Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

"Tribulations temper one's will..."

As Jiang Ming carefully considered the introduction to this lineage, he felt a vague stirring in his heart.

"This might have an unexpected boost to my Abyss Universe."

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

"I just don't know if the concept of tribulation in the Nine Tribulations Annihilation Chapter matches the concept of tribulation in the 'Abyss of Tribulation'."

Calamities can be categorized into many types, including internal calamities and external calamities.

The inner tribulation triggers the laws, and cause and effect temper oneself, using each hardship as a whetstone.

External tribulations, on the other hand, involve destruction, erosion, and annihilation... surviving amidst tribulations, and experiencing rebirth, etc...

"Let's exchange it first and see. Although the price is a bit high, I'm not penniless right now."

"Thunder Source Divine Crystal..."

Jiang Ming recalled the records in the clan's treasure trove. This was a rare object that could only be conceived over countless years in an extreme thunderous environment. It contained the most primal power of thunder and was not even stored in the human clan's treasure trove.

"The exchange conditions given by the True King of Ash Eyes clearly indicate that he prefers the inheritor to use specific precious materials to exchange for the treasure."

However, such rare and precious materials are hard to come by and have a price but no market.

On the contrary, exchanging it for twice the price is a bit expensive, but at least there's a direction to strive for.

Jiang Ming made up his mind and no longer hesitated. He immediately dispatched other mental clones to Wanxiang City.

The cost of exchanging for the "Nine Tribulations God-Slaying Chapter" is not low. It is impossible for Jiang Ming, an ordinary mental clone, to carry such a large number of precious treasures.

Therefore, a certain amount of time is still needed for scheduling.

Three days later in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Ming's mental clone entered the Temple of Inheritance once again.

Upon entering the temple, Jiang Ming did not hesitate and immediately communicated with the spirit of the temple, heading to a side hall.

Inside the side hall was a humanoid energy entity enveloped in soft white light.

"I wish to exchange for the inheritance of the Nine Tribulations God-Slaying Chapter".

Jiang Ming got straight to the point, and at the same time handed over a world ring.

"These are the treasures I'm exchanging for. Please appraise them."

The intelligent life form took the ring, its eyes flashing with white light, and after a moment, it uttered a voice devoid of any emotion.

"After evaluation, the total value of the 'Star Tear Gold' and other materials and treasures you provided meets the requirements for exchanging the fragment of the 'Nine Tribulations God Destroying Chapter'."

Confirm redemption?

"confirm!"

Jiang Ming was resolute.

"Exchange completed."

With a wave of its hand, the intelligent life messenger caused the world ring to disappear. At the same time, a dark purple stream of light, exuding an ancient and boundless aura, flew from the depths of the temple and instantly entered the forehead of Jiang Ming's mental clone.

boom!
It was as if a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, exploded in Jiang Ming's consciousness!

It wasn't the real sound, but rather the overwhelming and domineering impact of the information it contained.

The next moment, countless extremely complex thoughts, images, and laws surged into the depths of Jiang Ming's memory like a flood bursting its banks.

They coalesced into ancient characters that seemed to be composed of thunder and calamity, containing the true meaning of 'calamity'.

The Nine Tribulations God-Slaying Chapter!
It is not a written record, but a direct transmission of spiritual ideas, containing the creator's understanding of 'calamity', as well as the supreme method of inducing, controlling, and ultimately using calamity to temper one's own will.

This is merely a fragment, containing the cultivation methods for the first three tribulations.

The first tribulation, the 'mortal tribulation'.

The first tribulation is the 'Five Elements Tribulation,' which stirs up inner distractions, past regrets, and emotional attachments to forge the will and purify the false from the true.

It triggers the backlash of the fundamental laws of the universe, transforming the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth into calamity, tempering the will and making it resilient.

The third tribulation, the 'Void Tribulation'.

The disruption of spacetime forces and the erosion of nothingness create calamities, forging an immortal will amidst the birth and death of the real and the illusory.

Each tribulation is extremely dangerous, with the constant threat of will collapse and soul dissipation.

But if one can overcome this, their will will undergo a qualitative transformation.

"What a wondrous method! What a domineering approach!"

Jiang Ming was immersed in the vast amount of inherited information, and his heart was filled with shock.

"To be tempered in calamity, to be reborn in destruction."

This is both an internal and external calamity.

Jiang Ming stopped all his clones' actions and focused all his will on receiving the inheritance.

This time, the acceptance of the inheritance is different from the past. Jiang Ming had received some inheritance before.

Such as the heritage of the Epan clan.

However, those inheritances basically only contain information, but no real physical objects.

Inherited items allow for direct practice of the mysteries of inheritance, greatly lowering the cultivation threshold for inheritors.

Without any inherited knowledge, it is extremely difficult to comprehend anything based solely on information.

For example, when the information is recorded in writing, a different interpretation of a punctuation mark or an unclear sentence segment can greatly increase the difficulty of cultivation inheritance.

If a powerful tradition were to be expressed in written form, it would easily consist of tens of trillions or even hundreds of trillions of characters...

Given all these factors, how incredibly difficult it is to comprehend them!
Aside from a few exceptional geniuses, it is almost impossible to completely master the inheritance simply by relying on inherited information.

Therefore, items that truly possess the ability to be passed down, and that can evolve into a path of inheritance, are extremely precious.

……

As Jiang Ming received the inheritance, the Abyss Realm within the 'Celestial Universe' quietly activated, and the passage of time accelerated dramatically.

Although all of Jiang Ming's clones share the same consciousness, the flow of time experienced by each consciousness is not entirely the same.

The efficiency of comprehension naturally varies...

Under a time flow rate a million times faster than the primordial universe, Jiang Ming officially comprehended the first tribulation of the "Nine Tribulations Annihilation Chapter"... the 'Mortal Tribulation'.

As time passed, Jiang Ming's consciousness seemed to sink into an endless fog.

Guided by the teachings, he began to actively draw upon the various distracting thoughts, obsessions, and regrets hidden deep within his heart...

The yearning for power when I was weak, the worry for the safety of my loved ones, the confusion and bottlenecks on the path of cultivation, the sense of powerlessness when facing powerful enemies, and even the longing for my distant homeland, Earth...

All the emotions and thoughts that were suppressed or hidden by his powerful will were now amplified infinitely by the methods of the Nine Tribulations God-Slaying Chapter, transforming into raging 'mortal tribulation fire'!
"Hiss hiss hiss..."

An invisible flame scorched Jiang Ming's core will. The pain did not affect his divine body, but directly affected the origin of his soul, the very foundation of his existence... his will!
Even with Jiang Ming's willpower reaching the limit of a true god, he still felt intense stinging and disorientation under the burning of this tribulation fire that specifically targeted his inner weaknesses.

Countless illusions arose in his consciousness, tempting him to succumb and threatening him to give up...

"A pure heart remains unperturbed even when the sky falls."

Amidst constant change, one remains steadfast, with a tranquil and serene spirit!

"My Dao heart has been tempered through countless eons; how could it be burned by mortal fire!"

Jiang Ming held fast to the last bit of clarity in the depths of his mind, and used the tribulation-controlling method recorded in the "Nine Tribulations Annihilation Chapter" to guide the tribulation fire, instead using it as a whetstone to temper his will again and again.

Under the scorching heat of the tribulation, his will was like a piece of divine iron thrown into a furnace; impurities were burned away, and its essence became increasingly pure and refined... (End of this chapter)