Chapter 208: Yin Spirit Five Tribulations

Guan Tian Tai

Zhang Jian's entire body surged with a thick and intense Yin Spirit power, like solidified Yin Spirit radiance emerging from the Niwan Palace.

The omen was intense.

At this moment, Zhang Jian gazed into the void's depths, feeling his Yin Spirit origin had strengthened to a special state; even if he did not go on a spirit journey to the Five Cities, he would likely face the backlash of the Yin Spirit tribulation.

From Yin Spirit to Yuan Spirit, this is an initial transcendence of life and death, inevitably accompanied by suppression from heaven and earth, which in cultivators' eyes is the five trials.

Namely: the fire of karmic ignorance, the entanglement of the Grand Void, the restless heart and wandering mind, the true realm of enlightenment, and the mysterious gate of life and death.

The fire of karmic ignorance comes from the Nine Netherworlds; it is the continuation of the Yin Fire Tribulation. Breaking through it, the Yin Spirit undergoes the first tribulation, and the Yin Spirit's divine sense will transform into substance.

The Grand Void's entanglement also comes from the Nine Netherworlds; in this tribulation, many obsessions from past lives will surge from the depths of the Dao heart, polluting the spirit. The Yin Spirit Venerable must find a way to sever or embrace the past to resolve this tribulation. After the second tribulation of the Yin Spirit, the Yin Spirit Venerable will be able to sense their true destiny, fully merging their fate, lifespan, blessings, and emoluments.

The restless heart and wandering mind come from within; after the Yin Spirit fuses with true destiny, it will directly bear the tug of heaven and earth's great fortune, giving rise to the restless heart and wandering mind. After mastering it, the Yin Spirit Venerable of the third tribulation will possess heavenly heart sensitivity and be able to initially grasp the heavenly and earthly laws in techniques, achieving the transformation between spirit and matter.

They also possess the foundation to prematurely master Yuan Spirit techniques, enabling them to ride the changes of heavenly and earthly laws to manifest many divine powers.

As for the true realm of enlightenment, this fourth tribulation is illusory and elusive; this tribulation comes from heaven and earth's backlash. After passing through it, the Yin Spirit Venerable will be free of tribulation and disaster for a short time, needing only to penetrate the cycle of rebirth and death from the Nine Netherworlds to break through the death gate and transform into the Yuan Spirit.

The Yuan Spirit possesses part of the essence of immortals and gods; though not yet an immortal, they have indeed enjoyed longevity—even if the physical body decays, the Yuan Spirit can remain in the world eternally and possesses immense divine powers, dwelling at ease.

However, Zhang Jian also knows that this heaven and earth is harsh toward those seeking longevity; after proving the Yuan Spirit, if one seeks the body of an immortal or god, they must still endure various tribulations.

Such is the nature of heaven and earth; Zhang Jian also did not mind.

Let the tribulations be split open.

"Ignorance, Grand Void, Falsehood, True Realm, Mysterious Gate!"

Zhang Jian slowly rose to his feet, preparing to find an opportunity to enter the Five Cities and proactively assault the five tribulations.

This is far better than passively enduring them.

At this moment, Zhang Jian's gaze swept into the void's depths, only to see several strands of starlight manifest in broad daylight above the imperial mausoleum.

The Big Dipper Seven Stars omen appeared, as if suddenly pulled from the distant starry sky and descended into the depths of the imperial mausoleum.

"The manifestation of the Seven Stars—is this the Big Dipper Seven Stars Prolonging Life Grand Formation?"

Zhang Jian gazed in that direction; with his spiritual eyes, he saw deep within the imperial mausoleum, seven strands of starlight pouring into a divine lamp, which instantly emitted threads of spiritual light that merged into the dragon veins deep below, nourishing the dragon veins and suppressing their qi movement.

"The Yuan Spirit True Person in the imperial mausoleum has set up the Big Dipper Seven Stars Prolonging Life Grand Formation!"

Zhang Jian thought darkly to himself.

The Big Dipper Seven Stars Prolonging Life Grand Formation is a famous secret method in geomancy for continuing life; this method is profoundly mysterious, and at critical moments it can not only extend one's own life but also prolong the nation's mandate, with minimal backlash, as the backlash can be borne by the Big Dipper Seven Stars and several magical treasures, leaving the practitioner to bear only slight karmic backlash.

However, Zhang Jian's vast Yin Spirit divine sense, deep within the imperial mausoleum, also sensed another special secret method of continuing life.

That spiritual opportunity was extremely faint and weak, hidden beneath the seven stars' radiance; had it not been for Zhang Jian's vast Yin Spirit divine sense, he might not have been able to perceive it.

"Is this building a bright path while secretly taking a dark route?"

Zhang Jian thought darkly to himself.

As this thought flashed through his mind, Zhang Jian this time truly set his heart on it.

After stepping into the Yin Spirit realm, he had already obtained the entry pass to this tumultuous and mysterious situation, and perhaps could profit from it.

Zhang Jian did not take interest in anything else, but the leaking dragon vein essence and qi were quite eye-catching.

His Yin Spirit foundation stands upon three special hidden dragon fate patterns.

The stronger the hidden dragon fate pattern, the more solid his foundation undoubtedly becomes.

If he could absorb the essence and qi of the Great Qian dragon veins, he could certainly establish his Yuan Spirit foundation early.

The three hidden dragon fate patterns can directly transform into royal fate, even reaching the fate of a Son of Heaven, and even the fate of the Nine-Nines Human Emperor.

The fate of the Nine-Nines Human Emperor is unique to ancient sage kings.

This secret knowledge was still obtained from the mouth of the Slaying Demon True Lord.

For example, the ancestral master of the Tongshan Dao lineage.

Transforming into Yuan Spirit with this fate, that ancestral master relied on it to press down heaven and earth, traverse the middle ages, and solely command an era.

With such a future before him, how could Zhang Jian not be eye-catching toward that dragon vein essence and qi?

That is not one's own dragon vein origin, used up and gone, but another's……

At the same time, Zhang Jian's gaze shifted; he suddenly looked toward the city, and with a faint movement of his fingers in calculation, a glint of cold star appeared in his eyes; with a wave of his hand, he sent a message into the City Lord King's mansion, which currently still owed him a favor, making this matter most suitable for him to handle personally.

……

Meanwhile, in Hao Jing City, as those seven strands of starlight rose separately from above the imperial mausoleum, many profound cultivators also felt something.

The manifestation of these seven strands of starlight made many who already harbored ulterior motives restless and eager to move.

"The Big Dipper Seven Stars Prolonging Life Grand Formation—this formation takes the Seven Stars Generals as its core, combined with Seven Stars fate patterns and several magical treasures' power, indeed sufficient to prolong the dragon vein's fate, but it also has flaws; its flaw lies in those seven guarding Seven Stars Generals, as long as one finds a way to break their fate and pulse, it will be enough to cause problems in this Big Dipper Seven Stars Prolonging Life Grand Formation, making it unable to suppress the dragon vein's gap!"

"Once the dragon vein backlash occurs, it will be us not needing to act—the Yuan Spirit True Person deep in the imperial mausoleum will also suffer heavy injury!"

At this moment, inside a Daoist temple, several Daoists also gazed afar at this scene, their faces all breaking into cold smiles.

This is a Daoist temple called Ling Guang Guan, and also an orthodox Daoist temple that received a degree certificate from the court.

However, behind the scenes, it had long been infiltrated.

"Immediately investigate the origins and background of those Seven Stars Generals; those qualified to enter the imperial mausoleum and become Seven Stars Generals should be few—check which commanders have recently gone missing!"

The manifestation of those seven strands of starlight in the imperial mausoleum's sky, several Daoists did not feel it was false.

Moreover, they also held the idea of rather killing by mistake than letting go, as long as they could cause loss to the Great Qian court, it would naturally be worthwhile.

……

In the Black-Clothed Guard Office.

Chao Mu had not been serving beside Emperor Jingwu during this period, but was stationed in the Black-Clothed Guard, stabilizing the order of Hao Jing, to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the void to enter and ruin the dragon vein's geomancy.

Seeing the seven strands of starlight manifest above the imperial mausoleum, Chao Mu gave a slight smile.

His old friend still had some small thoughts, knowing that mixing fish eyes with pearls to take advantage and set a trap.

At this moment, however, he saw the Deputy Commander of the Black-Clothed Guard, Zhao Hu, rush over and whisper a few words in his ear.

"Ancestor, someone wants to make a move on the two young masters of the Zhang family of the Zhuangyuan Mansion!"

Upon hearing this, Chaomu's eyes flashed with cold lightning.

As Zhang Jian's righteous qi grew stronger within him, in Chaomu's view, Zhang Jian's importance also increased, becoming an indispensable part of holding down Haojing, and thus he could not tolerate anyone disrupting the overall situation at this time.

"You personally lead a team, go there, capture the person, and then hand them over to Zhang Shidu for handling!"