The comet remained silent, only relentlessly unleashing heavenly tribulations.

Chapter 110 Tribulation

After that, Song Yi led a group of spirit officials to inspect the four directions, observing the people's conditions and distinguishing between good and evil along the way.

When they had traveled thousands of miles away, they suddenly saw dark clouds rolling in the distant sky, lightning flashing, and a vast heavenly might emanating from the depths of the mountains.

A slight thought crossed his mind, and he immediately rode away on a cloud.

In a short while, they arrived at a solitary peak.

A fierce wind howled atop the mountain, dark clouds loomed overhead, and countless lightning bolts darted back and forth within the clouds, emitting a deafening roar.

The rolling thunderous power covered an area of ​​hundreds of miles, causing mountains and rocks to crumble and vegetation to turn to ashes. Ordinary creatures dared not even take a step closer.

Below the thunderclouds, a giant white python, tens of meters long, was coiled on the mountaintop.

The white python's scales were as white as jade, and it should have been extraordinary, but at this moment it looked extremely disheveled.

Its scales were shattered in large pieces, blood flowed continuously, and many parts of its body were charred black by lightning, faintly emitting a burnt smell.

Song Yi watched this scene without much surprise.

Cultivation for living beings is inherently defying the heavens. Only by overcoming the nine heavenly tribulations and shedding their mortal form can they truly transform into immortals.

However, this path to heaven is too perilous; among ten beings undergoing tribulation, less than one often survives.

Most of them will be struck by lightning and completely destroyed, without even a chance to be reincarnated.

Those who are slightly luckier can only abandon everything at the moment their physical body collapses, and their primordial spirit escapes into reincarnation.

But once you get trapped, you don’t know how many lifetimes you will have to sink before you can break free.

The tribulations faced by demons in the lower realms are especially difficult.

Unlike human cultivators, they do not have a lineage of masters, the protection of sects, or the tribulation-crossing methods summarized by countless sages.

Most demons rely on their own exploration, struggling in the mountains and wilderness. They neither understand the orthodox Taoist methods nor can they find suitable materials to forge powerful magical treasures.

When it comes to the tribulation, one can almost only rely on the strength of one's physical body to withstand the heavenly lightning.

The white python in front of us is already quite fortunate.

It somehow found some refining materials and managed to forge two protective magic treasures, but they were both shattered by heavenly lightning, with fragments scattered among the rocks beneath it.

Just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from the depths of the sky.

Boom!

Countless bolts of lightning converged wildly, and the thunderclouds that had begun to dissipate condensed again, forming a massive vortex of lightning.

Cyan-purple lightning crackled and flashed within, and an even more terrifying pressure slowly descended.

This is the final and most dangerous tribulation.

Around the mountain peak, countless birds and beasts had already prostrated themselves on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads.

Even the white python couldn't help but show a hint of despair in its eyes at this moment.

It could clearly sense that, in its current state, it absolutely could not withstand the impending heavenly lightning.

Song Yi gazed at the white python below, suddenly lost in thought.

Now he is in charge of the Department of Blessing and the Department of Relief, acting on behalf of Heaven to punish and oversee all living beings.

Since its authority can be applied to mortals, it can naturally also be applied to cultivators and demons.

After all, in the eyes of Heaven, all living beings are not distinguished by high or low status. As long as they are within the realm of cause and effect, they are within the scope of divine authority.

If this can help those deserving beings to avert disasters and difficulties, then the authority of the Department of Oblivion and the Department of Disaster Relief will naturally increase accordingly.

Thinking of this, Song Yi activated his divine eyes and carefully looked at the white python.

This sight surprised him slightly.

Although the white python was surrounded by a lot of dense karmic energy, there were even faint strands of pale golden light flowing beneath the black aura.

That is the aura of merit.

This indicates that the white python was not a vicious demon.

Song Yi used the laws of the divine to deduce the reason quickly.

It turns out that after this demon attained enlightenment, it lived in the nearby mountains and forests and never harmed mortals.

On the contrary, they often drive away ferocious beasts and evil spirits, protecting the safety of the surrounding people.

For hundreds of years, many villagers have even spontaneously built temples for her and worshipped her as the White Python Goddess, thus accumulating a great deal of merit.

Unfortunately, it had too much karmic burden left over from its previous life.

When living beings are reincarnated, the cause and effect of good and evil do not completely disappear, but accumulate layer by layer.

It may not be apparent on ordinary days, but once one faces a tribulation, the karmic obstacles from several lifetimes will erupt simultaneously.

Although the white python before him had accumulated some merit, it was still insufficient to offset the karmic consequences of his past life.

It's like a drop in the ocean.

Seeing that the ninth tribulation was about to descend, Song Yi finally made his move.

With a flick of his wrist, a jade-handled broom appeared in his hand, and he gently swept it across the white python's head.

In an instant, an invisible wave spread out.

The karmic aura coiled around the white python dissipated rapidly, like snow meeting the blazing sun, and a large amount of black energy was swept away by the broom.

At the same time, the calamity clouds high in the sky also changed.

The originally thick, mountain-like dark clouds began to thin out, and the crimson and purple lightning gradually faded, eventually turning into a bluish-white color.

Heavenly tribulations are determined by karmic obstacles.

The deeper one's karmic obstacles, the stronger the tribulation lightning.

Now that most of the karmic obstacles have been removed, the power of the lightning tribulation has naturally weakened.

The white python below was taken aback at first, then immediately noticed the change.

Although it didn't know what had happened, it could feel that the oppressive power that had been pressing down on it and making it almost unable to breathe had significantly weakened.

Suddenly seeing a glimmer of hope amidst despair, the white python was instantly invigorated.

It roared to the sky, unleashing all its demonic power, which transformed into layers of silvery-white light that covered its entire body.

The next moment, the ninth tribulation of lightning finally descended in full.

A massive pillar of lightning crashed down from the heavens, seemingly piercing through the earth and completely engulfing the entire mountain in a sea of ​​lightning.

Countless rocks instantly turned to dust, and the peak was forcibly sheared off several feet.

The white python hissed in pain, but it did not retreat.

One bolt of lightning after another struck down.

The entire world was enveloped in dazzling lightning.

The white python was blasted into a bloody mess time and time again, yet it stubbornly stood up each time.

Half an incense stick later, the last bolt of lightning finally dissipated slowly.

The tribulation clouds in the sky began to collapse, transforming into countless rays of spiritual light that scattered in all directions.

A golden ray of light descended from the sky and enveloped the white python.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged wildly like a tide, continuously surging into its body.

The charred wounds healed rapidly, the broken scales regenerated, and the originally extremely weak aura began to rise steadily.

This is a blessing from Heaven.

It is also a gift from heaven and earth after successfully transcending the tribulation.

After a while, a white light flowed, and the originally huge python gradually shrank, eventually transforming into a woman dressed in white.

The woman was beautiful and ethereal. Having just successfully transcended her tribulation and taken human form, she immediately knelt respectfully towards the sky.

Although she didn't know who was secretly helping her, she could vaguely sense that if someone hadn't helped her reduce her karmic obstacles, she would have had no chance of surviving this tribulation.