It turns out, they were the main characters.

The Heavenly Tribulation only goes up to nine levels, so why were there two more claps of thunder just now?

Rumble...

At this moment, the night seemed as bright as day, and the wisps of tribulation clouds brewed an aura of destruction, inspiring despair at first glance.

What was even more disheartening was that the eleventh clap of thunder didn't stop there; instead, a twelfth clap followed...

The mountain peak was clearly crowded with people, yet at this moment it was eerily quiet, with countless eyes staring in astonishment at the dark, awe-inspiring calamity clouds that resembled a whirlpool in the sea.

At that moment, the same thought popped into the minds of countless people.

After the Nine Heavenly Tribulations, is there an even more terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?

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[Thanks to the generous 'Old Tear Princess' for the dog food! Thank you, boss!]

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Chapter 526 Personification of the Heavenly Dao? (7,000 words)

According to the experience of these elders, the Nine Heavens Tribulation is already the limit. In this world, many things cannot be separated from the number 'nine'.

In the cultivation world, there has always been a saying of "returning to oneness," which is not metaphysics, but one of the rules of heaven and earth that the Heavenly Dao has set up since the past.

For cultivators undergoing tribulations, the most difficult tribulation is the ninth level of the Heavenly Tribulation, and the grades also range from one to nine.

But right now... probably no one would have thought that someone would encounter an 'anomaly' during their tribulation.

Up until now, a total of sixteen thunderclaps have been heard!

"What exactly is going on? Why is Brother Mu's enlightenment tribulation completely different from the tribulations of other cultivators in the past...?"

At this moment, Ye Lingxuan had arrived at the top of the mountain. When she looked up at a certain place in the distance, she couldn't help but frown slightly.

The innate spiritual body is the constitution most closely connected to spiritual energy in this world, and the moment Ye Lingxuan raised her head, she felt the destructive aura emanating from the Nine Heavens Tribulation.

Even the Nine Heavens Tribulation shouldn't have such an exaggerated aura of destruction.

She subconsciously looked at the Reincarnated Empress.

The woman gently shook her head and whispered, "I have never seen such a calamity before."

Judging from the tribulation clouds that are currently gathering, this is clearly the Nine Heavens Tribulation, but the destructive aura emanating from it is obviously different from usual.

Ye Lingxuan looked up at the boy standing in the void, her eyes filled with worry.

If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off attaining enlightenment later...

At least once she inherits the memories of the Forbidden Zone Queen, perhaps she can still be of some help to him.

"It's alright, he has the Nine Cauldrons Refining Void Pill personally refined by the Medicine King to help him, so there's no need to worry so much."

The lively and cheerful Ye Siyu gently patted Ye Lingxuan's shoulder and softly comforted her.

“Yes, sister, Master must have foreseen that Brother Mu’s tribulation of enlightenment this time would be far more difficult than any other cultivator in the past. That’s why she went to the Nine Provinces to find all kinds of medicinal herbs and prepared the Nine Cauldrons Refining Void Pill. This pill will definitely help Brother Mu overcome the difficulties smoothly.” Ye Qian said in a low voice as well.

With everyone's reassurance, Ye Lingxuan seemed to calm down a bit and nodded silently.

That's true. Even though this enlightenment tribulation is clearly different from previous ones, it's still just an enlightenment tribulation. The Heavenly Dao is indeed strict, but it's impossible for it to pull any tricks in the Heavenly Tribulation.

Brother Mu is a Chaos Body, so the tribulations he will face will naturally be more difficult...

Thinking of this, the girl's originally heavy mood eased a little.

If Mu Zhian knew the girl's feelings at this moment, he would probably be very gratified.

Although Lingxuan usually maintains an elegant and calm demeanor, she still knows how to care for her brother.

However, Mu Zhian was in no mood to care about the outside world's opinions.

Just how difficult is the Heavenly Tribulation for Enlightenment?

In the past, Mu Zhian had read some examples of enlightened cultivators undergoing tribulations in ancient books, and among the dozen or so ancient books he had read, only two people successfully passed the tribulation of enlightenment.

At this moment, the tribulation that Mu Zhian is experiencing seems to be far more difficult than the Nine Heavenly Tribulations.

Mu Zhian looked up at the swirling clouds of tribulation under the sky and wanted to turn to his fish in his pond and say: "Look, my wives, the heavens are cheating!"

However, he had no wife; the only people present were his good sister and a maid.

Moreover, he was in no mood for jokes. The heavy pressure emanating from the Nine Heavens Tribulation made Mu Zhi'an unable to feel any emotional fluctuations. He felt extremely depressed and even instinctively wanted to submit to the tribulation.

"Damn it, what happened to the Nine Heavens Tribulation? Why hasn't the thunder stopped since it started?"

Even Mu Zhian couldn't help but curse under his breath at that moment.

Although he had already prepared himself mentally when Luo Tan told him about the Heavenly Tribulation of Enlightenment in Yuzhou.

After all, he is a chaotic being, so it's normal that the difficulty of his tribulation is higher than that of other cultivators.

But this is no longer just a little higher; the thunder hasn't stopped since it started!

Mu Zhian now only prays that this calamity will begin soon... Every time he hears a clap of thunder, it is torture for him.

Nine incredibly thick tribulation clouds seemed to swirl the entire night sky, with lightning churning within the leaden clouds. As another clap of thunder sounded, some of the clansmen began to fly away from the mountain peak on their swords, fearing that they would be affected by the heavenly tribulation.

At this very moment, above the Celestial Palace, a woman dressed in a black and red dress stood silently. Her attire was both ethereal and alluring, like a fiery witch. Her bewitching eyes gazed in a certain direction as she spoke softly, "Is Ye Ning still in seclusion? Mu Zhi'an is practically half a member of the forbidden zone, does he not care at all about Lingxuan's future husband?"

Although a few sparks on her body vaguely obscured her beautiful face, it was not difficult to tell her identity from her full breasts that proudly supported her dress.

Ye Qingxin was the ancestor of the Ye clan.

The beautiful woman beside Ye Qingxin was behind the forbidden area.

The two did not go to the mountain where Mu Zhian was undergoing his tribulation. For them, they could already feel the oppressive feeling brought by the tribulation of enlightenment from this place.

The person behind the forbidden area had a hint of helplessness on their face and said, "He is really still in seclusion, and I'm afraid he didn't expect that young friend Mu could comprehend the Dao so quickly... How did he do it?"

The beautiful woman finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering her.

Logically speaking, Mu Zhian had only recently completed the Refinement of Spirit and Return to Emptiness stage. How could he have suddenly jumped to the peak of the Return to Emptiness stage after such a short time?

Even if you took pills every day, it wouldn't be possible to achieve this speed.

"Perhaps there's some kind of opportunity," Ye Qingxin said calmly.

"That's unlikely. The immortal herbs from the forbidden lands might be able to achieve that level, but cultivators at the Void Returning Realm wouldn't be able to refine immortal herbs for their own use," the Forbidden Zone Master said, shaking his head slowly.

She had considered several possibilities regarding Mu Zhian's rapid advancement in cultivation level recently, but ultimately rejected them all.

The beautiful woman simply couldn't understand how this person could cultivate at such an monstrous speed.

Ye Qingxin looked up and gazed at the direction where the Heavenly Tribulation of Enlightenment was gathering, and said softly, "It's not enough to just cultivate fast; he also needs to be able to successfully overcome this Heavenly Tribulation."

Seemingly noticing the worry in Ye Qingxin's eyes, the person behind the forbidden area hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked:

“I can understand Lingxuan’s concern for him, but I remember that Mu Zhi’an has always been at odds with that boy from your Ye clan named Ye Yu. Why is Sister so concerned about Mu Zhi’an as well?”

Ye Qingxin's eyes flickered slightly. After a moment of silence, she said calmly, "He has good talent and a likable personality, so my impression of him is fairly good."

"Besides, Lingxuan likes Mu Zhi'an so much, so naturally I hope he's alright," Ye Qingxin added.

Upon hearing this, the person in the forbidden zone sighed softly and said, "Yes... I used to think that there probably wouldn't be a man in this world that she would find attractive. I never expected that after going to the Ye Clan for a few years, when I returned to the forbidden zone, she already had someone she liked."

The couple knew Ye Lingxuan's personality very well. They knew that although Ye Lingxuan appeared humble and elegant on the surface, she was actually very proud at heart.

It was difficult for a girl like her to be interested in other men of the same age in the Ye tribe at that time, so they were all at ease when she went to the Ye tribe.

However, who would have thought that Ye Lingxuan, who did not take a liking to the Ye clan members, would end up being lured away by the young master of the Mu family?

“With Mu Zhian’s talent, he is actually worthy of Lingxuan,” Ye Qingxin suddenly said.

"Yes." After the forbidden area, he nodded slowly, then said helplessly, "But he has the Azure Emperor as his Daoist partner, and the Palace Master of the Sword Palace is no pushover either. I'm worried that if Lingxuan really ends up with him in the future, she'll probably suffer a lot of grievances."

"It's alright, I'll take good care of her in the future," Ye Qingxin said.

"She'll get married someday eventually, and my sister can't take care of her forever," the forbidden zone member sighed, shaking his head.

That's not necessarily true... Ye Qingxin thought to herself silently.

Just then, Ye Qingxin suddenly felt a slightly dazzling white light flash before her eyes.

The white light descended slowly from the night sky, sacred and enchanting.

Then, for a fleeting moment, it seemed to set the sky ablaze, turning the entire night sky as bright as day!

A milky-white orb of light floated in mid-air amidst thunder. Its soft radiance made countless cultivators unable to resist it in the slightest, and some even knelt down, unable to control their inner impulses.

After a long, stunned silence, the person behind the forbidden zone murmured in disbelief, "The Way of Heaven!"

……

Even mortals in the Nine Provinces know what the Way of Heaven means.

From the past to the present, Kyushu has undergone countless changes, but the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man have never disappeared.

The Heavenly Way is now stronger than the Earthly Way and the Human Way. Even the rules for setting up Heavenly Tribulations are mostly set by the Heavenly Way.

No one expected that a tribulation at the Enlightenment Realm would resonate with the Heavenly Dao.

The milky-white orb of light hung high in the night sky, radiating a sacred glow.

When it arrived, the entire set of rules in the restricted area seemed to tremble.

"If I remember correctly, there were twenty-three thunderclaps just now..."

After an unknown period of silence, Ye Qian finally spoke with difficulty, breaking the eerie silence.

She stared intently at the boy who looked incredibly small under the oppressive darkness of the heavenly tribulation, and whispered, "Could it be that even the rules of heaven and earth are unaware of the true difficulty of Mu Zhi'an's tribulation?"

Ye Lingxuan remained silent, a rare occurrence. She suddenly recalled how Mu Zhian had once left the Reincarnation Pool speechless.

The reason the Reincarnation Pool went wrong that time was because Mu Zhian had too many different constitutions, and the Reincarnation Pool couldn't determine which one to use immediately.

The Reincarnated Empress, who followed Ye Lingxuan like a shadow, remained silent.

Even the reincarnated empress had never seen anyone attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao during their enlightenment, let alone have a portion of the Heavenly Dao's will descend to 'monitor' this calamity.

She had no idea what would happen next.

The most terrifying thing is that twenty-three thunderclaps were not the limit.

Up until now, thunder has been heard almost every so often.