Chapter 634

Inside the Red Mother's mortal shell, Xu Qing raised his head, gazing into the distance above.

At the end of his vision was the tribulation cloud formed within the Red Mother's mortal shell; the scope of this mist was not large, and although there was lightning, it was not astonishing. Yet, through a vague sense of connection, Xu Qing could perceive that a much larger tribulation cloud had appeared in the outside world at this moment.

What appeared within this Red Mother's mortal shell was more of an illusory projection of the external tribulation cloud, drawn forth by Xu Qing's own cultivation base.

The Captain stood to the side, his expression strange.

"Little Junior Brother, I have lived through so many lifetimes, yet this is the first time I have encountered such a situation."

"Since you are inside the Red Mother's mortal shell, then for the judgment of the Life Tribulation, is it you or the Red Mother's mortal shell that is undergoing the tribulation?"

"If it is the Red Mother's mortal shell, then the descending tribulation must be terrifying, but the Red Mother's mortal shell is equally terrifying."

"If it is you, then under the obstruction of the Red Mother's mortal shell, the descending tribulation will leave you unscathed, without calamity or disaster. The appearance of this Red Mother's mortal shell will passively act as a substitute for your tribulation!"

"Interesting. I have never seen such a thing, and gods with mortal shells are extremely rare, especially since this mortal shell itself has no consciousness, only instinct."

Xu Qing's eyes also revealed a sharp glint, lost in thought. First stroke, fourth stroke, fourth stroke...

There was no man singing inside the pavilion, and at the seven corners of the pavilion, seven corpses sat cross-legged respectively.

"Big Junior Brother, from death towards life, walk out!" the Captain said in a deep voice.

In my feeling, time seemed to have passed for endless ages; I had experienced countless drownings life after life, and the process of death was incomparably real. I struggled time and time again to keep my consciousness from dissipating, and finally, I awoke.

Almost the instant his words were spoken, the Red Mother's mortal shell shrouding the Kusheng Mountain Range suddenly began to squirm. As the sky-curtain formed by its skin churned, the previous tribulation cloud also erupted accordingly.

"That's not right, the power is the same, it's far too small."

Yet, the previous heavenly tribulation had indeed descended...

That locking sensation gave Xu Qing a feeling of being watched by a god. At this moment, his body was trembling, the Poison Prohibition was churning, the Purple Moon Divine Source was erupting, and Ding Yi's divine finger was also shaking.

"This is leaving one's name on the divine stele with divine blood, experiencing the death of the five elements, then igniting the divine fire, and placing the divine stele inside the ancient god's body; only then can one plunder the godhead and form one's own divine status!"

"Thus, that obsession was deeply fused into this mortal shell, and later it was severed. Although the Red Mother ignited the divine fire to become a god in the Huangtian, the obsession of this mortal shell still exists."

Xu Qing's expression was once again dazed. After a long while, he turned his head to look at the drowned corpse, the corpse-digger, and the hanged corpse to the side.

"If it were anyone else undergoing the tribulation here, it wouldn't be like this, but you are different!"

But very soon, an illusory shadow appeared from the corpse-digger and walked out, transforming back into Xu Qing. He had also experienced such death countless times. At this moment, his consciousness was somewhat blurred, but he still raised his trembling hand to continue writing.

"This tribulation is special, Little Junior Brother. Listen to my instructions. The first step: use your own divine blood to write your name on the stone stele!"

As the sound echoed, the lightning collapsed upon the Red Mother's mortal shell, transforming into countless arc-shaped electric lights scattering in all directions. The Red Mother's mortal shell remained unscathed.

Gradually applying force, slowly tightening, until Xu Qing fell over, motionless.

The internal organs inside were disappearing, as if being hollowed out. Very soon, they were all gone. The resulting immense pain made Xu Qing's body tremble, forcing him to sit down, his back bent in pain, as if in worship.

Only the continuously dripping corpse-water floated in mid-air, preserving Xu Qing's appearance from before his death in the reflection on the water's surface.

This stone stele, a hundred zhang in size, crashed down towards Xu Qing.

The Red Mother's mortal shell shone with brilliant light, and beneath that radiance, not even a speck of the mortal shell's surface layer was damaged.

Each time more astonishing than the last.

This time, without the help of the Mingnan Shizi, the Life Tribulation could not be judged as it was the third time, where Xu Qing and the Great Desert were fused together, thereby descending a terrifying tribulation.

"Is this my mortal shell? Can this ritual allow one to form a mortal shell?"

Revealing the abdominal cavity.

As this stroke fell, the stone stele roared, Xu Qing's body shook violently, and as the blood inside his body surged uncontrollably, he breathed rapidly, circulating his cultivation base to continue writing.

The instant this third stroke fell, Xu Qing spat out blood, and a wound appeared out of thin air on his stomach, as if a pair of invisible hands had forcibly pulled it open. "Something is not right!"

With the descent, the aura of the god rose to the heavens; all living beings on the earth were horrified, their minds roaring.

It was indeed not right. Clearly, the external heavenly tribulation had ended, and the Heavenly Mandate had also descended with the rosy clouds, yet within this Red Mother's mortal shell, the thin tribulation cloud that had previously manifested had not dissipated.

"When the Red Mother was not yet a god, her obsession became a god. To ensure success, she must have practiced the ritual many times using simulation methods."

As the Captain spoke, the golden stone stele roared over and landed in front of Xu Qing. Golden light erupted, transforming into a sea of light, illuminating everything.

Everything was extremely smooth.

"This is a type of divine tribulation ritual, called 'Rebirth Burying God'!"

In an instant, the tribulation cloud in the sky erupted. Amidst the rumbling sound, a bolt of heavenly lightning flashed out from within, transforming into a lightning dragon that headed straight for the Red Mother's mortal shell below.

And this bit of lightning tribulation, wanting to shake the Red Mother's mortal shell, was completely impossible.

The Captain was heavy-hearted, speaking rapidly.

Fortunately, before long, the Xu Qing in the reflection opened his eyes, first dazed, then clear.

"No matter what kind of fortune it is, this tribulation must be undergone."

He remembered that deep within the ghost cave beneath the Taisi Daozi pillar, there was a hanging pavilion.

Sixth stroke, seventh stroke, eighth stroke.

"Little Junior Brother, this is your second tribulation!"

And Xu Qing also did not feel the surge of cultivation base power on his body after breaking through the tribulation as before.

It was as if he had not yet undergone the tribulation.

Even though the lightning continued, the heavenly tribulation persisted one after another.

Even if forty-four bolts of lightning appeared, all striking the Red Mother's mortal shell, it was still the same.

This is the drowned corpse of the five elements.

After a long while, Xu Qing stood up, actually walking out step by step from the water of the reflection, until he left the water's surface, and to the side was his corpse.

After a long while, the Life Tribulation judgment had an answer.

"It was eaten by the Red Mother's mortal shell!" the Captain suddenly spoke, his tone filled with shock and suspicion.

After three strokes, Xu Qing trembled all over. He felt his life was withering, a sense of frailty spreading throughout his body, and even more, a large amount of water droplets appeared out of thin air on his body, covering him completely and flowing continuously.

The Red Mother's mortal shell swallowed his Life Tribulation. At this moment, his own cultivation base was neither up nor down, not complete. As such, no matter what the fortune, this tribulation, he must undergo!

"Everything related to gods in my body is being locked!"

Those water droplets carried a foul stench, like corpse-water, and Xu Qing... was melting.

A red vine appeared out of thin air, wrapping around Xu Qing's neck, then winding around his entire body. Those vines were covered in sharp thorns, piercing deeply into Xu Qing's body.

"Too late..." Xu Qing said hoarsely, his face...

Extremely heavy, he felt he had been locked, and no matter where he went, he could not stop it.

"This is the five-element tribulation, Little Junior Brother. Remember, do not lose yourself, walk out!" the Captain said anxiously.

"So, while I was suppressing the god, I was also attempting to become a god..."

Very soon, the Life Tribulation ended, the clouds in the sky dissipated, revealing the rosy light. This was the light of Heavenly Mandate, representing that Xu Qing had completed the Life Tribulation.

Xu Qing's expression changed, the Captain's eyes widened, moved beyond compare.

Xu Qing looked at the stone stele, his eyes revealing determination.

"You have the Purple Moon power, originating from the same source as the Red Mother, and you are inside the mortal shell... so your attraction of the Life Tribulation caused this mortal shell to instinctively practice the divine tribulation ritual!"

Standing beneath the stone stele, Xu Qing looked at the Red Mother's mortal shell in the sky, then looked at his own corpse, suddenly having a realization.

The people on the ground also had their expressions change one by one, Xiang Linger was even more anxious, but they could not help; all of this had to rely on Xu Qing himself.

The Captain breathed rapidly; with his knowledge, he directly stated the essence.

The seventh time was even more...

Terrifying, erupting on the God-Slaying Platform.

"This is an opportunity. Although it is not a true divine tribulation and will not have the step of igniting the divine fire, for me, this is an unknown fortune!"

After a moment of silence, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, raised his hand, and continued to write his name on the stone stele.

Following the hanged corpse's lowered head, after a long while, an overlapping shadow appeared upon it. Xu Qing walked out like a soul, leaving the dead body, and stood before the stone stele.

But the ending still had no change.

Xu Qing was just about to respond, but the next instant his body directly fell over, becoming a corpse soaked from head to toe, the decay extremely severe, to the point where even his appearance could not be seen clearly.

Even more divine might descended from the sky, merging into the tribulation cloud, and that tribulation cloud, under this divine might, directly exploded. As it collapsed in all directions, a huge golden blank stone stele actually appeared from the shattered tribulation cloud. This is the corpse-digger of the five elements.

At this moment, in the external sky, clouds and mist churned. Even if it was a crimson sky, it could not completely block the laws of the Heavenly Dao, so very soon, black clouds pressed down, spreading over the sea of blood.

The clouds collided, echoing with rolling heavenly thunder, each sound deafening, shaking all directions, yet it did not immediately descend the lightning tribulation, as if judging.

This is Xu Qing's fourth Life Tribulation, not the Red Mother's mortal shell!

"Little Junior Brother, this matter is not right, there is something strange, let's retreat back into the big gate!"

But within the Red Mother's mortal shell, Xu Qing's brows furrowed, his expression revealing heaviness.

But compared to before, this fourth time... was somewhat ordinary.

This is the hanged corpse of the five elements.

And Xu Qing was no longer comprehending the God-Slaying Platform, from the scroll...

Using his palm as a pen, using the song as ink, on the hundred-zhang stele, he made a stroke, writing the first... of his own name.

Xu Qing's life tribulation, due to a series of reasons, and the side (Star Fall, the first time was the Feng Haijun luck dissipating, the second time was the laws crisscrossing the sky, the third time was the Shizi using the Great Desert as a substitute, descending an infinite tribulation.

Xu Qing nodded. Under the shocked gazes of the living beings here, his body headed straight for the stone stele. Upon reaching it, his left hand raised, and a large amount of blood flowed out.

So this time in the judgment, he was hiding inside the Red Mother's mortal shell, rather than one body.

"I know, this is the instinct of the Red Mother's mortal shell!"

The Captain to the side also had a dark glint in his eyes, staring fixedly at the Red Mother's mortal shell above.