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As the ninth tribulation began to gather outside, the two eighth-tribulation Golden Immortals exchanged a glance, both seeing in each other's eyes a sense of apprehension towards the Jade Emperor Pavilion. They secretly transmitted their thoughts to each other:

"Rumors circulate that the Jade Emperor Pavilion no longer has an Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortal in charge, and only has two Seventh Tribulation Golden Immortals."

But now, the ninth tribulation has descended, which must mean that the ultimate Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortal has reached the end of their lifespan and is about to undergo the ninth tribulation!

"The reason we went to the Jade Emperor Pavilion to force them to hand over the person who was suspected to be an anomaly was because the Jade Emperor Pavilion did not have any top experts who could stop us."

With Brother Xu Kun's Kunpeng Void Escape technique, we can come and go as we please.

"But now it seems that the Golden Immortal has suddenly undergone the ninth tribulation. If he succeeds, we will definitely be unable to withstand the power of the ninth tribulation Golden Immortal."

If we fail, they might be able to use the power of the calamity to forcefully attack us. We are less than a thousand years away from transcending the tribulation, and once we are tainted by the aura of the calamity, it may cause the ninth tribulation to arrive ahead of schedule.

"If the Jade Emperor Pavilion coordinates properly, they could completely suppress and kill the two of us here."

"They want to exchange the life of an Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortal whose lifespan is nearing its end for the lives of the two of us."

"The Jade Emperor Pavilion has such deep schemes! Such a ruthless heart!"

The two Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortals felt a chill run through their bodies and stood up abruptly from their seats.

Ancestor Xiao Zhan and Daoist Xu Kun glared angrily at the two, then disappeared completely into the Jade Emperor Mountain Cave Heaven amidst the fluctuations of the void.

Yu Kun and Yu Qian were filled with astonishment and confusion, not knowing what they had done to anger these two Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortals.

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Before Yunlai Peak, the blood moon had completely locked onto the image of Mahakala, its angry eyes seemingly expressing its fury at Mahakala for evading the Ninth Tribulation.

Throughout countless years, there have been many exceptionally talented individuals who have tried other ways to avoid calamities, but most of them have perished in the calamities that arrived as expected.

Only Mahakala merged with heaven and earth through an unconventional method of death.

In a sense, Mahakala did indeed die 200,000 years ago, so the Ninth Calamity could not bring Mahakala to his death.

Two hundred thousand years later, the bearded giant was forced to forcibly condense the Great Black Heaven Dharma Image.

Two hundred thousand years later, the will of Mahakala descended upon the human world again through his Dharma form.

The moment the will of Mahakala was revived, the Ninth Tribulation arrived as promised, and even after two hundred thousand years, it was still impossible to stop the death that pointed directly to the source.

Seeing and feeling the power of heaven and earth, even Yin Changyu couldn't help but tremble slightly. Her instinctive fear even made her dare not look directly at the blood-red sun in the sky.

"Is there a difference between this ninth tribulation of the Golden Immortal realm and the ninth tribulation you have already overcome?"

Luo Tian suddenly turned his head and asked Yin Changyu a question with great interest.

Yin Changyu's expression faltered slightly, then his tone was full of relief as he said:

"The difference is like heaven and earth, especially since the ninth tribulation contains the power of heaven and earth, which is simply beyond human capability."

"Unless a great formation is completely repaired, even if one advances to the Eighth Tribulation Golden Immortal realm, there is no way to escape this calamity."

As soon as he finished speaking, the calamity that had befallen Yunlai Peak arrived in an instant.

The three calamities—Yin Fire, Samadhi Divine Wind, and Purple Heaven Divine Thunder—arrived in an instant, and that purple radiance illuminated the entire Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto Heaven almost in a flash.

The shattered space shook the very foundation of the entire blessed land, and lightning relentlessly tore apart the towering demon god's image.

"Roar!"

The excruciating pain from the tearing lightning caused the demon god's avatar to roar in fury, with several arms extending from behind it, manifesting divine weapons and magical treasures to meet the purple lightning.

The Yin Fire spread wildly from the inside out, and the immortal power and true essence of the five internal organs were shattered by the attack. Between the convergence of thunder and fire, the huge Dharma body began to slowly collapse.

High above, the Samadhi Divine Wind howled past, shaking the already crumbling divine soul. The fragile true spirit was like a candle flickering in the wind, seemingly about to be extinguished at any moment.

"Darkness!"

A deafening roar spread from the Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto to the Xuanhuang Great World. Countless cultivators who had practiced the "Great Black Heaven Secret Manual" manifested their remains, and the Great Black Heaven power remaining in the world began to converge towards the Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto.

The power of Mahakala began to frantically repair his physical body and stabilize his soul, managing to barely maintain his stability even under the simultaneous onslaught of the three calamities.

Since the transmission of the Mahakala Secret Codex, the seeds sown over hundreds of thousands of years are now being harvested.

The demon god, with a dragon's head, a human body, and eight arms on his back, stood tall and roared towards the heavens with a fierce fighting spirit.

"Could it be... that he can really survive the ninth tribulation?"

Wen Qiuyue, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but speak up as she watched the scene unfold before her.

Even Yin Changyu looked at Luo Tian with a sense of doubt.

Two hundred thousand years of planning, using the power of countless cultivators who practice the "Great Black Heaven Secret Manual" to fight against the Three Calamities, this is almost the ultimate achievement.

If there are still contingency plans, it is not impossible to deal with the subsequent Six Calamities and the Five Signs of Decay of the Devas.

But under the watchful eyes of the two women, Luo Tian simply smiled and shook his head, saying:

"It's over!"

"Huh?" Surprised voices came from Yin Changyu and Wen Qiuyue, their eyes filled with doubt.

"After Mahakala appeared, the outcome of everything was already predetermined."

Even if he did have a backup plan, what could he do by using the Mahakala Dharma Form to steal the power of heaven and earth?

Even the strongest food is just a delicious meal on someone else's table. Would you give up a feast you've waited two hundred thousand years for because of the food's insignificant resistance?

As he spoke, the towering demon god's image seemed to see something and began to twist in expression, letting out a desperate roar.

The powerful demon's body began to exude filth and stench; its once gleaming black scales quickly dimmed; the dragon horns on its head fell off; and a sense of bewilderment and unease began to appear on its hideous face.

The signs of the five signs of decay in the celestial beings have already appeared.

Even though the demon god's form was powerful enough to resist the three calamities, it still collapsed and withered at a visible speed under the signs of the five signs of decay of heaven and man.

Death had already arrived silently.

Yin Changyu and Wen Qiuyue felt a chill run through their bodies. They had clearly seen the power of the demon god's avatar, but under the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man in the Ninth Tribulation, it had no power to resist at all.

The enormous Dharma form began to shrink, and its collapsing body dissipated, becoming the power of Mahakala and returning to the world.

When the Dharma image quickly dissipated, what appeared before the three of them was a soul that seemed to have been awkwardly stitched together and a glimmer of true spiritual light.

Above the sky, the crimson sun shone brightly, and then the sky began to transform into a huge vortex.

The stiffly stitched-together soul seemed to be summoned by some kind of call, and together with that sliver of true spirit, it began to fly towards the enormous vortex in the sky.

Just then, Luo Tian made his move.

With a single step, accompanied by a flash of light, Luo Tian's body had already reached the sky.

The remaining power of the Ninth Calamity seemed to be manifesting in Luo Tian, ​​with the death pointing directly to its source appearing and disappearing.

But the moment Luo Tian raised his right hand, all was silent.

With a gentle spread of his five fingers, a massive purple array quietly appeared in the sky. Though it was a simple curve composed of lines, the arc, as if drawn by heaven and earth, seemed to expound the essence of death, enveloping the entire sky.

Then, Luo Tian's voice merged with an ancient and weathered voice, its majestic tone resounding throughout the heavens and earth:

"Soul Flame!"

Purple soul flames rose under the majestic heavenly might, and the entire sky seemed to be refined by the raging soul flames.

The massive vortex instantly dissipated, revealing the scene behind it.

It was a pure white, crystal-clear jade pillar that stretched from the heavens all the way to another world.

At the base of the jade pillar, two enormous holes spew out massive amounts of spiritual energy, transforming into a giant vortex in the sky that guides souls.

"That's... an elephant's trunk!"

A terrified voice came from Wen Qiuyue's mouth; even this usually aloof sword immortal could not remain calm in this situation.

At the end of that towering jade pillar stood an unimaginably enormous elephant, its entire body as white as jade.

It stands independently outside the Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto, overlooking the entire Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto with a transcendent attitude.

Its eyes are like a blood-red sun, and its trunk, with each breath, transforms into a vortex of souls that blots out the sky.

The yin fire that burned away its internal organs was its anger, and the samadhi wind that blew away its soul was its breath. Traveling in that realm beyond, terrifying purple lightning covered its body.

Such an existence seems to belong only to the supreme divine beasts recorded in the ethereal and primordial myths.

In the vast mythology, it should always be considered among the strongest, occupying a place in the Three Realms and Six Paths.

Yet this colossal creature was now shrouded in a death array.

The purple flames of the soul scorched the giant white jade elephant, melting its jade-like body and evaporating its precious blood, revealing the piles of white bones beneath.

The terrifying screams of souls being burned echoed throughout the entire Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto.

"Some things are not something that a mere beast under Ksitigarbha's command can easily touch!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the enormous white elephant's body outside the sky was completely incinerated in the raging flames of the soul, a symbol of death.

That body, which was even larger than the entire Jade Emperor Mountain Grotto-Heaven, perished before it could even display its supreme divine power.

Above the sky, the blood-red sun had vanished, leaving only a crystalline...glass ball refracting dazzling light!

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Throughout the entire process, Luo Tian did not make any other movements except for raising his hand to release the Soul Flame.

Those deep eyes gazed at the sky, but never landed on the wailing white jade elephant, as if this behemoth meant nothing to him.

Only in the deep, endless void of space could he truly find something worthy of his attention.

As the white jade giant elephant was completely killed by the soul flames, its enormous body burned to ashes in the purple flames, Luo Tiantian withdrew his gaze from the endless deep space.

"It's a real pity that the death of this mount didn't even trigger his attack."

Despite saying this, Luo Tian's face remained completely expressionless.

Upon meeting Daheitian, an Eight Tribulation Golden Immortal who had extended his life by 200,000 years through an unconventional method of death, Luo Tian realized the value that this matter could be exploited.

Regardless of whether those fierce god forms devoured and merged with each other, or whether the Great Black Heaven stole the bearded giant's form and was reborn, Luo Tian did not intervene at all.

What he wanted to see was the resurrection of Mahakala.

Having evaded the Ninth Tribulation for two hundred thousand years, Mahakala will surely attract something that Luo Tian would like to see.

As Luo Tian had predicted, the Ninth Tribulation arrived as scheduled, and Luo Tian truly witnessed the true face of the Ninth Tribulation that had caused the fall of countless geniuses in the Xuanhuang Great World—the divine beast Di Ting, the mount of Ksitigarbha!

In Luo Tian's understanding, the Xuanhuang Great World has continued to produce countless geniuses to this day, and there should be quite a few peerless geniuses like Daheitian.

If the Ninth Calamity were truly an ordinary calamity, even with the intervention of a power at the level of a great god, there shouldn't have been not a single survivor.