Scourge Messenger

Chapter 474 A Milestone in Natural Disasters [Without Errors]

Paradise Island.

To celebrate the birthday of the Immortal Lord of Bliss, Bliss Island held an unprecedented celebration. In addition, Bliss Island is the most famous tourist destination in the East China Sea. Countless tourists have been flocking to Bliss Island for half a month. Furthermore, major forces in the East China Sea have sent people to offer their congratulations. The two ports are filled with masts and ships packed together. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of outsiders have poured into Bliss Island.

An hour after the light curtain, resembling an eggshell covering half the island, appeared, most of the ships had already left the port. Countless people had gathered in the port: wealthy merchants, women with children, and robust young men. Everyone was frantically trying to squeeze onto the ships, as if this was the last chance to escape before the end of the world, and any later would be too late.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Hundreds of thousands of tons of seawater formed a water wall hundreds of feet high, easily crossing the cliffs and surging into the town. Wherever it went, trees, houses and tiny people were pushed to the top of the tide, wave after wave, one wave after another.

The city on Paradise Island, built over hundreds of years, was utterly vulnerable to this sudden natural disaster.

In fact, if it weren't for the protection of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the port would have already perished. People in the port could see the surging waves crashing against the invisible barrier several miles away, shattering into foamy spray. However, the aftershocks of the waves continued to travel along the surface of the water—the barrier did not cover the sea below—the entire sea was in turmoil. A medium-sized passenger ship that had just left the port capsized directly, and all of its more than one hundred people became fish food.

This wasn't because the Seventh-Rank Immortal Lord intentionally affected them. In fact, after the Blissful Immortal Lord confined half the island to the battlefield, not a single trace of the battle's aftershocks escaped. However, the Seventh-Rank Immortal Lord's flow of immortal energy and the manipulation of his supernatural powers were enough to change the very fabric of the world, cause the weather to reflect, erupt the ocean floor, and unleash a torrential downpour!

Just as air flows when a person breathes, the flow of air in the battle between immortal lords is naturally more intense... Does this mean they are deliberately bringing calamity upon all living beings?
Neither of the two immortal lords intended to harm these flowers and plants; however, if the flames of war were to turn Bliss Island into a scorched wasteland, they would not hesitate for even a moment.

In the center of Paradise Island stood a sturdy high-rise built by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The seawater, obstructed, shattered into hundreds of torrents that surged into the town along the streets and alleys, quickly submerging buildings below the third floor. Celebration lanterns and shop signs swayed on the waves. The distance between prosperity and doomsday was merely a single thought from a celestial being.

With good intentions, peace can be built; without them, disasters can occur!
"Wolves!" someone suddenly screamed, thinking that wild wolves had also been driven over by the flood.

However, soon, more and more people in the port heard the howling of wolves, and even those who had taken refuge on Paradise Island heard it. The howling seemed to be coming from the distant sky, and it was getting closer and closer.

Everyone looked up and witnessed a scene they would never forget: a giant, dark blue wolf ran across the sky, leaving behind a line separating light and darkness. It was nearly dusk, and perhaps due to the tsunami, the sky was overcast, but night had not yet fallen. Yet, wherever the giant wolf went, the daylight receded like a tide, leaving only a starlit night!
Even day and night are altered!

The giant wolf charged down, and amidst the panicked screams of the crowd, it opened its mouth and bit a large hole in the light curtain that covered half of Bliss Island! Then it let out a howl, rolled into the sky, and transformed into the moon.

The moment the blessed land broke open, many figures immediately flew away, including the scholars of the Water Palace of the Imperial Court. But mortals were not so lucky; they could only wade through the floodwaters and struggle to escape the battlefield.

In the sky, only two immortal lords remained facing each other. But unexpectedly, there was not a trace of blood on them, as if they had not fought but were just having a heart-to-heart talk. However, the surging tides and the churning seabed lava proved that a war that had just taken place in the blessed land had consumed hundreds of immortal essences.

"The [Wolf Guarding the Moon] of Immortal Lord Jingxin Mingzhi, Dean of the Fifth Academy of Yuliuting." Immortal Lord Jile exhaled deeply: "So this is what you were waiting for. No wonder you haven't fought back."

Changing day and night is just the surface; the core of [Wolf Guards the Moon] is 'transformation,' a top-tier spell-breaking ability that can break any spell's effect!
"Since there's a sure-win method, why waste your energy?" Hua Yue laughed. "Immortal Jade is very precious, especially with the Great Conflict approaching. There will be many places where we'll need Immortal Jade in the future."

"You really underestimate me." The Blissful Immortal Lord sighed, "And you, a dignified Three Tribulation Immortal Lord, aren't even confident you can defeat me?"

“You can think that way too.” Hua Yue shrugged: “You haven’t used your abilities enough. Yu Liuting only knows that your first three supernatural abilities are [Mind’s Eye Clarity], [Slow Time], and [Signature Victory], but he doesn’t know the effects of your fourth immortal supernatural ability. I really don’t have complete confidence.”

"The battles of immortal lords are ultimately battles of calamity." The Blissful Immortal Lord shook his head: "Supernatural powers are no match for calamity."

"Don't underestimate yourself. You were once a prodigy who fought and killed a seventh-level Immortal Lord with only a sixth-level cultivation." Hua Yue laughed, "It's not an exaggeration to overestimate you."

"That happened so many years ago," the Blissful Immortal Lord said dismissively. "Besides, what's the big deal about betting against an old, frail, and heartbroken mortal immortal? Are you trying to reconcile with me now by chatting like old friends?"

Despite having no chance of winning, the Blissful Immortal Lord is currently in the upper hand. For an Immortal Lord, victory or defeat is easily decided, but life or death is uncertain. He has already been expelled from the secret realm, and unless Hua Yue uses a blessed land to trap him, he can escape at will. However, blessed lands are crucial to one's cultivation path. It's only because the Blissful Immortal Lord has never properly managed a blessed land that he dares to use it so casually. Hua Yue, a dignified Three Tribulation Immortal Lord, could generate endless resources from a properly managed blessed land; only a madman would use one.

“That’s right.” Hua Yue nodded. “I don’t want to kill you.”

The Blissful Immortal Lord couldn't help but laugh: "You talk as if you can kill me at any moment."

"You've always wanted to witness the grandeur of a Three Tribulations Immortal Lord, so behold this divine power."

The Blissful Immortal Lord immediately focused his mind, but saw no movement from Hua Yue.

Logically speaking, since he knew that the other party was using supernatural powers, he should have avoided it. However, Hua Yue was so confident that he was sure that he would be defeated by this supernatural power. The Blissful Immortal Lord really didn't believe in such nonsense.

He was born prematurely and was born with congenital deficiencies, palpitations, and weakness. Not to mention becoming a messenger, the doctor had already sentenced him to death before he would live to adulthood. But he refused to believe in fate, stole money from his family to gamble, and managed to win a basic cultivation manual, thus embarking on the path of cultivation.

From mortal to immortal, having witnessed all the joys and sorrows of the world, I believe in only one word: 'win'! Winning is everything; the winner can take everything. No matter what, you must win; you can never be a loser!
There are many kinds of winning. He was driven out of the secret realm this time and suffered a great defeat. But as long as he can withstand Hua Yue's divine power, he will have won a small victory. If his mental state is not broken, he will have a chance to make a comeback! If he were to slink away in disgrace and lose all his spirit, he would probably only be able to live in seclusion until the end of his life, with no possibility of transcending the tribulation again!

The three supernatural powers of [Clear Mind's Eye], [Slow Time], and [Victory by Signing] were quietly activated. Although they were all just images, they were perfectly in line with the system of the Blissful Immortal Lord. [Clear Mind's Eye] can see through illusions and see the truth, [Slow Time] can prolong time, and [Victory by Signing] can find the greatest opportunity to win.

In the extremely slow passage of time, the Blissful Immortal Lord was focused on waiting for Hua Yue to make her move when suddenly his heart sank—this was not just a description of his feelings, but a genuine feeling of unease, as if his soul was being subjected to an immense pressure, making him almost unable to move!
Snowflakes were falling from the sky, and before he knew it, his head was covered in snow.

Unavoidable, unstoppable, this is a divine power that alters the natural order of the heavens, and it will surely strike when unleashed! But logically speaking, this kind of divine power is more than superior but lacks the power to kill, so how could it possibly suppress him and render him unable to move?
The Blissful Immortal Lord, his heart filled with despair, sighed deeply: "Wind, flowers, snow, and moon—is this what snow is?"

"【Snow-covered head】." Hua Yue said, "It's not that I'm showing off, but Zhou Wuchou, you're arrogant by nature, and you won't listen unless I curb your arrogance."

Despite saying that, Huayue's smile was incredibly irritating, clearly indicating that she was very satisfied with her show-off performance.

"Although Yu Liuting will not give up the Blissful Immortal Palace and the [Boiling and Furnace], in order to make the [Boiling and Furnace] work to its fullest potential, it is necessary to have an Alchemy Immortal Lord stationed at the Blissful Immortal Palace. However, the Blissful Immortal Palace is far away from Yu Liuting, and Yu Liuting is currently concentrating on attacking the secret realm, so it is really impossible to spare any manpower to guard the Immortal Palace."

The Blissful Immortal Lord immediately understood his subtext, and laughed angrily: "You still expect me to continue to oversee the Blissful Immortal Palace, refining pills for you as tribute? Truly, you're like someone who snatches mud from a swallow's beak, shaves iron from a needle's tip, and scrapes gold from a Buddha's face—searching for something out of nothing. Like searching for peas in a quail's crop, splitting lean meat from a heron's leg, and extracting oil from a mosquito's belly. What a shame, old man!"

"What if the Lord helps you out of this calamity?" Hua Yue asked.

The Blissful Immortal Lord's smile vanished, his expression shifting between light and shadow: "All the mortal immortals of your Imperial Flowing Court are practically starving, yet the Lord has the energy to care for an outsider like me? Do you expect me to refine pills for a hundred years before helping me transcend my tribulation?" "You will come back to the Imperial Flowing Court with me now and enter the Water Palace. Within a year, the Lord will help you transcend your tribulation," Hua Yue said. "How about it?"

"If I join the Imperial Court, wouldn't I be trapped with nowhere to go? It's not like the Imperial Court hasn't done things like killing immortals and seizing gold before."

When a Celestial Lord of the Mortal Realm dies, he will inevitably release his golden essence! Therefore, many Celestial Lords from small forces will almost never join a major sect. After all, any sect knows how to choose between a Celestial Lord they have nurtured and one they have coerced or persuaded to surrender.

"A Golden Core grants a thousand-year lifespan, while a Tribulation grants a lifespan of one hundred and sixty years. Today you celebrate your nine hundredth birthday. Do you think you have a chance to overcome the Tribulation on your own within a hundred years, or will you come to the Imperial Flow Court to join the Water Mansion lineage?" Hua Yue laughed and said, "Immortal Lord of Bliss, are you willing to gamble on this?"

After a moment of silence, when he saw Hua Yue's elbow twitch slightly, he immediately said, "Alright, I'll take your bet!"

Bullshit! Your "snow-covered head" is pressing down on me so I can't move. How can I not gamble?
The Blissful Immortal Lord was furious. Hua Yue's words were merely giving him a way out.

"Although the process was somewhat tortuous, the result was good." Hua Yue immediately untied the [Snow-Covered Head] and flew to the side of the Blissful Immortal Lord, putting her arm around his shoulder: "Actually, I've long felt that Zhou Wuchou, you've gone down the wrong path. So many people have entered the secret realm from blessed lands in the past, but none of them have been able to seize the secret realm's fortune. If you want to live a long life, you can only transcend tribulations. You have exceptional talent, so you may be able to transcend tribulations and reach the Great Ascension stage. Why be so fixated on unorthodox paths?"

After ascending to immortality, the messenger has only one path on the surface: to undergo the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations until reaching the eighth stage of Mahayana.

However, this path is far too dangerous. Without the protection of a Golden Core Tribulation Master, the First Nine Heavenly Tribulation alone can stop half of the Immortal Lords. Even with the protection of a Golden Core Tribulation Master, the Fourth Nine Heavenly Tribulation is still a matter of life and death. As for the Seventh Nine Heavenly Tribulation, apart from the Heavenly Court, only the Master of the Silent Extinction Academy of the Imperial Flow Court in the Four Desolations has this level of cultivation.

Moreover, he was exceptionally fortunate, and he managed to persuade the Emperor of the Eternal Heaven, the Candle Lord of the Fire Worship Sect, and the Lord of the Imperial Flow Court, all three Golden Core Tribulation Masters, to work together to help him overcome the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

As for the Eighth-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and the Ninth-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, people have long agreed that at least four or even more Golden Core Tribulation Masters must work together for there to be a slight chance of surviving the tribulation!
But in this world today, who has the ability to obtain the assistance of you Golden Elixir cultivators?
Moreover, the Golden Elixir can provide protection and bring good fortune!

The Golden Core Tribulation Master is the master of tribulations, capable of influencing or even controlling the heavenly tribulations of immortals in the mortal world!
The Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is one thing, but the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is said to cause a symphony of heaven and earth and shake the four wastelands. At that time, how could the Golden Core cultivators of the opposing forces possibly assist the Immortal Lord who is undergoing the tribulation?

They are the tribulations of the immortals in the mortal world!

Heavenly tribulations encompass both natural disasters and man-made calamities!

Over a long period of time, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm discovered another path: merging blessed lands with secret realms. Simply put, this meant merging blessed lands into secret realms, transforming himself into a demon within the secret realm, and usurping the immortality of demons!

But to this day, this path still seems endless. At most, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm can only usurp the Demon King's killing moves or characteristics. The Immortal Lord of Bliss has explored for eight hundred years but still hasn't entered the gate. He has long understood that this path is a dead end. Now, first forced by Hua Yue and then expelled from the Immortal Palace of Bliss, he has completely given up on the idea.

He sighed: "Alright, Huayue, I—"

The two suddenly froze, turning to look at the Hall of Bliss. They had not fought just moments before; the Hall of Bliss remained intact, the vortex gate to the secret realm shining brightly in the center of the hall.

However, at this moment they could clearly see that the Blissful Palace in the secret realm was shaking and collapsing, and soon it was completely reduced to rubble. The vortex gate of the secret realm gradually dissipated, and it was... gone!
Seeing this, how could they not know that the secret realm had been destroyed!

"Jiang... Shi!"

The Blissful Immortal Lord let out a long roar, causing the eardrums of mortals within a thousand paces to burst, and everyone on Blissful Island was consumed by rage!

"I have to go back first. If you are interested, Yu Liuting will welcome you anytime... Oh, by the way, I'll be taking these children with me."

Hua Yue immediately slipped away. Without the Blissful Immortal Palace, although the Blissful Immortal Lord was still worth recruiting, the privilege of undergoing tribulation within a year was definitely gone. He dared not make any promises lightly and could only hurry back to report to the academy master.

As he was leaving, he saw four children running on the ground. Recalling Tiger Vanguard's almost superhuman talent, he had an idea and casually led them onto the Wave-Stopping Flying Boat.

……

...

Seeing Tiger Vanguard being kidnapped again, Yan Qing was speechless. However, Yu Liuting certainly wouldn't lack opportunities, so it was a good place to go.

He suddenly remembered something and switched back to Jiang Shi's account to check the battle log.

"Your teammate 'Yan Qing' has freed a criminal from infernal strife."

"In this battle, 'Yan Qing' successfully freed a criminal with a challenge level greater than 30. 'Yan Qing''s overall contribution is 100%, reaching the 100% perfect threshold."

"'Yanqing' absorbed 12 points of karmic energy from the natural disaster!"

"You have triggered a natural disaster milestone!"

"Calamity: You currently have 38 points of Calamity Karma, which unlocks the secondary milestones [Calamity], [Sigh], [Enlightenment], and [Flawlessness]. Accumulating more Calamity Karma will unlock secondary milestones."

Calamity: All your attacks can deal true damage equal to the amount of Calamity Karma, currently 38 points.

Sigh: Any damage you take is reduced by an amount equal to your Cataclysmic Karma value (after all damage reductions are taken into account), currently reduced by 38 points.

Enlightenment: Your comprehension has increased by an amount equal to the increase in your karmic damage from natural disasters, currently by 38 points.

No Leaks: You gain a base recovery speed for spiritual power/spiritual essence/immortal essence. The recovery speed is related to your current value. When your spiritual power/spiritual essence/immortal essence is 0, the recovery speed reaches the maximum value of 38 points/second. When your spiritual power/spiritual essence/immortal essence is 0% > 90%, the recovery speed reaches the minimum value of 0.38 points/second.

(End of this chapter)