monk king!

"Crack!"

A cracking sound rang out, and heaven and earth, along with the lightning tribulation dragon, were shattered in two. The void was also unstable, and a black hole was punched through it.

"Roar!"

The true dragon roared, and the sea of ​​thunder poured out its tribulation intent, thus renewing its dragon form!
In the blink of an eye, divine light emanated from Ning Qingyi's fist. Under the operation of the "Number" secret technique, the Nanwu Fist and the Primordial Boundary-Stabilizing Divine Light began to combine. With a single punch, even the Thunder Tribulation True Dragon was unable to move.

In the end, the Thunder Tribulation True Dragon was shattered into pieces by him, and then he swallowed it whole, turning it into the mark of the thirty-third vertebra.

"boom!"

Like the finishing touch on a painting, the thirty-three vertebrae began to resonate in unison, transforming into an unparalleled true dragon, ready to take flight!

Ning Qingyi suppressed her joy, because several illusory figures slowly walked out from the palace ruins in the Heavenly Tribulation.

Each step he took created a black hole in the void, containing the power to annihilate everything. They looked down at Ning Qingyi, motionless.

"Human-shaped lightning!"

This is the mark the Great Emperor left during the Heavenly Tribulation, and it is also an unavoidable tribulation on the road to becoming an Emperor. Only by overcoming it can one gain the qualifications to prove the Dao!
But Ning Qingyi soon discovered that these tribulation lightning bolts remained motionless.

He suddenly realized that this was because the Sendai Secret Realm, one of the five secret realms, had not yet been opened, and the humanoid lightning was incomplete and lacked a true "spirit".

Ning Qingyi had some regrets. In the end, he used four Chaos Divine Pillars to trap the remnants of the Heavenly Tribulation, and used them to refine his Dao Tribulation Golden Heart Lamp and Divine Mark Purple Gold Immortal Bell.

These two artifacts, having undergone the baptism of heavenly tribulation and absorbed countless Dao traces, have become increasingly extraordinary.

In particular, the Golden Heart Lamp of the Dao Tribulation seemed to be activated by the power of the lightning tribulation, and it had a faint feeling that it was about to come back to life.

As the sky returned to clarity, Ning Qingyi made a slight movement, and a dragon's roar immediately arose in the void. Without a doubt, he had broken into the Dragon Transformation Realm and possessed boundless power. With a gentle movement, he shattered the void.

"Huh! It's only the Great Perfection of the First Transformation of the Dragon!"

Ning Qingyi was quite surprised. He had originally thought that after this calamity, he would at least be able to break through to the third stage of the Dragon Transformation, but it turned out that he had only reached the Great Perfection of the first stage of the Dragon Transformation, which was somewhat beyond his expectations. He carefully examined and comprehended the changes within his body and immediately understood the reason.

"So that's how it is. The practice of Bodhidharma's spine has broadened the Dragon Transformation Realm, causing a miraculous change in my current state."

With a single thought, the strange phenomena of the Three Realms and Nine Lands floated behind Ning Qing, the roar of a dragon pierced the clouds, and a terrifying aura, above all living beings, swept through the void. He vaguely sensed something in his heart; it seemed that the Three Realms and Nine Lands technique of the Invincible Golden Body concealed the opportunity for his Dragon Transformation Realm.

"Never mind, let's talk about it when we get back."

Ning Qingyi greeted the group that was slowly taking off, her face returning to its usual calm and composed expression.

On this day, the extraordinary phenomenon of his tribulation spread far and wide. Although he had not yet defeated all the younger generation in the Eastern Wilderness, he had already solidified his reputation as invincible!

……

Two months later, at the sacred Jade Pool.

The northern region is arid and lacks vitality, but not every place is like this. Yaochi is no exception. It is magnificent and beautiful, and is a renowned sacred land in the Eastern Wilderness!

This sacred gate is not suspended in mid-air, but sits on the earth. The sacred mountain is majestic, and the beautiful peaks are ethereal, as if one has stepped into a fairyland. Divine springs flow from the rocks, spiritual herbs grow on the cliffs, dragon energy swirls, and the purple aura is magnificent, numbering no less than ten thousand. Immortal mist hangs in the air, transforming into a great dragon.

Three months ago, the ancestral quasi-emperor of the Yaochi Holy Land was born and extended an invitation to many immortal forces in the Big Dipper, wanting to hold the Peach Banquet.

Now, with seven days left until the event, many extraordinary people have already moved into this sacred land, and masters from all over the world have gathered here.

Leaving aside those established and unparalleled figures, almost all the young generation of holy sons and daughters of the Eastern Wilderness have arrived, including the Holy Son of Yaoguang, the Divine King Body of the Ji Family, the Holy Daughter of Zifu, the Holy Son of Dayan, the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Hua Yunfei of Taixuan Sect.

In addition, experts have also arrived in Zhongzhou, Nanling, Ximo, and Beiyuan.

A chariot rumbled down from the sky, pulled by a nine-headed dragon-headed, qilin-bodied beast. Its terrifying aura covered the sky, as if it would crush the universe. Several riders followed in front of and behind the chariot, all of them powerful cultivators at the Sendai realm.

"That's the current emperor of the Divine Continent Dynasty, he's actually come in person!" The people of Central Continent recognized the banner of the newcomer.

“King Qi, King Lie… they actually arrived riding beasts; that’s quite simple.” Some people even recognized the followers’ identities.

"A quasi-emperor has been born! Who would dare to be disrespectful? I heard that many young masters, even those tens of thousands of miles away from Yaochi, have come here in person to show their respect for the quasi-emperor of Yaochi." Someone sighed, revealing Yaochi's current status.

Quasi-Emperor!

In this great age, he is practically invincible. Even ancient sages would bow before him, let alone the many cultivators who haven't even reached the sage realm! Even emperors, sages, and heads of ancient aristocratic families must maintain their respect.

Soon, the officials of Yaochi came out to greet them, as arranged in advance, to welcome the Emperor of Shenzhou to his residence.

In fact, two of the four great dynasties of Zhongzhou, the Great Xia Dynasty and the Jiuli Dynasty, have already arrived, and the Ancient Hua Dynasty has also set off and will arrive soon.

"Yaochi is truly going to rule the world alone." Some people couldn't help but sigh.

Outside the Jade Pool, chaos reigned, but within the sacred land, on a certain mountain peak, all was serene.

Ning Qing sat cross-legged in the void. Two months ago, he had completed his Dragon Transformation Tribulation. Using the divine source he obtained from the Azure Emperor's Tomb, he purchased a massive amount of dragon marrow at the auction house and then came to Yaochi to cultivate in seclusion ahead of schedule. Immediately afterwards, he underwent tribulation at a rate of almost one transformation per month, breaking through to the third transformation of the Dragon Transformation realm.

Even the Yaochi Quasi-Emperor who witnessed his tribulation couldn't help but admire Ning Qingyi's imperial potential, making the contemporary Queen Mother of the West fully aware of his importance.

In addition to the Jade Pool Gathering, five other major events occurred throughout the land.

The first event was the emergence of seven ancient clans, all of which were ancient royal families! One of these clans even drove out all the humans within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, attracting widespread attention.

Secondly, Jiang Taixu of the Jiang family broke through his cultivation barrier and became a saint in Yaochi! Against the backdrop of the great changes in the world, many senior masters such as Yao Guang Saint Lord, Peacock King, and Nangong Zheng finally stepped into the realm of Immortal Three Severing the Dao! In addition, it is rumored that someone in the Central Continent has also survived the Saint Tribulation!

The third event is the birth of the extraordinary talent in Zhongzhou!
The fourth and fifth items are both related to Ye Fan.

Relying on the legacy of the Source Master and after cultivating the Source Heaven Divine Eye in Zhang Family Stone Village, he fought against many experts from Source Arts families in the Holy City and unearthed the remains of an immortal medicine, a dragon loach that could extend life by three hundred years, a strange divine silkworm, and an ancient scripture! In addition, there were many divine sources and precious medicines, which made people envious and caused heartache to many holy land stone workshops.

Therefore, he almost suffered a terrible disaster in the Holy City and had no choice but to escape. He unexpectedly entered the Bronze Immortal Palace and refined a Cauldron of All Things Mother Qi!

Upon learning of this, many holy sons and daughters also rushed to seize the treasure, causing Ye Fan to fight a bloody battle all the way and even being forced to leave Yaochi's residence.

"Anyone who attacks the Holy Body will be my enemy!" Ning Qingyi declared immediately upon learning this news after breaking through her seclusion.

The Holy Land of Yaochi also spoke up: "Heavenly treasures can only be obtained by the virtuous. The lineage of the Holy Body has made great contributions to the universe. All holy lands should value harmony above all else."

On the surface, almost all forces targeting Ye Fan have stopped, but their covert actions continue, leading to the complete disappearance of the Holy Body.

Inside the hermitage, Ning Qing asked, "How is your injury recovery going?!"

"It's alright. Luckily, I had a few sacred fruits with me, otherwise I might really be dead." Ye Fan smiled bitterly and sighed, "If the Chaos Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon hadn't suddenly gone dormant in the Bronze Immortal Palace and hadn't failed to respond no matter how I tried to activate it, I wouldn't be in this situation."

"It must have absorbed the primordial energy and undergone a change."

Ning Qingyi tried to analyze the situation, but her eyes couldn't help but drift towards the little girl playing with Jiang Tingting and Hei Huang.

"How did you meet her?" His throat was dry, and a chill ran through him.

“She’s a homeless girl, and we seem to have a special connection. Her name is Nannan,” Ye Fan said casually, then couldn’t help but ask suspiciously, “You seem a little off. What’s wrong?”

"It's nothing, I'm just a little panicked."

Ning Qingyi chuckled a few times.

(End of this chapter)